New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-05
tAfw ORLEANS Daily Qrestent.


Louisiana Intelligence.
We have had eXterene cold weather during the
week. On Tuesday night it raned very heavily
but cleared off cool and bracing. There seems no
change in our commercial ailairs-very little cot
ton is coming in. Every boat bound up The river
has good trip, and those going down are full OF
passengers. The river opposite Monroe has again
commenced rising. AT Camden there are fourteen
feet and half and rlsing.-[ Monroe lntelligencer
The Integencer advocates the erection of
jail in Monroe, and says that every criminal held
for trial has to be sent to New Orleans, if he fail
to give bond, and the cost of such proceedings to
the parish will in two or three years equal the
price of good Jail.
In the same connection the Intelligencer states
that Monroe has s27OO in the treasury.
We take the following additional items from the
same paper:
BURGLARS AGAN-On Monday night Odell Il
Co.'s store was entered by forcing the lock on the
front door, and robbed of all the small cnange
left in the cash drawer and some tobacco, pickles
and brandy fruits--loss about $lOO. Ihese occur
rences are frequent in our town; and these lovers
of small change will soon enlarge their business il
not arrested. There are two persons suspected,
and the police is on the lookout; they do nothing
and do well ~ advice to them Is go ana seek
employment elsewhere; they are known.
MUNICIPAL ELEoTIoNs.-A recent elections for
officers of the town of Monroe, Hon. X. D. BOSS
man, Jr., was elected Mayor, Messrs. r. Dortch
r. caldwe F. Endom H. sa Fe0 AderR Reg
Charles Delery, Assessor and Collector N. H.
Hardy Treasurer and Secretary.
The Board of Aldermen have been sworn IN ana
gone to work. We are pleased to know that they
have passed an ordinance, which will rid Monroe
of goats; also they are about having clock up"
built.
Every few days we have new proofs that our
people are doing all in their power to recover
from the effects of the late war. Much more
has been planted than we could possibly have ex
pected under the circumstances. And now great
preparations are being made to plant cotton. If
we have good season for cotton, and the worms
will let it alone q considerable quantity of the
article will be made in our parish this year,
PLANTERS Banner.
Coon PROSPECTS. -Judge Simon has ninety
acres of cane planted, or TO be planted, on the
Palo Alto Plantation, this place, and there
are twenty-eight hands at work on the place. The
hands are said to be working very well. During
the last two weeks PROJECTS in the parish have
been evidently improving. Lieut. merrill Is dong
his duty, and is doing vast amount of good. He
,is'a faithful otfcer.--[lbid.
IA WIZ BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LOUISIANA PENITENTIARY.
Nv The newly appointed Board of Directors of the
Louisiana Penitentiary completed their organiza-
ton on Monday last b. c. Montan, Esq, having
been chosen as President of the Board
An election for officers connected with the man
agement of the Institution, resulted as follows:
J. Fl. Malta, Clerk; ] Holt, Warden }. +. Hayden,
Capt. of the Guard Firmin Guidry, Ed. Willis, o.:
P. Skolfeld and Joseph Sanchez, Lieutenants OF
the Guard.
Messrs Holt, Hayden, Gudry aud Sanchez, were
formerly connected with the institution in ca
pacities similar to those now assigned to them
CHARIvARI.-Somebodyh has been catching 1t Tor
the past few nights from the Calathumplan band
in the lower part of our city That somebody,
who is on the shady side of sixty, having mixed
himself in the matrimonial chain to somebody else
who is yet in her maiden teens, has been duly nom
ored by the most lavish and persistent melodies
which it is possible to exc out OF tin trumpetS' th
and birbn had al n
As the old gentleman thus honored Is Well-to-
do in the world he has the alternative OF buying
himself off from these pleasant little demontt ira
tons by contributing certain amount OF MS sur
plus funds for the benefit of the Orphan Asylum.
1t would be well for him to come up to time IN this
matter as the Caathumpians, who have an an
cent privilege in these matters, seem bent on
doubling their demands nightly, so long as the
payment is withheld. On the first night the mo
dest sum of twenty-five dollars was demanded, or
the second fifty dollars, and we do not know now
far the sum will reach before the old gentleman
will consent to pay up, and thus rid himself OF his
prosecutions Ibid.
THE TRIAL OF BATCuELoR.-The evidence il
this case was closed yesterday and the argument
for the defense opened to-day. Mr. Bachelor Il
being tried by military commission before which
he is accused Of the murder OF surgeon Moore, O.
the United States army, at Clinton The commls
sion has been in session fortyfour days ana WI
probably conclude its sessions this week. Mr.
Billen who was arrested at the same time, is still
an inmate of the Penitentlary, awaiting ms trlai.
Baton Rouge Advocate.
RAIN AND NAvIGATIoN.-Since our last we hav
had general fall of rain, which has discommode
everybody and rendered the roads in Morehous
worse than we have seen them for many a loh
day" In consequence, Bayou bartholomew ma
been rising rapidly for the past few days, givin
promise of speedy navigation to Point Pleasant
We long to it as in the olden time, when every
body who could beg, borrow, or steal horse gro
a little while) void go rushing like a torpedo
\ to see the boat. Capt. Cannon made his forum
r in our trade. Who will, like him, bring US goo
81 packet and do the same thing! w.t.,
The Natchitoches Times says labor prospect
are improving somewhat in that parish, and the
may expect a full half crop of cotton next fal
The editor of the paper thinks the New Orear
merchants should give all the encouragement the
can to planting interests.
The Monroe Inteligencer thinks too much attel
ton is given to importing manufactured article
into this State amp much too little done to encou
age home manufacturing. 1t says:
Steamboats, within the past week have brougl
to Monroe large numbers of wagons made at tt
North, Why cannot wagons be made at non
lust as good and Just as cheap as those broug
here from the Northern States? Why cannot OF
own people erect factory for the manufacture
cotton yarns and heavy woollen goods on Il
Ouachta and make, for home use, the one uoll
IA per pound on every pound of cotton manutactu
ed which, we are told, is realized by the wealth
factories of New England!
The following is from the Baton Rouge A
v0cate:
SALES BY THE SHERIFF.-Successon of Sngl
tary 200 acres of land, $1,000; succession of Lu
Morgan, two tracts of land near the Amite rive
GAO acres, S2lOO; succession of A. Roland McCl
lum $40 acres on Jones creek, $4,000.
THE ONO BILLIARD CHAMPIoNsHIP-Re'nd'
able 1e17nindtton Of The ConteSt.-Ihe t9Id u GO
test for the possession of the gold-mounted blia
cue and the championship of Ohio, took place