True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-08-10
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1889.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENTS,

Vicksburs, Augl ,, 1889.
Dear Gihson:-lIere are after % hours s,ea,ning
from Natchez The weather is excessively hot, and
more oppressive than even in New Orleuns.
There were bales Of newly picked cotton at Mats
che@ waiting for conveyance 10 your city, 1t will pro"
baby 60 down by the hoat that carries this. wu. IN.
usually fine and ofexceent staple.
They are getting ready the plansa on. from Nat
chez I" this place, 10 pick. find the ting. confirmed
that the crops in the back counties have .ured greatly
from drought.
IN the Louisiana side, in the parishes Of Mad,so and
Carroll, the fields are thrifty beyond description. In TIL.
quarter ct your state the planters do not nrprehcnd
much difficulty, from any casualty, at ,is stage II the
season. Il is decidedly the garden Of Louisiana and
littls liable to be affected by rains or drought.
Wep passed b. Grand Guph very ea-ly this morning
50 did no, any of your profession. The corner
stone OF The Court House ut Port Gibson was to he
shortly laid aud send an Advertiser, containing VAL
liable article upon the history and stas,ice Of CLAIBORNE
county, elected on this OCCASION would he one OF
HE prints tina, were to be placed unde. tic ktone
hear from planters in tile rear coup,ics ,f N3s,
that the experiment offspring wheat has succeed a,lmi.
-l'-- .~-~ :" .I-~ad land M, glad
I" hear It nude the topic OF conversation
among the planters ofte river state rid themselves
N the accepting SYSTEM"
10 effect this devcrance, they hive begun to take
steps, not TO need advances upon their cros by plant
ing corn 81" ing spring wheat, rearing caule ind attend
ing to the production Ot such other arlices of rrme
necess'ty, and even luxury, wifi hitherto they have
procured elsewhere, at enormous tax. They find
That they can do This and produce Just rs much cotton
as they did when they pursued the old syser for i.
now discovered that the pitching and growing Of cotton
ie but g." small Consideration in comparison " it'll the
picking and securing Of the woo. Therefore a les.
quantity Of ground sde,oted to cotton and more cure
and time given to that which grown produces
better staple, and yields fill -nre to eucl, hand,
have thousand topics Of the utmost interest tc
your read careful travel through, Missis.pp aud
LOUISIANA would be- the m-nn. in com" tent hands OF
giving to the world the most valuable information res
pecting these staes They to me- far more inter-
esting fields Of inquiry THAI the hackined themes OF Eu
ropean travel.
hear tha, Reuben Davis, the Wing candidate 70,
Congress in Miss cuts but sorry figure by the side
Bmgaman,l'ho he fully equals lar as eloquence ant
information go, the best Of the Loco foco candidate,
great number of young and enterrtisng merchant,
Of New Orleans are travelling in Mississippi with view
to the procuring Of business. This is good sign aud
especially they do no, propose to do business
the acceptance system" They tell ma, several o.
them, that they we'll received and succeed to the
most sang"ine expec,ations tits in this way only that
the commerce Of your city b. recorstruc ted por
permanent and broad basis.
Great interest il taken in Louisiana in your late b.
case. The people Of Madison are clear for sweeping
away from stntute hooks the olous Star Cbam,r,
dogmns: At Carthage numerous inquiries were made