New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-30

family Folks AZ Doneldsonville will trust masa..2
won't trust niger" The money was paid, and, as
the negro eft us his master Observed, with = sly,
humorous twinkle " That fellow sold forty dollars
worth of corn last year, AID all OF them feed their
chickens W h my corn, and cell their own.
There are three oyerseers at Houmas, one Of whom
superintends the whole plantation, and likewise looks
after another estate of 600 acres some Il miles do
the river which our host added 10 bis possession two
years sInce. AZ cost Of tlj000. In any part OF the
world, and in any calling, Mr. ST DO not know II
by would like % zee bis in pratt would be con-
sidered aa able man. Mr. ). attends to most Of inc
practice requiring immediate attention. We waited
one Of those hospitals and found halt dozen patients
III Of fever, rheumatism, and indigestion, and apa-
ren.ly well cared for by couple OF stout nurses The
tTlckle bedseads garuis ed with musbeto bare,
and told that the hospital is tavorite reOrt,
which its inmates leave with reluctance. TIE phar-
maceutieal department was largely supplied with
variety Of medicines, quuine and preparations Of sul-
rlites Of iron. Poor drugs," said Mr.. 5, "are a
poor economy
have mentioned engineering as one OF the requisites
of a competent overeer. 10 explain this must OBJ
serve that Oumas il esteemed very high land and that
in It's cultivated breadth there is OILY fall Of eight
feet 10 carry Of irs surplns water. In the plantation
OF Governor Manning, which adOins H. an expensive
steam draining machae IL cmpl ed TO relieve his fields
OF this encumbIanee which il effected by the Iev,lu
tions Of fan-vheel come twenty feet in diameter
which laps up the water from a narrow trough into
which Gil the drainage flows and tysses ID into an adj
joining bayou.
On Governor Manninas plantation we saw tie pro-
cess OF clearing the primitive forest Of which 100 ACRES
were aown in aud cotton beneath the tall grded
trees that awaited the axe while an equal breadth
the other side Of broad aud deep canal was relIct
antly yielding It's tuited and iibrOus SOIL from which
Tie Jungle hid Ust been removed, 10 the Iloughs Of
sjme 90 negroes, drawn by two mules each. Another
season OF ustraion BY maize or cotton and the rank
soil will be ready for the cane
The cultivation OF sugar differs from that Of cotton
in requiring much larger outlay Of capital There 10
little required for the latter besides negroes and lald,
which may be bought On credit, and years clothing
and provisions. There ia gambling tplce IN the
chances Of a season which may brng wealth or ruin
n bils to the acre which may produce 3D. PER pound.
H. fair year the cotton II inter- reckcLs upon ten or
twelve bales to The hand in which clse the annual
yield OF q negro varies $50 to fl20. His enemies are
drought exec rive rains, the ball worm, and ths army
worm; lis beat friend - q long Yckiug Eeason.'
There il more steadncfs in tie pcc OF sugar, and
greater certainty Of average crop, But the cost OF
a sngar-hou,e, with its mill, boilers, vacuum pans,
centrifugal and drying apparatus, cannot DO less than
GlO0OO, and the Consumi ton OF flef-thOusands II
cords OF which cut by the ba-ds' is IFmOus.
There Of Large fortunes earned by planning
sugar wi large beginnings, but these had chiefly &C.
cufred among early settlers, who had obtained their
lands for II song. A Creole, who recently died az tho
age Of 81, in tie ue.LbOfhOod, aud who began with
only few thousand dollars, had amused more than
900 $50 in - years. and TWO Of his sOns-skillful
plterswere likely die each richer than his father
This year the prospects Of sugar are dTeary enough
81 lcast while the cyi! lasts, and lay host with
certainty Of $500 Eogscads upon his vaIous planta
tons, has Of a market In this respect cotton
Las the advantage Of keeping longer than sugar. At
Last years prices and with the United States protective
tariff of ~ per cent 20 shield him from foreign cOmpe-
tilon. his crop would have yielded him over 100000
Bat all the sweet teeth vi tie Confederate States
army can hardly "make n hole" in the 100000
hogshaads which this year Is expected to yield in
Louis ana and Texas. Under ibe new tariff Of the
seeding states the loss Of prCtectOht % Louna alone
may be stated, within bounds at SSOOO,OJ0 per an
nuin-which is making tie planters pay pretty dear
FOR their Secession whistle.
