The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, July 13, 1870, Image 1
Vol. VI. WEDNESDA ;"rORNG~, JULY 13, 1870O.
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(From the Charleston News.)
THE BALL OPENED.
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT CELEBRI
TION IN EDGEFIELD.
AN IMMENSE GATHERING.
Speeches by .udge Carpenter, General But
ler, Congressman Hoge, Elliott,
Delaney and others.
TIHE BARBECUE.
A JOLLY TIME.
THE GOOD CAUSE PROSPERS!
oDGEFIF.LD C. I., Saturday July 2.
This town has to-day been the
scene of the largest gathering of
people ever assembled within its
limits. True, the chief object of
the occasion was to celebrate, in
a suitable manner, the adoption of'
the Fifteenth amendment; but the
announcement that Judge R. B.
Carpenter, the gubernatorial can
didate of the Union Reform par
ty, General AL C. Butler, the nom
inee for Lieutenant-Governor, and
others would address the meeting,
lent to it additional interest, and
attracted a crowd, the equal of
which cannot be recalled in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
As early as 2 o'clock this morning
the colored citizens were wending
their way hither from points even
twenty-five miles distant, and by
9 o'clock every road leading to
Edgefield was emptying its streams
of humar.ity into the heart of the
town. Men, women and children
came plodding in, covered with
dust and perspiration-as motley
and yet as pertinacionsiy enthusi
-astic a throng as you ever saw in
-.your life-while a Special train of
'cars from Augusta and Aiken
brought three or fbnr colored miii
tary companies,weil armed, tbought
-'otherwise got up with a reckless!
disregard of tactics and uniform.
A large niumber of white citi
-zens were also- present from the
neighborhood, curious nio doubt to
witness the inauguration of the
*newv era in the polities of the
-State, which was to be marked on
this occasionf by the appearance
upon the speaker's p)latform of
mon w ho heretofore have been
denied a public hearing by the 01)
:position.
Until a few hours preedring the
meeting, it was believedl that the1
R1epublier ~s would refuse permis
sion to MesArs. Carpenter and But
icr to address the multitide, and,
ipdeed, to this end a strong effort
'was made by certain white Radi
'edts; but to the credit of the mass
'of colored men, be it said, they
insisted that the courtesy of a
hearing shou!d be exte.nded to the
-candidates. The) whites conceded
.so far as to limit the iReform
.speakers to half an hour each.
-The utmost good feeling ap
peared to prevail after the settle
-nmnt of this ':exed question, and
thc presence of a brig~ade of po
]icemen cou'd not have addied an
iota to the order and harmony
,e vervwhere observable.
So~on after 12 o'clock, M., a pro
eession of say one thousand col
-ed men, preceded by a band of
~inusie.formed and marched through
-the town toapleasant locality,
known as the Academy Grove.
Hlere a platform had been erectedl
for the speakers, and no far -away
-se-veral lines of long tables prom
ised in due season to bestow on
hungry st.omachis the blessings of
a barbecue.
Unfortunately ashower of rain
-deloyed the proceedings for half
an om-ormore ; but when the
unshone out again there were at
least four thousand persons on the
ground.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr. P. A. Eichelberger, the
coroner of the county, who intro
d-uced as thc fir-st speaker, accord.
ing to the p)rogr-amme adopted,
R1ev. B. F. Jackson, a member of~
the Legislature.
Mr. Jackson, in the main, avoid
5 dthe discussion of the polities of
the day, temperately confining
-himself to a review of the history
* of the Republican movement, and
a consideration of its results as
they are embodied in the Fifteenth
amendment. Chief among these1
* blessings, he said, was the estab
lishmen t of a governmen t in wh ich
all people, irrespective of race,1
condition or color, had a voice and
a vote, and it was a government
which commended itself to the
support of every true man. For
those who were to follow him,
who had heretofore stood on the;
other side, he asked a courteous
and respectful hearing, without
prejudice. He believed in the ut
terance and the influence of tr-uth,
and lhe desired that truth to be
weighed in the light of presenti
events.
The r-emarks of Mr. Jackson1
evidently struck the key-note of
sympathy which was pr-evailing
in the audience, and they were
weil received. -
Mr !. .Fiehiberer thenin
troduced Major John E. Bacon, of
Edgefield, taking occasion to say
that he was '"a Democrat," er
phasizing the epithet in a horrid
sort of way, as if he thought it
was synonymous with the iniquity
which is supposed to attach to his
Satanic majesty.
