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i It I o. atlh , 14 in. A Otv. , Cm 4 W trik if m4 rdr-l nenlbf r. ami U, iU . Hurt n.r. II I. Th. 111 hi I war id I nu. I M1U. anil fi fttorn ders. inf wit Ms"''" art. I indent n. .Ja)W j;.t,nlT lru"t" yc e Sd t i . . . ne;i ud P1'" you A ...!, K .! In. no11' tbsft ,1 HJ f be , anJ ' nt'f . I fii: J- . - fori ijipreJ- iolOll ana " I a! CO - Tit .fllM, i-..pr ajJ Alii-.1" ,, rfjt KINSTON JOIJKNAL. PUBLISHED EVXBY THURSDAY- AT 'ihst.0.1, lemr . conn, n. c j. W. HAEPEE, . ' . Editor. BATF.S or. SCBHCKIPTIOX I OmTm' ii Monthc ' 12.00 1.00 Miitratei Blank aleaya on hand. nr a. J. tOfTlf. OEOROE ROtTVTRKE. LOFTIN & EOUNTEEE A T T O K K i: Y 8 AT LAW, i KINSTON, N. C. irvirr whererer desired, nnite on tlu- Street, opposite Post Office. , ep2V-tf JACKSON & LOFTIN, ATTOnNKYS AT L. A KINSTON. N. C. I'rseii' ' in Lenoir, Orer-ne, Wayne, Jones and i"r promjit and e01ei-nt attention paid all bus lne entrnt''d to them, Settlements o! eeiatea of deceased person a I?'' I'JIl.. Pmirt UmiBiiri formerly oc- "rdUvJ". V. WofiC!. janl-12m c. h: koonce, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TRENTON, N. d. Practices in the Courts of Jones and iJioiniDg counties. 8ocial attention paid to Convey- inciug. jnu-iuj F. M. SIMMONS, ATTO U X 12 Y A T L A W, NEW UERNE, N. C. Pnu-tlcM In f'ran, JrnHi Onxlow nnd Carteret, ! In thi I'. S.IJImiit (Jourt at New Berne and in th ,Htt ,Suretuc Court. ii-t)in Wm. W. N. HUNTEE, MPERIIIR COURT CLERK, PROBATE JOGE, AND ' fix-Offlcio NOTAUYPUHLIC for Lenoir County. r01flce In the Loft in Building, nearly oppo- ftt ti9 l't OlDce. 1 Ikunt conKtantly on hand and furnished free of lhsr(. ! Jan3-tl T. J. WHITAKEE, StPERIIIRini RT CLERK, PR ODATE JUDGE, AM) EfOJJicJo NOTARY PUULIC For Jones Connty. $ fi All It'ifiil M;ink reuiiirwl to bo Probntfd ki)t coti'tmitlj on huticl. - junH-tf l)r. C;. .Iv. BAUBY, s u 1 1( i i: ) n i i :n t i st. Ttetb xtrn't-l wnliout jiaiiv. b.y tbe the use f ilruu Uiiile (jiiH, KIXS I OX, N. c. nprK-12in Drs. HYATT & TULL. OEXRRAIi rRACTTTIONEIlS OP kleclicine Sc Hmg:er. OfBce at the Dr. Bkowx Offlce. Jan3-lyr Dr. A. R. MILLER, ' 1KNT1ST. r Holds hims-elf in readiness to insert trnrl fill unrl . olufin or do anvthinir' nee etmary to be,dono by a iNnut. Office at reeidence Board f urnUhed to nartiea f IiUcre iutlaiiimation of the Kidneys and Blad- h i. -'. whim,. riririures, p.pmiator- M.NrvuiA. snd Physical lVhility. Seniinai EmiK, rr,!,n,,,?",r' wkues f ths Genital OrKaa, M'WK. Sri. I, ill,- ... .ii i,. .... ... U Infi fcri.."" -7.' 'T, roi ma, Uicrs G .rK.rrhcp cured iu 48 hours. -T r,.''.,.,,K,n"l,,n'X- ,!- br WAWJ.- TAYLOR s7 . a V'''r,,n ' r'"t- ,'rlc,' Is I' bo. by mil, rwore fn.m olmrTtin. on rerlpt o (20ly KiiiNton, N. C. Has a COMPLETE STOCK of material aud U prepared with the best nf workmenT. T Hill to nrnke and reimir al kinds of lOUl,S ill(l Mil ACS. Iw-quartered Sluww a p-ialty KAIIrA( Tlllw IU AKA.NTiil) fcb2.V-iin. Ii It,.. .1.1 a SJPWlitio or Blood Pills. mi., ' " nmiiruro imm llie xyalfin 'iU an4 all IIKkhI ami Sklu dl.M. r. . ttMirrnea cureti in two day. . v " ""'. ninviun, mill ail " yon diuiMii r.i ...... i, . AaJf?A to M,,,t' s'vens Jt Co. lili im. re, Md . "ey W ill be forwunlnl hr n.nil I fcohji ir'','iN? a v.. Proprietors; i.niiiiirr, pill. 1 BBB""1""awaaAaaBaaaaiaHBBM CERAL FURMSHl(j rXDERTAKER. UohUborevN. C. TALLin an A TC ." r" " 7, " wu Xari04 UsV68 ID ' A ia AVmTE CASKK rs- "'Cmlueum. always on hand Hi!,,. .7 "rapli from reponMble aI- a. ' r ' ' a. ,'iieoi ii'jusiG ! KiJtl!ft! .M,a!5 ent poat paid on ' m m ?imon Einstein, i - ."...'.jjvjh;, A. v.. pfrTa j I Prtctf- r 3i A 1 1 '- -1 I - , 1 IX I I I I -XaJ' ' I 1 II -'111 I I I II' 1111 I II J 7 1 XX I l II i 1'"' r ; ; Independent In All Things. " , miS-$2.00 Per Inr. " ' - " j Tne fhantom Ship at Sea. ) JUTE. fAMCKL T. COL1CBUH3E, 1771-1834.. The sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he; And he shone bright, and on tbe right "Went down Into the sea. And now the torm-Wast came, and he Wjjs tyrannous and strong; He t ruck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased ua Mouth along. