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' DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO THE GENERAL INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY. 1VOL. Y. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1876. NO. 42. ,* ??*'.' ' ^ OTJR CENTENNIAL LETTER- | frioud, uWhv any fool could boo that I vouraoat i? th? ??? I L ? Piiiladklphia, Juno 14, 1870. * AQRIOtfLTUltAL IIALL. For tho past four weeks wo havo been wandering about through tho ? .Main Hall, crammed to ropletion with nil Borta ot lnuiscnbablo boautioe and wonders, gathered from tbo tonr quarters of tbo .earth and the scattered islands of tbo Boa. Marvellous indeed are they?wondors such as lew of ns can oxpect to see again?but hero is an exhibition ot over threo hundred buildings, many of them worlds in themselves, containing vast storos of wealth, and grand contributions of genius which must bo seen but cannot bo described. Buildings whose names afford not the slightest indication of the treasures they possess, or tho uses to which they arc applied, and the character I here give, applies particularly to tho Agricultural Department, a department too little appro* ciatod and too little known, and lite treasures of which have boon nogleet ?d by the groat mass of Centennial visitors, many of whom pass whole days in tho Main Hall and Art Gallory, admiring pitchers and vasses, rueerchaiyJi pipos, silverware, statues and paintings?things entirely buy4>nd their reach, and which they can uevor hope to possess. f Tiio building itsolf, when seen from tho distance, looka liko old ahbey% being in the form of a cross, and all of Ua cupolas, steeples and turrets ? surmounted by crosses, which give it quite a religions and respectable appearance. J no building is about eight hundred and fifty tix fuet on each of its siile^, and contains witin Ita walla as much of interest as any A other building on the grounds. It is a positive relief to got away from the glittering gewgaws and things that surround you in the Main Hall There everything is suggestive of the must extravagant luxury, wealth and flilfift. tllfi Kiii'ttF.f. irwlr-v <>f ? n?lir>>>'? ruin. The ric'ue&t of siivorwavo, the ooetlioat of car pete, tho raroet works of art, lace3 and jewels are around v you on every side. Everything ab>ut you tiil 1? of wealth and ostentation, hut tho moment you stop into Agi i? cultural Hall you arc in another world. Your eyes aro no longer tortured by visions of woalth away boyond your reach and unploasantly re? minding you of tho multitude ol f grades ftbovo you, for while there is wealth untold within the mighty A building, you foel that it is among the possibilities, that part of it may ono day bo yours. Hero aro no jewels, no gold, no silver, no diamonds, but tho equaro products of hard and honest toil, tho fundamental elomontsot individual success and tho primary eonrcos of a nation's WP.filt.li anil ormntiinoa &' When most people think of Agiin cultural Hull, who havo not viaitort it, visions of lingo pumpkins, gig?m~ tic cabbages, enormous licels aud , extraordinary potatoes immediately float before tlioir disordered imagm* atione, and you will bo somowhat surprised to learn, no doubt, that more i? not out) 01 mo arucios l have named, to be found within the Agrif| ' cultural Huilding, if I oxcept a half dozen dishes ot potatoes loft tlioro by some ambitious oinatonr aboiic two 1 weeks ago. It is not only Jie products of agriculture in tho way of oereals and seeds, but by what may v scorn a Btrango misnomer of clasuttcation, many things are so remote in <* their relationships, that it requiros sometimes pretty acute knowledge of logic to observe its particular bearing 0*1 tho business of agriculture. In ono portion of tho hall ia a gigantic atuiVod giraiV. Two country mon, tho Other day, wont up to oxamino him. Ono said, "Joe, I don't seo what that thar cvittor has got to do with agri? culture." 