The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, July 31, 1872, Image 4
HUMOROUS.
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Unole Gabe's Story.
The scene opens in a San Francisco
Lodging House, where a lot
of drovers are preparing for bed,
among whom is Uncle Qabe, the
genius of the crowd.
Uncle Gabe's partner for the
night draws the attention of the
boys, by singing out, Hello, Unole
Gabe! what makes yon wear such
a lone tailed fibirtf Well now. fel?*
lers, I've worn long tailed shirts
2h on to thirty years. I lost a
onoe by wearing a abort tailed
shirt, and if you will keep still 1*11
tell you all about it.
Thirtv veara atro 1 was a tolera
ble young mao and lived in Texas,
and in the summer of 1842, some
folks moved out tbar from East
Tennessee, old friends of onrn, and
they bad three likely gals, the oldest
of which 1 had a kinder hankering
arter back in the old State.
Well, they had been out here five
or six weeks afore 1 heard of it,
bat the Sunday after 1 determined
I would strike out, I bought me a
pair of ten dollar pants and a fancy
rcady mado shirt, of a Jew.?
Well when I came to put on the
shirt the tail give out just below
ray waistband, about four inches,
it was all the clean one 1 had, and
I wcrn't a going to back out.
It were all of thirty miles to
my gal's house, and as I started
late I didn't make it till late, and
nothing to eat since breakfast I
arriv tolerable wolfish.
Thev had iust cot into a now
donblo log house, the end they
were living in was all dobed and
chinked, but the other end only
had the roof on. The old man
helped mo put up my mustang
nony and we went up to the
house.
Well I was kind of bashful and
sot down in the chimney cornor,
and rite along the side of me sot a
long-handled frying pan, the kind
they use on the plains you know,
I got to running first one iingor
then another in the hole in the
handle, and at last I got my middle
finger in and fast, and I
couldn't get it out, for I pulled and
sweated, but it wern't 110 use, it
wero there. Just th^n they asked
me to set up to supper, but I said
I had eat a late dinner and wern't
a bit hungry, but Lord I were
orfnl hungry, and grub a cooking
made me wuss. 13ut while they
were at supper I got my finger
outen the hole. Well, I talked to
my gal till about 10 o'clock, then
she showed me a bed in the un
finished end ot the house where 1
turned in lor the balance of the
night tolerable happy and raisora~
bly hungry. The wind blowed in
through the cracks between the
lops on ray head pretty cold, so 1
took my new casimere pants and
stuck in the crack and I went to
sleep. I was woke up in the
morning by hearing the gals get*
ting breakfast, so I thought I
would get up, and reached for my
pants in the crack but they wern't
there, so I thought they had drop
ed oaten the crack and I riz up
and looked thro*?and, cuss my
old buttons if some young calves
hadu't found them and chawed
them all to pieces. I laid down
and softly cussed them calves.
Pretty soon one of tLe gals cotnc
to the door asked me to get ready
and come to breakfast, but I told
her I was sick and couldn't eat, at
the same time I could have eat a
briled dorg, just then.
They all eat their grub and the
f;als went to milk, and I could
ook through the crack and see
them wheu they got thro'milking,
and then thev come back and sot
the milk buckets inside the back
door of my room, at the foot of the
bed, and went back to part the
cows from the calves, so thinks I,
T\i~\ tir tu miT nlmrvAA f a /vnf n J
nvn ip iuj1 vu?uv? ip goi a gouu
drink of inilk, out of bed I jumped
and gathered a big wooden
bucket by each side, and wae just
letting it run down my throat
when the cussed pail droped back
over my head, and I heard the
gals coming, I knowed I was in a
bad fix, so I stood my ground?
open come the door, in pranced
ail three ot the gals for the buckets,
when I gazed at them harmly
over the edge of the bucket on my
neck, and they did not appear to
see the show until they got purty
close to me, thea they give a little
;yell and a whist, and I was by
myself, then I give the bucket a
twist and got it off my neck, and
kicked it under the bed, and
crawled back in my nest.
Purty soon tho old man come
in and I told him ot all my miserable
luck, and the old sinner just
laid down, rolled over and laffed at
me, bnt he lent me a pair ot pants,
and they was as much too big as
my shirt was too little. I got my
mustang pony to start home when,
they asked me to call again, but I
did not, I went home and eat
enough to mako me sick for a
week, but I got over it, and I lit
out tor Kalitornia, and I don't go
much on milk, young calves, short
tailed shirts, or Jew peddlers since
that notable scrape.
Sunday Schools were first
established in England in 1784?
their founder, Mr Robert Raikes,
was born in 1758.
ttmf/>?visl!nm nit an _ _ a haaa
U II liVXli IllOi v^uuvouvu XX 1IUOO
by Any other name would smell at
well.
