Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 14, 1866, Image 1

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. .'.."*<'<.>..,.?"..,?:".,,,?"?, ,,.,_,."! "',,..,^,,1 irfrj',,.?.>'..."""'' " - - - ? BY DURISOE. HEESE & CO. EDOEFIELD, S. C.^MAECH 14, 1866. 1i,ll.|1Miiiii"'l'"."n"."li",r<ijii,K.i,'iii><i'>,|i|.""l|ii.M<l?i,iHi? VOLUME XXXI.--NO. II. D. F. FLEMING & CO. Wholesale Dealers IN wm, mn, wm, ti a HAYNJE STREET, ?orner of Church Street, CHARLESTON, S C., Haying Resumed Business, AT THEIR OLD STAND, 2 HAYNE-STREET, CORNER CHURCH ST., ARE NOW" RECEIV ING A LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK OJP BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, &c, Wfaioh will bo ?.>ld at tho LOWEST MARKET PRICE. The Patronage of former fri?n JJ and tho pub lic is respectfully solicited. . D. P. FLEMING, SAM*L. A. NELSON, JAS. M. WILSON. Charleston, Doc 25 tf 52 DryGroocLs. THE UNDERSIGNED OP THE LATE FIRM OF ROBERT ADGER & CO., Has this day commenced the WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Dry Goods Business AT Azt 252, King Street, (In the Bend,) CHARLESTON, S. C., A Md offers a Stock adapted to a first-clavs trade. The bun ts est will be oonduciod strictly upon the O.VE PRIoE SVSTRM. Tho patronise of thc frier d# of his Into Firm, and of the public generally ia respectfully solici ted. JAS. S. BETTS. Charleston Jan IO 2m5 MRS. S. J. COTCHETT, FASHIONABLE B?I?T EIPORIIJI, AND Fancy Millinery Goods,} TVII?LESAL'E AND RETAIL, ]STo- 263, King Street. CHARLESTON, S. C., OVER READ'S LACE STORE, OPPOSITE ll ASEL STREET. .Country Orders filled vrith Nc.-itnos and Despatch. Charleston, Jan 29 4teojc5 S VLYK8TEJ1. CAHILL. G CO. H. IIOPPOCSC CAHILL & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS AND Commission Merchants, NO. ?83 EAST BAY, Corner of Lodge Alley, OHA.2lIj3E3ST?33>ir,' St. O. Office iiNow York, 51 Courtlandt Street. Fob IS 3m 7 SEfl,W, WILLIAMS & CO,, Merchants -AND B an k e r s, JSTo. 1 ?i.?Tol 3 Eliayno St.. CHARLESTON, S. C., KEEP constantly on hand a full assortment of GROCERIES, and will sell them at the lowest prices possible in this market. They will re?oive and sell on Consignment COTTON and other PRO DUCE, and will advance ' liberally on Cotton consigned to their House, or to WSXL?AMS, TA1XOR & CO., 147 Maiden [Lane, NEW YORK. Jan 25 3m 4 - A. C. DKCOTTM, F. P. SAI.?J}. Late Cashier Rank of Hamburg. DECOTTES & SALAS, Cotton Factor & Commission MERCHANT, CHARLESTON, S. C., WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE SALS OF COTTON, LUMBER AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE. Charleston, Jan 1 tf I F. CONNER & CO., TC East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C., COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS. Wholesale Dealers in GROCERIES & PK0Y1&I0??S, Will givo prompt and porsonal attention to all orders entrusted to their care. Jan 21 3m 4 WILLIAM G. WHILDER, FORMERLY OF HAYDEN A WHILDEN, 255 King St., Corner ol Beaufainc St, CHARLESTON, S. C. His opened a larga and complote stock of m hm fuufli'OiiiiiU ftimvimn, Crockery and China Glass Ware, PLATED GOODS OF EVERY VARIETY, Clocks, Watches and Jewelry, POCKET A NP TABLE CUTLERY, BUCKETS, BASKETS, BROOMS, Ac, Ac, Ac. ?p? WATOHES* and JEWELRY popairwdf. 01?.t?old.Md Silver purchaaed. J89U w*m * Afoot. If I if o's a journey-os ire see 'Tis indeed, by many a token-. Ob, then, I trow, the road will be ^Not always smooth or always broken. But maroh we over rugged atone, Or march we over trodden grave!, "With friends aronnd us,.or alone, We must keep moving on onr travol. Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair, Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing, If wo And ?Ve lag behind, A steadfast heart will kcopus going. Marjy a path v. ill seem more plain, Many a knave will Ho and cozen ; But hold thine own with might and main, And keop tho track that thou hast chosen. It's in the light and in tho dark, It's over hill and through the hollow; We'll fix our c/es upon tho mark, And jf we cannot load, we'll follow. Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair, Tramp, tramp, when storms aro blowing, If our strength Should fail at length, A steadfast heart will keep us going. The horsoman and the charioteer Go hasting with a mighty clatter; God spoed them all ! and if they jeer The tramps afoot, what does it matter ? Grudge them not the present hour, Nor faint and murmur like a craven, For whon the day has lost its power, There is for all a common baveu Tramp, tramp, when skies air fair, Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing, As the light Dies down at night, A steadfast hoart will keep us going. Bill Arp Addresses thc Lebanon Law School and Gives His Ovrn Sad Experience. Mi i.LEDO KV ILL, Feby, 1SG6. Messrs. C. C. Cummings and others, Kom y viit'.ec : GKVTLF. URN-I havo reseeved your kind invitation to address your law skcol. In the situation by which I am surrounded it is im possibul for me to go. I wish I could, for 1 woul 1 like to tell you all 1 kuow about law, and it wouldent take me long. I'm now in the law Lioness myself atrtbia place. Weare engjigftd in munufalrturin 'tb}' wholesale, and alter while it will be retailed out by the law yers to any body that wants it.-.^pa an cns;, bisness to make law, though some ol- thc bills introduced are awfully spelt. To-day 1 saw a hill, in which i: masbeenry" was spelt v/jth two es>-esand f?ur?a<c. But the great est difficulty in in understauriio the law after it ia reade. Among lawyers this diffikulty dont seem to lie so much in tho head, as in the pocket. For five dollars a lawyer cati luminize some, and more akkordin to pay. But he eugheiit to luminize but one side ata time. The first case I ever bad ia a jestict court. I employe d old Bob Liggins, w,ho was i sorter of a rolf-educated fool. Iuivehim .-?rr, italian-hrrgd?SDEg,-^! rf- ?? b t)-j vgrne?