New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-04

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4he shreveport Gazette, oG Saturday last, has sbe
following paragraphs:
7 The weather has been bot and dry during tbe ma
week Ihe neat has not been as great and tbe
LssnCs ate getAng cooler We have the finest crops
/ OF corn ever made in the parish. Cotton Is very
I promising; it is doing its Z. level best.1
/ The health Of Shreveport ii yery good aIthnugh
there are lew cases Of typhoid fever and SCATTERING
greatest sufferers.
The North Louisiana Baptist, Of Thursday last.
says of the weather in that region
At this tine-2Tth, g O'clock P. Mt fs verg hot
and too dry for corn in some places. There have
been appearances Of light and partial showers pass
ing. The mercury stood 80 Q and upwards III the
shade at | to o'clock, r. VI.
The Rapides American, Of the 24th 1lt., says:
We have had, for the past week, continuation Of
sh0wery weather, varied every now and then with
hard rain, which the intervening spells of hot sum
shine have had bad effect upon the cotton crops
throughout the parish wherever these causes have
acted causing TO grow too much to weeds and shed
considerably Late is generally good, the early
planted having been injured greatly by firing. The
cane crops are remarkably good generally
The Rapides Democrat, of the 9th, states thas
fevers, not generally Of aggravated character pre-
vailed in the parish, and says of che weather and
crops:
We have had, during the present week, fine grow
! ing weather-but few showers, and extremely hot
/ thermometer 96 in the shade.
/ The csne crop is excellent. The cotton for three
j weeks previous tp the present, had too much rain
4 but will recover If the present weather con-
| tinues.
The Central (Avoyelles) Organ, Of the 9th ut,
states that Cameron and Wilson, confined in the
Marksville jail on charges Of larceny and two runa
way negroes, escaped just before daybreak on the
previous Sunday by breaking two Or three doors.
man named Bordelon, awaiting trial for murder.
could have escaped with them but refused to do 10
Wilson and one of the negroes were afterwards re-
captured near the Atchafalaya river.
The PIaquemines Rice Planter, of Saturday East.
I says
We observe in papers from different sectionsr
notices Of parties enigrating, making arrange
ments to emgrate to South Florida which the eyacu-
alton Of the Seminoles renders land of promise
It will eventually become the garden of the Union,
for there are few tropical plants and fruits which
grow in Cuba that will not flourish with equal Iuxuri-
ances in South Florida.
SwILL MILK LIBEL SUrF.-Aldermen Tuonney
and Reed of the New York City Council, have
brought libel suits against Frank Leslie for publish
ing in his paper picture, which is thus described by
the n. Y. Times
This cut represents the interior Of stable, the
most prominent figures in which were stump tail
COW and five men. Three Of the men, it is alleged,
bear a striking resemblance to Aldermen Tuomey,
Reed and Tucker the authors Of the majority report
The fourth declared to be the foreman of the Six
teenth street stables, while the fifth male figure is
noted graphic representation of masculine milk
maid. Each Alderman holds in his hand mammoth
whitewash brush with which each is vigorously en-
ployed, endeavOrng TO mpart spotless tint to the
COW, the stable, and the milk-maid. 4 bag labeled
5000 protrudes from the side-coat pocket of the
male figure assumed to be Alderman Reed and the
foreman Of the Sixteenth street stables is sy1y en-
deav0ring TO poke bag labeled $1,000 into the pocket
Of the alleged representation of Alderman Tuomey.
As the Aldermen above named were of the majority
in the investigating committee upon the qualities of
stumptailed swill milk that reported afirmatiyaly
upon the question of its heathfulness it was inferred
by complanants that the picture was clear intima-
tion Of bribery The Post of the 28th gives the fol
lowing report of the preliminary examination
Mr.. Tuomey testified that in the picture in Lese's
paper, by which the majority of the committee are
represented as whtewashng the COW stables, and as
having received money, the general appearance of
one Of the men was like his, and that the likeness is
easy to be traced in any daguerreotype he ever
had taken.
The man holding the bag of $4,000 looks like Mr..
Smith, foreman of the Sixteenth street distery,
aud the witness understood it as indicating that he
had received that for making the report he did.
Being asked if either of the men in the picture re-
presented Aid Reed he replied that there was an ex-
act fac siHlle of his face Aid. Reed, who was pre-
sent, arose and said: "You see the original before
you. think you can see my nose there clear
enough. 1t was finally agreed that the case should
90 before the Grand Jury.