New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-08

Ffoa our special Travelling Correspondent.I
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ritter Crescent The parish Of conccfdia long
and narrow and a great monopolst of Mississippi
bottom lands, it extends from the mouth az Red
river for about hundred miles up the coast of the
great river. Therefore isparticuary fertile ana
reliably productive, the only cause which il able
to produce failure Of the crop being ar Eruption
Of the river waters through the strong leyees
which the people are wise enough to keep Id con
stant and defiant repair. The Black river and the
Tensas constitute its western boundary, and it
thus has on either side accessible bottom lands
which, indeed, may be said to extend entirely
across the parish all the SOL being hotts alluviaI,
and Of the richest description Many cf the plant
ers who own and cultivate these lands are among
the largest agricuturists in the State and exercise
the authority Of ownership over estates as broad
as some German principalites, and Fielding far
greater revenues But very few Of these lords Of
the soil reside on their estates, but have their resi-
dences across the river on the higher hut scarcely
more pleasant lands of Mississippi-in Natchez or
elsewhere. The actual white population is mostly
a population Of employees, not of owners popu-
lation Of overseers.
| An idea of the wealth, Of the productive eapa-
city, and Of the social characteristics Of the paris
may be formed from the fact that of population of
nearly thirteen thousand, over eleven thousand are
negroes, tile whites numbering but about fourteen
hundred, young, old and rniddIe-aeed. People
I certainly have a right to live wherever they
pease-especially if they able still It is to be
regretted that so many of the planters of Louisiana
/ do not choose to expend their money where they
make it, and aid nature in the identifying Of their
plantations, and the social progress Of their par
shes and State by permanent residence
| There is literally, no other interest IN Concor-
| dia but the agricultural. There is no town in the
parish, and but three or four stores-one kept at
Monterey, Black river, twenty-five miles south-
west of Yidaa, by ]. A. Scott another by
Isaac Crouch, ten miles below Monterey on the
same river; another by J. F. Powell, at Union
Point, on the Mississippi, forty miles below Vida
liza. But the plantations are magnificent in extent
stretching away in broad expanse, level as water,
and at this time wavy sea of Iusty green cotton
plants, variegated with the pinky ard snowy
whiteness of the blooms and bursting bols while
| long ranks of negroes are working across them,
gathering in the heecy harvest of tie season. Cot
ton picking has commenced generally il the parish.
| Lake Concordia is beautiful sheet Of water,
stretching across the country in bread crescent
Of thirteen miles in length, and holding in its
brace picturesque island, on which are several
| fine plantations. All around it the lands Of wide
estates run down to the fowery and grassy banks;
boats dot its surface, and among them Aoats fairy
| steamer, pleasure craft kept by Mg. Davis to
| facilitate his visiting the four OF i've plantations
along the lake which he owns and piants. On the
shore Of Lake Concorda dwelt, studied and planted
cotton, the eccentric and learned John Fletcher,
and here he wrote his famous "stIllies on
Slavery one OF the most ponderous monuments
Of erudition, scholarly research and arthor-work
in the whole range Of literature. n Al standard
authority in questions connected with TIE 4ligh,ly
, discussed subject of slavery. Mr.. Fletehef has
i sold his plantation and gone wandering. lebalon
York, Esq, is its present owner, ald, alsD, with
his planting partner, the owner cS hTe other
plantations Messrs York and Hoover owning touI
in partnership, and each Of the partners owning
= one separately. The productive capacity Of theil
six plantations is five six thousand bales, and
this year they will make about four thousand q
snug little crop.
n This is the way Concordia planters wilo wish to
! enlarge their operations have to do; being unable
! to buy land adjoining their original tract, they
must take it in separate lots, where tley can get
it. Mr.. York is young and very atle lawyer Of
the parish, and has his office at Yidalia The cor
respondent is greatly indebted to him fer Hospital
t Bile attentions and for much Information relative
: to the parish. And while speaking Of Mr. Fletcher
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