The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-27
LOUISIANA.

LOUISIANA.
The sunday Liauer Law in riaauemine.
On Thursday the voters OF Plaque.
mines, In accordance with q resolution
or the town council, adopted some ten
days previously, deposited their ballots
for and against closing all places OF bus,
drug stores, market houses and baker
shops. The vote upon the question
stood as follows. For closing, 176
against closing, H.. An ordinance will
now be passed by Che Council imposing
d heavy penalty for not closing.
Levees CavItsg.
tfaton Rouge Advocate.
The levees on the west bank Of the
river have commenced caving. Opposite
this city, above the ferry landing, Q long
curved crack In the levee is slowly de.
veloping, and between Brusle and
plaquemine two pieces OF levee. have
gone into the river. The late heavy
rains and present low stage oil water will
induce caving In many levees hitherto
deemed secure, and our State officials
should arouse themselves to meet the
A MeteerIc Display.
Istoseheuse Clarion.
last Friday night, about half.past 8
o'clock, a bright light, as q ball Of FIRE.
was seen passing through the air, fol.
lowed Nv an explosion, or roaring sound
rs of thunder. The following day, tSat-
trdayl about O'Clock in the evening,
mother meteor, for such we suppose
hem 60 be, was observed passing In its
ierial flight. but thie was accompanied
NV no sound.
Editorial Convention.
tSuaar Planter
A convention OF tho editors OF this
State will be held In Baton Rouge on
Monday. October is. It Ia hoped that
the press will be generally represented
on the occasion, as business of impor-
lance TO the craft will be brought for
ward for consideration.
The EauinccttaI.
ST. MARY.
Notwithstanding first reports the late
storm seems to have been particularly
violent Ia st. Mary parish. The wind
commenced blowing Monday evening;
&c soon became a furious gale which
continued over thirty.sx hours. AT
Berwick the colored Baptist Church was
blown down, and many other buildings
destroyed, On Bayou Bnuf part OF the
sugar.house of Mr.. Waggener was de-
stroyed. G. w. Audubon's sugar house
was also completely blown down.
Under the shed were o great many carts.
plows, ETC.. most Of which were destroy
ed. AT the Porter plantation the storm
overturned pirogue In which a negro
was crossing the Teche, and the man
was drowned.
AT sea, the storm was so bad that all
the vessels, including the United States
revenue cutter Dix, had to make for
harbor. Morgan's two dredge- boats are
on shore, and his boarding house boats
for laborers sunk. The men, however,
were rescued by the Clinton.
At Morgan City, the lower streets
were completely flooded; large guam
tity Of lumber aud timber were swept
away by the flood. A small trading
boat was blown into the bay and sunk,
and number OF other vessels injured.
The steamer Standard Rock, at Ber-
wick, was torn from her moorings and
went ashore on Beers place. The Teche
mail steamer Rene Macready was blown
against an oak tree, which took off part
OF her cabin and wheel-house, and other
wise injured her. She was also driven
again the drawbridge at Recadoc's
plantation, destroying 1t. She finally
went ashore on the Lucknow planta-
ton, and was considerably damaged.
The damage was most severe in the
upper portion of the parish and in the
SiSAbllEhE E'SthiSh Va lbCAttts WhSLS
several saw mills were completely
blown down.
The cane crop was OF course dam
aged, but scarcely as much so as was to
be expected. The Enterprise thinks
the loss around Franklin will be one
fourth the crop.
Pointe Coupcc.
lPelican.l
On Monday evening last gale, &C.
companied with rain. from southeast
erly direction, struck this place about /
O'Clock. For eighteen hours did the
storm continue, flooding our streets
with water, blowing down trees, fences,
etc.
The damage consists Of fences blown
down, trees uprooted. bridges washed
away, etc. But it is very difficult mat
ter to estimate how far the crops have
been injured. Cotton. what is left by
the worms, has been blown down and
consequently destroyed. Corn that re-
mained ungathered and there is q
great deal Of it-has been thrown down,
and OF course will rot, even If it is
housed, The bright prospects Of large
cane crop, which greeted the eye some
two weeks since. has fed, for there is
hardly a stalk in the course Of the