New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-30

and lis Ldnds-Its Planters Parish Officers
Crops, Wedther-Prce Of Corn, etc.
From our Special Travelling Correspondent.
BELLEVUE, BossiER PARIsa,t
July u, loo 5
Ed Ci.escent-I write from the Parish seat of
Bossier, the city of Bellevue, 'sscrougin' little
corporatiofaof about hundred and fifteen or six
teen inhabitants, Mayor, one store, two bar-rooms
and church, which, however, they don't "run
regularly The Court House is a fine building,
however and it is rumored that its being there is
about all that retains Bellevue as the seat Of the
parish, its location not being very convenient
one Here is the parish jail too, with the doors of
all its cells standing Hospitality open to receive
resident and strong the penitentiary. Jack Shep-
pard, himself, might bid hope farewell on entering
the Black hole of Bossier. The church was built
by the Methodists, but is occasionally used by the
Baptists. The landing place of Bellevue is Muir
rells Point, thirteen miles distant, on Lake Bste
neau, which is navigable for from three to six
months of the year. though in 1856 it inconyeni-
entity happened that it was not navigable to that
point at any time. At Bellevue is published the
Bossier Banner, the only paper in the parish and
which, after many Of the ups and downs which are
not uncommonly incident to newspaper existence,
finally fell into the hands of its present proprietor.
and became permanent institution. Mr.. VIM. FL.
Scanland is editor and proprietor of the Banner,
and, we suspect, about the youngest Of the whole
fraternity, being not yet twenty years Of age. He
has had the paper over year, and his coiempora-
ries up in these parts who have got foul Of him
| have had reason to come to the conclusion that
his youth was at all in the way of his taking care
of himself, with pen or other weapon, he being
one Of Young Americas representative mem in
all respects a.
| Bellevue is twenty three miles from Shreveport
by the stage road. On the road, and eight miles
South of Bellevue. is Fillmore post where
there are Methodist and Baptist churches, a spa
cious store kept by W. f. Hamilton, and three or
| four residences. Bossier Point Office is eighteen
/ miles south of Bellevue, and there is Methodist
| church there, but no store. AT Benton, sixteen
| miles west Of Bellevue, +. p. D. Taylor " Go.
keep store but the settlement is very small. Col
| linsburg is twenty-three miles northwest of Belle
| yue. The Methodists have a church there, and 6.
\ w. Sentelle Il Brothers have store there. At
| Rocky Mount, fifteen miles northwest OF Bellevue,
1 a considerable business is done by Messrs. Stew
man 4 Hughes, and Crawford, Hughes Co., and
| there is Methodist church. Plainyie is twenty
five miles west of Bellevue, and there j. j. Swindle
is engaged in mercantile pursuits, and both Metho
/ dists and Baptists have meeting houses The land
| ing places of Collinsburg Rocky Mount and Plain
| vile are at Hurricane and Carolina Bluffs. Cotton
| Valley office is fifteen miles northeast of Bellevue
/ There Messrs. Hamilton & Edwards are the mer-
chants and the Baptist and Methodist denomina-
| tions have churches. At Orchard Grove office,
twenty-five miles northeast of Bellevue there is no
store and no settlement Those who visit the
capital of Bosser should come prepared to " camp
OUT for while this correspondent was partaking
,Yfa 1f
the 'hotel'' he had to keep his feet in continual
motion to defend himself against the pigs under the
dining table. These cleanly and agreeable house
4 hold pets run round the house more socially than
cats and dogs, and, coniointly with the bipeds,
make a rush for the vctualing apartment when
ever the bell announces meal time The fare at
the hotel is bacon and bread for breakfast, bread
and bacon for dinner. and some bacon and bread
for supper. We have bacon on the table and ba-
1 con under the table-the latter very much alive
and uncured, the former very salt and rusty. It is
great pity that the rural Anglo-Ameriean of Lou
isiana does not understand the mere rudiments of
the science of living. In this climate and with this
soil he might live in luxury. At few country stop
ping places do find milk, eggs, butter, fresh meat
or vegetables. Occasionally one of the above ar
teles may be had, seldom more than one at the
same place, and ordinarily not any of them. The
Creole population, in their part of the State, ill-
yarablv live we'll. Our Americans. generally, had
rather raise fty dollars worth of cotton than five
hundred dollars worth Of anything else.
Bossier parish is extensive, and contains great
deal of fine cotton and corn lands Its territoria
area comprises over two hundred and sixty thous
and acres of land, and it has forty odd thousand
acres in cotton, and over twenty-five Thousand
in corn-sliticent. If the season was favorable te
Weld twentythree or four thousand bales Of cot
i ton. and some five hundred thousand bushels o.
corn The parish borders ON Arkansas. is bounded
on the west by Red river, and ON the east by Dan
chite river and Lake Bt,teneau, IT is long and
narrow parish hedpeshaped, and its river and lake
boundaries. ana Boaeau rjyer and lake and trim.
talfes in its interior secure to it large extent Of
rich bottom lands. which are worth from ten ID
seyenty.fye dollars. improved and uuimproyed
per acre. The uplands, some of which make very
good crops but nothing like what the bottoms do
NAV lie quoted al from FIVE to ten dollars per acre
There il a good deal of land in the upper part oI
the na,ish nm which the sryvero,s arc vet at v,ar
closeiv watched by speenlators ana others wIr
have " snntted :. tl,e bcst tracts and are in wait
ina 10 secuye Hem n, s6on as bronabt ina ,a,,.