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The national Republican., 1867-07-12

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NEW ADVERTIS1IMENTS.
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Nsw oRLzAss, Jaiy 1l.-Under the new
order Of asnsrsl 6hsridsn the registration Is
progrsssing fssbiy and With DO animation. More
whittier are being registered In proportion 10 the
blacks than heretofore. An order will be pro
mulgatsd .o.morrow directing the board Of regis
trsslon TO proceed 70 select suitable persons for
eonmissionsr Of election, and make other pro-
visions for the holding thereof. a gsnsrsh,snon
Of reports st hssdquartsu show that out Of Ill, =
S41 psssous Registered In Lsuisiana, there have
been only 81. 80 whites against "a, Ill blacks.
From few sab Districts no reports have been
6lsd since July. and nothing oooms In will ma
tsriaily alter the abovs figures Tho blacks
stand to The whites nearly two to one, and will
% continue.
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sKIFF 4 GAYLoRD's MINsTRELs.
JylaM
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20

MIR. w. WinwoOd Reade, the distinguished
African traveller, whose volume on Savage
Africa" has been so largely circulated in this
country, writes to the Boston Ereniag Tran
script, suggesting some doubts as to the cred
ibility of the rrImor-it is nothing more than
rumOr-of DR.. LivingstoneS death. He says:
The news comes from the Cape and states
that he has been killed by the Cafires; but he
does not happen to be anywhere near the CAT
fres. When last heard OF he was on the
shores of Lake Nyassa; il he is following out
the programme with which he started, viz :
that of ascertaining the drainage of Lake
Tanganyike, he should now be travelling in
direction N. w. of Lake Nyassa. In any case
reliable news concerning him should reach
England by the East coast. not by the Cape
through the British Consul at Zanzibar, or
the Portuguese authorities in the Mozam-
bique. r-4s,. -,.t5....
But we cannot receive reliable news about
him al all, except from his own letters. l un-
derstand that he has no white men with him;
he is in the very heart OF Africa; we can hear
of him only through the medium of the ma
tive Africans or of halfcaste Portuguese who
are always ready to invent catastrophe, in
order to make themselves the centre of curl
osity for a little WHILE DR.. Livingstone's
death was announced in precisely the same
manner the last time he was travelling in A.
RIGA. g 9 iJat E HI y. te
OF course 1 do not presume to assert posi-
lively that he is not dead he is surrounded
by very great dangers, which he is increasing
tenfold by crusade against slaye-caravans.-
But L do assert that very little attention
should be paid to this rumor until it is con-
firmed by H. b. M. Consul at Zanzibar. b.
--'aIia ritauE,r w. WINwOoD READE.
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20
This money the planter is prohah,u o,,,-oa
to hlre at a rnlnous rate, and pay out, before
he can taste the fruits of his honest toll


The Laws of this State require no man to
keep fence on the highway; and it would
seem as if he ought not to be at the expense
of keeping olfof his grounds the cattle or 9TH
er animals of his neighbOrs who are liable for
the damage they do to him. In some towns,
where cattle are not allowed to roam at large,
wenotce not few excellent farms which
have fences by the public roads, and whose
hclds are ploughed and cultivated to line
very near the carriage-way. In the town Of
ANA, Tor instance, we have noticed for years,
as we have had occasion to ride through it,
that there is hardly stone wall, or a wooden
fence to be seen except on lands occupied as
pastures; and we have been told the inhabit-
ants suffer less from droves or stray cattle
than they did when the fences were standing
with weak places or breaches which there
would be sometimes in them. The Law is
4 sufficient protection, without the costs of
fences. In France there are no road fences
The cost of sustaining fences is very
serious one. They are always in the way of
ingress and egress to the premises, and Of
thorough tillage. The amount of ground
winch they occupy, is considerable; the shell
ler they afford to briers and weeds; the pro-
tection they afford to woodchucks, ,skunks and
s4uirrels; the impossible snow drifts ac-
c'imulated by them, occasloning district ex-
pehses every winter to break out the roads
ana their unsightly appearance generally
throughout the country, would seem suffi-
clent reasons for discontinuing the use of
fences wherever not indispensable for purpos-
es of pasturing. Let communities once get
IN the habit of living without fences, each
taking care of his own cattle at home, and the
rule would be an easy as well as a very con-
venient and economical one.
TRAXL
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20
Courtesy 60 Ladies'.

