Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r 4 Jflt^ * " ^mLI* pHE W|||LI ^^gyilBI TIMES. j A oinugo ifrttm. < K I 8eemi ngly. one of (he greatest curiosities of 1 1 Alars was the general government. Thercseeoi- ' It . ed to be two great parlies of nearly equal " .strength, which were waging a bitter political 1 L warfare against each other. These parties. I 1 flu thought, were known as the Democratic party 1 RHk- and the Kepublican parly. An amusing part of it was that perhaps not one person in a hundred 1 B' could tell the essential difference between a reI. public and a democracy. There seemed to be no essential difference ; though there were it few in- 1 SnH? cidental differences; but each claimed to be a government by the people. The chief difference S^UjWseemed to be merely verbal?the name of one party being derived from one language and thai l&Vf of the other from another?the primitive words meaning about the snme. W * thought that about fifty-eight out of sixty ^Rj^Sexperinients with this form of government had HP>etn failures; y? it seemed that the average Alarsite politician never ceased to ring changes v bn , j)C superiority*and stability of this form of P, government. 1 thought I attended a political meeting, which seemed to ba the anniversary of some f^reat political event in the history of the province, (t seemed that everybody was there, eagerly waiting to hear an address from the Honorable Vork.i>K V'in?.?nii.l'??iK.r. ? r i 1 ? .1 K ? ' J/WUHVItl IQ.VV4 it nnd general oracle. 1 tliouglit that the distinguished gsntlman arose with a deliberation and dignity perfectly stunning, and nfter sur' ^^King the audience, opened his inouth and ^Jnke somewhat thusly: "Friends and fellow citizens of tliis glorious and mighty republic! "lend me your ears." Know all men by these presents. Ah! A Inn! (cheers.) When in the inscrutable course of human events. Ah 1 Mini I it becomes necessary for the citizens of a great and peerless nation to celebrate the glorious deeds of their noble and patriotic ancestors, who fought, bled and died for their country?cvory one falling with his ]C "back to tho field and his face to the foe." At this, I thought the whole crowd jumped several feet high and came down with a yell that would put to shame tho whistle of a dozen Mississippi steamboats. About a hundred men hndaciunliy jumped clear out of their boots. Yell succeeded yell. The air was full of hats. It seeemedMhat all bedlam had been turned loose on (hat particular spot. Order being restored, the great man went 011 <0 give a glowing description o'f the wonderful progress of the country, predicting a future far more glorious. "Yes, patriotic fellow citizens," said he. "the time has a'ready come when, with our liberty bird perched upon the loftiest peak of the Alleghanies ; its oeak in lake Ontario, the end of his toil in the Gulf of Mexico ? the end of one wing in the Atlnulic ami 'the eud of the oilier in the Pacifio ? we can hid defiance to the wotld." (n) When the great or ator took hie seat, it seemed that the yelling and throwing of hats Would never cease. What does all this mean? I thought 1 asked of a very serious, sober looking man, who had 'been standing all the time under a tree outside the crowd. It may be owing to ehtuseness. I said, but I really tail to perceive that your distinguished orator has said anything to justify any of this wil I demonstration on the part of t lie crowd. -'Sit makes itne sad," the man replied, "to think ftnjba*df'lbc ignorance and folly of a large majority of irar ncnnle. That man, who has spoken, is notlilr2_J pw sni**ueh fools that they imagine hi 4 verbose -and bontbsstic platitudes to have been an oration of supernal.excellence." Dut why all that noise and ado, even had iho -speech keen one of the best ? I asked. "You are probably not aware of the fact," my friend replied, "that a large portion of our peo ple can be neither patriotic nor religious, with out making fools of themselves. The religion of our people," ?*id he, "is largely kept up by an annual rally in -the summer, when vehement exhortations, 'anxious seats,' and everything adapted to work on the feelings and passions of the people, are made to play a prominent part. These measures are sometimes carried to sueh extremes that a* intelligent lady told uie, that in her neighborhood they could hardly have a logrolling or a corn-shucking without inviting up "mourners" at the jlose. "Just so," he continued, is it in politics. It is out of the question for our people to carcy on a political campaign in n quiet sensible manner. Their patriotism is of that peculiar kind which needs red shirts, the yelling of brainless mobsnnd the booming ofshotless guns to stimulate, strengthen i.nd perfect it. It makes mesad to think ol it all," said he, "for noise and tumult mean disorder; disorder means weakness and weakness means decay." Here, I thought, I was about to tell him how different it was on earth ; but he seemed dis puaeu 10 itiK, ana i Kept silent. 