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1-1 . . " .ii',ju.ija3 THE ROANOKE NEWS AHVKKTISINO RATES. THE ROANOKE NEWS. A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY N E W S I A I' E R , 1 I A. .A v.i n A.. AK , . i r mi mm mitt ii t -J 1 PUBLISH ED BY W. I. BAT V II i: L O It . Ono Teur, in advance, Rix Months, " Tbres Months, " $2 00 I CO 75 eta. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. rp W. MASON. ATTOUSfEY AT 1YW, GAltYSHUK-J, N. C. Practices in thp courts of Northampton and ndjoininir counties, also in the Kodt-rnl ami Suproine court'. Juno S tf. JO,. B. BATCIIKLOK. ATTORNEY AT I.W, RALKIGH, N. C. Practices in tho courts nf the fltli fudi nial District and in the. Federal ami Su proina Court. May II tf. WAI.TKR CI.AltK, Itiloigh, N. C. K. T. ri.AKK, Halifax, N. (', C L A R K, G ILARK & ATTOUSEYI AT MW, IIA.LIK.VX, X. 0. Will prmtiee i:i tho Courts of Halifax and a I (oiiiiu cumulus. March 10 tf. MTOUUS. I T U W. A. TII'W. D U N N , K HEN fe ATTORNEYS C lUNsnM.OUS AT LAW, Scotland Keck, Hiilii.i to., N. '. Praotice in tin Courts of lldifax and a liiniinj i! initios, ami in tho Siiornmu arid Feieral Courts. janlS tf Split) MAS X. HILL, Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, N. 0. Practices in Halifax and adjoining Counties and federal anil Supreme Courts. Will bu atSotlaild Nock, once every tortnight. Aua. 28 a W. D H. Day, A Y W. W H A Ham.. L L ATTORNEYS AT LAW, wfci.no v, i. v. Practice in tho c mru of l.alif ix and arljoi n Iiik counties, and in tlio Supremo and Fedoral courts. (Maims collected in at:y part of North Carolina. jun 20 1 U g AMU EL J. WKKJUT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Praotieei in thrc Court of Northampton and adjoining cuuiitios. nop 15 1 Y A V I N L. II V M A X ATTORNEY AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C. Practices In t he courts of Haliiax and adjoinim; counties, and in the Supreme and Federal Court. Claims collected in all parts of North Carolina. 0(fl oo In the Court House. jiy 4-1 q. R o BURTON, J ft. ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, K. C. Practices in the Courts of Halifax County, and Counties HilioiniiiK. In the Supreme Court of tho Statu, and in thn Tednral Courts. Will a;ie spani il attention to the ool'.eo tin ofclaiins,and to adjusting the acomiiita of Exeoutors, Admiuisrators and t.uar iians. (ino-lo-tf J. M. O U I 7. A-R I), ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. OfHoo in the Court Hons". Strict atten ii.in givon to all brandies of '.he proles iia. ,iau i BRANCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIBLD. II AMFAX COUNTY, If. C. Praatloes in the Counties of Halifax, Hash. K lirocoinoH and llson. Collodions nialo in all parts of the lute, jan 12-0 1 A M K 8 10. HA UA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Praotioe in the Coiinllos of Halifax, ndeaouihs and X.tsli. .In tho Suproino iTJourt of the State mid In the Federal flou'ls. Collections mado In any part of the Xtate. Will attend a', the Court House in Sallfav oo Monday and Friday of each Wook. Jan 12-1 o A n d r k w j. burton, attoum:y at law, WELDON, N. C. Prantioos in the Courts of Haliiax, War fri hikI Northampton eountios and in the Bu promo ami Federal Courts, Claims eollBOtad in any part of North Carolina. june 17-a I111K8 M. MCLLKV. y U h h 15 N jniis a. mookk. MOO 11 li , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Halifax, N. C. Practice in tha Counlias nf Halifax, Mortbami ton, Kdceaoniba, Fltt and Mar tin In tho Supreme Court of tlio State ne in the Federal Courts of the Fustorn District Collections mads In any part of North Carolina. Jan 1-1 e A X VOL. VII. F iTJJS , S: this is the ond r.f it all ; A picture or two re uriit'd A hatv uooil.hy Hpoken A package nf letters tjiirnn-l A tear or two in secret, A heart throb (ioil nnly knows, A sudden blinhtimr ol r so By the falling of winter Knows. So lie il 1 Our Idyl is read I'll" last patio is turned in thn bunk, No limn now for useless regret" Or lo lake one hack ward In k, llh't out the peiii'ilini; th'Te j Th 'se nre thuiiu'l l-i will i,ot be read, Snii"ih llin Miil'd.inil tnir st lined leaves fsliul tno bo .k and let Unit be lid. So this i" the end nf II , I, The sun will -1 1 1 1 1 1 jn .t hi iu-ht, The win. w ill c,.,m Hi. wills the 1 1 i's. And the ni'inn make hive in the m'l'IiI, The wi.rld will p.l round ami lound, And tlm rars J-w inerriiv on, lint we'll ne'nr f.itL'ct tin- iovl