New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-28
Lo,risfana Intelligence.

From the Alexandria {RapidesJ Democrat ofg
Wednesday last we extract the following para
graphs: -.
We have again to find serious faalt with the
weather. which for the past week has been worse
than aboniina bic and horrid. II old Sol has shown
nis dsllited phiz in the last six days, certainly
one hefe has seen it. IS matter of course, tie
Damage TO ttze cotton has been immense and the
sugar planters have seen sights also.ass5
s The river in the latter part OF the Teek rose
point.
The moiaasea dealers from the country are de-
termined not to be surpassed in generosity and
genuine patriotism by the patriotic and sIssacri-s
fcing meal and potater venders. Although new
choice molasses selling in New Orleans at tgers-
t3two cents per gallon, the carts In town are ask
ing for boiled tar, called By them oIasses, forty
cents gallon! Who will say thar oil the patriot.
ism of Rapides has gone to the war2 .
Aessrs. Porter Il McGee hays closed with the
Confederate STATES Government ascontraet to fur-
niah the army with thirty thousand barrels of
mess beef. They were here last week and have
seected site about one mile below our town for
the efestlon Of their buildings. The lumber Is now
neing hauled to the ground, and all the nesessary
nuiialngs na win be under way In a few days ans %
less than one month they will commence slaught-
eflng and packing over three hundred beeyes a
day. The beeves are all bought and are 10 BE
delivered as wanted. e - sE5s9z
The LbarvilIe Gazette 81 Saturday saya. &
The weather promises to be fair and cool, and
turing of the cane.
Most sugar planters have begun to roll, and are
| satisfied With the yield. The crop will be one 81
the largest ever made in this parish The cattou
crop has much improved since a few days, and
with continuation of fine weather, viii be ntteh
larger than was expected. 1t will not he far be-
hnd last years. crop.
We copy the following from the St. Mary's san-s
ner of Thursday Last n. ssss H. .s5s#sszsss
Occasionally we get a little sun hine and blue
4 npn norfr.y. ~ a. -
are generally about as wet as bayorss and twice
| as disagreeable. The gardens have been drenchei
and soaked for about FIVE months, and are by this
clear enough while we write, bus In a few hours
the f!ooagates may let loose another deIags.+ q
An express was sent last Tuesday night to Cen
treville and Franklin that q Lincoln force was
landing on the lower Bayou Sale, and that assist.
ance was required to fepeI the invaders. The news
was sent along the Teehe with almost telegrapnic
speed, and before daylight scores Of armed men.
were on their way to Salt Point on horseback, in
buggies, wagons, etc; and if the report had NOT
| been contradicted, two or three hundred armed
| men would have been in the strife by NOON. For.
tunately, the only grounds Of alarm were that the
| Dart took position at Morris0n's Cutoff nearer
the land than il was thought she should have done.
Just as we are going to press Judge Baker Informs
US that he has lately been n company with Gen..
Lowell, who came with him to the Bay On Tuesday
| night to look to the interests Of ST. Mary.
| Gen. Lowell has decided to send the Barrow
Regiment to Berwick g Bay at once, and 10 man
the two forts from this regiment Lieut.. Col Allen
to have charge Of this department. The Bay ID 70
be at once put in complete state Of defence The
Cannoniers are to be sent back to Franklin to re-
main there, # qtss AK. $essg 4 g
! Gen. Lowell wishes four cavalry companies to be-
organized in the parish at once of from thirty to
seventy or eighty men each, armed With double
barrel shot guns or such arms as We have. not to
be mustered into the Confederate service, but to
| defend st. Mary. No more coTnpanies will leave
| this parish, and Gen. Lowell will lock wen to oar
4 defence. sgs5., .545 M =! M.
He expects all of our citizens bearing arms 10 do
their duty, and the parish to provide as much as
4 possible for home defence. 8trEa
{ Our three gunboats will soon be in good eondi-
| tion for action. Judge Baker and the committee
| to which he belongs are never idle. We now think
the people Of this parish need give themselves no
further uneasiness in regard to safety pro yded
/ cur citizens hereafter do their duty. ~ a.