Major &cou said that the re
marks of the preceding speaker
(Rev. Mr. Jackson) met with his
hearty approval. It was imma
terial to him whether a man was
born in Massachusetts or South
Carolina, when, in the language of
patriotism, he stood before the
public and uttered sentiments to
which every true citizen of the
country could say "Amen."
There could be no difference of
opinion on this subject, for his
his heart and the heart of his peo
ple now beat as loyal to the flag
of the Union as it did ten years
ago. iIe would not undertake to
discuss the questions of right or
wromg involved in the recent con
test. "It was enough," said Mr.
Bacon, "that the God of battles
was against us, and when that de
cision was made, we gave you our
pledge that the Union was ours, if
you would allow us to come back
to you. In that resolve we have
been honest. What I said in 1865,
I repeat to-day, namely, that the
United States Government had
made us all equal, without refer
ence to race, condition or color,
and while we live in this country
we are bound to obey its laws."
It was in this spirit that he
could congratulate his audience
upon those blessings which had
been secured to them by the Fif
teenth amendment. Progress was
the watchword of the civilized
world. When in Russia, he had
witnessed its results there in the
general emancipation of the serfs.
In Germany, the great Bismarek
had likewise introduced reforms;
in France, the Emperor had yield
ed to the behests of the people;
while England had even antici
pated their demands. The spirit
of the age was moving, and so far
as principle was concerned. Gov
crnor Scott was no more Radical
than hinself. The reason was
apparent. It was because wh,eth
cr we will or not, we are pledged
as citizens to obey the laws of the
rountry, and to accord to the col
ored man the equal and exact jus
tice which is his right. le de
sired to see the benefits of an hon
est administratiou of the govern
ment on this basis. For himself,
he would enlarge the opportuni
ties of the colored man for self
improvement. Taxes on the pro
ducts of the soil should be reduced,
educational facilitiessbould be en
larged. and every means at the
command of the State employed
to advance the interests of a race
identitied by birth and association
with the b>est .interests of the
State.
The remarks of Judge Bacon
were received with applause. He
was followed- by
rIoN. s. L. lroot, M. c.
Mr. Hoege, af ter congratulating
the audience that they- were as
sembledl not as white or black
men, but as American citizens,
urgecd his hearers not to forget
those who, from 1861 to 1865, had
stood by the 'cold flag." He like
wise expressedl h-is satisfaction
with the ear-nest words of the pre
eeding speaker, who, once a Demo
erat, now acknowledged the Fif
teth amendment as the law of
the land. Speaking of ear-pet-bag
ger-s, he said he was on.e of those
'w'ho came into the State with his
uniform of blue, and congratulated
the Union Reform party (which
he persistently sty led Democratic,)
npon the choice of a man for their
leader who, like himself, h a d
served in the Feder-al army. It
was a sign of progress and im
provement. His idea of Reform
was to get the thieves out of his
>wn party by the employment of
the machinery of the party itself
and not to employ another organi
.ation for the purpose. Honest
men could be found, and it was
the duty of the Republican party
to elect them to fill the places of
the rogues. It was all important
that the Republicans should con
tifnue to stand by those who had
ought the battles of freedom, and
not seek aid from the Reformers.
[I denied that the offices had not
een fairly distributed, and cit-ed
the fact that two-thirds of thie
Legislature wero- colored men ;
,hre of the principal postmasters
n his Congressional district were
~olored, and one of his appointees
o West Point was a colored boy.
[e then proceeded to open battery
>l General Butler, and discuss
undrv events in his career.
In ~reply, Gen. Butler said he
was present not as a Democrat.
mot as a Radical, but as a citizen
>f South Carolina. staniding upon
broad platform which challenged
:he scrutiny of every lover of his
ountry. And he thanked God
hat an opportunity had at last
een afforded him of paying his
-espects to Mr. Congressman Hoge.
