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Man KE?WE? couitictt. BY KKI M IS, S.lll'l Cl ?.V CoT THURSDAY, AKUJX 10, 1870. $W subscription, $1.60 per annum, ' it? advance; for ?ix months, 75 cents. Advertisements inserted at one dollar per xi/nure of one inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cent* for each subs?quent insertion. fl??* Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, 'JYlbubes of Respect, Communications of a per sonal character, when admissablc, and Announce - maits of Canditbttes tolll be charged for as adeer* tiscmentst JSSy* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. ?ijjr* Necessity compels us to adiare strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments, The Scarcity of Money. Tho complaint is common that money is eoaroc, amt many wonder why this ls true con sidering tho industry of our people and tho generous crops harvested every year. Tho wonder lo us is that money is not scarcer, and that wo have my in tho e mut ry. Ii is not thc money an individual makes that gives him wealth, but the money he saves. Tho samo is true of Slates, counties and communities. Wo may annually sell thousands of dollars worth of cotton, and if tho proceeds of eulo aro paid out for supplies and fertilizers, and thus taken out of tho country, wo aro nono tho richer*, but rather tho poorer in tho exhaustion of our soil and our energies. If our pcoplo could only realizo this fact sufficiently to chango their mode of farming and mako their own supplies, tito result would be immediately BCCU in an increase of wealth and prosperity. This ia a farorablo (imo for rctlcctlon on this subject. We aro in tho midst of n destructive drought, with a largo indebtedness hanging over us.. The cotton crop has been cul oft' fully one-third and thc corn crop is limited Sn area and badly damaged, whilo thc supply of old corn is less thoa over beforo known in this county nt this soaaon. What can Hie result bo but a year ot hardship and suffering, ending with a heavy balance against us. Our pcoplo have labored faithfully, and if they were freo of debt, thc short crop would bo a small matter; but with no corn on hand, a small yield of corn and cotton probable, a mass of debt for supplies hanging over them, with their bacon, flour and groccric3 for next year to buy, thc futuro looks gloomy. What has brought aboul this condition ot things? Thc answer is, our fnilurc lo look on colton ns a surplus crop above thc supplies which every farmer should mako nt home, and our extrava gance in buying fertilizers, which should also bc made on tho form. Wo slated some time back thal from information gathered about twelve hundred tons of fertilizers had been sold at Seneca City, West minster, Walhalla and West Union, and if we add two hundred tous sold to our county nt Fori, Madison, Toccoa City, Central and Pendleton, a low estimate, wo hnvc fourteen hundred tons bought and used in ibis county. This, with cotton at ten cents, will tako out of tho county about seventy thou sand dollars, or fourteen hundred bales of tho present crop. If wo add lases, ten thousand dollars, and tho meal flour and corn shipped and sold here bo pul al forty thousand dol lars, wo seo (hal from the proceeds of Hie present crop one hundred and twenty thousand dollars arc ut onco 3cut abroad never to rot Um, all of it but len thousand dollars for articles wo should and could make nt home. This esti - mate docs not inoludo our own grooeries proper, dry goods, crockery, cutlery, tobacco, whiskoy, notions and thc numberless gimcracks sold lo our pcoplo, whioh, estimated al eighty thousand dollars, (and there is more than thnrt amount of merchandise in stock in the county now,) would swell our expenditures abroad to two hundred thousand dollars. Sell tho present crop and send abroad two hundred thousand dollars of tho proceeds and how much will bo left in thc county? Is it any wonder thal money is scarce? And docsnol tho scarcity of money proceed from our own extravagance and mismanagement ral her than from drought or small prices for our pro ducts? Supposo wc should cul down our annual expenditures to fifty thousand dollars, and this is in excess of what it was beforo tho war, then wo would retain In (ho county ono hundred and fifi y thousand dollars a year abovcour present supplies, and in five years tho saving thus effected wou'd exceed tho usscssod value of all tho personal properly of tho cornily. What would then result? Tho answer is, internal development of our boundless natural resources in timber, mineral, waler powers and other Illings, and in tho higher order of cducn'.ion of our children. This surplus money could not lie idlo, but would be invested in manufactories of nil kinds, which would constantly incroaso and in tho improvement of our houses and