The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-07
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, JULY T. 1870

Ing all his corn, fodder, oats, etc, was con
sumed by fire last week. Alex Fon, colored,
is supposed to have been the fnGendiaTy, hav-
Ing threatened to revenge himself On Askew
for some injury. They are searching for the
incendtary.
well as Gov Roberts, Of Texas. He recently
resplted negro who was to have been hung
on the twentieth instant, at SardIs until the
thirty-first Of July. The negroes threaten
that II the governor commutes the death SEN
tence they will lynch the murderer.
shot and killed Dock Owens ut Fern Springs,
ID Winston county. He took Owens's pistol
from him and when the latter drew another
pistol, ne shot him twice, the second time In
the head, infiiating a fatal wound. Fleet
wood was arrested but was released by
Justices court, the killing being done In self
defense.
Lauderdale county held her Democratic
Conservative convention on Saturday last
This body decided that primary election
should be held on the thirteenth Of September
to elect all candidates except district attor-
ney, to be voted for ii November. declared In
favor OF 9 constitutional convention, and In
favor OF electing instead Of appointing judges
and chancellOrs.
A heart-rending accident occurred In Clai-
borne county ct the residence OF our esteemed
sulting In the death of his daughter Cornelia.
aged nine years. The little girl and her sister
were attempting to draw a bucket Of water
from the vel, and, as the bucket came up to
the surface, Cornelia tried to catch 1t, and,
slipping, fell into the Well-a depth of ninety
feet. The body was recovered but life was
extinct, the skull having been fractured by
striking the curbing, as Is supposed.
The Pascagoula Star says that the United
States deputy marshalS are on the war path
among the logs III Hancock county, and are
INV cfNfY1n nf f,ifj iInfn Ia
trouble and annoyance. William ID. Postle-
thwaite Is the Marshal In charge and has the
boom In Hobolochitto, near Col. L. Kimbalps,
guarded with double-barrel shotguns. We
any logs out, on the ground that they suppose
some logs III the streams were cut from gov
eminent lands, thus obstructing navigation.
The United States man-of-war lies hard
aground, q short distance below Lake Provi-
dence, about half mile out OF the channel,
upper side, while she draws sixteen feet. a
we'll known river man who passed her the
other morning, says she is listed somewhat,
but as there is a six feet rise coming down the
river he thinks there is no doubt about her
being able to get off In q few days. He says
there Is plenty Of water for her to get to st.
Louis il she will only keep In the channel.
The Silverthorn and Vieksburg pulled at the
Wachusett for about two hours, but they were
unable to move her.
AT the regular monthly meeting OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley Cotton Planters Association
at Vickshurg last Tuesday, Mr.. Il. G. More
head delivered an interesting address on the
subject OF cotton and the cost OF producing It.
He thought the permanent capital invested
In cotton culture III the South was $242 900 900,
and the working capital S14G, 100000. The
value Of q years crop he estimated at
$500 OoOOoo The share of the laborer was
$110,000000 ottWhich $50, 1000 was chargable
for food and clothing, leaving $27 600 as
4 Al.rI ,t~r
planters profit was $18,Ooo,ooO, which was
only 41Lla per cent on the capital invested by
him Iii planting.
The exodus excitement has affected some
farmers in Holmes county. One had twenty
eight hands and twenty seven left him to
Kansas. The free train did not come, and
twenty-seven returned But the farmer ar
ranged not to receive the bad ones back into
his employment. A VIGOROUSLY lazy negro
began to compliment his former employer by
telling him what a good man he was, and how
he always loved him, and wound up by say
Ing, "kin you not take me back agin, mas
Ben2 would be mpughty glad But he
wasn't taken back. Many OF them, 1t Is said,
four or i've dollars. Il they sa Couldn't pay five
dollars they paid less. The small flags sold
at a dollar each.
savage fight between two eolored men,
Green Reynolds and a blacksmith, occurred
in WoOdville last week. The men had a pre-
vious misunderstanding and upon meeting,
Reynolds slapped the other, Whereupon they
clinched, and Reynolds got the other down. |
The blacksmith's wife Waltzed up and began
to tap Reynolds on the head, with a hoe. Rey
nolds naturally raised his arm to ward off
the blows, when the blacksmith reached up
and catching the others under LIP with his |
teeth. bit it entirely out. Reynolds got pos
session Of the hoe, and the blacksmith and |
his wife ran under their house. Reynolds fol-
lowed, and on going around the house, found |
the blacksmith trying to unfasten his window.
Thereupon he struck him with the eye OF the
hoe, the blow taking effect little below the |
eyes, cutting the nose and the roof Of the |
mouth clean off to the lower jaw, leaving the |
parts hanging to the face by a small piece OF
skin on each side OF the mouth.