[hereupon the general proceeded
:o apply the scalpel, skilfully lay
tleman aforesaid, until ho stood
bare and exposed to the good
natured crowd. ie wanted to
know what he was doing away:
from his post of duty, drawing
his salary from a people he (lid
not serve, while Congress was in
session. He charged him with
having appointed a blind colored
i bov to the academy at West Point,
because he knew he would be re
jected. Finally, he arraigned Ir.
lIoge on the charge of having'aid,
in 1865, that he wished he had all
the niggers in South Carolina in
a ten acre lot, and a couple of how
itzers with which to blow them to
a very wicked place.
It is needless to say that this
announcement produced a singular 1
expression upon the faces of the
multitude, or that there was an
enlargement of eyes, and a sol
emn dropping o- suudry lower
jaws.
In conclusion, General Butler.
said he rejoiced that the colored
man had been set free, and in
taking the position upon the plat
form adopted by the Columbia
Convention, he did so because lie
believed the Fifteenth amendment
to be the climax of reconstruction
-a measure calculated to set at
rest forever the question of suf
frage. And if the Republican
party would exclude from its
councils such firebrauds .and fire
caters as the gentleman who had
just spoken, peace and harmouy
would prevail everywhere. Let
him go home to his own State of
Ohio, and there administer his re
bukes because the people refuse to
do justice to the colored race. He
would find sufficient employment
for his energy in such a purpose,
and we could then judge of his
faith by his works. As regards
the present political movement, it
could not be complained of by any
right thinking man. It meant an
honest administration of justice.
It meant obedience to the law of
the land, and that the dead past
should bury its dead.
Mr. loge denied the allegations
made concerning the ten acre lot
businesR.
Mr. R. B. Elliott, Assistant Ad
iutant-Gencral of the State, fol
lowed, and made a calm, dignified
end excellent speech, in which he
announced himself as a candidate
for nomiuatig as a member of
Congress from this Congressional
district. His remarks were long,
but listened to with attention, arid
frequeutly interrupted with ap
plause, especially when in his
strong, peculiar way, the speaker
emphasized the idea that there
must be reform in the administra
tion of the affairs of the govern
ment, and a general turning-out
of those who have pluddered the
State. He deprecated strife in
the approaching political contest,
and hoped that t.he spirit man ifes
tedl on the present occasion would
be exhibited elsewhere. In con
clusion, while conceding the hon
esty and purity of the motives
and character ol the leaders of the
Reform party, he urged bisfriends,
and his race especially, to stand
by the cause of Republicanism, as
they had known it in the past.
H lon. R.B. Carpenter was then
introduced by Mr. Eichclberger as
"a Democrat, and the candidate of
the Union Reform party."
Judge C. said he (did not come
here to discuss political questions,
but rather to join in the celebra
tion of that event which had Ie
g ally accured to the colored race
the blessings of civil and political
liberty-the Fifteenth amend
ment.
He then briefly "let out" on
"Captain Eichclberger, late of the
Confederate army," for calling
him a Democrat, whereat the cap
tain turned very red, very white,
and perspired copiously, at being
the eyes ofhsheretofore faithful
constituents, that they absolutely
laughed and jeered at .himn. The
colored people say they never had
an idea that he was such a mean
man before, while the captain
says that he intenj,s to name his
next boy after the judge, so that
h e wont forget him in a hurry.
The general impression produced
on the opposition speakers, judg
ing from the guarded and cour
teous way in which they alluded
to the candidate, evidently is that
they would rather be chased by a
wild Camanche than cress swords
with him in anything but legiti
mate argument.
After finishing fhis side-play,
the Judge remarked that he re
garded the Fifteenth amendment
as the grand culmination of the
war, the statutory pacification of
the country. But with universalI
suffrage there onght to be univer
sal amnesty. [Colonel Delaney,
interrnptng : We agree on that:
noint perfectly.] The Fifteent'
amendment secured for all time
the right of'eitizens to vote with
out regard to race, color or con
Jition,~and without fear that the
piieewould be abridged by
any State. Itcnerdpolitical
freedom upon the colored man;
but it was not freedom when his
ai.t .,nd oncer.nm.e is r.ntrolrs
by those who seek to use his vote
for their own aggrandizement and
ambition. "Do you ask (said the
speaker) what will put you on the
platform with me? I answer, a
determination to vote as you
please ! For there is no freedom
in being dragged by a chain to
the polls, to have tickets thrust
into your hands which your own
consciences tell you will elevate
bad men to power. Who has au
thorized this man or that to ad
minister an oath that puts a fet
ter upon your hands and your
hearts and makes you the slaves
of a tyranny that debases your
manhood, by compelling you to
vote A, B or C, because your par
ty says so? Nobody! And the
first duty you owe to yourselves
as men, and as citizens, is to cut
loose- these shackles and stand
forth unrestrained, in that true
liberty which is. thank God, now
the birthright of every American!"
