New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-27
Weather, Crops, etc.

From all sections of our own and neighboring
States we continue to hear the most favorable
accounts OF the growing crops. In Georgia,
especially, the corn crop is doing unusually
we'll. Our agent, who has just returned from
trip Of ten weeks, through Southwestern and
\ Southern Georgia, makes cheering report Of
crops in these sections of the State. On Friday
and Saturday last in this vicinity we had fine
showers and timely ones, for the crops were
| suffering slightly. ~.m.M ..
The prospect for 8 large grain crop was never
better, and it is indeed gratifying to all classes
/ of our citizens that relief is so near at hand.
! Yet, 50 greatly have our planters suffered from
short crops during the last year especially, that
one good crop will hardly set them on their legs
again. Many farmers have gone largely in
| debt, in the purchase of negroes and mules, and
one bountiful crop of corn with good price in
expectancy for the growing crop of cotton, will
not bring entire relief to them. This pressure
| will continue so long as planters purchase
negroes at enormous rates on credit, and then
plant their lands in cotton to meet their iabili-
ties. [Nlilledgeville Union.
| The Monroe (La.) Ouachita Parish Register
of June l3 says:
We hear great complaints from the planters
in this section, in consequence of the continued
wet weather. Many Of them, we understand,
have not yet succeeded in getting good stands
of cotton, and nearly all of them are much
behind with their work in consequence of not
being able to run their plows. If the weather
does not soon become settled, there will not be
more than q half crop made throughout the
entire Ouachita country, and perhaps not even
that
STREET PREACHING Yesterday afternoon the
gathering in the Park was somewhat more nu-
merous than on previous occasions, superin-
duced, no doubt, by the disturbance in Brook
Ign last Sunday, and the rows and knock downs
that took place between the Know Nothings and
the Irishmen The Chief of Police, Mr.. Matsell,
anticipating some disturbance had in readiness
all day large posse ofpolcemen ready to quell
any breach Of the peace that might happen to
take place.
About three o'clock woman named Margaret
Bishop assembled the City Hall steps and sue
ceeded in drawing together an audience Of some
400 persons, who listened somewhat attentively
to her discourse.
At four o'clock, the Angel Gabriel not being
present, one Of the followers took the place of
Mrs Bishop, and begun preaching about the
grand fight that would eventually take place
between the Roman Catholics and Protestants
commenting rather severely upon the propriety
of Roman Catholics acknowledging the Pope as
the head Of the church. During his attacks
upon the Roman Catholic clergy, and all con-
nected with that belief, several fights occurred,
in which women and children were unceremo-
niously knocked down and trampled upon The
Chief Of Police and Judge Beebe were very ac-
tive in ferretng out the leaders of the disturb
ance, and upon their being satisfied that any
individual, whether he was Know Nothing or
foreigner, an officer was dispatched in citizens
clothes after the officious gentleman, who was
usually, and in fact, on all occasions, arrested
and brought into the Chiefs office, before he was
well aware Of the fact. In this way large
number of arrests were made, the parties COM
mitted being about one half of those who, to all
appearance, were Know Nothings, and the other
half drunken Irishmen. The latter party
showed evidence of hard usage ct the hands of
the former, and few were without black eyes
and bloody noses The affair altogether was
disgraceful, as it was nothing but a continued
scene of rowdyism and street brawling. The
least alarm created panic, and was the signal
for general rush to the quarter indicated by
the shouts of those who were happy in being
possessed of that unenviable head dress called
"Wide Awakes,' Several of the leaders in
brushes were spotted, and arrested by order
of Judge Beebe and the Chief Of Police, whose
preparatio ns for the prevention or quelling of
any riot or serious disturbance were truly adj
mirable, and deserve the commentator of all
law-loving citizens.
In Brooklyn and Williamsburg theday passed
off quietly. [Nen York Herald, 18th.