New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-16
q RsDAY MORNING, AUGUST Is, 1866.
I4ouIslana Intelligence.

LouIsiana Entelngenee.
The Shreveport Gazette, of the 10th inst, an.
nounces the arrival Of q second ce-fnaking ma
chine, which win secure nearly constantly suffi-
Gent supply for the city.
The same paper has a report Of some proceed
ings under the civil rights bill, from which we
make the following extracts:
on Tuesday morning at three O'clock q Federal
CAPTAIN with squad Of egrosoldiers from Shreye-
port, went to the residence of Mr.. R. @. Boney. q
planter in this parish, with an order to arrest Mr.
Boney and every white man found nhis premises.
Mr. Buney Mr. DALEY, his oyerseer Mr.. Brooks,
who boarded at the house, and also Mr.. VIM.
Wvche, an invalid, and DR.. Talbert, who were
guests, and knew nothing Of the difficulty which
had arisen between bir. Boney and the freedmen
were all arrested.
The prisoners were not allowed to ride in their
buggies, but were plaeed in an open road wagon
and hauled sixteen miles through the sun, like so
many hogs.
Mr. Wyche was Yerv feeble, and could scarcely
endure the heat aad fatigue. Mr.. Boney was also
suffering from a disease of the heart. When the
captain found that Mr.. Wyche would sink under
the oppressive heat, he had some brush cut and
thrown over the wagon bed, and in this forlorn
and wretched condition several of the most re-
spectacle gentlemen Of the parish were brought
to this city and thrown into miserable log cabin,
toewait their trial before military court. This
proceeding was hesed upon information given TO
To the agent of the freedmenis bureau by several
lazy negroes, who. having contracted to labor for
Alr. Boney, failed to comply with the terms OF
their contract.
When innocent men are taken from their sick
beds by military ORDERS merely because they hap
pen to he in the house OF planter who has Of
Tended freedmen and Gre removed at the peril Of
their Lives to guardk0uee, the civil rights bill is
certainly a nuisance in their case. We will state
in this connection that M. Wyche was allowed 70
go 10 the hotel--the proprietor holding himself
responsible for his appearance. OF course these
gentlemen WHOM accidentally in the house will
be released, yet it is a great outrage in time Of
peace that such despotic acts shonld be commit
ted by the agents of a government which purperts
to be theibest ia the world.
We should be pleased to know by
what authority these arrests were made. Does
martial law exist--if so, by what military order
Have the civil courts failed to do their duty? In
this case no appeal was made to Them
The effect of these arrests will be most demon
alizing upon the negroes, who will be encouraged
in their habits Of idlenees, and become very impu-
dent. Il il great calamity to the country for it
destroys the influence of the employer over the
employee, and makes the latter look upon the for
mer Al suspected rebel. while he il treated as
pet Of the government The fact that negro
soldiers are sent over the country TO arrest white
men puts the devil into all the negroes, to speak
plainly, and they become impatient OF restraint
andunwilling to perform their tasks.
The Baton Rouge Advocate, of the 10thiustant,
says
The weather Is still as warm as IL is possible to
bear, but business is increasing little. We can
assure our country friends that there il no cholera
m town nor st present any prospect Of it.
The Baton Rouge Comet, of the 18th inst, states
that the caterpillar has made It's appearance On
several plantations in that parish, and that il il
rapidly developing itself.
The East Feiieiana Democrat, Of theil1 inst.
has the following paragraphs;
The heatedlterm0 Of this season is far beyond
that Of many years.
A fracas occurred en- the 28th nit. on the plan
tation of Mr.. Wgn. Sillfnan, between We negro
men, named Isaiah Broadway and Tom iSAliman.
The Inter was stabbed BY the former, from the
effects Of which he died on-gunday last. Broad
way was arrested, and is nov injaii to answer for
his msdeed.
We hear from planters that the worm IS still
found in their fields 50 far no serious injury has
been done BY them.
Rfig Gen Egerton, in command at Baton Rouge,
VISITED this parish during the past week. spending
stay be mingled freely with hescitizans, and re-
turned satisfied that there was no necessity for
placing garrison o. amy point 10 preserve public
order and protect the freedmen
Tie Ihibodaux Sentinel Of nc 18th inst,,
says
The weather during the past week was very
warm and sutFY. Reports from all portions Of
the parish are cheering, relative to the crops
Many Of our farmers have set in to Gotten picking,
and all eontemplate large yield.
On the French side, the sentinelIe states that
the cattle disease stu prevails there, but tat tap
ping just through the frontal bone has been a
sovereign remedy, if resorted to in time.
We translate the following from the same pa
pers 4Ithas been reported to us that the inhab-
itants Of the bayou intend to present petition to
the Legislature at It's next session. for the division
Of Latourehe into two parishes, one TO extend
from the line VI the parish Of Assumption to the
company cansl the other from the eompany's
cana 70 the seattle former to continue the name
Of Lafourche Interior, aud the latter TO lie called
simply Lafonrche. Lockport would then become
the capitalof tle new. parish; courthouse would
be Immediately constructed there; the navigation
Of the canal would be Immediately resumed; a
teiegraphie line communicating With the Atlantic
cable would Re established and finally, when all
these things are accomplished it Is probable that
Lockport will become the capital OF tile State of
Louisiana This last is Of course, capital
joke,
We perceive that n Befrane, the editor OF the
"Reminiscences, is On rastie tour, and everywhere
welcomed by hia conGreres, we hope his "trip
may prove agreeable and profitable to him.
Mf Benz. Wren, psaceable and moiIensiye
citizen, who lived seven miles Aofth Of bfindeb
WAS mnrdefed on Sunday last about o'clock in
the morning. near Dr., Webb's residence, Just
above Flat lics. Strong suspicious are atta chel
q young man BY the aame u d.. C. White, who
has been arrested It seems from the evde8ce
peiore the committing magistrate Wm o. Mars
"a tai tlat White had been Longing around DR.
webb 5 residence for several days with gun on
ms shoulder About sunrise un The morning of
the tragedy, White borrowed gun Of Alr. John
SrouRas, and passed Col. Joneats store about 8
O'Clock.
Mr. Wren passed along few moments after.
wards On his way TO DR.. Webbis, TO get a contract
fer building a house. About half au hour after
Mr. Wren passed, man, supposed 10 be White.
ee@e riding back on Wrep's aQrse, riding in rather