The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, March 21, 1867, Image 1
W?Tes.
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The Drunkard's Daughter.
r? cannot And words to express our emowhen
wo first road the following touchefws.
The/ stir the soul to its rory
is, and we defy a man of fooling to read
with a tearless ?ye. A young lady,
s life had boon made wretched by the
kennes* of h?r father, Is the auther ; and
but one who has ' walked woe's depths/
} write such a powerful pie??. She wrote
i?nt it to a friend, who had told her that
Was a ' monomaniac,' in hitter hatred
1 'deadly cup/"?St. Louit J'rtii.
Co, fisel What I have ftlt,
Qo, bear what I have borfie-*
Sink 'neatli tha blow a .father dealt; - - '
>" And the oold proud world's scorn? Thus
struggle on from year te year,
Thy sols relief the tear.
T \ Go, weep as I bavk wept, \ <
Q'er a lov'd father's fall, '.'.V
^ Bee every cherishUl promise swept, r
Youth's sweetness turned to gall
Ilope's faded flowers strew'd ell the way.
That led mo up to womehft day.
Qo, kneel a? I hare knelt, V .Implore,
hesrcch fcnd pray?
Strive the bespotted.heart to inelt, . .
The downward course to stayBe
catt, with hitter tears, aside,
prsyers burlesqued, tliy tears defied.
Qo, Stand where I hare stood, V -\'w
And see the strong man bow \
With gnashing tooth, Hps bathed in blohd,
And 00H hnd livid brow ,
Qo, catch his wand'rihg glance and see"v ~ .
Thrtrr. tnirrnr'd his Innl's min.-rv
T'- ' ^ " -T * - r
* " Go/hehr what I bare heard, *.
The sobs of sad despair,
" As memory's feeling fount hath stirr'd, *
And iU roreallags there
- , Have told him what he uright have been,
' Bad he the drunkard's fate foreeca.
-t *\>-"r < , >*? >, 'l \ . -r^'4 - 'v?J^ - " * _
Go, to my mother's side, '. v r
Andhororush'd spirit cheer,
? - - Thine own deep anguish hide,
\ Wipe frbip bbr oheek the tear?
Mark ber dimm'd eye, her furrow'd broW,
The gray tbat streaks her dark hair now,
? Her loll?worn frame, her trembling limb,
And trace the ruin baokto him x '
Whose plighted faith ip early youth
Promised eternal lo,ve and truths- A
; lint who, forsworn, bath yielded up .
- * ' This promise to the deadly ^up,
And led down from love and light, . ,
- / For all that made her pathway bright,. "
- . .And ehain'd her there, 1mid want and strife,
That lowly thing??a Drunkard's Wifo.
* - Anrf stamp'd on childhood's br??w so mild,
That withering blight?a Drunkard's Child. .
Go, hear, and see, and feel, and know
All that my soul has felt or known?
Then look upon Aie wlnu cup's glow,
See if its brightness can atono.
Think if its flaror you would try. < '
If all precUim'd-*-" 'Tis drink and die !**
... , y* .. 4 t t-y - , tr"*"
> -Tell me I hate the'bowl! , *.
lists it ? fccblo word??
I loathe, abbot?my rory soul
With atrong dUgust i.? sttrrM
Whtu'ir I ??a, or hear, or .-tell
Of tbo dark bovorSgc of Hell! . - '
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Emigration to Texas-..
The emigration to Texan from all
-1- parts of the country, North and South,
continues unabated. Kverv boat from
; - this port to New Orleans books nearly.
If not quite, onetllhil of her. passengers
en route for the L'orte S'ar {State, whdre
-y. { live jingling of tlie true metal " ib " all
v- 40uT,t' lhat iV hoard w in business
tranBHCtions. Many families: rendered
* destitute by the vicissitude* of war srbd 1
.< ' an unmerciful Congress, are seeking now
homes in lite flourishing State of Texas
*'i where land can be obtained at low!
