Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 21, 1867, Image 1

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>i:?!ir?u?nrtj,f?tPtin1i'>i? tii'Vfc'WitiM'tifii'Vw' D?RISOE, KP>E & ?0? ^."""..,..,.o..."..'.,.."."..?*|.T''. EDGEFIELD, S. C., AUGUST 21, 1867. """,.""."."?.".?.?".i.i>li?i.<nr<i1?t,.?.i..|rtM'll?HHItWM?l?Hl?n?IM'?t*M VOLUME XXXI?.-No, 34. U. S. Or? in Bankruptcy. I WILL, in -Mtion to my business as Attorney at Law, atte v0 tne preparation of CAUJS IN BANKRUPTCY. Make out ' Petitions, manage the Causes ic Court, ar*****n(* to a'* ot?er proceedings nc ctssary t-'rocure final discharges for applicants. I will atil* *n Porson before tho Register of the 3d Bisct? and Sivo prompt attention to all CHUsesjnn<*0(* to my caro J. L. ADDISON, /TonxE Y AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IS EQUITY (ice: Law Range, Edgefield C. H., S. C. Jg 13 3m 33 ,-SEPH ABNSY. H. T. WRIGHT. ABNEY & WRIGHT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors io Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., Will Practico in the United States Courts, giving their especial attention to cases in Bankruptcy. Joly 30_tf_31 M. C. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT 1AW, Solicitor in Equity, Office, LAW RANGE, EDGEFIELD, S. C. j?cb 27 tf 9 M. L. BONHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Solicitor in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., Wi ILL Practice in tho Courts ol this State and in Augusta, Ga. Also, in thc United State? District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving special attoatioa to cases in Bankruptcy. April 2nd, 3m 14 M. W. GARY. WU. T. GARY. GARY & GARY, ATTORNEYS AT LAV AND soLicrTOB* uv EQUITY, EDGEFIELD, S. C. June 2i 3m 26 Medical Card. DR. T. J. TEAGUE has moved to the Dwelling recently occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwile, next door below Episcopal Church. ila may bo fi..and at tho Drug Store of Teague <t Carwile during the day, and at his residence during tho night, when not out on professional business. Having boen engaged in the practice qf Medi cine, in ita various branches, for tho last Thirteen Years, hs feels that he docs not arrogare to him self unduo merit when ho solicits a liberal shan of patronage at the hands of this community. Jan 1 tf 1 DENTISTRY. Di fR H. PARKER Respectfully announce. that he is woll prepared to execute in the bes: manner and promptly all werk in the business, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted hir?clf with the latcincs timab?e improvements in the profession, and se cured a full stock of materials, &c, he .warrant good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31 For SheriJT. The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff of Edgefield attho next election. Nov 7 te* 45 jZgy- Wc have been authorized by thc Friend.' of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announce him a Candidate for Sheriff of Edgefield District at the next election. Apr 12 te* 16 For Tax Collector. The Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him ta a Candidate fo: Tax Collector at the next election. Oct 16 to 4$ TBE many Friends of Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Dec 6 te* 50 We have been requested by many friends of Mr. JOnN A. BARKER to announce him a Can didate for Tax Collector of Edgefield District nt tho ensuing election. Oct. 2, te? 4 ?2ty Wo have been authorized by friends of Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce him o Candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk ol tho Court of Common Pleas for this District, at the next election. April? te- 15 j/gy~Wcbave been authorized by the many friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidate for Clerk of thc Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield District at thc next election. June 20 te 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY EDGEFIliLD, S, C. T?IE Subscribers respectfully announce th/> they ar<; now prepared to do nil work in th' COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS1 NESS that m iy be entrusted to thom, in a work SM. inlike manaor, and with neatnessund -.1 ?--patel We have on hand a few CARRIAGES and sn porior BUGGIES,of our own manufacture, wbiel we will sell low. AU kinds of REPAIRING done promptly and warranted to sive satisfaction. iS^As we sell ONLY FOR CASH, ourpriccf tr unusually reasonable AIL we a.?k is a trial. SJIITII & JONES. Mar 7 tf 10 mm m BLACKSMITH SHOPS, I^HE Undersigned gives notice that ho is now propared to have REPA IP. ED in a'good and workmanlike mannor, WAGONS, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and otbor Vehicles that may be brought to his Shops, at fair and reasonable pri ces for Cash. NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIES will also be put up in tho best stylo, and on as reason able terms as can be afforded. Having EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED WORKMEN in mv Shops, and agocd supply of the BEST SEASONED TIMBER, no pains will be spared to give entiro satisfaction to those who may send their work to these Shops. W. W. ADAMS, Sept ? il 1 Children Gone. Sometimes, when tho day grow? dusky, And tho stars begin to come, When the childron, from their playing, Come* siDging and laughing homo, I think, with a sudden sorrow, As thoy press through tho open door, Of tho faces of the children That we shall never see any more. - Children in snow-white caskets, Laid away to their rest, Their still hands lying folded Over their pulseless breast! Children who carno and tarried As only it were for a night, And passed, at tho break of tho morning, On a journoy far out of sight. . On a long and lonely journey, Whcro wo conld not help or hold, 'For we saw but the closing of eyelids, The fading of lo ?ks of gold ; And knew how now was but silence Where onco bad been prattle and song, And only a chill and shadow Where was sunshine the wholo day long. Away from our care and caresses, " God knows where they are," we say, And wo know that we tarry behind them Only a little way ; For we, too, haste in our journey, And we know it will not bo long, Till wo come to tho City Eternal, The rest and the rapture of song. Yet oft, when the sun is setting In unspeakable splendor of light, Or thc day grow6 dim and dusky, And the shadows stretch into tho night,. When the children, tired with their playing, Como in through the open door, I think of the dear, dear children, Who never will como any more. Silent Politicians. Thc contributorial editor of tbe ?orkvillc Enquirer, in bis quaint style, thus notices the silent politicians at thc present juncture. The notice is well worth reading: Some of our contemporaries express sur prise at the fact that many of our hitherto voluminous advisers and country-savers are now silent-now, when, if ever, wo need the advice and wisdom of experience to guide us. It does not sut prise us. The case is a very clear one. If you have ever seen a coon up a tree" while the hunter was chopping at the tree, and