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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-08
IncendiarisIn I'm the Pennsylvania
Coal Regions.

PoTrsvILLE, PA, October 7.-~Last nignt an
attempt was made to destroy the large West
Brookside breaker, owned by the Pbiladel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
The blacksmith.shop, farmhouse, carpenter
shop. and oil.bouse connected with the
breaker were burned. The employees sue
ceeded In saving the breaker. West Brook
side is the southern portion OF the region,
which has hitherto been free from violence
or iDcendiarism.
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g.. l'SFAL.- The name Of Jacobs Church,
h'n3oah county, Va, is changed TO Cab
III nv, II. Ii Holman continuing as post
ina>I'f' william Bashnell is appointed post.
.ua>''r at bundo Gap, Augusta county, Va,
W. Henry Eppetoe, resigned. John G..
~ !" Nitc Is appointed postmaster at WoodfoTd.
nai'lnc county, Va, rice Peter Hoagi4nd,
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RICHMOND, FEED'G Il POTOMAC X. X. Coz
OFFICE GENERAL TICKET AGENT. Z
RICHMOND, September II, 1901
OF TRAINS.

2:35 P. Ii. leaves Byrd-Street station daily, COM
ncctlng wi h the BAR more and Ohio
railroad nj Shepherd. opposite Alex
andrla--dup at Camden station, Balt-
more at 9:15 p. M.-ano with New
York train. (IHRoCGH SLEEPERS
FROM SHEPHERD TO NEW YORR):
and with New ICik Night Express
ria Baltimore and Potion ac railroad
at Washing toe: arriving at Charles
Street station. Baltimore AT 1880 r
NJ. THROUGH sLEErER FROM WASH
INGToN TO NEW YORK.
92OP.M leaves Byrn-street station Sundays
exceptedI. connecting 1t Washington
with the Baltimore aud Potomac and
Baltimore and oh o railroads.
sos P. NJ. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for
Hanover Junction. leaves Rroad.St ect
station (sundays excepted.
SAM. arrives at Byrd-stIeet station thon.
DAYS excepiedl
I:3o p. NJ. arrives az Byrd-StraN' station daily.
S:37 A. NJ, ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN arrives
at Broad-street station (Sundays ex-
cepted).
ParlOr-cars on day trains.
Pullman slecpers on night trains.
FREIGHT TRAINS leave BROAD street stauon
on TUESDAY. THURSDAY, an SATURDAY
NIGHTS for all points North and West: ann or.
rive on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,, and FhlDAf
MORNINGS. Cousignecs OF live STOCK AND PERISH
able articles, upon giving notice ct cepot, can OBJ
tain fire ignt al BOuIton on preceding evening. -
Through bills OF ladng ara rates given 10 ALI
principal points North and West:
General superintendent.
G. A. TAYLOR,
sel4 GeneraI Freight and Ticket Agent.
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NLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP esFFh
" COMPANY. srSsaasa
FOB NEW YORK.

This coz pany will dispatch one OF their spleDdlo
stearacrs-oLH DOMINION, WYANOKE. ISAAC
BELL, RICHMOND, and GEORGE w. ELDER-
every TUESDAY, FRIDAY and SUNDAY al
nth water.
These ships are entirely rev, and were built ex'
pressiy for this route.
They have splendid saccns, stateroAms, and bath
rooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attention are un'
surpassed. -,,
Goods shipped by this line are landed regularly
at hew York on the CoEapauy's covered pier, 81
North river.
Freights Tor points beyond New York forwarded
with disnatch, and no charge a.ata except actu2'
expenses incurred.
Freight received until P. NJ. daily.
For further INFORMATION, apply to
GEORGE W. ALLEN & CO., Agents,
my 10 rttce COMMANDS whaTVes. RocsetA.
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Conviction of wallace the Highway

Especial telegram to the Dispatch.]
PETERSBURG, VA, October TN the
Circuit Court of Dinwddle county to-day
r. Il. Wallace was convicted Of highway
robbery and sentenced to the penitcntiary
for eight wears.
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D.yyILLE TOBACCO MARKET.

