e*
MH^w^iwiiMip^fgVtw. o?i <f> s ?
^^Hh?kIwCmi^HpRMH^H|HR^^ I think
wprwlbn of confidence
^8So commendation. The relation I bear to
H|^V<oplc of thff Carolines, while temporarily
charged with tho supervision of their
V government, impart* additional interest and
- ' gratification to the honor conferred upon
me on the prese..t occasion by so many persona
of eoneideralion.
I presume some of you may expect from
toe intimation* a* to my line of conduct. I
hall not, 1 fear, gratify even a reasonable degree
of curiosity on that subject. But at
all events I may, without departing from
tho reserve imposed upon me hy my position
and its responsibilities and duties, tell
TOM what I shall not .to Ki.,1 T al.nll n?t
for a moment think of depriving: myself of
tha able and efficient co operation of my
old friend Governor Orr. [Great cheering.!
Nor shall I fail to avail myself of the nid
and assistance of any other civil officer in
8onth Carolina who perforins his duty aa
sealously and faithfully as I know Governor
Orr has endeavored to discharge his duty.
[Cheers ] Gentlemen, 1 am sure I can add,
not only for myself, but for every officer of
the army of the United States serving under
my command, that under no circumstances
will we sanction any act of injustice, spoliation
or wrong, committed upon any citizen
of North or South Carolina.
Gentlemen, 1 will offer to you another
assurance: you have my authority for the
atatement to capitalists, to traders, to manufacturers,
to nil who desire to embark in
in your agricultural field of labor, and to
all who wish to invest tnnneys in your sc
curities and in your lands, that the military
authorities will do nothing tending to impair
the value of your possessions, or to increase
the risk of those who have Heretofore
embarked in enterprises on your soil.
Whatever we can do to strengthen confidence
in your resouroea, and to promote
the material prosperity of the Common
Wealth, shall be done.
I concur heartify In the confident expect
ations which have been expressed as to your
future. I am one of those who believe that
there are few things impossible to Americans.
1 believe that the civil and political
misfortunes, the disasters in trade and agriculture,
the privations, losses and discouragements
you have suffered, and which
would have crushed almost any people who
had not extraordinary energies, perseverance
and faith in the future, will all he conquered
by the elasticity, vigor anil fortitude
characteristic of the American people.?
There is nothing in tIte history of South
Carolina that suggests that yon are an exception
to these traits of our countrymen.
It may not be unbecoming in me to say?
although yon would perhups refrain from
saying so yourselves?that in the war which
has just closed, the people of the South
have shown suclt resources, and the ability
n Aninlmr - ? 1 - %
? ihciii, mm men energy, ami resolution,
and courage, as will, if wisely dl- ;
roc ted, surmount greater difficulties than
any now be Tore them.
I will go fuithiir, ami venture a sugges- |
tlon in reference to your line of iic'ion. Of
coarse I shall not tres) ns* upon the political
ar tin; f<>r ns to that, 1 am ns much disqualified
as his fc'.xcelleney the Governor,
though not by a constitution tl amendment.
[L ughter ] I shall abstain, as I am required
to do hy the duties of tny position,
from any allusion to the political heating
of any matter which you have to consider.
Willi this reservation, let me say to you,
gentlemen, in all candor, that one of the
firat duties you have to discharge to yourselves
and to 3'our feilow-cit'xens, is to remove
all distrust ns to your purposes, feelings,
a..d intentions, in the future, towards
the colored race; this distrust is, in my
judgment, the main obstacle to the cordial
cosoperation and good understanding of the
two races. The causes for the existing
alienation should pethnps be looked for in
the eafty history of your State. and -her
former institutions. Hut these nre considerations
of the past. I do not see, fiom my
jwintof view, any reason why the undoubted
identity of interest that does exist and
must ev? r exist between the white and the
colored rare* in South Carolina, shall not
result in'their pursuing in common all <lxends
of society and government as heartily
and successfully as if the old relation ol
master and slave had never existed. [Applause.]
One method of reconciliation is so
nearly allied with the discharge of n>v own
duties, that 1 will add to this suggestion an
illustration. I think it behooves every
"white man, and most especially every
white man of consideration and influence
in South Carolina to evert ilmi I
lie it little or much, for the fair, honest. ini
partial execution of the laws which secure
protection to perron, character ami property.
Whosoever is concerned?he lie white
or colored, he he tieh or poor?you must
carry this resolution with v?u lhe j"r>'
l>ox, to the ballat-Sox, upon the Beat of
J.ustiee, in your municipal government, in
your halls of legislation and to your reconstruction
convention, when it shall meet.