watched his course, you can readily uu derstand the point of our illustration. The coon gets high up in the tree, arnon? thc topmost boughs, and selects a fork. He keeps in th's fork, keenly eyeing both the dogs and the axeman, especially the latter. Alter the tree begins to totter and fairly to start over to one side-and there is no long er a doubt which way the tree will fall-bc jumps. Our silent politicians are like the coon. Whenever it becomes perfecta apparent which way political affairs are going to turn, thea these Solons will speak out-will speak out vociferously, as soon as it is safe for them to do so. Mark these men-these silent Solons. They are cowards, and we want brave, men in times like these. Gov. Perry is'a brave man. Ile may be wrong-we believe some of his conclusions are-but we a thousand times prefer such men to those cowardly coon-politicians who are waiting until we are ruined, ia order that they may see what advice will be most pro fitable to them to give us. Away with such patriotism. To the dogs with such politics, If inaction is the true policy, let them soy so. If they believe in radicalism, ?et them au nounce it now. If Gov. Perry is right, let them say so. Here haifa doze? men have spoken, after months of agony and tyranny. Aro these half a dczsri all our political leaders? Indetc. seven years ago, (after secession was an inevitable fact,) we had eloquen speaker?, and adviser*, and country-saver.?, so man}' that with 3 dozen each night, it took a month to hear their speeches and all their advice. Where are all these men? A few of them sleep ou the battle-fields ; but the great body of those eloquent men never got sleepy in that way. . Eternal silence, it is true, would become them well; but knowing that they aro ready (as soon aa :he tree begins to fall) to jump '.0 the front and tell us all about it, we deem it proper to call their attention ty the subject now. Col. Wm. C. Preston (peace to his honor ed memory) ouce described certain of our politicians as resembling the sea gull-that the sea gull, buffeted, driven and dashed on ward by the violence of the storm at sea, seeks a foothold at last upon some jutting crag, and looking back upon the tempest fbe troubled w?ters beneath and the thun dering clouds abore-and fancies, poor thing, that it is leading that storm J Did any of our readers ever see ons of those political gulls 1 m-? ? ? Fred. Douglas on thc Situation. The ??ew York correspondent of thc Louis ville Demoerei gives the following account of an interview with Fred. Douglass on thc sit uation. It will be seen that Fred, insists upon a share of the spoils for his ebony col ored race, a i.l we suspect that the Radicals will yet have trouble with their new-made iricuds. The intelligent negroes already be gin to see through the guise of pretended friendship, with which the Radica's have sought to over their intrigues with them for their support in thc approaching elections. In several of the Southern States, and par ticularly in Virginia, thoy are outspoken in their demands for equal participation in ali thc offices. State and Federal. According t0 the Radical dogma of equality, th;s demand of the negroes is just and sensible. Wo are at a loss to perceive upon what grounds or pretext the Radical party can refuse to yield to thc negroes a "fair proportion of tho spoils. We hope that the negroes will insist upon their rights, aud force their pretended friends to acknowledge their claim, or failing in thai to expose their hypocrisy: Somebody yesterday asked Fred. Douglass (black man) why he din't go dowu South along with thc rest of the Republican orators, to help enlighten the minds of the freedmen, as to their political duties, etc. " Because," said Fred., " I want to traiu alone. J want to wait until those mcau whites get though with-their talk, and then I will F>e?in. I notice that in all the speeches thai Wilson, Kelly, and the re>t of them have been making to the colored folks at Rich mond, Mobile, New Orleans and other places, nothing is ever said about giving thc colored men a Vice President of their" own color. Cut they've got to make tba: concession to u*, and i hat is just what I am going down Soulh to tel! our folks to insi.-it upon. "Bu!, Fred., do you think the Radical managers will accede lo that arrangement?" ? I have no doubt of it. sir ; not all. Wen dell Phillips and Horace Greeley say they are 1 in favor of it, and what they say has got to j be clone. They are the men who run the Re ! publican party along with old Ben. Butler, j and whoever would run with that party must j do what they say." " But, do you think, if they nominate Grant for President, ?bat Grant will consent to have a darkey on the^ame ;icket as Vice?" " Don't think anything afiout ii, sir. Grant I only counts one. lt is not for Grant, o?- any 1 other man, to dictato to the people. We ar? ! the people. Grant is but one of our servants, j sir. If he dosen't like his company, lot him ' resign. Plenty of others, sir, ready to take ] his place; plenty of others, sir." "JBnt, even if they nominate a darkey for] Vice-President, what good will that do you or your race ?" " Don't talk foolish, child. It will do.us a heap of good. lu the first place, it will make a colored man presiding officer of the Senate, and then, as tho President may die, he may be President of the United States. That's my plan of reconstruction, sir : and until it is adopted and made successful, sir, the Union will never be restored, and the country will never have peace." There were other queries about to bo sub mitted to the distinguished man and brother, but just at chis moment Reverend Doctor Cheever came along, and after introducing Fred, to a blushing damsel (who was hanging lovingly on his arm), the whole party van ished in the direction of the office of'the Anti-Slavery Standard. -? ? ? EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION. With great satisfaction we reprint from the Newberry Herald the lollowirg extracts from the admirable address delivered by Gen Johu A. Wagener, Commissioner of European Im migration for this State, iu that town, seme weeks since, and ask for it tho thoughtful pe rusal of those of our readers who are con cerned for the futuro welfare and prosper ity of South Carolina : Mr. President and Fellow- Citizens :-Thc results and consequences of our late unfortu nate and disastrous -contest are of such a character that our whole economy and state of society, all our. ideas and aspirations, have been completely revolutionized ; we are now in the midst of a chaos, from which only an indomitable will, perseverance,-liberal and progressive ideas, and the lessing of Provi dence can re-produce order and prosperity. But it behooves u wise and -reasoning people not to sorrow OYLT and despair of the pa?t, but to lay such plans and initiate such sys tems as may reasonably bc expected to afford them a chance of resuscitation and a prospect of a prosperous future. And it is rot in bare politics that we must look for our salvation, tco much of that has always engrossed the attentiou of Soujh Carolina, but in striving earnestlj'tore awaken our industrial ambition, anywhere former manners of pursuits have become impossible or unprofitable, to strike out with a firm resolution, and without hesi tation, for new channels of fortune. South Carolina now beholds her darkest days, but there is li:e in tho old land yet, and if her people only will it, she will yet ere long be hold tbe'rising of.a glorious sun, and her days may be days of peace, plenty, power and transcending honor once more. The great present cause of our difficulties is the disor ganization of our laboring Lice and want of capital. In lSo'U, the working force of South Carolina was abo-t 210,000 ; -now it is scarce ly 100,000. Then it was an organized and efficient productive power ; now it is the basis of a desultory and very fn quently disconnec ted effort, without anygreai results asa whole, and certainly always insecure as to.any de terminable product. 