-JHicr - ;ase as I thought, on two Rides, and was more luminous agin me than for mc. I lost thc ?>e. and found out afterwards that the de Fendent bad eotplojd Lijjgiif.s after I did. and jive him fWe dellars to loso my case. I look upon this as a warnin to.a.11 clients, to pay big fees and keep your Iawy6f oat of temp tation. My experienco ia litigation have- not beer, satisfaktory. I sued Sugcr Black onst for the price of a load of shuks. He said he wanted to buy some ruffnt-ss, and I agreed to bring bim-a load of shuks for too dollars. My wagin pot broke ?nd he got tired a wa:.tio. and sent out after lue E.HII&S himself When I called on him for tho pay, ?ie cornil . surprised, and sed it had c-.'st him too dollar.-, and a half to have the shuks bauld, and that I featly owd him a half a dollar. He was bigger than I was, so I swallord my bile and suLid him. His lawyer pied a net off for haulin. He pied that the shuks was unsound ; that they were bard by limitations ; that they dident a gree with his cow, apd that he never got any shuks from me. nc spoke about an hour, and ailooded to me as a swindler about 45 times. Thc bedevild jury went out and brought in a verdik again me for fifty cents and lour dollars .'or cost3 of suit. I hainf saved nary shuk on my plantation since, and I dont intend to until it gits lesa expensive. I look upon thia as a waruin to all folks, never io go to la?p about shuks, or any other small circumstance. The next trouble-1 had wus with a feller who I hired to Jig mc a well. He wus to dig it for twenty dollars, and I wus to pay bim ia meat and meal, and sich like. The vagabond kept gittiu along until he got nil the p8y, but hadent dug nary foot in the grown. So I made out my akkouut, and sued Sim an folUrs, iq wjt; Old John Hanks to Bill Arp. fir. To 1 Well you dident dig . . . {20 Well, Hanks bo hired a cheap lawyer, who rard round extensively, and sed a heap o? funny things at my expense, and finally dis missed my casa for what ne called its " ridi kulum absurdum." I paid tbo.*e costa, and went homo a gadder and a wiser man. I pulled down ray little xttbja, #o,d moved it solfeo 300 yards nigher lo tho spring, and I've drunk mity little well water since. J look upon this case as a warnin to all folks never to pay for any thing till you' ve got ii, cspesh ially if it has to l>e dug. The next law case 1 had I gained it all by myself by tho force of sirkumataoces. I bought a man's note that was given for the bir-3 of a nigger boy, Dik. Findin he wouldent pay me, I sued bim before old Squire- McGin nis, belcevin it waa sich a dead thing that the devil couldect keep me out of a verdik. The feller's atterney plead failure of consideration, and non eslfaktum, and ignis fatuis, and in fancy, aud that thu nigger'^ name wasent Dil:, but Richard. Tho old squire was a powerful secesh, aud hated the Yankees amazin. So, after thu lawyer had got through his speech aud finished up his readin from a book called " Greenleaf," I roso forward to an attitood. Stretchin forth my arm, BCS I, "Squire McGinnis, I would ask, sur, if this is a time in the biatory of our afUikted coun try when Federal law books should be ad mitted in a Southern patriot's court ? Harent we secceeded for ever from their foul domi nation ? Don't our flag wave over Fort Sumter. r.nd what, stir, have we got to do ?ith Northern laws ? Ott the very first page of the gentleman's book I seed the name of the city of Jit-ating. Yis, sur, it was written in Busting, published in Boating and sola in Bosting, where they don't know no moro about the hire of a nigger than an ox knows tho man who will tan his bide." I sod some mord things that was pinted and pattiotik, and closed my argument by bandin the book to the squire. He put ou his spekfakles, and after lookin at tho book about a minet, ses he, " Mr. Arp, 3-ou can have a judgment and I hope that from henceforth and for ever, no lawyer will pcrsoom to come before thia hon orable court with pisen dokurneats to prove bia cane. If be do, thU court will take it as a insult, and send him to jail." J look opon this case as a warning to all folk? wLo gamble in law, to held a good hand and play ii wall. High justice and patriot ism are wincin trumps, After.ihw Poad* difHculty with a man by ibo loams of Kohen,aad I thought I wonldtnt go fc? 2MT, fort sroaH?%te?ja ? bx? bonyit Tom Si willina wheat ata dollar a bushel if he coulde.it do any better, and if he could do bet ter he was to cum back and gin me the pref ?rense. The skamp went off and sold the wheat to Kohen for a dollar and five cents, and Kohen knowd all about his contrakt with me. Me and him like to have fit, and per haps would if I hadent been puny; but we finally left it all to Josh Billins to arbytrate. Old Josh deliberated on the thing for three days and nights, and finally brot in an award tbat Kohen should have the wheat, and 1 should hav thc pi efcrcnce. I haint submitted no moio cases to arbitration sinco, and my advice to all pecpul is to arbytrate nnthin if your case is honest, for there ain't no judge there to keep one man from strikin the other. An honest mau don't stand no chanco no where exseppin in a court house, with a good lawyer to buck him. Tho motto of this case is never to arbytrate nutbin but a bad casOj and take a good lawyer's advice and pay him for it before you, do that. But I got Fretman-I dident, but my law yer Marks did. Fretman wag a nutmeg skoolleachor who had grite round my nabor hood with his skool artikled, and I put down for Troup and Calhoun to go, and intended to send seven or eight more if he proved him self right. I soon found that the little nulli fier wascnt belevin in anything, and on in quiry I found that Nutmeg was girin power ful long recesses, and was etnployia his time chiefly in carryin on with a tolerable sizd fe male gal that was gain to him. Troup scd he kei'rd" the gal equeel herself