lRcEoried expressly for the Richmond ispatch.]
OCTOBER 7.-ReceIpts for the week light
Primings.-Sl.5U@s5.l0
Lugs.-Iery common. s6@s7::5o: common, 81
6S9: medium, 9(9f10; good, 81 0G@l2.
FTiierS.-Common. SlO@S12; medium, S12@
BIG: good, i16@S2U.
Smnkers-Commop, SlO@Sl3: medium bright
Sl3MS22: eoou To fancy. T220t30.
Brfght IVrupperS.-Common. $20@e2S: me-
DUN, $2S@t45: good, $45@:55; extra, $3.50
$40; fancy, S70@SS5.
medium, $20@S35; good, $35@s45; extra, S45@
S65 ALPHA.
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nea,h orn Retired Merchant.

TSVtCT.tI
PORTSMOUTH, VA, October 7.-David
Griffin. retired merchant and prominent
citizen of Portsmouth, died to-day ; aged
Seyenty.six years. He was the weaI'hieSt
man in Portsmouth. He leaves no relatives.
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EurInah.

TUE GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH ESCORT.
SlMLA, INDIA. October Tt is officially
announced that the Government of gnrmah
Internationally allows the escort of British
troons ACCOMMODATING the Prince of Wales to
pass through Burmese territory.
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RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILRoAD COMPLY,
Office MASTER OF TRANS. May 80, 1878.
SCHEDULE OF TRAINs.-TRAIN No.
~ 1-CHARLoTTs EXPRESS. Wesrsrd-Leayes
s:s5 4. Nj; leaves DUNDEE al ia p. NJ: leaves
DanyTse at 1:l7 P. NJ: leaves Greensboro at 1863
?: n. leaves Salisbury at GIG PM; srr,r.s at
TRAIN No. 2-NEw YORK AND NEW Or
LEANS EXPRESS. Eastward Leaves Charlotte at
M i.Sssy At s :, =:
bore' al 1856 P. b.; leaves panyilIe at 1:12 r.
NJ; leaves dundee ai 1:2O p. NJ: leaves Burke
Vile al OF 2. NJ: arrives at Richmond at,S:47
TRAIN No. s.-THRoEeH MAn-NEw YORK
FOE THE SOUTH Leaves Richmond at 80 p. NJ;
leaves Greensboro a, 2:4S a. NJ; leaves sasbur;
A. NJ: arrives at Charlotte at s:Is A. 81. -" :
TRAIN No. 4.-IIRoUGH MAIL, Eastward
L Il sharlo,ie at gig F. NJ: leaves alisbgry
leaves Danyille at 6:(S a. NJ: leaves dundee ii
SIG A. NJ, leaves Burkeyille at 1885 A. MI
TRAIN No. 5.-LYNcHBuRG ACCOMMODATIONS.
Westward-Leave: Richmond a. 8 A. NJ: arrives
al l:2e p. Nj: arri1 es at Lvncfburr at 42r ?. n.
NO tickets TO points beyond Burkevlle win be SOLD
TRAIN No. e.-BgEKEvmLE AecoMnopArseN.
rives at Richmond at sos A. N.
Train No. 2 connect, at Richmond With the
Chesapeake and ohio RAJ lrosd
Trains Nos. 8 and connect at Greensboro with
trains TO and from Raleigh and Goldsboro'.
All through trains connect ut Richmond and Dun.
dee with Train: on the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad, and Washington City, Vir.
gin!a Midland and Great Southern railroad, to and
from Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York. = -
Trains Nos 8 and connect at Richmond with
the Richmond, York River aud Chesapeake Ran.
road trains to and from Baltimore and eastern
points. , CHAN
Trains Nos: and2 connect at Charlotte with
trains on the Atlanta and Richmond Airline rail-
road 10 ard from Greenyille, Atlanta, Montgomery
Mobile, Pensacola, New Orleans, and all southwests
ern points.
Trains Nos. 8 and connect at Charlotte with
the Charlotte, Columbia and Atlanta railroad for
Columbia, Augusta, Savannah, Tallahassee, and an
southern points.
| Train No, 4 connects at Burkeyile with the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad. from Lynch
| burg, Chattanooga, and all southwestern points.
| Tickets sold to all southern and SOUL western
| points, AID baggage checked through.
Upbroken gauge from Richmond 10 New Orleans.
| Pullman sleepers run on all night trains.
LOcal tickets are gosd only for 4 continuous pas.
SAGE 10 the points named on the ticket. No lay
over checks will be given.
T. NJ. r. TALCOTT,
Engineer and superintendent.
w. T. WEST. Master OF Trains. sc 81
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-08