[Cheers.] -
Your freedom, your citizenship
is a fixed and accomplished fact,
and cannot be disturbed. Talk
about the Republican party pro
tecting it, or the Democratic par
ty, as it has been called, destroy
ing it. Why you might as welli
talk of compressing the ocean in
to a drop, or eternity into an hour
glass. It is the keystone of our
immortal constitutional arch, and
forty millions of people are pled
ged to sustain it. [Cheers.]
One point more, for this is not
a speech ; it is only a brief talk.
Is it not true that a certain class
of persons, who mingle in the pol
itics of the State, have tried to
keep you apart from the white
people of the country-have tried
to induce you to prevent our
speaking, to shut your cars to
truth and fact-ever since the
meeting of the convention in Co
lumbia ? I leave your consciences
to answer the question. Let me
say to you, then, that it is your
prime duty to harmonize prompt
ly with the white race. There
are but four millions of colored
people in the United States, and
if; from one <isturbing cause or
another, you permit yourselves to
be used for the partisan purposes
of those who seek to array you in
opposition to what is just and
right, you will find a weight of
thirty-five millions of white peo
ple upon you. Such a result, how
ever, only can follow from yield
ing blind obedience to those who,
taking advantage of your igno
rance, are even now trapping you
with their oaths, putting chains
upon your conscieuce, and, instead
of true men, making of you mere
machines. [Cheers.]
Colonel Delaney, a colored of
ficer of the Governor's staff, made
the next speech. He said he was
one of those who never denied his
principles. Hie would say, there
fore, for himself, not for his party,
that he was in favor of universal
amnesty-the removal of disabili
ty from every Southerner in the
land. But bce wanted something
in return, lie wanted a conces
sion from every Southerner of the
rights of his race.
General Butler. We are all in
favor of~ that. '
Then, said Colonel D., the great
point is gained, and I welcome
you into this great temple-the
door is wide open.
A bystander. Put a new pas
tor in your Church first. [Laugh
ter.]
Colonel Delancy. Then'I pledge
myself that when the old pastor
has served out the time for which
he may be chosen, we will put one
in suit.ed to all our. wants. My
principle is to bring in new memi
bers. Just as we welcomed General
Moses and his father, the Chief
Justice, and other Republicans,
we will ni'~come others, for I wish
it to be understood that we have
no prejudice against Southerners.
and don't go back upon our
friends.
The speaker continued hit.re
marks for twenty or thirty min
utes, and was followed by Gene
ral Worthington, an ex-member of
Congress from .Nevada, and late a
minister to the Argentine Repub
le. He is the la~w partner of lion.
S. L. lioge.
This gentleman closed the dis
ussion. lie has a clear, ringing
voice, admirably adapted to pub-I
lie speaking in the open air, and
is withall a pleasing orator. lie
reviewed the situation, endeav
ored to impress the lessons of the
hour upon his bearers, and fur
nished seome excellent advice on
the subject of moral and political
duties, from a Republican stand
point. The lateness of the hour;
prevents a moro extended notice.
By this timec it w a nearly6
o'clock P. 31. Three thousand
hungry stomachs had waited pa-I
tiently since daylight for some
thing wherewith they could be
filled. For hours a phalanx of
men, women and children had lin
gered around the barbecuing sheep
and:ecn, following, with hungry
eyes, the manipulations of the
cooks, and listening to the musie
ofthe roat At lt the work
was complete and the tables
spread. Suddenly a little fellow
managed to work his way behind
one of the gaurds, seize a piece of
lamb, and get his mouth fairly in
operation. The crowd saw it. It
was too much for mortal appetite,
whetttled to its juiciest verge, to
bear. They gave one wild yell;
There was a surge forward; the
sentinels were lost in a iabyrinth
of crinoline ; the tables went down
like a house of cards, and the diu
nor disappeared.
