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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10
From the New Orleans Times.
PROSPECTS OF SOUTHERN STAPLES AND
LABOR.

From the New Orleans Times.
PROSPECTS OF SOUTHERN STAPLES AMI
LABOR.
For savera. years after the war il
was confidently prophecied that the
cotton crop of the South would never
exceed :, 100000 bales. 1t is now les:
than five years since the war, and the
crop approaches so near to four mil.
lions of bales as to justify many saga.
cious persons in wagering on that
figure. The lowest estimate is $780,.
QUO bales. This, too, upon a very
loose and Incomplete picking, with
many fields abandoned for the wan,
of laborers to pick the opened bolls.
The reflections suggested by this
result are Interesting ard valuable. Is
is obvious that there is labor sufficient
in the South to raise as much cotton
as the world demands or needs, and
that the production is no longer lim-
tied by the lack of labor. 1t is equally
clear that that labor can be made
available as long as the price of the
product is remunerative. At what
price it can be made remunerative is
to be determined by many facts and
considerations. If the prices of sup
plies and provisions do not decline in
an equal ratio with that of cotton, the
planters cannot pay for the labor the
high rates paid the past and previous
seasons. Either, therefore, the pro-
duction or the rates of labor must be
reduced. 1t is better for all the par
ties that the labor should be reduced,
so as TO produce permanency and reg
ularity, and at the same time secure
the means of comfortable subsistence
to the laborers. than that by the aban-
donmenf of this crop these labnrcrs
should be driven from the plantations
and compelled to pursue vagrant
life. 1t was the high rate of cotton
which so unsettled our labor during
the last y ear by drawing the labOrers
from the sugar plantations to the cot
ton. Not One-half of the sugar crop
could be realized, from the scarcity of
labor. With a good cultivation in
the spring and summer, the cane
would have yielded third more than
it did. But cotton paid Sc much bet
Ter that tie old hands were attracted
TO the cotton fields. The rapid and
large decline in. cotton has driven
them back to their cid plantations,
and for sugar culture the prospects of
a good cultivation this year, and of an
abundance of labor, are far better than
they were last season. Is it not bet-
ter that the laborer should remain OH
the plantation to which he is attached,
where he has his homestead, his fam
lily and friends, than be drawn away
by small advance in the price of la
Dor to new and strange place, and
exposed to the contingency of a reduce
ton in the rates OF his labor! i8 ~
The great prosperity of the South,
and the welfare of the planters as
well as the laborers, viii, we think, be
alike promoied by a fixed and regu-
lar, cvenif lower, rate of prices than
that of the seasons previous to the
present. Better small profits than
constant and sudden fluctuations.
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Social Honor.

Every person should cultivate nice
sense of honor. In a hundred different
ways this fittingadjunct of the true lady
or gentleman is often tried. For in
stance, one is a guest of a family.
where, perhaps, the domestic machin,
cry does not run smoothly. There is a
sorrow in the house unsuspected by the
outer world. Sometimes it is a dissi-
pated son, whose conduct is a shame
and grief to his parents; sometimes
q relative whose eccentricities and ne
culiarities are a cloud on the home. Or.
worst of all, husband and wife may not
be in accord, and there may often be
bitter words spoken, and harsh recrim-
nations. In any of these cases the
guest Is in honor bound to be blind and
deaf, so far as people without are con-
cerned. If a gentle word within can do
any good, it may well be said; but to
go forth and reveal the shadows of an
unhappy secret to any one, even your
nearest friend, it is an act of indelicacv
and meanness almost unparalleled.
Once in the sacred privacy, sharing its
life, all that you see and hear is a sa-
cred trust. 1t is as really contemptible
to gossip of such things as it would be
to steal the silver or borrow the books
and forget to return them.-Lifc Book.
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A will case in .SumDer county, Ten-
nessee, involving S51 900, was in litiga-
ton sixty-slx years, and was only de-
cided a few days ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

Leave you, my friend" said tipsy
fellow, clinging TO a lamp-post on
dark night; ''leavc you in condition
not to take care of yourself! HE,
never"
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Another poor girl has died Virginia
from the use of tobacco, at the age OF
100. She was an orphan.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

