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Year: 1871

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.
Year: 1871

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.
Year: 1871

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.
Year: 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
Year: 1871

life," which his anxious wife taking TO be
farewell, my wife, burst into tears, and
at once put on yard or two more of plas-
ter. As It is a we'll known fact that where
two women have man all to themselves
to doctor him, his hold on life is Of the
frailest kind, the "spotted fever" suffer
begged to be let out, which was not done,
however, until he had given categorical
answers TO all sorts of medical questions,
such as whether he had pain In his back
(which it would have been quite astonish-
ing If he HADN'T, and ii his head felt all
right (Which 1t would have been quite as
tonishing If II had), and If he felt like 6e
could go TO sleep now (which he solemuly
swore he could-ifthey'd let him) About
daybreak the poor fellow was permitted
to get back TO bed so thoroughly parboiled
that he don't know when he will be able
to put on his clothes, and is thinking of
ordering dress suit of mosquito netting.
OF course, he never had any spotted fever,
but he hopes he may have before he ever
lets champagne get him into scrape like
that again Richmond Vd) Dispdtch.
Year: 1871

IT is more than likely that the present
alarm about "spotted fever" is likely to do
more for the temperance cause in this city


than any agency yet discovered. A case
to the point took place at the West End


few nights since. The symptoms of the
new disease had been thoroughly canvass
ed at the tea-table, and each member of the
family had retired fully prepared for
death. About midnight the gentleman of


the house, who had been down town to
{" see man." and had seen him once too
I.often, returned home and retired. In a few
minutes his heavy breathing (Which is a
symphony attracted his wife's attention,
and she nervously inquired what was the
matter. The unconscious patient murmur-
ed paint head" That was enough.
The alarmed wife tore into the next room,
consulted lady friend who had once seen
a case, found it was a sure thing, and then
both rushed in together TO save his life.
A frantic excursion into the kitchen
brought up all the mustard there was IN
the house and nearly all the water there
was in the hydrant boiling hot, and in a
very few moments the victim, who was
dreaming of Gerot's and other champagne
punch, was walked up, snd there he was
up to his knees in hot water, with
three or four yards of red.hot must
ard plasters festooning his proud form


Under the impression that he had
j walked up in that other and hottel
world, he feebly murmured spare my
Year: 1871

ABOUT year ago some half dozen
couples of boys and girls, belonging to the
most respectable families of Elmira, N. Y,
ended frolic by being married, probably
for fun, agreeing to keep it secret and
these days the secret is being discovered,
and the childlen are finding out that mar
riage and its consequences Is no joke.
Year: 1871

THE South Norfolk (Conn.) Sentinel
tells a romantic story of young lady
who some months ago was employed as
hat-trimmer in a mandatory of that city.
One day, being more than usually dis
gusted with her tedious and prosaic occu-
patton, on the impulse of the moment she
wrote her name and address upon the
lining of hat she had finished, and pa
tiently awaited the result The hat, with
hundreds of others, was sent off to the
trade" and finally purchased by young
name upon the lining. Being of roman
tic turn of mind, he wrote TO the young
lady, an intimacy followed, and the upshot
was the marriage of the two last week.
Year: 1871

Aiba's.-The barber shop of VIM. Alba,
on Commercial avenue, near the corner of
Eighth street, is the place to which all
lovers of good, close shave with razors
sharper than the wit OF twenty Jerrolds
wind their way. If
Year: 1871

Meats.-The branch meat shop Of james
Kynaston, located on Commercial avenue,
next door to the grocery store of James
Carroll, is now in full blast, and this pop
ular butcher is supplying all the refined
meat eaters Of that portion of the Fourth
Ward with splendid meat. If you have
not tried him give him call If
Year: 1871

