The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-07-25
NO.27

Humanity has a most Surprising facul-
ty of adapting itself to circumstances, and
in case of need, develops most unexpec.
ted resources. For instance, the North.
ern people are, in most wonderful nan.
ner, uuIliiying the deadeniDg effects of
the war upon trade and manufactures.
In the first place BY oconomizing. Eu-
rope is permitted to keep her silks and
other luxuries. Rural retreats that are
near at hand are sought, to the neglect
OF those afar off. Small houses are sub
stituted for large ones. The old clo' men
are driven to despair. Garments which
would before have fallen into their hands
are reserved and worn until they are
ready for the rag.Een, who are proper
tionally we'll pleased. Boots and shoes,
in this warm weather, are voted bore,
unless they are full of patent vcntilstors.
The great shoe trade is very much de-
pressed here, the receipts and sales being
full one hundred thousand cases less than
to this time last year The consumption
has decreased enormously Some tbous-
apds of people must have had their old
shoes touched up By the Oobblers, while
at the South as many must be going bare
foot. The country may be pronounced
"bare Of shoes"
AS to supply of things Southern, We
get along famously. All the 0rien. pro-
duces rice, and is most happy to DO the
chivalrous thing for US in that respect.
There is more cotton in New York
than in al the Southern ports put togcth-
er, while the demand for tsat article in
Liverpool to-day is less than it was a
month ago. This is not what Davis &
Co. counted on. With small srpply of
cotton has come small demand for cal
100. One balances the other, and makes
the supply a matter Of much less import
ance than it was supposed it would be-
What with the immense supplies which
the far.seeiDg capitalists OF Lowell, Law.
renee, &c., have go: from the South, and
even from England, and the decreased
demand for calico, they can snap their
fingers at producers, for couple Of years.
As to sugar, We are in fac condition.
We have been paying heavy tariff on it,
out of complaisance to Louisiana, and if
we want to be flooded with superior ar
ticle of the saccharine, at greatly reduced
rates, We have only to moderate this tar
iff. Again, the cuItisators of the Sor-
ghum are meeting with huge success in
| West.
! The South used to send Us some fruit
and vegetables, but less than we sent it;
and now our retention Of our vegetables,
fruits, aud cereals makes them cheaper
for consumers here
The blockade of North Carolina stops
our usual supplies of pine wood, but sives
employmen to thousands of our people,
who are cutting "kindliDg' in New Jer-
sey and elsewhere, instead of following
their usual and more lucrative trades
The loss of the thirty three million dol
lars worth of pitch, tar, turpentine and
rosin, which North Carolina gave US an
nuslly, and to foreign nations through our
ships, operates beuefcially on those who
find employment in manufacturing these
articles in Northern States. We get no
more. Virginia shingles nor Carolina
boards; but, on the other hand, many of
our country mills have gone to work at
saving shingles and others atsplitting.
Tobacco is n luxaryi hut we can rriso
all we want Of that, too.
With such large increase Of Govern
ncn: employees, then, and 50 uany other
jrecomperse,. We can consider ourselves
quite pro o7Srol'