New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-12-06
Louisiana Intelligence,

The Advocate thus describes the weather in
Baton Rouge:
This "institutionH performed another of those
eccentric freaks last evening which frequently as
tonishes us. From close, sultry Temperature VIZ
had whsk of wind from the North and the com
mencement OF cold, steady rain, which is going
lndustrlously on at this hour I'll \. NJ of Saturday
morning.
The St. Martin lberian, Of Saturday says:
The weather during the past week has been
cloudy and warm, with occasional sprinkngs OF
rain, not enough, however to do any good, making
IT altogether as bad as possible for those of our
planters who have not finished sugar making.
The Opelousas Patriot, of Saturday last, saws:
Continues very warm for the season and exceed.
lngly dry. We have not had rain more than suf-
ilclent to lay the dust since the Both September.
Our cisterns are exhausted, our wells are going
afy' the ponds IN the pralries are dry powder
house, cattle are dying for the want of water
everybody has cold from snutiing so much dust
and the universal cry is. when will it rain?
We learn from the Franklin Banner that the
majority for Col, Adolphus Olivier over his oppo-
nent o. 0'Bren, for District Attorney of the Four
teenth District, was 5e2 votes.
We extract from the Banner the following ac.
count of a cunning accident:
Mr.. Thomas Briley while engaged in fowling on
thursday evening last, met with a serious casualty
by the accidental discharge of his gun. Al the
time the accident occurred he was in the act of
reaching up to tree to procure some moss with
his gun on his shoulder, when it slipped off behind
and on falling to the ground both barrels exploded,
lodging one charge in the calf of his leg inuring
1t IN serious manner, but luckily no bones were
broken. He was conveyed home in carriage.
where he is now under the hands of physician.
The Banner has also the following:
Did ever any one experience such weather as
this Last Tuesday morning by 8 o'clock the ther-
mometer was away up to where it ought to be in
July. And here it is about the lst December. The
standing cane in many places is fairly rottng in the
fields. The country smells sour as the frosted cane
lies working like beer barrel in a humid atmos-
phere, and under roasting sun. Never did frosted
cane spoil faster.
Still there are favored spots, as on Berwick's
Bay and some other portions Of the parish where
the frost struck more lightly, and they still make
good sugar. So, also, where they windrowed early
the cane is still saving very well. But as whole,
sugar making is nearly at an end. These success
sive dry freezes, followed by such spring-like
weather as this are combination of evils which
sugar cane cannot stand.
The weather during the entire year has been
most remarkable. Last winter the country was
deluged with rain-last spring it was too wet to
plow and plantw any comtort-in the summer it
was too wet to cultivate the crop in July drouth
set in, and the cane crop missed the rain when it
was most needed; the seed cane was put up with
out rain many planters have been obliged to haul
water to run their engines and to wind up the
chapter of calamities, the planters commenced
sugar making late and three early and dry freezes
succeeded by scorching midday suns, suddenly
make their appearance, and so endeth the chapter.