, 1862-08-11
FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
Vo1unteoriDg1 in - Egypts'--The Crops
--Cotton. .3orEh Ehuns Goal mfnIuE..
Fruit Culture, htc.


new towns called into life, In fact, By the |
illinois Central Railroad-yet the country
round about is styled "old- settled.n The |
road from shawneetown to KaskasIzia, q "a
NOUS and much travelled road In its day,
crossed the Big Muddy river close BY this
place; and along that road, here and there,
we're farms and places of entertainment fifty
years ago. Sereral Of these farms are now
pointed out as landmarks in the country, aud
to the early settler are places OF considerable
interest. DuQuofn, one Of the great chiefs Of
tie Kaskaskia Indians, fought his last battle
Hith the shgwnees near the site Of this town,
and his valor on that occasion is likely to
carry his name, If not his fame, down to the
latest generation.
WAR MATTERS
Situated in the very heart Of "Egypt," and
free from most of metropolitan fe1citements.
we are, nevertheless, as fully aroused to &C.
lion by the cali for the var az any Of the large
cities can be. Yesterday we sent off fifty Of
our young men in answer to the demand for
in village where each knows
the rame and circumstances Of ege-y other,
this event could not be viewed with indifer:
ence. The whole population men, women
end children assembled at the railway Sta
top, to give their tears, their kisses, and their
blessings, to those noble fellows who are Of
fering their lives upon the shrine of q free
government Already there have been sent
from this county some 600 Of the rank and file
Of the army, together with due proportion
Of officers, and this number has been furnish
ed fra n y,0r1u1afirI1 fopf x,otx lad
1900 votes. The loyalty Of this part ofthe
State has been too vel tested to require any
justification, and Rshen you hear men tlippanuy
declare that oIc-fRlf OF Southern illinois IS
"Eecesh," yon have only to point to the facts
for denial. We believe 1t Is true that in pro-
portion to our population we have furnished
more troops t1an the. northern part of the
State This is 10 disparagenenr to tho north,
but it is certsin}y complimentary to the soutl,-
ern section II Illinois, Where our citizena are
not IN CONDITION to step in between the
goEe1nmentand the recruit, and, in the way
~bat M e End rs to be % bis duty. ~ And Donei, Be- e.
tcD, and Piftsburg, and ev.ry battle field in
the West tell the tales OF tie valor Of these
men. There is Just the SAME degree Of enthu-
Eiasm displayed in all the Eeighooring co11n-
ties that we see manifested in Perry. In the
this station, thrte companies have been en-.
rolled dnf1pg the last four days. The new re-
cruits1s into camp at Jonesboro, aud will be
ready 1or departure for the scene of war as
soon us the necessary arms aud equipments
can be provided, Bear in mind thar We are in
the midst Of great harvest. and at this sea-
son OF the year can have no idle men; that in
many instances cur farmers are leaving their
fields upharTestcd, and quite uncertain if
their standing crops can be gathered, AID you
will then get an idea Of the Sacrifices our PED
pie are making. It is not the bouuti@s that
entlces them; it is pure love Of country.
There will be no need Of drafting in Southern
Illinois.
THE CROPS.
THIS has been a remarkable year for our
farmers, and iu almost every article Of produce
the yield will be above the average and in
some instances extraordinarily large. We
have had rain just wEen it was required and in
the quantity desired. and no blight has hap
pentt to any Of the growing croTs.
Tic wheat is all cut, and some OF it has
found its way to the mill. This section Of
country IS 1ather famous fer the good quality
of its wheat. and the flour made here COM
Eands as high price IS any In the stste.
Those in position to form q tolerably cor
rect estimate believe that the country fribu-
this season fully $1,000 bushels of the finest
TlfIer wheat. From our location we have
alTays-looked to the south for market for
our surplus products, and that market being
Closed to US our commerce Is necessarily dis
arranged. This year, however, the yield OF
find profit in transporting it to the northern
markets. am assnred that many iarge fielde
have turned out thirty i've bushels to The acre,
ard at the preEent prices this will give the
producer 2 very handsome profit.
