New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-15


paid.
PIaquemInes Parish.
These items are from the Empire Parish;
The weather continues to be hot and dry.
River falling. Cane looks fine.
Our farmers have planted large tracts of
land in sweet potatoes.
Rice cutting we understand will com.
mence here about the twenty-ffth instant.
II is said that new rice will be ready for
shipping on or about the first of August
next
New beds of oysters have been discovered
in Grand Bayou.
st. Mary and St. Martin Parish.
The Franklin Banner says:
Last Tuesday we went up to New iberia
to see how the people and crops get along
in St. Mary and the upper part of st. Mary
and st. Martin.
The crops everywhere look well, and the
planters and people generally appear salts
fled and hopeful. The rains have not been
general, but have dotted down showers
here and there, some places in abundance,
and in other places rather sparingly. Still,
all have had enough for the cane crop, and
enough to insure good corn crop. We
have heard from the country twenty-five
miles above St. Martinville, and as far out
as Vermillionville, and even as far as 0pe-
lousas and Washington. All report abun-
with copious and seasonable showers. If
the worm will let the cotton alone that par.
ish will be in good condition and prosper
GUS the coming year.
We went out about nine miles from New
Iberia to the Fausse Pointe neighborhood
last Tuesday. The crops look well, but they
have not had as much rain as they needed.
They had fine general rain in that region
last Tuesday. They have been troubled
with the hampers among their horses in that
portion of the parish. There are no new
cases.
We halted at several places in the Jeanne
rette neighborhoOd. Crops look well here.
They have some cases of Charlton on the
east side Of the bayou above Jeannerette.
Ten or fifteen horses and mules have died
lately. Great complaint is made in the
neighborhood that some of these dead ami
mails have been thrown in the bayou, to float
up and down the stream as the tide changes,
and carry disease and death to other points.
We hope that SO injurious a practice will
cease at once. In addition to the danger of
scattering the disease it is disgusting sight
to persons travelling on steamers to see these
rotten carcasses floating on the bayou, and
1t is a terrible nuisance to have such mass
of filth and putrefaction lodge at ones land.
ing, particularly where one has no skiff
with which to tow it OFF into the current.
There have been some cases of Charlton
between New Iberia and st. Martinville;
the last cases Occurring a month or six
weeks since.
5 East FeIicIana ParIGh.
z The Clinton Democrat says:
, The rains this week have been quite pro.
pitious to the prospects of the growing
crops. That they have been general
throughout the parish, we can not assert
But In many sections they have been the
making of the early corn, and have added
Vtaofnrf0lIu IN the nOff0ga
potatoes have not been neglected, and those
who visit this parish from abroad the COM
ing season will find this Marion dish in
great abundance.
The Clinton Patriot, of the eleventh, says
movement is on foot to establish an ice
mandatory at that place. n
st. Landry Parish.
These paragraphs are copied from the
Opelousas Courier:
{ Captain o. H. Violet, of the Freedmen's
Bureau, of our town, has received the fol-
lowing ''ordern FROM Headquarters Bureau
Of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned
Lands, which we reproduce for the infor-
nation of the public:
In view of the fact that corn and vege-
tables are becoming plenty throughout the
parishes of this State, and as it is thought
that the few decrepit and lnfrm persons can
be provided for by the civil authorities, the
issuing Of rations by the Bureau to INDECENT
and helpless will be discontinued for the
present, after such supplies in the hands Of
agents have been issued.
Assistant sub assistant commissioners will
therefore notify the police Jurors In their
respective parishes that they will be ex-
pscted 70 provide for their own poor, as
required BY law.
Since our last we have had good deal Of
rain, causing considerable trepidation
al tho ~ 49,
appearance Of their dreaded enemy-the
army worm. Up to the present writing,
however, such has not been the case, neither
has the cotton shed Its forms as usual In a
succession Of rain and hot sunshine, but on
the contrary are making and maturing
finely. Most OF the corn crop is made and
turned out heavily, and fodder pulling has
commenced.
At a meeting which was called on satur.
day, the fourth instant, By previous notice
B. a. Martel, Esd, was called 10 thtehair,
and Henry l. Garland, Esq, was appointed
on taking the chair the President ez.
planned the object Of the meeting in q few
On motion Of Thomas Il. Lewis. ESQ. a
Committee Of ave composed Of DR.. John A.
IayloTs Or. George Hill, DR.. v. Boagni,
Captain Reed, and 3. II. Lewis was appoant-
ed 70 make EapOrt of the best means 70 Be
employed 70 destroy the army worm, and
requested % make said report ct the next
meeting, 70 BE- held et the courthouse on
Monday, the thirteenth instank
The Repubiloans q Kane mes ii Port
land and unanimously reapminated their
popular Governor, y. II. chanheriain, The
H6norabio s.. p SfFickisnd and General
George y. Beal were named a. Presidential
Electors at Large. Stirring speeches were