'Krjusl ius'ice should he a cardinal mn^iin in
the polity of your State, not only because i
it is your interest to hare a contented. !
prosperous and happy laboring populat ion, !
hut for higher reason??because it is just
and right' fl'hcsw.] If ths colored people
are ignorant nod poor, and prone to
error, the evident Ukid must commend
ftself to the heart and conscience of every
good eitiz< n, that the poor and the ignorant
should enjoy the protection of the rich, intelligent
and influential citizens. It is my
belief that when you have convinced the
colored people, by your laws and your ad '
? ministration of them, that you mean to do |
theiu justice, you will have solved the most ,
dkfleult prob em you have to consider in
your affairs. You will, st the same time,
obviate nineteen out. of twenty of the in '
stances in which the exercise of military '
Authority in your stfuirs becomes neocssa- 1
t ry. ivnew J
Mr. President and gentlemen, allow me (
fo make a r- mark fcr the purpose of dieAbusing
your minds of errnn>oos inipie*
ions in repaid to the sentiments of the '
people of the North towards the people of |
the Siouth. 1 sffirtn, ns my real conviction, ,
that the treasures of Congress now to tie
executed here under my direction, have not s
been adopted with any purpose of retnliii "
tion or hostility; nor to impede or impair y
the prosperity and wellaru of the South.
Tb? people of the North do not desire to ^
eisnsH^ih a niilitary government, anywhere r
in this country. They regard that sort of
government as repugnant to our institutious,
and depreeate its prolongation sny where as j,
a misfortune. 1 hey Jo not desifo, on the ^
other hand, that (tie people, enfranchised
I r their action, shell he left altoge' her and ''
v holly anhjeet to the control of lho*n n
whom they Lave been heretofore held io 1
4
T H g=
I krrlud*. Nor do they deaire that thle a u
I merout moo, by raeaon of end opprowion or
I obataelaa placed in the way of their wellBeing*
bar*, whara (hay belong, ahall l><
Monrtralned to out looaa from Utair m<>orBtgi
her# and emigrate to other and tea#
Mo mrrnlal parta of the oountry, whera thoy
Mould And no auH-ahla or adequate demand
I for Ik..;-rt.l t_ti
i ?v.. i-vui . vtnrr Biumiir cniineniiioni
I have contributed their influence to the
adoption <>f th? measures now to be exI
e>cut*d. It wee apparent that the re organ
ization of the political iBelitutione ol the
Sjuth would moat speedily terminate the
necessity tor military occupation an>i mill
tory control. If the preaenoe of troopa
was uect-esary to enforce the rights ol the
freedtnen, the obvious remedy, in a Rrptih
lican form of Government, was to Have the
enfranchised race, by means of the ballot,
the power to enforce respect for their privileges
as eitiaena. The - drocatea of uni*
versa! suffrage are cortainly friendly to the
colored people; therefore they wleh no
m sfort una to the communities in whioh the
colored peop'e must continue, for weal or
woe, to dwell. Far from it Oo the contrary,
they believed that this addition to
the representative population of the country,
this addition to iti military power and
its means of production, must result not
only in great and substantial good to the
' nation at large, but that great and substanI
tial blessings must follow to the people of
j the South It is not so much my purpose
to convince you thnt these measures will
j accomplish the beneficent results contem|
plated by Congress, as it is to commend
i them to your judgment and appreciation in
their true purpose and object, according to
my belief; and also, gentlemen, to assure
you thnt it is in this sense and with ihene
; hopes that, so far as my desires are concerned,
these Acts of Congress will be ex
eeuted. That the result* to yourselves, to
your posterity, and to our common country,
may strengthen and emlear the ties that
n>u-l heneeforth make our destiny inseparable,
is my prayer, and will be my earnest
endeavor,
Gentb-men, I commend to yon the bright
cr aspect of the future. There has never
been an important" experiment in 'public
affairs that has not suggested the gravest
doubts and difficulties, and especially is this
true in the matter of suffrage. Kvery large
addition to the voting population of a
country has excited the a'aim of many who
funcied themselves among the wisest of their
generation. When universal suffrage was
| grant d to the while race, it was predicted
| that it would involve the downfall of the
republic. The naturalization laws and tile
consequent encouragements given to em- I
I igration, have "brought to our shores mil
lions of Kuropeans, of every race and clime, i
At thb outset, it was predicted that this
foreign element woul-l revolutionize our in
etititi tons. and brook down our experiment
of fn o Government. <?re?t Britain, in
1832, by I lie Reform Rill, added * very
large number to the voting pupulilion of
thnl empire. Many Briti.-h sta' esuien mil in t
(tilled then, I lint us necessary it conarqueiiee
the decline And downfall of England was
imminent, if not inevitable. Now we see
the lender* of the lory party originating
and advocating a measure ol enfrnnchi. e
meat, compared with which the Uetorin
Bill of 1332 was insignificant.
