Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Lindum ll ri '? TV ?/??HC own sc//" 6c ??t? rt m??< follow. ?MUM t as? BY ROBERT YOUNG. ^TINTER S. as the night the day, f?ott can'?i r.ot then ie fahe lo avy man." PICKENS COURT! HOUSE, S. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1868. VM III TWA n/i "^POETRY. the Soul's Oasis. An oasis lies .in the desert of years That never loses Ks green, And often watered by memory's tears. Aro tho burial grounds of joys and fears, With rich violet turf between. \ .ii?I? that eniorald spot the waters roll l;j wore quaffed in my boy bowl's day, ? \ morry ohhno, not a funeral toll, Sot in tho belfry of my soul, ', (lifo seemed an endless Muy. V* . gainer lodge in that placo of bloom, : ar elf in tho deso?alo waste, .1 enwreatlie.il willi roses of raro perfumo, And portraits hang in an inner room By no mortal pencil traeed. They need not repair nt tho hands of Art, For ?heir colors will vanish noyer; And with Hash of.oyo and beat of heart Loved forms from enchanted frameworks start, And whisper-"Wc perish ucvorV' Ia that oasis, so sweet and lono, Begirt by thc wild gay sand, From a lucid lake, with silvery 7.ono. Comes music sweeter than Ariel's own, That was heard by Ferdinand. Old favorite airs that were sung so well Hy li ps that in youth 1 kissed, Weave roitud mo a weird, bewitching spell. While my heart is warmed to its inmost cell, . And miuc eyes grow dim with mist. Ia the solemn hush of tho quiet night, My spirit oft wanders thither, And r* '*dk with the sainted, in robes of white, In time beautiful lund of bloom and light, Whore tho blossoms grow not lo wither. . "V .A. 3rt I E T Y. . The Present and Future Condition of our Country-VieW8 of an able Statesman. Tho y Raltinioro Sun," of Monday inst, "Wys : "Thc following letter, addressed by Kx-Gr) vor nor Perry,- of South Carolina, to Captain 0. N. lintier, of that State, but now residing in this city, gives a graphic and de plor ibh; picture of thc prosont cou?Uiu? ?nj f i tu re prospects of tho great Southern section .Qt' dur country : GttKRN vir.t.K, S. C., January 19, 1863. Q. X. Jltttfa; I'J.q.: Mv DKAU FIUHND:-lu your lettor to my son you say that the Northern p ?opie aro'hot nwu'roof tho truo condition of the Southern States, and th tt you wish me to write something ott this, subject for publication. I am willing, as I always have bc JU, to do anything in my fiowor to enlighten thc Northern mind as to ho frightful and app illing condition of the South. Hub it docs seem to mo tint I can say very little not known, through tho publie press, to tho wlnle reidiog community, j It is well known to tho world tint ton of tho Southern States have boon stripped of ev ery vestige of llopublio in liberty, and placed, by the wicked and unconstitutional legislation Pf a Radical Congress, under a military des potism, for partisan purposes, lt is equally well known that negro conventions have bjen ordered in-all t^osjQ States, for tho purpose of establishing in thom nogro supremaoy; . ,Iu order to accomplish this, a very, large portion of the most "intelligent, virtuous and patriotic pf tho,.wJute,,ruco have boon disfranchised, ?Old ?*V hereafter to bo governed by thoir for inor slaves and unprincipled adventurers from th?^orth! '.^heso facti uro well, known, and their consequences every intelligent mind mavs well anticipate. f , , - When slavery wop]abol 1 shed tn tl $?ipt?8, if thc people had v fcheif Stato legislation'ond ?on? ?ll would have ?pod haro re cove ofashod u?fVr?" py and pry ?djlpdi h wealth ?s th ?f?ro' tag it robbed thc store, killed the clerk, shot a wo man in tho houso, and wont to che dwelling of tho owner and killed him. A short tirao sinoo a parcel of negroes placed obstructions on tho South Carolina Rail rosd, which throw off a train of oars in tho night time. Again, a$ another point on tho samo road, a parcel of negroes fired Into tho train, and oamo very noar killing several passengers. Last fall, nt Picken? court, aoven or eight negroes were convicted of murder, and seventeen or eigh teen others sont to tho penitentiary. High way robbery, au offence which was scarcely ovor hoard of in South Carolina for years past, has become a very common crime in the neigh borhood of towns and villages. Theft and burglary are of constant occurrence. In tho country it is almost impossible to misc bogs, sheep and cattle. A gentleman told mo the other day that bo had lost tho last one of his sheep, forty in number, all stolon by tho ne groes. Another gentleman, who hud been Governor of thc State, informed mo that bo bad eighty-five hogs tc kill hist fall, aud that they were ull stolon by the uogtocs except seven. ) Tho support of so many prisoners and con victs in our jails and penitentiary is becoming alarming. Wc shall not long bo uble to feod thom ; nor will tho prisotib contain them. Thc country is so much impoverished that it is diifioult for