INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
serve that the Rural New-Yorker has a prom¬ 
inent position— which shows that Mr. Evans 
knows what is what. And the motto, “ Adver¬ 
tise your Business all around the World,” ie 
good enough to be Rcc-ord-ed. 
The offleers of the Leagues fill their pocket* aut at 
the initiation fee* and disorganize every thine, and 
then go off North and enjoy their ill-gotten gain*. 1 
put tips down to give you »n Inkling <i« to how things 
goon out here. With the present Labor system. X 
sec plainly we must succumb (if l-’roviiiencedon t in¬ 
terpose In our babul Li DOUGLAS* rays:—’A war 
ii gainst Capital und Land owner* must be waged.’ 
In thin nan of the Mats the negroes number three to 
one: they elect whoever they pi ease to offloo. Prop¬ 
erty will be worth nothing. 1 have 1.440 acre* orlatia 
—t(50 acres cleared; u fine dwell.ng of twelve rooms; 
cotton gin mill: thirteen negro houses, which hold 
twentv-M.t families, nil in tlrat-rate order. In 1800 it 
was valued at $30 per acre for taxes. 1 will sell all 
*..rn f 10 l¥Ui #*a sili 
be recognized nnd respected. The people will 
pot inquire with whom he ussociutcs, nor whether 
ho Is from the North, South, East or West. And 
when the people of the South tell those of the 
North, who oomo ttmong them, thnt they must 
“ let politic® alone," they might ns well tell them 
“you may come down hero and invest your 
money, nnd live here, but you shall have uo 
voice in any legislation, in determining who 
shall represent your interests In the Legislature 
and in Congress. You must submit to our 
political dictum and policy." In other words, 
“ You may help to develop the country with 
your labor and capital, but wc arc the rightful 
rulers and you must submit." No Northern 
man with either sense or self-respect would set¬ 
tle iu any such locality. 
3, Every man. North and South, has the right 
to choose such associates ns he pleases. If the 
people of t lie South regard It as disreputable to 
associate with negroes, they have the right to ex¬ 
clude them and those who associate with them 
from their own society. With tlie action of the 
Southerners in this respect we have no more to 
do than w© have with the action of theclasswlio 
esteem a negro as good as a white man, provided 
his capacity, demeanor and general character is 
as good. Wo insist upon choosing our own so¬ 
ciety and recognize tbc right of others to do the 
sarno. 
4. But we believe law necessary to order; thot 
crimes should be punished bylaw; that those 
who live under the law should abide by it, wheth¬ 
er it gives protection or imposes penalty. Ami 
so long as American citizenship involves the 
right to a voice in the making of law*, so long 
should those who have such voice recognize and 
be ruled by thorn. What we protest against Is 
the punishment of men asserted to be guilly of 
crime without duo trial uudor the law. We are 
willing every miscreant in the South nnd North, 
whether born Soutli or North, should ho pun¬ 
ished for crime. Wo hope he maybe; hut we 
do object to the puniriuuentof anybody without 
fair trial and conviction ; and to the use of vio¬ 
lence to expel a man from a neighborhood be¬ 
cause of his political, religious or any other 
opinions. Freedom of thought and of action, 
wilhiu the law, is every man's right ; and those 
who violate this right do wrong and ought to be 
punished, we euro not where they arc nor who 
they may bo, nor what the provocation. If men 
consent to live under the law, they must obey 
It or abide Its penalties. If they do not consent, 
to live under it, they should remove from the 
country where the law Is In lorco, or overthrow 
the power which Imposes the law. 11 this last is 
the purpose of l he people of the South, whether 
Justifiable or not, wo do not urge the people ol 
the North, who here enjoy freedom of thought, 
of spoeoh, of political action, and the power to 
choose such associates as may seem to them best, 
to settle iu the South if the same cannot be there 
enjoyed. 