one dav, and he knowd Fretman was a sqaeezin of her. I I dont mind our boys squeezin of the Yankee gals, but Fil be blamed if the Yankees shall be a equceziu ourn. So I got mad and took tho childorn away At the end of the term Fretman eued me for eighteen dollars, and hired a cheap lawyer to collekt it. Before this time I had learned some sense about a lawyer, so I hired a good one, and spred my pocket book down before him, and told him to take what would satisfy him. And he tuk. Old Phil Davis was thc jestice. Marks made the opeuin speech to theeflek that every pro fessional man ought to bc able to illustrate his trade, and he therefore proposed to put Mr. Fretman on the stand and spcU kim. Tbia motion were foot hard, but it agreed willi old Phi l'a uotioas of .'high jestice," and says he, "Mr. Fretman you will have tospell snr." Mark theo swore him, that he would give true evidence in Ibis case, and that be would spell (?Very word in Dan'l "Webster's .pellin book correktly io the best of his knowl edge and beiic-f, so help him, ?c. I saw then tbat be wer iremblio all over like a cold wet do.r. Says Maik, "Mr. Fretman, spell 1 tisik " well he spelt it, puttin in a ph nnd a th and a <jh asid a t/,, an/1 I dont know what all. and I thou j ht ho was gODC up the first pop, but Marks said it was right. He then spelt him right straight along on all sorts of big words, and little words, and long words, and short words, and afterwords and be knowd ?rn al!, tjll finally Marks ses, "Now sur, spell Ompornpunusuk." Fretman drawd a loi:g breik and &ed it wapcnt in the bock. Mark:: proved it waa by an cid preacher who ?as seitjn b? and old Phil spoke up with power, fi> s, " Mr. Fretman you must spell it, sur." Fretman was a sw?ttin like a run down.fi!lyi.^ Ue..Uik"o:3.apass atit,ag<lDiissid. ^-yrm^Si? como ,dDWn,.8ur,'^rj^rptp^-i ''you've lost your case." And shore CnufT" old Phi!, give a verdi!: Hginst himlike adam. Mark* w$s a whale in his way. At that same court be waa about io norjspjt a doktor bekaus he dident havu his diptetoy, and the dokior b?ji'd the court for ti'no to go home after it. Ile rodo seven miles and back as hnrd aa he could lick it, and when bejinnded it over ia ^1 r?,rJ;? V(-'r? triuaftintiy. Marks sos, u N?.w, M-.r, you will'UUe tlc j'.and and trans late this Lt:in iv.tn English, so that the ?ourt , may understand it." Well, he jest caved, for he couldentdo it. Ha lost h:s cjso in too mincis, for the old ?quirt-, s-.id that a doktor wjio couldent read his ?irloiney had no more rifcht to praktis than a tnAfffate**0 who couldent read the license bad to jiuo two couple tcg??ligr, This is a warnin to all professional mon to under stand their bisncss, and tbc mcral of the case is, that a man oughtent to be squeezin thc gals when anybody can see him. Bu* I dont want it understood th t I'm agin it on proper okkashions and in a tender manner. There ai nt no sqiicolin necessary. But I mfjst cl?se tjjig brief epistle. Yours, truly, . BILL Aap. P. S.~I forgot to mention that the Freed man's B?ro have had me up because Mrs. Arp turned off ber nurse for not ralkin baby talk to her chile. She said that my wife throwd a cheer at her head. The lyin hussy was there, a wearin Mrs. Arp's collar and shawl that she'd stole. I pintcd em out to tho B?ro, and j.eft in defiant disgust. The moral of this is *} tb' stand your grown '. or nurse your babies yourself. B. A. A Gi:.s TL EM AK.-One very freq-utntly hears tho ?era ark made, that such, and nuch, and such a man, " can be a gentleman when he pleases." Now when our reader next hears this expression made nae of, let him call to mind the fallowing: " He who ( oan bo a gentleman when hp pleases.' never pleasos to bo anything else, Circumstances may, and do, every day in life, throw men of cultivated minds and refined habits into tho society of their inferiors ; but while, with the tact and readiness that'is their CJip'ecial prerogative, they make them selves welcome among those with whom they have few, if any sympathies in common, yet never by any accident do they derogate from that bi;;b standard which makes them gen tlemen. " So" on the other hand, the mao of vulgar tastes and coarse propensities may simulate, if he be able, the outward habitudes of socie ty, speaking with practiced intonation, and bowing with well studied grace; yet ho is no more a gentleman in his thought ard feeling, than is the tinseled actor who struts the boards the monarch 1 is costume would be speak bim. This being tho ' gentleman when be likes,' is but thc mere pcrformiince of thc character. It has all the swell of the stage and thc footlights about it, and never can for a moment be mistaken by one who knows tho world. A cloak too lar<re caaaot be gracefully worn by a small mau." A pleasant family party tock place in Sel? ma, Mass.; a few days ago, at the residence of one of the oldest citizens. He invited his children with their families, lo dine with him on the anniversary of his birthday. Under the plate of each son in-law, and each daugh? ter and daughter-in-law, lhere waa a check for ?5,000. The grandchildren were gene rously remembered, and even the domestics were not forgotten. About forty thousand dollar? wera required to carry out this ar rangement. COKE FOR SMALL POX-We clip the fol lowing from one of our exchanges: A friend has kindly given us tho following receipt for the cure of small pox: Tho mode ' of treatment is as follows : When tho preceeding fever ia al Its height, and just beforo the oruntion appears, the chest is rubbed with croton oil and tartaric ointment. This causes tho whole of thc eruption to appear on that part of the body, to tho relief of the-- rest. It also secures a full and complete eruption, and thus preveuta the disease from attacking internal org.