Our earliest records refer to the "Corn in
only article cultivated. Mr.. Reyes, who has
lived in these parts more than twenty years, and
who hast zen the building ofa1most every house
in the town. pointed ont to me a field on
Which the forty-fourth successive crop was
then growing. I wish that some OF our New
England farmers could see this corn-corn
p1anted torty-lour years in succession, eighty
bushels to the acre, ana never an ounce o1
manure applied to fertiIize the land WHY
may not the same soil produce forty-four more
crops? And indeed is there any limit to it,
p1oductiEeness? This years harvest will be
corn grown here Is almost entirely used In the
feeding Of stock, the statistics Of the yield
are not readily obtained.
Tobacco has now become one Of the staple
commodities Of Southern Illinois. Mort
acres have been planted this year than eve,
before, and it has q ranker growth than usual
inside inqnirie6 among the best-inforsneG
farmers, to ascertaiD, il possible, the amount
| OF the tobacco crop this year. It WiIl be uu
| precedentedly largo 1900 hogsheals will bt
| forwarded from Carbondale station alone, ant
| indeed many persons place the amount at :
higher figure than this.
COTTON.
shall not enlarge upon the fitness of thi:
| SCH and climate for the cultivation Of cotton
| Years Of experience have fully established ta,
| fact that We can grow cotton fully equal il
| quality to what is known in commerce O.
's fair upland" At one-half the price of th'
present ruling rat-, it would bs the mos
| profitable crop that could be produced
In Williamson, jackson and Union counties
8 great many small patches hare been plantes
| trough, probably, for home consumption
and could seed hnye been obtained at th
| rlantidg season there would have undouoted
" been large quantity of the product fl,
expectation. The government, which ha.
made an appropriation for the purpose, gen
erously offered to, furnish through the paIen
Office, cotton seed Of good quality to al
| who would undertake. to plant It. Ate
much anxious waiting the farmers OF til
| State Of Illinois were Supplied with the Ii
significant amount Of seyenty-fye bushels
| not enough to plant o single field upon til
| scale which Some Of cur farmers had conten
p1ated,-and even this amount Was not fort1
coming until the railroad company had sent
special messenger to look into the matter
Next year, left to private enterprise, we sha'
| do better, and 1t will not be long before col
ton is one Of the cL1efest products of sousl
ern Illinois.
CHINESE sURAK CANE,
The cultivation Of sorghum, although COZ
side1able, IS less than might be expected, col
sideflpg that It grows very lnxariousl,
almost as much so as corn, and that its prof
a:l.ncss hos been clearly established. It !
eaid that the machinery for crushing au
esaporatmg Is of the rudest kind-:he m;
chinery in use here-aud that for this reas9
IFS fuller Development has BEEN kept bacl
4J1%1 - Ttr-4$ &.
coed sugar mill and one Of large capacit
Power to work such mill could be procnrc
| at cne or the other Of the coal mines, and
am but relating what some Of the best flrme,
tel we when say that # the necessary N
chinery is set up they will agree to plant
transport s - It 1e to tie 6'"n mill, IT, M di
GisposirG Of it at a price agreed upc
beforehand or for q share of the Mauuta
tu1ed sugar One thousand dollars investt
,, in this way could scarcely fail to prove
; the enterprise, and on the other hand it Won
stimulate to an almost unlimited extent tt
production Of this very necessary article
: food.
MINING.
The coal mines Of Du Quoin OCCUPY to
lsrge degree the industry Of the town. rhr
/ mines have been opened and are all In So
: cessfu1 pperation, capable Of producing
aggregate of about two hundred tons da
7 LII the year 1861 the export from this tor
amounted to nearly 10000 tons. 1t is deli
E cred in the village at 81. SO per.ton, and Of t
: mine at Is per ton. It is feared. that t
active recruiting now going on may res.
8 in the closing Of one or even all Of the
j ninee, an occurrence to be lep1ored cl
! tainly, bur for which Isee no remedy. H..
;. FRUIT CULTURE. :,
As in other parts Of southern Illinois, mu
= attention ia here given to orchar1ing. T
) peach comes to perfection early in Augu