So much for the favor from the above named 
correspondent. Now we have a letter from a 
gentleman iu Mississippi, to one of the Editors 
of tlie Rural New-Yorker, from which we 
make extracts which we prefix with the asser¬ 
tion that wo have neither sympathy with nor 
respect for vagabond “carpet-baggers," who go 
South simply to realize the spoils which official 
peri Hon may enable them to glean. We desire 
the material prosperity of the South and the 
happiness of her people. We desire the people 
of the North and the Soutli to harmoniously co¬ 
operate to promote the industrial development 
or Ihe whole country. The following extracts 
will give the people of tile North a glimpse of a 
phase of things In the South wJili which they 
may not bo familiar: 
" Tile people of the South are very despondent. 
The crop of 1870 cost more than it sells for. 1 raised 
ninety-one hales of cotton. The negroes got half 
the crop. I furnish work, stock and all implements; 
they boarded themselves and paid out ot their share 
of Hu' com raised, half the feed uf the stock. I 
raised six amt a half hales to the hand; the three 
and a quarter bale* of their sham did not pay their 
hoard, Clothing and tobacco hills. My share won't 
fateli enough, to clear rue by $72S.32. 'faxes of 1870 
wore, on my place. *57.23: tills year. *330,72. We are 
M il) under men appointed to nil all offices Thor are 
stfungers to the peopln ; iitna-tenthH of them have 
uo property in the South. They all go lit to fill their 
pocketa. II a bridge 1 * built-they contract for * 10 ,- 
(XiO: whan It Is done they nay $18,000, It is thus we 
arc rohbed ol millions lu MWlsslppl- 
“ 7 ’hc full of cotton operates as nadir on us ns the 
failure* of crop* did In 1868 and 1867—leaves nino- 
tentil* of us In debt. The negro clement S- not able 
lo comprehend the real sit natron. They are (old by 
the 1 Carpel .bagger* ’ that the planters combined to 
nut down cotton ill! their share was sold, in order to 
keep i Item nuor and he able to got better terms out 
of thorn. They huve organised them Into Labor 
Leagues, The Labor League has It* head In Washing¬ 
ton. f> t\, Fuitp. Douglass, President. You saw 
hi* speech when he took till) chair last January. IXu 
said war must he made on capital and lau.t-owne mat 
tin Smith; the negroes were noin not le*» rhino than 
|)«f<ire the war. lie said the owners "t land would 
not sell to negroes. It is us false as anything am he. 
Broom Corn Exhibition In Chicago. — Wight, 
Dantox cScCo.of Chicago propose to hold an ex¬ 
hibition of broorn corn, in Chicago, commencing 
October 18, provided a sufficient number of — at 
leasL forty—growers give them notice of inten¬ 
tion to compete for tlie following premiums be¬ 
fore September 1. The following premiums ate 
offered : 
$100 for the best car load of hurl broom corn, to be 
a fair sample of a crop of not less than fifty tons. 
$60 for the best ear load of hurl broom corn, to bo a 
fliir -ample of a crop of I hlrty tons or more. 
$5ll tor the Pest oar load of stalk brain broom rorn. 
$ 20 for theeocond best cat load of stalk braid broom 
corn. 
$25 for tlie Pest ton of hurl broom corn, 
$15 for the second best ton of hurl broom corn. 
$15 for the best ton of slalk braid broom corn. 
$10 for the second best ton of Block brunt broom 
corn. 
$25 for the best, ton of brush corn. 
*25 for the best ton of dwarf brush, to be short, 
Very line and strictly green. 
$10 for the best bale of hurl broom corn. 
$5 for the Second best bale of burl broorn corn. 
$10 for the best bale of stalk braid broom corn. 
$.5 fur the second best bale of stalk bruid broom 
corn. 
$15 for the best workmanship displayed in baling 
one ton of broom corn, 8 bale*. 
All tlie brush entered for competition must ho 
strictly green, perfectly clean of seed, dry and 
well haled. 
Massachtisctl* f’oullry Association, — At a 
meeting held at the Parker House, Boston, on 
the 22d of March, by a number of gentlemen in¬ 
terested in the breeding and management of 
poultry, it wus voted to toon an organization, to 
be known as tho “ Massachusetts Poultry Asso- 
clat inn,” and ihe following officers wetn t meted 
for the ensuing year: Pres.— Philander Wil- 
i.iamSs Taunton. Yire-Prcn'ts - William J. Un¬ 
derwood. Belmont; Atherton T. Brown, Boston; 
Elbi Idgo C. Oornoy, Quincy: Moses EUI*. Fram¬ 
ingham; Henry K. Feloli, Natick ; Edmond 
Rodman. New Beil ford ; G. Morgan Siuilli, South 
Hadley: George B. Hurfee. Fall River; C. Cur- 
roll Luring, South Boston ; John li. Moore, Con¬ 
cord. Cor. See. —J.N.Cudy, Boston. Her. See. 
