New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-21
STATE NEWS.
FRANKLIN.

FRANKLIN.
From the Sun, April Is:
petition has been numerously signed
here to Governor Kellogg to gee him t,
sign the North Louisiana and Texas Pac,ti,
railroad bill.
From the Journal. April l8:
news-grabber of the Vicksburg Herald
has been sounding the point opposite the
Historic City, and finds that the distance
from one bank to tho other is only forty
yards, and he says the cut of is liable to
make at any moment. When the water
falls below the bank there is no doubt in
the world but that it will out through. Mr..
Ed. Wllmore has been sounding the point
since the HerGA man was there, and tells
US that he does not think there 10 more
than twenty yards of land where the Her.
aid man found forty. We may look tor the
cutoff to make at any time.
No effort has yet been made to close the
M'iliken's Bend crevasse. We hear that
the contractor, Mr.. AcGinty, with the as
sistance Of the planters in the neighbor.
hood, have planked the ends of the levee,
to prevent the leves from washing more
but 1t 10 impossible to find any one who
| will advance tho cash to close the ere.
vasse-if, indeed, it could be closed-snd
run the risk of the State reimbursing for
I8OOr anu capital EXPENDED.
We stop our press Monday evening to
announce the best piece Of news we have
chronicled in these columns for years. Ed.
Wilmore, our water gauge, tells us that the
river came to stand last night, and this
morning he could see q decline of about
one-eighteenth of an inch. A little more of
this weather, "Probs," and we're safe.
The water in the swamp is driving ont
the deer and other game on to the high
lOnd. On Sunday morning last two fine
bucks we're seen at the edge of town, and q
few ours taking after them, they SWAN
Grants canal and took to the woods.
cADDo.
From the Shreveport Telegram, April II:
1t again becomes our painful duty to put
on record another brutal and inhuman
murder, which took place on the Pascspou.
Ia plantation, in CaddO parish. about thirty
miles below Shreveport, on Thursday last,
The particulars of the murder are revolving
in.the extreme, and it is with q panq of
sorrow that We are called upon to chronicle
them.
Castor Young, the murderer, is colored
man about forty years of age, rather rough
looking in appearance, and, We believe, q
man OF family. He resides on the Pssca.
geula plantation, and his niece, girl of
about sixteen years of age, lived with him.
1t seems that he had occasion to come to
Shreveport during last week to attend to |
the sale of two or three bales of cotton,
and, after disposing Of the same and at |
tending to his business here he started for |
home, reaching there on the day mentioned |
above. During his absence. it seems that
his niece had been presented with dress
pattern, or had bought the same, we have
failed to learn correctly which. ANY,
how, on YOung's arrival homo he dis
covered the dress pattern, and, from some
cause or other, became Infatuated and the
result of his fury was the brutal murder of
his niece. Tying her up, the cold blOoded
murderer first whipped her with q pillow
line until it was worn into shreds. and not
satisfied with that, he then took clap
board from the root of the house, and beat
her with it until he exhausted himself. The
result was the unfortunate girl died in if-
cen minutes. and the murderer immedi-
.tely made his escape from the country.
'upposing he would come this way, . con-
table arrived in town on Friday last
Up to our going to press he has not been
aught.
Justice Beard held q coroner's inquest
yer tho body, and the physician who was
to attend discovered that death |
Vasi caused by the unfortunate girls ribs
eing driven into her lungs by lick from |
he clapboard.
0UACHITA.
From the Telegraph, April IA:
Monday evening the train came in from
Vaverly with the report that the ,
verflow was rising at Bee Bayou. A train
twenty-one empty box cars was dis
atched at once from the depot by Major g
reen, the purpose being the placing of the
ATS on the bridges in the threatened Sec !
on Of the road. The train reached its des-
nation safely, and the cars were left 40 I
rected, the locomotive returning. Travel
} Vicksburg is now suspended, except in | +
lifts and hand cars. The malls will come 1
trough. but with one days delay.
The telegraph wires to Camden have ;
,en taken down from Farmerville to that 9
hint. The line did not pay expenses. Tele-
aphic communication with Camden may d
J had, ho viewer. by way of Memphis and I:
tile Rock. Tho line from Monroe to Far q
erville has been purchased by Mr.. Lott, O,
9 operator at Farmerville, who is . very d
orthy young man.