\ ? '1 1 " ' mmmm?? i i ! ' I. I i i 'l ^ I n - n 1 .! v~-??rv. . '".'".. 1 1 '^==^==? , L-1 ?. ' ' ' ' ?,- , . , 1 r ^?* = * ;/ Dmoteb; to Itroxs, Polities, 3ttteUiaetice, anh the 3mrrotJanntt of the State attft (Counhu. ^JOHN C. BAILEY. EDITOR feW^R. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CjSpLHjTAG^ VcOME XIMOri^ HnilORIPTIOM Two Dollin Mr ?nmim I i?.J _!__ ^_ . . - * "" * Advertisements inserted st the rates of bne dollar per square of twelve Minion lines (this sited type) or lets fbr the first Insertion, fifty oents each for the second and third insertions, and twentyflve cents for subeeqneat Insertions. Yearly contracts will be made. All advertisements must have the bomber of insertions marked on them, or they will he Inserted till ordered out, and charged for. Unlets ordered otherwise, Advertisements Will invariably be " displayed,?' Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to to the benefit of any one, aro regarded its' Advertisements. " ? FQETlty. " .an l,r There are blossoms that hae budded, Been blighted i' the oanld, An' lam miss that be# perished, ' " 1 Use so so they left the .fauld ; , j tout cower ye In s'Wath TTiV-ddngs v Wha died upon the tree, j, An gathers in His bosom - - - ? j - - < neipren weans nice yon ana me. In ^ho warld there's trtbulntton, the warld theaaisjaaa;^ ZZOtX .But the warld it t? bonnie, > I O * For ?or Father made ft a&e: .'!< O i Then briehten up your armor, An' be happy as ye gang, Though your sky bo aften clouded, It winDa be for lang. HEMINISCENCES OF PUBLICMEN. BV EX GOVERNOR B. F. BERRY. [CONTINUED FRtTST LAST WJtHB.] (If ' ? , Fit AN KLIN II. ELMORE. 11. * ' ? J .. I IL This gentleman wasboin in Laureno District, llis father was General Elmore and his mother a Saxon. He graduated at tlie South Carolina College ; read law and was admitted to the Bar. Very eoon after he commenced the practice of law, lie married the daughter of Goveruor John Taylor, of Columbia, and was elected Solicitor of that circuit. When Governor Hammond resigned his s?at in Congress, Colonel Elmore was elected his successor. He remain ed in Congress several years, and acquired a high reputation there as a debater and political manager. He was then elected President of the Bank ot the State, and remained at the head of this institution for many years. He man* aged its finances with great abili ty, and defended the institution with untiring zeal and fidelity. It was assailed by many ot the first men of the State, but Colonel Elmore always managed to repel their assaults with triumphant success. When the city of Charleston was burnt, in 1838, ho managed to increase the capital of the Bank several millions, by means of the 44 Fire Loan," for rebuilding the citv. The Hank of tlin Slatrt lw? t/ ' ~ ^ ^ came, in aomo measure, a political oiacliiue, and the politicians were very freely accommodated with loans by the Board of Directors. The Batik controlled the State, and Colonel Elmore controlled the Bank. The Governor, Seabrook, had intimated that ho should recommend, in his annual Message to the Legislature, to nut the Bank in tioti. This information was communicated to Colonel Elmore, and, thereupon, he wrote me the following letter ; and immediately after my arrival in Columbia, ho called to see me. He came to my room and sat till a late hour in the night, urging the impropriety of the conrse which Governor Sea brook was disposed to pursue in regard to the Bank. " I stated to him frankly that I wae opposed id the Bank, that I did not think it proper for the State to ii.ntieftake the management of a hank, and that I was in favor of bringing the institution to a close. Mv reasons and argument' were set forth at some length -* I never can forget the utter disappointment and mortification of Colonel Eloiore on that occasion, lie.left me sad and sorrowful, andfcI really felt pained for him: Charleston, Nov. 18,1849. Dear Sir: ' Your courso as a i public man has always been characterized(b*Tdpor)fw|88 and candor, as well as by statesmanship that ? looks beyond the' moment's victory iqto the more important results of the future. I write you, therelore, in tlQ ApMtr of candor, and with the public welfare as my object, on a subject as deeply affect- ' ing 8outb Carolina as any ever presented. . I hoard, at Columbia, from' one ever hostile to the Batik of' the State, that Governor Seabrook would recoiugnend its being put in immediatdrlquidation. It would ? have been inerediblo had no bom-* ing events cast their shadows before, wliffk was rumor, as . one might rntv^ wtipposed at Co* - lombia, is repeated in the' streets > here, and is, I bavo reason to know, true. /u,M'> H A/J.Ki "J : Now, rav dear sir, on jou ami 4 '* |-?A ,! uu jour wutbo more will depend than1 any man in the Legislature, perhaps in the 6tate. You can stay this ill advised and rash measure, and save your State, and perhaps tie whole South, much trouble, perhaps fatal to our own prosperity, aud hazarding the great Southern cause by its precipitation and the divisions and distractions it will inevitably' produce.? We, arrayed in domestic conflict, into two'fierce parties, will present a poor example of that union t in tnliinli iKn ? ?4 ? '? ? ? J M nuivu VUVJ uvuwLi uiuob reij, Bnu a miserable head to rally and direct their movemontB. Bttt again. At this moment I proclaim and declare this Bank is stronger flfiifeuioro fully prepared to fulfil all ftMbrtfctibnd than I ever knew it. It has never failed to fulfil every obligation.