New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-12
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plantation of Charles M GilIisa on Gheekbay the
cane cane, measured some FIVE feet four inches in
ieneth and some Of them numbered fourteen
Io1nts + similar sample be produced upon all
Of our plaatations, the sugar erap of EaioHrehe
Wil prove an abundant one, unless Jack Fsest
and 9 nip our fair promise in the bnd =
\. On last Sunday evening, during the heavy
thunder-stofm which passed through this portion
Jean Webre. some few miles above tEts place.
were struck BY lightning. We are hauuS III state,
ih0agh taey were senseless for d tifnc they re-
ceiyed no harm, and were bat badly frightened.
Tas iberyille Sentinel Of Saturday eitss Tie fol-
lowing noble example of patriotism:
Edward MoQre. ESQ.,, OF This parish. wbosa
plantation Is On the left bank, near ST. GabfieI
post-ofice, "a native of Virginia, but for rnapy
years citizen q this State, has given BID nete to
slapt Keep for 5000, payable in January 10 aid
u e9nipRing his company. said note dr5gf5a ii "
interest Of per cent. per annufn, and seeaFed sy
: fsrst mortgage on his plantation.
fhe Attakapas Register Of Tharsday has lie
following;
"A etlsr y rom New iberia, under date offte 9Th
% youslg son Of ours states that the enemy
eieetsa 4 . rdtng on Sunday night last III Grand
,5l s oz ouT coast and carried away num-
Sef 9. nesI quantity Of potatoes and vari
lookout for the invaders I'M The future and nrsyer,t
supplies. leS2 sS's. 4 x -
Oar corn crop may now BIZ conasTered made
all that it lacks is gathering. II d, bevoDd a1I
question, the largest yield ever made III iii
q te state, and ample. i aai, Tor fwo yearsA.
fity of good wholesome meal which Vii III oIle
takepas beef will serve to snstain lifs unt Lincoln
and his advisers shall feel disposed TO bring eo
close the present war against us and cur slsita-
The sEtReIE Poa Col. C GAaERos' + sfr E
MagraW i now prisoner in tie Confederate
armies. He found General Cameron plunged into d
deep grief from the loss of Is brother, ana offered
his services TO obtain the body. The sSAEresary
called On General Scott to ask his advice a 70 fhe
propriety Of sending letter by Mr. to the
commander of the traitors, In furtheranea of this
mission
Gen. Scott replied that It was impossible for lie
Government to ask favor of the Secessionists
without recognizing them ais d DE faao Govern
ment, Whereupon the Secretary replied Ny
brother then, must be buried where hc diad.n
Mr.. MagraT at once volunteered to 70 forth to
Manassas in company with two friends, en u pass
from Gen. Mansfield. They determined to trust
themselves inside the Secession lines, III The belief
that their efrand being one Of pure mercy bheY
Col. Cameron was d native Of Lancaster county,
where Mr.. Magraw had studied law. Aa a friend
and teWnsnlan of the larneDted deceased, he feIta
strong and natural attachment toward him His
family are still living in Lancaster, and ave nreat
agony because Of his detention by Davis and
Beauregard The Whale comm unity sine cerelT SYM
pathze with them account of the disaster which
befe Mr. afagraw in his efforts to serve Secretary
Cameron Lphiladslphia Press. slst.
A BLooDY CoSFLror N x sKIFP. .A party af FIVE
persons from Cincinnati started up thu river 80
early hour On Tuesday morning, 81 Ii iHst.s il a
skiif, on fishing excursion to the Little Miami
drinking and, before their arrival 1T tie little
j Miami, two Of the number, named John Eldred
and Samuel Mareey, got into an angTy dispute
about the present difeuitieao OF our cnnnkry From
4 hard words the pair came to blows, and. despite
| the exeftions of their three comrades. q bloody
Iconlict ensued, resulting in Edred being prepipi-
tated into the river Az illdred rose to te surface
/ Of the water, Marcy struck him oHar tie head
with an oar, and he sank TO the bottom af the
river. Marcy then sprang FROM the boat, and,
reaching tire kentucky shore, made his esea9e.