we rM I, Or III" days tl'i'L are la led and none. THE CROVlNC CROPS. TIIM AC UK AM K (IITII V, STAT J' N . Outlook ot'liit' Voiv Crop. The folloninij retinrt rives iinntirtnnt details rcgiirdiiijj thn yruwinj; crops tliroiijihnut the cival'Z'-d worl.l, c.im bitied with ii'tetestiiie stati:.:icl3 nf our ivn jjrain fields : shine and rainfall, coinliim tl with the hwriit of lalmr are la-t .ileinctits of tiati il prosfii!! it v . Th-ie in under llie plough i i the V iled States an area of not Ic-s 12(1 001 tl!)0 acres. That requires for sn ces.', i i addiii ni 1 1 the solar and pluvial favors of I'r.ivide ice, the peculiar skill and con-taut labor nud care of man. Tho value of thu product of this great area approximates annually the minded ilbt ul tho national govern ment. For example : Tne cuicuIb of lT.'l and 1X71, an anmiil product of about 1,'00,000000 bushels, rei resented nearly $1,000,000,0(10; the lar lurger crops ol 1X7.1 and 1 S 7 G . a'j .nt 2.00.),. 000,000 bushels, meant scarcely more in in mey, but it meant Ii 1 11 J 1 n t food d r panic stricken people 111 two-tliirJs (he oruier price, n liet to multilulcs from .stinting scarcity and ehe iper facilities t 1 destitute lab u s in compulsory W1K ns ss. tt is, therefore, of vital imuor'U'ico to the prosperity ol the country, perhaps to its pcac-, that a'lii.id nice an 1 clit-iji-ness sliould be c 1 tit in u id until the' hum if industry shall become mure general in tlits land. What is, therefore the prospects for cheap bread in 1S7X ? It depends mainly Ujiun the iiIv.iihI aiicc of its harvests. As to wheat, it jepends secondarily upon the fruitful. ness of Inreion harvests. The status tf groning wheat in European countries is ut present favorable lor medium results. I he h ielish cr p had a mild winter, frequent but not i-xicssivu rains in A;i il, but in May there was an excess of humidity, especially upon heavy s iis easily saturated and slow ol drainaoe. Thete is a to isiderable breadth of such laud on which (he gr.wth if straw is too rank, endangerino he proper filling of the head and necessary slrciiutli id the stall;. Signs ol severe 1 juries arc beginning to appear, and fears of a shott harvoet arc entertained, unless the weather of the future is more favorable. It is already certain that it cannot be large. There is a fair promise of a good crop, thouoh the latest indications are less promising in II illaud, L.jgiuin and Germany. France has had ton much lain, especially in the south, and recent leporls are not altigelhcr lav.ua'jK; for a good crop. The central granary of Kurope, thu Danube Valley, will have well filled earners, as well as K muiania, Servia nnd 15,'ssarahia. Advices from India indicate a poor harvest, nnd small presoccts for com petition in the 15 itish maikct from tttat quarter nf the world. It is probable that the European silpnly may surpass that of recent years, and possible that it may be another poor crop, There will be a lair tl m.md Irom FngWiid, nothing 111 re, unless the home crop should be greatly injured in the next sixty days, or unexpected dis. aster overtake those of Kurope. Tuts supposes, of course, tha continuance of peace in Kurope. out ACRKAon. Turning to eur own wheat fields we see au extraordinary breadth in culture. This is due to four causes first, a high price, rt-Mil'.i !r "in the hwv cp"rt demand of t'10 past three years, while the value of com and other crops has been decli iug ; second, the possibility of war in Kurope; t'lird, a lavorable autumn (or putting n winter wheat and a long spring for seeding in the spring wheat regions, and fourth, in tho South a growi,.g disposition to bj Rolf-sustain lug in bread crops, particularly in Texas, which is even growing spring wheat suc cessfully. The enlargement of the wheat area lias been progressing rapidly for everal years to supply thu a .ts of 7.500,000 more people in 17.S than in 1X70 and to send yearly from 3:1,000, 000 to 01,000,000 bushels, averaging since that date 03 000,000, lo make up the bread deficiency in Kurope and else where, until the acreage had increased to more than 20.U0O.UOU acres in 1870, declining slightly in 1877. Thu increase of 187H, us is gathered from a study of national and state returns, and a mass of public and private data on this sub- jec, evidently exceeds 2.000,00(1 111 lall sowH wheat, and nearly us much in spring vnrieliiS. I he Stutes that count acreage by the millions (from one to