Especial Telegram 10 The DISPATCH
SUFFOLK, VA, October THE County
Conservative Convention met here to-day
and nominated DR.. Thomas II. Barnes Tor
the House of Delegates by acclamatlon.
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Negro Killed i'm Princess Anne,

NORFOLK. October IA negro man was
shot and killed to-day at Kempsvile, Princess
Anne county, by young man named Her.
ack. The negro had insulted Herrck's mo-
thor
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& CANTON INSIDE LINE."sfMna1

" sgs SssEsss2SS
NEW FAST FREIGHT ROUTE BETWEEN
RICHMOND AND PHILADELPHIA.
FRI. EEkLY.
On and after OCTOBER 1ST the splendid Iron
steamers of this line will leave Richmond TUES.
DAYS THUksDSfs, and SATURDAYS 49, iro ~
Tsenty-second and Dock streets, making close con.
nection each trip at Canton, Nd, (East Baltimorel
with the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore
Railroad Company for PhiladelDhia.
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES:
All freight by this line covered by IRE and marine
Insurance free OF cost No dockage charged al
Richmoud Rates as low as any other line. y ms
is the quickest line between rhllsueiph'a anu hieh'
Freighrs ordered by this line should be p markeo
ur,nIon Inside Line" and sent to the Phiiads-
mia, Wilmington and Baltimore depot, Philadei'
pbia. ,, &. p,,,aa,,b,, are, p,ch
moud For further information apply 10
ino"' 80 l., b. TATUM, Agent,
Offices Twentv-second and DOCK streets
ana Ninth and Main streets, or 10
Us. VII. SON, General Freight agent,
philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore kaiiroaa
PbllaGplDllia, 10
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GRANULAR EFFERESCENTS.

MEADE & BAKERS DRUGSTORE,
ANGLo-sWIsS CONDENSED MILK, superior to
any ether brand;
DURAND'S CASTILLONS ELIXIR, hne tonic,
and for chronic darrhei;
LANCELOT'S 1ODINlZED SYRUP Of HORSE
RADISH:
DARBY,S PROPHYLACTIC FLUID;
POPOLIO, for kidney and liver complaints;
cRAB.ORCHARD SALT In bottles;
HIMROD'S CURE FOR ASTHMA;
GUAaANA POWDERS, for headache:
EFFERVESCENT CARBONATE of LlTHlA;
LOZENGES for The thirst of fever;
The most approved SUPPORTERSa ana IkOseSo
Of MEADE & BAKERS
go drugstore. 81 g Main street
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BY telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. October 7-NDon-S.ocks active and
unsettled. Money, 8. Cold, III. Exchange
Long, $50; short, asa. Governments dull anu
little OF for some states quiet. .
Ecening.-Money easier al 2@2h. Sterling quiet
and steaGy. Gold dull at 1167s6p117. Govern,
ments active and lower. States quiet aud nominal
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, October 7.-Virgn!a SIS, peeers,
40; consols, "a. Wet Virgiuia's. g. North Caro-
lima 6's, old, IL new, 10; special tax, 2. Bid To-
day.
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ByJ. Thompson Brown,
Peal Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
lll3 Main street.

NOR SALE. A MAGNIFICENT BU-
GI,S.vnIJI.T IN HOLLYWOOD CEMk:
TrpY RiTII.T AND FORMERLY OWNED By
c6.'oSiI ALBEIT oRDWAY..Ihiss n y one s,, u
lhe u rod and Il ii shove ground. VIII sPil ior
Te less man similar one conld be bulk anu on
very ac -oynuodsIiug terms: npgiyn 10 ppowE.
oc 4.6G y, Lawn SSA' -
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HILADELPHIA, RICF- lfEF4
i MOND, AND NORFOLK STEAM sSssss9a6
SHIP LtNE.-FOR PHILADELPHIA TWrCE
A WEEK.-Unti! further notice the steamers OF
this line will leave Philadelphia every TUES
DAY aad SATURDAY. and Richmond every
TUESDAY and FRIDAY at ! o'clock.
Freight taken at low rates for all parts Of New
Jersey, Pannsylvsuia, AID Delaware, for Provi.
dence and Boston. Also. for Liverpool and Ant.
werp eta Red Star arc American steamship lines
". z. PORTER. Agent,
2425 Deck street. Richmond.
WILLIAM +. CLYDE & CO.,
NH 10 No. Snu1h Mharles. PHILADELPHIA
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DEPARTURES OF STEAMERS.

