There are a great many properties in the Mississippi Valley owned by non-residents.

There are some plantations rented out to negroes that there is not a white man on at all.

The proprietor comes and collects his rent at the end of the year when the crop is made; or it may be his negro tenant consigns the cotton to a factor in New Orleans.
Q.Where is the proprietor himself usually resident?
-- A.

In different States.

We have people who are proprietors of real estate who live out in Orange, New Jersey; some live in South Carolina; some live in Georgia, in the various States, but they own property with us, and this property is rented directly to the negroes.