1 have adverted to this subject on several former occasions, and shall, therefore, only Ijiiefly review it now. Our colored'popula lion has "diminished ; il has take1tr*to~oiher branches of industr}', in numerous cases not so well adapted to their habits and character, preferring City and village life to the p:anla tion and farm ; it has .-u^'ted from one part of the Slate to others, and worst of all, a considerable proportion has followed thc nat ural propensity of human kind, lo live a life of indolence at ihe expense of others. Ali these are universally acknowledged facia. There may be-there are favorable excep tions. A large plantar ol'York District as sured me last winter that all his funner peo ple remained with him, and were doing better than ever before, and som:1 gentlemen even of your own district professed to be very well satisfied, so much si that, ikey could not s"< at ali any necessity for the encouragement of immigration. Dut tbtse exceptions Cannot amend the rule. I do not want to crowd out thc freedmen. God forbid I If I could be of service to him, he shall be welcome. If 1 can improve bis condition, no one shall be more willing. Indeed, I would persuade him, if I could, not to quit the land in which he was born, but to chug with a strong attach ment to old Carolina, where, amidst nil his troubles, he has really enjoyed many happy days, the like of which may never more re turn to him at:}' where else in the wide world. But the freedman is not sufficient as au cle ment of improvement. If he was an excel lent plantation hand, ho will not do so well as a larmer and small proprietor. Will he produce more, as a whole, tlniu he consumes? Wili he do to establish factories, to tend to the vineyard, to preserve the c>rchard,"to raise stock, to the careful and close cultivation of the grains, to improve the land, to build towns and villages, and protect the earnings of his neighbors? You know Lim well, and you can answer the>e questions better than I. And this sn!ject may be viewed in yet another light. Did you ever earnestly reflect how the State ta to bear the taxation for the support of an extraordinarily large indigent j population, from which no contributions can bc gathered, and tho special and liberal care for Wimm the laws of the Union have im posai ? Bezirk-, hercafier our colored popu lation will be largely concerned in framing the laws of our own State, and it is their al ready expressed policy that the lands must pay the costs of the Uotnmo?wralth. Their old peoplu will have to be supported by the State, and their youth will grow up with no- , tiors of their political importance, in habits of idleness, and ready to become hucks and pimps of tho designing, selfish and fanatical saviours, pf the kunian race. This.is the cer tain result of their, uaiuial indolence, of thc j sudden chango ol' their social status, and of the inlluences that are now besetting thom. Even in this natter of immigration thoy have already been instructed and taken their stand. I was informed a few days ago by ono of our Daw Judges that thc freedmen have held meetings and made it a principal corner stone of tho r platform to oppose all immigration whatever. What docs this import ? If the industrious and well-meaning colored people could comprehend Ibuir Oj?n true intereste, and have the least idea of the real prosperity of the State and their own, they would scout at thc bait of a colored Republic of South Carolina, and they would understand that in crease Gf population is an increase of means; that it will take a hundred yeats before jn the South labor will exceed the demand, and that the capital and industry brought in by the farmer, ai.d purchasers of lands increases tbeir own chances of success and prosperity. But alas ! the colored man does not reason, but will blindly foliow the teachings of his political master and manipulator of the domi nant Northern fiction, and the promptings of his selfish couccit3 and passions. This is our o-reat danger, ami together with our own want of energy, and our indisposition to en courage immigration, will certainly retard ! our recuperation. If our colored peoplecould only be made lo know their true frieuds, all taiirht yet bo well. ? * ; # * * * * r I do not wish to be understood ns opposing plantations--they aro only extensive farms ? after all. But I mean to say that, a system of smnll farms should be encouraged as an aux iliary to the planter, and small farmers should bo-tac'illtttcd in every neigh bc rhood, instead of being looked upon with suspicion and speedily bought out as formerly. The. plan ter will prefer thc staple products to thc ex clusion of the cerealsj'the farmer, on the con- ' trary, will p*J his first attention to tho food ' plants and then to thc staples. I reme very well how gladly in 1861 the repor rroeived that here and lhere in the Sou States provisions had been raised plenti and it was deemed worthy of special tion that the German farmers in Texa? raised great quantities of wheat, rye, b and corn. And may not the farmer great as the planter? The one, like theo tills the land and cultivates the soil, only this difference, as I have already mentit 'that thc farmer bases his pr sperity upoi food products and rhe planter upon the pie articles of commerce. But do you tinue to plant, if you prefer, and let th( migrant come to farm. A gentleman v me from New York a few weeks ago, had the control bf affairs, the South sh not plant a single pound of cotton, to pu the New England nabobs for their bloodj Eression. I do not -agree with him ai ct us raise as much cotton as wc can; a .with our own provisions of every kind, st fruit, ifcc., and then let us manufacture cotton first and send it to market afterws A pound of cotton will triple its valu thread only, and the machinery is not so \ expensive but that it might be had by c bined action. Besides let us muli ?ply om dustry in every respect, and let us get the migrant and the immigrant's capital to heJj Just here it occurs to mo, you might be rious to learn tbe product of a large Gen farm. I copy a register from a promin agricultural work as follows : " Wheat, : barley, oats, peas, boan*, lentils, millet, bo wheat, clover seeds, flax seeds, fruits, veg? bles, potatoes, horses, oxen, cows, hogs, ca! sheep, fowls, butter, cheese, milk, wool, fl skins, honey, .wax, beer and brandy" ported as having been sent to market.