—W. B. Atkinson, Newbury port. Auditor —Ed¬ 
win L. Rice. Clinton. Trcof .-Nathaniel Foster, 
Jr., Belmont. Ex. Com.—John 1’. Bnzzelt. Clin¬ 
ton ; Jut oh Graves, Heading-, Mark Pitman, 
Salem; Win. H. Brackett.Boston ; Col. Geo. A. 
Mctiehnm, Somerville; Goo. F. Cbampney. 
Taunton: Joseph K. Fierce, Hollislon; Chas. E. 
Tuttle. Boston; Julius K. Bannister, Boston; 
Chas. J,. Copeland, Millou. 
The. 1’li‘iaant Vnlley Grape Grower* Associa- 
tlrni held its. an mini meeting at Jlauimondsport, 
N. 5'., April 5. 1871, when tin* following nfficers 
were chosen: Prct C. K. Minor. Yicc-Pres.— 
A. Hadden. Sec.- D. Bander. Train.— H. O. Fair- 
child. A resolution was passed t hat, the Associa¬ 
tion hold its next Animal Fair upon Ihesnine 
days und in connection with that of the State 
Association in Hammondsport. 
Wnddingtoii, N. Y„ Ag. Hue. At tho annual 
meeting, the following officers were elected 
for tin; ensuing year: Pro.—W. M. M. Ogden. 
Vice-Pren. - Robert. Bnlzell. Tratn.—W. T. Ruth¬ 
erford. See. Samuel Clark. The Annual Fair 
was appointed to be held on the 5-7tli of Sep¬ 
tember. 
Lenox, Itindixon Co., A. V., Funner*' Club.— 
A now (’lull bit!' been organized, with ilieubovo 
designation, ami ihe following officers elected 
l'or tho year: Prat.— Gen. B. F. Bruce. Yice~ 
Prc8.— Kdsuii Reynolds. lYcas .—Milton Delano. 
See.— E. F. Lewis. 
Compton, Province ot 4|ncboc, Ag. Soc.—Tho 
following officers have been elected for (lie cur¬ 
rent .year: pro T. W. II( ito. Vice-Prct.—C. 
II, Huckett. IJircctorg.-- W in. Frazier. A. Hurd, 
John Taylor. J. IJndsey, Quartus Bliss, H. C. 
Wilson, John Macintosh. 
Greene Co., Iowa. \g. hoe. - This Society has 
chosen officers lor the y ear as follows: Pan —A. 
Kino. Vice Pro. -it. E. White. See.— G. B.l)cun. 
Train. M. Head. 
Bnchniinn Co., town, Ag. Site.—This Stock Co. 
has deeded officers for 1871 ns follows; Pick.- L. 
J. Courts. Ftee-Prot.-c. Wilson, Sr. See .—Jed 
Lake. Trcas.-A. II. Trask. 
Bryan, W illinms Co., O., Farmer!*’ Club. — Offi¬ 
cers for 1871 r —Free.—D aniel IIenden. Vice- 
Prets — FlilloCleveland. Trcas.— J.B.Grim. See. 
.—\V. N. Noble. 
The Perry Co., 111., Ag. hoc. holds its next 
unuual Fair at Pinckney vllle. Sept. 11-13. 
Tlie hollne Co., III., Ag. hoe. holds Ils next 
annual Fair ut Harrisburg, Sept. 13-15. 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
Double Refined Poudrette.—The attention of 
farmers and others using fertilizers, is directed 
to the advertisement of the Lodi Manufacturing 
Co.'s Poudrette, and also to the high testimonials 
as to its value. 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor 
RURAL ROTES AND QUERIES. 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
A *!*oeiale Editors. 
