New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-12
Aoulslana Intelligence.

Monroe. a
The same paper says "fully nine-tenth8 Of the c
farmers on the river below here, have their cotton
all picked The estimate varies from one-thiTd to
onefourth Of an ordinary crop
JAcRsoE-The Telegraph mentions the DEATH
at Vernon, on tile It'll inst, Of D. Rankin Thomp-
son, Esq, a prominent citizen and lawyer OF
jackson parish. Mr.. Thompson was the law
mariner of the Hon. B. L. Defreese, whose dau9h-
ter he married.
WiNY-There was sharp frost in the parish on
the morning of the lst.
The corn crop in Vim parish is short, and the
Herald publishes communication advising plan
ters to send for supply to Smith county, Ten
nesace, where it can be purchased very cheap.
CARRoIL-'Ihe cholera is said to be very fatal
and alarmingly widespread among tile negroes IN
the neighborhood ot Lake Providence.
EAST BATON RoUGE.-Last Monday night man
named George Bently was murdered i'll Baton
Rouge. He was reused by some intrnder8 who
were robbing his poultry yata, and, going do~n
in the dark was shot through the breast by some
person unknown. Mr.. Bcntly was guard at the
pcniteutary and very iuofensiVe person. a
United States musket, found near the spot, gave
clue to the murderer, who is believed from very
strong evidence to be a coIored soldier. The
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have acted with great prompttude IN the matter
and the negro Is under arrest.
The Advocate says there is bright prospect OF
the Morganza, Chiun and Grand leyces being com
peed in time to protect the planters from the high
water
The Gross Tete Railroad is rapidly approaching
completion
Last Tuesday night there was calico ball III
= Baton Rouge. and on the preceding Sunday the
! Rev. r. b. Inslee delivered an interesting lecture
E on Japan.
! CLAlBoRSE.-A large meeting of the citizens Of
: this parish was held at the town of Homer, on the
q 27th ultimo, for the purpose of organizing a
!, society Of emigration to Brazil. The Hon. W. V.
e Ioreland was appointed chairman. The meeting
y was addressed by James G. Egan, Esq, and by
Gen Henry Gray, who spoke with much feeling
e and eloquence with reference 1" to the present de-
e plorable and apparently hopeless condition OF
d that section of the country" commission OF live
u was appointed, with instructions to proceed tc
e Rio Jaaciro and confer with the Brazilian govern
e ment in regard to the settlement Of colony non
North Louisiana III some desirable orton Of tina
Us country.
as Gen. Gray is a man Of great enterprise an
n abnty and such Is his popularity and influence
~ Eorlh Louisiana that the project he is enIbafAe
W id will probably succeed.
On 81, J1yIEs-I.B Louisianai5 Of the 10th contain
e. long and interesting description Of despefat
encounter between hunter named StronglAan al
ae huge bear, in the rear Of Mr.. lie Bourgeois
re plantation Stroagman started ont in search
IN bears one day last week, armed with a towtin
NJ niece and a kuie and in the course OF two
elr tIree hours found himself within few steps of
MS monstfoas one, with nothing bit pantatiQndltt
tir intetveailr Raising his gun, he shot the beaT
ing tle BREAST BLU not mortally. il is only when t
ose bear in Louisiana is wounded that he will face
Gle, man. bpt in shat case his ferocity is terrib
attn Leaning the ditch the bleeding animal rose up
on his hind feet, and rushed upon his trembling {
ath versary Strongman pHlled the trigger OF his
un- naming barrel but the gun missed fire. Seizi
lur the piece by the barrel, he brought it down "
1ed terrible force upon the bears head, smashing
Mr., cunstock to splinters, but producing no eff
and upon the savage brute. The bear seized him
its powerful grasp and they rolled into the di
in deadly embrace. Here Strongman manat
man to draw his hunting knife and to stab the bear
seen peatedly near the heart Finally the bear rea.
col lis hold, and stiffened into death. The hur
oe"- then rose, torn, bleeding and half dead
uO, crawled homie with great difficulty. The b'
> d" when measured, proved to be eight feet long,
t'"s weighed five hundred pounds. LIE Louisianais 5
i'"7 there are nine or ten more Of these teroci
re- creatures in the swarnps back Of the LIE Bourg
n"e estate, and calls upon the huntsmen of St. Ja
, sT" to exterminate them.
% 'nG IGGRyIL1E.-The Plaquemine South estitn
rlec' Tie cotton crop of this parish at eleven hnnt
SSqI' bales, and the yield Of sugar at thirteen hpnf
~, ~, hogsheads
; N's LAFouRcuE.-The gin house Of Messrs, Col
'tooo & Hanna, situated about one. mile above Ih
most daux, was destroyed by fire on the 9Th inst,
ouF about eight or ten thousand pounds of cotton
''Ipl9 The ThboClaux Sentinel of the 10th reports
anu sugar rolling is going brskly in Lafourehe,
o. " that 5000 hogsheads will be sent to market
Will that parish.
The leyee during the past week presented {
s1,,,,+ a business appearance. We noticed good
"V"US Of cotton, some few hOgsheads OF sugar. Q
would large number Of barrels of molasses ava
essrs shipmeut to New Orleans. There is not
, ana that passes but we see wagons coming
4 NJ, town from all points Of the parish, loaded
~ 'He sacks Of cotton. Steamers from New Orr
IS firm moor almost daily at the landing, each ste
ubber coming in freghted with goods, wares and
+hov chandise and leaving loaded with cotton,
-, ~ and mulasses. Who says that ThibodauN i
VI" y" the most prosperous town il the State!
dnary Lsent
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