New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-16
Louisiana Intelligence,


| Louisiana Intelligence.
The Tensas Gazette comes to Us in mourning for
the death of its editor, Mr.. Miller Quail who de-
parted this life in st. Joseph, La, on the 9Th inst
The Natchitoehes Chronicle of the 9Th says:
| After a dry season. unexampled in this latitude,
! according to the testimony of the "oldest nhabi-
tants, we have at length to record al old fash
/ ioned,'i steady, beating rain, which commenced
4 operations on Monday, and seemed determined to
| make up for all lost time. While it was much
! needed in town for the purpose of filing tho ex-
hausted cisterns, it has been of no service to our
| planters so far as the cotton crop is concerned
| The rains have doubtless been general and we
may expect to hearsoo of good rise in our river
The Rapides Democrat, of Wednesday last, has
| the following:
| The wind and rain of last week have done great
/ damage to cotton in some portions Of Rapides. We
have no definite information to the extent Of the
| injury.
The river is slowly rising at this point
Many of our citizens, young and old, have been
afflicted with the painful but not dangerous fever
| known as the 'dengue.i
| Our merchants are busy with fresh arrivals of
| goods for the fall and winter trade. Few interior
| Southern towns can vie with Alexandria in the
extent of their business.
The political club meetings still constitute the
| standing evening amusement. The Bell club met
| Oh Saturday evening. @
| The st. Mary's Banner of Saturday last says:
Sugar-making is now at hand. Next Monday
several OF our planters will have their engines In
motion, and the big pots boiling, In two weeks
most OF the furnaces will be in a blaze They
will, however, have short run this season. since
they will, most of them, have less than half a crop
| to work up.
The Bayou Teche begins to look quite lively, as
1t usually does in the fail, winter and spring. AS
the crops are much smaller than usual fewer
| steamers than we generally have will be employed
on our waters. However, we expect to have a
pretty lively time on the Teche uutil business
stacks In the spring. At the present time, several
vessels are lying up at different landings waiting
for cargoes of sugar for the North.
| OF the effects of the recent storm in st. Marys
parish and along the line Of the opolousas Rail
road, a letter to the Banner says:
The effects of the storm of the previous Tuesday
were but slightly visible on any of the plantations
The eopious rains, the best and most abundant that
we had been favored with since March, washed the
dust from the leaves of the forest the orange trees
| shrubbery, cane, grass and vegetation generally
| and everything looked quite beautiful ~ almost
sprng-like. TWAS the first time that ST. Mary had
come out with good, eIean, bonnie face for
months. She looked very pretty. Hope she will
| not feel vain, or call this language fattery. We
INSIST that she IS pretty, and has great many win
ming ways.
Some of the tallest of the cane on the bayou
were blown down, but the short cane, and most OF
il is short this year, did not appear to be much
damaged. The storm will hurry the planters up
to commence sugar making at once, particularly
those who have patches OF heavy cane that has
been blown down.
The cane on the railroad between Brashear and
Bayon Laf0urehe was badly blown down. The
largest was almost as fiat as though it had been
windrowed. Many trees, sapplings, were
blown down in the swamps through which the train
passed, and there was every indication that the
blow was much more severe there than on the
Teche. Atthe latourche Crossing was informed
that in circle OF ten miles of that place over two
thirds OF the purgeries were blown down. Most of
the planters will put up temporary purgeries and
cover them with pieux to answer the present sugar
making. II warm weather should follow for any
length of time, much of the blown down cane will
take root and sprout. For this reason it is i'm.
p0rtant that such cane be ground up as soon as
possible. The damage to the planters on the La
fonrche and in Terrebonne will prove very severe
From the appearance of the cane, the extreme
violence OF the storm appeared to extend to within
about twenty miles of Algiers For that distance
from Algers, the cane stood up very well-even
the taest was but little prostrated, and did not
notice any sugar-honses or other buildings injured.
Where the storm had ragged with the most violence
the leuVes OF the cane were completely Whiuped
into st}ings, as though they had been comhed.
The Concordia Intellgencer of Friday last says:
As was anticipated, the violent storm of wind
and rain, which occurred on Tuesday of last week
has proved very disastrous to the cotton in this
vicinity. There is a general complaint Throughout
our parish, all having suffered to greater or less
extent. We have heard several planters estimate
their loss, one setting it at fifty bales while others
estimate at double, treble and some at quadruple
that number.
II is confidently believed by many, that the
effects OF the late storm upon cotton, were more
disastrous than the high waters of 5S and '59
surely, evils come not single handed between the
drouth and the storm, our planters have been
harshy dealt with.
From the Catahoua Independent of the 10th
we extract the folowing
We learn from various parts of the parish that
the storm, accompanied with ran which occurred
az this place last week, proved equally severe at
other points, and in some places attended with dis
astrous consequences TO the cotton crop the fields
presenting in some instances tangled mass of the
weed and fallen timber to such al extent that but !
little OF the snowy staple can be gathered there.
from, and that in damaged condition Corn has |
been blown flat and the continued rains since will
cause serious loss to the crop. The roads in |
many cases blookaded, and in fine the inconyen. |
fences aud damages sustained not at all of small
moment. Save the loss of many beautiful shade
trees, the injuries sustained in our town can he
easily repaired. The weather is now bright brac.
lag and balmy. The change Of Monday niGbt has
made winter garbs comfortable, and limited fires
not unpleasant. Frost is n something not alto
gether improbable at an early day.
CHARGE OF BIGAAy.-on Wednesday, in Wash
ington, man by the name of Gustavus A. Groux
appeared before Justice Clark, and charged his
father, Daniel 4, Groux with the crime Of bigamy,
The justice, after herring the facts in the case,
held the defendant to bail in $500 for his appear
anee at The next term Of The Criminal Court.
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UNION DEMoNsrRAFioN.-A dispatch of the 10th
from Troy, n. Y, says:
large Union demonstration is now in progress.
procession, consisting of 5000 opponents of Lin
coin, including over 1900 from Albany, is now
marching through the streets. Many public build.
lngs aud private windows are Illuminated The |
demonstration i conceded to be the finest Of tie
campaign thus far.