The Greensboro patriot [September 24, 1873]

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THE PATRIOT
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBORO, N. C,
BY 1HFFY A MOREHEAD.
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IFafeaa «
Which will be MU < 'I
Watch-Maker,
Jeweler & Optician,
Gre.nab.ro, N. C,
Btfl Constantly nil halld
i -[...-:,dill SMOI li .-:,l oi
' • Jewelry,
splendid
«i floats,
Caldwell of Springfield.
NEW J«t»*Y—(1780.)
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notice. Call opposit,. tli
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Professional Cards.
II. Dillsnt. Jno. A. Gilmer.
Murray F. Snath.
Dillard, Gilmer & Smith,
MTORNEY8 AT LAW
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SOLICITORS IN BANKRCPTCT,
r Hank oi Greensboro, oppoaits
B, . a Hi
1j i | TICK i Stab a-..'. Federal Courts.
in mailers in
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Collections in
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11 I IN;, MI. J.-nx N.STAII.KS.
IfltNDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
<. ii i: i: \ s B o it o. .\.c,
w c. 111 iheCourtoof OuilfcpdlRook-liavidson,
Forsythe. Stokes. Kau-
I.,.L ..i : also, I'. S. Circuit and
hpseial attention given lo
. I ol lli»* Slate, and lo
I u - : upL v.
IH .1.', i- Kortb of Court,House.
Jan. -7 l.v
u.s. livl.l.. TII..S. II. KKOIill,
BALL & KEOGH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
l'p stairs, now Lindsay Building,)
OBKEMSnORO, N. C.
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HP* An assorted stock of Guns, Pistols
Cartridges, Ac, always on band.
"WTS£. COLXJUSTS,
Cabinet Maker, Undertaker,
Wheel-Wright,
Corner of Duvio and Svcammo Streets,
GreentiborOi S. (\.
A l.WAYSkt-epHa full line of
,\fetalic ami Cast Burial Canes,
\\ ulnul and Koocuood Lolling.
whirli can b« liiriiishnl am! dt'livrn !
within two hours' notice.
A £*HH\ Urals* alway^ in rea«lint'es. A
good line of
BSD-BOOM FUBNITURE
on baud or made at slmrt noons.
Pirlurc I i IIIIII•■>
Made on abort uotiee, from eitlier Gilt,
Walnut or Mabii^au.v Moulding.
Ri'imiring of Buggies, Carria^i-s, Ac, a
specialty.
t%T Country produce goi-il as cash.
I'.b l:ly
A. \i. ac LI a.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Lavr,
(;I..-I,.--I...I.., N. C,
1)1. U:TKT.lli III- Slaleali.lKeileraK'ourta.
A. M> ale. "ill attend the Probate
i. kiaghae! Pounly ai Wentwortk
.MI ih.- 1>| Mon . ... ■ ! - v- rv iii.-nlli. jaiil.'..l'.ui|.
l; A I.I'll QORBELL,
Vlloruey and Counsellor at Law,
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SOLICITOR IN IIAXKKUI'TCY,
Greensboro, N- C,
»\" II.I. IT*. iiii- in theootrrtaof Alamanea,
> 1 !>..> ..'...HI.Uuilford and Kandolph, and
IJ .. . i i . ,,M -.! North Carolina.
And aim in lh< Dietriel and Cirouk eourta
, - ib,. Western hiatricl
.. ., illj In i .-.- in b.nik'iupt-
I lerni Rerenu,.
' I'ronipl atlenlion gieen i Ii.--.-ti-.ii-, and
...inmiiii-.l lo In-- ear
l,(. .-- iu the aboT. naaaedevurul solicil
<■•'■ . on North Elm «treet, «|ipoaite Hie
I an 30-ljr
Hi:. KDW'ARD LINDSAY,
Physician and Surgeon,
/ \ITKK!* lii-< professional vrvicee toi
nsofGreen boro and vicinity.
apWj I
D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
Having as-.ni-ia
. '. -, ■> ted theuiMilves
in llM-practiesof
-; - . DEVI USTKY,
n-l«-cl fully offer
- their profession-
., ..I'uvMolbe
> VV~N citizens of
^ V I • li Ureenoboro,
- I : b« Burrouii*
< * in thi other «»f tlii'in
, round »! their oftioe on
iirtici u|i Htnirs, pntrance Elmat
Sti ■ :.
,.,v i< r. LI.<f given, if desired,
ii-(Hit i v>■ |H.trons during Ihe
Ol Illll t'll W-;l! '. ailabtf
J. E. O'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker,
JiKAI.KIC IN
Phui.-li, <1, Jiiiiuiiii.il A siuuiped
TIN WAKK, 8TOVKS,
_ PUMPS, LightuingRooV, A.-.; i^teiwil Plate*,
BRAS CHECKS,
far llotols, BBIOUDM, &V.
Grn- Fining, Htrutiiif.', Outtenng,dic.tpromptlj
executed.