TOR PHIL ADELPH lsEYa
4 The steamer ALLIANCE, Captain ssa&e
CARR. will receive freight for the above port I'LL
FRIDAY the 9Th instanr, at IL o'clock.
Freight taken for WILMINGTON. Del, Providence,
Boston. and san Francisco, and bills Of lading
signed through.
Passage to Philadelphia, including meals and
stateronm, IS. W. 2. PORT GR. Agent,
Oc 7-2t 1925 Dock street.
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ny aPol" OF Isl TO 1852 Rev. DR.. Fulton is
nI "ni, Al ian,on.Piace church, Brooklyn.
''c o"gh! IL resign.
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MINERAL WATERS.
Agency for the waters of all the Virginia springs.
For sale ut wholesale and retail.
Descriptive pamphlets furnished gratis on ap-
plication.
PURCELL, LADD s. CO., Druggists,
Sc 27-2w 1915 Main street.
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N +. WATSON'S
W

~ f. WATSON'S
W. FURNlTURE-WO RKS LCMBEP-MILLS,
near this city, now have capacity OF 10000 feet
per day, and are prepared 10 cut bills Of any Size
BUILDING LUMBER
from stock Of 100000 feet Of logs at the min.
The railroad cars run into the mill, ensurrg dis
patch. Attention of wheelwrlghtS. &C., Is called to
the ASH, OAK, BEACH, POPLAR, &C., from
the mills.
Orders left ut yard at Rockets. or ut
WAkEROUM CORNER THIRTEENTH AND
FRANKLIN STREETS.
so 20-3m
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Canada.
CHARGE WITHDRAW,

CHARGE WITHDRAWN.
MONTREAL. October 1.-THE charge of rape
against the Able Chabort has been with.
drawn, and he will be tried simply on the
charge of assault.
UNION OF TEMPLARS.
CABoURG, ONT, October THE union Of
British and American Templars was consum-
mated here to-day. The title Of the new So
ciety is "The United Temperance Society,"
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DKSsiS. 3sElkBe'ESEsS, &c.
NREST-PROTECTORS.

NHEST-PROTECTORS.
FOR FALL AND WINTER WEAR.
BOTH SINGLE AND DOUBL E-BEaT QUALITY.
Our own direct importation from MeSsrs. 5. Nav,
Son 6 Thompson.
Trade supplied at LOWEST NEW YORK PRICES.
PURCELL, LADD & CO.,
Druggists,
GO o. 1916 Main street.
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EOk NEW THE xsS4e

Don NEW YORK The <rsSS
Il Old Dominion Steamship Companv's sxnsa
steamship WYANOkE, Captain COUCH, will sail
FRIDAY, October 9Th. 1T 10 O'Clock A. M.
Freight received until 90'clo-k A. NJ.
Through bills OF lading signed and goods fer
warded with dispatch TO all points north, south
east, and west; also, to foreign ports.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Fare to New York, 8l2; Storage, 80; round
trip tickets $50.
For freight or passage apply to
G. w. ALLEN & CO., Agents.
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DOCkLAND. LIME.
AUM BIER, DC.