*- ^ price*, and-the laborer is considered :
r;~ ^ worthy\of his hire. We are informed
On good authority that mechanics of
nearly .every branch are receiving from i
$0 to $0 in specie per day, and there i*
* . ' >. 'p^LmtBcnity in. obtaining employment |
>*% k >^ftt lTiC8e- figures'. Boats leaving New
x,t, ..Orleans for Galveston are crowded with
emigrants from all sections of (he
Country. It ipay bo interesting to many
.f," whip contemplate changing their base
V '.\y to know that the fare from this eity to
i New Orleans it $10. and from New Or
' vl?aWto Galveston $10, making the tiijv
irom Mobile to Ualvestoti $2Q. AVbire
_ we we far from encouraging our goby!
-/ people to qait their once buppy hanies
* "in Alabama, ijevertb'eless ihel it. in
vV A#fuP?fc'?'M faithful journalists
. * f *, to lay before our feeders every inform
' - . alioa that may redound to- their futuro
proepyiiiy anti IrapphieM. At this par
lemMfrtiinc, s\iih the-future enveloped
faflanfc'M and Uucerlaiojy, it is out
Within dar .pVovfebe*litcct or even.
. ' ' suggest (be befft move to make, ef
change ef residence* isJoriVT^^VK
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V'?\ feia* holds out the greats indA'g# ?
' mentis.to tbose seeking new bopi?**<rttjd
, . the beat evidence we have of this faft
-' is the daily increasing'atrealtijif emi?
r. grjwTs paeghig idto tlj?i*icb and thuv*?Wp
to
> vlesro by gomkmetv who have been there,tst
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Mr. Wilaon'i BilL <
J Hill supplementary to''an. Act en*
titled " ^-ln to provide for the
more ejfficient government ot the re' (
bel Stales, and to facilitate rcstora ,
dOtt."
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V6 U enacted l>y tne ?eil?te and c
Hbufe of Representatives ?f the United j
States of America, in Congress asseru- ,
bled, That the commanding general in
each district defined by the Actbulitled ,
'An Act to provide for. the more effi
cient government of the rebel States/1 t
shall cause a registration to bo made ?
before the first day of September, ejgh- [
teen hundred and sixty-seven, 10 each |
county or parish in. the'.Sirite or'State*' t
included in his district, of nrajucitizeus ,
of the United States twenty one years c
of age and.upwards, ^residbul- in each j
County 6r. parish, ' which registration ,
shall include only iho*e person-, whoard. (
qualified' to vote for .deb-galetr l/V tlie
" act to provide for the more tfrfcieiU- s
government ef the- rebel States/' ami. (
who shall have takep and subsetil>ed f
the'following oath or affirmation : ,
411 , of? , in the county ,
or parish of? , in the State of (
" " , Oo hereby solemnly swear (or t
alii no) that 1 am-aiiicerr^y and earnest- i
ly attache'4 to. the. Uuiqa-^D<J govern^
I iii?mit 'of the United States, that 1 will
steadfastly support the Constitution, and
obey the laws of the United States, and
that I will, to the best of my ability,
engage all others to suelv support and |
obedience, so help me God."
. See. 2 And bo it further enacted. J
That whenever the registration hereby j
provided shall be completed, the com
manding general shall cause to be held
in each State of-his difdrict, 'on a day
not less than thirty days from the date ^
of proclamation thereof, an election of '
uvugmes in h convcnuon tor me purpose
of ?pieu<]ing the existing or fratn
I jug a new oonslitutiOn for said Slate,
and of firmly re-establishing a civil guv
eminent loyal lo (be Union.therein, anil
of passing all needful ordinances for
putting said constitution, and government
into operation.
Sec. 3.i A^d" be it further enacted,
That the Cons enliotis herein provided
for, shall be called on the haste- of the
represent at iou of the- House of Uepfo
aeniatives of each Stale.
Sec. -4. And ho it further enacted, !
