Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-01
LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH.

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SrNSY SLorE. Ala. Feb 18th, 1852.
'MrsSrS Editors Continued bad weather to
eight weeks Of alternate rain and cold has pro
duced great deal Of plc,ri>y and pneumonia
especially on the lime and clay lands of th'
middle and northern counties Of this State lr
cases of plcuro-pncumonia there is Il Stron;
tendency to complication with tgphcm fever
The amount Of corn in th, country i, almo>
incredible. The FARMERS" I'VE are all Etr,a,rs'
here except few Of the upper ten, who ar,
Ti"ntets torSooth) are aS busy as the bad wealth
er and bad colds will allow them to DE. in pre-
pairing for and pitching their crops for 1862
assure you that the South is fast becoming
most c"!iiratd field She no longer stands in
lazy nor poetic admiration ii the scattered
clusters Of the will vine
Sy!yssiIs rari, 81 ar,i, abru.ca rac-uis
II you could now see the cotton fields. the
teretta9, dfching, mah"~iag and beoldiag in
progress, You would readily come to the CON
cluSon that the Southern Jlrasyx are not afraid
of "'"ij1J tco auch cotton, and they are
right too, against all the drcamcis and theo.
riSerS who have for some year, been prognoSti.
cally advising them by all means to make sLor,
craps. They know better than This You NAV
depend on it, if the season should favor the
cotton crop OF 1870 will be the largest the
world ever heard Of Write down my prcdic-
tion now, that il will reach l ,00n, 600 bales.
The bacon crop has been light here, and no
hogs have been driven, and 50 there i, pain
ful impression that bacon will rule high.
Have you seen any peach trees in b'"ss1n? /?
! have snail orchard at my little rural ria
here, and Yesterday presented myself at the
breakfast table. from my morning walk, to the
great delight Of ''tc good wife and children,
with my cap u floral crown. fear that like
many other premature blossoms, they bring
no special promise Of early fruit; still it is
cheerful to see the first budding of spring I,>
vernal gloricS will soon invest all these rugged
hllsand plains. Slvc atquc vale
SiGSAL
[ EC"rt1""Jeare gf' N. Hirhmond Eaguir.r. !,
SrSNY SlorE, AL,.. Feb. Is, 1885,?
Gcntlcmcn-I told you in ms last that the
Southern farmers are hot afraid Of "a biz crop
of cotton" and in proof oi it lnicd at the vas,
preparations in progress to carry the crop ii
1850 10 1000, 900 bales
Another evidence Of their confidence in their
great staple is the desire they almost universal.
ly express, 10 have the Federal laws prohibi.
ting the slave trade from Africa, repealed. -
They say the government is not their guardian,
bu, agcnt-tllat they shall not buy Africans
unless they want them. and il they do buy
them. expect 10 pay for them-that labor is
an element of wealth and the Federal Govern.
rlcnt ""ghi mi 10 have the power to regulate
the supply Of labor, any more than the price Of
cotton or wheat.
rs 10 large crop Of c"tton they seem to
think if they make it, and the price should
fall and 50 they do not get as much per pound
for it; that the diminished price OF cotton will
reduce the price Of living in Europe ard Asia
and throughout the earth, and 50 enable other
countries 10 supply them with the neccsSarcS
and luXurics Of life at such Il reduced price.
that in the long run, between selling and buy
ing they will get pay for clothing the world.
| suspect their common sense will prevail and
that We arc 10 have Increased crops Of cotton
with all their benefits
Mr. Dowtlri has declined the Congressional
candidacy Of that district which he so gallant.
" wrcstcd in 1866 from the Know. NothIngs.
and retained in 1857 in the midst of the Kansas
the Administration. and which he has so ably
and faithfully represented for four years. His
vacancy will occasion a severe struggle for the
succession. Thomas J. Judge, Esp, Of Mont
gomcry, his defeated competitor in the last
race. will probably he the candidate of the op-
position. lie is an able campaigner, and, it is
thought. may he elected. Col. William l..
Yanccy might hc elected easily. as an indepen
dent Southern Rights candidate. But his
health is yet too feeble for the lahor> Of 4 can
va,s. and his friends seem disposed to hold him
in reserve for the Senate Of the United States.
The Opposition here, is loud in its profession,
Of Southern Rights. and dcnouncc Crittcndcn
and Dougla, alike. 1t will discard sam al.
together. 20 a"mincs, and go IN TO vim
=" high for lack and Jimmy Goodin -
The Democrats are in confusion. AID the pros
pcct is gloomy enough. Thing' in Washing
ton greatly discourage them.
Sal. .,I, IL ST,.S II