A black hog suits the Southern eli
mate.
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CAN'T RUB IT TOCT."-"Don't write
there" said q father to the son, who
was writing with a diamond on his
window.
why not?''
because you can't rub il out.r
Did itever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing that which
you cannot rub out:
You made a cruel speech to your
mother the other day. 1T wrote itself
ON her loving heart, and gave her great
gam. 1t Is there now, and hurts her
every time she thinks of ii. You can't
rub it out.
You wished a wicked thought one
day in the ear Of your playmate. 1t
wrote itself on his mind, and led him
to do wicked act. 1t is there now:
you can't rub it out.
All your thoughts, all your words,
all your acts, are written i'm the book of
God.
The record is very sad one. You
can't rub it out.
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From the Goodman Miss Central Star

THE NEGRO WILL NOT WORK,
Say you; then 60 to work yourself;
set him the example of earning an
honest living by the sweat of your
brow. That is the ticket, and the only
one tha: will win in this canvass.
Quit cursiDg negro laziness; pull the
beam out of your own eye, and take
hold of the pillow handles yourself,
and you will soon see labor in plenty.
There are mere than sufficient men i'm
the country to till all the arabic land
now open, if they will only 60 to
work, instead of rcpiaing over the
past. Don't be ashamed to turn fur
row yourself. That is the only way
ever to become independent of the
negro. When he finds vou can do en-
tirely without him, he will soon hum
ble himself to your own terms, and
We shall 70 longer witness The para
dox of labor controlling capital. There
is dignity in labor that is not appre-
ciated by our people. How much
easier it is to earn with your own
labor your substance and that of
your family, than to be perpetual'y in
debt, and worrying after squad of
worthless negroes, who impoverished
your lands to no profit. The remedy
for this people lies in three words
go to work.
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COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1871.

of consumption which is promoted by
low prices, thus adding to the event
ual accumulation, and would, for the
present. encourage planting in other
countries. Now, if tie supply for
1871 is excessive, the quickest remedy
is in the low prices which attend it.
These drive consumption to the ut
most, and under it the surplus melts
rapidly away, while they reduce the
worlds productions, and these again
lead to better prices. Planters need
not assume speculative risks. Follow
ing the rule of selling their cotton
when ready for market Except in
times Ofpanic or other temporary de-
pression), they may rely upon it that
customers aud speculatiors will make
demand for the cotton at prices quite
high enough for the relation of supply
and consumption, and when, as now,
the production has suddenly Outrun,
in large measure the consuming pow
er, the sooner the surplus is taken up
and distributed the better, though
prices be distressingly low
AS a general rule, planters are not
apt to take or seek advice from the
papers Oh the subject of reducing
their crops, or holding on to them
when made. 1t is of some Importance
to them, however, that they should
have brought to their attention the
statistics of the trade, and the views
of those intelligent parties who make
the SIIbject their study
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\ CURIOUS LEGEND.-When Adam
was far advanced in years. and at the
| point OF death, he sent his son to the an
| gel Michael. who kept the gate of Para
| disc. to pray for the oil of mercy so that
he could be healed. The angel answered
that it could not be until fifty y-five hun
| dred years, but he, gave Seth Il branch of
the tree OF which Adam hal eaten. bid
| ding him plant it on Mount Lebanon.
and that when it bore fruit his father
| should be healed. Seth planted tIe
branch on his fathers grave; it took
root grew and from it were
made Aaron's rod, and Mos, : staff witI,
which he struck the rock and sweeteped
the waters of MIirah 1t also formed the
pole OIL which the brazen serpaut was
lifted and the ark OF the testimony.
At last it came into the hands of Solo
mon, who used it in building his palace.
but it continually resisted the efforts of
the builders to adjns. it. Now it was
too long and then again too sllor.. The
builders being angry, then threw it in
To marsh 81 that il might serve as a
bridge. The Queen OF Sheba would not
walk upon II. but adored it aud told Sol
omon that upon it should be suspended
tue man through whose death the king
dom should be destroyed.
Solomon then had i5 buried deem I'm
the ground where aiterward the puol Of
Bethsaida was dug, and from the virtues
OF thi. tree healing properties were i'm
parted to the waters. After it had brep
buried three hundred years, IL rosss r,
the surface ot the water, aud the lew
took it aud made OF it the cross of onr
$ aviour.
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JIM BLUDSO.