That the, commanding general ol each [
district shall appoint such loyal t flicer*
or persona as may be necessary to make
mid complete the registration, to pref
> side at the election, to receive, sort, atrd
count, and to make return's to him of
the vv>te? and of .the persons elected as
delegates ; and-updti receiving said res
turns he shall open the same, ascertain
lite persyn* elected as delegates, and
make proclamation thereof, and, within
sixty days ftont the date of election, lie
shall notify the delegates to as*ctnble,
at a time and place (o he mentioned in
the notification, to proceed to the organization
of ji convention ; and. when
the said convention shall have amended |
the existing constitution, or fianted a i !
new constitution in accordance with the j |
j "-Act to provide for tbe moro efficient
[ government of the rebel.Steles," said ,
eonstit'ition shtjll be habmiitcd by thd j
convention to tbe persons n-gi-uerud ^
under tbe provisions of this Act, at an
election to be held afte^; the-expiration
oT-lhjrty day* from ihe date of notice '
[ thereof lo be given by the said teotiven-,
r lion. ' * . * , i !.
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Sec.r5. Ana be it further enacted; j
1 Hint if the said constitution shall be
ratified liy a majority of tlie votes of
the elector* qualified as herein spceitp-d, |
the President of tbe convention shall ]
transmit a copy of the rame dnly cor- ,
"l-ified, tp the PsedUcnl' of tho United ,
States, who shall forthwith transmit the ,
Mime to Congress, if tlnm in session, ,
and if hot in vession, then immediately ,
upon its next assembling : and if the ,
said constitution rha'i be declared by ,
Congress (o be In conformity with tho
fifth section of tho hci entitled " an act
to pfovide~,for the more efficient govern
monl#of the" rebel 0Ulcs," and .tho'1
other provisions of said* act shall h*v& '
"been complied with, the' State shall be j
d6#tared entitled to representation, and
S^natora and Representative \ball be 1
admitted, therefrom as therein provided. '
Pec. 0. And be it further enacted. 4
1 That (he liquet) hereby imposed upon 1
I the commanding general ?>f each dis-. 1
triet, and the pbVvcr* conferred, may,
! with hit content, be-pciformed and vx (
| enatsed by the acting Governor of tiny '
8kte, who shall iMt?* in oath of affirm- 1
fttion faithfully tcrkeep fcad perform '
the'satue.' !
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* JIotrearJEAD J1.AW9.?^V^'e are pleased {
\ti bmj the general jo eretu manifested by 1
?be Leginlfttcre of ibe Southern States. |
in die-enactment of-liberal' JI?uiea*.eH<l
Vitpoi? LegirfhUorc Iia*'<
hud mk-Ii -i law tinder c.msi.b-i aiton, I
and both N..r(h (Jarcliu* and Alaba/lta <
have file I) paderi Hotnt?U>ad acta, (hti |
former rot-erring 100 norea of land prith i
building, jf, in (be c Own try, and
dcrfcJaMi dwelling and oothouMyt.df-in t
a city or town. The Alabamfc bill n- t
>?rv<ut \f <>?*# of i>ul estate in? >
ciudmg the Hniu.:ste4d, aud *1,000 <
rfottli vf pqraonal pw?iwrty. - .
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GUEKNVILLE, SOUTH C
'" I ' '. "*] !'' iry i*i *_ a
)ur Situation?A Gltfuca at Histoncal
Parallels.* f
The Richmond Whig publishes bo
editorial with the above caption, wbich
J ?o excellent in temper, and bo w?{|
oiled to (ho present unfortunate conlltiun
of our country, that we reproduce
1 below entire, and give it the promTtence
we think it desetVqs.:
" White we cannot, if we would, close
>ur. eyes to the gloomy aspect of politcat
affairs, we should oofSurrender outelves
to despair. We should, like
er.pible then, inquire what we can do to
. otter our condition, and ,do it'candid
y, manful)v,.and openly. We all know
hat we cannot tight, and It is needle**,
herefore, to talk about Bghting. We
:an grumble and scold, but who want*
uauly Virginians to degenerate into
rriiiiiblers and scolds? ^VVe Can fold'
?ur arms, stand still, and b.e sweptv to
lestrncliou by tho torrent We seek pas
ively to resist. We cau surrender ourelves
to despair,-and doggedly invite
ate to do its worst. These are not rem
idles for our situation. A few hours
viir develop the crisis with more pain-,
ui distinctness, and then we will havt
o doteiitliuo, abd quickly, upou our line
?f action. V -V1'. , . .