-ms. This is said to be tho established mod ? of ?reatiaent in lue* English army in China, by gcrnual orders, ?id ii ia regarded &a & per fect sum Gen. Price's Colony in Mexico [Correspoudenee of'th>"5f. Y. Tribune. CC&DO?A, Jan. 15,18 * * * *"tat * * 1 Fortunately, Cordova^osscsses othe tractions than its native population. Se foreigners have recently-established t ?elves who, no doubt, willg?re long, contri to increase thc hidden re?urces of the c try, and impart & healthy, tone to sociei What makes it martgattractive sti! Americans at least, is that it has been sel G by a few runaway rebelsjs the headqua; of an infant colony, localed at a distnm ten miles, and haviDg Aer-prospect of be< ing some day the chief^eity of tho dist What I heard of the d'wS?j and of the composing it suggesfed^me the idoa tc .viate slightly from tho straight line an examine it with my ortifci*yes. It was first timo for over a century that a I American citizen wis allowed to witne settlement of his self-exiled countrymen, the sight of such an undertaking was, in estimation, sufficiently interesting and cur: to modify my programm?^ and to make remain in Ulis city longer?-than I intendec In accordance with thefcd vice of my friei I paid a visit to ex-Judger- Perkins of Loi ana, who has been appointed by Gen. Maj der, land agent for-the District of Cordt I found him in a small room hardly furnish bi? desk, or rather the .table. on which wrote, loaded with bundles of papers, him writing and classifying them according dates and character. The Judge recei me with great cordiality,;'?nd he was gla< see Americans ; asked mo several questii concerning the state nf affairs south and no of the Potomac ; spoke of-President Johm rather eulogistically, butclid not believe tl he would or could carry out his plan concc ing the South. Tho abyss between the two eections of I country vs too deep ~io be bridged over Reconstructionists, however liberal they rr be. Aa to himself, he was decided never set hit; foot again-'in the United States. I did not behove a Southerner could live th< any longer. He had become a subject Maximilian with the firm bel;ef that no ward revolution, nor outward pressure, coe shake bis throne or protract the work of ; generation be hud undertaken. Ile gare t several reasons in eupport of bis opinions, : "based upon the fact that his throne had i ceived guarantees of stability before his d parture from Miramoa, and lhat they we sufficient to preserve it against any liosti attempt at home and abroad. When I informed the Judge of thc chi objoct of my visit, he immediately offered n all facilities 1 desired. "Since you wish sec our colony," said he, " I will do all I cs to satisfy yon." He palled a rebel sold?< standing at tho door, and ordered hiin i fetch two howes,' the ono fer h'imseif, tl other forme. When I.saw the two auitna I could not help thinking that the colon was uot in avery flourishing condition. Th? were spavined, lame, and of a very diraim tive size. They stumbled several times o Hie way, and were eohajd qf month that steam ?ngine could not haye macro thsm fei the bridle. The Judg?J'as much amused n my e-ftbrts to k??p royarse in tho right d rection. " Don't be/aycry." said he, jaugl line : it is the fuult of education. They hav been trained by guerrilleros." Ho iuformed ~c that bowes, brought up i: that profes?ipn. ore soon broken down am ?old for a trille afterward. He then gave m the history of the two we were how riding They were led to the slaughter house, whet & rebel soldier, who was thim in search o beasts of burden for the colony, met the dri je?', ??id proposed to swap them for r.n oh pistol" wbiph Lo had biougbf frpm. Texas The driver, who belonged to a band of guc'r rillas, accepted the bargain ; the excbaug< took place at the uext tavern, and was scale? by two glasses ol' aguardiente. I soon became so enraptured by the mag nificence of tho landscape around us that J ceased lo be ul'/octed by |he restless tem pei of my charger. Each etep we made, cad: cut of the route, revealed to us ur.paralle'lcc natural beauties. The mahogany, the wile cocoa tree, palm trees with their fan-like leave*, the iron oak, a tree as hard as iron tho tapotillo, the gatioda, the balsam and other precious trees, lined the r?ad and shaded tho soil. In thc midst <(f them fields uf ??me, bana??, pine-apple, orange ?nd lemon tree? enraptured the sight aud the smell. A soft breeze impregnated with the perfume of thou sands of flowers and trees, refreshed tho at Biosphere, and hundreds of birds of roost brilliant plumage, voluptuously bathing in their radiant firmament, added by their song to the enchanting scenery before us. " you nov? bpgin to undpystond,!* said Judg? Perkin?, who was shartog the admiration produced on me by such a sight, ,( why we decline returning to the States. Where could we find, tell mc, any spot comparable to this? Not certainly in any part of thc country we have just left. As to fertility, this land may challenge the riebest soil of the United States. Hero the farmer gets two, sometimes three crops of corn in a" year, which he sells on the mox at SI a bushel, sometimes $2, and some' times ?3. Let us take the Iqwest figure, Suppos? that you had a patch of 100 nore? planted with corn, the acre giving you 60 Bushels each crop and 120 bushels for two crops, why, at the end of the year you have pocketed your ?12,000, upon which you will have to deduct perhaps $2000 for hired labor and other expenses. Net profit $10,030. Where can you find any farm which would give you so much in any other part of the wqrld f I do not mentiou here other pro ducts, the potton, tj)p coffee, the sugar, which require thc assistance of pani tai.' I spank morely ef whatja poor man can do hore with only a couple of hands and a joke of oxen or mules." "Bat," said I, "don't yon include in the expenses of settlement and fencing?" " There is no need of either.in these fortu nato regions," replied the Judge. " See these bamboos," added he, striking