M-Ti'lianift an- invitvil to eXtunUw ii;y rtoeb
l»rfurw pui*chai>iug eleewhere. |en "J5:lv
IIAY1D SCOTT,
Jeweller and Watckiuaker,
NortbElin St., East side of the Court House
Will Work for Half-Price
III r.-|.;tii ::i_: WOIOIMB*, CliM'ks :in<l Jcwt-lrv.
ftpril 85:17
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LIFE A. FIRE 1>SIIKANCL' AGENT,
OreenaporOi K. C,
RKFKKSENTS Dnt-cUw Comnmniet
with an -HCgTCp-te eapittml of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and cai- earr.v a full Mm-at tair rates.
!^"Ofl.ec, itp ataira over Wilson A Sho-la-
r'a Bank, under the cinch nt anporviaton
of
Vt. II. flll.I..
who will at all times -■ ''ad '.•< vrail on
ail who desiie eitner
Life or Fire Polioieij
mar 11: ly
Chas. G. Yates,
MA>t'f'ACIt KKII OF
Tin. Sheet Iron Av C opper Wni c
AND dealer in Dry Goods, Hats, Ii""t» and
Sliia^-. Wood Wars, Lamps, Crockery,
ladGbuia Ware, Grneei.es, Stovea, au-l as-aorted
liisi.ls. generally. No. vl Si.uih Elm
Street, GreenidMiro, N-C. Omuls snhl low fol
cash, or barter. jan l'.l:ly
l)R. li A. CIIEEK,
Physician and Surgeon,
it'll II e of IS yean, oners I
M ual eerriees to the oitiasM
-i.-i-i aud i ii
. I., udmce i. West Market St.,!
! - Hall.
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1 i.l --ii l:. - ::■ . li<..: the Court
i. ady. for the recaption o
. 1! Ti.iv.-I. 1 -. 1
Til E TABLE
- supplied with the best t be mar-
THE STABLES
■ nfr&tefttl end attentive boat-
■ ■ [' m 1 are Bparod in any rcs-
1"<-1 to render guettta comfortable.
, , I'HBBAB
bed to tuu riantitBia niwavH »np-•
with i i^ beat Wiui -. lAqnon and
LIVERY STABLE.S
Hove latelj been attached to this Hotel,
parties wishiug oonvoyattoea, can be
11.. oinodated with Good Tram*..
I ii - rsasl, .v. it'11.1t lower than an.
MI. JOHN T. BEESE,
Proprietor.
N.H.I). WII-SIIN. Cms. 1'.. Siinii 1-
niLso.\ & SII<>III:IC,
B A N K T-: K S ,
GREENSBORO, X. C,
(South Elm Street, oppoaita Express Office.
BUY and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes,
Stale an.I GoTeramenl Bonds, Kail Koad
Blocks and Bonds, Ac.
|-y- Beceire Money on deposit aobjeel t-
SIGHT CHECK; and nlloiv iiiHnsi
iu kind upon time ilepnsitsot'CCKliKNCV
or SI'ECIE.
Discount ItuHin«>-kM PaperI
olletlions made at all lensslUe points.
Sept. ltith, ly
"W. JL. HOR-tSTEY,
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
OZFTIO-LA-IISr,
No.11 South Kim Street, tin enslioro. B.C.
HAS a beautiful Block ol" Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry. Plated Ware, l'ls-toU,
CartridgcH, Notions, Ac. All repair-ing
warranted. A large and tine stock of
t.oiii Pem». dec •-•■"•ly
Here's the spot. Look around you. Above
on the height
I.sy the Hessians encamped. By that
church ou the right
Stood the gaunt Jersey farmers. And here
ran a wall—
You may dig anjwhera and you'll turn
up a ball.
Nothing more. Grasses spring, waters
run, flowera blow,
Pretty much as they did ninety-three
\eais ago.
Nothing more did 1 sayf Stay one mo-ment
; you've beard
Of Caldwell, the parson, who once preach-ed
the word
Down at Springfield! What, noT Come
—that's bail; why, be had
All the Jerseys aflame ! And they gave
1. i 111 tbe name
Of the "rebel high priest." He stuck in
their gorge,
For be loved tbe Lord God—and he hated
King George!
subsequent history of its culture, j compared to that of grain, or even
growth and matt utacture here,would [ cotton, enables the grower of the
be ample evidence that tbe culture
of tbe plant is inherently and pecu-liarly
adapted to oar soil.
Again, the signs of commission
merchants and dealers in tobacco
in New York, Philadelphia, Balti-more,
Charleston, Savannah, New
Orleans and Oalveston, and, «••■
mip;ht add,in the principal markets
of European commerce announcing
weed to spend much more for
nnre a large amount of
in many instances hard to pay, bat I d«vnrsw-i
it is believed that it would be mach I <0eBe?,then' md tiot
better If every man were required can tre hope to reach
All tWB;
the acme of
aXlio!"86 a,m0Q .,of »hicn "■» I f Pay the tax upon everv pound of I i.
still remain in the soil ready to be tobacco mannfaotuwd. ■ la that Lf"
oar desires, or the paltidinnl', of oar
opes.
assiiiilated as food for the
year* crop, which will not
00 alder a proper system
tion, and that will make tbe sac-ceedbg
crop much more valuable
and irofitable than if the land were
not tins prepared.