(oF THE PRAIRIE BELLE.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-10

Leaving on hand December 81. -,
Equal to ], 100000 bales, of 40 pounds
each.
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Supply available............-:-6 g. "a, 20
Which, at an average of 46O lbs. each,
will be 1853, ,31S, $50 pounds.
Consumption (maxi- ns. ts.
mum:
In Great Britain
121a per ct. more
than in 1S70 ,o13 ,9S0.01i
Continent, 5 per
ct. more than in
1870 ..................... e6Os, ,sS2, 80
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GREELEY ARRAI6NED.

Pres't Lee Mon. Association.
I.ynchburg, Va, Feb. IL, ISL.
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y
of War in the Southern Confederacy,
Mrs. Bankshead and Cornelia are de-
ceased; one son, Col. Thos. j., now in
his 10Th year, Mrs. Coolidge, of Boston,
Mrs. n. P. Trist and Miss Mary, of
Alexandria, aud Mrs. Meikelham,
formerly of New York, but now of that
county, are still living; an instance of
remarkable longevity In one family.
They have in Jackson, Tennessee, a
society of young men called the Broom
corn Serenaders." They array them-
selves in a calico or homespun dress.
and by moonlight call upon such young
ladies as are known to be adverse to
domestic work, quietly sweep out the
porch, gallery, hall, etc, to appro pri-
ate music, and then retire, carrying
their brooms proudly in the air, wav-
ing like the banlers of victorious
army. When ysung lady SO visited
acknowledges the error of her ways,
tn, serenaders return in procession
headed by music, each one dressed as
Mr.. Bacon, the hero of the Georgia
Scenes" was courting lady in GeOr-
gia or South Carolina. She had refused
him frequently, and he as often repeat
ed his suit. At one interview she be-
came exceedingly annoyed at his inn
portunity, and told him she could moi
marry him-that their tastes, opinions,
likes and dislikes were totally different
'tIn fact" she said, "Mr. Bacon, don'l
think there is one subject on earth upon
which we agree" 81 assure you, mad
am, that you are mistaken, and can
prove it." ''If you can mention one
thing about which we agree Twill mar.
ry YOU" WELL" said Mr.. Bacon "I
will do it. Suppose, now, you and
were travelling together; we arrive al
a hotel, and there are only two beds fol
us, in one of which there is man, and
in the other womsn-which bed
would you select to sleep in?" She
arose Indignantly, and replied, "witl
the woman, of course, sir % So would
!" earnestly replied Mr.. Bacon.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-28
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for married persons, or those about to be-
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concerning the physiology and relations Of
our sexual system, and the production and
prevention Of offspring, including all the new
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really valuable and interesting work. It ia
written In plain language for the general
reader, and is illustrated with numerous en-.
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contemplating marriage, and having the least
impairment m to married life, should read this
book; It discloses secrets that every one
shonld be acquainted with; still It is q book
that must be looked up and not let lie about
she house: Il will be sent to any address on
receipt OF fifty cents. Address DR.. VIM
490UNG, No. 418 Spruce street, above Fourth
aTAFFiI IorED AND UNFORTUNATE
No matter what may be your disease. before
You place yourself under the oore of sny one
OF the QUAOKS-native and foroicn-who ad.
vertise in this or any other paper. get a oonv
OF Dr. Young's book and read II carefully. Il
VIII be the means Of saving you many dol.
lar. your health, and possibly your life. DR..
Young can be consulted on any OF tho diseases
described Ia his publications By mail or at his
9hSe. No. 416 Spruce street. above Fourth,
Fnlisaoiphis. Nov % TGmo
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The New York World, of Thursday,
says: "a sale of South Carolina bonds
took place in the exchange salosroom,
yesterday. The auctioneer produced
specimens of the bonds for the inspec.
ton OF purchasers. The frat lot offered
comprised $4,000 South Carolina six
per cent. new bonds, interest April and
October lhypothecated.) They were
knocked down in separate parcels nt
23H to 2416 per cent. The next lot
comprised $40, 900 South Carolina seven
per cent. new bonds, interest January
and July. These bonds we're carefully
sorutinized, and pronounced by several
persons who were present to be very
suspicious looking documents, from the
fact that they purported to pay an inte-
rest OF seven per cent. One we'll known
gentleman stated that he had handled
hundreds OF thousands of them, but he
never knew that any seven per cent.
bonds were issued before. The know.
ing ones all expressed themselves as be.
lieving them to be frauds, and therefore
abstained from bidding on them. They
were put up, however, and fifteen per
cent. was bid on them by an Interested
party. They got no further. and were
therefore knocked down at that price,"
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Wood! Woodl. Wood,u

