New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-09
Louisiana InteIngenee.
De Soto Columbian Of saturday says /:

Inc DE SOTO Columbian oil Saturday says
The weather, which was warm on Sunday last,
suddenly changed on Monday morning and we have
had frost every night since, with clear bracing
weather. The roads getting harder and planters
are hauling of their cotton very fast. -
The Rapides Democrat, of Friday last, has the
following ,.,... FL
The new month has made its advent with one of
the codest mornings of the winter. Instead of the
rain expected from the cloudy sky and sultry weather
of Saturday, we have had few regular . stingersT
for the latest gift of the clerk of the weather.
The river is falling rapidly at this point and above
considering the amount Of water which has spread
itself over the country.
During the past week, three robberies have been
committed in our midst. The town seems TO be in
tested by gang OF thieves. On Saturday night the
dwelling house OF w. ii. Drown was entered BY some
scoundrel, who distracted the clothes OF Mr. d..
which contained somewhat over hundred dellars IN
money, together with drafts and other valuable
papers. -.s. 1lf.it 3 O.
From the Thibodaux Minerva Of Saturday last we
extract the following paragraphs: 4 u, b.
The night of Monday last was the coolest Of the
winter. Ice was no scarce commodity in our cutters
on the following morning. II February went out
like lamb, March came In like a roaring lon and
has left its mark, as the orange and morus mutcar
lis give evidence OF the severity of its chilling breath
the green foliage OF those trees being crsped and
blackened by its whitening blight. It's very doubtful
now whether will have any fruit this year or not
The freeze did not damage the prospect of the cane
crop, it being not sufficiently advanced to receive
| injury.
The Lafourche still continues to recede slowly.
being now four feet below the highest point Al
tanned this season. Our steamers still continue TO ply
with full freghts to New Orleans. The Jacob Traber
| has been wthdrawR from the tnde. Capt. TurQeau
intends putting on another boat at an early day. s.
| In preceding number we stated that Upper La
fourehe-being that portion of the parish living be-
tween Lockport and Donaldsonville had miracuously
escaped overflow this season. We cannot saw as
much for that district of country on the west hank
from Loekport to the Gulf shore-Lower Iafourche-
which, for the distance of thirty miles, is completely
submerged, and the greatest distress exists among
the Inhabitants. Nearly fifty families and small
farmers have been rendered houseless and homeless
and should the waters not soon recede no crops will
be made in that portion Of the parish this year
Mr. Joseph Remont, an intelligent gentleman OF
Lower Lafourche, informs US that the surface plane
of high water of Bayou Lafonrche has risen over ive
feet opposite his residence, (orty miles below this
place,) within few years and that the bed Of the
same from sedmentary deposits, has filled up nearly
twelve feet, and its width narrowed between sixt,
and eighty feet With all this crushing and convincing
evidence against the dropsical or tapping remedy re
commended by the State Engineer, to relieve tn,
Mississippi and its tributaries from overows we ar
astonlshed to hear sensible and intelligent persons ex
press themselves in favor of outlets Carry out Mr.
Bayleys plan for redeeming the Lalourche, and Wi
will warrant the result Never was there a theor,
more false than this abomnable outlet system.