, 1863-07-02

and to permit their families to reside on the
plantation and provide for them proper shell
t*r, furnishing employment for children under
hheen years Of age suitable to their condition
at bali price, this clasa not being subject to
neld nes Ia 1aoor under twelve years Of age These
me Important one that the lessee must bs 1t
approved loyalty. In the parishes OF Carroll
anu Madison, the finest In Louisiana, there
are many plantations thus cultivated by men
u the north. Among them. Is one Of LOO
acres in cotton carried On BY Judge Dent, Of
California; seven plantations, Consisting Of
the Morgan estate, by Mr.. Montague, = Union
rttngee Of Bayou Mason; one Of 1,200 acres,
700 Of cotton, By ChAs. H. Hay; besides sfmt-
lar ones BY H 7; Davis, Of Cincinnati, Drake
Bort & Williams of St. Louis. and Durham
May, Of Ohio. So It will be seen these two
pa1t+hes are rapidly becoming Yankeaized.
And for the benefit Of those who think the
negro incapable Of business talent, I will state
that Mr.. Grashong has placed the Davis plan
corn, under the control Of a former slave Of
Dr. Davis, and it never was In more pros"
porous condition than at present. Also, Sam
Howard, an intelligent negro formerly be-
longing to Mr. Galloway, Who is now old,
carries on the plantation Of MI. g., Of 100
acres, on his own account Negroes make
excellent oyerseeers-in fact do anything that
white men can do.
Mr. GtoEhong Informs me that next year
will see the Mississippi lined with Yankee
cotton-planters. He thinks they will eeono-
mize labor, aa well as lnnd, much more closely
than the Sontherners have been In the habit
Of doing, and speake In terms Of unlimited
slave labor, viewed in regard to consfdera.
tions Of economy as well as humanity. But
what is peculiarly gratifying, the encourage
ment Of these experiments III free negro
labor forms q part Of the policy Of tho De-
gartment Of the Tennessee, hrmly settled by
Gen. Grant.
The recent demonstrations by guerilss, on
the Mississippi, have not been unuoticed BY
Gen. Grant, and their frequency and increas-
ing strength during the past few days, has 1us
duced the belief, expressed to-dAy by the
General, that 1t Is the intention OF the rebels
river between Memphis and VIcksbnrg. The
hand Of Johnston seems to have been shown
in the affair at Cypress Bend. Bnt as soou as
Vicksburg succumbs, duo attention will be
paid to the rebel operations in that direction.
The town Of Richmond, twelve miles from
Milliken's BEND, wns burned to the ground a
few days since by our cavalry, together with
In consequence Of the harborage given to
gutrillas and spies.
Some cad stories are told by destitute rebels
tn Capt. Gillette, the Provost Marshal here,
and while listening to them, my Ideas Of the
pride and Independence Of TIE Southern
chiyalry have been seriously set back. hare
seen planters Who were worth from one to
five hundred thousand dollars, come In wear
Ing faded, tattered or homespun suits, un-
elaven and unkempt, and lOoking as though
they had lost all friends and all hopes, aud
tell their tales in piti(ul tones, how one week
the rebels came along and nude & haul upon
them, and the next week the Federala c2me
all nn5 rr1a1a nd
terrible life between two fires, not knowing
from which to flee, and lacking the courage
and decision to risk marty rdom by making
positive choice Of either side, Some Of these
wealthy planters are actually fed, themselves
ana their families, by our army. Their whole
demcanor is generally abject Ia the presence
Of their conquerors and the word "Girn Is
used By them at the end Of sentences, about
as often as by the negroes. I suppose, Of
course, that the war1ike portion Of the chIvaI-
r have oil gone to the war, but l did not
know that such Q portion Us I have seen had
Ap existence af all. WALDO.