Remarks of Hob. J. H. Doolittloi
ssssra^iSoWi^*'
Orinunt or to Co?vb*tio* t?i thank
jo? for this great honor. Words ess hardly
toll how aneb $ bat yoa will allot to ?se
at onoo from what Is personal, to spook of tbo
groot occasion, tbo doty and the parpooo whtoh
bring as boi ?,
Two years ago?nearly fire years aflsr the
bloody period of th& civil war ha? olosod?tbo
Liberal Republicans of Missouri, [applause,]
feeling keenly all the evil of the prospective
teat oath, the hates and the strifes, the nas?
ion* of the war had left upon them, long after
war itaalf had oeased, add feeling keenly
the executive Federal power la their loyal
election*, determined to organise a movement
to restore equal right* to all oar eitisen*, [applause,]
white a* well as black, [applause)]
to restore loeal self-goveniment,-*nd te-arrest
the further central is* lion of Federal power.
[Applause.] They then said, tits thing baa
gone far enough, if not already too far. The
time has oome when honest and patrlotio Republicans
mast say halt^and re-assert the vital
doctrine of republloan government; that,
under the Constitution, the powers of the Federal
Government are defined and limited, [applause,
and cries of " Good 1" " Good I"] and
that the people of the States have the. right
to govern themselves in their own domestic
affairs, upon the basis of the eaualitv of *11
the States before the higher lew and before
the Constitution, and the equality of ali men
before the law; [applause;] of universal loy.
alty, amnesty, suffrage and peace; taking no
steps backward; taking no right and franchise
whioh had been secured to the blaoks;
pledging tbemselres to support them all in
their full rigor. They at the time demanded,
in the name of peace, in the name of liberty,
id the name of republican government Itself,
that freedom and equal rights should be re?
stored to the white people. [Qreat applause.]
Hear what followed. They organised, nearly
40,000 strong, and called upon B. Grata
Brown [applause] to take the lead in the
movement. They placed him in nomination
for Governor. Then what followed T 80,000
Domoorats and Republicans [cheers,] looking
upon the suocess of that movement as above
any party triumphs [ohoera.] resolved to sustain
it with their whole strength. Love of
country, love of republican liberty, love of
the equal rights of all men inspired that union,
and taught men to act togotber who had been
politioallv onnftiml ? ???.
upon other question! end In otbor tiroes, end
without violating honor, logio, conscience or
consistency on either side.
This petriotio union wes besed upon higher
grounds than ordinarily control politics! action.
[Great applause.] Even those who had
fought against each other in battle clasped
hands over the bloody chasm, [renewed applause,]
and side by side, like brothers, with
hearts beating in unison, beating strong with
the same high purpose, they helped to bear its
flag to a glorious victory. That, gentlemen,
is Liberal Republicanism, [enthusiasm,] that
is Democratic Republicanism. TQreat applause.]
The victory which came from that
union was the end of proscription tost oaths,
of pain and strife, and of all disloyalty; in a
word, tbo real end of tho civil war came with
that victory, and did not como until then, in
Missouri. [Intense applause.] It redeemed
that State ; it gave the right of free men to
70,000 men who had been bound and fettered.
Missouri is now a free State in this Union,
with all her rights, dignity and equality under
the Constitution, and not one murmur of
disloyalty is anywhere hoard. By that union,
Federal dictation in Missouri in their
elections was overthrown, and by that nnion
strife and hate have given piaco to peace and
to good will. By that union, liberty, with
equal rights for all, has given to the State unbounded
prosperity, and to the people a joy
unspo&kablo.
So great was their joy and complete their
success, the Liberal Itopublioans of that State
were not without the desire of making an effort
to extend the same union of Liberal and
Dcmocratio Republicans, and with it the same
blessing of liberty, peace and fraternity to all
the other States. [Rounds of applause.]
Acoordingly, in State Convention, on the
24th of March last, they resolved to invite the
Liberal Republicans in all the States to meet
them in National Convention, in Cincinnati,
on the first day of May. The Invitation was
accepted. There was, indoed, a great response.
They came by thousands?in such vast numbers,
that a delegation convention of repre
scntatives of all the States was formed, both
from prinoiple and froatfiCCCjslty, to give form
to its proceedings. Many of the ablest men I
in the country, lately leaders in the Republic
can party, were there, and took part in its deliberations.
They were assured that a large
number of Liberal Republicans, id every State,
and from all portions of the country, stood
behind ready to sustain them ; and they were
morally certaiu that if the millions at home
we this day represent would only come to their
support, the number of Liberal Republicans
would reach half a million or more. [Great
cheers.)
That Convention presented a platform, and
presented candidates to the country?fer President,
IIoraoe Greeley, and for Vice-President,
B. Grats Brown ; [long and enthusiastic oheering
;] and that Convention, for the promotion
and success of the principles declared in that
platform there enunoiated, and the support of
the candidates nominated by that Convention,
have invited and cordially welcomed the co.
operation of all patriotio eitiiens, without regard
to previous political opinions. These
principles were clearly and concisely stated
in that platform itself, and rested in the letter
of aoceptanoe of Mr. Greeley; [more cheering
;] and they are so well known to you all
I will not restate them. For weeks, that platform
and these candidates hare been before
the oonntrj.
