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Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29
Ill. KINDS OF BLANKS
IOURNALOFFIOE.
sFGE SALE AT THE

IOURNALOFFIOE.
=
F.--E COUNTY The Goldsboro' Ne,rs
at. - / instant says: the election pass
~ with rs quietly. No demonstration
q q rlotous character was manifested du-
ring the t-o days voting. Policemen were
a.2tiona. at the polls to preserve order, but
4alliy jugir services were not needed. The
majority Of the votes polled were for the
-~slcaI candidates and IN favor of a Con-
'e1con. Alter using every exertion in our
.yEcr to arouse the white men to a sense
I the vast Importance of voting in this
election, hundreds have stayed away from
liz polls, and allowed the negroes to walk
-v.l tho course. \ full vote Of the Con
srsFatIVes would have changed the result.
Aemember this, ye who refused to vote,
md whatever i'll befalls your county must
.e-t upon your own shoulders Messrs
-40lLowell and Grant have been elected by
-t negroes, and will represent them il the
O0lFentlOn.
II--PIAN ASSOCIATION. number of
s-e youug gentlemen of this city have
so.I-ed themselves iuto Thespian Asso-
et-.-L and contemplate giving series of
--tertainments in Tucker HaIl-the pro-
-ts. after defraying the expenses incurred
54ttlnS under weigh" TO be appropri-
-.. 10 charitable uses. The Association
s,- races considerable amateur dramatic
{. A number of rehearsals have been
nd, We doubt not, the public will
-.'ored with really attractive and excel
--2 presentations. We bespeak for the
'H Gentlemen concerned fattering re.
e@g-. and full houses.
lie llrst representation, We believe, viii
Et'nably he given next week, when the
pay Of Rip Fa,s WHhle, together with &
nee will be rendered. Ample notice and
~ particulars, however, will be given il
.." tlue-Ral Sentinel
yc3S Cincinnati the female principal of tn,
Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29

Mr.. ". Harrison is the tenor of the
"Grand Duchess " in London.
Lady Don, the lovely widow, is playing
in New York.
Judge Depue, of Newark, has ordered
the execution of Tourmay to be strictly pri-
Yate.
Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29
2uYATgES Oh COTTON.

giAETERs DESIRING TO RAISE MONEY
Oh ..r-- Cotton without selling at present low
pa. can let an advance on Same by shipping it
h.. me- 10 Liverpool, where it can be held at
e@4e- 1T du ing the season.
IA ed not be prepaid on Cotton shipped.
WILLIAM LAMB,
Commission Merchant,
Norfolk, Va.
L.. 3t-cOd2W-3S-1n
Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29
No. 3.


-lessrs. Editors In my first communi-
cation l made It clear lat least to my own
mind) that to cultivate cotton on land yield
ing 800 pounds to the acre (which [ affirm
with confidence is about the average pro-
duction Of our lands one year with another
and on chat basis it costs the planter nearly
IL cents per pound to produce it, clear of
the lnlqdltous tax. J. also made plain that
wages alone of the laborer was full half the
whole cost OF operating the plantation that
being the case, it becomes the planter to
make that Labor produce the greatest pos
slble amount. Ia ali business the cost of
labor is the great cost. A manufacturer is
offered 8 machine for $500 that Will pro-
duce a certain amOut OF work, requiring
the personal attention of two men. To the
two men he pays $3.50 each per annum,
making $500 cost to run the machine-a
new machine is offered him that will pro-
duce the same amount Of work, but from
IT'S improved construction one operative
will attend it, this reduces the annual cost
$50, and although he has to pay for the
improved machine 81, 900, he abandons the
old one and buys new one, because the
profit is clear for hlm to Go so. Now our
labor is costly and II reduced in price, it
must still remain the great item OF expense
IN operating the plantation. Let us take d
case and work out the result. Suppose p
planter las 300 acres Of land to cultivate,
the land capable Of producing 500 pounds
of seed cotton and 10 bushels of corn to
the acre (which take one year with another
is about the average prOduction). 1t re-
quires Is hands and 9 mules, say about Is
acres to the hand and 335 acres to the mule,
cultivating 10 acres in cotton and 6 in corn.
The result is that on the
$50 acres in cotton he gets 10000 tbs. seed
cotton or $4,000 IBIS. lint, if sold at 125
worth $1..............D' D'............ 1860
Gross proceeds of the crop. ........ go. $4,575
Now, by reference to my first communi-
cation you will notice the whole cost of
operating the plantation was $l2.7OO. =
Divide this by fifty laborerS, you will see
the cost per labOrer was i9254, and no count
was made in that estimate for cost of corn,
ETC., for feed of hands and mules I pro-
pose to include it now say
18 Laborers at 1854 each, is s4,572
Corn for 18 hands 254 bushels
'' mules 540-794 ''
Which at 81 per bushel is 794- $j,366
Loss on the operation. ion.................. $79l
119ow I propose that the planter only
plants 100 acres of the land and enriches it
to produce 1,500 Tbs. seed cotton and 80
bush lis corn per acre, and to do SO, he ex-
pends for guano, &C., $1,000, which will
give him 400 Tbs. guano to the acre, and if
he can produce thereby as much Oh the
Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29
From the Metropolitan Record.
GENERAL STERLING PRICE.

