New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-08

lNf.GT A>E.--0ur neighbOr Dir. Patrick, sends
Us Inc sUL., cane. cut on his plantation last Sat
urday which measures over five feet in length,
and has seven well C0lOred Joints. He has plenty
more OF the same sort left, which we consider
very hard to beat for this season of the year.
.'4tHn R2lGe Sugar Pianer'
W. N'~s,!rs- -Messrs. Hill 4 Markham, of the
Baton Rouge F,Hudv, have their force now busly
engaged in casting thirty-t"O pound shot, which
tie order j. unlimited. They are also turning out
large quantities OF canister shot-nico little pills
put up in tin cans tor Black Republican Digestion
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CHar- y tArrolL~P ~PARIsIG.-The Floyd Iousi-
ani&n says
The com crop Of our parish never was better,
j much larger Guantitity has been planted than
usual. We don't think old Abe can starve us out
MIR. VIM. 6. WHY has placed upon our table cotton
blossoms. Gathered some two weeks since, and MI
oln ". Lays good sized cotton boil. The pros
peCt OF our cotton crop is very tlatterlng.
For-urn or JrLy-We learn from lie Messenger
Of St. james parish that the Fourth Of July was
celebrated there with much enthusiasm
We have Just returned from a fishing excursion
of some three days, in the parishes Of Cald-
well and Ouachita. We see that crops of every de-
scription are looking very promising.
BIG LITTLE NEGNo.--At the plantation of Mr..
| Martin Rabalias, on Bayou de Giaise, there is a
negro child years old, weighing fifty four pounds.
Should he continue to gain weight as he advances
| in years until he obtains the age at which the
| human kind be gin to decline, he will weigh over
| six hundl ed pounds. Some niger y that.
| iMnrksvillc Organ.
| We learn from the planters ON Red river and the
| bayous, that the crops rapidly maturing. The
| corn in very short time, will be fit for use, anC
| in few weeks many will begin preparations fol
contemplating. The cotton on the prairie lands
| looks exceedingly well; in many places, it viii
yield fully bale to the acre. lib.
SAD Observation-Disclosures of those deplorable
| casualties, accustomed by the ungnarded handling
| of firearms, occurred in this parish on Saturday
| last. DR.. purnell a planter residing near Por
Hudson, was in the act Of taking his shotgun from
his buggy, when one of the triggers. was sprung
dschargng the load into his body, killing him in
stantly DR.. Purneil was universally esteemed
aud leaves large circle Of relatives and friends tt
mourn his untimey death. [Feiciana Democrat.
WEST BATON RoUGE-The crops of cane an,
cotton in East and West Baton Rouge, lberVill
and Pointe GOupGe, was never more promising thai
at this this time. Attakapas Register.
Our CRors On Wednesday last, our parish wa
| blessed with most refreshing rain. 1t descende
so "gently upon the place beneath giving the las
, finishing stroke to our corn crops. 1t was in tim
l to make the grain fill ont And say, witt
! out contradiction of that Oldest iphabitant, tina
there never was 4 better crop of corn than tn
one now growing. And this is the first time with
! our memory but that more or less have been con
planning; now every one is rejoicing over tn
, great and abundant corn crop. The cotton Gro
is doing finely. TWAS little slow in starting, bl
of late it has been making ample amends for i
tardiness. Although more land was put in cor
= than usual, the cotton crop in the Ouachita cou
try will be fully as large as last year.