with a whip a cluster of canes as large as my leg," "four rows of this anda roof of gross will make you as good a house, as any log cabin you have ever dreamed of. 4s to fencing, this iud?8pensiblo' auxiliary of every Ameri can plantation, tho thing is entirely unkown here, Those who bavo cattle or sheep have also a man to watch over thpm, and a herd never goes without its shepherd. Those who keep pigs have either & pen for that purpose or tio the animal to a tree, so there is no danger of having your fields visited by de structive animals." I was listening to the Judge when my sight was arrested' by an unfinished house, a story high, and four or five tents pitched along a brook lined with trees aud shrubs. " Surely," ?aid I, " this must be the colony." " You have guessed right," said Mr. Perkins ; " here is my gallant friend, Gen, Price and his associates, Gov. Harris, Col. White and others. ?hiB houso is. the. beginning of a city we have called Carlotta, in honor of tho Empress ; the tents you see have been brought from the Trans-Missiasippi Department by the gallant soldiers who are assisting us and co operating with o* iu the loundation of this settlement. They aro intended for houses nulil wo are richer and moro numerous ; they will then mako room fur more substantial buildings." . In a few minutes, and no withstand ing the worthlessness of our nags,, we reached tho ' only house adjoining tho . new city. We there found Gov. narria planing and a few j indiana nailing planks on the flour. When '??eetcstdtbt room tba Orator dropped ' Iiis tool, and coming to us said with a smile " Is it to the carpenter or the Governor yoe wish to speak?" Judge Perkins replied, " To either." He then ixtroduced me, ar.d tho conversation became general. In-about a quarter of an hour Gen. Price made his ap pearance Ho received me with great cordi ality, said he was glad to see me, and then asked mo where I was coming from. The words Northern States seemed to awaken his attention. " We are much interccf -id here concerning the intentions of the .United States towards Mexico. "We do not believe, however, that they-mean war against this country. What ? they wish is to annoy us, and to make the French dcaist. It is not likely they will suc ceed." He then repeated the same argument? used by Governor Perkins on that subject, and said that Maximilian was too firmly es tablished to run any risk. All the Confed erates were exceedingly friendly to the Em peror, from- wbose hands they ha fe received many a favor, and intended to remain per manently io thc country. Soon the room in which we stood was full of rebel soldiers and officers, who confirmed to mo what I had already heard from the lips of their leader. Every une had sworn alle giance to the emperor, and had selected this spot for piace of settlement, with the inten tionngver to return to the States. Several of them had sent for their families ; some were already on their way to Mexico. Among them were- Generals Shelby's and Ewell's families. Gen. Price wjis also wailing for his wile, who was to join him ir. a month or so. In short, every one 1 saw there seemed en tirely satisfied with bia new condition, so much so as to d?sire others to associate with them, and employing to that effect all the arguments of a suggestive mind. Nearly every Considerate who has settled on this spot has entered GIO acres of land. If all have not done it, it is because the land about Cordova has not yet beeii all surveyed, and could not consequently be sold. In a few weeks, however, the colonists, who number about 100 at present, will be satisfied, fbr the surveyors are hard at work .and the sale ot land is progressing. These lands aro sold ai $1 an acre, payable iii five installments, bearing no interest of six per cent. ?Tho farms of Gen. Price, Gen. Shelby, and Gov. Harris are contiguous. None of them are yet under cultivation, ?or the reason that these gentlemen entered their lands late in October, and the season wr.s too.fnr advanced to go straightforward to work. They arc now cleaning their fields and getting them ready for next spring. Thc fields in this blessed coun try are nrottly banana and pineapple plants. Fruits ariftound hero in great cbunclance. 1 was told there wa* no less than three hundred species of fruit, including their varieties. For instance, ibero are twelve kinds of bananas, half a dozen varieties of pino-apples, five or nix HpecieS'cf zapoliiloc-the most delicious fruit in thc-world- figs, pomegranates, oranges, etc. For their supply of meat they go to Cordova, where beef is sold at 12-Jc. a pound. Having spent three lours with the inhabi tants of The new Battlement, who showed themselves exceedingly kind and hospitable, I thought it time to go back lo Cordova to catch the mail, and informed them of my in tention. They.invited inc to spend the night with them, olr-;ring me a corner of a tent for sheU'c-r,a:v3 :* supper, consisting of ?Medt?eefi roasted wila car, wmcn xnwy saiu was a 'TirsT rate dish," and thc use of a better horse than the one I mounted to?go and visit the country with them. But as time was meas ured by my business, I was, to my great re gret, compelled tq decline. Uer Hearth not There. . They've dres?'d her for the bridal, And wreathed her snowy brow, They lit-tle heed the sorrow T?;at (?leuda bur failnrei no'-x, Amt Ibero ?re smiles around bt,r, And gbid ?uuiids fill the air; Tho nuptial hall is lighted, But, oh, her heart's net there. Ho leads hor to the altar, And broathes into ber ear The tondor vow oft spoken, And answerod by a toar. Sho thinks of ono departed, And breathes a silent prayer; And ino' {ho pl?d^f, ?lie altftW-? Still, still, hor heart's not there. She's loft the homo of childhood And mingles with the gay; But scones of joy and pleasure Drive not her grief away ; Death lays his icy finge?s Upon her brow of care. The g LT. i o Re?oives a mouruet A broken heart lies Iboro. THE SPBhto TRADE.