FlH undersigned begs leave to notify the
Il citizens Of Columbia that he has. this
day, established q WOOD YARD, at the
charlotte Depot. just below, or hack OF Mr.
hamberg's Store, where he has, and will en-.
deavor to keep on hand, an inexhaustibIe
supply Of choice Oak. Dry Pine and Light.
wood, which he will sell, and deliver any.
where within the city limits, at the regular
market prices. For convenience, l have
made arrangements to have orders left at the
store OF Mr.. Agnew's, in front of the State
House, and at the etore OF ]. A. Hendrix,
Parties leaving orders will please state the
quality and quantity wanted, with their ad.
dress and place Of residence. Prompt atten.
ton and good measure guaranteed.
In order that buyers may know that thew
are receiving good measure, have all nv
Wood corded, 30 that all parties can inspect
for themselves; and I would prefer hayin q
them do 80 before purchasing.
Will also, as soon az possible, have on
hand good supply Of the different qualities
OF Coal, Brick, Granite. Lime, Lumber, Laths.
Shingles, Post, Sash and Blinds. Doors. &C.
Parties having Lumber, Wood, Shingles,
Post, DO, 80 desiring, can ship and have
them sold on commission at liberal rate.
Contraotors, mechanics and builders gene.
rally would do we'll to call, before making
their arrangements elsewhere.
Nov "A MA. PENN.
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Referees Sale,

