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

MOVEMENTS OF COTTON.
vnst Amounts in the Country-Enconr-
aging Prospect for n Large Crop This
veer-The Most Extensive Prepnra-
tiDes Made In south Carolina for Guilt
vatSng the staple, So.
ORR CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
SsCnARLyroK, Feb a. 1se6.
CONDITION runx 8ArE AGRiourrUKAIIr.
The presenscond, the State, with the exception,
perhaps. OF the seacoas Islands, is truly gratifying In
the large majority OF cases 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 sang,nne ofreai
sina good erps during the present they
respondent time ago from fear and anxiety OF
ing labor II must be confessed that the condition OF the
labor question the lands IL not satisfactory,
though large allowances may be made Of much that re-
ported Of the unruy temper the freedmen As long
as the order Of General Sherman s not modified they
will remain stubborn. Under it they have supposed
themselves entitled certain privileges 10 the
enjoyment OF the right or property. II s natural there
FORE that they should regard any interference with their
supposed rights with impaence II is natural also that
the presence Of tho Of the landn many the
former owner 70 whom they owed serviceshould have
excited the suspicious OF aep restore their former
hraldom, and provoked feeling in some cases of hos.
;iy 10 the whites THE coast lands have since been
given up to the proper ownsrs-Ep HERALD
ErrDcH or acKIKs
The commendable caution and prudence exhibited In
the orders and regulations Il MAJOR General sickes
sufficient to secve order and give protection " all who
desire 10 rcturpp their homes in that portion OF tho
State, cngags3in the cultivation Of their lands In
some cases lands tho planters have secured
Ia
with their plsnsIng ,oI eatIons TO the successful
planters who pse a1Xrge crop the reward viii
be very great. X " (niifyng too. tn notice that
in some cases che y Eens OF the Northern slale-
have bssn attrteed this new field Of labor
and. ss,puiatsdl By p prospect OF THE now enter
priSe, have embaHb.fh u will, considerable zeal In
deed II would be 1lsiit Ind elsewhere certain
and profitable inVGAment for the unemployed
profitable capital ME North han coal bc found Va the
cotton and roe hel1s of IBIS aud other southern
states. The isTzs, too, upon Which the aid which
this capital Affords has boon accepted
favonbie that nothing would s'cm to be more
inviting In ~ czsss the capital advanced y
secured beyond 49, OF risk lus~. IT. return to
She lender h bully tSsured by The mortgage Of the
the lands which nder contingency could
fail under Breed sales tn bring the advanced
that the only que ou which remains un.olved until the
end of the seasos the return shape of profit which
Will belong 10 III lender II the .-ason ID propous,
the labor succesxnl aud the crop abundant the per-
centase which sfesered for the lender would greatly
exceed the princifsl sum which wss advanced II but
crop out Of ry three should he successfully made.
tho percentage oy that one crop would make average
for each Of tho three year, of most satisfactory
rsions 10 these hsi weh put a, hazard Is the amount
of the return which Will he rccey-d annually Tor the IN
sc~tmcnts
rnK cutrrvArios oy rmx nry L,xos
of This state has been delayed more than any other of
the planting iaads. The reason u, 10 some extent
prhs 10 be found In the greater ply sic labor which
b, expended In the cultivation OF the grain II Ia
said that the number of contracts made for the planting
NJ is vory sinail; and unless some additional
lnduc-fuent ts glgen. which will attract the atten-
the freedmen 10 this field Of labor these rich
lands will fail into di-usr and be lost for all the purposes
10 which they have been devoted and the grain ils-lf
become no0nsdsrsble item Of production OF all the
staples cultivated these southern States that Of rice
peculiarly. perhaps exclusively, dependent upon ID.
labor of the freedmen and unless that be attracted
the fields the production ni IA valuable ul be
grraty reduced, II not wholly abandoned.
ETrnInn DfsrWtTs.
