The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18
LOUlxIAKA ITEMS.

The majority of planters In our parish, we learn,
have great trouble in procuring sufficient nam'
Der of hands for the ensuing year The success
|. of last year placed money 10 the hands OF nearly
all the negroes; they having, in most cases been
| saving, have quite horror OF " hiring. prefer
ing to plant their own hook" or lie idle until
| their means are squandered The hrst, In nine
cases out Of ten, Is almost an impossioiiity; thu
second alternative surety. In the meantime.
planters fume and fret, picking up hand here and
there sending him TO the place. and next day finding
the bird has flown. II is high time that those who
have to gain their bread BY the sweat Of their
brow should look TO their interests and contract
once. The cold weather and rains have retarded
the planting interest 10 great extent.-lConcor~
dia lntelligencer, Feb. IL.
Very few of our planters have as yet engaged
their full complement OF laborers for the year.
Many are yet looking for hands and find much dif-
fcuty in obtaining them. The freedmen are
generally willing enough to work, but they want
their own terms and conditions. They are not
willing to make binding engagements for the year.
They are waiting, expecting that some change
may occur, of which they might not profit II they
were TO make contracts. In truth, there are not
laborers enough in the parish for the coming crop,
and some of the planters are trying to get them
from elsewhere. The freedmen who are hanging
back to get higher wages will find ont that they
themselves will ne the South,
Feb. ~.
Early Friday morning, Tbos. J. Edwards, A. b.
Lafargue, o. P. Edwards, l.. ]. Ducote and Avit
Ducoie were arrested by Deputy U. s. Marshal
Ward on the charges preferred against them by
A. s. Collins for an assault with intent to kill, aud
for burglary In day time" said 10 have been
committed on the 2Sth December, 1851 Marks
vile Villager, 9Th.
The laborer worthy Of bis hire" We do not
know Of o single instance on this bayou. In which
the freedmen have failed to receive their full
amount Of wages from any Southern man who has
employed them--but 1t has not been an uncom-
mon thing for their peculiar friends, who look rpon
them as IMAM and brother" to s1ndle them out
of the money due for their labor.-[ rhbodaux
Sentinel, 18th.
Monroe has three butcher shops, but no beef.
Hence. there is heavy demand for bacon sides,
hams, poultry, hash and other substitutes. Tue
butchers say the cattle have impoverished them.
selves eating acorns, aud that they won't keep
iblue Telegraph.
+ On Friday morning, the 9TH instant the beauti.
full residence of Hon. e. +. Buckingham, was re-
duced to an unseemly heap Of sshes.-l 6astrop
Dispatch.
Field work has been resumed and rewl plan
tiers have commenced planting canes. From these
we have sad reports indeed. Seed canes have been
badly spoiled by the continuous rains. The ex-
tent Of the damage cannot be fully apprtciat ed
before planting has become general. One PLANTER
in st. James reports that two-thirds of his seed
canes are worthless. In our parish, friend Of
ours estimates the damage on his place at one
third.-lSt. John the Baptist Meschacebe.
Should the present state Of the weather con-
tinue much longer, our sugar planters cannot ex-
pect to make much Of a crop. The late rains aud
warm weather have greatly affected the seed
cane in mats and windows. Even without any
deterioration OF the seed cane, it Is not probable
THAT many Of our planters will succeed 10 plant.
ing one-baf of the quantity OF cane they had
originally anticipated. Many for fear Of greater
loss. are planting in mud and water.-T Courier
OF the Teche.
The Shreveport Southwestern. of the 18th,
says: We regret to learn that the planting in
terest IL suffering greatly in the neghborhoed OF
Greenwood, owing TO the presence Of party Of
Texas deperad0es, who. finding the adjoining
counties in Texas too hot TO hold them on account
Of the presence OF the military, have taken refuge
in this parish. We understand that their conduct
has been such that nearly all the negroes have
left the neighborhood, and the planters find II i'm.
possible TO induce others 10 come. The other
night they made a raid on the Page place, where
they killed one negro man and maltreated others.
This Is enough 70 ruin the prospects of that
vicinity this year. We are not advised az to the
extent OF the depredations of these marauders,
but from all accounts it is extensive enough to
blsst the prospects Of that portion OF the parish
unless put stop to at once. We get our ia.
formation from planters living in that section.