New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-18
Leuisfana Intelligence.


i says that the estate in question belonged
succession Of sLucien Burss.
The same paper says the mails will hereafs
distributed along the lower coast by the ste
Plain City. s
The health of the people of the parish is
= nouneed excellent,
According to Mr.. Peralta's report, the peos
i, this parish are S35, l43 II in the indebtedne
:, i. the State for arrears Of taxes.
" The value of property in this parish for
according to the rolls of our assessor is Az b1a
and the tax thereon sl4 ,I29 40. In 1854 tile All
= OF taxable property reached So ,462 $3.50, on "
. 81 SIS 0s taxes were imposed [Empire ps
BATON ROUGE. The beautiful weather. The
1nned good health Of the city and country /
sngnt increase OF activity in business circle
sne only ieems OF INTEREST," Advocate.
THE GHINN CREvAssE.-The Iberville sout
Saturday says: ~ -
Inc ghlnn creyasse pours its devastating
snrougn our sister parish, West Baton Rouge,
our own. Lower Crosse Tete il now snh,nay
and much Of the country along Bayou Pauuen
Gfand river and Bayou Sorrel daily appears
meath the rising food. 1t is difficult To fietern
What amount of mischief will result from this
vase, this season. The river is but bank full
NM; u so s;l rising it go down soon, but Ii
present stage, which is probable enough notw
Standing the closing of Bayou Plaquenine, m,
" tne interior country must suffer. With Lo1
Grand river, Bayous Sorrel and Pigeon open,
waters Of the crevasse would do little or no co
paratIve injury, but with these streams closed
water must overflow the land to get its outlet
4 the gulf. - - - I Al
DEATH oF A VERY OLD LADY.-4That the.ty is
OF Louisiana l is not unfayorable to lae find in
proved by the following obituaEyswr
1 A .Jpa
Died, in this city on the 1lP ia.
Sanchez, aged 40 years. Oldest inhabitant of
| The deceased was BY faat Galvestown, in East
this parish. She was hth of August, 1856, and
Baton Rouge. on tbs never in the course of her
with few exceptopfe been beyond the parish
long and peacefffe she has witnessed the eleya-
lines. Dnring2h French, English, American and
ton Of the Sggs over the fort and city of Baton
Gon!ederaF numerous relatives and friends bear
;foage. her virtues, and thus after long life in
w! .aad world she sleeps her last sleep. :,
= = Nj RY.-The Planters Banner SAYS:
he late rains have been copious and general
roughout this section Of Louisiana. Crops that
I've been planted have now nothing to do but 10
oW. Cotton seed will now be rapidly consigned
mother earth. April Eilk be busy month in
e South.
Many OF our sugar gl4nters cannot make sugar
\ the fall of 1867. If the worm should DESTROY
g cotton ia the sugar parishes next fall, many 81
II planters will have to struggle hard to keep Oh
eir feet TIL they can make sugar crop and get
turns from it. Add to these difficulties the unre
Lble character Of the labor, the overflow. and an
friendly and tErannical Congress, and the plan.
rs nave great obstacles to contend with. Still
they snow proper energy they may triumph
Ter all their troubles and succeed ut last sConr.
e, hope, and industry may pave the way to
There appears to be quite business in the moss
1e at Brashear city. Mr.. VIM. Hanchett has sold
re hundred bales of moss OF three hundred
ounds each, and is aecumnlating more. Moss
snerally sells at five and half cents per pound
ms y about as much as ordinary cotton soldtfGr
hen the cotton crops were heavy. The forests
this country hang full of moss, and if it Gamble
inverted into gold or greenbacks, all right.
ST. JOHN THE BAPrIsr.-Tae Burcard plants.
N, arpents front by 40 deep, has been sold to
rsia Webre and D'Aquin for Sl4 600.
The property belonging to Messrs. Treqre, three
1rths Of an arpent frent by so deep, has been
d to n. Miltenberger for s240e. 4
The rain Of last week. says LIE Meschacebe, has
lsed great damage to the tobacco plantations
Grande Pointe. tbs there they make the best
.ique.
sA1lFoURcHE. From the Sentinel we learn that
rain OF last week washed up and destroyed the
ton seed, some Of which had commenced
cutting. 4; !.
he same paper says creFasse occurred last
ek at the Dalferes place, right bank Of the
'ou, which, however, will occasion little loss.
VEST BATON RouGE.-The Sugar Planter Of the
b says:
I affords us much pleasure to chronicle the
1eral good health of the parish A straeplinr
'e OF smallpox here and there, is about all we
y Of, requiring physician s attention.
2 regard to the CAinn creyasse the Sugar Plan
says: IN
Dhe water is still pouring in torrents through
GhIl1ri crevasse filling up the rear Of the parish
drowning out the already impoverished inhab-
avs 70 diiierent locations. Subscriptions have
y taken up throughout the parish for their re-
winch nave been literally responded to- 1t is
a pleasure we note nuElber of citizens from
on Rouge have subscribed for the same pur-
2. We can assure them that their kindness il |
7 aspprecfated. From what we can learn in re-
z te the matter, the closing Of Bayou Plaque
g has not been Of as much benefit, as drain,
generally believed it would be in case of Gre
se. True IT carries oil some of the water, but
enough to be of material benefit. Our, onlyl
g now is in the fall Of the river.
scEssIoN.--Capt. Dorcini Landry is a eandi-
, for the legislature, to fill the vacancy Of the
!. II. L. Dufel. n
AYou SARA.- The Ledger says: On TUESDAY
10th inst, we were visited by an extraordi.
heavy hail storm, commencing at fogro'elock,
lasting about thirty minutes. This was the !;
nan -, q any consequence that has fallen here
the 9th Of April, 1859. .ss8fs Ii n $4sf3
hef same paper says: s5i8f 3s
eirfyers above are reported falling, but as vet.
nave not seen the effects of it at this point Ii
lnues to rise here at a slow rate. Much an h
lension is felt for the safety of our own Havnu II
!; lest the waters should inundate that cherished
J. No damage. however, has yet been made
nr town BY the waters. 4ss s3
aring the week quite a number of wagons
ed With cotton have passed our office on their
70 the river, where the precious commodity H
tnanaergo an assessment, collection and then
h,pped e parts undetermined; probably to n
England, where the destiny Of tie nation is l
~ statu quo. Il Bayou Sara Ledger. 73i5#sl
!. HELENA.--The regular spring term Of the
y Judicial District Court, for this parish, will
mence on Monday next, the 18th inst, There
unusually large civil docket, and it ID ey.
sed that the session will occupy all the time
Ited ~ Greensburg Journal.
oINTE CouPEE. We take the following items
!, the Echo
he creyasse in the Scott ieyee, which occurred
sunday night last, we are happy to state, has ,
closed, and the levee strengthened gene
he cotton in this section Of the parish has been
much injured by the heavy frost few nights
and as general thing the cotton crop will !
to be repianted. Cotton seed is in great de.
d in consequence. "a {,
ne April term of the seventh district court af-
session Of some twenty-five days, will adjourn
ny, most OF the cases on the docket HAVING !
] disposed of. Some very important decisions |
! been rendered in regard to cotton burning
acts of officers acting under Confederate uu- !,
ity, which we will publish in our next ISSUE
RRvEpoRr, The Southwestern of the 18th,