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold ; ' ' ; And ice, mat-high, came floating by. As green as emerald. And through the drifts the showy cliffs Did snd a diurnal sheen; ; Nor shapes of men nor beaU ws ken, The ice was all between. The ie was here, the ice was there, . The ice was all around; i It cracked and growled, roared and howled, Like iioines in a swound. The 8iin now rose upon the right, Out of the gea came he, Still hid in mist, and 011 the left Went dovru into the sea. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew', The furrow followed free; . ' AVe were the firnt that evir burst Into that silent sea'. Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down, -'T was sad as sad could be; And we did npi-iik only to break The Mlence of the sea! All in a hot'and epper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Uipht up almye the niast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. -'- Day after d:iy, day after day, We Htnek, norbreath nor motion: An idle as a painted nhip ; Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the board did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. There passed a weary time. Each throat Was parched, and glared each eye. A weary time! a weary time! How gla.ed each weary eye, When looking westward. I beheld A sometliing in the sky! At first it seemed a little speck ', And then it seemed a mint; -It moved and moved, and took at last A' certain shape, I wist. A i'ck, a mist, a shape, I wist! Aiultili it neared and neared; As ilj il dodged a water-priti It pljtingeil, and tacked, aud veered. With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could not laugh nor wal; Through utter drought all dumb we stood; I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A saija sail! ' See! see! I cried, she tacks no "more! . Itither to work us weal; Without, a breeze, without a tide, . She steadies vith upright keel. The western tave was all aflame; The day waslwellnigh cline; Almost upon the western wave : Rested the broad bright sun; When that xtrange shape drove suddenly Betwixt us and the sun. And straight the sun was flecked with bars, (Heaven's Mother send us grace!) As if through a dungeon-gate he peered With broad aud burning face. ' Alas! thought I and my heart boat loud How fast she nears and near?! Are those her sails that glance in the snn, Like restless gessameres? The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out; At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark. We listened and looked sideways up; Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life-blod neemed to sip; The stars were dim, and thick the night, Tbo steersman's face by his lamp gleamed whie; From the sails the rlew did drip, Till clomb above the eastern bar - The horned Moon, with one bright star' Within the nether tip. . ' AimiiiiK Blunders. Miss Kate Field was not-impressed with the accurate knowledge of fcu glishraen about foreign countries. An intelligent member of Parlia ment told her he was certain she was not of Southern birth. 4 Why not?' was her question. 'Oh because the Southererners all have black eyes and black hair. When she informed him that she was born in the Southwest, in Missou ri, he asked,- - Missouri, what State is that in?' and unabashed when she told him that it was a State itself, aid, with true En- i glwh grandeur, 'I was thinking2 of Mississippi.' But the laugh was not wholly on M iss Field's side. She frankly con fesses to blunders of her own, though ot a different sort. At Madam Tous sa nd's Wax Works, she mistook a wax figure of a policeman for a living member of the force, and asked him a question. Surprised at his si lenct she a?ked a genuine' policman why his brother-orheer did not answer. 'He haiut in the 'abit of hanswer ing questions, man.' said the policeman, with a broad grin, aud . Kate blushed, because as a representative Yankee. her keenness of observation had been! at fault, r The following hint to those in charge of church bells may be useful: Church aud other bells are often cracked through . inatteution to the wear of the eye and pin carrying the clapper. This allows the clapper to strike low aud the bell cracks. Leat year hasn't panned out worth a cent tor old maids. Men are such bashful creatures, you know. ir vv II I i II II if iwi 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii n w i ; .., . An enlargement of the industries of the South is its most urgent need. Industrial independence of other coun tries and sections is the goal for which tbe boutb should strive, and it is to