vvjwwv 1V lOfi UniXAJI
"WHAT TUB NORTHERN MILLS HAVE DONE,
AND \yUAT TUB SOUTHERN MILLS CAN DO.
i The New York Financial aud Couimeroial
Chronicle, of tho 7lh instant, contains
: an artiolo on tho above sabjcot, a brief synopsis
of tho main points of which will bo of
interest:
In July, 1874, the ootton mills and their
jk Agents found, that thoy had a largo surplus
l of stock on hand, aud it was at onco claimed
-Jkhat there was an immense ovor production
J ^of mauufhctUrod goods. In July, 1875,
' hewevor, it was ascertained that though the
\ _ til!IU hull liaa/1 tin au mnnK "?
k. .. M??v? wo UIUVU VV(VUil ?a U V Ui j
& . still thoy held, at that duto, a decreased stock
to a grout extent,
manufacturers
was still furthor reduced, although
mora raw cotton was consumed than in years
past, and honce it was shown that tho country
was really steadily absorbing moro than
tho current production, notwithstanding the ,
^uuiversal business depression which prevailAn
investigation into tho actual 'number
of pounds of cotton worked up during tho <
past six months by fifty-eight of tho larger i
cotton manufatturin? establishments of New i
England, shows still an increase over pre- i
vious years in the consumption of raw ma- j
terial.
Comparing tho consumption of these mills j
for the llrst six months of 1877 with the ;
*me period of 1876, it is shown as follows : <
rounds.
la the first six months of 1877 th* 68
mills consumed 94,650,874 1
la tho first six months of 1876 tho 68 '
mills consumed ? 91,469,447 !
I
Insrstii In Ih* last ?* mnnlk? P. 1 ftl A')7
or 0:48 por cent. ' (
Commenting on this, the article referred
to sajjtt
"These fifty-eight mills use about four
hundred aud uine thousand bales of cotton ]
each year, which would bo aboutJtbirty-throo '
and ouc-eighth per cout. of the fttiro Northern
cousamption ; and, as they represent a
fair average of all tho Northern cotton mills |
in styles of production aud iu other particulars,
wo may safely tako tho iucrcaso obtained
abovo as representing tho actual in- {
creuso this year iu tlio consumption of cotton (
by our Northern mills as compared with last
year Ono further fact of importance is '
also brought out by this inquiry, aud that J
is that tha ertmla ni;inilFiir>t.lir/>?1 frnni <Kie I
o - ? ? ]
cotton havo all disappeard?having gone iu- J
to actual homo consumption or been exported?in
the faco of tho very dull trade dur- ,
ing till the early mouths cf the yoar. Could
we havo more positive proof that at low
prices consumption has outrun production,
and is constantly increasing ? Tho population
has increased sinco tho 1S73 panic ;
the buying capacity of our people, under
the recaporating influences of good crops
and past economies, is rapidly on tho increase
} the export domand is also decidedly
larger and at paying prices; altogether giving
to the manufacturing outlook an extremely
favorable aspect?never more promising,
unless prices be ran up to a poiut i
which shall check oonsumption.'j*.*
Comparing those faots with 191 year's
transactions will give an insight into tho fu?
turo. Various causes led to a dooliue in i
prices generally last season. Ddfiflg that
dull time, spinners almost universally adopted
the polioy of working up thoir eottou
and pushing the sale of their productions,
in Luropo stocks aro now about oxbausted, i
and what is hereafter consumed must bo
takon from tho market out of the visible
supply. It will therefore be interesting to
see what of last voar's oron of 4.AOO.OOO
bales will be kept for export after deducting
what is needed for home wants.
From the figures given abovo it is estimated
that our Northorn mills will yet require
this year 139,000 bales additional to what
tSkj have already oonsuuied and have on
hand. Bearing this faet in mind, then, the
following is shown :
Stock ia ports Juno 29, as above 257,000
Raoelpts at ports and corrections after
Jane 29, estimated 50,000
Overland after June 29, estimated 80,000
Total supply after June 29 887,000
The stook In ports 1st September
is a varying quantity,
larger or smaller as demand
ana prices may contrel it.