Cohimhu*, Texas, April 1,-We have had a 
very satisfactory spring for the starling of crops, 
and everything is In a flourishing and promising 
condition.—8. n. 
Pnrndl*i‘, Jefferson Co., Pa., April 1. —Stock 
has wintered pretty well. Grain in ground 
middling. Hay. per ton; cows, $30(3.50; 
wheat, $1.25; oats, 50c.; corn in ear, 50c.; pota¬ 
toes. 75c. White pino lumber. $10013 per M-; 
square timber, 8@12e. per cubic loot. Clover 
seed, $7 per bushel,— J. d. p. 
Mcchanlrutown, Carroll Co., 0., April 6.— We 
have a fine and early spring; rather dry now; 
oats all Bowed; roads iu splendid order; corn- 
ground generally plowed ; wheat prospects very 
good, selling at $1-15; rye, 80o.; corn. 75c.; but¬ 
ter, 25c.; cows, $5CK0.$7O; horses, $175®$200; fruit 
prospects flattering.—j. c. b. 
Clltllnixinin, Marshall Co., Mis*,, April 4.— 
Have had floods of rain the last month. Vege¬ 
tation backward; farmers generally late with 
their planting; times hard; corn $1, and scarce; 
sweet potatoes, 50c.; Irish potatoes. $2 per bush. 
Corn crop, last season, light; cotton,heavy; 
wheat, norm of any' consuqueuce. Land, $8® 
15; trade dull.— b. j. o. 
hliootmnn.Mo., April 5.— February and March 
very wet; last two weeks dry and warm; very 
ploasant now. Peaches just commencing to 
blossom, and bid fair for good crop. All other 
fruit looks fine. Wheat never looked better; a 
good quantity sown. Furmorsull busy prepar¬ 
ing for or putting in oats. Wheat is worth $1.25; 
corn, 25c.; oats, 25(0.'iOe.; potatoes, 3<X05Oc.; but¬ 
ter, 20©25c.; eggs, 8c.- C. 8. 
Toledo, O., April IO.— We have bad a most 
beautiful spring, Murcli like May and April like 
June, lull a month in advance; pencil ami cher¬ 
ry buds bursting; apple leaves putting out. 
There is a good show for n peach crop, should 
the weal herhereafter prove favorable, although 
three-quarters of the buds were killed on tho 
33d and 24ih of December. I find some kinds 
endure more from frost Ilian others —Halo’s 
Early, for instance, stands when (lie Crawford's, 
early and laic, are killed. The thermometer in 
Toledo indicated5 to 0° below zero,but in the 
country from 8 to 10°. Usually the whole crop 
would huve been lost, but the wood was most 
thoroughly ripened in the fall.— K. o. 
Uuiumn’s Fall*. O., April 3.—I fear that the 
penobot’op la cut off two-thirds. Wheaton tlie 
ground looks well. Wheat is selling at $1.35; 
flour, $7.50 per barrel: corn. 70c.; oats, 4.5c.: po¬ 
tatoes, $l.2.Vff 1.4d; Early Hose, $3.50 por bushel: 
bacon, 13@15c.; pork, fresh, 8©10c.: beef, 
10(012c.; apples, green, $2.50; dried. 7c, per 
lb.: dried peaches, XQc-; butter, 25e.; eggs. 10c.; 
lard, 12c. Horses, $15 O;[l 3O0. Good river land, 
$100fii200 per acre; bill farms, $25@75 per 
acre; bay, $12. A good many wells are dry yet. 
We have not hnd rain enough to raise the water 
in the wells. There is water enough iu the fields 
for stock.—.1. c. N. 
West Dumiuertton. WIndhain Co., VC, April 7. 
—Spring opened about a month earlier than 
usual. Spring birds, wild geese, &c., made their 
appearunce the first of March, and tlie sugar sea¬ 
son found the farmers unprepared, consequent¬ 
ly t He eo in men cement wus improved; but it 
holds out beyond precedent, and it is still good; 
a full month of good sap weather, and bids fair 
to continue some time yet; more maple sugar 
made already than I have known made in one 
season before. Warm weather does not seem to 
advance in itch, and the prospect is as backward 
a spring for planting as usual. Farmers are 
going to plant a largo breadth to tobacco in this 
section—probably five times as much as ever- 
planted iu it season before.— e. m. w. 