fnrnis. Tho cslimnlcs wo hnvo made nro low enough and tho rcsuits aro plain to all. Wo would like to get from nil of tho merchants of the county tho aggregate sales made by them for ono year of bacon, flour und corn brought from abroad, fertilizers speoially, and of nil other articles of merchandise in a general esti mule. Tho report would Surprise our readers, and they would seo at ouco why money is soaroo, We will refer to this and kindred mailers here after. The Crops-Drought, &o. For tho past two weeks wo havo had an opportunity of seeing a largo part of tho farming landi in this and l'ickens County, and of observing tho condition of tho crops, tho ofllcioncy of labor and tho prospects of tho fall harvest. ranon. In all our travel wo havo heard but ono ex? pression of opinion of tho labor of tho County, and that is, that it has been moro reliable and more activo than nt any timo sinco reconstruc tion. It seems that loafers and vagrants, job men, from whom n day's work now and then could bo had, havo oithor gono to regular work or loft tho country. liven about Walhalla, it has been spoc'mlly noticed, that tho crowd of J idlers soon of evenings and Saturdays in years past, about barrooms and on the ptrcots, aro no longer to bo found. To get a floating hand this yonr has boon almost inn possible hero, and wo found tho samo thing existod in the County. Tho p?oplo, whito nnd black, havo gono to work, cither ns rooters, land ownors or regular laborers for tho year. ' Tho area planted is porhaps largor than ovor beforo, and tho dry season, with tho constant labor of tho County, has alono saved our pooplo from a flood of grass. As il 3?, our observation is, that tho crops haio boon thoroughly cultivated. TUB OROl'J. Tho most noticeable fcaturo of tho prosont . I f. I ,1 M , , ! . . crop ta ?no targe aron pinn tod in colton, com pared vrtth tho land seeded In corn and tho email grain?. On our return from Piokons Court vre expressed tho opinion that the hind planted in eorn in sigh? of tho road from i Walhalla to Plokens, taking out tho lowlands on Keowco and Cano Crcok, would not yield abovo a fow hundred bushels. Tins trip covers twenty otgbt milos, though it - runs chiefly along a ridge sparsely sottlod and is thoreforo no fair criterion of tho corn crop. Tho cotton on this rond, especially in Piokons County, huB boon well cultivated and is very promising. Wo do not think our neighbors in Piokoue havo suflbrcd for rain as wo bavo. In travoling fron. Wnllmlla to Tugodoo Uiver wc observed tho samo disparity in tho oom and cotton orop. Nearly all tho uplands, which had not been seeded in small gi ?in, aro planted in cotton, and the prospects for corn are slim. In this connection, Mr. Joseph lt. She lor, ono of our host citizens and most experienced and suo ccsslul fiiruiors, stated to us that bo went to tho lowor corner of Anderson in Muy, und, in his opinion, moro corn would bo mndo on tho farm of bis son John than would bo grown in sight of tho road ho travolcd for a distunco of thirty miles. It seemed tho whole country was planted in cotton. ".?? In n short trip into Franklin and Hurt counties, Georgia, wo observed a simitar con dition of tho farms, and in a talk with tho Mossrs. Parker?, who havo ownod a largo morohant mill obovo Knox's IJridgo for a half contury, wo hoard them 6ay that yours book tho rulo was to spook of wheat and corn Holds and cotton pntohes, but now it WUK cotton Golds and wheat nnd corn patches. Even if theso estimates bo somewhat exag gerated, they aro near onough (bo facts to show that '.hero must bo a radical chango in our fnrtning operations before we oan become a wealthy und prosperous people. Cotton may bo tho nearest representativo of money of till other products, but no ono product cnn bring wealth, und no pcoplo cnn prospor who (nil to make the tarin self-sustaining in all such crops as can bo successfully grown on it. This docs not rest In boro speculation or opinion, but any ono, who will inquire about tho successful farmors in his neighborhood, will find that they aromen who grow nt homo their own corn, wheat, bacon and other supt ports of animal lifo. Tho cotton grower may count bi? hundreds of dollars for bis fleecy bales carried to market, but thoy do not stay with him. Ho must puss tho money through his hands into tho till of tho merchant, who bas furnished him meat, bread nnd fcvtili/.crs, leaving generally no surplus in his bands. Thc solf-sustaining farmer on tho other hand, supplies theso anieles at homo and pockets tho proceeds of his cotton crop. Wo feel satisfied tho aroa devoted to corn this year is leos than during nny previous year sinco tho war, and that unless wo have good seasons during July and August, our bread crop will bo insufficient for homo consumption. Tho wheat and ont crops aro very fine in ovcry