'manaXri*in^n'W,,i5"? £6 ^T^
be tobac^/actured article would be estabUsh/V r " ^* P-'a<*-*t Gre-8b°ro-of
rota- ed, according to grade, and everi ' nelt 'hrf
that they are dealers in the celebra-1 It s the incessant taking oat of
ted brands of North Carolina end I the aril ofthose chemical salts which
Virginia tobacco, is a proof of the Jmaktjup tbe plant that impoverish-high
appreciation with which this [es if and there is no cultivated
production is held by the civilized iplani with which we are acquainted,
, on tbe 7th day of October
"a. next, being the first week of the
manufacturer would sUnd or fall FedMaTc* rt ,, s^ebT.L .rT
He had csnae, you might say ! When the
Hessians that day
Marched up with Knyphansen they stop-ped
ori their way
At the "Farms,'* where bis a'ifo, with a
child in Tier arnia,
Sat alone in the house. How it happened
none knew
Hut God—and that one of the hireling
crew
Who tired the shot! Enough !—there sho
lay,
And Caldwell, tbe chaplain, her husband,
away!
Did be preach- did be pray f Think of
Um ss yon stand
By the old church to-day ;—think of him
and that band
Of militant plnngbboys '. See the smoke
aud the beat
Of that reckless advance—of that strag-gling
retreat!
Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slain,
in your view—
And what could you—what should you,
what would you dof
Why, just what Ac did! They wore left
iu the lurch
For the want of more wadding. He ran
to the church,
fbuke the door, stripped tbe pews, and
dashed out to the road
With his arms full of h\ 11111 books, and
threw down his load
At their feet ' Then above all tbe shout-ing
and shots
lkaug bis voice—"Put Watts into 'em—
boys, give 'em Watts!"
And they did. That is all. Grasses
spriug, dowers blow.
Pretty much as thev did nir.e-three veara
"ago.
You may dig anywhere, and yon will turn
up a ball—
But not always a hero like this—and
that's all.
lint II ' ■■.!. in the JT. 1'. Trihunt.
world.
When we come to consider tbe
fvast proportions of tbe trade; when
we consider that the fine djewing
tobacco for the merchantable world,
is raised in about twenty counties
bordering upon the State line, be-tween
Virginia and North Carolina;
and when we remember that our
lines have beeu cast in this very
pint, the most favored of any
country yet explored on the habit-able
globe, for the cultivation of fine
grades of the weed,our iniuds ought
to lie filled with the importance of
the subject which it has beeu made
our duty and pleasure to elucidate.
The magnitude of the question
may be better illustrated by statiug
that the tobacco orop of last year,
iu North Carolina, has been estima-ted
to exceed fifty millions of
pounds,which,at an average price of
ten dollars per hundred, gives us a
staple which annually turns loose
upon our commerce the amount of
five millions of dollars. Brought
into the country by this industry,
aud once set in motion, it goes into
the actual wealth of the Slate, and
helps to build up our material pros-perity.
It goes directly to the
planter, to be by him turned over
to the merchant, the doctor, tbe
lawyer, the editor, &C.. aud thus
lubricates the machinery of trade ;
gives an impetus to every diversity
of industry, and places North Caro-lina
on tbe high road to material
independence.
r The tobacco plaut, requiring, as
tf wlcb the same might be said.—
It isfbrtanate, therefore, for as that
we cm examine this subject by the
calm^Iispassionate light of reason,
and ojlving amid the pitfalls of fal-lacy,
prejudice and old fogy notions,
briufijto the mind of the educated
grows of tobacco the marvelous
and ilherent truths of wisdom; dis-pellite;
and trampling under foot as
unw(jthy of belief, exploded doc-trine.
itnd agricultural heresies.
A tandred years ago the father's
ipse (bit was sufficient for the son.
Heolryed mechan'cally.norstopped
to quHtion the paternal mandate,
or reptliate tbe wisdom of frosted
locks. 1A rock was pat in one end
oi the»»g, the corn into the other,
and tie mill boy of the slashes,
moiiuid on tbe family horse.wound
his w» mechanically to the mill,
rejoicig that rocks which might be
used at ballast, Were plenty, and
that hi father was possessed with
sufficist wisdom to make the ends
ot thejrist properly balance.
