The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-04-25
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL ~. .s77.
TRE COMING RpRorE .aN u Z
IND SOUTHERN Farmers.

IND SOUTHERN farmers,
The Raleigh Otsercec makes some wise
suggestions 10 the ta-merof the South upon
the apprcacs Of The planting season, with :
view 10 save him against the loss aud DIS.
appointn,ent which are .ure tcfollcw the out.
hrcak.af the ,TussosRassian Mar. II too
great j prominence i giyen this year 70 toe
great money crop Of cotton 70 the neglect of
hresistniis. Thesame caution applies With
equal force to the tobacco planteraso 81
That the war il Inevitable Is the couciu-
son Of al the leading statesmen of Enrcpe.
In fact thes2lst vf this month is 6xsdasthe
definite dny for the formal declaration q.
hoslilities. Russia has three several armies
in the ield numbering between SIX and Sc
ven hundred thousand men. Turkey has
force more than half as large ready to repel
invasion. These arethe immediate bellige-
rents. "
BuL Aurh AitCtS iHNSht hit1 So ast't
af Eve hundred thousand men already, em,
bodied, aud million more ready 70 bceall-
ed out: Austria With an army cf four hun
ared thousand with Immediate prospect Of
having fosuse them. and ealhout her re-
serves 10 ibe same extent Taereis Is France
with her half million. Italy with her three
hundred thousand not to speak Of England.
whose preparations are not 50 large, but
whose resources OF menare as great.
twill be miracle Of diplomacy if all
these nations are not drawn into the vortex
af this war. With all her professions to the
ronTary. Russia does not attack Turkey
without the determination TO make Con-
stsntinopls the grand prize q the war. IL
il what she has been aiming 4, for two hun
dred years. sometimes directly. more often
indirecily; but now having established o
footing In Asia. aud established her posts
70 as 10 threaten the frontier Of the British
Indian Empire, she feels strong enough q
invite The wrath of Eugland By the grasp 81
Cons,antinople. the key 70 all eastern pow.
er snd trude.
And 80 England will be drawn into fhs
sgh,. and il F:nglsnd. then France. Prussia,
Austria and ltsly.
This will draw Of the great mass Of he
producing population Of EarOpe. and Ea.
rope will have to look abroad for food.
This i Americas opportunity. We are
Happily 80 situated that there is 40 reason
Why We should be in ans EayseOnplicated
with European hos,ilities. But for the in.
sane sgisation kept up Oh Southern afiairs,
we have soiLipg 70 70 but reap the rich bar
vest Of reaninated busiaess. We can sell
at coed prices every bashel of grain and
every pound Or meat that can be raised.
Bo, the same csuscs that will fsyorably
aiEce. breads,aas viii dspress cotton aud 70,
l,acco. Tie former il % = certain extent .
necessity. The latter is more in the nature
of 4 luxury. The world vans both. but
can DO With much ess than i Is now usipg,
Eolh Of tssn sill cease 10 Be articles Ol
speculation. A the 05s9rer ssys. wiki
in the last Elk months. that Is 10 say since
the European var began 70 assume definite
shape, wheat has been steadily sdsahcing,
until the rise has aos rcscled nearly. sky
cents Der husb.l' bat there has been ne
rise IL cut,on, snd the changes in tobacco
have been sg-siaO,lic. and temporary.
These lie suggestive hints. and i Be-
couses both tie cotton and tobacco planters
IL Isy more stress upon BIZ rraia and pro-
,i.iyn ctcps than be hss been iB the habit
IL doing.
G0itm.aHd tsbscco aFs or nency craps.
and sc sepiore tie presence Of such eOntin.
ssucies ~ reduce their inarket values 30,
tbe. .Nsr. .isng, of our making. aud We must
. shape eas farming opera's,ns - % make
a. mud, s.al loss ss IiliIe as possible " IL
existence 0Na las -.
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u.Scsil a.tshtibn 10 The article on our
Grst psgs beaded ..yopitsrn seeieiy'' from
the nsw York Tsisuas. Northern wit
have been 3 long time SoOl gathering.
r.. hsgf,, IN f,,l tl.e wsrsh AZ lie waol
tbeyThass COT. We I'D them u tii'icng
ago. bat ,beJ preferred 10 buy ibeir Osn
experience s ~ ts.ti
Nevertheless Blaine. Wsde., Morton.
wesdsll phill,r.. aoJ tl,ai sisss prefer g
Keep the eourify il turmoil iot t1e sake o
the cIan lit lie lrllnae a eahdidly -.