The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-05-26

accordingly wrote to MIS-. upon the
subject. sufc enough, twas ihc YER.
table abscondIng daFhy, and by viz
tic of Il warrant from Esquire Bon.
ner, he was arrested and brought
home, where he IL now At work. No
much for that picture In the srAn.
When little boy, we went 10 a
militia muster at IIarrison's Store, In
old Brunswick, and there witnessed
a circumstance which we have never
once forgotten. You remember, that
during the revolutionary war, the
North Carolinians, under Gen. Green,
at Guilford c. H., "cut dirt" whilst
the Virginia troops stood firm.
Thcreupon, some wag got OF song
which run somehow this way;
fnAsk the General who did stand,
The brave virginans 10 mani
Ask the General who did run,
The North Carolinians--every one"
This may or may not be true. We
forget what has been written about il,
but anyhow, at this militia muster,
an "old Virginia gentleman" about
"half seas over,' finding himself in
the presence Of q lot Of North Caro-
lima wagoners, concluded to sing the
song for their benefit. They listened
attentively until he had finished,
and then one Of the descendants
doubtless Of Green's militia, deliber-
ately knocked the old man down and
walked of coolly to his wagon, and
started on to Petersburg with his
Tobo. We do not know whether
that General Green run or not, but
one thing is evident, that for the last
several days, the farmers of this part
of the "moral vineyard" have been
fighting General Green to little
purpose. He neither retreats nor
dies after being wounded. In short,
there is more grass in the corn and
cotton than we have seen since ls49.
The continued rains have brought on
q sort of rust or "sore shin" in the
cotton, which causes it to die out.
Some fields upon which there was
good stands Of cotton ten days ago,
will not make more than half crop
now from this blight. BY the time
this stops and the grass Is conquered,
but little cotton will be left.
Z We were up in DeSoto county last
week, and there saw farm cultivated
entirely by white laborers. Theyare
all Irish, but certainly understand
their business. They have seven
acres of corn and eight Of cotton to
the hand, and the crop now, or was
then, one hundred per cent. ahead Of
any crop we saw where negroes were
at work. The land, in the FIRST place,
was thoroughly prepared, and since
the cultivation has been Of the best,
nothing Is left undone. The corn
was as clean as garden, the cotton
had been hoed out and run around,
aud they were not only going over
the cotton the second time with the
hoe, but we're actually ready to CON-
mencc "laying by" their corn, and
were only waiting for II to grow a
little taller so as to be able to bear
the turning plow. These men took
Mr.. D's. farm, stock, utensils, etc,
are at all expense for blacksmithing,
and give Mr.. d. half Of what they
make, besides paying him ten dollars
per month for their board and wash
ing. Any one who will look at this
tarm will at once see the superiority
Of white labor over the negrosysiem
The negro, In few years, under the
present regime, will, by the force Of
circumstances, "play OUT or rs th'
Yanks use to say Of us, they will b,
"wiped out from the face Of tn
land. He Is now in ten-fold wors'
condition than he was when In slav
cry, and no one bat . mad, fanaiica
fol would contend to the contrary
But enngh Of thin
Evgyboly, asa his wife and chill
IL, mu1k nmemter that on III
fourth sabbath Of this month, Rev
4 Mr.. Goorb AZ this place. will prcac