section we have visited, but tho area seeded was not ns largo ns it ebould have been. J Thc best conducted und largest lunn wc saw on thc river is that of Mr. John W, Shelor, who lins about two hundred acres ir corn, mostly bottom, ono hundred and thirty acres in cotton, and hns harvested sovornl hundred bushels of whoat and twelve to fif teen bbndrcd dozen of oats. Ile hns ulsc fine blooded cattle, of thc Jersey and Durham breed, and is a farmer in tho full sense of thc term, having clover and grass pastures, im proved machinery and all tho appliances of r well regulated farmer. Tho farms of lt. W. Sbclor and Samuc Harbin, immediately below, aro woll cuni ducted and self-sustaining, having lurg? crops of corn, wheat, oats and rye, ns wei asa large aroa in cotton. Farther down tin river wc saw tho tarni of Mr. John C. Nevill who, a few years ugo, harvested over om hundred bushels of corn from ono acto o lund. From tho road tho corn and cotton ot this and tho adjoining farms on both sides o tho river looked promising and cxhibitet thorough cultivation. Tho Tugaloo bottoms arc fertile and wil always constitute an important factor in th broad and mont supply of our county. Th uplands oro rich bot very broken. Fnrtho from tho river, in tho direction of Wcstmin ster, wo passed through what was onco knowi as "Nubbin Ridge," but which wo belicv will some day become ono of tho richest am most productive sections of our county. Th land naturally is poor, but it lios so well n to bc capable ol' thc highest fertility, bavin, a groy surfaco with a clny subsoil. In th production of wheat and cotton, it has fo several years yielded as fine nvcrngo crops n any part of tho county. Lands hero nr cheap and oiler great inducements for invest mont ns tho futuro of this section will pro vi THE DROUGHT. ' Thc sections visited hy us, both in (bi county and tho adjoining counties of Ocorgii havo suffered severely from drought. AV also hoar tho orops on Keowco and Litll Hivers, as also in tho neighborhood of Soncc City, and Fair Play, havo boo seriously injured. With (bo oxecptte of small stroak8 boro and there, (1 entiro county bolow Walhalla has had t good rains in from five to Boron weeks, ar ovidonoes of it aro soon in tho dwnrfed cottc and corn on all our upland?. Wo ha' beard farmers from different sections nette that the cotton crop lind boon cut off ono-hn w hile others ostimato tho loss on tho crop ono-tbird, and a few think it not serious injured if wo havo good seasons from tl tirno on to fall. The cotton is certainly vo small for tho timo of thc year, and wo tnit wo ennnot make abovo two-thirds of un av rogo crop. Without tho wood wo cann expect tho fruit, and wo think it too lalo make both weed nnd fruit. Tho bosh oott fields wo saw will not nvcrngo abovo ono fe in height, while in many places wo saw fiel not abovo six to nino inches high. Wo n ticod farther that tho blooming sonson w ns carly ns usual, showing tho stalk h bogan to put on fruit Before it bad attain pYopor w,eod. Wo saw in sovoral places colt from seven it nino inches high with ono a two blooms on tho top of tho stalk, and wo f euro there mutt bo both a second growth n fruit bolero a good crop coin bo expect Tho weed hns grown very littlo for thi weeks and ennnot grow without rain. '1 went h?r is still dry and tho sun hot, with a const nut broezo, which scatters tho clouds at every opponrn<ico of rain. Light showers have fallon in Walhalla, but no season or general rain has visited any section wo can hoar from. During the summer thoro has. been less rain than in any year to this timo, sinco 1845, and a numbor of oki citizens say the present reminds them ol that inomornblo your. Corn was planted Inte and has not boon so seriously injured as cotton. TUK FENCE QUESTION. A chango in tho law, MI as to require ownors of stock to keep them enclosed, sooms to meet with tho approval of a majority of the pooplo bolow Walhalla. Tho moro tho eubjcot is agitated tho lower beoomo tho opponents, and with tho revolution of opinion now going on, wo expoot in a few years to soe tho fenc ing of stock to bo made tho law in eovcrul of tho townships of tho county, if not over tho winde 001111(3'. In a matter which completely revolutionises nil our past ideas and habits of fnnninjc, tho pcoplo aro right in moving slowly and cautiously, but whon so much cnn bo said and truly said in favor of enclosing stock, and when wo further have tho experi ence of our neighbors in Anderson in support of tho chango, it is well worth forious con sideration, and then, if found boucfioial, trial. A number of our best farmers now, ns a mattor of oooiiutpy in raising and improving their stock, fence them in and also fence against tho stock of others, thus hearing a double burden. This speaks Volumes in favor of thc chango and affords nu