Butturs is a more progressive
age. rVhere our fathers trundled
their Ugsheads of tobacco over the
Iu.anoi- Hills to find a market in
Petersurg or Bichmoud, ours go
to the 'ery out posts of civilization,
with te speed of the snorting iron
horse,i-eighted with the well wish-es
of |e civilized world. By the
aid ot increased commercial facili
ties tiw lights are revealed and
new iipulses awakened, aud the
childrs of a former generation have
taken he places of the heavy beaded
which he purchased huTVtica, anl XrfS*W™ «g*nteed
judgment with which he purged oeedin^ V?h»< SKln" rtf eP?
eat of themoney iuvested therain.
be in,T,t«i and -I? *P»<», we submit fr With the hoi* '-wgher, the big man who lives
rSnlJL,I M"»l •* "V P«»™ to be seed sown far from here, ought to tr»T»jL
■ted£ comill tl 1D g K™111"1. whica» *"■ the pic , is a delicate specimen of tbe km
It is, as before referred to, the
purpose of tho Association to invite
the co-operation of tbe government
officials and detectives in the en-forcement
of the payment of tax —
Every manufacturer and dealer in
tobacco will
corned into the
will bo expected to comply with
the Constitution and By-Laws of
the organization, and those who re-fuse
to co-operate with and become
members of the body will be deem-ed
as unwilling to comply with the
laws of goveruinent,aud their every
movement will be watched. A list
ot peddlers and retail dealers, as
revealed by the books of the sever-al
Revenue Collectors, will be kept,
and any infringement upon the
Revenue Laws, if ascertained, will
Mo promptly reported, for the pro-tection
of those who honestly com-ply
with the laws aud strive to
|nake the business high toned and
honorable in all its particulars. It
is believed that by such co-opera-tion
the Association (aud this plan
Cowdons that this address is in
many respects imperfect, and fully
aware of the fact tb»t there are
many important questions which
might be incorporated berefti. bat
which are now excluded for want of
'What the stock breeders of this
-ftate are doing is to some
ithe power oi the farmers of <
uthern States. With BOOB soli-tention
paid to tbe cultivation of
grasses as a requisite for ts» JsaV
dnction of Mbaceo, whose ot fa-a-unts,
your State ought to be a Terr
*>Sradise for stock raisers.
It is just as easy—much more
p easant. to say nothing about
P ofit—to feed a slfek symetrical
Durham, whose juicy meat wosM
make fountains ran from tho totta
of an English lord, as to try to fat-ten
an ill shaped abortion, wfeoea
carcass when skinned would aat
nnks a meal tor a hungry !>■ sad.
In connection with tbe fair mat
ter I may be allowed to mention
fIwt tbe greatest laugher In the
country is one of tho swanwiiki
When he cachinatoe, wbioh to
whenever he opens ha month, the
effect produced on yonr tympanum
is not unlike that you experience
when tbe full toned uieaoMt, to
which mules owe their paternity,
niters bis sensations of disgust or
delight In prolonged variations not
its strict harmony with any key,
naieas perhaps the donkey.
Iu company with this
to write our
indellile history upon the scroll
of tins, and receive therefor the
blessiim or the inalidictions of fu-ture
gcerations
Impissed with these thoughts,
we woid remind the reader that
there ia work for him to do. a
liuililiu to be erected, the corner
stone owbich was laid at Greens
boro o the 19th day of Angnst,
(Jreensboro Female College,
GREENSBORO, >". C.
n
I 1 1 all Session m ill begin on the -Tib
. nnd.l tin l'r.sid. ney of Rev.
NI. Jones, Is. !■ . the for uer President.
. I...uii\ will CIIIISIBI of Prufliaaoni
li, I H., W. F. Aidenn.in.A.M.,
I . .1. I lulu, n 1 al a lull corps ■.!' acci.lu-
; noli t. .11 bora.
F01 circulars < lutaining foil iufbnna>
1 appf* to lie Pn siiieiit or to
.1. A. (TMNGGIM,
Seeretari Hoard Trustees.
.'If
Hide-. \t sillied.
Cash will be paid
1 Drj lliil-s.
.1 \s Sl.oAN "8 SONS.
March, 1873.
vc,Y>oro Boo/c S/
C.W.
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■xsaoso,
BTOP AT THE
YARBORUIUH HOUSE
Raleigh, X. C.
(J. W. Blaiknf!!. Proprietor.
JOB WORK
Of EVERV Description,
Executed in Iho
VERY BUST VaTI.E,
And at New York prioaa, at tbe
ADDRESS
To the Planters, Manufactur-ers
and Dealers in Tobaoco
in North Caralina.
The Convention which assembled
at Greesboro, N. 0., on the 19th
August, instant, and formed the
nucleus of "The North Carolina To-bacco
Association.'' requested the
under signed'to prepare aud publish
an address to all those raising, deal-ing
in, or manufacturing tobacco in
our State : and we have the honor
to submit the following, which has
been hastily thrown together, and
without that due preparation which
the importance of the subject de-mands.
We deem it proper to say in the
outset, that, there is no question
ivbicb should be discussed with a
deeper and more vital interest, than
the one entrusted to your Commit-tee,
and that withiu the limit of this
paper we can hardly expect to be
able lo enter tbe field ; but we siu-ceiely
trust that our efforts may
awaken a desire on the part of the
great mass of our citizens who are
Interested on this subject, and that
some abler pens, or more fertile
iniaginaiions, iu a larger and more
extended essay, may yet be induced
to undertake tbe task of writing at
length on the snbject.