44 Wo avail ourselves of. ;hi* pause to
idrfi.csa some remarks to our readers
ipon tlio analogies supplied, by history
o^pur tdluaiion, and lp draw 'from theui
idtne useful les?oiiB. Those who have
iyfd (or successive generations under a
jeculiar form of government,controlled
>y theiuselv'oe, regard the idea of revoution
with dismay and "horror. They
mngine thai life will bo unendurable
inder any other government. We are
ust in that situation. We have but
jaw "emerged from n war in which we
were discomfit ted, and while the Condilution
alill exists in name, we sec be
ore us-as in a panorama, all"the stages
jf rapid revolution. We Hee States
(truck frotu their spheres, and their very
names blotted out. Instead of States,
;hey have Ik-couw districts?military
iistricts. We, soe civil law dethroned
ind martial law substituted ic its place.
We see a while man's government
ihauged into, a negro government.1 In
roe.worth we see the government of our
aihurs passing through a complete reVv
jlutiou, and w ith the sole object of subefcling'
the Southern people to North
srn mle. We see these things', and we
tre filled with" di??pay mid horror ?
Many feel that life is uucuduiable untb-r
>uch' civdumstantfe*, and that it would
jc bolter to iio'dowu and die. Lei us
jot forget that this is not the first revilntion
that has occurrcd'in hislorv.
\ I most every nation lias had. its revo- j
utions, hi.0 accompanied by violetico
tnd bloodshed. '1 hose nations slli viced .
hen, and llie people became prosper
His niid happy. -We have this advantage,
lh?t wo Itavo already passed
ihroi.gl. tlio most fcaiful stage?tl.at of
rioleuco and blouds'ed, in this inilnnc??,
the revolution is culminating,
peacefully, if^ painfully,-after tlie w?r.
If Wo survived the war, why can we
not survive the change of-govotntuont ?
Koine \vas alternately, a coin moil
wealth and an einjme. -Every change
if- government, was accompanied l?y
sivii convulsion, slaughter and Confismtions
'1'Uqs? were Pagan days, when
inm iitw) ovili.'H Ol.ii-iio.?
---<
vas unknow'n, jind alien unenlightened
eas^u a till uncuibed passion governed
nen. In those days'it was esteemed
ronoiable in the |mtriot ?Lo tailed to
lirow liiinstdt upon his sword and die.
(V few notable examples of this kind
lave defended to us in history. Hut
honorable as it was esteemed, low thus
Jirew away theii lives. They preferred
tnhking their peace Willi their enefhies,
nut !i>ing as quietly and contentedly
ss they could under the now government.
In a few years the bulk of the
people became accustomed to it and
prospered. - .. I
. *' Jfranse has boon scourged1 by revolaions,
in which "bloqd ran, like water,
tnd terror paUied the.nation. Old guy
jtnmeuts Were blotted out and new
;ro\ eminent* formed. Violence} blood
died, cpiitiscatiou and banishment, were
,he accompaniments of every such revdution..
Yet in a few years France bejatr.c
quiet, and the people prosperoustrd
contented;- But little more than
i'half century has elapsed since the
revolution which ended in the elevation
>! ?lie. Uorsican prodigy to imperial
jmwer was followed by his overt brow
?t Waterloo, by .the occupation of his
apiinl by' the allies, and by the utter
Xnaudloii ami impoverishment. of the
French people; but ni?twhhstaAding
die occuei rtnco of two revolutions since
hat period, they are reckoned among'
I he'buppioat nuil most prosperous peojde
o? caith. '<#
^XoqIc st England, ifjoo would learn
what ii nation caii |>m through and
ivo. The Norman conquer, which oc
;01,red about eight hundred years ago.'
