New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-16

menso acouaintanoe he did not know single person
who would no: leave the Stat II means were at nan
The grooves in which sJcieiy la louisiana aud NV
Orleans had before the ato struggle were So nroAcn
that even residepee in the dststeful TO hi N
and the society he represented; since the Lac war 10
said. wears seemed to have passed over the CSn
siuar TO Italy OF to-day than is the Louisiana OF
TO-DAY to the louisiana before tho war There was no
longer the eprt TO maintain the grand unDouueu nVs
pitay once so Characteristic OF the SOUTH. f"rner,
woud have Entertained him i.r days roya ST lie. and
who would have sent him forward Ia iben o"n c
rages commended to ths HOSPITALITY OF tne corn and
pork Most Of these people" sad the genuv noey
have VANISHED from ther homes anu nnse nsomc, we're
gigantic before the war; who are Washing dps of
daily bread The misery, the despair ia huhuioa' "
cases, arc beyond belief" -. .,,,o,,. Az.
"MaOy lovely plantations" said he, arc enreJ h uu
lock INTO The e,es or work on land which they have
purchased for themselves He would mol nee'o H
the free negro did much work for ilsef az 40 u.
mery did Tor his master He considered the labor sys
TEN at the present time terribly oner"us Tor Pa1es,
The negroes only profitable as ieid hahus WIZ
they worked shares, tho planters FURNISHING tne
land tools horsss mules and ns ps at
small wages; did not believe 1t would De pIohao
eyed arose in large degree from the oifcuy o. on,
tanning capital with which 10 Degll anew ~ for
instances where only SooN OF s" or w Of lands which
would hundreds OF thousands, hs nhI invest
Written repeaiedy ug9S eSs sai they should
ai,er their determination long as the present. p''
| eaI condition preyaied. ,,,nx
He adieS Win great emphasis that he did not think
| the pcoplo OF tue North woud believe a siaehent
condition of affairs In LcuisianI. Tue natives ol tno
state could hardly realize 1t thepscyes ana ~ was ~.
10 bO expected that strangers, OF different n'e.s VI @
ana thougnt should do He did not blame tao negro
for his prescott ipcapacity as ne cohsarea tno ue
man an inferior being, peculiarly unlte ny ages Vi
spec,a training for what he called upon 10 M
dertake The negro was he thought. by nature knaly
generous courteous, susceptible OF cyhz ttlon ohy 10
certain degree devoid VI moral consciousness. ana
usually, OF course ignorant Not one out Oh nunuvu;
the whole State through, coma %rlto ms hhnv, III
there had been fftyhve IN one single LEGISLATURE VINO
could neither read nor write. Inere was aeeorag ~
him scarcely singo nan OF color III INC last L'6is
lature VINO competent Ia diy iarSe dsG'ee' A.,
The Louisiana whie people were IA SUE 'tllo :. nv
negro government that they would ratncr aeotps Sn
other 0ospotsm. military dictator woud DC iar pref
cradle TO them they woud go any"heFe 20 esespe '.o
| Vuomlny 10 which they were at present hupI-ct'u.
| INC crisis dcmoraziEg every one Ndoody wolhea
Win VIII every one TS the CAV Of in
which he would at present invest aisAo9en o2v Cot
$joeJ0 lie it would not pay TO purchase the iaAes
| we're 30 euormous The majority Of lac great ridhla
tsxatioa Oay inos, familiar with thu real causes VI
the despair could imagine how deep II was
The portion of tho volume devoted to Florida Will
b. read with interest by those who purpose enl-
grating to that fruitful land, who seek ITS genial
| skies in pursuit of health. One of the principal
charms is the mild and equable climate For
period of 100 years. according to the old Spanish
records, tho temperature of tho Winter months at
St Augustine has averaged little over CO degrees
The greatest heats in Summer are never equal to
those of New York. Florida may be safely recon-
mended as home both for Winter and Summer. For
the healthy and pleasure seeking it forms Winter
| paradise while for the invalid no place Is better
fitted Us residence for the restoration a health.
