, 1865-06-26
WEST TENNESSEE.
Tle crops----Nheat. Corn, Cation and
Toh1etp,

COTTAGE GROVE, TEsE., June 20. 1866.
Crops In West Tennessee snd Kentucky arc
unusually fine This season Not hsrr ~ N.
eNafeo Land IN this district Is under cultiVa-
Lons owing 10 the want Of oorers, md scores
of planters who passed the mefidIao Of life
w,1hcut NJ rfo, MIN = +hn ,raet ,,ssn,s, .,.t sra
,o,r sao,, IN tt.;r aofss .,Ia,a,-- ~" 80
Nv" o.eu ~ tnsn neus' "'eaalas lne Aoe
ana onVioe tae ploW. Little attention, com
pzr1tiyelS, Is paid this year to cotton and
tobacco while our 1elds are teeminr with
wheat and corn M het.o- rhost oa,,nt,,
"1. eoaas'S -:
ean oe 'onno tAan 1h'f.-1he SOL Of our nils
being we'll adapted to the growth OF cereals,
81 the sceson befpg several weeks earlier
than In 11,5no.s no are 1aso snh;sc+ to ,,a vim ~
the c,,,n ,r,u-od ~, r,..t rr.o s4,'s.. ~ -
feaos harvested, anu tne slelo Is unlofmlS
spleDdld-bettcr than has been known for
years. This district will raise fu;lv enoueh
for home cousum ptlop. II not ha yirlr q naul-
eone surplus for expott-a fact winch has
not happened before In the memory Of the
oldest 1nhsbitsnt. Corn promises well, and
II the season continues favorable, little Or
none Of this grain will be required from
shroad. Oats arc light and but little ussd,
onr chief horse feed being corn, TubaccO
never had better stand. bus ne in vain lv,k
for the immense fields Of .'the weed" that
GTrttcd the eye In o.den time. Tennessee
hes bet noted for both the guam ity and cx-
ccllence Of her tobacco, but this year she Ii
likely to lose her pres.ige. THIS is OWN. to
the scarcity Of labor and the unsettled
cor ditlon OF the markets, matters which
time will regulate. Cotton Is IN about the
mme condltlon as tobacco-compar4tive
little in cultivation. Toward the Mississippi
line, however, more has bc:n planted, and
with upusuaIly Eocd prospects.
MANY Ncrthrfncse viii be ead1y bitten bv
studinr Goods iuto the tntt ror Of the 1uth.
Ent that rorfa are mt n, e1ed hnt immeaI.
ale and profitable returns cannot be looked
for, save III few instances There Is tar leas
meuey in The South than was ceuerallv s1,n-
prsed. and none Of tho buried hars a. raid
wlh which the tars Of tte multitude VEN
WILT 10 be tlckled, have come to light, The
pr3y1e are gen. 1al,y yery Door. E .en owners
uf 1aige plant sat;ons tiniit hard scratcbiurN
10 rluchate the ntcessa4ies OF life. Last
wear literally upthlu.. Was ta.sed for market.
ard the presence j both prulIcs rid us Of
nearly cur = hole supply Of wheat aud corn.
While the rebels were in power, traffic with
in The F, dersl lines was usterls p;ohib It'd.
al 4nsequt ntly our products Of cotton aad
t1Lac;o fell of immensely. such ofour cot
ton US We could dispose OF wa; smu.cted into
Kentucky. wptre it was snafch9d uo by
greedy epecnlaturs at half its value. ri.
bslA1cc was hidden away in swamps and
caTts to Ettp It fsoin The clutches Of .he rebel
authorities, who hoped to seIsc and CON
dscate It.. This cotton il now brin., n n}dtv
brought in, aud its ckpditton cRnn3t iaii 70
rive 1hr nu,ranse, snme f,in- lde, ~ t,,a
fnif,s 10 which We vc1o mt for tia want of
h,lhr stuff-nlany ci Lie 1aies ara encInsed
in old carpets. I'D Ea1meots careft.,iT
stitched together, and IN short, evrrythtur
and 4nythIpr That would hold torcther:
While for 1oI {, old Telegraph wire was rod.
send, aud hoop;poles were fund to answer
the turpose for want Of something better.
