New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-21
The EnvrrOns of New Orleans.


A neighborhood, almost less known and less
visited than any other by the denzens of our city
is the settlement upon Bayou Savage, beyond the
present Pontehartrain Railroad crossing. In this
particular spot may now be seen a Hebrew GENE
terry, which has been erected some years
upon a square of ground formed out of the subur-
ban plat called the Darcantel faubourg, after the
name of the former owners plantation. Before
this tract of land was thus laid out in town lots and
squares, we often admired the fine weeping will
low tree groves, which oTnamented the front of
this farm house place, on which resided the very
honorably known family of the Darcantel Further
on towards the forests, extending on both sides of
the aforementioned Bayou Salvage or GENTLY,
the visitor would come to the extensive domain of
the Hopkins plantation, upon which several sue
cessful crops of sugar cane had been cultivated.
The sugar house and other apparatus is still extant,
if we mistake not, though the place has long been
abandoned sugar plantation /; and also being
laid out in town lots and streets, has for number
of years been used only for pasture and raising of
a few vegetable productions in the very consider
able garden grounds. However, the mania for
specializing in suburban town or village proper.
ties having somewhat abated from former years,
we have noticed that since the high prices Of our
| staple product cotton, this valuable plant has
| been cultivated upon both sides of this consider
able estate, even upon that part Of its fields or
meadows, which had served in former times for a
race ground and upon which had been erected
several buildings and stables, appropriate for the
uses of the jockey club Or association.
| These latter constructions have disappeared, as
well as the enclosures; from whence we conclude
that the property has, no doubt, reverted to its
primitive destination that is, the agricultural pur
poses. From these premises we reach in our
course the (aready in former numbers descrbad,)
St. GENES plantation; and passing on, we may
notice a number Of other farming establishments,
more or less extensive or considerable, Of which
we shall omit to name the present owners or pro-
| prietors because, so many mutations have taken
| place, that very few of the ancient residents,
known to us in former tines would now designate
the real occupants or proprietors In all these
| farm houses there is great uniformity as to the
sources of revenues, which principally consist in
| the sale of market productions, and the forest
wood or fuel, carted into the city or sold upon the
spot to spectators, who carry on the business Of
retailing this indispensable household necessity in
the city, We have known cords of ash fire wood
this winter as high as twelve and fifteen dollars
| hence we may infer the value Of a sub.
stantial stock Of this product upon ones farming
| +roots in this narticnlsr locaitV On account
| - tlis enhanced nrice of ,he formerly little
os+io,otad f,rast PRODUCTIONS in our immediate
,;ai,,it,, ,vo understand that the nresent own
t,o,,o t.oaY,,e ,,rob more viriIant in ra
..,.s ~ tho tras,assing non their lands and the
a,tt;r,, v,, of trees On their baet, concessions
sa stico i, former Years had almost become
a,y,i.e ,.,,oI occ,roti1n There cannot he a
a., az, rss,,oc+ sborId receive some
,,o,,i,, ,,o, tho lav observance which
,,.o.iloa On the other side il is some
,,oortoin III actraI trssnass
III, tho limos Of daroarkotion between neigh
-, not f,lI bla1.d ant ar marked
,,,,ar t,,a troe. uanca we understand thai there
w. ,,T,,,l,or NJ small ltioston eases going on
tor tresnasses unon these forest
traeta While formerly not mneh wonld be made
20 o,,n,, onttir,, an If frevvond trees We now
oor,o to the newly erected for,ifcations, which
80 Intended Ia imnad q the nrooress of auy hos
t,a forcc coming from the chef Meuteur. or from
tto neorer landing Mace man the GENTLY road
ttis side of old antoine Micboud's place-that il
saw at what is commonlv called tie Vacheri,'