From the New York Times of the 20th.l


We now proceed to fulfill our promise
to bring home to the Tammany Ring, and
more particularly to Connolly and Mayor
Halls close case of s,OiIadIiag. This is the
proper word to describe the transaction,
and is indeed the only word, and there
fore we have no hesitation in using it. II
Mayor Hall and Controller Connolly OBJ
ject to being branded as thieves and swim
dlers, as we once more brand them now,
they can sue us for libel, and we willprOve
our charges In q Court of law. What is
more, we will prove our charges by means
of Controller Connolly's OWn books. 1t
will not do for Hall to sneak out by say
ing that he is FUSED to newspaper attack"
We do not attack him on political
grounds, or in wild language, but we call
him thief because we can prove him to
be one.
Year: 1871

1t is midsummer, the sweet midsummer-
Poor daffodil blossom what's that to thee7
Thou hast no part in its golden glow
Thy time of blooming was long ago;
Thou hast no share in its silver dew
1t will not wake thee to life anew.


What sadder fate can the Autumn bring
Than Summer does to a flower of Spring?
1t is midsummer, my lifes midsummer
My sorrowing heart! what's that to thee?
It's joys are things that l cannot share
IT'S not for me that its days are fair;
For Love for me was an April flower,
Whose beauty went with the passing hour.
What sadder fate can the Autumn bring
Than Summer does to flower of Spring?
ANNE d. GREEN, IN Harper'S Magazine to'
dpQltsf
Year: 1871

The excitement attendant upon the Orange
massacre has abated and the vexed free school
question drags its slow length along scarce
causing q ripple, but the excitement consequent
upon the sale of cheap groceries at the Tea
Hong of Messrs. Levy Bros. & Rodenburg, on
Gay street, continues with unabated interest.


The people have found out that this firm can
sell choice goods at bottom figures and are not
slow to avail themselves of the opportunity. a
very little money will go long way at Levy
Bros s. Rodenburgs.
Year: 1871

A member of the Arkansas Legislature,
in speaking on an extravagant appropria-
ton Indignantly exclaimed: "Gentlemen,
talk about adequate compensation of pub
lie servants why sir, during the late war
1 was in thirty-seven battles, was wounded
thirteen times in the cause of the South,
and the entire pay L received was $50 in
Confederate money, every cent of which I
gave for one glass of old rye whisky
Year: 1871

bITk5'


245 acres Of land situated miles from AbingdOn
Virginia. about thirty Of river bottom in cuya
tion, balance fine timber three small cottage houses
the place, and . and grist mill. The water
power on this place is unsurpassed Water is plentyat
all of the year and in distance of Us yards
the fall is u feet with finest locations FIR manufactur
ing establishments. The place naturally be utifu
and attractive one and there many opportunities
Of improving it to make it very valuable. Tim
Der Of almost every variety be had near and the
line of the Norfolk and Great Western Railroad is le
Gated within u Of mile Of the property.
Year: 1871

First rate stand for general retail business and trado
in produce n


Goods will be sold at cost. and fcight added Fine
opportunity for person wishing to engage IN good
paving business. Trade regular and certain


For full particulars enquire at our once
Year: 1871

4 a desirable location, with well selected


STOCK OF GOODS,
Well situated general retail trade and barter Store
house will be sold fair price, and goods at % per
cent above cost Good trade already established; pur
chaser can take possession without delay carry on
an established business For terms and full particu-
lars enquire at our Office.


MUNSON a. BAILEY,


Real Estate snd Insurance Agents,
Year: 1871

The symptoms of liver com:
plant are uneaSineSs and
pain in the side. Sometimes
the pain is in the shoulder,
and is mistaken for rheuma-
tiSm. The stomach is affected
with loss sf appetite and
sickness, bowels in general


cOstiVe, some alternating with
Year: 1871

A party of men, say from three to
dozen, band together and hold frequent
meetings, and act according to plan laid
down. One or two will find out some
copper plate printer in the employ of the
bank note companv-in fact, all such
printers are known by the party. These
men will then manage to meet one of the
printers in the evening. get acquainted,
drink and have good time generally with
him, and SO proceed for few evenings
Then they offer him $50 to 500 to pro-
cure certain kind of impression. This
impression is made in this wise