Our oldest histories inform us
that Tobacco was found growing in-digenous
upon our soil as far back
as the landing ot the expedit ion sent
out by Sir Walter Raleigh, upon
Koanoke Island in 1884, It was,
perhaps, by the camp fires first
lighted on Carolina's Eastern shore,
that the English pioneers of Amer-ican
civilization sat aud smoked
the calumet of peace, from tbe pre-pared
Kiuniconick, in the trne In-dian
style. It WB8 here, perhaps,
that the first native born English-man
contracted the habit of smoking
the newly discovered Ainerican'nar-coiic,
which has, at thisday,become
almost uuiversal.
Much as can be said against what
is called by some a pernicious habit,
the smoker smokes on, or tbe chew-er
rolls his quid from one side of his
mouth to the other, sanctions and
even joins tbe abuse of tbe filthy
habit. Its use is no longer confined
to race or clime. Tho Caucasian,
the Indian, tho Maylay, the Mongo-lian,
the African, all vie with each
other in tbe consumption of tbe com-modity,
and it is this vast demand
which has given impulse to itsgrowth
andculture, and which, in a consid-erable
degree,has dictated policy to
the fiscal world.
The fact that the discovery of to-bacco
was almost coeval with thedis-co
very of Columbus, and that it was
fouud to be an indigenous growth
upon the soil of North Carolina, is
the best proof that tbe climate and
soil of this State are naturally a-dapted
to its growth and culture,
it does, eighteen months of nnre-: gentleien, to whom, with all their
mitting labor and attention to raise j short outings, we owe our exist
and prepare it for market, I and our ' ence, :id it is for us
limits being restricted, it would be
eminently improper for us to enter
elaborately into the details and mi-nuti.
i- connected with its cultiva-tion
aud management. If we can :
say a word or let fall a syllable that
will advance the particular branch
of our industry aud wealth ; pro-mote
the development of the latent
resources of our impoverished State;
infuse a spirit of energy aud enter- "lien »e pioneers of the North Oar-prioo
IntO our lUllur.o, |»l*Ut*«'»«"«- —■.,. SlUOU!" 1MOC........ Hoisted
..., inn i. a n.....-, .....I eon vinee them the h»inei ol co operation, and pro-all
that their respective interests claims' the organization a fixed
are identical; dispel the gloom and tact.
despondency which seems to have IIitl*rto, those who were inter-settled
like a pall over the actions ested > raising, dealing in, or mun-of
many of our best men ; convince nfactting tobacco, without regard
them that we inhabit tbe garden to unv of action or concert of pur-spot
of our great and grand Repub- pose,tjgregated, isolated, each m'an
lie, and thus restrain them from | lor hipelf, he has waged an nne-seeking
homes in the inhospitable qnal iirfare with opposing forces,
climes of the North West, or the no Hendorlli united, on a common
less disagreeable breath of burning platftin, and enrolled under the
sirocco which sweeps the broad flag ( a common cause they will
prairies of the South West; that in iorce'ietory from the very jaws of
a proper development of our God defeal
given resources, the prosperity and / Hnfl in hand the planter and tbe
per time, will spring up and pro
duce thirty, sixty or an hundred
fold.
We are res'ieetfaUr,
DR. T. W. KBBN. Chm'a.
EUGENE MOBEHEAD,
a D. HAY,
J. R. .MORRIS,
W. T. BLACKVngT.L,
T. D. NBAL.
August 28th, 1873.
Correspondence of the Patriot-
LOOISVILLE, KY., Sept. 13,1873.
Editor Patriot :
This is tbe second week of the
a i ExP°8k
J
iOT' 85d il maj ** Pro-will
be rendered certain by the co- n0m? , a P"**5* «>«*M-operation
of similar societies in the »„T S35 .bu!1'.'">iT> is_ literally
other States) can induce Coogress ' Ied wiib curiosit'P8 of nature and
to reduce the tax to its minimum : ■rtjPro<*net8 of mechanical skill in
rate, and that manufacturers will endles« v»riet.y, maAbinery of every
thus avoid the losses occasioned by , f01"*1™"'* «■*, from the minia-the
constant agitation of the subject'tnr.® P*"?*™ w.nich I,n,,s it8 ■''•-
of a reductiou of the tax. !W™f ,ra,n after lt •» tue '"tense
It is further believed that it is to del,(rht *£****,0!ks' to.the hnee
the manifest interest of tbe planter : mon8t?r steam engine, which thun
and the merchant to enforce the d„erS ,,(V «*«** P?wer »'**- «■<•■■
collection of the revenue tax, lie- -°, e at,t0 make the ear,u ^--eath
cause- by this means a mifocss "S?S!*.>. A
price will be established for leaf! ?.» «very hand you are met with
and manufactured tobacco, depen-dent,
of course, upon the grade of
tobacco raised and tbe skill with
which it is cured, handled and
manufactured. The planter and
the merchant have received much
injustice at the hands of irresponsi-ble
and dishonest parties who go ;
into the trade with the intention of J,n!t„8?™a^n::nU,eSJ,0 do " l\*r
avoidiug the tax, and who in many , „",• "*, ,"I
1
P l,rod
1
nrt" "t the
;.... .V- a. '• ^. •* i machine guided by the artizan's
evidences of man's wonderful geni
us and the painful, toilsome, yet
triumphant labors of American in
ventors.
