New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-04
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THURSDAY NoRNfNa. OCTOBER 4, 1856.
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Some i've or six days after the caterpillar was
nTst seeniR Mn. BreaFd plantation, we visited it.
and found every cotton. leaf destroyed. On the
fragments OF one leaf noticed casually in looking
around, we counted eight grown caterpillars,.
Having faithfully finished their task hundreds OF
them were webbing up, preparatory to the transit.
ZION to flies or moths.
We noticed the arrival Of Ave Sisters Of Charity,
probably, more property, Daughters of the
Gross by the last trip Of the ldahoe In this
connection We may mention the eumor that it is
u contemplation 70 establish convent at this
place, Nhatare the Protestants doing?
During the past week We have conVersed with
men, SEINE of whom were FROM The Mississippi,
river, and others from Western Texas. Their
accounts agree surprisingly as to the ruined CON
clifton ut the crops. II the rains continue, the
cotton that il made will hardly be worth the ship
nent To market.
Over near Delhia very determined piece of vii.
Aalny occurred week or two ago. Two Texans
were dtiving beef cattle To Vicksburg and on the
route, near Delhi, lost q COW. AT the first halt
they returned to hunt the COW, ana heard or her
g having been seereted by some negroes The
y negroes. upon being cernered, confessed their
guilt and declared they would show the Texans
their cow Two negroes and. the Texans started
upon me search After having gone some dis
lance the older of the two Groyers told one of the
negroes they had to have their COW without so
much hunting. Instantly the black villain, who
had supplied himself with a long knife set upon
she droTeE, and before the latter could use bis
wepeateF; had nearly finished him {the other dr0-
yer and negro being some PAGES in the rear,1 be-
4oFe his conrade could get to his assistance. The
Would-he murderer spTang off in5tha cane closely
pursued by the uninjur ed white man. who quickly
ran up on the negro, and so closely as to
put himself at disadvantage, which the negro
readily aVailed himself of by tnrning upon his
pursuef. Bat the young Texan discharged his
repeater III the negro's face before he could do
much injury, which rather unsettled the negroes
plans Again the Texan pulled trigger, deliber-
ately aiming at the negroes heart The bail, trne
to its aim, went to the negroes vtals and he fell
fnivering to the earth a dead negro The other
drover was taken up. not so seriously injured as
ne ~ first i'm gined when he called out to his COM
panion, Is / am killed. and was carried to O
house near by When last heard from he was
improving. Negro Ne. 2 skedaddled early in the
fray
The Telegraph says the town council of Monroe
Contemplate establishing d steam ferry across the
0uachita at that place.
al notorious horse and mule thief, of African
color, mined George Washington, was killeE in
this parish on Sunday night last, BY Mr.. Yieaeuye
Leblanc, while IN the act OF stealing one of his
horses. Wash was sentenced at the last term of
court for four years to the penitentary for want
ing 60 take care OF other peoples property in the
shape of horses and mules, and while undergoing
his sentence, contriYed to eude the guards and
escape His punishment did not seem to work "a
reformation In his morals, and so he concluded to
carry gu the same game, but In so doing, he met
his fate4--I Baton Rouge Sugar Planter
a SECULAR INcYDEST.-A Sunday or two since,
gathering of freed people for reli gfous purposes
took place on a neighheriug plantation. During
the ceremonies, and while the sable preacher was
ezhorfing to the utmost strength of his lungs, a
sister of the flock was observed to keel over Z
and fall to the ground. She then went through d
series Of groans ana yels to the great annoyance
Of some of the other worshipeTs, who attempted
to remove her from the place. This Has objected.
to by the minister, who thought he the effect
pf his eXhortatiens. .Let5de sister alone-she IS /
Dnly 'spiredl q said he; and they did leave her \
alone, but when the meeting dispersed. she was
discovered to be in the last stage of cholera. and
reach her.
The West Feliciana papers state that there will
be half crop made in that parish, owing to the I
Eavages of the cotton worm.
We ahays had north winds lately, and, conse-
seluently, several cool days and nights, reminding
us that the sugar rolliug season is approaching
But our planters say that cane is quite backward
this year, and will not be ready TO roll before +
November We learn That it Is the opinion OF ex-
perienced planters that cane viii not yield much
sugar this year. The signs upon which this
evil prophecy ii based, seem to be bad enough
ii appears that the cane is, more or less, hollow
and dry. and, what is worse, epreuting at the
# joints The cotton is opening too fast; there is
otsafieient labor to pick it. This il bnt one of
ts evils Ct the army worm A. AtteE ne plant Is
are left on the stock open almost imme diatey.l
and all the cotton requires to be picked almost at
the same time. Thus there will be an additional
loss OF cotton for want OF sufficient labor to pick
1t all atonce.- Houma Civic Guard.
4 meeting of the planters Of East and West
Feliciana was heidin Jackson, on the 22d nit, to
concert measarers to procure and encourage field
laborers from all sources. After passing rssolu-
tions the meeting adjourned to the 9Th instant, on
which day the planters will be addressed by the
Hon. w. d. Winter and Charles McVay.
The Baton Rouge Gazette and Comet advocates
The extehaion Of the wharf and the paving Of Main
street in that city,
Twenty-eight negroes out Of one hundred and
thirty employed On the plantation Of Mr. Yalconr
Anne, in ST. James parish, have died Of the chol-
era, this season, 50 says the Mesachaseb6
We have but little to say about the crops ia our
parish. The worms have on most plantations de-
troyed the cotton, to say nothing Of the continued
.rains#and nnfaYorable weather. One bale to ten
acres lis considered q fair estimate OF tile cotton
crop in our parish thisseason. The corn crop is
almost total failure, and we doubt If the planters
have raised enough 70 last thirty days.
4 correspondent Of the Iberyille South says
that id the parish of ST. iartin, although the cane
II doing finely. there will not be enough sugar
made for home consumption, as the planters pre-
fer IL sell their cane for seed. The field of corn,
he says, viii BE- an average one, and that ofaweet
potatoes very large one.
Ihe cool weather spoken Of in our last. has re-
turnea this week, making. colds and coughs quite
common and feyeEa abundant,
Planters from every portion of our parish COM
piafn Of the damage done their cotton by the re-
cent continued rains and the ravages OF the cat
erpillar. Small by degrees and beautifully
Less grews the little prospect our planters did
have for o crop
Many of our citizens complain OF the queer
doinga If intelligent contrabandsi here recently.
Is has been found they do not work in the day
ajnle, but prefer the wee sna' hours, BY moon
iipht taking care, however, not to account to
their employers for the cotton thus gathered.
We learn Nh. Raby, planter living near Live.
MIA, Pointe Coupee parish, was atabbed and killed
Sest week BY an Irishnan named Swinney One
~ Mr.. Rabyfs mules had been shot, andhe accused
sswinuey. and attacked him, being armed with
,sSistol aud hickory stick. They were separated,
a,Mf II tIp evening met again. when Raby struck
lin % te head With his stick, and IN the i aght
@ne euSes9 - tTberylie South.
pbe editor 81 the French side of the South gets
e.oatsa,,s Il describing The rival town Of Bayou
Ssoas. Situated ninety miles above The city, he
avs It possesses the likeness Of town bell, three
nbysIciana and an apothecary. The cholera has
never been able to gain foothold there owing
~ ! mysterious specific in general use among the
Nr,,t3 q Iov,yer il dOmiciled there. There