There were remnants saved, and
a few mortals supplied, but I have
it from excellent authority that
the Republican party lost tivehun
dred votes--first, from the want
of proper pabulum for' the diges
tive machinery of the multitude ;
secondly, because it is alleged that
the colored soldiers unnecessarily
punched holes in the backs of sun
dry voters while retreating from
their foragiug expeditiou ; and
thirdly, and finally, because, for
the first time in their lives, the
colored citizens of Edge field have
had an opportunity of hearing
both sides of a question intelli
gItly discussed, and have already
formed their judgment according
ly.
The speeches of Judge Carpen
tors Gen. Butler and Judge Bacon
.ha unquestionably been of im
m , service in tearing down the
old barriers of prejudice which
kept the coloreu people aloof; and
if the example is followed olso
where, and atteuded with the
same exhibition of kind spirit, it
will not be difficu!t to foretell re
sults.
W. T. Gary, Esq., has boen nom
iuated for Cougress from this Cou
gressional District.
Making up a Squaw.
The Washington correspondent
of the Buffalo "Express" says:
At the President's reception I had
the honor of an introduction to
Spotted Tail, by a lady, who beau
tif;ily illustrated the exquisite
modesty, not to say prudery, of
the fashionable American female,
by addressing him as Mr. Varie
gated Appendage. Alluding to
the striking protuberance whieb
:ouderod so prominent the parier
of each lady's dress, he remarked
to me, "Rlow 1" ("ilow" is the
favorite remark of your Sioux.)
After reflecting on the subject a
little, I replied, "You bet !" Tak
ing up the topic where I had left
it, he observed, "Great deal hump
back squaw, I see. Were they
born so ?" I explained to him brief
ly the mysteries of the feminine
toilet and fashionable anatomy, as
fir as they had been revealed to
my modest investigation, touching
coyly upon the items of false hair,
teeth, enamel, rouge, dyes, ong
matic pads, etc. lie manifestedl a
lvely interest in the details, and
tho next day 1 met him coming
out of the establishment of a fash
ionable "modiste" -with a largo
box packed full of such materials
as I had described to him at the
reception. "What's up now, Spot,
my boy ?" inquired I. '-When I
get home I'll put these things to
gether and make a white squaw, I
guess, mcbbe !" replied he. Hie
was rather ehagr-ined when I ex
plained that even with all our
practical skill, we yet found it noe
eessar-y to have something of a
framework upon which to con
struct a fashionable woman ; but
his serenity was restored by the
refletion that he could experi
.mnt with one of his toughest old
squaws, and if she should break
down under the ordeal of a fash
inale toilet, be would lose only
the frame, which, I told him, our
people reg2rd as of trifling value,
without the paraphernalia.
SINNING AOAISsT tEALTU
The following is from Lau-s of
Life: More quarrels arise between
brothers, between sisters, between
hired girls, between school girls,
between clerks in stores, between
apprentices, betwvecn hired men,
between husbands and wives, ow
ing to electrical changes through
which their nervous systems go,
by lodging together night after
night under the samet bed clothes,
than by any other disturbing
ase. There is nothing which
will so derange the nervous sys
tem of a person who is eliminative
in nervous force, as to lie ailnight
in bed with another person who
is absor-bent in nervous force. The
absorber will go to sleep and rest
all night, while the eliminator
will be tumbling and tossing, rest
less and nervous, and wake up in
the morning fretful. peevish, fault
fnding and discouraged. No two
persons, no matter who they are,
should habi tually sleep together.
One will thrive and the other will
iose. This is the law; and in
marred life it is defied almost uni
versally.
Take two letters froem money,
and there will be but one left.-Ex
change.
We once heard of a fellow who
took money from two letters, and
there wasn't any left.--'icksburg
A Story -%ith a Moral.
The following is copied from
the New York World:
The paragraph in your paper of
this morning, from a Greenfield
1journal,which recites the shock
ing circumstances attendant upon
a recent railway disaster on the
Rutland road harly does full jus
tice to tue subject. Permit me to
state on the best authority sun
dry facts which put in a still
clearer relief the inhumanity and
the ignorance of the region in
which this calamity occurred.
The gentleman killed, Mr. Al
fred Field, was one of the first en
gineors in New England, a man
holding several positious of great
responsibility. The wife of Mr.
