The Jasper weekly courier., 1864-04-16
Starving ont the sou,h ,

atr hnt - ~tit posted - tney should nf ~
regard 10 the resources ~ The rebellion,
States. We hnd "a tie Washington cor
re-pondesce o. the Ne~ York World ar
elaborate snd care fully pre- pared statistical
article On The suojsci, irvm which We e.
trser:
H. arriving e The truth IN regard 10 ths
sbove points. y l. necessary 10 iase into
coDsld-raflon the vast ferriforsl exten, 81
'be ~c0in; toe coa. paraIive small number
q he southern people who have been xith
drs~ from pursui's during rhe lsst three
'year-; snd IRE femOer and feeling Of the
Spu'hera people in regard 10 the war
The States of Ms-.schDsers. Connect
cui and New Hampshire oecnpy an ares oi
quite respectable size on the msp. YET
these three states together only occupy an
sr-s of q s5f squsre miles. while the S'ste
lnf South Csrolina a'ene ha- m area Of "a.
800 sqnare miles The great State " .di-
sns contains an are. of s3 500 sqa.-e miles
Bnt North Clrolins, wirh iis 5000 square
miles, is larger 10 territorial extent than
Indisns snd Ma-sachn-ett- rogesher How
many psop'e in The North believe rhs;
Louisiana exceeds in territorial extent the
EinDire State ITSELF with the 5000 sqrsre
miles " The l4iresi Ye, -uca Is sbe fscf
TIE State n Missis-ippi hs~ A. 600 squar.
Fnii~s End j. therefore larger Than either
New York Or PEN svlvsDia The Safe o.
Alassms cvniains So 700 squ,rr miles. and
= therefore larger than Ns~ York snd Con-
necii~ut together. A person who has rrav-
rlec over rhs whole length of The Y shaped
Illinois Central Railroad. from Chicsgo and
Gslens oD ne north 10 Cairo 1t The south.
has sore idea Of the vssr extent Of thsr
State Yel Groreia h,s So 600 square miIe-'
md =. therefore. larger tbsn Illinois. And
Flofida. shieh The President ser' Mr. Johr
Hay 1, conquer, coniaIns 50 co square
nils. snd j.. therefore. larger ihsn Penn
Sy.vsnis, Massachusetts and Connecticut,
sII Together. Fnaliy. Virginia 10 -tiIl larger.
containing 81 OO square .ile-. sad even |,
= ben The bogus State Of West virginia
y taken Il, ihs O.d Dominion is sin larger
than ONO. We ssy nothing u Texas in
this connection. because. slhpugh il con-
tsine the snosmcus rxten, Of 237. 900 square
miss. (snd - lsrger Than the seven vrea,
~ - o Ne~ York. Penns, svsni,. Oaio.
iiinti-. IhcIans. Massachusetts, and Connec-
icnt. A. r"gefher.) ssiIi i l. practically use-
les 70 The Spuii, ior The present.
The sciuai productions 81 fhe shove eiyhrl
s'rtes n 1850 .ere 81 Oc0, ,O0o sushel. ok
uhss', l05 90 90 bn~i,els of corn, and s6.. 4
600 COO bushels Of sw-~' snd Irf=h potatoes
In ls62 there we're 50 ,UC0. 90 bushels ofIr
wheat. $4,000 ocn bushels 81 corn. snd 10. X
uooOUu bushels Of potatoes II 1858, o.
ing 20 the increased attention that ai been
ie-ored 70 the cultivation Of these .rticl-s Il
share we're rsisei in the shove States 45.-
100000 bushels Of whest. $50 100000 bush-
els of corn. aud $1,000. 900 bDshels OF pota
toes. The estimated WELD % the present
yesr, based upon tie numper o. acres acru-
sIlv kno~n 10 be under cultivation. will be
55 900 600 bushels ~ wheat. $50 eco co.
bushels OF corn, so 600 OOO bushels Of sweet
and Irish potatoes. The culture of rice.
during eli THE time. which has always been
a southern sIapl~, and which forms q large
pDriisn and tsvorite article OF the food Of
the Southern people, has received propor-
ticnafe degree Of sttsntIon, and the yield.
particularly during the years 1862 and 1868,
has been quite = Iarge As 10 former years
lii 1850 fheve were in the above eight
States. 1857 90 mich cows. and SIG, 800
working oxen, beside IN equal number Of
steers raised and fstiened for the shambIes.
The great demsnd for beef tor food has kept
down the increase Of cattle. But BY the
strenuous eAsrticns of the planters in al the
above States. and the attention which they ,
have bestowed upon the rearing Of live stock
The above numbers have been pretty nearly
maintained constantly. Thus. in 1863, the
number of mich cows vas |. 10000, and Of
oxen and steers little over . million head. 4
II will be noted here that cay nothing cfs
the beef cattle rsrsed either in Texas or in
Kentucky Of Tennessee. During The first !.
two wears OF the war 4 large proportion Of =