Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-03
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE APPEAL
DEER CREEK, WAsHINGrON Co,
MISS November !, ls5.
FIItnr Mamphis Appeal

ANnkA HIN - aNH AAN W.
Mss November 4 1877.
Editors Memphis Appeal
Dear Srs :-Under the impression that
the great masses of the people, as well as
many in the commercial world are still
ignorant Of the extensive ravages conn
mittsd by the army worm on the present
crop Of cotton, I have concluded, now
that the work Of ruin is about complete,
too add q word in reference to the mat
ter, especially As it regards this immedl-
ate section of the country.
OF the almost complete destruction of
the plant in Louisiana, embracing the
extensive Red river lands, the peche and
Tensas sections; portions Of Georgia, Al
ADAMS, South Mississippi and the course
sections OF Texas, your readers have been
previously informed. A letter, just to
haad, from tbs upper east lands in
Texas, in the Palestine regions, informs
me Of the ruin Of the crop there.
The worm made its appearance late in
this county, aud but foI the lands having
been overd1wed, making the crop some
four weeks behind time, and the plant
young and tender, the effects would nat
have been so disastrous. IA IL Is, l have
eOnversed freely with intelligent plant
ers from different parts Of the country,
and the general opinion is, that the crop
Is cut short one-third Of what would have
been 3 very snort crop st best. lmme-
diately on the creek for twenty miles
above and below my place, the damage
has been much greater, say from one
third to twO-thirds short. On this place
am sure we had ten thousand dollars
in value destroyed IN ten days, ana many
Of my neighbors Jared no better.
THha HnerHfF "a HhoH not mo IN fnm urhn
planted this, will be able 70 procure the
capital to plant mex year, and in the
prophetic language of the lameuted
Judge Shall Yerger, &" this country equal
to any In tns yorld in richuess Of soil
will grow up a wiidernsss.p Speaking
Of this good and great man, whose loss
VIC al feel and deplOre, he farther pre-
dicted that 10 coming years, Linda
would ship her cotton up the hississippi
10 New York, to supply Northern msnu-
factoFies. - THAT Mississippi would not
make more cotton than would be needed
for her Owp consumption Now, sir,
if the index hand which points to the
future, assures Us of any thing, il is that
the freedmen, beWilisred IS be is by
politics. won't work for In proportion az
you put his thick Uranium to thinking, it
displaces all thought Of work. Some Of
my HsiEbbors, who planted largely, in
Z cotton, say from four to six hundred acres,
will not tie 100 bales. Thus on Il line
oftwenty miles on the creek, two hun
I bred thousand dollars has been lost to the
| planters BY this yesr's effort to make
| cotton, 10 provisions for hands and
teams. | do not belong to that class OF
reliRiopists who can discern q special
prOvidenes In every fortuitOus event
which ccurs IN this world OF complies-
tiOns, for as High as the heavens L.
above the earth so high are his ways and
thoughts above ours" but what means
this universal blow at the cotton plant,
not only In the Gulf but Middle States,
In such 3 variety Of soil nj climate 2 It
cannot be atmospheric, and vet there is q
cause. II Providence speaks 10 this mat
ter, does it not say to the white men in
the South "yOu shall not grow cotton to
the prejudice Of every other interest and
comfort, and make yourselves ''hewers Of
wood and drawers OF water, for a cor
rupt Government that seeks only our
destruction, aud their own aggrandize-
ment by taxation, oppression and negro
supremacy? !" and may 1t not be designed
a. q check upon the collection Of so
many negroes upon a place, which is
beyond doubt exceedingly -corrupting
The negroes, already demOrslized by the
failure, are preparing to 90 North, many
Of them. and with some Memphis seems
10 be the point OF attraction, while those
who resided here before the war srs be-
ginning 70 lay claims TO the lands and
Offices. There are candidates on this
place FOR nearly every Office in the county,
and in the county for every Office in the
Statewide the black prelates, with
their dense and sable crowds, make night
hide0Us with what they call religious
meetings, shouting senseiess pratings
aud prayers, offensive to God aud dis
gushing TO man. They are estimated
ten to one in this county, and on q day
appointed for working the road below
me, there were ten white men and one
hundred and seventy-five colOred. With
the spirit and temper that now charac-
terizs them, the time Is rapidly sp-
preaching when this win be q Pandemo-
mum In q state Of active ebullitiOn. /
hope not 70 be here 10 witness the catas-
trOphe. Yours truly,
J. W. PHILLIPS.