three) are Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wii cousin, Minnesota, Iowi, Missouri, Kan sas aud California. Tbese twelve States WELDON, K C, lwiiwiiBaW a tmaan niJLf WuOMaMBcmiwjaMMMMaai'BWw represented last year three-fourths of the wheat area. This year they will aggro, gate nearly fonr-fr.hs Thn greatest proportionate advance is west of the Missouri, in Kansas rand Nebraska, where the increase is more than 500,000 acres, 1 curly as much us the whole breadth sown (we years ngo. Tha in crease of Inwit represe ts a still larger area ; Minors da is credited with another 500,0(10, rind WiscD'niu 11ml Illinois together with gnnier hat more than another. The increase 'has ills 1 been heavy in California, Lillian:!, and in a les degree in O'li 1 and Michigan. The advance is hr g'T in the spring wheat legion, which is practically ' sep arated I10.11 the winter wheat by u line e in i lioui ( hicijo (ielleciiog snutward Iliinoi-) to le.'aven',.rlh, in Kansas, n .d thence west by south 1 1 higher eleva tions ol the 1'lains. Northern New Kngland. and New V'oik north of Sua. toga, also pro lacing spring wheat. Ci'i lorne.i is .s'i ijuni'Vin, sowing in the rainy season rather than in either fall or spring. The scattered patches of spring wheat, east and south of these lines, in e scarcely worth computing. It is worthy of note that the New V, iglmd fidd of two or thriO acres are becoming more 'timorous. The farmers of Maine, New 1 1 impshire and Vermont are becoming 0r.n!y convinced that they can produce their own wheat more cheaply than they can obtain 1 nir from Mi 'iiics.it 1. Their yields are among the best in tho country. Some have in rxcop'.ioeal cases obtained foity to (illy buhels per acie, which shows what the right sort of culture could accomplish on the most suitable soils. The increas'.! in area of winter wheat will probably exceed fifteen per ceid. that of spring wheat at least eighteen. H.ielW the advance miy be counted at one-sixth, or -1 ,.100 U(H) acres in round numbers. The total area for tha year may be placul at 3d 000 (UK) acres, 11 surface equal to tint of tho S ate of New York nearly as large as that of K ieland. ou ri.otiK 10R Tin: Ni:v( t;oi'. An open winter, usually the esnec'al diead nl the wheat grower, was in this instance shorn of its lenots by an even- ness of tenor somewhat reitr.rltab'o. The abrupt iilternali i.s of temperature, the freiziig und thawing which first break tin-roots of the plant, and then encase the crown in ice till life is extinct, during the closing days of .winter, weru nowhere especially noticeable. The temperature grew grudu illy, ind al ii st imperceptibly higher, and by the 1 1st of M ireh in the cotton bolt, the mid. lie of April in tho O.iio (la'ley, the ctop was in vigorous and aih'ancd growth, almost iiivaiinbly in high connection, unless in neglected fields or on unsuitable soils, which are always forlorn, and promising a very early and very large havest, no unfavorable conditions intorve ing, In- 1 creasing humidity an I higher tciiineia- turo were noted as Ap'il waned, and red rust began to nppc.11 upon I ho blades first in the South, then in the Oaio Valley, in Virginia, Maryland, Pen nsylvania and to some extent in New Yolk. Faimeis, always apprehensive of disaster on the first sign of its approach, leaied a mora general anil serious inva sion nf the blight fiend, for it had fi st attacked the low-lieing laud, then 111 ved from point upon positions of compara tive weakness, and had not become a sweeping scourge. It was m ire general and iiiiuiious, however, in the S mill. Another cause of alarm was vuitu as general. The llessiiu fly came early and threatened a long an 1 fital stay. It appeared in all the Middle States, in the Southern mountain sistuii from Virginia to Tennessee, and in every Western Slate in which winter wheat is grown; vet it did 11 'I appear in immense nuuibeis, ami had wrought, in most sec lions comparative little mj iry, when the cold storms of M iv, with hoavey rai .s and frosts in the higher lav d, put lo II ght the alien Hessians, and (ho same cauo checked the invasion of the rest and saved the crop. The i j iries from these causes have been greutest between the latitudes of thiitj.l'our degrees and thirty-seven degre s. It was slight lu most of the N ittiiern belt TI1K I.VTKST ItKI.I A ULK Sl'ATKMKNTS make, the general condition of winter wheal 118, which is a high condition lor a crop scattered over so largo i 1 urea atici sa'T'ct to