New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-19

gratitude and esteem is due to the officers OF said
ship for their skill, GOODNESS and bravery, amidst
the most appalling danger, be it
Resolued, That Captain z@z-z---, 1--WE had nus
name, but threw itup and lost it overheard during
the gale,) is brick and that we will Joyousiy
present him with set Of silyerware, If he WILL
| pay for it. s5
Rescued, That the Purser, Mr.. Colby is gen
ttieman on wheels.
| Resolued That these proceedings be pubhsaeo
1 in the New Orleans CRESCENT, and in any other
paper that feels like copying.
Signed l. u
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4 @ Louisiana Intelligence.
/ proposition is on foot to build railroad IRON
this poiut to Clinton. Athougn " haou , w
j from whence the money is g come rom W coI ,
4 snmate this much desired end vet We nope IL Wln
i be successfully begun and compieteo. nhef
field for enterprise and capital Goes not eNse tna
this project Affords BAYOU house ~ ~
f. p.rpsps IT is stated that the cost of paupers
Il - INC citv win for the year 1866 exceed $4,000.
of this to MS. immense sum for this purpose, mot
4 more than q 1.-THE is required Tor our own poor.
The sick and dying negroes and ne interment OF
tbnsa who die here. is one large item. Another is
the flock of poor from the parishes of East and
i west Baton Rouge East Fellciana, st. Helena and
4 livingston who are sent here to be supported by
OF THIS HtIle Cluy. lQlS Is u
/ and should be in part remedied by these parishes
| appropriating sums to aid this charity.-[Ibid.
The tableaux given by the ladies at Pixies Hall,
were magnificent. The Advocate man isin extacies
over the charms Of the young lady who repre-
sented BeHona in .Peace and War; and de-
cares that, though Peace hath her charms 'tf War
is anything like the beautiful embodiment of it
last night, there were few present who would hes-
tate to embrace it, '' n
At the great sale of government tools, tents,
wagons, etc., at Baton Rouge, on the 18th inst,
good prices were realized.
The Comet and Gazette states that an accession
Of sixteen convicts was made to the Penitentiary
at Baton Rouge last week; they hailed from New
Orleans. About four hundred more, according to
the same paper, will soon be sent up from this
city, as fast as accommodation can be made for
their reception.
MARDr GRAs.-There was a pretty fair turn out
of the yotares of Comus in our city on Tuesday,
1 in honor of Mardi Gras. The moving tableaux on
| horseback as well as on foot, excited the merri-
| ment of spectators who turned out en- masse to
greet the turn of those old familiar sports which
Ehelp so materially to drive dull care away. A
| grand fancy dress and masquerade ball at Mrs
Greenwaldts wound up the days proceedings in
| the aforesaid parteulars.-[fbid.
The erection of many new buildings in Bastrop
large storehouse is now in process Of construction
and nearly completed, and another will soon be
commenced, the materials for which, we learn, are
principally collected. This will make work for good
equal to present demand. We would like to see
more in Bastrop. and feel certain they cannot find
better location Bastrop Dispatch.
The editor of the Planters Banner has lately
conversed with gentleman from the West, who
states that the labor question in Kentucky is a
much more difficult question to solve than it is in
Louisiana. He says the negroes are not much in
clined to work, and when they do, they are in
| most instances cheated out Of their earnings. In
Indiana and other Western States it is very diff
cult to obtain labor on any terms; the soldiers,
most of them, dislike to return to the plow and
hoe. Taxes are terrible, and he thinks the people
| of the West have about as dark future as those
| of the South. -
| We make the following extracts from the Ban
1 ner:
1 We notice new fences everywhere springing up,
/ ground broken by the plow, and every indication
ofreyiving industry. Our planters are resolved to
4 do all in their power to succeed. We have hardly
4 an idle mule or horse living at leisure in the
parish And most of them have to work on short
allowances of corn. If our people could but start
i in business out of debt they would have tolerabe
i prospects before them. But even with all the dis
II
/ complish wonders.
The negroes of the parish are doing better than
they have done at any time before for years. They
are beginning to learn their true status The forty
/ acre scheme has played out. We hope they will
continue to improve till they learn that by the
sweat of their brow they must eat bread. They
will have to be cured of the voting nonsense and
several other items before they learn where their
true level is. III js 3t g IN, y1St x
One of our neighbors recently made a trip to
lake Charles, in the southwestern part of this
State. He states that the signs of an abundance
Of petroleum about twelve miles from the lake
are indisputable. The raw material itself has oozed
out of the ground and oated on the surface of the
mud for years, and has been gathered up and used
in rough manner, in the place Of oil. The atten-
ton of speculators and practical operators has
been turned to the matter, and before the end of
the year somebody with long petroleum auger
will probably strike ilen in the heighborhood of
lake Charles.
+ Last Wednesday we foated down the Teche as
far as Mr.. Pinckney G. Bethels plantation, on one
of Kramers horses. Mr.. Bethel has enclosed a
surface planted in cane, much ground plowed, and
general marks of prosperity show themselves. On
three or four plantations between that place and
sCenterville plows have been started, or prepara-
tons are being made to start them Mrs Weight
man. lately Mrs. Meade, has returned to her home
jnst below Judge Palfrey's. We understand Maj.
Weightman is making preparations to cultivate the
plantation the coming season. At Senette's,
?, DiIHCA VuuSt HIooIS NILS. DGueli,S
and Nh. 3. Carlins they are at work. Fences are
springing up, repairs are being made, plows are
moving. There is,in very quiet way, a large
amount of labor, agricultural and mechanical, be-
ing done in St. Mary's at the present time. The
negroes are doing better than they have done be-
fore since the war, and the white population are
trying hard to repair damages and make something
to 1--we on and pay taxes another year. II our
people can have half chance, and a pretty lib
eral amount Of time, they may get out Of the
wilderness.,
hail storm swept over portion of this parish,
extending into thesparish of St. Martin, last Mon
day night, doing considerable damage. Large
hailstones fell in many places killing thousands Of
small birds, cutting palmettoes into strings, and
Mi. Proyost's sugarhouse and Mr.. A.. Carlns corn
house were blown down, much fencing was pros
trated, and huge limbs were torn from live oaks.
In portions of st. Martin we understand an enor-
nous amount of hailstones fell in brief space of
time
We understand that Mr.. P. c. Bethel has in the
ground abont two hundred acres of plant cane,
and has prospects of being able to cultivate il
properly, together with corn and other produce
needed on the place.
SUDDEN GHANGE..-Last Tuesday was magni-s
icent spring day, the weather being little out of
| season. We have had too much such weather of
late for the interest of orchards and gardens. The
| peach trees had begun to blossom, and the the
orange trees also and blossoms were beginning to
| appear on the dewberry and other vines. Garden
seeds had begun to sprout, and plants to show
/ themselves in rows and seed beds. On Wednesday
night the scene changed. A fierce wind right from
4 Ot.1