Springfield, Mo., April 6.—Spring is fairly upon 
us. Thermometer at 97'in ihe shade at noon. 
All tlie fruit trees, both wild and cultivated, in 
A splendid crop of all trulls may 
The Spring Compaign of Soil Cultivators seems 
to have opened favorably in most parts of the 
country. The season is remarkably forward in 
the East and West, Norlli and Mouth, and farm¬ 
ers, horticulturists arid gardeners have generally 
started finely and are making good progress in 
their various operations. Tito recent warm 
weather, unusually warm for tlie season of year, 
Jins started grass and foliage, and planted feeds 
and grams, wondrousl.v. and the prospects of a 
plentiful yield of earth’s choicest products is 
certainly encouraging. Seed time lias surely 
come, and wo trust tho promised harvest will be 
timely and abundant. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Editor or thu DurAurutonr or Siixw Hubbamdkv. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
Editor of tmi 1)jm'aktmk.vt of Uabiv IIubbandky. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
Thaiklino CoUkkafoNiuM Editor. 
T. HART HYATT, San Francisco, 
Conductor ok iuk Pacuiu Bi.ort DarAiiTMKNT. 
CHAS. V. RILKY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor or tmk Entomolooical Orpautkkwt. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editor of tub Domkrtjc Economy Dkpabtmknt. 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS, 
T. C. PBTKrtS, 
ANDRE POKY, 
E. W. STEWART, 
.TAMES VICK, 
.1. WILKINSON, 
MADAME l.E VEIIT, 
JULIA COl.MAN. 
The President of ihe Society for the Proven- 
lion of Cruelty to Animal*, Henry Bergh, Esq., 
referring to an article entitled “ To Break 
Horses ot Pulling the Halier," given on page 
171 of Rural New-Yorker. March 18, writes 
us: — “ Tho indignation which I experienced on 
reading this article, came near leading me to 
characterize the atrocious insult to civilization 
as it deserves; but, on reflection, it i© superflu¬ 
ous; for every human being with a heart will 
pass upon It as it deserves. One reflection It 
will, however, give utterance to, and that is, tlie 
humane men and women of Georgia must be 
convinced by tills Individual’s ideas of mercy of 
tho Importance of founding a Society for tho 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in that State 
without delay, as Is gradually being dono else¬ 
where throughout tli© Union. D is pleasant, 
moreover, to think that, in sixteen States, such 
a fellow as your correspondent shows himself to 
be would, if not whipped in the face in accord¬ 
ance with his own theory, at least incur the risk 
of being locked up iu the Penitentiary." 
p. BARRY, 
H. T. BROOKS, 
•T. R. DODGE. 
F, II. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE GREELEY, 
J. STANTON GOULIL 
"NOW AND THEN,” 
Term*.— Only $1.50 per Volume of ‘id numbers, 
or S3 per year id il'i number*. To Clubs -per Vol¬ 
ume : Five ooplus for $7 ; Seven, and one free to 
ugent, for 4*1.50. Ten. nnd one free, for $12.50. Per 
Year: Five copies for $H; Seven, and one free, for 
$19; Ten, and one free, for $25-only $2.60 per copy. 
The lowest Vearly rate to Canada l» $2.70, and $3.50 
to Europe. Drafts, P. o. Money Orders and Regis¬ 
tered Letters ut our risk. 
The Rural New-Vorher 1 * sold by Nows Deal¬ 
ers generally. The Trad© is supplied by the New 
York News Co., No. 8 Spruce St.. New York. 
Advertising. — Inside, 76 cool* per lino, Agule 
space ; Outside, $! per line, each insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and C,,i a price and (i lialf. 8 pocial and 
Business Notices, $1,60 and $2 a line. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted lor less than $3. 
The Chemist of tbc Department of Agricul¬ 
ture is, we notice, criticlsod in a late number of 
tho Journal of Chemistry for his statements 
concerning the processes of Air Treatment In 
wine making—especially that of DTIeureuse. 