Field went at once to the scene ut
the accident, and it is from a gen
tleian who was present when
she arrived that I have my infor
mation as to the state in which
she found her unfortunate bus
band. It was then the second
day after the accident. Absolute
ly nothing had been done for the
sufierers. The railroad company
Lad provided neither surgical aid
iior coniforts nor succor of a ay
kind. Those whom the c-reless
ness of its servants had struck
down it left to die wheit they lay
like dogs.
The place whore the disaster
occurred is near to populous towns
and well-to-do communities. These
sent forth crowds of curious and
inquisitive spectators to the scene
of blood, but not one charitable
soul. The people caine from miles
to gaze on the exciting show of
human agony, but they brought
with thei nei.thor oil nor balm to
heal the wounds of the sufferers.
When Mr. Fields lay dying a man
had to be stationed before his
door to keep these people from'
prdssing in to stare and gape
about his couch. And this in mo
ral and pious Now England, the
home of 31rs. Stowe, who gropes
in dead men's graves to surprise
some guilty secret in their hidden
lives; the home of Wendell Phil
lips and of Sumner, who could not
sloop in their beds till slavery -had
been stamped out in blood!
I, who listened to this shameful
tory, could not but remember the
very different -secene of which I
was an eye-witness, last February,
in the "rebel" State of Mississippi.
I was traveling on the Mississippi
Central Railroad, to New Orleans.
Near Oxford, in Mississippi, the
train just preceding ours had run
off the track and plunged through
the trestle of th9 road. Some
twenty persons had been killed or
wounded. The district was poor
enough. It had never, I suppose,
been rich, but it had been thor
oughly harried by the soldiers of
Grant and Sherman, and it is none
the better, as you may suppose,
for their visitations. The nearest
house was several miles away.
But in a fewv hours after the acci
dent occurred the woods w ere
alive with people, hastening, not
to stare, but to save. I saw wag
ons, with miattresses, and beds
enough to move twie the num
ber hurt, sent up) tso car-ry the suf
ferers to the homeus of the neai-est
planters. Wines, spirits and fooed
were sent in quantities. The next
morning, the railroad company
had a fresh train brought up from
a distance of nearly 100 miles; and
when we i-eached a station where
food was obtainable, the detained
passengers wore fe2d at the cost of
the company.
Now, that it is still the fashion
in some quarters to rov,ile our
Southern fellow-citizens as the
most bard-hearted and inhuman
of mor-tals, I think it may possi
bly do good to lay before the pub
lic this simple but ex pressive eon
trast between the Ph arisees anid
the Samaritans.
Bishop CGriswold, of Massachusetts.
once said to a cloryman who askedl
him why he was so often silent,
when he had so much to say t.at
was worth saying: "I talkced as
much as any body when I was young.
and I said a great many foolish
things that I have been sorry
for ; I have never been sorry for
anything that I never said."
It may not be amiss to say, for
the benefit of parties who have
outlived all love, and who desire
to get away from here, that one of
the nearest andl cheapest routes out
of the world lies throngh an at
tempt to kindle a fire with kero
sene.
June-bug soup is actually a new
dish just out in Germany. It is
said to be really superior to cr-ab
soup which gourmandls consider
delicious. Bug~s have been seen in
broth on this side of thle ocean, but
not "by the advice and consent of
the Senate."
An advertisement was sent to
the Cleveland Heora-l. in which!
occurs the words, "The Christian's
The blundering comnpositor made
it read, "The Christian's Dream:
John Chinaman as a Farmer.
An article oi "The Chinese as
Agriculturists," in the June Over
land _fonthly, contains a new and
interesting chapter in the social
economy of the Celestials: The
rural reader way learn something
from the following:
CIIINESE AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
1. Rules for gather'ig seed among
tie standing grain.-IIaving se
lected the choice and bright heads
of grain, pluck and suspend them
in a dry place till the next seed
ing-time, then shell and wash the
seed; put it into hot water, when
the heavy kernels will sink and
the light will rise to the surface,
and may be skimmed off and east
away.
2,rIn the twelfth month place
the seed in a large earthen vessel,
till it with pure water of melted
snow, and cover the same with
earth. When the seed has sprout
ed, sow. broadcast or in drills; thus
you will avoid the breeding of
w oryns.