-Our merchants in the interior, about replenishing their stocks for the spring scacon, will perhaps be sur prised to find oa a visit to Charleston prices of all merchandize much ? lower here than those in New York or other Northern cities. This, too,Exclusive of freight, insurance, in ternal revenue tax, wharfage, drayage, and the qunterous other pbargps attendant on or ders and shipments from the North. Our wholesale establishments, particularly on Hayne and Meeting-streets, in the vicinity of the Charleston Hotel, are now packed in every department with extensive assorted stocka of the latest and most elegant styles of goods, selected by their partners or agents resident In New York, from the large direct importing hcuaca in that city. Tho plan adopted by our wholesale merchants with regard to tho frequent changer in the New York market, of having regular attendants on pobljc sales, gives thom superior advantages both in buying and selling, to warrant thc present liberal and remunerative dealing with their home patrons. Our Country friends. | avoid too the heavy expenses involved in a Northers trip and raturn home, and enjoy the additional gratification of contributing to tho good work in tho material restoration and prosperity of tho metropolis of the State, the prido of every Southern heart. Our mer chauts are ready to meet all demands upon them, and are sanguine of a successful and prosperous spring business. We feel assured thoir expectations will be fully realised. The advertising columns of the Courier wjll be found an excellent guide to strangers visiting the city on business.-Charleston Courier. e * ? A strange story ia told of two sisters at Berbo. About three years ago, oueof these young ladies was engaged to be married, but on the bridal morning -became so ill that she^ could not possibly go to the church. The' bridegroom was a desirable one, and he was a fish who, it seems, had not easily been hooked. There was, therefore, great danger in dela]' ; so, instead of postponing the mar riage, the second sister, covering herself in a long vial, per6onnated the first, and duly went tl rough the ceromouy. The moment it was over, she transferred the bridahdress aud ornaments to hor sister, who, in her in nocence, was thus considered to have all proper claim to tbia-husband she married by proxy. It is ouly t-ecently that a discovery has been mado of the real fie Ls, ami proceed uga are about to bo taken, not only ia the ciivil, but also the criminal courts of Berlin -?? -?- ? A dozen poorly reconstructed Virginians in Page county, lately seized Mr. G. W Hamlin, teacher of a freedmen's school ducked him in the Shenandoah, and threat ened his life if he did not leave within thre days. , Letter from Governor Orr on the i ject of Immigration. i The following letter written by Gov Jame? L. Orr, will be read with inter?s ! EXECUTIVE DEPARTKEXT, SOUTH CARO COLUMBIA, 2d March, 18 Willy Wallach, Esq., Secretary of thfi man Society of the city of Kew York Sm : I have received your circular, < 20th ult., and proceed to give you the i mation you seek in your queries : 1. Nearly the entire population of State, and especially tho land-owners, precinte the necessity of obtaining more h not only to till the soil, but to supplj very great deficieucy of mechanical h and, therefore, they are in iavor of foi immigration. . 2. Thc General Assembly of this*S meeta annually on the 4th Monday in No1 ber. No special laws have been passe yet to encourage foreign immigration, b will, doubtless, be done at the next ses: A company was incorporated in Decor last to pffomote German immigration to States. Gen. John A. Wagensr, a na:i\ Germany, but for many years a citize Charleston, was tho active friend of tue in thc Legislature, and he can, doubt! give you much information on the subj There u a provision in thc new Constitu of this State, adopted last September, wi allows foreign immigrants, wtw come to State, tho right of suffrage, full and ut stricted. two yean- after they have decln their intention of becoming citizens, w) id of course three years earlier than t can bo naturalized under thc laws of C gross. After they become citizens, they eligible to all the offices in the State. S oral of thc present Senators and Re-preset tives in the General Assembly are foreisr -German, Scotch and Irish. The Legi ture will, doubtless, at its next aessioD, p some law, exempting foreign immigra from the payment of poll ?ind other tai except the school tax, and perhaps that. 3. I have no information, whether the ce piny incorporated jn December, to encour: immigration, has been organized, but p *umc- it has. There are no private socicl or associations for tho protection of imi grants. The small number of immigra arriving herc iu thc past from Germany, a the large German population in Chariest whose kindly cympatbies and olficcs were ( tended to them, gendered it unnecessary, company was formed some seventeen ye: ago, and a t-act of about 20.000 acres land purchased in Pickcns District, Dear t Blue Ridge mountains, about 200 miles Nor wo.it of Charleston. These land-s have bc divided off into Final! tracts aud sold to Gi mans, who have improved the lands a eountry very materially. They have a flor ishing little tow? of some 1,500 iobabitan situated about the centre of the original pt chase. The whole colony will now mimbi I j resume, some 4,0oQ BQUID, Ti e town called Walhnilttj and Dr. A. E. Norman the postmaster. The coontry id indebted the energy and enterprise of Gen. Wagem of Charleston, for founding this flouridhit colony. 