New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-30

An association for the erection of a monument
to the Confederate dead of Marshall county, has
been organized at Holly Springs. Gen. W. 3.
Featherson was elected president
The vicksburg Journal advocates press asso'
citation for the State of Mississippi.
HoNoRs TO THE DEAD.--The decoration OF
sojdiers' graves yesterday, says the Jackson stan
dard of April 27th was very creditable to the
ladies' of Jackson, nearly all of whom participated
in the good work. There are upwards OF seven
hundred heroes of the lost cause buried in the Two
cemeteries of Jackson and so far as we could
observe. not one of their graves was yesterday
neglected but on each was bestowed moral
Offering Of affection and patriotism. rms IS as !.
should be- The North honors h s deao ours are ere
wh ie'' the great mass of our Southern people
either fought or suffered, or in which they sympa-
thized and although they may never receive the
"nations thanks" they viii ever i've IN the anec-
tons of those for whom they perished .-
TIE FREEDAENs BUREAU.-The editor of the
Holly Springs Reporter says that he has travelled
over several of the Northern counties of Missis-
sippi within the past two months, and has taken
particular pains to inform himself IN regard to the
workings of the freedmen's bureau, and it is evil
dent from all he saw and heard. that those Sec
tons of Mississippi that have not been cursed with
the agents of the bureau far the most prosper.
Gus. He says the freedmen are happier, work bet
ter and seem disposed to do their duty and comply
strictly with their contracts. In the immediate
vicinity of the bureau agents the freedmen are not
| only impudent, but seem determined to labor as
little as possible, and in many places they seemed
disposed to loaf around the headquarters of these
agents, and do nothing at all except what they are
compelled to do by stern necessity.
Since the departure of the negro troops, the dis
plays of magnificent wedding parties among the
coored population, which were daily seen parad-
ing our streets, have to be so scarce as to be
altogether invisible. -[Columbus Sentinel.
II We informed II 4, cnmrnn
thing these nights to meet freedmen parading up
and down the streets, armed to the teeth--tairly
bristling with knives and revovers, and making
threats preiudical to good order and the rights OF
cltizens. This Is wrong and should be stopped at
once by the police.-I Columbus Index.
The Summit Commercial learns from gentle
man living some eight miles west of that place,
that he has discovered on his land an inexhaustbe
salt mine.
There is a revival in progress in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, at Columbus, Miss, and
sixty-eight persons have joined the church.
The Circuit Court at Canton has been occupied
with the celebrated case of Parker vs. Adams. In
the summer of 1864, General Writ Adams then in
command of that department, had P. A Parker of
Holmes county, arrested on charge of embezzling
cotton. Parker was brought to Clinton and I'M
prisoned for a considerable time. Finally, how
ever, he was liberated He now brings suit against
Gen. Adams for false arrest and Imprisonment,
to character, etc, laying his damages at sl05 900
On the trial of the case, Just ended, jury of Mr..
Parker's peers, after a full hearing, gave him
damages to the amount of JUS, one dollar !e ,
There are now in active operation in Tishomingo
county fifteen saw mills. u-
The Columbus Index, in its notice of the decora-
ton of the graves of soldiers near that city,
remarks:
There were over fourteen hundred graves to be
decorated. Through the exertions and appeals of
the kind ladies experimenting the good work, all
these graves had been neatly cleaned off; that,
after the decoration was completed Goods Acre"
of heroes looked as if freshly blooming with a
thousand fowers-bearing up to heaven a fragrant
and beautiful evidence of woman's love, tender
| ness and appreciation.
We are glad to see that no distinction was made
between our own dead and about forty Federal
| soldiers, who slept their last sleep by them. 1t
| proved the exalted, unselish tone of the female
| character: Confederate and Federal-once enc.
mics, now Misunderstanding this tribute of re.
| spect
| The Brandon Republican of the 2Gth comes to
US enlarged and Improved.
TERRIBLE HAIL SToRM.--A hail storm passed
| over the Northern portion of this county on Sun
| day evening last that did great damage to the
| growing crops fruit, etc. In the neighborhoqd Of
Col McLaurn's Jumps of ice were picked up
measuring seven and eight inches in circumference
| The trees were almost stripped of their foliage
| and the whole earth was covered with limbs OF
trees that were broken of by the hail stones. Or
Friday previous there was hail storm passed oVel
the country little farther east, that did consider
able damage, though the hail was not near SC
| large. We also learn that considerable guam
tity of hail fell in the neighborhood of Cate
| springs.-t Brandon Republican.
| THE ToMBIGBEE.- river rose about foot ur
to two P. M. yesterday. The overflow in front OF
the city presents picturesque appearance, the
water spreading overra vast area and dotted with
beautiful little isles of green foliage. The loss to
our people by the treshet has been very consider
able, and it is feared that many cattle were
drowned in the swamp.
Aberdeen Sunny South Gath.
THE CRoPs.-We learn from some of our plant.
ing friends, says the Canton Citizen that the crops
in this (Madison) county are doing moderately
well, only. The superabundance of wet weather
has tended greatly to retard agricultural opera
tons, and the crops are backward. Cotton is
generally up, and looks healthy. In many in.
stances, however, the seed planted were dead and
brought forth no plant, andpersous who were thus
| imposed upon are replanting as rapidly as posi-,
BILE. The freedmen are working up to their con.
tracts, as general thing. On the whole, planters
| seem cheerful and hopeful.