The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-12-08
louisiana Items.

Louisiana Items.
Gan-House Bprnt--- Heavy Loss
The planters of Rapides parish hay,
; been truly unfortunate this season in tn,
: destruction of their gins and cotton by
:. fire. The Alexandria Constitutional O
the LIST has the following:
We learn that the gin house belong.
ing to the estate of the late Capt. VIM
Waters was destoyed by fire on Thurs
day morning last, together with abo1i
one hundred and forty bales of cotton.
we are informed that the loss is coyer6
by insurance. The cause of the fra,
as stated to us, was by the explosion OF
the boiler, which threw the burning
embers into; the loft of the gin, where
was considerable quantity of loose
cotton which ignited and set the roof
on ire in very few minutes, Every
| effort was made to save the building,
| but to no purpose. The loss by the
tire is estimated at about $4,000. This
is the third lot of cotton which has been
destroyed in that neighborhood within
the last two weeks.
Of the river and weather the same
journal says:
The river has risen about twelve feet
since our last issue, andwe may expect
IN few days that our river will be
crowded with boats, both large and
small. We hope that they may. all have
profitable season. We think from
present appearances that it will be al
short one.
We were visited daring the first three
days of the week with torrents of rain.
Since that time we have had very
pleasant weather.
Grandtng.-Several of our planters
(saysthe Lafourche Union ofthel st)haye
completed grinding operations. In
week or two they will all have done I
taking off their crops. i
Home Manutactorys--W Q clip the fol-
lowing from the Concordia InteIigen- i,
Ger. This is a step in the right difeo- |.
ton: T;
We are .gratifed to learn that there
II @ prospects that a manufactory for
The making ofshoes, is to be established !
n this parish. The gentleman who is ]
making the preliminary arrangements, Z
las taken hold of the matter with zeal,
ma has abundant means to carry on
he enterprise. This will be the pioneer
nanutactory ofConcordia, and we trust +
will be followed by the introduction of
Their establishments for the furnishing
other articles of mechanism indies u
ensable in the prosecution of our every Il
ay pursuits, and for which we now +,
ependupon manufacturers of the north.
Discovery Of Fossil Remains of an Ii
'rt'nct Race Of AnimalS.--Mr Maille- t.
'rt, the engineer who some years since OF
otained the contract to deepen the chan Ii
81 of Red river, has discovered near 8,
lexandria the fossil remains of an NJ
limal of very large size, the race of w
hich is extinct. The Louisiana =,
emocrat says:
While here last year experimenting
work above mentioned, there came !,
"a heavy rain, and some of his en- -
oyees landed him at steep part of pu
bank, just below the upper Falls. ia
imbing up the bank, he discovered me
cidentally several of the teeth. e
lese were in a perfect state of pre- Vi
walton. In their transverse diam pa
II the teeth were four-and-a-haIf Go
hes; in the antero- posterior three to
rths of an inch. These teeth were
en by Mr.. Maillefert to New York. VI
submitted to the examination of or
ufalists there who say the animal ret
) the mammoth of historic age. JON
ew days ago Mr.. M. visited the SPOT Re,
ere he found the teeth last year. and
umed the tusks, almost the entire
es of the head, one half of the lower 81
, and several other bones. The bette bette
KS have their Oririn nt the npJ 1F +b,, to tn
n ho,oS Oh ., - VI ~ hang
- "OhoS, ''hu ''Io ABOUT SIN inches havi
meter. Theydo not diverge much
n their point of origin 10. their free j.,
$3.50.