- 1 great variety of this produco will be nbserv and thc general results are sometimes asl. ishing. And they have need to be so, rent alone of a?fariT> of such ;v description one or two thousat i acres, being from 10,1 to 50.000 thalers per year. But you v a: ain observe, that 1 here is not an arti mentioned, which you could not rai-e hi with facility and profit., and nave your cott besiiics! To explain ihe two articles, '.' bi ai;d brandy," I may mention, that in Eure every large agricultural cstablishm. mt ha: distillery and brewery connected wiin which add doubly to its profits, first in t clear product of the manufactured artic and secondly in the oiftl as a valiiablc'fc for fattening stock. England demanded free trade as a mai fact uri ng county, anxious to sell tue comn dities she ptoduced in ihe best markets, a to import in .lieu thereof what were to I the luxuries of human existence, such as coi pork, beef, flour, etc. Our Northeastern Stal demanded protection by a high tariff for t purpose of securing the profits of thuagric tural consumption of manufactured g(.ods their own rates. Our Southern Slates want free trade to choose th'* best market for t sale ot their staple and the lowest for thi purchases. But the richest and most ind pendent country is that which can supply i ber necessaries and luxuries faun prodiu at home, and 3 et have enough to spare of si plc anieles to make a market wherever s pleases, and this is precisely what our Sou can do. She need not fear tari (Fd nor man factoring competition Bnt.4he- w*ik!^ai'i tional population and capital to be successfi A people, which possesses cotton as a princ pal product of its owu ewil could increase b youd precede.it in Die ? reduction of that ela of laurie which now enters thc most large into human consumption, and which Lob the highest rank in the industrial occupatio] of thc wur J." Sir MorLon Peto, in his r cent work on thc resources and prospects America says: "From returns made to tl Governments of Prussia and Bavaria forse\ eu years by emigranl* who left tbe.-c counirh with official permission, it appears that the carried each to America au average amoui of ISO dollars in cash. The United Statt officials caleuhte that the immigrants hat brought, into the country not less than -100 000,000 dollars in cash, besides the much si; parlor values represented by their pbysica intellectual and moral powers." 1 have already, on a former occasion, rc ferrfd lo thc above subject. It strikes m that if any one would only laka thc troubl to calculate the amount above mentioned ?1 interest and compound interest, in propoitioi to tho immigration from 1820 til! now, th extraordinary developments of our Westen States might easily bc accounted for. I wil not, however, detain you by going over th i ground again, and I should not baye naen tioned this much, were it not necessary t< comb.it ajain and again ihe unwholesome prtjudicies against the foreigner. I uav< heard gentlemen of intellige ice ridicule tht language ol* thc stranger ns a discordant jab ber. Others have objecrcd to his unbecoming garb or his foreign manner?. Otiiers agait have averred that a majority of thc foreigner: are thriftless and imbecile paupers and depen dents, who arc incapable of gaining their sub silence any where, or of taking care of it when it is o.irned. Thc New York Commis sioners, in their official report in 1855, say: "IL would be obviously erroneous lo measure tho effects of immigration among us by the nceessitous or worthless few, and overlook the great bulk o?* directly au oppi .te'ebarac ter. Adopting the latter as ihe legitimate test, it might be shown that the vast influx of foreign capital, skill, and labor, through this channel, has been singularly advantageous to this Country." I must.' hr-re ask forgiveness of two gentlemen of our own Sf tc, il I men tion their names in connection with thi?. sub ject. Mr. Farley plants 011 one ol the island* near Charleston with near .-evenly bands, mostly industrious Irishmen, and he is confi dent that the result of his venture will com pare favorably with the mos' prosperous. Mr. Kennedy, of Sumter District, wrote me rc oently, that some time ?gd oe got one tiim?y and two other men who did noi understand a word of English ; he had much trouble at first, but they have already acquired a most astonishing knowledge of our language. Aud bc adds: "I wish to say to you, for the en couragement of your great enterprise, that I Hud iho-o people the most faithful and com petent laborers I have erer had in my em ployment." * * * ? * # t It is probable that the title of emigration to America, which commenced to set in strongly about 1825, was occasioned by the opening out of the Northwestern Statrs in that, year, and by thc prospect afforded of ob taining land in the country at exceedingly low rates. The opportunity of settling them selves in districts, where lands could bo had, which they could cultivate with profit, and where the reward of industry is consequently certain, was irresistible. Throughout Europe, a passion 10 become the owner of land is uni versal, whilst tlio difficulty of gratifying it is infinitely greater than with us. It is from this universal passion, (hat the vast annual immigration to this country doriv. 8 ita mighty | impulse. Appreciating this, and requiring an increase of population, why should you not, having 500 acres, give away 125 acres ata nominal price, and thereby serve the State and yourself at the same time. In all proba unity, 6uch procedure would, jp a few years, doublo you the valuo of your remaining lands. What aro your lands worth now ? What you can cultivate and must necessarily use is woithjust so much ns what your income therefrom amounts to ; the balance is worth nothinp, and it is just now a positive expense, excepting lor the prospects of tho future. But such a future as now awaits you, without tho increase and preponderate of tho white population, will bring no enhancement of prices, but may possibly totally engulpb every s ? I t i c c I a b ii t c e B j' D I n b ii n tl e: a a: P a lj o ti 7> b 7? c; si J? b; Ci e? t! ir ol rc ol is ic B rt P' P( rc acre of your plantations. General Butler tells 1 us'tbat bit ?s a self-evident political truth, ? that where the- land is held in large tracts by i 1 the employer to be tilled by the employed, j 1 there can bc no just and true field for thc ex- ! f erpise of Rf publican citizenship. " And it is ; t one of the pressing exigencies of the country, ; c astbo very ba:?is of reconstruction, that some j r plan must be devised, by which the lands of I tite South may bc divided among these who abai] occupv and till them. Will any sane man in his extremity hold on to