The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-12

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White landed me Al Baton R6usd Just be-
fore daylight and while waiting for It 70
get good light Captain Campbell came up
with the Lee, with the largest up freight /
have seen on steamboat Tor .yeals, This
Is evidence Of the prosperity Of the plant,
ers there. 50 much freight would not be
ordered had they no cotton topay torit The
capitol Is now at Baton Rouge, also the
State University. The capitol is now being
thoroughly repaired and will be ready for
the meeting OF the next Legislature that
will convene in May next The university
is being put in excellent order and is as
fine buildingfor that purpose Us know
OF in any State in the Union. Col. Wm.
Preston johnson, son Of General Albert
Giddings johnson, was elected President
OF the University last year, and under his
management the regents will not be able
To find room for all the applicants for adj
mission to the institution, There were q
large number OF boys there to enter before
the day fixed, which was 0ctober5. From
all indications now | feel that Louisiana Is
on the road to great prosperity, utter her
wears Of suffering and misrule. The New
Orleans route, Is now finished and
in splendid order US fur up Us Baton Rouge
on the west side OF the Mississippi /
crossed over to, West Baton Rouge at $50
r. NJ. and took the cars-elegant, new cars
with every COmfort-and for five and Il
half hours | have never been so interested
in railroad trip.
The road passes back OF these immense
sugar plantatiOns-back OF the towns OF
BryOngula, POlyminiOn and Donaldson
ville-and on through the richest sugar and
rice plantations in the State to point OPP
posite New Orleans below Canal street,
where they take the baggage cur and pas-
sengens overOn an immense ferryboat, The
trip was so interesting that the five and u
half hours seemed very short. The sugar
fields look luxuriant with the dense crop
OF cane now about ready to cut and grind.
Many planters were planting for next year
their plant cane and it was pleasure to
see such rich black alluyial soil turned up
with / think the largest plows | have ever
seen, with four large mules attached, The
estimate OF the sugar crop, like the cotton,
Is ut least fifty thousand hogheads short
Of last year on account Of the stubble cane
that was injured last winter by the wet and
cold weather. | think, however, the esti-
mates will improve Hs the grinding adj
vances, Planters seem in good spirits and
say they will make rs much out OF this
short crop as they did last year,
Politics are not much talked OF here.
General regret at the death OF the presi-
dent is expressed by All, Some Of the
lrapery still remains, and at the Custom
House and Postofllce the flowers are still
there, Ispcnt u pleasant half hour with
General Mcmillan the other day in his
room at the Postohice. He showed me u
shield made sof the choicest flowers, pre-
served by some chemical preparation,
which he intends TO send to Mrs. Garfield.
| could not describe 1t, but it was the most
beautiful arrangement Of flowers | have
ever seen. The people Of New Orleans
had funeral procession at the
,ame time the Cleveland procession
was moving. The numbers in the
was estimated ut from ten to
fifteen thousand. Ii
Governor Wilt Is OH his death bed, and
will last but f0w days Lieutenant Gov
.rnor McHenry has been performing the
luty of Governor for some time, and gives
abstraction to the people OF the State.
leave hero this evening at o'clock on
he Natchcz for Fairview, where ! will re.
main u week or ten days. For those fond
II field sports | know no place better than
JOncordia parish, A friend showed me
wenty-ono deer hides and bear skin
III Of which he had killed this summer. It
will be arelief to get out into these dense
Orests for week fur away from the haunts
men. YOuB,
ALEX, CAMPBELL.