The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-20

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side."a Southern literary paper Of snrpass.
Ing merit, p"o1isne4 In Augusta, Geossta, b
JAMES dARpNKA ESQ, ~ advertisement Of
which will be founa In our issue to-day. We
are inclined to think that there is no better
family Newspaper published in the United
states than the (" ss~ihsvs Field and Preside"
IL the Southern people really want to enconr-
Age their own literature, and shut out the
pTetenttous and polluted streams from North
ern cities that vftiate the taste and enfeeble
the mind, now 10 their opportunity. We are
glad to know that in the case Of this Georgia
enterprise-they are showing their sincerity
ard sound Judgment, and that ii is having a
run equal to its great deserts. Mr.. GARDNER
Is gentleman who possesses all the req uistes
Of in telect social position and capital, to give
success to hts journal, and he has enlisted
in it some Of the best talent Of The South
A powerful and brilliant corps Of editors and
contributors are enlisted in this admirable
journal, among whom we may notice Judge
LoNGsTRKxT, the famous author of the
Georgia Scenes whose single story in this
periodical, Of Master WILLIAM MIrTEN, or a
youth of brilliant talents who was ruined BY
bad luck" Is worth the subscription ten fold
Some peculiar features of this paper are an
Agricultural department, for which it has an
Agricultural Editor, DIR. DANIEL LEE, the dis
tinguished Professor of Agriculture in the
University of Georgia; and a Horticultural
department, the editor of which is Mr.. VIM
N. WHITE, author of Gardening for the
South" The literary editor is Mr. w. w.
MANN, we'll known as an eloq uent scholar and
accomplished writer, who for several years
q r. of no
lnfeliiseneey and Southern Literary Messsmyer.-
The paper is issued weekly at two dollars
year, and is beautifully printed on large
quarto sheet Of eight pages, with five columns
to the page. We feel that we are doing the
Virginia public service in bringing this ster-
ling periodical to their notice, and that after
reading it, they will thank us for making
them acquainted whit
How 1t will Affect the Produce Trade.
A leading house in Norfolk, writing to a
house in this city, makes some remarks upon
the effect OF the one per cent. tax on sales on !
the produce trade, which merit the attention |
Of the members Of the Legislature. We make |
the following extract from their letter: |
"What can our wise legislators be about |
and have they the right to levy a tax of per |
cent on sales OF the produce of a neighboring
State, even ii such tax were polite Can
L be possible that it is their wish to divert the
produce OF Southern States, especially those
bordering on Virginia, for which Virginia is
lther the main exporter, or is striving TO be so.
~ the railroads and canals she has built aud is
'uilding North Carolina, for instance sends
llne-tenths OF her produce in tobacco corn.
otton and bacon to Virginia, and is this to be
axed per cent ! Most of the corn that comes
lere from the lower counties is sold for a com.
MISSION OF one cent per bushel and a
,reat deal OF the cotton sold here and in
'etersburgat SO cents per bale, or y to ! /. Der
ent. commissions, and how can the merchant
ell this produce and pay per cent on the |
lm cunt of his sales
:" Is virginia to be nnfi-eommercinl, What |
las made New York what she is Not her
imports for they are only the consequence of
Ter exports; but the immense amount of |
he produce of the Southern and Western
states, for which she is the great depot and
Exporter and living by this produce and the
onstant demand for the immense amount OF
onnage required to export this produce she
ecomes-a sequence-the importer of every
roduct ana manufac' ure from every cline
no every workshop in the world, to supply
ne whole U. States. Virginia, then must en-
outrage the introduction of the produce of
very State, that she may become the expor- |
n OF H. Where the planter sends his pro. |
uce, there he expects to buy his supplies of |
very kind, and this makes a State wealthy and
reat. Give her this trade, and by degrees She I
ecomes manufacturer. Of all such articles
) can De proftably manufactured. Until she !
Itains this power, she ought to encourage her
Wn cities to be the marts for every manufac-
ire, mat she may supply the demand of all
he country trading to them with these arti.
es',