unanswerable argumont in tho prnctioal experience of our most successful farmers. Wo hardly beliovo there ia a farmer in our county, who could build new his fences for the fuir value of all his stock, or who could mnko h'm annual repairs from the value of tho annual increase of his ?took. Wo aro further satisfied that a fair valuation of nil tho stook In tho county would not build tho fences in tho county and ?ts annual growth and increase would not make the needed annuel repairs, lt is said by some that tho stock law would prevent poor mon from having a cow, while all must admit that any renter or land owner ono with lens labor (coco such a pasturo of old field and wood land combined ns will koop his cow or cows, than ho can fenco from twouty to forty nc ros of land for plant" mg, while in such a pasturo tho stook will keep falter und yield moro milk than to lot thom run nt largo, traveling over miles of hills and hollows to got a tuft of grass herc and there. Many contend earnestly that hogs enclosed with keep in better condition on tho same feed than to lot them run nt large, thc wear and tear fruin running about consuming all they get. In dry soas?os like tho present stock can barely Hvo in thc woods, and to get milk cows must bo fed from tho crib No ono can deny but tho fencing of stock would onnblc us to clear and cultivate many fortilo spots, which will not pny to fenco, while tho destruction of orops by slock breaking ovor bud fences would also he prevented. A much larger amount of mar.uro would bc saved, and a hotter class of entile and hogs would be in? troduccd into tho county as a s uro result of fencing t-tock. Much cnn ho said on both sides of thc question, and wc throw out these suggestions with thc hopo tho question will bo thoroughly discussed. Tho chango is too radical and .involves too many and high inte rests to bo entered into hastily, but it is ono which is growing in favor and whioh should bo well understood before any action is taken by tho pcoplo. I.?VONIA. Wc Bpentan hour in this new town, situ ated in Franklin County, Georgia, on tho Elboiton Air bino Narrow Gauge Railroad. lt has two stores, two bars and a numbor of new dwollings with others geing up. Tho country around it is a (inc class of table land, and when cleared and put into cultivation will uflford some of tho finest upland farms in tho country. Wo hero saw for the first timo a narrow gaugo railroad. Thc rails aro three feet apart and uro of T iron, though of a lighter class than on ibo common railroads. Tho train had passed before wo reached tho town, but wo fair a car on tho track and from its width and build, such roads aro capable of doing tho trade and travel of almost any country. SIIOAl< CRF.KK FACTORY. From Lavonia wo wont to Shoal Creek Cotton Factory, now owned by Cornog & Wilkinson. It is localed on a fino water power and thc building and appurtenances aro us lasting ns wood and steno could moko them. Tho power is capablo of running a largo amount of machinery and in tho near future it will doubtless ho largely utilized. Thc present factory runs fivo hundred and fifty-two spindles and also a sot of wool cards. Tho machinery is run by a turbino wheel. Thc factory is in charge of Mr. Edwards, who kindly showed us thiough it, though it was not thon in operation, having suspended to makp some nreded repairs. Tho day will como when wo expect to seo looms in this nod other Southern factories, and when the profits on tho raw cotton will bo kept boro to enrich our own pooplo. Prof. William W. Logar?. Tho many friends of Prof. W. W. Legare, ia Charleston and elsowhcro, will be pleased to hoar that ho has been called to fill the chair of natural sciences in "Adgor Collogo," nt Wal halla, S. O. Prof. Legare graduated ot South Carolina Collogo with high honors in tho class of 1858, which contained such mon ns Hov. Ed. Buist, Hov. Thoa. V. Gadsden and Rov.W. Mommingcr, Capt. A. Mooro, C. C. Pinokney, Jr., Grimko Rhett and many others, who have won distinction fur them selves and roflcelod credit on tho training of their alma mater. After tho war ho lilied tho position of district judge for Orangobarg District, until deposed by Gen. Cnnby in 1808, and sinco then has followed tho litorary bent of his mind, having for many years past occtn pied tho chair of "Classics" in "Stowart Col lego" at Claraville. Tennessee Ho will, no doubt bo happy to return to his native State to reap now honors in his chosen sphero nt an instruotor of young mon.