Meanwhile, the Convention called to nominate
Gen. Grant, [hisses,] and to endorse and
to oontinue the prinoiples, praotioes and policy
of his administration, has done it worse.
[Misses.] As between the Liberal Republicans,
and the followers of the Grant administration,
the Issue is clearly made up?it is
Grant or Oreeley. [Immense enthusiasm,
and cries of " Greeley!"] While these events
were passing, the Democratic Republicans,
whom we represent, held their Conventions la
all the States. The Liberal movement, the
example of Missouri, the Clneinaati Convention,
its platform, its erndidates, with their
letters of acceptance, were before these Conventions,
which were very largely attended by
their ablest men.
The paramount questions before these Conventions
were, shall we accept this invitation
to co-operate with the Liberal Republicans 7
Shall we adopt their platform 7 [Loud oriee
of " Yes!" " Yes 1" and some oriee of " Never
I"] Shall we nominate the same candidates
[cries of " Yes I" " Yes!"] and shall we
elect them f [" Yea!" " Yes I" and loud cheering,]
or shall we refuse to co-oper^e, nominate
other candidates, ["No! NoI" "Greeley !
Greeley !"] and strive to elect them over both
tiokets alrea'dv in the field 7 Omhtu>
art tho qaoattoa* whioh you art to daoida, and
that yon will dMido thcra wiwly I oannot
t I
doubt) MreuufOM doubt who took* over
thU bedp of meo> teMoseattng?.ta they do,
d,000,OM of eilisano, |fad whofboh as ruy
on* h?fo moat ftwl, tho high and patriotic purpose
which inspires yew- rj
Gentlemen, what own thia great moto
most which wa everywhereawl What means
tho paapaaad aaioa of thraa millions of Democratic
Republicans with a million, it may ho,
of Liberal Repubheaas What meaaa thia
union upon a common platform, and thia proponed
union upon the aame candidate? A
union to audden, ao compact, ao earnest, aa to
anrpriae iu friends and confound ita enemies,
[applause;] which ecmee as the winds coma;
which, to borrow a figure, overwhelms the ordinary
currents of public opinion, as the great
storms always run to the surface currents;
what means all thia ?
There are some things, gentlemen, it doea
not moan. It moans ne abandonment of what
is true, of what is just, or what is good in human
government. (Applauae.) It means no
anion or the dead apon dead lw??i, bat a union
of tha Urine apon tbo living ioonoo of tbo
proftVnt. It moaao no aoion for tbo spoils of
offloe, (spplaust,) but it meant a union of men
with the sams faith upon the groat and para*
mount iaauo of tbo pre tent hour j a franlr,
manly, honorable and oqnal nmon of men
who bare tbo aagaeity to aoe and the moral
courage to aeoept tbo situation. (" Good !
Good I" and loud ohooring.) It means a union
of men who bare the sagaoity to see what
is past, and to deal with tbo issue of the prosent,
anjl for the future to do their duty to
their-country, their God and their fellow-men.
The issue of to-day is not the repeal of the
Missouri compromise, nor the question of
slavery in the Territories, upon whioh alone
tbo Republican party was organised in 1858.
It is not upon that wbioh followed, when the
Leoompton Constitution for Kansas divided
the Domoeratio party In twain, and sleeted
Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency in 1880.
It is not the question of secession, nor of war
to put down rebellion, nor the abolition of
slavery in the States, by military order or by
constitutional amendment, npon which Mr.
Lincoln was re-elected in 1884. Nor yet is it
the question of reconstruction, or of the fourteenth
or the fifteenth amendments; nor the
question of negro suffrage ; nor the establish^
ment by Federal power of universal nogro
suffrage, as a condition precedent to the 8tatss
of the 8outh having rights, or any existense
even as States in the Union. It is none of
these questions that is now on issue. All
these have been issues of the past. Great is- |
uci, sumoioni id themselves to create and dissolve
political parties, because ideas are stronger
than men or parties; but they are all past
issue*; tbey hare been fought out, and fought
to the end, in the forum and in the Held ; and
tbey are no more in issue to-day than the
Mexican war, or the war of the rebellion.
(Applause.) We could not re-open thsm if
we would, and they falsely misrepresent our
purpose who say that we would re-open them,
if we^ould.
