The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-11-30
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Farms ..ss., -. Ss2
Acres improved 7a'.a 2s9. $50
asrs. | nnimrro,cs 6sI AGO
| Value, improvements, &c. r4 e5,60l, $50
liorsce. aess. aud mules 5,O23
| Neat cattle 1855
Sheep 10, S92
Swine 1855
Wheat. bushels raised 2-A65
Rye and oats .,.ea 29,9l3
Indian corn 49267l
Irish and sweet potatoes 4S5 N0
Peas and beans a4 76,3 ,353
Buck wheat IS
Butter and cheese 81, s,42l
Hay, tons II
Cane sugar, pounds 10000
Molasses, gallon 6,22l
Rice, pounds p l7,230,0S2
Cotton, ginusd bales Of 400 lbs.ssch 1862
Wool, pounds q, $50
Beeswax and honey ' e4@@ 7,v15
Animals slaughtered, value 3l2l.3l1
Produce Of market gardens W0
Orchard produce I,ls5
Wine. gallons 500
xAsurAcrosIes. sst
Capital employed $63,SO0
Hand. empioyed $s IS
Product ze 150,03o
Produced in families l0,G9O
Reduced to an analysis, these are excesd.
ingly interesting statissios. FIRST. ws end
this district OF Beaufort divided into $40
farms O., in other words, the whole district
is divided am ong $40 land owners, allowing
an average Of nearly 5000 acres Of impro-
we'd land, forty ncgroes, and only elk horses,
mules and asses 10 each farm, all told
This will give Us an idea Of the vast amount
Of labor performed by the negroes With the
hoe, the spade and shovel; and then it must
be remembered that, cut up NJ the district
is with islands, bnnts discharge, TO . gress
extent, the duties performed slsswhoss By
horses, asses and mules. H lsra. srse. rssss
In the matter Of pork and bacon, an al- j
lowance Of one hog 10 each inhabitant will
perhaps do. The great cash productions Of
the country are rice, cotton, (ses islaud,)
and Indian corn. Az the present prices OF
sen island cotton in England, the esop Of
Beaufort district mayl he put down Al two
millions five hundred thousand dollars, and
at six cents pound VIC may set down its
rice crop At tho same figure, and, st dol.
lar bushel, its Indian corn crop a. bslfss
million. making an aggregate product from,
these three stvpios Of IS 500, 900.
Now, with OR land and naval forces ID
occupation Of this district, spleodid mar
ket will at once be opened for ell this vast
surplus 10 corn, rice and cotton Of this
Beaufort district, upon the simple test Of
allegiance Of these Beaufort planters. II
they manifest their loyalty 70 the Union.
they will be paid for their produce, and
sucb prices ~ they have never been paid.
heretofore, and they viii BE- supplied 10 ex-
change with many necessary articles Of
which they are soreiy 10 need. Above sll..
they will be pro.ecteA in the enjpymsnt Of
their slave property, and th,r,y-swo thou
sand slaves are equal to the respectabls
item Of sixteen millions of dollars. On the
other hand, IL these Beaufort planters st.
here to the rebel cause, they must be trssi-,
ell ~ rebels, and they must run the r,sk Of
the con6.ca'ion of their beautiful rice, their
lovely sea island cotton. and their desirable
India, earn, TO say nothing oi their thirty
two thousand fat and lss,y negroes.
Thus the reader will appreciate the I'M
pertance of our armed oocnpasion OF this
Beaufort district, from the po~esf0i Union
arguments which is sill bring to hear upso
the plsnsers thereof. They have feoA
twenty to thirty millions Of moseabls pro-
perfy At stake, and the integrity OF their in
stitntion Of slavery. Will they ssssiAcs
their cotton, corn, rioe and negroes IN be-
half Of the popular sause Of this ssicidal
rebellion, or will they return TO the Unioss
and be protected, enriched and ssaared
against tbs grinding desrosisa sf jeE. De-
visS An iuisressisg qssstieo, which -
hope will be solved 10 I. general Soathsss
reaction for tbs Union, beginnips ~ Bssu.
fort--N. r. Herald. s3s sas
AsaiLoa oS aoaskDzck.
Tho war correspondent Of the Provideoss
Post, writing from "Csmp Brightwoo6,S
across the Potomac, tslis the fo1lowipg stes1
of one Of the men eosneeted With The Hilsh
Rhode Islsod Battery: Not long sises, go
Of the riders, q son Of old Neptuns, get %.
seated from bio horse. TIE conma0d7Hg
officer came up TO him ssd Sepsissa1sd Nh
and ssked him sseraly Il b ~ uotkssv
how 70 ride He ushesitatinsly said, ''Ne.n
"Wbas did you sslist for :" asked the cap.
ts;n. 70 which the sailor pfemptly replied,
"To shoot d--n secessississs, sos to bseak
cslss." The reply - snsss4 ~ soss -
rode Of smiling.
eTMarryin' Is : FOOD s6iss, 4 g crate
thing, - auus Jane ses, agrAss iostissshisA
thsw che nose ] css't tell, Tor shs nsvs had
. chance TO sry;) is's good Tor svssybedy.
Are you old--msrry; mn make yoo ysune
{ or yoa'n die ssyin' TO 'peas se.) Arc yoa
young ii'il make yoa Old. II fast it y
sootsd 70 sv'ry sad sssybody. lis bsiR