-News and Cou rier. An Ohio lady says that as for girls mar rying mon on small salaries, much depend.' Ol) circumstances. If a girl ?S brought ur to do all kinds cf work, and oan make hct own dresses, she is fit for tho position. Hore Buildings. Our brief notice last week in reference to the erection of n?w housos and ho'teo rout in our town line attraotod the favorable attention of several of our oltiaons, AU must admit that with two good oollogos in operation in our town wo should havo a largor number nod bettor class bf buildings for tho purpose of renting to persons who desire to live boro temporarily to school thoir children. Wo cannot oxpeot an increase of population or a full patronage to theso institutions unless wo are ablo to accommodate with neat residences BUoh families ns desire to como boro. If sonto of our moneyed men would improve vacant lots by erooting neat cottages nf ?vo or six rooms with necessary outbuilding*, our population would increase mid our businoss interests improve. Such buildings could now bo put up for tivo or six hundred dollars and could bo rented at MS to eight dollars per month. Besides us a town grows in popula tion now enterprises spring up, and a now incienso of population follows, in many oases to a hugo oxtont. Cities start in small towns and aro the fruits nt publie enterprise among first settlers. Nothing can form a more nt* tractive magnet for population than good educational and church facilities. Theso we have, and good houses to rout would surely bo occupied, nnd from such i net ease of popu lation would flow now enterprises nnd thc investment of capital boro. This is ?ho road to development. Tho Session and its Work. Congress adjourned July 1st, to tho groat rclioi of tho Senators and Representatives as woll ns tho public. Tho session proved to bo much longer than was expected; bot this could not bo helped. Kuoh party bad a well understood object , and neithur could afford to adjourn until it lind accomplished it or proved it to bo unattainable. i The South, says tho News and Courier, lias no causo to bo dissatisfied with tho work of tho Rossion. It was an all important point to seouro tho roponl of tho test oath, and suoh changos in tho jory system ns will secure freedom from partisan control in tho admin istration of justice in tho United States Courts. Tho packing of jurios by Fedoral officials, through tho ngenoy of tho test oath, was peculiarly a Southern grievance, and tho South rejoices at its removal. In common with tho States of tho North and Wost, tho Southern States desired likewise to prevent tho possibility of tho further uso of tho army at tho polls for election purposes; und to abolish', or lessen tho powers ol, tho swarms of Federal officers who now undertake tho supervision and regulation of elections. Tho shadow of tho sword will not again bo onst over tho ballot. Mr. Hayes and the principal members of his party aro committed against it and tho anny approbation bill prohibits it. Tho supervisors and deputy marshal romain. They cnn bo appointed as boforo, but tho marshals will not bo paid for election work, and next session tho struggle for nbsolnto freedom from Federal interference nt elec tions will bo ronowed with inoroased vigor. Abuses which grow out of groat wnrs aro not corrected in a day. The Domoornoy, with right on thoir side, will persevero until tho victory is completo. Nothing has occurred to disturb tho har mony of thc party, excopt thc discussion of tho silver question and tho minored "trado" of tho S linbern members with the Kc publicans. Tho silver question is deferred until tho winter, whon it con bo moro intelligently discussed than now, and when n hotter understanding can bc bad of tho probablo cou rf o of tho mono-motnlic nations of Europe. What tho Democrats could gain in Ohio by passing tho Warner bill is assured to thom by thoir votes for it in tho House of Represen tali yes, wbilo tho failure to act upon tho hill in tho Sonnte soothes those who look upon tho silver agita tion ns inimical to permanent prosperity. Tho "trade" with tho Administration party, consenting to adj o ern men t in exchange for tho repeal of tho test oath and tho amendment of tho jury laws, did not take ploco and was not oven thought of. It ill becomes papers liko tho Cincinnati Enquirer tobo insolent on such a subject. The politi cal body cannot spare any of its members, but, if a separation must como tho Southern Dcmocrncy can survive tho loss of tho West om extremities. We have no desire to roopon old wounds, but tho Northam and Western newspapers which aro disposed to accuse the South of bad faith may as woll remember who wcro tho Democrats who egged tho South on to secession and deserted tho South when tho strtigglo began, who havo tried to play tho same gamo at tho session just closed,' and who have been, nt all times and under all circumstances, selfish, mean and treacherous. Tho oondition of tho country is improving steadily, despito strikes boro and there. Theso, indeed, aro an evidence that the work* ?rig pcoplo bolicvo that bettor times have como. There is no doubt that tho South ia in bettor condition to-day than in any pre vious your since tho pnnio, and in ovory pari of tho Union thom arosuro signs of businesss improvement. No harm has boen dono to businoss by tho extra session, and tho South is almost out of tho political woods. Whether thc North and Wost aro satisfied will bc shown in tho autumn elections, The South cnn wait pationtly and hopefully, making ready always to organizo D?mocratie fiuecose in 1880. A Review of tho Situation. WASHINGTON, Juno 2.