Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-14

seven or elgnt DuDuTeu miles, propose
TO indte such ideas of the country as
particularly struck my attention.
The plantations that border on the
Atchafalaya and Teche are rich and
lovely to behold. We have travelled
North, East, South and West, but the
Teche country in Louisiana is certainly
the garden spot of all we have ever seen.
The fertility of its soil, the ease of cult
walton, the value of its productions, its
healthy and salubrious climate, its graz
ing pastures of perpetual green, accessi-
bility to market, its fish and game, its
tropical fruits and its beautiful appear.
ance all combine to impress the stranger
with degree of wonder and admiration.
While seated in q nice boat, enjoying o
pleasant breeze, you observe passenger
step upon his own green yard from the
boat A little to the left you see hum
dreds of cattle, sheep and horses herding
upon the green prairies, with his large
and we'll cultivated sugar plantation in
the distance, and beautiful and pic
turesque cottage residence hid amid o
thick cluster of orange, magnolia and
live oak-his family being seated beneath
his own vine and zig tree. They seat
themselves beneath this lovely shade,
viewing the passing boats, and enjoy the
refreshing breeze waited from lovely
and fragrant flower garden, laden with
perfumes that touch the ollactories with
sense Of delight.
Who could fail to fall in love with such
a country2 These plantations are ca
pable of producing two hogsheads of su-
gar per acre, averaging one hundred and
twenty-five dollars per hogshead, the mo-
lasses paying all expenses incurred in
cultivation.
These lands are worth from fifty to
sixty dollars per acre. but il is difficult
to find any for sale. Many of these fine
plantations are idle because the sugar
houses were nearly all burned down dur
ing the war, and as they cost from ten to
fcrty thousand dollars, very few owners
have been able to build since the war.
All this section Of country, including the
Bayou Boeu1, and extending up Red
river, the farmers are near one month
behind, yet if nothing unforeseen turns
up in the future, fair crop will be made.
There is but little trouble in regard to la
Dor, the negro working well all over the
State, unless near some city or Yankee
regiment. As you near New Iberia,
lands range at from five to twelve dollars
per acre. Several Northern and North
western emigrants have purchased farms,
and almost daily strangers can be seen
in quest of new homes. Thousands of
acres of prairie land, that will produce
one hogshead Of sugar per acre, are of
fered at from eight to ten dollars per acre,
which appears very reasonable. These
people desire to divide their large estates
and sell in small farms to those who ex-
pect to become permanent settlers, and
thousands of acres are now lying idle,
only waiting q more dense population,
which will make this SECTION OF country
rich and independent. One industrious
hand can easily cultivate ten acres Of
this soil, besides raisiug big own neat,
bread and vegetables. His cattle are
raised on the prairie grass without cost,
yielding an abundance Of butter and milk.
How will this compare with the hard
earningg Of thousands of poor men who
are swarming IN and sropnl car a.ties
and towns, and even struggling for the
actual necessaries of life
7 tell you, sirs, there is toe much idle
soil in our Southern country needing cul-
tivation, and too many men ara dragging
out q miserable existence in our cities
and towns, hanging around grog-shops
and street corners, while their children
are at home crying for bread We are
too indolent, toe lazy, even TO look
around end aseertaiH the most lucrative
means of support that are presented in
every direction. Work, and work to the
best advantage; be not afraid of ge-
NAL sun nor fresh air, and there will be
no need Of crying "hard times" For
instance, look in and around your own
beautiful city of Memphis, and how
many idle negroes caH be counted And
how many idle yhites7 How do they
make o support2 Surely not by the
sweat of the brow. Turn them loose
mon the cotton, rice and sugar planta-
tons, and You would soon be blessed
with an abundance of oil necessarles OF
life. The peculiar physiological forma-
ton of the negro RAGE plainly indicates
that Providence intended them for the
hot rays Of tropical sun; hence, they
are the natural and proper ones to labor
in our Southern corn and cotton helds,
and sugar and rice plantations, and he
who attempts to change this state OF at
fairs, is changing Gods natural laws.
Tell me why the negroes skull is twice
as thick as a white man's2 Why the
kinky hair and black skin? The
Almighty had design in all this, and
the Yankee may frnstrate the execution
of the intention, but cannot change an
immutable law. The thick skull and
kinky hair prevents the rapid ponoentra-
ton of heat upon the brain, aud the
black thick skin absorbs heat; all OF
which the better sdapts them for field
service in a Southern climate. But the
idea of their doing sll TIE voting, hold
ing Office and presiding over their former
intelligent masters, is simply preposter-
Gus, outrageous, and antsgouistio to the
laws of God and man, and will soon tot
ter and fall to the ground.
Water must and will seek its level-so
will negro equality. Elect the negro to
the Presidency and he vi still be negro
and black too. You can't change his
color nor his hsbitudes. "
While at New Iberia, our health being
very delicate and requiring repose, we
we're invited to remain until our SKATER
ed nerves and system recaperatsd. Being