The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-27
souTHgRN CORRESPONDENCE.

IL Promises In che Fatare-"squib"
GETS Ousted From the Cotton II.
ehange-They say Unto Him Go, and
He Goeth-The Cemeteries OF the City
and How the Dead are BuIied-HoW
Howard Beat the Jockey CIub-Some
OF the Federal 9nlce HoIders-A Re-
nublicnn candidate for Congress Kun
OE-&c, &C.
NEw ORLEANS, La, Dec. %, 1880.
Special Correspondence Of the 1ntsllIgsnoer.
The sugar producing business is big
thing in this State, and 1t Is rapidly in.
creasing. From this city down to the
passes Is one continuous string OF sugar
plantations. Above this point are the
cotton fields, but below are the cane
brakes. It Is said that Governor War.
mouth alone will produce this year, over
one million pounds Of sugar on his planta-
ton, forty miles below New Orleans. He
has grown wealthy since the war raising
sugar; and 1t is claimed by his friends
mat he Is Just now getting in shape TO
make money easily. He Is having q tele-
phone wire constructed from his planta-
ton TO the city, 80 that he can keep him
self posted as to what Is transpiring-
especially in the sugar business.
The susar-cane resembles sorghum cane
somewhat, being little more purple and
the stalks much larger. 1t Is very rich
and must have very warm climate In
which TO develop itself. It differs from
sorghum cane in that It has no seeds. 1t
Is reproduced by burying the stalks In the
ground, and, as the joints are very close
together, new corn sprsuts from the joints
Of the buried stalks. When the Missis.
sippi leyees are properly constructed, as
they some day will be, at government ex-
pence, Louisiana will become not only the
great cotton-producing locality OF the
globe, but she will also be the great centre
for sugar and molasses. With proper en-.
terprise on the part OF her people she will
some day become one OF the richest States
in the Republic.
The cotton produced annually by the
four cotton States Of the Union averages
S225, 900, 900, and the molasses and sugar
are not far below this amount. tits there
fore evident that something else as well as
bull.dozing is carried on down here.
A cold wave struck this city few days
ago. No snow has yet fallen, but the
sugar planters are looking out for frosts.
Even very light frost isinjurlous to cane.
II causes the juice to sour In the stalk and
thus makes inferior sugar. The extreme
southern limit OF the State Is below the
frost line, but they frequently fall here.
Ice and snow are rarely ever seen here,
except when brought from the North. The
Ice used hereabouls in the summer is pro-
duced by machinery. For thin blooded
person this is a delightful climate.
I stumbled into the Cotton Exchange q
day or 90 ago, where there were two or
three hundred business men examining
the prices on the Bulletin boards, which
are received hourly from the Northern
cities. I wasn't in there long until q
crooked nosed fellow with q star on his
coat lapel put me out, he said because !
did not have ticket. l was like Circuit
Judge l met here, who was called on by
lot OF bulldozers with pistols in each hand
and asked. to sign resignation paper
which one OF them handed him. Said !,
Judge did you sign?" His reply was: ~
signed" l went out OF the Cotton Ex-
change, and don't you forget 1t.
Nearly everybody In New Orleans is a
Catholic. 0fcourse there are. q great many
Protestants here, but Romsnists out mum.
Der all the other denominations put to-
gether.
On account OF the fatness OF the country
in and about the city the dead are mostly
buried in ovens above the ground In.
stead OF in graves dug into the earth.
There are several very handsome ceme-
teries here, and in them are large mum.
Der OF elegant and costly tombs and
monuments. Around the cemeteries are
brick walls about ten feet high constructed
filed with ovens about the siEe OF large
coffin, and in the ovens the caskets con.
tanning the dead are placed, and the
mouths or entrances to the ovens are
plastered up with brick and cement.
The walls are filled with the remains Of the
dead in layers one above another the full
height OF the wall. The tombs are slowed
with the dead in the same way, 1t being q
rare occurrence for person to be buried
in the ground. q.
Howard Cemetery, which was only es-
tablished few years ago, Is the finest
and hsndsomest one in the city. Mr..
Charles 7. Howard, for whom It Is named,
is q wealthy citizen, and used 10 be a great
sport. Some years ago the Jockey Club
Association owned this ground and used
1t as race course. Howard applied for
membership in the association, and was
blackbslled. This greatly enraged him,
and he declared that he would break up
the association. So he bought their race
track and turned 1t into cemetery, and
the association went under as he had re.
solved 1t should.
Tn1na panIaa aFt h;n atk,, l. nfka. T..I.n
Woods "old shoes" as United States Cir
cult Judge, provided the latter is confirm.
ed as an associalate justice on the supreme
bench at Washington. Pardee, It is said,
Is q good lawyer, true Republican, and
would grace The position. 1t Is to be hoped
that he will be appointed.
Judge Marks, the Internal Revenue Col.
lector for Louisiana, ia an Israelite. He
is first-class officer, and Is fine lawyer.
He deserves even better place than the
one he holds.
Jack Wharton, as he Is Familiarity called,
is Pitkins successor. Everybody remem.
bers Pitkin and how he was removed by
President Hayes. Old Jack Is q bitter
Bourbon, and runs his Office In the inter.
ests Of the Democratic party, Of course.
Gen. McAillen, the Postmaster here,
was general in the Federal army, and Is
q carpet. Dagger from Ohio. He Is a gen.
tleman OF large wealth, and owns q large
cotton plantation in the northern part Of
the State. He Is an accomplished gentle
man and good officer.
Major Lanier. tie Deputy Collector Of
Internal Revenue, who ran for Congress
last fall in the Filth District, and who was
defeated by the bull.dozers and driven
rom his home and family, has been placed
IN duty in New Orleans by the Commits
'ioner OF Internal Revenue. II Repub.
lean wishes TO get along peaceably in
Iome sections OF this State, he must make
10 political speeches, and must keep his
thoughts to, himself. Lanier persisted in
alking, so they decided for him to get up
md dust, and he busted.
Billy Irwin left yesterday for Columbia,
J. O. The steamer Annie Kelley is still
lere. Captain Sweeney's new steamer