New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-20
LouIsIana IntelIlgenee.

Red river was falling rapidly at Shreveport on the
l4th. The Southwestern Of that date says that tbs
boil worm has made It's appearance in the cotton ii
that parish.
The Franklin Sun Of the 9th instant says:
a iaont through the country between here and Red
river, afforded ns an opportunity Of seeing good
deal Of the crops in the uplands We f0nnd them f,
be much better than We anticipated The early corn
that, previous to the rains setting in about three
weeks ago, did not promise to yield enough for seed
has come out timely and now affords prospect Of
an abundant crop And in the meantime. tie long
continued spell Of hot dry weather. has had a yery
favorable effect upon the cotton crop which. owing
to the continuance of the cold spells, presented 4
poor prospect in the early part Of tie season.
The Sun says that the smallpox had appeared in
the Hurricane and Warsaw settlements, in Franklin
parish. It was supposed to have been introduced BY
the family Of Mr.. F. A. Henry, from Mississippi who
settled there In January last. Nj. H., one of bis
children and two Of his negroes, died Of the disease,
which spread to other families bat without further
fatal results.
The North Louisiana Baptist Of the 18th has the
following
The showers continued till Sunday last, when the
sky cleared and the air was sensibly cooler oh Mon.
day and Tuesday.
Cotton is growing very rapidly, and is large and
leaiy for the middle Of july but is not bearing 80
well. The prospect however, is not unfavorahle
Corn ia doing finely, and will only want few more
showers to make it an abundant crop. The general
health of the country is excellent III every direction
| so far as we have been informed
The Concordia IntelIigencer Of Friday last has
the following paragraphs
There is barely perceptibe fall since our last It
is a stubborn old riYer-that same Mississippi
! Warm and showery are the characteristics Of the
middle OF July in this vicinity Every other day at
least is a rainy day.
We are sorry TO be informed by planters from the
0f nfC
the Tensas are continually rising at the rate of one
inch and quarter per day. 1t is BOW said to be four
teen inches higher than it has been this year.
The InteIligencer publishes letter from Lake Con
cordia, from which we extract the following
Statements regarding the growing crops must be
more less sectional growing out Of circumstances
having more or less infuenee-such as high water,
crevasses in ievees continued heavy rains, ETC. with
| all their attendent results.
In the first place, then, high water iniures to
greater or less extent all the crops fronting on the
river, some of which cannot make half CROP either
of corn or cotton. Crevasses, it is well known will
| ruin all the crops in their immediate vicinity and
snbmerge to greater or less extent, the interior
/ owing to the amount of water discharged and the
! length of time the river remains over its banks
Now, although it is evident that the highest water
this season has not quite reached the highest point OF
the river in 1850 yet all men of observation will tell
you that they have never known the river to remain
over its banks and against the evees such length Of
time. It is true we not yet injured by back water
to the extent we were in the former year. In this
parish, in 1850, back water from the overflow COM
menced reGeding early in June. On Lake John fully
onethfd of the place was then managing was under
water, and as the water left it planted cotton At
I ter the water went down the season was favorable
and we estimated that this portion of the place. not
Withsandng the late planting produced threefourths
of bale per certainly not less than one-halg
| bale.
The continued rainy weather this season is causing
more damage to the crops in this parish than it has
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within its limits Some of us have more rust in the
! crop than have ever before known. To conclude
the list, back water is now coming in behind us and
is already inside of our fences on the lower portous
of the cotton grounds, and am informed it is quite
submerging some OF the plantations farther in the in
terror Back water, together with the Lake is stead.
y rising, doubt increased by the late heavy rains
The back waters now appearing is mainly the accu-
mutation Of water from breaks in the evees in the
| upper parishes.
Most of US on the Lake win make, (haYe already
mads,) an abundance of corn Whether we make
three-fourths or even one.haIf of cotton crop de-
pends entirely the back water overspreading and
the character Of the weather during the remainder of
the season.
The ST. Mary's Banner of Thursday last says:
The rains continue to drench all parts of our parish
almost daily. The younger crops Of corn are suffer
ing much from an excess of wet weather, The cane
suffers less than the corn but in some places where
they have been unable to pillow out the mddles it has
turned rather too yellow to be healthy. However
the cane is generally growing finely, and there are
yet good prospects OF a heavy yield.
The wind last Thursday blew down considerable
| quantities of corn below Franklin, and on Bayou
Sale but have not yet learned whether it extended
| generally ever the parish.
The Houma Ceres of Saturday last says
While other portions Of our State are suffering from
the effects Of high water the parish Of Terrebonne is
comparatively unaffected. Crops with us never were
better, and we may consider this parish as the
| Mount Ararat Of Louisiana.