The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1868-04-11

The Opelousas Journal Of the 25th ult.,
gives the following interesting sketch Of the
parish of St. Landr; which MI be read with
much saii~factiopfs,-i the pubNo{:
The parish of st. Lsnlsiy Is bounded on
the no -th by the parishes of Rnpides and
Avoyelrs, on the EAST by the last named
parish and the Atchafalaya River. OF the
South by the Bayou Turtle Tail-which
separates 1t from the parishes Of Vermili"n
and St. Martin-aud the Bayou Carrul, and
on the west by tie Mernentau River and
Bayou Nezpiquc.. THESE limits embrace
about sixty five t,svnship--equal to .4O5.
600 acres. 1t will be- seen ,hat the parish
Is mostly surrouadrd by water. giving it
somewhat the ci,iSracter "f An island. This
fact will undoubtedly have great weight
with men Of practical s.'iI>e, especially The
farm-r and stock raiser, with whnm wateriS
uf prianr IMPORTANCE. Besides it's value for
the purposes "f stock raising. ih'r" is the
greater one. if pn>-ihle, of aft riding the
means "f transportation. GA the east are
! the Bavou Cnurtabb.au and the A,cIif.laya
River. cnnnrciing with the Mississippi River
and thence (" New Orleans; and on th
west the Mrrmrntan RIVER opens to US the
ports of Galveston and New Orleans, via
tue Gulf of Mexico.
| Perhaps no inland parish is more hoanti-
fully provided with the means and facilities
reun;rpd 10y the farmer. stock-rai>er and
mechanic. than the parish of St. Landry
whrr. its area and the diversity of it, natu-
raj wealth are taken into consideration.
Our sister parishes (mav they prosper aud
crow.) St. Mary. 81. Martin. aud Verml-
ION. possess as rich sd. and have also
| great advantages for transportation: but
| ,h quantity of. k,nd wiann tne;s borders
>uhj-ct to uvrrhov. and embraced within
th,i limits Of the SEA marsh comprises the
| largest portion If theirarra. leaving com
pi.rariv-ly Smn'tp"rtioa f"r cn!:ishti"n.
the diversity wnich oar parish Prrs.'nf-.
| from ,ilt. hill to Iaa gently un'luiaiiug prai-
rie. from the dense forest to the grand natn
raj meadow. gives fuil scope for the many
tastes and pursuits of man There are locaii
ties too, whrre the >crncfy il beth plsa>ing
and picturr>que. aud whsrs the firr' drni-
II of The city may fad rest aud peace. aud
even solitude. souid they desire ii. Within
the limits thus imprrfrctly described. Their
is r"om for thnu-kuls of families. possessing
intelligence aud. vrrs.d in ali iii. lnt-r i'm
-..ii Ia
high purposes of progress. and VIII" de>ir'.
to elevate their own condition by well
directed aud skiilfal farming operations.
Se will welcome all such with open arms
W. intend giving a full, and precise de-
scriptinn of our parish in future numbers vi
our paper.
The editor falls into the unfortunate error
of Imagining that in order to prove that his
parish is the place tor everybody t" emiGrate
t., he must call attention to some defects
in the nrighhoriag parishes. He Is like a
man who hats a farm to sell and thinks IT
necessary to cal. aiten. ion to the defects Of
his neig ghbors' farms.
The editor of the Journal is reminded
that though portions of St. Martin and ST.
Mary are liable to overflow when Grand
L-yee breaks. th.y have not suffered to any
great extent only twice for half century
Besides, by far il. larger portion of these
parishes. and Ftlr most desirable portions.
have not been Nerf WED since Louisiana
was settled by white men. and never will
! be; and there is enough # lani in e,rh OF
these parishes abtvr all uveriows to accom-
moda,e farming population of fifty thou
sand. and rice even can be cultivated on
the lands subject to overflow.
We accept all that our neighbor has said
of St. Landry. b,t we strongly ohject.to lis
ungen-rous com arison against neighb"ri"e
parishes. These parishes are all OF them
fuil of innate meiit. One may excel in one
thing, and another in other respects. Some
emis rants will like St. Mary best. others st
Martin. others St. Landry and the same
of V-rmilion and Lafayette. So we ask ou'
neighbnr to be just and even generous
Build up. but don't attempt to tear down
~
i WASHrvGruN fi.vINu AND THE tRENCf
EMPRESS MIR. John E>ten Cook, IN al
article in Southern Society. drscrIh'S w Wash
ing;on Isvi,. as once saying tn him ut th'
present Empress pf the French: 'What ;
strange world this is! knew the Empires
when she was u chi'd-iittie Easrnie d.
Monliiu-and have often had her oh n'
knee in Madrid. Her father was the C"un
de T ha: when his brother died he took tn
name If MONTH" Afterwards saw Eug"ni
gain. Sh.. was fac. Iashing girl. with
hrautiful fisure. and fine bust and shoulder.
She used to appear at the balls in Spain II
the character "f a female mousquetaire,
W in Washington lately. and Caid-r,n-
knew him we'll in Spain-Said: 'G""
heavens, Irving. Just to think ! Litti
, Eugenie Montijo Empress-hump hump
, hump"
CRIMEsIv TExAs.-Bianc" county. Texas
where there is total registration "f on
hundred and twenty voters. of whom "ni
eight are c"lnred, has the following crIni'i'
! record since June 1856. according TO th
. return nf the District Clerk: Eighty thrt
J indictments fo murder. five for assault Wit
, ia,rnt in Kill. twenty for robbery. twrnty
z seven for theft of stack. aud a proportional
!. nnmh.r for Other crimes. That justice
sure. is shown by the i-p"-al "f the m"rd'
!. cases, as follows: Ten acquitted. forty"
d indictments quashed. thirty rcontin' e
r for service. two diSIni <>rd-tuta', eighty
: three. The paper which cpmia'ns tllrs
2 statistics remarks TINT - the number of Inll
: ders pr,ahabiy accounts for the small resi'
tration Of VOTERS
u CURE FOR WEAK AND INFLaMED Eye
# Take a lump Of alum the size OF a walnu
il pound it and poar it into IA jug; boil "r
quart of spring water. and pour it into II
It jug boiling; put plate over it I" keep
| the steam, let it stand few hours. the
y bottle it and add one drachm Of sul?hate
). zinc.