About nine o'clock
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHOOTS A DISTINGUISHED CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AT THE SOUTHERN HOTEL !!! JEALOUSY THE CAUSE !!! This morning occurred another of those shocking murders which have become the almost daily food of the newspapers , the direct result of the socialistic doctrines and woman 's rights agitations , which have made every woman the avenger of her own wrongs , and all society the hunting ground for her victims . About nine o'clock a lady deliberately shot a man dead in the public parlor of the Southern Hotel , coolly remarking , as she threw down her revolver and permitted herself to be taken into custody , `` He brought it on himself . '' Our reporters were immediately dispatched to the scene of the tragedy , and gathered the following particulars . Yesterday afternoon arrived at the hotel from Washington , Col. George Selby and family , who had taken passage and were to sail at noon to-day in the steamer Scotia for England . The Colonel was a handsome man about forty , a gentleman of wealth and high social position , a resident of New Orleans .