Year: 1866

COTTON PLANTING AND ITS PROSPECTS.
! I have been some 10 days in this unrecOn-
stucted region of eastern North Carolina. The country
within radius OF 30 miles has pleasing appearance
have raversed most oft on horseback and becoming cns
Of the people have had chance snd examine their
condition and the country. Tbeland is level Of sandy
nature and particularly adapted to the raising Of com
and cotton Norhera people have idea that little or
no cotton is raised IN North C,rOua This is mis-
take Old planters who have lived here all their lives
say they have never raised anything else on her farms
but cotton and corn. Daring the they we're CON-
PEELED to stop the planting of cotton and to raise corn
cntirolv This was TO sustain the Rebel armies Agrs-
eutursts tell me that cotton acts as stinuaDt upon
the soil that if plant piece Of ground in cot
ton the first crop apt 10 be poor but every succeed
ing ono win be better. Cotton seed makes excellent
manure 1t is mixed up with dirt, mari lime, eus AM
nal manure and thus applied. 1t enr.ches the land.
and is cheap substitute for guano. Little OF no cotton
being planted during the last four or i've years, no
soil will not be well adapted tor the product this sea-
SOU and consequently planters look for mddinG crops
II is believed that cotton will be scarce next Fall and
the price high On the crops OF 1861 and ls however
the planters base great expectations The SOL WIZ pS
well suited for the seed and the quality and quantity
much better This last idea makes most OF the planters
unwilling sell their lands unless they can Obtain ell
orbtant prices. They are sharp and shreTd when 20"
time comes Most of them haven't got cent OF ready
cash. and cannot obtain it, They see there is chance
TO make fortunes if they only had the money to sock
and work their farms They have repugnance 70 the


making and mean Yankee and dislike TO have
sny business relations with him. i never sow soch
timid people about business matters. They want to
make hay while the sun shines are " dead broke.
know the Yankee has the necessary article. hut ara
afraid Of being cheated By him and thus thrown
into dilemma.


WHAT NORTHERN CAPITAL WANTS.


Most Of the Northern capitalists who are through
the South want 20 either buy plantations or to lease
them for number of years. These are the only ways
in which they can make planting paw. The owners VIII
not sell but being compelled to either rent or lease.
wish TO do 30 for short period as possiolesay one
or two years They know they can make enough on
the first crop TO set themselves their feet,
and after that the Yankee partner 10 hateful ~
truder." This selfish spirit pervades most Of them.
They cannot catch Yankee asleep. however and they
must come doom either to sale to five or ten years
lease Another drawback TO both planter and capita.
s, but especially TO tie former is the bring Of labor
eS. They arc exceedingly scare Numerous oa1ses
are given for this scarcity Of labor The main H.
that thousands Of negroes went into the Union sres
and when discharged returned to their former
homes There has also been large influx Of them into
the Western States and Territories They have heard
so much about the free States and dsgusted with
this land of oppression that they nearly oil filed
with desire TO migrate TO places where they viii haze


chance to enjoy the rights az freemen. The negroes
who are here will not hire with Southern man, they
can help il. They know what these planters were
hen they slaves and they are also cognaan. Of


the feelings these same planters have toward their raoe
rs freemen. The negro cannot trust the former
an item against the planter who wants 10 lease
The negroes perfectly willing 10 work for Moth
ern man. But they are AS scarce as diamonds ana
many plantations viii have 10 lay idle for tho want
men work them. Here Is where the FIeedmonS B 4
rean does great and good work Ths Office az this
post constantly beseged with planters seeking hands
Whenever the Burean can II supplies them. and lie
very people who cry oudest against the Bureal-whe
write denunciatory communications 10 newspapers aad
who 20 10 the authorities " have the thing abolished


are the very ones who cannot get negro abOrers I,
work for them and are constantly crowdng the BaIea,
for aid. This Is not idle talk. know Il " be ,ac.
THE SCARCITY OF LABOR.


All kinds OF expedienis ere adopted 20 amend thI
scarcity OF laborers. Energetic and bold frou
the North come here aud buy and will not be arte.
by the want of labor. They know the only paee {.
look for them is the place when thew themselves cam


fIon. Consequently there are quite q namboE o
foreigners brought here from NewYork and other arg