'Already, lie continued, "is the political weakness manifested by noisy mobs in grotesque costumes, showing itself in other forms of unmistakable disease. The body politio exhibits various symptoms of disease, one of the least prominent of which is a peculiar kind of surface . dniptioQ, which, in some respects, resembles certain phases of skin disease in man, whioh the common people call "breakings out." Every two yeorsand every four years, the body politio is afflicted with this breaking out. The symp- I toms" "are peculiar. For some time before i the eruption, or 'breaking out," actually com- I mences, there is rcstlesness, with feverish symptoms. Men seem more disposed to go lo public | places. At length they look and talk in an l ominous manner, as if they were convinced that some great event was about to happen, but were < uncertain what it would be. In a short time I the "breaking out" commences. At first not more than one or two pustules appear, with slight | - itching. The eruption steadi y increases and I the attendant symptoms beoonie more distressing, fiuoh notices as the following uow begin to ap- I pear in the local pap?rs: i "The v iry many friends, relations, acquaint- | stness, and well wishers of our verv excellent I most worthy and accomplished fallow citizen, I Colonel Kdward Sno.ke, most respectfully announce him as candidate for the very arduous, important anJ responsible office of Dogpelter i nod General Regulator. Our distinguished i friend is too well known and his many virtues and accomplishments loo highly appreciated to i need noy commendation from us.' MANY VOTERS." t ' The amusing part of it," he oontinued, "is, I that these falsome notices ate usually either | written or dictated by the eery excellent persons themselves. This peculiar breaking out, "he continued, "now rapidly increases, with great I restlessness end itching. The excitement and I restlessness spread all ovar the body politic, lid I n crisis is reached- On a certain day the pen I pie at certain placea, called polls, place small i pieces of paper, nr plaster, upon the erupted f portions of the euticle of the b >dy politic. The t effect It magics) The restlessness and itching ^^oon cease and the eruptions heal up; but the j most of them remain sore a long lime." These biennial and quadrennial breakings out have i beooms to annoying, not to say dangerous. <> that oor notifies! dnntors h??? in??fii?.l n?t ' of political vaccination, called "primaries." which, when it lakes.' greatly lightens and cuts n hort the dispose." il I thought I was completely mystified, there fa being nothing connected with the politics of I Earth that could give tnc any clew to hi* mean c ing. He seemed to understand my perpleiitv and proceeded to explain : n "In plain language,' be went on to say, one t <)f the |f eat evils of our country and time ie e >mcc seeking. II lias become epidemic. Every Four years, sometimes every two years, tliero is * general, miscellaneous, promiscuous scramble lor the little county offices, or to be representatives in the great powow, or council of the province. Ever so many men are acknowledged aspirants for a few little petty county offices; and still they conte. It is truly wonderful how many men feel themselves qualified to represent the country in the Grand Council. Old aspirants claim that the old cilisens should be represented by persons of corresponding age, and Brek to be made the representatives. Middle aged aspirants do the same for the middle nged j citizens, and the young men?O, yes I the young i men?must he represented by young men, and mere striplings are ready to assume all the responsibilities of such representation. The hoys, loo. must be represented by hoys and forthwith little Teddie Sniflle. who made such a 'pretty speech' at the examination of Prof. Fitznoodle's school, is announced. (By the way." saiil my friend, parenthetically, the silliest declamation recited by a child at a school, is dignified with the name of speech Every teacher ot the masculine gender is dubbed Professor. and nearly every man