3. To determine whether the
coming year will be good or bad.
take one measure ot' seed in the
beginning of the winter season and
neasure it carefully ; then place it
in an earthen vessels and put it
in a dark slace-aud'keep it there
for fifty days. then measure it
:ain. If then it fills the measure
fuller than before, the. season will,
be good; if less than before, the
season w.ill be bad.
4. Trcatwent of new land.-First,
burn the grass, (in order to destroy
both the seeds and the roots of
grass and weeds) plow, then sow
to'sesamun (an oily grain) for one
year.. This is for the purpose of
destroying mcre thoroughly the
roots of the wild grassts.
5. In the neighborhood of good
flowers and good grains, sesamun
must not be planted, for it will
destroy their roots also.' The pro
cess by which it does this is, by the
dew or rain falling upon it, run
ning down the leaves an-d stalks,
thus carrying a poison with it into
the ground, to affect the roots of
whatever plant it may come in
contact with.
6. Seeds or flowers and fruits
must in like manner, be selected
from the best trees, and from those
which are free from all disease.
Let these seed be carefully cleans.
ed, dried, and stored iniglass or se
cure vessels, and laid up high from
the ground, in dry places, so as to
avoid damp and mold. . They
should be accurately laboled and
dated, so as to avoid the mixing
of fruits and flowers, and, also, so
as to avoid the liability of planting
seed which is more than a year
old.
7. In planting the seeds of flow
ers and fruits, let there be no fear
of too high ground, nor fear of too
much hoeing and spading. But
observe the season for planting
which is prescribed in the approv
ed treatises on the subject. In
planting, put the fruit stbes in
the ground the right side up
Some seed needs to be soaked be
fore planting-someonot. in sow
ing seed, observe that some, which
are large, will bear a considerable
depth of' earth, while small seeds
must not be buried deep. They
may be ceored with a mixuro of
ashes and earth, so as to kill tihe
wOrms. After the sprouts have
appeared, some may be watered
and some not ; you must discrimi
nato. If. after three or five days,
there is no rain, they must be ar
tiicially watered but with dis
cretion.
The VirginIa Cadet.
GREELEY's coM~MENT oN( HIS MANLY
AND sTRAIGHFoRwARD COURSE.
A Washington dispatch of Sun
day to the Neow York Tribune
says: - .
A case of much interest to the
boys of the South was decided by
the Secretary of the Navy yester
day. A yonth named Baldwin Al
exander.~from Pulaski County, Va.,
was appointed a cndet at the naval
academy by the Hion. Mr. Gibsen,
of tho eighith district of Virginia.
Alexander, who is not yet 17 years
of age, underwent a thorough ex
aination, and passedl at every
point, Hie made a favorable imn
pression up~on tihe board of cxami
ners. as well as the Secretary of'
the Navy, and his appointment
was confirmed. But when the
iron-clad, or test oathI was put to
him, he declined to take it, asser
ting that, although he was a mere
child at the commencement of the
war, and but 12 years of age at its
close, yet his associatio-ns, sur
roundings, &c., had created a sym
pathy in his mind and heart for
those around him, and to swear
that he had not sympathized with
or count.enanced the rebellion
would be base perjury, and he
could not do so. His honesty and
candor elicited enco,miums from
the naval authorities and Senator
Johnson. of Virginia, took the
matter in hand, and tried to have
the youth admitted by his taking
the pr,per cnstatinl oath.
ADVERTISINC RATS
Atverti-zements inserted at the rate of $I.
lefr rae-one inc--forBirst insQertion, and
ufrecQequent insert n Double
'umrnn ad. veniernents ten percent onaboe;
otices of meetings, obitaries andftrfb
r iir, same. rates per square as ordinary
ber of inserti ll n= cnw
and charged a
Special contracts made ' thear
tisers, with liberal deductions o Arbid
Dono with \estness and Dispstc]
Terms Casl.
The law on the subject;, however;
seems to be imperative, and the
Secretary of the Navy.. to-dg 'f -
formcd Senator Johnson thdt Al
exander could not be adn'i$ted Xd
the Academy as a cadet, unless
subscribed to the iron-clad oath.
