New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-22

- interests Of the freedmen are secure. The
Time u near at hand when these laws alone will
: gcyexn in Louisiana.
Rsierring to the vagrant law, the Star says:
Numbers Of idle freedmen throng our streets
daily, while planters are the busy hunt for la;
s8borers. Let this law be enforced at once, and
they will not hunt In vain Let it also be under
stood that its provisions embrace white as well as
black Migrants. We have no use for drones in the
hives now, Id they white Or black. The man who
wont labor must be compelled to labor. We trust
that our authorities will take the matter in hand at
II nc g. tsaes isr9 8al
Ii The Planters Banner, Of Franklin, 81. Marys
parish, publishes editorial correspondence from
The city. 1t commences BY noting that the writer
left home on Friday AN unfucky day and further
on thus reports the accident which befel him on
his reaching New Orleans: n u III
As the railroad ferry boat landed on the New
Orleans side 81 tie liver Imisaed my carpet-bag,
but found another lying in its place. Surprising
the owner Of the one left behind had taken mine
through mistake, rushed quickly out to correct
seven o'clock r. N. and aHite dark small Ian
tern-not brilliant pitchwcod-- few friend
" rays upon the plank passage from the ferry
Ret a barge henss 70 The massage om
the barge, there no reliable light, but there
was very unreliable pit made by open hatches
saw no pit, and supposed there was no danger,
and remembered of no fall A; but an crediby in
Ssarmed THAT made fearful plunge down into the
bowels Of that barge, about eight feet, headfore-
II most. In perhaps ten or fifteen minutes recog-
nized py friends yan vinson and 9, Berwick BY
Dor. Upon nqniring where was, 1 was informed
! that / was in New Orleans. could not then re-
member the name Of hotel In the city, and was
taken to the St. Charles. Before i arrived con-
sciousness was fully restored. A miserable cash
4 was cut from my right eyebrow obliquely across
my forehead to the left, and had a regular burst
ing headache with vomiting for twenty.fo hours
np I1V1t rrrtu rnA I'M
other part OF the body. was in bed for sixty
e hours, but was well enough, as supposed, to be
on the streets on business on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, and acted accordingly.
The writer pays merited compliment to the
status and abilities Of DR.. Chopin, who attended
q him.
In the same correspondence we find the follow
ing items
1 >,Nothing new at Brashear City. The usual com
plant was heard that lahorers are scarce, and
idlers refuse to wors on any terms. There issome
talk ofthe railroad changing hands, but the report
of an inside line Of steamers from Brashear City
4 to the mouth of the Sabine, thence to communi-
cate with the Houston Railroad by small river
boats. 'ss.s s55as 577 t3 q
On the railroad to Algers but little signs of in
I dustry. Some say considerable preparation is
being made for the coming crops, but saw no
proofs of 1T. Saw many idle negroes on the route,
some miserable huts and shantiea springing up and
dawning Of old time industry and prosperity. /
saw citizens of Terrebonne parish on the cars.
They give 9 gloomy account Of prospects in that
parish A ( 54se ,s45s gssgS
The Banner has couple Of articles in reference
to the appointment or reappontment Of Lieut..
Merril as Freedmen's Bureau Agent for st. Mary,
= which we give below. slightly condensed:
Lieut.. Merri had baen acting as Provost Mar
shall in this parish for several months before Col
Jones was sent here, and he gave general satisfac-
ton as faithful, efficient and energetic agent of
the government. He has done more to reconcile
the employer and the employed, and to put labor
in motion on the plantationsaf St. Mary than all
the other Provost Marshals put together. We be-
lieve he has rendered an immense service to both
the white and black population of 81. Mary II
would be d great misfortune to the parish to lose
his services at the present time. y 3ss#. sa
A petition has been set IN motion TO reinstate
Col. Jones asf Provost Marshal, and to relieve
Leut!9 Merrill. II had when we saw it, but six or
eight .signatures and we hope it will get no more.
We do not understand why any Of our citizens
should wish to set aside faithful agent of the
+ freedmens bureau, like Lieut.. Merrill for man
Of the peculiar character of Col. Jones. He has
done jast what an honest and sensible citizen OF
St. Mary would think \ his duty to do. He had
done all that any one could 40 70 start the pows
here. There was a wheel within Wheel in
Col. Joness mission to this parish. And we can
tell Col. Jones that we wond just as soon discuss
u that little wheel in our columns as not We have
enough Of s record to feel that he is not the man
h for ST. Mary, and he can know our 1clays and
& sohe,efores for such views If he wishes them, in
i the most public manner possible.
The Banner says the small pox is at several
/ placeson the Teche above and below Franklin,
and in some black families in the rear Of the town.
It seldom troubles the white population. Last
4 year 1t spread over the parish extensively, re-
manning for! months in the negro quarters of one
q plantation. The Banner intimates that the. disease
is sweeping Of the improyident, unfortunate ne
groes at a,sad rate. f5ss fsssss .5 ss5.sst,t
The Baton Rouge Gazette complains of the an
noyance and danger incurred by the dschaI gng
II Of fire arms within the city limits, and refers to a
case in which the lives Of several persons were
endangered blythe guard firing at an individual who
did not halt on being called on by a sentinel.
d The same paper thus paints the lively times
4 being enjoyed by the busy Redstickers: -4.s.s5
# Our city presents an unusually active and bus
Ting scene at present. The streets and thorough,
fares are thronged with the disbanded men, both
white and colored who but recently formed a
portiQasF Uncle Sans large household, but who
h pursuits Of civil life. Steamers come and go
Il almost every hour Of the day, crowded with pas
aengers and freight. Our merchants, Nho are
having rich harvest Of it, are constantly receiv
ID ing heavy supplies of goods to meet the wants
II and aocumulating demands of their swarms Of
customers. Capt. Seotts coal depot is doing a
II brisk and fonrisliing business In supplying steam
ers with bushels Of black diamonds Every.
body seems bent, on doing something, and every
thing the least attractive seems bound to have
everybody come and see it.
The Natchitoches Times, of the 18th instant, has
the following paragraphs:
We have no returns of the election of our Sena.
tor. Is our friend Dir. So O.. Scruggs elected OF
not? Natchitpches has voted En-, naasse for him
but nothing is known from the other parishes.
1 conflict exists about the new system of Labor
between the civil and military authorities Ac.
cording to our views, we think the military orders
u ought TO govern for the present.
M Since our last issue we learn that the planters
M c5entered into their contracts with the freed
VI men. On many plantations the laborers are
already at work. Generally speaking, they have
IS changed hands, few Of them remaining at the
hame places.
8s# We learn that several invoices of cotton from
& his parish, having not previously satisfied the
government duty Of two cents per pound, as per
lew rule, have been stepped by the authorities al
Alexandria and Baton Rouge, the boat unloaded
md finally permitted again to be reshipped at the
planters expense. Since the above, we are in
Formed that this cruel order has been repealed.
Many parties frem Texas, Mississippi and Other
points intend to locate on Red River. Severa
large plantations have been rented already at a
fair price. The soil of this parish is very rich and
well adapted to the cotton plant. The immigra