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THE LOUISIANA PARISHES.; THE DISTURBANCE IN WEST FELICIANA.MACHINATIONS OF AN AMBITIOUS GERMANCARPET-BAGGER--A TERROR INVENTED AS A POLITICAL DODGE--FAILURE OF THE SCHEME.
From Our Special Correspondent.
October 6, 1874, Wednesday
Page 4, 2916 words
Bayou Sara is the remnant of a once flourishing town on the Mississippi, some few miles above Baton Rouge. It was burned by Admiral Porter during the war. After that affair, although Bayou Sara was too good a business point to be abandoned, yet the great majority of the inhabitants removed their homes to St. Francisville, a village on the heights about one mile east of the river. The [ END OF FIRST PARAGRAPH ]
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