New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-21
Louisiana Intelligence.

The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter states that on
Wednesday last young man of that parish, named
Ursn Legenne accidentally shot himself in the left
hand, shattering that member SO badly that ampu-
taton became necessary. The Planter furnishes
the following intelligence:
Quite change in the weather took place on
Saturday evening last. The day had been unusu
ally sutry for the season, and the heavy piling up
of clouds from all parts of the horizon, induced
many to believe that the long looked-for rain had
come at last. But once more were we doomed to
disappointment About shutdown violent storm
Of wind arose. which chased away the clouds, and
left in their stead dust ice and very uncomfortable
weather. During the day, Sunday, the ferryboat
unable to make her regular trips from the vio-
lence Of the wind, and some few small craft on the
eastern side of the river were driven ashore and
badly wrecked. On Monday and Tuesday morn
ings we had heavy white frosts, without the wind,
which in some measure compensates for the cold.
On Thursday, the rain poured down in torrents,
and there was every indication of a long rainy
spell. During the night, however the clouds clear
ed away, and to-day, Friday, the weather is clear,
cool and bracing. 1t has been week of queer
| changes.
| have been disastrous to the cane. The weather
moderated so far on Monday as to render fires I'M
| necessary. A thaw has set in, and the conse-
quences to frozen cane are but too well known to
sugar planters. We cannot at this time attempt an
estimate of parish crop. The result will, how
| ever, soon be KNOWN
The Livingston Reporter of Saturday last says
Last Monday the mercury was down to sixteen
degrees of fahrenheit-just sixteen degrees below
the freezing point, and two degrees lower than we
have had it for three years before. One conse-
quence has been that most of our turnips and the
more juvenile of our cabbages, onions, etc., are
are killed. We have inspected them, and find that
they are "dead, dead, dead" There is no hope
for them either in this world or the next.
From the lberville Sentinel of Saturday last we
extract the following:
At the present time Of writing Thursday after
noon, the rain is coming down very handsomely,
with every prospect of continuance to the salts
faction of all. As we conclude this paragraph,
sixteen hours later the is shining brightly
and mild Southern breeze is prevailing, after CO.
pious showers the previous afternoon and night
For the last week or two the hunters hereabouts
have had a fine time of it in shooting ducks, to
judge of the quantities sent into town for sale.
For seventy-tve cents pair fine mallard ducks
could be had. They are really delightful, the meat
is tender and juicy, and of excellent flavor, not
partaking at all of fshy taste; but the price
must come down, to make them as palatable as
| they ought to be- or would otherwise be.
We have frequently spoken of the sugar crop,
| and in manner, we thought, as to give true and
correct idea of its character at least in this parish
But we doubt, and we have so been informed by
one of our most experienced planters, if our re-
marks are construed Us giving proper estimate or
falling off Of the crop this year If other parishes
of the State are like this section half crop will
| not be made in the State. Planters here whose
crops last year brought six seven hundred hlds,
| will not this season make more than two hundred
or two hundred and fifty This is about the ratio.
Short as the crop was expected to be before the
commencement Of the grinding season, the actual
experience of converting the juice into sugar proves
that it will be far shorter than was anticipated.
What specimens of sugar, however, that we have
SEEM are of an excellent quality, and must bring
good Dricc.