a straw when he can grasp the strong and saving limb ? What is now tho value of lands in Newberry? Is it worth now what it was worth in I860? Or, perhaps, there is no rate at all. No one can tell what it is worth, or whether it is worth anything. Land is always cheap where Moor is uncertain and scarce. Whenever la boring power increases and becomes produc tive, lands rise in value accnrdijglv. In the sparsely populated regions of Amer ica an acre o:: land may be earned by one pay's labor, whereas in Belgium, Holland, Germany, England -and France it will take {ne labor of nearly three months only to pay ?he rent for an acre of land, and the labor of ive years will hardly be enough to purchase K Our State has area enough for four mil itons inhabitants, -and lands will not bring itheir maximum price. Our resources will not ibe fully developed, nor will .our golden age appear until our people are that numerous ?And the nearer you approach that degree ol population, the nearer will you approach the maximum degree of Wpalth and prosperity and whoever helps to effect such an end is ; .Benefactor of his fellow-citizens and a worthy Von of his mother State. You know the wealth and pjwer and influence of Massacbu setts, the great enemy of South Carolina $he has not quite eight millions acres of area ?you have nineteen millions. But she has one and a quarter millions population to your seven hundred thousand, and her iucomo is two hundred aud eighty nine millions per an num to your forty-nine millions. What s difference is herc,and yet the difference might have Seen all in your favor. It is curious that th's principle and incontrovertible fact is demonstrated every day in the United States, under alrnfjst every one's eye, and yet should fail to be observed by any, but a very few. In our own city of Charleston thc great fire of 1838 camed the erection of numerous buildings, and the influx therefore of a large number of mechanics and laborers. And what was thc result? Tho city property in creased largely in value, bund'eds of small houses 'vere erected un greens and farm ground*, and her boundaries had to bc exten Bed. Alas ! these times are gone, a city of 50.000 has dwindled dowu to 3j OOO, and th value of properly has decreased more (han proportionally. Let the town of Newberry increase just double in population, and her lot-? will assuredly double in value, adi am cen ai n, if our State could double her white population, every acre of her lands would be worth at least twice what it is worth now ; and, therefore, whatever sacrifices are made now lo facilitate so desirable a consummation will be investments beyond value and price The Hon. Robert Walker, form?r Secretary of the Treasury,. has made the calculation, that if the lands in the 6lave States were brought np to the value ot the lands of thc 0?g SlateyLhCjir additional value would be 5,859.2-10,01 G do?larsT Ala* ! South Cat hus heipi-d l'i pepi? almost all thc new States of the Union, whilst her own white popula tion bas increased almost lue slowest of any A father might here have five SODS, but he was averse to divide hi? pla m ai ion, and there fore, four of them had to go abroad and help to make and increase the riches of thc Soul? wesL. lt Seldom entered into the head of any of your landless younger sons, that by re maining iu their mother State they might make a fortune aa f.i-t as any where else. And yet, how many Europeans and other strangers have come herc and have found their utmost prosperity. It has been suggested by many that the Coolie should ' c imported to take the place of the labor that has been lost. ' Would you go through another abolition after a term of years? But the pi io of a good healthy Chinaman ia from ?150 to $300 to import, besides his wages, which are over a hundred dollars a year. They are said to be good, steady laborers, but vicious and dirtily immo ral. And then there is this besides in the way ol such a jin jed, that the policy of the General Govt rt.ment is totally opposed to it, the Introducion of new races bound to ?er vice and Ic-.bor being contrary lu the true in terest and laws of i he United States. It would certainly he contrary to the true interests of South Car dina to vet more multiply the va rielv of races in her inhabitants. lu Virginia great (fl irts are made in en coura"Ctiicnt oi immigration, but it is said a great impediment is the circumstance that the native residents look wiib coldness and suspicion upon cw comers. I must confess that the apprehension of your prejudices against the foreigner discourages me m.?re than anything else. It has taken me two years of persistent and earnest efforts to car ry thi3 ni asure through your Legislature,and the strong opposition was based upon nothing better than bare pr. judice. I would urge you now tc) reflect, and if you conclude that this is your only refuge aud hope of relief, short of quitting your nativo land, that you will then strive to overcome everything, your own prejudices, all inconvenience? a necessarily slow progross, all-all, thal you will co opc rxie heartily to effect the old/.'Ct ut last, lt w;i> urged as an objection, that so many-Irish and Germnn-s Had fought against us in thc lute war. But, have nor the Irish and Ger man- of the South, almost unanimously, bat tled tur our cau-e? What more does one brave .?au require of the oilier, than that he should bo true to thu people among whom ho lives y The 15,000 adopted citizens that were members of the Southern armies need not bo ashamed of their record, if it is an honor to haye been brave and faithful to the last in a " ;ost cause." And, after all, if any defeated people on earth can ?>fl'ird to forgive their* conquerors, it is the people of the South. For, never was a more heroic contest made, and never was glory earned in greater profit sion, nor ever better descryed, Yes, tho Southern propia eau afford to lorgivo their defeat,'their great sufferings, all their losses, 'heir present disfranchisement and tyrannical oppression fer thc bright page which histoiy will hereafter it scribe to their memory. Then let us never bo so very foo ish as to exclude from our hearthstones tb,o>-p th^t want to be come our friends and brethren. Whoever de sire to comes South, will come wiih the inten tion of becoming a useful citizen among us, be he Irish or German, Frenchman or Roman, yes, or from New England ; for our enemies will nol come to develope our soil. If they do come, it will be in the garb of political fortune hunters and fanatical pimps,and them wo shall easily know and their day wid soon expire. All I ask of you, ls a fair chance for this vital measure. I do not wish to force this inatler against yoar approbation, but that all should tako a serious.and abiding interest in it and facilitate it By degrees. If you really have no need of any white labor, you should not take it. If you have no encourage ments to offer to whito mechauics, they sba]] not bo urged to cume to you. If you have no lands to sparc, I will not urge you to erip plo your