Last year 120,000?suppose
it this year. 100,000
a freight engagements at all
the ports for export June 29,
were abont 85,000?135,000
Whioh leaves 202,000
To supply the home want for spinning. ..189,000
!.?u. r.. ??.(
W*pW? ? *?? ?? ? OI,VW
And, m the article referred to says in
conolusioo: "Last September our spinners
^Bpro bar* of clocks, baring allowed tbem to
down, as the growing crop promised
daring the summer a very full yioM.?
Should an? oiroumstanoe lead manufacturers
to stock up this year, of cojtho to just
that extent their demand would he inoroased
and the abore surplus for export be dibiriihed.
Tho secret of running a boarding house
probably, is to find out just what your boardors
don't liko. aud then food 'em lot's of it.
M I
THE SITUATION.
The close of the war found tbo planter in
a most critical condition. Ilis plantation
out of repair, bis cotton screws nud gin
houses tumbling to pieces, his laborers rendered
unmanageable by tho interference of
the Uuited States military satraps placed
over him, aud without farm implements or
horse power to operate with, ho was forced
to uso every expedient to raise money to I
mako a beginuiug. Hence ho gave liens
and mortgages to borrow means at most exorbitant
interest, aud made such contracts
as he could with tho ''freedman"?contracts
which were one-sided. He provided
the laborer with rutious, paid all the taxes
aud iucurrod all tho ri&ks, without any pow- 1
er to enforce the performance on tho other
part. .
WltTrineffluicut labor, bad seasous, catcrpillar,
buying all bis provisions at high j
prices, costly transportation to aud from ^
market, factor's commissions, interest aud
taxes, high prices did not put him ahead. At
tho close of tho year he was ia debt
Jocpor than at the beginning.
Tho plan tor, although ho has the reputation
of bciug a "croaker," is always hopoful.
After tho cotton is disposed of no more
work is done ou the plantation by the freed tnau.
The winter, which used to bo the
soason for ploughing, repairing and fixing
up for tho ucxt year, is spent in loafing,
frolicking and depredations. Christinas
week is converted into Christinas months,
and when the season for planting comes
rouud, everything is douo in a hurry, aud,
consequently, not well done.
Tho planters, hopeful that cotton will he
higher next Fall, give another lien aud pitchas
in again for a big cotton crop. Tho frecdman
is averse to planting again, ho kuows
that lie will bo provided for, aud wauts only
what he can readily convert into moucy.?
Grocery stores with Westorn flour, bacon,
and corn, spring up at every railroad station
and cross-road storo. The raising of
stock is abandoned on account of bad fences
and shot guus, aud tho wholo energy of
tho farmer is devoted to the production of
cotton.
Since tho war another item has entered
the oxpenso account of no incousidcrahlc
importance?commercial fertilizers. The .
use of it lias couio to be so much the fashion
lhat many farmers believe it is impossible
lo grow cotton without it, while some closo
an J cautious uicu entertain a different opinion.
All agree, howevor, that it is a very
troublesome item of cxpenso. Every year
has been but a repetition of this order of
tilings, and it is not strange that the condition
jf the planting interest is worso now than it
was at the initiation of pence, "so-called." No
planter of experience will preteud that cotton
can be grown at the present price profitably,
Hid it is plain lhat no country can prosper
under a system of agriculture which annually
ofily adds to the embarrassments, and
must end in the ruin of the planter. Wc
must avail ourselves of the teachings of experience
and change.?Jour, of Commerce.
#
How Far will a Greenback Go.?
Mr. Brown kept boarders. Arouud his
table sat Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Andrews,
the village milliner, Mr. Black, tho
baker, Mr. Jordan, a carpenter, and Mr.
Iladley, a flour, feed and lumbor merchant.
Mr. Brown took oat of his pocket book a
ton dollar note and handed it to Mrs. Brown,
saving;
"Ilore, my doar, aro ton dollars towards
tho twenty I promised you."
Mrs. Brown handed it to Mrs. Audrows,
ttio milliner, Baying:
"That pay* for my now bonnot."
Mrs. Andrews said to Mr. Jordan, as she
handed hiui tho note :
"That will pay you for your work on my
counter.
Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr. Ilndloy, the
flour, food and lumber uiorchaut, requesting
his lumber bill.
Mr. lladley gave the note back to Mr.
Browu, saying:
"That pays ten dollars on my board."
Mr. Brown passed it to his wife, with the
remark that that paid hor tho twonty dollars
he had promised. Sho in turn paid it to Mr.