Much Of this cotton Ia In yerv bad
condition, although that appears to make
but little difference to buyers. It Is
the general belief tha: less tobacco and CO Ltou
viii be rnistd in this State In future. This
Is the rceult Of tht ,sant Of hands. and b,eak.
err up Of lafee plantations. a. we'll 81 the
determination Of I'll classes to b. tnure tnie.
rndtn. Of the North for breadatntfs.
II is difficult to convince the people OF the
change in the relations heretofore existing
between the whites and blacks. They still
be ,e-establtshed. and oppose cYerg stsp to.
va,d emancipation. Slavery may he dead,
but Tepnesssc1us cannot s:e il: and tha
North need not believe the ..yaru't until The
institution is legally and officially ceflined
ard buried beyond the reach Of Southern
1ehels or Northern Copnerh ADJ.
The IGNORANCE @ Of ii; s eiasscsa at At thu son.b of
Northern cbn,acter. Northern aims and
Northern polIt;cs. Is both den1orahle aud
marvellous; and to this IGNORANCE. fed and
foste1ed IL perverted notions Of S:ate riehts.
We owe the ,ebeliion. F;re.slxtis nf thc
Ssutb h.1tcred tfe rntt,e EortI, n h. t,,eir
imn]canle cnemics- -stnrnI;ttonis,ss, In tha
is. smpossible to conFince fbe south that nrfor
to ISL abolitionists'' nrtoner We're rare I in
The North. and thst In The Weet they eyer.
ctsed no political power-that the mass or
lie people rctpc:ted Southern ;srirh,a y and
were willing slave Owners shnuld entoy t11e1r
s'prope1ty" unmoles,ed In tie States. They
locked upon ali Northern men as ssniccer
thieves - and this idea. strauee to saw. they
received en- tie Northern p:css. Tie New
York Kftrs> Cincinnati Eno,tirrr and na ner.
Of that Glars. were extensiye,y .IrenIatsd
south Of the ohio. and their yilfatnous abuse
Ct the North WIS implicjtly belieyed 70
this day Southern men quote these lies, and
Unaidtd. Southern demacocnrs ronid
never have educated fhe neonie ~ The Lave
States in 1he la1}ief thsr thefr ri1,er4ies ana
ricbts could be- nrcse,yed univ hr fi;ssn1ution
Of the U1Ion. TheFr allies nj H. E1.th mr.
n'shed the proof. ard the New T,;rl N<,rs
Careos;ao, and nan. n Of that ilk became teri
hooks ON which the LESSONS of treason
wee taught, ' - ' -
This cexy little nook fu West Tennessee
Tas. bnt a few weeks sing. f-uer;ila head.
quarters, Here rcndezyouecd ths bands Of
thc McDoucals, Alien. McN.i1, Ga.1sud and
Others, disturbed only by the OCCASIONAL IN.
welcome visit Of bogs ia llue. Or the more
frequent calls from their KINDRED creybacks.
the regular rebel forces. Near Ills ssttlc.
ment tie guerilla Ncpoucal killed The re,,el
Crl. Faulkner, and It was here that that hy-
pocrttical old villain Garland fell hy the hand
Of rebel solditr. For mon shs-T lad a!ul ,et
said years-this village was 3 scene Of tur-
mol and bloodshcd, to which circumstance
Ee owe our del1yerancc from some dozen
thIeving scoundrela. who fell in drunken
trclls with their fellow-guerillas. as was
to be expected, the adjacent country suffered
capable Of bearing arms, could b. found upou
farm In the county. The Federa,s, who
hcld May field, IS miles distant, when no dam
gsr WAS nigh, were about the onig