The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-06

hope from the impending future, must surely
court despair with the aid of darkness The
respondent spirit Of such persons is rebuked
by a multitude of manifest facts and of un-
questionable differences It's chimeras all
vanish before a candid perusal Of the unequiv-
ocal assurances of nature and Of the authentic
promises Of time. If some Of the causes
which now hamper and depress the prosperity
of this section are beyond the reach of merely
political remedies, there are in the case many
elements Of material recuperation, and of so
cial health and inauguration, which no politi-
cal folly and wickedness can destroy or pre-
vent from final development.
These reflections are forcibly suggested by
the contents of pamphlet just issued by Mr..
]. c. kaufman, chief of the Louisiana bureau
Of immigration, under the title of "Informa-
ton for Immigrants into the State of Louis
iana" great part of the publication is de-
voted to exhibiting the degree in which cir
cular some time published blythe same officer
aroused planters and land owners in the into
rior to the subject of inviting immigrants by
sub-diyiding lands and offering homes on
cheap and convenient terms. The result
of Mr.. Kathman's appeal fully sustains the
opinion expressed by the CRESCENT at the
time, that proprietors would be found eager to
dispose of their lands to settlers from Europe
and from the North, in parcels to suit the occu-
pants, and under arrangements equivalent to
The actual donation Of great part of the
alienated properties. In the preface to the
pamphlet, for example, we read: "a few
letters selected from the mass on file have
been inserted in this pamphlet, simply to
show the character of the different PROPOSE
tons made by reliable and responsible parties
in various portions Of the State. These are
sufficient to show some of the terms and con-
ditions upon which lands may be acquired,
but they by no means exhibit all. Indeed,
there are so many propositions on file with
the bureau that it may be said that immi-
grants can obtain lands of every quality, in
any quantity. and on almost any terms that
could be asked. Not only can information be
given as to the purchase of lands, but as to
where and how the best and cheapest may be
had" There is an equal disposition to Sc
cure skilled laborers for wages by offering all
possible advantages, and such as are nowhere
else attainable; fact to which Mr.. Kathman
briefly adverts when he adds: "But this
bureau is crowded with innumerable applica-
tons from this and other States, for agricul-
turists, horticulturists, vine dressers and wine
makers, stock raisers, mechanics of every
trade, and especially for females for general
house work, such as cooks, washers and IRON
o~- ~ lie r,uroao afo Gao7 v,oos
tons can be secured in perfect healthy locali-
ties for as many immigrants as may choose to
come, in any of the above employments, at
good wages, by the month or by the year, or
by several years"
But the most suggestive and reassuringpor-
lions of the pamphlet are those which refer
to the geography, soil, productions, climate
and health of Louisiana, and of the South
west in general, and compare this region in
respect to all these particulars with the North
west. It is needless to say that the superb
ority of the former is demonstrated, without
distortion OF suppression of any facts essen
tial to fair comparison. One of the chief
reasons which so long kept the tide of Euro
pean immigration, setting across the CONT
nent, from DETECTING towards the Southwest,
was the belief that this section was not suited
to the cereals and other provision crops. But
of late it is discovered, says Mr.. Kathman,
"to the establishment of almost every one,
that no soil on earth can surpass the rich
lands of Louisiana in the production Of grain
and food crops of all kinds" And he is con-
WINGED that our agriculturists shave only to
direct their attention to grain raising to make
Louisiana the greatest grain country in the
world, and the Egypt of America" 1t is a
very noteworthy circumstance that the most
emphatic testimony in support Of these con-
illusions is given by Northern and Western
men. Among such witnesses is Mr.. -,
one of the largest and most intelligent farm
ers in central Illinois, who, passing through
New Orleans, after careful examination of
the Attakapas and Teche country, remarked:
/ have heretofore thought that Central Illinois
ives tie finest farming country in the world.
own lsrge farm there, with improvements equal
TO any in the country. | cultivated about two
thousand acres in small grain this year besides
other crops, but since have seen the ra,he aud
Attskapas country do not see how any mal can
live in illinois. find that | could raise every
thing in Louisiana that can be raised in Illinois,
and that can raise hundred things here which
cannot be raised in Illinois. find the lands easier
worked in Louisiana, infinitely richer and yielding
far more; and with the fsirest climate on earth
and no trouble 70 get 70 market. | shall return
TO Illinois, sell out, and persuade my neighbors to
do the same, snd return to Louisiana TO spend the
remainder Of my days.
Another witness is Judge Kelley, of Penn
sylvania, who, speaking in Illinois and Mis-
souri, after his political tour last year in the
South, told the Western people that ''hence-
forth, insteadof finding a market in the South
for their grain. and beef, and other food
that section viii in futbre not only supply its
own wants, but viii be competitor with the
West for supplying other markets-a compet-
tor, too, having advantages over the West
which win eventually secure its triumph"
An Iowa paper, the Burlington Hawkeye,
Endorsed this prediction Of Judge Kelley, re-
marking:
While the South VIII hereafter raise q certain
quantity of cotton, etc.. it will also grow all the
food 1t needs, and much to spare. II can do this
with ease Its soil is more fertile and ts climate