is Captain, Colonel, Major, Lieutenant, Corporal or Scoundrel.") Bill what is the evil I mliml of m?n ....... office in a free country like yours? The evil," he replied, "is various and widespread. In the first place it exerts a demoralizing influence upon the office seekers theincselves. Seeking office with us. implies a powerful contest, in which each office 9ceker is brought under a powerful pressure. Men of weak chnrncter cannot well sustain this pressure, nnd consequently resort to the various tricks, shifts and expedients of the most, corrupt demagogues. Among these tricks nnd expedients." snid he, is notably that ot trying to nribe voters, or rather trying to buy votes indirectly by treating to liquor, cider, barbecued dinners and the like. Moreover, said he. few things, in my judgment, are more demoralizing to the people at large than office seeking. It would not be so bad, if the majority of our people were sufficiently level headed not In be influenced and cairied away by trifles. But the human mind naturally craves something to interest an I excite. Few of our citizens have the mens < fa interesting themselves at home: hence, said lie, when the office seekers begin to appear .hick and fast, it sets everybody in a buzz of excitement. They fool away ever so much lime going to public plnces, for no other purpose than to talk about the coming election*. And at church, on the street, everywhere, nothing is talked of for months but the coming election. As the ull-jmportant time approaches, the excitement reaches fever heat. The 'sovereigns' now meet often and continue long: discuss nnd rediscus* the merits of their respective favorites; bet. drink, curse, sw.ear and make fools of themselves generally. After all, what good ? Is anybody wiser, or belter? Not in the least, but the reverse. Soon nfierthis. I thought I found myself somewhere in n great crowd. Every body seemed to be there, the ringstreaked, and striped and 3|?come?i, wmie, nincK. yellow, nil were there. It seemed to lie a festival of some kind, for there was ever so much incnt conking, suspended over trenches of conls by slicks thrust through it. A rough looking mnn. wns mopping it with some kind of wash and swearing occasionally nt some negroes, who turned it nnd kept up the fire. I thought the dny wns hot and these cooks p>ng -<nrtW#7uiyM- "iWf on I led ft. lirtWe <? trrrtntn mnvu- "T_?T were cocks fighting. The enclosure wns surroudned by a motly crowd, who were hurrahing, betting, spitting, cursing swearing and making themselves interesting generally. Foi two or three hundred yards before reaching thin place, might be seen various groups of negroes and whites, in foncc corners and in clumps of hushes, qnietly manipulating pieces of paper. Not far off, I thought, were a group witnessing a test of speed between Rome horses nnd betting on one nnd another of the animals. Scattered among these various groups, I thought were about thirtyseven men. who. with most benignant smiles and cordial handshakes, seemed to he particularly interested in the general welfare of the crowd. About this time, I thought I saw a rather well made, bouncing looking man coming into the crowd with a smile that was per ectly bewitching. and with a demeanor nnd greeting so wnrm and so cordial that made everybody feel good.? About this time. I thought this most aarcenble looking man, was discovered by a rather doubtful looking individual, a little uncertain in his gait, who, at sight of the agreeable looking man, 1 thought sung out: "Hurrah for brother Blatherskite." In another minute, I thought the two were almost embracing, ao ardently did they shako hands and enquire after each others general welfare. "Brother Blatherakite t I'm ao glad to see ye." I thought the fellow said. "1 want you to come to our meetin and preeah for ua. We want more reliahion? more reliahion. Sir; we want a regular?old fashioned revival?a mighty shaking o' the dry bone9 in the rally?and?brother Blatherskite ?you are the man to?to?to?stir us up "Brother Blatherskite," the fellow said, in an under tone, "l've-I'vetaken adram?but I know ? what's what?I dont mean?any harm ? brother?dinged if I do. A feller on sioh occasions as this ere?gits egstited ?and?fore he knows it?he's got?loo much." "O. of course, of course," said the vcy affable gentleman, "we are all liable to err sometime* ; Out it dont matter so much ifthe hetrt's right, yon know Abrshnm and Lot, and some of ihreu other good old men took a little too much ; but Ihey were all right at heart." "Ah! my dear