The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-14

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LATTE came in,o the waters of The oxysr Ro.nr
7 have seen and conversed with M, who n;,o,sd
him into the Bnuf This nerson. who now resids.
on this stream denies the ti,le Of nitrate bu, dos.
not object go mnch to thai of buccaneer. Rn, ~
resume. Audubon came in a small sloon. and
great was the consterna,ion. Doubtless iva. nan.
were hunted up. and all preparations made for w,r
to the DEATH The fears of the planter were CHANGED
to low, and when he knew that the great natural
ist was his visitor, he gave him kindly welcome.
and assisted him in his occupation
Since wrote, a nice sm4ll steamship has, by
Judge Baker, been launched upon the bosom
of the Teche, to run between franklin and
Last Island. 1t was on its way to franklin
while was on the Tsche, coming down. A
schooner, sails given to the wind, majestic ally and
beautifully gided past this the smallest specimen,
in all probability, of any steamship in existence.
Its course it towing large raft, was
quite slow.
Colonel Payne has been in Attakapss lecturing
on the scheme Of the New Orleans and Attakapas
Railroad.
He has felt the pulse of the public and the pa-
tent has taken fever Whether this shall he
called the "Railroad epidemic" or not. ia left for
doctors to decide. The only remedy tn a,av III.
feversh excitement is to make the road That hi.
will be done hardly any one can doubt, While in
St. Landry Parish. gentleman informed mo ,b,,
Sl3O. 900 had been subscribed at Onelon.as The
general understanding apnears tn he that s..
Marv's Parish will give 5000 900 Lafavstte sim
600. St. Landry S3OOOOO Az the road ia to ao
onlv through portion of St Martins Parish snn-
nose that il will give s120 600. This st;m,,a ,;vss
$500, 900, which. am confident is not the amount
which can be raised. Here no calculation is made
in reference to other Parishes. and no one c,n wel
doubt that if these above mentioned give $500 0OO
the others could raise that sum to 81 900 O0O The
| land on the Tecbe. in C6te Gellae and hevond
vermilionvle. to Opelousa, is not boogv in r,inv
weather. The ground ia hard a, tbs bottom,
| of most of the .couliesn and nopds en- ,o,,,.-
showing that a firm foundation can he obt.;ned sor
| the timber and rails. The grading and filing nm f,oc,
Pattersonville to Opelousas, would be slight in
comparison with that done in constructing most
roads,
En- route, two miles above Newtown is the Lake
| Tasse, alias Spanish Lake, alias Floating Lake
the latter name being drawn from the fact. that q
great quantity of turf much of the water.
Here abound bar-fish, trout and various other fish
delightful to an epicurean taste. The sojourner from
the Crescent City would here have to fish from a
boat and if he would prepare to recline beneath
some shady oak, on steep, sloping, grassy spot,
| where Soils rays would not inJure the complexion,
or tan the hands, he ought to get out OF the cars at
New Iberia, and go to Lake Smonette, about nine
miles west from this town. lhis lake derives Its
name from Simon White, abbreviated for sake OF
pronunciation. Leaving the town, Tor about hive
miles, the traveller would wend his course oer
prairie land. Far of to the left, lifting its huge
head to the tops OF the highest trees he would be-
hod oarren MIL known as Mafsh Island. II ne
question MS companion ou voyage, ne VIII learn
thas standing on this lofty pinnacle ne can view the
waters OF the Iulf. lie would then enter wood
cross the 1ortue bayou-ltseif good place iol
Piscatorial occupation. lie enters upon low trac
OF land, some portions OF which are In hne cultva
hon. Ihls continues until he arrives at the foot
hill' Miiers island he might ascend this ant