New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-16


According to the census of 1860, the white pop
ulatipn of st. Mary was 3,50S free colored PSI
slaves IS,057 total 1886.
BY the table we publish above, showing the
condition OF the parish of ST. Mary in the gear 1859
1T will be noticed that 81. .502 acres cultivated in
cane, yielding ls62S hhds sugar and 55 I02 bhls.
7nolasses- an average Of aboutla hhds or I,450
pounds to the acre, and As bbls. Of Y gallons
The yield Of fcotton was so bales to lT0 acres
calling the bales $50 lbs. each, the average was
2t0 lbs. to the acre.
The yield of corn was 337,S00 barrels to 25 ,S24
acres, about 10 barrels to the acre.
The Sallivant farm iD Illinois, is said to contain
seventy thousand acres, while all the land eulti-
Vated in the parish Of st. Mary in 1859 only
amounted to 5S, ,496 acres.
The value OF the sugar and molasses made in
shs parish In 1859, reckoning the sugar at five
cents per pound and the molasses at Is cents per
gallon, 100 1hs. nett to the hhd ana 20 gallons
to the bh,) would be 81 289, nearly one-third
of the value Of all the plantations in the parish
and one7third Of az the property connected with
them except the slaves. ss
The average OF the yield per acre, in 1859, val
ned at i've cents for sugar and IS cents for mos
1asses, was s90.-E Ibid. !.
We learn thai negro man on Judge Palfrey's
plantation on Bayou Cvpre ort. has The charbof
and Is not expected To live. He supposed it to be
a spiders bite, but the physicians prouonncesit
tcharhon II ID strange that this disease should
alske its appearance ia This manner 50 soon after
Q rainy season, and that it shaaEa attack negro
and nuttrouble the mules and horsass Still 1T may
he 81. bid.
LAForRgHE The Thiaaaaa 1gaga 1ons3s
are ut work endeaFoTiHg To 6Seahs 1sHcess
Eary TO remodel she briggs na5s spahHiHg tEs |
waters tle Eagolrcle, ifl condition 90 aaswefE
tie purposes fe ehsrter. sH y 8Ya Vita fhat h
sqnl o1 S3te aa Esa1F been subs ~ aeilsE I
ltate VIZ eaRipns IL making I'll ngssssat
modelling about the present bridge. IL s0 the T
bridge gil soon be rebuilt. Q.s5csora uet7a.
EThibodaux Sentinel.
WEsT BAToN RogsE. During recent trip to.
New Orleans, we had an excellent opportunity of Il
seeing much of the cane planted on the river
pIantations. OF course we could not forIn.an ap-
proKImate of the yield, from what we saw, not
iaEEo wing the qnalityof the cane nor the number
OF acres but enough to satisfy usthat sugar can
again be made in Louisiana, If the proper efforts
are only used to foster and encourage its cul-
sure. There are more plantations entirely, or
partially, iii cane this year, than most persons
imagine, especially those who have had no oppor-
tunity to examine for themselves. Estimates have
beer made by persons fully competent as to the /
probable yield tins year, which, while they fall
iaineniably short Of the crops Of the olden time,
are, nevertheless, under the circumstances, en@I
Some Of these estimates reach 100,
ZOO hggsheads, while others, less sanguine, are
net willing to coneede more tnan $4,000 hOgs-i
heads.
\ To give some support to the latter estimate we
must admit that tile cane is very small, but little
juice, and not cultivated with the care audi
patience cane should have. These are defects
easily remedied In another years planting, if the
labor can only be made available. But we think
Af0n personal OWieuBes anu ODSeFYallony LElatl
the negro, on the alluvial lands Of this State are
becoming fully conscious that there is morei
money, greater certainty OF getting it, and with
far less labor in cane than in cotton upon cocosI
6elda, aud that they prefer cane 10 cotton as q
general rnle ID q fact nndeniable Here and there
grnflD Diers can be found to cay at little extra
work But then these same negroes would grurnbie
justsfar the sake a it,. [Sugar Planter
IRERYILLE. We spent two or three days of last
Week very PLEASANTLY among our friends over the 3
9iFer and On Bayous Paul and Manchac.
We met and conferred with many of the plant
sFs residing ia those diatricts, and regret that
we are compelled to make sad report upon the
crops of Ibervilie east. The season has been
most unfaEorable for both the corn and cotton
crops and tie caterpillar has added TO the misfor
tunHsoi the year. The corn crop is very small
and Inferior; not enough having been produced
for local consumption. In brief, we may set.
down the commercial crop of the east bank of the
river Id this parish at about three hundred and
iifty bales of cotton and about four hundred and
ifty hogsheads of sugar. The former sugar
planters all seemed to be anxious to return to the
culture Of cane; but tho insecurity Of labor and
4ke condition of our leyees, added to the gloomy
and unsettled state of the country, will probably
deter most of them from attempting any effort in
that direction for the coming year.
Trhsryille South
Il