New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-01
DAILY CRESCENT.
Louisiana Interior.

We learn from the Baton Rouge Comet Of tile |
2sth inst. that on the evening previous the coro
ner was sent for to hold an inquest on the BODY |
Of n man found about ten miles east Of that |
place on the Cofite road. 50 horribly man |
glcd was the head Of the man that his features |
could not he distinguished, but the to1y was |
recognized as beinr that If Jack Cotton, ono Of |
n numerous gang Of horse thieving scoundrels |
who now infest that region. Cotton has but |
very recently been liberated from iail Whilst |
confined there he divuge1 the secrets Of this |
band Of villains, and the vengeance then sworn |
against him has just now been contaminated.
The Pointe CoupGe Echo Of Saturday has the
following:
We arc informed that an extensive land slide
has taken place during .he week at the upper
part Of Mr. Loblells plantation in West Baton
Rouge. More than an acre in depth has gone
into the river taking with it the levee and road.
| 1t is fortunate that the river is not Mt present
very high for if it had been, it would have been
| impossible to have prevented the adjoining coun-
| try from being submerged, AZ soon as the news
| Of the disaster was spread, five or six hundred
hands were Immediately put in requisition; and
| as our informant passed yesterday, on his return
from Baton Rouge they had succeeded in arrest
ing the influx Of the water, and in making
| temporary half moon levee at some distance
from the slide
Tho Pointe Coupe Echo Of the 28th ult. has
the following items:
| TIE RIvER.-The river at this point is still
rising As it has been very irregular in its
motion during the whole Of this year up to the
present moment, it is impossible to form a cor
rect estimate as to the height itmay yet attain.
Many Of the levees in this parish are much too
near the river bank, and slide like that which
has Just taken place in West Baton Rouge
would, in many places, be very disastrous IN Its
consequences.
Fotxp Drowned. An inquest was held, on
Wednesday, the 25th inst, by Joseph jewell,
Justice Of the Peace, OF the body Of a white
man found drowned in the Mississippi river
The body had the appearance Of having beer
: in the water some considerable time. The jury
decided that he came to his death by somt
4 cause unknown to them.
Descr;ption--A white man, having no cloth
: ing, and a leather strap around his waist.
LAND sLlpE.--We are informed that an OK
, tensive land slide had taken place during thi
week at the upper part Of Mr.. Lobdell's plan
81 taton in West Baton Rouge More than al
acre in depth has gone into the river, taking
On with it the levee and road 1t is fortunate thh
q tie river is not at present very high; for ii !
= had been, it would have been impossible to haV
1 prevented the adjoining country from bein
: submerged As soon us the news cf the dlsas
ri ter was spread, five or six hundred hands wer
a, put in reauisition and as our informant passe
Yesterday, on his return from Baton Roug
they had succeeded in arrestiag the influx
l the water, and in making Il temporary ha
/ moon levee at some distance from the slide
= The Clinton east Feliciana) Whig of We
3 neslay last has the following
u Mr. Martindale, young gentleman who can
T. 4 to this place some months since, as fruggis
- killed himself in Bayou Sara on Monday nigh
by taking 10 grains OF morphine.
/ Last evening, while the two St9lIords, faith
= and son, were returning to their home nei
liz Ponpeii, an alteration arose between thel
= which resulted in the father shooting the son
= the thigh The wound IS not supposed TO
-, fatal Mr.. Elijah Stafford, the father, is in t
& hands Of the officers
The Louisiana Chronicle Of the 2Sth insta
ht says: " Our planters plain bitterly OF a :
~ perabundance Of grass, and of the cool nigl
,te we have had recently, both being detrimental
NJ" the cotton crop. The sugar cane does not g
sqGTn fer from such causes so much as cotton.
ITS The Concordia Intelligencer of the 2sth il
X says; We understand that the cotton lice
,GS destroying the young cotton in our neighbour.
f9ga to a considerable extent"
- Fete Dieu, Corpus Christi, was duly obser
by the Roman Catholic citizens Of 1hihola
in Il grand mass and procession at s. JOSEF
,-1- Church on the 2Gth inst
20 The ground IS now being opened on Chu
ses street Baton Rouge, for new Catholic chur
8; The new building will be large and commodiC
Sm- The foundation will be laid in a few days.
,on- MISSISSIPPI. Two telegraph dispatches "
9 received in Jackson on Tuesday, 9th inst, fl
'TlsF Grenada, YalloGNsha county, stating that
~, smallpox was in that vicinity, and requestii
rs. speedy supply of vaccine matter which was
- mediately sent eff by mail,
ss,.E The Brandon Republican of the 26th inst
II says the weather for tine last week has been
= usually cool for the season.
% At Grenada, Miss, on the 2lst instant, Il
had been rain, and the weather was very c
iaelu. The Republican says that heavy clothing
absolutely necessary for comfort,