The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-05-01
INTERESTING LETTER.

iarer sees many things To interest INN, whlch
do not affect distant readers 10 the same way.
Letter writing for the press has become a
trade, and volumes Of travels are almost MS
numerous as New Testaments. The taste of
these locomotive authors is so prurent that
they seem to forget that facilities are 80 great
that we are all rapidly becoming travellers
ourselves. and in many instances are more
familiar than they with the subjects Of their
rounded periods and brilliant paragraphs
They think that being connected with the in.
eidents they describe, is sufficient to command
the attention and interest of every reader,
when, in fact, that is the part Of the story
least thought of or cared about. / could fur
nish you copy" enough to employ your
briskest type setter two whole days, in which
you would find many things that stirred me
up from the very bottom, but the readers of
the Post would generally decline the column
headed correspondence from the South"
and then our time and labor would be lost.
L could descant upon the climate of Mssis
sippi, as developed during the past winter;
upon the people, crop, and general prospects
of that great repudating republic; upon their
late Legislature, the new code, their labors
generally, and especially the scenes amidst
which they rested from their labors. could
tell you about the Speaker of one of the
Houses preparing himself for an adjournment
at one in the morning, but for some unforeseen
circumstance that body did not get ready
until three hours afterwards, and then it was
ascertained that the chair was in the same
condition that the House had been in at one
o'clock, viz: neither ready nor able to ad.
journ. So the House had to adjourn ITSELF
And then | could inform you Of perls I en-.
countered while travelling a few weeks ago
upon Mr.. Calhoun's great inland sen," when
the "Cora Anderson" ran into our boat the
"Ben Franklin" If were to do so it would
be proper to remark that this parsonage does
not spell her name "Korah," as did certain
one OF old. Another difference TO be noted
is that although very presumptuous, it was
the Ben Franklin "and his company" that
were very near being SWALLOWED up" But
must omit all these things for the present,
and when we meet will explain more fully;
and among other things will say that the
aforesaid Miss Cora was extremely pert and
did not fail to injure her character by taking
such liberties with the venerable "Frauklin."
For the past two weeks the weather has
been the subject of deepest interest along the
coast and, in fact, all through the South A
North wester was succeeded by several severe
frosts, and the cane and corn are bitten to
the ground. No larger crop had ever been
planted, and none was ever in better condi.
ton. The rows were visible from the river,
green and beautiful. Now they are like well
rnatured sedge grass. and would as readily
ignite. It's believed by experienced planters
that the cane is not injured at the root, and
will probably recover in four weeks. Much
of the corn is being replanted. Thus q full
month of hard labor is lost. The new growth
OF cane will require precisely the same cul.
ture as that bestowed upon the former. They
plant two rows o: cane and one of corn when
they wish large crop, but sometimes they
alternate. The crop of 1906 was about one
third of 1855. There is man in New Or.
leans who collects the statistics from every
plantation in Louisiana, and at an early day
every season publishes n pamphlet showing
every barrel and hogshead Of the crop. Each
planter is furnished with copy, for which
he pays five dollars. This amounts to good
salary and secures the proper performance OF
the task. Every producer thus may deter.
mine whether to hold or sell, and no specu.
lating inerest can create panic. No bust
ness is more precarous than sugar planting
but the price Of no other staple is SO com
pletely governed by supply and demand as
sugar in the New Orleans market. The peo
pie are imposed on in distant States partly
because the retail merchants are not post ed
but mainly because they wish to make larg,
profits.
During the last Congress much patriotism
was shown by some of our statesmen, VIII,
had determined to lower the duty on sugar
in order that their constituents might get i
cheaper. The sugar Senators fought ant
counter plotted, and threatened iron an,
WOODEN goods. Finally, however, the dut,
was lowered; and now, before the member
have had time to congratulate their friend
upon cheap sugar, the Captain General 0
Cuba has imposed the same duty on the ex
ported article that we took off the imported
In other words, we take off six per cent. il
our ports and the Captain puts on six in hi
| nprta He "a tha M
get the protection. This is the most natura
result imaginable, but our Congress did no
foresee it, To quote from one of our old citi
zens of Athens, would say 'the world i
getting sharper" especially the Captain Gen
eral
If You hear of any one who has read thi
letter give him my compliments TT.
NEW York, April 27.-Adviccs from Hon
duras, to the LIST of April, state that il wa
rumored that the Guatemalians had beer
defeated in Nicaragua, and that San Salvado
had declared for Walker.
STaLoUIs, April 24.-The Santa Fe mai
arrived ut Independence on the 2lst. N,
news of interest. The weather was UNUSUALLY
warm The planting business dull.
Indians continue their depredations an,
extensive preparations far n campaign agains
ella Apaches, to commence on the first o
May are in progress.
Difficulty is apprehended with the Utahs
The kiwas express friendlness towards tn
whittier.
APRIL Exchanges against Gov. lizard o
Nebraska, have been withdrawn, out he vii
be removed on the ground of expediency.-