New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-07-28
Louisiana Intelligence.

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From the Baton Rouge Sugar Phater, Of Saturday
last, we extract the following:
It is astonishing to witness the improved appear
ace Of the cane in our parish since the heavy rains
have fallen upon it, Some weeks ago. it was very d.
iaGtise, and to such degree that many supposed t
eoid weather set in but the rain has brought up 80
we'll that it appears little II anything behind hand
u ts growth These daily showers are Of great
Capt. Trudeau, 81 the pretty little steamer Prina
Donna plying on False river informs us that the crops
along the banks Of that river are promising spIeudidy
The planters of that region are inh;Iant erd fii ~
| hope.
The Thibodaux Minerva Of ss4u,d., atate. that
numerous showers have recently fallen in that yicin
| ity, and there was prospect of more,
The Cencordia Interligencer II Frfdav s.v.
| At halGpast / o'clock on yesteraay mo,,;,9
(Thursday) our region was visited by succesdam n
thunder showers which laid the dust Ypok sectns,iv
and penetrated deep into the earth Early yeseray
morning we learned that the rain had not ~
plantations six miles east Of Natchez. 80
The Caddo Gazette, Of the 18th, says:
The last week, which has been excessively hot ana
dry has completely destroyed the hopes Of some of
our hill planters. Corn, in spots Is burning up, and
on some plantations is past hope. Cotton has not
the parish and will suffer greatly if it continues dry
much longer. An average crop OF corn OF cotton IN
this section we regard as now wholly out Of the ques
tion. The river crops are doing t0lerably we'll but
they also suffering, and will be greatly injured il
there is not good rain within the next week ten
days.
Exaggerated and false statements have gone to the
world from paper IN this section, respecting the
prospect Of the growing CROP which are we'll calcu-
lated to misead we, therefore, have made diligent
inquiries from our best planters in order that We
might be prepared to furnish this week statement
fully reliable in every particular. set asz
The Plaquemine Sentinel, ,of Saturday last has the
following paragraphs f.l5 +t9 AZ ee
We have had frequent and 'copious showers duripe
| the week At the present time Of writing (Fridsy
morning) steady rain is falling, with good prospect
that it will continue for some time This will doubt
less give the planters the fu quota that they desired
for the invgoration of their fields, and place their
crops in fourishing condition as they could have
desired. II has been the making OF their potatoes
and late corn, while the sugar must have been
greatly benefited. But those have suffered who have
commenced pulling their fodder. v $50 "a
Our town and vicinity continues in its usual healthy
condition, as far as We can perceive. What sickness
there is seems principally among children.
The negro boy Charles, convicted Of the murder Of
Mr.. B. F. Yates, was hung few days ago in the
Jail yard of Richmond, Madison parish. Another
was to be hung on the 25th ''s :
The Catalonia Independent of the ed inst learns
from various portions Of the parish that the rust
doing considerable damage generally upon lands with
the first crop of cotton Fears entertained that
the rot will follow. which is usually the case. Should
the former continue and the latter prevail to much
extent it will operate as serious injury to the crop
in that parish. Corn, upon both the hill and low
lands, promises an abundant yield-t is now consid
cred made.