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The Necesity of ExertidhIf
thcr? ia ona aln above all others offonsire
11 Ood and injurious lo mankind, that aln i*
i lioness. Ever einee Adam and Ere wore
drivoii from Paradise, it baa boon the Divine
will, oppressed in revelation, and taught in
every page of tho history of tho human race,
that tho descendants of that erring couple
Khali earn thoir living by tho sweat of thair
brows. It is tbo duty of man to work. It ia
not nocoesary, or even deairahle, that every
indiviJual mortal, should plough or dig or
liftmmnr Kit# it*nrr man a^r\t>l<l <Ia V(a narf tn.
ward I:iking car* of himself and pfyinoting the
happiness anil welfare of bis fellow men. The
lawyer, the physician, the clergyman, tho author,
ofton do work, comparod with which the
lahour of the farmer and mechanic is more relaxation.
Bven the .greatest millionaires, if
they tako core f tln>ir property and perform
the duties which their wealth imposes, ere fer
from being idto or useless men. Bat there are
men who do not work, more idle drones, In ell
classes of society. Theso men wrong themselves,
their followuian and their God?themselves,
because as woapons of steel bccomo
ratted by disuse, so tho faculties of the mind
and body by idleness become inpaircd?their
fellowmen, because tho world U deprived of
those benefits which by industry they would
ho ablo to confer?God, because tho talents ontrustod
to their care are suffered to mould, instead
of contributing to Ills glory. Age us.
ually carries with It respoot, because it is supposed
that a man's years bavo not been wasted,
that from experience he has accumulated
wisdom. But the older an idlo man growa the
more worthless he becomes, llis thoughts
and hit muscles lose, day by day, tho Impulsiveness
of youth, while they do not gain tho
i|uickness, accuracy and ready obedicnco to
tho will which aro tho result of practice and
discipline.
Theso aro commonplace reflections enough,
but tbey are nevertheless serious truths which
in the present juncture of affairs it behooves
all Southern men to ponder woll. We havo at'
been involved iu one common shipwreck and,
if our fortunes aro ever to bo restored it must
bo by our united and unremitting oxortiune,
l<ct us nil tborcforo seek what is best suited to
our capacities, and whatsoever our hands find
to do let us do it with all our might.
[flar/cgos .Verenry.
Greenville and Columbia Railroad *
We refer with ploasuro to the excellent pros.
jm?cch ana go-nurwi, uo-uii-jou-cnn, mucu out*
oi-little spirit evinced by tbo officers end employees
of this great steam connection between
the mountains and tlio middle country. At
the closo of the war, the company was In very
straitened circumstances; depots and water
tanks burnt, the road-bod entirely destroyod
fur over thirty miles : rails bent; Broad River
bridge?a handsome structure?and nearly all
the trestles and bridges for that distance burnt
or carried off by the high water. A large
amount of their rolling stock was also cut off,
as It had been run on other roads for security.
Nothing daunted, however, reconstruction was
pushed forward; apparently insurmountable
difficulties and obstacles were overcome;
bridges, trestles, depots and tanks rebuilt;
road-bed re-banked and rc-lnid ; rolling stook
overhauled and rvpn'red; and to-dNy, an
amount of work is being accomplished which
seems almost unparalleled will) the facilities at
hand. Several heavily loaded freight trains
urrivo and depart every day ; nn average of
3,00<t hales of cotton ;>cr week lias been received
In Columbia for several months past.
To sum up in few words, all connected with
the road seem disposed to put their shoulders
to tlio wheel, and retrieve tho losses which are
inseparable from tbo general upheaval and deTangtment
of business caused by the war.
l'rceident JIuuimctt, Superintendent Meredith
.and the other officers and employees deserve
and will receive tho highest encomiums from
the stockholders and tlio community, for tbci
'' r
diligence and clone attention to tlio iuterc*ta
of the company, as woll as tbo patrons of tbo
ro*d.?-CVl'Wi!i|i| J'hiCUtX.