Black, to settle hor bread and pastry account,
who handed it to Mr. Iladloy, wishing
oredit for tho amonnt on his flour bill;
ho again returning it to Mr. Brown, with
the remark, that it settled for that month's
board. Whereupon Brown put it back into
his pocket-book, exclaiming, that he
"never thought a too dollar bill would go so
far."
Thus a ten dollar greenback was made to
pay ninoty dollars indebtedness inside of
five miuutoj. Who says greenbacks ore 1
worth loss:
To H*lp a Call a Lilt to Bloom.?
Be sura it has a good rich soil; water with
cry warm water, with a little ammonia or
bone duet added once in a week or two.?
Krery morning pour boiling water in the
saneer of tfco pot the lily is in, and give it
plenty of heat and suushine. I have two
pots of lilies and have two flowers on one
and one flower and two buds on the other.
?Ex. J
A fair reputation is a plant dolicato in
its nature and by no means rapid in its
growth. It will shoot up in a night liko tho
gourd uf the piophct; but, like that gourd,
it may perish in the night
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THE FIGHT BETWKSH THE MONITOR ASD
1UE MEJttttlMAC
Tlie death, at Schnu, Ala., of Lieutenant 1
Catcsby Juues, recalls ono of the most uiomcutous
evculs of the war of the rebulHon,
and the beginuing of a new <p*a iu tho his*
tory of naval warfare. Liedteuaut Jones,
who was a brilliant cliiccr of our uavy, rank- .
iug with Dahlgreuc as an authority in ordinance
and gunnery, took the side of tho
South duriug tho war. It was he who commanded
tho Merriuiac, or Virgiuia, a3 she
was called by the Confederates, iu her fainjus
fight with tiie Monitor, and tluib is tho
sveut to which wo refer.
On the afternoon of the S>.h of March,
t8Gd, tho improvised irou clad Merriuiac,
whose anpearaneo had !ou<> been anticipated '
i i..* i i ? ? *
iiiu uiuuuva, siouuiou aowu llio y lizaL?ci.li
River toward Naw^orlNfiWr.. Ilcr appaLr
?ueo was speedily signalled to the Union
blockading squadron in that neighborhood,
which consisted of the frigate Congress and
.lie sloop-ofiwar Cumberland at Newport
News, and iho frigates Minnesota, lloanokc
tud St. Lawrence, at Fortress Mouroc, sis
lriles distant. Lieutenant Catesby Jones
vas in couuuaud of the Merrimac, which
iad been made into an armored vessel by
azeoing to the water line the old and famous
'rigato Mcrriuiac, theu lying abandoned at
ho Norfolk Navy Yard, and building up on
ler an irou casement to protect, her battery.
L'his shield was iu the form ot a roof, and 1
he plating, which was of railroad bars, was
our inches thick, which would bo cousidcrid
au absurdly weak armor now-todays.?
Ller battery consisted of eight 9 inch Duhl;recn
guns, and four 7 J-iuch rifles of the
LJrooko pattern?a powerful armament for
.hat time.
The fleet at Fortress Mouroo slipped their (
jablcs and advanced toward the monster, ,
while the Congress and Cumberland stood ,
ready to meet her. The three ships woro
ioou engaged in n hot fight; but our vessels .
taw to their dismay that thcii shots had no \
oorc effect on the tcrriblo Confederate than ,
peas ou au elephant's hide, while the Mer- 1
i'.-ti. i i? i i *
iiuiuu ^/uitu mini ner uroausiucs wan uis- (
istrous consequences to the wooden ships. ,
rhe Ggbt was a short one, the Mcrriuiuc ,
>0011 striking and sinking the Cumberland,
nhosc gallant crow weut down with hor.? (
1'ho successful vessel tlicu paid her altcn- .
dons to the Congress, dealing out to her a J
aking fire of hot shot, for the heating of ,
vhich Lieutenant Jones hud prepared a '
luruacc aboard the Mcrrimae,' which'was (
in harmed l?jr tlio shells of the wooden fri- \
jatc. The Congress was soon in flames, and
ho Mci'tiuiuc made for tho other vessels, (
jut owing to her great draught of water was (
in able to get near enough to them to do
I10111 injury; and at seven in tho evening
lie Confederate iron-clad and her consorts
.teamed back to Norfolk. Lieutenant Jones,
n an account of tho battle, which ho pubished
long after, says ho was satisfied with
ho day's work, as well he might have been,
ind had no doubt of his ability to start out
>u the morrow and clean out the rest of the
Union fleet. Meantime a panic prevailed
it Fort Mouroe, aud tho whole country
Told its breath.
