, 1869-04-06

houses, machiue1y, etc, they paid 3i3a6o9 cash.
and 1t Is ono Of the resJ nness Sugar
Plantations In LoulsianA- Hr. Bronson
OWLS q separate plantation Of 1900 ac.es
twenty miles farther up the haJou- Walker 4
Bronson have Just got their plantations into Euod
working oI1eE. They hare sod from the crop Of
1853 on The homestead place ~ hossheata, Of
frum which they rra1zed ~, ,ooa. Tho peudocs Of
the upper plantation caine to $50 90. But this
lss, a.y ;n9S 1ca adss 5ts Ct
Rzusing. On the home place there are l,10e acres
In cane now coming up from which tbs nr1u ex-
pect to make ECO hogsheals Of sugar and aaoo
brfs Of mosasseA II present p1tecs saal continue,
tais crop Will Sell for considerably more than
800 go but allowing for contingencies, theJ hare
pretty saie thing 2n quarter OF million Of dol
ing but tleo,UN! After 1eductlng ali expenses for
new implements and eoet Of living. they will MAKE
more than the price raia lo1 Tie land, and these
ne the gains from single crop Next year
they expect to plant Sill more Largely. They
c0 extra ones during the suga1-bollng season-
The Naga paid arc rs 70 Se0 per month for men,
aud 10 to SIS for women. Tho tattet are mostly
piled with I'VE pounds Of pork and peck Of corn
meal per weeE7 cabin and garden patch flee Of
rent and na n .e Il SS aod Thar L.
everything else they need as the aapur ptsco ~
charged hv the Btorts II the county seat The
boiisns ame shey .o1t ii ntRht and s.e paid exssa
What is hete said Of the Iay and extras Of Walker
i Bronson b laburrrn apply 70 al The Plantations
yatlIpQ customs Of The suea,-growtnX dlststcta4
paying inst the Esme ~ otherh
In addition to sagar cane the arm grow NJ the
corn required for their labutcrs and their families
and for the support Of their work animals consist
Ing Of mnlea and oxen In fact they grew enough
eon ~ 70 19P5 them es hi; a
bushels TeT acre. ...
From New orleans to berwick Bay the railroad
sus q III,
traorss1J fertility, Is subject to occasional over
now4. which ruins the c1up aud sometimes the
Glssisstppi through she R.5on L. Fourcne, Pis-
quin1tne, and the Aanchac, Is the cause OF these
destructive inundations Of dozen Of the best
provided means for the opening Of tne Plaqnlln!no
s7ses ns,es loss asns a' sa ass Sns
ossani1ed o EFFORT Is being male tor the protection
against Overflow Of these Heb and Productive sac
charine plantations. The Teche country Is rarely
shaa along The Mississippi, and il Is 80 f4T west Of
the river AAs d not Rhcetcd over hy the surplus
waters which the banks Of tho Mississippi cannot
1ho'e slate M Of Louisiana Ii q alaSia form ma ailon
aud A level "a IN Illinois prairie, only few feet
higher than the surface Of the Mississippi, and
outlets which 10 thousands Of places sprea.i into
lakes aud suaups, the latter covered VIII 1.is<.
bic eyhress timber Iecae- AAc,7 c:E7, i a deep,
ss.:s7fow stream Eavlgabe for 1au miles Or more,
With the auend Like On its northeast alde, and
several hays Of the Gulf on the est side 1t
runs through ht rciy garden Of she state 10 every
respect The lsnt. ~ before renasskst, ese.
yated alose oss1nov az 20 ie'sne almoss mo-
IN cane that produced more than a toa
sSE zD last 1s5 SsaF 5s.a pss :araoa sa ins
And yet II Is such land as this whlch yields ovops
Of sugar worth run $eco to $500 per acre that Is
sF boE :. o g. z ~ e RI s1ssf eaSss @
I negro huuses and other unprora raments on these
places cost double "a much Al the estates Bell for
dues 80 hos.aeads oi sngar wosth s:o, 90, on tae
banks OF the Teens, be purchased for t,AHH to
$4,000, II Is not tccause the country II tnsalu.
The people ali 1ook robust and hearty, and
our Illinois cofon!A,s down here Are as rncHed AMI
| ruddy u moanta!neers- It Il NOT because the
| would murder a1J Northern man venturin8 upon
thelT sacred soil. On Tic contrary, they At per
feetlJ tamet, conquered md snlsiusI: snI hare ne
llere thai one soutaeTner can whip i've Northern
era and begin to doubt whether be can csen y hi
one r.! q s . T. r
ed and loyal 70 the Union TneJ e1press the "
most tsisndl!nesa fur al SoHasfn reopl.
af,er otace and plnnder The trouble is that tht
planters are all heavily In debt, and their tive
dllApidaic4a-in many Cases the sugar house4
| were destroyed by tho contend!n4 atmies-ine]
| are unable to oorTow money. Tor nobody has an
TO lend, either to lit noftRsTea Or 70 pnschsss
| mules. carts, cane seed, Implements, tu2aT ma
| chinefy, or 10 buy food for. and raJ wages 10
their wosnnen They .er. ne.Ety @ a.! IN asbs @ BE-
which the New Orieani bankrrs. bEpktn ant
commission merchants bad made adraacss
ns ss se eas a. 70 na nesn oos o y Il ~
cragc, xl,oSD-neld hands and breeding wpme1
twtee Or thrice that azoant The planser,
s"aa nss sp,ne TT eDeasn Of sae@ II IL Itsa p!sa
until be hsa bought 90 mo!s, and taea :.
