New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-02

have been bought up by the amateur piahte.s'
MANY parties are still in town hunting hands
There are few to be had, Mules are selling daily
at auction. Burmngham's lectures on natural or
liccts are attended with prizes of q mnie OF So u
lucky attendants. Prices of lucky uike,s i 5i,r
$50 TO $3.50. We saw an ancient African ieauliiS
AWAY prize mule from one of these AUCTIONS, anu
| the united ages of the two was eompuateus v a
rebel friend Of ours, who has stolen enough VI 'io
article to know something about IL, az iaV teaLs
| Tableaux Vivants seem to be no" 'he i"s'i'on-
| able amusement with the Red Stickers.
IBERvnLE-The "beauty and emvairy OF
Plaouemine ESQ we learn from the SCUM, are re-
hearsiug a beautiful drama to be performed for
the benefit of the Catholic Church.
Touchine the general condition of affairs in
IberyilIe, the South says
We have noticed this week, with pleasure, the
race;nt here of quite large amount of freight for
1 the interior. We are pleased indeed to see this
| in truth we would rather see other things than
corn going into the interior, but next season we
trust the water will give our planters the oppor
| tunity of filing their granarles from ther own
| fields.
Our planters are beginning at length to get to
work, though their means are limited and the
| freedman is still backward, in many instances,
about getting to work-stll ''wating to see"
The river still falls, and the weather is beauti-
ful-clear and cold.
| Our town shows some little signs of improve
ment, which we hope to see increase from day to
| The OUAcH1TA Goal MINEs.-The work of de-
veloping the coal fields along the Ouachita river
in State, is about to be resumed. The Ouachlta
Coal Mining Company is reorganizing for that
purpose in New Orleans We saw sample of
the Ouachta coal some years ago. 1t was light in
substance, but firm and compact, not bltumlnous,
but easily ignted, emitting clear inodorous flame,
and lasting longer while burning than the average
4 duration of other Goals brought to this market
The Ouachita Goals fields are supposed to be sts-
ceptble of affording an almost inexhaustlble sup
ply of the article.-[ iberville South
/ How BILLAuT WAS KILLED.-A gentleman who
| was present at the informal inquest, held by the
/ citizens over the notorious jayhawker, has gwen
us the following account of the circumstances at
tending his death: ,.,,
left his residence on Darbonne river, in Cacaseu,
fully armed and equipped, for the purpose OF max
ing an expedition through Grand Prairie and Vile
| Plate, with the avowed intention OF killing niue
| persons against whom he had sworn vengeance.
| on arriving at the house of one Hehert at Round
| Point. in Prairie Mamouth, he demanded of said
| Hebert some tobacco; and on being told that he
| had none, that all was sold, he called Hebert
id liar and attempted to strike him on the head
| with his gun, which being seized by Hebert,
| Bilaut called upon one Saunier, who stood about
four PAGES in his rear, to shoot the id rascal.
Saunier, instead of firing at Hebert, discharged
both barrels of his gun into Billaut's back which
| caused immediate death. 1t seems that short
time previous to this event, Billaut had inflicted
three wounds upon Saunier with knife, while the
latter was resisting MIN In MS attempts TO Kill
| On an examination of his person, two wounds
were discovered between the shoulders, one on
each side of the backbone--each wound about
| three-fourths of an inch deep, and the same in
width-supposed to have been inflicted by one
| Pierre Auguste, in Belle Vue, last May. Their
| great size was the result of their having been
| infested with worms before healing.
| Had Billaut been guilty of no other crime, he
Justly deserved the fate that befel him. on account
1 ne nfM Mr. mill of ata
who, we are informed, was an intelligent and ac-
complished gentleman, and one of the most wor-
thy and valuable citizens of our parish.
| We have read of men wh0 had % one virtue
| linked with thousand crimes but we have not
learned that the villain who has just made his
| [opelousas Sentinel
| LAFAYETTE.-The vermiIionville Advertiser
complains that there are no forms of contracts,
such as are required by the Freedmens Bureau,
to be had in that parish and consequently very
| little is doing towards raising crops.
| No USE FOR THEM.-A firm in New York has
sent to the editor of the Bosser Banner an adver-
tsement of elliptic hoop skirts, and offers four Of
the skirts in pay for same. The Banner man de-
clines; on the ground that he has no use for them
himself and for the further reason that they are
not considered legal tender in payment of debts.
The editor of the Banner is evidently bachelor.
/ ST. LANpR9.-Ine UpelOusas courier says:
Since several days the freedmen seem to be
more disposed to make contracts and go to work
4 many of them have made arrangements to work
on the crops. some on shares and others by the
year. There is yet nothing very substantial or
settled in their conduct; but it is easily perceived
that some of them have gained knowledge of
their position, and clearly see that work has be-
come for them necessity, without awaiting any
longer the postponed arrival of the Messiah which
| they all appeared to expect.
| On the other hand the planters evince more
ardor, or at least some confidence in the success
of their agricultural labors. There is an evident
change going on in agriculture; but whether it is
| for good or evil, we are unable to discern.
| Many of our planters have sold their farms for
the purpose of retiring from this branch of indus
try, while many others have undertaken the task
which the former have abandoned. A certain
number Of strangers, coming from Texas, Tennes-
see, Alabama and the parishes of Louisiana, have
bought plantations in our parish, and everything
indicates that they will employ all their energy to
draw from Mother Earth all the rich gifts which
she lavishes upon the Industrious laborer. May
| the tllers of the soil reap rich and abundant
harvest, for if the land remains uncultyated all is
lost.