The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-16
IMMIGRATION TOPICS.

1MMIGhAI ION IOEXCS.
WHITE FIELD LABOR ALONG THE GULF COAST
FRANKLIN, Parish of ST Mary. La I
June, %, 1876. )
To the Editor of the Picayupe
Those who say that white men cannot stand
neld labor in Southern Louisiana in the sugar,
rice and corn fields. are not correctly Informed
IN regard to the facts in The case. The Cypre
mort Prairie in st. Mary, and the An Large
Prairie. in Iberia parish, are full of farms
worked by white men. Between Bayou Teche
and Verm,llion River, in the Cote Gelse Hills,
in st. Martin, Lafayette, Vermillion, ST.. Lam
dry, Cameron and Cslcasieu, there are great
numb of small farmers who work in their
nelds with as little regard to the heat of the
sun as the colored population show. In Terre-
bonnie. Lafourche, Jefferson, Plsquemines and
81. Bernard, there are large numbers who cul
tivate sugar, rice, corn, potatoes and other
crops, and would ridicule the idea that a white
man cannot stand field work in this climate.
In these parishes We have Creoles, Northern
and Western men, Canadiane and Europeans
at work coltivating the staple crops of the
country; and as lumbermen, woodchoppers,
moss-gatberers, also on railroads., and IS me-
Emancipation has completely exploded the
idea that o white man cannot stand this oil
mate.
When the Northern people get the truth
about this coast climate they will ind that it
is the most healthy and salu brous this con-
tinent. We know of one plantation in Terre-
oonue parish, not twenty miles from salt water,
teen months, and there one hund ed and
fifty persons, white and black, on the planta-
ton. We know of another plantation where
there are two hundred persons, white and
black. and the doctors bill has not amounted
to $500 since 1868, or $25 year, or 121 cents 8
head annually. There have been put two
deaths on the plantation for six years
We state what We can prove by the most re-
spectacle citizens of Terre 'nne parish. Facts
equally as remarkable can be obtained from
other coast psrishes. DAN'L DENNEIT,
INTENSE HEATH ORTIZ AND SOUTH COMPARED
Toronto, July 9.-The thermom eter yesterday
Ee,o York. July mime sunstrokes were re-
ported by the police to- day.
Philadelphia, July 9 -Thermomet er yesterday
80 Several more deaths reported from heat
Trenton. july 9.-Thermomete 10 degrees in
the shade. One hundred aud seventy men at
Camp Bedle were prcstrated; many are in q
dangerous condition. Thirty dropped uncon-
scious as the brigade stood in dress parade to-
night. Gov. Bedle's con fell but recovered.
Later-The prostration is increasing. Six out
of seven of the brigade physicians are down.
Every available Trenton physician was called
TO assist Gov. Bedle has ordered the First
Brigade home.
Ne,0 York. July 10.-The extreme heat con-
Times though there is aslight abatement in Its
oppressiveness. Many cases of suns5oke re-
ported q number of which were fatal. Thirty
six sunstrokes reported to-day; many fatal.
Philadelphia, July 11.-There were ten deaths
from heat yesterday.
Washington July II -Noon.-There were four
deaths here yesterday from heat, forty-two in
New York and fourteen 10 BAlti more.
Philadelphia. July Hover fifty heat cases
were reported at the Medical Department Of
the Exhi btion.
Toronto. July 11.-Many fatal cases of sun
strok. have occurred here and else where in
Canada.
Neo York. July 11.-There are q number of
sunstroke deaths to-day. There are now signs
of rain-the first for o month.
NeW York. July 12.-The weather continues
very hot. Many prostrstions from heat and 3
nnmber of deaths reported.
Baltimore, July 12.-There were forty cases
of sunsGroke yesterday, ten fatal. A thunder
storm prevailed last night.
One of the many superstitions which de-
ter immigrants from coming South, is the sup
posed severity of our summer heat. The tele-
grams given above show o temperature in the
North in some instances higher by ten to fifteen
degrees than any We have yet experienced.
Amongst the Thousands who crowded our
streets on the 45h inst, we have not had q re-
port Of q single case of sunstroke, and yet our
Northern and Eastern brethren, whether OF
American or foreign birth, will continue to be-
lieve to the end of the chapter that Louisiana
| is too hot for the white mani
Frigerios record of temperature shows the
maximums of heat in New Orleans this month
5 5stS highest point.
3rd, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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