brother," said the fellow, and grabbing Ihe other by the hand, "Sow you re inlking my sort of talk, preiactly." But let us change the conversation a little, brother Happy Jack.'' stid the, pleasant looking man."I feel that 1 may safely count on y >ur support." Ah, you've got that mighty ugh, my brother," t thought the fellow said. "And brother Happy Jack, the plensnnt r. an went on. "I hone you will exert your influence among your brethren and friends for mo. I am sure lo be elected, but I want to make a big run." "Bet your bottom dollar on that, the fellow replied. -'Our church will go for ye lo a man ; cepnn old ueaonn Miealfnst. lis is?he is? ih?hang it" lie is down agin pre ichors?roi mow." You mean tlial he is prejudiced eg* in it jrenchers seeking secular offices f" That's il I That's it ! Jess so! "Rut. "aid the pleasant man, "we ruast allow or the weakness and peculiar notions ef good, >ut eccentric men. How would it do f>r ine to lave an app inlmeni at /our church for. aay iVedueadny week, and if I should preach one "f iij he'st and warme*t re mons. and then have a tivale talk with the deacon, don't you think he night come round ?" "Bully! Bully!" I thought the fellow redied. lust then, n little thin looking fellow, standng hy a cart with a barrel on it, f>egan to sing ul: "Chlah ! Fresh Cidah I This way for lidah I" At this, I thought, this vsry pleasant looking nan. who had shown so much charity for the leacun's weakness, said to his friemt : "Come irother Happy-Jack, and get some eider.? net. gentlemen one and all. No harm in ider." (h) About this time T thought I left the place, and of long afterwards, meeting my friend, the enchcr. I was informed hy liini that the noca ion I have JuSt described Was what they called a '"barbecue," gotten up especially for 'shelling , El out" I lie nffice-linnters. that those thirty seven 1 pleasant, well disposed men were aspiring to about half a dozen little offices : that there was no less than seven preachers among the number, et who were running for a little poat-oRic& at Jones' Cross Roads ; that the one who treated 01 t? the cider was the most persistent of the lot ; el that since taking the field he had been suddenlyseized with a new inspiration to do something for the **cause," and had made preaching tours, tl preaching in nearly every church of his sect in ^ the province and in some others. He has oeen known to exhort and pray most fervently ui in a meeting, and before getting out of sight of |j tlio meeting house he would he talking about hi9 good prespect to fa s elected. The airs he put on in the pulpit, while on those electioneer- n ing tours," were perfectly disgusting. He nctually prostituted the pulpit. hy seeking to make ' it a stepping stoue to nsecular office," i thought t! uiy friend said. Here I thought I could not withhold someex- cl pression of tny surprise, te'ling iho man that g ho must he mistaken, that on Kartli it was ex- ^ ceedingly difficult lo get a man to accept an office ; that nothing hut the purest patriotism^ r backed hy I lie urgent solicitation of the people, q would cause them to do so; and that as to prenchers seeking secular offices, prost ituting t he 'I pulpit lo that end; w.tding down into the mire u and filth and drrgs of society, treating to cider, ,1, in 1 LI- < -- * 1- - " viv.. I* I^viacini ourtiiiuii; iur VJieS. HUCU ft " thing was not tu be thought of there. I thought r, I told Itiin that two years ngo, a preacher in Fairfield County, a very good and worthy man, w nearly lust his voice, so that he coul I not preach, c and he offered to serve the people in connection with a secular office; but that ho did not compromise his profession, nor his character, by si resorting to questionable expedients, or going . to questionable places to get votes. I see nothing wrong, I said, in a preacher holding a secu- g lar office, more than any other christian man, j( but. if one on Hart It should go to such places as . this Kcv. Mr. Blatherskite of yours went, treat U to cider and canvass the county by preaching ^ from church to church, he would find astainoti his character that would be hard to erase. A n few little sectarian cliques (of which we have none on Garth.) said 1 might try to keep him up, but such a man would he sure to go down sooner a or later, and the sooner the better. si I thought my fiicnd said that he thought it would he delightful to live on Karth. where everybody was characterized hy intelligence and u hightoiied morals, and where the people did not ^ go crazy every two or three years on the sub- ^ jitct of office seeking. Here I thought I in- b vited him to Garth on a prospecting lour; hut ^ he said that he was fearful the balloon might burst in transitu and scattet him itidiscriuii- p nately through space. t QUI. (a) The author heard this language froin an 1 orator before the war. I(b) This same brother, Happy Jack, or some . one like him, sung out on the street: "llur- '' rah for preacher Blatherskite !" Some one in a ^ store said; "Yes. There goes one of his drunken brethren, now." I Apples in the South.?A great error 0 and misapprehension has heretofore, and . 