--Tho President anti members of tho Cabinet in conversation to day intimated quito strongly that tho qucstior of another extra session could not bo consid ered ns sottlod, although it is not approhondct that under any oiroumsttiocos another sessiot will bo called during tho hot weather. Tin Attornoy Qonornl has already roooivod i numbor of communications from tho Unitot States Marshals and others interested setting forth that groat embarrassment will bo cause* in tho work of tho courts by roason of tin fail uro of tho appropriation. Tho possibl embarrassment is perhaps, howovor, over estimated. The Attornoy Gonoral says h can havo no oontrol over tho matter furtho than to officially notify tho marshals of th condition of affairs, and that it roste wit1 thom, on their own responsibility, to inca tho neoossary exponeos requisito for th proper administration of the dutios of thei offices. Of course no doubt need exist tim " 1 . 1 ?...'] . J?. '"'.".'.'...3 !?. ..!...!... g . ??' the mnrshnls will he rel tn bu recd Tor an j proporand lawful expondituroi which they maj incur. It waa rumored around town that Senator Zachariah Chandler had offered to advanoe $100,000 to l'AT TUB M A USUALS, but, if tho Sonator .contemplates any ouch exhibition of liberality ana patriotism, ho hus not yot notified tho ' President or Attorney General. A suggestion was m ado .to tho Attorney Cloner al that the Hepubliean Legislatures in tho States whoro that party is in tho majority might vote tho monoy. Tho Attorney Geno ral snid, Of course the Administration would make no objection to Ibis, but nt tho samo timo ?t oould have no connection officially with any movements looking to that ond. Butas (boro aro few if any Legislntuios now tu cession, this suggestion was. not, a very practical ono. From what was said in Adi' ministration circles to-day it can bo inforred that if tho marshals thow the ability and the disposition to gb on without tho appropria tions, tho matter will bo permitted to rest until December. But if at tho end of tho quarter which has just commenced it should bo found that tho operations of tho courts are obstructed and dolaycd by tho want of money, tho impression is thrown out that'anolbor session will bo called for somo timo in Octo ber. Judging from past oxporionoo, nothing would bo gained by calling A SESSION IN OCTODBR, for it is very euro that tho few weeks botween that time and tho rogular December session would all bo spent in lotting off tho congres sional gas that would havo nooumulatod during thc summer. Ono thing may ho sot down us assured: that tho marshals will get no pay until the Prcsidont is willing to nssont to tho condition that no moro hordes of parti san d?polies aro to bo appointed to override tho pooplo nt elections. Tho session is now over, and tho work accomplished by the Demo* eratic mnjoritity in Congross is before tho pcoplo. to bo measured and criticised. And oortninly no intolligont man, of whatever pnrty, can truthfully say that tho Uomoornts have not gotten substantially everything for which they have been contending. They havo secured tho repeal of tho jurors' test oath and tho adoption of fair provisions for tho solcctioo of jurors; they buvo extorted from tho Prosidont tho acknowledgment that bo bus un purpose to uso tho army nt tho polls, and bo bas signod a bill prohibiting tho payment of monoy for transportation of troops to bo used for any suoh purpose. They hnvo provided for oil tho necessary wants of tho government, so that tho absurd or y which was started that they proposed to starve tho government to death has boon completely refuted. They have not refused to moko appropriations for thc marshals, but Ibo President has refused to nocopt tho appropri ations unless on such terms ns h,o himself proscribes. TtlKKR TUB ISSUE lir.sTS, nnd there tho Democrats proposo to let it rest, so fur as they aro ooncerncd, until thc expiration of the Forty sixth Congress. If thc marshals can get no money, thon tho deputies eau got none. WhoneVor tho Presi dent is ready to concede thnt tho representa, lives of tho people hnvo somo voice ns to tho disposition whieb shall bo mado of the people's niuney, thon there will bo no difficulty. Hut bo may bo satisfied that before tho marshals Cot paid ho will havo to give np tho deputies. This is tho situation exact ly, nnd if lt docs not