- It has paid mbre than $3*000,000 to public debts and treasury from profits.? It has received abd paid abont $$0,000,000 of public moneys, and never lost a cent. It has support ed the State Government, times without number, and for months, and for hundreds thousands dollars, when it bad not a cent in its Tieasury. It has kept the faith and credit of the State and its own without blot oft blemish ; and now, when it has six years ot chartered existence to run, and is under pledge to the creditors of the State, abroad and rat liome, it called to the bar of crime and ignominiously to be stripped Of its privileges, and, like a odnvicted criminal, condemned to public execution.? Can yon aid in this ? Do, my dear sir, write to me and tec me Know what wil) be your couree, lor 1 feel the deepest anxiety?not for myself, but for the State, its credit and good name and prosperity i , To me, personally, the relief ot ten years to'pay my .debts to it, which is to be one ot the conditions, would .be more than an equivalent for any personal discomfort. The relief, too, from the care and responsibilities of no bed ot roses, might, restore a constitution and health broken down and destroyed Almost in this sisypbean labor for the public. Yours, truly, F. II. ELMORE, lion. B. F. Perky. The Bank, however, was not put in liquidation. It had too many friends in both Houses of the Leg islature tor such a measure to be successful. The Bank continued its operations till the State ultimately lost the whole capital, four or live millions ot dollars, by the Confederate loans during our civil war. On the death of Mr. Calhoun, Colonel Elinore was appointed to succeed him in the Senate ot the United S ntes. Be remained in that body but a few months be tore bo too was taken from life to eternity 1 For many yeaps, Colonel Elmore, with his Bank, was a power in the State, and a controlling power, ile was one of the most adroit managing public men that I ever saw. His talents were of a high order, and his power of controlling others uiteurpassed. In this respect he was not unlike General Jackson, and hie head and face were not unlike "Old Ilicko i ry/' Mr. Calhoun once character ized President Jackson, in the Sen- 1 ate ot the United States, as posses- 1 sing the qualities of the lion, whilst Van Pur en possessed those of the ' fox and the-weasel. I think, with 1 all his firtAncss and co'nrage. and other high qualities, there was more ot the fox in General Jack- ; son's face than of the lion. 1 I once heard Ool. Wado Hampton, the intimate friend of Col. El more, Bay that if there wcro too < ways ot approaching any point, 1 equally safe and secure, the one direct and the other circuitous, 1 Elmore would always take the 1 at- 1 ter. But let no one suppose from this remark that either Cbl. Hamp 1 ton or myself doubted the honor *i and patriotism of Colonel Elmore. ( lie was an honorable man. and a must woi thy and excellent gentle- ' man. It was his nature to be cour- 1 teoue, wise and adroit. Ho sel- 1 dom gave offence to any one. Bnt I did hear him, one night, talk to 1 Major Felder, a former member of 1 Congress, from Barnwell, and then i a member of the Senate, from Or- > angeburg, like an angry master I would speak to bis slave! I was < Chairfhan of the Committeo on < Finance, in the State Senate, and 1 Major Felder wa? a member of my i Committee. Tho Qperationaof the Bank were, ynder investigation by < the Committee. Col. Elmore, tho ' President of the Bank, was called 1 before the Committee for some at. p^matipQ. After tl^Jpomimtteo ] adjouroed, Colonel Elmore addressed Major Folder in these 1 words" X g*T* jou potipe, fir. ? that it i Item of jour epeahipg of the affaire of the Bank, after?yop < *:.t i* return home, as you have done in Columbia, I will bold you persoually responsible for it I" When President Polk was elect* ed, he tendered to Colonel Elmore the mission to the Court ot St. James, the first of all foreign missions. President Polk ana Colonel Elmore were in Congress togetb er, and the offer of this Embassy to Qreat Britain, shows in what light the talents, powers, patriotism aud ability of Colonel Elmore were held by the President elect. Shortly after the refusal of the mission, by Colonel Elmore, General Thompson and myself tnet the Colonel, with his family, at the Li Die S^od e Snmpi. Gen. Thorn psou aiiidseated in the pi* azza of tbe hotel; "Thorpe some difference, Elmore, between this and the Court,of St. James."