be accomplished by a greater diversity of employment The highest possibil ities of material greatness cannot be achieved by that country that concen trates its energies on a single employ ment. Not only the South, but North Carolina is paying annually, millions of hard earned dollars as a tribute to" the skill and enterprise of the world which could and should be retained by a wise ecenoray to build up. and en rich her people, but we are heedless to mafiy important lessons in public economy. We should seek the intro duction of such systems aricl industries of the Old World as are adapted to our people, soils and climate, and thus multiply the sources of wealth and happiness.' The triumphs of American skilly mechanical ingenuity, persever ance and enterprise, are not only found in the fact that now American watches, cutlery, agricultural imple ments and machinery, coarse and finer fabries are successfully competing in woikmanship and price with European products in their own markets, but is publicly acknowledged in the recent" action of the British Parliament in its appointment of a Commission to visit this country and investigate the causes and the probable effect on the future inudstrieB and prosperity of that na tion. . So of experiments witli Jute in some of the Southern States, which demon strated that it can be grown here as in British India, and has excited no little interest on the part of the British Government. . Jnte to England, is what cotton is to America. ' The sup ply of cotton, so seriously diminished by the American war, greatly stimu lated the production of Jute and the British government has pushed it vig orously. In 1828 the total foreign sale of Jute in India amounted to less than 40,000 pounds, now there are one million acres land devoted to it, employing about one and a half mill ions of its inhabitants. Its manufac ture is chiefly in Scotland, and from an insignificant beginning it has with in fifty years, not only enriched Scot land but has greatly promoted the commerce of the world. Prof.S. Waterhouse, of Washingten University, Missouri, who has devoted much thought and research to the subject, in an elaborate report to the Department at Washington in 1876, uses the following language: Jute is mixed with cotton, linen and silk. It is a material part of twilled stair-carpeting and low priced broadcloth. In combination with oth er textiles, it imitates the gloss of Irish linen, the luster of French silk, the beauty of Turkish rugs, and the splendor of Axminister, Kidderminis ter, Brussels and Venetian carpets. Single or mixed, it enters into the manufacture of a thousand articles of commerce. In 1872, there were in Dundee about one hundred jute mills, employing upwards of 10,000 work men, ' and manufacturing more than 180,000,000 pounds of jute annually. In the same year nearly 50,000,000 gunny-bag3 most of which were made in Dundee were exported from Great Britain. Of the 300,000,000 pounds of jute that were manufactur ed in the! United Kingdom in 1876, 200,000,000 pounds were woven in the mills of Dundee. The annual value of the flax, hemp and jute man ufactured in Dundee is now $15,000, 000. The jute factories of Duudee have created a flourshing city, given employment to thousands of workmen, diffused prosperity throughout a large community, promoted the commerce of Scotland in the importation of the raw material and the exportation of the manufactured product and facili tated the movement of the cotton and grain crops of the world. 'What has been so successfully ac complished in Dundee can be done with a still grander success in the United States. 'We not only can spin aud weave the fiber, but we can aio raise it. 'We not only can derive the profits of making the fabries, but we can al so enrich ourselves by two-fold econo mies of the growth and manufacture of the staple.' Seed in limited quantities were dis tributed by the Departmental Wash ington, to the State of Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina and Georgia, and it was found, under favorable conditions to grow. as well as in India, and the seed became so well acclima ted the second year as to be superior to those obtained from either Calcutta or Southern France. " Specimens of the fibre were sent to manufacturers in Boston from Louisiana and Geor gia, and was pronounced equal to the India product? ' The