11 Von don't," ropliod hit? that boast was an agricultural production. Now aiift graea an agrU cultural production, on don't he eat grass aud yarbs and cocoannts, and ain't them agricultural productions; and ain't ho stuffed with hay, and ain't that an agricultural production; in courso it is." And so ho walked away. Locko himself never arrived at as logical a soquenco. Ar you enter tho south door, you realize tho differonco between tho building you aro in, and all you have soon before. On tho left hand, as if guarding tho portals, is the wino ox? hibit of Sohnlien of Rhiems. Monster bottles crown tho gates, such as tho Titans might have nsod millions of yeara boforo tho present pigmy race wiih tlir.nirhh r>f Wl.nf .?*{..I.? .. & V... .. WC.U draughts thoso ponderous bottloe suggest?down throats liko rolling rivers, and into stomachs liko houndloss seas?they seem to tell of ex hau8tlc68 plenty which laughs to scorn all thoughts of oconomy or thrift, and cries out. "Drink aarnin. drink ? O ? ~ again, unci koop on drinking till doomsday rings. You carf nevor, drink me dry," and reminding you of tho old drinking sorig, "Oh that a Dutchman's draught might be, Deep as tho rolling Zuydor Zco." That there may bo no partiality in tho way of drinks, while tlio loft portal is guarded by Rhenish wine, tho right is flanked" by good old Irish whi>koy?wlioro it stands a wholeKiimn wsii'tiMitr tri nil nnel <1 ~ o ? fountain of delight to nil lovers of mountain dew. Usqunbaugh and all Uiuho delectable compounds, against which Father Matthew launched the Anothoma Marinatli. Passing un? scha hed between this Scylla and Cbarybdis, you liud youreoii couIronted by a numbor of eases suggee* tivo of temporanco and ^ood cheer. You have eluded tho god of wine, and the demon of chocolate, and cocoa, and extract of coffoe, and all sorts of pleasant drinks which cheer but not inobriato. ]*ut hore id a ease tlmt demands something more than a passing notice?not because it is so pretentions, but because it represents a firm of whom I may say, a3 I said last week of Great Britain, with 11 ftlifht difFrrnnnn nf nmircn? on whoso pickh b tho huh nevor sets, and whoso preserved meats are known around the world. This is the ciiso of Cro36o and Blackwell, the great picklcrsand presorvora of London. I say great, using tho term in the 8enao that kings and queens are gre'it, for thoy ftro kings, queens, emperors, autocrats in tho universal empire of pickles and preaervoa.? How dainty and how toothsome tlioso Iwitlli'rt and nnnL*n?na nn/1 imm <18 tho attendant opens tho door to display some articles of goods, catch tho rich fragrnnoe of tho vinegar, which is equal in perfuino to tho roau of Sharon or tho lily of tho valley. It would bo impossible to describe tho number of articles oxhibited iu their exquisite case, or to apeak in fAA liw/li onni monrl n f I r\i\ r\f Hmln a v 1<V/V/ VVIUIIIVIIV4UVIV/U ui liiuil U An cellent arrangement. It ia a eplondid oxhibit wortliy of thoGroat G^ns lonniul Exhibition, worthy of the groat houso it reprosonts, and especially fortunato in its representative, \f.. !> -?! 1 .?lw? (iKlu l? hi r? in/ i*i/i j ij u n v < i i 11 o iiivj vyi tu il and honor of tiio firm ol Orosso and Black well. A little to tho loft, after rnuniug tiio gauntlet of bottles, kegs and demijohns, wo como to a very fine exhibit of varied industries from Japan, and here lot me say, that two Nations loom up in this Exhibition in ainannor that will give them a status before the world which thoy nover occupied beforo, and of which tho world nover doomed them ca pable. Tho countrioa I particularly apeak ol aro Brazil and Japan. Both of thoso ompiroa havo covorcd thornr>clwith glory What aatoniaboa w ? ?