The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-02

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dence in his honor, that the TAILOR gave him the key
of the prison, and he remained in the Jail until he was
ACQUITTED by a petit jury.
After this feud had continued for some years, it was
brought to a conclusion by an interesting incident. A
son Of Col. Jones, on his dying bed, begged his father,
as his last request, to terminate his quarrel with Gen.
Liddell. The latter had been greatly moved by a like
earnest solicitation of a daughter, to whom he was
greatly attached. A letter was, therefore, addressed
BY Col. Jones to Liddell, conveying his desire to carry
out the wishes Of his dead son, which was promptly re-
sponded to by Gen. Liddell 10 a like spirit of amity,
and the parties met thereafter, in terms of friendly
recognition, but without any personal intimacy.
The immediate cause of the revival and fatal termi-
nation of this difficulty will be learned from the sub.
ioired extract from an article in the New Orleans Bee.
Though probably TOO much space has already been
given to the subject, we will remark that Gen. Liddell
was in the city at the time Of the killing of Mr.. Nixon,
and, we learn, expressed to his friends the belief that
On that day Cammack had approached him with the
intention of assassinating him. He was very much en-.
ragged, further states our informant, at Cammack's
manner, and determined upon an immediate challenge,
but was put off by his friends with the pretext that they
could not find the gentleman whom he wished to bear
the cartel. 1t would seem that Cammack was very
much excited on the day in question, an excitement no
doubt increased bv excessive drinking. Butte the ex-
tract:
Some months ago, the Citizens Bank of Louisiana
enforced, by judicial process, a mortgage it held against
the cotton plantation ofGen. Liddell, situated on Black
river, three miles below Trinity, and five miles above
that of Col: Jones. The property was ordered TO be
sold. Mr.. Charles Jones, and a ~neighbor of his, Mr..
E.. B. Cotton, thereupon determined, if possible, to
purchase it, and Dir. John Nixon, as their factor and
agent, was instructed to act for them in their negotia.
ton with the bank, or the auctioneer employed to sell
it. Mr.. Nixon t%hereupon entered into a contract with
Mr.. Charles C%ammack, then paying-teller of the Citi-
zens' Bank, the terms of which were that he, Cam
mack, should purchase Gen. Liddells plantation, on
account of Charles Jones, E.. B. Cotton, and C. W.
Cammack, each to have one-third interest in the pur-
chase. 1t was agreed that Mr.. Cammack should take
the title in his own name temporarily, and until Jones
and Cotton should pay their share of the purchase
money. Mr.. Cammack purchased the property as
agreed upon, but in consequence of some misunder-
standing he refused to make title to his partners, Jones
and Cotton, and sold the property back to Gen. Lid
dell, it is said, at a profit of several thousand, dollars.
Thereupon Jones and Cotton entered into a suit against
Cammack in the Sixth District Court of this parish,
which suit is now pending. They pray the Court to
decree that Cammack make them title to two-thirds
interest in the property, and that his sale to General
Llddell be resclnded and annulled, upon their comply
ing with the terms of the contract above alluded to, in
pursuance OF which CamInack acquired title. Mr.. Cam
iDdCh ) CouuuCt, we dre Informed, placed Mr. NIXON IN
an awkward position towards his constituents, Messrs.
Jones and Cotton, and the probability is that Mr..
Nixons criticisms upon the transaction were by no
means reserved. They produced, as we hear, the quar-
rel between himself and Mr.. Cammack, which ended
so fatally to Mr.. Nixon.
The supposition is, that Gen. Liddell, who was in
New Orleans about the time of Mr.. Nixon's death, was
equally free in his observations upon the attempt of
his %neighbor and ancient enemy, Col. Jones, to
take advantage of his Gen. Liddells) pecuniary en-
barrassment, by purchasing his property at a forced
sale where there were no competitors, and thus infiict
not only a heavy pecuniary loss, but a deep wound
upon the personal pride of the Liddell family. The
purchase price, we hear, was twenty-five thousand dol
lars, and the value about three times as much. The
defeat of Col. Jones in this attempt no doubt irritated
him, and we suppose he and Gen. Liddell expected,
wheneve rthey should meet, that a deadly conflict would
ensue.
MORE OF THE CATAHoULA Observation-Disclosures in
cident, and we fear it is not the last, has occurred in
the progress of the unhappy vendetta which has so
long existed in Catahoula parish, and which was re-
Gently characterized by the killing of the gallant Gen.
St. John Liddell by his old foe, Colonel Charles Jones,
aided by his two sons. The steamboat Gov. Allen,
which reached this city on Saturday last, brought the
news that Gen. Liddells Oldest son, a young man of
twenty-four or five years, who was standing on the
deck of the Allen as she left Harrisonburg, suddenly
discovering Col. Jones on the river bank, ran TO the
cabin for his double barreled shotgun, and succeeded
IN nrlng oOth barrels at Col. Jones, who, however, had
moved off ONE distance before the gun was dis
charged. Several of the shot lodged in the body of
Col. Jones, i%nficting painful, but not dangerous
wounds. At the last accounts, Col. Jones was at the
house Of Mrs. Sargent, suffering front the effects of
his wounds. He was still in the custody of the sheriff,
and very anxious on account of his sons, and solicitous
for an early examination by the committing magis,
trate. The young Joneses, with some friends, fully
armed, have %encamped in the woods in apprehension
of an attack from some of the numerous friends OF Gen.
Liddell. There were reports yesterday that one of
these young men had been shot. 1t is stated that the
relatives and friends of Gen. Liddell were in pursuit
of them, and were determined to avenge the death of
their distinguished relative. Gen. Liddell left two
sons who are grown, and Col. Jones has two, one of
eighteen years and the other twenty-one. 1t islament-
able indeed that these young men, who have not been
parties to the original quarrel between these two gen.
tlemen, who were not born, or were only infants when
the feud commenced, should be thus involved in this
deadly quarrel. IN. {. Times, 22d.