The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-11
S5NistelIaneons Sel&Gtiuns.
For the Fremont Journal'J
LOUISIANA CORRESPONDENCE.

New IBERIA, La, Oct, 2S, 10.
EDITOR JOURNAL:
As the chilling winds of Autumn
reminds your many readers of the
approach of winter, with its snow
and ice, colds and catarrhs, they will
naturally turn their attention to the
warmer south, with its almost per-
petual summer, where snow and ice
are almost unknown, and where the
roses bloom the year round, the
magnolia, live oake, orange and ia
pan plum wear perpetual green,
and where the orange hangs ripe on
the tree from November to March,
until they are superseded by the
fragrant bloom of another season.
1 promised many of my friends
to write them at my arrival at this
place, concerning the country, its
climate, soil, productions, inhab
itants, political and social condition
&c. 1 have delayed in doing so, up
to the present time, for the reason
that 1 could not write intelligently
until 1 had by actual observation and
experience acquitted the informal
ton which my friends desired. l
have now been here nearly ten
months, and have seen the land of
sugar and cotton, through all its var
led seasons and stages of the growth
of it's great staples. This region
comprising some six parishes /; or
counties is known as the Attakap-
as county. 1t derives its name from
a tribe of Indians who were once
settled upon it as a reservation.
1t is watered almost throughout
its entire length by the Bayou Teche
pronounced Byo Tesh. This
stream together with the Atchafalaya
river connects the Gulf Of Mexico
with the Red River. 1t has no cur
rent excepting in times Of high water
and is very sensibly affected by the
tides of the Gulf, when the water
seems to flow sup stream" 1t is
navigated by steamers Of large capa-
city, and number of very fine YES
sells for both passengers and freight,
ply upon its waters daily, affording
good, but not cheap, facilities for
the transportation OF the products OF
the many beautiful plantations,
which lie along its tortous course.
Some of these vessels unship their
! freight at Brashear City, from
whence it is carried to New Orleans,
] by rail. Others carry their freight
through to the city by way of the
Atchafaiaya, Red, and Mississippi
rivers, the trip by that route taking
about four days, including stopages,
while the route by way of Brashear
CITY takes about twenty hours. We
have by the latter route daily mail
from the City.
The shores Of the Bayou on either
side slope beautifully to the water
and are covered with fine groves OF
sweet gum, live oaks and magnolia,
together with other varieties of trees
common to an Ohio forest. There is
nothing in the north to compare with
these groves for real attractive beau
/ tv, in both summer and winter.
They, or the timber land, only ex-
tend back from the bayou about a
quarter of mile, where it meets q
prairie of unsurpassed beauty .and
productiveness. Here from Berwick s
Bay, to Red River, is the very best
of the sugar producing region. Cot
ton is also grown in abundance, and
on the upper waters of the Teche, is
staple production. One acre ol
land will yield hogshead Of sugar
of 1900 lbs worth last year $l4O
and 60 gals of molasses, worth SOC
per gal. With good cultivation an
acre of land will yield a ball of cot
ton of 500 lbs. New lands, and
lands cultivated to their greatest
productive capacity will yield more
than double these rates. Three
hogsheads of sugar is frequently pro.
duced from an acre of new land, and
each hid will yield two bbs Of
molasses. Forty bushels of corn tc
to the acre is a good yield. No corr
is raised here excepting for home
consumption. Wheat is not raised
here tall. All the -four consumed
in the country is imported from othel
states. Cows yield an abundance
of rich milk, and good butter can be
made with no more labor than it re
Quires in Ohio. But your reader;
will be surprised to learn that more
than one half the people use no but
ter, and that the greater part OF th'
butter used here is imported from
! other States, and all pRrPorts to come
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