New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-01-31

The SMALL Pox.-It s with pleasure that We
announce to eur readers the entire disappearance
from our city Of this ioathsome disease lhefe Is
not single case in midst The pest house
has been broken up, and we trust we will not have
use for it again. We advise our citizens to see
that any future spread of the disease is prevented
by general vaccination.
AN OLD NEGRo.-R0bert, a former slave OF Col.
F. Carr, died at the residence of Capt ID. U;
Mckinney, in this county. one day last week, aged
one hundred and fourteen years-tlbd
MAN FOUND DEAD.-George, freedman,
whilst in the woods getting lightwood, on Satur,
day last came across the body of man, who had
evidently been dead for several weeks, near the
Grants Ferry road, three miles northwest OF bra
don. ]. P. Barksdale, Esq, was notified OF the
fact on Sunday evening, and proceeded to sum.
mon jury of inquest, who proceeded to the spot
and examined the body.
The only thing elected by the jury was that the
BODY was that Of a negro man about six feet high
and that he had been shot through the rlgh
breast and had his skull broken with musket in
the hands of some unknown person. The butt OF
the musket was found near the body he had on
a pair Of shoes, very cotton socks, lnsey
drawers and wooden neck tie. The shoes, socks,
neck tie and piece of musket were brought to
town. with the hope that they might be identified
by the friends of the deceased, and probably lead
to the detection of the murderer. Any one having
lost friend or relative should call and examine
these articles. The deceased was evidently a
young man, from the fact that he did not have an
uns0aud tooth IN his head.-llDld.
One of our sprghtest and most welcome eX-
changes in Mississippi, is the Carroll Conservative
The chief editor of this excellent paper, Mr..
Merrill, has retired from the sanctum, and we part
from him with reluctance and regret. His vale
dictory, like all his writings, sparkes with hunlor
it concludes this wise:
But we afford to be generous now, that we
are leaving the turmoils of public life and we are
glad to make this acknowledgment: To all whom
we have openly offended to all whom we have
enraged even by the slightest covert insinuaton,
we are .prond, we are happy, to say-the Jghtsmg
editor is still at his post and we have turned over
all old obligations in that line to him.
/, Go up, gentlemen and get your rights! We never
felt more anxious for you to try it on than we do
y at this moment.
4 - LABoR-The great majority Of the laborers
hired in this portion Of the State have preferred tie
work shares. As q general rule, they have
contracted to work for one-thlrd OF the crop.
This is perhaps the best arrangement they could
have made, both for themselves and for the plant
ers. 1t obviaes the necessity for any great outlay
of money the part of the latter, and will lncte
the former to greater industry. In this way the
continuity of labor absolutely essential to the
successful culture of cotton may be secured.
@ Everywhere the laborers are said to be doing
well, and our planters are busy breaking up then
land As rule, the most of them will endeayol
<to raise good corn crop, but many will plant eX
cusively in cotton. A failure of the grain crop il
q the Northwest is Of rare occurrence, and we do not
know that much risk is run by neglectng the ce!
reals. 1t would be best, however, for all planters
to make themselves safe by devoting some OF theil
land to rn.--[Columbus Sentinel.
ScARcE.-We constantly meet planters, even al
this late day, who are trying to hire laborers fol-
= the coming season. They generally from the
Mississippi bottom, where the plantations are only
about half supplied We are at loss to say where
the freedmen have all gone. 1t is true that con
siderable number have left here for Tennessee ant
other points, but this exodus does not account fol
the deficiency. 1t may be that their congregation
in the cities has thinned out their numbers in thu
4 country. 1t seems hardly possible that Death
among them, or the Cuba slave trade, should hav'
made it so difficult to procure necessary labor fo
tie plantations, but these causes may have con
/ tributed to the result.-[Ibid.
white stole horse in Madison parish
opposite this city, last evening, and came over tn
ferry Constable Motley and another officer tool
skif and reached this side before the ferry, an
when the thief came ashore, Mr.. Motley demand
ed him to surrender which he refused to do AM
commenced firing at Mr.. N, who after two in
etfectual shots from the thief, fred two in retnrr
of which took effect in the fellows thigh. H
is in the city hospital. One shot from the scound
l'spistol struck little boy near by, inhicting
sever but not painful wound.
steamer arrived at our landing on Sunday
bringing to this place some thirty or forty whit
laborers who have been engaged to work a plat
tation on Tensas in Louisiana. Cu1ee mustsoo
have his eyes OPEN atches Courier.