New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-04

Of Air. George Brennon, Just above the upper me
Of this parish. The 'tartleie was genuine, ana
| same az Them had q webbed up" In few days
/ tbe Az yould be the result OF this webbing, and
! +bo, ybp DESTROYER will be reproduced by the
| nyriad-t Advocate, July q.
| Wehave been called on by Messrs. R. W. Knick
erbctkeT and G. G. Breckenridge, of this city, says
the Gazette of August I'd, with request that we
would state through our columns that the insertion
of their names in the list OF vicepresdents OF the
radical meeting held in New Orleans on Friday,
the 9th ut, was without their knowledge, con-
sent or appreciation. They protest against the
unauthorized use of their names in said connec
ton and disavow all sympathy or utilization with
any such movement as that with which theirnames
have been thus unwarrantably associated,
By card in the same paper, Mr.. A. F. Steele
repudates all connection with the convention
here.
A company of U. S. colored troops was sent up
the river from this place, per steamer BE0lie Able,
yesterday morning. Their destination is Lake
royidence.-[Gazette, July Is.
| RApiDEs.-Another terrible four-mile heat of the
genuine heated term has been with US the whole
| 0f the past week. The thermometer has been
pretty steadily at nnety-two in the shade and not
breath of breeze stirring. So it can be readily
| imagined that our suffering is awful One luxury
| Of the BeauX Hickmaus has entirely gone out OF
vogue--paper collars having melted, and none can
| be made to stand the present heat. Our friends
will have to fall back that certain uniform,
without the spurs.-[D Democrat, Aug. LIST.
NATcHTTocHEs.-Th crops were benefited with
! splendid showers last week The cotton plant is
growing luXuriously;,, On many plantations the
| bOlis are opening The picking will be soon in
| operation. Times July 10Th.
| A correspondent of the Times concludes letter
on tobacco culture as follows:
There is already in this parish an organization
styled the 90 Natchitoches robaeco-Gr0wing Asso-
citation, that is, there are as many as fifteen or
! twenty planters who have consulted and come to
| the conclusion that they intend to plant for next
crop from five to thirty fory,acres Of tobacco,
! each. The results Of the crop Of 1867 will no doubt
| speak for themselves. It is furthermore contem
| plated to establish manufacture Of tue 50 Nateh-
! toches tobaeco,H which has enjoyed and does yet
| enjoy world renowned fame for its quality as
| snuff of Natchitoches. 1t is also known to have
yielded a good article as smoking and chewing to-
bacco. At the worlds fair held in Paris, in the
] wear 1856 the Natchitoches Tobacco Snuff car
ried the first prize. This, Mr.. Editor we deem all
sufficient to make known the Importance of to-
baeco growing, especially for the parish Of Natchi
| toches
The Times advocates the plan.
| CADDo.-Tne Gazette notes the commencement
Of eight new brick stores by one builder.
In a few more years, says the Gazette Shreve-
port will be city propordonate in size to the
business carried on within its limits. No less than
sixteen fine brick stores are being put up and
will be finished by the end OF the year. We are
pleased to chronicle these improvements, and con-
for doing business during the coming winter.
We are very much gratified at being able to
inform our readers that in short time books of
| subscription to the capital stock Of cotton
| manufacturing company will be opened, and that
! the articles OF Incorporation are now in course
| of being drawn up. The movement is headed
| by gentlemen of known capacity and energy,
and assurance is given that the scheme will prove
a success. The capital stock will amount to some
thing like $780, 000-two-thirds of which will be
taken by capitalists at a distance, if they but
realize that the home subscribers are in earnest.
| DEATH OF A VETERAN STE4MBoATMAN.-Th
Gazette records the death, on the 18th ult., of
| Captain Adam Leonard, aged 10 years
/ He was born in York, Pa, July 25 1885; went
| to Alabama when boy, married there, and has
/ lived in the South ever since-seyenteen years in
| Shreveport. He was one of the earliest steam
| boat captains on the river and was engaged in
that business for over thirty years was on Red
River in 1928, when Natchitoches was the head
4 Of navigation. He was among the first to intro
duce steamboats, on the Alabama rivers-bult and
took to Mobile the first boat that ran on the War
1 rior river, and also the first that assembled the
/ Bigby above Gainesville, From 1923 to lS49 he
! was steadily engaged in steamboatng on the Ala
/ bama, Warrior and BigbY rivers
/ The Shreveport Ice Manufacturing Company
| declare a dividend Of thirteen per cent for May
and June.
According to the assessment roll Of Mr. Lewis,
/
| perty in our city is S2,700,0S0. The tax upon the
same is $40, $50 so. Of property belonging to I'M
known parties there is $4,000. The tax on per
sonal property amounts to 1884, making the real
estate tax 5l3,876 81.
| stabbing affair occurred in our streets yester-
! day about noon, says the News Of July 81. Mr..
Lee Gooch, ex-mayor of this city, stabbed an Irish
man whose name we have not been able to learn.
| The wound is thought to be one of fatal charac-
4 ter. Mr. Gooch is at this time in the custody of
/ the officials We know nOthnO of tbp nartipOlaTs-
The News reports the reconstruction of the
railroad from Shreveport to Marshall. A through
train ran July %.
TERREBoNNE.-W have had less rain this week
| than last; only a few light showers. Our cotton
planters, who are on the lookout for worms, re-
port few stragglers in some parts Of the parish
! We continue to hear favorable accounts of their
| crops.-[Ciyic Guard, July l8.
EAST FELIeIANA.-From various portions of the
parish we hear of the appearance of the army
worm. In the west end, on several plantations
| within few miles Of Port Hudson, experienced
planters assert it positively; in like manner from
| the east and north comes the same intelligence.
Should they commence their rayages in full force,
the injury our agricultursts must sustain, will be
| most disastrous. We were aVerse, for ONE time,
1 in giving any credence to the report but it comes
| to usi such undoubted character, that we are
compelled to put confidence in the statements,
The weather for the past week has been hot and
| dry. Should there be a wet spell the worm will
spread WltR great rapldltY.-Iu democrat, Zatn uit
| Il CENTENARY CoLLEGE.-The closing exercises at
| this institution, says the Democrat, commenced on
\ Wednesday last The attendance we learn, was
not so great as in former years. On these ocea-
\ sions jackson was townof life and bustle EVisi.
tors being present from all parts of Louisiana and
Mississippi. The number of pupils in attendance
at this session, the first for some years. has been
| limited. The next promises a fuller attendance,
and that "old centenary may again appear in her
llprstine strength, is the earnest desire of every
| well wisher of the advancement ofaeducatiOn. A
| friend promises us detailed account of the late
commencement" which we trust to lay before
ourreaders next week.
The Democrat says the managers of the Clinton
and Port Hudson railroad are confident that they
will have it in running order for the fall trade.
ST. HELENA The Journal of July 9th says
Since publishing our last paper, the sad and
| distressing news comes to us most every day.
| from different sources, that the cotton worm has
made its appearance in several of the farms OF
our planters We were trying to think they were
| mistaken in the worm. But it has proved too true.
To convince us, our friend H. j, Wheat has been
SO kind as to bring Que of the insects to office
4 upon close examination it was soon decided to be
the regular cotton-destroyer
4 PoMTE CoUPEE-The CdtterpGlqr-Fro tht
upper part Of the parish we hear that the yerita
BILE cotton worm has made its appearance anl
commenced operations upon the young cotton oil
plantations in the neighborhood of Wamsport
As there is large quantity of cotton planted
since the water reoeded, the damage will be verl
I great. Thus calamity after calamity seems Il