'IfliW Ui>f ..Via# ?!*'* - '' vopueny ?- 1 the South Tor producing applet. Thousands u of intelligent men lolly believe tiiat it is | picaTree ess ary to look to t the North for their good keeping varieties. t That this improssion lias not originated g because of cliuiate uusuited to the liealiliy ( growth of apples, is abundantly shown by jthe successful production of summer and fail varieties ; but it is uti evident fact that ,| the scarcity of good winter fruit ii refer- ( able to a great mistake of selecting winter (| varieties of Northern States whieh, although well adapted to the districts where they ja originated, are of oo value whatever in our y climate, as the heat of -unier months forces tlicui into premature ripening, and causes them to fall from the tree and decay, and c. with thoui the hopes aud anticipations of p the grower. c livery district must therefore look to its ^ own native seedlings for long.keeping vari- jeties, aud a proper selection of these will uot fail to be successful, as experience has I . II and will prove. I consider the apple to be ( the surest ami most reliable ot'all our fruits, ? P except tho grape. and one which seems to adapt itself to all soils aud localities. The j apple, so far as my observation extends, is .|( liable to but little or no disease, and may (| bo considered as safe and reliable if winter varieties are selected with care from your j( own native seedlings. A custom prevails |(| with tho peojle of the South of considering their* best winter varieties worthless, ng they t( are not palatable when first taken from the jt trees. If they would lay them away until they had tiuie to ripen they would find that ^ they possessed an untold treasure.?/'orHome and Farm. ,l Attachment to Newspapers?The ^ stron.' attachment of subscribers to a well* !,a conducted newspaper is fully confirmed by ^1 publisbcis. "Slop my paper!" words ?f Si J J . 1 - ' * * " r urcuu iu ufgiriuors in uumucps, loflc their ,r terror after u paper him been established nc tor a term of years. So long as a r aper Pe pursues a just, honorable and judicious ca course, meeting the want? of its customers T> in all respects, the ties of friendship between the subscribers and tho paper are as hard to break by an outside third party as ho' link v' Which hinds old friends in business or social i-M l.le Occasionally defect* and errors in a Si newspaper are overlooked by those who have r)' become attached to i through its perusal p(1 tor many years. Th -y miiiuM imc* become a dissatisfied with it on account of something (j, which has slipped into its columns, and uniy stop taking it; but the absence o| the fiiuiily shc?t at their homes and offices c" for a few weeks become an insupportable tic privation and they hasten to take it ngsin, ru mid possibly aoologis : for having it stopped. ^ No friendship on earth is more constant , than that contracted by the reader of u " journal which m ikes un honest ?nd earnest ou effort to merit its DOotioued support! to XTRACT FROM COL. EVINS' SPEECH IN < DS.'&NC ? OF HI3 STATE. Wo of S >uth CJirolini objoot to being , era illy lectured at to whit wo should do 'undone. Wo repa li itn the guirdian- ( iia of the Republican party. I Why, sir, wh it right hive oioaibo-s of , iat p irty to lecture anybody in referaucc | ? g iod uiorals? II tve tney not gerry- ( laddered every State ol which they have , ad e enrol ? U ive th jy ti it supp rcssed ( ie Democratic vote wherever it was in their ( ower to do so? Did they not steal the 'residency of the United States ? Have ley not Gllcdoverj dopirtment of the gov rnuient with corruption ? Did they not lorify ex Son itor D irs ey, niw fa n i us on ecouut of his oonuectiou with the star >ute Hteul. for buying u iu tjorily *'<?r Garclil :imi Arthur in the state of Indian a at 1e list Presidential ele tiou '( D> they ot continually levy blackmail up>u the ffioe holders of the government in order to use hundreds of ill.ius