? "Yes," replied Ettnore, "I am here at home, with my wife and children, which is far more agreeable to me than being at a foreign court." I was going one day with Col onel Elmore to dine at Mr. Pointsett's, when lie made some allusion to our relative ages. I told him that when 1 was admitted to the Bar, he was pointed out to me as one of the great men of the State. He said this must then have been about the time hegrad uated, for ho thought himself a greater man about that time than he had ever done oiuce I The Colonel was a very warm hearted friend, and a most pleasant gentle man in society. He was a devoted follower of. Mr. Calhoun, and Jet had great influence over him. know that the frieuds of Mr. Calhoun were very anxious to have him in the Senate of the United Slates, as his colleague. They thought he was the safest counsellor Mr.. Calhoun could have. A seat in the Senate was at that time tendered to Colonel Elmore, and I remember he called his friends together, in Columbia, to explain to them why he could not then accept of a seat in tbe United States Senate. On the death of Colonel Elmore, in Washington, both Houses of Congress paid a high tribute of re*, spect to his memory. Mr. Webster spoke of him as "a leading member of the House of Representatives," and possessing "great talent." [continued next week.] Speech of Senator Schurz St. Louis, July 22. At a Liberal Republican meeting at the Temple, to-nigbi, called lor the purpose of electing a county Executive Committee, Senator Scfihrg delivered a very lengthy and elaborate address, of which the following is an outline. The Senator started.out by saying: "Standing before iny constituents, I deem it my duty to give an account or my puonc conduct, the motives which have governed it, and the ends it is intended to secure. I can do this in no better way than by expressing hilly and frankly my views on the events which havo prod need the present extraordinary situation of our public national affairs, events in which I took a small part; and also to state what I consider it ray duty i as a patriotic citizen to do in order to promote the best interests of the republic. s4It has been my raisfortnne to displease many with whom I co- ( operated in the political field for iiiM.it^onrs, anu wiui wnom I now, with great regret, find myself separated. To the attacks with whicli < some of them endeavor lo over- ] whelm me I have but ono answer." < ile then reiterated what he has i previously said about never con- < sideling his party the supreme arbiter ot his sense of duty, lie then | said : "When I was honored with a seat in the Senate ot the United i States, I expected to support the i administration which then came into power. The tasks it was call- i od to perform were of unusual im- < portance. The civil war was over; i its logical results, the abolition of i slavery and the organization of i free labor society in the South, < were just being reduced to politi i ca! form, and imbedded in tho Con- < ititution of the republic. The first i great object of our policy should t Cave been to renationalize the j South, and rpviveamong the South- < urn people a feeling calculated to < attach then hearts again to the for- i tunes of this Union j for let ns not \ indulge in the delusion that the < holding together by force of its j oompopont parts is a basis upon i which a republic can safely rest or i long end ore. It requires a bond j which binds together the hearts of ] the people and hot their bodies.? i Only to create that bond was for j 118 tno hiirheat oblect of otfttoamon. - fbip? !&e then referred in detail to the i different acts of administration 1 ???.' ?** t t'f tT party, going over the ground traversed by himself and others in the 8enate. ' In regard to the San Domingo matter, be made the following statement: "When the San Domingo scheme was pending, two gentlemen in intimate relations with the White House came to me, each one separately, soliciting my sopport of the project. They assured me, if I would give that support or abstain from opposition, all the patronage I desired would be at my disposal, making me ift that respect one of the most influential men in the land. One of those gentlemen subsequepU^' admitted to me in writing that the offer was made to me with the conse&t of the President himself." He said thai' be had withheld this ntatemeut arlong time, in spite of many provocations, and made it now only because,, as the papers have recently slated, the President himself put forth the assertion in a published interview that he (Schurz) has opposed him because he had not received as much patronage