plantations. But if you do have, I wish you to say so. If you agreo with mo, that increase of population is desirable, try to mako such inducements as will bring it. Wherever you may not be immediately bene fited yourself, your neighbors may, and I 8sk of vou a fair consideration for thc general a] go Jd. ' Thc Western States have had a great t< advantage ia the public lands, which have I u )een granted them for their schools, railros md other public purposes. But the res' >eing so obvious, should spur on the South and owners where no public lands remain, brm associations by pledges of certain qu ities of lands for public and useful purpos >f all kinds, and throw such "ands into I narket at low rates for immigrants. Besid uch associations can and will exert a pow iii influence in many other matters of gene itility. In the S ate of New York assoc ions have recently been formed for the mt og of butter and cheese. In this way ev< nember sends his spare milk, for which he redited, and receives his share of the profi n Pennsylvania and New Jersey the farmc ssociate for sending to market their perish de produce, which can bc done in this mann a bulk; where the single farmer would lai he opportunity. In this manner, too, y< an establish factories of many kinds, hoi ver 6tnall the beginning may Lave to be. Fellow-citizens of Newberry, the day w: nrely como when Darlington will claim wi ast pride of having been the first in th ?overm-nt. Let Newberry bo the sccon ?very district in the State should have an ir ii?ration society, the object of which shou e not only to facilitate and encourage tl nciigrant by selling him lands cheap, by fu isling him employment, and by assistirj ie mechanic, but also to converse upon ac ncourago one another in a batter system i griculture, to advocate diversified industr nd the great utility of manu.acturing yoi roduce on the spot, and to associate for cn ting markets, and for forwarding, combin?e r, such produce as would otherwise remai n your hands and perish. You know airead hat united effort can accomplish. Associe on has built your churches and establishe pur colleges, and it may now more than eve e useful to you and enable you to recove our past prosperity, power and influence, in hardly comprehend that South Carolin lould be so slow to move. Do you fim aurselves comfortable and prosperous, o ave y.u lost and suffered 'too much, an? innot now recover your energy"? " All m; irnest efforts have only enabled me to obtaii ie registry of about 200,000 acres of lam i our own State. Nearly a million of acre f land have been offered me from North Ca >lina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas an< :her Southern States, which I could not reg ter of course, this being a State institutioi >r the exclusive benefit of our own citizens ut I know we shall succeed at last. I b?vi iceived encouraging letters from our Euro san agents. They encounter very bitter op rjsition from Western periodicals, South Ca dina having been specially selected fe shan LTOUB and scurrilous publications. But thii 2ry rancor couvinces me that wo are obtain lg a favorable consideration. I have receive' ianv encouraging letters from Northern anr Western parties of the Union also, and then a fair prospect that enterprise and capita ill como soon to help us bear our burdens fid to cover our land with the sunshine o leniy. Let our own people do their part et it be the business of those that havemon ablic spirit, enlighteumcnt and energy, ti ucidatc this matter to thc comprehension o ie slower minded, and to agitate it continu ly, until public opinion shall make it th< ..rmanent policy nf the State. When your fathers came herc first t<*? aettli tis country they fonnd a wilderness fillet ith savage?. And it is s dd "they wen ?emed enemies by the natives because ibej ere strangers." Now you have civilization ,'erywhere. you have established customs if*-ty for person and property, and will soo:i ive again the rights of making your own ws. Why should you noi succeed where mr fathers Succeeded, where your opportu iti"S exceed their opportunities a thousand ld? And if they could make a State of iven hundred thousand you will make a late of four millions if you only be true to >ur blood and descent, and emulate their ?n .gy and perseverance You have honored Dur manhood by your heroism, but now that ie sword has been turned into a reaping 30k you may do as much honor to yourselves id the land of your birth, by your courage id conduct, in .the fieid of agriculture and idus?ry, as you formerly did on the field of ire and carnage. Do not let me who am dy an adopted son of your great and good d State, excel you, who arc her native dni ren, in tb? love for her. I hive long ad ired your many noble qualities, which to e seem the germ of a peop'e, destined to :cel all others, not only in public and social rtues, but n the development of material ches and greatness. Can I be mistaken? trust not ; and our Father in Heaven, i? is infinite goodness and inscrutable wisdom ay have permitted your present great dis ess as a transilion to a future more perfect ippiness and more glorious destiny. -? -? Tryinjr to pet Registered. TUI: roon OLD SOLDIER. [To any tune that it Itolinton Crutoe.~[ I followed tho drum for throe long years, F-r I thought, that I >hould do io, And when tho war was over and done I was gl.id indeed that I knew so. I came at once to New Orleans To be a voter und so SO, To earn my hOL-ast pork and bi'ans, Hut I lound tl'.?t it would sot go so. Cuoui'S-Pour old soldier, Poor old soldier, If ever I li-t as a soldier again, The devil will be my Sarjint. I rallied to cot myself rogiitrred, - With da k folks all io a row so, Who gave ouch othor their " cent par cent," Like Shakc.ipenre's Jews who blow so: I was fold to clear hy the registry man '' I was ut in the cold, and must strty so," Only colored gentlemen are the boys, Get out, and don't you bray so. Poor old soldier ! Poor old soldier ! If ever I list at a soldier atra?a, Thc devil will bo my Sarjint. I ronlly now feel in a very tight placo, * My wuy I clearly c*nt seo. HQ I'll look at the mattor, 5lfc?e ?ate in tho face, Pot jj.oiyp.iie it icill not alicayt be to. If I really thought that it wouldn't end, The melanoh"ly Tact I would rue so, I'd pock up my tiaps aud shoulder my gun, And go after Robinson Crusoe. Poor old roldier! Poor old soldier! If ever I Iis? aa a soldier again, bedevil will borny Ssxjint. i -? -?