The editor says: 
"The bungling description of the modus npc- 
rnndi In tlie said purl ol the Report, Implies that 
‘sumo months of no treatmeni are required,' 
which, if correct, would certainly make ihe pro¬ 
cess impraetiuublw, and If resulting in‘highly 
acid' wines, anything but desirable. A* it 
stands, i lie report does not retied favorably 
upon the writer who was intrusted with the 
work, because, in direct, contradiction of the 
established facts, and the more than negligence 
towards this purely American invention ap¬ 
pears especially slrikiog, as on tlie preceding 
pages French inventions hate been carefully 
and ably handled. A correction of the glaring 
err or* should, in justice to himaolt, be made by 
the CotninlissicHUu' »t ^Agriculture, to disabuse 
the apprehensions * Ljfctnor* frightened by the 
false report from important improve¬ 
ment j et offered to them." 
REMOVAL 
OF THE RURAL NEW-YORKER OFFICE 
On the first of May, proxtmo. the Rural New- 
Yorker Office will be removed to Nos. 3 and 5 Beck¬ 
man St., in the building formerly occupied by the 
Park Bank, between Park Row and Nassau St. Otir 
Publication Office, and Agricultural Book Business, 
will be on tlie second floor, and will include the en¬ 
tire front of lit© building. The Editorial. Composing 
and Engraving rooms will be on the third and fourth 
floors. Tlie new quarters will be on a larger scale 
than those wc now occupy —affording more space 
and greater facilities for transacting the several 
branches of our Newspaper and Book Publishing 
and Selling Business. The recent rapid increase of 
the last named department of our business has neces¬ 
sitated tire change of location now announced —a 
change which we trust will redound to the con¬ 
venience and benefit of all who have occasion to 
transact business with this establishment. 
As our new hen dquarters are only half a block from 
the present—just around the corner—Agents, Adver¬ 
tisers, and other friends having occasion to call, will 
have no difficulty in finding the Ri rxl's latch string. 
Commercial Fertilizers iu Geor«lu. — A cor¬ 
respondent near Augusta, Gn., asks if there is 
any means by which Southern runners can pro¬ 
tect themselves from adulterated and useless 
commercial fertilizers. Our correspondent is in¬ 
formed that 1 lie recent Georgia Agricultural 
Convention appointed two " Analysts ‘ for the 
State, whose duty was defined to tic “ to analyze 
and examine into tlie quality of lire fertilizers 
offered for sale in Georgia," Messrs, brown ot 
the Oglethorpe University, nnd J. E. WiLLET of 
the Mercer University, were appointed. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
Congressional Commlllees on Agriculture,— 
F. A. Partington asks us to publish the names 
ot the members of the Committee*on Agricul¬ 
ture In Hie Present Congress. Tho Senate Com¬ 
mittee consists of Messrs. Morton, (Chairman,) 
Cameron, Robertson, Tipton nnd Davis. 
Speaker Blaine lias not appointed any standing 
committees during the present session, that we 
are aware of. 
HARVEY FISK. A. S, HATCH. 
Orrif K or Fisk x Hatch, 1 
Bankers, No, 5 Nassau Street. [ 
New York. March 27,1371. ' 
tw THK FIRST MORTGAGE SIX PICK CENT. 
GOLD BONDS OK THIS CHESAPEAKE AND 
OHIO HA1LRO.M) COMPANY - of which about 
$7,1X10,000, or abuui half the entire Loan, have nlready 
been marketed urn nocurml upon an East und West 
Truuk Line of Bond, 127 miles in length, tho greater 
part of which (221 miles) ta In profitable operation, 
und the remainder rapidly building. When com¬ 
pleted it will establish a short, economical, and 
favorite rout© between tide-water navigation und 
the chief railroad und nvor cities ol the West, 
Besides the immense volume of through traffic be¬ 
tween the Bust and West which tills road can com¬ 
mand by Ils superior advantages in distance, grados, 
fuel, and unfailing navigable connections, this road 
must convey enormous quantities of tlie superior 
smelling, catmel and bituminous cuuls of the Kana¬ 
wha. Valley und the Iron ores of Virginia und West 
Virginia, which are in demand at both ends of tho 
line. 
