New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-03
Louisiana Intelligence.

The ST. Helena Imperial Of Saturday last says:
The weather during the past week has been all
that we could have desired-a delightful alterna-
ton of sunshine and showers. The nights have
been cool, and the days very pleasant for the
season.
The Feliciana Democrat of Saturday has the fol
lowing:
The rain-the refreshing, iuvigorating rairl-has
come at last, bringing joy and comfort 70 the dis
heartened planter, saturating the parched earth,
and furnishing new life to the growing crop. All
doubt to corn is now at rest, and although there
is much that was past relief, yet still there was
enough unscathed which these rains will cause to
give sufficient yield. Cotton has been much bene-
fitted.
It is beyond computation, the immense benefit
these rains have done. Truly have we cause to re-
ioice and return thanks to Him who is the dispenser
of all good.
An enthusiastic Bell and Everett meeting was
held in Clinton on Tuesday last.
From the Planters Banner of Saturday we ex-
tract the following:
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last, the
whole country from New Iberia to Barrel Stake,
was the recipient of real, old fashioned, soaking
rain one that really made the heart feel glad to
behold it. Our dried-up hayous, swamps, and cis-
terms are filed to overlooking with the aquerous
fluid: the parched earth, the burnt up fields and
scorched gardens, all have put on an entirely new
aspect Tho crisped foliage of our beautiful shade
trees has assumed again its gTeenlike appearance ;
and, in fact one scarcely knows the country, SO
changed is it in its general arearance for the bet
ter. The cattle, horses and even the hogs and
noultry appear to be delighted with ecstacy while
the husbandman recnes on his easy chair and fails
not to send up to heaven his grateful thanks to
Providence for the blessing bestowed. In short,
never was rain so much wanted, and never was
there one which has rendered snch universal good
The corn and cane fields make the welkin ring, SO
fast is vegetation at this time.
We don't like to be accused of exagerating things,
it7dp frpp
we saw of the fields our way home from New
Orleans via the 0pelousas Railroad on Wednesday
last that fair average crop OF corn and cane can
not but ensue from present prospects. il we have
no severe storms during August and September,
and escape an early freeze in November, our sugar
planters cannot avoid making much larger crop
than was anticipated in the early part OF the sea-
son. The corn crop, though the early planting
has been somewhat injured in places by the recent
drouth will also be good-a fair average yield.
Potatoes-both sweet and Irish-pumpkins, beans,
and vegetables of every description will be album.
dant. With anything like favorable weather in
the future, Attakapas may be put down as g right
side up with care"
Up to Friday last very little rain had fallen in
yidalia parish.
The opelousas Courier of Saturday says Dur-
ing the week, refreshing showers have fallen in
many parts of the parish, rendering the air pleas
ant and reviving the almost dying crops. Much oi
the old corn is hopeessly gone, but the young
| corn, the cane and cotton may as yet do well.
Since writing the above, the rain has descended
in torrents; we think it has been general, and will
do much good to the growing crops.
The Morehouse Advocate of the 2sd says:
| We had delightful rain on Tuesday. last. Il
| came in the niche of time to resuscitate vegeta.
| ton, and redeem the corn crops on the hills The
late protracted drouth had almost destroyed every
1 yestige of hope of making suffciency Of corr
4 fnr brn datu tuffr
| culable good, and we have no doubt that ever.
upland farmer will make enough for his own con
sumption.
The crops on our aluyial lands have not beei
affected by the drouth, at all events, we have hear
no complaints from the planters in that portion 0
the parish-on the contrary, all with whom W
have conversed recently, inform us that their pros
| poets for bountiful yield has never been NOR
promising than at the present time.
The Caddo Gazette of the 23d has the following
The weather still continues dry and warm. Their
have been several light showers in the neighbor
| hood during the past week, but none to do an.
| good The corn crop in this section Will be yer,
short, even with good seasons from this date ant
unless we get rain Immediately, it will be almos
altogether ruined. The cotton crop, however, ha
| still promising appearance.
Mrs Hilton, the wife of a plasterer in this place
committed suicide on Thursday BY taking quaint
ity Of laudanum. The deceased was a native o
England intelligent for her position in life faithful
Industrious and deserving, and was much respecte
by her acquaintances. Her self-destruction SCENE,
to have been the result of jealousy. After she ha
exhausted the poisoned chaiiee, she put her mar
riage licence, together with locket and fngel
ring, in a small porte-monnaie, and placed it in
bible between two blank leaves. On one Of fh
leaves she wrote, 20 Lord in Heaven, forgive me !.
and upon the ether she wrote, g Husband m
sickness is increasing. love you more than word
can tell, but now you have forsaken me for al
other When you see this, | am done forever.
When found, she was beyond the reach OF all met
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