The printer win take the impression
upon tin foil from the plate from which
he is printing, which can be done in a
moment. Thus, you see, every line and
thezsize is obtained correctly. From this
thin foil an electrotype plate is made.--
they then get some plate printer that can
be found about the city, have a good time
with him, engage him at twenty dollars a
day to do the printing. BY this plan
thousands of copies are struck off that de-
fly detection, except in the quality of the
paper, when will differ from the genuine.
Year: 1871

81 FABMEhs,s IF you would get clear of
your poor stock, and get in their place
fuil-blood stock, you, would make money
by the exchange It costs no more to
keen fi,e stock than it dOes poor. and good
stock will psy you three fold ncrc.
Year: 1871

HENRY WARD BEECHEB at the Friday
night meeting of the Plymouth church spoke
at length of the immense magnitude OF the
Chicago calamity:


He said next TO the greatness Of the calam-
ity is the admirableness of the national SYM
pathy. This whole nation has rison up as
one man, at least the norsheIn par. OF il. I
bavo not seen any account OF the contribu-
tion ofany southern city. l presume there
are such but have seen none. All the north
has risen up and taken the great civ in ils
arms, almost adopted, and it lies upon the ma .
tlon as Child lies on its mothers breast.
Bread, raiment, the various succor that IS re-
quired, is continued most generously from the
rising OF the sun to the going down thereof
We know no Catholic or Protestant no DEM
ocrat or Republican. All that we knew is that
men and women suffer and the amount of the
charity OF the nation is like Gods charity
that sends the rain upon the Just and the un-
just alike. 1t is sublime and when you add
to it hat the great nation to the north of US
rises up aud becomes portion OF this great
work and, that across the water in England
yea, and in the German Empire they are Just
as busy as We are here, 1t is grand and it
shows how great is the element OF Christian
sympathy that unites the world and how near
mankind are TO each other. 1t is one OF the
auspiclous signs OF the times that there is but
one single danger in all this, that our sym
pathy will take purely emotional form, that
We shall give while the emotion is on aud
then tire in our labors. Suffering never gets
tired. Hold out. Never be tired. He read
dispatch lrom Rev. Mr.. Bartlett which says,
"The business part OF Chicago is wiped of tha
earth and the business men bankrupts." MIR.
Beecher's church will be open daily tor con-
tributions of clothing, etc.
Year: 1871

In thinking over every way by which
we can reduce the expenses of the state
and Tighten the tremendous and alarm
ing tax burden likely to hang over us
for years, we will make a reasonable
proposition to the Radical party.


When you concoctcd the printing bill,
which has taken from the Treasury
about two millions of dollars, you had
Il thrce-fold object in view:


l. TO crush the Democratic press.


=. TO force upon the people the Rad
ical press.


3. To sustain that Radical press, in
dependent of the peoples patronage,
until said press could stand alone.


In all this, we suppose, YOU have sue
cecdcd. Then, why not stop the heavy
expense by withdrawing the public
patronage: You know very we'll that
it has, from the beginning, been IL most
shameful vast" of the public money;
and now, It's the points arc all accom-
plishcd, spend not another dollar in
that way.





have not accomplished any of the three
ends in vicw-that you have failed to
crush the Democratic party, to force
upon the people the support of the Rad
ical press, and that you havc failed to
establish the owners of the Radical
press only from tho public funds.


If we arc wrong, bring Us to the 5rt>ry-
sheet and we will confess.


We'll, you are certainly convinced
that if you have not, you never can.
Your prospect is no brighter now than
three years ago; and if your press is
not sclf-suStaining now, it never will be.


But to test the strength of your press,
and that you may be able to sec your
selves as others soc you, Withdraw the
public printing all over the State and
cOntinc it to one paper. Let the judi
cial and legal advertisements in the
parishes rest, as in the better days of
the GOVcrnmcnt-clrh person inter
cstcd have choice of the paper, or, if
into the paper of the best circulation.


Now, this is certainly Il fair and hon
orablc proposition; and We make it in
no unkind spirit, but witt, an honest
purpose of tightening the burden of the
people.