- ? Register! Register! The Augusta Chronicle ct SenlinJ says ell and says truly: In view of the chango of public sentiment . the North and West on the question of negro political supremacy at tho South,1' is now more important thun over that every bit- citizen should register and participate i the coming political campaign against fricaniziog these Southe n States. Thc masses of thc North and West arc pro aiming that this is the ''wide man's gov .nruent," and our own people must, uso every j leans in their power to prevent the reigns of ; ovcrnment pat-sing into the hands of these lodern Judas Iscariots among us who, for j lace and power, are now ready to exclaim crucily bim ! crucify him i" Let us have done with tho sugar-coated, imporizing policy of trying to induce the ne roes to leave those who are now leading I icm to destruction. Sambo is wedded to his j lois; but his idols will crush him. Let every whito man in this district and j ? every district throughout the State who as tue opportunity register, and vote at the pproaching election, end give neither coun manco nor support to those who are against s io this great criais. ? The Late Difficulty in Columbi The following Order explains itself: HEADQ'RS SECOND MIUTART DISTRICT! CHARLESTON, S. C., August 9, 181; ! [General Orders, No. 69.] I I. Before a Military Commission ? convened at Charleston, S. C., pursuei Special Orders. No. 104, current series, toese Headquarters, and of which B Major F. H. Parker, Captain Ordnance C is President,'were arraigned and tried: Owen Daly and Charles Radcliffe, eui Charge-" Assault and battery." Specification-"In this, that the said ( Daly and Charles Radcliffe, of Columbi C., beiDg prompted by malice and ill against William J. Armstrong and Jobi Thompson, of Washington City, D. C., were temporarily sojourning at Colun aforesaid, for the purpose of attending i and communicating with a certain conven or public body, there assembled tor the sideration of political subjects affecting said State of South Carolina, and being tile to the assembling and action of sa:d venci?n, and to the said W illiam J. A strong and John Q. Thompson, of Wash ton City, D. C., as attending upon and communication therewith, did, without sonable cause or provocation," wilfully, n ciously, and riotously begin an affray, did assault and violently beat and othen maltreat tho said William J. Armstrong John Q. Thompson, and did throw a glas liquor in the face of the said William Armstrong, and further strack the said \ liam J. Armstrong in the face with tl fist3, and further strike the said John Thompson io the face "with their fists, ' ? also did knock down the said John Q. Thoi son, with a blow from a box upon the n of him the said John Q. Thompson ; and t the said Owen Daly and Charles R;idcli although expostulated with, did from time time renew the attack upon the said Willi J. Armstrong and John Q. Thompson. T at Columbia, South Carolina, on the -nh c of July, 18G7.:' Plea-"Guilty." FiDding-" Guilty." SENTENCE. "To be imprisoned at such place as t Major-General Commanding "the Second Al itary District may direct, for the period s;x (6) calendar months." II. The proceedings, finding and sc-nten in the foregoing case are approved. F< Macon is designated as the place of coufir ment. Thc recitals in the specification, to tl truth of all of which the accused have ? sen ted by their plea, suggest coDsideratio indicating a degree of criminality far great than that involved in the ordinary cases mifdemeanor growing out of mere priva reseutment. The gentlemen set upon ai maltreated by Radcliffe and Daly wer-3 strai gers, and the decent amenities of hoipitali were violated in their persons. They stoo in a certain manner, in a representative c pacity, and auy indignity offered to'tJicm w as jf offered to both those from whom tin came and "th jsejto whom they were accrec ted. The place which was the scene of tl wrong was the capital city of th-j Sta! where, in an especial degree, courlesy ?: consideration ubould be. observed towar respetable visitors. To withhold f uch ci lilies, and as-ail with contumely and violen unolfebdiug strangers during their sojoui at the capital of a commonwealth, was grave offence against the peuce and dignity the State. The sole circumstance suggested ia mit ig; tion is that tbc accused were intoxicated ? the time. It is quite appareut, however, th.' if at al! under'he influence of drink, the were affected not to the degree which woul render them insensible of ttieir conduct, bu only to that degree which impelled them t break 'hrough the restraints which prudenc imposed in sober moments. lu fact, as wei as in law. they were perfectly responsible lo what they did, aud to that responsibility the; shall be held. It will be observed that the offence whicl it has been nccdlul thus to dial with, wa prompted by that malignant spirit of pol?tica intolerance which, always unreasonable anc in general cowardly, brings the bludgeon in to every failing argument, and makes hast? to.siience with blows the dissenter whom ii is more convenient to destroy than to confute This intolerance, illustrated in countless af frays, was long permitted, iu Southern com munities, to hunt down with cruel violence persons venturing to mamtajr. opinions not in harmony with local sentiment?. Acts ol outrage thus incited, wfien resisted and not quelled, have sometimes culminated in mobs and massacres. Proscription for opinions, whether by banishment, hy the guillotine or the stake, even when invested with the sanc tion of governmental authority, has ever been justly stigmatized as the hatelul instruments of despotism ; but to allow individuals to mark for licentious violence those whose po litical action may have rendered them obnox ious to popular prejudice, involves perhaps worse evils and demands severer denuncia tion. Wherever disorders so unworthy of American civilization aro tolerated in any degree by public opinion or the indifference of the civil auihorities, the communities iu which they occur must unhappily 6ufi'er ?D their prosperity and in their good name. By commaDdof Mfljor General D.E. SICKLES. J. W. CLOUS. Captain 38th U. S. Infantry. A. D.. C. and A. A. A. G. Official : J. W. CLOUS, Captain 28th Infan try^. D.O. and A. A. A. G. ? ?-?>? WHAT IT MEANS.--'1 We can have every 3tate in the South if our friends are wise, and show to the people that Republicanism means peace, economy, good government, gen ial prosperity."-Tribune. Let us see how Republicanism means 1 peace." Qn its accession to power it helped to in volve the country in a civil war, arraying one half the country against thc other barf in ieadly hostility, and filling tens of thousands af graves, upon which the gras3 has scarcely aad time yet to grow, Let us see how it means M ccouomy." It has helped to run up a national debt of nearly three thousand millions of dollars, im posed taxes upon tho people the like of which were utterly unknown before, and raorterag sd Labor aud Industry to Capital at least for i generation to come. How does it mean '^good government ?" Let the present political and social condi tion of at lea<t ten States of tho Union testi ly. Thc only government there is a govern ment oi guns-with no prestige of popular sanction, to give it dignity or respectability. The governors do not derive their powers from the consent of the governed, but from the merest caprice of a Rump Congress. Finally, Republicanism means "general prosperity,'' by paralyzing trade and com merce, through theoperation of ruinously high tariffs, under the false pretence of affording protection to home industry. The almosl to tal annihilation of our once great shipping interest is -notably a feature of that kind of "great prosperity" of which we expect to hive a great deal more, before wo have less, ' if this thing called Republicanism is to be continued.