Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-25

by the voice of the Iaborers of that hither-
to favored section. A gang of on hun
dred and seventy coolies, recently i'm
ported to Nrrth Adams, Mass, to be en-
ployed in the Sampson shoe Factory OF
that place, were put to work and proved
themselves, as they usually do, apt at the
business; handled the machinery as il
they had been used TO driving pegs All
their lIves-iu fact, they displayed alto
gether too much aptness, more thah
suited the down-trodden working people
whose places they were hired to occupy.
They had notice to quit-nOtice enforced
bv the Radical leaders, who were fearful
of the effects of this coolie labor upon the
voters; and the consequence was the sud
den departure of the Chinese for San
Francisco, or = market" Thus ended the
| hopes Of the Massachusetts, manufae-
turers, who hoped TO enjoy the benefits
of a system not long ago denounced by
her leading ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at a
time when it was thought it would inure
profitably to the Southern planter; de-
n~ounced when these same statesmen were
anxious To be considered as still cham
pioning the "nigger,p whom they have
destroyed, and whose usefulness they
have impaired by inducing a consequent
tial share in politics. We may now ex-
pect to hear coolie labor denounced from
every New England pulpit, as only less
viIIainous than that so-called sum of all
/ v~illainies, which was their stock-in-trade
| for so many years. Free trade is the
handwriting on the wall. The manufac-
turers Of New England know that. They |
see it in the recent uniting Of Southern
and Western members of Congress on
questions of kindred character, hence
I their anxiety for q eORtented, cheaper Ia
Dor than that which having a vote can
influence politicians and so influence leg
islation for its benefit. Turned back from
| the manufactures of New England, the
coolie las the Chinaman is oalled( will
naturally turn to the fields of the South,
10 fields with whose productions he is
familiar, and where his skilled industry
is needed. He wiz of course turn to the
south, where, as well as in the fields, be
may find abundant employment on the
hundred or more railroad enterprises that
are being pushed with few exceptions)
with rare energy and perseverance,. Koop-
mansehaap will supply the orders Of STAN
ton, in Alabama, and other contractors in
Texas, until the complaint will no longer
have foundation that railroad contractors
| are interfering with field hands, and thus
sadly contributing 10 defeat the plans of
! planters for an increased crop of cotton,
corn and sugar. |
1t Is a trite saying that "great oaks
| from little acorns grow" We are re-
minded of this on learning from the Nor
folk CVs) Journal hat from that favored
/" city of the seas, - there has been shipped
I North this season ten million quarts of
Strawberries, worth two millions of dol
/ lars. Add to this the other items of
market farming, or truck farming, and
we have an aggregate yield, from one or
two counties, equal to half the wheat
crop ofthe state. And the business is as
yet bat partially developed" Here is a
lesson, not only for our farmers, but for
our merchants, many o. whom ire 20
blinded by " cotton " that they nave nei-
! thsr sight for nor sense of the profits that
/ might be made by embarking regularly
IN a business that pays Norfolk so largely.
Just as the ~untaYorabie weather which
has prevailed in this section for two
weeks past, must have a favorable effect
upon the Gotten market, 50 the ~unfavor-
able weather of weeks past, disastrous to
the growing grain crop of Europe, is hay
ing a favorable elect upon the grain mar
ket, not alone Of that quarter, bat of the
United States. Buyers from France are
in the English market and the markets of
the United States, purchasing largely
300, 600 bushels Of wheat having ohygnged
HANDS in New York in a single day G,this
week, exciting an active and continued
speculation, and rendering another ad-
vance and other advances in price prob
able. Great Britain is also a heavy ems
toner tor our wheat, the stock Of which
at our lake ports was, on the 18th inst,
$3.50 D bushels less than at the CORES
ponding period Of last year. We think
this fact, coupled with the extraordinary
demand, argues a market at good prices
| for the grain crop ofIs7O.
Does TIE Sbsense OF stamps vitiate a
| coutract2' is a question ansEefad by the
| Columbus COhio) Statesman, in'Tts report
| Of a very interesting case tried ia the Su-
preue Court d that city a couple of weeks
ago. The report readsi
The contract was for 200, 900 pounds of
brass, and consisted of a letter making
1he offer Tor It, and a telegram accepting
the offer. There was no stamp on either.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Evarts, who appeared for
the defense, objected to the Introduction
of the letter and telegram, eoustitptb-a
the contract, on the ground thai seffE
unstAmped, the contract under the inter
nal revenue law was void. Ex-Judge
Fullerton, counsel for the plaintiffs, pro
duced authorities to establish that the
omissions 20 put stamps on a contrast
would not render it void, unless it was
made with the intention to defraud the
Government. He then placed the agents
Of the plaintiffs, who sent the telegram,
on the stand. and who swore that there
was no intention to defraud the Govern
ment IN emitting the stamp. Mr.. Fuller
ton next placed a stamp on the letter and
another on the telegram, and Cancelled
them; and Judge Brady, before whom b
trial took place, then admitted them as
evidence. The jury hen returned a YER
/ dict for The ~plaiutiffS for the full amount