official Report on Commerce and Navigation shows that in 1876 we imported Hemp, Jute and other fibre, bags, cotton bags, and bagging (except bagging for cot ton) to the amount of $771,584 rate of duty 40 per cent, or $503,774. . Hemp, Jute and sunn hemp $494, 255 rate of duty $15 per ton.or $123, 047. . Jnite Butts $1,278,109 rate of du ty $9 per ton, or $262,613. It will thus be seen that to obtain Jute manufactured into bagging, bags, &c. we pay the cost of its production in India, the cost of transportation to England, the cost of manufacture, the cost of transportation to America. To obtain Jute our manufacturers must pay heavy import duties. The immense revenue derived from a crop which has recently risen to the digni ty of fourth on the list of India's Dro- ducts, a large proportion of which has gone Irom the - pockets of Southern farmers and its manufacture vhir.h has given to one locality in Scotland a trade of $15,000,000 annually, should so far as ITorth Carol inais con cerned, be transferred to her .own fruitful soil and unemployed water powers In the Spring of 1877 this Department obtained and distributed a small quantity of seed to farmers in pur Eastern counties, and here as in all the Southern States, where it has been tested, it grew luxuriantly, and matured in 90 days from time of planting. According to the fertility or adaptability of soil, it produces from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds per acre, aud from 880 to 1,100 pounds of seed, and when sown broadcast from 20 to 28 pounds of seed are required. One acre produces sufficient quantity of seed 30 or 40 acres. The larger the growth the better the fibre. Un der favorable conditions two crops may be grown in one season. The cost of production is estimated to be one eight to cne-tenth of cotton. It should have moist, loamy soils, well underdrained. In India it is! said that it is alternate with rice, but the rude and imperfect system of cul ture practiced in that country would doubtless Le rapidly and greatly im proved under the quick and observant eye of the American. Specimens of that grown in our State were sent to our Museum, aud are still on exhibition. It attaiued to height of 10 to 12 feet1, acd the gentle men who conducted the 'experiment are satisfied that itTcan be cheaply and successfully grown in all our Eas tern counties. Hon. Will. B. Rodman planted, the last of May, in drills two feet apart, and on the 19th of September it was 10 feet high, and in full bloom, aud gives his opinion as follows: 'It is certain that the plant is well suited to the climate and soil of Eas- A . TAT 1 rf" .1- -A-. l.-i teru norm Carolina, it likes anDar ently a rich, moist soil, such as that of our swamps. Whether the cnltivation can be successfuily introduced here de pends entirely on the price that we can obtain; somewhat, also, perhaps on the labor which it will require to prepare it for mrrket.' W. R. Myers, of Beaufort county, sent two bundles to the Museum, and is satisfied that it would do finely in his county. Jas. S. Murdock, Secretary and Treasurer of Charleston Bagging Man ufacturing Company, writes: 'If you succeed in growing Jute you will have no trouble in selling all you rau produce, as mere is now a large consupmtion of it in this couu try, and at present it is all imported,' Mr. cjhas. 1. Hubbard, Treasurer of this Ludlow Manufacturing Compa ny Boston, Mass, says, in a recent let ter to the Ccmmissioner: "The product of Jute in India amounts to a million and a half of bales of 300 or 400 pounds each, and it has been more than that. The greatest consumption of Jute has for many years past been in and about Dundee, but of late years many mills have been started in Calcutta, and have caused this failure of about one quarter of the mills in Dundee, and the stoppage of many more. The consumption of Jute in this country is but trifling and is likely to continue; so, as under the -present tariff it is im possible for any mill to compete with either the Calcutta or the Dundee mills on burlaps or Jute bagging, the chief articles for which Jute is used. The duty on Jute is S15'a ton, and the present market value duty paid is from four and a quarter to five cents, currency. From all I have seen, I should suppose that some of the is lands or sea coast of North and Sonth Carolina, would be favorable for the growth of Jute, but tbe great differ- ence in the price of labor would oper ate against it, in the same way as it does in the production of goods or of Jute. I do not know what the price of labor is in North Carolina, but in Calcutta an able bodied man will make thirteen hours a day for three to five cents. The duty on Jute' Butts is $6 a ton, and the present price is 21 3 cents a pound. It huA been as low as li ceutk, and as high as 5 cents., but 2 i cents. U a fair av erage. The quantity of Butts used in this country Is about 175,000 bales a,year of 400 pounds.'