Here yon see a steam engine, a
cotton gin. aii agricultural ma
chine, a turbine wheel, all as busy
as if they bad so much to do and
iimiiuvturer propose to trudge up
the h|of commerce, firmly impress-ed
thl the grain of one is the mu-
^tnal ivantage of the other, and
that t' failure of the planter is the
deatblow to tho hopes of the innn-u
factier, aud rice rerxa. This plat-form
i association is as broad as
that (common interest and should
iuclui every North Caroliniau, es-instauces
have been successful.—
Throwing their tax unpaid tobacco
aion the market, the legitimate
.iniii.leiiiiei unu iiiercnaot nave
beeu compelled to compete with
them ou the market.
The price of the manufactured ar-ticle
is thus depressed, but the
manufacturer and the merchant
who has purchased must sell or quit
the business, llo accordingly sells
for what he can get, in many in-stances
at
upon future
opened to make his next profit by
buying his leaf or manufactured ar-ticle
at a lower price. Either this
skill in a thousand varieties, whosi
perfection would make our grant
fntliers «»are with astonishment.
There are about 700 models from
tho Patent Office on exhibition—tri
ninpbs of American ingenuity—a
little world ot developed thought
which fills the beholder with adun
ration.
The world is too prone to sneer
at the man who labors for years to
creatnre
ifntment
written
down mad—but the achievements
of those mad men which work such
iu in- 5™"™ ",00™ ,or>«
a sacrifice, depending «& T'* ,al 'T,0 a 7
gains and with his eyes ' ° S!J?^tg*¥ *-Wot«
akehis ! *>l "f? b/,fa" hlm he ,8 '
or ho must step into the arena with ^,lLS? ™TO>ntion« in the avocation
happiness of our people is sure to
follow; it we can succeed u rivet-ing
upon the minds of those who
read these lines, the importaite of
the subject, the benefits ot cooper-ation,
the advantage of a uninrin
rule ot action, we shall be nnre
than compensated, and look to Me
future lor the bright reward whidi
is so clearly indicated by the bov
of commercial promise which even peciai every one who resides iu
now spans our horizon. the IMmont region, who has the
Experience has proven that to- ' »ood t the trade or business at
bacOO is certainly the main depend- learn We arc therefore authorized
ence ol Lower Virginia and North- tccotally invite into the member
ern and Nottk3Vesteru North Car- slip the Association every plan
oliua, aud as indicated heretofore, i ter,nrchant, dealer in, or manu-
>stho fact that our soil and climate fachi of Totiacco throughont the
are peculiarly adapted to the pro- Stattand ask his co-operation iu^
dnction and the higher grades, than beliilif our combined effort to ele-cau
be grown elsewhere in the coun-: yatt ft profession and advance the
try, should constrain every raiser intee of the lrateruity.
to do the best in his power to pro-1 Verould invite into our ranks
mote this great interest, because it a HI larger amount of capital,
is our inherent source of wealth.and bot itbe cultivation ot and man-because
we must look in thatdirec- ufa<ing ot tobacco.but especially
tion maiuly for the benefits which ] wodve ask for au increased capi
must perforce follow its proper de-1 tal Is manufacture, sufficient at
velopmeut.
We have our mines, but their
rich minerals lie too far below the
surface to be brought to light just
yet. We have our cotton fields,
whose bosoms will soon be whiten-ing
in the Autumnal sun,and whose
products will carry joy and comtort
to the millions of earth's children ;
but it is an admitted fact, that
where our soil and climate are a-dapted
to its full developmeut,thcre
is no plaut under the sun which,
with proper care, skill and manage-ment,
can be made to produce such
a revenue as tobacco.
