New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-16

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Belle Sheridan for late papers from Louisville.
4 The purser Of the steamship Nautilus has our
I thanks Sor Texas papers. = 7,
i9sf YHH Navy PRINCESS. The new, elegant, com
modious and magnificent steamer Princess, Capt
3 7, q. Holmes, will commence her-regular trips
: in the Eicksburg trade, Tomorrow afternoon
leaving port at s o'clock precisely. As . mat
Z tor Of course, she will take passengers and
freight for all intermediate landings, going and
RETURNING. Messrs Carroll, Pritchard s& Co.,
bS Garondelet street, are her agents.
The Princess has been lying at our landing for
several days, end has attracted much attention.
All q model Of marine architectural beauty she
cannot be surpassed She recIines on the
bosom Of The waters as lightly and gracefully
. as swan and gives token Of speed not yet
exceHed- But, strength is not sacrificed for
symmetry, norssafety for the attainment of IN
usual speed. We presume, q more staunch and
suhstsntial oraft never foated on the western
rivers: Externanys she is all that. could be de-
sired, while internally, neatness, taste and
ccmmodiousness, vie with esch other for Tie
mastery Her accommodations for passengers,
and hsrScapacity for carrying freight, ore IN
$sarpassed: s 81 't ss..
We wish Capt Holmes and his new boat the
fullest measure Of success. We we'll know he
deserves III FEom the ashes Of the old, Phoenix
like, ANEW Princess has arisen, more beautiful
than her predecessor-a splendid monument Of
his skill perseverance and enterprise hong
may she swalk the waters like thing Of life, 4
an ornament to the lower Mississippi, and d
source Of profit to her owners
- EslSS,
LAFouRcHE IrEMs BY the kindness Of d gen.
tlsinan lately arrived from Lafourche, We hays
learned some particulars Of What il transpirine
in that'ssction, that have not 40 yst been made
public s,s " a.
Ihe cholera II prevailing very extensively alt
along the Rayen Lafourohe, and isof an exceed
ingly malignant type. tt broke out suddenly
about five days since, and within this short space
OF time there has been about thirty deaths.
The people are panic struck and escaping in oil
oharbone IL also prevailing among the horse j,
mules and cattle of many plantations, to an OK
tent never before known Indeed, the disease
Itself ~ A newcomer in the region. Some
piantersshaSe lost-from twenty to thirty head
Of horses and mules, and great number Of
oattle.
The cane and corn crops, refreshsd by The
recent rains, have taken new life, and are now
the most promising ever known in that.section.
For ten days past there had been no more
rain. ~
Bayou Lafourche is IN good nayigable eonai-
ton for small boats as high up as Loekport-
about fifty miles from the mouth.
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h0uIsIAEk, --The editor Of the Baton Rouge
eoznet has had bis coat stolen, and proposes to
mil ten dollar note upon the picket, which
me thief can have by leaving tho coat in lis
place.
The Frankiin Banner, Of Thursday last,
says
We have had ne rain for several days mast III
I this,aection. The weather is deliehtfai. Win II.
q reireshing breezes from the Gulf, and consider.
ing the severe ordeal our crops have undergone.
they Look remarkably. fine = far beyond any
anticipation. Our planters have indeed reason
20 Dc thankful, for at one time their case was
hopeless s'ss Tag
Yesterday was warmer than anv If tba nre.
ceding days IN the afternoon, at three O'Clock.
me mercury stood at 81 deg. in the shade, under
the Odd Fellows Hail. IN -
The Psaauemine Sentinel, Of Saturday last,
Gays:
we understand that the bodies Of a wbite
man and negro were taken out Of the river ii
tnis place and buried day or two since ~
aid not learn that they had any distincuishabls
marks about thern They were, doubtless. the
n, mctims OF the Unfortunate Magnolia Branntr
anera va also = quantity Of cotton caught IN
BEARS AND DEER The girls down East hast