s many victssstut: s. it is understood that tlm standard, 100, does ii"t represent merely an average of a scries ol years i c. a middle p isitt ui between a year of slight injuries and one of heavey disasters, but a condition o f heallhfiiluess nnd medium with growth. uuu discount on ac count of insects, furs s, floods or other casualties. Ot course all these cnises reduced figures, though slight ini irles may p issiuly be nll'set by luxiitncu el rowlii and remitkible vitality, and sudi appears to bo tho case t:is year, according to the nlltoial statement. The piiucipal States showing high condition bio New York, Peiinsvlvu'da, Maryland, Texas, West Virginia. (Jiain, Michigan, Indiana and Kansas. The favorable character of the present season for win ter wheat is most strikingly shown in the generally excellent condition in which the very small area ol all sown varieties ia found in the spiing wheat States. Hut high condition is not universal. The entire coast region from New Yoilt lo Texas shows considerable falling from the standard of perfection. Texas is an exception. There is a region in Cen tral ai d Northern Texan, cuusising of perhaps twenty counties, with a soil of surpassing richness and a climate fav. orible to suro aud large yields of wheat. V SATURDAY, In this re".io t. as, indeed, in some other parts of Tex is, wheat growing is com'p g into decided favor, and yiilds aro ob liged that eq lal or surpass the prod tic's of some of the best wheat regions of the country. The j'ex.s Pacific ltiiiroad pas-.es through this section. Twenty to twenty-live, and even thirty bushels per acre, are not uncommon there the present season. The crop of At Uiui-as. which is small in area, is not largo in yield, and that of Tennessee, far greater i i breadth, is also a very poor in e ii qui.lity, owing to the rust anil the (1. Tim harusl is already over in all but thn I idler latit-ides and elc.dioris of the S mtii, and is begin- nine in tiio U'e-t The quality nf the crop is ai'iirrallv very good, the heads long imd well filled and the kernel plump and s mud. S iring wheat sowing beg t i t am nr three weeks earlier than uual, and was continued indusltiously, wi ll s iil i 1 good condition and weather Unliable, till'ordinir ami I,! facilities for for seeding the im nenst) brealih now growing. The pioneers (led ire the sea son unmatched in the pei i id of their ros'deneo. The i ionise in Wisconsin is fully one-sixth, in Iowa o ie-fourth, in Mi es 't i three-tfiilhs, in Ivinsis one third, in Nebraska four-tenths. Tho condition of tho cr.i:i in those States is almost without pir.illel. it is less prom ising toward tho line tif wi.r.er wheat griming on the S ml;i especially in Mis souri, whero its pi opoiti ui to fall-sown wheat is even less thin in Kins is. What w Ii the harvest be ? Tho win tor wheat. has matured, a patt already gurneied, the remainder soon to be The only iidurso contingi ncy is the '.licet ol possible weather between har vest and turesling. Spring wheat is so far advanced and so remarkably vigor, ous that it cii'i resist any except at) ex traordinary adversity. A large yield may therefore be confidently expected. Notwithstanding croaking on ono side and gushing on tho ether the minimum yield of the clinic country lias never 'icon loss than ton bushels, and tho maximum r.'Cor I has never reached foiiitecn, A medium crop upon 3d, 0'l),000 ucies would It: 3(30,000.001) bushel-, b it thu present must be more than a medium crop. With the crop i.idicati ins as here presented tha r.'ai'er can form bis own eorch.sioiis. At thir teen bushels the product would be 300, 000,000; at fourteen, 120.000,000 bushels. The very sanguine need tint go beyond that figure, which is nearly fifty per cent, larger than the line crop of lmitj. WHAT' SHAM. VF. DO WITH IT.' t Vi'ith a Inge crop and medium price the home co'i-u'iiptioa will be likely to bj 2o.1,00() 000 bushels; -1.1 000,000 more will bit required for seel ; 70,000, will probably I cut" did abroad; mak ing a demand for 310, 000. 00 ) bushels, with a probable surplus siillicient lor any possible iio. nv.se in the foreign de mi. 1. 