New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-07-16
Louisiana Intelligence.

The Shreveport South Western Of the 9Th inst has
the following: s Z, .fys4 A
The river again declining slowly, although another
heavy rise is reported above the raft. We regret to
learn that the cold nights and mornings which have
prevailed during the past ten days proved most detr
Bossier, having caused the rust to make its appear
This is the case to great extent particularly
on the river plantations. In the uplands there are
great complaints of the drought. The corn looks un-
usually promising and heavy crop is anticipated.
We learn by a gentleman just from Monroe, that the
crops in the parishes of Bienve, jackson and Qua
chita, are in fourishing condition. Plenty Of rain
| having fallen.
Mr.. ]. L. Gordon, young merchant of Floyd, Car
roll parish was shot the night of the 4h by some
person or persons who fred several bullets through
the Misunderstanding Of his room. He received
wound in his head which it was feared would prove
| fatal. s,gs,.
4 From the Mount Lebanon Baptist of the 9th, we
extract the following:
/ Another fine, pleasant week for the planters, and
crops doing as well as could be desired, everybody
| having had rain. SO far as we have heard.
We had halfgrown cotton boil on the LIST inst,
from the plantation of Mr.. A. Cawthon, near Rnggold
which must have bloomed about the Goth of June-a
few days earlier than We mentioned last week Mr..
Cawthon sends US also some heads of indigenous wild
rye, which interested us. The heads are about as
lOuS do dnu as tuouBu too younS
to indicate the size and quality of the grain. We
should be glad to receive mature grains for
pertinent. Who knows but cultivation would show it
to be very important and valuable winter grass
Since writing the above, we have letter from Mr.
J. p. Sheffield, of Catahoula stating that he had full
blown cotton blooms on the 18th June, and cotton
waist hight.
The St. Martin Star of Saturday last says:
Since our last issue we have had beautiful weather
and which puts the citizens of our parish in an excel
Wan Of fhat
light up the countenances of planters account
Of the recent rains If this weather should continue,
and we have no storm, an abundant harvest will be
reaped by the agrcnlturists of our parish. Every
thing at present is in fourishing condition.
: The Alexandria (Rapides) American Of the llth
inst thus speaks of the weather and crops in that
section: ""- '-'E-5
WEATHER AND CRops-The former hot and sultry
with considerable quantity of dust, the latter suffer
; ing for the want of rain. -a,
HOMICIDE IN MARENGo, ALA.-A gentleman writing
to us from Demopolis under date of July s. says =
most unfortunate case of homicide occurred near
person named Vim. Prowell, planter of considerable
wealth was shot and Immediately killed by Isaac
Holder, who had been overseeing for Prowell. No
one was present at the time of the shooting the
two combatants. Holder, after having killed p.
rode into Dayton and informed the citizens OF the
fact that be had killed him, where he could be found
etc. He was not arrested and is yet at large. The
provocation is said to have been very great and the
community generally sustains Holder. Both have
large families, who are doubtless innocent sufferers
from the sad occurrence. Montgomery Mail.