Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-09-11

ere first feIcd for the plow To- my
alnazement, while sauntsring over field
of sixty acres, which was cleared in the
year Of our Lord 1900, l saw crop
growing which promised at least sixtv
bales of cotton! 1t was owned by a gen
tleman who cherished the pleasing rem
iniscences, "ths is the soil which my old
grandfather, William Barrow, who com
manded q company at the capture OF he
fort ut Baton Rouge, when the represent
tative OF Ferdinand VI, King Of Spain,
sui rendered the Kings domain of West
Florida into the hands Of tho people Of
West Florida there assembled in mass
meeting on ponies, with shotgun on
shoulder, and who was shortly after
wards elected a memt,er of the conven-
ton to which WIS entrusted the duty to
frame system of government, and to
preserve the public domain for the peo-
pie of Wes Florida. This, too, is the
same house in which my old grandfather
lived and died" Living amid traditions
so honorable and inspiring, it is no wrn-
der that Capt John J. Barrow, almost
the last representative OF the old race,
should be doing his utmost to preserve
the soil and the dwelling of his brave
old ancestor from the inroads and as
saints of Time, the Destroyer.
Not because he is pinched for labor,
but simply because he desires to place
himself in line as a practical worker in
the cause of immigration, Capt Barrow
authorizes the following statement: Be |
yond the boundaries OF the plantation he |
has now under cultivation he owns q !
tact of73O acres, all forest land, un-
touched by the wooi,ran's axe. This !
tract he proposes to divide into twenty |
acre lots, and on each allcrna1e lot he |
proposes TO make n title to the head of
an immigrant family for Il price bat lit
tie. if anything, in excess of the price of
government lands, giving the immigrant
his own time to pay the purchase price. |
AS each lot is heavily tim ber.d with q
growth OF magnolia, ASH beech. poplar
and white oak, it is highly probable that
the immigrant will bs able to procure
from bis cwn land all the timber needed
fences.
One other feature of the tenure and
co .tlition of West Feliciana soil is wor-
thy of mention. Some of the largest and
choicest bodies of land in the parish are
held under heavy mortgage by tho Citi-
zen's Bank ; if these mortgaGed lands
could be pnt upon the market they con!d
be made very availab in promoting the
cause of Immigration: but if the consent
of the European mortgage holders cannot
be obtained in time for the hal,k to cor
vey clear titles; to those lands, wonid it
be impossible to seat ilnn,igrart families
upon the NOR gagged lands on leases eX-
tending through long terms of years, at
nominal rates OF rent, rcserv!ng to each
tenant the prlviie C of ultimate purchase
at u stated price, with preference guar
anteedg By some similar arrangement
the bank lands may ho brought to COZ
tribute 70 the productive wealth Of the
State. otherwise she will remain, as many
now regard her, IN obsiruct"E OF the
prosperity of the commonwealth to
which she owes her existence. This last |
category will, am sure, DC very rcluct-
an,ly accepted by her pn"lic spirited
managers. Ii. SNlpWITH.
III New Orleans Democrat. |