The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-13

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VIM. Moore, Abbeville G. H.
julius Poppe, Anderson G. II.
Northern Cotton Planters.
The following is from the New
York Tribune, Of the 7th inst:
Notwithstanding the unsettled con-
-ditlon Of the country, many Northern
farmers went South in the early
months of this year for the purposeof
planting cotton. Many others, per-
spaded that great inducements were
offered for the production of cotton
crop would have accompanied their
neighbors, but found it impossible to
make the necessary arrangements in
time for the planting seasons. Others
still would gladly have gone, but were
restrained for want of definite know
ledge as to localities most congenial to
Northern settlers. Those who went,
and who used reasonable Judgment
IN selecting and stocking plantations,
send lis encouraging reports.
The inducements to embark in the
enterprise remain about the same as
at the beginning of the year There
is no immediate prospect of material
decline in the price Of cotton, and
there is much good land ready for
the plough, lying uncultivatel, await
ing capital and labor to make it pro-
ductive. The Southern planters have
always been short of capital. and, as
3 rule, lived at least one year in
advance of their incomes. The rebel
: lion overlook them deeply indebted
to the merchants, and the close Of
the war involved both. planter and
factor in bankruptcy, from which
they can be released only by the in
PRODUCTION Of means from abroad.
Most plantations not now under cul-
tlvation are destitute Of everything
but good soil and an abundance Of
tlmber. The requirements to convert
these to use are, first of all capital
at least SIS, 900 with which to procure
and support ten leborers, six mules,
three ploughs, two wagons and small
implements III sets of half dozen each,
for every hundred acres of land to be
cultivated. In possession of the
money, the planter can procure all
the other articles in the South. There
IS no scarcity of labor; enterprisine
merchants have shipped to every
Southern city, and considerable vii
lage plantation supplies of every kind,
and droves of mules, from Texas and
the West, are offered for sale in every
County and Parish where there are
money to buy them.
In the Southern States, as else
where, some sections are settled by
intelligent, industrious, w-abiding
people, who would gladly welcome
men from tho North who come with
capita! and industry to cultivate the
SOIL. Other portions of the country
are settled by ignorant, self-conceit
ed braggarts, who affect to despise
honest labor, and are hostile to any
and oil who by precept or example
! run counter to their own narrow
notions. It will not be difficult to
pick out the desirable communities:
they are found in almost every one
Of the cotton States, and will readily
DO distinguished by an Intelligent
agent who may be sent out to select
place for the formation OF a settle
ment. Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas are settled in ali
tnelr most fertile and desirable tracts
boy hospitable people. In Central
Alabama, from Montgomery to
Galn1Sxlller on the Tombigbee River.
ls one OF. .these localities, where both
the people aud the soil would be &C.
ceptable. On Bayou Boeuf, in Louisi-
ana, and, If the overflow can be pre-
vented on Bayous De Glaze and
Teche, and in the Red River couo
try, from Alexandria to the Texas
line, the inhabitants would rejoice at
the opportunity to revive the pros
perity of their beautiful garden-ike
countries by the aid of Northern
capital and skill.
The time for making the necessary
negotiations and arrangements for
the occupation of these lands is at
hand. The planter should be on his
plantation with his laboring force and
implements before the first of Decem-
Der. A good crop of cotton is almost
always insured by early planting. In
the localities just named, corn may be