Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-15
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


ldohI charms rather than OF that material
istic interest suited to newspaper reading
= you'd scarce expect me to Scafe up any
i thing bordering on the now or startling
; in this quarter.
From the window near which / an
seated, cast my eyes abroad, and like Oh
whose scope of vision is uncontrolled b.
any 'pent up Utica" take in at almost
single view the whole boundless A0,azo7a
(not "contincnt,' as the poet has it, tn,
broad acres between interpreted will
fields and meadows dotted over with evi.
denccs of vegetable and animal life, re.
leved on the one hand by a background
OF tail encircling forest trees; on the othe,
by the inter jacent father of waters" and
beyond the opposite shore, toward the re
glon Of sunset, again the forest primeval'
Ever and anon steal upon the ear, tn
p aintive notes of the turtle dove, the
sharp responsive whistlings of the par
fridge and the genial warblings of various
others Of the wild feathery tribes, broken
Gus and familiar sounds Proceeding from
the pou l.ry yards and green pastures.
70 one who, like me, has been so long
unused to rurnllze I'D lJituns and ad iafni
tim amid the summer charms of country
life, such scenes as here surround me, are {,
you may readily conceive, suggestive of
much welcome repose for the body and
respite for the mind.
In this rs in m?ny another neighbour
hood in the Mississippi Valley, one meets
ut every turn, the vestiges only that re-
main Of what, in better days, were proud
monuments Of luxury, wealth and cviiza-
ton, or the less pretcntiuus shrines of
humble competence and ease Journeyirp.
us - my wont occasionally, for miles in
either direction along the coast, the vision
is saddencd by the numerous traces which
appear Of extinct grandeur and prosperity,
calling wildly to mind the graphic de
scriptons given by Goldsmith in his
deserted Village" of departed glories.
Or, what is, in view of these fading me
morals, perhaps still more pertinent and
forcible, the pastoral imageries Of Long
fellows 'Evangeline," in which many an
"over true talen Of Acadian wrongs, per
seenions and sufferings is depicted, rise
up and overwh, I'm the soul with Il real
iztng sense Of the mutations "lootprints
IN the sands of Time" characterize
all that Is of "earth earthly"
Family mansions dilapidated and urten-
anted, in the midst Of what were once trim
gardens now turned ont and overgrown |
wlth wild weeds, grass and underbrush: |
stately sugar houses, com table cabins,
spacious outhouses, neat tences-all con-
si6ucd to desolation and decay-these are
the chef features which 60 to make up the
PICTURES OF ruin which greet the eve along
THO French Coast- Traditional relics and
landmarks Of bygone period when that
CoAst was in It's bloom and prosperity.
And whore are the once opulent possessors
OF the many fine estates now abandoned
and where the hearts that brealhed be-
meath yon lowly tcnements, once the
peaceful and happy abodes of the honest,
hearted descendants Of the AGA
dams.
We" whose lives glided on like rivers that water
the wOr daudsi
aete ara ii, re pleasant farms and the farmers
forever departed
Death and the grave have claimed their
1 hu pf ha vi NJ l. |
leaIt hetvy blows on the scattered bands
hat survive, and everything is changed
History, always repeating itself, has
1licd It's busy hand IN this quarter, travel.
this time outside its more accustomed
lauhts IN antique lands to "cry havoc and
ct slip the dogs of war;" and leaving in
ls tram sad sequences to mark its mission
n the arrestation and demolition of it's
'wn fair fabrics in its former paths OF
'rogreSs and improvement.
But, truce to norulzing. A few more
words on other topics, and have done
uch Of the planters here who are essaying
0 rccupcrate under difficulties, are, as in
NV pan 70 ~ ei-S SIaLC, III uIedu OF the ! ,
otton worm, which has m ade its appear
nee on some of the plantations. When .,
first came here, ten days ago, the cotton
rop was suffering for the want of rain ,
mt, for about week now, there has been
ally showers to benefit the plant, as also I
he cane The stands of cotton cane and ,
orn | notice are generally uneven and
very thin. AS tho cane has i
his month and the next to grow in. ,
air proportionate yield Is expected. The
orn crop is, tor the most part, made, and
. the plnce Of DR.. L. Dupuy, W here am
he yield is large and abundant. This re- .
mark will not apply to numerous other
laces | have seen in this vicinity, where
luch OF the corn is yet unmatured and =
ooks small, salow and altogether I'M Q
The task of cultivation being |
yer for the season, fodder saving is now L
he principal work going on. A scarcity t