The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-26
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The Alabsma freedmen are working well.
Crop prospects from ell parts Of the South con-
tinue generally favorable.
The Memphis Avalanche is out for Hancock for
president.
zen. Lee was a lay delegate to the Episcopal
council at Lynchburg.
Real estate has been selling in large quantities
and at good prices in Charleston.
The Mckinney Enquirer mentions q party Of
overland emigrants passing through that place,
The Opelousas Courier informs us that the Pro-
gress radical lately published at opelousas, is
dead. :. -
Mobile has granted to property holders on
ment laid on that avende.
The Clinton (La) Patriot has some fine wheat
and barley heads grown by Seymour Taylor,
about nine miles from that town. The wheat was
with the barley. si
The first ice cream of the season at Helena,
Ark, furnished gratuitousy to the friends Of q
French rastaursteur, poisoned all who ate OF 1t,
including the young ladies OF the female college.
It was proved to contain arsenic. Mystery.
An unknown man was found floating Ia the
river near Natchez, with q cut in the back and
front of his head, an IL done with an ak. Upon
ls6s, from O. Hardy to G. W. Mafet Also
note directed .. on the carsn TO J. Barr, signed
J. B. Skies. .t-
The Austin (Texas) Republican, of the l4tb,
was terrible storm Of wind and rain in the lower
part of Burnet county, which destroyed at least
20 600 bushels Of the growing crop Of wheat and
did much other damage. The storm was very Sc
we're in the eastern part Of Travis, injuring the
growing crops to an "extent hardly to be estima.
ted. They are perfect wreck"
On Saturday night week horrible murder was
committed on Buffalo Bayou, just above Lynch
burg, Texas. The victim was Mrs. Roberts, o
daughter of Mr.. Warsh, who lives In the neighhor-
hoo Eha foup In h0a M oh har han
having been almost severed from her body, and
horribly manged by blows with an axe, the terri
be instrument being found In the boat bearing
signs Of its fatal agency in the deed. The affair
The jefferson Jimplecute is informed Of an aged
black man named Qusco, on the farm of DR.. r.
w. Walker, near that city, who IL probably the
Oldest iDhabitant In the United States. At the
birth of DR.. Walkers father, who would, II living,
now be ninety-six years Of age, Quaco was man
grown, with family. II is, therefore, reasonable
to place his age at l20 or LIS years. The Jimple-
cute further states that he I" done"a good days
work recently.
Compton and others, in Tensas parish, were re-
Gently visited by most terrible hail storm, which
lasted but few minutes, entirely destroyed the
corn, vegetables and fruit, and severely Injured
the cotton. The hail stones were remarkably
large. and so plentiful that bitches were filed
with them. Mr.. Tullis had splendid garden-as
fire one as there was in the parish. He has not
one vestige Of vegetable Of any kind left in IL
The corn crops on these places were remarkably
fine--were considered made. So says the Ten
sas Parish Gazette. ..ts ldi ..0. Oh. Lfss
The Baton Rouge Comet says blaokberries are
taking the place of dewberries, and are coming
with black cherries and yellow plums. Shrimps
are also reported in the Baton Rouge market, and
the Comet whisks its tail and says: wait until
the okra, green corn snd tomatoes become more
plentiful in our gardens, and then We shall have
such shrimp eumbos and shrimp stews and frcas-
sees ss would grace the table of q prince and
make old Lucullus himself, were he alive. cry for
Joy at sight of them and cause him TO roll them
like sweet morsels under the tongue! re@
Saturday morning, says the Mobile Times at
the Orphan Asylum, Lafayette street. Brother
Dostheus superior Of the institution departed
this life after q protracted illness Of several
months. Deceased was native Of France; he
was among the frat who emigrated % this country
at the urgent solicitation OF the late lamented
Bishcp PORTER, TO take charge of the orphans,
and the high once which he nlied In hts last mo-
ments clesrly proves how faithfully be discharged
the obligations he imposed upon himself in quit.
ting his beloved city, Lyons.
Information came mp from the city, says the
Planters Banner, that makes it appear quite pro-
bable that bargain may soon be closed to build
the railroad between Bewick's Bay and Orange,
completing the link between Houston and New
Orleans. Several capitalists are making propo
, si,ions, and the road is exciting SO much general
, attention among the monied men abroad that we
have great hopes that the enterprise may succeed
and that in two years or less the principal travel
between Texas and New Orleans will be on this
line of railroad. Nearly all the travel between
these two places now goes through the lower part
of this parish, and passes on the 0pelousas Rail
road and Morgan line % steamships. 1ar
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