New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-16

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iaft check bone. In o few hours there was 0
isrge crowd assembled, but the body was not
moved until O'clock, on account OF there beng
no authorities present to hold an inquest, 1t Is |
the impression of these who were present at the |
trial that the accused will be commit |
ted to iail on the charge of murder. Deceased |
leaves a wife and several children to mourn over
his untmely end.-[Mnden Public Sentiment.
The Donaldsonyille Drapeau, of the 18th inst,
says that seven or eight cases of cholera had oc-
Cured in that town during the previous week.
None of the patients were white.
The Houma Civic Guard Of the llth has heard
of a case of cholera on Bayou Black.
The same paper says;
1t is seldom we have as favorable seasons, for
cotton, as the present, We are. however, afraid
to saw too much on the subject yet. We are not
out Of the woods. The weather may change in
few days, or hours, and destroy all our bright
prospects. But, we certainly ought to feel glad
and thankful for the very delightful weather we
have had so far for cotton. Every one seems to
be pleased at the prospect, and some are already
beginning to count their greenbacks.
The berville Pioneer, Of the 1lth inst, has the
following on the crops and the freedmen in that
parish:
Itaffords US pleasure to state that up to this
time there is no appearance of the army worm
upon the plantations within our borders and al
though the spring and summer have not been such
as Lle pldltGIS NiSuGut ny LGGsbA Vi wv mum
rain until recently, the prospect aow is very en-
couraging. Our old practical planters, who have
Just passed through the fiery and trying ordeal OF
| q revolution (arevoluhon the more severe because
wholly unprecedented-no government having
| ever before liberated slaves and then charged
their former masters with their support; no gov
eminent having ever before attempted to raise the
| freedmen above their former masters, nor sought
| to degrade gallant people below their slaves
| are now laboriug with untring industry to re-es
tablish their ruined plantations and to meet man
| fully the eXigencies of the situation.
| The freedmen are working well and giving the
lie to the fanatica radicals who are trying to pre-
cipitate them into the abyss of determination.
| They have sense enough to known that their
former masters who give them good homes, full
ratons and liberal pay, are their friends. None
i but the vagabonds and thieves listen to the teach
ings of Wells, Howell, Dostie Il Co.
\ Without having had aHy particular opportunity
of examining the crops, we have reason to be
| lieve that in proportion to the force employed
| Iberville will make quite respectable return
| Several days ago we were shown some full grown
matured and open cotton bols from the True
4 Hope Plantation in this yieinage, and as we pre-
sumo that place is not ahead of its neghbors, cot
ton picking will soon begin in earnest.
The Iberville South, of the 18th inst, has tht
following paragraphs:
In company with our assessor, Captain Tobit
Orillion, we spent last week among the goot
neople, = over the river where we were pleased
to find the prospect for crop tolerably good, not
withstanding the very unfavorable season we have
had. The cotton looks well, though on an average
small, and with favorable fall, will turn out Q
fair WELD 1t was beginning to open, and we saw
some picked Corn is inferior as a general thing
and will fall short. Cane looks WELL though back
ward. There is, however, but little growing, ant
planters fear to undertake its culture iu the pres
emit unsettled state of labor. 1t is the most certain
crop with us, but requires heavy outlay which
few planters feel disposed to make so long as they
A cannot control the labor upon which they depend
Whenever all the people in our country can b
brought within the sphere Of the law, as mad
for the government of white men, !" we may hop
for presumption Of the sugar growing interests Q
our State.
/, As it is, labor is not to be controlled nor
this all-in our parish it is not to be had. Tn
breadth Of land in cultivation is comparativel
: small even for the number of negroes employed
but remarkable fact is, the negroes do not exis
t particularly men between the ages Of eightee
S and forty-five. pagt Of Capt. 0rilion's dut
e I was to enroll these, but the number found wa
3 surprisingly small.
+ While on the left bank, we visited the interior
3 spending pleasant night with friend on Bayo
l Paul. The next morning our FRIEND axe in HAND
f set out to help US through the woads to Bayo
Manehae. The road we found obstructed b.
fallen trees Frustrated by recent storms but re
moving these, or cutting around them, we 500
7 got to Manchac, where we found the road exec
lent In this section we found the crops general
good. Coco does not abound, and as COnst
A quence, man can undertake to till double tn
land he can work on the old river plantations.
the levees can only be secured, the interior o
our parish, whether on the right or left side of tn
y Mississippi. will soon spring INTO Importance bu
past season, will deter capitalists from investin
: in cotton planting in these fertile sections unit
\ they see some probability Of the waters bein
. kept away.
O. 0nThGrsday last, a "tri-coloredn squa
of citizens Of African descent, confined in our ia
t Tor different otenses, broke jail and Vamosed.