New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-08
The Pine " God. OF Mississippi Rural Lite
Resources OF the 4 ountr,.
t0frespondtnoc o the Utlis-

IHsrEE> MfiS Pof>r. La Aug -. iss9
The whole coantr, east oi PcSu River, and
south of an east line from Jackson. may be dcsig-
mated the "' Pine WOODS The enure region 10
femarksb.e for its .slab Hiy. People make a com
iortabIe living with 80 little effort thst their ener
gies are not eNerted and the country does not
improve - last where there are are more dlm
culties % overcome yuung usn marries a nnc.
b.oomlng, industrious gls', who knows bow to
raise poultry, make cheese aud batter. ply the
wheel and shstte. aid Do up her own and her
husbands apparel lie begins Hie win % head
90 cattle and pony, iestner bed and frying.
gsn. His wife. doser Is spiuutng sheei, bali
dozen bed quilts bag 0i sariem seeds. aud
lew fowls lie selcctss location hve or ten mics
ifOm ANY other settlement, crects camp Wen
cur, down Oh sspins pines, stnps them oi ihrr
bark, calls DO the ueighbors tor tNenty miles round
who. in one day. put ap hi. cabin ~ one square
room. TINS contains hi. b. 4, two or thee bencnes
a chest or Two. a TOW of shelves. a lew cooking
utensils AMI his long uhe hauglos on wooden
hooks. over the ire pisce. la Que corner stands
The spinning wheel seldom .ilent, AMI GA the
shell. near the door, a water bucket AID gonrd
end one o. two milk pals, sooured as lar Add
bright as sand aud water eau msks them.
small Il truck patch. aud hits held Oi sweet
potatoes, rice. and few plants of indigo sod To
oacco. lay adjoining gushing fountain, close
by. supplies hls household with the pufest water.
and the hshtwuod or re.u0us remains Of the
Here he lives without expense. la nine IN
stances out oi ten, the land belongs 20 Govern
me4t. lie pays no tax, no doctors nor lawyers
tees sud needs uo money. Tho WOODS abound
with deer ana turkey. racOOns and squirrels, pos
sum. aud partridges the gard with poultry, the
living water nth h.l. H.. cattle range over a
thou.sud hills, up t. their shoulders in grass, re-.
quiuug neither stabug nor forage. nor, iu toe Vi
cininity Of fhe sea coast salt. They supply his
dairy, and the Wild bees resehug amidst bound.
e,s variety of flowers. provide tor him, in every
hollow tree the most aromatic honey. Nl.it TINS
young man hye years a'tcr~ard. and you VII nod
an addition put % his yelling loom standing
10 the r,sr under shed his hsrd increased 10
tWo huld-cd, and his hreslde made Joyous 0y the
brlght Eyes ADD gladstone voices Of three or four
white headed children-I never sss child With
dark hair in the pine woods During all This time
he hos never had a fever; never be,n within fifty
miles of doctor never attended a ianersl The
rose On the cheek Of his wife 10 even more beauti
iul than when he led her 10 the altar, and, add
by her industry and cheered BY her smiles, he has
lived well and happily not expanding more than
ten dollars yea, while hs capital has qnadru-
pied The soil oi this region 10 generally thin, In
terspesed with small tracts Of fertile land. Ma
nares act kindly every where Grass, Of the coarse.
rank species, peculiar 10 pine woods grows luxq
nantly, and upon u are .Dbslsted immense herds.
ia Winter they find n rich psstufage IN the cane
aud reed brakes. Ia the marshes aud ravines.-
UNIrfs HlAlrsf hh1 HH'fp hHy W fh-'h WIN
profit. aud a. little expense. Bot the great sourcs
OF wealth Ia this region must ultimately be the
lumber trade Il - thicky planted with forest
OF yellow pine. Finer. susiybter, loftier trees
the world does not produce. For hundred miles
A. stretch. one may ride through thsse ancient
WOODS. snd see them ~ they have stood FOR count
les. years untouched BY the hand Of man, scstbed
only by the lightning and the tempest lhis
growth Of giant pine 10 unbroken, save Shrre
rivers or large creeks Intervene, and then We Ind
ln the extensive bottoms that bound them, hesyy
growth - White OAK, chestnut, and eysrgreeDs 90
The former Is particularly large, shooting up its
smooth and limbiess stem sixty feet, aud VI pro
pOrtiOnste circumference. The tImo mast arrlvs
VI sn this vast forest will become q source of
value For a hundred miles Or more the country
slopes o. the seashOre Not hill u cut through
rocks o. excayate. The surface 10 dry snd soiid
and the heart Of OAK and pine on the whole foate
would furnish materials The resources of Eastern
Mississippi are not appreciated. Look at the
wealth North Carolina coins Out Oi the lumber, TAR,
yitrh ana turpentine extracted rom her pine
woods And here Is pine forest more extensive,
win seacoast le. dangerous. more contiguous
y rood markets. the means Of OislbsIstehce cheaper,
the climate Tar better