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DISTRESSING CAsuALrN.-On passing up the river,
the other day, We heard that on Sunday the 29d
ulL. a. Mr. H,yncs, who lives in the upper edge q!
Nniohiioclrs parish. with his wife and a physician,
WHOSE name we did not learn, and three negroes
belonging to Rr Qutrcs, OF De SoIo PARISH were
crossing Bayou Wlney, in a ferry boat, the horse
Of Mrs Haynes, on whose back she remained ai-
tor getting into the boat, broke through the iloof,
which caused Il to sink before reaching the shore,
although the stream was not wider Than three
lengths Of the boat Mrs II. and one Of the negroes
were drowned, while the rest with much difficulty
gained the bank The Doctor at one time badc
mir To save Mrs. H. but our informant sufmised'
for he had not learned particulars that one ol the
negroes, perhaps the one drowned, in despair solz-
ed the Doctor, and the latter in order to save hun
self. was compelled to resign Mrs Haynes to her
fate, aud that she aud the negro went down To-
rcther We learned that the husband Of The lady
was an expert swimmer, and Il is wondered that
be did not save his wife However this may be,
il il well known that on occasions similar TO tho
oue IN question. a combination Of circumstances
entirely nnaccountablc, coniraycne the most be.
neyoent designs The lady had been married
about Y months, The current was very strong
from Bayou Pene.-Caddo Gazette.