New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-20

Dosiues tnese iteinS, tne nshermen and hunter
must have realized some 100000.
} ST. JAMEs.-The Louisianais warns the naris
authorities that the Mississippi is rising. and som
OF the levees in that parish are in very nrsoa
rious condition. "
lBERyILLE.-A fire broke out in the sphprbs !,
our town about o'clock on Wednesday even;n,
last, IN Mr. J: B. Glesner's house, which was burn
to the ground. His blacksmith shop and sitcha,
formed portion of the house. The membars -
Union Fire Co. No. lGsoon rallied to the rescro
but the bells of our town having failed to siens
the alarm they arrived too late to save Glesner's
! premises, but they performed woman sar,;no !;
rescuing the adjacent buildings from the t9ames Al
| Pioneer.
Capt. J. S: Q. stimme, of the seth Ohio Veteran
| volunteers, has been appointed assistant nrovost
ma rs OF TINS PLACE. Capt stimme is repued
trepid and efficient officer. We hone his miIitar,,
and civil associations with the citizens of ~
parish will be conducted in a spirit Of fraternai
amity and concord.-EIbd.
The river is rising rapidly at this point, so mucb
so, as to cause the imaginary weakness of +ba
leVee to elicit the strict scrutiny of orr unoinaI
guardians.-[Ibid. pa
me site, IN the vicinity of the new Ieyee la+a1v
built across Bayou Plaquemine, bids fair to bc,
come the grand focus of attraction of orr lately
sue ~. 2ut now nourishng town. In anticipa
tion OF the immense business which it is presun5ad
must accrue in consequence of the erection of tbiS
svee new stores are sprnging up in front of II az
II BY magic.-[Ibid. u ~ 40
OUAGHTTA.-A party of miscreants, said to no
IRON In Morehonse and Franklin parishes fell upon
Mr. Fry, railroad contractor, few dsys apn
between Girard and Delhi, and bruised him mn
pfetty badly. Ihey also broke open the denot Of
Girard, plundered Mr.. Baldwin, store and severeH
beat his clerk, Mr., Clark-[ Telegraph.
The 0uachita continues to rise. but AS a co..
fo lal IS at Camden may look
now threatening comes in time to hold the rivar |
up. ~ A1'e1
Later.--The rain has come, and such a rain that
\ might not inapproprately be called vonno |
press.-[Ibid. 81 W
EAST BATON RoRGE.-The visitor to the na,;. !
tertiary will notice great change in The hndnr
and grounds. The former are ceansed and heinz
rapidly repaired, and the latter are being levelIa5
drained and repaired On all sides the BUSY noise
!, Pr sne iaporng convict is heard Some are clean
ng DICK others repairing the wood work and
gangs, are kept steadily employed with pick.axe
'hoVei and wheel barrows leveling and inproving
,he grounds. wing
In the shoe shop some twenty hands are busIv
u WORK making coarse heavy shoes. They are
'urnng them out rapidly which is the more
when it is remembered that few DAYS
igo but one of them knew anything about tho
BUSINESS. In the carpenter shop wheelbarrows
i ,s nelng maze BY the raw carpenters found
SeAi'ASto' ENGAGED
hauling river sand for brick and will soon he
hauling clay for the same purpose
Under the energetic management displayed NV
he executive officers from Captain down: it i
believed that the Prison will be selfsustaining in
ne fufure as far as relates to the actual wants Of
he congicts-[Advocate. '' 20 VI
FELIGIANA.-The weather in the early mart of
ne week was quite mild, a light rain on THURSDAY
hanging to cold on Friday. Vegetation was for
Fard under the genial influences Of the warm sea
on, and it is to De hoped that no severe or frosty
lhuences will restrain it. - '''s''
Business has been dull. Goods arrive Init
!oWly, and the demand and sales thereof Womb
ouhtless be greater were it not for the reason
nat our planters are necessarily compelled to nav
lose and strict attention to their hired labor
only by constant and close application that thew
IN possibly expect to derive any approYimatio1
} the former amount which the same hands here.
fore furnished As general thing, thew are de.
rmlned to attend to this matter It is their only
fe guarantee for full return from the lands mn.
II cultivation. '-'1' III
The health of the town, as far as we can learn
ID that of the parish is good. There is but one
Sc OF Varioloid in town, patient rapidly recover.
9.
We hear of some cases on plantations between
. place and Baton Rouge, but the accounts are =
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