New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-31

BAYOU BARATARIA. IN THE PARISH OF
JEFFERSON.
| MAGNIFICENT SUGAR ESTATE,
| the successor of Edmond DrOuet aud wife
Vs. Alexis DrOuet ct al. heirs
Of J. B. Drouet and wife.
| FOR PARTITION,
AT PUBLIC AUCTION. WITHOUT RESERVE
ON FEBRUARY :. 1874
Second Judioia, District Court for the Parish of
| Jeierson-No. 4074.
| RY NASH & HODGsON.-W. l. HODG-
ID SON, auetioneer-0ttiee No. Carondelet
| oclock NJ, at the St. Charles Auction Exchange in
| the basement rOtunda of the st. Charles Hotel in
| this city, 3T virtue and IN pursuance of an order
| of the Hon. Don A. Pardee Judge of the Second
Judicial District Court, sor the parish of Jefferson
dated December IS, 1873 court docket No. 4O,4, in
| the matter of Edgar DrOuet, administrator of the
| succ. sson of Edmond Drouet and wife VS.. Alexis
Drouet ct al. heirs of ). 3 Drouet and wife, for
partition at public aucton viii be sold the fol,
VERY VALUABLE SUGAR PLANTA TON,
| Lands, Stock, Agricultural Implements, etc,
| to wit
| Description OF Sugar SlantatlOn:
| L. SUGAR PLANTATION. situated the
| left rank of the Bayou Ouatcha and Dupont on
the Grand Isle of BarataIia, in! the parish OF JET
ferson having an area OF ii.o arpents, 3O9 toIses
FirstDA TRACT OF LAND, having front of
league and half on the Grand Isle of Baratara;
| SAID tract, commencing on the Bayou Oies, ex-
| tending 10 the Bayou La Ponte, or Dupont, with
the reserv alton OF of land, commencing from
| TIE point of the Bayou aux Ores extending to the
| ceulee, upon which was the house OF Dominique
| Perrin, and is the same property purchased by }.
| g. and +. Drouet from Franeos!Rigant per act be-
fore L. +. Cairo, late notary public on the twelfth
| of October, 1929 said tract OF land being more
curately and further described on plan by Charles
de Armas deputy surveyor general, dated Septem
| the ietters A E C. D. E. f. G and A. on said plat
| with the further reservation of tract OF land
| situated at Il e upper extremity of said tract A.
BIC, d f, F. G AID A, measuring three arpents
closing in the rear, and designated on said PLAN as
| claimed by the heirs of Pizani
| Second-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 thirty-six all in township six
| teen south, range twenty-three east west of the
Mississippi river in the southeastern land district
| Louisiana, purchased from the government, Feb
rIary IS. las and with the above described tract
4 hiri-A tract of land situated i'll the district or
Barataria, in the parish of Jefferson, measuring
twenty arpents, more or less front on the Bayou
| Baratara 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 TiSOpherne BOutte, below
| by lands formerly belonging to Victor COulon and
in the rear by Bayou Purot or Pero, said tract con
from the Mpssrs. st. Pc by act passed before
| Charles BoudOusque. notary public, June 4, l3i3,
the total of sugar plantation i03 arpents COO
| There is on the plantation sufficient cane
to plant from 25 $50 arpents also 81 of first
year stubhles and over 100 acres of second year
stuhbles.
the best in the State and have nearly always az.
eraged over a hogshead of sugar to the acre, and
the superior woodlands can not be surpassed III
the State. The foregoing plantation and lands
will be sold iii lot, and the improvements the
same consist of good sugarhOuse with open ket-
ties and steam pans, with splendid machinery,
very recently placed at an expense Of over w,
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
plemeLts and movable effects, to wit: Forty
| 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 plow5, eight single plOws, five large four
| n ule plows, six wheelbarrows, one foe. thirty
| three leather collars thirty-thIee pairs names
thirty three brides twenty pairs traces, nine sad
dies and breecliuSs. tfty-tive cane knives thirty
five hoes eighteen sEOyeis eighteen spades, eiey.
| en- axes fifteen grubbng hoes, 400 cords of wood,
| thirty-two empty hogsueads, one barrel OF sui
| phur all more or less.
| Description OF the lands. separate from the sugar
| plantation. -
tract Of land, situated in the parish of JET
| ferson, in this State, the island of Barataria
| having front of twenty-five arpents, more OF
| less, en- he Bayou Barataria or Ouatcha, and
| tending through the said island aud fronting
the Bayou Pelo being lesignated by the plumber
| surveyor General of the United States for Louis
| lana, deposited in the office of Edward Barnett,
late notary public. Said tract of land has super
| nf sod
| from the succession of John McDonogh the
fifth of April. 1883, by act before said Edward
PORTION TWO.
g. A tract of land, situated in the same parish,
| between the Grand Coulee and Bayou Rigolet
| petit Coteau) in township sixteen south. range
| twenty three east having an area of about 5li
arpents 345 toses said tract being composed of the
following sections and parts OF sections Fractional
northeast quarter of northwest quarter of section
thirty-ti ve fractional southwest quarter of north
east quarter of section thirty five; the west half
| of southeast quarter of section thrty-ive and
frac ona 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 traction of east half of west half of section
| two, III township seventeen south, range twenty
three east and also that part of section six lying
| between Grand Coulee and Bayou Rigolet, per
| plan of L H. Pile city surveyor dated September
is 1859, and deposited in the office Of Charles Z.
shs of jon june Sy
before said Charles E. Fortier notary public.
| PORTION THREE.
A. tract of land known as the Grand Coteau
| situated bet ween the Grand Codlee and Bayou Du-
| pont in township seventeen south, range twenty
| three east, in the parish OF ferson, having an
area of about 2125 arpents 4SO tolses; SAID tract
| being composed of the following sections and parts
of sections: West half OF section one, fraction OF
east half of section two. fraction OF east haif oil
: | west half of section two, west half OF secllon
| twelve, east half of section eleven, east halt OF
! northwest quarter of section eleven southwest
| quarter OF southwest quarter OF section
| eleven, and southeast quarter OF south
| west quarter of section eleven, north hall OF
| southwest quarter of section eleven, and north
| west quarter of section thirteen, and northeast
| quarter of section fourteen, northwest quarter OF
| section fourteen, west halt OF southeast quarter
section fourte en- half of southwest quarter
of section fourteen and all that part OF section SIX
the above mentioned plan OF L. II. Pile, lying be
! tween the Grand Coulee aud the range line, be-
| tween township sixteen SOUTH range twenty-three
: | east, and township sixteen south, range twenty
| four east. purchased from the succession OF John
| McDOnogh, June !, 1860 as per act passed before
| said Fortler, notary.
| PORTION FOUR
! 8 Four tracts Of land situated along che right
| bank of Bayou Dupont, in township sixteen south
range twenty four east, and township seventeen
south, range twenty-iour east, and township seven
| teen south range twenty-five east; said lots being
| desi grated bv the numbers thirty seven, thirty
| eight, forty three and forty seven, on tae ABOVE
4 mentioned plan of l.. H. Pile; SAID tracts lying
along the said Bayou Dupont, with Dept OF three
| arpents, and having area OF about 800 'tio'
| acres; purchased from the succession OF JOnn hc