New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-05
\ NUMBER ! u I: 252.
BIEHVILLE CORRESPONDENCE.

Mt. LEBANON, La, 2Sth January. 1856.
fDlToks5 I, 5CKFsoEST Among the many very lib.
erai contributors and various correspondents cf tie
Crescent, find none from this immediate seone If
country II must originate from the actthat or eons
try which has been heretofore an interesting centri
butor OF cotton TO your port, has for the last two
years been bockaded by low water, and those Who
were disposed to give you an occasional newsften,
oran mixing Of things generally, feel some eEnbarraas
rnent in doing knowing that are rather behind
the excitement of the age generally. NotWitiistand-
ing all this, afew dots and dongs among Us not
be entirely uninteresting, at this particular time when
il is SO cold we can do nothing else but costly st by
the fire, and read q paper or write to one.
Thermometer to-day eight degrees below freezing.
The ground has beenfrozen for five weeks, lacking a
few days. This being in latitude thirty-tWo and a
half degrees, the night Of the 11th instant snow
fell to the depth of six inches the jingle of the slay
BELLS the ranting of various slays attracted the at
tention of the villagers the like of which was never
before seen by that very renowned parsonage 9 the
Oldest inhabitant." An old mail rider, Mr. John
Martin, whose weather-beaten brow had stood the
storms Of many winters, was found frozen dead by
the road side. What is more remarkable, we have
scarcely any rain our navigation (LaEe Bistenean,)
is now very little above low water mark, the cond
ton in which it has been for nearly two years. cutting
Us off from all commercial intercourse with the world
except the benefits of occasional wagon from the
Ouachita river to the tune of dollar per hundred
pounds. Had we never enjoyed the privilege and
benefit Of nearer navigation, our present condition
would not seem SO hard, but considering our past
Joyments and contrasting them with the present.
minds us Of short allowance We have in store at
the various landings upon the lake, and in the neigh
borhood depending upon that stream for transp0rta
zion, about forty thousand bales cotton ready for
shipment at the first rise Of water. Placing this
amount Of cotton at the low estimate Of thirty dollars
per bale, 'tis worth one million two hundred thousand
dollars. We not only deprived Of the use of prnci-
pal and interest of this large amount Of money but
the cotton is depreciating in value the longer it re-
mains in the very poor warehouses provided for its
comfort during its long sGjourn with us. Shonld the
waters ever again rise, and fine boat make her ap-
pearance in the lake. twill be amusing to view the
heartfelt gratitude Of the natives with open hearts,
hands and purses, and general spree Of all hands,
except the old +" silver-sides.i 2 + #gsG57
Oh, for the completion Of the Vicksburg, shreye-
port and Texas railroad, then wewill not bedepend-
ing entirely upon the wetReather streams for all our
comforts.
A yes all, are anxious to see the iron horse, after
having been Watered and well fed pine-knots, led
out from his stable, neighing and snorting with mpa
tience anxious to be off for the great river Mississippi
Then we will have country worthy the attention o
the traveller and not until then Groceries very high
particularly flour, biscuit are pcayune apiece and
| scarce at that. @ 8 5- El3 ai. {1&E
/ Politics here are at low ebb since the election
notwithstanding the old foges anxious to see ths
time roll round when the national conncl of the grea
j Democracy, at Cincinnati will herald forth the ia
tional Democratic platform with the names attache,
of their Warhorses for President and Viee-President
We, the other side, are desrous that eGPresiden
Fillmore be nominated for the Presidency, belevin
him to be as true patriot as the country Affords
The Crescent keeps US well posted with the "wa
of the world" We now receive it in five days afte
publication, and deem it the best political and con
mercial paper in the city Yours truly,
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