The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-07-21

to all the buildings. Hundreds of hogs
heads Of crude sugar were destroyed.
Nothing but blackened ruins remained
Of all things d%estructible. Among the
papers piiiaged Was the following letter
which DR.. Henderson secured from a
soldier of Smiths division as a m4men
to Of the Red River raid. The letter
WAS written from the executive man
sion Of Louisiana on two sheets Of blue
paper. now dim with age. 1t is as fol
lows:
BATON ROUGE, La, 25th Nov, 1860.
Dear SRI reed yours of the 22nd
aud one from Mr.. Hayes, of the same
date this morning. aud was glad to
hear that you We're nearly doue grind
lug. but sorry to hear that the crop is
no better, as | believe my four years
of exile will break me. I would plant
Immediately Oh the dryest land, such as
can be We'll drained, aud cover it tolera
bly, deep to guard against a freeze. II
You have good dry weather. [ would
clear up E,y new :r,unu. move the fence
and plow 1t across the plantation. SD in
the spring when you GO to plant you
can piow it the other way.
My friends, if they be such, have no
conscience. certainly. They must do
with as little ;s possible !; and it you let
them have sugar they must put up with
the most inferior. ~ to the corn, l
have Withdrawn my order, as Reese, l
heard. had been acting badly.
l am glad to hear that the overseers
and negroes. are doing so well. Encour
age it, for Gods sake, for . do hone
aud. trust that we can have some peace
slnce those devils are gone. Do have
things managed mildly and without the
lash. for none scarcely is requisite
when the managers stay with the ne
gr"es as ours 90. Work moderately
and not hard, and give all the time you
can spare.
Our bitches. l presume, ought to be
worked outside the fence at Fun, aud
Fix the road ut the old Burgess bridge.
Have mOlasses taken up as fast as
you can get the barrels. Send nothing
off.
I left Mrs. NJ. and Tom in the city.
Will be up in the morning.
Excitement still considerable, a de
termination ut any and all hazards to
settle the matter, if it has 10 be done
by secession. The feeling is almost
univer>al-old party lines are almOst
obliterated. The tote of the State
is:
Breckenridge------..--22,G57
DELL
.......--...
Total. st, 5l3
We shall expect Elm. and MIR. Hayes
down AS that was thu undcrstan-
ding. Mrs. Moore has just arrived.
ALI well.
THOs. O. MOORE.
re-. G. Nee. Esq.
1t would seem from Governor Moore
letter that he had been Governor Of the
State for four years, and, no unlike
many public men Of to-day, lamented
that his absence from his business ha d
we'll nigh ruined him financially. The
grinding referred to was the grinding
of cane for sugar. The reference to
his friends and inferior sugar evidently
meant his creditors who had advanced
him means on thu then harvested crop
III speaking Of his slaves he urges mild
ne So aud little or 10 use of the lash
thereby evincing a humane heart. He
quotes the vote Of the State for Presi-
dent, showing Breckenridge and Bell,
the pro-slavery Wing candidates, to
have run we'll together. Douglas re :
ceived only one-seventh OF the whole
vote cast. The letter possesses a pc Gu
liar interest at this time. as it was writ
ten just before the war. twenty-three
! years ago. The DISPATCH is not aware
that Governor Moore is living. but if
he ia it hopes that this old.-old letter,
of his may once more come under his
eyes together with the detailed account
of its journey northwards.
NOTE ON EDUCATIONAL public
school teacher who was a devoted disc
pie of Ike Walton. recently obtain ed
leave Of absence to go into the country
met nrior IN his 6onnrfnro nnn If tho