FOR SALE, THREE THOUSAND
\ FEET OF ONE AND A HALF and TWO
INCH HICKORY, on the beat Powhatan. lust ar
rived. Apply TO Captlin MOSS or w. ii. IVES
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DON'T PAY IS FOR a GAL W3
- TER when you can buy acty-made 49, -
ono for IA Don't pay ~ for a sooe when you can
INV one for s3. This Is true; If you don't believe
it, 20 The factory Eroad street Det%e ds s sgS
Egery nair warranted. BOOTS FOOTED TO Or
DER FOB ONLY 20. eeto
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| u,aes. Green. 465c.; dry sailed. 9G12c.: eTs
ANT I@0I DC: wei sailed, 8D9c.; wet saIted Calf
Leather Sole leather, oak, $50 soc iea.n n,,
bamJnck. ae@S2c.: country upper. SVG42c.' Slt.
snish 1sGSS2c. % foot; Kip. soc. ISl q b.: nar
ness country 25la30c.: city hnlsn' S6.aa4s
n. calfskins, French, sl.26Ga2.25 Y D.; rousi
aktrtiHg 23M2Sc,
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-07

stltutional safeguards that had been thrown
| around the liberties of the States They were
prepared almost to make their own children
| pa g through the fire TO this Unsuitable Mooch.
Other States had bleuched from the storm
when the wind was highest. Louisiana, like
| the Black Knight of Ivanhoe, with no blszon
or cogn,zance bat the fetter-lo lock and shackle-
bolt, Numbered with her single arm at the
gates Of tyranny, sworn to force the barrier or
20 perish in the attempt
In this supreme moment of her triumph,
when the whole Radical party reels in the
threes of final dissolution, she falls stricken by
mortal blow done to death in the house of
her friends; stabbed to the heart by her own
sons.
He then reviewed the "terms of compromise,
offered, and said that though, by maintainin &
the struggle, we could hardly hope to see the
rightful State government installed during
Grants administration, we should not be
driven Unto the mad and weak alternative of
strengthening the bands of the Radicals in
their hour of final weakness"
And this do so surely as we accept the
ambuscade prepared for us in the Wheeler
proposition. The handwriting is already on
the wall; the modern Belsbazzar holds his
high revel with the service stolen from the
rcmole of the Most High but our second
Daniel walks into his hall of State sponpes
out the flaming words that tell him he has
been weighed in the balance aud found want
ing, bids him be of good cheer, for Louisiana
herself will see that no harm comes to him,
and assures him that because he has reverenced
the laws aud honored the Constitution bis life
shall be long in the land which the Lord has
given him.
All I! my fellow-citizens in that same Hebrew
legend we are told that another great king
once set up golden image and ordered at the
sound of the cornet, and flute, and harp, and
sackbut, every man should fall down and wor-
ship it, and that whoseever would not fall
down and worship should be cast that same
hour into the midst of burning, fiery furnace.
But amidst that race of captive slaves there
were three heroic souls who refused, for con-
science sake, TO obey the mandate. And they
were cast into the furnace heated seven times
hotter; but 10! wondrous thing--for in the
midst of the flames fourth shape walked, and
his form was as angels. Nor were their
bodies burned, nor a hair of their heads Sin ged,
and the smell of the flames was not on their
garments.
So by the side of those rrho lire By la,C ,rho
nerer palter i0ih eternal God for peJ pO,uer,
cko folop Right because it is Right in scorn of
sequences. a guardian torm-though unseen-raiks.
And he shall delirer them out Of the hands of the
miGhtV.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-07
One Cause of the Poverty of the South.

