New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-30

short time to come. A great many nave ueen
compelled to repant, while Others Of a more SAN
guine temperament, have accepted =" the situa-
ton " and choose rather to wait tor something to
turn up.n 1t is literally estimated that only a
year; some even doubt this. Tie river parishes
are almost entirely oyeraowed, and little or no
harvest is expected from that quarter.
The failure of crop, and that succeeding the
impoyershment rendered by four years war,
will place the Southern people in q deplorable
condition and also have its effect upon that North
ern manufacturing class who have for years oeeh
tattenng their sleek careases upon our industry,
and will no doubt convince those hypocflucai
phlanthropists that, for the il-gOtten gains they
so nigpardy clutch in their miseriy fists, they are
indebted to African slave labor. They will soon
learn to their sorrow, that their pretended sym
pathy for the negro will result IN their own
In the last number of the ouachita Telegraph,
published at Monroe La, the editor makes eX-
tracts from what he is pleased to call . country
exchangesr including therein the Shreveport
papers. In tkis tine Monroe editor is likened unto
the man, who, standing upon high mountain,
everybody appeared small to him, and he ap-
peared small to everybody" and did not deceive
his appearance---Llhid.
JAcKsoN.-The North Louisianian complains of
the heavy rains, and says the cotton prospects
were never gloemier in that parish at this season
of the year ....
Since our last issue we have had another very
heavy ran-the most severe of the season and in
some neighborhoods in our parish, we understand
it has done more damage to the crops than any
rain this spring, washing away corn, cotton and
fences in its mighty food. Our planters are unable
to do anything in the way of planting or working
their crops on account of the wet weather. The
fact is, 1t appears to us that our planters cannot
now make more than half crops this season. A
great deal of land pIowed up for cultivation must
now be abandoned for this year being overhowed.
We have but little left to us except hope. Hope
on, hope ever,o we must or give upto despair.
CADDo,-Ihe Shreveport Gazette says: The
brck-yards are turning out over thirty thousand
hrckper day, and lumber has fallen from sixty to
1 twenty-five dollars thousand. As soon as build
1 ing material can be purchased, and mechanics EN-
I ployed at reasonable figures we may expect to
\ see houses going up rapidly. AT present prices
no sensible man would build, with the expectation
| that the investment would be good one. Rents
must come down, or one-half our merchants will
be compelled to move their stocks to towns in the
| interior.
EEThe work on the railroad is being pressed for
ward as rapidly as possible. The road bed is be
| ing put in order and the iron placed upon the
| track Owing to the damage which some of the
culyerts have sustained by the heavy rains, the
\ gine cannot be used until they are repaired To
/ prevent delay train of wagons are employed in
hauling out the rails to enable the contractor to
| complete the road by the first of August. All the
| grading from Shreveport to the present terminus
| Of the road is completed, eXceptin one cut near
| Greenwood. A railroad to Marshall is now fixed
| fact.
Il
at this place last Saturday night, by the election
| Of Thos Byland as foreman, O. h. Chamberlin first
assistant foreman, A. w. MOfhtt first pipe director
f. A. Leonard secretary, r. Dawes treasurer, and
S. Eerman doorkeeper.-[S Western.
The lstof police eases in the comparatively small
town of Shreveport is almost equal in extent to
that of the Crescent City.
We have been informed that man, stranger
was killed and robbed, on last Saturday night
about one mile west of the city, by some unknown
person or persons, supposed to be negro soldiers.
He was shot from his horse. On the same night
several other persons were robbed in the same
eighborhood.-[N
IBERYILLE.-Pe Persoaal-0n Monday last Capt.
Allen Jumel sheriff elect of this parish was duly
Installed in office, furnishing bonds in the sum of
SIG 600, with Messrs. Norbert Marionneaux, Valery
Roth, J. p. MaTionneauX, Celestin LIE Blanc and
Edward lie Blanc, as suretes. Sheriff Jumel has
appointed Messrs. Thos. &. Grace, j. Amede6 Ian
dry and 9. s. Matherne as his deputies, and j. NJ.
Ris as parish jailor.
On the same day Lieut.. Ernest a. Marionneaux,
clerk of the court elect, took possession of that
office, and appointed our talented and energetic
young friends Aleck Hebert and G. A. Roth as his
deputies.
As the new court house broom was guaranteed
to "sweep clean,'' we prophesy plenty of work
for the gallant epers.-LSouth.
An attempt was made on last Tuesday night to
break open the room of the Jail in this place,
wherein are confined several freedmen. The par.
ties making the attempt were on the outside, and
had nearly succeeded when one of the prisoners,
named Lam Missouri gave the alarm by the free
use Of an excellent pair of lungs.
Sam is in limbo for some participation in a cot
ton stealing scrape-nay he does not wish to avoid
a trial Certainly he deserves credit for his con-
taken into favorable colsideration,-G[b Ibid.
WEATHER AND CRoPs.-During the past week
we have visited the coast portions of Iberville and
Ascension parishes, and pitiable prospect there
is, indeed for the planters OF these district of
country. Not over one acre in ten formerly in
cultivation is planted the present year in any kind
of crop and as there has not been more than four
or five days Of working weather during the past
month, and as there is great scarcity Of laborers,
the promise of crops hereabouts is daily becoming
" small by degrees and distressingly less.n
We would advise the big croppers y abroad to
visit Louisiana before venturing any more huge
! propheCies.--[Ibid
/ Hon E. w. BLAKE.-The numerous friends Of
the above named native Iberyillian, will learn with
pleasure thathe has been elected district attorney
for the third judicial district Of this State. Coun
sellor Blake will make splendid official if he can
only preserve his own gravity, and at the same
time not upset that of the court.
Blake, y at the moment Of pennng this para
graph, a squad" of your Iberville friends are
celebrating your promotion with basket of cham
pagne, at the South office.
REAL ESTATE sALEs.-There have been some
important sales or rather gifts of real estate in
this parish within the past few weeks.
Ihe Augusta plantauOn, formerly owned by Mi.
4 W. rs Yentress, one of the largest and most
productive in the parish, and valued at $450000
before the war, was sold to Arthur Shift, of New
Orleans, for 100000. The Home place sold for
. $ll GOO, the Captain Rutherford estate for $4,000
and the MeGavock place, on one years time, for
the latter sum.--[Ihd
i HAIL ST0RM--We are panied to learn that the
Bayou Paul district, in this parish, visited last
week by hail storm of unprecedented fury. The
entire crops in that neighborhoOd are totally
ruined, and the farmers are compelled to plow and
4 plant anew. The elements 'tand all the world be.
sde,'' conspire against us.-Ibid.
ST. CHABLEs-A horse belonging to eolored
man living at Bonnet Carr6 swallowed a snake
while in the act of drinking and died next day.
The property of zenon Rousselle, one-half an
arpent front on the Missississippi by so arpents
deep, has been sold to N. A. Baumgarder, of this
| city for $250O; Mr.. Pierre sauve's place, Lone
Star, IA arpents by 75 to e, Depasseur, also o.
New Orleans for $64, ,l6T. The plantation of Mad
Louis Labranche was offered for sale, but no pur
chaser made bid.
ST. MARYs-speaking of the overflow in St
Mary and the neighboring parishes, the Planters
Banner of the 26th says writing of two or thre,
days previous:
At Lafourche Crossing it stood at about thu
same mark which denoted its height week pre-
vious. 1t had then fallen about foot from tAt
highest water mark of The season.