New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-12

Fe expect the crops, also, are severely injured.
OLD RED.-'The News of the same date says:
The river before the city is on the rise again,
nd from all appearances will continue to rise for
)me time to come, on account of the heavy rains
he past few nights.
Business is quite dull on the levee, and all the
oats leaving have only light loads.
The News says, in regard to cotton, that very
tile is now arriving and the market is dull, with
ght receipts
ST. JANDRY.-The storm of last week seems to
ave extended all over the State. The opelousas
sentinel of the 9TH says; r..,
Between one and two o'clock Friday morning,
,ur town was visited by a tornado Of which the
,ffects are now whilst we are writing, everywhere
yisble scarcely ansinclosure remains intact, and
The whole town, streets, yards and gardens are
covered with uprooted trees, or dlsmembered
branches and leaves. Just in front OF our estab-
in the yard OF Judge Martel's law once,
destruction is particularly noticeable by uprooted
and broken trees and Frustrated fences. Vene
able fig tree on our own premises, Whlch mas
tood the storms of at least half century, and
whose abundant fruit was fast swelling into ma |
thrifty, promising many luscious punches, now lies |
Lrostrate, reminding us of many other frustrated
expectations Considerable hail accompanied tne
wind and rain; and we expect to near Oh mueh
damage to the crops
Nails are in brisk demand, and there has not
been heard such noise of hammers since town
was built in California in day and night
Since writing the above, we have learned that
the cotton which has been worked out, is almost
entirely destroyed and the corn seriously injured;
Fruit trees, too are either blown down or stripped
of tAeir product fences Frustrated IN every Gfec-
| ton and in short an amount OF damage doIe,
ruintus and entirely irrepara0le wherever she
storm prevailed, the limits Of which we nave not
| yet ascertained.
Referring to the same storm the Courier says;
Yesterday, at about l / O'Clock in the morning., a
| furiOui gale, accompanied with rain, hal tnuhuer
and lightning Of binding brightness, passed over
our town, capsiZng fences and old houses, uproOt-
! ing trees and causing other damages OF more OF
less consequence. The gale lasted only about 10
minutei, and the damages sustained must nave
been caused by an impetuous column OF Whu
/ which listed only few second.
! Y From the information we have gathered from
the country we judge that the crops Of cotton
and corr have been seriously injured if not totally
ruined.
TABLE4ux yIvANTs-About fifteen days ago,
certain ladies' of our parish resolved upon giving
an exhibition Of tableaux wants, and last Thurs
day weekwas the day selected for this entertain
ment at tie courthouse. About one hundred and
fifty persons were in attendance. TableauX, dla'
logues, eta, were all of the most exquisite taste
The thousand and one attractions ttor there was
also fairl highly pleased all the spectators, and
those who lid not improve the opportunity Of
forded then by attending this recreative enter
tainment, where the greatest bon govt was, dis
played, hadreason to repent of their neglect.
This exhibition was given for the benefit Of The
Episcopal church Of our town, and we have beer
informed that the proceeds amounted to more thai
the most salguine had anticipated.
Apropos Of tableaux vigants, we perceive that
the ladies of Washington PROPOSE in their turn
having their, for the benefit Of the Methods
church Of their town, on Friday next 1ith ins Il.
From the French side of the Courier we lear
that a weekly mail has been established between
Opelousas ami Lake Charles in Calcasieu parish
by way of Plaquemine, Brulee and Merment
river.
NEW STAGE L1yE-The popular, energetic an
enterprisng gentleman, Mr.. j, B. Price, has agai
established his line of four.horse coaches as be
fore the war, between New Iberia and Alexandra
making connections with the mail boat at Ne1
Iberia three tines week. This will greatly tacil
tate the communication between the Northern an
, Southern portions of the State. Heretofore, le
! tiers and papers from Shreveport, NatchitocheE
Alexandria and other places in North Louisiana
as well as in the Northern part of Texas, came
US via New 0rleans.-[ VermilliOnville Advertise
ABOUT A BABY.-On Tuesday morning Lieut..
Sanchez, of the State prison, was surprised to fin
e upon his front gallery a female infant neat
l. clothed and enyeoped in Mexican blanket. III
+ little one was apparently but few hours old an
had been placed there in order to get rid of it.
is now in good hands and will be well taken car
of. Lieut.. Sanchez, not being used to this kind
. thing, was naturally very indignant for TIM
and we would not like to vOuch for the color
: the eyes of the father Of the child if the galal
lieutenant finds him QUIT Baton Rouge AdyOcat
t THE STORM AT SHREvEPoRT.-The Southwestel
= of the 9Th, says:
y On Monday morning about o'clock, we wei
visited by one Of the seyerest storms OF rain, ha
G and wind that we ever witnessed in this section
b country For a few minutesit almOstamounted
q a hurricane, Shade trees were torn up by the
d roots or twisted off above the ground. The ga
q dens in this neighb0rhood are nearly ruined.
the low places about town were flooded with waite
l. and many of the basement stories OF the houses
?, Texas street and the levee inundated. Take it all
ALL it was the most destructive storm Of the seasO
The belt Of country which the storm passed oy
has no doubt suffered terribly, so far as the Gro
1t are concerned. We await with much anxiety #
If ther information from the country.
J HIGHWAY ROBBERY.-Mr, Milton Cornelison,
10 Cherokee county, Texas, was rob6e& on the mig
of the 4th inst, at his camp abGS and hf
4 miles from this place, partJS y six Iagrot
= dressed as U. 5. soldiers, approached. each with
q gun and, presenting them, demanded his hluaa
u ordering him and two persons with him out
Y their wagon, they would blow their brains Of
w They then went into and proceeded to search t
-, wagon, aud took therefrom five pairs Of shoes,
y Colts siX-shoOter navy revolver, some calico a
IL other goods, besides S3j in silver; also, chez
u drawn by W. G. Beck & Co., on johnson d Du
u brokers of this city, for $3.50 20. The negro
!, fired one gun towards the wagon, probably for
.e timidaton, After securing what was wanted al
{. portable, they left. This occurred just befo
~ moon rise, or about midnight there was suffice
ie light, however, to discover that the party W
y composed of armed negroes. During the proct
VI OF robbing they thrust their hands into Mr.. c
~ pockets, and examined his person for none
" They took the direction, on leaving, towards t
- soldiers camp, firing gun or SO as they vent.
shreveport South-We stern
y MORE IRoN.-The steamer Alabama on her Ii
y trip. brought up for the Southern Pacific Railro
" $50 bars of iron, los bundles Of railroad chair
re- and 81 kegs OF spikes Ibid