This great union, therefore, means no steps
backward; forward is the word, (loud cheering;
and, first of all, it means to-day for all
the other States of the South what it has already
done in Missouri. Instead of proscription
test oaths, suspension of Sabtai corjtut,
and military despotism, it means personal
freedom for the individual, and republican
good for all. (Loud applause.) Instead of
negro supremacy, upheld by proscription and
the bayonet, it means equal rights to all men,
white as well as black. (Loud applause.) Instead
of thieving Governments, organised to
plunder subjugated States, it means the dominance
of intelligence and integrity. Instead
of strife, hate and robbery, it means justice,
liberty, peace, loyalty and good will; and, gentlemen,
for onr whole oountry?East, West,
North and South?it means, instead of a war
President, trained only in a military school,
and whose whole character has been formed
in the ideas, arts, habits and despotism of
military life; instead of this, it means the
election of a peace President, trained in the
ideas, arts, blessings and republican simpliei*
ty of peace and universal freedom; (loud
cheering;) of peaco not enchained, of liberty
not under arrest awaiting trial, sentenoe and
execution by drumhead court martial; but
that of liberty and peace which the Constitution
secures, by placing the civil law above
the sword ; (loud applause;) by preserving In
full vigor the sacred writ of Aabsos cnrput>
and by the rig it of trial by jury. (Applause.)
It means another thing, and perhaps the
most important of them all. It means to arrest
the centralisation of power in the Fedsral
Government. (Loud cheers.) It meatil
to assert the vital principle of our republican i
system, in which it mores and has Its very being?-that
constitutions are made by the peo?
pie, in their sovereign oapaelty, for the express |
purpose of defending and limiting the powers
of government, (applause;) the powers of all
governments, State or national. Tk
that wo aro determined that Presidents and
Governors, Congress and State Legislatures,
and every department of the Government,
ahall obey tho Conatitution. (Prolonged applause.)
Gentlemen, I have thua briefly stated the
situation, the dutlea and tba purpose whioh
brings us here. A great responsibility rests
upon this Convention. If its notion shall be
suoh?and I doubt not it will be?as to put an
end to the misrule which for the past few
years has afflicted our beloved oountry, this
generation, and generations to come after as,
will remember with pride and gratitude the
Convention at Baltimore, of the 9th of July,
1873.
The New Tork Nation says: "Some
Oreeley olnbs have been formed in Connecticut,
and wo hear of numbers of good and
respectable Republicans being in some of
them." Of New Tork it eays : "Also we
hear of more Oreeley Republicans in this
State than would be imagined by the readera
of the Times." And farther: "From
New Tletnpehir#, also, we hear news of Republican
disaffection and Republican apathy."
Coming from a Grant organ, this is
deeidedly cold oomfort for its own aids of
tha house, but t'ta Nation, it is to be presumed,
means honestly to give the news, as
it should.
Tattuko.?Never repeat a story unless I
you are oertain it is correct, and not even j
then unites something is to ba gained,
either of iotoreat to youraalf or for tha
good of tha parson concerned. Tattling ia
a m?n ? *1
nmni (irMiiw, ana he who
indulge* in It growe more fond of It to pro*
portion m he la succesetnl.
Porraa'a Grore, Oa,, hae a negro ebild
three month* old, bat thirteeu inches high,
whose arms and legs are no larger round than
an ordinary man's Anger. It weighs Are
pounds, and seems to to be healthy.
Central Park, New York, Is 167 acres In
area, nod Phoenix Perk, Dublin, en* of the
larget oily parks in the world, is 1.76A
acre*. I
I hr lto ffirooartlls SaUrpriM.
Mir. Editor;?JT^.B. H.,la hi* srticla is
yoor last wnH'i Imm, evidently Mm ih .
form, Ml antters bis shot so tbst It Is mil?
difficult to toll st which target bo aims bis I
gaa. The first at* ttboo thai ferltes yoSrooa- I
s ids ratio* roads, " Aaotber opportaoity is
MOfMssslsd to fs to oorroci tho abases of ,1
tbO State aowisssBt; to bsraotftoo with tbo "
oolorod 1*00, by restoring political ooafidsaso l
with tbw.watteo-bora citiaoos." 01 soaffis f"
this opportunity U offered at every election,
bat how dees J. B. H. prapoao to oomot tlioee
obaooo f By voting tho Radical ticket. By
voting (or tho rery party that haa boon guilty
of thoso abuses. Join tho rogue* to atop their
stealing. It ooomi to n*e, Mr. Editor, that
honest opposition, however insignificant in
numbers, would have a hotter effect than <
merging tho whole eeuntry in one groat party
of plunder.
Be good" on to speak of harmonising itilh 11
the colored raoe. Haven't we tried to " harmonise
t" Who prevented itf Who now
provonta itf Who brought about tho present
feeling of distrust ? Didn't J. B. H.'s own
party labor to do this Very thing? Didn't
they In their Loagooe, on the stump, day and
night, In season and out of season, labor to
excite the very want of confidence of which
he speaks f Are they not now doing the very
same thing f For what purpose did thev do
this ? Evidently to got possession of th? I
8Uto Government. They succeeded, and <
hare ft BOW in thoir band*, a (linking oarcaaa, ?
adaaknpt. Bo is now willing for na to per- t
tloipate ia disinfecting thair foal (ink, if wo i
will do it inaido bis party. That ia, if wo will
do tho voting, and hia party fill the oHcee
Generous indeed, when we oonaider who
" paya the fiddler."
