The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-11-16
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NFw ORLEANs, Oct. 10 1860.
FRtrsp McRrr:-sihes last twfotc you.
'Ihaye been jostlcd forty hours. over d
horrid railroad, $50 milcs: from Cairo
to Die plncs. The greater part of The
trip being made in thc Dight, enjoyed
but poor opportunities for observation in
the states through which passed.
OF Kentucky, I saw nothing; hut as
the sun rose bright on the morning of
the l5th thc extensive corn aud cotton
fields Of Tenn, hove in sight, telling too
plainly The story Of the drouth Of last
summer, which was fclt moro in some
localities than others. On the uplands
many cotton folds will remain unpicked.
In districts, the cotton bolls were full
opened and the fields were spcckcd with
the "Ebony Idol;" aud men and women
were engaged in picking, the overseers
standing by to keep them steadily at
work. Cotton is cultivated in rowsl
about 3fcct apart, and requires ubout as
much and the same sort of culture, asI
corn. Ono and one aud half bales toI
the ocre is common yield. AZ present
prices, a bale IL worth about ffy dollars
In the Mississippi bottom lands the crop
win he fair; but II il estimated that the
entire crop will fall ono million bales
short Of iho crop of 1859.
May not the wool growers Of Ohio
confidently anticipate high prices for their
next clipt
The great staple product Of the South
lie cotton,but niggcrs aud corn arc not un-
important items, especially in Tenn, and
Miss,
Some the cotton plrntutions along
= the Mirsissippi river lre inmcnse; one
was pointed out 10 me that would make
I bOO9 bales this season. Such large
estates exclude society, and the cause Of
common schools Is woully neglected;
80 that the lOboring or poorer classes
have extremely me0gcr chances Of learn
ing to read or write and are brought up
ih ignorance, only a grade above the
/ slave who lsbors by their side. On the
other hand, the planters pay for princely
.ljvngs with thCr families, they
spend the summer north at fashionable
places Of resort, and in the winter season
, live in New Orleans, one Of the most
e expensive places in the Union. AZ a
class, the cotton planters are hoad-
ly in debt, are Que, and often two cotton
crops behind to their New Orleans mer.
chants.
They exhaust and impoycrish the
lsads by succcsivcly cropping them, unt
then abandon them as worthless, unt
It oven then having accumulated but lttll
g or nothing from their culture.
d Hundreds and even thousands Of acres
& worn out in this manner, may be seer
y ulong the New Orleans g. Jackson an,
Mississippi Central Rail Roads, and ye
- the South, in pccuuiury point Of view
!, are proPsrOWs--thcy hayo the grea
staples, cotton and sugari
The Mississippi State Fair was hel,
at Holly Springs, place ofO population
+, of 2,5Oo. How would Ohio look holding
& State Fair in place Of that sizcl
y Holly Springs il indebted to TifTin
Il ito for some lessons in tall bank hnan
The Southern States regret much tha
they have TO resort 10 the North for thei
6 stock; they think it bad policy but can
:, not better themselves. A Seneca coun
q ty farmer, in passing through Tennesse,
C or Mississippi might be surprised to rec
o ognizo favorite horse ofhis own rsisn,
"" "" that he was tempted to part with
a ! saw many posters in Tenn, an,
y Miss, announcing the gratifying news
that the "Little Giant would soon b.
down through these parts and talk on hi
great principle" and probably look al
z ter his plantation, and perhaps his chill
, dron.
= Yours &c