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Tna Natioxai, Dkmocratic Coxtrxtiox.-Thc
National Democratic Commit loo held a
mooting in Washington, on Saturday, 22d
inst., Hon. August Belinout, of New York,
presiding. No distinction whatever was made
in the committee between members from loyal
and so-called rebel States, aud the r< prescntatives
in the National Convention are to con
aUt of twice the number of Congressional representatives
to which each State is entitled
by the last apportionment. In this resolution
no allusion is made to excluded States. Kight
States were not represented in the Convention,
vis: California, fleorgia, Florida, North Caro.
llna, Louisiana, Virginia, Rhode Island and
New Jersey. After considerable debate, the
committee agroed npon the city of New York
as the place for holding the Presidential Nominating
Convention, and the fourth of July as
the time. The only other action takon was nn
agreement to give this announcement, accompanied
by an earnest invitation to all the opponents
of radicalism to unite in this tnovemerit
to select anti-radical candidates for tbe
rresidoncy and Vice-Presidency of the United
Ftato*. The proceedings wore harmonious,
And the result, it is understood, meets the al.
most unanimous approval of the members of
the committee.
LrrnKit's Soi.acks.?Luther, when studying,
always bad his dog lying at his feet; i
dog he had brought from Wurtburg, and of
which he was very fond. An ivory crucifix
stood at the table before him. lie worked at
bia desk for days together, without going out;
but when fatigued, and the ideas began to
stagnate, he took hia guitar with him to the
porch, and there executed some musical fantasy?for
he was a rkillfnl musician; when the
Ideas would fly upon him as 'resli flowers af
tor a summer's rain. Music was his invariable
solace at such titnoa. Indeed, Luther did
not hesitate to aay, that, after theology, mtiaie
waa the first of arts. Music, aaid he, ia the
arts of the prophota; it i# the only other art
which, like theology, can calm the agitation of
the Soul, and put the devil to flight. Next to
music, if not before it, Luther loved children
and flowers. The great, gnarled man had a
heart us tender as a woman's.
AM order lias b*?o Issued by th# Mexican
to extinguish the national
, "t'etlon sales of eon/ie<Mted proper-_v
' Vgjffit ? done prsflew to the inter
I^Bfc.'H'Wtioa fbU is tha eh-ap-st way te oh.
mm la p money. Jt |j expec , d that f!00,000
i-an be p?U ?>(f rponthlr,
KMBHHHHMMHHHMI
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Belief.
The following circular letter, which la'of
abeorb'ng interest, especially to the plan*,
ere of this State, la from the pen of (letter
al Scott, ar?t will be eagerly perused:
Hkaixji'artkrp Assistant Coma's )
llunitv R? P. and A 1. >
Ciiakuwton. 8. C., Feb. 27. 1868. J
The Aeeistaot Ottiimiaaioncr ie compelled
to call the attention ol the people of this
District to the great Increase within the
past few days in the number of applicant*
for Government assistanoc, and to thue
publicly Announce that It will be impose!
ble for him, with the limited snpplioe nt
his command, to aeaiet more than n fraction
of those who aro now applying. Nearly
one-half of the amount at liia disposal liaa
been already expended, and but a limited
proportloo of tlie application* received ha?
beeo acted upon.
In future, *11 applications for assistance
will be referred to the officer or agent of
the Bureau reeiding asar?st to the applicant,
with instruction* to Investigate fully
his or her condition, and upon the report
made, the Assistant Commiteioner will act.
Application* should, therefore, to save
time, be in ado direct to the nearest Bureau
officer, who will forward them to these
headquarters, with such expression of approval
or disapproval as he may see fit to
make.
The applicant should state in each ease
lite name and situation of his p'sntation,
and the nearest railroad station or steamboat
landing ; the fact that the plantation
is fully organised, the number of adults
and children (those over fourteen years of
age being considered adults) for whom pro
visions are desired, and the number of acres
to be cultivated in cotton, corn or other
products. In no oas-i will food for animals
be furnished.
To the freed people throughout the District.,
the Assistant Commissioner desire* to
say that the determination now so prevalent
In many* localities not to contract, ex
cept upon terms which, while they assure
nothing to the lnlxrrer, are so disadvan.
tagenns to the planter as to preclude the
possibility of any agreement living made. Is
most unfortunate, and csn be productive of
nothing hot disastrous results. If such people
are under the impression that they will
be f<-d by this Bureau, the Araistanl Commissioner
desires to undeceive them wiiliout
d-luy. No loan of provisions will! under
any circumstances, be made to those
who are planting under contracts of soch a
nature, that it is evident th?y will not only
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..... ...... r.invi.iii B.i|i|>nri m nre upon
not Iter year, but will with difficult/ be
able to raise sufficient to repay advances
made litem thie /ear.