Farther on he says," We haTe two candidate!
for President presented to the people for
a choice, whose political records and platforms
are admitted by ah parties to be in substance
the same." Is J. B. H. familiar with the records
of Grant and Greeley ? Does he not
know that up to a very recent date?until, in
fact, " ho yielded to the delnsive aspiration
to the Presidency "?Grant was a most uncompromising
Democrat? Greeley has ail hia
life been a Republican of the truest kind, and
for his consistency, has our respect. But
their past records are of no importance, their
| present political positions of the grcattti.
| Grant stands forth the very champion of
I corruption. A receiver of gifts, and a rewarder
according to the gift. Greeley the boldest
advocate of a pure and honest government.
Grant a military man and a despot. Greeley
a civilian and statesmen. The platforms of
tho two parties seem to me to differ as widely
as the leaddrs. Ono offers to the country general
amnesty, desires peace and a restoration
to the country of the ante-bellnm good feeling.
The other goes into the campaign with
tho old war feeling as its capital, and endoavors
to excite the popular mind on the past
contact, and rally to ita support all the enemies
of peace and good order. The Ku Kluz
campaign of Grant in this State was made ior
popular effect North, to create In the miods of i
of the honest, peaceful cititens of the North,
era States the impression that insurrection axitted
in South Carolina. That the lives and
political liberty of the colored race amongst
us had to he protected by tho strong arm of
the United States Government.
Further on J. 11. 11. says, "If Greeley is
endorsed by the Democracy of the State," Ac.,
" all possible hope of the political co-operation
and peaceful prosperity of the two races
for the next four years will again pass beyond
our control." He ends the above sentenoe
with.our oontrol." Whom does he mean?
Does be mean the " white people " of the
State, or of tho Radical party ? He can't
mean of the Radical party, for they hate never
tried to control the party in the State, only
for their own ends. Scott, Parker and others
have controlled tho party iu tho State for
their purposes most effectually. Does he mean
the white people of the State outside bis party
f Does he think that if the white Democracy
of the State were to go over in mass to
tho Radical party that their influence with
our colored neighbors would be increased ? I
can't think so, for should 1 do such a thing,
1 would be oonscious of practicing a deception,
and I believe my colored friends would
also take that view of my action.
Now, Mr. Editor, your readers will pardon,
and J. B. II. will pardon me himself for saying
that this is all " olap trap." Only another
barrel thrown to the whale Your readers
all doubtless understand J. B. H. as wsll as I
do. His object is only to get the County into
Radical hands. He well knows that, without
the assistance or oonscnf of the " white people,
(Let me here state that the expression
" white people" is taken from J. B. U.'s article,
and is understood by the writer to mean
the Democracy oi tho State,) no Radical can
be elected to office In our County. Is J. B. II.
willing for ns to have any part in the Government,
even if we lay aside or prlnolplcsf
(whioh Qod forbid !) Will his party through,xsa*
aU~ fla-s- - ? - - -
?? mo ovmio give ui our lair proportion of 1
offices? Will they nominate a mixed or " lib* 1
oral " ticket lor State office*. If their deeire '
i* to harmonise and reatore the good old leel- 1
iug of amity and confidence so much desired, '
this is evidently the proper way to do it. Let
them nominate a Stato ticket of honest, mod- j
erate men, taking some from eaoh politioal <
party, a ticket on which we can all unite. Let <
them meet us at some point on the road, to j
which both can go without compromising honor
or doing violence to principles. But this ,
Is not the way I understand J. B. U/s propo- (
sition. If I understood him, be desires to (
sacrifice everything; in Counties where we ]
have the majority, to elect Radical offioers . .
to vote for Grant who has oppressed as, and <
do all these bnmillatlng things, for the sake
of that harmony for the loss of which we are j
in no way responsible.
As I said in commencing, J. B. II. evident*
ly desires reform. So do we all. lie admits ,
that t here Is no prospeot of it without the aid
of the Democracy. He knows that the present
" oppressive taxation," and all the other
abominations that afflict us politically, socially,
morally and financially are chargeable to
the Verv nartv he deslree tie ell fn? il? aalre
of harmony and M political confidence," to join*
I aay boldly, Mr. Editor, that there is no mob
thing m reform in the Radionl party. If there
bad been, there would not hare been a Reform
party organised a4 the North with men of
auoh ability and integritj as Greeley, 8hurs,
> Trumbull and others at ita head. The only
! chance tor reform In oar State Government Is
by joining the great Liberal party, and electing
some one opposed to the present corruption
and misrule, to the bead of the National Government.