It has been long contended that
Tobacco raising greatly iujured the
land, exhausting the elements of
plant food therein deposited, and
rendering it uufit for the subsequent
cultivation of the cereals and the
grasses. The worn out lauds which
surround Danville, and tbe nntilled
fields scattered tbroughot the To-' growe will at once open a held
bacco region, have beeu |ioiuted to, I ol iia-y hitherto almost unex-lut
many years as an evidence of plorjive employment to thons-
Uhis fact and the apparent coudi- aml-» beg for their bread or
tion of these old fields would seem wora mere pittance; stimulate
to attest this fact, but by the aid of j the a- by bringing a market to
and other bis , and benefit tbe present
lea.t work every leaf grown upon
Noi.larolina soil. It is said by
expmced cotton growers that
wlmothing is removed from the
cot 'field except the fibre, the
set salks and foliage not being
tal.f otn tbe land, the fertility of
tbe I decreases very slowly, and
it i«n contended that by a proper
ays) of cnltivation, under these
cinstances, the recuperative
for.f nature actually enable the
soil improve in character. If
tbisthe case with cotton, it is
moi in the case of tobacco, it
we rn the stalks and stems, al-low
roots to decompose in the
soi I replace the salts and al-kaliirricd
off the land iu the to
bacuaf by tbe judicious use of
comfial fertilizers, or other well
pn il manures.
his dishonest competitor and assist
him in defrauding the government.
lose money or quit the business.
The reasons seem to be sufficient-ly
plain to be seen and appreciated
by every farmer and merchant, aud
it is to be hoped, whether he be-comes
a member of this Association
or not, that he will cheerfully assist
the Association in driving out of
the business all except those who
comply with every letter of the law,
if for no higher reason than that
it is greatly to his interest to do
so.
It is known only to a few who
are posted ou the. subject that a
New York, Iialtisiore or even a
Lynchburg manufacturer can ship
tobacco to Charleston, Savannah,
or even to New Orleans, cheaper
than a man who lives anywhere iu
DsOrth Carolina.
This discrimination is unjust aud
unfair, putting the North Carolina
manufacturer greatly at a disad-vantage.
It is believed that by co-opera-tion
that the Association can regu-late
this matter so as to at least put
North Carolinians on au equal foot-ing
with those parties.
We must commend to the favor-able
consideration of every member
of I lie Association, and particularly
of life ongbt to compensate them
for the ridicule of a world of fools.
Among the attractions in an en-gineering
way is a glass, double
working low pressure eugiue, com
posed of -1,1!00 distinct pieces so
perfectly constructed that it works
with the nicest ease. It is a perfect
little specimen of patient persever-ance
on the part of its constructor,
and is designed to show the com
plicated nature of the principles of
the high pressure system. It is
run by gas and is employed in
making glass ware of a thousand
varieties, useful and ornamental. It
attracts ranch attention. '
The art gallery has a fins show
ing of paintings, many of which
are very fine, aud the success of the
sculptor's chisel is displayed in
a collection of statuary so true to
lifo that one almost listens to bear
the marble speak.
The department of natural histo-ry
is well represented in minerals
and fossil remains, rock-preserved
types of life which lived and had
their being how long since man
knoweth not.
I have bad occasion to admire
the fine timber of which yonr State
can boast. There is "something
grand in a towering oak spreading
its branches far away in all direc-tions
from the parent trunk. One
to every raiser of tobacco, the ll't*-/ feels full remuneration while g
fern Xortli Carolina Tobacco Zen/II ing upon these old giants of the
and Planter*' Journal, the accredit-1 forest—but what could you say to
ed organ of the Association, pub- |a knot from a tree which weighs
lished under the diiectiou of a
committee ot the body, and devot-ed
mainly to the tobacco interest.
It is the purpose of the editors to
make it a journal worthy of the
confidence of the people, aud a wel-come
visitor to every fireside in the
land. It will give the regular quo-tations
itom the New York, Rich-mond
aud Danville markets, and
will be published at the remarkably
low rates of $1 per annum.
1! addition, if we set suffi- li As tbe Association will necessa-cienpital
to work up the leaf Bril.v incur some expense, it is res-pectfully
suggested that the fees
Patriot Job Office, j but if this element werelacking.the
matturer by giving his basi-nets
tone, influence and posi-tio
Hhich alone be will be able
that respect which is
agricuituraLidseui.eti-y
applications of science, the falla-cious
theory has been fully disprov-ed,
and by their light it has been
clearly demonstrated that the rais- to ctnd
ine of tobaoco, when judiciously al- justi.
teruated, by a proper system of ro- B'.co-operation of tbe manu-tation,
will be an advantage to the fact.it is believed that they
land, and largely benefit the cnlti- can. out of the business every
v»tor. niaift of men, who fail or neg-
In proof of this we argue that the , lectry tbe United States Inter-great
difference iu the price of well nal hue tax on manufactured
handled and nicely cored Tobacco, I tob^ This tax is onerous, and
or membership be at least one dol
lar per annum in order that tbe
treasurer may be able to meet tbe
current expenses, aud if it meet the
approval ot the Association, that
five thousand copies of this address
be published iu pamphlet form,
and sent to every known dealer in
the South.
When our people become fully
impressed with the vast importance
of our tobacco-interest ; when the
cause shall have become properly
fostered by the guiding hand of
discretion, co-operation, mutual aid
and mutual effort; receiving that
momentum which it will acquire by
a combined effort on the part of ia
the knot I mean—2,600 pounds •—
Such a one may be seeu ou exhibi-tion
here. It is of the walnut spe-cies.
