The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-06-17
The Water.Carrier.

In one of bis nocturnal rarnbles, the Immortal Ca
lph stumbled upon Tnssuf, fdding away at solitary
feast, and having good time generay-hinseif, all
to himself On inquiry, the Csiph found that fussuf
vas one of the happest beings in the world eeging
the income Of one Of the most lucrative Of pursuits
coveting Solitude and desiring only ito be let alone
The next morning came sublime frmsn, forbidding
water carriers to follow their aTocation for the space
of three days. and that night the Caph and bis grand
vzier repaired to Yussus lodgings to see how 1t Jared
with him, since his emoluments must have persisted
with the wihdra val of his Of livelihood But,
10! Yussuf fddng away more merriiy than ever,
and had arranged himself more magnificent feast
than that of the evening previous He had found
higher wages in the public baths and expended all his
earnings in his customary entertainment Struck by
his prodgaity and want of orethought the next day
the Caliph issued another order, commanding all the
public baths be closed and thus Yussuf was thrown
out of employment again. But, with his customary
facility, he provided himself with wooden sword and
became OF the caliphs beedars where his pay was
trehled and bis duties less onerous tan before.
Thus the South lavi' good time generally,
raising cotton purchase slaves raise more cotton
and buy more slaves, desiring nothing better than to
be let alone" when Faneui and Exeter Halls decreed
there should De no more slavery, and she was COM
PEELED to shit her vantage ground and seek other
mode Of subsistence. Less fortunate than Yusuf how
ever, the public cribs shut upon her furnishing
maw but individual enterprise hit for the time upon
some very happy and promising ezped.ents A few
daring pioneers conceived the idea of disposing Of
surplus vegetables, in the neghbortood Of populous
e IL,
was realised thereby, forthwith Tom, Dick and Harry
imagined that that the road 10 fortune ana the
substitute for all the losacs occasioned BY the surren
der. Every body rushed into the business every foot
of available ground crammed with cabbages and
onions, Until they became drug upon the market
Others imagined that high rents we're future sine
cure, aud invested all their spare means in fifth late
teuenlents for which they expected Fifth rents
Now, it not to De supposed that the denizens OF
any town would strain every nerve and exert every
muscle to find at the end of the year. that they had
only obtained the privilege of dwelling in miserable
eaky shanties and had laid up nothing for the future
When the whole commerce of place ls absorbed in
rents, is clear that the goose Of godenegg memory
is about being slaughtered, aud the tenants must per-
force, seek the aborg nal shades of for live
lihood. Neither is such result at all deplorable
Cities only expand with the natural growth of a
try. When they are forced in advance of the sur
rounding population, they must as surely collapse.
Now, it is clear that everybody cannot be fat land
lords growing rich On the proceeds Of other mems
industry every body cannot raise vegetables for
body else to eat We must all become beeldars, and
bucklng on our swords, even if they wooden,
dance Attendance the Grand Caliph-meaning the
mighty world which lies far beyond faithful shores.
The aneents had wise saying, that the gods
daEEuy benign in assisting those who help themselves
and the proverb holds true to-day. The prod
igaity of nature is everywhere manifest. The
Of our country would make the wealth Of any other.
Cannot scheme be devised by which surplus
abundance be exchanged for the products Of other
countries. Is cotton the only thing Of which we have
a sufdcsncy and to spaTeP