Many people entertain the idea that all
that it n??rwf/ to enable them to obtain
ration*, in to hare possession of a piece of
land. Such ia not the ca*e. The Assistant
Commissi) dt mu?t he satisfh-d Hint the
laad is of such s quality, and that tlie np
plieai.l is planting it under such condition*,
that lie will be nb'o to produce from it euf
fk-ieut not only to repny It its advance*, but
to supply himself and family nnothsr year
Furthermore, no ia*ues of rntions for planting
purposes will be made to individual*,
but otl" upon organized plantations, with
a responsible head, either white or eo'o*<d,
whose experience and character is such
that the Assistant Commissioner can have
no douht but that hia obligation to the
Government will be fulfilled to the letter.
Fa?8 Him ArovxD?Our exchanges in
'his S^le, North Carolina, Georgia, Florl
da and Tennessee will confer a favor and
render as-iatance lu the capture of a notorious
thief, by stating that lhjh Thompson,
a mulatto, escaped from cuslodv on the 6th
insh, by jumping front the pn*s-ncer train
on the Greenville and Columbia linilroad.
between Alston and Littleton. He is about
15 years of age, five feet 6 or 1 inches hlg'i,
blind in ono eye, and the lid partly closed ;
has very blaek hair, r< semliling that of an
Indian, and cut short ; he is considerably
marked by small pox. especially on hi*
nose. He is a well.known tmrglar and
horse-thief, and has broken open several
stores and stolen horses in this Hi ate and Flor
Ma. Had on a pair of hnitd-cofTs whan last
hoard from. A reward of forty dollars ie
off. red for him by John R. Cochran, of this
place, and any person arresting him will
confer a faror by notifying hiin at once.?
Newspapers copying this notice and enuring
his arrest vi'l be liberally rewarded.
[ A ndrTMU lnlelligtneer.
Ai.most a Fatai, Accidkxt it tub JTocsk
or Rr.rnKSK.t rATivas.?Much excitement and
alarm were produced this afternoon in the
House of Representatives, by the breaking of
one of the thick heavy plates of glass in the
roof, tho gas-lighter having slipped and falling
upon it while in the discharge of his duty.
IIo caught himself by tho iron frnmo, thus
preventing his falling to the floor. J. H,
Urinnell, of Town, formerly a member of the
Hntts^'was standing under the glass at tho
tiinc, receiving the welcome of his friends, nud
hearing the crash, threw up his bands, which
saved his head from injury; his right hand
was badly cut hy a large fragment of the glass
but not dangerously. Mr. Trice, of Iowa, was
alao struck by a piece ef glass, but be was not
inl,ir~l H..m? tin.. ?).?.A 1-C > ?'
ue84 of the IIcuso w?s resumed.
H'usA. Cor. A'rir York ftrmld, 22rf.
Cash Irvni.risn tub Tust-Oat*.?It will
fce remrm'KTed, (says'the Washington Kx press,
of the 22d instant.,) that when tho Tonncssco
delegation appeared before tho bar of the
House to bo sworn, nt tho opening of tho present
session, Mr. Jintlor, a incinbor elect from
that State, was not allowed to take the oath,
and his caso was referred to tho coin mil too on
Kiootions. Yesterday tho determination waa
reached to report to tho House that ho eoald
not truthfully Ukt the teet-eath en account ef
baring, at one time a I nee the rebellion began,
sworn to support the Confederacy. The Committee.
however, agreed to recommend the r.afsage
of a Joint resolution admitting Mr. Hntl<
r to his seat, without obliging Mm to take
that port of the oath which refers particularly
to such u case at lilt.
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lje ^nutjirrn (Eutfrprise.
GRRfeyVILLE, sTcf |
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. 1468.
Consr?Mlonal Newa. I
n?i pctvc wr rrancii in? iwrm vrirgram*.