It Is to be sincerely hoped that oar
people will vote solidly for Greeley?yea, even
dare another four years of oppression rather
than sell onr honor, onr liberty itself, for so
paltry a price, knowing that, If defeated In
onr State, the election of Greeley will be the
death koell of the present oorrnptlon and oppression,
not only in the General Government,
but ret a in Mouth CaroUaa.
I bare only exaoloed the first peragreph of
the article of J. B. H. Tka ntMii lie offer*
In rapport of it eeoat to aee to bo en* we rod is
aonrerlng the jfotitlon* eaaaieed la thU Ant
paragraph, I would reapootfaUy requeet J.
B. H. to lot a* boar frow kha ia reply, diroet,
to the qweetioM propounded above.
Vary reajeetiUly, If.
Marietta, July 17th, 1S7S,
tot the Oreenrille SoterprueLwbbtt
Ham, )
NlWMHl Co., July te*lt7t. j
It la qaita a prominent ekaanotariaMe of
ittkiad, that ha eaa la moat aim adapt
tfiaolf to U>a surrounding eireamstanoea;
Ad in moat everything, and at all plaooa?
earn to ind aemoehkag that will oontaot,
ind in a measure satisfy him. Ia no oaao la
hla man fotoibly verited than with tho ooU
logo student. TPheiHie fc toU that ha mhat
>o aoparatod for montha from all tho awoat aa?
oolaUooa of koaee, it aaama to him that borhoro
olao can ho fnd anything to mako him
l*PP/- But altar an ahaanoo among Strangire,
ha forma aoqdaintanooa and associations
tlmoet aa dear aa tboae at homo. Tboy aoom
o partake of tho natnro of homo ia being
[oar, in being connected with ao many of
hose little affairs, which constitute tho hap
ij, origin spots upon tbe NtHd page lif?*
?o students ?u fool this nor* thmn those
rho ban attended the tohoola located la the
1 city of the mouutsdns." There the cordiality
md aoolability of the people make them ftl
it Aeme. The da/ of leaving there la both a
ad and a pleaaant day, for while we are deighted
to think, that all the eheruhed asso- j
itationa of home are aoon to be renewed, yet
adneea ia produced by thinkiog that we maat '
eave ao many happy aeenee and kind friend*.
3ut with many ol na, there waa but little to
irodnoe happiness, when we arrived at home.
)ur frienda, yea oar fathera and brothers had
dther been arrested, and harried to jail, or
tave left their homea and families, to And
efuge from the enemy ia other states; and
tome have even gone beyond the boundaries
>f the United States, before they eonld conilder
themselves eecnre. This state of affairs,
is especially lamentable, when we eonlider,
that it is only a political scheme, in drier
to carry the State .o the support of tbeoorrnpt
and contemptible party that now oontrols
the government.
Every enterprise has heen impeded by the
inspenaion of the wyit of kabeat eorpur. Merjhandlie
has been unprofitable; schools stop
ped ; farms deserted, and ohurches closed.?
There is but one white school, (Liberty Hall
Academy) that has been kept open all the
fear, North of Newberry, C. H, a eection of
country including about forty square miles;
end that onoe supported a number of first class
" old field academies." There is considerable
sonfosion among the Radleal ranks, as to
which courso to pursue. The representatlvee
of the " Ring " are actively at work ; in several
communities they have succeeded in establishing
the " United Brotherhood," but in the
majority of eases they have failed. The freedmen
are afraid of sooret societies. They
rather seem desirous to exercise the liberty
given them by the government to rote for
whosoever they please. Tbey are beginning
to sec who has fooled them, and in many oases
are inclined to reform. The white people as a
class are taking no interest in politics. They
ieel (hat it is useless. The radioals have 1200
majority of negro voters in the county. If
the proper influence* were brought to bear
among the more intelligent freedmen, a majority
might be gained in support of an honest
State ticket.
The crops, where they have been well cultivated,
arc very promising. Tho cotton erop
will no doubt, if the seasons continue, be tho
best made since the war.
We had the pleasure of attending the closing
exercises of the Newberry Female Academy.
This institution is under the control of
Prof. Phiper and Miss Fannie Leavel; and had
about seventy pnpils this last session. Prof.
Phiper is a distinguished graduate Roanoke
College, Va.; Miss Leavel is a native of Newberry,
and one of the most accomplished
ladies in the State. She is thoroughly ac
luainted with the French and Oerman lsngua
|es, and speaks the former fluontly, and also
bas considerable knowledge of Latin and
Qreok ; and what is of peculiar note, she nor*
>r attended a female college, having acquired
*11 her information from private teaohers, and
>y her own nntiring application. Sho forci?ly
proves, that woman has the capaoity to
icqnaint herself with the higher branches of
earning, if the opportunities were only af\
'ordod her. The exercises consisted in essays
,n#t nn.l. K. Ik. ..k.l n<L. J -
?? too uuuiui. 1UI IS All WIS OlOn
irated with a groat deal of taste and beauty,
lud tbe atage was exceedingly beautiful,
ehen the young ladles took their places on It.
