The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-25

prDBperous. in proof OF which we refer to the
interesting letter q Mr. East, under the head OF
What LQnsiana Nesdh.'*
Ea#t Fellcixna Ii probably one Of the best, most
productive and desirable upland parishes OF the
Il State, aud Ii capable ct comfortably sus aiming q
siense population. There are now only about 800
taxpayers In the parish, when there should DO
nd least 2OUG These Dos In 1870 paid taxss To
The amount OF cal, 233 49, ON u valuation OF
III, d64, 1915 80, ~ follows:
ReAl estate and improvements .a
thereon !, s'isa ,s97 nv
Money loaned at interest,". ......... 1896 so
Capital employed In trade ......... S3,925 90
Capital atook Ut banks and corpora :.
lions. ..ss...s.st-.+.t. o.ubo w
The above figures show that, TO strike an aver
AEe. III property owner contributed nearly
VA y5 To Mr.. Keilogg's tax.ga herers. An access
slon oil one thousand live, energetic. enterprising
property owners would not only double, but
would In time quadruple the nrenarty value of
the parish, while IL would at the same time re-
dnce the individual tax to about onc-half the
present rate. Tails Ia the true way to reduce tax
alton, and the public are begihning TO recognize
4 This fact, as we shall show In due tiIae.
There are but few parishes tif say1 that offer
greater In ucemenia to the intelligent, progress
sive, working farmer. Ihe country ID generally
sufficiently unduiAting to aHord good natural
! drainage, bat some If tae ereek bottoms need
ditshing. Tho soii 10 light sandy loan, with
o,ay Anbsoit, easily cultivated and productive in
I'LL kinds OF fsd and gsrdaAcrops OF tho South,
The bills, ~ well a. The lar portion OK the bot
toms, are VIII ad pied to fruit growing. On tho
4 occasion OF our lirst visit here we crossed the
Anlite Hver into Livingston parish--a little be.
low the southeastern corner OF Vast Felieiana--
where, on 1--WE different planta ions there were
peach tfees which the owners assured us were
over tweuty-hse Years old, stillia bearing. Atan-
other place we examined some beautiful young
trees which had been grown from cuttings, by ah
old gentleman who had always taken i eat in.
terest in pomology, aud who, during tho course
oil his long life, had prosecr cd many useful,
novel and interesting experiments TO successful
termination, and he informed us that the peach
thrivea better In the sandy lands Of the Amts
bottom than any other locality which he ever
tried. Many OF our rtaders will no doubt disbe-
lievo this statement, but u close examination Of
the young trees proved thst they were either
Cuttings or layers
or the staple crops. tho uelsads OF East Fo-
iieians produce from y third to two-thirds OF a
bale OF lint, or say from DOC to 1000 pounds Vt
reed cotton without fertalizinsl, and from 10 to
31 bushe,s OF cora while the creek bottoms
average about y bale 1T cotton and from % 10
10 bushels OF corn per asre. Beffrs the war
there were severa. hne, prosperous sugar plants
tiome, and we believe there are swo or three
small enEar-houses now, i'm the southwesters
portion OF the parishs Tut tho culture of cane
has not been generally revived since our,'u1-
piessantHess; some OF the smell farmers, how
ever, have discovered, wi hin the last few years,
that m Aking eyrnp IL more profitable than cot
ton; yet the majority have become 30 welded
70 the old fogy routine Of cotton, cotton, cotton
pindar, or ground pea, eeenas to fnd lis natural
hi mo here, and we showed onr last what the
chs.fd will 40 when 1t has chance.
me na,u,a growth consists chiefly OF white,
hickory. ash. sweet and black gum, poplar, mag
nolia, beech, pine, cherry, mulberry, dogwood,
crab appla. grape and muscadine vines, wild cane,
stc Tao parish 10 watered by, many running
streams, several OF them large enough for manu-
featuring purposes. the largest, We believe, is the
Oomite, q branch VI the Anite river. The stocE
range IL 4 cd, particularly on 1.-The creek and
branch bottom ), and since the ''huldozers' have
put stop 10 hog stealing the pork crop Ii In
creaning very rapidly. DRINKING water 10 the
best guilty OF Tree stone from springs and
weils, the latter ranging from 10 TO 10 feet
deep. The climate ia very healthy. School
facilities are better than in many ether por.ions
Of the State, and, in short, wo may safely say,
that what the parish lacks In fertility Of soil 10
compensated asy other advantages which render
i residence hare desirable.
Clinton, the parish sits, Ia pleasantly located
town of about 1890 inhabitants, with tri-weskly
railroad CONGESTION to Port Hudson, on the
Mississippi, al miles, AID daily stage connection
to ArNite City, on the New Orleans. St. Louis and
Chicago Railroad, % miles. There 10 also daily
mail communication ~ far west as Jackson, 10
nail. d !, thence triaweekly to Bayou 6arh, on the
Mississippi River III miles iurthee the distance
E0 Baton Rouge 10 80 mil q, by . go3d wagon
road. The shipments az cotton over tie railroad
last year was ap0usIe, 900 bales. There are some
twenty stores In the place most of which front
tho four sides of Uaurt- House Square. on which
standssn fne brick edsacs, for parish purposes,
the fonr rows OF buildipgs being separated from
tho sqnsre by broad .streess. Most q the stores
tho projectors did not show much enterprise.
ALI they have to do IL to place the goods and wait
for the farmers to bring Ia their cotton. None OF
ltheni, ,wi5si one honorable exception, had word
IA x4Ia as,ifa ~
and agricnltaral progress. When
IRE eocitsa subscription for publication TO be
devoted ofhess objects, they directed us to the
fArnefs as the only parties interested In the
impolans .fscss that every snou=hful OF food
pseosd in tkeir hands, as well as the green
backs whioh so into their cotsrs, are the results
lot the farmers labor, aud th.t every intelligent
farmer or pneehanic who bnlids himself home
In ths country will con triaalt sonnet. ing towards
the restory TIN Of property The single prRise-
WORTHY exception that We have to note Is in tbs |
person OF air. JOHN A. White Jr, q souog gentle
man OF promising husnssA qualities, whose in |
selalgence teaches lima that the ssccess OF our |
enterprise Rill beastt him as we'll as every othr
man who il honestly aGen fled with the true in
teTeSa Of the State he appears TO DO thoroughly |
anbued vi b the sprit, energy. enterprise, per- |
severance aah progress, which e. eminently |
guilty enc a his calling, for usefulness well |
AZ busiEss . saecess. AID We orins that ne viii |
some dsv, in tie near future, fiod bimseI the |
loauing merchant OF East Feliciana parish. :. |
The learned professions showed by acts 40 well |
~ words that they are sliEe TO the Importance OF
the movemant. Bygcferrieg to our Immigration /
Guile it will be aeen that ia are not too selash
TO work, and spsud money 200, if need be, Tor l
the god Of thar parish. Captain y. Lameers |
will, no doub', at the proper time spsak |
fur himeelf, through the columns OF hls paper, /
fNorr. The sb,v artiss has been extended |
ID auch d u 9Th that our ImmigraAs 3 GHtdes
and the letter Of Mr. East. referred 10 elsewhere,
sit II dafnrred until naxE weak