hieftjened univeiml exliucimi). A
juofl complete MjbjdgatWt w^s never*
biown. Domesday bowk affords lira
hum complete evidence of the extent to
which tlie Noiniaiia pu^eseed tilery,
telvee of the landed property of tbe~L
ffUfriyt-< 'fhis ybook embodies .the re* '
tulut of 4 general surrey ?T tbo klrgA*
'y
uiuuie. who u mat mo cnronicier tells o
us " there was not one single, hide of f*
land, ho, not .even a yard of huiil, which C
was not set down." lie ?d<fc:- Not ?v
even an ox or a cow, Or a.swine, jthtU pi
was on the land was left out of the re* K
cord." Yet the native population eur- b<
vived this unexampled subjugation, i#
prospered, And became id tirue incoi- a
porated with their conqueroJfc;- They si
made the best of their 'deplorable situ- fi
ation. and-turned everything ihev could a
to their advantage instead of surren hi
Jering themselves to despair: That was ft
a revolution wrought by foreigd dom O'
ination. &
v " England has since undergone internal
revolutious, accompanied by bloody, ^
cruel, and long continued wars. The r'
revolution that culminated in tlie exe- ni
cution of the first Charles and the elu- a
vation of Cromwell to kiugly power ri
under tlie modest liilo of Lord Protector,
was one that established an unspar* ^
ipg tyranny over one half of the nation, ^
ronderiug their lives insecure and plac- V
ing their liberty and property in peiil. 1
Cromwell died, and the common wealth al
canto loan end. The restoration, of the 1'
Stuarts involved anollur revolution, by h(
which the enemies of Charles the Sec*
ond And his house were punished aud a
humbled- : al
" In all lliese revoluHons the full rnea- *
sure of disaster, degradation, confi*ca* ^
tion and punishment, was fueled out to
the weaker party. They, no doubt, felt
as-we feel, humiliated and despondent.
1 tin when they found that resistance ^
was unavailing, ami opposition only ex
asperated the prevailing party, iynd in- b
creased their own burdens, they learned
to reconcile tbeins^lv en to their situation.
llll'V- r.dliretleil M tint I line liuil tin I/Ml/.
or il?e |K?wer lo den)', and conformed lo 11
the authority tiny c?>nld uot bticccss- ^
fully jstrive against. Their wives and *
children could not, wiilroot criminality,
la; .sacrificed to punctilios, and lids erim- c
ii.ality they were uot willing to incur. ?
The bulk, in all these instances, survived 8<
the changes- of government, and their ,*
posterity are", at this day, as much arid 1
a* prosperous a portion- Of these soyeral .
nations a* if no such revolutions tad "
occurred.
f Let us profit by these lessqna from ^
histo. v and philosophy, uutl -not sur* j
tender qui selves lo despair, and-blindly j n
attd -foolishly deprive our posterity of
blessings ro which they have a claim,
by out Quixotic refu-al toi make sacri
fives of pride. We w ill not be the first
or the IhsI in history to ]Mit in the plea
of all who act under duress or necessity R
?' Ourpovertv,uot our will, couscuts.'" ^
Tiik Miskk and his Hao.?The Lon j,
don I.ancet says: A"good illustration c
occurred a few days since of the strength p
of " the ruling passiou*1 even in death. l(
An old man in his last illness w as admit v
tedintdoneof the metropolitan hospitals. j(
ila was without relatives, ftiends, or ap- )(
parent means of subsistence ; but when V
undressed and put into bed, a bag of (]
mntlfet' fVllllt/1 Kf u utrin.r rAiin.l
? J H s
neck. To this lie clung with tenacity, .
refusing to part with it to any one. and ! (
weaiing it about hiin by day and night.
As bis end Approached it became a mat-- ,
ter of anxiety to tliose tending him ; for ft
the stun was evidently huge, and it was t
feared that it might offer temptations t<? ,
gome patient in case the piomcot of his* ;
death should be unobserved. At lerigiji f
ihe hour arrived, and when death had i
apparently claimed him, a nurso gently. c
unfastened tlie string and removed the 4
ling. A t the same moment the. old man c
opened his eves and felt iustiucirveiy 8
for hi? treasure, which was no longer in
itspjace. lie uttered the word" (ione !" '
and died. The money, which was!,
found to amount to ?174, was handed 1
over to the authorities.