The Galary for March Is thus discourses of
the vexations of city Car travel:
5li If we may believe the stories that we read in
some newspapers, the country people and the
inhabitants Of inland cities are beginning to
complain of falling off in courtesy to women
on the part of New Workers. That Americans
of any latitude should be other than polite, at
tentive, and even tenderly careful of women of
all conditions is hardly credible except upon
good aud unmistakable evidence, and this ac-
cusation is, therefore, worth examination. 1t
is said that the fact that man in a crowded
railway car does not give up his seat to a wo-
man points him out as a New Yorker. We are
told that men who have given up their seats to
women merely on account of their sex have
been asked, "Are you New Yorker?" i
. Now it is not improbable that there is some
foundation for this novel accusation, aside from
the fact that many who call themselves New
Workers because they happen to live between
Spuyten Duyvel and Castle Garden, are by no
means Americans. Nor is it necessary in ad-
mtting this to admit that New Yorkers are
lacking in Difference to the weakness, the
charms, and the tender claims of womanhood.
New Workers have of late years been schooled
into a treatment of this question which must
soon prevail in all cities in which there are
street railways, which is to say all the cities IN
the country The railway companies, by their
failure to provide for the accommodation of the
public, and by instructing their conductors 10
take passengers as long as they can De packed
by main force into the caIs, nav sbetber theu
gentlemen TO lace tne que,d trada mon hmari
shall allow corporations W '"' 'P
can gallantry.- .---,.. A cor ALREADY, oxou
Here is case IN p9ia.d ma lady take, IN n,i5
crowded was ssoPpeh PI' the condncior wifi The CIV,
passed 1orwala .Issre She soueezed in a,,y
room lor = n"y ~ Stand. A man who was stand'
was allowse W I'D 20 anothar W. ""5 Ls
ing hlmseH soon WI ,;,Da tb;s Iod, .o AeP. MS
place ai,savs Solte to ladies' sCa..aiis, aer
Sas'i was the % reply T won't stand: but fi IN wSlk
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20

The following, cut from the Richmond
Times, is respectfully commended to the con-
sideration of some of our Democratic cotem-
poraries who blow so loud blast of triumph
over the slightly diminished Republican ma
jority in the late New Hampshire election
"The result is another radical victory, srfi-
ciently sweeping to show that Congress still
holds an impregnable position with the north
arm meecee, end that act of rnorciic5o fc5i7-
lati'n, however revolving to humanity, can
destroy its popularity with the northern mass
es. In sweeping the northern horizon in
search of some cheering sign, we fail to dis
cover anythingh less deceptive than some
mirage like that which fills with false hopes
the traveller upon desert as he tolls wearily
along, half dead with thirst and hunger The
democratic journals shout Land Hop very
often. but we cannot discover anthing but in
. hospitable coral reefs and treacherous sand
banks. Our unfortunate northern friends are
made excessively happy by the occasional cleo
ton in some village of a democratic coroner,
alderman or mayor. This excessive thank
fulness for small favors denotes the extreme
poverty of the conservative party. When a
great paper like the New York World throws
up its hat and devotes leader to the triumph
of'Coroner Squink, of the town OF Tomahawk,
and tells us how he triumphantly bore alott
the banner of conservatism by "a majority OF
eight we are reminded of the cry OF the
fruitselers of Constantinople-h the name oJ
the Prophet-Figs." .
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20


The first feature Of this table which arrests
attention is the steady decline of prices
throughout the year. The decline is easily
accounted for by the steadily increasing sup
ply. AT the close of the war prices were ad-
justed to the producing capacity of Egypt,
India, Brazil, &c. This country became
again producer, and decline was ineyita-
Bile. But there are two Interruptions. In
June, and again in October, sharp reaction
Is noticeable. The advance in October is ex-
planned by the extraordinary activity of trade
in the latter part Of September and beginning
OF October. The demand for cotton goods
for consumption had been kept in abeyance
as long as possible, and had to be satisfied
The mills were running full time and ouite
unable to keep up with their ORDERS Manu-
iacturers were driven into the market for
raw material, and the consequence was the
advance which the table shows. But in June.
matters were altogether different. In June
consumers were waiting. Trade was restrict
ed to the narrowest limits consistent with the
bare necessities of the country. There was
no extraordinary activity in the mills. There
was no excitement abroad. The Tax bill had
passed the House on the 2Sth of May, and
it was believed would pass the Senate with a
duty of 5 cents a pound on cotton. Cotton
Advanced in american markets just cents
The tax was discounted in advance, as usual
and then prices began to subside again under
the operation OF the general causes at wor,
before. They are 2 1-2 cents higher to-day
than they would be if the tax were taken off.
Our correspondent touches the chief cause
OF the trouble in the cotton States, when he
speaks of the "too exclusive cultivation of
cotton last year." The markets of the world
are tolerably supplied from other countries
We cannot regain our old monopoly at once
II the Southern people plant more corn and
less cotton this year, they will comply with
the dictates of common sense and prudence
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20
Tax ON Cotton.

