New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-22


/ FOUR SUPERIOR TRACTS OF LAND;
BAYOU BARATARIA. IN THE PARISH O.
| JEFFERSON.
A MAGNIFICENT SUGAR ESTATE,
IN the matter of Edgar Drouet, administrator G
| the succession of Edmond Drouet and wife
Va Alexis Drouet ct al, heirs
| Of b. Drouet and wife.
FOR A PARTITION.
at PUBLIC AUCTION, WITHOUT RESERVE
on FEBRUARY :. 1874.
Second judicia, District Court fo' the Parish o
Je1ersOn-NO. 4O1i.
RY NASH 4 HOnGsON-w. T. HoDG
stlsstNon SATURDAY Fsbrna1S s7t af 1%ey
O'Clock NJ, at the st. Charles Auction Exchange il
the basement rotunda OF the st. Charles Hotel il
| of the Hon Don A. Parlee, Judge of the Second
Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson
dated December ID, 1873 court docket No. 4O74, il
the matter of Edgar Drouet, administrator of thu
succession OF Edmond DrOuet and wife Vs. Alexis
Drouet ct al. heirs of J. B. Drouet and wife for !
partition, at public auction will be sold the fol
VERY VALUABLE SUGAR PLANTATION
Lands, Stock. Agricultural Implements. etc.
Description Of Sugar Plantation:
Ia SUGAR PLANTATION situated on Chs
! left bank of the Bayou Ouatcha and Dupont OF
the Grand Isle of Barata1is, I'M the parish of JET
and % feet. Said plantation being composed Of
| the following lots:
First-A, TRACT OF LAND, having a front Of a
league and a half Oh the Grand Isle OF Barataria
| said tract, commencing on the Bayou aux Oies ex
| tending TO the Bayou La POinte, or Dupont with
the reservation of tract of land commencing from
| the point OF the BAYOU Dies. eHfnndlpp n
| cOulee, upon which was the house of DOminisus
! Perrin ana is the same property purchased by J.
B. and y Drouet from FrancOisSRigant, per act be-
fore L. F. Cairo. late notary public, the twelfth
of October, 1929 said tract OF land being more &C.
curstely and further described plan BY Charles
| de Armas, deputy surveyor general, dated Septem
Der 80, 1859 as the lot of ground comprised within
the letters A. B, C, D, E, F. and A. on said plat,
with the further reservation of a tract Of land
situated at tie upper extremity of said tract A,
B. c, D. E, F, and A, measuring three arpents
closing in the rear and designated on said plan. as
claimed by the heirs of Pizani.
SecoRd-Of the following sections and parts of
sections sold with said plantation, to wit:
Fractional sections twenty three and twenty.
six, west half OF the northwest quarter of sec.
ton twenty-five, west half of the southwest
quarter OF section twenty-five, and the fractional
west half of section thirtysix all in township six
teen south, range twenty-three east, west of the
Mississippi river in the southeastern land district OF
Louisiana, purchased from the government, Feb
ruary 49, 1915. and with the above descrsed tract
lhird-A tract of land, situated in the district OF
Barataria, in the parish of jefferson, measuring
twenty arpents, more or less, front on the Bayou
Barataria or Ouatcha, with all the depth that may
thereuntO belong, which Is about two leagues:
said property is bounded above by lands formerly
belonging to Francois TisOpherRe BOutte below
by lands formerly belonging to Victor Coulon, and
n the rear by Bayou PurOt or PerO, said tract con-
tanning about 1869 arpents, more or less acquired
from the Messrs. st. Pc by act passed before
Charles BOudousquie, notary public, June a. l845,
the total area of sugar plantation 4O37 arpents coo
teses, moro or less.
There is on the plantation sufficient cane
n ron oil Oh nancG
stubbles.
the best in the State and have nearly always av-
eraged over hOgshead of sugar to the acre, and
the superior woodlands can not be surpassed in
will be sold in lot and the improvements on the
same consist of good sugarhouse with open ket.
very recently placed at an expense of over SD.
900, all in good working order, with extensive
barns, stables and necessary outhouses good
quarters for over 100 hands and two cOmmodiOus
residences with all their dependencies.
