Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-15
Total exports.

The decline in receipts at New Orleans las for
the past two weeks been mere rapid than had
been expected, but is balanced for this week by
and increase at Mobile when Is que 70 ING ERE re-
sources there is at Mobile; also, steady falling
off 1t is quite apparent, however, that the total
at all points will somewhat oVerrnn our NOVem-
our estimate but not enough te effect the question
materially. ,. r
future growth. In our December circular we
stated very fully the conclusions at which
we had so far arrived. We pointed out the
many difficulties under which the planter
would labor--the general want OF stock
and implements, and in innumerable cases
the want Of fences, bui .dings, &c.-the want Of
levees along the Mississippi, rendering u unsafe
to plant the rich bottom lands which USED 10 pro-
duce so large a proportion of the crop, and, m
decd to the general wretched condition OF the
land and every thing conneeted VITA the pianta-
lions and farms.
On the other hand we have formed q much
better opinion of the negroes, and the prospect OF
employers who know how to manage Tree labor
and who are able to pay them properly and resu-
larly getting satisfactory Work Tor tnenl, IMAM
generally prevailed at the time. And we had dls-
cerned so many signs of new energy anu enter
prise in the class of small farmers that we as
missed the extreme views which had lor some
time prevailed as TO tho pOOrness OF prospect
of crop for next year. 90 ooo l.
The general idea had been that IL 100000 bales
was as much as could safely be reekoned upon
while upon n careful summing up OF all the Pre-,
and cons it seemed to US that ,0OOOOO TO loOOVO-
| bales might, with an average weather, fairly DC
| looked for These views were thought too san
guiae but in the succeeding few weeks 1t was, &c
| the surprise of many, found that the negroes al
over the South made contracts and set heartily tS
work Che general opinion Immediately showed
| tendency to run into the opposite extreme iron
that inst referred to- and many began TO talk OF {
crop of two to three millions of bales for the mex
| season. There has, however, during the pas
| fortnight been some reaction. as in several quar-
tiers we have heard of difficulties arising between
the employers and their new hands Two case
being mentioned in which parties who bad taKeI
! plantations got disguised and forfeited 81
month rent to get out of their contracts Whethe
| these are isolated cases we can not yet Judge
| From some districts we are told that not NOR
than one-fourth of the former area will be put II
| cultivation from some third to a halt while II
| Tennessee and Texas it seems probable that tn
| area will equal or exceed any former year. o.
the whole if we had to state in figures what W.T.
| our present light, we consider the indication
point to. we should say from 100000 to 2OOO,OO
| bales This is rather over our December hgures
as the accounts from the Atlantic States Justify
| larger estimate than we could then make 10
| them and whereas, it was then only an oplmol
| that the negroes would go to work, and we nov
| know it to be a fact that they have done So