Loved chieftain OF Missouri swords,
In Freedoms cause he wore the gray,
When fratricides and hireling hOrdes
Involved the South IN frenzied fray.
In civic scenes, in battles strife,
lis manly worth superior shone
The annals of his blameless life,
Virtue and valor claim their own.
His peer is known not once an age
In modern times of heroes low;
And spacious history's proudest page
No nobler, dearer name can show.
What though to him no Iaurelled bust
His war-scarred veterans yet may raise,
Nor sculptured shaft above his dust,
Demanding fame from future days?
Their children lisp in artless love
His glorious deeds and honored name
Can conqueror's crown so precious prove,
Can cloud-capt column aid such fame?
To the fair fields beyond the shore
That boands the wasteful waves Oh lime,
They greet one radiant spirit more
To shine in that celestial cline
II. P. S.
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DIED.

In BJaden county, on the 9th instant, MIR. WILL
LIAM d. SHERMAN, a native of Northampton,
shire Eng, but the last 81 years resident OF
Bladep, aged 81 years,
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Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29

hdiior hnQuirc2 In nay last commune
cation L gave the cost OF producing cotton
IN India and America. L now propose to
point out our past and present mistakes,
and afterwards the remedy. When the war
closed the high prices which cotton brought
led us into the hope that one crop made
and sold at 50 Or 4Oc. per lb. would make
enough money to last lis without another
eitort) as long is we lived no thought was
given to the future Of the country, on to
those who would be left behind after we
had reapeI the greenback harvest, which
we intended to convert into gold, hide it
and ourselves away out Of harm in some
better country. Our Old men were busy,
our young men rented farms, and Yankees
camo South to partake of the scramble all
bidding high wages for the freedmen, each
ANXIOUS to procure as many hands as would
cultivate every acre Of land, rich or poor.
Texas planters came to Georgia and other
States. still overbidding for the laborer,
securing the assistance of the Bureau to
further their ends. Thu e that had secured
enough hands pitied the less fortunate, and
all went to work. At what ? Planting
cotton, neglecting corn-some planting no
corn at all, expecting Gf ever needed) to
pay for it out of the cotton to be sold at 35
to 4Oc. Per lb. None seemed to reflect that
if success crowned their effort the price
might dWindle down to 15c. OF less, and
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-10
ONE DIFFERENCE.