Senator Johnson will a-k speciat
Congressional legislation in "his
case, and reprosentative Pfatt, a
prominent Virginia Pepublies
member, has also stated ihil -hd
would ask the rermova~of his dis
abilities by the house, and tbat he
be allowed to enter the Acadenyv
without taking the iron-clad odtl.
The Tribune remarks ed.toridIy.
-We sincerely trust tho youg
Virginian who is debarred fromtti
admission to the Naval- Acadcy
because he declines to swear- t1a
he had no sympathy in th'e r6
lion in which his family ieartify
enlisted, will not be any onger
proscribed. The test oath which
boys are called upon .to take be
foro admission to the natioer!
schools are*a disgrace to on_s :
ute books. The more oath-takn' J
the more lying there will be,' and
the more we proscribe cbildeft'
tor the rebellion of their pareb*
the more that rebellion will bd
respected. The administration of
the test oath to a boy who a
only twelve years old when the
war closed, and who is ;till a mi
nor, is an nturdity which_ ought
to secure the repeal of the stati
Immigration to. t h e itrd
States.
TheNationalBurewri ofStatis'tes
gives us the returinb of immigra
tion to the United States for the
last quarter of 1869.
The total for the quarter is'- e
938. which at the same rate won1
be 307,752 a year-not far from a
thousand a day.
Of the 76,938, thero were 71,47
who entered Northern ports, and
5,464 Southern. -
Of these 54G4, there were6M wh$
entered South Carolina ports.
That is to say. ov-er ninety-two
per cen t. of the immigration goes -
to the North, and less than eight
comes to the South. And of tbus
eight per cent. that comes 'to' the
South, South Carolina -recitd.. a
i.te over one per cent.
Of the 76,938 the city of New
York received 49,732; Hlnaf?n
Michigan, 10,406; Boston, 6,933;
New Orleans, 2,309; San Francisco,
2.227; Baltimore, 1,761; Poitland,
1,029 ; Texas city, 901 ;' t
Charleston, 68.
This, however, it must be' re
membered, does not indicate ac
eurately the actual results of uim
nmigration to South Carolitia;' b
cause 'the 500 brought in m%atly
during that quarter came mainly
from New York overland.
In immigrants males are largely
in excess of the females. Of the'
7.938 mentioned above 43,811
were males and 33,128 femiale&'
This excess may account for-the
singular facts in statistics of gdp
ulation, that the United States has
an excess of males desidedly .be- -
yond all other -countries; and. of
tho other countries ninetenth
have more females than males~
TRUE CHARur.-Night kid
the young rose, and it bent softly~
to sieep. Stars shonies and inr
deCw-drops5 hung upon its bosom,
and watched its sweet slumbers;
Morning cameo.witl its, dancidg
breezes, and they whispered to~the
young rose, and it awoke joyous
and smiling. Lightly it danced.
to and fro in all thbe lovelinese vf1
health and .youthfu alnnocene.
Then came the ardent sun gd
sweeping from the East, and bd
smote the young rose with lii
scorching rays, and it fainted.'
Deserted and almost heart-broken,
it drooped to the dust in its lone
liness and despair. Now the gen
tie breeze, which bad beeni giff
boling over the sea, pushing on
the home-boud bark, swedpinlg
over hill and( dale-by the neat
cottage and still- brook--turning
the old mill. fanning the br~oi or
disease, and frisking the curls of
innocent childhood-eamedipin
along on her errands of mnercy
and love; and when'she saw th;.
young rose she' bastenid to liissit,
and fondly bathed its forehead in
cool, refreshing showers, adtClia
young rose rejived and looked up
and smiled in gratitude td th.e
kind breeze ; but she hurriedMiiek
ly away; her generous task was
performed, but not without re
ward ; for she soon perceived that'
a delicious fragrance had been
poured on her wingsb o h grate
ful rose ; and the kind breeze was
glad in heart, and went away
singing through the trees. Thus,
true Charity, like the breeze,
gathers fragrance from the drey
ing flowers it rdfreshes, and u
consciously reaps.a reward- ja io
performances of itj offices of kind..
ness, which steals on. thie heart
lie ti rich perfume, to bless and
to cheer.-Tompsona.
Two young'girls were recentiy four d
dead in a narrow sluiceway-near Indian
aj ois. It was discovered that the elder.
b:. an om,ameda nd J ur.n.nderod