Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-10-16

u va'ue OF their proAoce. -1A0co", O0
Messenger.
Presid mt Grant has requested = R.
publican newspaper in Washington t"
deny the report that q Membrr Of the
firm Of Jay Cs"k- & c.. called %" him Oh
Frid ~, and W. .gpd Tim t" order S-rre
'ary boutwell, :" sell gold, aud that BE-
AGREED. d to M. dem md
Thi. is the frat time that = President
If the United States has supposed That y
rumor Indicating that h. had Id himself
ia" money. t" aid = 1T If gamblers, "e"d-
I'd denial. Our Presidents. hitherto, have
.,ren men to whom no suspicion of being
sctuated Ivy venal motives i, di-charging
The duties If their IF. ~ conld attach
They wonid have fiji them .aIvrs humbled
in ,ooticing a rum # that they had d'rrc,
I'd the % in the treasury "f the gov
-r"m.nt should I've employed t" crush d
class Of sp-ruist"rs t., I'm ID up a""ther
Unfortnn .trly. Grants aa-ociAt io"s
with sp"rting men. and his Willingness I"
"..ppt gifts, and his inclination tn h-stnw
nfice."n m-r from whom h. has received
gifts, hive not raised him above tnsp,
'i.Mns lie d"ri"s tn~t h~ l.,s been brih
I'll. Qui s'eccuse s'aec"se. Chicago Tins.
PAYNE FOR The MICROBES THE cotton
crop &c 1863 9 IA nov pretty well settled
at 2. 439. O39 ,,sl-s. T e largest previous
crop r-s"r'.d il" tn" d .ys Of slavery WAS
that If 1851 2. which is estim.t-j At t.
s. 0 900 bales ; Int there il "" reasonable
d.,ustsshnt, bu: fr the sbAliti"n If slav-
FRY. the cnts"n crop Of America would
."~ have reached about six mllliUus OF
bales.
w.. ahall estimate tn. cost to the
" "ll # -msncip .tion, therefore. nj 8.
$50. 600 i'alis c"tt"n a""u Ally, worth, ~.
fifty d.Ilars per hale, ar one hundred aud
eighty eight millions "f dollars. Six mil.
lions If bales, ~. the old schedule. would
aavs cost thu You'll u" more than twn
and u half millions do now.
It will take y great 10 my wears for the
world to paw mp f"r the nxxr'es even q,
the rate of twp hundred mi'h,ns q year /;
but the mnn~y has got to come
cent II il; aud y great deal more b.
sides. because when thu negroes ARE all
paid for, 'hsse cOn,sx another little bill IT,
."tti" called the dignity III free lAbor.n
That has got to paid for 1t precisely the
Same rates.
The worst aspect If th~sa li.tl- bills il
th.t they have got to h- paid by tn Eco
Ole lrnst able I" pay them Tn. wealthy
i" not Care !mnrh whether cluthinx cost.
ten cents or thirty cents = yard ; but i,
ia u terrible difference to . pnr,rl m N whu
h - u family to clrth- !; .ni thu c"n.-.
]nrncr will b. th.t they AMI hp will get
.hnnt a third ss much c,o,hing. They
must pay this little bill in shiv ring from
the cuid, ot--in other words- do6si.n,
raiment. d
Then. there's the factory operatives =
they pay it b scant labor aud wage.
They l.'ss the employment Tor . great deal
It it) which wnuM be vi r led bv spin.
ming and weaving thirty.6vc hundred
thousand bales If cotton. aud every 9th.
er ii the c'Mntl-ss 1rxions If ~ail. ,rs, IL.
h"rers. clerks. salesm.n, srmp.sr-ss.a.
ETC., WIN would have found proft.tl..
rmpt,ym+ut in transporting snh hand.
ling this ampnnt of COTTON and in manip.
nlating it in all its various shaprs till it
got at Last into the hsnds tf the cunaum-
rr or wesr-r what y wonderful snm they
are annually paying for the nrvrn, ."d
h'w lily 'h.v 4" afford to pay mi-Ma-
con. o.. Messenger