The New York herald., 1865-10-16

seers Wanted ~ Big Salaries, &c.
QUE JAcRsON C0RREsP0NDnN0E.
JAoxsos Miss, Sept %. 1895.
now SHALL nm oosros N RAnDs
That Ia the great question now before the people Of
Mississippi well the other cotton States The great
staple peculiarly the commercial basis Of the prosper
ity Of the State and withous she would sink almost
into agricultural insignincanoe Il requires mot SIX.
eight or even ten monhs but the entire year. 70 plant
raise pick gin and bale crop Of cotton and It 10 now
late the 70 preparing for the next
years crop. Moreover the plantations in misera-
BILE condition. Most Of them by tho
tending armes and hence the fences are all destroyed
and the outhouses In wetched and decaying condi
ton Most of the planters still without horses or
mules at least IN sufficient numbers for their necessi
ties while the different implements and ssater
~ cultivating the plantations Added TO
these pcplexities tho lack Of labor and the still
greater lack Of anything like energy the part Of the
planters They seem TO be taking = regular Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep, independent as the noted miller upon
the river Dee The negroes arc not slow 70 initiate
the example Of their old masters, and TO regard
tho present kind OF interim for rest betweed the
past and future believe that the master would imi-
tate the excellent example OF Judge Fisher and Others
and go to work vigorously, there would soon be no
trouble in inducing the negroes go work. Tne fact
them for worka thing they totally unused and op
posed .owhilc the negroes summing themselves
the grass. and Micawber like whiting for something 70
turn up. l have conversed with several planters who
have been making the effort and find that the most OF
them have succeeded in securing help These Southern
planters know the anlmus and pecuarcs which govern
the negro and some Of them adopting which
thoy think will not only the ncgr0s services but
cut down his wages to nominal SUNLESS indeed,
than what he cost under the old system refer to the
establishment Of small groceries upon their plantations
These they fill with common articles Of whiskey tobacco
small fancy articles &C. such the negroes known TO
bc fond Of BY opening accounts with the negroes and
selling them these articles they will only
OF their principal objects for visiting the city, but will
square their accounts with little difficulty and at small
expense There is strong desire among the planters to
Northern man can control them better and get more
work out Of them than those who were used to
slaves with tho lash, but they do not understand the
mdus opsrcndi Of compelling freedman to fulfil his
fercd lieutenant of negro regiment hundred bales
Of cotton at the end of the for years services
overseer believe that many Northern men will DO
employed in this way, as II W pay them better salary
than they otherwise command. A negro will mag
Nifty the most trivial offence OF planter and enter
plant against him. while nc would not think OF CON-
planning a Northern the offender. This results
from tho fact that the negro knew that the of the
Freedmens Bureau are hostile TO the old masters The
prospect for large yield OF cotton next year Is by
means flatering
IMPROVEMENTS
Jackson is assuming quite air OF Improvement
The old rubbish of the houses which destroyed by
the armies is being removed and substantial houses
being erected on the old sites Numbers of business
hosss springing in all directions and business IS
gradually increasing Considerable cotton is also coming
in and No. l arli,e is worth thirty.two cents per
pound II being stored here until the completion OF
the New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
when it will be shipped direct to New Orleans II Is
understood that the railroad will be completed by Mon
day next when the old business between the two places
will be i'll a great measure revived.
PLANTATIONS FOR SALE.
There several plantations jackson offered for
sale on 'sbcra terms, but there is no fixed price
them Plantations sell ut from five TO thirty dollars PER
acre, according 10 location, improvements, &c There
1nc opporun ties for Northern capitalists 10 make
profitable investments, and the people anxious for
Markham immipratiOn