The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-17

hghS the eye with ts cxtent and verdure. Vision Ia
bounded by the horizon slone which sweeps around the
limit OF sshtsn ssm-clrcs fornins the oosApes
OF scene ROB In color and rendered brilliant by
too Transparency Of the Asmosphers Is q scene the
eye loves 70 dwell upon. Il suits coatsmplats mood
ana tells Of quiet and reposs. 8 a. seea@Me ss atfia
Throughout extest OF country the character Of the
sol Is for the mast part light and great deal OF It ID
allowed 70 uncaluvasd partly because t u mot worth
the trouble. and partly because, where 1t Ia the ewasrs
are too lazy 70 turn 70 account Lately the negroes
Obliged y look out Cor themselves have taken some that
was but recently IN The category Of the anculvsssd and
arc making Il do pretty wall considering that there 80
Tunes when man may consider himself lucky II he can
keep hunger from his door Down the bottoms there
occasionally found rich tract Of land that produces
magnificent crops Of cotton but these plantations are
ar.laoisi snSsnSnsn sSs.. taxing one ysss With an
produce better aa the s..ssss o. LANDS under al
age Still It remans 70 b said that tho average pro-
ductiveness y not % low after ALI BY making use Of
guano very far crops are made from pretty light lands
In fact at this mo b. very promising fields 0f
wheat corn and cotton 10 very unpronising looking
serves us not what ono would choose out Of ali our
broad land for me purpose: q asrcuture-a least on
an extensive scale The fertile sposs arc 50 soatered
have small farm. A dscsn Y i asiS. 70 suit
the ootions OF the Western country, is rare
would prefer q s@israis rather 'Y chan ' meet ali
do dsBcassss that tsase IN Asss, % isag - -
proved System Of csILvation; ss much deps0ds upon
united action In country whore such works a ievses
arc needed and othors still that Affect tho common IN
terest
But Ia hard 10 believe that such being Is an m
bitiss and careful farmer ever inhabited this part OF
unthr and negiccs is scen as have noticed very gen.
orally 70 exist 10 the States further South Tho original
condition OF the buildings and appliances may once have
been b0tter bat there Is small choice Ia things tumbed
into decay and decay is here everywhere almost In
the South In the purely agricultural districts state
Quoted farm 10 the North whore farming sets
up any pretensiOn Ut ALL cannot be found the South
10 its favor il that an occssona villa serves 70 reeve
the appearance that would otherwise prevail OF inter
restitution This does not hclp the matter much for
II s noticeable that whether place is the residence OF
cultivated and wealthy man. only simple cuiti-
vator Of the so, 1t In both cases alike ngularly
Gcient in suitable agricultural appliances Moro than
this tho home Of the farmers frequently without
single comfort according TO our Northern ideas; and
yor seadsr Why for hSIs often rich Or was rich md
man, living NJ hs case, there IL most incongruous
mngng Of the amenities Of life with lack Of some Of
Il may be odd ccnceit but rarely 500 Southern
country residence and the half performed operations Of
ing 70 BED a. night chat DO ma call 70 mind the ea
pscsaion, "Patsh on both knees and gloves on" Ny
smile not ct the responsibility claimed in the Gloves
sistency what seems 70 he demsndod Ono does not
expect to gentleman srrayed the hsbiiments OF
beggar, nor soy profitable occupation associated with
the signs Of poverty and distress Tboro DO pow
erty and distress worry easily time but the signs
aude TO Of long standing
In regard to the causes that have produced these
habits Of unthsift would BE- speculate now the
remedy ia possibly n hand In the interest the aborer
must have now which he had mot before. In perecung
the arts which DO must depend for the Improvement
Of his fortunes In00od t 10 conceded BY all that the
negroes work their account hey worked
bcfora They grub up bits Of almost barren land,
have mentioned Shove and manage 70 mako the thing
profitable tho end Ono rarely Thorn luie In this
SIN there arc some thss require 70 b 70
iscseps TO do much eor <hsmssivs OF opsn children
- vesag 70 seihg xhsusgvoss hAVs ~ matter
andor eAsderatsarof nakmg AfuAA gmon1 shensofvss
very ditto than 0Ake sabsstsnce for them
pstvcs sse prcs o. sabor WstnG asntisaed - nay
last - vcry fsw agre