Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-10-13

sksleton-lesving, however, the most deli
cateS TIRE Ad liz . stems-buk these gone,
they do OF sorupls to devoRr the young
and tender boIls. Whole acres OK skeiet
Dtton plants, extending AS far 50 the eye
can reach, Is no uncommon sight to-day
in either Alabama, mississippi or Louis
lana 10 this Immediate ctIOn the worm
did not inaugurate his campaign Of de-
struction until abont week or two ago,
and it is now TOO late for him to do gerry
material damage. However even here IT
is no uncommon sight to see whole plan
tatioDs without a leaf upon them. But as
it requires about three weeks after tie ap-
pearance OF the bloom to produce boil in
all its proper maturity land by an average
calculation of the appearance OF frost no
bloom after the Goth of September is re-
garded of value) this military insect is
generally considered now welcome to all
the young forms and blossoms he can find,
and may also strip the plant of its leaves
ss this greatly facilitates picking.
I omitted to mention, in its proper con-
nection above, in regard to tie appearance
of the worm, that an experienced planter
of my acquaintance takes issue wi b the
popular opinion as to its inUdridble ap-
plication. 1t is generally held that the
seasons operate to produce the worm, a
very wet season being mc st propitious for
their appearance. My friend states that
he has known them to come out Of The
ground. full -fedged-the worm in its
IIass and dreaded stage. His theory
in solution is that these worms
were produced from the eg3s lett during
u previous visitation, having fallen from
the plant because of their very euperaoun-
dance, and found kindly esyl um in the
earth until the arrival Of "a season propi-
tious for their development. The gentle
man contends that it is strictly within the
range of possibility that these eggs should
lie in the earth aad retain the germ of life
intact for one or even two or three years.
This has certainly been N 0st disastrous
lyear for the cotton growers, and nothing
but good, fair prices can cave many OF them
from utter ruin. a large proportion have
already suffered beyond the saving power
IF the market. The crop this year viii
clearly not xceed 5000 900 bafs, arG
many well-informed men think $500 ,00(
have opened fairly, and it is matter Of
fair conjecture that within tive or thret
weeks time the staple will command q
cents per pound. This will probably er-
courage more extensive planting next year
but to all who may be thus inclined
would whisper the advice of an Old plan
ter friend Of niue: Don't yoa," said he
DONE you plaut cotton u Kit year. for Tire
Presidential election then takes place. an
ne negroes won't work. All the summel
through they will be leaving the crop il
the grass and running TO NEE ipg4. [;
the whole canvass each one is a self Ell ctet
p1liti:ian." It thick this advice so true
aud excellent that j won't plan.
This reference TO labor opeI S to N,
lind a sore subj ct. Was there ever
c untry 20 fair aud productive, wh@r: s.
much could be made. 81 misarably cursed
with suoh labor system aud such labor
ers as the South ? 1 will venture to sal
tiat there is not ole negro III twenty IL
sUis country who makes one-haf that h'
snould-Dot to speak of what he could
And these trifing negroes are ell the Ia Dor
ers we have. 50 many, yet not half enougt
LABOR ! 1, is pitiaOle to zee the c0ntemp
t.ole pfopi:iatory advances which planter
oil lining responsibility make 10 secure
these tIIfing idlers-half of them dom
work uutil hunger E1nches feed t. Gu
and they cease to work unlii want force
them again. Ye tie native DeGrIeS here
a the best. You may bring them from
Virginia or North Carolina. Us many dc
but tn " are eeneroly worthless and ez-
actir e, and nIDe times ont Of zen will &c
In debt to you and go of ana work fo
some one else-and where IS your remedy
oh! for more ;,etfect system OF Labor
For the S. ut, aud q new class Of iaDJIers
The telegraph and New Ofleans tx
charge keep You informed as. to politics
in this State. believe il is worse here
than ever in North Carolina. The L0uisi
ana Legislature is given up to be the mos
corrupt that ever existed. You can
even get act Incorporating q town
passt without paying its wey through
A Gaze in point IS the village of Water
PROOF, in this section. which, as am told
wanted to be town, but failed ct the
last Sc ssion of the Legislature. The citi
zeps interested raised a purse of four hun
dred dollars to defray the expense attend
ant upon the passage OF the bill the pc
tition was respectfully presented, but the
Legislature replied ''git out''-four hun
dred and fifty was the price axed and they
wouldn't DO the job for one cent less
The Warmouth-Duna i'm broglio secret
~ movss en- with Iort majestic, compati
BILE with the grandeur of two such uotori
Gus characters. To ell appearances War
mouth seems rep0sing in the ebony en-
brace of his dnsky friend, Senator and
Editor PiDchback, while Damn s ems to
have crawled down the mUzzle of one OF
those Gatln guns in the expectation OF
being dunn for; yet all the while with head
to the front he slyly peeps out upon the
deposition. OF the two, throughout the
State, Dunn g. ems to be the most popular
but Yarmouth is undoubtedly the strong
lest-for he anipulates the moneyed Of
fees In every Parish there is
q Tax Collector. WHO is appointed by the
Governor, and, with the public pu Sc in
hand. these Collectors belong to Yarmouth
and exert vast influence for him. It would
please the tax-paying portion of the in
habitants far moIe if they would quit
squabb!iug and stealing and their bah
bling upon each other, and go to work aud
provide means to rebuild the broken leveeF,
aud thus protect from overflow the mos
fertile portions of the State.
The Yellow Fever is reported 10 he pre-.
vailiDg to some extent IL new Orleans,
Natchez and WEI sDurg. In the latter place
1t y said to have been Introduced from
jackson, Miss, where rumor has it, the
disease was brought from ca riestoD, S.
c., and is prevailing among the convlcts
in the Penitentia:y.
The "sere and yellow leaf u of Autumn
is fast tinging the green luxurianoe of our
Louisiana forests; and I now bid you adieu
with singular complaint il this clima.e
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