wanted mu9e sAnd In uHdsr to furnsh more Nofi
planters made ii = rule to oEscounta a crop IN ad
nd od a earss 'naa sn
The xar came aud found them u III
condition They plunGcd nadly into sne REBELLION
Ftnt vSst mons, he; nad sea " Cd snsr e
nnd ,uycsted tho proceeds In Confederate bond
md in eqrtpr1ng Tehel soldiers. Their horss.
e9sis re sa aSsn o se q. IL
tte emancipation rr,ssamasos9 .os eompessI ~
every pa1t q The eaant7: ne alle bodied nesn,e
ngatnst their lase ma5l<rA The -
eodsa = las' sne contlerse{ ~ss SSxn ~ "s
rtsEtattons we're stripped baEc: the nelts wer
cro~ over NTH grass; the Busasul!t1s were eitne
mosus sned q % 81 Gpplsd; I'D 10 asd 10 sacr MI
! erie. thctr estates wrrc covered over With ant
I var rencumbsaooes-thry were deeply In d<hx, an
,nsit lan.it Inousands q, ,hese sugar plantation
+ In IDu151nA hare been odegcd At Sacr1n
: and Aarshals sale 4 Large portion hare bet
. ! ta1en tne benens II the Bankrupt law. Plantel
who accounted themselves xnrih, before the \
tcll.on, half milton, have surrendered thetr {
rates aud paid leas ttan atty eeuta On the dela
comfne up the Techt Nr. Bronson and the She
ii Of the county rofateJ oot to ne doEs
peaC1tc( plantations for sale on either SIDE OF Il
, r7yes, Il rrsces thAt wete rerftc1l. A,sou,snin
I Tne owrerx were s,ul under ouzdcn Of debt Il
m rsn9ssd n ~. nv 9tnsi ~ III! saan
The tspaa on single e9or q saEE cane =
: pay (or p.oEta1lou, Hhich ma! ne purchased
Any direction Tnese shaaees IN eeass s.H,n ws,n IA
. come IN and pix up lands, Witch HH n<tsI aga
: be ode1rd q. present prices, aod mso1 OF tnc .
c .ntsus to "make quarter cscp las1 !e1r .ai
/ hau crop thts year. and henceforth they will
. ID their legs. It dvo tate caaa1 Ac.es VI cane
: eiesr,d ct iSc escum6:.nce nov resting oa the
e esta3cs, they will never be erca1nhcsea a1aln y
q ! twenty, my OF hundred thousand dollars Of =
, VII &c employed 10 io1Eurc, fer!liIe aat ado
! tic rlzcc. Already lasot-sar!ns tnacnlnef{ =.
( ! Improved methods Of euRlF1odo Ae nelnR loSl
luce.i whereby human 1aoo: Is 1Aue tnos- ps
d duc1tvc.
u ra;tpa xu convinced thai there u no pat q Sus
= Amcrrc& IN h,ca Intelligent esfesn o. Easse
+ Iasncs can make Il much uaone! xiA ~
= Atnouut Of cspttsl And lsbuG a. IN this Teche d
tytct, Ct, more e1.enkvely speaking, IN the Atta
aIas pronounced Tutk-srpawl eounu!. LET b
a dozen farmers c.Hne nfse !, soSet*ss aau pt
,e IN r1urorticn 10 thrtr means each pAy!nE nve
A 81 fhcnkand dcl.aEs and grsetTiaE As much ne
- 10 erect buildtrgs put up xnnu little care MI
FSIse,as mep,s I'D aae proytsaoas s00 an.n tsey
,ae S result: VIII sacce msn san purchase s.y.
y acrrs of cleared cane lanu &nd 1o1 scres Of TINT
az otheT na1s In cutu r1end q 100 to faooo on
= rruvencnts, ssoel, living and la'ps-1rnS. s;
twu negro families In addition 70 the help Of
T. own fanny. The production ~ y. % 70 = nn az
J. r,al:td tk<r e9A: to txxlre - asGaa a.adra
. tthe1 wo7I. the farmer viii get hscE what he p
ID tor tLe lant frcm the r1.t Ior 4 ho
heal Of Of s'sss5 Is >. =, se'?Is Tesae ps0'is i
pr o. o. fort, Sa,nel. 81 81 corn N nuuo.s md sea
1t sucar a easiiy a. stI,y bushels 70 the acre WIN
< wtth he molaSses. readily ssns TOY ~ ne =
- ica @ ae.rs of canc: but, Is lnao!s ias1ers wo
one WhiIe usn can TAKE care q o. "taske -
1e ia called here, fifteen 70 E. enH hCeA nAua
pse r. End: com nd 0e es.os e g sasss esae
A. AfIef tho ane kla1k Is laid doEn. !hls !e
+ tWo c1urs vii SToH from me Aunnte "11aS u
:. rhnied la dItus instead Of hu.s-and re7nl
=, ataaf the karne amount Of c1iuvs'ton- II
~ hzsaer To cus 1t on and h9ni % NE cane :
than to cut up en1u ana toe aoot ot nu.AS =. X
!. ! siized n haldlJ eas-teasA psrt ~ sre*1 I