The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-24

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OF OR neopie cannes be too persistently d.
rected. OR columns are at the disposal q
the wrilef for the purpose indicaiea- Tbs
facts etated should BE- presented 70 the IN
dussSial CLASSES ofthe North
Hrtoousr4sas suH-DIs. o. GHEsAnA,
GRrvaDt. Miss, Oct. Z, 1863.
v-n,-,rs xrfr-Dear Sirsr TIE in
tro5nrtfop of free white labor int tbs State I
Of Mississippi seems a. preseqt tie geHerAi
tonic ~ ,.ofsversaiiou among the p anters IN 4
Ans ree;oa of the State. They favor the /
idea Of selling their large tracts Of ian lnto /
small Parcels - actual settlers, either los
eash or on reasonable terms, freely submit
ting ti5at the svstem Of working these large |
tracts. vita free labor, could not be fuccess-
fnlIv carried on. have couFersed with /
hun8reds al them, and all are anxious % IN
vlts inmieration on those tsl ms. Under /
those circunisiaDces it would, in nay pin 1
ion be the time pol cy Of Northern press
,-enera ~ 20 ers,ourage ne people in imi-
Srafiur = the State. such s poiicy persist
eutiV aeiiat would Do more tYwsrcs le-
generatiae the south, and IN eeInenting the
Two sections togther thau AL the speeches
and resolutions made IN behalf Of abstract
principles.
nlsntations. IL eho.a CT IN part, 10 acfuel
settlers on their own terms. Nov let US see.
Surprising q family Of Eve persons, settling
on 6rty acres, OF which thirty are clear
land 81 ltivsting twenty acrss Ia cotton and
ten aeres in corn ana vegetables. The FOL
lowing is Necessary, suPPosing they com
faenee At Cbristnas Two mules, 5 eeeachs
tso plowf, f2ss one eOw, $50 one wagon,
So: pigs and chickens, S4U axes, spades
and hoes. $50; provisions for ono year, sec
GOTTEN seed, $50. Total cost S82il. Occupy
ing 1anusry h bpilding a leg house, feaclng
snd euttfur wood til family would begin %
plew in February, and at theeBd Of DC Ober
fhs crop rnsy be saved and the c5;ton baled.
Estiraaainr but one-half bale Of cotton 20
rho eere, and the price for next ear but hity
cents per pound, without calculating the
corn, poist0es aud yegetabies snd the 10
errast1 OF ssock the family would realize the
sum of s2250 the fret year. In ell proba-
biliiv hesasice4ef cotton Will be iar above
that D sitss, and fossitiy NOS short Of one dol
lar per pound - not one bale Of cd cotton
VIA b. len al The Southern States by next
ersp But 10 make smaller estimate, and
eefiiuv sae price Of cotton for next year st
fifty cents, counting but one-half q bale 20
the acre, which Is q very small aggregate,
and u surpassed in almost eli the creek bot
tom lands Of Carroll psilahatchie, Tallo-
busha, in fact 10 All The Northern counties
Of Mississippi, il would leave the family one
thonssnd dsllars clear, after having pend for
she land, and dedueiing the cost Of animals,
farming implements and provisions foT the
wear such advantages are offered 20 ne
settler Ia any OF the Northern States or Ter
ritoriea
The prevailing impression that once tbs
Federal garrisons are Withdrawn, the live
and opeity Of immigrants would be en-.
dang red, Is absolutely erroneous. VIII
the ex eDiion 81 } iea barr, ON brawlers
OF which every email town DO b North ana
8 nth has q few specimens, the people D
mol only wei disposed 10 the scheme, bu
ave determined, If necessary, 20 protec
emigralts in a their righta- No pPaeeab
citizen, wherever he may come from
need lear the least % erfersnee. I eonside
il the diary oEthe Norihern press 10 disabus
the mind OF The people in this respect, M
only as msans q throwing light upon ia
subject. but ga order 10 insure justice q "a
South, IN nenluziug a Islander and oalumn
ON people which, a. a mass, is at leal
deserv inq 81 the G. edit of bearing their mi,
fortunes with maniiness. 10 repulse th
hand Of the vanquished Is unworthy Of "a
conquer0F. But b return 10 the subject
emigration, it would be well g. notice u
question of climate. The war has explode
the faliscy that none but negroes were ca
sahle Of cnauIing The heat Of the S0uther
cotton fields Nor hrrn soldiers have bee
exposed 90 eli the inhunces Of the souther
climate, sud their health has in no menn'
been affected any more than that OF he az
tive born soIdiery ID the South, furtherInoi
The work ia The cotton field is nol require
% BE- done during she most intense heat Z
the day. Eight hours Of intelligent an
industrious labor-lour early IA the morn
ing, and four IN the evening, is sufficient
keep the cotton in good order during n
,-a..i5 MOI savise e,sigrspts 40 NOV
into the large river bottoms OF the Missii
sippi, where fever and agile is prevalent, AN
dTibking waller OF an inferior quality, but
the interior counties where the air is pur
aud clear spring and We ] water is abundsI
and OF excellent quality, the country IS /
healthy o. any in the United ktates.
those counties the tide Of emigration shout
be directed, and IN those counties which a.
watered hy inuumerable small rivers Al
oFeoks. whose bottoms are from one half {
one mila wide, and equsl the large riy'
bottoms Of the Tallahatchie and AazoO
fertility, the emigrant Is not limited in b
prnducts 30 the culture Of cotton, which sts
pie may be- raised ia the bottom lands. II
uplsnas aye admirably adapted for the cult
watson 30 The grape, the peach and the pc
lr.sh atd sweet POTATOES. All Of these are
cortain crop, and ind ready market
Msnphis aud NeW Orleans.
IN rcler, nee 20 the grspe, it would be we
% mention that one species Of them, CapeI
augh, seem 90 be best adapted Tor this cl
mat, and wherever tried has been success
fuL This frspe, once pl nted, does n
need any further stten IGN than iho keel
ing IN repair the frame wO x. One plal
may sprezd over surface Of twenty yard
needing DO pruning or cutting aud pr0dl
duees Hn enormt us quHntity ui grupess q
lu ee Of which O. manufactured mt 80 e,
relltnt quality OF wine. / could recot
mend many more pslpahle advantages q
State Of Mississippi is offering the agricultu
50 bat vail not uespass on your valasb
paper 81 the exclusion Of other, may b
more important matter. / shall, with yol
permission, use your columns N future,
give che pubiie some hgur. aud sta istic
which are necessity y persons who desi
@ makathe State Of Alis-issippi their HON
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