The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-23
AWAY DOWN SOUTH
IN THE FIELDS OF COTTON
Cinnamon Seed lad Sandy BOttOm-A West rirElu.
IAns Observations from WslIsburE to iFair
View, LOuIsIaua-rhe:CoIto CrOp-aO.
nopoiy's Flas Hand In the BuIIutSs.


tour ont among the Indians, "Uncle'
Rufus Hatch's Englshman's expedition t.
Yellowstone Park, and many notices o
the whereabouts Of distinguished citizen,
who have left your city to cool their bodieI
in the sea waters or drink an occasiona
draught OF some OF the mineral springs, i
might not be uninteresting to your readen
to have report from this part Of th'
moral vineyard, this land that has occu
pied the attention OF statesmen and carpet
baggers for the last eighteen years, bu
more recently Of capitalists from the Norti
and the old world.
On Saturday evening, August 4th, you
correspondent left Wefsturg on the 5:3t
=. NJ. train and arrived at Louisville, Sun
day ut II A. NJ. / visited the great Southern
Exposition on Monday, remaining unit
midnight. The Exposition is well worth
visiting and surpasses any that we have
ever bad on this continent, so far as i
goes. The elegance and refinement In aI
Its departments far exceed the centennia
OF 1876 The directors certainly show tl,eil
appreciation OF music when they pay $50,
900 for it for one hundred days. The,
have the Seventh Regiment Band from
New York for fifty days. They also have
every conceivable description Of light, al
the improvements for the use Of electric
lights OF all kinds, for which they pay
$4,000 during the time they hold the Ex'
position. The expense Of trip from
Wheeling to Louisville and return is III
most nominal, and it would be great ad
vantage to all business men to spend q few
days there. My trip from Louisville wat
through the rich lands OF Southern Ken
lucky and Tennessee, from Bowling Green
via Milan, and then Oh down the New Or
leans & Chicago road TO Jackson, Missis
sippi, and then on narrow gauge road
from Jackson to NatcheS, built by privstC
enterprise, OF which Gen. Wm. I. Martin
is President. This road is in good condi'
tion and makes twenty miles an hour from
Jackson to Natchez, distance Of one hun
dred miles.
FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EATCHR2.
The country over which passed from
Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Natchez
Mississippi, is suffering from droath, and
while there is apparently more corn plant
ed than usual, the cotton crop in Tennessee
and Mississippi will be cat short at least
thirty per cent. Natchez il thriving lit
tie city, and is without doubt in the best
financial condition OF any city in the State.
The people are alive 10 all modern im.
proyements, have two splepdid cotton fac.
tories, street railroad, with an incline road
from the river. Mr.. Stephen Rumble, who
was born aud raised in Mouudsville, is
among the most enterprising citizens. ae
owns the whariboat, is largely engaged in
the wholesale aud retail grocery business
aad hass hand in all publ improvements.
After svjourn Of six hours Ia Aatcbeg l
took passage on the steamer Warren (the
summer boat In place Of the steamer
Natchtz) and in about two hours landed at
Fair View.
On the landing / found the usual mum.
ber OF freedmen iLterspersed with sons OF
Erin, laborers on the levee, now being
completed by Mr.. Neely, the Government
contractor. This leyee Is. great work and
will protect a large and fertile portion o!
the State. Crops in this peighborhood arc
much better and more forward than last
year. The corn crop is good, aud now
about ready TO crib. 1t is little over four
weeks since rain has fallen here, still the
cotton looks we'll and is holding all it
makes. In ten days more picking will
COMMENCE in earnest. / might heregive u
description OF plantation worked BY a
company OF capitalists, some OF whom live
in New York and others in New Orleans
This company was Termed year or two
since with the intention OF manufacturing
the seed into oil, and in fact utiliziDgevery
thing about the plantation. The firm is
called the Excelsior Planting 4 Manulac.
turing Company, with Mr.. A. g. 0ber, OF
New Orleans, as President, and Mr.. Oliver
n. Wild, OF Natchez, Miss, General Man
sger. Notwithstanding the overfows Of
the last two years this company have been
very successful. u isa magnificent sight
at this season Of the year TO Zee three thou.
sand acrs OF cotton, all Of which has been
cultivated like garden. This company
cultivates this estate with hired labor.
Very few OF the aborers work on shares
as. is the general rule in this country.
4 LARGE COTTON PLANTATION.
On last Friday I.rode over large por-
ton OF this plantation with Mr.. ober, the
President of the company, and without
exception there is the finest prospect for a
large yield Of cotton that it has ever been
my fortune to see on one plantation. The
company is now constructing a narrow
gauge railroad through the property to
convey the cotton to the gins, and from
thence to the river for shipment. Cotton
seed OF late years has attained great
value, and il is the opinion OF many that
within the next few years cotton will be
cultivated for the seed alone, TO say nothing
Of the lint. The oil 10 now largely used
for cooking purposes, and Is imported in
large quantities TO South America and to
Spain, where it is refined and returned TO
this country and sold as Olive oil. There
is also the oil cake, which is mostly ex.
ported 10 England, to feed cattle, and
cotton seed meal used here as a fertilizer
for sugar cane aaa many gardens to PRO.
duce rapid growth. It equal in fertility.
ing qualities to guano, and preferable
for many purposes. There are large
oil mills. established In all parts OF this
crest valley, at St. Louis, Memphis, Vicks.
burg, Natohes, Baton Rouge and New
Orleans. In New Orleans there are a NUN.
ber OF mills, some Of them having a million
Of capital INVESTED. Unfortunately for The
planters they have Gomhiped or pooled and
all are under tho control OF what ls called
The New Orleans Cotton Seed Association.
For many years past this association has
arbitrarily fixed the price Of seed, and have
souelched out any who dared to interfere
With them in the business. They have
Ealf a million dollars INFESTED in sacks,
which they distribute along the river and
railroads to be filled, and when filed are
shipped to the New Orleans Cotton Seed
Association, they returning the weights 10
the planter, and the money at so much per
top-whatsver they choose to pay, some.
times one price and sometimes anotheT,
say from $40 to Sl4 per ton on the pianta.
ion or from place ot shipment.
AcorroS MONOPOLY.