New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-15
NUMBER lI3.
LoulsIa..a InaeIIlsenee.


The Caddo Gazette, Of Saturday last, has the fol-
loving:
The weather has been very bot and cloudy during
the week; the has sh0ne but little and showers
have been frequent, In many places We have had
too much rain, in other localities not enough Tie
corn crop is almost as good it be throughout
this country. Cotton s looking well but ii ii grow
ing too last the planters say that It il running to
weed.
The North Louisiana Baptist Of THE 7th inst, aays
On the Sd inst, the showers began in earnest. and
everybody, we suppose, has had enough rain for the
present, which will secure the corn crop generally.
Cotton has been doing well for two weeks mast and
now promises as fairly as usual On the uplands.
The Madison Journal Of Friday last says:
Within the last ten days great injury has been done
to the crops Of this parish by the back water, The
two creyasses in Carroll parish have thrown such a
quantity Of water upon oar TeHsas and Joe's Bayou
nelghbors as almost entirely 10 destroy ths growing
crop. Many OF the river plantations are very seTi.
ously injured by Transportation water. Where the
crops are notinjured BY water both corn and cotton
promise good yield.
The Rapides American Of Saturday says:
During the past week much rain has fallen through
out The parish generally, i8jaFing the crops in s0e
localities and beneftting them n Others Cotton and
cane are generally promising, bdE d good deal OF
corn has been injured By firing The health Of the
parish we believe is good.
The Central (Avoyelles) Organ q Saturday says !:
During our recent excursion through goodly por4
ti0n of the parish we were enabled to some extent t
judge OF the prospect for good crops, aud We must
pronounce them fine. The cane and cotton looked
quite promising while the corn, to say the least of
it, was so.so-ish.
The East Feliciana Democrat, Of Saturday last
says:
Rain every day has been the order Of the weather
for the past week. Tuesday night and all day We'd
nesday it fell without intermiss0n swelling the rivers
and creeks, and rendering some Of them impossible.
The Eastern mail failed coming through on Thursday
night, 10 consequence With the change of the
moon planters look for some ntermissi0n-as the
cotton crop is. being much injured.
We still hear of the GhafbOn prevailing. On some
plantations il has done serions injury.
The BErRArER AND AvEsaER.-We find the fol-
lowing item in a late number of the Review, pnb-
lisbed at Cleveland
One day last week there passed down on the
steamer Michigan, man having in irons another
who had some three years since seduced bis sister
The seduction was under promise TO marry, and the
wedding day fixed, but the sedueer ran away the day
before. The brother Of the injured woman started IN
pursuit and caught him at Erie but by some means
the rascal escaped The brother still kept On his
track and found him again. but again be lost him.
Month after month passed and the res0ute brother
wandered about in pursuit. but could get no trace of
the o6jeetof his search. A little whileag0, however,
he saw paper published in Rippou Wisconsin, In
which the name of the seGucer appeared as editor.
Thther be went armed with requsitiOn from the
Governor OF Pennsy tVaniaand arrested him. and now
after pursuit of three years has the vioator of his
sisters honor firmly in his grasp. The parties live
in Pennsylvania, but where or what their are,
we failed to learn.
a FEARFUL FALI-Two HUNDRED AND FoRTY
FEET!-The Philadelphia Ledger, of the 5th inst,
has the folowing
We are panied TO announce the occurrence Of sad
catastrophe the result it is to be feared of careless
ness, 1t appears that about noon on Tuesday last,
four men and two boys aseended the shaft at the
Thomastown eoiliery, in car resting on cage.
When within few inches Of the top, a pin, upon
which the cage rests when it reaches the top, was
pulled out too soon, and the car was not on level
with the platform sufficiently to permit it 10 be rolled
off the cage. In this position two Of the wheels Of
the were rolled off the cage; but it was found
impossible to get the other wheels off signal was
then given to the engineer, who could not see the
position Of the cage, TO hoist little. Unfortunately
it vas hosted too high the car tilted, was freed en-
trely from the cage, and the next Instant with It's
freight Of precious ives consisting OF four men and
two boys 1uas dashed dotgn the sAaft d peTpendiea
lar dtpth Of tteo hundred and forty feel! The re-
mains Of the unfortunate men and boys were, after
the occurrence, removed to the surface in shock
ingly mutiated condition. Two of the men killed.
named Sullivan and Kenwich, leave families. The
other two, Que Of whom was named Brennan, were
unmarried. The names of the two boys we have not
learned,