Eldred was a married man, and resid In GtnGin-
matt, where he leaves wife and four clliifiten-
a REBEI PLANS FOR THE EuTuRE. The vast amount
Of self.glorifcation in which the Soashsr Rgbels
have been indulging since the battle nf Bu Rnn,
Il seems yeryillplaeed. Their loss there greater
than ours, and the forces under Beaare gard Johns
ton and Lee were 80 completely stHnnea and stft-
pehed by the severe shock they received tbaE they
have been unable to move in any drection sInee.
Gen. Wise and Col Magrudef would eefsa niy have
been reinforced, had feinfercements been aisnpsa-
BILE; but neither Of them have received sileeor
to enable them to accomplish any thing. Much less
has there been any danger To be apprehsnded OF a
/ forward movement, or of such an attack on the
capital as ill-informed persons have snpEeh ended.
The verscious editor Of the Herald must have
been one Of the e iiliuforned persons, for that
paper was one OF The first to sound the alarm Of
danger to Washington after learning the result Of
the Manassas races, and u urge prompt measures
) to secure its safety
I TENTH LeuIsIANIANs. The Lyaehbufg GYs.)
i Republican says:
9 When the Tiger Rifles, wlo played sub fearful
e havoc with Lincons q Pet Lainbsn at Manassas,
i oil the memorable 2lst July, passed through this
city, we thought that I'VE had seen a apeei1len Of
t the toughest and most ferocioas set af men On
7 Regiment of New Gflsans which passed. through
this city on Sunday. Language is nadeGuase TO give
e a description, composed as it was of5langlish,
French, Germans, Dutch Italians faus, pan.
9 iards, Portuguese, SWISS. Mexieana, Indians and
H Creoles, who in their jabb6risg seemed to repre-
3 sent second Babel. The commanded together
with many other officers, are veterans who served
g throughout the Crimean war The commands are
S all given III French, Dutch, Spanish IN something
! else which we could not exactly understand, bul
\, seemed to be executed with promptnass aud 4 re-
narkable degree OF precision. TIE Mezieana par
: tcularly were objects Of much curiosity With our
citizens, most of whom had never seen one before
q The entire regiment has gone to a point where
they will be likely to set chance n Llco,n's Il
:. minions, and We confidently predict has the
= 10th Louisiana Regiment is again heard from
4 somebody else will be hurt
OProsITIoN IN ONO TO THE WAR PARTY. The
N correspondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette writes te
~ that paper follows in relation to the Democratic
q q Convention which meets to-day in Columbus:
sill The temper Of the delegates here indicates Ger
i'd tainly the nomination of party hacks to-morraw
or on d platform Of opposition to the State and Ma
-, ional Administration and q demand fora speedy
nv termination of the war on almost any compromise
ed possible. IT will scarcely avew open opposition
Sc 10 the war; but it viii denounee The nnconstitu
e. tonal acts of the President. No candidates are
ne talked except for Governor For that position
Judge Jewett, Of GAINESVILLE, and Bill Allen, O
ne Chilicothe, seem the most prominent. Thurman
lie Dave Todd, Groesbeck, and Payne are also men
lie toned. the trouble seems to be to get somebody
st who will accept All the delegates denouAce tht
he idea Of Union nominations and declare the masse
won't touch it.
ID EAST TENNESSEE GETTING ALL RIGIIr ~ We fha,
er much pleasure in Learning from gentleman VIII,
,s passed through East Tennessee on Saturday last
he of the almost complete revolution in the sentimen
ne of the people in the towns and counties throug
whieh the railroad passes. He states that seYera
of delegates to the late Greenyile Convention ar
~ getting up companies, and that ut only two SITS
les lions did he see any manifestations of Union
nj, timent and then the boys would walk some di
lot tance down the road out Of sight of their father
in and greet the trains with lond huzzas for JET
lrd Davis. AT most of the towns volunteer eempanie