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A correspondent of the Philadelphia ;
Inquirer has been visiting Ji ff. Dai is. ji
He fopnd liirn enjoying the most ex- (
pensive luxuries, and growing richer by fi
doing nothing than he could do by any h
amount of labor. Formerly his letters'
were examined, and when Gen. Miles (l
Was relieved from the command of the jy
fort, over twenty-flve thousand dollars n
had "been received in contributions.? d
These evidence* were not, at the time p.
of their receipt, handed over to Mr( |j
DiirK but a,ei without dotrl>t, held a.^ (j
his property, Hut however (hi* is, for ^
along lime past he ha* recti red- nil j,
letter* end package* without exainijias
lion, and a* ibeir number and bulk hare
not diminished, it is probable that Uo l?
at iV>* mpm^ni enjoying as good an f]
income as the President of the "United ?
Siatei.' OfttOiiristm^s (fay; there in. c
lived an amount *>f "prescfitrf- which 'f,
nearly Gydjcn down the .re$odrr?s <>f two ^
eRpveaVcdiiquiuie*. It is a cuiiouv fact ^ j,
(lift mnnv of these pr*aeut> grime from
Boston. Mr Davis, being only bound
l?y, parolefis quartered in* a yurd^f the J;
foil, ubriwn-'.y insecure that ho cot. hi at tl
any till re -escape. - W-y \\ ^ i a
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AROUNA. MARCH 21, 18G'
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dom. and to nhow ibb impatient land]
gfe?<} of the 'conqueror amKhirfoHow^
era?ibwBaryeyi" which wi?orderii<i by ?i
t\Villi'!*tu wbilekeepjog Chmtmas with ti
hit Court At C.louc?i?(3? , wm Qoudplvtcd C
bv E?s>tar of the following year. So at
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A VHr A^fcr A^^kpf Jfl
>T ft?^5|M
E'VENTe
S r.
' ;,V'^,;-y, ,.The
Lesson T$uf?ht by GeorgiaIf
South Carolina had taken the ad
ice of Joliu C. Calhoun and built a cod
Dental railroad westward to Koyx\ilU\
harieston would have become*the great
faport of (he Atlantic fur the Southern
tates.' What South Carolina .lost by
dliug to take the advioe of the old tuan
alhoun, Georgia gained by taitibg the
tlvice of the young tnan Alex. H. Stehens.
Georgia becntno the empire
lam of the South, and South Caiulma
ccaine the cauldron of politicians. " ft
a notable fact that when a proacher,
lawyer 01 a doctor fails iu bts profesou,
ho turns politician aud keeps bis
Kud? in a stew till ho dies. 'So wh6o
State diops internals improvements
od turns'old fogy, we may expect to
nd a political conservatism which holds
u to old things without learning hew.
o it \?is .with South Carolina.
Neglecting the ad vice of Calhoun, she
uug ou to a dead, theory "instead of
caching forwaid to a live fact. She
gued that iuternal improvements by
State would, under auy circumstances,
liu the people, and persistently shut
it eyes to the fact that Boston, with
or Western railroad to Albany ; Now
oik, with her Central railroad and caal;
Baltimore, with her Ohio road;
'enusy Lvania, with her Pittsburg road,
ud Gcoigia, with her Slate road, all
rove thut State aid to railtouds, under
'iiie circumstances, would not only ruin
10 people, but build up uiotr jpolises
ud empires. Aud so South Carolina,
n.I bbrluin. ILI.m'i,, i_IS-../I
Lile Georgia dug dirt. The result has
e?n, what I Atlaula, which was h wood
alion whou Montgomery was a town,
i now a city, whilst Moulgouiery js still
town. I3y a recent census, Atlanta
i found to have a population of 20,2*23,
eing about 4,000 more than Mout*
ontery.
llow do we account for the growth of
tllatila and the other towns upon the
tale Koad, which c?n boast of no naaral
advantages? The solution of tbe
nigtna stares us in the face; boston,
few York, baltinrore, and every large
Vestefn city has solved it. It is the
umplction, hv State assistance, of a
real continentalrailroad,connecting the
iaport of the Slate with tho great liv?
ig-labdting, throbbing heat I of the
forth west:
Let the Legislature of Alabama see to
; ?that,what Calhoun saw in his old
go, and whiu Stephens saw in his
onth?that wealth, enterprise, State
lability and Stale independence inust
taw their' sinews flout the gieal Westnay
be made the purpose of-Alabama.