With the above plantation will be sold the fol-
lowing described live stock, wood, agricultural i'm
pemeLts and movable effects, to wit: Forty seven
mules, six oxen, three bulls, twenty three milch
cows, thirty-nine yearlings and calves, nine large
carts, four small carts, one stable cart. eleven
double plows eight single pOws, five large four
mule pOws, six wheelbarrows, one foe, thirty
three leather collars, thirty-three pairs names,
thirtythree brides, twenty pairs traces nine sad.
dies and breechings hfty-fve cane knives thirty,
tive hoes eighteen shovels eighteen spades, eev-
thirty-two empty hogsheads. one barrel of sui.
phur all more or less.
Description Of the lands-separate from the sugar
plantation:
PORTION ONE.
2. tract Of land, situated in the parish OF JEFF
fersOn in this state, on the island of Barataria,
less On the Bayou Barataria or 0uatcha and OK. |
tending through the said island and fronting OIL |
the Bayou Pe1o being desgns9ed by the number
Surveyor General of the United States for Louis.
lana, deposited in the office of Edward Barnett, /
cial area of I4lO arpents, more or less. Purchased
from the succession of John McDonogh on the |
fifth Of April. 1889. by act before said Edward |
Barnett.
PORTION TWO.
3. A tract Of land, situated in the same parish !
between the Grand COuee and Bayou Rigolet !
Petit COteau) in township sixteen south. range
twenty.three east. having An area of about 5l4 |
arDens 3i5 toses, said tract being composed of the
sections and parts of sections: Fractional
thirty five; fractional southwest quarter Of north
east quarter of section thirty five; the west half
Of southeast quarter of section thirty-fve, and
east half of southeast quarter of section
thirty five, township sixteen south range twenty
three east west of the Mississippi river and north
west fraction of east half Of section two, and |
north fraction of east half of west half of section
two in township seventeen SOUTH range twenty. |
three east and also that part of section six lying
IS. 1889 and deposited in the Office of Charles T.
succession of John Mcbonogh, June j, 1860, BY act
before said Charles E. Fortier, notary public.
PORTION THREE.
Z. tract of land known as the Grand Coteau.
situated between the Grand Coulee and BAYOU Du.
pont in township seventeen south, range twenty.
three east, in the parish OF Jefferson, having an /
area OF about 2725 arpents 480 tOises said tract |
being composed of the following sections and parts
east half of section two, fraction Of east half of
west half of section two, west half of section
.welve east half Of section eleven, east half of
northwest quarter Of section eleven, southwest
quarter OF southwest quarter of section
eleven. and southeast quarter OF south !
southwest quarter of section eleven and north.
vest quarter of section thirteen, and northeast |
quarter of section fourteen, northwest quarter of
If section fourteen, east half of southwest Quarter
# section fourteen and all that part of section six
N the above S G mentioned plan Of H. Pile lying be-
ween township sixteen south, range twenty.three /
asst, and township sixteen south, range twenty
June /, 1860, as Der act passed before !
aid FOrtisr. notary. |
PORTO. FOUR
j. Four tracts of land situated along the right
ank of Bayou Dupont in township sixteen south !
ange twenty four east, and township seventeen |
outh, range twenty -four east and township seven.
cen south, range Twenty-Five east; said lots being
by the numbers thirty seven thirty |
light. forty three and forty seven, on the above |
lentiOned plan Of L. H. Pile; said tracts lying |
long the said bayou dupont with depth of three |
rpents and having an area of about 955 20. 100 |
ores; purchased from the succession of John Nc. |
OnOgh on the first of June, 1860 as per act before
Aid Charles E. Fortier, notary.
The above described lands, described as portions |
ne, two, three and four, will be sold separately |
nd embrace some of the finest sugar lands in the
tate of louisiana ,
Terms and Conditions-For the plantation, live |
Ock and movable effects, firstly described which |
i'll be adjudicated in bulk, Onehalf cash on the |
,ot at the moment of adjudication and the bal !
ace on credit of one and two years, in the notes
the purchaser, to his own order, divided into !
'upons to suit the parties in interest payable at
lie Mutual National Bank, of New Orleans and |
,aring eight per cent interest and special mort. |
'ge, with vendors privilege from date until paid