Gentlemen, 1 commend to voti that, in
choosing your course, you should not as
sume that, every possible danger is inevit|
able. Take the risk. Do all you can to
avert unhappy consequences, ('ling and
cleave to the brighter hope. I.et Us have
fuilh ill our good fortune. let us believe
that ihe beneficent re ult is practicable.?
And if it be true, as ru my of us have beer
admonished to believe by llic events,* > uii
foreseen and iusciutible, ol the past lew
years ; if it be true lliat in this epoch of
War, Emancipation and Enfranchisement,
we are in the hands of >r higher l*iovidrnce,
i lending us to tho lu'.fibnent of a destiny
we perhaps yet dimly see. let u? have faith
that that same I'tovidonce which litis con
ducted us thus lar through tunny hazardand
difficulties of the experiment of republican
freedom, will yet lead us safely through
the dangers and difficulties that now seem
to lio in our way. Let us have faith in the
futiuc, as in the past, liltei ty and freemen
may vindicate themselvesngaiual the sneerand
doubts cf their enomies.
The history of great common wealths
proves that in proportion to their freedom
they gained in prosperity and power, as in
culture and military rem wn. Bower thus
developed is conservative to nations ami to
civilization. It may bo tliut, for a leief
period, while llieuew order of things in in
process of a juslnieiit, the productive capacity
of thetSouth will be itii|wtirrd. This
cannot lust long. The cotton crop raised
by free labor lost year, under greater disadvantages
than are likely ever to occut
again, sold for as much as ihe largest ciop
evi-r raised in tlie South. Before many
years the most prosperous, opulent, and
contented agricultural |<oiiu]atnin in the
world will cultivate the t<riiiory Iy*i ^
between the Potomac and the Itio Grande.
In conclusion, let me harrow an iljoetration
from the most hrilhant ol modern his
torians " Ariosto tells a pretty story of m
f.iiry, who, l?y some mysterious law of her
nature, wits condemned to appear at certain
seasons in the f?>rtn of a foul and venomous
snake. Those who injured her during the
period of her disguise, were forever excluded
from participation in llu blessings she
bestowed, li l to those who, in spile ol
her loathsome aspect, piti*-d and protected
her, she afterwards tei&aled herself in the
beautiful and celestial form, which was natural
to her, aceomp tn ted tbeir steps, grant
ed all their wishes, tilled their houses with
wealth, made them happy in love and victorious
in war. Such a spirit ia Liberty ?
At times she takes the form of a hateful
reptile, She grovels, she hisses, she stings
But woe to those who in disgust shall venture
to crush her ! And happy are those
who, having dared to receive Iter in her
degraded and frightful shape, shall at length
be rewarded by Iter in the time ol her
beauty and Iter glory." [Great cheering ]
At a later hour in the evening. General
Sickles, in response to the sentiment offered
by Col. 0. A. Andrews, President of the
Chamber of Commerce, said :
I trust that nothing more will he expect
pp. of me than to return my sincere thank*
for this hearty manifestation of your kind
P'gar.f and esteem. To do less than that, 1
would he to subject myself lit the reproach
>f failing to appreciate a fla'toringcompli- {
nrni. II IN a practice ill Civil and po- ^
itW-al nffrtirn to make pmmiaea; and as an
iflfieer I havs none to make, for mine ia the
dain and simple duty to obey order*. Ri'.t
Ida much 1 may venture to any, that I |
hall endeavor, at the close of my labor- ,
imong you, to deserve an exptesaion of (
our confidence similar to ihat with which f
on oheer me now in the commencement of (
ryy'u,k- ],-( r 0
It U not unlikely that Kan-as will In- "
he fir-t Sta's of the Union to confer the '
ranch iaa on women. When that lime '
omea, what a prnccwion of Mionglinded
women will vend jta ,w*v $
in her, f
* I
GREENVILLE, 3. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1MT.
Public Opinion of the South.
There trcmi no division of opinion really
in any quarter of the Southern States, a*
to tho practice! question of acting op to
tho^x*eonstruetioa laws of Congress. Alt
havi different ways of expressing tbs same
thlrg. Some call It " accepting ths eitoa
lion," hut it is emphatically submission to
the powers that bo, because there is no
other Course consistent with patriotism or
wislom.'or consistent with the course of the
Southern States sioee the surrender of Lra
and J >n*rroM.