Hut Lieut. Jones did not do nuy moro
deauiug out. At 8 o'clock in tho evening
there appeared off Fort Mou.oo a strnngf
looking little craft, which, two days before,
had lel't New York. It was the Monitor,
in experiment iu naval construction, iu
ivhiuli every thing was new and untried,
turrets, machinery aud all. Iler guns had (
Dcon only onco fired ; 6ho had gone to sea
from tlio stocks; the paiut upon her was .
icarcoly dry, and lior officers, except the .
two engineers, kuow nothing, by experience, I
>1' Iicr working or capabilities. At C o'clock ,
>u tlio moruing of the 9th, (Suuduy,) the
watch-officer of the Minnesota espied tlio ,
Merrimac ateamiug toward them from Sew- .
ill's Point, while the mist overlaid the ]
water. The Monitor was signalled, ami ]
promptly hoisted anchor, battened down her j
iron hatches, and prepared for her uiuiJcu ,
light. rl'bo Merrihiuc hove in sight, and at ,
juce made for the Minnesota, which she intended
to capture and carry off as a prize .
to Norfolk, whore crowds lined the wharves,
waiting to ace her lowed into tbo harbor in -1
triumph. Put, before tho Minnesota was
reached, the little monitor caino out front
uudcr her quarter, and David advanced tp
uieot Goliath. She ran down to withip
short range of tho Mcrriinac, which promptly
guvo her turrot three broadsides, hut they
glanced off without doing harm. The Monitor
replied with her two eleven-iucli guns, ,
and, beginning at 8 o'clock, the naval duel
proceeded, lasting until noon, tlio two contestants
frequently touching each other, and
sending their shot at so close quarters, while,
through a largo part of tho fight, they were
only a fow yards apart. In tho excitement,
tho Monitor at first fired wildly, so elevating
her guns that most of tho missiles wore wasted,
but, later, tho guns wcro depressed, and
tlio shot began to tell. Mortally wouuddB,
the Merrimao was towed to Norfolk, ire I
she soon sank. If tho Monitor had known,
what was subsequently proved, thari^s'
oleven-inch guns could stand a charge of
thirty pounds of powder with solid shot, in?
stead of the small charge she used, the fato
of tho Merriniac would have beeu decided
after a fow rounds.
The country look a breath of relief, for
one of tho gravest dangers of the war hud
boon overcome If the Merirmac bad fol
lowed up on the Dili the astouishing success
she achieved ou the 8th tho whole fleet at
Newport News would huvo beeu destroyed 1
or captured. Fort Monroe would have
been at her mercy, tho Jauics ltivcr would '
have beeu closed to tho Union, and our
whole Atlautic seaboard v.ould have beeu
iu peril. Tho little Mouitor had begun a 1
now era iu naval warfare, the era of tho 1
last iiitccn years, aud tho ouo which is to 1
he succeeded by that of the movable torpo- '
do, which, properly dovelopod, will neutral- 1
izc.tho great monitors that now form tho 1
main btrcugth of all modorn navies.?
"Lieutenant Joues at once recognized that 1
the iuiprcguablo turret was henceforth to 1
lie the chief feature of naval construction, 1
aud did uot hesitate to so extuess liino.dP
J. building of the pcrcw steamer
Vr iu CO ton was one of the milestones of pro- 1
Hioss; the use of shell guns was a second ; 1
tho Monitor was a third; and now coiacs
iho movable torpedo, whoso successful application
will eventually make great navies 1
things of tho past, and the world will glad- 1
ly got rid of such enormously extensive marine
establishments 1
Ou tho side of the Confederates, Lieut. .
Catesby Jones in this historic battle bore
hiujsilf with distinguished gallantry aud
tho success of the Monitor w;.s chiefly due '
to tho skill aud bravery of her two engineers,
Alban C. Stiuicrs aud Isaac Newton,
who believed in their untried vessel, know
most about her, aud dared to take all risks
inside of her plated turret.?jY. Y. Sun. 1
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AN INDIAN ROMANCE.
