New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-16


The Concordia InteligsReer of Friday last has the
following:
On Wednesday night last the Vfdalia Jail was
broken open, and three prisoners made good their
escape They were all confined In one cell, and were
assisted by outsiders in their work The cells are
double dooTed-the inner door being Of iron grating
which was fastened-the outer door of wood, and
waa lef open for the better ventilation OF the apart
nent The iron door, by means Of lever. was
sprung open at the lower corner, 70 admit Of the
leaving the jail tenantless.
since the above was put in type, we have received
information That Hamilton White Of the above
prisoners VINO vas confined upon charge of muir
der, mas been rearrested. He was secured by Mr. A.
YaTdaman, some ten Or twelve miles below Yidala.
The Pointe Coupee Democrats oF Saturday last
says:
Since ouF last issue the cold weather has been in
Tense with several successive heavy frosts To what
extent the sugar cane has been damaged no one at
present can tell. All agree, however that it will
cause a great diminution in the sugar crop The
yield for the last two weeks had very much i'm
proved, being much as two hhds. to the acre for
plant cane.
The Lafayette Echo Of Saturday says:
On Monday last little girl belonging to Mr. Thos.
Mcbride was burned to death, her clothes having
caught fire. In the attempt to extinguish the ames
Cornelius elder BROTHER had his hands very badly
burned.
The Bayou Sara Ledger Of Saturday says that Jack
Frost visits that neighboFhood every morning now
Abiding to the severity Of the weather during the
past week, the Ibervis Sentinel of Saturday says
II we have an early and severe winter, our sugar
planters will greatly suffer. at present the cane is
not producing the juice that was anticipated the
early cold, however, in connection with this latter
truth has already raised the price Of staples,
which is some satisfaction, in view Of short crop
through an early freeze Those planters, therefore,
who work up their crops the earliest may be said to
| be the most fortunate. To our mind one thing is
certain, and that is that sugar and moasses in March
next Will De higher than they at the time
| last year, pot whether anything would be made or
saved by holding back and Fisking diminution ia
weight, or drainage Of their sugar, is question we
| cannot answer,
0urtown is again restored 10 fine health.
Red river was rising at Alexandra on Wednesday
last, and heavy frosts we're frequent.
The Opelousas Patriot Of Saturday last says:
Including the first visit Of the season by our ever
welcome friend Jack Frost, We have up to yesterday
morning been honored with twelve successive visits
| Wednesday mornings were accompanied with ice
| about one eighth Of an inch thick
The st. Mary's Banner of Thursday last says:
We have now had six or seven successive frosts in
as many nights and ice has been seen three or four
| mornings in the last week. So many hard frnsts in
succession at this of the year have been ex-
tremely rare in former years. The planters are many
Of them somewhat alarmed at this state Of the wealth.
err and fear that their expectations of large crop
are in a fair way to be blasted. We write on Tues
day evening and the ait feels sharper than on
any previous night for the past week. Several plan
tiers in this neighborhood talk Of commencing wind
rowing their cane in the morning.
The West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter of Saturday
says:
The heavy frosss we have bad lately has set many
of our planters WindroWing. in anticipation Of heavy
freezes In places the cane is injured consider
ably, but to what positive extent, we have not been
able to learn. The yield Of the cane is rather indif
feren but the quality of sugar il exceIIentin fact
We have seen no inferior qualities.