HARRISBURG, N. c., March 10, 1867.
To the Editor fthe Press;
L have just read Mr.. Blaine's speech Of the
22d of February, on his motion to repeal the
tax on cotton, and would like to present to
the citizens of my native State, through your
columns, few observations relative to that
speech, and to the tax on cotton as have
seen its effects in southwestern North Caro-
lima 3E3.'lk 4rno3 s..I a .ls ..l.. ...
Mr. Blaines remarks are, think, in all ma
terial points just and true, though beg leave
todifer with him in one ofhis opinions relative
to King Cotton. The cultivation ofcotton last
year was not generally remunerative, as he
very truly observes. know of many planters
who lost from One-half to two-tbirds of all
they invested, and some actually the whole
amount, not having more than cotton enough
to clear up their liabilities. The latter class,
who paid an extravagant rental for the land
they worked. But Mr.. Blaine also says that
with proper legislation the cotton region of
our country will produce crop of five million
bales in 1869, that is in two years. beg
leave to say to Mr.. Blaine that it is the opin-
ion of intelligent planters in the South that all
the legislation in the world won't accomplish
such result, and can't. Why, the largest
crop of cotton ever produced in the South
was about four million bales, and that under
favorable circumstances and the strict disc-
pline of slavery. There were too, at that
time, a much larger number of negroes and
whites engaged in its cultivation than there
are now, or will be likely to be, at any time
prior to 1860. The fact is the negroes are con
siderably reduced in numbers in the South,
and the same think is true of the whites
There are also much greater proportion of
drOnes among the negroes than formerly; and
the free negro, laboIing for hire, will not in
most cases, make more than from one-half to
two-thirtls as much cotton as when he was n
slave, though he may improve in thisrespect. If
Mr.. Blaine sees five million bales of cotton
made in this country in 1879, l shall be very
much mistaken ;and don't hesitate to EXPRESS
the opinion, that when five millions of bales are
made, it will be done by some labor other than
the negros. There must either he a MIGHTY
migration OF white men into the South to cu-
tivate cotton, CT an immense number of Chi
nese or CoOlie laborers introduced. Such
changes will not probably occur prior to 1869.
l don't believe there is negro labor enough in
the entire South to make three million bales
of cotton under the present system, ana per-
form all the other necessary labor. There is
little inducement tor northern men to go
Soutb fo plant cotton. Last years operations
have proved failure to nearly all oil that
class OF planters, and there is notmoney enough
in the thing to pay a northern man for the
heavy investment he must make. Rents and
taxes will eat up all the profits.
The failure Of the ertps In the South. to.
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAN ND.
Wednesday Morning, March 20, 1867.



"epuohsn Id another column a letter from
Name soldier who served tbronob tho wor
from '61 to '66, rising from a lientonanor =.
the brevet rank of brigadier general and v,,,o
since the war has been planting cot+o,, :,
North Carolina. He has recently sold ~
planting interest and will soon return to
Maine. In his opinion, the tax OF 3 cents
per pound, recently reduced to 1-2, falls IN
on the producers and not upon the consumers
of cotton; is especially blrdensome to the
small farmers; is rendering planting unproiit-
able; will check production; and ought to be
repealed. If the premises be granted, the
conclusion follows as matter of course.
1t must be granted that the tax is especially
injurious to the small farmers, if for no other
reason, because they cannot easily command
the money which must be paid to the collect
ors before the cotton can be marketed.
Mr.. Blaine mentioned in this late speech on
this subject, the case of one planter who paid
forty per cent fol money for this purpose, on
a loan Of only a few weeks. The larger
mans capital and the wider his credit, the
safer he will obviously be from imposition
like this. The men of small means are de-
ivered up, bound hand and foot to the ten
der mercies Of the money lenders. But the
cure for this defect in the law would be found,
not by repeating the entire tax, but by ex-
empting 800 pounds a year, as was proposed
by Mr.. Lynch year ago. This accords, as
Mr.. Lynch pointed out, with the spirit of the
law in exempting from taxation incomes less
than $1,000 year, manufacturers who pro-
duce less than 5000 worth in year, and
miners who do not produce $1,000 "It is for
the interest of the government" urged Mr..
Lynch, ito make the poor white people and
the poor black people of the South feel that
they have certain privileges and certain ex-
emptions; and think it mo more than right
and just that the same principle should be ap-
piled at the South that is applied at the
North" rior. .5-srt,.., .....-I,..- t..t.,
Mr. Lynch's proposition was not adopted
If the tax really comes out of the producer,
as our correspondent urges, an exemption of
900 pounds would not remedy the entire evil:
1or In that case the tax is plainly discrimi-
nation against Dur own producers, and tends
as rapidly as possible to throw the business of
cotton raising into tho hands of the planters
of Brazil, Central America, Egypt, Australia,
and the East and West Indies. 1t becomes
very important, therefore to ascertain who
pays the tax. The following list of prices of
middling upland cotton in New York, at the
middle of each month for the last year, will
be useful at this point: -aIu.f .st. N ~.
The Portland daily press., 1867-03-20
Ixnornnce favorable 10 Democracy.

