New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-17

The Pine PIassatisns - Rice and Negro
Labor Rice . Poor Crop This Year -
Labor wanted-souiA Carolina - Nc
Niggers D-"Ne Labor o-Lumber.
| FLEMsoroS 8. c. March ], 1906
Special Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune
TO CHARLESTON RICE PLANTATIONS.
The boat leaves Wilmington for the Charles.
ton train at six a. m was up bright and early but
had to 90 to the train without breakfast. The hcte
although charging four dollars per day. and calling
itself first Glass couldn't afford to furnish breakfast
The hours ride up the Cape Fear. was quite pleasant
the morning being clear and The river is very
winding and 1t seemed continual turn all the time
Tie land lying on the river is low and fat and adapted
only to the raising Of rice. The best quality Of rice Ii
that grown where the land can be flooded
Where this flooding is easy 1t saves
an immense amount Of labor Flooding
the land destroys vegetation but does not in1re me
rice 1t keeps the weeds from growing, and rice fields
being worked exclusively with the hoe it saves labor
But very small quantity Of rice will be raised In the
South this season. negro will not work In the rice
field as long as he can bis bread doing anything
else. Working with tho hoe is laborious anywhere,
even In ground that is not always wet ard damp.
negro lab0rers first choice is generally turpentine
making 1t is singular too; for while travelling through
those pine woods and seeing nothing but the few huts
and the turpentne stil amid such wilderness often
wondered how man could thus content himself / sup
pose the for the negros liking the turpeutine
the best is because the work is easy The land Is dry
there IL little dust and they are not exposed q
the sun so much In cotton aud rice growing. AL
these combine TO make turpentine gathering pleasant
and healthy labor. Laborcrs are too scarce In The
South for rceplanters to obtain them. A planter on
board the boat who owned Of the rice plantations
on the banks OF the river told that not grain OF
rice was being planted around him. All OF the land
hat q
In corn-jus. enough TO keep the stock alive until
labor regulates ITSELF as he termed it. until the
ID lazy niger commenced TO know his place. The
rcepianterT In South Carolina, along the Columbia,
Pedee and Santee Rivers and about Charleston are IN
the same predicament those along the Cape Fear.
Some however, can raise the long staple cot!on-a
quality Of Sea Island cotton.
LABOR IN DEMAND.
noticed, IN passing through that notwithstanding
cotton can be raised In portions Of these rice lands the
ground Is still unbroken and there Appearance Of
anything 10 be DONE This is mostly account of the
scarcity Of labor the negro preferrirg live in
try where be will not be- subjected to fever aud 1t
would not pay him. either TO work in the rice field for
at certain periods Of the year he subjected to the dis
eases of the climate and apt to get sick. ind sick
time" being deducted by employers he at tho mercy
Of the masmatic climate Early as il .was the river
well filed with fiat boats and bateaux loaded with
turpentne rosin and lumber. few, however, ha'.
ing board cotton IL was 10 me novel sight to see
these boats sail along. manned by the drsky contra
band. Here in the South, the deck.hands II yessels
are composed entirely Of negroes. The halfdozen on
eTy-boet were Just at breakfast as passed along
to get my ticket. The breakfast consisted Of fried
bacon aud corn.bread and coffee.
TRAvEIIs0 II THE eoUTH.
At landing near where bridge used TO be- we TOOK
the train for Charleston. Ii consisted of four freight
cara open truck. ard one old broken down passen
gerc1r. There were more people travelling than the
could seat, and some were compelled 10 stand.
among the unfortunate. Rcmaiuing outside so as
Ia see everything. lost seat On the open truck
fhere several bags Of guano AID on them wagon
that was once army ambulance. The day being Ike
Summer another traveller and myself took seats IN the
wagon aforesaid IL gave excellent chance TO see
the country The conductor told me u was "a miles To
the place Tor breakfast and II would be after o'clock
before we would get there. This is splendid country
for tmd old msids Of your city who prefer the horse
cars TO Fordhi,n TO the stsamcars o. the Harlem Road
There Is no danger Of being thrown hom the tracks
sssSass 4 s 4 6s one tran Sa lear m
time THIS is Tn indictment to tlmId NcitkerneTs TO
migrate South.
cARoIIHA HOMES.
Cntl We reached the town OF taiT g,af on the Col
uubs River ~ miles ffom Wilmington The country rs
almost dense forest Of pines. Hero and there would
be clearing with house on H. Dozens OF st9ppihg
places were nothing but tgrpentlne ttiIs. was
asonished 10 sec the vast quantity OF THIS matel, Nv
these stations IL has been congregaiirg since the
war and is being rot ready for market. Those houses
that had an acre OF clear land about them had
their gardens planted and one could SEQ TIC ye8etaoes
spToutng az. 1t seemed rather oerly for me- III tnls
land ooAd bo cleared il would make god corn and cot
ton land II is ;ather sandy. and think Is better
ADAPTED 10 corn than cotton. The farmers OF Noi'h
Carolina hrg greatly abOgt the splendid tlcy can
raise Judging from the stalks have still stand
ng In the fields obey husk the while standing IN
stead OF cutting IL down ike tie North II Was very
poor On al 81 the interior land the short staple cotton
il raised BY short staple !s meant cotton taut mas 10
be gnned and put through fam having been piehed IN
lamps Tie long staple cotton grows only On the sea
Islands and on the land near the II doesnt
require ginning tho seed being taken out by means o
rollers This long staple cotton is FAR superior To iho
short staple ba. II cannot be raised IL the Interior
country For some miles beyond the Columbia tie
country Is all clear, fences surround tho he.Gs
and there is prospect Of something being done.
SOUTH CARoLlSA.
A soon as VOC enter South Carolina the turpentine
s,ils cease TO DO seen. but numerous savmihs take
their ulaces Most OF these sawmls look as II they
had been recently erected From what have seen
business done in the lumber trade here south. Until
We reach the Pciee River the country al Gear farm
ing land Some Of the farms are being cultivated wniie
cry is: mo laborers"-"Nigger won't work. After
hail of tres standing thirty feet from the ground
This IN on account of tho lsrd being so low Gnd
gwarnpv Marion near the Pedoe. is quite pretty
little VILLAGE and IL the center Of rich ottongro"ng
district The bridge across the river was destroyed
during tie var but n one has jcst been finished
Negr where the the Rebels during the war had
A small nayy.yard. j. is now a wnill and boat
house South Of the river the country looked better,
tie sci being black lANhN'
The Cultivation OF Wine-TEe scupptr.
rou1 Grnue-rrospCcts OF Fortune