Tim enrr?nt opinion (teem* to he that the '
xoitement ii luhiitling. The thunder cloud '
which threatened hill-?tones and tempest I
over the land, according to the seers on the !
pot, in breaking dome what; hot there are
muttering* and thundering* in the distance*
from Washington. The Pr*kt, (Governors,)
of Pennsylvania and Illlno'c, have chot onI '
their smoke and firm, whilct the great era- 1
ter of CongreM has been boiling over. If '
the lower stratum of* the people should rlae I
up, as lower strata sometimes do, we may '
behold new pen km, and new volcanoes
overtopping all that now are. We can only
be spectators and wait and see if there is to
be any lew creation ool of this confusion.
Let us hope thnt all will yet ffc well, that
(expressing ourselves fa simile* borrowed) 1
the tempest which disturbs our land may 1
die away in silence, the heavens again shed '
their " sclcctest influence " over u% united 1
America once mors rise like the p-imiMve '
world from chaos?" fair as the moon, clear '
as the snn and terrible as an army with '
banners." The terrors of the country will '
then be for foreign nations only, its Lies- 1
sings for ns and all mankind. Patriotism '
will strive to benefit tbe whole country and '
not the rulers and chiefs of a party.
Boipeniion of Jsmos P. Moore from tho '
Offlce of Commissioner in Equity.
By military order, Mr. Moons was on Mon* (
day suspended from his office, on tho oom* .
plaint of a party, that ho was shout to violate
a regulation in regard to tho sale of mortgag.
cd lands. Mr. Moons and others were quite
taken by surprise, as nothing has been farther (
from his iutrttiiun than to do any act in eon. |
flirt with the commands of Gon. Cinbt, or
other power and authority. It is simply a (
misunderstanding, and wo presume that be (
will soon be restored to a place ho has flllod so
faithfully and satisfactorily hitherto.
Bnlca-day In OtkdvIII*.
There was a goodly number of person* out. 1
The Sheriff sold several tract* of land at vary 1
low rate*, a* might l>o supposed. There is not
cash enough for competition in the country. '
Mr. Ji'i.ii's Smith sold a variety of articles, <
buggy, furniture, Ac., at his auction rooms,
below the Emlrrprin office, which brought
rather low prices, considering the ssleahleness
of the articles. People arc not much at bny- ,
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Sdaroh.
Tlie month eame ^n not exactly lilts n 1
lion on the first da* ; lull M Ilka Nloor, all '
tears." Monday the second, hn*?*er. the
Hon wa? uneaged, all the Cava* of .AEotu*
were thrown open and the winds were (
rampant. Tto-sday . morning was a
hard free**; hot fhe day turned out rerr (
beautiful. May the end prove | c-tcfitl, and
Inn>l> lik?, according to the o| I snyiug.?
Fruit trees are unusually l?ack ward. pre*- ^
aging, wc true', n p'cntifu' crop. Farmers
wiiljuow l>? busy *' w ing oal? and gardener*
sowing seeds ofsutidiy kinds, or ought to te.
W. X. T.
We have no disposition to engage tn controversy
with our corresp <n lent. W. M.T.
It i* needless. The question of the ascendancy
of the e dorcd population in w/e* is
settled in this Sinte. It is u?el*?* to fslk
aliout fhe eight millions of whites to four j
millions of hlseks in the Southern 8tet?*.?
The proportion of voir* with us i? ju?l the
other way. tnkliu* the Slate over. We*h*ll 1
?o? whni tlo-y will attempt to make of it ? 1
No one c*n he blamed for not wishing to
put tlie S.ate tinder a black pircrnntMl. J
The negroes lheiiist'1?'l would despise the ^
wliite mm w ho wouhl w i'liegly choose to
tin so. We are sure W. M. T. doee not ii?eiro
it ss s tiling to l.c desired, " in, and of
itself." He only think" reconstruction on i
the Congressional plan endurable for a sea )
son, remembering that, though weeping ?