tho ucgroes to got employment, if they really wished to do so. The failure of the cotton orop throughout thc United States, with thc government tax und low price of the staple, has rendered it impossible for the planters to continue their business thc present year. Thc difficulty, too, in getting tho negroes to work during tho past year has discouraged mid disgusted a great many. A very large crop was planted last spring, and a groat effort waa tunde by tho planters to rc triovo their fortunes and give cmplymcnt to thc negroes, but universal failure and bank ruptcy have ensued. I nm not ablo to state tho falling off of thc cotton crop this year, but the rico crop has tallou from one hundred and thirty or tony tuvuoo.a ?:._."" tn t.w?)ve thousand tierces. The present year every ono will have to do vote bis attention to tho raising of a provis ion crop. He will not require so many labor ors, and would not bo able to feed them if bc did. The negroes have nothing to live on tho present year, and uro unable to mal? crops by themselves. They will have to stca or starve. This greatly discourages farming in the Southern States at this tinta. If yoi makio a good crop of provisions, you Wyo nt security that it will uot bo stolen or burnt nj by thc nogroos. In regard to tho politioal condition of th Southern States I am in deep despair, nu> bav?" no li?po except in a returning sense o Justice on tho pan of the Northern poop' The idea of placing tho government, of States in the hand* bf degrees is ito?sly absurd. ' None of thom ha* and not ono ih five hundred ean In thtfrWetU! eteotf?H for ta' 7ontt?n roany Of th?" d? their ?Wr?e?y ?rtti sw could toll after thc tee?. 3"hoy w loyfrbMgt" Charles'1 coln SI? by tho Sheriff brings nothing. The marshal of this State told mo thc other day that ho sold a plantation, well improved, containing two thou8apdfncros, in Korry District, at pub? He auction, to tho highest bidder, for five dolf lars. Mules brought only five dollars apiece A great many persons are moving from tli^t lower country, whoro thoro arc so many no* groes, and that section of the State is destin^ ed to become a wilderness. Tho same thing must ocour in many portions of- Mississippi aud other States. A gentlemen just roturncd from Mississippi tulls mc that lauds, which routed lust year for fourteen dollars por norOj wero now offered at two dollars per aero, and no ono would take thom. Unless there is a r?action at tho North? and better legislation for thc Southern States they will bo an incubus to tho Union, utterly destructive of thc whole republic Tho pros ont military foroo will have to bo kept up t< maintain peaOo between the two races, am there is no cortuiuty of thoir ability to do thi; long. I have for some timo thought thu when thc negro government wont into' opera lion it would bo impossible to preservo th* peace of thc country. A war of races mus ensue, and it will bc tho most terrific whPo oxter ml nation that ever desolated thc faoe o the earth in any ago or country. I am with great respect and esteem, you rf truly, &o., H. P. PERRY. Snrrendor of General Grant. Thc great captain of tho agc-tho ipa who whipped Lee and fiuished the rebcllio -has surrendered atlast; yes, ingloriousl surrendered to another rebol force equally ? destructivo to tho constitution and govert mont as that of tho South. Ile bas surret dcrcd to the radicals and revolutionists. S remarkable and surprising was this event, tin tho newsboys in thc streets of Washingto were heard shouting u The surrender of Get crol Grant !" as they ran about with tho p: pcrs containing the news, just na th eso shat witted fellows shouted the surrender of Lt when ho gave up. They instinctively seize ?KA vow oxDrcssion, which foroibly s'??w< tho conduot of Grant in giving up i|l0 \yt Department at tho demand of Stanton an tho radicals, without consulting or lefcrrin to the President of tho United St^.u, " enmtuandor-in-chief of thc army. 'Ij-ji nous and deserved fame of Gene conquering thc rebellion is 1 surprising conduct. O shown thc ?kill of Talleyrand o<\< Jucobins in American V*th P thc erat in fonnor timos ; ho cxhibitod groot libe rality aud broad views in bis treatmeut of tho rebels when tboy surrendered, and bc bas boon regarded .s Conservativo all along, up to within a rccont period. What has turned his hoad nnd thrown bini among tho revolu tionists ? Wo still boliovo bia heart is right, and that ho is o sinooro patriot, but evidently Hie has boon undia- baneful iuftuonoea. Tbo ^politicians havo befogged him, either to kill him off or to moko uso of him for their own purposes. If ho would keep bis hold on tho esteem and affection of thc American people ho will rctraeo his steps at once ns fur as ho can, show that ho is Conservative at boort, and give tho cold shoulder to his Radical ad visors. Nothing olso-no, not even his groat military fame-ban save bim from ruin as a public man.