as he wanted. lie then dwelled upon the abuses of patronage and evils ot the civil service, statiug there never was a time when the latter was more like a thoroughly drilled and disciplined organization ot political agents, or when the public interest was more shamelessly overruled by political exigency. Referring to President Grant, he said: "I should prefer not to speak of him, did he not stand as tlio embodiment and personification of the pernicious system which derives from his individuality its peculiar character. Gratitude for iiis military services and respect for his office have long restrained many from exnroRftin? ' w P - vubU 1 CU1 opiuiuns concerning him. I shall be tho last inan to forget or to carp at the great services he has ren dered in the field of war. " The honors he has won, the laurels he has gathered, shall not be touched ; but now he is a civil officer, and he asks us to continue him at the head of Jtko civil government. Wftn ttiiB question, Mo ' laurels have nothing to do. When he ascended the Presidential chair, it may be said tho whole people surrounded him with cordial offers of their confidence, and willing to aid in all he might do to givo the country a good government. There was not a statesman in the republic who would not have been ready, nay, proud, to servo him at his call, lie might have reinforced his supporters from the ranks of the opposition. Accidental mistakes would have been readily forgotten ; evidence of pure motives and honest efforts would have easily silenced factious clamors. But his career of President warrants the conclusion that he has never been able fully to appreciate the difference between military command and the complete duties and responsibilities of civil administration. I doubt whether it has over become quite clear to his mind what the Presidency* means in our system of govern-' meut. When that high office was presented to him, he took it as a Bort of national reward, an accommodation, a place in which, after his military exploits, he might make himself comfortable. His ; mind 6eems to have been but little disturbed by the great duties and i problems he was to take in hand. Lt was soon discovered that for his ; future succoss ho needed organiz- < ed partisan support. It was easily had. Required alliances form 1a .1 1~-- ?--- 1 su uiDiiiBuiven uy uaiurai gravitation. Soon we found bim surroun- 1 dcd by political managers?Camerons, Chandlers, Mortons, Conk- < lings, Butlors, <&c., ready to do his ( work if he would do theirs. It was a matter of congeniality. The in- > tereets of the President and of such political chieftains identified themselves without difficulty, aiding | with executive influence in con- , trolling States for thomselves, and , they giving their aid in controlling , the party for hitn. One hand | washed the other. This was grad- , ually brought into system, all co , operation being welcome; even ] ludi as ttiat of Ulayton, in Arkan* { ms. Tben that peculiar parly doa- , poti8in grew up which ostracised , averybody who refnsed to obey its ( jommandu. It gave birth to a , lew sort of party orthodoxy, whose ( first tenet was that President | 3rant must be re-elected. Oppo- , jition to Grant constituted high | treason against a party, for which , there was no quarter." The Sen* ( itor dwelt on this theroe at great , ength, using the strongest and so- ( merest language that has yet been timed at the President and his itipporters. m Aher retelling to tho President's aepotisin, tiis appointment of Tom 1 Murphy, his fondness of personal 1 'iiTJE* T v pleasure, and that be had actually seen foreign Ministers in the capital of the natioD, looking for tde Government of the United States, the Senator added: "I will not wrong President Grant. He is by no means a monster of iniquity.? He is simply a man who makes use of his high official position to suit his own convenience, regardless of other interests. Ho does not sit in his closet a designing usurper, gloomily pondering how he may subvert the free institutions of the republic; neither does he pondor how he may preserve them. He does not ponder at all. He simply wants to carry appoint; when, ?uu tu? in me oan uomingo case, the Constitution happens to st^nd iu his way, he just walks over it. He does not mean to break down the authority of laws; he simply wauts them Dot to hamper him in bis doings. He does not mean eyetematically to outrage the public sense of decency by nepotism and low associations, to corrupt the service and degrade our political lite ; he only wants to make his relations and favorites comfortable, to associate with men who are congenial to him, and to take the best care of his interest he can. Lie is not incapable of occasionally doing good things. He prefers good appointments to bad ones, other things being equal. He undoubtedly desires that affairs