The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-19

Sicily Island-Bayou Macon WARSAW.
Eds Crescen-I have just returned from trip up the
Bayou Macon In going and returning. l crossed Sicily
Island 1t about sixteen miles north end SOUTH and from,
eight ten and 1t is formed BY the crossing OF
Deer north from the Macon to the BGu and by
the crossing ohe Bayou LOUIS from the Tensas to the
Ouachita. 1t mostly poor land very broken with high
hills said be high that you can stand on their tops
and Nachez of clear day, twenty -four or twsntysx
miles off 1t has the highest portion of land. between the
Ouachta and Mississippi Rivers. in Louisiana.
eFrom its similarity the hills west Of the Ouachta
the opinion it west of the Ouacba also and
formed part of the men hills 1t has beaut-
fu farms, the side, the margin Of Lake and
Bayou LOUIS and the Macon. They nearly all above
high mark The northern part of the island has the
finest timber ever Poplar cottonwood ash, cypress.
tuplar gum, sassafras and I'm, Underwood, etc., all in
abundance and unusually large. saw some sassaras
eighty ninety feet high and with beautiful trunks two
three feet in diameter
There very pretty ridge of land. commencing the
head Of Sicily Island and extending nearly War
is finely tmbered, quite rich, and free from overflow War
small place, the side OF the Macon, and is
twelve or fifteen feet above high mark. 1t has
store. tavern, and doggery As small it is.
is without its Thaddens" "Thaddeus," Cor Waisaw,
he calls hinse is the boss the town-he
tavern eper the of the ferry, and ferryman had
the honor be by his hon0r On way he
spoke Of the owness Of the bayou-sad low,
much that there had been but boat this
and that she aground above and below him in getting
out. After landing the opposite bank asked him what
Is
up when is TON only charge fifteen cents" asked
him how much it had sen. He said two and half feet
remarked that ten cents for every two and half feet rise
I'll the water reached mark L and pointed
forty feet above heads. would then be pretty tail fer.
When speaking of the boats being late in reaching
his town, the bayou very io: when errage.
then it up.
1t reminded of the story where selling dog
skin If the tanner wanted skin of fat dog
his dog fat but if he preferred the skin poor dog
his dog poor. | have learned since. that this same
'Thaddeus. of Warsaw not, and allowed by
aw to charge than fifteen cents, high low and
that there is good ferry eight miles below. where
and horse crossed for Thaddeus stood
to the last for his two bits. which paid him going and
turning write the above for the benefit of the travelling
public. Thsdden has distinguished name well as the
Polish hero Unfortunately for him, his and the coun
try generally. of his distinguished common
with the noble Pole do they into the catalogue
of the virtues From the best information gather
Warsaw is perfect clt.throat Of place They told me
they averaged murder year, and cooy remark
" it was nearly time to stop some fellows wind.'
A man shot gambling table last year and
killed. The subject of contention and dispute and the
of the murder was tw0 bits both claiming that large
fatal amount, 1t is pity place having many adv
tages as Wasaw, should be in possession of such men,
Jaw and was Of the many large and artificia
" mounds" which abound in this region. The largest and
tae have seen is Trinity. 1t seventy eighty feet
high Near all the large mounds ponds holes, appa.
renty the excavations made in getting the material to
The mounds There also. general thing, smaller
mounds in the vicinity OF the larger them found bones
o. every portion OF the human frame. The lesser mounds
were certainly raised and used for of sepu1e The
ager ones for protect in high water, and refuge and
defence IN case they invaded attack by
force When and by whom they thrown up, are still
involved in mysteya mystery fear neither time nor the
anhqusrans will be able We visited by
perfect gale on the sh nstantthe rain fell torrents the
wind blew almost tornado accompanied by sind lightning
and heavy thunder The little rs became large branches
the branches large creeks aed the creeks young
ing torrents. The six inches few hours I'm
fortunately for was ont in nearly all of it. During the
prevalence of the Storm was pas-ing through dense mag
nola and holly the head oil Sicily Island. 1t
Aery dark could not distinguish objects dsance-
looked as If night making IT'S appearance at day.
stopped at DIR. Norris spring my way No. and found
comedians. agates, l send you a few specimens
think there great variety the island and quite
rich. Grass slowly putting up. have peach
bossomsdatfois and onqules full bloom, looking
pretty and smslng et-he yelew jessnmne late this
season-I have seen it bloom by the 18th January.
Yours, etc., RAMBLER