During the latter year of the war a part
9*' Spotted Tail's family was at Fort Laramie,
and with theui was his favorite daughter,
a young girl of eightccu. The Fort
was then garrisoned by companies of an
Ohio volunteer cavalry regiment, and among
the officers was a baudsome young lioutcnlut,
of pleasant manners. Spotted Tail's
.laughter fell violently iu love with this
young uian. ller passion docs not seem to
have been reciprocated, aud it is said ho
ilid all ho could to convince her ho could not
marry her, and therefore it would bo wrong i
for him to visit her or receive visits from her.
Cut the iu fat ustcd girl would not be convinced
and could not see why she, a Princess
,iud the daughter of the most powerful chief i
on the plains, was not a suitable wife for the
young soldier. Cay after day she would
Jress herself with scrupulous euro and conic
to the fort to see her beloved, it was pit 1"J>!v
liur as hour after - Lour she
would sit on the door step of the officer's
rpKirtcrs, waiting for him to conic out. At
other limes she v/ou'd follow hiut about like
a dog, seemingly perfectly happy 10 be near
him and enjoy the poor privilege of looking
at him. i
Spotted Tail, heaving of tin strange conduct
of his daughter, and deeply mortified
at her want of self-respect, hastened to the
fort aud pu.titig her iu charge of route kind
friends bid them carry her into the ltocky
Maintains, where he had a little camp aud
a jf^rlion of his people dwelt in the fall and
winter time. They wore told to divert her
in every way, and, if possible, endeavor to
make lier forget her foolish passion. She
went away meekly enough, but fell into a
deep melancholy, fiom which 110 effort of
friends could rouse her. Presently she refused
to take food aud pined away uutilshc
was a mere skeleton.
One day a courier, whose horse was covered
with foam, sought the chief to tell him
his daughter was dying of a broken heart
:iud wished to see him once more before she
passed to the spirit land. Away, over
mountain and stream, hurried the great
chief, and paused not by night or by day
until ho leached the bedside of his beloved
child. He found her alive, bat sinking
very fast, and she bid him s'.t close beside
her and hold her hands in his while she told
hiui all the simple story of her love and suffering,
and a broken heart. She said: "I
shall boou be at rest, my father, and with
Llioso of our kiudrcd who have gone bcfo.e.
Iu that beautiful laud I will wait for you,
and you will soon conic to join uio, dear father,
for your hair is white with years of
care and toil and you are growiDg old and
tired. You aro a great chief, aud have yet
mauy warriors, but 1 pray you not to quarrel
with tho whites, who are more numerous
than the leaves on the trees of the forest.
Sparo your pcoplo, my father, and rest yet
a little while iu peace; when you will have
-p.i? ? ? -p i'p *
IVUVMVU VIIW Ultu Vl illV JUUIUfJ U1 1I1C 21 LIU
como to join uic in tliut happy homo whore
I am going. The pale faces aro the people
of him I love so well, and between 3 on and
them I hope war will never eoino again.?
And, oh, my father and my chief, when 1
am dead take my poor wustcd body and lay
it to rest on the hill beside the fort where 1
learned to love so well."
The chief promised he would do all as she
wished, but bid her live and she might yet
bo happy. She lingered a fow days and
then the faithful heart coased to beat. Ah
jgpst heart-broken, Spotted Tail bid his attendants
prepare the body for burial, and
bear it as rapidly as possible on their shoulders
to the fort.
?? ? . Wo
ought never to believe evil of any
one till we are certain ot it. We ought not
to say anything thnt is rudo and displeasing
even in a joke, and oven then we onght not
to carry the joke too far.
PUBLIC HANGIHGS.
Bill Bradley, a negro, was tried last May
i year ago, for the murder of Hamp. llankiu,
his brother-iu-Jaw. Uo was found guilty,
aud sentenced to bo hanged on the fourth
Friday in last July, with one Wesley
Brookes, who was convicted of murder at
the same Court and seuteuced to be haDgcd
an the same day. Ou his way from tho 1
Courthouse to the Jail ho said: "Whea
Ihcy haug me, they will hang a d d
good man." A short time beforo the day
af cxccutiou he and Brookes broke jail; it
was strongly suspected at the timo that tho
Jailor couvouiently forgot to lock and bolt
Cue doors. Oa the day of their escape, thoy
Looks opcu and robbed a store ou the Port
lioyal Bail road,
Urookos was recaptured and lianged last
July. Bradrcy made his way to Georgia
aud was caught iu Augusta, a short time
before last May court, and lodged in the
Aiken jail, lie was resentenced and expiated
his criuio yesterday, under as boiling a
suu as usually visits us in July.
