The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-02-22
NEWS SUMMARY.
TEE SOUTsI.


to the taxable value of the property of
North Carolina.
j. b. Wigthan, Of Corrie, Pa, has
leased several oil wells in Overton county,
Tennessee, and will Immediately being work.
The woman's christian association OF
Memphis issues warning and appeal to the
mothers Of that city not to allow their chill.
dren to join in with the maskers on the oc.
caslon Of the coming Mard Gras, either in
the scenes upon the streets or at the ball.
rooms, they claim that these indulgencies
are sources Of sin aud shame.
The Richmond Dispatch, in speaking
oi the state debt of Virginia, humorouslv
says The case is II knotty one, and the
fnanciers will find it hard of solution. THE
state will now rapidly improve, and the rev.
eHue sources will be multiplied. But she
has a remedy now at hand. She knows that
brandy--burnt or not-can save her. A
liQur tax can make the state easy now, and
put her in a fine condition for fnrther aid
from future prosperity. Put all the drinkers
OF liquor at the wheels of government and
ahey will be promptly and triumphantly
lifted out of the mire. If the Gnanciers
should succeed in finding out chow to do
it," the state will be happy enough but if it
should not find out this important secret, we
can at least rally to the public support and
drink the state out of embarrassment.
Florida Union: For the past few
years the mania for Florida oranges has been
so great that it was impossible to supply the
steadily increasing demand at anything like
reasonable prices. In all northern and
western markets good, and even fabulous,
prices have been obtained for this golden
fruit of Florida, while other oranges have
sold at fair to nominal prices. This heavy
demand and good sale of the Florida orange
have created considerable enthusiasm and a
spirit OF speculation in the minds of a host
OF fruit merchants, who this year have spec.
ulated extensively, and to their sorrow, on
account Of the dire frost, which has depre.
ciated the value of their contracted crops to
an unknown extent, making their ventures
very unreliable and subject to heavy loss
as frozen fruit is spongy, unstable, unit
both to eat and ship, and it easily rots
While these facts are no great drawback to
future orange culture, vet this years prices
will inevitably affect prices OF succeeding
crops.
The North Carolina cotton product of
the past year was estimated at 2jO,OOO bales,
worth probably more than $l3,OOOOO0 This
represents but small fraction of the capac
ity of the state, in this direction, unde, a
better system OF cultivation than now ex-
lists. To accomplish this result efforts are
being made to induce the legislature to pass
law providing for the establishment Of ag.
riCutural colleges. The great and little
dismal swamps embrace about 100000 acres
of the richest land of the state, large por-
tion of which, by a moderate outlay for
draining, could be made equal to the most
fertile of Louisiana. These lands belong
chiefly to the literary or educational fund,
but are Of no present value to it. Gov
Vance is desirOus of having them drained
anu uLllIZtel) anu VIII ltNOT any reasonable
measure to that end.
The mineral resources of North Caro-
lima can scarcely be overestmated. Rich
veins of iron, coal, copper, lead, zinc, mica
and nickel are found in many counties.
Gold and silver also abound, and their pro-
duction is a source of livelihood to hun
dreds, and of marked wealth to many peo.
pie, though the workers are mainly negroes,
and their proce, ses for obtaining the pre-
cious metals crude beyond description. A
well-known English mineralogist, who has
had over twenty-five years experience in
practical mining in South America, Mexico,
California Nevada and Colorado, SAYS tha,
neither of the countries nor states named
will compare, in precious metals, with North |
Carolina. He has recently made large pur.
cha>es of mineral lands on Deep river, and |
is actively working them, the ore being
hand.dressed and shipped to Europe for re.
duCtiOn,