may endure for the night, joy comrt'i l?f*the '
morning. >\> . 1
Court ta Coming. j
This is Iteturn Week for Oreenrllle. The |
suing does not threaten to bo henry. We understood
Judge Mowrak was to hold Court on |
this Circuit, snd prosumo he commenced his }
laLors at Abbeville on Mondsy Inst. Anderson,
Pickens, tircenrillo, Spartanburg and
I.aurcns Courts follow in (he order of their
names. <
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The Oowensville School. ,
ffc hnii (lie pleasure, on M ?ndny, of j
meetlpg Key. Thomas Fasuc, the. principal |
of this School, and to learn from him that
its prospec's are again very good, for renewed
and continued prosperity. The
number ot scholars Is large for the season
and the times, even beyond lie expects
lion. ..t Ik., It? Q-k?I j
oorvfo lo flourish in it* beautiful and health
ful locality, *n<l under the nbl* and judieinns
nmntfcrmrnt ol its faithful and c?m
| potent Teachers.
A?' Tbe mooting of tiro Literary CTnh, on I
Friday evening. Alb insl., wilt U held af the
residence of Mr. T. M. Cox. The monthly
Ksray will he delivered hy Rev. I/r. ftnoAnra.
Subject, 44 tH vmnilmt rrfce*, rt quiltudnm
-Hit."
I'tokens Courier.
Tliia paper ia now published at Walhalls.?
W/iitvkm Sruur.a baa retired from ita cditorinf
control, and J. II. For appear* in the la*'
issue with a neat and well-written salutatory.
Stale Texas.
Parties will bear in mind that Ibe State and
District taxes are now payable, and that the
Collector, Captain A. C. Phacs, is en hi* annual
re end*. See his aotlees in to-day's paper.
Greenville Prioee Current.
Important changes bare been made in oar 1
1st of prices current, tMs week, a id we ?*k I
attention t> it. ...
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1ST IBJ
Cheap OroMiUi.
It U refreshing (o Nt the prices of gw
Belles and household good* coming down,
sn.l we hope the merchnnt* generally can
follow iii the wnke of Meser*. K. W. Foiokk
A Co. Coffee, whlth formerly a?ld for 83j
sebtR per pound, can be bought of these
gentlemen for four pounds for a dollar;
sleo, kerosene oil, for which consumers I
hare had to pay one dollar per gallon, rosy
l>? had of I hem for 7ft cen'a This eorrea
pond* somewhat with lli* very hard time*.
See notice, and give them a call.
Correspondence from Haw York.
\V* have I lie pleasure nf presenting a
>hort, but comprehensive latter from an
iMflmplhihril writ?r, who we cxpeet to be
n occasions! correspondent nf the KnUrwier,
from the North, We shall be pleaaed
o hear from liftn at any time.
The Confederate Flag on the OceanOur
reader* all know Inst the pvetilentiel
doctrines of Mongrslism creep into
nine.tenth* of the reading matter issued
fr-'m the pyiilie press. We most have a
pure literature, without a taint of the nigger
about it, withont the slightest milkind-molasses
hue. or the present generation
>f readers will h?c<--me as debauched as the
past. The Caucasian series of stories now
king ia-tird hy V ax Kvnix Hoston k Co. *
if the New Y?rk Dag Hook, sre of the pure [
shite man and the N?x I. which we 1
have received, just off tlie press and ready
Tor the public?The Confederal* Flag on
lh? Oct an?is a capital story, spirited,
Llirilling, strictly historical and patriotic^?
Diers U not a Democrat in tlia country
who will not prise it highly as one of the
most entertaining novelettes ever written.
The series will be kept up
Medical College of Georgia,
Among the graduate**of the above institution,
at ths commoncnmont on the N'.k ult.,
in Angnsta, wc not ire Uio name of Thomas
K. IiR.tara, who has hail conferred upon hist
the degree of M. D. Dr. Litflea is from
Jrwonvillc District.
Internal Revenue Tax.
Attention is directed to the advertise
ment of K. Ilunaox Smith, Assistant A**-e*..r
t?f Internal U-venu-i for Greenville District
Ho lias made the appointment* for the convenience
ot the ptopls, which they will no
ilo>*lit sppr?-ciste.
Tobacco.
Why net cultivate tobacco in Greenville,
it least a home supp'y, and save the tax.?