When | arrived at HOumas there was the creates.
anxiety for rain and the yast level plateau every
cloud was scanned with avidity. Now, shower
cmed bearing hight down upon NJ, when il would
break like ly Ing sOap-buOble ard scatter lie tIea-
,urs or Of the prced fields 10 which we felt inter-
ss,ed The wind shifted and hopes Were raised that
tie next Thunderstorm would prove less iilIsoTy. Bat
not KCnnCr has gOt u all. On the nth day, how
ever tie Hearts OF al the planters aud their parched
lie Ids were gAdjen,d by half day OF general aud gem
ero.5 Itn beneath which our host cane fairly reeled
aud rcyced. Il was now safe for the season, and
was the com. But Zone man meat is anOtbers poi
son, and c heard more than one 'Jeremiad" from
those whose fields had not been placed in the condition
which enabled those Of friend 10 carry oil pOtaon
of gclve hours Of tropical rain with the OF al
derman or Lord Chancellor made happier or wiser by
liz three bottles of port.
Whit IA termed kar,suGa in Cuba, rancho In Mexi-
co, aud +" plantation elsewhere, is styled habita-
lion" bv tie Cleoes OF Louisiana, whose ancestors
legan more than q century ago to reclaim It's jungles.
At las. rent suHi3a dies 4 iattncfa5ilc tempHs.
had seen a. much might 10 Of the best phase Of
the great institution-lers than l ooult desire of
most exemplary, kindheartei, cear-headed, honest
man In tie calm OF a glorious Summer evening,
arryed in all tie spiend0r oi scenery tia. belongs
10 dramas in Cloudland, where mountains Of snow,
peopled by "gOrgOns, and hydras, and chimRTas
dire tise from seas Of fire that bear black baTks,
fjeh I'd with thunder, before the breeze OF battle,
crossed the Father Of Waters, waving sdleu 10 the
good friend who stood on the shore, and turning
ever back TO the home We had left behind ms.
IL was dark when the boat reached DonadsOnvle
on lLe oppo-ie coast" should not lie surprised 10
lear that the founder Of this remai kabe city which
once contained the archives Of the State now trans
fcrred TO IIa on Rouge, was North Britol There is
simplicity and ecebony IN tie plan OF the place not
nufavorable 10 that view, but the motives whib
induced the Donaldson 20 found bis Rome on the west
Of Bayon La FouIche FROM Mississippi must be q
secret 10 all time. Much must the worthy Scot have
been perpLxcd by his noi Shb0rs, a l0DC.reachiag
colony OF Spanish Creolos, who toll not and spin moth
Ing but fshinI -nets and who live better than Solo
mon and probably az well dressed hatHus the bar
bor5 pearl and god Of the Hebrew potentate. Take
Tie odd little reiIing, modest houses which grow in
the hollows OF Scarborough, add to them the least u
po-ny mansions in the natural town OF fOke5tcne,
cast them breakdown over TIE surface OF the EsseX
marches plant few trees in front OF them, then open
a few " Cate lards" Of the camp sort along the
min street. aud you have done very good Donaldson
VILE. 4 policeman welcomes on landing and does
the honors OF the market which has beggary account
of enpy benches The Texan bull done into beef, and
.iop The policeman ia tall egn west country
man; bis story is simple and he has il to tell lie was
one OF Dan Rica's company-a travelling Astiey. lie
came TO Donaldsonyille, saw, aud was conquered by
one of the Spanish beauties, married her, became
tavern keeper, failed, learned French, and was now
constable Of the parish. There was however, weight
on his mind. lie had stuli tho matter profoundly,
but be was not the botioR How DID the friends
relatives. and tribe of his wife live No one could
saw. 1hey reared chick ons, AID they caught fish,
whom there was a pressure on the planters, they