- Mr. Hubbard thinks that under the present Tates of tariff the manufac ture of jute in this country will contin ue to be small, but to obviate this difficulty it should, be grown and manufactured in the South. Nothing but the most , overwhelming proof by actual demonstration should, deter us froxn giviog a fair au full trial to an industry which involves so important possibiliti. s affecting the - future of the South. The" loamy aiid alluvial soils of our Eastern counties, and on all our streams throughout the middle sections of the State, would furnish hundreds of thousands of acres admir ably adapted to its growth. Its cul ture and preparation for market is cheap and simple, and is well adapt ed to our labor. Its extended and constantly enlarging use opens a de mand1 that will , ever give us a ready cash market. It matures early in August, if sown at the' proper time, and would therefore not conflict with our workjn cotton; and if adopted as a money crop in the boutb. would soon stand.next on the list in commer cial importance to the great staple of ine ooutn. .Northern manufacturers readily admit that the South can man ufacture cheaper than they of the North, especially coarse goods. Geor gia, with her rapid and prosperous growth in manufacturing, cormberates beyond all question, this opinion; and that the production and manufacture of jute will occupy au important posi tion in the economical industries of the South, is only a question of time. Y ill North Carolina lead iu thi great movement? .AW is her opportunity.- mrougn the kindness and courtesy of Senator Vance, the Commissioner was placed in communication with Mr. Thomas H. Dunham, of Boston, .Massachusetts, a reliable and intelli gent gentleman, who has for a long number of years given much thought m ine suoject, ana who has used every exertion to induce the South to en gage in this industry. The following letter from him, .enclosing one from Iudia, recently received, will be read with interest: Boston, Mass, Sept 9, 1 879 Hon. L. L. Polk, Commiseioner: Dear Sir: I enclose a copy of a letter sent in answer to my report to India, by Woodford & Farlow, of Boston, on jute culture. A cony was sent to the Agricultural Bureau, Washington, but you have the oppor tunity of publishing it now, at once, in advance of the Commissioner of Agriculturer'8 Report. The ent;re simplicity or the culture herein stated commends itself to the farmers gener ally. The cheapness of labor comes from the grinding character of money making intt rests in India. There is no need of standing in the water in this country. In India it is poor manarrement. Our neonle will work in all things greatly more advantatre- ous. in is whole treatment ofjute can be improved on. and the work better done in this country. There is great need now of seed. North Carolina 'must aid the farmers to get the seed, if these can be got by the Agricultural Department at Washington, in season. If you de sire to send out for seed, it will take four months to get it from the time of sending. To get it fornext year, you must act before Congress comes to gether. I propose with your help, to get Congress to give appropriations for seeds, and bounty on jute grown in this country. The bounty was promised me by Thadeus Stevens and S. M. Morrill, in 1865, and there is precedent for it. This government gives bounty to ever, settler planting trees on prairie lands West. The growth of jute will add millions of dollars yearly to this country,The consumption ofjute is as large as the cotton crop. The grain crop in Cali fornia gets all its supply of bags from jute. The gunny bags, the gunny bag ging, the oil cloth carpeting, the bur laps for cloth baling, 'the filling for carpets and carpeting, the mixtures in mi a . wolen goods, the immense consump