tuds of dollars by diich the voters ol' this oouutry in iy be orruptud ? And are we to be eternally ictured by these uiju as to what is a proper taudard of morality lor us in political mat* irs ? We are tired of this tliiug. For eutleineu belonging to that p irty to taik bout a high standard of morality iu politics i something like the bawd talking about tbe eautius of virtue, or Gittea 1 iuvuighiog gainst political assassination. Sir, i have as great an ubh irrence of fraud nd corruption as auy geutleiniu on either i.: - tr r > mu hi mis iiuu.10. i repudiate 11 wnorver I tiud it IS at if there ever wis an xcuse anywhere for gcrry ui tudcriug we iu ioutli Carolina have a belter one than can e offered by the people of any other State. Vny, sir, we are judged as if we had a erfeclly normal condition of things dow n here; as if everything were just as it is iu he New England Stales, or any ol the well eguiated St tes of the North. Geutleuieu lave no idea at all of the terrible uieuuce rith which our very civilization is threatnod all the while. They know nothing of he couditiou of things dowu there, and nly betray their own iguorauce wheaivcr liey talk ab >ut it. A'hy, sir, every houest, lepubliean who has come toSouth Caroliua ind investigated the condition of things ur himself has told the truth about these here with the vote >f more tli iu a hundred housaud persons, to whoui you gave the ullrage, grossly ignorant and totally until,, ed to exercise the right of a voter, either or their own beuefif or that of others. II .11 t i u i ii ji hi uu j, i l l never h ivo blamed, lie colored iii iu for this. I have done, and ly people are doiug, all they cm to elevate lie colored . ace, by giving them moans and pportunilios tor tvlueiti in t rust there la better time coining for tiieui and for us. Ve have not grumbled because we wore ixcd for their booefit. We have g.vcn ur means cheerfully and liberally to cduHe theui. The very first thing that the eople of South Carolina did when they ime into power in 1870 was to amend the ^institution so as to cri lea larger fund ir the educition of these very people. Now. Mr Speaker, 1 do uot care to cnir into any dirty squabble about the good orals of South Carolina or any other peole I think that we should rise above the liserablc party feeling and the vile personal buso which one side of the House is scustomcd to pour upon the other. All rat wc claim is equality. All that we iseri is that we have just the same rights i this government that you have, and so nig as we d i not violate the Constitution 111 1:194 nt lllir rtiiilnlru ? J /"? "? r'K"1 , i criticise us unjustly or pronounce har-li i . I moments upon utir actions. We have no cuus ; to liopo for justice at iur hands mid cauuot accept your officious tunscl as prompted by any higher motive isn a desire to serve your party ends aud jep yourselves In power. But gentlemen y wo do violato tho law. Why, Mr. pon&er. is not tho law violated in every Late of the Union ? If violations are more equcnt in our State than some others, can intleuicn see no reason why it may so hap tn ? Are not the circumstances iu our l> PlIDllll IVuii ? t.?l.:-L j -.MU..U. miffc niiiun en t I run the peopic in many other States? I do not oaru to alludo to the past. I j i oot act up any Republican stnrdurd of ' rtuu as the standard by which I aui to be ' tided. My friend from Tennessee (Mr. mont'Oi) lias already referred to the ger* uiauderiiig of South Carolina by the Re- ' lltlicane wlten they were iu power and ' nt a solid Republic m delegation here ; in eir gerrymandering they did not even j, etend to make the territory of % district n utigu >us Yet you never rui ed a ques* p m uboot it. And when tho question wa? v iscd by my friend (General MeGownn) * .limit Judge tinge, your aide of the House ^ ighed hiui tonenru and seated Hoge with- ( t hesitation. Yet you have tho assura.ico |, talk Co us ?? if all virlwo^ all honor, all it wisdom were tho peculiar heritage of th Republican party. and would perish with i ind sleep forever iu it.