should go well, his own weltare included.? Such is the character of his personal government. lie should be doing it too much honor by calling it C&esarisui. It is not inspired by any grand, lofty and long headed ambition. It is absolutely barren of ideas and originality, bare of striking achievements, void of noble sentiments and inspiring example. It is simply dull, heavy, stupid and stnbborn in its selfishness." After pursuing this 6ubjcct still further, and with some bitterness, tho Senator spoke of the apathy which naturally follows a period of great excitement, and declared that the Cincinnati Convention was the result of a popular uprising from such apathy ; that it assumed dimensjons far beyond any expectation* or itsroriguiuiurs, embraced multitudes who were impelled by oDe impulse to unito the whole American ueonle in the bonus of reconciliation and frater nal feeling, and to shako off personal government and party despotism, acknowledging that its action bad caused disappointment to himself and others, who wished its declarations of policy as well as its candidates to be such that the victory of the movement would furnish an administration approaching the ideal of good government as near as human wisdom, integrity and earnest efforts could carry it. He declared ho had come deliberately to the conclusion that no possibility existed to unite more fully all the sources which the movement authored under itH ban-1 ners, aud argued that the overthrow of party despotism is the first thiug needful to any reform. Greeley would have at his back no regular organization, and could wiu support aud favor of the people only by deserving it. Turin reformers should learn from the enemies of theirs, who instinctively find the surest and most natural bulwark in a party which is controlled by organized selfishness. Mr. Schurz then caused to be read correspondence with Mr. Greeley in reference to civil service reform. Greeley Accepts Present.? Greeley has accepted a present.? It was a trophy from a church fair of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Greeley wrote the following letter in acknowledgment: New York, July 11, 1872. Dear Sir?1 have just received through Mr. O. A. Dana, your valued present, for which 1 retnrn my hearty thanks. The weight of sixty-one years on niv head has ot late rendered a cane desirable; and while 1 am doubt fa 1 as to the reception of presents which have a liigh pecuniary value, I gladly restive yours, whereof the worth is measured and established not by the number of dollars it may have cost, but by the foud, warm hearts which gladly co operated to tend* jr it. Accept my profound ac knowledgments, with my assurance ;hat boncelorth as heretofore I shall abor to smooth the ragged patli* *ray of poverty, and ronder onr jonntry first, and the whole world iltimately, the home of political '.quality and religions liberty. Yon re, II on ace Gkkkley. ," X?Ett* are two things in this ife for which we are never pre- j . -x 1 J at a f- a ?.1 is wruu, nuu mm ib twins. ' . ' ' ; o) > V ?^???? farm anp home. Tram (A? Lmurtkmrili* Herald. Wheat Mb. Editob By yoar permission, I will give yon my oxperi< ence with wheat this year, on ol? >?w? auu employ gOOU i J help. He can afford to pay for ~books and imno.r Ha ^r,-, jyhot anorfl to grow crops that will , not pay tor production, or squand3 er his resources by commencing , labor that cannot be completed.? 1 Governing himself by theso siin ble axioms, he will soon find himJ self in a position to gratify every desire instead of being bound b}' J the stern demands of economy. ; [Farm and Fireside. Too Much Land.?The following paragraph from an exchange is worth more than a mere corner f in a news column. " It is said that when mechanf ics have land, they generally give . it better cultivation than farmers, ) and consequently have more r grapes, strawberries, and water. melons, and earlier potatoes and . cucumbers. They devote more i care and labor to a 6mall space, I and reap a larger profit from it. f If any one will look at the imi mense crops a very 6mall garden . will often rrodnp? for ? ftumiK' , -- ? J 1 and compare it with the very little crops from very large farms, they should need no better inducement to enrich their soil highly. The great point to remember is this, that labor is the great heavyitem in farming ; but that it takes no more labor to farm rich ground. "We have, as it were double crops with the same single labor. ? Iron Water for Plants.?It is stated that wonderful effects may be obtained by watering plants and vegetables with a solution of sulphate of iron. Treated in this way, beans will grow nearly double the size, and will have much more savory taste. The bean seems especially benefitted by this treatment, it is equally applicable to plants and flowers, imparting to them unusual growth onh a1j * 1 * * ??