Ia tbr districts removed from the c'ast the prapars
tnDg tor the cultivation Of the crops oi cotton aud
gram aar, Tern V ne NOS sst>r''c> ch1riet>r. The
equitable character ~ the contracts and the present die
pos ton evnced both sides give every that
they will b, faithfully carried The difficulties IN
these portions o u. STAT. NO, been graf have
existed on the sesosrd Plantations Hut even the
seabcsrd there T. every rcason 10 believe That the dica
which have been experienced will In the progress Of
season. gve way " better nfuences Wherever the
planter bas neen In possofsion u the mean where he
has had the money tbe prce n labor required he
has never faed to procure And In Oh-r wberr
the planter has 20 bE plantation. taking With him
freedmen who have ccnirac..d he ha- ,.and no an
Guilty procuring others n The county The snco~s Of
tiio-s who have boldly mad. the experiment beinR
raTdiy followed by those who be,its- and slso Upon
the freedmen who vers unwilling % CONTRACT
nEavY AHsIyaLs ~ corros Ar oHARLssroy.
ffrom the Charleston roursr
The decline cctton surprse- no one, tsS TIER,
tfin Of heavy vasons loaded with the -tspis rolf
ing INTO tswn a. ore time. would justify such coDcu
fho iactorea need certainly fear stoppagc for
want ~ tho raw material The prospect ior srge crp
tho prercnt year u encouraging Plantation -ors pro-
esss. favorsbly aud from many ghborhoods highly
raiicrinr reports arr received nsrhsrn gentleman
vii laa AIKEN A on m
ing distinct ~ Clarendon, says the freedmen
working admirably In thai section, and he nnerns ~
Dor would realize double the eld fron the Of
land II v very robabls tbs, Europesn and northern
farmers Stilng IN thn country would erec, very d-s
rahe revolution VA IT. agricultural policy. They wund
plant cotton, u rue inevitably and sacosssfay plant
cotton But they would hrst ssssn - murh ~ land
and lsbcf 10 the culture u the cereals woud
insure sb,ndscs OF provisions for all the Occarsnis
sud defenG-uts cf the farm. Their cotton
crop tArn would b. clear g.iu-aH annual nst pfoal
Th. y The s~if ming home. .enro bing system. BY
lolOxing which the farmer 10 comfortable and
independent Ihls emphatic.liy agricultural oour
t'y and .. sch uspp-sr almost reyroseh 10 Ne plan
ter thst forhern and Essssru hay and Western oorn.
fabuou. prices, are actually snppcrinsths animals
pioughing the soi Exhaustion caused by ~. late
msy explain ard excuse ths tbe present year; but
the state % things existed before the ~ar aud may
npntinuc although 5y comnon consent admitted 10 b.
blaader.
RyogiPrs AND srccx on Hsxp ~ v.rIors .orrs.
gss rOrrs.
Ia Memphis, on February y. the stock of ooiton
- tplpNf+-ln fb~is, flxli Ca Tie btnn, AOt N
private storage. estimated, 900 balca To,ai ~ iss
tales. agant - ie bale~ tho Las, day 81 Jsnuary
IN sayannah, tho rrepu between ibs "a and y,b 90
Wcr- sT2T bales ard the stock Ia port on tbe laah n4
amounted N D. 900 obaler
Apaisehlcois, IA, L.. received leo cy b.Iea ~ rot
tun siDce May last snd exported es As baies-t1go
New York, III 600 70 Liverpool and The remainder "a
NeN Ortaus Nate ~ the oot'@n etIor~d fig 0Do ooo
The rrreipss Al N'bns on The san ins, amounted "
9cis uaies
The seush wniisg go Leave Her De.tIny
so the Nss~ % Sorshevo sotassr..
prom The ysksburr tnins Her.la Feb a.
An erenanGs naJB tlosa who fought and ths
tory, IN this fr~~ snd the only Who have ne
rht 10 dsrce IT, r.ias - the Vanguisiri Elfrcaiy
~ hs ~, wheD ibos~ yictos,oas soisex csuuGitne tai