~ ...H^mi/uuu ttuu ojjtundor of tholr conttibutions. Japan particularly oxcols iu tho ornamontal arts, und in tho ability of turning tho simploat things into articlos of utility and tasto. Tho Japanoso havo novor uaod loathor for shoos, and yot somo of tho finest tanning I havo ovor soon in fn Im fr??irwl " w wv avuuu in luuil* oxniDition in Agricultural Hall. Tho loathoris soft as silk aud tough as iron. All kinds of skins aro tanned; not only tho skins of animals, but tho skins of fishes?j tho shark, in particular, furnishing a material which I imagine would bo cxccodingly wholesome for bathgloves. I rofor to thoso which bathore uso to scrub thomsclvcs with. I will promiao any ono who will try tho ox-> J Ijuniuoui, ft vory nvoly soneation. 1 j tried it, by way of oxpovimont, on the end of my noso, and removed enough of the bark in half a flecond to mako it look liko a ripe Btrawborry. I can imagin a bathor u?ing a pair of those glovou iii a man nor that might mako a rouKing olmir uncomfortablo for two wooUs at least. "Groat pooplo, thoso Japanoflol" I raontally oxolaimod, aa I thought of it, and thon foil to admiring tho dainty things made of bamboo, which is tho all in all to tho Jcpanoso and China*, man. "Wonderful bamboo!" I said lu uiyHoii. ii covors his head and his j foot; it furniahoB his houso, and it sup- i plies ovory thing in it. IIo weaves the I fibro into cloth; it gives him tho finost | and silkiost of papor; tho chopsticks j ho cats with aro mado of it; tho cofx fin ho finally reposes in is coinposod of it, and his spirit is waftod off to glory by burning littlo sticks of it; and if ho was to bo cremated, undoubted bamboo would bo tho material in which ho would invost his final urnings. Dolicato little baskets,? chairs, sofas, divans, hats, walkings sticks, and a multitude of useful things aro composed of it. In tho preservation of meats and fish Japan does not appear to bo qui to as successful as tho people of Cincinnati or Capo Cod.? Thoy have aomo dried codfisn there. I don't know whethor codfish thus proeerved can bo considered very healthy food; Ono thing is cortain, it is exceedingly strong food, 1 would quietly romark to my country friends, whop, you go to examinotho Japanese driod fish and meats, tako along a bottle of Colofino, and if you aro naturally inclined to intcmporanco, I would suggest that a littlo whiskey might not bo out of placo?of courso undor modical advice. Next to Japan comes Holland?squaro and solid as a Dutch galliot. Now, I confess 1 liko tho Dutch, but if you oxamino thoir exhibit horo, a man would bo inclinod to think that tho doscondants of William tho Silent and the great Yon Tromp had dovotod thoontiro national onorgy to tho businoss of drinking and smoking. Drinks, drinks, drinks, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, kirshwassor, dinglowoin, ohonflots and to bacco?all tho figures represented on her labels aro men with bellios? lilco bass drums, nnd all of Ihnm mugs of boor or botilon of gin. Two figures aro at the ontranco to l?or exhibition?a man and a woman. Tho man sits astrido a barrel of gin, and tho woman lias a big mug of boor; in fact it would eccm as if drinkinc fin o o and boor was tho oxcluaivo business of Holland. A stop furthor on, and wo arc within tho exhibits ol Brazil. You will rccollcct that in ray Inst two loiters I spoko of tho beauty of tho Brazilian oxhibitfl in tho Alain Hull; but all alio has thoro?and sho has much?fades into insigniflcanco alongside of hor agricultural exhibition. Nothing with in tho grounds will eomparo with it, if wo oxeopt Groat Britain and hor colonios. Such storos of national wealth, I fool jubtifiod in saying, woro novor exhibited by ft singlo nntion sinco tho world hcgan. I will just mention a low of tho Htaplos sho has on oxhihition, ftnd will includo in thorn somo articlo-i sho has in othor departments, just