New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-08
4. HARLy vVaENaNG;

The following very sensible and timely article
appealefi Id the Frank IN lSt Mary parish Banner
nj the 4 ID Inst Wescordisliy commend the sug-
gAsiiors thrown sat to re attention Of tie plant
iss community. The cubic t is one Of great IN.
posss and II the war should continue another
year she food aasElion wjll rise paramount to- an
others. III all even whether NE are to hsye
peace 81 war, care car NOT bs bestowed
upon aiming crops, Is. Aereaft IT should
ID the inHsx policy ~ policy never 70 be de-
waited from ~of the Son ern States to raise sniff
Gent antisy of prov ssfons for home support
By adpp ting sneh a, course more money would be,
made shanby confiaing err labor ii raising one Of
Ii. eat staples, and an ttaings else,
and xexl sahs tantial home Independence would be
up and discuss ii al such al may be deemed
pIiAts 4: & 53as Esssts$48 !,
III DecsIaber, 1866 We published articles in the
Banner, before any other Southern paper had
called. atteation to .Iirging the impot
Rnce sof planting A large amonnt pi corn. sweet
p0tataes, peas pnmpk and garden seeds, and Of
econonlizng The poTk beaf, nation, and all other
Blockade The var and block came, and with
Il Them. proysdentialiy (. the best general crops,
through onts the South that ehaae been blessed
With an mere than twenty years. And still We
bring ioes Had drouths, or an urtiavoFabls
season out "a The crops of the South 8s they We're
the :prsssous year Te would now be ID perilous
condition ID regard tn food for our; army, and our
from m famine We appeal to the plant
NV. and evesy asrti1g man 10 say IL our WARM
ing last wear Was nor juaeious, and, even with
abundant egcps. y would not have been hetter
for te South tosaay had less suga-, cotton and to-
bacqp bGsn mad md lore corn and ether articles
of sood made ia their, place. ] s r.
IS Eoyarbial That one fruitful season ii seldom
followed imms1iatsay BY anothefs We may this
4 year xpect hnt derate crops. We may have
sever6 dfouths, and d general failure in crops.
4 And q much larger amount Of provisions must be
mid antera of. the Com sderate States this
year, 10 pfeyent 4tar than was raised last
poTk, fUtE, and other prodnce from tie West, il.
tended for the South Mas shipped 10 fhes0ath be-
Y fore she BLOCKADE Wass estab lished. This year
tho supplies are lcnt off ss sss5s{
Sontharn pla1ters haYe other s1Iies 10 perform
this besides supp wing the wantstof their own
plantations They must iaed the Southern army
Aid ehe Soufhasn FlitieS, and oil of the Santhern
people who DO not culsata the eafsh u they
merely make enough cprns and other art elpsseE
food their own eonsuippt ton, they will leave
lsc rsst lf fo rye. They willacoias
init the of no cornta sell when that
aTticle H1ay command fE0I1 three 70 OF more
dollars and shaves The maj kAs gluttel with sugar,
cotton and tohaec which they cam get little
Or ns.thing e glPtcre the sugar pIansels ana al
other pIantars At tie South Is reflect upon fhess
+! before planting thsir and re-
Ehber upon them rests the respensihility 81
feeding hA and nearly ten millions
~ people, and II they fail To make seasonahe and
Mise arrangements 20 pfeyesle famine and starya.
tian "a case oil an null yorable season for crops,
they xilt nave Ar weep tears Of blood over the
N calamity when itis too tate to- renee stle evil s
s Me hone our papers viii take Up this qnes.
tsar AN 0stoe and The powerful iffusnee Of
tises 5olignsla sto bear ~ continually udtil
lns ef9ps q the Soas are al tehsd and he sea
Y son fpfs all dtsen sion has passed:
Tas sl'osT oSsloE. . have received q note
ostlnastar RID ei concerning some allusions
I % tha saye1ty I've cents postage charged On let,
tors fsonl dropped into the Office
feared I'D oIr col utnIs yesterday morn
fag Ihe Postfnast er says 4. This charge ismade
ana asl operly made considering Hex
mes and cireg stanoes, BIZ the I'D yentnrous own
ers lucky vessel mai Brought TIE letters
Ola dime Gprfsd crate postage is retained hero fo
w Dice DePar tHent and tue Balance with
out duntion hal ded over ID Die owners aiore
sais ~ readily publish luz postmasteris &
pisaassan gsatpil
tiEY RAxLspAp glc9E1s. ~ n refer our ne adler
toa me aevsflis eEuent published this morning u
re Presid te usty Railroad Company. Ii, re
te the ear keis Ia cjrcnIa ion.
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MilrTAHxS NpTtcts. e W aaksonr readers IL Sc
ruse atteatlYely tie many military notices wbio
they will fnd IA onrs columns this morning.. Man
them ars inapolfant and require Immediate q
tentio1. N s
The Charleston Courier announces HE II
ceiptof 800 by tlle ayor 81 that city from III,
Jacob Barker pf Ne5g 1fIeans IN fh,e .al;sfs y