The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-06
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

to has fallen Off fully one-thfrd, In con-
sequence Of the worms.
The caterpillars are at work In st.
Landry. One-half q crop is spoken OF
In consequence. No poison is being
used.
The first bale Of cotton was sold in
Homer on the oath inst, by w. Z. Fom.
by. the producer, to A. McCranie, at 12a
cents per pound.
The cotton crop In Lafayette will be
cut short one-half or two-thirds by the
worms. But little poison was used, but
this, in all cases, proved successful.
The recent copious showers have had
very beneficial effect on the crops In
st. Mary parish, and the planters are
now hopeful, more than ever. or line
crop, and q good yield.
During the day of the 2sth inst. a
colored man was shot down in cold
blood by another colored man on the
Oaklawn plantation, In ut. Mary. A
slight disagreement, q quarrel-then
murder.
A colored man was accidentally killed
on the plantation OF Messrs. Walker %
Thompson, st. Mary, this week. He
was cutting down q tree In the woods,
and as the tree fell one Of it's largest
limbs struck him and crushed him to
death.
A woman murdered her husband on
Grand Woods plantation, In st. Mary,
on the Goth inst. The coroner refused
TO hold an inquest over the murdered
man. and investigate fully the circum-
stances and facts OF the killing, as the
law strictly requires, because some per
said) told him that he would not be paid
for his trouble.
During the past ten days the cotton
worm has put in an appearance in
many parts Of the parish aud Is already
committing great ravages. From sew
eral sections we learn that the crop Is
already damaged fully one-half. Rust
is also damaging the crop In several
neighborhoods. The same Is also the
case In those portions of VIM and
Caldwell that adjoin this parish. The
| bright prospects OF a month ago are,
we fear, doomed to be eclipsed. But
planters have made splendid corn
crop which will help out very material
ly.-LColumbia Caldwell parish) Herald.
The Lafayette advertiser complains
OF vigilance committees In the parish.
A short time since, one Baptiste Celes-
tin. q colored man, was arrested and
brought before q justice OF the peace In
that parish by about thirty armed men,
and an affidavit was made against him
| for larceny. Due proceedings were had
and all the witnessed summoned, q
majority Of whom were members OF the
vigilance committee. After full in
vestigation before the parish judge, the
accused was discharged without hesita-
| ton. That lawless band OF men, call
ing themselves @ vigilance committee,
have since taken jurisdiction OF the
case, and convicted and sentenced the
poor man to exile from the State for
| twenty years. The Advertiser calls
upon the authorities to vindicate the
law.
As q general thing the cane crop OF
this parish is somewhat backward, al
though here and there the growth and
size OF the cane are all that could be de-
sired. The rains along the coast and in
this vicinity have given the crop an i'm
petus to its growth which Is truly
wonderful. On the Bayou Gross Tete,
backward and is suffering for rain. In
that section the worms have appeared
In the cotton and are doing considerable
damage. Ed. Desobry, Esq, who has
part Of his place just adjoining town
planted in cotton, informs US that there
are plenty OF cotton worms in his Held.
Notwithstanding the drawbacks above
spoken Of, we have no doubt q large
crop of sugar will be made in this par
ish. The corn crop is abundant, but the
sweet potato crop will be q failure
[Iberville South.
The planters of Copcordia and ad-
joining parishes are becoming less fear
ful Of the cotton worm. The timely APP
piication OF Paris green puts this dia.
bolical little pest where the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary are
at rest" The colored people in some
parts are afraid Of it, but an energetic
manager soon overcomes their hostility
to 1t by proving its virtue himself. 1t
Is wise suggestion that nose bags be
made and put on the mules or other
stock going through the cotton while
applying the green, to prevent them
from nipping the poisoned plants
Though mule has cast iron stomach
he may sicken and die. Good reports
are constantly coming In. Cotton pick.
ing Is the order Of the day. The weather
is beautiful and the chronic croakel
silent. There Is considerable bilious
fever among the field hands, but moth
ing dangerous. [Natchez Democrat.
Never in the history Of West Felici
ana, has the prospects for a cotton cror
been more promising than 1t has beer
this year up to within q week or ter
DAYS since. At the present time q fail
estimate, based upon relia bic, reports
from all sections Of the parish, indicates
large falling off from previous 'esti
mates, and we may be justified In the
opinion that to-day the prospects are
fully twenty to twenty-five per cen
below what they were at the time
of our last issue. This state o
things has been accomplished through
the protracted dry weather which ha'
dented manner. Old planters state t.
us that in all their experience they have
never witnessed any similar thing t.
| compare with it. And add to the un
[ favorable aspect, the cry OF worms
worms!' reaches us from every conceiv
able direction, nook and corner. Their
may be and probably is much exaggera
| ton in the reports that reach US, but
one half Of what is represented is tru
the estimate for cotton will be cut down
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