It I* Still time to SOW Seed bill lK? um?d
for and dng w'U aoon b? ever. The tobaeeo
rop might W m*ilr very pnAlilile 1* this
Mlloii, eobl ia leaf and tinm<tnufi?lur(J.
* Urrata.
In onr l?fi ia?ne quit* an important milInk*
waf mid' lu the communication signed
villi mi In ?b? lhir-1 line from
the top. tir?l word in lino, man should have
km " income." IV# r^r't exceedingly
that I tin mi-take occurred, it greatly af
Iccled llir wmc of I he article.
Puff* way Tobacco.
A fine elylo ?f the weed, pr.purud and pat
up in neat, round green boxes. kept by ]|ar>
ittsnx A ManaiiAi.i., opposite the M.iii?ioa
House, nn imo of tho irowis among their handsome
assortment s>f drug# and medicine* and
other accompaniments of aueh an establishment.
We return thanks for a specimen of the
green boxes presented to us.
Tnr. Charleston Merrnrg say# the following
|>er*ons Iioto applied to tho Contention to l??
relieved from political disabilities t
F. C. Miller. II. II. Kinard, A. MeBee. A<
VfrDaniel*. 8. P. Ktaard, T. W. Morris. II. p!
Ksnimctt, T. K. Dudley, C. W. Dudley and
II. Ileal tin.
Oanuina Garden Seeds.
We return our slnecre lhanke to Mr. Witjam
II Wavsox, who keeps constantly on
innd a largo lot of the very beat Seeds, most
>{ tbciu raised by hitaieli ia ki? own garden,
or a package containing all tbo varieties
icedod for plnuting a garden. Ilo warrants
rvcrytbing in his line ; therefore it is rafe to
>nrchaee from him. His stock is fast diiaiashing.
J
Wo aro also under obligations for the like
kindness to Mr. Kaoax K. Mamtix. lie like iu
I... i- r.._ ?i- ?->
--w- ..?wu0 n*r ??, ui ma own raiwihg.
OsnksalR K. Fcorr? In his Chronicle
i?f Thursday, Forney *: ' It is pnsbabl*
that R K. Scott, lh? uliU ltd highly ?*?
jnmplliliH chlwl of the Presdmen's Buriiu
for 8ouih Carolina, *i!l b? nominated by
Ihw It'fnMiMi Convention for Ovrrrnor of
ilnl 8UU. OwnrnlStotl rnlifod the volunteer
army from OKI* hut wii horn to >
Pennsylvania. Itit administration In Sooth
Carolina has l?*en so just, hntn%ne( and truly
rU'ri'ntnlike, that lis is regarded with
lav.?r by n??n of all parties, and If hs rotrent*
to irrrpt ths nomination, will be
electe-l overwhelmingly, and will giVs to
ftoMth Carolina a Chief Magistrate thor
oughly imbued with ths true spirit of
Christian progress."
A New Cabikrt.?Dim of the etoriee
i? that. If PrwWenl Johnrun la impeached and
Mr. Wade beomiei Prcsidcut, the Cabinet will
l>o aa fi'flowa:
Charte* Bwmncr, of Maeearhnaetta, Pec rotary
of Bute; Prccmaa ClnrVe, of Now Tork?
Secretary of the Troarury j William I>.' Kelly,
of IVonryl vania. Hoc rotary of tho Navy;
Preilorirk'Dovglati, (rvlurnl,) of New Yorfc,
Secretary of the Interior; John M. l.ang*ton
of Ohio, I'oatmaatar-tloneral j M, K. Carpenter,
of Wieoonetn, Attorney-Oeneral; Kdwtn
M. fctanton, Secretary of War, of eonraa.
Maa Puna A. Haanaronn waa ordained
and inatalled aa Paator of tha Ualvrranllat
Chnreh and Soelety at tltafrhaM. an
Wedneaday, February II. Thle U tha Aral
inatanaa of tha ordination of a woman In
the hietory of tha te l^lotts denomination*
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Correspondence South- Enterprise.
N{w York, February 24. 1868.