[Montgomery jtiuti.
A Little Better Cultivation'
Colm#u'? Rural World of the 15th
ives the farmers some gXul advice.?
'wr farming i? a curse to any country,
'olinan says : '. J . ?
Let the farmer determine now that
e a ill put liia crops in better oider the
oining spiing than lie has ever done
efore. Let him prepare his land beter
by plowing-a Utile deeper?and he
lould alao be well paid by cross plow
ng it. The greater the amount of melmv,
thoroughly disiiilegruted soil pre
iared for the roola of the plant, the
uore food there will be for the plant itelf,
and Consequently, (lie thriftier'the
ilant will grow ai d (he giealer will be
he yield. This applies to all crops.
Generally speaking, land is very ill
?repared for seed 1 It is broken but a
ew inches deep, and left in a lumpy con
lilion. 13ul little food for the plant b
nade available. This is one of the greal
iefects in farming, with many. Every
aimer should endeavor to remedy thai
h-fect the coming season, lie should
ibtain the best patterns of plows ; he
I .11 1 I. ~t .1 -'i
ik on lei iihvc eiiuii^ii ui int^o so mat n
no bfeaks he will not be compelled to
top his team. N x
A poor plow lliat will run but a few
richer deep, is a curse to any farmer,. II
t were given to him,.it would be a very
lenr implement. Invest money in good
(lows?the very best. It is belter than
n investment in bank slock ; in lai d
hat you cannot or do not cultivate : or
n any other in vest men t you can make,
rood plows are as necessary "to good
fuming as a knowledge of tbe alphabet
t to good education.
Good barrows are just as despensnble
i? guuu jurmmg tt? wru guvu jiiuwb,?
lany excellent patterns of barrows are
ow made. So that you have plenty of
trong, long teeth to loosen and pulveL
fie the soil, you can gel along. A mere
ight scratching of plowed land will not
o. '1 lie harrow must stir deeply and
lioroughly. It must prepare a soft mel
>w bud for the iced, in which it will
ernrinate and start foith vigorously.
To plow well, and to harrow well
tier? must he a strong tsaru. l'oor,
ghl horses, will libl do.. Large,.strong
rams,'are required to do the.wpik cfliienily,
And it is wise economy for ~aW
trloera to fdiieff such teams. They can
o more work io ft given, lime; draw
eavier loads, nod thus econopriz? lime.
'lire next important step is, to have
o?x^ seed. W u are tod carllesa or neg^
gent hare. We think that alilroht any
(vittg .will wiswur lor seed^?*he?, iu re
thy, wv should be as particular a* iu *0:
' ?
m
lecting
animals to brood from. TsClf
l?w? w liicb goveru production iu thoV
vegetable world ore similar to those
wi.iclt govern production in the animal
World. To obtain the beat ttoek, wo I
breed from the beat animals. So, also, S
lo obtain the best crops, tbev must bo B
produced from tbo boat seed. In proper- fl
iog seed for the grouud, all foul teed fl
. must be rigidly excluded ; also, all light,
immature, diseased seed, must, by soma
process, be got rid of.
. Then shall we have harvest which
will delight the eye, as well as fill the
purse. This is the time to prepare for
such harvest. Let the motto of every
farmer be?" A little better cultivation.
From ttis Yorkviilo Enquire?.
Guano a* a fertiliser.
Our farmers complain a good deal o
the poor soil and woru out condition of $
their land ; yet few of them have ever
made any energetic and continued ef?
forts to improve them. The experience
of others, however, both in this and other
countries, proves that old and waste
lauds can, by the use of proper means,
be restored to their formor vigor, and thus
become .profitable to their owners. In
illustration of this faot, we publish the
followiug extract of a letter from Mr. K.
