New-York tribune., 1869-03-05
SOUTH CAROLINA.
fPpoM ORR OWN CORRESPONDENT. I

OF The TRIBUNE willing to pursue this SUBJECT any
further the writer will endeavor TO show some OF
the material advantages that may be expected from the
business OF cotton planting 1t Is generally undersoou
that the plant does not attain to perfection Oeyohu te
northern limits this True, 1t is grown In VIZ
gnia and to considerable extent in the eastern parts
OF North Carolina, but tho climate in those secuohs
unfriendy the plant and II 1t grows at all IL Is py io
lence done nature. No one would Wish 10 unug %
take the business unless at points where MS eHols
ne seconded both by the soil and the climate iOr 10
would aim at the very highest results ana theso 49,,
attained where early foss short the maturity OF the
bos A late Fall Joy to the heart OF Ine @
cotton planter, without it, he knows 700 We ptieS o mr
the sounded and the funeral Of the cotton plant
immediately follows; Nature ias theIeioie, se' :, ,i @
TO m successful production which no industry or ART can
enlarge. Hence he who owns good cotton lnds Wltnn
that limit is privileged person, Tor the staple VIII etea
enter largely INTO the commerce Oh inc "Hu, OH ,h anu @
best supplies VIII be furnished Dy lhe southern
States. Slave labor was at one tne thougnt
cultivation but 1t has now been 'nS a.
the freedman, who was born ana educatgu aituo,or m
the cotton field is the very pest peyfect
but he answers very well for the plough and tne noe
and he don't work very WELL ne Si GOg9 @ t 70 c6,nplsn
for his services, and the empoye Ot " % make
With such prices obtain. the freedman VIII man.
enough for himself and his employer to make DoLn .,
them very comfortable, ana that too' Ia So 2 spa r ~
only n few years No people upon the earth ever noul
aStb Go Cadea are now dong Many Of them have
surplus, which they do not know what 10 40 WIN,
the freedmen (who work. have plenty oi hon09 o
We have SAID that South Carolina was happy in its
look forward with absolute certainty to harvest TheJ
do expect lose their crops by storms or insects
will be diminished by like these For year or
two past, the sea Islands have had some trouble put
even there unusual In the upcOunry no one antc-
Ipates any difficulty on that score Ihe cem!uy VI the
crop is Of all things the most encourang;M M anu p ~ @ ha
not understood has neglected his business fertZe
and good cultivation are never employed III N"in anu
when the crop is made it represents gold ..
Those who have been in tine habit OF cutvang cottoh
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as personal qualification. They enter upon IL as upon
festival "A continued delight until the time comes TO
carry n 10 market ard when The price Is hlg lhe last
act In the drama is by means the least nteLesIlng
In Slavery times some Of the best planters nave lse
| as many as eight bales TO the hand. This Is faner
unusual it not at all unusual To- make iour MIN
an abundance OF provisions beside. The lint Is not Tue
only marketabc production the cotton field, for the
seed are also valuable and VIII readily cOnanu ~ Sent'
per bushe IL the piancris unwlse enough TO sell he
for they cannot be exceled manure, ana shOud DO
treasured up accordingly From - 10 80 puSnes I ao
Generally obtained from suhcency OF cotton 10 make
the soil of south Carolina it has long been tasked
to ia utmost but In many localities 1t Is better now tnah
ever was IL is not pretended that there IS anything
peculiar about IT, but worn as u Is there are "a
h. bsng made TO produce during the last year bale TO
land that has been cultivated Tor more tha MY ycai
since tho war planters aiming at these results very
ynneray and MeV lciH reach them. few years more OF
peace aud will be the rule, not the eAeelt!on e
Georgia people don't think much Of such performance
nov and they even talk Of making five bales 70 he acre
Yankee ingenuity, is prOyerDia, ana we OF tne sHun
would like TO have some OF the best OF tle -
peone here among u.s. whether they can Improve
iIpon what we have been doing ourselves we ha TWO
very fatal wears the warfatal, because prices nu
receded far below the paying point some lew Oi tne
Northerners came and went INTO the DusheSs Out
| they graduated too sOOn-iust about tne ume lney
tnongt they had learned that the production VI cotton
,rod uereT pau Just at the close or the war every
thng was adverse their success ana ten the very ~"
nce of the article, capped the climax OF the argument
IL won't pay." Things very dlnerelt hOW-cOttol
docs pay think too, rate which no Other production
can eaual Every who can, Is going INTO Tue Dus 80
which is now thought worthy OF the highest graues ol m
teIligeuce The difficulty will soon be To procure lafns
at least i'm Marlborough County River lands can DC hau
very low the upands rising IN value every Iay.
Those wLo sell now do because they are tempted Dy
the very high prices which prevail; that Is SO slS auu
So per acre No selling TO relieve extreme suffering
of Land owners; that time has passed by as we nope
never TO return The people are last adjusting lHelr
debtor and credit relations 10 their mutual
So those who already dead are prepared 10 Ne
bright and beautiful future has opened OUT before
them and their lands will not be forced upon te harke
| m The good people OF the North VIII come
among them 10 settle down and share their fortunes
room can bs found such, and they Will be received E
friends Others them will scarcely need 10 DC ectureu
tha where cotton grows IL ought TO be manuiacureu
and where suitable waerpOwer can De Ounu ought u
bo 40 employed Others will nd profitable locations io
the mechanic arts In the little village where the writer
lives there is not white carpenter nor shoehakel
saddler or timer OF any color, and they are an very
| much wanted. The time has como Tor US ali 10 nill
up-we need each others help, and after so nuch aI,
fighting we should forget all IN universal mug, anu
right TO work building our country again upon tn
o"Si' Vi ' e. W. ID.