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Show THE MOVl.XG MOiiES. I Are to be Replaced by the Jioou-EjeU lfit-atheu. Ccicago, 5. Times' Vicksb;irg: Notwithstanding tbe apparent eubsi dence ol the Kansas ;evpr, planters tnrooghout Missi-sippi and the upper portion of Louistanaare unmUlaicably alarmed. Your correspondent has thoroughly examined tbe situation in filce-u counties of this state and tr.e adjoining parishes in Louisiana. He is satisfied that ncies something now unforseen occurs a northward emigration of enormous magnuuie will take place in the fall. Tnere is no uae disguising tbe situation, and those most directly concerned are making no attempt to co so. Associations As-sociations of cotton planters and kindred movements are taking shape every day. Stephen Duncan, capitalist ot New York, aud owner of large plantation j interests here, hss authorized Msior I George C. Waddell.of Midisou pariah, to secure for him 500 Coinese, and suDscriptions are being raised to bring , laborers from California at once. Ar-: Ar-: rangemeots are consummated by which gangs ol 300 at a lime 1 an be shipped lrom San Francisco at tweuty four hours' notice. These men are hired at from $10 to $12 per month, quarters and rations. Their passage is contracted for at $13 per capita from Sau Francisco to Vicfcs-burg Vicfcs-burg and vicinity. Tbe movtment is entirely independent of the New Orleans Joint Stock Company, which proposes to import from the cotton-growing cotton-growing regions of China, Tbia latter project will take time, and the situation situa-tion is deemed too critical to admit of delty. |