The New York World says, 'In the interf-
or of the South, the negroes will be brought
into contact with conservative influences, and
their temporary inability to read renders
them impervious to radical appeals through
the press This is condition OF things
which ought to be improved white IL lasts"
Precious confession! Ignorancs the foster
parent OF Democracy. The World is the
most sagacious of its party. An inability to
read" is its sure promise and mistaken hope
for Democratic triumph. t.#
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Notice to Land Holders.

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Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-19
A PROPOSITION no GRANT.

From the New ! ORR Times.
We really wish General Grant would
issue a daily bulletin Of his opinions As
things now are, his authority is claimed in
favor of every political scheme that any
member OF Congress, any editor, OF any
nobody takes il into his head to propose.
A short time ago he issued a sort Of proc
lamaiion prohibiting any one whatever
from attribuung any opinions 70 him, and
declaring the utter impossibility Ct any
one bat himself telling what his opinions
were on any current subject But this only
furnished q new stimulus to the enemy.
Since then Grant has told every member OF
Congress, all the Senators each Cabinet
oinoeT, as well as the President and Andrew
johnson, that he conceded with the opin-
ions Of each, and considered them all gen
uemen and scholars. As late az Thursday
last, the bill for the establishment Of mill
tary desPotism acquired great strength 10
The House by the declaration Of Mr. Farms
worth that Grant favored il, and the mem
Der who announced the news was regarded
Tor The time being a. an oracle 10 be re-
epe'ted. Owing 20 the importance Of the
mater, G,0E took he sdiisa 0p90gsss1iitg g.
,..,,H pvuau,sgi m5iaber Of ls House th1f
re- had Jsra airCpnsstifsd-f. h. did R0i
j1fo hf erection o. frspot B, lih higlsT as
...7 aspa,-r11 Hr' ir r1s ready surprised
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that such notion should Be attributed 10 him.
II is now announced, however, that be has
Just given out that he is in favor Of another
scheme, all but quite as bad, and If is pos
sible il may be enacted into Law on The
strength Of this announcement. We see no
way for The poor man but 10 issue daily
bulletin Of his views on all topics of current
interest political, fashionable, moral and
African, with an occasional remark az to
the proper price Of rents and rations. lie
should sign his full name to each opinion,
after the style of the writers in the French
journals, and then he should be held re-
sponsible for the authenticity, consistency,
legality and logic Of each. He would find
that the scheme would save him world Of
vexation and annoyance; and if he should
consider it too expensive and bOthersome,
we will save him expense by giving him
half of the Times for his daily use, and
we will save him bother by sending to
Washington a reportoriai Boswell TO take
down his waking ideas and nightly dreams
As fast As thew are generated in his brain.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-19

any other class Of traitors They urged
the young men Of their charges to go into
the Rebel army, and in the true spirit Of
blasphemy, assured them that dying in so
sacred a cause, they we're sure 20 be saved.
Thousands Of young men, religiously edu-
Gated, went into the Rebel army through
the influence of these wolves in Sleeps
clothing" became demoralized, died and
went to perdition; and in the great day Of
accounts, will charge their premature death
and damnation upon the Reverend villains
who pressed them into the service Of trea-
son aud SIM How must the parents OF
these young men feel towards the murderers
Of their sons, who, but for their advice,
might now be living, and be ornaments to
the church and to society? Such men can
not preach to me, if am able to get out Of
their hearing. j am very truly etc,
W. q. BROwNLow.