The people of the Southern States have
shown, in their peaceable eonduet and 0n| veraal
quiet after the cloee of the war,
more capacity for self-government, and
higher civilisation, than they could bare
done in any other way. A few instanoes
of violence or erime occurring Iters and
1 there, cannot honestly be charge-l against
the people of the South any more than aim
iisr occurrences in any other States could
prove that life and properly were not pro*
tecled, because occasionally a burglary aud
robbery or homicide is committed, and
some sacape unpunished. The people of
the Southern States sre not Mexicans,
South Americans, Seminoles or Camanches,
to he guilty of the crime snd folly of wanting
to plunge in'o rerolution and bloodshed
continually, without reason or hope
of success. They are universally con/meed
that they never can succeed in gaining anything
for themselves by violence. There
are now no States of the North ^meric?n
Union, in which there ia so little probability
of forcible resistance to the Federal
power, as in the South. We should sooner
expect a secession party in Massachusetts,
j than in South Carolina ; henceforth the exI
elusive r.linni.? - 1
. .? ?. *: i-iiiimifrn people
to lift be on llieir own pacific and prudent
counsels and the magnanimity and justice
of the governing majorities.
We hear of no difference of opinion
among the citizens of this section. All not
disfranchised have made up th-ir mindswe
think to register and vote, when the
time comes, on tlie Convention questioni
It woul-l he foolish to act otherwise. The
public wagon is to have a n-w team and
driveisand a new road, never:lieless it is
loaded wills everybody's " truck," and everybody
it therefore deeply interested in
selecting both team and drivers, ami road
hands, else a badly selected team m.tj
prove baulky and vicious, the driver ua
skillful and rascally, the roads villainous,
and the highway of rnir *o i ll concerned.
Not a single mnn, therefore, should fail
in giving earnest attention to the new orders.
We have plenty of worthy gentlemen
among us whose interests are identified
with every other person's honest interest in
the country, well qualified to represent u*
in the Cobvcntion that is to ha called.
What's to bo Dons,
We do not wish to dictate to any one.
hut cannot forbear a word of advice, at
| this time, to all colors All, it serins, have
a right to vote hereafter, all have, therefore,
one common i terest, all must prosper
or tulTcr together, all are bound to do t'<e
best they can for the public good, and all
unvp sense enough (o see tluit a ?livia
loo into a white mail's party ami a negro
party, will he roinoua to all peace ami
goo.I government, and. In the long run, ut
terly destroy the colored men. The white
population of tlie Suith henceforth will
rapidly Increase, (he black population has
already rapidly declined, and a free negro
population outside ol the tropica, never
increases, hut rather dwindles away, there
fore let there he no uofriendlineM between
the white and black man in South Carolina
or any other State. The good of both
requires mutual friendship.
The great mass of Southern gentlemen
have the utmost good feeling for the black
man, th*-y have been raised together, and
have been faithful to each other, as master
and servant, and are frienos now that the
negro is free, by the force of circumstances
growing out of the war. Neither party,
North or South, when the war commenced,
intended to emancipate, and both North
and South saw the necessity of it before ell
was over. Even I'rcsidei t Davis began.to
recommend emancipation for army service,
so did Gen. I.kk The freedom of the negroes
is a clear Providential ooourrencs,
and little thanks or blame to any party or
human agencv, therefore let them ose their
freedom wisely, and not allow themselves
to be made political slaves of any set of
men either in the South or in the North,
nor tools to promote selfish and designing
nten, who want office for money.
We earnestly recommend that at soms
early nsriod ?l>i? * *
? , i? Hireling <>I Hie
people, white and colored, without diatine<
lion, be called, to take place in the Court
llou?e, at Greenville, end that acme of
both classes be specially invited to address
the meeting on public affaire and public
duties at thie time
We alial! refer to thie enbjeet again j in
the meantime, let the matter be thought of
end talked about.
Agricultural and Horticultural Mattera.
