New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-11-05
Our Young Men



An old and esteemed friend has placed at our
disposal couple of letters received from two of
his sons, who are planting in Rapides parish He
points with just sense of pride to those sons who
have started out into the world with little other
capital than that derived from an honest name,
and native will and ambition to overcome diff
culties and carve out their own road to fortune.
Their efforts, will be seen from extracts taken
from their letters, which we publish below, have
been attended with proud success They have
set an example which, it is to be hoped, will be
extensively emulated by many others of their day
and generation. The young gentlemen referred
to, we may as well state, are the sons Of Mr..
Moses l.. Meeker, of this parish They went to
Rapides last fall and set about getting place, A
which they succeeded in doing, and at once com
menced cultiyating cotton, corn and sugar. Sick
ness and other obstacles being overcome, they
have managed to realize pretty fair crops, and to
establish more promising basis for their next
years operations. Says one of them (Joseph),
writing under date of October 18th:
We are very busy now preparatory to grind
ing are pulling corn and picking cotton; will
finish both tomorrow. Will commence putting
down seed cane on Monday, and expect to put
down enough 10 plant $50 acres, think we will
start the mill on Monday week. Mr.. Compton
has been grinding all this week. Cane is very
green, but is yielding more sugar than was antci-
pated. l think Sam will make about one hundred
and twenty or forty hogsheads, and twenty-seven
or twenty eight bales of cotton; but expenses are
quite high. Major G. started for the city yester-
day to make arrangements for Sam, with a mer-
chant who is willing to advance for US. We have
not closed with the major yet, but 1t Is about set
tled. unf depts VIII amount W a ~ %-o,ooV
before the year Is over, put We WI MoEh On a
margin Of about szV,VVo, sI0Hld Lne neAt proEe d
tolerably good crop year. The major Is very Kind
ana uses ms mnHenGe " oul lalot, aIu sg;l9 ~
The other son (SamneI) writes IN substance 1fe
PREY oG t t sn II aisn ,ao ahnnt g06
Ins6pis Of corr. and tb9t thew would have made
seventy or eighty bales of cotton but for the raw
ages Of the worm also, maj the cane Is tatnei
snoft because o. y" III AIuSy ds
brothers nave haas Iieif GItIe croP VIII smeltS
seven "oLhtS an,i' al0 a." W "olh,,S r9h
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