1, caused either by war er unfore seen injury to the Kuropean crop, for waste and losses by fire or accident While there is sure to be broad in abiiu dance it will not be a drug in the mar- (Pt, and, from tho present outlook will the not be sacrificed in tho bands id firmer. Iv;dind is declining in wheat produc tion ; her bre id imports are rapidly in creasing. Th j first four months of thu present year to M ly lit ba-e witnessed an i nuiei se importation of wheat and f ,uri ,u sixty. one per cent, of it has gone from this country, amounting to nil cquivel. tit of 21 OOO.OOf) bushels of wheat. The following are the figures for four months of three years past : WMNA I'. IsTli. lM-ita. cvt.i s..r,.s:i 1 IST7. "i.'i.'l ill ITU .":!, Il I NTS. hi. us N.:i::i,l.'l 16 111.71 : I oil. -.1 Sia! All 1'. Mill' i" c w ' s 1 W t S" it.'.'"l.r.;i 11 :...', UT 1 1. Ill II. 1;i, 1,-77- Is;. Cllit.'.l Slates, owls f.'.iH.l.l ti-S'itC 1.1.''! n.'1! Ail cullies, ruts. -;.h-.- sj.lln.tW 3.-J-.I.5IK This is a reinarkablu contrast with the past. For fifteen years prior to 1S72 the proportion contributed by li issia was twenty-four par cent and by I'uitod Sta'cs twenty-seven per cent, of all. Since that date our proportion has been constantly advancing and that of Hussia declining. OATB. which excels This crop, which excels in volume that of wheat, standing next lo ma ze iu q iautitv of product, and exceeding an niially $100,000,000 in value, is iiicrcas iitg in importance. Its culture lias of late received a decided impetus in the South. For local use a lige quantity bus been long desired, but farmers have been cautious about engaging in its cul ture on account o! its liability of rust. They are learning to take advantage of climate, obtaining the principal growth in winter und harvesting early, at the same lime selecting carefully acclimated and hardy varieties p lpularly known as "rust proof." A rid variety of this character is very p ipul.tr, nnd the win ter gizing oats'1 is verv reliable. There is ao increase ia area this season of nearly one-tenth, mostly in the West and Sotitlv Tlio crop has been less i n paired by diseusror insects than wheat, and its condition is far above the nver ago. not a single State proving a very marked exception. The crop inns', be a veiy largo one. cuiix. This is the great cereal crop of tho country. It is tun King 01 the grasses upon which we depend lor both meat and bre id; it displaces iu feeding the buy and grains of Ktuope, iu fattening, the turnips and linseed cake of Enoland, and in soiling ou dairy farms, tha most V JULY 0, 1878. succulent and iintrious of the (.res t ibe. It is so suited to our ciimnt' , so preducttve and easily grown, th,it it takes precedence of the'ir.ost netritiotis plants As population advances With so rapid strides it could scarcely be ex pocted thut the per capita average 1 f maize should be kept up. Yet it i , an.! we cultivate as many acres to-day and grow nearly or quite as much corn today as in the generation past. Planted on the richest lands, the bot toms want 1 1 bu considered inexhausti ble; oven the jiehl per acre declines but slowly. The area in this crop is scarce ly realized. It amounts to about .10 000,000 acres, has increased 20,000,000 miicg 18C0, ami constitutes loui-tcutl.s of all our arable culture. Illinois has 11 corn field of 1,000.000 acres, as large as the S'ate of New Hampshire, nnd 1 nva has 5,000.000. The question is often nsked. How much corn is required fur consumption: its usss urn si various, it so lakes the place iu its gra'ii and tljver, of hay, nuts, and all other fodu'tr as there is a scarcity id one or the other, that no specific amount can be. indicated independently of contingencies of other forms of production. A crop of K00, 000,000 bushels may snl!i:o, or 1 200, 000,000 may be used. Unlike wheat, its price has direct relitiou to suppli, without regard to foreign deinan I, the exports requiring only three to five per cent, of the crop, while these of wheal anerage about twenty. The impetus given to cattle feeding, by tlierequin ments of the (Weigh trade in licsh meats, which demands as a necessity id its existence a heavier and better fed class of cattle, is doing far more to keep up the price of corn than all rxp.utsol maize and corn meal. The increase ol this hitler expurl is not cxpecially desir able, as it can never tako any consider able part of the crop, and there is great er profit and ii.fioitcly greater farm economy in the shipment nf meat, lard, cheese, butter, wool, higlnvines and other concentrated products of inaiz '. A good wheat year is rarely one ol large corn production, thouuh excep tions hove occurred, ns iu 1X77. Tho Tho last census year lxii',1 greatly domoral zod the popular idea (1f the status of these two crops, by