The New Orleans Sugar Crop

Despito tho interruption produced by the recent politicnl excitement our coast planters have uiado considerable progrese' in gathering their saecharino harvest.- " The Beason waa never more favorable in southetu LouiBÍana for the tnaturing of the cañe and tho cutfinsj, hauling, and erinding of tho samo. The ooly drawback has boen the laek of water to supply the mili?. Many planters have had to run their pipes to tiie river and fink pumps; others have employed tug boats to putnp water into iheir ponda ; but despito theso obstaolca grinding is now going on very briskly, and tho yield of silgar nnd molasses protnises to exeoed tiistof last yenr by at least 20,000 or 2fi.000 hogsbeada. With good and reliablo labor to cultívate the plant early in tho season the product would haví bcon mnch iarger. The increaee thir year is duo cntircly to tbe seson, whioli" has bcen an exlraordiuarily propitioaff ouo. Labor hns bcon very difficult to obtain oven at the high rotes of $30, 840, and even $60 a month. The qualrty of the sujjar molasscs is excellent. - Several large plnters are securinggang of Chinese laborera, and aro prepariog