| The mornings In December January, February, am
March, tho four absolutely pcriece nOAhs OF L'seeIn
florida are wonderfully soft and oainy; the san INES
generously, but there is 20 81 pcoh0 annoying ncsI
The breeze gently ru:tes tue enormous .ase' o ,he
banana, piayiu.ly tumOles gdidon orange ID the
| ground, That plump goose or duckhmg may al oDoe
thrust It's bill into the tender fruit TAe giant cactus
IN neiehbornE garden peers out from anong the fIuit
| trees Ike sealy monster. lac cart OF the
CRACKER tthe native farmers appenauoiJ Iueh WIN
game and vegetables plies from door TO door, aud wild
turkeys and dappld deer are purchased for dinner L
tic parties lazily bestow themselves aosE the rl'er
bank with books sketcbing materials. aud alter
uatey work. doE or gossip until the whistles OF inc
everybody fecks to tho wharves AtevenDg splendid
white moonlight ransfgnTes ali the leaves AND trees
and flowers banjo and gHitar accompanying negro
meodes heard 10 the streets; heavy tropical re-
pose fails the little town, its wharves and rivers
The cultivation Of the orange, as is well known,
has been attended with remarkable success, aud Will
doubtless become one of tho leading industries of
! the State. A beautiful orange grove owned by
Colonel Hart contains 100 trees, of them forty
years old which Weld from twelve TO twenty-five
! hundred oranges each and part Of them have evOn
been known to bear no fewer than four or five thou
| sand 1t requires the care Of only three men. an
oversecr and two negroes. and affords to The owner
an income of S12 600 or $4,000 year.
There are many Young on tho oelawaha River,
and more than o million trees already bndded there.
Before tho war. Of land covered with tho wl0
Orange rushIcssiy cleared TO make reomar cotton
and cane 1t is manly Northern capital that is invested
In orange culture throughout the State ct present In
tho Indas River region he woods along he banks ore,
wild ora6ge, and We often" says traveller chad to
clear the ground Of vast or Tue fruit before
out In lands, and at proper tine Dudded VITA Tho
nToner for trauspantng TIE buds or sra grow
enormously the frat year, and in five years at most II
hundred usnspaaed trees have been cot out on an
acre that acre will WELD 1900 oranges year the
weld will be doubled and In ten years from the GATE Of
ia sure OF an income for life, For the orange hardy
tree gives q CROP has few insect enemies, and
bear from ono thousand TO three thousand oranges
yearly Some OF tue trees in an orchard ut Mandarin
weighing nearly pound each Ole sio$e grove on the
Indian River, with 1850 trees, produced IN season
starting OF and the rewards OF successful one
are very Oranges sell at from SIS to SIS per thou
sand in Jacksonville and readily sala ole
| the Atlantic sesports When the necessary dredging
and building OF canals has been c so mat
Nerth will DO supplied with oranges OF more delicate
texture than any 1t has yet seem aud the number Of
| groves along the river will be legion
Other tropical fruits are no less successful
Not only do the orange the lemon. the ime and the
ctron flourish, but the peach the grape the fix, the
Bsck Hamburg and white Mnscat crares fruit finely in
~ a1 vast onanties TIC guava the amarsd tn won.
derfu alngatorpear the plantain the eoeoauut. and
date the almond and the pecan uxuTiate in South
err Florida. We have within our boundaries a trepic
land rich and strange which will day be Inhabited
by thousands Of fruitgr0wers, and where beautiful
tow ms, and perhaps cities will yet spring up.
Coming nearer home. Mr.. King presents series of
cheerful reports of the rapidly increasing CON-
,nercal and industrial prosperity of Baltimore,
which has been greatly developed, especially within
the last tive years. In the coffee trade Baltimore
stands second among the ports of the United States
the receipts being more than twice the aggregate
entries of Boston. Philadelphia, and New Orleans.
1t has even become u port of entry for New-York
coffee merchants account of the facilities afforded