Year: 1860

THE RECENT STORM in LOUISIANA


The amount OF damage sustained by the storm of
the second instant, and which we referred to in
Wednesdays review, is as yet only partially
known, and it may be some time before the general
result can be ascertaned, communication with the
interior being so much delayed account of the
impossible state of the Jackson Railroad which
has been flooded and considerably injured between
the city and Pass Manchac. Enough, however, is
already known to lead to the belief that the grow
ing crops have been greatly injured. In several of
the parishes of this State, already heard from, the
damage has been immense. large number of su-
gar houses, purgeries, and bagasse chimnies have
been either demolished or injured to such degree
as to render them useless until heavy and expen-
and this at period, too, when the grinding sea.
son has just commenced. Whole fields of cane
have been prostrated, and great damage must re-
suit from this cause alone. The losses sustained
under these Gil cumstances by the planting com
muhlty must be OF most serious character, and
hard to be borne, considering the bad crop of the
past, and the worst prospect for the growing crop
even before the coming of the late hurricane.


From the cotton growing region we have so far
but very meagre accounts, owing to the interrupt.
ed communication with the interior as noticed
above, but from the information received and the
large extent of country which the storm is said to
have visited there must have been very serious
damaged sustained, particularly as the fields were
white with the opened cotton, much of which must
be inevitably ruined Beyond this, nothing can be
definitely said at present, for it would be utterly
10 unueTlake 10 make even an
proximate estimate as to the amount of injury
done. From information received from ship
masters just arrived, and who out on the Gulf
during the hurricane, are happy to state that
no apprehensions need be entertained regarding
the safety of vessels bound this port from Europe
and the Atlantic Cities the storm was scarcely
felt short distance from the Passes The Super
intendent of the Jackson Railroad having emnloved
a steamer to make connection with the road at Pass
Manchac, the mails and passengers will hereafter
be conveyed with regularity by that route until the
repairs on the road are completed.


HARRIET MARTINEAUIN IN DEFEYcE OF MRs DICKENS.
The last number of the Anti-Slarery Standard
contains long letter from Harriet Martneau, end
ing with this paragraph:


81 am one of those who think that domestic af-
fairs are not proper subject for newspapers There
Is case, however, in which justice seems to re-
9ulre few words OF testimony. A letter was some
ume since circulated in American newspapers, and
copied thence into English journals, in which
man VINO has the ear of the public brought charges
against MS dumb and defenceless wife. The case
Deng one Tor demand of fair play and the wife
having many friends in your country feel it right
to TO- say that old family friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dickens, who have known Mrs. Dickens throuph
her whole married life up to the present hour
entertain toward her an unatered respect and re-
gard" s


The census returns show the city Of Richmond,