The CHAIRMAN. Not having had a personal acquaintance with Mr. Calhoun, and learning of his rare opportunities to give valuable information to the committee, and of his presence in the city, I addressed him a letter, calling attention to the subject-matter upon which we should like information, and which I had reason to think he could give us better than almost any one else, indicating certain questions which I would like to have him prepared to answer, and receiving a courteous reply, expressing a willingness to oblige the committee, I have called him before the committee, and will now read the questions:-- 1st. What is the condition of the laborers in your section? 2d. Under what system are the laborers in your section employed? 3d. When hired for wages what is paid? 4th. What division is made between labor and capital of their joint production when you work on shares? 5th. When you rent what division is made? 6th. How many hours do the laborers work? 7th. Under what system do you work? 8th. What is the relation existing between the planters and their employees? 9th. What danger is there of strikes? 10th. How can the interest of the laborers of your section be best subserved? If you have prepared answers to these questions, and can give your answers consecutively, I would like you to do so. The WITNESS. I have prepared replies in order that I might save the committee time as well as condense my ideas.