Mobile register and journal., 1845-02-13
For the Register and Journal.

Itw be conceded by every re1ecling man, that the present is period unusually depressing to the agricultural community.
 To be compe He'd To receive pr ice below req 5onable compensation for ihe product of human la bor, Is at all times painful the laboring man; but 10 be unable determine any object of agrcul- rural product, that will m any degree reInunerae the and tol bestowed it's production, de- pressing in the highest degree, especially to those who have 10 provide for those coming after them.
 This last is certainly the present condition of the mass of our laboring populaion and which, added to the pecuniary pressure oi the tlmes makes the of section of country, regards the poorer class of our population especially, actually deplor- able.
 That there must be prodigous decrease in the quantity of land cultivated, 10 produce the present staple of our State, IS giaringly fact, that 1t is presumed no man of common nationality will dream of any other course. That agricultural labor
 must be directed 10 other articles of commerce, such soils and climate known to favor the pro- ducton of is simply the that common sense points out And that rigid economy, VIZ: the eco- nomy of the sage Franklin, must seriously be- gin, appears generally well understood-that is, live within yourselves" for if any discovery has been fairly made. it is presumed that we have fully found out that 10 produce by labor almost entirely articles of foreign commerce, the sale of winch is o produce to us, by purchase, the necessa ries Of life, IS all bubbe and that first 10 provide within ourselves, and by our industry, for Il comfortable exis,ance, as far our labor can, and sell the balance, is the true policy ot d people pre- tending to comTon sense.
 The enquiry has been for some time back anxious ly making by planters, "to what article of agri culture shall we turn labor and capia?" and it is query that ought to be solved, if in our power as early possible.
 shall make apolosy for endeavouring to throw in my mite of light on the subject, and shall suggest articles to which agricultural labor may be he ra nual hoD Of fair mnneration, previously howeve, promising, disclam- ing all captiOus feelings, that hundreds of agr culturalsts had been blessed with little less than ihe ''second sight, of certain people, they would have been spirited by pushing at other objects be- sides cotton before the arrival of the present embar rassng period. Ht
 The first article I would suggest is INDIGO. Tins agricultural production yields annual return, and far the habitual expectation and calculation of our planters, and winch ia the present state of many of citizens, is essentially necessary for at least some crops to come. The present demand, and the certainly increasing demand for this dye stuff, oilers handsome prospect Tor years; and be 1t re- collected, there has not yet been discovered for 1t substitute The best variety Of the dye stufs, and most preferred by manlaciuries, IS found to suc- ceed well in climate and soils, which last mpor- tan' item was determined many years ago by dis tinsulshed South Carolina planter, by fair experi ment, wbo impressed with the belief that il would ultimately become the best agricultural pursuit the country, determined to invest capital in it. His tral was made good quality of pine land-the same cow-pen d, and pine, oak and hickory land in 1912. The first grew and produced well; the second, he stated, was superior the finest Bengal indigo he had seen; the last good.
 The product was fully equal to the growth, having been carried through the proper process; and when convey ed.o New York and Philadelphia, was tried os i'emsen manufacturers and pronounced superior.
 stipulated price was immediately offered by con t'ac' Tor any Quantity. Death however arrested the i,ir'her pursuit oi the cultivation, but enough done to show that We had the soils and climate for me cultivation and pcduciion of the best variety of this dye stuff, and far calculation based on inc re- sslt exhibited remuneration for the labor bestowed o from seyeniy-ive to one hundred dollars per acre where the land was manured. Y v :
 Recent accounts state that neighbours to the west finding the value of the cuff va,on of in digo, and that considerable fields VIM he seen inc coming season. SOUTH ALABAMA.