It is estimated by the Sheriff, the Clerk
of the Court, and others well qualified to
judge, that bctwccu two aud three thousand
persons were present. There were not more
than lour or five hundred white people.?
Of tho negroes, more than one-half were
women. The prisoner was brought down
from Aikcu, on tho night train of Thursday.
Next moruiug lie was brought iu liom Blackville,
and arrived here about teu o'clock.?
Ou his arrival ho was takcu up to tho towu
guardhouso. "\Yhcu the rope was adjusted
around his neck, ho was perfectly cool,
walked with a quick, firm step, held up his
neck to have the rope properly fixed, aud
appeared to bo perfectly ready to meet his
fate. As ho reappeared, he was dressed in
ot.l-.nl- ?? ?-i ?''
jiuit ui JMUIB a UU Willie HUirif, QO
other covering except a white cloth on hi9
head. The wagon in which the prisouer
lode, was guarded by the Barnvillc Greys,
and escorted by the motley crowd of men,
women and children.
Whcu Bradley arrived at the place of execution.
he ascended the scaffold with a firm
step, addressed the crowd, saying lie did
I.ill the man, but that it was in self-defeuce;
that he had made his peace with God, and
would soon be with Jesus. After he finished
his short speech, he turned to the Sheriff
and told hlni to proceed without delay, as
ho was anxious to be in the arms of his Jesus,
lie was knocked off, aud after hanging some
twenty or thirty minutes, the doctois pronouueed
him dead aud he was cut down and
buried iu the colored graveyard near by.
Now, is it not time to cease these public
executions and stop the education of this
vicious taste. The universal opinion among
tho negroes is, that this murderer has gone
straight to glory. As I heard a negro women
say in the presence of several other woman,
'-there is no doubt he is with God.''?
Instead of an execution being the just
punishment for the violated law, the prisoner
is almost an angel; lie springs right
from the scaffold to llcaven, and nearly all
of the negroes co awav rcioicint' in ?h? 1??
W / V o ' ""w
Hot; that a soul is saved and a good uian
has reaped the reward of the just. The execution
should be private, and let tho imagination
do its work.
jiut that is not all?at least fifteen hundred
laborers were drawn from the crops at
the most important part of the season, some
of them traveling from twenty to thirty
miles to bo present. The cost of this pub-'
lie execution in tho loss of labor is at least
two thousand dollars, to say nothing of the
money spout for provisions and whiskey.?
Is not this of itself a powerful argument
against public executions ? I beard a member
of the Legislature say he intended to
iutroducc a bill to chargo each spectator
twenty cents a head to witness a hanging,
which ho thought would support the poorhouse
of the county.
Crops aro said to be doing well, and one
or two more good rains will secure an abundant
yield. The fruit crop is very fine, but
mclous arc backward. I have not seen a
ripe watermelon iu the market.?Fete, in
t/oiir. commerce.
A passenger on ouo of the Midland Railroad
trains has given to the Middletown
(N. Y.) Pnss a sensational account of a.
recent thunder storm. The traiu was near
Waltou, and tho storm was terrible. There
was crash after crash of thunder, with blinding
lightning, accompanied by a deluge of
raiu and hail. Atone time the train seemed
to be enveloped iu a sheet of electrical fire.
A fearful crash proccdcd, and instantlj tho
engine was in a volume of electricity, balls
of tire encircling the driving wheels as
they revolved with lightning rapidity. Engineer
Fan ford beheld the phenomenon with,
wonder and awe, and, supposing that the
end of all things was at baud, involuntarily
shut off the steam. Nearly every person
on the train experienced a severe shook.?
A large tree by the track was shattered.
Ben Montgomery, a rarely successful find
capable colored man, formerly a slave of
Jeff Davis' brother, has recently died in
Mississippi. When a slave he was largely
the manager of his master's estate, which
lie purchased after the war for $350,000 in
gold. He also became the owner of President
Davis' placo as well as several other
plantations, and altogether this ex-slawe had
a remarkably tlr.'.ving career.