New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-03
Correspondents DULY 10 oftha N Y rfaesl

Washing Correspondence duly 49, Of the N T. Times
Having been iii the South nearly the entire period
since the war, and having watched, with good
deal Of care matters Of agriculture as well as the
condition of the people, etc, purpose to acquaint
the readers of the Times with my Impressions and
calculations concerning the forthcoming cotton
crop.
There is no great plant in cultivation that re-
quires such tender nursing as the cotton plant
Besides, the seed must be new and unhurt, and the
weather favorable, and labor plenty, and insects
scarce, To insure successful crop. This has not
been the case this season. But, on the contrary,
considerable amount of the seed planted was
worthless; in many portions Of the cotton growing
districts, the weather has been extremely unfavor
able; worms and other insects have made their
dreaded appearance in many sections, and, although
there AREAS many hands engaged in making cot
ton This year as in 1860, 100000 more might have
found employment.
Notwithstanding the above well known defects,
there viii be large crop of cotton raised this sea-
son--in my Judgment, much larger than most peo
pie have estimated. There are two classes of
people in the South who have led our merchants
and others astray ON this subject. There are in
every large city in the South, as far as Galveston,
Houston and Austin, (Tex.l even-men under the
pay of New England manufacturers whose sole
object seems to be to impress the Northern and
English people generally that there will be an ex-
eeedingly small crop. The reasons for such impo-
sitions are apparent to every one, and have been
explained to me by English agents, whom I met
in sWarms In those same large cities. i have been
introduced to dozens of those American agents,
all of whom agreed that there must be small
crop. One day, in Galveston office, in which a
Mr.. Hale acted as agent for company Cor com
panies) at Lawrence, and an English gentleman,
whose name forget, oificiated in the same eapa-
city for London firm, picked up good deal of
information. Hale, in the course of an extended
conversation with me on this subject, said & Yes,
you're right; Texas will have more cotton this
year than she ever had before-but for Gods sake,
don't put it in your paper r. : 6 Y es, you mustput
itin your paper, said the English agent; that's
" a 81
But you must said the Englishman, " let the
truth be known. These New hngland agents have
bought up all the cotton nearly in the South, and
they're stuck-et the people know the facts.'
Well these are the facts in the case; and at this
te there are 80 900 bales of cotton stored at the
South which have been bought, and are still
owned by New England manufacturers.
There il another class who inadvertently deceive
MS regarding the next cotton crop--I mean the
sore-heads Of the South. Many of these sore
heads are editors of newspapers, and every little
defect or failure is magnihed thousand times
There are, to be sure great many of the
largest plantations in the South lying in uncul
tYatea state. But this is more than treby made
B up for by the thousands Of acres which have been
quito cotton by what are called small farmers,
The cotton crop for 1860 was 5,344, l65 bales
averaging $50 pounds Of lint, or ginned cotton
each II no further failures or Inishaps occur than
what are already known and reported there will
be at least 900 600 bales or l70 900 600 pounds
Of gnned cotton ready for market next winter. In
1850 Virginia made 12,729 bales, and North Caro-
lima made 1854 know nothing of the opera
tons Of these States this year in this line of agr
culture, and can only give my impression, CON
corning the cropsin the cotton States, commencing
with South Carolina. This State in 1860 raised
55S;4l2 bales. 1t will be safe to say that it will
make 10000 this year, and thatis goo bales
under my real estimate.
A large portion of the interior of South Carolina
y nnenluFated, while the coast lands and sea
islands are in the NEST hourishing state of cultiva
ton. There are hundreds of small farmers in these
Localities making cotton who never made it before,
ana VINO, 50 far, haye been quite successful. Be-
sldes, nearly all the large plantations are under
cultivation. visited the Hilton Head cotton
ianas q isW days ago, talked with the proprietors
ana olhers, and they all pronounce the season ia
voEable, and the plant 50 far success If any
thing the freedmen are doing more work than was
formerly done by the slaves; and, in addition,
Lslsasn ullayorable weather, poor seed or insects
nave lislafbed the growth Of the plant Twisted
M goi. seabTooks plantation Of zoo acres, and
Ihe cotton wasinfuii bloom. Helost one thousand
sla4es py me war, but told me that free labor was
success, and that pointing to the field thai
was one fthe finest stands Of cotton, he had ever
seen. Gen Scott. who has visited some Of TIE
lsssl plantations IN the State, says the crop will
IN Nh, s;ig iaa one. MANY think that South Caro-
una Mlh make 100000 bales.
WIN the exception Of Alabama Georgia has
neen tle most qntorunateo Of all the cotton States
Ihere WIZ not be more than geo 600 bales RAISED
m TINS state this year, against FOL SAC in 1890
This is in part owing to the defriencv ~ 49,,
seed. Hundreds OF acres of land were nlanta
with worthless seed. This was not discovered i
time, from the fact that The plant came IN. At
general thing, presenting beautiful'and health
appearance, In week or two, however,
withered and dled; i3is was owing to the faS
that the small end of tie seed which containe
the germ, or root, owing to its age, had lost i
vital energy. Thus, Notwithstanding tile nla1
came up and the leaves came FORTH HAVING /
root to sustain IT, it withered and died after a bri
existence To great extent this has been Il
case all over Georgia, Beside, owing to the sma
away and went West. All along lie coast and
the yicinities Of Rome, Macon, Atlanta CoIumbt
and along the banks of the rivers the plant il /
ing wen.
The most cotton ever made in Florida "
65sl55 bales, which was in 1860. This State y
make this year 100000 bales, certain. a lars
portione Of its territory than ever before has be
put TO cotton, and nothing. unfayorable has hi
pened it, except here and there d little bad SCI
I saw thousands Of acres il full bloom, and 8
tlemen from all portions Of tile State agree d
the freedmen are doing remarkably well, and Il
neither bad weather nor insects have interiors
Nearly all Of Madison county has been put 10 G