The value of the property, the certainty of a large 
and profitable business, the established reputa¬ 
tion and credit of the Company, and its uuie and 
honorable management, give to these securities an 
assurance of superior value and safety. 
They may be had in Coupon or Raj 1st<red form, and 
in denominations of 
81,'iOO, 8300, and 8100. 
Price 90 and accrued interest from November 1. 
We have prepared pamphlets, showing the agri¬ 
cultural, mineral and manufacturing advantages of 
the adjacent territory, and the traffic facilities and 
financial prospects of the Bond, which will be furn. 
ished on application. 
FJSK A HATCH, Financial Agents, 
SOUTHERN ATfAIES. 
In our issue of April 8, wo urged tho friends 
of law nnd order in the Smith who desire ils 
prosperity to “ use such influonco as they may to 
prevent the impression, which is fust obtaining 
possession of tho Northern mind Unit the Soutli 
is the lust place u Northern man should go to.” 1 
In response to tho paragraph containing the 
above quotation wo have a letter from M. II. 
Garland, (locality not given,) which contains 
this:—'*Instead of suggesting to Southerners 
that they guard against outrages perpetrated on 
Northern men, suppose you suggest to your 
Northern friends Ihe propriety of selecting 
better specimens to send Bouth, If they rleslre a 
more favorable impression to lie made on the 
Southern mind. Honest, Industrious farmers, 
who will let politics alone and attend to their 
own business, can flud n peueablo home any¬ 
where In tlie South with perfect soourity of per¬ 
son nnd property. But when they come among 
us, placing themselves on an equality with the 
negroes,nnd making them their companionsand 
associates, they need not think to win the respect 
of deoent white people, much less bo received 
into society." 
In response to the above we bare to say: . 
1. Northern men who go South go of their own 
free will. They are neither selected nor sent as 
representatives of tho people of tho North. 
Whether they are respectable or not, ordeslrablo 
as acquaintances or not, or reputable or not, 
they have tlie riyht to go anywhere they please, 
subject to 1 lie restraints of law. 
2. The people of the South have no moral nor 
civil, nor any other right to insist that those who 
settle among them shall "let poll I Jos alone." 
On the other hand it is not only the privilege hut 
the duty of the American citizen, no matter 
where he may be, to act politically. It is in ac¬ 
cordance with tlie spirit and Intent of the 
theory of Government upon which this Repub¬ 
lic is based. A Southern man in I lie North will 
not be assassinated, nor molested if ho takes 
active part in any political canvas, whether he 
is a voter or not; but especially if lie is, will his 
Night to discharge all tlie legitimate duties nnd 
enjoy all the legitimate privileges of citizenship 
1'nll bloom 
safely be anticipated, except, perhaps, the peach, 
which iu some localities was severely frozen in 
December lust. Strawberries promise an im¬ 
mense yield, and the ground is in fluo order for 
farming and gardening. Winter wheat, of which 
a very largo amount was sown in Bout Invest 
Missouri the past season, promises a very supe¬ 
rior yield. The gardens are very generally be¬ 
ing cultivated in the neighborhood of our city, 
and tho early vegetables are up and growing 
thriftily. If no untoward frost should inter¬ 
vene, wo shall have ripe strawberries In abun¬ 
dance by thu 1st of May,— t. 
Jacksonville, Morgan Co., 111., March 28.— Wo 
are having a very early spring; grass is more 
forward than it lias been for many years. Goose¬ 
berry bushes are a I most In full leaf; wheat looks 
extremely well. Some have sown their spring 
grain. We bad very high water about the 15th, 
doing a great deal of damage to farms near the 
creeks, damaging the county something near 
$3,000 in bridges and roads. Wheal, $1 to $1.40 
per bush.; oats, 50c.; Norway oats, 90c.; corn, 
40c.; hay, $13 to $15 per ton; potatoes, common, 
$1; seed do., $1.50 to $2; Early Rose potatoes 
nor much thought of; butter, 30c.; eggs, 10c.; 
cows, $35 to $100; horses, $100 to $200; laud rents 
from one-third to one-half grain rent; cash rent 
is from $3 to $9 per acre, according to quality of 
ground and distance from town ; land sells from 
$50 to $125 per acre.— j. a. 3 . 
