The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-08-18
ORIGINAL
Correspond dence Of Enterprise.

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SpENePoRr, Mics, July ,27. .
Messss. Editors---I have, just
reterhed from O most Interesting
visit to D section ofethe State, fire..
quently designated as a Carolina
Colony This place is Senatobia,
q beautiful and thriving little vii.
lage in De Soto County on the
Mississippi and Tennessee Rail.
road. BY far the larger haifofthe
population in The village and sur
rounding country, is composed Of
South Carolinians, Here I met
Capt. jeff. Arnold, now an old and
wealthy settler his son, Capt. Jas.
II. Arnold, who, like myself, moved
out last Fall. They are large mer-
chants-doing a most profitable
business. DIR. French, a ,physi-
clan and merchant, Pink McGee,
Sanford McGee, Barney Rutletge,
Col. R. p. Goodlett and son Joel
9oodlett, Prof. Youngblood, DIR.
Shand and his talented and .prom-
ising son, besides numerous others,
all of whom seem TO be doing well
in their several pursuits and pro
fessions, and recovering from the
disasters Of the war and it's results
very rapidly. The face of the
country is most beautiful gently
undnlated with heavy, massive
timber: oak, hickory, &c, with
scarcely any under growth, and in.
terspersed with broad bottoms or
valleys along the little branches
and creeks, as fertile as the very
richest bottoms Of tho Saluda
River tor corn or small grain, and
far, more so for cotton, making
about one bale per acre. I rode
over the plantation of DR.. Shand,
formerly of Gross Anchor, Spar
tanbusg District. He has over
three hundred acres I'm cotton that
on the bottoms, is about as high as
my chest and shoulders, and in
many places, locking in the middle
Of the rows. He has over two
hundred acres in corn--about half
ottom-which will yield an aver
age Of fifty bushels per acre !; the
other bslf-ridge land-will GER
tainly yield from twenty-five, to
thirty bushels every acre of it,
lie has been more than ordinarily
fortunate in obtaining a good set
of freedmen as laborers, who have
cultivated bis lands well. His rule
ispto give, them q small crop, and
then require it we'll worked. THIS
is not only true policy for him, but
IL 10 the only true one for, MS al. 49,
Anything like such crops, in area
Of acres asifermerlys and the grass
and weeds wonld rpn away with
ninetenths of thel plantations in
the country. rs sssl1R .saIa Is, +,
Col Goodlett is planting on q
small scale, this year, but has O
most beautiful and promising crop.
He met with q sad,, accident. and
misfortune last winter by a. fall
from ladder breaking his arm,
spraining the Joint and otherwise
bruising him badly. The more i
see Of this excellent family, the
more i become attached 10 them.
Joel is clefking for a Mr. Black.
bourn, who, I presume, pays him
fine wages, for surely bis services
are worth them. George h(his
youngest sony is al scbool Since
crops were laid By Mics Pasiiine
,is, teaching IN. one. and .ahaff 8rtwo
miles, and conseq uently, / failed to
see them, "a j could spend but part
of the day with the Colonel. The
manner and dignity, to say nothing
OF Chsistian resignation and forti-
atnde with which this estimable
family ssnstain themselves under
thelosa Of costume, ia indeed praise
worthy md deserving imitation.--
Not b word of complaint at the loss
Of luxury and elegance once en-
joyed, but o calm, qniet, dignifed
endurance of the hardsbips their
: sgrcat change Of fortune. has
wrought, with a perseveriBg indus
try and Chsistian resignation to
all; and Goodlett and his
family to-dkJ cshmand my re-
spect, at least, IN a ten fold degree
to what they did when occupants