The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-08
LOUISIANA ITEMS.

The following items we clip from the Planters
Banner of the 9TH inst: " The yield of cane in this
parish is generally excellent. Some are getting
over two hogsheads TO the acre. Two hogsheads
of sugar, ll00 net, OF 10 cents pound 500; three
barrels molasses, 30 gallons, at 60 cents S72-
yield from one acre cane, 1922. Last year. ON
one plantation in this parish, fty-one hogsheads
of sugar we're made from seventeen acres of cane
besides barrel and a half of molasses 10 each
hogshea3 OF sugar. This sold, we think the sugar
for twelve cents and the molasses at about seven
ty-hye cents: bfty-one bogsheads, HOO pounds
net. at IL cents 81, 732 three thousand and sixtv
gallons, at 20 cents, 81 295-from seventeen acres
cane, S9O27; from one acre, s53l. The above is
no fancy sketch, bat, we think, true statement
Of facts and fgures.n
Many have been surprised since our last issue
that we offered the Banner office for sale and can
hardly believe in earnest. We are in sober
earnest though. We will sell the whole establish
ment, accounts and all, simply for the aggregate
amount of our accounts. Bot. if we do not sell
by the first of January, our office will not be for
sale. We shall, however, change our arrange
ment somewhat. We will do q cash business and
VII refuse credit. This credit system is ruinous.
II we have to strike one or two hundred non.p paw
ing subscribers from list, they must go without
complaining. for we give them fair warning IT,
however, we can sell, though we like the people
oil 81. Mary well. and could like no people any
better we must seek location, or a position "a
an editor, where our lsbors will prove more remu-
ntTatiye than they have proved in this parish We
have never found st. Maya money. making par
ish Tor u.s. though it is good for sugar planters and
merchants.
The weather continues quite favorable to sugar
planters. The standing cane in this parish would
everywhere make good seed. The frosts have
merely sweetened the cane, turning the leaves q
Ettle more yellow, but the bud is no where killed.
We have rain about once week and coz wealth.
er. This is excellent for the seed cane and yery
favorable to the planting interests generally
Tho planters are pleased with the Weld, pleased
With the weather, the working of the hands. and
the general prospects for 1869. II now appears
that fortune hes at length commenced smiling on
St. Mary. God helps those who help them
Selves"
Last year about one quart of the Egyptian cot.
ton seed was introduced into this parish. Ii il
a pure black seed, generally free from lint, and
produces cotton plant bearing some resem-
blance il is said to the Okra. The product is
abundant, the staple fine and silky, and altogether
the Egyptian is a valuable addition to our long list
of improved or imported cotton ed.-[Gazette
and Comet.
That there is no use In putting any body in our
jail, has again been established. day or two
ago, yo1ng man named Pete (" who for some
real or fancied misdemeador had been under bond,
was surrendered by his securities within "the four
walls OF the jail" He remained there one night,
but was not found there on the morning of the
third day. Yet no locks were broken. The main
doors of the jail were found open but uninjured
and the paddock that secured the crate Of the
dungeon was found locked and in the condition
tie sheriff had left il after feeding the prisoner the
night before, and though the kew had not left his
pocket the prisoner was gone.-[ Franklin Sun.