, 1875-05-01
Cotton. in West Tonnes
see.
Decentralization Of tllo Labor.Bystem,
and How It Is Produced.
Tic Lnhorcr Regarded by the Planter In
Almost tic ilutc.llcllum Light.
No Prospect for the Negro to Got Ahead
and so Ho Is Emigrating.
German and Scandinavian 1nmigra-
ton Desired, but No Inducements
Offered.


No Hope for ihc Country unlit tho Lar6e-P'an-
TALON System Is Broken Up.
From Oar 0teB Gntrfsuondsnt.
MEMPHIS, April 27.-From os,t 9 horsil nfghtmase,
such a. Inevitably bcse.a mo when trJ pullman
aace cur ~as arouted by "1'rrakfaat 1t tlis neIt
ptatlob, a!r.n
lrubbcd my eyes aud looked cut tho car-w!ndow.
Tho splendid Etaric-rcgion through which, tho yes
terdhy, tho train sptetel, Was far behind 30 wrrc
tic manifold evidences of thrift then everywhere
sbouudn1. Instead Of the neutrality-suspicious.
ing u,any OF thcn; comfortable, s with frequently
more 1retcnons residences, which dotted tha 1linolH
lanlscaEe, here were
TIE TRADITIONAL Io6-cABlSa,
aue1, IA wore 10 bs LII Indiana than twenty
ycnra ago. Tho ouibuiflngs wcro runons Rnd dilap-
lntcl. Neither pigs nor poultry were yish}o about
thcn Of lyo stock, ut odd intervals, we passed small
ttrnggling lois Of acrawny, underze cattle browsing
IN the woodlands and about tho margins Of Tho
marshes, Occasionally melancholy. mulc,
absorbed apparently Iii bitter cditasIon or uoErier
,peclmen Of horst ncsl than would md in half
aay's Journey In 1iuon, was seen. There wcrt Ore
sucnt marshJ tEacts alonB cur route. These, how
tver, ANAL md dcaccd and, from the fottna-
len OF the country might esllouy bo easily draEc,
kntt WHeu NuAlu S@Ao
lnrnl.laule. Dnt nowhere did sec ditch or dta1n.
For tic most part. HOWEVER, the road Chicago, stLou0
Now Orleaua Rail- Wy hklrtcd by spenl!d pan'
httoH extending OIL either aide fur NJ tho eyo could
reach. Through ,toasanlo Of acres Of inc, gently
.olllng sandy ailusal roll almost as light "a That or
our prair1cs, but With MI ndn'tsturo or red
dish clay, we passed. In many plsccn
Of the productive lo11n,-1s though that had been
saEhed on or exhausted by liberalization. Yet In tbs
main. ut gsaure II VIA to 10 eson this wasa
N1cH AGRICULTURAL nEdloS,
mud had teen under cultivation for years. observed
that little Of It under cultivation now, 70 far -
outward appearances went. At rough cattnac, less
tan 10 Per cent Of tho Ned-antls In fcw from tho
trlu had yet teen plowetl, anu very litto plowng
vas being done. Here snt 4hcro tnlilaf5 freed
truIGing after plow In a anB'c Geld Of farm
Of s1J or 400 acres and that tue only sign nj In
ustry yiAbo; wla lhsEu weIa traca Of a4qa! extent
Of which not lad bccn turned by tho row, oud
which thern was 10 Sign Of Ife. unless 1t waro
r,ansion,house apparently uporcup!cd, anu, 1ttlo
stsn, st1n ggng lot Of cabins, apparently also nn-
occupied, with not hosSe, inutc, COW, hog, or
chicken anywhere abcEt. Tile Ecut!yurduating landa
tud tic brold Holl3 lad at 1rst BoMewhar
erggcstct tho ralreR through which wv lad rahPed
tho lny hetofc But the atmosphere OF huElan pctiTty
which, In thousand indcBcrlbah1a ways, pozvalea tho
IllInsis psairtc. was lacking. had lost my reckon
coAch, and was wondering II tAs wero Egypt, When
communicative passenger observed that We Ind
raased tho Tennessee linz, and we're now in
THE lrLASns COTTON COUNTY,,
Vt which wlat hays ncied wero my first glimrscs.
Astor u wrctchcd brcaEtnas could 10 found any
whtrc, and ct muro forlorn.iootlna atnt1on than
evr INC n,tttel In Ill tic region itm Eow York "a
san FruncIEco ssunlrcd intu the srloAng-car. Tho
lsE tse1 II tltorlI hr Observed eoon,cd rerradel By
ue general inertia that ra'rably rervsel Tic cou1'-
Try sAsan1h which 4 usa pasl'tg. A. M4n, % 1ntss
sa Mns W. w' Sd 'osESa from tue a,n - Ao 10
rtuns Oh mil nobody grttinN % u TIM .sa'ioas.
s"tctiy nccnsl In htrry At my Of them hut lit!lo
Of them, and obody seemed raEs,ellafy interested
therein TIC engineer ran ta M sagsno r. r. 1iianrs'y
fs.ion. Whea thu tsa s has be- be- gUt Of IL s:sre
f.th:tn, au after in surh fason, attending 70 what
I1ttlo Tla te dene. cna etehansng = few: words
daetar, with tne nir II man who had III tho day be-
an t" tic cusner 10 60 aLead. Tho latter, after se
inanncr Of QUO who hatl I'll tic day befurs him anl
neng III r.s!ea!ar ao ,taf,ea the t4a,n snI We
truEdlrl tito baggEgc.tSncEs. ttta
EVEN WITH THE EAudA1E-BaiAsHEH l1lisrLr.
os fro & Il haaa so 70
with Nc air OF man WHO had nothing III particular to
S t a ~ s % M %5e,s a sa, 1 he ts ~
tn coEtras we're tcy with tic hustle anI hurry kt,l
nrt,r,tr that IT cyory atptinn oyotywbera Esswe,n
CaIeaIp sp New Yosk, or Chicago an1 Han Franc4co.
tcnaiizo tic orriyul su dengrturc Of bc ma aud sx
1frsa tran lint il fmnreased itsef unon na "a a.
ra,m ,hn 1nouotony of II. cntefcI liz smoklnpcar.
Araong tho paa;cnacis there wcro i6rto colored
vomen. Win " tnelf sdlttion.i elv1 rights: ihat
thsv Ia, asccutt M ~ oi course. - lis nlace III
tc;n Oh tlu train Thtir attire though Of cheapest
rnecrnnic,s vifo or dauo,ters On visiting day 1e
baby which tus eldest ii them carried was tilily
Widies would NV. iii s yssrs fsiry ,one iEo nof.
i:hSd ebony. Each loo Ioro her lits of ribbon md
chcap nuerv They aid not rcseut hui they wero uota-
biy frr fron, encol;rs ruu and obseryt d not 70
III to to iuso!cnt faniurss aoyofai tifnca sto1npt
tI by Tic whitp brakcman and ho whtto trat1i.boy-
1%o ~ a a. Heum @ Hex 9a.a r-t strss. ro,nI
er" hcforo hau timo to aoto mofs, they not Oh Il
4 Away-statlnu.
Opposite wcro courto Of negroes who unmstakAbly
In tho dsys Of Bl4yefy. had beon 0eld-hAnds,-who
uiaIsatably