for tho sako ol Krotininr thorn logothor, Unit you nifty undor* Bland tho oourcca of hor wealth, Sho hu6 gold, nilvor, diamonds, cotton, couoo, sugar, dyowoods, modioinal roots, tobaooo, silk, flux, juto, and otlior toxtilos, fruits innumerable, winos of raany qualities, whoat, ornamental woods of various kinds and of wondrous boauty; in faot, as you go through tho numorous aisles, you, fool that, with nil hor variod and abundant blessings, tho Brazilans ought to bo, and douhtloss aro, a prosporous and happy pooplo. Dining tho work wo lmvo boon favored with tho proaonco of many of tho greatest gonorals of tho lato war. Gonornls Shorhian, Shoridan, Hans ( cock, and a hostoi othorfe." Tho occa. ( sion of their coming being tho reunion of tho armies of tho Jamos and Po>< 1 I ~ ' ' v/umuu, itnu mou ui i/iiu uuvuiry corps. A grand bull wound up tho fostivitos, ( which was largoty attondcd by tho ' olilo of tho city. 1 Filty thousand dollars wns votod < by tho Council of tho city of Phila- 1 dclphia to cnablo tho Mayor to ro- i coivo distinguished guosta from abroad ] *?in othor words to givo them a blow < out. I was anxious to boo tho thing | go. I will not stato my roasons thoron j for, but just in tho nick of timo somo misorablo, parsimonious wrotoh served ( an injunction on his honor, and this trot his honorable hack tin. nnd now - -r? | ho swears that ho won't touch a ponny of it, ovon if thoy wero to Bhovo it in his pockot, and ho says thoy may injunet and ho blessod. I am disappointed, sadly disappointod. Tho row has at last culminated bos 1 twoon tho Centennial Commission and ' the Board of Finance, and tho financiers havo callcd to their aid somo of tho first logal talontin tho land. Their I lawyers navo decided that tho United < States Contonninl Commission have i nothing to do with tho funds. That ; G'on. JJawloy's ton thousand dollar salary ia a myth, and that tho host of ^ Commissioners from tho various Stales who swooped down on the Centennial treasury "liUo a wolf on tho fold," aro not entitled to enough to pay their whiskey hills, much less to roast umcKunH ana cigutaouars a uay. 1V.OW fiomo of tliont will got bade ho;no, mcroy only knows. Jlcro is a clianco for tho chfritably inclined. Sond in your subscriptions gonta, I'll take charge of them. The woathor has boon fino, and tho attondanco oxcoodingly good, and an tho oxhibits in tho various dopartmoncs aro almost comploto, 1 oxclaim with Fitzjamos, "Como ono,corao all." Qon- Heth and tlio flnntennial LegionMontion wne mado ft fow dnya ?inoo of tlio oloction of Major-Gon, Ilftrry Iloth as commander of tho Southern bftttnlion of tho Contonnial Legion.? Gon. Hoth has nccoptcd tho oompliraontin tho following lottor: Richmond, Ya., Juno 9, 1870. It. C. Gilrich, William A. Courtonay, T. Grango Simmons, Jr., Southern Committooon I<ogion Organization: Gonllomon?Your favor of tho 7th instant, informing mo that I had been soloctod by tho companios composing tho Southern Bnttnlion an tho field offieor, from tho Statos thoj' aro to represent, in tho Contonnial Lotf'.on at l/iniauoipnia, on Uioir contomplatod visit to that city, was rocoivod. L'ormit mo to aasuro you that I duly approciato tho distinguished complin merit yon havo con for rod, and bog to acknowledge tho honor thoroby bostowed upon mo. I will moot my Wniitlifirii r>ntni'A<lnn in VVUIMMVW ?? * U 1 I t* V4 V I |/ I I (? (It tlio approaching reunion, trusting that this gathoring of roprosontativo Northern and Southern soldiors may and another Hide to tho cliain of friendship, good will and reconciliation which should ovor bind tho patriotic citizon soldiors of tho two groat sections firmly togothor, and that this mooting may provo to onoand all that tho eohliors of tho North and tho ooldiors of tho South aro aninmtod by tho ono and Baino groat motivo?a thorough and