tion in paper stuck, false hair, twine, bedding, duck, wall cloth - for rooms in dwellings, silk mixtures, &c. No reference is had iu tbe letter to the butts or root ends; these are the part cut on as waste in Calcutta, ana are the stock 3ed here for cotton bag- ging. Simply these jute cuttings form a large part of all the cotton bagging made, hence you can judge of the quantity ofjute, as the butts .form not one fourth of the jute. 1 shouhUudd, the jute butts are here also used in very large quantities for paper stock. The jute has no shields as flax or flax j tow; it is raided more rapid and easily than flax, and comes at more from 2 l-4c. per pound for butts, to 4 1-2 to 6c. per pound for long jute, where as flax brings 12 1-2 to 20c. per pound. Jute is worth less for ship . ping rope, as it is very weak fibre, : It spins up easy, and is nearly as light as cotton .Woolen machinery of coarse grade will spin jute. The jute crop quickly matured., will pay. The details' of amount you can get at Washington;' There mutt be . more interest taken in jute, and our states meu slMjuIdbe urged, to secure its cultivation, farmers can secure cash on jute as readily as on cotton. A common jute cotton bagging mill will run three to five tiiousands yards daily, weighing .. two -pounds to the yard six to ten thttu&aod pounds daily. We have six here. Jute costs gold now, and importers cable to In dia for iu One cargo of two million five hundred thousand jute saeka for grain recemly went from Calcutta to Sau Francisco; the prices went from eight aud three-eights to eleven .and threw-quartef cents,, and the buyers made $600,000 by this one cargo. a . . T One of your statesmen in North Carolina asked me to give the people of that State facts in relation to jute. To such a people,' who have always been held as strong-minded, intelli gent and independent thinkers, it seemed an easy thing, but I fear the win uui act umieuiy, ana iaii to se cure immediately the great jute grow iug secuons u is cieany titled lor. It must be urged oyer and over, in every section of the Slate. I have a great interest in North Carolina, and know, small beginnings in jute by every one who can raise it, will lead to future success. Now, you can have mill for jute, giving employment to thousands vi pcupic, ii jute raising can ne- en couraged even in a small way at first. The Northern mills are now careless about it, and importers won't favor : wni " i. it. it ui jnur pcopie encourage a bounty on jute raising; to be under the State, if desireable? We are able of competing with India on jute, and 1 beg you will not think it a light business. One writing from Calcutta says: "Ihe world would be surm ised at the immensity of the jute growth." I shall send you papers from there ou the matter. 1 have them, but not at this writing. Do I not speak of a splendid State and a capable people, who can judge and act widely in this matter? Every step you take is re ported abroad, aud they will watch your stops in this matter as well a that of the government at Washing, ton. I know of two mills that could b3 got running in North Carolina . next year, and every mill of one fibre helps all other mills in other fibrers, cotton mills, woolen mills, Ac. Each step in one line makes your people self surporting, and coarse goods are the most profitable to start on a the first, where the labor needs to get trained. "A few millions of dollars yearly di vided up. among men, women and children in North Carolina, from meir uaiij muusiry, would give en couragement, and greatly develop other interests. Tbe mill hands in New England furnish good markets for the farmers in their own neigh borhoods. Produce and products of farmers get home cash trade; the pop ulation becomes more reliable, and are saved from idleness the devil's work-shop. Now again, jute seed must be had. Woodford tt Farlow tell me they can't give a price, but it is safe to put it now at $5,00 a bushel, owing to. the fact that the seed is not in the mar ket to sell. Orders for it six month or a year in advance, would enable merchants to order it from the crop growers. Perhaps you can secure it at Washington, if not, get it if possi ble for the next year. I snd you the address of parties here who got the letter out, and can get the seed in time, if ordered soon. I have no pe cuniary interest, beyond the running of