The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-15
MOVEMENTS OF COTTON.


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VAST Amounts i'm the Country-Encour-
sGsnx Prospect ror Large Crop This
yeer-The Most Extensive Prcpara-
tSDus Made In south Carolina for Guilt
vafBug the staple, SO.
orr CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
>sCuARLgsrox. Feb. "a, 1895
CONDITION rmt FARE AcmcuLrURAIIy.
The presenscond bsr the State with the exception,
perhaps OF the Islands, is truly gratifying In
large majority OF contracts have been entered
into, and the reports nearly all show that the obligations
imposed respected aud faithfully carried out by the
freed people The planters sdng,ine ofreai
if good erops during the present they were
respondent time ago from fear and anxiety OF secur
ing labor II he confessed that the condition OF the
labor question the lands IL not satisfactory
though large allowances may be made Of much that s
ported Of the unTuly temper OF the freedmen. AZ long
the order Of General Sherman liz not modified they
will remain stubborn. Under it they have supposed
themselves entitled to certain privileges, even TO the
enjoyment OF the right or property IL natural there
FORE that they should regard any Interference with their
supposed rights with Impotence. Is natural also that
the presence Of tho Of the audn many cases the
former owner 70 whom they owed servce--shoud have
excited the suspicious OF attempt " restore their former
thradom and provoked feeling in of hos
;iliiy the whites THE lands have since been
given up to the proper ownsrs-ED HERALD
ErEx GENERAL acKxs oRDFR.
The commendable caution and prudence exhibited in
the orders and regulations Il Major General sickies are
sufficient sece order and give protection u all who
desire to rcturu their homes in that portion OF the
State or cngagsln the cultivation Of their lands In
some cases ON o. lands tho planters secured
the required labor and Ye energctically progressing
with their plsnsna ,o6 cations To the successful
planters who MISC s-1Xyge crop the reward viii
be very great. II v kiifyng Too. to notice that
In some cases che Tens OF the Northern siaie-
have bsen a,,rbcted this field Of labor
and. stipulated by p prospect Of THE now enter
prisr have cmha7DsfDh II with considerable zeal. Ia,
deed IL would b. %lS; ind elsewhere certain
and profitable nv11lurnt for the unemployed
profitable capital Me North Than coal be found IN the
cotton and rec FIELDS Of ibis aud other Southern
states. The terdZe t,o, upon which the aid which
this capital Affords has bscn scceptad are 20
favorable that nothing would s,cm 10 be more
inviting In No GAGS the capital advanced ~
secured beyond n - Of risk io<s. IT. return
She lender II bully teeured BY The mortgage Of the
the lands VII Oh SndAr no able contingency could
fall under Breed sales to hiring the advanced
thst only question which remains unsolvcd until the
end of the seasody the shape ~ profit which
will belong 10 N lender II the season ID proptous,
the succesapi aud the crop abundant, the per
ceptase which sfeseryed for The lender would greatly
exceed the principal which advanced II but
one erop out Of &ry should he successfully made
tho percentage o. that one crop would make an average
n(s ha .f
amount Unlike, therefore, most II all other ope.
sions In thr.o thai which put at hazard ~ the amount
of the return which Will be received annually Tor The IN
'c-imeniS
this State has been delayed than any other Of
the planting lands The reason ", 20 some extent
perhs TO be found In the greater ply sica labor which
b, expended IN the cultivation OF the grain. Il Ia
said that the number Of contracts made for the planting
lndur-ruent rs Owen, which will attract the atten
ton OF the freedmen 10 ths neld Of labor thesr rich
lands will fall into duse and be lost Tor all the purpose.
30 which they have been devoted, ana The grim ils-f
become an uncomfortable item OF production or all the
staples cultivated IN these southern states that OF rice
peculiarly perhaps exclusively dependent upon the
labor Of the freedmen and unless that can he attracted
10 the hclds the PRODUCTION 81 IN saulte gran VIII DC
CRAFTY reduced, q not wholly abandoned
rnk nTfhiuH DrriutT
In tb" districts removed from the coa~t tbs prepara
uub3 tor The CULTIVATION OF thn ua crops oi cotton ahd
srala na ,sa o ac ,ns ,o dne
pD ton eyineed on both sides give every assurance that
they viii b. fathuily carried out The dln'cutes IN
these portions % We ss'e nave no, been % ~ az A. hayc
existed on the sesoerd pian,stops but even on ID"
seabosrd there D. every res-on 70 believe maj Tue dhc
uss which have been experienced WILL In The progress Of
aeseob. give way " better influences Wherever the
planter has ceen IN po--c.soh oi the means Hher. ."
has had lhe money 70 pay w wcg sgo, f,gfI -.
hs- never laed '" Potui' ~ IN. ~ JUL 49, - -
, ,ns xSo ssss co,s,11.d n. ba. ins me- m
,ulty i procuring others ia The county Tn. of
t,,o.e vho have boldly made the experiment being
,ardiy followed by thc-e who bes,sle,. apon
freedmen
$500. -, 1880. 40 ....,.,-o,
NAV ~" 49, -, ~. -. ,,...,, - - a.,
,,p 'o" w., -. 80, =. A.. ~.
TIE osuhe "a s'upu hs'W1., ~ DA,, ~. WI.
rpp>h-, !" - ~. -. ys -. - ~ 49,, 49,. 10y
,rih p ~. >. ~ 49, ami@ ,,-,,,s en y r,,i
lns mo 49, !. ~ h,n.' 800. yv ny 1850, ~,
son INC iar,o,'' nes" .I,shy I".' no s'yppsge IOf
van. 2. . - - s,san. ~ r,,.,nn 80 ,',
tnn PIN , - 80 49, ..rs =, ~
.h ,,ten pl,r,s,on an the ssn,ss IA ,bs sdo,s
me di.,rct of Clarendou ssys the freedmen are
.ips admirable, In that .rcilon and Ia ontertnins No
f..r- al f.Iurs lie believes however tha, White Ia
ly oi realize double The Weld from the satns are. Of
iana N n very tsobabls thai EurDu~an and northern