The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-21
LOUISIANA SUGAR AND COTTON CROPS.
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INV OnRAEs. Jan. II, 1851.
gentleman, who has been travelling extsDmvely
through STATE gives the following interesting tsns
70 The pabssc:-
respecting the prsssnt condition Of the parishes Of A.
csnsioD, Assumption, Lafourche and TerreboDne. A.
sumption comprises . portion Of the country lying on
both sides OF the river extending both sdes Of the
IAfourchs the line Of the parish OF Assumption. and
on the opposite side from Donadsonvile 10 the line Of
prisnr that portion Of country known rs New River
This parish formerly produced large crops OF suearand
perhaps e msen az any ~ o. a 1e
the fact that the planters bad all the necessary ma.
chiuery and labor for the proper working Of the
Quality This parish made little cotton, nearly her
whole product being In 1865 the production Of
sc. oasss and Sss Of me Of
1850 will probably be 600 hogsheads Of sug IL 900 OF
molasses, with about 500 bales OF cotton large crop
Of will be planted the present year. many persons
having ell their for the purpose OF preparing
for large CROP like all portions OF the country the
planting interest Of this locality " much impoverished
again without the aid OF capital which hard TO procure
from the fact that the land heavily encumeered with
old obligations, which keeps capitalists from
investing for the purpose OF raising crops Donald
sonviie the parish site and the only town o. Ascen
SION formerly handsome town, containing, per-
haps three thousand inhabitants the ravsges OF
fen heavy upon IL. Nearly the whole town burned,
together with the court house y = true that come e
OF the buildings shantes, inhabited by freed
mon. From present indications II does not proba-
BILE that the place viii soon regain her former prosperity
Unless this place. together with many other towns BE-
the locality OF manufactures Of different kinds
thcy cannot improve much less yield subsistence 10 the
going down 70 Iafourche, we come 70 the parish OF
Iafourche, comprising strip Of country lying on both
sides OF said bayou extending 70 the Gulf Of Mexco,
distance Of about hundred miles, eighty NJ which 10
levced, and formerly in high state OF cult
centrNied more wealth in slaves in the production
OF sugar than In any other portion OF the state
experience has proved that under the present system OF
labor, working In large bodies has proved TO Be i'm
practicable that those who have worked from ten 70
making nothing have less Than those who have worked
upon large scale fAfourche viii probably produce for
1893 5000 nhss Of suesr psrnaDs more ard a. small
1867 be favorable and labor be procured this parish will
make large crop The parish OF rcrebonne lies south
west OF Lafonrche and extends TO the waters Of the GUT
Of Mexico The crop Of the past about 5000
hogbeads Of sugar and perhaps 900 bsee Of cotton
II IL anticipated tina, full crop OF sugar u be made
the present year large qnsnuty o. cane mas been
have had 10 cultivate their own small tracts az land
have made money during the last three years than
IN former periods Of their lives Many o. thc with no
labor but themselves and members Of the family have
made fifteen to twenty hales OF cotton. Finally, ~
contradiction Of all the stories propaRsed about the hog
iy OF the Southern people towards tho Northern mon
who reside here, I cite one instance brought 10
my knowledge In rcrrebonne. There resides here q
Captain -, from the North, who first entered In the
Union army an oficer in wilson's New York zouaves,
from thence the staff Of Butler and finally upon the
stan OF General Banks as Captain Of his body guard
from which position he resigned and went into mercan
tile pursuits Terrebonne This gentleman s no rsd
CAL and appears 10 be clever gentleman but the idea
struck that his military services rendered under
oficers that would sve him but little favor 10 the people
Of the State But 20 long ss he conducts himself ~
gentleman no person viii modest him or a. many more
a. will with the view OF aiding people IN de-
veoping the vast resources Of our State.