New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-18
DAILY CRESCENT.
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Louisiana.

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i fse We6ther dufing the last week has isesn
sari afie q lserna eing between allths extyeB.es
incident to summer changes, and. in tbrr a :
part Of the week was clustering and cool enoush
| for autumn AT the present writing 1t is drK.
close, sultry and oppressiseIy hot.
| *fhe river rose at this place during the wed,
! twenty xaInches; it ~ NOW AZ q stand here
ont - falling above; at Hurricane Butt it has
fallen eight inches.
The Gazette says that the low stage Of water
in Red River has proved an effeetus1- quarantine
for Shreveport. -5a .F-. .~5-..
The Franklin Planters' Banner. Of Thursday
last, saysss e.ss a75s
a nesting Of the sugar planters Of she parish
ofst- Landry is called for Saturday next, Ia the
town Of Opelousas, having for its object to de-
y1se ways and means forremoTipg the sugar mar
yet from she lesee New Orleans to the Opposite
side of the river. The principal reason assiened
for wishing this change, is that the present
sugaf platform is too small to suit the stsad; "
increasing demand Of this agriculturaI irterest
lowing to which al sugar deposited there hss
| eattef to- be sold within thirty-six hours. on
warehonsed at the expense Of the planter.
! a correspondent Of the Banner, writing fran,
Pattersonyille under date. Of the 10Th. states
that the yellow fever was increasing in ina,
place, and that FIVE deaths had occurred within
Ia few days. -s.5s...'
The Lake Providence Herald of the Sh says
The yellow feyer has made its appearance in
our town, and in o most fearful form Business
| is almost entirely suspended, and there are but
very few citizens remaining who have not had
the diseaee before. Iwp.heaths only have oc-
Cured, that Of Mr.. Goodman and his wife. Nj
Goodman's child is very sick Of the fever. There
has occurred no new Cases up to this time, SAT
turday morning 2ft 4st~s tss~s
The Piaquemine Sentinel 'of Saturday last,
says '' 81 s'1s st's -
As b faithful chronoiogist, Ne are panied to
say thatsthere have been seyeral-eases of FEVER
in our town and vicinity sinceour last Issue, and
some two or three deaths. At the present mo
ment Of writing, there are two or three cases
very low, in and near our town. (,
ihe Clinton lFeliciana) Democrat Of satur.
day, has the following paragraphs:
Our town still remains healthy. Many Sf
our absentees have returned, rather preYrae
| turely, we think. Hrwould have been more
prudent op.their parts had they postponed iheir
| return few, weeks later. - q
We learn from Mr.. dob RoMly, who resides
six miles east Of Etfis. that tie. army worm has
made its appearance among his cotton. Hehas
been noticing it for some days past, ndaisr as-
| sursd that they are the real Morm. :, .. - !
The Concordia Intslligeneer Of Friday mon
t.ions q, rumer prevailing in that place, that
| Francis Hartgrayes,- one Of the men who muir
dered JACKSON in Cataheala garish, 4has; been
| arrested somewhere in sthe North The IatehIf
genoer hastthe following :. 4t.-t Il,
In addition to the rotnoW SO prevalent inap
the COTTON fields Of, cur section of country, We
| have to add that immense swarms of cater pillars
| have invaded msny plantations 1t seems th ~
variety of obstacles are com bined at the SAINT
time to prevent our planters making full crop
The Mansfield tDe Scto1 Times comes 10 US ip
mourning for the loss Of its editor, Mr.. Andrew
s. Flower. The Times says:
The melancholy news we received about teH
| days ago, of the death of the editor and pros
prietor Of the Mansfield Times, was u1happily y
too true. Mr.F Fiowerdied about tive weeks ago,
at the mouth of Red River, Of yellow fever. yHe
had gone to New Orleans with the view Of garii
chasing printing materials, where, we presumess
he contracted the disease He was taken sick
on his way up the Mississippi, and had partially
recovered, but relapsed, and died on the wharf
boat at the mouth of Red River. ; saz4-.
The galeasieu Press speaks in the following
terms of the recent wind and rainstsrm which
prevailed in that region: '~ss.cs -ss .
On Friday night, a3lst ult. a Yiolent storm Of
wind and rain swept over great por lion Of this
parish, uufootng and demelishing houses.
blowing down trees and fencing, and doing
Egreat,damage to the crops We are happy 10
learn, however, that this gale was not so stvere
at many places beyond the limitsof this parish
Heavy rains have fallen since, and swellsd
| the bayous and riyulets far ever their banks.
For some days, BY way Of relief, hordes of
theaniost gigantic, malignant, and uneompro5
missing mosquitos, of the Shanghae tribe, have
been preying upon Us. - n = s. zs ss.z. i