-Ncio York Herald. Relief from the Freedmen's Bureau. Major-Goncral R. K. Scott yesterday ro ccivod tho following important letter from General Q. O. Howard, Chiof of tho Freed men's Bureau. It will bc read with great in terest : WAU DEPARTMENT, J BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND J AUANDONED LANDS. ) ?WASHINGTON, D.C., Juuuary 27th, 18G8. ' Brevet Major-General ?I. K. Scott, Assistant Commissioner of South Carolina : GENERAL:-Your circular of January lGtb, 18G8, is reocived. The only thing I ,fear is, that an impression may get nbroad that a greater amount of supplies aro to be furnished than the funds I am able to devoto to thc relief of destitution will warrant. With the understanding that there arc but three States where there is a likelihood of fa niuo, without assistance from some quarter, and that South Carolina, owing to providen tial causes, has a larger uumbcr of destitutes t'ian any other State, I have allotted a larger proportion of funds to South Carolina, than t> any other. Yet tho amount, even * >8outh Carolina, is small. In addition, wo have and dosioatod po* as to r? The State Taxes for 1866. Sheriff I?ast?o yesterday received from General Cunby tho following letter, iu reply to inquiries addressed by him to that officer, ia volution to tho effect of tho military orders, already issued, on the subjcot of several de scriptions of outstanding State tases for the year 1866. HKAD'QRS. 2D MILITARY DISTRICT, \ Charleston, S. C., January 28,1868. <~ J William S. Hastie, Etq., Sheriff Charles ton District, Cltarleston, S. C : SlR-Referring to your communication of December 20th, 1867, I am instructed by the Commanding General to reply to your inqui ries as follows ; You inquire " whore goods wore sold on commission in 1867/ flttd settled for previous to the passage of tho act of 1806, is twenty cents on the hundred dollars to bo collected or not ?" Although yoW inquiry ia confined to cases of sales ou otnrii?ission, where tho proceeds wcro aecouutcd fot before thc passago of tho act, tho reply is applicable to all other cases embraced under thc clause in question Assuming the facts, out of which your in quiry grows, to bc stated by you, and it ap pears that, during the year 1800, prior to tho passago of the act raising revenue for tho year 1867, thoro was no law in operation sub jecting to taxation transactions of tho class re ferred to by you, but that by thc last prebeed ing act on tho ?mbjeet, the rate of taxation Was fixed at twenty cents on thc ono hundred dol lars. In this ease thc proper amount to col lect is twenty couts on tho one hundred dol lars, that being tho amount fixed by thc last law preceding that of December, 1800. Your second inquiry isas follows ? 4< Mcr ohauts having done business continuously on their own account, or for account of others, during 1800, delivering their goods ns they sob" '' ti) pav the tax of Dccem '.xrislature, oi _ _- 1 Brain Farming. M Il is to bo lauioutcd that so mach of our | farming is maiuly a matter of muscle. Tho ^ routine funner uses about as little mind in tho cultivation of hts fiolds as tho ox that ho drives. His team always goes in the ruts ^ umdo by hts fathers'. Ho has no well de vised ?yatem embracing many years of im proremeofc for his farm. lita object seems to. . J be to get through tho year as easily os possi ble, and got ? subsistence from the soil. Now wc want something better than this, and are boginaing to have it. So much moro pru- ^?h ductivo is brain than muscio, in manipulating the soil, that wo know of instances , of first rate farming by mon who novor put hand to ? tho plow. It is undoubtedly more satisfacto- j ry to man to givo his wholo attention to hus bandry, and ordinarily this is the law of suc cess. Hut so great is tho need of moro mind in this business, that wo welcome from any quarter the men who eau show us how to 1 make farming profitable. The best cultivo- 1 Sors that we hav<- found in tho oouutry aro men bred to other pursuits ; professional men, mechanics, merchants and bankers, dlvertod 1 temporarily from their chosen pursuits to husbandry, or adding this to their other.'busi ness. Wo have seen so many oases of cini ncat success iu this kind of farming, that wo think favorably of it, and do not hesitate to recommend it to any man who has capital and a taste for husbandry. Men of this class, gcnorally havoabundant capital, andar? not afraid to invest it in this ?usriucsa. Thoy bring tho montai discipline md tact of tho town on tho farm, and work villi as much faith in tho field as they onco lid in the shop or counting-room. Their kill, truincd in other schools, tells in tho fiold. Tho shoe-maker turns his attention from taps o tap-roots, and turns out such orops of beets, arrota, and turtiips, as aro tho onvy bf tho teighborhood. The lawyer pleads his oaso ritlt t/ho soil, ind wins such verdicts as ho tovoi obtainsia from iurios. The physician ;