comploto reconciliation, with a mind directed nolely to tho happiness, poaco, prosperity and glory ot a united and common country. Very rcapcctfully yonrn, II. Hetu. Oorrcepondcnco Howb and Courier. Edgefield AffairsEdqefikld, Juno 9.?This county ' has had another visitation of court ; with tho usual result. The criminal 8, side opened on Mondny, Judgo Car- 1 pontor prcsidiug. lie addreseed the ( grand jury upon tho lynching that ( tooK place recently, ana conaemned , a resort to such modes of trial und punishment. IIo admttted tho ex- ( trcme provocation for tho aet, but i hold that appeal should always he had < to duly establish courts of ju6tico. IIo saueed tho clerk to road tho paoclamation issued by Governor (Jhaiuris 1 berlain in reforenco to tho lynch ing? ind a letter addreseod by tho Govern- ' 3r to himself, requesting him to ordor j \ full examination by tho grand jury 1 >f all tho circumstances connected nun *ij uiiu mnv ol,K^VOUIJK iUttt ineasuroa bo taken for tlio arrest and punishment of tlio two womon impli:ated in tlio murder. Judgo Carpen* tor also spoko at somo length upon tho recent flight of County Treasurer McDovitt with thousands of dollars of tho public money, but tailed to envolve anything vory satisfactory to tho plundered taxpayers or tho atarr [ng creditors of tho connty. Uon. ISutlor hero rose wilh a vory ' pertinent suggestion to tlio Court.? 1 Sinco the issuing of proclamations was 1 in order, ho would suggest to the ' court to suggest to tlm grand jury to j reccoinmoud to Governor Chamber- j lain the issuing of another proclainatiou offering a reward for the arrest af McD ovitt,who has 60 noatly swept , tlio treasury clean, and is now onjoy[ng ilia ill gotten gains iu Cauada. Jndgo Carpenter replied that tho grand jury had a right to mako such a reccommondation if they wished. After this Judge Carpenter an*- 1 nounced, in rcaponso to tho farming interests, who did not wish to s/?are time from their crops, tho moro especially as the County, thanks to the iininaculato but fugacious McDovitt, could not pay them a stiver for their time and labor, that he would try only one or two cases during tho presont Court of Seeaions. Court boiug now ready for business, tho Solicitor was abeont, without whom no legal grist could bo brought to tho grand jury mill to grind. It was announced that the solicitor was sick. Ilumor hath it he waa laid up with tho 8A?0 complaint that brought his eo-laboror of the Scveuth Circuit low not long aiuco. In hia abscenco Mr. John C. Sheppard waa aDnointed m ? A acting solicitor. Two bills were given out to tho grand jury, tho only ones that could bo found prepared, one for mulo stealing Mid tho other lor burglary and larceny. In both cases no bill was found by tho grand jury, (which consistod of about two thirds colorcd jurors,) although tho proof of guilt is said to havo boon positive. Mr. Sboppard said that ho proposed to go on making out indictIIUMlttt fK/flinfih tlin Y>a>*tina unfil il./. "O ? I ?..nt lliu grand jury did iind true billtj. This producod tho desired ofVecf, as a truo bill was rendered in the mule ease. Jt was, however, not tried, and, after a presentment by tho grand jury, court adjourned on Tuesday evening to moot in July. Tho grand jury camo to no conclu sion as to tho murder and lynching case. They reccommendod to tho Governor, in accordance to Gen. But lor's suggestion, to issno a proclamation offering a reward for tho arrest of McDovitt,and askod that Attornoy Gouoral Stono and Mr. bheppard institute criminal procoodings against him and civil suit on hit* bond, and that tho county commissioners examine into hisotlicc, and eee what ho left behind. , The appointment ot Mr. Tompkins as Trotwurer givos satidfaotioi),, The only aaddoning i ofloetion is that an honest man lias boon put to keep the treasury koy, after