Our highly eeteeiued correspondent who
iaa been lately supplying the Enterpritt |
vith valuabe matter in the gardening art, i
>nd agricultural ecienoe, is for thie week,
irowded out by the long speeches we pub- <
ish, end ether matter. We would advt?e t
ur friends to keep files of the Entepri?e.
ot only for the general matter contained,
>ut especially *n of the many good <
gg.etions and useful information from J
tigmal contributors, as well as from the (
leaning* from the preset M??h reading will t
n w aa good yesra fiom now, aa ft the I
Ntanf. <
? \ * ?
tls^tipeM^Jgp which ws publish,
will be tU?Dtln^^KM4 their content#
noted and mM^^^J^Eamoog ail cImm*
of oar people,jj^^^^Hppecially among tbo
oolorad. QottHM^Htba# shown always a
lasjw^Ka'rdlbr tlWjPl tad interests of Iks
negro popuMnon of the State. The only miltor
ti whin be Committed a greet, enormous
practical mistake, both for tboir interest eud
tbet of tbo white people, was in his constant
efforts to keep at borne all'tbe black population
in Booth Carolina, and to prevent any of them
from moving away to better situations in Florida,
and the States of the Southwest; especially
when " the Bureau " was ready and
willing to furnish transportation. We hare
always thought that the black population of
this State, especially in the middle and lower
Districts, was too much crowded for their own,
good, or thgt of anybody else?always keeping
provisions dear and labor too low?and
now we see In thoee places an inconvenient
disproportion of wbite and black.
Tbe speech of Gon. Sickles evinces a just
r .1 - . -- - -
uvoo vi nuvuuun iuwiWUB H1I 0iii8cs HUUjeCt 10
bis authority. It it impartial in thit respect,
and no disturbers of the peace, white or black,
can hope for any encouragement or immunity
from General Sickles, lie gires good advice
to the negroes which we would be glad to see
them follow. The General appears sanguiue
of the Allure prosperity of South Carolina.
His own name and lame for weal or woe will
be henceforth connected with the history of
the State, and anything which ho may eontribute
to her permanent prosperity and future
honor and dignity by the right exerciso of his
vast powers, will contribute to his own lasting
renown. Few men have evor had better opportunities
for distinguishing themselves nobly
in history than the five military cointnandurs
of the South. There is but one course to
take ; we believe they know it?moderation
and justice.
We think Governor Ojir'i reflections on the
Democratic party just now, in bad taste, to
say the least of it. Onr wisest course is for
the present to steer clear alike of ail ''entangling
alliances " with parties, and all active
warfare and denunciation of parties. When
the Southern States get fairly into the Union, |
wo shall see, in our opinion, a ntte party, com- I
posed of ail the Conservative Republicans or
Radicals, and all the patriotic Democrats,
whose motto shall be Liberty and Equality to
al 1 the States. Tbis is our hope and faith for
tho future.
A O est Mo vomer t.
Judge Suakkik and Robkri J. Wai.kkr, of
Mississippi, are bringing before lite United
States Court the constitutionality of the
late reconstruction laws of Congress, and
tile question will be speedily decided, we
nrW-Uin* one wnu ?!>? " ' !- 1
r _ . ~ "j w. . mv ?>( < i . ii iv is utv
tided for Mis-ia*ippi, the decision will ajrply
to all the Southern State* equally, and
the matter be finally put at rest, whether
Cmi^rees has the right to treat the Southern
State* merely as conquered provinces, or
whether they are really State* under the
Constitution. Wo must wait nn-1 see. No
newspaper argument?although it might
possess the wisd on o| a sage, the learning
and logic o| Marshall, and the purity and
fire of the Seraphim?could accomplish
anything. Especially true >a this so far as
the Southern press is concerned. But
Judge. SiiakkiK and R. J. Walkkr will be
heard before the Court, and tliey are both
men of very superior abilities and legal
learning Perchance they may convince
the Judges. If so, the result will he that
! the President and all acting under him will
he enjoined nnd restrained from interfering
in any way to carry out the late Acts of
Congress, and the Southern States will
stand as they were.
Lot us not build upon the StiAHKBt movement,
however, but prepare to go forward in
reconstruction. Should Injunction bo granted,
the question will then be settled as to what
we should do. We have merited fur publication
an article on this subject front tbe
Charleston A'eies.
Me*tin* of Colored People in Oreenrile.
We are informed that there was a meeting
of a pood many of tlie colored citizens
of the Town, last Thursday evening, in this
pluce, and thai they were addressed hy Mr.
Ai.lks, the I'oHmnster of the Town, and by
one or two of their own number We1
have been furniehel with no report of the
proceedings, and would publiah them if it
bad been desired.
The Use of Quano on CottonThe
moot approved m--d? of applying
Guano on eotto t, is to apply to the surface
after the first wot king, and just b. fore the
second, rate of 100 to :8o pounds per acre
So we have learned from the moat intelligent.
gentlemen from the Eastern part of
this State, whore Guano has been longer
and more extensively used than any wheie- ,
else in South Carolina. I
Another next best, mode, is to open a fur- '
row by the cotton and put in the Gnsn<>.?