The friends of Impartial Suffrage are
evidently not ashamed of their cause.
They are organizing, pushing their speak
ers into the field. counting the public at
tenIion, circulating documents, chslleng-
ing discussion. demanding the closest
and most scrutinizing analysis of the
principles they advocate. They deal in
facts figures, logic; they appeal to the
universal common sense of mankind.
Ugly epithets are not a part of eheir
stock in trade. They do not seek to tar
nish the personal reputation of their op,
poneutS. "Old FOgy" is the worst ap-
pellatiou which they hurl at the enemy.
Compare with this the course of their
opponents. Who ever heard any attempt
at logical reasoning in opposition? What
woman has ever spoken publicly in be-
half of her sex, without facing storm
of foul inYectiVe, and running the gauut-
let of vile insinuations? We have care
fully examined the columns of such news.
papers as are taking an active part in
opposition to this movement, and have
sndsavOred to make synopsis of their
arguments. Lsaving out the slang and
the obscenities, there remains only the
two epithets, "Bloomer" and Strong
minded women" Aud this is all.
If the conservative party have any
good and sufficient reason for the>faith
that inspires them. it is time to bring it
into the field. Those Wko prefer to be
considered weak minded women may be
affected by the opposite title; but they
are few in number. Something far strong
er and more conclusive is needed to stay
the tide of democracy that is sweeping
over the State aud the world.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-10
MARCHING ON,

Almost the last stronghold of slavery
has surrendered. Latest advices from
South America state that the Emperor
Of Brazil has issued decree of emanci-
patton, by virtue of which all children of
slaves born after that date were to be free,
and all slaves are to be fully emancipated
in the year 1887. By this decree future
freedom is guaranteed to some $500, 900
slaves.
The island OF Cuba is now almost the
only slave country in Christendom, and
We must believe that even so effete and
re-actiOnary government as that of Spain
cannot long Withstand the free spirit that
Is abroad in the world.
Brazil may now look forward to a splsn-
did future. She has a vast and fertile
territory, every variety of climate, and a
corresponding diversity of productions.
With the incubus of slavery removed, a
new and more vigorous life will be man
ifested among her people, and from her
magnificent natural resources will be de-
veloped all the elements OF wealth and
national greatness.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-10
DOGS VS. SHEEP.

There is a very perceptibls change 60
ing on in ihe American mind toward the
''Animuls' called the dog. In fact, dorgs
are becoming unpopular. II used to
be fashionable in the back woods of Ohio,
where We had our "broughten up" to
have from five to twenty FIVE NANCY,
fisa-bittsn dogs to every family, especial
ly if the family had hard scratching to
keep soul and body together. We always
hated dogs, and the feeling is returned
on their part with compound interest.
In going about the neighborhood where
we lived when a bey,we have had as high
as fifteen "purps" after US at time, nd
frequently travelled a couple of miles out
of the way ION going to the Country
store" with seven eggs and forty-two
goose-quills to buy couple of plugs Of
"dog-leg,") to miss somebody's place
celebrated for the number and ferocity of
its dogs. Consequently we rejoice to see
the general uprising against dogs. Our
legislature last winter passed law levy
ing tax on dogs. 1t is stated that some
six thousand CANNES have been killed in
Chicago alone, on account of the great
number of cases of hydrophobia there.
The excitement is extending throughout
the State, and dogs of all kinds are on the
decline. The last manifesto against
dogs comes from the Commissioner of
Agriculture. In his March report he
gives the following figures of the rava-
gss committed by dogs among sheep in the
United States. In 1866, 500. 1000 sheep
were killed by dogs, and their value was
100000. The number injured was
100000, and the loss is estimated at
100000. Tie number of dogs in this
country is estimated at 5,oOo,OOO their
annual expense ten dollars per head, and
the sum total Of their subsistence $780,
OOo.OOO-sn immense sum to bestoW up
on class Of animals, mos. of which are
worthless and many of them causing
great mischief to farmers.
Verify it seems that all dogs hav. had
their day. es'-,--I =
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-10
SUFFRAGE IN ENGLAND,

Petitions signed by over 5000 persons
have been presented to the British Par
lament, asking that the right of suffrage
be conferred upon all unmarried women
or widows having the requisite age and
property qualifications. These petitions
are signed by the Rev. Charles Kingsley,
who is chaplain to the Prince of Wales and
Professor of History in the University
of Cambridge, DR.. Afford, the Dean OF
Canterbury, Jacob Bright, Harriet Mar
tiueau, Rowland Hill, Newman Hall,
Pro-. Cairnes, Mary Hewitt, dozen Uni
vsrsity professors, and many other dis
tinguished personages.
This movement is fairly inaugurated.
Like the battle for civil liberty, it will
never cease till it finally triumphs, be-
cause it is based upon the foundation o.
immutable and eternal justice. Shall
Kansas lead the vanguard?
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-10
GRAssHOPPRRs.

