New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-01
Louisiana Intelligence. :
The Plaquemine Sentinel Of Saturday last has the

The Plaquemine Sentinel of Saturday last has the
following:
A'few days after the gale of the 10th Mr.. G. W.
Keep,of Crosse Tete, heins desrous of visiting Pa-
quenine got ina ski with his family, at his planta
ton above Johnstons store, and came down stream
the whole of the way to Plaquenine The rarity of
this occurrence will be better understood when we in
form the reader that bayou Plaquemne, down which
he came some ten miles, runs directly opposite,
usually on fall Of twelve feet in as many miles.
The water running in an opposite direction for week
after the storm (he bayou being previously dry
caused by the great overflow from the sea-swelling
the lakes and bayous and then pouring its waters out
into the Mississippi through bayou Plaquemine, and
emptyng into the river with the roar Of cataract.
The water was brackish, proving that it came from
the Gulf and in the bayou were found number of
crabs and other salt water inhabitants.
The Thbodaux Minerva of the same date has the
following items G 5~4-& a
The Lafourche is alarmingy low at this time We
learn that, at Lockport the citizens are constructing
an awning to cover in order to prevent it from ell
tirey drying up.
Mr.. e. 7. Burnhan, contractor of the Thbodaux
bridge, commenced operations on Monday last. He
has already constructed shop for his workmen, and
will commence the foundation Of the pillars at an
early day. Water permitting, the bridge will be COM
peted BY March next
FrRE.-At noon, on Wednesday, the Kitchen at:
tached to the premises of Pierre Thibodau1, ESQ.,. on
Canal street, was discovered to be on fire. The alarm
was Immediately given, but before assistance could
be rendered it was entirely enveloped in hames and
soon communicated to the residence, and both were
destroyed. The property belonged to ez-Gov Fl,
johnson. No Insurance.
We have no change to make in the state of the
weather or the prospect of crops. We venture the
assertion that there is not at this time healthier
country on the face of the gobe than Laourche is at
this time. Our medical friends begin to look blue,
and the dealers out Of drugs resemble somewhat n
well known character that figures in one of the pan
| tomimeS of the Ravel Troupe :
There was an American meeting held in Richmond
on the 22d 1t was very numerously attended and q
thorough organization of the party in the Parish o
Madison was advised. 1t was determined to get up
barbecue, to be given the 10th inst and arrange
ments were made accordingly n s..,.sa j..
The Baton Rouge Comet, Of Saturday, has the fol
lowing item of police intelligence: s..
The City Marshal yesterday caught four negroe
gambling-came upon them when one of the party
had flush, and gave them each ten lashes
The Advocate, of Friday, says:
Our good citizens were aroused by the cry of fire
little after one O'Clock today. The fire. we understand
unoccupied at the time, and was doubtless the worl
OF an incendary. No damage of any consequenc,
was the result - --
The Franklin Journal, of Thursday last has
lengthy report of the company which was organized
in that town on the 10th ult and went down in th,
steamer Texas, for the purpose of rescning those
the sufferers by the Last Island disaster who nigh
be found living and bury the dead These gentemel
proceeded to Last Island, where the company was d
vided into squads, and thorough search Instituted
The public has already been informed through til
papers, of the bodies fonnd etc. During their scare
the company arrested eight persons, spanards, po,
tuguese and Swiss, who were suspected of being
part of the Infamous band Of scoundrels who ha
robbed the dead bodies found in that condition Thes
men were tried by jury, composed Of twelve of til
company two being found guilty, were properly a
tended to- '