leavo ovcry substantial elemont of victory in tho hands of Congress then nothing ciao would. Recognition Due to Labor. Tho following eloquent essay upon labor is taken from a commorcinl paper of San Fran cisco. Tho nrticlo is full of truth and sound sense: d.alxj/.' ?ti a groat factor in tho problem of social economies. It is tho producer. It is tho vital oncrgy that croates society, lt is tho supporter of tho community. It is tho strength of the people It is tho power, ?ho forco thnt sustains tho nation. It is ovor activo, it novcr ceases. Thoro is not a solita ry instant nf time in which labor is not mov ing. It is in society that which bus so long boen sought for in tho mechanical world perpetual motion. Through tho bright hours of day, tho dim twilight of evo, tho darkness of night, and tho cold grey of tho early dawn tho rytbm of its conscious poi n novcr falls in its truest of nil harmonios. It is tho song of indepenoonco; tho hymn ot creativo abil ity; a psalm of vigor, a bymnic tributo of puro nobility. Labor builds; our villages, towns and cities aro evidences of its handiwork. It constructs; our railroads, canals, telegraph-, Steamships nnd nil methods of convey anees arc proofs of its ability. It invents, all tho vost array of machinery that is crowded into our factories; tho engines that give motion to it; every articlo of comfort or utility, nnd thousands of materials fur amusement aro testimonials of itu originality in design, It cultivates our holds, it spreads tho snits of our commerce, it guides tho speeding car, and, most poworful of all, gives to tho printing press its disseminating universality. Labor benefits mankind. It gives physical Strength to tho worker; it develops tho anato mical symmetry of the human race. It ox tends tho intellectual faculties and gives in creased energy to tho brain. Ic promotes tho moral qualities nnd gives to thc mind its loftier sentiments. It is benevolent, generous and charitable; it supplies tho wants of tho needy, gives abundantly aud freely to all and bestows upon tho suffering tho means of amelioration of their troubles. lt is tho companion of tho poor and the friend of tho rich. It brings cheerfulness to tho hovel and plontitudo to tho palnoo. It ncvor degrades, it always elevates, lt gives employment to all, and deprives nono of occu pation, for it is a misnomer to term any inven tion n labor saving machine; it should bo termed, instead, a labor-gonornting machine. Tho sowing machino has given work to thou sands of operatives that olso wero idlo with? out it; tho eotton gin has- caused countless acres to whiten in tho autumn brocso (hat would now ho barron plains had not labor constructed it. In every ramification of society, in every department of lifo, labor has boen and ever will continue to bc, a self ovident blessing to tho human moo. Possessing so many virtuos, and containing no evils, the recognition duo to labor should ho pre-eminent over all other considerations. It should re?oive the warmest gratitudo for tho blessings it bestows, and tho highest need of prniso should ever bo given to it. It should be regarded with honor and attended by renown. When labor attains its truest desert?, then tho highest stago of civilization will havo boon attained. Man will no longer bo a grov eler, but ho will havo risen to a condition, bnt a little lowor than tho angels, - 4 . ?? Tay for your advertising. Crops Near Ooonoo Station. JULY 0, 1870. Editor* Keowe Courier: The oltiaons in tito vicinity of Oconoe. Station desiring to havo a school il fell to roy lot to canvass tho ooDunuuity to solicit subscriptions, and os I round tho citizens busily engaged in their fielils, lt opened an excellent opportunity for mo to see tho orops. As tho farmers in other sections of the county would Uko to hear how crops aro looking with us, I will try to give you n brief sketch. I am an unable to giro tho percent ugo of eaoh of tho farm produots in oultivatton, ns I could not gel a completo report. Mr. E. F. Alexander's farm waa tho first I entered. I found his corn and cotton small compared with his norgbbors .below him. Mr. A. moved to Ids present homo lids year and found it bad condition, consequently got behind in planling his orop. ilo had a largo harvest of ontB, rye and wheat, lleports his small grain not good. ..,[.. I next passed through Mrs. Ross' crop. Uer corn would average about as high as a man's shoulders. Colton would uvorago about ton or twolvo i.qohes high; about two aeries, how-over,, was knoo high.' . I next entered Mr. J. M. Calhoun's farm.. His corn nnd cotton about an nvorago with Mrs.. ltoss' crop. Wheat and oats not good. Mr. S. V. Massey's farm was next in order. His corn looks well; cotton tolerably ?oil; about eight acres of good oats; whoat hot'good. Mr. J. N. Todd's farm was noxt entered. Ho