Henry ". Dixon, Administrator. De bonfe non
OF Wright Denley, us. Henry. Oaughman, ct
TN pursuance of the decretal order. signed
+ by his Honor Judge 8. W. Melton, on the
27th October, will sell, before the Court
House. in Columbia. on the first MONDAY in
December, that weil-kuown and valuable
PLANTATION. formerly owned by Wright
Eenley, deceased. known as Greenfield. This
plantation comprises about l, 500 acres, lying
on the Bluf Road: about ten miles below DC.
iumbia, and adjoins lands OF Col Thomas
Davis. On 1t is large mill, with ample water
power; out-houses, buildings, gin, screw.
The Tract will be ub-divided to suit pur-
chasers, and plats thereof exhibited on day of
sale, or before, upon application to the under.
signed, at his office in Columbia.
ALSO, 4 ,
ALSO, l96 acres of LAND, more or less.
miles from Columbia, bounded by lands OF
Edward Percival. - 'li-ts9-
Also. 80 acres Of LAND, more or less. 9
miles from Columbia, on the Bonth Carolina
Railroad, bounded by lands OF Mrs. Yates
Terms OF SALE-One fourth. each; balance
IN one, two and three years; interest annually
secured by bond and mortgage; purchaser to
pay for necessary papers.
The entire property OF Wright Denley will
be sold, except the homestead exemption.
=, D. b. DESAUsSURE,
NOV Z Special Referee.
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Last Thursday week Mr.. d. F. Pelote
engaged white man. named Simmons,
said to be from Atlanta, and q negro to
watch his house and live stock on his
farm on Warsaw Island, about sixteen
miles from Savannah. Simmons went
down to the island with the negro. and
nothing was heard of them until last
Thursday. when a Mr.. Howard, who
was proposing to rent the place, accom.
panied by negro boys. rowed q boat
down to the island and landed. They
saw no one moving about. and, ap-
preaching Col. Pelote's house, they
knocked and oallod aloud. Receiving
no answer. they entered the dwelling
and found the dead body of the old
man. William Simmons, lying on the
floor in pool Of blood. His skull had
been broken in, leaving the brains in
aighs, apd one of his legs, which had
been evidently thrust in the Fireplace,
was entirely burnt of. together with the
shoes from both feet. From one side of
the murdered man the entrails were pro-
truding. The body of the victim was
also badly decomposed. NaN s.'l'
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ingsthatSa fprocsAmation do jsaued sus
tpendingJ tho writ l0fs haoe0s o0rpus il
Sackson and Calhoun Counties, Elokids
which he represents entirely untiAtcffit
control OF the Kn Kiux. TksE EpfsSadhn
will consult Akerman. lsei i4..ts ',,a nisIT
A Principe letter reports q Spsnich re-
pulse near Qamazneyss ot 100 wounded
Spaniards were brodkhkg t6 Principe
The Oubans had Am merican rifles.
Probabilities--Ihel brisk Northwest.
eriy winds will probably diminish TO-
night and turn tol the Northeast in che
Middle and Eastern States by Tuesday
noon; Pleasant weather will prevail IN
the south atlantic States. An area oi
low barometer will deyeloipp, West 5Of ths
Mlsaissippi, With cloudy and 'thtesta13ns
meatner extending Eastward to the Blue
!nldge. Partially eioady weather with
light winda will pfsxAl Oh the lakes.
ysamationary sNm signals Wv seohtinue ct Nor
nonaa1 1o1a, Uape l nay. 9rk and New
steamship aess%Rss essoIiss ev A5!,yed Yors'
= HAyANA, November 27.-Gen. Oroano
reviewed che volunteers In this neiohbor.
hood. There was . Tine display.
y The medical student ~ 81 the Rova,
University Jumped the walls Of the oeme.
terry. and proceeded TO demoiish The
grave OF Gonzalo Oastenou, and commit
TED other excesses.a The chaplain at
tempted to demonstrate. when the stn.
dents stoned him. The Governor yiaitad
the university Saturday, and demanded
tne names OF the culprits. The Students
all remained silent. The case was then
turned over to the court, when several
teshhed. Six students wero imprisoned.
VINO are forbidden to commucicate with
each other or outside. The court tenn.
porsrily detained forty-two, suspected Of
completely. Weather intensely warm
thermometer eighty-six. .ael. DlI'-I v
u ,PlH1ADRIPHIA, November 27.-Alexis
spends Monday here. There will be a
grand ball Monday night.
PoRTsMoUTH, N. H., November 27..-
st. Mary's Catholic Church, of this city.
was burned to-day.
NEW YORK, November 27.-It ia rn-
mored that Hall, Sweeney and Bradley
will be arrested for complicitv with
Oonnelly and Tweed. Sweeny still lacks
$2OO. 600 of his 81, 900, 600 bail.
In his message of the Goth instant.
Governor Caldwell. of North Carolina.
gives the debt OF that State as S34. 887.
464. 45. as against SIC. .849, 76O before the
war. The Indebtedness contracted dnr.
ing the war having been reppdiated by
order of the Federal Government. and
reconstruction supervening on the close
OF the war, it is fair to presume, though
the Governor does not say 30. that the
process Of reconstruction is responsible
for the increase shown Of $24, BOO. .O00.
1t is quite pretty exhibit OF oarpet-bag
finance, almost equal to the South Caro-.
i;na showing OF $4,000, 900 in 1857, and
$l5, 50O, 900 in 1871, with peserve Of
WA, ,O0O, 600 (bonds printed, $15, 600, 600;
bonds authorized, $4,000, 900; railroad
endorsements, sc, SOC, ,O00.) -
Neo Fork World. :
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PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY's
COMPOUND ~
ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME
For Composing with Cotton Seed.

For composing with Cotton Seed.
Price $25 Gosh, ,oNh Usual Aduance for Time.
Il tendence Of DR.. ST. JULIEN RAYENEL.
expressly for composing with Cotton Seed.
It was introduced by this Company two
years ago. and its use has fully attesfed its
acre, properly composted with the saIne
weight OF Cotton Seed. furnishes the planter
with FERTILIZER OF the highest excel.
lence at the smallest cost. A compost pre-
tions furnished, contains all the elements OF
fertility that can entor into a first class FER
TILIZER, while ito economy must commend
it's liberal use to planters.
composing, apply to
J. N. ROBSON.
Agent Pacific Guano Company,
No. 68 East Bay Il Nos. d 2 Atlantic Wharf
JOHNS. REESE & CO.. General Agents.
Nov &c qmo