The lta*t profitable of all mode* of appilca?
tion, it at the bottom of the drill before
planting.
Our Correspondent ** S. T.**
On, m-.A - _m v- J " * "
mil ue nnuoilrM refreshed '
And gratified to are in our paper Another
lAtt<*r from 8. T." We regard it aa a i
mirfortuii* that her charming letter* have
hern aurpended.through a miaapprehengion.
Sinee the departure of " 8. T." from Oraen- '
villr, the Enterprite has bean regularly
mailed (or her to Texaa, hut we now ?#e
it was to the wrong pott office. We truat
it will he regularly received heieaftn.? c
We a**\ira our fair eorrrapondrat that for
getfuluraa ia the leal fault that any of her r
Greenville friend* wonli be guilty of to '
waf.l her. Note few would repeat t<* her, Jj
a* perhapa twin* have, tb# p?ietry which '
ha* *oiuelhiiig to aay of ' the green eat apot !
In metwory'* waate,
ptt* Bar. Mr. Ka**aar addraaaed the *
snlored people in the Ooerf 'Hofaee l?*t evening, "
>n the aebjeer of educatiou and the/r improve,
meat generally. He ia a Irevolljng agent or "
he aoeiety to promote education among the
"recdtnon. Th.-re IMut ? f'Htd hCtemUncm and *
\ number of whitea alao preeeut, The apeak- **
irgare rotja ejWleot M^iee. " *
I
The April atfcH^HMBHH
rleuHoral
reading matter.
b*ili*hed with tasteful
plaa of ? oonnnint dwcllBKflp^^^N
wrlM. Darin Dioww, t?n||HH|
ful planter la Georgia, glee* twl^HgmBj
cation*, which, with orer thirty og?^lB8j
inal ailicit*, on lopiea P*rt?lb!lj^BP
Fsroi^gpsrden and FiW
ton Culture, Mann* -a, Qraa*aa,^jBhrlto,
and other crop*, Steep, Imnljaafll
tlrape*. Peachec, vegetable*?-a latter (ml
n k. *- - - ?
umbo JIV^RO, ?o., ao? i?ny lUHTOI^pM
reputation ol this valuable paper, whloh
haa Hnd regularly iaaued lor naarly lw?o
ty five years.
Tbe Lltarary Club.
Tba Club mocts on Friday evening, at tb<
hnuaa of Re*. Wa. D. Thomas. Subject to
d if cession?Suffrage
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Washington Now*.
Wijnixorof, April 9.
Tbe Russian Treaty was ratified with onlj
two or three dlrseutlng rotes. 80 now tb<
United 8tatea haa grown immensely large it
Northwestern territory on the Pacific.
Ei-Oor. Vancb, of N. C., baa been pardon
ed by tbe President.
Tbcodork Parana, of Maryland, bas beei
appointed r>y tbe Agricultural Commissioner
(Newton) agent to distribute seeds in th<
South, and to aid in improving Southern Agri
culture.
Governor Jar nine, of Georgia, baa deter
mined to file a -Bill in tbe United Statei
Court to protect that State from tbe military
fiill. He is now in Washington, and tele
graphs the fact to tbe Augusta ChronieU.
Gold, in New Turk, on tbe 9th, 34} pre
mium.
LoHDnn.?The Liberals in the House o
Commons split on the Reform Bill. The
Derby Ministry regarded safb.
OUR TEXAS CORRESPONDENCE
Pi. **tks*villk, Tax**, March. 1807.
| Mr. Editor? ' When in the course ol
Inimun events " ??nr friend* forget u?? when
Memory hold# notraoe of us, among thosI
who knew us in happi-r years It is
. .?n w nn i i no complain ot
you and the rrat of my tricnda.
I wmiM like to know If your theology
te ohe* Uigi'liulnrn a* oue of ila fmportaut
claii'e*. I know that
' Through the deep w itera you call u? to go,"
hut. wo* not aware that old hope*, old
memories and old friendships were hurled
" Beneath oblivion's tidbit*** ? ?."
j If an, you r?iu?t pardon me for prot sting
against such tenets. My faith teaches me
a diffe rent leAenu, and makes me eling to
the friend* of other (lava, ahd 1 call upon
you .o think of os, While
" Memory holds her seat.
In I hi* disi raced Sou* hern g'ohe.''
But I mu*t not rpeak ot (he South nor
our prospeet*. They are sad and fearful
enough to drive Reason from her
throne. If Nebuchadnezzar and his realm
were half so demoralised as we are. -1 do
not wonder ?l his aberration, nor his pref
erence for the society of Ilia denizens ol
the forest.