4. The laws of this State give tbs san protection to tho immigrant that ia enjoy< by the native. After he bccomci^ji citize ?her?an ;tja^,ii^.ncUiy^4i?e4> .will and inhgj mum ?? ,f 'IM ' ' r "' "* aud dies before perfecting his title, it mig] be technically liable to escheat, following tl English law in that respect, but, practical: oo such cor.deCjUc-r.ce over result*. If'lb deceased left kindred, lineal or collateral, th Logisla'urc has ncvci* refused to vest the till? of such lands in them by special Act. TL laws will, d nibrica*,' b?. amend d. so tlu every foreigner, who has declared his inte: lion to become a ei'.izcu, may hold a hen c, Iram-mit n al property j tint right airead cxUtx AM to personalty, The immigrant i protected in person like a citizen. " 5 and G. Immigrant* are needed in ever; part of the State. Dividing the State int" thre<1 equal paris, and making the base Iii; parallel ro the coast, rico, long cotton, nm some short cotton have heretofore bein th crops in the first division. Market garden iug, and the production of many early gardei vegetables for Northern markets, has em ployed much labor and good dc-?\! of land Moat providions, except wheat, are grown ii this division. The second division is th principal short cotton belt, and most of i produces all provisions, including wheat There id som o water power on the streams and profitable employment will cer:amly fol low tho establishment of inaouli-.etures am macbiue shops. The third division, running up to tho mountains, and bounded by Nord Caroliua and Georgia, produces all the cereal; -?=qeof a?d pork, and some cotton, apples pears and peaches flourish well here, andi th< whole division is traversed by_ water courses which furnishes an almost unlimited suppl} of water power. The German settlement ii within this division. In the second division many years ago, the Districts of Lexington Orangeburg, and part of Newberry, wen originally settled mainly by German immi grants. Their descendants generally reside there, ind constitute a largo element of thc population. Many of the customs and iradi lions of - faderrlandr' arc still preserved ir this section. In Abbeville, the ancestors ol most oi" the present inhabitants were Protea taut Irish. In Marlboro and Chesterfield there is a large element of Scotch descent : and, ia Abbeville, tho descendants of a French colony. The labor most required now in this State ts mechanical and manufacturing-agricultu ral labor would be well rewarded, but the two first named ?an be rando eminently profitable. To illustrate: Every article of furniture in my parlor, and most of it in thc house, was manufactured in ?^ew York. It was then transported by failing or oteara vessels GOO or ?0U miles to Charleston, and paid for by the sqn?ro foot and not by weight. Tho ex pense of receiving and forwarding, including drayage to the railroad depot, had to be paid -then the transportation over 2G0 miles of railroad to my place of residence, with the tarilT of freight, accordi g to measurement rather than weight. The boxing and pack ing of course had to bc paid in New York. Now, there is standing withiu two miles ot my-rcsidonce, (in the swamps aud forest,) ash, maple, hirch, beech, pine, water, red, white and post oak, hickory, gum and poplar, and, within easy access, walnut and locust, the only material which wouldi have io he .brought here, and it is the same in New York, is thc mahogany, rose aod satio wood. The timber growing here can be purchased cheaper than in the city of New York ; rents and building materials and provisions cheaper than in the city of New' York. Now, if a cabinet workman, with a sufficiont number of hands and some capital, would remove to this State and embark in his business, would not the entire cost of transporting furnitnre here be additional nett prout to him, super added to the profits realized in New York? Tho same may be said of the manufacture of carriages, wagons and buggies, Of all ag ricultural implements. Iron is found in great abundance in Spartanburg and York Dis tricts, and rich ore is known to exist in An derson, Greenville and Uniou Districts, and ? for the same reason, aa already set forth, ? every variety of machine shops might ho put 1 into successful operation, and, in every in stance, the cost of transportation from New i York, Philadelphia and Boston would be thc . additional nett profit to the enterprising mo j chanic. Why shottrd cotton in tho raw statt - be sent from hero to New Englaad to be fab ? ricated, when we have mild winters and sala brioua sommera^ an abundance of cheap -na ter power, thc raw material at our door?, and a fiue provision country ? Wo Deed capital here and skilled manufacturing and mechani cal labor, and tho offer we make is larger profit to the capitalist, and better wages to che laborer, than either can realizegin New England. T 7, 8, 9, 10 and ll. As the labor in tin's State has heretofore been performed princi pally by slaves, we havo very little experi ence enabling me to answer satisfactorily theso queries. The day laborer, when hiring by the ye-r, i suppose would be able to com mand from ?9 to $15 per month, with board. The wages wonid mainly depend upon tba-' locality and the sort of work required' of him. The employers or farmers would prefer to furnish board to the laborers, and general ly gire meat twice a day, principally cured bacon, wilt vegetables, and' milk and butter occasionally. The bread used by laborera in this Slate is Indian meal-some families use wheat bread. Mechanics and manufacturers usually require their workmen to pay their own board-manufacturers furnishing houses for their men to live io. 12 There are churches' in every part of the Suite- the prevailing denominations be iog Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian, next Episcopalian, Catholic pud Lutheran. The Catholic and Episcopal Church in tho central and Western part of tho State are found alono in the towns and cities. Thero are Lutheran churches in Charleston, Orange burg, Lexington and Newberry. I kuow of but one Catholic Church above. Columbia. 