Horace Everett, one of the Oldest citi-
zens Of Clay county, Missouri, furnish s
ss the following information to the Liber.
" Tribune. which will be Of particular
interest just now:
''Ths grasshoppsrs made their appear
ancs on the 18th aud 18th days of Sep.
tember. 1890. They fell as thick as hail.
dsrkeniDg the sky ss if the sue was
eclipssd: the earth was completely alive
with them. They stripped and dsvOured
every green thing, and deposited their
eggs in the groucd by bushels. What
would be the result the people knew not;
they we're hopeful that the freeze would
kill them during the winter, but not 90.
Next spring about the 5th Of May, they
hatched ont BY billions. and the earth
was again literally alive With them. and
they commenced the WoFkof destruction.
entirely devastating the cotton fax. wheat,
hemp, a1d tobacco crops, but to the great
Joy Of -all, The young cora escaped unin.
iureli. As soon as their Wingz grew out
they left-aboGt ths 18th Of June. They
came from 3 southwest direction, and
vent Of in . northeast ecusss.'
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-10
THE BIeHT HOUR NoyElrEET.


In several Of the older States the ex-
citsmsut over the eight hour movement
has besu great. Ia some Of them
laws have been passed making eight hours
a legal days work. This is the case in
Illinois.
The excitement over the new state Of
things arising out of the refusal of some
manufacturers to yield to eight hours Ia
Dor and ten hours pay. has led to some
disturbances. In Chicago. on the second
inst. large parties of bad men, number
Jog Eve huudred IN some instances. went
about the city committing depreda,ions
on ell establishments where proprietors
wished 10 adhere to the old system. A
large additional police had to be called
out to check the riot.
One Of the Chicago papers says: The
boiler manufacturers will adhere TO thu
ten hour plan and close their shops
rather than yield to the new movement.
The sash and blind makers refuse to nav
more tEan eight hours pay for eight
hOuFs' work. The owners of plauinu
mills have determined to discharge eight
hour men. Plumbers and marble work
ers will make no concessions to their NEE,
and tanners will close their establish msuts
rather than pay more wages. Paioters
have agreed to par nine hours wages for
eight s:hOuTs' work. The railroad com
panies, without exception, are united 10
saying that they cannot carry on their
business with eight hours, and are dis
charging every man who demands that
basis. The printers have decided to take
no part in the movement and will work as
heretofore. The railroad companies are
discharging men very rapidly, aud it will
be hard to fill their places. Numerous
buildings IN process of construction will
have 10 remain in statu quo for some time
to. come. At the reaper factories there
will be no trouble, nor at the rolling mills
Many establishments are employing and
paying men by the hour, but the ieeling
on the part of employers is almost unsni.
nous in favor of giving but eight hours
pay for eight hours work, and these will
close their establishments rather than
yield. In the meantime, the laborers are
equally determined 70 labor eight houre
for ten hours pay, and will not concede
an inch to the employers demand. The
employers threaten they will bolC
out for q year, if necessary, aod
thus. for the time being, industry may be
paralyzed.
The Latest intelligence from Chicago il
that the mob spirit mas subsidized, and
most of the men have gone to work
aga in under the old ten hour system
Those who work eight hours have
eight hours pay.
10 St. Louis large meeting of work :
ing men was held on the evening of the
9th. Speeches were made deprecating
violence. Strong resolutions we're passed
IN favor Of the eight hour plan. aud ex.
pressing willingness to accept cores
pondiDg reduction of wages.