And though "you you don't deserve one
line of this h-U-r. snd ought to lie
" Forgot*?n a* you have forgot,"
I will try one more appeal to your better
feeling, and then if I he pap -rs you pronsised
to send are not forthcoming I will hid y?u
(I think) a final adi-u. Shall 1 tell ol our
Texa* home? "our cottage iu the wilder
nes* I"
We have heen here nearly eight week*,
and like the people very much There i? a
primitive simplicity of uiantor and hospitality
among them that goe's to ones very
henrt. But the uLiuinte is another matter.
For the last two dars a norther ha* heen
blowing, and it has heen cold, oh, how
cold I And the worst of it is. the weather
change* without any warning. Sunday,
summer apparel would have heen pleasnut.
Monday moruiug, blanket*. fi?s.
closed door* and windows, were the vogue.
1 dislike the winter climate here.
The summer sun* are said to resemble the
inleuse hents of the torrid zones These
high temperatures are somewhat mitigated
by cool night*, nod the breezes usually
blowing. Iu fact, oothe praiarie*, I he'ieve,
the winds are always making weird rau
sic. And wihl & iwere spring there, making
a fairy land of tboae aforraaid praiuries ?
This word ia pronounced atrurigely out
West. It ia calleil prayer or preyer. Iu
ubotil three weeks the flowers and line
M ill i>e in full perfection > etui I van tell ol
llir scene of enchantment that old sellers
say bur.-i on the raptured eye, ' , <1
IS twu the Queen ol the Spring passes over
the VS eel, - I
And culls the flowers lo wnke from their
long winter's sleep and tdooni again.
Nearly every day my little rcholars
bring me a l?oqui-t either of wild violet* or
vernena, or soiue ol the earlv flowers that
blootn .11 the gardens ol Carolina But 1
have uot yet se.-n a prreiouM, white hyacinth?the
flower th.it always appears to
nie to hloom in neaven, and " near the
throne." There is ron-eiliing in its holy
breath tnat iells of the belter land ; something
iu its deito.ite graceful beauty reminding
na ol the ' pure tn heart," hat years ago j
entered there, trh I in tliis stranger land, :
it would be so sweet lo meet tuy Uvorlle
flower I
" Dear as rainaiohsred k>a*?s sfter death,
And |Ueatwni as tidings from home;
vS here the blue streauu flow iu my Fatherland,
i.j .i- ?
nuu iue irivoua of ray obi Id hood go baud
IU4l?Ull,
When. in? voices thrill on the evening air,
\* they di?l tu llie twilight when tee were
there.
But another eland* at our threshold now.
Vnd the Hu>h ol the ?un*et it ott hie brow,
Aud they call at our portals another
none.
Jut in all tbinga el*? it ia ju*t the tamo.
The breath ol tb? gpriugtida, the goldvo
dey.
At we are all that have ps*?ed a way
Porticiug "gun aeneual. Isnul-ody ever '
outing from Carolina to our uew horn-* If I {
einiol truat myself to write of ihde thing*,
goring co nea eailier hero'than in the
uouutiin* of the Palmetto ?tate. In a !
reek, f the weather -moderate*, we will
lave the trees all green. They *h->w evi- 1
leno>w of verdure now. Moee wave* from ,
be liouglis iu grae>Jol beauty, when the |
'ght wind# ?lgh through ibe kuolind
ran* bet Ru* tne trees a>? not Imge nor |
roll moil ded There oppealM to W *|i#ei??
f deMi filnhn. ua about th< ra, or at least j
tuei ol thara-^a laitk of uun try that
tar* their beauty. * #
The o.?ntry round ow little village (in '
?e wood*) i? w> flat end sandy. To |er i
.a* aeourUiWihil to lh? bhtg hiba and unvon
aobciry, tbo gMbotonybecwoea tttrl '
I4R * *,
Be.mOuthe*
fuller/
the public flv?d^WtWM^KBMM|HBBjHMlB|
r Ladiee' Sonthera
evenirrf, Mr. and
volunteer reading. la
the Southern R ilief
( A Striking Contrast?1860
On Wednesday la*t, Mr. Georg#$| ;*j?|jSj
Francis Train happened Into the " gold
. room" in New York, and *w requested
l>) it* frequenters, the bull* and bear*
i of Wall street, to make a speech on ikn H
i rxptnsion of the currency, lie replied
i in n-j elaborate sketch, drawing, in char.
acleristic language, a contrast between
finnn.M.i i;.:?
