, 1860-12-21

lfd1e ualA tHe s,00tN-dtoHs OHF L4I3eHeY"
Hon III Utnrcci1{ion snorks dgdins. Chtcd1o-
Weather and Cryps-11out Buying the Ne
Qroes-deelination Of the Cotton Plant, etc.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Trtbuue.l
cu4ArA1aS, Champaign Co., ILL.,. Dec. -, 1870.
I have been long limo silent, because
caame to the conclusion that other than aggrl-
cultural and kindred matters were fully ell
gaging tho attention Of your readers. Batthe
excitement Of tho election over, another and
another follows, and tho eua appears 80 far
away, that if I am ever to resume notice Of
home aftai1s, 1t seems to me may as well be-
gin now.
Notwithstanding the du1less in Chicago and
in the Northern part OF the State, the panic
and tho money pressure everywhere, we are
getting along very comfortably; aud the same
Is true Of the greater part Of the south half Of
tue State. Our forwardcrs arc doing Urge
grain business with tho South aud St. Louis,
Memphis and New Orleans papers, circulars
and prices current are as numerous as those Of
Chicago formerly. The price Of corn ut Mat
toon, ITO miles south of Chicago, for Elk
weeka, has been nearly up to the Chicago ag-
ure during the same time; while at Tolono,
to a5c, and here, 128 miles south, at from Is to
&c for 70 pounds. At this point good red
1877 miles south, the price has ranged from 20
wheat ia worth more than it il in Chicago, and
tho came holds OF oats aud barley, rye
aud potatoes. Every bushel Of grain going
south has to be sacked, and this a1urds cn-
ploynent for great Number Of industrious
men, who otherwise would iiud steady indoor
labor difficult to he had.
For thcgrain sent South, cur forwardcrs re-
ceiyc in Puymeut bankab1c funds, which ar
worth ut Memphis and New Orleans one per
these funds they obiain New York Exchange,
TO that If there were no margin between thr
cost Of thc grain here and tue freight and
charges added, and the price in New Orleans,
our men would make . ''bg thing" out Of the
trade, By the mere difference il the rate of E1-
the ''sknnk-skin :" currency Of Illinois, which
We would be obliged TO take wcro NC to send
our grain to Chicago.
Perhaps some Of you fellows up there In
C@icnrt', aTe anxious to learn hA~ long " New
| York Exchange" US you politely call currency
| depreciation, /. to remain at from to 10 per
cent. will tell them. Until the losses on this
| 'skunkskin' currency amounts to the exactsum
| the profits. Just 70 lun!, and no longer. But
/ there is disagreeab1c feature about the husi-
ness, and that is that the profits and losses do
| not fall on the same pereons, which fact some
| Of you fellows have no doubt f:uUa out
| We arc having q regular Illinois winter,
| which means thaw and Il freeze once week
| regularly. 4 heavy south rain is just over,
T! it's Yuite wafIn, and the reads arc lmpassahle
| to loaded tc:,nls In twcnty-1our hours 1lc
thermometer will be down to zero-and the
roads harder aud Tonghcr than the inside OF u
| cob mill But the fall AMI winter on the whole
has been quite favorable for farmers, aud bnsi
nrss generally il better than for four or tire
| years-
Ine year 1860 Ia. given us, in this section,
| an enormous crop oi corn, and there is Il greas
amount Of it still III the country. Eeyerthe
| less, the best fields lavc not Yielded moro
than GO bushels to the acre, aud 1 doubt
whether the average Of the country il murt
| than IS bushels.
liked your suggestion OF buying the slavc.
very murh. 4 great debt, said TO myselt, Il
a bid thing eveu il incurred for ! char table
aud hcueticeut purpose: hut greater debt In
all means buy and pay for the g uissgcrs." Bui
it OCCURS to me to ask, what will you do viii
the negroes when purchased? Says
THIS whole secession and disunlon bu:ines:
reduced to its naked form is simply aqnestior
Of ethics: Dr.: negroes property, AID lees tn
ds such. We Of the North FAY 'No, no.
They Of the South say they arc property aut
the Constitution makes them such, and the,
are backed up by the Supreme Court, or a
least think they are. We Of the North fet
We arc sincere in our opinions and won't bocl
down, Of course. Width South? thiul
not From our point of view We are right
So from tleiE point they arc and don't ask now
and never hare, anything more than tlci
naked rights.
The conflict then is irreprcssiblc, IS 3lr: Sew
ard mud other distinguished gentlemen hav'
logically, reasonably and ethic0lly stated
Now, shall we have peaceab1c solution of tn
question, or shall m attempt be made to c
| 70 acres of land down here In tha prairie whitl
an ready TO bcstow {foE the tribe Of 80 pc
acrc,) on some honest Dutclmau, 1rishEuan Q
| Yankee emigrant whom I don't wish to Sc
| frightened away hy TrotEtctcj, costly an
bitter civil war. That Is one reason, and 1he7
arc hundred just IS rood, and another lur
drel much BETTER
With Your permission, in another letter,
| will have something 10 sav cOncernlu. III
possibility Of the ultimate successful Accliul:
t;on Of the cotton plant to oNt prairics, an
the interesting and profitable results likely t
follow the introduction Of the Chinese Snga
Cane
Our winter wheat is looking remarkabl
well. The season has been very favorable IL
it. Freishts heavy, but traTel very light
our railroads.
Parties of responsibility arc preparing
| build. in this town, Seminary, similar to I'll
| extensive ous ia Aurora, Ill. Tie material fe
! the foundation Is on the ground Many 1arg
lots of hogs still remain ID the country. Thei
is scarcely buslel Of good wiuttr wheat I
be had. Thcrc, that tiils out the sheet. an
gives nc just room to FAY tl.at an JAT.