New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-18
NUM- !. /! 3 BEIR :,.,R| l42 !.
Louisiana Intelligence.

Louisiana Intelligence.
ihe lafonrche Union, Of the 14th inst, in an arti
3cle on the weather, says:
zva rhs hs, sunday up Y The time Of going o
MONDAY 1t blew irregular gale uprootno trees. tear |
ing down fences and chimneYs fnp with raiI, fTe
Ga6a f and playing @ with everything
IN ne bflek ends Of the old store.bor1se Of
DaunIs y Brothers were thrown down bY tie wind,
THE LAST ISLAND DISASTER leaayn fro,,n, ~
Franklin Journal that at meeting Of the
OF this disaster, which was held On tie steamer Na
Aubrey on the l4th inst, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted
Whereas, The participants and sufferers during lie
severe hurricane which occurred at Last Island on the
10TH nst deem it necessary TO give an expression III
regard e the noble and praiseWorthy efforts Of GER
tam individuals who ventured their liYes for the
safety OF many of the survivors, therefore
, re u resofced, That we hereby tender our hearty
thanks to Capt Abraham Smith, John Miller, pilot
Perry second pilot Briggs engineer and the crew OF
the steamer Star. Also Is Thomas Fl. Ellis and a. B.
Carey for their noble and humane efforts to preserve
human life. sf
i5e Il TesoEaed, That DR. a. Daperer, o.. T.. Lewis
and Jonas Marsh be appointed committee to collect
by subscription sum Of money to purchase suitable
testimonials OF our gratitude, for Capt a. SitI, Of
the steamer Star. Ss3
r. Dr. A. DupERIER, Acting sec,y ts5
EFFECTS OF THE GALE IN ST. IIARY's PARISH
We learn from the Fraklin journal Of tie l4th irst
that the late storm was very severe in that parish in
factexeeeded any thing within the recollection Of
!" the Oldest irlhabitant." !" It commenced about u
O'Clock on Sunday and increased in fury until or 10
O'Clock that night, about which time It was at It's
height About two o'clock on Sunday night it shift
ed from the northerly direction which it had been
blowing all day, to eastward and again to south
ery direction in these changes created sad havoc
twisting off large limbs of live oak trees taking off
the roofs of houses fattening fences and laying pros
trase the cane and corn crop Of the parish.
IN franklin great deal Of damage was done, the
wind carrying off the roof Of the Odd Fellows Hail
large brick building used for stores and offices ana
throwing it some distance into the street Messrs. j.
Levy Co, dry goods merchants. and VIM BogeI,
druggist, suffered considerable damage from the water
in consequence they occupying the lower story Of
this building Levys loss il estimated at $4,000.
and BogeIs at 81 900. Messs. Clark and Hedrick,
ambrotypists who occupied the upper story Of the
building, had their apparatus slightly damaged, and
| several pictures destroyed.
| Several small sheds were blown down about the
town. The capacious warehouses in the upper mart
of the town, belonging to Mr. Trowbridge, were blown
down. The sugarhouses of 7. Carlin Thomas j.
Foster, Capt A. L. Fields and j. B. Murphy, were all
destroyed. The brick shed and baggasse chimney of
Gabriel Greremberg was destroyed. Theodore Fay,
Adrien Frere, Joseph Frere, j. L. Fuselier Il Son,
Mrs. louisa Fuselier, I. g. N siglr, Judge Seymour,
Enphrasy Carn, were all damaged. some of them
having their sugar purgeries blown down, and some
of them sustained the loss Of their cane sheds and
the majority Of them damaged III other ways. large
stable on the plantation Of Henry Foote the mill
house of J. D. Hudgens; Mr.. Burns stable and the
steam chimney on the plantation Of Watson McKe
rail were blown down. And along the whole extent
OF the bayou there is scarcelya sugarhouse standing
An accurate account of all the losses had not been
made, but it was thought that the losses Of the c
zes Of that parish could not be less than 81 900 Goo
Besides almost totally running the cane and corn crops
Planters the coming season will be forced to buy all
the prorender for their stock which they may need
! The Journal concludes by saying that the denzens
of ST. alys will long remember the desoatng effects
of this storm.
We have accounts of like character as the above,
from different portions Of the State, which the crowd
ed state of our columns precludes our giving
The Northern papers are writing good deal about
what they pretend to have discovered recently "a
colored genius.' We have heard good deal about
"white spirits and grey ETC., and this would seem to
those who are unacquanted with the lodges of the
niger worshippes, to be some very late discovery,
but such not the case colored genius in reality
nothing more than "smart nigger'' The girl who
recently sold ST. Beecher is q s:eolored genius, and
as such we recommend her to her white brothers Of
the North. ,sal.. s2 a Is