Those who have had the public print
ing arc ttU and independent, upon the
thousands drawn from the Treasury,
without a return Of Il cents cOn-idcrn-
ton to the State or people. IH,y can
who have been denied even Il taste of
this printing do not desire it, and never
have, because they are 4 part Of tho
people, and feel the burden from the
shameful waste. They do not ask for
it, but, in the nanc Of common Justice,
tlcy ask and beg that the foolish en-
pcnditurc be stopped.


The people, white and black, demand
that this, with Il thousand other "N-
traVaganccS, cease. Taxation is truly
and, rs Il people, we never
can prosper until We are relieved from
tho burden. We are now almost at the
point where Repatriation is our only
Forty millions is too much
If it was Il good investment, coming
back in the shape Of dividends, it might
do; but when the people know and
feel that it has grown out of Il wild
waste to support political power, they
will rise up, without distinction of race
or color, and repudiatc the debt, the
mon, and the measures.
Year: 1871

1t is said that if all that the dogs of
this country eat was fed to hogs, it
would make $4,000, 900 worth of pork.
Add to this the value of sheep they de-
stroy, and something of an idea of the
curse of dogs can be obtained.
Year: 1871

~ writer i'll the Augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel says to Governor Bullock:
"Naturc gave you a head and breast of
brass, and she cast them both hollow"
1t would seem, too, that she finished
the botch of 81 job by putting his brains
in his breast and his bowels in his head
Year: 1871

a correspondent writes from Milan
that the reason ROssi, the Italian tragc-
dian, was avcrsc to coming to America
to play was that he did not believe the
civil war was over in the country, and
that he had some fear that the Indians
would invade New York and take his
scalp.
Year: 1871

~ wash composed of lime, salt and
fine sand or wood ashes, put on in the
ordinary way of fwhite-washing, renders
the roof fifty per cent. more secure
against taking fire from falling cinticrs,
in case of fire in the vicinity.
Year: 1871

a little girl joyfufiy assured her mo-
thcr that she had found out where they
made horses, she had seen Il man in
the shop just finishing one of them, for
he was mailing on his last foot
Year: 1871

, No young woman ever looks so we'll
to Il sensible man as when dressed in II
plain, neat, modest attire, with but lit
tie ornament about her. She looks
then as though she possessed worth in
herself, and needed no artificial rig
ging to enhance her value. fla young
woman would spend as much time in
improving her mind, training her tenn
per and cherishing kindness, mercy,
and other good qualities, as most of
them do in extra dress and ornaments
to increase their personal charms, she
would ut least be recognized among a
Thousand, her character would be read


in her cOuntcnancc.
Year: 1871

In nine cases out of ten no mans life


Will be a success if he does not bear bur-


dens in his childhood. If the fondness


or the vanity of father or mother have


kept him from hard work; if another


always helped him out at the end Of his


row; if instead of taking his turn at


pitching off, he moved away all the


time-in short, if what was light al


ways fell to him, and what was heavy
! about the same work to some one else;
if he has been permitted to shirk till
shirking has become habit-unless
miracle is wrought, his life will be
failure, and the blame will not be half
so much his as that of weak, foolish pa
rents.


On the other hand, if Il boy has been
brought up to do his part, never al
lowed to shirk any legitimate response
bility, or to dodge work, whether or
not it made his heart ache, or soiled his
hands-until bearing heavy burdens
became Il matter of pride, the heavy
end Of the wood his from choice-pa-
rents, as they bid him good bye, may
dismiss their fears. His life will not be
a business failure. The elements of
success are his, and in some way the
world will recognize his capacity.


Take another point. Money is the
OUJect Oh tnc WOrIu'S pursuit. II Is u
legitimate object. 1t gives bread and
clothing and homes and comfort. The
world has not judged wholly unwisely
when it has made the position a man
occupies to hinge comparatively more
or less on his ability to earn moneys and
somewhat upon the amount of his pos
sessions. If he is miserably poor it ar
CUES either some defect in his eXpendi-
lures, or u lack of fitness to cope with
men in the great battle for gold.


When Il country bred boy leaves
home it is generally to enter upon some
business, the end of which is to acquire
property, and he will succeed just in
proportion as he has been made to earn
and save in his childhood The People,
Concord, ~. II.