* grave. Isiy that wo have a just right tocouiplaii if this eternal and everlasting abuse of oui people and our see ion. Do you expect t< make things better by adding fuel to th Srcs of sectional hate which you are ondeav jring to keep alive ? Wo have made pro ajress, and wc hope to make progress ever; day, not only in material prosperity and in terual harmony, but toward fair, ijuict au> pcaccabl; elections ; if you please, towar having things managed and conducted i our State as in those States where every thing is iu a normal state and ao such diffi culties exist as wo hive to eontcu 1 with. Wo passed a registration law. and thr did not please you . You cirticised it. ?aj ing that it was m ido in tho interest o fraud. We laid off a Congressional district wit! an overwhelming majority of colored voter in it, so that they vould bo able to scud a least one representative to this House, an Vet that iliif nut nli>nn c.,n rf...n ?1?. j -- r L tor.] You have an equal right also to contest tli election in hli the other Districts. None i theui have a large white majority. Tha does not please you. Why, uiy friends, w did uot do it for the purpose of ploasin you. We had no idea of consulting you as t what we should do. We did it because w wanted to do it, and because wo thought was right to do it. We do uot propose t cousult you. but we propose to continue t do what we thiuk best under the law, au hold ourselves responsible, uot to the 11 publicau party, but to the government of tl country. Mr. Wait . Will the goutleuian let uic a> him a question ? Mr. Evius : Cortuiuly. Mr. Wait: When the colored people ai in a large majority in your State, is it rigl that the^. should have only one Keprcscnh live iu Congress? Mr. Evins : My friend from Counectioi tries clcctiou cases ou the color line. 1 his speech yesterday he was unwilling I admit that any colored man iu South Cai oliua could or would vote except up au th color lino. "He and his pirty do all cn tftclr tmw ~ r to army the colored voters on this liu and compel us to recoguizo it. We wai it abolished, hut you will not permit it to 1 done. Why should they have a distiui representation from the white man? Ai they not a part of the great body of the pc< pie? Why, uiy friend talked and argue upon this pending election case as if tl: colored people of South Carolina were body of people entirely sop irate and aptr from the body politic in South Carolini with no interest and uo syinpithy in o nmoo with the white people. He spoke c them as if they were uot ui ivod or swayet by any of the usual considerations or motive which influence voters, but with absolut blindness obeyed the behests of their part leaders He first exaggerated very great! their voting strength according to th recent census, then lie took it for grautc that every one of them turned out to tl polls, that every one of lliern voted, an that each cast a ballot for the Repuhlica candidates. Preserving Fence Posts?In build ing a fence around our young orchard, se\ oral years ago, we tried many plans fo preserving the posts- Having occasion t remove the fence this winter we noted th coudiiion of the posts as follows: Those set with no preparation were decayed ai inch or more in thickness; those coatci with a thick wash of lime were bette preserved, -but were quite serious! uttaekcd by woruis; those posts coatei with hot tar were perfectly souud as whci Brat put in the grouud; those paintcc with petroleum and kerosene were cquall; sound and as good as new. In the futur we shall treat all postsin the following man oer before setting: Let the posts get thor uglily dry, and then, with a pan of clien] kerosene ami a whitewash brush girt .he lowor third of tho post, tho pur .o go into the ground, two or thre good applications of the oil, lotting it soal n well each time. Posts so treated wil tot bo troubled by worms or insects o iny kind, but will resist decay to a remark bio degree. This we find to be the ?imilest, easiest, cheapest and best melhoc f preservation. .#. Look at your fowls' feet aud logs. Art bey smooth, bright aud houlthy ? In iiuc cases out of ten you will find them to >o rough, knotty, dull, siokiyaod covered rith scurvv. They have the scurvy ot Cab leg; but repnlsive and loathsome as l looks, it will yield to kerosene applications lathe the feet and legs twioo a wee for wo weeks with kerosene and the fowls will sap with joy at the marvelous euro. This i a rfwnr Hire ?tH worth remwintssritig. e Farmino' 'at tub'""frojft."'