East Porter, Niagara Co., IV. Y„ April 3.— 
Weather observations during March were as fol¬ 
lows Mean temperature at sunrise, 38*; at mid¬ 
day, 41*; ut sunset, 38*. Mercury fell to 21* on 
1 he coldest day, March 13th, ami rose to 78* 011 
the warmest day, March 9th ; 7-4 inches of water 
(ruin and melted snow) fell during tho month. 
Only six clear days. Fourteen days with wind 
in the northwest ; ten days with wind in the 
northeast. Roads very bad during the whole 
month. March proved favorable for thofavmer 
—fruit, wheat and grass prospects being better 
than the average. Farm help commands 80 per 
cent, higher than during tho eight years preced¬ 
ing 18*11, while farm produce, in the aggregate, is 
only about eight percent, more than during tho 
same period. There is in this vicinity a surplus 
of day laborers, while good farm hands for the 
season through arc scarce at any price. First 
plowing this day on high gravel land; low land 
will be unlit to plow for at least a fortnight.— 
u. u. Q. 
GIiin* for Harmonica.— W. A. T.I—Wo do not 
know where glass for a harmonica can be obtain¬ 
ed. Wo have soen rude ones made by cutting 
common window glass of different lengths with 
a diamond. 
I* n Man on Animal.—A subscriber nt Arnot, 
Tioga Co., N. Y., asks if a man is an animal. 
Yes, always; and often u big brute, too. 
BUSINESS INF0KMATI0N, 
Dairy l iensii*. dec.—The large number of our 
readers engaged in I he dairy business arc re¬ 
ferred to tlie advertisements of Jones, Faulk¬ 
ner & Co., of Utica, N- Y., and the Iron-Clad 
Can Co. of New York, on page 278 of ihis paper. 
The leading articles offered by the IJlica firm 
iiro expressly designed fur choose and butter 
factories, while they havegondsnud Implements 
for ail classes of dairymen. The Improved hoop 
offered by the Iron-Chid Can Co. will attract the 
attention of proprietors of cheese factories. 
Land Sales.—The sales of Union Pacific Rail¬ 
road laud ill Nebraska, for the monlh of March 
were, to 91 purchasers, 17,837 oft-lffO acres, for 
$75,785.16-100, or an average of $4.34 8-10 per acre. 
Total acres sold to April 1st, 335,052 71, for $1,- 
444,317.S7. Average,—$4.44 3-10. Such are tho 
figures of the Land Commissioner. 
A SAMPLE CAN FREE. 
One Quart— sufficient to oil up a Double Harness 
—sent by express to any harness iu.ikor or deulor, 
who desires to test the qualities of tlie Vacuum Oil 
Blacking. Address Vacuum Oil Company, Roches¬ 
ter, Nr Y. 
N. B.—Farmers nnd others unable to obtain the 
Vacuum oil Blacking w here they tfadc, may avail 
themselves of the above offer. 
Rural Architecture.—" A Rural Reader "is in¬ 
formed that “ Woodward's National Architect" 
will be most likely to meet bis wants so far as 
country dwellings are concerned. We know of 
no work that will meet his wants concerning 
barns. The price of tho above work at this 
office is $12, ^_ 
A NEW QUARTER OF THE RURAL 
Commenced April 1st—a good starting point for 
new subscribers. Single and club subscriptions, 
renewals and additions to clubs, are each and all 
in order. Agents will please note and act-while 
all Subscribers will please ten their neighbors that 
now is (he time lo subscribe lor tlie People s Rural 
and Family Weekly. 
Inquiries for Advertisers— ITattie WilLSON 
asks where Japanese silk of good quality can lie 
purchased at 75 cents per yard. Those who deal 
in it should advertise.— 1 T. G. Baker asks where 
black-bronze turkeys can be obtained. 
The Record is the title of a handsome 8-page 
quarto monthly, neatly printed on tinted paper, 
just started by T. C. Evans, Advertising Agent, 
Boston. Among the superior advertising medi¬ 
ums named in the Record’s vignette title, weob- 
STAMMERING CURED 
by Bates’ Appliances. For description, address 
SIMPSON & CO., Box 5076, New York. 
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