The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-17

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Orleans.
NAVAL STORES.
Previous to the war, these were probably
| produced "A this quarter Our pines run as
/ freely as they DO In North Carolina, aud
handsome returns were realized. There la
no reason why the business should not Do
/ resumed.
MARKET GARDENING AND POULTRY.
With the facilities offered by The New
| Orleans aud Mobile Railroad. we might on
/ our warm, friable, loamy soil. take ihc lead Gan
/ the early supply OF vegetables and fruit for
| the New Orleans and up-couutry markets.
| with proper attention, we may bc ten days
or tOrtng ht ia advance OF riparian nlnut-
ers, and il Is we'll known that fruits and
vegetables grown on dry, sandy soils are OF
| superior flavor. The coast should supply
~. Louis and Chicago, and the West gtuer-
ally, with okra, egg plants. tomatoes peas
beans, caulihowers and potatoes. pears, figs,
peaches, apples, straw berries and melons
and can do so ahead of those who plant un
alluvial soils.
No country in the world where poultry
thrives better, and with very rough treat
ment. IL is "A business which, if pursued as
business with all that the term implies,
would yield very large profits. I do not
hesitate TO say that any person Investing
hundred or thousand dollars ia poultry
raising and bringing "a it the proper
knowledge and care, would double his
money every two years.
CATTLE AND SHEEP.
Both good investments. Our summer
range in pine lands cannot be eXcclled.
And i'm winter the cane and reed brakes on
the rivers and creeks, and the marsh grasses
furnish sufficient food. Cattle are rarely
ever fed. During the sHmmer and fall and
when running on cane la winter, they make
excellent beef readily sold al "a handsome
the 10 fnfa Now
Orleans butchers.
The whole district, embracing ten or lie
teen counties, Is admirably adapted for
sheep. Ii is full of the shrubs and under
growth that sheep delight 10 crop The
surface is gently undulAtiug, the summer
grass never fails; the raYincs abound with
reeds, PUSHES and switch-Cane, that furnish
nutritious food and warm shelter am winter.
Why should not wool growing bc more
profitable than AZ the North It has been
often demonstrated that Southern heucos
are as fine aud as heavy as the neeCcs Of
colder climates, and sheep more healthy.
Mr.. Cockrill, Of Mississippi, successfully
competed with the most famous wool grow
0rs of SaXony, France and England In
New York or Vermont the breeder must
own or rent every acre Of land his nOcks
tread upon, and sheep require wider range
and are harder on pastures than any other
stock. He must fence, hedge, or wall &c lu,
and pay taxes upon il. Folds and shelters
are TO be putup, and grain and hay for the
long winters provided, and abundant salt
Nevertheless, distempers and murraius of
ten occasion great mortality. Still the
Northern shepherd pcrsevcres, prospcrs and
grows rich. Here one may Craze 1000 sheep
without owning "A foot of land, or paving
any taxes. From Pearl river TO the Ala
bama line there are vast natural pastures,
Of unsold and unoccupied lands. No stacks
or barns are wanted, and the cpidcmics OF
colder climates are unknown. / attribute
this TO our benign climate; TO the saline air
and saturatiOn Of the heritage; more than
all to the smoke of the burning pine and
the vapOr of tar, which the live stock iu the
pine woods constantly inhale. / have seen
larger and heavier mutton, grain ted, iu the
North and West, but none equal 10 ours
when put upon the table.
socIErY-PUBLIc OPINION.
Our sea-shore population is refined, social
and Intelligent. CliQuedOm and exclusive
ness are unknown. Composed Of people
from every State, and from every national
ity of Europe, there Is no sectiOnalism. An
well conducted persons, Of every race and
color, are welcomed. No Tquisition into
political opinions, as these are regarded as
ones private property. We are Democrats
and Republicans, devoted 10 our country
and breathing the same prayer for It's peace,
prosperity, progress and perpetuity. Polite
ical rows, rufiianism and race CXaCcrbatiOnE,
are unknown in this section Of Mississippi,
LANDS.
Improved lands, with small, plain build
ings on them, may be had, throughout the
pine district, at from SO to $40 per acre. Un-
Improved at 81 % Large quantities OF
public land may yet be entered under tho
Homestead Act, excellent farming, pasture
and timbered tracts so acres for about S.
the entire cost--thus supplying the cheapest
home In the world, and the healthicst and
the easiest for poor man to get start on
the road toindependence. Many large land
holders will sell lands, at very low prices
on long credits, and take pay Ia labor An
industrious man, with or without money,
can always secure here good and com fort
able home. Throughout the district there
are excellent farming lands--iaud- which
the Carolnas, in Virginia Maryland or New
jersey would bring $40 to $l5 per acre, may
be had here at government price.
LABOR.
Two-thirds OF the working classes I'm tie
pine district, including the sea coast, arc
whites-natiVes and naturalized citizens.
Those from the Eastern States, and from
Canada, sweden, Denmark, England and
Ireland, bear exposure 10 the sun, and stand
the climate, In every respect as well as the
indigenous population, or the cmlgrnuts
from Southern Europe. The Germans are
quite numerous, and are our most thrifty
farmers and gardeners. The French idimi-
grants are chiefly merchants, coffee house
keepers, or mechanics. The Spanish and
Italians engage In fishing, oysterIng and
navigation. But we find all these races Ia
the various pursuits, and generally indus
trious, economical and successful. skilled
wOrkmen earn from 90 10 SO per day Jour
neymen from 81 30 70 50. Ordinary labor
eTs from 81 TO 81 80. A steady farm hand
may always hud employment, and board
and lodging, at $l2 20 Sl5 per month rho
year round. Our numerous saw-mills cm-
ploy many ha DIS and raftsmen and axmeu
at high wages The shipyards require many
wOrkmen Many hands are wanted 90 man
the schoOners and barges plying 20 and
from New Orleans. Much OF the -ea-bOard
front is owned by wealthy residents aud ABB
sentees, who have extensive gardens, orr
chards and ornamental grounds, and these
give profitable employment and comfortable
berths to many men and women. Manu-
features, 1t Is presumed, viii soon spring up
here, with the influx OF immigration ana
capital, and this will create a now demand
for labor.
A Crystal Springs scene.
Just now the liveliest towns are those
located in the peach belt A lfttle fruIr