The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-03-31

the disease.
STAGE OF THE RIvER.-At shutdown yes
terday Capt. Darton's gauge OH the Don
aldsonville wharf showed the rise to be just
two feet below the high water mark of 1874,
a rise of one foot since last Saturday morn
ing. The river rose five inches at Vicks-
burg on Tuesday and fell four inches at the
same point on Wednesday, and judging by
this we may expect q further rise here
within the next day or two, after which the
flood should begin to recede. The rise night
before last was one inch and O half, but last
night it was only half an inch, leaving the
water this morning 233 inches below the
mark of 1874. Capt. barton informs US of
a slight error he made in the figures COM
pairing tue foods of 1862 and 1874 as pub
lshcd in the CHEF Of the 18th inst. The
high water mark of 1862 was only 10 inches
above that of 1874, instead of 16 inches as it
was printed. At its present stage, therefore,
the river ia 9 feet 81 inches below the point
attained by tho memorable food of 1862.
CUTSo CAUGnT.-Anderson Cutno, the
colored man who shot General Washington
on tho Hermitage plantation, last Saturday,
in the cowardly manner described in the
CHIEF of that date, was apprehendel on the
steamer Jno. w. Cannon, at the Donaldson
Vile wharf, Sunday evening, by Town Con-
stable VIM. Beckett. After shooting Wash
ington down in his tracks, as he was
engaged in blowing and unsuspicious of the
presence or intent Of tho assassin, Cutno
rode hastily off in the direction of St. James,
as stated in our item. Next day he crossed
the river in the upper portion of the parish
named, securing passage in the skif of a
colored man whom he compelled to take
him over free of charge by threatening to
shoot him if he refused. Upon reaching
this side of the stream, Cnlno made his way
up to the Cofield place on foot, where he
hailed and boarded the steamer Cannon,
registering MS passenger bound for Pla-
que,nine under the name of VIM. Thomas.
Mr. Henry c. Braud of the Houmas store,
who is we'll acquainted with Cutno, CHANGED
" w VIA tAC SaIliOH, CN IOutC ~ DUudIlSOu-
vile, and recognized the fugitive rs the
latter was coming aboard the boat. Re
firing to stateroom until Cutno had given
his pretended name at the clerks office aud
escort, Mr.. Braud emerged from his cou-
cealment, asccrtained the fact that Cutno
had been registered under a false name, and
acquainted the officers of the Cannon with
the character and identity of their passen-
ger. When the boat arrived at this place,
Mr.. Bra I'D summoned Constable Beckett,
who arrested Cutno without trouble and
conveyed him to our parish Jail. The pris-
oner gave to friend of ours u very trans
parent account Of the shooting, claiming
that he intended to fire at some birds, but
that his horse SHE'D just as he pulled the
trigger of his gun, lowering the weapon and
thus causing the charge of shot to strike ga
man blowing in the field.' The inference
evidently intended to be conveyed by the
quoted expression is that Cutno didn't know
who tho man was, but the gauzy nature Of
this tale is exposed by the salient facts that
the men had worked together and had
quarreled shortly before the shooting, that
Cutno had threatened to SIX" his antago-
mist, that buckshot are not used as rule in
cunning for birds, that the would-be muir
derer sought safety in flight and endeavored
to battle pursuit by suddenly changing his
course and concealing his identity in the
manner we have related. There seems no
loophole of escape from the conviction tn at
the shooting Of Washington was dastardly
and deliberate attempt at murder, and the
prisoner is in very bad box indeed Ac-
cording to the latest report which we have
received, thu wounded man is still alive, but
his condition is precarious and the chances
for his recovery are small. His father has
made an affidavit against Cutno for shooting
with intent to murder, but Justice Leche,
before whom the charge was instituted, will
hold the matter in allegiance until the result
of Washington's injuries is known. If the
victim does not die, the justice can examine
the case, but if death occurs, that officer is
without even preliminary jurisdiction and
the case eau only be taken cognizance of by
the District Court.
A fire in the Pelican Oil Mills at Shreve
mort DANA red the machinery tn tho q yfant