New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-25

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louisiana Intelligence.
The North Louisiana Baptist Of the 17sh ssys cf
the weather in that region:
.lt ss continues tina az and dusty and mi Saturday
month. For several days u nj veek ~. INA
came fnriously from the 8. and s. w drv and nat
and laden with dust and smoke, in one aImost
10 o'clock on Saturday, the 18th ~ wirId ma
denly veered to the west and NORTH .west brinrfnw
just splash Of rain, and one Of The ns6sf sudde1
changes Of temperature we have noticed ii long
time. On the next morning. Sunday, the msrcury
was down to ls deg. very respectable degree fcr
January in this latitude. Ice remained an day n
the shade. On Monday morning the mercury stood
stood at % deg.
The Caddo Gazette Of Saturday last says.
We may confidently expect 3 rise Of two feet in
req river from the heavy rains which fell on Thurs
day. The weather ON Friday morning was as clear
az crystal the rain having cleansed the atmosphere
OF dust and smoke.
The Claiborne Advocate has the following Att
The cotton crop Of this pariah, we All pleased to
iearn VIII turn out to be q full average crop The
SEASON thus lar, has been an unusually fine oue i
mann ,of maturing and picking cotton and our
N me way OF saving the crop in the hest possible
ordsF; reliable planter Of our parish told "a 4
rev rev, daya ago. that from one hundred pounds Of
seed cotton, he ginned forty pounds 81 Int
This, we understand, Is eorisiderabIv over an az.
erage yield Of lint and goes oshow that the great
staple, . cotton. y doing as well q could be r.
ter cotton growing country in he whole a1nfi,
than Claiborne. 1t lies directly within hat belt r.
country which IS reported, and experience Ia
the finest staple and the best crops IL cotteS
From the Franklin Sun Of the I8fh - 1xivse4
the following: Il
All last week the weather was clear and piess-s
antly warm. Suddenly about shutdown Oh Satur-
day wind sprung up. and il turned bitter cold,
and continued so during Saturday and Monday,
since when it has moderated. a94 sss
Invent to raining yesterday evening, in manner
that promised bountiful supply.
The woods in every direction round Winnsboro
have been on fire for week. It took hard work
on Saturday afternoon to keep it from encr0aching
on the town. Several places in the neighborhoOd
have lost some fencing 1t is wonder, consider
ing the wind has been blowing high for many days,
that the fire has not done more damage than II has,
The surrounding country is filed with smoke in
every direction and the sky Of evenings as red AZ
If we were encompassed by fire. Entirely without
water, what chance would we stand from FIRE
| now?
The following paragraphs are from the Rapides
American of Saturday last
We have had some very cold as wen as come
very pleasant weather since our last issue. Two
or three nights promised us winter in its fullest
sense, but we have had release from Jack Frost
in his severest form, in our climate, since then.
Yesterday was very beautiful, after the heavy
showers OF the night previous To-day Is still more
beautiful than yesterday was-sunny, calm and
quite pleasant We hope that the present cool
weather will continue for some time to come, a.
our sugar planters will be benefited thereby, AZ
SO much of their cane is frozen, tat it needs cold
weather to keep it from souring. It il thought by
some that the sugar crop, from the late freeze, will
| be cut short. 20 Z
/ Our District Court is still progressing slowly It
| has now been in session for nearly two weeks,
some few cases have been tried, and a large num-
4 Der have been laid over to the next term Of the
Court, which meets in May next.
The Grand jury have been very busv during the
first part of the term, inquiring into the misdeeds
OF our citizens. They have found, we believe,
fortyfve bills of indictment, which does not report
very well for the morals Of our parish. We viii
state, however, that most Of the bills are for as
sault and battery, and for carrying concealed
| weapons.
, From the st. Mary's Banner of Saturday last we
extract the following paragraphs
All over parish thousands of hands with their
cane knives are cutting the cane, and throwing it
into windrows. Never was cane cut down faster.
The late heavy freezes have put everything in mo-
ton that level cane, or save pound Of sugar.
There are no Sabbaths or nights on sugar planta-
tons. &z5g * 8s
Last Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights, We
were visited in this parish by the most clinching
freezes that We have ever seen in this country 30
/ early in the season. The cane was frozen to the
: ground as solid icicles, and the gardens were
: completely ruined. The planters were most d
them taken by surprise some lad not even com
f menced making sugar. This unexpected blow will
D make short crop still shorter; under no circum
stances can the sugar crop of this State exceed
225 900 hogsheads Much cane must inevitably
become sour before it can be worked up. Bi-Sul
+, plate will now be in good demand.
Yes, at last, when everybody had given up in dis.
pair it did rain very lttle-say an hour OF two
last Thursday afternoon. It made the parched els
terms swell little washed the dust from the roofs
of the houses laid the dust in the Streets fooled
the frozen and wilted vegetables in the gardens
left little water in the bitches by the road-sides
called out few obsolete umbrellas, and then the
supply of water above suddenly gave out It may
prove few drops before more plentiful shower.
and it may prove the last shower we shall see be-
fore Christmas.
, We are informed that Mr.. John Richardson has,
in the last few weeks, obtained in parish sub.
scription Of five thousand dollars for the print
f ing fund of the blind. Twenty-Five persons each
subscribed one hundred dollars. This speaks well
for the lberality of our citizens, and the energy
and noble qualities of Mr.. Richardson, who has
faithfully discharged the duties Of the Office en-
trusted to him. The unfortunate blind who may
hereafter peruse books which this fund may aid in
obtaining will bless the people of ST. Mary for
their kindness and liberaty and to their friend,
, Mr. Richardson, they can with propriety say,
Well done thou good and faithful seryant.h
ARRESTED AND HANGED,-The other day we Dub.