. Nut fleet, of Edgecombe County, N. C.,
addressed to John U. London, of Koek
llill. Mr. Noifleet is widely known aa
one of the most entorprising and successful
farmers of the old North State,
and bis experience in the use of fertilisers
may be profitably studied by our
people. The " Soluble Pacific Guauo,"
which he recommends, may be obtained
from Johu U. Loudon, at Rock llill, or
J.N. liobson, Charleston :
<* The application of all concentrated
manures is a matter of greater importance,
than most people attach to it.?>
They should be distributed as evenly aa
possible, or each acre should have its requisite
amount, and every furrow its
equal shaie, and uniform, or the most
beneficial results cannot be obtained.?
The greater portion of our farmers use
about 200 pounds per acre, applied iu
the funow or drill, for cotton. If the fur
rows are 3^ fret apart, which is the usual
distance given here, there will be in this
case, CO rows to the acre, consequently,
each row seventy yards long should
have 3J pounds of Guano. Raw hands
should have the quantity weighed out
to theiu at first, and if they have any
tact at all, they will soon acquire the
habit of disliibuting it as equally as all
practicable purposes will require.
As to its comparative value with oilier
manures, it certainly from one yoar's
use only, ranks very high, giving reeulta
fully equal in all cases to Peruvian, and,
in rnsny, far superior. Some of them 1
- should not believe, if I bad not the ao (
lunl knowledge of the facts. In one Pacific
made an increase of 133, while Peruvian
made but 62 per cent, the latter jf
costing 01 per cent more than the form- p.
, or. 1 have used more Guano, probably,
? for the number of .acres worked tbau
any other man in the South. In con>
versing with farmers in regard to its use,
I make it a point to impress on tbe beginner
that one thing must be observed,
and never neglect it, if he wishes to get
r' its full benef.t. lie must keep a clean
ciop until its laid by, and particularly so
i in the Spring. It gives an impetus to
, grass that is wonderful to tbe cloee observer,
and frequently, half of lie value "
is exhausted by the early grass, and,
, ihetefj>re, too little of its elements are
left to manure th* r.rr?n of rnttnwi?
. il is. in that way the Guano is often
t charged with a failure, that in truth,
should be plnced elsewhere. Other fertiliser*
are used here with success,"but I
conceiye they will lose caste. It requires
much integrity of purpose Co keep up
f the manufactured fertilizers to the prop*
i or standard. In this one thing, Mr.
Reese stands pre-eminent. 1 hare
known and dealt with him 'for mpnj
years, and have always found him a
straight forward and honorable gentle*
man. 'x'ta For
corn, I would advise 300 pounds
or ever more, and alfcaje used broad
east, as evenly as possible. I am satisfied
that two acres of land manured with 250
pounds of ground raw bones, will make
mora or at least as much corn as 3 acres
with the same quantity ; but this thing
i> somehow or other always resisted, or
nearly so by tb? farmer. lie must
hnt'tt tliA CTMijilMl niimK?. *r -
, bin to' operate uptyi. At this tin)* it
behooves the furmer to make as much
us possible on as few acres, which will
enable.him to put a laige number iu
cotton,"
Tiik Oreat Freshet?The Highest Water
Ever Kxown is the Tkx?msxe Ritmr.?The
accounts w!,ich react) us front East Tennessee
are still meagre, but all concur in the
faot (Mi the high water which began last
Tuesday hes continued to rise to the present
time, surpassesanything ever before known.
There must have been a considerable body
of auow in the mountains of North Carolina
and Virginia, which, being melted by excessive
and long continued rains, has produced
a volume of water altogether unr.Vacedentcd.
Chattanooga liaa been cut .tgf |or
several days from all columnaicati<>a by tail
or telegraph ?Charletton Comryp
SEcartART Seward has ls;<eir jniM,rad j,j,
life fo; $100,000. Ntttuiei^meiuh-yf don#
^ thai long ago. . > . -*