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following sketch from the Plant
er's Banner, shows what may be
obtained from the virgin soil OF
Louisiana, by perseverance and
industry.


On our recent trip to Opeiou-
las, we called upon Mr., Joseph
IL. Moss, a cotton planter living
on the Colgellee prairie, in the
parish Of Lafayette, about fifteen
miles above New Town. We
soon found thathe was aat fahin
agricultural matters, and had
Iquit6an interesting conversation.
Mr.. M. informed us that he came
to this State from Georgia, elght-
teen or nineteen years ago. lie
had no capital, and consequently
could not purchase or clear land.
He settled on the prairie, (public
land) some three or four miles
from any wood, and wIlhhis own
hands fenced in a piece Of land,
on which with tie aid Of two lit
tie boys, he made sixty dollars
worth Of cotton the first season
This furnished him with sup
plies-he fenced in more land,
IpIanted some China trees, and
made a larger cropofcotton. He
graduaIIyincreased his force. and
has now quite number Of nc
groes; fifteen or sixteen Of them;
good working hands. and some
valuable mechanics. He has
four hundred acres of land fenced
in, and he has raised on the bar
rem prairie a forest Of one thous-
and trees-mostly cataIpas, Chi
mas, ash, rcd oak, live oak. chess
nut, walnut, hickory, &c. He has
between three and four hundred
sheep; merinoand Saxony, mix'd
with creole. and fine stock of
cattle. blooded horses. hogs. &C.
For the last ten or twelve years,
he has bought no negro clothing
whatever, except shoes and hats
lie has a cotton spinning ma
chine, and flying shuttle-loom,
with which he makes clothing
for his family and negroes--even
shirting, sheeting. &C. He buys
neither beds or bedding, beef or
pork, corn orsugar. NekilIs his
hogs in Jant1ary or February,
and cures them and beef. to keep
throughoutthesummer hishome
made hams excellent; he makes
cane enough for one hogshead
Of sugar, which is ground up at
the nearest plantation; he has
made all the necessaries of life
in abundance, and nearly all pro-
duced on his own premises; even
his fre-Wood is of his own plant
ing!-he has quite a comfortable
dwelling, a good kitchen, garden
and orchard, a fine gin house.
good stables, a blacksmith shop.
a house set apart for weaving,
and every other convenience; he
still makes cotton, is educating
his children well, and teaching
them to woRk-is now about to
fence in his entireplantation with
the Cherokee Rose vine. and is
going ahead with improvements
Of every kind he is wealthy and
he cannot keep still--work is the
life of him; he reads too, for he
takes the Albany CuItiyator. What
is still moro surprising, he has
never paid a dollar for his land
This will show what industry and
intelligence can do in Attakapas.
We should not neglect to state
that much of the credit Of his
success is due to his good lady
a creole of Attakapas.


Ifthere is a man who can eat
his bread at peace with God and
man, it is that man who has
brought that bread out of the
earth by his own honest industry.
It is cankered by no fraud-itis
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