The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-23

brave, beat high with hope; . gallant
people crushed, yet noble. regard you,
| governor. You use the words we" and " our
State" See to 1t, then, that your acts belize NOT
| your words You have seen our country, and you
| know its suferings and ITS need. Lift up your
| voice then and summon immigration. Let your
4 policy show forth the sentiments you express.
/ Proclaim our invitation to the men OF the Norsu
| and of the West. Tell the people OF New Eng
| land. New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio that We
| bid them make their homes with rs. Tell them
| there il room for s s0d bid them help US build mp
| our fallen State. Let us hear no more from you
| of Ku.Klux bugbears and phantom K. W. C's.
Deny the base calumny that loyal liues are unsafe
| in our midst for well you know that We welcome
| gladly those who are friendly and aveDge only
| outrage and oppression.
| az we thought over the events Of the day. Mean
| time our little boat sped on-past Pattersonvie,
past Centeryille, and now we are ct Franklin, the
| county seat of St. Mary's parish. We take on our
hats TO you, gallant little town, as We cast loose
| and resume our way. A few hundred yards above
| the town stands Dennetts house. As we pass II
the following episode occurs: zen. Aver to GOV:
Wsrmoth-" Governor. there's Dement'S castle J"
Governor replies" Yes? Well. bennett Is from
Maine himself, and be denounces carpetbsggers
and abuses me roundly. he even says. that 1
ought to be hung" General Aver, with his pecu'
liar bluff manner and anger disarming chuckle-
"Weli. governor: there's many q WORD meant mats
spoken In jest.n The point of the joke is that
General Aver himself comes from Chicago. A
few miles further on we come to Judge Simons'
old place now owned and cultivated to considerable
profit by Messrs. Walker and Bronson OF Illinois:
Here we stop awhile. and at the invitation OF
these gentlemen step ashore 70 partake OF col
laton. During the repast, as the sparkling cham
payne being freely partaken OF, another little
amusing passage of wit took place. Gov. war
moth, spying on an adjacent table q Northern
periodical, took 1t up and remarked. as he pointed
10 one of the illusrstions, That is the apron o,
aaf1 hotfu .Kf Inv do T01I
know ~ said the governor. why, | belong to
'em, - said the general. Everybody in this coun
try belongs TO 'em. had TO join 'em or couldn't
live here" why" asked Wsrmoth. 'how on
all that's required Is for man to be schite." The
governor vainly ersayed to turn the laugh thus
raised at his expense by saying, ats mystery
how you got in then, general"
On Board Again.
few miles further up we pass the Louisiana
Colored Orphan Asylum. established under the
auspices OF the Methodist Church North. At
present there are about one hundred inmates.
Connected and belonging to the asylum there are
about two thousand acres of land, which is partly
under cultivation. The location is eligible in the
extreme, and is regarded by every enlightened.
intelligent resident on the Teche productive of
great good. and is warmly supported by them.
Though of iDcslculabe benefit and most merito-
rious institution, we cannot but contrast the sp-
preparation of SIS 900 by our late Legislature
with their failure to extend any such aid to the
city ssylums. But they are white, yon know.
Clarendon
is next passed. This is merely q landing, where
postofhce has been established. and in conse-
quence thereof store or two brought into ex-
isieDce. Next JeanDeret's, 10 which the same
description will apply. How is it, we inquire of
Mr.. Ailsrd, the courteous clerk Of the little boat,
that all Of the towns and postofices are located
on the same side of the bayou? So he explains
that the right bank is and always has been secure
from inuDdstion, while the left bank is ocoa-
sionaily affected by backwater.
So We glide along, turning from our Prov the
tuIgid waters of the big lagoon, changing the
dark, still surface into thousand leaping waves.
that dance with the stars and catch q fringe Of
gold from heavens myriad lamps.
New iberia
IL reached ct 5 O'Clock Sunday morning. Coo
and quiet the little town appears this Sabbath
morn. The rays of the rising sun are just she'd
ding golden gories round the tsperng minister's
Of three little churches. Breakfast Is soon dis
patched, and under the guardianship of the indie
fatigsble Capt. Topper, our entire party, some
twenty in number, start for
Avery Island
Quite an imposing cRvalcade we make with our
two ambulances and nine buggies. The distance
to the island is 81 miles. The road, after passing
through seven miles Of prairie lands, ends In a
marsh two miles in width, which is trsversed by a
plank road. AS go through the prairie land
several ns pIahtatons, 6sronaI ia their extent
The plantations all 10 cultivation, partly cot.
ton. partly cane. Corn Is already planted, and
abundant crops are confidently looked forward to.
We are told that game is abundant, and indeed
meet evidence of IL in numbers of larks and
focks of smaller birds. The sluices, marshes and
lsgoons with which the prairie surface is dotted,
10 proper season, abound In duck and water fowl
of various species. The plank road by which sc-
cess is gained to the Island is of recent construc.
ton, having been built during the late war to &C.
commodate the salt transportation. But before
going any further, let US describe the island Of
Petit Anse.
Situated in iberia parish, longitude 81 degrees
81 minutes west Greenwich, and latitude 20 de-
grees So minutes north, the island is miles north
Of Vermillion bay, and miles on an air hne south
of New Iberia. Its area IL 2240 arpents, or about
square miles; 1900 arpenis are under cultiva-
ton, the remainder being woodland, pasture,
roads, etc. A luxurlant growth of forest trees,
consisting of magnolia, live oak, gun, maple,
blackberry, black walnut and cypress, covers
portion OF the island. The surface CONFEDERATION,
varied by hills and valleys, ponds and forests, ana
cultivated fields, presents an appearance extreme.
ly picturesque. The soil is fertile, producing
from two 10 three hogsheads OF sugar TO the acre.
Cotton can also be cultivated to great advantage,
and corn of course. Oranges and other fruits are
here grown, and also vegetables of every kind.
Three crops OF certain kinds of vegetables are an
nualy raised. springs do not greatly
abound, and the wells that have been
dug, as they derive their supply of water
from surface percolstion, run dry at certain sea-
sons of the year. The main supply OF water,
therefore, is derived from cisterns. The tempera.
ture Is mild and uniform, thermometrcal observa.
tons showing the maximum to be 80 to 50 de.
grees Fahrenheit, and the minimum 10 degrees
Fahrenheit. The peculiar features of the forma-
ton OF Petit Anse Island are l. The occurrence
Of superficial strata entirely different from the
delta clay. 2. The occurrence of rock salt as an
underlying deposit. With the frat of these two
features we do not propose to deal, merely haz
srding the suggestion that, being cast up by vol
caDic action, the general elevation and gradual
slope of the terrain has preserved the hills from
denudstion. With the second feature wado pro-
pose to deal, however, and begin rather IN naedids
res at the
MineE,
which are now being worked by Mr.. @. P. Chou
teau and General Thos. l.. Price, of st. Lonis, I'M
der ten years lease from Judge D. d. Avery, the
owner of the island. Guided by Mr.. Pierre Chou
teau descend the pit till we reach the salt bed
and the mouth of the main shaft. The main shaft.
down which We are gazing, Is six feet by four,
and depth has been reached of twenty-one feet.
II is proposed TO mine to the depth of fifty feet
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