New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-28

in the parish of St. Helena, is now printed in beau
tiful new type, and the excellence of its contents
corresponds with the excellence of its typography
No planter or gardener in Louisiana or Mississippi
can afford to do without 80 valuable journal.
Dr. ID. A. Swasey is the editor, and the subscrip-
tion price is only three dollars year. The last
NUMBER, BY the way, contains q cut of Duchesse
a. Angouieme pear tree, drawn from nature,
with luscious and tempting looking pears hanging
all over II. fmakes our mouth water to look at
them. s
WAsHrssros.-A regular agricultural club has
existed in Washington parish since the year 1888.
MoREHoUsE.-says the Bassrop Dispatch
The unfortunate woman, Mrs. Carrigo who was
stabbed by her husband, which we made mention
of last week, died from the effects of the wound
ON Wednesday night last. She Was kindly attended
in her suffering condition, and hopes were at one
time entertained of her recovery.
JAIL DELIvERY.-Cn Saturday night last, three
negroes lodged in our jail for different ofenses,
from outsiders, and have not since been seen in
these parts. They no doubt received aid and
comfort from some Of the negroes who live "from
hand to mouth about town, and who should have
an honest living, civil rights Z or no civil rights,
a. they did before the war. As a general thing,
the negroes In town are very polite and demean
themselves well, but there Is nest here that
| lBastrop Dispaeeh-
proposition is made in Bastrop to build two
steamboats, to run in the Bayou Bartholomew
trade. 3s
AN HONEST CoSFEssTos.-The editor of the
Bastrop Dispatch, in declining some verses sent
him by contributor, says he never attempted
poetry but once himself, and he 6 made signal
failure" His e1usion was entitled The Reyeries
of a Bachelor" There are many other failures in
the poetry line but the authors are not as honest
in acknowledging it as our contemporary of the
Dispatch
EAST FELrcTANA.-The ladies' Of Clinton and it's
vicinity, had made every preparation to decorate
the tombs Of the fallen Confedsrates in the
different cemetries Of East Feliciana for Thursday
last. We quote from the Patriot: ~@
On Thursday morning the 26th inst. the ladies of
Clinton and vicinity will repair to.the cemetery for
the purpose Of bedeckipg the graves of the gallant
dead of the Confederate States army What
lovely and sacred tribute of affection this will be.
1t could only have originated in he pure and
generous hearts of the ladies' and may heaven
reward them for it.
Let them weave wreaths and garlands and strew
the early flowers of spring over the graves of the
strange soldier boys who sleep in our village ceme
terry. Mothers sisters wives, fathers and brothers
far away, will be made glad when they know that
those who were very dear to them, and who gave
up their lives for their countrys cause, are re-
membered by those whom they died defending,
and will bless the noble souls of those engaged
in the holy work.
There are great many Of our dear old comrades
who died wearing of the grey, buried in other
grave yards than the one at Clinton. Let them
not be forgotten. To those who are unable to at
tend here on the 26th, it will be sad sweet duty
to visit their graves and deck them with the
choicest fewers of spring. &A
Let none be forgotten, for they are all heroes
worthy of all honors. For those who sleep be-
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Alabama, weave wreath and hang it up in re-
membrance of them. The recording angel will
make note of it, and you will be happier for
having done so. q
the ceremonies, the remains of Dr. Lee Fl. Farrar,
who was killed at Burlington in the parish of East
Baton Rouge, will be brought here for RENTER
ment. He will be buried with Masonic honors, Of
which order he was bright light. The time is
very appropriate. DR.. Farrar was true Confsd :
crate soldier, who LOST his life in trying to beat
back raiding party from Baton Rouge. under
Col. Fonda a Of the l. Federal army, on the 18th Of
| esteemed as a high-toned gentleman. and warmly
| devoted to canse which he thought was Just.
| He served for some time in the ranks and was af-
terwards called to the position of assistant surgeon
| by Brig. Gen. Writ Adams, in which capacity he
was acting at the time of his death.
| Clinton has been nnlya little lively during the
| past week. Planters are too busy in attending to
the growing and planting crops to come to town.
|
dull among the merchants. The magnificent
stocks Of goods displayed are very attractive and
| the low prices at which they are offered draws
largely.
From almost every section of the parish we
have encouraging news of good prospective crops.
The only drawback at present is too much rain.
A few days Of genial sunshine will make all right
EAST BATON RoUGE.-We notice the arrival of
Colonel j. V. Durable, the president of the
levee board. The colonel has been pressed
severely by the hard work imposed upon the
board by the unexpected rise Of the Mississippi
and the numerous crevasses that have occur
red. He has persistently labored night and
day in endeavoring to rebuild and strengthen the
levees in the face of obstacles that have proved
sufficient to almost paralyze the power Of the
of the difficulties that oppressed them and the
amount Of labor that they have performed, are
| ready to accord due praise to the board The
great injury to the railroad, of which COL Durable
is president, and the inundation of the greater
portion of his landed property by the Chinn Gre
vase, are alone warrant to those unacquainted
with the facts and who Judge men by their inter-
| ests alone. that he neglected no means by which
to strengthen and sustain this all important work.
| The public who are informed at all in the matter
! are ready to accord him due praise from their
knowledge of the difficulties under which he
labored and the amount Of work done by him.
Notwithstanding the loss of near $780, 900 in
value of slaves, and other serious losses by the
war, the financial prospects of the Crosse Tete
kallr0ad company are bright. The debt of the
company will probably all be paid this year, and a
respectable fund remains on hands. Tie crevasse
has delayed the reconstruction of the damaged
portion of the road. but whether it be leased or
not (Which will have to be decided by the stock
holders) we are sure that connection will be made
this fall with Livonia.
HOMICIDE AT SHREVEPORT Shreveport
| News of the Gath says:
Yesterday, between l and o'clock P. M, Jos.
Renfro. living near our city, was killed in the
store of Meyer Bros. For the first time en- any
similar occasion were we prohibited from entering
the room where the inquest was held, being po-
litely informed that the press could not enter;
this, however, is in keeping with the tmos. We
can only, therefore, snrmise the result, thus:
There was difficulty among the parties, and shots
were exchanged between MIR. Louis Meyer, Jos.
Renfro and Mark Dreyfuss the latter killing Mr..
Renfro Had we been permitted to enter the
room, as others who were not on the jury were,
our readers would have been furnished, Us they
should have been, with the exact particulars.
Go and see the glass steam engines at the Ma
scum, No. 90 st. Charles street. 49,
Too MuCu " "ATIoN."-The following love -lstter
I opd rapIv we find in n MsSissjnni e1chaDra.