New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-22

NTIsslssinuI InteIIIrenee.
From the yicksburg whig of yesterday we extra

From the yicksburg Wing of yesterday we extract
the following:
The report Of the Sexton shows five deaths during
the past week, within the limits Of the city, all from
yellow fever. We learn that ia addition, there were
six deaths at the city hospital three at the o. s. Ma
rne hospital and one in private practice out Of town.
There are 50 many reports that we unable to
get accurate information as to the number of cases.
bat sure the number cannot be less than thirty
or thirty-ffve.
The river is still recedng. That the business sea-
OF the year is fast approaching is clearly evnced
by the appearance of our landing which has again
resumed It's wonted activity, and forms strange con
trast With the ndolent look it bore during the past
few months. The landing literally groans beneath
the weight OF new cotton and other products Of the
EARTH waiting for shipment and every description of
tall goods, etc, which are being daily received per
order for our merchants.
We still continue to hear various reports about the
boil Worm the caterpillar, the rust etc. etc. the
cotton, and short crop is the general cry. We have
never known year but the same story was told to
greater or less eXtent-and STILL nine times out of
ten there is plenty Of cotton made-and the same
will be the case this year. Notwithstanding much will
Fbe lost from the overflow.
The Wing relates the following incident as having
occurred at the last of the Bolivar county court
A man was convicted of hog stealing, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary. We learn that being
asked what he had to say why sentence should not
be passed upon him. this worthy very cooly told the
court that he killed the hog in sefdefense and ate
him out Of spite"
A receat number Of the Brandon Platform relates
the following case Of coWardIy assassination:
On last Tuesday, while james johnson was riding
along the road in the neighborhood of Morton, he
was shot with a rife by Ben Moore from the side of
the road and killed 1t appears that there had been
feud existing between johnson and the MOOres, and
| that on the day johnson was killed, that Ben Moore
and one of his brothers secreted themselves by the
side of the road where they expected johnson would
pass, one with rifle and the other with double
barreed shotgun and as johnson passed the one hav
ing rifle, (Ben MOOre) fired on him, the ball taking
effect just above the hip, from the effects of which
johnson died in the course of an hour The Moores
escaped and are now at large.
The Yicksburg True Southron of yesterday says
We reached home yesterday, after brief jaunt
through the counties of Kinds, Copiah Claiborne
and Warren, and we regret to be compelled to make
very unsatisfactory report in regard to health aud
| crops. Wherever we have BEEN we are sorry to say
that the general health has rarely been worse though
for the most part the prevalent diseases OF light
character renitent fever, and chill and fever pre-
ponderatng. In regard to the cotton crop, we are
sure have never heard such general and wide
spread complaint, and SO far observation has
extended, we are equally certain that we have never
known such complaints well founded We have
seen and conversed with many planters, and we saw
none who estimated the damage by rot and boil worm
at less than hrtyttFee per cent while very many es-
innate it as high fifty per cent. In many panta-
tions where the crop fell under our observation, We
are satisfied that this last estimation is too
high. Unless all signs are valueless, we think the
present cotton crop may very safely be set down
short