?'nrreh ; : t before have there been ?o many pooplo of ' all classes Caking a strong, direct, personal [i interest in the agricultural situation and prospects. Business men, bankers, capita'> ists, stock brokers, merchants, mechanics , 0 manufacturers, operatives, and day laborers . even, are .fntehiog the daily bulletins and . reports of the weather, with especial rifjr* y cnce ta how it is affjetin? the growing . wheat, coru and oats, and the further pluutJ ing of corn. Never before have tlicy seen .1 ort olrto rl tt ft 1\ ? ft ? * -? I. ? I ? ? ^ U ov V.VU..J iiiav IUI llllllp in UIW It-UI UUM9 Ul n another business aud that upou it rests the . prosperity of the couutry. They uow coutprohetid tho fact that it was the good crops of 1879, 1880 aud 1881, from tho export of d which we received so many hundreds of millf. ions of dollars from other lands,*which chin> f god^ho financial depression of 1873, and the year following, into a prosperous activity, i extending through all branches of trade and s manufacture. Every extra bushel of wheat it or corn, or pound of meat, cheese and butter d that went, to market helped turi the scale. - The huudrcds of millions of bushels of grain that came from the interior to the seaboard e gave profitable employment to the railroads. >f These bought and used more cars, inoro it iron, more steel, and tho makers of these, e from head director to tho lowest laborer, g received more wages and more constant employment, and they purchased more o freely those articles that go to supply the e necessities and comforts of every day life.? it This stimulated and increased the uicrcauo tile trade, and made heavier demands up o on all kinds of manufactured commodities, d The farmers who received the proceeds were c- able to reduce debts upon their farms ; to ic buy more and better implements ; to pay up their store debts, and buy more freely k from the merchants. The merchants aud shop keepers were in turn able to pay up their debts to wholesale houses, brokers in e manufactures, and importers, and to buy iv larger kiocks oi goous tor cash or on short a- credits. The carrying of these goods in: creased the transportation business, and it stimulated the building of five to ten thouu sand uiiles of uew railroad every yoar. to This brief glance at some leading points > shows the great and far-reaching iaflucnee e of prosperity to farmers. Ou the athcr hand, the unfavoral I \ winter and spring cr and the summer drought of 1831 cut down e the surplus wheat and corn and meat and t dairy products and cotton, many score millbe ions in vaiue. This of courso diminished ct exports and has started gold abroad ; it has re decreased the ability of farmers, and all >. classes of workers, to buy goods and man* d ufacturcs. The decline in the demand for le irou and steel, and the fall in prices, prea vent the payment of wages asked for, t and there is now prevailing one of the greaSj lest ' strikes" ever known in this country, of laborers who demand higher pay to meet if the increased cost of living, duo in part to 1 the advance in breadstuffs, consequent upon is the lessened crops of last year. Is it e any wouder that this stage of things has y opened the eyes and enlightened the unly dirstatiding of that half of the people who e are engaged in agriculture and who havo d hitherto been inclined to look upon farming ie as of interior importance, and suited for id clod-hoppers ? Farming has come to the n front, and it is going to stay there.?Amer i'can Agriculturist. I. Preserving Sweet Potato Vines.?t r- sec a subscriber inquiring as to tho best r manuci of preserving sweet potato vines 0 through the winter. I have had no cxpee riencc uiyself?can only give the experience 1 of my neighbor. lie banked vines year bei fore last, was not careful with the bank. J Tho vines got wet?all but a few in the botr torn ot the bank rotted.. lie plaotcd thoso y few and they bore abundantly, lie banked ] last fall?was more careful. The bank was a put up just as you would a bank of potatoes. 1 Finnlly an old sow etucA her snout in one y side ot the ban/r; the consequence was that c side got wqt. When he opeued tho bank i. this ppring, where the vine" got wet they . had rotted. Tho vines that were kept dry j? were perfectly sound. They were planted j out and arc growing finely. I shall bank t some vio<M this fall, as I think wc can got u an oarli-r crop.?J. B. MORRISON, in South' i ern Cultivator. We find the following euro for snakebite f going the round of our exchanges, and wc givo it for what it is worth. It will do ho harm if it docs no good: "I'lit turpentine in a large mouthed bottle, turu the bottld upside down, placing its mouth over the , wound, aud immediately the turpentine commences to extract the poison. Should , tho turpentine in the bottle becomo overcharged With the poison, pour it oat, put in a fresh supply aud continue tha applica1 tion until the patient ;s relieved. Too can nee the poison passing up iuto the ttifpcnliue, aud in this way you cai? tell wheu to stop the application-? when the poison ceato flow ,"