..... .............f ui nm country
- in 1800 and 1807. The speech is pub*
limited length in the New York par
pern, but our space only permits ue to
- lake a glance at soine of it* main point*.
In 1800, he said. prosperity was-ail
- over the land ; 5 000 000 bale* of cotton
on a thousand plantations; 5.000,000
r tona of shipping on every ocean ; agri1
cul'.ure well to do, manufacturers proaperou?t
banks and insurance companies
paying good dividends, petroleum veils
and wealih'jusl being developed, 60,000
000 of gold coining in from tbe
C California mines, tbe stock market producing
a harvest to tbe brokers, the
drv goods merchants making money ?in
short, prosperity all over thel?Hdf-and
, \el alt this was done on a currency ef
two hundred and ffty milliont of dollars.
This was 1860; now lor theotb?
ei picture he drew?1867. * ..
rive million* of shipping wiped off
' the sea bv England's neutrality ; no five
millions of chiton hales now ; three bun"
dru.J millions sunk in petroleum; gold*
mining companies have played out;sgri*
culture drooping; woolen and other
manufacturers suspending payment; in*
surance companies failing, and steamship
pioperty i? dying out. The *roilensst
security in the streets is tbeeo called giltedged
paper; the rich men are all paoi^
and are first to call in their loans ; those
patriotic, radicals who put their money '
into Southern cotton plantations bays'
planted it there forever. The West
not paving up. and the South has nothing
to pay or buy with ; he bonded
warehouses have piles of foreign goods.
n.ll i tutil <V?r tKo ? * * ' 1 " 1 '
>v< , ? UO WUUIM' SVIOCKtU wua
merchandize; tlie gold market from
thiitv to forty per cent, premium ; $60*?
UU0.000 sunk in the Siock Exchange-?
that financial Morgue of the land?sine*
January ; in short, paralysis everywhere
?the dry rot iu Wall street?no body
paying expenses ; checks exchanged to
show life?h11 loan* on call?no business
doing? no industrial enterprise* going
on?no confidence anywhere; and
yet, all this w ah a currency of on? thou~
sand millions of dollars!
This is a brief sketch of tht contrast
pre-euted by the speaker, lie refers, <
then, to the future, lie refers to Con*
gre>*. and notices what they are doing*
He says the lawyers are in power, sod
what do thev care f They have added
IsdUO.OOO.OOO to the national debt. H*
a-k* if the South ia to be re admitted
under the military bill, and says thai
Stevens holds the reins; confiscation
cotues uext. lie predicts that Congresswill
bring on a financial crash in tkm
fall, lay it on the Administration policy,
and when everything is broken, Con*
greas will meet in the winter, pass Raodall'a
bill putting gieenbacks in place of
national bank bonds, past another bill
for paying duties on imports in grcanI
backs?in oilier words, giving dieooua
I t?y one currency. 11a asid ?*??
innke all happy for ilia Presidential
election fur 1908. lie illustrated bia
position by raying national delirium
tremens requires national whisk f, and
tlie nMiioual whisky will ujake all troia
fur theparty.
The contrast drawn by tba iptaktr
has much truth, and we may wall tar,
a? loyal citizens, '* (h>d ?a*a the Bepub>
lie!"?Columbia Phcsnia. > u.
Bk Gextlb ? If you would have ft '
loving wife, be aa gentle in yonr worda
after a? before marriage ; treat her qoita
h? tenderly when a matron aa wbeo a
Mint; don't make bar the maid of
alt work, and a*k bar why aha looka
leaa tidy and neat than whan you Aral
knew her.
?J 1 . ..1 ..J
Beligioua Servlcea, Sunday. April 19% %
suanaT-acaooLa.
mpilit Cliurob, 9, A. M.?CoL Cut. J.
Et.roito, SuperioUsfuUat. \
Methodint C'burob, 9, A.*.?b. f. Stokm,
K*q., Bu per in tendon W . / v
Kpivropftl Chur*b, 9i A- f ?*' W. 8,
Earlb, Hujx-rlntwnileoi.
PivibjrUrlu Ch?r?l>, 9, A- b''* Ms. A* A*
Fostbb, BuparintoutUnt.
? IIMOII. , ?
BApt lot Cburab, 11, A. M-, k*4 J, P. M*
Bat. W. D. Thomas.
M.tho.il.i Chorch, 11, 4. M.? Bat. J. W,
Hrviur.
Epi.cop.1 Cbnreh, 11, A. M., m4 t, P. M?
R?. Ellisom Capbbs.
Preshjurian Charcb, 11, A sad i, P. M?
l?r. E. T. Pert*,