New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-08
y The Recent ssfornsr.
From the West Bason Rouge Sugar Planter, of
Saturday we extract tFfe folIoJv;,to-.

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From the West Baton Houge Sugar Planser, Of
Saturday, we extract the following:
Perhaps the most violent storm Of wind and rain
ever known in this section visited us on Tuesday
last. The morning was cloady and windy, with an
occasionai shower, which lasted until IL o'clock,
when the wind fFeshened TO gale, and the rain
commenced falling in torrents. About 5 in the
evening tae gale was at rs greatest height. The
wind had shifted around two or three times during
the day, bus was now coming fron the east Every
thing Of light structure Was carried away. Fences
trees, cabins, etc. were Frustrated in all directions.
On this side Of the river the damage to cane and
cotton Y inealcuabie. The new brick warehouse
at Poplar Grove plantation had the sidss blown
ouf, eaying the gable end standing The purgery
m me plantation Of James T.. IsobdeH was blown
sn aown; me sugar house Of Stephen Pipes I'M
fooiea and otherwise damaged. These are the
psineiRa losses so far heard from IN this par
IN. we have heard Of no loss olife cr HsnlJ az
though the dassger has been very great.
In iae l.sea Y pseseuted grand thoagh terrible
eye could reach. The wharf boat Nateheg broke
from her moorings and went up me rIger faster
than ever she did With steam she landed safely
above the railroad depot, awaiting u be taWed
back to her place. The Uncle Ike, beionaina To-
the Railroad Company, aank at her noorines inst
above the depot, where she lies 4 hopeless wreck.
She Will be abandoned to the underwriters The
4 steamer Carrier, at Che time lying alongside tie
Natehez, was considerably damaged BY both boats
coming in contact. Fortunately for both boats
they parted company thus escaping further dam
fSttif Uut "a su5sA Al Hef land
ing just below Arbors saw mill on the other side
II Of the river. The ferryboat Sunny South, In at
/ tempting to make the railroad eonnecs SION at I
O'Clock, was blown ashore about Quarter Of q
mile above our Office, where she lag until pulled
4 off by passing steamer at 10 O'clock She was
not injured, although her escape must be regarded
| as almost miracle. The steamboat belonging I'd
1 Messrs. Arbor, of Baton Rouge, tore loose from
her fastenings by their mill and was driven across
| the river, where she now lies sunk at Soniat's
Point. The steamer Lone Star IL also high and
| dry aground at the same point The greatest loss
| perhaps more than all combined in this yieinity
4 was the sinking Of twenty y-one coal bDats belong
4 ing TO Paine u Co. They are estimated at from
/ $4,000 to 0,0d0, and, to make matters worse
have been sunk in such deep water as render Tho
chances of saving any Of the coal impossible.
i Since writing the above we learn Of a nambez
of cane-sheds, cabins, etc, belonging to 0nr plant
ers, having blown down, principally In the upper
4 part of our parish. These losses are not VerJ
heavy, but are very annoying, from the fact tha
the rolling season L at hand, when the usual busi
Of the plantation requires the entire force ts
be engaged in other matters. However, all those
we have spoken @, or heard FROM seem deter
mined to 60 on with the rolling patching MP thei
sheds and pnrgeres aa best they can under tht
circumstances. The cotton throughout the par
z | fsh has been much injured.