jiving a heavy yield of wheat a id a very p mr crop of corn, which lias only b.'en c ir reeled by annual observations of the lluctuatiotis of production, Il snmetinvs occuis, us in 187.1. that the difference in product of two years is as there to two. The avenue p olu.t since ihn census year has been about 1,100.000.000, though that of 1X71 was 210,000.000 less. Thete have been three successive e irn crops of tit K'.i-t average yield, follow i ig two much bcl .w an average, t is too eirly to prediit the outcome of the present, b it the punting, germinating nud only growth 111 iiz.; have not been generally us fav. oral 1st in the West ns might bu desired Much of the early planting rotte 1 in tho round, or if up before the storms and frost has sudVi ed inueh, particularly in heavy soils, whore it is stunted and yell nv. Vet growth is vigorous an) promising on all the. butter drained mid mori highly cultivated soi s, ami ixpi'C tations of tin abundant crop are gener ally entertained. I 1 thu S mth a large urea has been put in, an eaily stand wis obtained and the Cold storms of M ly were powerless to check seriously its growth. If the immediate, future is characterized by high and uniform tem perature, with seasonable showers, a good crop is assured. OTIir.l! liliASNS. H irloy has an average breadth. C il ifornia produces nearly a third of the crop. , No.t Yoik is noxt in prominence, and these, with States beyond Lake Michigan, mnko up lour-inlis nf the product. In New Yoik, Illinois and Iowa the condition is lower than that of other cereals. It is high in Minnesota, Kansas and Califnriia. Altogether a fair prospect for a harvest may be as sured. llye is in condition much like wheat, with favorablo harvest indications though the crop U one of minor impor tance. Till: tiltASSl . The pastures, hk! thu grain fields, are in rcmurktiblo luxuriance, almost with out exception. There is no record of more general thrill nnd succulence of russi-s, natural and cultivated, than in the present season, ihe clovers a o also in high condition and are claiming more importance in the form rotations It is discovered that much of the s il nf the South, as well as its ei malic con dition, is suited to thu production of red clover, aii-1 lucerne grows fin.'!,' in thu drier soils if of stillicieut depth. There is scarcely an exception to the general thrift. In very limited lo:al areas there is recently complaint of drought, but the luxurance of all grasses and clovers and the succulence and abundance of pastures in all directions, from C il' foruia to (leorgia, is remaikablc. Stock is therefore in superior condition, und the prospect for luge yilds in every branch of aiiiuml production, both lor lii tut stic use and rapidly increasing ex purl, is utmost unexampled. Toaarra. Tho excessive crop nl I nt year so do pieced pri es that (hero has be. n a dis. position this priti! t't rurluil pro Inc'lon, As a icstiit, in many ot thu toll ice 1 din tiicts t hero ii a oocreiisu of are. This is espici illy tho CKStl ill Ihe Ohio Valley, where price have been miisit depressed The weather has not generally been lavor able for lranil mting, heavy rains having interlered with Hut work. Still there will bu 11 n ampU breadth, and in many poiutu the lull actcugt: will be pluetid. I , 1 ,1 5 Li -y i .. NO. 1 C 'TTOJJ. Thr spindle!) ot woild arc yesrly In. creasing ihe dtoiand lor cotton, which is easily tiii t, and will be iu the future to sny 1 xten! ol c.larg"i: ent that is probt I lie thii Ii ea crops nt the coun'iy since ttie war mnoiint 10 4 000 000 bales inoic tl; in. the tliir'ci n prior to lSul. The luff rnii is gio.vcr than any one before pionuuiie d, nn I nci'caoo p anted lor the eomino year i- "b nil three per cent grentet limn that o! 1ST7. Wlilie cotton is not m ule' u d the I'eii' lis nnd grains. Iriiits and otlniv crops ure ii ecivinj; in e attention there than lorineily. The divi initio iiii-n 0! nil lieu tiluil indii-l'y It t . not ndwineul so r ,pi II) or so lar a it slionM, but u i noikiiiii procress and inerci-iiig tno Wraltli ol that section. The pre-ent crop whs put ia tarty, eitne up well, wi'S pr. nip'ly chopped out. to t in I . is clean 111 outline, viooiiHH in "roiv'h a:i. I allogct '.ec in as li.ie eoudit'on us is olti ii freu better than the ctop ot last year at tins tunc. Tie re at , ol course exceptions, si in some low iymo, lie.vy -o'l, or in reolcc'i'il (1 il . Ia th; north era bell, iu Nonh Oii'.eini and '!Vnne-"o, the ti'inpcnttlic has been too low. with too much lam, and the condition lias been MMiiuHia' lo.v in co "8 queue; bat im provement is upiil nt pru-cot. Kiinr. Tno (1 nit pro-pi ct in a whole is only inodcr ite. The lusuol Miy weie inju rious in 111 my pl.ecs, but the ;la:ns' was lur less than was expected. Ii'lic South t'orc will bo an ii'.inndaiic.' ol penciic-, and i.pp'ea in the rcg O is win re they nr.' Urn wii. 