New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-14
H.ouIsIana HnteIllgenee.


G.ouisiana Intelligence.
CROPS m MoREHoUsE.-We make the following
extract from private letter received from
friend in Morehouse parish
Our prospects in this section of the State for a
crop are gloomy in the extreme. There cannot be
more than half corn enough made for consumption,
and what great many people will do next year
for bread cannot tell Most of the planters are
trying to make ali the cotton they can, but the
| prospect for cotton is bad. The negroes are
hardly doing two-thirds the work they did before
the war, and they say that next year they are not
gong TO work for the white folks at all.
BATON RoUeE.-The entertainments given by the
ladies of the Soldiers Relief Association was,
/ says the Gazette, grand affair. There we're
tableaux, charades and music, winding up with q
bali handsome amount was realized.
BrEsgILLE.-The Messenger says, in regard to
the crops:
In some places the corn, which has been hard
pressed by the grass since it first come up, seemed
TO be very low but in most instances the stock is
large and bids fair to produce good yield. The
cotton on the roadside looks WelL sun alter the
quantity of heavy rains, the bad stand and the
difficult matter to get work out Of the freedmen,
no one need to hope for more than half crop,
either of corn or cotton, throughout the parish.
JACKSONVILLE North Louisianfan of the 30ih
says: =aa
The crops are looking improved in this section
of country Our planters are getting out OF the
grass.
BAPTIST STATE CoNvEfr1oN-The convention
met the 29th ult in the Mount Lebanon Baptist
Church, and organized by eIecGing brother 7. W.
Bledsoe president and brother w. 2. Wells seere-
There was not a large number Of delegates
| present, owing mainly to the backward state Of
the crops, and to the unsettled and unct rtain con-
dition of society, many brethren not feeling it
safe to leave their premises Tor so long period
The meeting was one OF great harmony and We
trust.that good will result Lonisiana Baptist.
Coon TINES AT sIfREvEPoRT.-The News OF the
10th says:
Not for years has the market Of this city been
| 80 sfnndantly supped with the fattest beef and
mutton, the finest vegetables and the most DELI
cious fruits, as it is at this time.
Shreveport is becoming civilized. They had
prize fight there the other day.
The railroad is in running order to a point six
miles from Shreveport
| we have been informed that the negroes on a
large plantation in this parish celebrated the Attn
1 of July by listening to an incendiary speech from
4 the eX-colonel of negro regiment. 1t is stated
that many of the negroes came on the ground
/ with arms in their hands, furnished them by their
employers. If Yankee planters settle here for the
4 purpose of creating disturbances in the commu-
Unity, we would suggest that the grand jury owes
special duty to the parish to see that he laws Of
'l' i'''i1 = [Alexandria Democrat
The weather has been, during the past week,
i sultry and very hot, interspersed with Light
shower Of rain daily. The river continues to re-
: cede fast and soon we will get glimpse OF the
e celebrated Bailey dam.--Llbid.
! ST. LANDRY.-The information which we gather
4 from different parts of the parish, concerning the
y crops are not so discouraging as 1t was feared a.
month or two ago. 1t is true that the cotton 10
somewhat backward; nevertheless there isreason
!, now to expect pretty fair crop if, however, the
! caterpillars do not make their appearance Corn
/ Lis generally beautiful and abundant, and IN the
southwestern portion Of our parish it Is Hlagnin
o cent. 4t@a4t r8
4 on the other hand, the freedmen who are cultf
vating crops on shares are new more indus.
trious than they were six or eight months ago. foE
e they now seem to understand that the better they
a work the more they gain. As TO- those who are
hired by the month they do as heretofore, US little
II as possible. The planters, well as the freed
men, will derive from these first trials experience
C. which will be useful to them hereafter bee
10 [opelouspa Courier
or most unfortunate affair took place on Wednel
n day last, at Mallet Woods, in this parish. Mr.
IN Jules Aguiard, accompanied by several friends
ng called on Mr.. Jos. B. Young at or o'clock q
I'd night when, after some discussion, altercatio
his took place, in which Mr.. Agallard was killed b
ut Mr.. Young.
i'm We are informed that this affair originated
certain family matters.
The case appeared before Justice Jackson, 0
our town, on the following day, and Mr. Younl
was acqutted.-C1bid.