New Orleans daily crescent., 1858-05-25

resided. New Haven Journal
Louisiana Intelligence. s1el
The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter, Of Saturday last,
says:
The river at thsp point is receding slowly. Already
some Of the old levees, which have been submerged,
are beginning TO appear above water. All fears Of
crevasses. for the present at least, have subsided
The Bayou Sara Ledger. Of Saturday, says
The woods between Alexander's creek and Clinton
are filed with locusts and they make noise like the
roar OF distant waterfall They destroy almost every
kind OF vegetation but as yet, they have done little
or no damage TO the crops
In the Pointe Coupee Echo, Of Saturday, we find
the following:
On Wednesday last, Mr. O. L. Bouis. Of this parish.
committed suicide by jumping into the river. His
body was found few acres distant from the place
where he made the leap. 1t is said that Mr.. Bouis,
for some time previous, had given evidence Of dis
eased mind, and had more than once attempted to
destroy himself
81 On the previous day, Mr.. Joseph Picard. residing
the Island OF False river, blew his brains out with
gun. Pecuniary difficulties prompted this rash act
The Concordia Intelligencer, Of Friday last, says
The rise has been suspended, and fall Of some
inches has succeeded. This is encouraging, but not
rapid enough to allay all fears. But the supposton is
that the late rise n the upper rivers, cansed only by
heavy rains, will be too shortlived aud transient TO
have any serious effect below Cairo.
The watchmen still retained on those two i'm
portant Concordia parish leyees, the Marengo and
the Butt bayous I; but as both have experienced
fall of four inches of water there tar less fears
and anxiety than heretofore. The bayous and swamps
in the Of the parish OF Concordia are slowly
draining off by the fall of the back water from the
Red river and the Mississippi; Lake Concordia from
the same causes, has fallen two inches up to We'd
nesday morning.
| None of the ridges of the parish OF Concordia
have as yet been oyerhowed but enough Of the
plantations in the parish bordering the river and
in the vicinity OF the have been injured
| make up estimate OF damages to be reckoned by
tens Of thousands Of dollars; indeed, far exceeding
hundred thousand dollars.
The Plaquemine Sentinel, of Saturday has the fol-
lowing paragraph:
A hunting party. composed ef G. W. Keep and
James and c. N. Kleinpeter, got the track Of one
OF those kings OF our forest the American panther
in the rear of Labauve & Hotard's plantation on
Bayou Crosse Tete, Tuesday last, uhen the latter
young gentleman coming up TO the animal first, he
was brought to the ground dead the first fire. He
measured nine feet in length from bead to tail, and
was three feet high his forepaw was eight inches
long and four and half broad.
INDIAN MURDRRs IN TExAs.-From the extra
of the Dallas Herald, OF the 9Th inst, we extract
the following
A gentleman Immediately from weatherford SAYS.
that on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, 27th and
2sh ult, fifty head of horses were stolen from
Young county, two being mules of Mr.. H. X. Valen-
tine, residing two miles from Belknap. Another
gentleman just from Weatherford, states that relia-
BILE information had reached that point that the
night of Friday, the 30th ut two tAmilies residing
not far from Jackboro Jack county on the waters Of
the West Fork OF Trinity, inhumanly massacred
by the Indians One Of the families was Mr.. Mays,
and two children, formerly of this county the others
names our informant did not learn. Two children
(bOys of one of the familes) were missing and might
have escaped. These all the particulars have
yet learned, and have hopes that they may prove
10 be unfounded or exaggerated.
P. S.-Since the above was written we have con-
versed with gentleman from Fort Worth, whose
statements lead US to believe that the rumors given
above too true. Direct Information had reached
Fort Worth confirming the reports. company OF
some fifty men, our Informant says, has been raised
on Ash and Walnut creeks, in Parker county, to go
in pursuit. This company could not possibly have
been raised and started, think previous TO Sum
day last and as the villains committed the murders
the Friday before, they would have more than day
aud night the start, at least, and with fresh stolen
horses, will very likely elude pursuit.
From Pass CHRIsTIAN.-The Pass Christian Moni-
tor of Saturday has the following:
We have had few very fine showers during the
early part of the past week, which has done great
deal of good to the gardens The weather has been
extremely warm, in fact very near melting
on Wednesday. and probably we would have done so,
IL we had not kept carcass out Of the sun. The
mosquitoes have come over TO take up their summer
abode and determined to let Us know they have
arrived, for they have been samPlng our blood
siderable.
Tuesday last, the sand-hies were really bad occa.
stoned by the rain Monday it is always the case
after have fine rain, the sand flies are sure to
put the finishing touch. N'
: For the past few weeks our market has been COM
petely alive with the finny tribe. Reddish founders
q sheephead and trout can be caught in abundance
near shores At night, when the tides low,
/, large number Of brilliant torchghts may he seen
up and down coast They held by the founder
fishermen, who wade for miles with their bag, torch
l. and spear hunting this delicious fish. And il they
: meet with success, which they invariably do, you
may expect to see market stalls, the following
morning, loaded with them. There are several fisher
men--they might well be called wholesale fishermen
: who 90 out to the islands 10 their large smacks,
o and return in a day or two loaded with the finny
: tribe and send them over the steamers to supply
e their contracts n the city OF New Orleans. There
seems to be no end fish in our lake at this season
h Of the year.
c ESCAPE OF PRIsoSERs.-A dispatch of the nth,
from Oswego, N. Y, says
IN This forenoon seven or eight prisoners confined in
Il the city Jail effected their escape by disgng through
% the wall Every exerton is being made for their
arrest but as yet trace has been found Of them.
a Sullivan who Is to be hung on Friday next was not
= Of the number.
q TIE PRETTY Fiction ABOUT JESSIE BRows AT
LucKSow-The Calcutta correspondent of the Nom
e contormist says
;, We have read with some surprise and amusement
that wonderful story published in the English papers
about Jessie Brown and the slogan Of the highland
ers in Havelock's relief of Lucknow. l have been
assured by OF the garrison that it is pu.e nven-
ton. l. No letter OF the date mentioned could have
reached Calcutta when the story is said 10 have
y rived. 2 There Jessie Brown in lucknow.
: g. The 18th never played their pipes howled out
l. the slogan they in-they had something elsa
to do. L. They never marched round the dinner