'i'li.) WiSte'li llllit di-lri't will uUn yield better than w s exnectnl. In tin- e'eat pi :o h district ol Mtdiigau the prospct is but liltlc re hiecd. T I ME . UY IDA MAY. Time pwciping by on its silent wings hurries us on limn cradle to i;rave. A moment u-liers in on lile's stac, a 1110 llicnt H'lVcS lor our exit th eielnnii. Yet hmv lev piiinc to consider how l ist their lives are ebbine. away. Wo lay pines lor the inoriow is it ouis ? Ah, it is linked iu tine 's e-nbi ace, utnl he limy reluse us n purl in il. l i e mc'clmi.t, whole idol is ail 1, is hniidliii Ins ticasiiie, and laiiiij.' plans lor L'lci'.cr rielies; may he not hear Ihe e 1 II, " Tills tiii! lit thy soul nhall be r q liied ol liice " How t'Ue it is that ' tune and tide wait I ;r no man." II nv ti'i-y are the hands of time, bracing to one snr .v, to 'iiiolher hanpiniss. What cti'iioes time may (Tin forth It it Were p s itil '. i.h wliat C'leeincss wont I we stop old Father Time in hi reckless c.oUHi ! Put his race will ( n I with the great ju lament. Then we will enter into eternity and timu will he no mni e. . Then, my fritcd, ouoht we not to try to use ever; pie 'ions iiionmiit in it were our list? Ought we not to cmsi ler eve.-j moment as s i much ui.allovi'd icold, bu we will be cllc l lo iiccount lor every mis apcut iiiincic in our lives. We know that evervtluni; oa this cur'.h is line rtam ; then reiil r, look hiotn r ; look up, lor heaven is above yon, and ia heaven your hopes thall Iw red 7. 1 and we will hive no bar I n time is no more. K'eruity reign.th. Mere is a ilniry, perfectly orift'nal, winch sc 'ins lo be ju-ta littio lar-lctched, or i.'iiloT, thu pro 1'icii ni ot a poetical laiicy ; yet, il looked into uu I caretuliy ex amined, top tl,-: truth but ton truly, la Hailing the k. y to Uu solution, hnweve , tli.i im iginattou must bf. iilljwe I full s.viy. Kvery man an I woni m's heirt is con pared to th "h up ol a ttioinand Pttinps." Yes, it is an instrument ( ( many s'tiuios, over which a nine is b.'ing cotist'iutly pliyed; only when the heat I iva-i'S to t'eat. does I his tuue eea-e lo pbiv, 'I'll r Crci'or Ini,. a ii c! y piovi del a ildl icnt tm e lor each mm; he has a so thou httuily pro vided woman in a helpmate for in an, and so her lii-iit runt echo the nunc tune as Ihe one lor whom tlol intrude! her. X w . the ililllculiy is to tied that oils intended lor ns ; or the one w hoso heart plays the sane tone as our own. Kvery day we witness th" cl;!i nl the violation ol this theory. Why do we some times meet with the old, silver hail ed wile ami husband, w ho have mil.) d iu their y.'Uih, Kliil living in pertict harmony, while litmus seldom acl'cc, and pud la up- p .sl'e oiucliohj until the ureal h uner is innoved by (livoiceiiiint? H'Ci'iso bar inony exsis where Ibeiu is aur client where mind .; ees wit li Itiind und lieatt or in other words, where both heart jU i y I iic came tune. We know that two diller etit tunes played lit the same time cannot hut pr i iuce oi-;i ..l; thev mint be neieit'i ted ii! nrder to bo p ension; jmt so with two souU rouibiuid who.-e heuitj play dilleieol turns Let our young people think hclore they a t; iuiaoiuc then hapt iriess to be a certain amount l gold and tivc it into I' c kn p iriU ol the one wlm will pay tlio ejrciilest ;n-1 tiiit i.; i, ,t, i.is.i r. ,.i..iut,r to i.-i. l-ir i In! ri;.'lit one in the rioht way M nicy laanty, nd such secuiin soul charn t'ta in tl -1 iml be th hi lit nl when tins search it ill ule; line i lo'ln s hide many a de'e t, nud a motith ti.n oil" tells tnit'iy a lalsehood to hide the ti U h; so b "Uliy and wealth of, in keep these tuni s III till) bcki;rouild, U 11 he n l, until liie show' an i ojit'cr tsk'i wino-; then, so 1 1 1 --n I y recovering lioni u ir siuie ot intoxieation, tlio tunes ruh loi waul and the discords ore heard but too di-lllll'tlv. Kei ciiiber that the lamn lune playu I by joined bcatls l ever lake wiotrs. but loirmo- n il, s uu ler all i rcuin t ii.ecs, until lie it t. lends il wines lo io ami pi iv in another wo