New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-13
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81 iissf Faraitg il rs d waving prairie
ia II i8l@sess cellag0it ef green, or With !, I
sreef 3sa ega iii Hi5ttnAte value IN greennaeks,
Ehe hsl0 asso@ ihe ely il called the
fsap atiaas asxt ealTes tile MaEretA plaeef
atltag gsssse called the DHAbaE estate, or battle
nrant9 plantation. IAe monument Willch WilS
rs Commemorate the battle Of New Or
Iess eisibse ifom the car, though the gigantic
1rsGs 3S woods. s91ae times rising three or touf
fecs ger taan tlie train, partially shuts ont the
giea HE field ID which the monument is SIT
zsts8 ia i,ueulfivated. a well informed planter,
scita snonvsrsed, gave us to understand
slf slssse sing ike million of dollars had once
Been exUendei upon what was then the plantas
zion iii I'D purchase and Improvement.
Mex s6sfas two plantations belonging to the
Vfseaa liIiy. frequently described in old hlsto-
Ftes tsf iii WIFI of 1872, and one of which places
has eased - thls historic name from sne IlLl;e
zgbe} L8asiana y wAs province 1T is said that IT /
efsisge 445rs tloring the last war than it did ~
shat visa England, As large number Of stock we |
tre,naTlad 4Fera grazing upon the ground,
IJt,0a the place of Mai. Walker we observed |
what agpeared 70 be nursery Of orange, banana
and other uit trees incident to the climate. Not
10 make eur list too long we may mention that the
ether sugar estates that the traveller now passes
{Reposs, DR.. Merritt tPhiAippon's.l Messrs
sSssbHejl (which we believe is that OF the Mar
.gFuis Paydras De la Ronde,l Daqun. tSebastopoltl
Minedonne, MareTo, 0ng, Curtis, Gen, Lee anu
nennisson.
Tsle ride over this portion Of Louisiana, even
snp6n sae Mexican Gulf Railroad, is one which no
tEayeter ever makes without long renlemo oerng It
for it'll peeniiar scenery. The houses hall hld ~
4he dense foliage have that eminenty resn !; re
look which only time gives, and which tell OF the
abode of people Of refinement. They no longer
have me appearance Of wealth, but II II an alf
which wealth. alone never gives, ana whei Inahes
St difficult to view them without describing theln ts
greater length than the preoecuplea feaaeI Aiis hs
perhaps care 10 sse.
Three {er according 10 some four of these weli-
Known Sslsar estates are now leased by oteefs Fho
4Iiat n could Learn, witha profitable return Tor
tbetr 81 Investments and with none OF those melesta-
ti0ls which certain iila NATIVE eoTres sponqellt4
are eyes allUdng. We visited one in which the
frIiilfin:E of the cane was then going on, and on
which ii was thought the crop would be from i20
to lGa 3l1gshaads of sugar, exclusive of nloiasses
The nIa9tafion had been rented for sS000i and hao
Eyees sF6rhed by thirty hands. Louisiana sugar
as every one kn3Ts,is the best that is made, ani
itYtiEt not occasion any surprise that twenty-five
hogshe IDS have already Been sold atsixteen and .
hHif eaats per pound. With these data 10 work
uposs. me shall ailow each to make the calculation
for himself whether OF not . sugar plantation i
nov 4 safe investment.
the place at which we spent more time than
any other, and where on Saturday the sugar
TnskiHg process could be seen in every stage was
that Of Mr. Scofeid, to whom, for his kindness u
showing Us every portion of his balalngs, We
acknowledge ourselves indebted Large qaantf
ties ef cane, arranged in rows in the same man
ner that wood is corded and piled up a6out lht
New GasIal, stood outside OF the building, and oJ
s6rt 1f tTead-Tnill arrangement the cane lapen
twenty stalks at O tine) were marched UP AM
nut throllgh# the squeezing process. The hagasst
{pressed canel and the juice now part company
the former being dumped into the furnaces, t1
Latter being eInphed into immense copper pan!
The iuiee is now cooked in four or I'VE ulHefeI
sorts af ways: and to judge from the smell abou
6hebuiiding, one might almost Imagine that NIT
saen had set to work in good earnest TO coQkn
s1piasses candy.
