New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-17

n mile. What sources of wealth are thereby
0peped I'D to our citizens that have heretofore
remained occult How many mines have been dis
closed which would otherwise not have been
wrought Farming interests, it is repeated,
especially, have received a marked force OF move
ment from these enterprises, and the Improvement
everywhere apparent throughout the State is as
decided as the Indictment which originated 1t; and
though there are those who are Influenced by the
consideration that these railway enterprises are
regarded as "AbOlitiOnizers," and would mark and
condemn them as such, there are few who do not
recognize them as Of more moment and Importance
than all the slaves within the domains Of the State
If these improvements are viewed IN the nght OF
+" AbOtiOnizers," they are also esteemed as civil
izers; intelligence, enterprise, and improvements,
are accOmpaniments Of railroads. as well as the
inevitable Irishman.
With the opening of these roads, have been opened
new avenues in agricultural pursuits. The business
has been varied; a new era has been lnaugurated
in farming; persons are directing their attention to
a diversity of crops; although the corn crop Will DO
the staple there will be diversion in favor OF other
products. Large bodies of swamps are being
cleared and drained, and waste lands are being
brought into CIVILIZATIONS farmers are beginning to
turn their attention to raising vegetables for the
Northern markets.; the soil and climate are both
well adapted to the successful production of this
branch of husbandry, which is found to yield a bet
INT than the staples, since sucn
good markets have been afforded.
Another branch of business which il destined to
engage the attention Of agricuturists, and indeed
has already done it, is the cultivation of fruit, and
particularly of the peach Already has the business
attained to considerable prominence, and is quite
source OF revenue to those pursuing IT. The north
ern county has been famous for years for itS extern
siye peach orchards. Kent County, since the adj
vent of the railroad within her borders, has been
in hars ntV i'm
result has been numerous large and profitable
orchards. Sussex also, anticipating the road
- drawing its slow length along" has planted
thousands of peach and other trees within the last
three years; large quantities set out last year.
and BY the time that the whistle of the locomotive
shall startle the few deer and bear that yet remain
in the deep recesses of the forests in the extreme
southern section of the county, Sussex will be very
like fruit garden. Not many years since when
the steamer made tri-weekly trips between Phila-
delphia and Lewes, the farmers in the vicinity OF
the town were prompted TO plant peach trees
trusting TO find market for the fruit; the result
justified their expectations the business was lucra-
tive; indeed il should not be otherwise, for the soil
of the country is peculiarly adapted TO the culture
of the peach. Nurserymen from New-fOrk and
the North who have visited the county, aud studied
its advantages with reference TO the peach assert
hat the soil and climate could not be more fit.
II is conceived that there will be no departure
from the text if the differences in the agricultural
prosperity in certain sections OF the State are noted
and the relations Of domestic systems to that pros
perity. The Northern county long ago tacitly de-
teImined that Slavery not essential to her we'll
being as county; her finely GUILTY. ated farms, with
consequent high prices; scarcity of waste lands;
fine roads and az fine fences scientific farmers, and
the general cheerful aspect of affairs, attest her ex
allied position as an agricultural district; an Agr-
cultural Society in iOurishing condition, with its
yearly fairs credable to any region, 10 the natural
result of their improved system.
Kent some time ago began to get nd OF her
slaves; passive emancipation has been in progress,
and has eyentuated in her almost abandoning the IN
stitution as matter of policy. Although below her
sister county the north in the general character
her farms, and the multudinous products OF her
SOIL and in the appearance OF the country still her
march Of improvement is onward: few years ago
an Agricultural Society instituted there, show
ing that her farmers were endowed with ambition.
Sussex has been behind the age, as regards inn
prOyements; her lands have been but indlfierenty
cultivated; there has not been much of Yankee
spirit abroad in her limits; the standard of agrcul
tnre with her has been low, and her industrial pur
suits in state of inertia; much of her fair plains
have lain idle long, waiting to yield up their treas
ures to some enterprising man who should come
and work them She has shown in time past some
thing like blind adherence for her domestic sys-
TENS. Since passive ab0litl0nlsm-as has been
shown in a previous paper-4las been gong on,
Sussex is beginning to awake and be sensible OF her
interests A County Agricultural Society is now
agitated to be auxiliary to State Society which is
icing formed.
Now, to what are these differences attributable
Are they mere condolences, or do we see in them
cause and efectl Is the improvement in Agricul.
ture depend ent upon the decline of the peculiar In
stitutiOn or the latter indebted to the former for
for the decline Are these diyeHities chargeable
to situation with respect to natural resources or
do we perceive in if confirmation of the doctrines
of the - Impending Crisis, that the system para
Yves progress 1t is an illustration of the PROPOSE
ton, that 80 soon as commonwealth Is sensible
of an enterprising force impeling it, it begins to
seitate the subject is this or that method calcu-
lated to advance our progress and again, that
there is an apparent antae onism between enter.
prise and ambition on the one hand, and Slavery on
The other and that the latter is q barrier to the
furtherance of the former. Some might eonstrue
these instances as an evidence of an irrepressble
conflict"
Notwithstanding that Slavery does exist L" in
spots in the State-but only nominaly upon the
whole-it does not exist in such an unadulterated
FORM to check in any great degree, the march of
improvement in Agriculture. Every nook and cor
Der of the State feel the force of action and a
spirit of ambition is permestiIg every corner. Due
Importance is attached to iertliZng the ground aid
securing facilities for dispOsiDg of the produce after
il is raised; and the strides that Sussex is making
although not long and rapid still are sure and point
ing in the proper direction and will ere long enable
her to take position which the kindly nature OF
her soil rightiully entities her to.
But what is needed is genuine Yankee spirit
with will. Farmersfrom the Middle States would
be ofincalcuable service to the country, and, from
She cheapness of land and facility of cultivation
might be of service TO themselves. Asto their aver