New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-10


PLAQuEAINEs.-Th Empire Parish announces
the death Of Judge Octave Rousseau, an old and
honored citizen of the parish, and pays an elo
quent and just tribute to his memory.
The same paper says that the Bouligny and
GanuCheau crevasse costs the State $50, 000
From the English side of the same paper we
copy the following items -
We arenow in the month Of aowery May, when |
'the groves green liv'ries wear" Thus far, the |
prospects of bountiful yield next fall are most
cheering. The weather continues favorable for
our agricultural interests; our rice farmers are
advanced in their sowing operations; our orange |
trees are well loaded with fruit
We regret to say that the dry rot, or disease
resembling it, has made its appearance in our
potato fields, and threatens to curtai the crop OF
this valuable escuent.
The Packwood creyasse was closed on the 26th
uIt., doing much damage to the growing crops
We are still blessed with excellent health.
Since the lst of last September, the following
products from the coast have reached the New
4765 hhda. sugar, gas bbls moIasses, 1855 sacks
seed cotton rs bales of cotton, 1924 sacks of
rice.
OLD RED.-The Shreveport Gazette of the 4th
says:
The river has fallen about thirty inches from
the highest water mark, but has been on the
stand for several days. The lakes are falling
above.
sHREvEPoRr.-The Gazette complains of the
constant firing of pistols On the street at night.
The News says:
At the sale on last Monday of government pro-
perty consisting principally of buildings at the
late Confederate States Arsenal, things brought
+ about their full value. Major Logan, the owner
of the land, was the principal purchaser.
Seventy-fye freedmen, and as many freedWo-
men, were divorced on the Sd inst by the depar-
ture of the Una with soldiers for Jefferson. The
Union must and shall be preserved Make them
reconstruct.
sT. M4RT1N-A Full Ja1-The parish jail il
this town is full of negroes, committed to appear
before the district court. Judging by the past
and also from risks and ARRAYS Of daily occurrence
among the newaedged citizens OF this glorious
=. republic we may entertain serious apprehenslonS
that before long, the negro emancpators will en-
tail upon this already impoverished parish, the
extra expenses of building new lookup, or a
least of making additions to the old one We may
safely predict that before September the presen
lodgings will not be sufficiently ample TO accom-
modate the crowd of applicants for admittance tt
board and lodging at the parish's Costs
We are unable to account how the legislatur
did not fOresee that such state of affairs Wo9I
be the necessary and immediate result OF the llt
GRAFTON of the negroes aud did not make proYlsIo
therefor. The jurisdiction OF justices OF the peac
criminal affairs, could easily have been eXtende
as to decide defuitively numerous minor o
fenses, subject or not to appeal to the distrit
court, Such law needs not be exclusively II
the new freedmen; its application could have bee
-.-= Courier Of the Teche.
Touching the crops, the Courier says:
Wegather from conversations we had with pa
ters from several portions Of this parish, that t
prospects of good crop are not SO bright as "
to be expected at The commencement of the seasc
Heavy rains and trosts coming after them ha
npped in the root all the cotton that had come {
of the earth. The great scarcity of fresh see
consequent upon the loss of the planted seed v
compel many planters to curtail their pretentic
of raising large cotton crop, and win be cal
81 of theI increase of the corn crop In this Low
portion of the State cotton has never been a s
ple upon the production of which the plan
could place implicit reliance; there have alw,
been many circumstances to render it altogethe
precarious and unsafe branch of agriculture.
abundant bowers, strong winds, the rotting of
rails and the almost regular invasion ofcater
lars have always acted as great drawbacks
wards large enterprises in that line. But tn
are vet good reasons to hope that no such plag
will visit us this year and that there will be pic
a good crop of the snowy flakes next fall.
WEST BATON RoUGR-The Sugar Planter sa
We regret thatnformation FROM the upper &C
try riyes us but little hope for fall in the ri
here, time enough to enable our overlooked p
tiers to put in corn for the season. The waite
still rising in the rear of the parish, thus sheV
that some outlet must be closed, as the rive
at or about stand here, or rising put little.
Po1NTE CouPEE.-We take the following f
the Echo:
The crops throughout our parish are very Pr
Using, and the cotton factors OF the crescent
NAV eXpect large crop Of the staple IN tine
from this point, provided we are not oyerfowe
We are happy to state that the eyees in
parish are in very good condition, and we
every reason to hope that our parish VIII moi
overlooked this year The work on the leve
the neighborhood of Morganza is progressing
rapidly, and should the weather continue taY
Bile there is no doubt but the leVees VIII pc |
sufficiently strong to resist the reported rise at
-a-S-s----
q The sT1roH made by the Wilcox Gibbs
- ing machines is unexeeptionabe, and sup
even to hand sewing, being stronger and
beautiIs aOeu ct Charles st