New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-05

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An additional mail line has been established
from Opelousas to St. Martinsyille. The Cou-
rier says; 5tas .
1t trayerses throughout nearly its whole ex-
tent, the lovely and fertile valley of the Teehe.
unsurpassed for its magnificent sugar estates
and superior cultivation, by any other portion
in South western Louisiana -
The establishment of this line is, in fact, the
inauguration OF daily mail by railway, steam
ers and stages, from New Orleans to this point.
on alternate days by this, and that through
vermlihonvilie, thus afording to the inhabi-
tants along both lines, almost daily intelligence,
and to the public increased facilities of travel
with view of both sections Of our beautiful
prairies. 80 h
From the opelousas Patriot of Saturday last,
we extract the following: ~ s-
We have had awful weather for some days.
Kahn has fallen in torrents, and the roads are
almost impossible The little strearns and
oayous are very high, and the bridges in many
places are swept away = \,
The weather is quite changeable at times,
and nature seems unwilling to visit us with a
| specimen of wintry days. As yet we have had
| no really cold weather, IN consequence of which
vegetation is still exhibiting itself in the blooms
| Of fruit trees
We understand that the parish of Ayoyelles
is still afflicted with yellow feyer--that there
are yet several cases Of it in the prairie near
| the town of Marksville.
Owing to the lightness Of the cotton crops, the
farmers have pretty nearly completed their la
| bors in gathering it about here. Higher up on
the bayous there is still much of it in the fields
remaining to be gathered. The corn crop in
| the aggregate is abundant
Cane Is not doing well anywhere From all
we are able to learn the yield is very light, and
the quality of the sugar anything but first rate.
On an average the yield is not more than one
hogshead per acre.
The Alexandra Democrat, Of Wednesday last
says: 5l fGs55E A. 8s "A W. Ssg,
| The water here has risen steadily for ten davs
past, and We are assured that there is five feet
water on Shaggy Point, the worst part of the
river between this point and the mouth The
Mississippi being high and rising rapidly, We
may retain this stage Of water, which will give
| us fair navigation to New Orleans, and Be oi
considerable benefit to ell parties concerned.
1t is now absolutely certain that the sugar
crop Of this parish will not amount to half ths
| usual yield in good seasons. MANY of ON,
i
be through rolling operations in few DAYS.
The crop was very short in the field, and tn,
yield has been very poor. The weather, too
since operations commenced, has been most nm
4 propitious, warm and wet, producing secon,
| growth or sprouting of the eyes, and the exper
lment OF wlnroWing to stop this has not beer
successful. q 7 s-s. M
| LATER FROM THE PLAINs.-The St. Louis Re
publican publishes the following telegraphie
dispatch from Independence, dated the 27tt
ultmo:
| The Salt Lake mail arrived to-day. On tht
outward trip it reached Fort Kearney on the
| 18th, but an escort not being furnished, anG
the parties fearing the dangers of the road. il
was deemed prudent to return. On the l6ti
snow fell to the depth of six inches, and from
that time until its arrival the weather was very
| unpleasant
| Mr.. Il. Fl. Dyer came as passenger. From
him we learn that it was rumored that tw
companies of General Harney's command ha,
returned to Fort Laramie to winter, and tha
| the remainder would come to Kearney 70
/ the same purpose The Sioux Indians ha,
brought into the fort three or four of the mur
derers of the mail party, but Col Hoffman
would not receive them unless all we're deliv
cred, and the profers Of friendship were accord
ingly rejected. @
CONGRESS. "A dispatch of the 2Sth from
Washington says: 45 .st
More than fifty members of Congress hav
arrived. The Republicans and Fusionist
among them, have already consulted together
| and expressed their readiness to meet in caucu
for the nomination of officers of the House, witt
| all the opponents of the Administration, ire
| spective of political issues. The Anti SLAYER,
Americans will, it is said, positively refuse t
meet their non intervention brethren in caucus
as distinctive party, while several Democrat
threaten that if in Democratic caucus the sup
| port of the Kansas Nebraska act shall be in
sisted on as test of orthodoxy, they will with
draw from the caucus. sg -
THEORY ON THE ASTEROIDS. s.-Prof. Alexan
der, of Princeton, has recently prepared pa
per on the subject of the asteroids, which is in
| genious, His conclusion is, that between Mar
and Jupiter there once revolyed planet Will
an equatorial diameter of 10000 miles, and /
polar diameter of only eight miles, thus bein.
shaped Like wafer. Having great velocity OF
its axis it burst as some grinding stones do, AM
its fragments formed the asteroids. This theor,
Of the asteroids is brought in to support tina
of the Platonists and nebular hypothesists.
| IAfLosloS.--On the nght OF Jhe Zbth an eX
plosion of fre.damp occurred in the Blacl
Heath Mine, near Richmond, Va, by whicl
three persons were instantly killed and thre
others severely injured, one of them havin
since died. The men were each supplied with
Davy Safety Lamp, one of which was found wit
the top off It was supposed that the man ha
unscrewed it to light his pipe, and thus cause
the explosion.
| A man in Mount Vernon, Me-, has raised i
the open air, for the last three years, the COTE
plant, the seed o. which was brought five yea,
ago from Cuba. II grows about two feet higl
and produces its berries in pods something liz
peas. The plants, he says, have matured, eve
this season, and the berries ripsned without in
jury from frosts.
The extensive warehouse of NJ o. Walker, i
Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the 26th ult
together with large quantities Of grain. Th
loss is estimated at 100000.
The Richmond (Va) Dispatch recommend