13. Since the abolition of slavery no diffi culty ia found in purchasing landa of good quality, and in quantities to suit purchasers. Most of the hndholders appreciate the neces sity of increasing our whit? population, and many have become so much reduced by tho* di-asters of along war, thut they are com pelled to sell a part of their landed estates. The present year is thc nioft auspicious time which will ever present itself to secure good farms ou reasonable terms. Let a dozen or two smell farmers send one of their number as au agent to make purchases this spring nnd summer, and I am very confident that they can supply theinsi&o.-. with good and cheap homes. The prices ot lands range from one to lift j dollars per acre, dependent lipon quality, location, ?fcc. 14. AU immigiantSijhould bring with them supplies of tools and implements. This is nearly indispensable in the caso of artisans and mechanics. It ia advisable likewise that they briDg clothing, bedding, kc. These ar ticles may be bought here, but at higher prices than they would pay in the old coun try. They could not purchase at 'ho same retes ts they would ha7t to sell these articles in New York. 15. No arrangcm&n?s have yet been made by tho railroad companied to transport immi grant* at reduced raies, but a convention cf the Presidenta of the companies will be held this spring, to consider the subject, and agree upon a reduced tariff of charges tor trans porting the immigrants and their effecl3. 10. This question is answered already in anawera to preceedicg questions. I coaclude this article by calling your at tention to som-j facta in the condition of this country, to which I invite special considera tion. The late devastating and desolating war through which we have pa3Ri:d, and Jd^jju^^^pnijx, fog^hucu:uty has During all that time the ports of this an?loo adjoining States we; o closely blockaded. Everything fabricated by the mechanic and artiz tn, and which we owned at the beginning of the war. has either greatly deteriorated, or bas beeu entirely worn e?t and ab.n-doned. Even liccegfaiy repajrs could not be effected, because under the conscript system, adop'cd by the Confederate authorities, thc artisans ami mechanics were all forced Into the army. In addition to this, oao third of the State was d?vasta'ed by G?nerai Sherman's anny. Cities, towns, villages and plantations, farm houses wiib all their contents, were destroyed. You will perceive then, that all theso causes combined makes the demand fur the labor ol all mechanics and artisans greater than it ever was b.jfore, aud the profits for the rea sons stated must bc greater than are realized by those classes any whero in the Kurth and East. If you can, therefore, send German artisans and "mechanics hore through your association, von will he rendering them an es sential service, aud be assured that we will receive them, as well as all othei immigrants, whether farmers or laboren?, with a joyous and cordial welcome. I have the honor tobe, very respectfully,-yours, kc, JAMES L. ORR, Governor of South Carolina. Mr. Pollard writes : " If General Grant hos power to stop tho liberty of speech in the press, he also has tho power to muzzle the freedom of speech in Congress. Ao speaks of the new-papers alienating both sections of thc country. We beg leave to state, that in the halls of Con gress there is more sedition and disaffection ventilated there, and disseminated all over the country electrically, io one hour, than ic one j ear by all thc newspapers in the South. Can't he suppress those foraeaters of discord, Sumner and Stevens ?'' Certainly a very reasonable suggestion. Let him shut -up a few of the churches which disseminate lessons of assassination ; immure in prison, on short rations, dry bread and cold water, a few score of-ranting preachers and dcmngogue3, who daily give provocation to the press, while tho press is forbidden to reply lest there should be so:ae alienation of feeling or sympathy between the sections. Shall the boot-be wholly on ono leg ? Shall there not bo sauce for tho goose as well as the gander? Common senae, as woll as com mon justice, would Rcetn to demand that the provocitions to wrath and violence in the one section should be treated in like manner with the resentments which they provoke in the other. If martial law is to govern, in order to bring abott political and social sym pathies among our whole people, let it be ex tended, in Heaven's name, if not ia that of liberty, over the whole nation. Let it be ceueral-if only on the good old Saxon rulo, of " fair play.;' But military rule ha* ever had but ouo maxim, aud refers everything to force. It will argue with you until you get th3 better in thc argument, then look out for tho bayonet.-South Carolinian. -? AN APPOINTMENT Frr TO BK MADE.-Wo are gratified to see that George S. Bryan, Esq., of Charleston, has been appointed by the President to the office of District Judge of thc Federal Judicial District of South Carolina. Mr. Bryan is eminently qualified for the post, and his many friends in Georgia, and indeed' all nv >r the Union, for no man has mote, will rejoice to hear that bis fine abilities aud great, learning have been appre ciated by the Government.-Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. -?V ?- * BURYING THE HATCHET.-The Washington corresponden*- bf the Philadelphia Ledger telegraphs: "There is a most injportant.ru n.or a'.loat this P. M., to thc effect that Thad deus Las buried the hatchet; and in future will work more in harmony with thc Presi dent. His first act of repeutance waa to forward to the President a letter soliciting thc appointment of Postmaster in Pennsyl vania fora friend, whom he (Stevens) indoaed in full, and which the President received in his usual gracious manner, granting the favor asked for within an hour afterward." An engineer wes recently arrested and aent 1 ' a Augusta, for flyirjg tho rebel ?ag on his I eugine, oh lue Georgia Railroad. '.