the jute cotton bagging mills, where and when jute can be had. There may be some other fibres you have to make cotton bagging, but the reai ining is to nave quantities, a a m mm must run night and day on jute cotton bagging, and make 10,000 yards daily, if possible. The market is as safe as cotton, as it forms the weight of every bale of cotton. A bagging mill of 5,000 yards of cloth daily would only supply cloth for 200,000 bales of cotUm tbe product of North Carolina. Ten thousand yardsif cloth daily to 400,000 bales of cotton, or ten tons of jute daily, used every day in the week and year. To answer every and all who write yoa aboyt jute, is to give them direc tions and seed, and say, raise jute. If a bale of cotton is a bill of exchange, it must get the jute bagging before it can be shipped and made marketa ble. With regards &c Thomas it. Dumiam. letter from India. CORCHORU8 OLITORIU0. Calcutta, June 10, 1879. This plant is cultivated almost- en tirely iu Lower Bengal, for the sake of its fibre, called Jute. It flourishes best in a mixed soil, not too sandy, not too rich; well drained, so that the water will not stand, as in rice field; alternate spells of rain and sun are the most favorable for its gaowth. In Serajgung the sed is sown in March, and in Narajgingo in April; sown broadcast on ploughed (or scratched) land they use a wooden plough, and simply rake the soil very little by it and it is not transplanted; but thinned out sometimes, if growing too thickly; plants generally are two thirds of an inch apart. If tbe weather is good. and the ground well weeded, the plant is ready to pull six weeks from time of planting; and it should be left growing until the stick is well grown and quite bard, otherwise the fibre will not have its full strength. After being cut, (or if Dourah it U palled) it is left lying in tbe sun for three days, in order that the leaves may dry op ana drop on; men it is placed in water and left for twenty days, say until the fibre 'a partly loosened from th stick; tbe laborer then breaks off the bntt end. which is thrown away, and taking the plant by the other end, he manipulates it in the KINSTON JOURNAL. ferns or ADTtrrwrxo , One Inch one Week , '.' M nsotitk - , I m ihrea) bmhUwi - , - . Orfw etrtaiaa, on Week ..... . M J I Coctrwts for aTerlUiax for tu snaisa Un.vBMyt wade at I a oCr of thXjxaTva jAH-wjfAV, otvt UMI Post OAr, V'-.Taj, county, rorti Cartfiaa. water by thrustiog-it away from him, and then pulling it back, until finally the outer covering is loosened, the stick floating off and leaving the juU in his hand; he then hangs it up to dry. Ordinary noi the jute is ooly left two . weeks in the water, at tbe production has increased, and the same care is not had in its preparation; and if the market is strong they hurry it through to sell rapidly. It U put up in bundles, and sold to dealers who send it to Calcutta, in. drum shaped bundles, the balers in Calcutta open the bundles and sort it out and put it up in 450 and 500 lb.' bales. . , . -...! The red jute is on account of the want of sun when it is piled up to cor ing, or having too much sun when it is hung up to dry. The black Jute is caused by impurities in the water. The white jute (the highest priced) is made when everything is favorable, viz: pure, running water, and the sun as wanted. Daisee jute is nlantrd in May and J. une. Laborers receive about five annas or fifteen cent a day, nnd often have to stand all day in the water. The cultivation of the jute has not increased in Narainguugo . District, but has "in the Serajgungo I) mit. aud it is all grown on the Hoogly tion, in the region of the equator. Te single stalks are eight u Uu f ti Some districts pay more attention. to raising, hence they produce better qualities. The following was kindly funiii.Aii the Commissioner by Mr. J. S; Mur doch, Secretary of the Agiicuhuinl Society of South Carolina. It sent to the farmers of that Slate Iat Winter by the Society: UlKkCllOXk i.A-t'i 1IVA1IOX irJlUU.' b-K-. The land lu.nl. I I- good wM1liitii anf. neitfe.r very v. ft nor ery Jry. md. if mj?iI., mixed with clay; fend in all ce the drainage houtd 4 good. "Tb land ahonld be very tWfaldy I'louId and palrerizetl. and well harrow!. The see ahould to sowa broaden it, if MMitlr rlther fnt before or after a how it of ra.n.al ny time frw-tn early in April to late