bl. True is the saying, "Two soulwitli Init a siio-li-tltoti;;lii Two hearts that I, nit ns one." After the circus parade two small boys met on the street. O.ic of then1, his face glowing with ixeitement, said : "C'.i Johnny ! did you sea that fell with the snakes around his neck?" N ) Woid from Joliny. ' Yer seen t'e man in the li on'b cage, of couiuc?" No ward or sign from Johnny, save and except a cloud upon li s bioif. "Wei1, yer see.) the ponies with the red blankets on. didu't yer?" "Naw, aud I ,didn't," Slid Johnny at last, buis'.ing into teats "I had to stay at liomn and lend our baby, but I kin lick the e.ulliu' out ol' i O i '," a tr 8 00 in no 1") 00 Iff 00 :ii oo I I 1-1 on au 00 so (0 JO 00 o 8 00 .i i 0 8 00 lo on lo 00 I o 20 CO SO CD 40 ( 0 40 01 SO to 65 ( 75 CO Ono Square, Two Muarea, Thion Squares, !'' ur Squares, Foil rill Col'n, H rf I'oliiinu, 'Vholu (', lninn, -u no 1 30 ou I 00 uu I One Year, ADVKRTISKMKNTS. S1 G N PAINTEKS U anted in every section of the United Slates and Provinces to answers this ad verti.somont. A.tdro D&XIEL l'V II HATTY , Washinuton, N. J. IJo-. llf 1 H'AIM'IXKSM O It MISKRY, 13 THB -IJL'KSTKI.N ! Ir. V. H. iloyt of 35 yoars successful praclloo Kit'iranloes speedy und permanent cur" 1 fall Clironle.artorol'ul.iUH, Private, Sv hilitio and 1'ooialo Iiisouspi, (Sporma len hoM, or sell-abiiso ni bis Medical In. tit ilo, Au'iin ,t Cboiicv lilock. nnpnsita tho City Hall Park, Syracuse, X. Y. Mfd icinosent to nil parts nf tho U. M. anil Canada. Don't be deceived lv advertis iirir quaoks who llirmiii our laice cities, but consult I)r. Iltivt or send for circular O-eatiinr on biw specialties to bis P. O. It"x i'T'i. I. A 1)1 P.si, My creat liquid French t?enio.'y, AM IK DM KclMMK, or Keniale I' riend. is n n lii ling in Hie euro of all pain till and ilii'iuerous diseases ef your sex. It tuodcriios all exeiw-, and brinits on tha montolv period w'tli i'ej,niliirily. In all. nci vol, m and spina! nlV'otions, pains in lbs hack cr limbi, lieavinnss, fatiiruo on .sliff.'.t exorllon, palpitation of llin heart, lowness 01 stunt, iiysiotu-s, M,.t licadaclie, whites, nud ail iiii; I'ul diseases occasioned by a disordered system, 11 effects 11 euro when oil Dth'.r m.'ii-is I'.iil. I'rico 'J,0i) per Hot lie. sent by mall. Ir. IV. K. Iloyt, IJo -70. S r icus", X. Y. U. 1 v. f C 11 t) tl L T K L' II K KM , You can easily Increase your salary by liv devoting a -very small 'portion of your loi-ure time to my iniereU. I ilo not ex pet you to canvass fur lnv eeleliratej It-altv Vs pianos and t)ri;aiis unloss ynu, see Ii. to; but tho service 1 require of vou in both pleasant mid proliiable. Pull partiouiars Irco. Address, DANII'.I. V. l HATTY, Washington, N. J. ;t)CKY MOUNT ,IILU, KOCiLY MOFNT, N.O. Jutiuiiry 1st, 1370. We ure now prepared to furnish tb trade with SlIKEri.NOM, EH1IUTX63, PLOW LINES and COTTON. i YARNS, all of the best quality and at o-x prices. Our tetuis strictly net cash, UO days. AiMrc9 h.vttm: POX, 'an 23 a Hocky Mount, N. O. 1 A X D O L P II 4 CO, GKNKKAL FORWARDING AND ' XI Tl I SS I O X M 11 IU II A STS, orfolU, Vlrglnhl. Prompt atumlion itiven to all CotHsJg ments. Liberal Ta-h Advances made oo Con kij;iiuieiits, LUM IJEIi A SPECIALTY. Iti-KltunNCKi: V. H. Smith ,t Son, W, t". Marrow ,t Co., A. (Vieiiti, Norfolk, Va.t, A. (larribiitdi, .1. W, l'atieott, J, M. Mul len, U.ililax, N. I". fob 21 0 n KTAI.l.IO pvuiAL, c-vyics von SALK js-v. -V ,-!-.- I'orsnnii wiKiiitiir MetalHo llnrial Case oiin always obtain tliom by applying to me, in me .-storo ol .Messrs. yv muciu l.mry. I ei.i Mil! koopiim, as horetotoro, a lull sc.rtmimt u tlio Very l!"st CASKS, at tb Very Lowest Prices. In my absence from Woldon, Messrs. Winlield' A Kmry will deliver Cases to poraons who may wish them. JAMES SIMMONS, V'oldon, N. C. apr 4 1 Q fill IK I resp U X I) K it SHIN BU VERY peetfully calls tho attention of the tr.ido u Ins extensive stock of ilomealio and importe 1 liuuors, to wbieh lid ia still making additions ar.d cousicttug of purs ItVK VM ItOI IttlOX WtllKKIES Kropeh, Apple, lllackherry and Cherry lliatidios, Jainabii. -nd New Kngbind Kuiu I leoidou, Tom and Iid'.'.u i Uiu, Port Sherry, Clarot, Kblno and i ye-yiiar-olrl Hcupperuong Inn, Sisiteb and Tsondon Portor, and a very lart.9 lot of RECTIFIED WHISKEY SPACE "" eT: ","''l-'sk e.-T.- r, ,. J' kT.VT'-'3" which 1 am oflnrlnirat prices that oauni i fail tu give antlsfnetion, 8. W. SKLDNKB, As't. apri! 6-a tlllioauoke Hquara.