[t is almost useless to say, that the ladies
icquitted themselves with great credit. The
issays written by Misses Drautly Leavel,
Maggie Jones axd Henrietta Richie, were
laid, by those that heard them, to have been
rery fine, showing considerable attainment
ind proflcieooy in composition. We heard
inly Ml" U. travel's. Her subject was,
Dream*," and instead of treating it as most
persons, considering it a field to make a display
of the imagination, she went into a pbi?
osopbical treatment of it; and evinoed oonliderable
power in that line in which woman is
laid to be destitute? recuoning.
Although Newberry is far behind Oroonville
in a great many respects, yst it is ahead in
one; and that is in having a large, commodious
town hall, in which all publio entertain,
meats are held.
Some of the people, notwithstanding the
disturbed oondition of the country, manifest
considerable interest in raising an endowment
for Furman University, and some have given
liberally to aid in that noblo enterprise.?
There is one impediment to en agent in procuring
bonds; that is the oondition of the
University, and what it is doln? has not been
kept prominently before the minde of the peo
pie. a great many oomplatn that know nothing
and hear nothing about U. The time baa
oome, if one wanta to be beard, that be muat
blow bia own born, and not wait for othera to
do it for htm. So it la with inatitutiona of
learning; if thoae who control tbem don't bold
them before the people aa worthy of patronage,
they won't be patroniced. We believe'
that a general adveitising of the University,
in most of the State organs, would prooure
twice as many students next boss ion. I must
olose, for I hare already written much more
than I expected. J. D.
For the Greenville EnterpriseD?ar
Kntrrpritt?Since I wrote you last,
all onr causes of oomplalnt aa regards the
drought, have been removed. Abundant rains
have fallen ; vegetation has been revived, and
the prospect is now favorable, if not for plan,
tiinl crops, yet for a suftciency to prevent fbe
state of actual destitution, which for weeks
threatened us; and aa "Nick Bradsbaw"
says, " I ftel tomewhat tnoouragtd ssyse//."
Speaking of
* tllOtC BBADSUtW,"
it will not, pevkapa, be assise to give an ae
count of ttaic character for the benefit of those
renders who mny not have enjoyed the pernscl
of ?
"saw slick, ran clock mikes."
This hwnsoress writer, Judge Hsllbsrton, of
Csheds, portrsys, In lirely colors, two char*
actcrt / one intended to represent s men of
indnstrions habits, systematic oondaot, s hopeful
mind, s deep sense of graUtnde for thn
numerous blessings received ooustsntty from
t
the hu4 of a kind Providooee; end n nia
whoa* friendship U over a valuable aenulsts
tioD, and whose conversation in riah with
thoughts tending to improve the mluds and
morale of nil who are eo fortunate as to eqne
within their iaflnenoee. V
the other oharaeter, our M Nlek," w*s the
exact opposite. Jfe teas idle, (aiy, fgmo.tnU,
mnyratt/ul for bmtJUt, and as a neoessary
eoaseqnenoe, unthrifty.
Miok's honse wan dilapidating, the door an*
hinged, the window shatters broken nwnj, end
u>e obimaey brittd II position with a hag*
beam. Bat let Bm Slick Ull the tal*:
" Look at the bam; the roof haa fell ia in
the middle, and the two gablea ataod itario'
each other ia the face, aa if they would like to
come oiocer together if they could, and consuit
what wee beet to be done. Them old
geeae and Tcteran fowls, that are to poor the
foxes won't ateal 'em for fear of burtln' their
teeth ; that little yaller, lantern-jawed, longlegged
rabbit eared rant of a pig tbat'e ao weak
it oan't tarn Ita tail up j that old frame of a
cow aetaadla' there with ita. eyea ahot-to a
eontemplatin' of ita latter eend?and that
varmint looking bore*, with hia hooka swelled
biger than hia belly, that looks aa If he had
oome to her Aaaeral?is ail hia stock, I guess.
The goney haa showed hia sense in one thing,
however; be haa burnt all his fenee up, for
there la no danger of other fblh's cattle break in>
into bta field to starve, and it gives bis old
mooly cow a chance o' rneaking into hia
neighbors fields of nights if she finds an open
gate, or a pair of bars down to get a treat of
elover now and then. 0, dear; if you was to
get np airly of a moruln', afore tb* dew was
off the ground, and moV that are field with a
raior, and raka it with a flnatooth comb, yon
wouldn't gat atnff enough to keep ona grasshopper
through the winter, if you waa to ba
hanged (or iW"
Thay drove up to Niok'a fenoe, and ba earn*
out. Ha waa tall and athletio, smoking a
short-stemod pipe. Hia bat waa crownless,
and olothea in tatters, while his hair waa un?
kempt J but " you know how it %eat yourtelf.'
