New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-27


Montgomery Poiat aHa otaea Trading Places
gAs Lasds, the Eraiqyntson to the Parish, GA
Iie7.and for dlessa-17se Heogy Planters As
sse1afioR Staesac The Crops.
Fssua csr spsesl rraseilns esrrespondentl
CoIusp1a, cA1pwEIl PARssn,l
I'll Cssssnf- NV last was from Bastrop, til
rsrish seat 81 Morehouse, bat that parish does nc
aa;oin Caldwell 0uachita intervening betwee
thena. 10 get from Bastrop to Columbia had /
take the road hack to Monroe again, in Ouachits
and thence thifty-fiye miles to Columhia Colun
b5a x rerched oil the lofty banks Of the Ouaehita
ana islrackoned to be four hundred and fifty mile
from NaW Orleans by water. During the low wa
tor season the river IS not navigable above the
Catalonia shoals, near Harrisonburg, in Catahouls
parish, and Columbia Is then attainable BY dali,
stage line from Harrisonburg below, or by TIL
Narne means FROM Monroe above. Columbia i
beautifully situated, and is a lively and thriving
little place for its size, which is small. But Colum
hia large for its size-arge in the matters of th
public spirit, the enterprise and general good fel
a0Eship and social worth Of its citizens. Its facii
tics Of communication bring it near to all th
world, and, not being shut up in their own shell
it, people fairly escape having their ideas, view
and aspirations contracted to the narrowes
spasls y ehsious anu. yet poasuui iisueness
#hich MAAss ser,'apae ial''ae reaiingeons. OF sc
many smah ln'sfior towns everywhere. ana Wha'
may bs ssia % she cisizehs q oo11mDla Will also
apply 20 tha people q the parish at large. It Is
0isectea py We stream q tne Winding ouacmta,
winch TINS through y irom rs horthern to Its
soasneIn llilll.s' anu rhe proaa es1aies Whcn oc-
capy " iefsl'e oo'lo arc eaie asouss VI WEALTH.
elegance and refinement.
=. 49,
0oiahae'a n Teancea Y ~ w tlie iacs that 2
large number of fhe citizens VINO pertain to the
locality reside three miles from the landing in a
well sItuatea and pleasant neighporhood settle
ment called Augusta. Coiumpia IS their post"
y once Iowa Af Augusta tlere IS commodious
acauemy puIdlng' erected long since, being the
aeat "a ah enioKed lnstituuon, winch = not now
ln opeIatloh ~ ale ute 70 y Is IN dispute, beng
claimed py poth the parish and the State. The
principal mefcnants OF Columbia are, Messrs. Var
heI q fsiagef, h' = 6ughmaD, BOYD Bani7s
- - n 1aAss, ano tney III do iarge business.
u Llsre Afe \ clnfch ~ hiasohic hail L ~ toWn-
IT, = Il plieh ~ = isss gs.iig zoo
nli,s'l II .s $50 = - paliss' anu se Jan y =
&, = ,1a = 'ey "a " y Aou
~ .Nss'.s ~ ~ paisu =
sA n, N oi1 I.
!. ~ P@.sa ~ $50
!. 81 I 80
80 n 8. iiaii' ASSESS
~ /. Z. .s,Na.l'f, .aano4g '.uls s.l' y -.
- r.sa4y = = = ia'eius y w olss
sss; " 10y III e.
ssss ~ Sc y ~ eisizels q oolulpl
an0ls 1asla h.p. bringer 1sq., lawyer ana mer-
Sails IT, ase q tne pafish ~ tae
eaisn'su ana prospeflng Young gen
s,elhA ssseA nl'ss soual q oolamola . the set
slsMehl q 1opsnhagen, Mhefe Wllliam Longmire
zsspS 1'o.ss aaa q O. raeasahe' ten miies west'
I mons Me.,oe'h nas store. AZ Montgomery
chants are. Jacob Webb. Thomas Glass and webb
N Geurillan at Pine Bluff. twenty-fiye miles north
Moses Winanburg and John 4. Rial have stores
Caldwell ID small parish, one Of the smallest
In Tie State, It's whole area being under eighty
fhsusand acres, But very little Of the land ID in
ferior, and most of it Of great fertility. II has
Much bottom land OF unsurpassed fertility--riyer
and creek bottoms, bordering on tile Ouachita.
Beeuf river. Castor and Black bayons ha you R;cou
bayou I,afourcha. bavop Marenro and hayon f,roiv
About. agl of the va.uabIa ,ands "a i, ,,.;,,a+a
hands ana Are held Mi their value and tla ,5anana
for them has been yerv rreat far year a. $ ,aot
and il constantly becon,iur ruore uroant mn
euiarafior into fhe narisb far J co,nle s saas,rs
DartionIarJv the last III baa ,,,,rsnaII,, 49,
II contus,ins II an a,,cmar,t;,g r,to IA il i
thoucht tlat NJ tls III elact;on II
lation win have Increased a least hnndre5 ana
sfty votes. as comnarad with the ,ro,o,,s ,ha,, \
was u,,warilH ~ f;ye hundred calaws ~
bean passea aver too rel, II ,,lant;,, ai ,aes.
prospecting III loeatian, Recansa i applsh has
NOT eet ouacbita river botfoms thew N anp people
further vast ANA even IL Taras ,,sr.se dey could
abundant tracta of creek ana eands ave gone on
which are very fertile and IA ana neglecting the
those of tha riverl Ext,ao ;nap ou bottom lands
j sfl,ese .y.,allI ,,,tto,,,,, much inferior to
s5tRlQ 95LAsaisS lry crops are made
On many o. t@sv ------7-==sf sfas, ana tne demand
for then IS very lively
Ihe surface OF the country Is rolling and the
forest growth vigorous and large on the uplands as
well as in the bottoms. The uplands are generally
much more fertile than lands 50 situated usually
are in Tho STATE 80 far as my observation and infor
nation have enabled me to judge. The amount OF
aeeh oT ssven'eem 'iiousapu acres haslhs WV.
qnahty' lhe heaYy pianIeIs @ the PARISH afe !:
g. Williams, james Ray, Charles Bress, Major r.
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