tho money is < gone. Nemo. i U limited Reward- * Tho murdorors of John I/, ond Cath arino A. Harmon, woro lynchod in Kdgoflold by an outragod community. Upward of ahandrod uhots woro fired into the bodies of the murdorors, by sitizona who wore no mnBks, and tho 1 -" mvfviuvi iiv/y* uuvun u rwwuru 01 CZUV QAoh for tho npprcbonaion of tho murdorors," of tho murdorors of tho Harmons. Tho proclamation bears iato Juno 7?tho dato upon which' Iho Governor left for tho Cincinnati Convention, and was given to tho public yesterday. It is as follows: Whoreas information has boeu recoivod at this departmont that on tho i>Q,J ** I-? -s ""vi ul?v ui uu-uy nisi/ bix persons, namod Austin Davis, Stophon Luke, Larkin Holloway, Jobso Lake, JofFerson Bottles and Marshall Porrin, chargod with tho murder of John L. Harmon ind Catharine A. Harmon, his wife, >f a placo callod Winter Seat, in tho jounty of Edgefield, woro forcibly Illfnn fl?nrn l.lin onalnili' r\ f llin ,n..v.. WHV VWU WUJ Wi HI W UI1V)1 111 >f Edgofiold County and doliboratcly wd wantonly murdorod by u band of irmod men to mc unknown: Now, thoreforo, I, D. II. Chainbcrain, Governor of tho Stato of South Carolina, in ordor that justico may bo Jono and tbo mnjosty of tho law vin? ncaicu, ana in pursuanco of an not intitlod "An act to provido for tb? paymont of Towards offorod to scoaro Lbo punishment of crimo," do kcroby sflfor a roward of 8200 eaoh for tho irrcst and dolivory in any jail of this 3tato of any of tho murdororfl of tho 3nid Austin Davis, Stophon Lako, Jofrorson Settles, Larkin Holloway, JC8BO Lako and Marshall Poriin, with proof to eonvioL Grant is willing to require J31nck? mailer Campbell to refund the money extorted from Miss Sweet, but he will not remove him from ofliuo.? Campbell is under fire. Lie levied blackmail on a woman who was Tilling her dead father's place as Pension Agent. IIo was guilt}' of what would Ka nolln/^ ?vi a n ? * n ti/1 /?/.?. n?./ll .. W o.-? ? VJ\J VyUllUU Ull^Ull (UiU V/WWtUUlJ U) UUJf Bncak thiof or confidence man io Chicago. Finally, ho waa unfortunate enough to suffer exposure"; and Grant vory properly requires him to make restitution. And why gratify partisan malico and a licentious press bv removing him? Ia it not much J o ? *" " " that ho has paid back the mouoy? Ik is. It is.?N. Y. Sun. Moasra. Orr and Simpson, who eorvcd Andorson County wilh groat fidolity and ability in thu last Logis* latnro, in rofiponso to a question whothor thoy will both sorvo again, h/\l on it K /\?? *l/v ???!"! UVI/II I.UUJT UV IiUl< n mil LU I IHUI I) but aro willing to do so if their constituents aro convinced that such a courso would boncfit tho county. Tboy aro Bound and safo men. v, o hoard a colorod man speaking af'tor this wiso tho othor day: "How iu 4 Uiu? 'IMwtuit mlii I a m Ait ?i tiAit n/l io biiint xiiuou w? in vv iiiuii mi uiiiivi hero, who profoea to bo Republicans, will moot us colorod folks at night; sit down by us and roally scorn to bo sociablo, but just lot thorn soo a white gentleman coming ftlong and thoy become fidgety, will run olV if they can and not bo soon with us; but failing in this, thoy pull their hats down ovor their cyoa un<l will not spoak a word so long us tho gentleman i? in hoaring."?Tampa (Kla.) Tribuno. ? **>* Oats in Eihif.fi f.i,i>.?From all partw of Edgofiold County cotno roports of tho most abundant yield of oats. Many plantors havo harvostod enough of this grain to iucu moir uuuk. lur u twoivo month, and yot have a surplus of hundreds of bushols for snlo to thoir loss providont neighbors or in tho foreign roarkot. ? ? ? mm It is true, practical wisdom to inalvo tho faults of others eorvo as 60 many beacons to warn us from tbo rocks and shoals on which thoy have boon wrockcd. A tltwiro to eny things which no ono over stiid, timkousiMno people say tliinga nobody ought to bay.