--New YortExpress. jggy* How many young men are carried a way by a fine musical, charming voice-a pretty, light foot, reeling ball-room dancer a lazy, lounging, street-yarning flirt-an oily tor rued, lollow hearted, deceptive piano forte pounder, and regret their folly when, alas, too late. From the Livingston (Ala.)- Journal. Educating the Freedmen--A Cate ' chism. Being decidedly in favor of educating tho freedmen, we propose assisting in that good work by submitting a few simple questions and answers, which for their own good they should learn : Q. Being now free men, what is your first duty as citizens ? A. To provide means to support our fam ilies and to educate our children. Q. How do you propone to do this 1 A. By bodily labor and by practising econ omy. Q. Is there any . hind?rance to your enjoy ing the reward of that la,bor ? A. Yes. We are almost exclusively em ployed in raising cotton', on which we must pay a tax of 2? cents a pound. Q. How much would . that tax amount to if you should make four bags of cotton ? A. Fifty, dollars. Q. Do you have tho tax to pay every year ? A. Yes. And the harder wo work and the more cotton we raino the more tax wc bave to pay. Q. Do laborers in the North have to pay >uch tax on their dairy labor ? A. No. That tax is only put on cotton, which they do not raiso there. Q. What class of day laborers in tho South are chiefly engaged in cultivating cot ton ? A. Freedmen,- almost exclusively, so that thc tax becomes a tax on the daily toil of Creedmen, with few exceptions. Q. Who put that tax on cotton ? A. Thc Congress of tho United States. Q. Wliat party was in power when that ax was imposed ? A. Thc Radical party, and it has been ever ?ince. Q:-Docs thc Radical party give you any hing in return for thc tax you pay-such is representation in Congress ? A. No. They say Alabama is not one of bc United States, and has no business in Congress. Q. How is that ? If Alabama is not one ?f the United States, why do they make her >ay taxes to the United States?. A. That's a hard question, and we can't mswer it. ,Q. Do they uut give you sonic offices that >ay well 7 A. They say black men should not ruu fer ?fScc. Q. Do you say then, that the Radicals who oake you pay that heavy tax, give you noti ng for it ? A. Well, they say they set us free, and that ve can now get pay for what we do. Q. But are you ire? when you are made o pay them a large part of what you carn, just LS you did to your old master, .wheu you lired your time 1 A. It don't look so ; because then master upported our families, and now; wo must lupport them ourselves, and pay money he ?ides. Q. But has thc Radical party that re quires this tax, not given you anything else ? A. Yes. They Vet us vote. Q. But, if they won't let you vote for your own people and elect them to office, what good does your vote db ? A.. Well, wc don't know how that ii. Q. Don't it look like paying a big price for the privilege of keeping men in office who take from you your own money ? A. It docs look so. Q. What could you do with that $.">.'.. if pea had not to pay it over in taxes? A. Wc could buy some good clothes for )ur famine?, or pay fur schooling our chil hen, or bj saving it a few years, buy a lil le farm of our own. Q. Do you not think, then, thar it is vt y bolish to belong to :i party and keep it iu >ower, that makes you pay so much money or nothing, when you might put it lo such rood use ? A. It docs look PO, and we'll think about t before we vote. Moral Suasion. 3 KA DHU ARTERS, THIRDMII.ITACY DlSTK.'CT, ~i (Georgia, Alabama and Florida.) ? ATLANTA,-GA.? August 12. ISO". ; General Qrdcr Ko. 4'J.J I. Thc Commanding General has beet :ne atisfied that the civil .officers in this military listrict are only observing his order prohib?* ing them from " using any influence to deter >r dissuade the people from reconstructing he State governments under the recent acts >f Congress," so far as their own pcj.-unal ionveraation is concerned, and are at thc same imo, by their official patronage, supporting .nd encouraging newspapers which are. almost vithout exceptiou, opposing rcconvmotion, .nd obstructing and embarrnssiug civil i rricers .ppointed by the military district ii: cite icr urmancs of their duties by denuna..:: n and hreats of future penalties for theiron'n .i! nets. II. Such use of the patronage of their (fices is simply an evasion (porhaps uninten ional) of the provisions of thc (?upral Ur !er above referred to, 'and ist* in fu t. an om iloymcnt of the machinery of the proviMcnal itatc governments to defeat the execution of he reconstruction acts. III. J; is then/ore ordered, That all advert isements or other official publications bere ofuro, or to hri hereafter provided for by l?ate of municipal laws or ordinances, be liven by the proper civil officers whose duty ; is to have such publication to be made, to uch newspapers, and such only, as have not pposed and do not oppose reconstruction un cr the acts of Congress, nor attempt to ob truct. in any manner the civil officers ap ointcd by thc military authorises in this ?strict in the. discharge of their duty by hreats of violence or prosecution or other enalty as soon as the military protection i& ritbdra,wn for acts performed in their official apacily. IV. All officers in this militar}* district, nd all officers of the Freedmen's Bureau, nd all Boards of Registration, or other per ons in the employment of the United States nder its military jurisdiction, are directed to ive prompt attention to tho enforcement of his order, and to make immediate report to hese Headquarters of any civil officer who iolatcs its provisions. Jy command of Brevet Major General Pope. G. K. SANDERSON, Capt. 33d U. S. Inf. & A.A.A.G. ---? A HARD YARN FROM A RELIGIOUS PAPER Ir. W. J. Mills writes to thc New York Chris ian Advocate, from West Virginia (nearMor antown, probably,) as follows : . There is one man, by tho name of Conway, a Cheat Mountains, who has just lately heard f the war. He lives twenty miles Irom an luman habitation,-and has not paid taxes for 'ears. He is contented to live with his wife, gnoratK even of tho affairs of his country, md spends his days hunting and fishing. lie aid he had understood a few years ago there eas a little fuss about something, but did not uppose it had amounted to anything. GERRIT JSMITH-Mr. Gerrit Smith, of STew York, a life-long abolitionist, in a re lent letter expressed the following senti ment : " Great is my fear that this demanding of foo much for tho blacks, as conditions of ? re lonstruction' and terms of peace between the North and South, will not only injuriously af fect their spirit and character,"1 but trill in lite end leave them in possession of Uss rights, lest property, less advantages than would hatey been cheerfully concealed to nore moderate de mands for them"