hns about thirty acres in corn; it looks ?ell. Seven acres tn cotton; somo of lt over kneo high. Twenty acres in oats; about half very good. Tbreo acres in wheat; not good. I next entered Mr. W. W. Erskin's farm. Ho has twenty acres in corn. I havo seen somo belter and somo not so good. Ho has ten norcs in cotton and used no commercial fertilizers. Ile says hts colton will comparo favorably with his neighbors. I noxt went to Mr. II. H. Cowan's, and as it was tho hour for dinner I did not seo much of his crop. Ho reports his corn ns looking well; cotton an average; oats good; wheat good; ryo not good. He gave mo a glass of Madcria wino of his own make, which I pronounce good. His grapo vino is well loaded with fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Cowan were both unwell. I noxt went to Oconco Station. Found Mr. Q. Groen nt home, lie said "ho was about worked down, hnving just finished cleaning his cotton." Mr. Oreen has fifteen acres in cottou. I have seen somo higher and somo lower than Ids. Ho 1ms forty or fifty nores in corn. Not BO (all ns some that I havo seen during tho day. His corn and Mrs. Mashburn's is needing rain tho most of any that I have soon. As it wus growing lalo I did not have limo to look over all of Mrs. Mashburn's farm. I also did want to visit thc Mitchell placo, but could not gel thoro to-day. I,was informed thal the cotton on this place is the best in many miles around. About Ihirly-fivo/aores aro said to bo in cotton on this farm. This farm is at tho baso of tho mountains and it is said lo be much warmer hero than a few miles South of it, which accounts for the cotton looking better hero than on adjoining farms. Garden vegetables arc generally yellow and about dead. Swcol potatoes aro looking very unfavorable. Irish potatoes uro much better than were expected, considering tho great need of rain during (ho fruiting lime. Sorghum eauo docs not look well nt present. Oats would havo buen something bolter with an occasional shower. Upon tho whole, ? think corn and cotton look well considering that wo havo not had a good rain tinco tho 18th of May, nearly soven weeks ago. Somo of our farmers aro beginning to despair. Crops aro generally clean. H. PROVER \hr. OK WHISKEY.-Tho Hov. Dr. Guthrie say*: "Whiskey is'good in its own pince. There is nothing liko whiskey in this world for preserving n mau when ho is dead. Hut it is ono of tho worst things in tho world for preserving a man when ho is living. If you want to keep n dead man, put him in whiskey, and if you want to kill n living man put whiskey into him. It was n capital thing for preserving tho dead Admiral, when they put him in a rum puncheon; but it was a bud thing for tho sailors when they tapped tho cask and drank tho liquor till they loft thu Admiral as ho novor left tho ship-high and dry." A terrifie bail and rain storm on Wcdnos* day night, swept over Minnesota and North? western Wisconsin, kilting innny pooplo, do molinhing houses and damaging property to a fearful oxtont. Sheriff's Sales. BY virtue of au execution to mo directed I will sell, on MONDAY, sale day in August, 1870, at tho Court House door in Walhalla, between tho legal hours of Bale, tho following described property, to wit.* Ono Tract of Land containing thirty.(Ivo acres, more or lesa, about three miles from Seneca City, adjoining lands of W. W. Abbett, M. W. Coleman and others. Levied on ns tho property of W. W. Abbett at the suit of Harper & Phillips and others. TERMS OP SALK--OASII; purohasor to poy extra for titles/ JAMES II. ROBINS, Sheriff Ooonoo County. Joly 10, 18T9 84<.8t VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. -oto STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ooonee Oounty, IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. Amanda E. Liles, Plaintiff, against William H. Liles, ct al., Defendants--COMPLAINT FOR PARTITION, RELIEF, AC. BY virtue of a decretal order, made Sn the above stated caso on. tho 10th day of June, 1870, I will soil by pnbllo auction al,the Court House in Walhalla, in tho County and Stato aforesaid, on the FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST, 1870, within tho legal hours of salo, tho following REAL ESTATE of Frances Mason, deceased: Doth Tracts situ ate in said oounty and State; ono Tract on wa ters of Beaverdam Crook, containing two hun dred acres, moro or less, adjoining lands of Jackson Hunt and others; and one other Tract on tm nobes of Chcohcatoo Creek, containing one hundred acres, more or loss, and adjoining lands of John Mason, H. A. Gilmor, Dr. Jamos A. Johns and others. Term? nf .SHlc: Ono half cash; tho balanoo on a orodlt ef BIX months, to bo scoured by bond and mortgage; purchaser to pay f?r papers and tho recording of tho mortgage.. JAMES II. ROBINS, Sheriff Ooonoo County, i Jab/ 10, 1879 31-it