In June. an4 houl(l be clem! iih a brurli .r Itrht harrrrvr. Mr. Emilw IFrar", in Loa report on Jal rulitir. rrom.rnd. the uw uf a Calhoua' aowrr. wi:h which b states a man may sow u-n arrwe jK-r d-y (oiat f Calhoun sower eight to teu dollar The seed should be sow thin, as the should stand sis Weight Inch apart ou the UaU. Theqnantity of seed sewn should not be lese thaa flf tiwn pound, nor er lwnfy oeiiH per acre. "The crop, like brat or iU, shtmlJ aew be let! alow until ready to cat, but daring the first m.th While lb growth iaalow, the land abotild be weed ed, and if too rim. a the plant abouM he taiaard. In some csar, wbllM tbe plant . young, light har row may be ased. After thU Ume the plant will take care ofiu elf. and will be ready in rut la im or 120 days sroin the time A aownr; proper Ime for catting when la bloom, the fibre b- Ing then la the strong M and slMcWt eoadliloa. "The plant boul4 be cut aar the ground. jjwr by hand or machine. M. Let-Vane etau-e that the lnowlagmaehiae. "World No. 1 will eaafly cot the largest stalk. It slioald be tacke4 nr laid in piles in the field ior two day to allow the leaves to drop OOVthca made into bundVa of abonton handrrd atalka each, l-y lying one stalk round each bundle, and placed la water to steep, either U ponda or run ning water, and k.-pt completely covered by the water for a eof Bre. ten or li days, aaul the bark or flbr la eatlrvty pra wA t rorn Ihe woody stalk. In running aler mere tlma ft rvjafred. " but the fibre U brighter "II sbonld be MmmnM from tin. to tlate, to a -iw-n rrmnj lur removal from the water; which U j doae in India by the fo'lowtag rurtbode; Wke id the prwer condition, the bend'e of etaJks la nue et to the enrfate the water f the operator taaclingin the aaler. the iMtuUleof etalk le seised by the top and heat double abowtt pfe foot from the end, thia breaks tin- woady stalka iaetde, tWa llM in. IS..I.IL.I. . . den Jerk is geB to the Uwpe.aad tbe fl bra Isdrawa front the woody etalk; holding lb U.f alitt the long fibre im daehewfm the water atwf drawn to wrd the oteratortj(i reatotea all hnparitiaa, and the fllreis tbrnSaid oat or hung ealodry, which usually take three day. A nether method U to strip the bee from taw -butt end fc.r a fw ui hea, U.e wtvxry sfaik la sej. ed, an4 by rirtng it a endde J.fcf cvtaea eut ot the fibre jt a nak rne ot lU alia. The fl . bre la tLn rteanr-d and dri. a above, and peek' ed In bale ready f'T wearhrt. As soon a our plantera are a liri faaAiliar uiih Its treatnA.nl, their own gi nmi C gat the mrml e n. rnUal way bandl.ng It; aaj I tere can be in, d'bl lbt mi (atrly latrodaewl thie couairy, a autctine a ill be tuxtie ta Mw fl,e maatpUtiwa by hand. Respectfully, Ja. Ii. Mt BKowk. ftr-rrrurt. From the same source I quote the following: 'TiairniL Inats Tt'ii. rn Ft.AVTiea Jrt roH tut Sto Al;boc4h front eipartmenta made here it hue Keen j r-wen that Jat grows -11 m all our land, yet thai ket adaraed for It . ulti at-n i a rv.h. m-t aoil. wll dlned, and before plaatmr ft ahotiM Le IkoroacMy k-werd and finely pulverized ". Kr l be parpaw a,I rattg r4. Jut sbAgld La plewted la drria about Se Wt art, to alio It uwi A7 iaa w Ai.r av aawia to braarfcuait Th time bceUatteg U the . a for ef that U. a Kmm , aai frown frt. e.ear cml Ul early In April. Wbra HslH iadrins.it aho-iM - , t ,r1 weeds, aetit K has retained a little growSi. 'it which it wtfl tafca care A ua. If. and hl4 he lef( aj.e antd the eeed le tty, ahkf h w"1 n eepweok her, tir early laOctobe- Ti.t 1-lk . al l then be Ctrtdoea ad the ad -Tte ye-ld c4 el in ta-l m g. aerally J.ttV. IW l.VO poeiada per acT. The (Veatateakitv-r m ccr.f..dtag wit a art' ewe pertAea to certain the beat a4 rheapea wwrfroan Wheare Wwebtaia ed. sad rOIe. te Ke aa4 wecowiaata4e all our faraaera wh a ppiy whdeire Uteio. We hate the aeU adept ed to it growth; we have the Labor leprft.. af Prepare H. and when we receive that we wT1 1 -dace il. tae stilW will at oace he erected la Mr aWUt for aaanaiaeiuftag It. The CosaaaWnoai r woaM he graiAfted to race iw let (era from aay lalrraetcd parttea aad eitcad aay aid ta hie p mer that may lead to the ttehaseat of each asi Imirtaat ladaatry. 1
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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April 22, 1880, edition 1
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