Ef8aF going through the clarifying par
d and eFaporating pans and some other pans thf
we'd L remember the names of, the mOlassesi
xnafse to leak pRt by a Yhifiing process and go j
Way. Ait this stage of the game, what the cool
ingsand stewing and eyaporating and elarifyin
and dreaming has left Of the original juice u lu
ante the vacuum nan--though why n should =
called s vacuum when it is made 70 c0ntai
gsiYee OF fonr hogsheads OF The saeeharine sub
stance Is what the uuinitiated do not readily ur
Iiera6aad. An operation known as the strike end
she s39Betening business, and thereis nothing NOR
10 be s0ae bet I'd make the trasf-gang spade a
.ashe yiald in hogsheaas.
We iatuirall AZ 10 tic praetioabity Of one mil
snrindlE for neighborhood Of small planters, ant
A40T Hl7kag5a crop of about fifteen hundFed hogs
faeads il was deemed that the plan might answer
whea the mill vas already standing But to have
co plY down ST5.000 for the cost at start OF
granting tiat building alone, il was thought
it would NOT do at al.
Bat9Te taking passage gain we Hiiled away q
pleasant half H6ar at Van Rnffs Store, well
&n9a5a point upon the road, in listening to the ac-
e0fass that we're given rs Of The country by sonle
gentlemen NJ the neighborhooa. The population
fS RAraafd numbers SONS three hundred voters
Is largely engaged iii hunting and fishing, and fol
& Haftef 10 g1s0ut at night and bring naek hun
dFea tFqeiis, IL considered q very ordinary nights
wort Every plantation is draiqed og narrow
esHas largG enough TO Omit small Skins, and 1t II
nNeA 4llese that they move across the country il
seAfeis III game and upon tAe innnmerabls bayous
WaialIefantg into #tlte river and lake.
IBisa IiiiicHit knowledge to acquire, but the in
hahssafs 9fe Ga fa4iisia1 with thls tapgle web q
haEass 4s tlIe clans of Scotland we're ut one titnt
Wta elsA mountain passes. AS for the people
5henss Ees they sire said to be descended from
aalii tlels brought to this country by tile fathel
oIanllt well known citizen Bernard Mafigny, when
Ghts9e99lfy was u province of Spain Tae neo-
pie flfsiEata small tars, upon which the sweet
pota grow with ex ordinary lxltianeel ans
a iagsa Quantity oR garden produce. The onll
fTetgftF iaiieed noR taken upon the Cult Railroat
cunssf sacks e8 the sweet potatqe tied t0gethe
ggiti HRl4aaBto Hities
As tiia 4istiEls id not run upon schedule time, q
tfff i 5A5 0Hntry makes il necessary to observe
A WstQiiior the cafs, 0i Two OF three hour.
luts ysiad Sometimes Tor twoor three days
10 s3t@t tslioeg the landing of the fish from Lake
krg5is about tNHlye5 on thittaen miles from
taA ea4 tRe T4ilfoad, as 1neians OF conveyance
hsd t5 b abandoned, because they would tre
qsat spaa before they could set TO the city
ElaIHs a5gd, 10 consequence OF TINS actI, and
Rsgats als nGW used instead.
1he iE4ia ia due at fSe, and You take your place
upall He track ut that hour, in the middle OF an
Inlalet!sa ffsld III cane. Relying upon the good
Rtt4 is3 the pt4nter3 you chb LW0 PIE tafee slllhs
t1allFg with you OF eat up, on the spot as the
train pens to be moro Or less taFly. You iind
u Il ttfs hitter alternatives our last joint i
stripped oi It's purple bark, and sui the Well
Nishel foe train Goes not appear. The mosquitoes
meanwhile are terrible; the solitude Incomes
oppres aye; the heavens are ashen, and the rush
aug of the winds through the long blades Of the
cane awaken ideas and images that are not those
cf tis busy city. and you almost think oI the
places af amusement with regret. II you haye
saRindled your Easherwo oman or tailor, or muir
deIea Foar wife Or grandmother, or run of with
yAuF emp oyer funds, conscience is very apt to
hsye il alI liero1Yn Way now. Y on wish your best
dFsea55 vas present ii your place to endure the
asnaaganees of the situation, and you feel not g
Sial relieved when q party pf negroes stop near
sa ia build fire to signal the train.
Aslsely as not they Wilrsnspect you of African
aineega and treat you accordingly, but you will
aiadsilis vastly more amusing than being trans
seTyaa from the heart Of the city to crusoe soil
Sg9e
ae train finally arrives and about the time yon
get tna 1t commences raining in torrents It wonld
lsi bea matter Of much consequence II you did
MT saeH discover that what appears to be gut
tes il pouring its contents down your back, and
sahst EtEgle and twist which way you viii you
eagl8ai Keep your skin dry La the midst Of This