Some Yankee will make
a fortune carving buttons out ot it
yet.
The Louisville Agricultural As
sociation commenced its sixteenth
auuual session yesterday. The
show of stock is said to' be the
finest ever exhibited—the finest
herds of the blue grass county be-ing
on the grounds.
Tbe cattle of this State have ob-tained
a world wide celebrity, and
when one compares I hem with tin
poverty strickeu scrubs to be found
so generally North and South, it is
not straDge.
Among the heids is one cow for
which her owner has repeatedly re-fused
the snag amount of 91-2,000.
Surprise at his refusal will cease
when it is stated that her calves
readily command toUO, and are
eagerly sought for at that price.
Kentucky farmers are fast learn-ing
the lesson which might be stu-died
to advantage by farmers else-where,
that there is money in fine
stock. Toiling over nnremunera-tive
crops ot grain and making a
bare living literally by tbe sweat of
human
form divine and weighs only four
i hundred pounds. Not long sac*
i he had a spell of sickness and arose
from his couch with a loss of one
hundred and sixty pounds. The
medicine that robbed bim of that
' uincu meat must have been power-
| ful enough to waste a common man
i away, kill a dog and negro eat. He
ought to have one more spell and
then he would have coarse material
enough left to make as big a man
as Alexander Stephens—minus the
bend
The Ku Klnx excitement Is now
at fever heat hereabouts. The
Courier Jovmai of this city seat •
correspondent into some of the
counties in the neighborhood of the
State Capital, who while personat-ing
a sheep dealer learned a great
many doings of a miserable lot of
vagabonds who rob in prefereanM
to work—and their doings are pub-lished
with as much detail as if the
life of the commonwealth hung
U|H,II the knowledge of them. They
are called Ku Klnx, and plenty of
capital will be made out of it by
radical dissciilionists throughout
the country, whon the fact is there
is nothing political in their compo-sition.
They plunder black and
white, Democrat and Republican,
indiscriminately and annoy all who
incur their ill will.
They are just such a gang as the
Lowrr bandits who infested some
of the counties of your State not
long since.
Thev ate insignificant in number*
—cowardly dogs, and the only won-der
is that they ran keep any com-mnnitj
in hot water.
Now for a little philosophising
and r I II u good-night.
Brown wrote, "Roll on, deep
.•.-.an. roll •" I wish be had writ-ten
something commencing, "Roll,
thou sleep forsaken, roll P and Pd
quota it verbatim. Did yon ever
roll ?_| mean in bed—bot I need
not ask the question. Yonr plnmp
iiealtby looking body tells me you
aro on friendly terms with Morphe-us—
well I have.
Twaa dark, and save a spark
from a star which twinkled in the
distance far, there shone no light to
break the gloom of night. The
clock struck ten, and I smoked and
thou like a prudent chap I thought
it well to sleep and sought my bar,
mosquito bar I mean, some bars I
mean as bad. Perhaps that's good
where lawyers war, with Coke and
lilackstone, but shed no drops of
blood. Balmy sleep touched my
eye-lids with her Auger tip, then
lied afar, the little jade, and left
them both ajar. No somnorific
cloze, my eyes wonld close; no ob-livion
blest would give me rest I
rolled, as I said, upon my bed,three
miles or more, lay on one side,
then turned o'er. Perchance I
swore -I'm sure I didn't snore.—
Then my pipe I lit, solace in many
a wakeful fit, and watched the cir-cles
Hit towards the ceiling so fast
and thick that they made the mos-quitoes
as sick at the stomack as if
I hey had the black vomit, for it
was vile Kentucky leaf, which some
soulless thief palmed off on my
nigger boy for Durham. Tore man
aud Cod, it is a fraud on North
Carolina Dnrham. If I knew the
hand that marked the brand, by
jingo, IM "go for 'im." And now
I'll go for bed ngain; to which,
after reading this, you may say
Amen! T.
-^—
Why is a solar eclipse like a wo-man
whipping her boy t Because It's
hiding of the suu.
"Well, work away," said an in-dustrious
father. "Yon know the
prophet says, 'iloe, every one that
thirsteth."'
A man who wanted to be a min-ister
said he believed he had been
called "to labor in the Lord's barn-yard
''
A supreme court.—Making love
ro " the best little woman in the
world." -
A moiiiiug paper speaks of
"thieviug in the ouukirto," which
maj 1M- interpreted "picking ladies'
IKickets."
A sensational writer says, "it is
hanltosa\ goodby." Wedon*tthink
so. It is easier to say goodby three
11tnes. thau to say "ichthyosaurus"
once.
A lonely fellow advertizes in a
Chicago paper for a wife, and inti-mates
that he prefers a poor girL
The I.onisville Courier-Journal tells
h'm to take the first one who re-sponds
and he will be almost cer-tain
to get a pool one
A wag who thought to have ajoke
at the expense of an Irish provision
dealer, said, "Can you supply me
with a yard of pork V "Pat, give
this gentleman three pig's feet."
A