He waa complaining'of everybcdy and everything;
the land was poor and unproductive;
crops soaroe; difficulties in the way of supporting
(?) his family numerous ; Government
bad; the Assembly had not done their duty
by giving bounties to enoourage agriculture,
but he expressed a hope that times would
change. He had heard that the Governor vae
going to appoint a new council, and be thought
that they would surely do something for the
country, and then times wonld become quite
brisk agaio, and prices would rise. He had
also read ir. the papers that the council session
would be open, and the debates public,
whioh would be a great privilege ; at any rate,
says Niok, " I feel eomewhat encouraged myeelf."
HOW MANT "HICK BttADBHAWS "
have we at this day ? who are looking to the
Government to do something, and waiting,
Micmwber like, tor something " to turn up."
If we could persuade the
WOULD-BE POLITICIANS,
who congregate at corner groceries and in
country places, to go to their plows, planes,
anvils, yardsticks, or whithersoever their several
occupations and pursuits demand their attention,
and cease their meaningless slang and
senseless harangues concerning matters and
questions beyond ihelr capacity to understand,
the effect would soon be discoverable in the
IMPROVED CONDITION Or ALL CLASSES?
and as Nick Bradshaw says, " I would (eel
uiusifimv encouraged royselt."
We enjoyed a treat at the new Harmony,
Presbyterian and Baptist Church on laet Sabbath.
I refer to an ornate, elaborate and un?
usually protracted discourso by Rev. C. B.
Stewart. His remarks were directed specially
to the young men, but were eminently instructive
to all of whatever age or sex. He began
by a qu otation of an observation made by the
ancient philosopher, Plato?" That no man
bathes twioe in the same river." From this
was deduced a lesson of the greatest importance?the
improvement of time. As tho river
sweeps on proudly and majestically in its
wonted course, and ultimately pours its waters
into the expansive bosom of the ocean, so
time waits not, but flys on its rapid course to
become lost in the dark abysm of eternity.?
The young men were urged to attend diligeotly
to the preparation that is indispensable to
their usefulness in this life and happiness in
that which is to come. He entreated them
with the most fatherly feeling, and as one
whose age and experience justified the admonition?to
examine oarefully the life boat ere
they cut loose from its moorings; to see that
the canvas is safe: to know well the sufficiency
of ballast; that, when launched upon
the tempestuous sea of life, they may feel secure,
how turbulent soever the billows and
averse the winds; and that, with the truths of
the Bible as tho compass, and Christ as the
anchor, they may surely am- safely arrive
within the heavenly harbor; or, to ohange the
figure before starting from tho present standpoint,
(youth,) they should be thoroughly assured
of the integrity of the engine; inspect
rigedly the safety-valve, and be satisfied of
the good order of the rolling stock, that they
may safely rely upon a happy transportation
10 mo terminus 01 innr route.
The cardinal virtues, industry and temper*
ance, were earnestly enjoined, and warning
given of the baleful effeota of idleness and
insobriety?qualities that never fail, to not
only injure, but absolutely destroy the yoang
man's charaoter and usetulness. Idleness is
the fruitful souroe of all manner of crimes,
and a resolution should at onee be taken
against allowiog even a single moment of life
to be spent in idleness. This, however, should
not be held to imply an inutility of relaxation
front laborious and exhausting pursuits,
for it has been said, and truly, " that the bow
which is never unstrung, shoots with diminished
force." But the fatigue caused by persistent
mental application may be relieved by
physical exertion substituted as recreation,
and vioe versa. The Reverend speaker referred
to the influences brought to bear upon
young men by the female sex, and affeotingly
pictured the softening, refining and moralising
tendenoles of associations with the gentle,
pure, virtuous and affectionate sister. With
emotions too evident to allow of doubt as to
his sincerity, or the importance he attached to
the subject, he begged the young men never
to forget the duty of loving, obeying and reverencing
their parents, insisting, especially,
that the tendorest regard should ever be manifested
to the mother. The young ladies reoeived
an earnest appeal to shun the young
man who disregarded the feelings of his moth
r, as ike would tha daggar of tha Midnight
assassin. Finally, young man should avoid
bad company, At It* burnt, and at M>* burr
of tha Jamtstown wood adhtrtt with ttnatity
to tha elothing, to will avfl oompaniont, who
art without prinoipla, char and blaoktn tha
obaraatar and ba at dideult to throw of. A
guilty oonaoianot it tha wont of oompaniona j
a olaar oontoianoa tha hatt; it will giro
a pa act of mind and sunjbina to tha toul,
that an to ba prioad abort rubtaa. Tha Bibla
ahould ba nad diligawtty, prayarfully, and
from a aenaa of duty. Every ragard ahould
ba had to th* ardinannaa nt (inA'm konu
the sanctuary sought u ? plane of Joj. 7?
the shame of th? present ego, too f?W some
up to our soIoibu feast.
Lost I weary your readers, I will elose.
SILAS, JR.
Powna' flgor, July 3d, 1873.
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