Col. D. W. Aiken contributes the folio " in q
thoughtful article TO the RUral Car0liRian:
FIRST, then, I assign as one of the reasons of
orr continued poverty and want of progress
the fact, that we do not produce enough of
what we eat or wear aud buy too much on q
credit To present an elaborate argument in
defence of this position would require q vel
ume. One or two practical facts will suffice to
prove my assertion true, and the answer that
every farmer will give when applying the
idea to his own case will ,corroborate these
facts.
In 1859, the South prod uced over five million
bales of cotton, of four hundred pounds each,
which sold At an average of eleven cents per
pound, realizing less than $3.50 DOC, 900.
In 1869, the cotton crop of the South was
less than three and a half million of bales, four
hundred pounds each, aud sold for average
of twenty-five cents per pound, realizing $500,
QUO 600
The cotton crop of 1873 reached considerably
beyond four million of bales, and sold for less
than S275 900, COO. Aud this has been the his
tory of our crops annually in the past; have
We any reason to anticipate that similar effects
will not follow the same course in the future
Then if the all-cotton policy, or q large cotton
crop, has actually tended to impOverish
people, who will assert that the same
policy will not have similar effects upon indi-
viduRls.
On paper it can be easily proven that cotton,
as crop, will pay better than any or all other
products. But these figures are far more unre-
liable than tho Oft bused labor of the country.
There is no question but that indiv Idual farm
ers, having lands peculiarly adapted to the
growth of cotton, can net more money growing
cotton and buying their breadstuffs and pro.
vender, than by cultivating a diversity of
crops. But it is an egregious error to think
because A, or c can do 30, therefore every
Southern farmer can pursue the same course,
the same result.
Through series of years, regardless of the
price of cotton Il reiterate here what have
often asserted before in these pages, on ninety
nine out of every hundred Southern farms, it is |
cheaper TO grow oats for plow animals than to |
haul corn from the nearest depot, because oats !
will follow cotton with no cost but the seed |
and harvesting, both of which can DO paid for !
every winter in the mutton that can be fatted |
on the growing crops; it is cheaper TO raise all
the pork the farmers family can consume an !
nualIy than to buy bacon at ten cents per |
pound it Is cheaper to grow pound of wool, !
up to q certain number of pounds, than the |
same number of pounds of cotton and it is |
oh nAnar to GroW nNthinQ Lhat can nnasihIr be /
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-07
Referring to the present unexampIed pros,

Referring to the presen unexampled pros
perity of France, soon after her gigantic
struggle with Germany, in which she lost
thousands of men and two of her fairest
provinces, and was forced to pay an in
demnty of $500, OOO, 900, the New York
Tablet says:
What we note, however, in this inexpli-
cable French nation is the wonderful conf
deDce which natians place in it. It had
been, fondly by some and sadly by others,
presupposed that the Franco PFussian ia
demnity might never be paid. 1t was paid
with marvellous success. But what aston
ishes us most is that the metropolis of
France, having expressed a wish to be
loaned $50, O00, 900, should, while we are
in the moet Strengthened circumstances,
command forty-toCO dollars for every one
asked. The subscription list for the Paris
$4,000, 900 loan was 81, 100, 0OO, 900, a sum
which would nearly lIquidate our national
debt. Is the city of Paris greater than
the United States of American
This extraordinary phenomenon may be
explained by the thrift of the French peo-
pie, by their truthfulness and fidelity in en-
gagements, by their uncess;ng activity in
all the ways of life, by their conscious
ness of holding an Independent standing 10
an undivided country, and by traditional
glory on national, military, aud historical
score. This is a credit to the Catholic
Church. 1t ought to be q lesson to Amer
lea. The Paris loan is the marvel of our
age, and a guarantee that France shall
regain the hegemOny of Europe and the
world.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-07

Few farmers understand properly what il
meant by "buying a credit" They know
they get the article and pay moro for it than +
they paid the cash, but they never once calcu-
late the premium or percentage they are pay
ing for this privilege of getting time or "credit."
Let me illustrate The average farmer may
raise ,ueas enough to do him till the fret of
April. BY that time he has to buy, but having
no cash, though good credit he "goes to the
payable 1st of November following. He learns
the cash price is leg cents per pound, but ne
cessity compels him TO buy on credit. he thus
pays p cents per pound fer the privilege of
buying on credit, OF one-s sixth the price to be
paid, which is simply 16a per cent per annum
for the use Of money. Bot he buys in April
and has to pay 1st November-only eight
months credit-and thus pays twenty five per
cent per annum for the use of money. What
farmer can afford to do this and livef What
is applicable to bacon is equally 80 to corn.
the farmer buys on o credit.
1t is estimated that the average increase of
the agricultural wealth of the United States is
abont four per cent per annum. The average
increase of agricultural wealth in any Southern
State, annually, since the war, has not been
one per cent Indeed, some of the States have
travelled the other road, and are now lost in
the wilderness of debt; and there is no more
potent cause for this condition of things than
that of buying credit the necessaries of
life to enable them to grow cotton, and this,
too, very frequently at n cost that exceeds It's
market value. There is an inflammation about
this cultivation of cotton that amounts to an
hallucinat:on. Can there be nothing ia vented
to so far dispel it as to induce the Southern
farmer to live more within himself and less at
the mercy of the Shylocksf