New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-01
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Lonlsiana .I.,te1.iscnce.
e take the following from the Clinton Democrat

@ We take the following from the Clinton Democrat
Of sturday last
young man, the son Of Stephen NJ Cey, met with
a sad accident on the evening of Tuesday last. On
hls leaving Clinton driving his fathers team, he fell
Immediately 10 front of the wagon the side wheels Of
which passed directly over hia breast severely brtlis
ing and crushing it. Medical assistance was inr1e-
dlately procured but it proved Of no avail. He lng
efed unsl Il the following evening dying from the
eheets of the injuries be had received. @
h The Pointe Coupee Echo Of the 2sth uIt. savs:
The continued dry weather which we are having Is
dolns much INJURY to the immense cF0ps of corn in
THIS parish, and unless we have rain soon large
quantity OF 1t will be entirely lost In addition to
t9e drought we hear the planters in the upper part
Of the parish complaining Of the catterpIars, which
nave made thelr appearance and are degouring the
young corn, and in some instances the cane We have
neafa OF one planter who has
~ s Young corn rom the rayages Of this insect We
nave not heard Of their attacking tie cotton We
are hapy 70 sate however, that the complaint is r5t
general only few Of our planters beiio troubled ~
l snsa 50 ar But for the appearance Of the cater
pl,fs, We nad anticipated crop
e epri, as larger quantity of it had been planted
tnan was ever known in this parish nt now it ii I'M
possible to say what will be the result What there
IS OF the cane Is looking remarkably we'll
we learn from the Bastrop Advocate that the large
warehouses Of Judge Temple, at Point Pleasant. was
destroyed, with its contents, on the night Of Thurs
Day, the 10th ult. The amount Of merchandise in
the warehouse at the time Of its destruction was for
tunately triting.
Ihe building vas valued at s6,00O The fire was
supposed to be caused by an incendiaFy.
The Caddo Times. of the 2lst ult, says
" e are e happy TO chronicle a heavy rain at this
nearly ceased. -
The Alexandria Democrat, of the 24th uIt., has the
following:
Old Red is down as low as she usually gets TO beS
Navigation is entirely suspended between this and
shreveport, except for the smallest class boats We
nave hadplenty of rain recently, for all agricultural
purposes The crops look well, and We have heard
very little complaint among the planters
II Samuel NJ. Hyams of Natchitoches, has been an
pointed Marshal for the Western District Of Lousi-
ana. and his appointment confirmed by the Senate
We learn from the Plaquemine Sentinel of the 2sth
ut. that the army worm had made its appearance id
that parish and was carrying on ifs work Of estruc-
tlon there blasting the last hope Of even half crop
Cane, corn and cotton receive no quarter from this
destructive enemy. Whole fields and even plantations
are made desolate by its ruthless ravages Burning
large fires in the fields is proposed as remedy against
them Our planters had better try it.
The Ouachita Register states that there Ara now
$50 laborers hard at work on the vcksbure, shreye
port and Texas Railroad, between the Ouachita and
Bayou Macon, only IS miles from Monroe
The Natchitoches Chronicle Of the 2lst,says
After a drought of nearly eight weeks, we were
visited en- Thursday with a refreshing shower Al
though not very copious, its sutary effects cannot
lali TO be appreciated, and must sincerely saw in
this instance that ''sma favors are thankfully re-
| ceived.i' - = - =
We learn from the Herald, Of the 10th, that the
health OF Minden was not good. During the last
month they have had much sickness among the
children, principally scarlet fever