New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-06
fCorespondenee Of the Crescent,
YETTER FROM PLAQUEMINEs.
PARrsH OF PIAqunMNEs, June 2, /

PARISH or PEAQUEMINEs; June 2, 1856.
Editor of the Crescent
AS sit Alonein my chamber tonight, Illuminating
mnch upon ,abQt has been, and arhat may be, a
communicative mood comes over me- and shall in
dulee my "caooathes scribendi' at your expense,
if you 50 wish It.
Many wild scene enacted amid the SHOWS of
Kentucky, or the mud Of Tennessee has passed as
plainly before me, as it did when the lst Louisiana
cavalry, with all the pride and enthusiasm ofeager
volunteers, followed the war-path in the west;
many dry joke cracked around the cosy camp
fire, and many good story told upon the weary
march, comes to mind, and recalls many an hour
made happy by the spirit Of the bold soldier boys
whose characteristic indulgence in fun and mer
rinent is SO Interestingly delineated and so hap
PLY hit of in that great novel, Charley 0'Malley.
But the memory Of brave comrades, who
event down amid the clashing eharge Of squadrons
And the thunders Of the light
and the clouds that still linger over our Southern
horizon, casts shadow over the bright and pleas
ant picture.
Nor do fail to recall the devotion and zeal Of
those Southern women, bright angels Of mercy
and Ioye) who eheered US to the conflict, minis
u tered to our wants, soothed and sustained us in
prison, boundup our wounds nursed us in siekness,
and when the angel of death set his seal oR the
pallid brow Of the many who fell and persisted by
the wayside, in sympathy and prayers ahe followed
them to the grave. II is our privilege to love
them, and history will delight to honor and immor
talize them.
) ] have justlearned Of the re-opening Of the Bou
! Iigny cfeyasse but as tile commissioners com
neneed work at once, I hope soon to hear that il
has been closed. With the return Of June we lool
for steady fall in the river and trust it will sooi
be sufficient to exempt us from fear of overflow.
III no State, perhaps, is the effect Of the lat
war less manifest than in this section below NeE
Orleans; no battles, no marches took place here
and no military occupation, until the navy and arm
hadeaRtured the citys taken complete possession Q
the rural districts and organized military govern
: rnent The interregnuin between the abdicatio
: Of secessia and the reign Of Uncle Sam was brie
) and the change in the institutions gradual. There
fore, d traveller who, to-day, would embark on th
y good steamer Plain City, Captain Bassett and sa
!. down the Mississippi to Fort Jackson, would nc
observe the charred ruins, waste fields, and des'
j, late homes, that marks the track Of the Feder'
5 army in too many portions Of the State. On th
4 contrary the general appearance Of animation an
i industry that meets the eye, on either bank, ind
( Gates prosperity and peace, and presents an agre
! able contrast to the desolation and impoyerisl
& nnent that exists throughout many Of the forms
fertile and productive fields Of Louisiana
i In these parishes, then, where labor has bee
i Hess denoralized and society less disturbed, mu
4 we look for a speedy solution Of the free lab
n. system,
ss There is, however, one object of interest-oI
s. relic of the warthat attracts attention; for, at
point twenty FIVE miles below the city, on the ca
bank Of the river, tile blackened and burnt hull
,I,l, H., ,sEI o71I 10
many acts of daring and adventure. The story
her capture Of the iron-clad Indianola, and i
desperate attempt almost successfully to run t
III gauntlet of Federal gunboats from Red River
IN the ocean, must be still familiar
The following conversation, I give word
. word as it occurred as it suggests cause for
late heavy it may interest the meteorologit
Al observers
az ~ Negro loquitur- '1rassa -, T'se been WI
tin to ask you dis long time if darts marmaid
" de city ~
sl Massa loquitur-"H there is / have not ST
IA one. But why do you ask me 2H
s4 Negro loquitur- Cose I herd as how two
IN dem was followin ship up de riber, and Spar
man shot one, but the oder is in de city, and VI
eber she cries it's bound to rain, and dats why
liss hab 50 much rain. 7
ll The cane and rice crops are very promising,
~ -, the cotton (onIy small amount of which
~ planted this year) Is Indifferent the crop of
'07 potatoes is small, and our corn is very backwa
many planters have repianted their corn gro
sg as often as three times before getting stand
pa ish The river at my point is influenced by It'd
~ ~ five or six inches, and the slight fall repo
~ II. above is not perceptble here.
. % Generally the negroes are working very
~ and hear Of no complaint in my neighborhoo
Pr. ssa The old feud between Austria and Pruss
anus notice by the last mails, has broken out again,
will possibly culminate in war; certainly the
~ NJ tinental powers deem it very probable S
very Mapoleoa Fnronean dnomats divine in
ose s.ie 81 hate fe treaties If 1919
sent reriea, readar 10 nereeiye
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