Afetir*. Editor*; You r?mtinl>?r wli?(
delicious weather it vm in OrMnvllle wh?n
I left there. You may imagine therefore my
MtonUhmoot tt finding the mercury here
from aix to twelve heiovr s-ro, nod struggling
toward* the bulb Ilk* b?ar trying
to squeeze into a hollow tree. The winter
Is positively abusive; it I* hardly too much
to eall it profane; It seeme to deny flatly
that there I* a meroiful Deity. Whether it
has in any manner modified the theological
opinion* of the fifty thousand poor of New
York would be an interesting question.
You murt not imagine that a stranger
mm any of these nny thousand. urgentration
on * millionaire msI? take* cure of
them alt samchow, or at lead keep* them
ont of sight. Two or thr-a girls in thin
clothing hav# put. up Moa hsn<ls to bog of
me J hut that is all that 1 liar* seen of a
poverty whieh would more than dq|tM* tha
population of Charleston. 1 read about
soup houses for the indiiriit, but 1 should
not know where to look for one. It Is
wonderful to ma to have " draw-day " all
tha while and know nothing about it.
I am astonished at another thing. Do
you remember how we used to talk polities
at Qrrcnvllle?how we always used to
talk it?how wa ventured uptm other sub.
|cots for tire minutes, only to com* back to
politiesf Nothing of the Sort here. At
laast, if tlinre is any political conversation,
it Is done in soma pUoe cuknown to m??
perhaps In those undiscovered soup botiaea,
nnsinaaa, amusement*, literature, daily ah
fairs, form the staple of conversation*. In
Greenville, alas I wa had?)iltle business to
discourse of, and hut for politio*^ we might
have fallen into dutnbnraa The queation
arises, wouM not dumbuese he Inltrr f
Prom what few wort)* I do hear on this
matter of public affairs, 1 infer that popnlar
fooling toward the South has changed
sinee 1 was here at tha clusc of the war. I
do not say papular opinion, hut popular
feeling. People are still persuaded that you
ought to do in their way ; hut they are not
so angry as they were heenuse you choose
lo think differently. In t|<e present poKti*
ral contest at Washington and throughout
the North the fcrutli does not. come in as n
principal. The fight is almost altogether
bet warn the prerogatives of the President
and the prerogatives of Congress. The
South is made to suffer incidentally and not
of.* eat purpose. The old bitterness agamst
it as a Seotion has diminished noticeably
and to an extent which Is hopeful for the
future. Of sours* litis is natural, hot it is
none the lees welcome, and I am not sure
that enough people have told of it,
I am diverted from this public babble by
a look through my window at the Hudson
ft stretches front shore to ehore, something
like a mile, I should say, one monstrous
sheet of snow ice, villi occasional patches
of dark steel color, showing where the water
hits nearly frox-m, or where the sti ug^les
<tf like* litis* 1 ft*t re fnrpail irart NaI a sail
? ? | .
not even steamboat to be seen, nn<l vet 1
mil in the suburb* of a great commercial
capital ami on the banks of n highway of
ooiniiierec. When the Smith gets on i's lags
once nior?, can it not, working as it may
*11 the yenr round, distance n liud which
ha* such fit* of paralysis?
CITIZEN.
for rtir. aotnivRM EXTrrrnisr.
The Republican Party.
J/o?ri. JyJilora : ll i* wonderful how far
men go wrong when they start in the wrong
direction.
I wrote you a communication a few
weeks ago upon the subject of the Refiuhlican
Party, and in an K Utorial notice o,
the same, you nrg? that it will give lh,
negro and ignoranaa permanent supremacy
over the whits* and intelligence.
I thought in my article I had shown thii
could not be the rase ; that four millions o!
negroes, Just emeigcd from the nonenify ol
slavery could not rule twenty-seven mil.
lione of white* armed with heredltarr Intel
ligenee; that this proportion wee in ?nal'
that it eoold bars no influence on national
poliiics, and that national polities, even in
local electi"oa, would l>o the ?ri<<<bMi f?i
oftiae as it always has haen in ail Siat'i
where the election* have l>voa !? ft to ih'
people, as Ih-)* will now be in South Carolina.
Dut there are nlh?r answers to youi
proposition. 1 challenge any one to ebow
In tha Reconstruction Acta any wo da which
give preference to the negro. All the pro
virions ere applicable to all men withonl
regard to color. And when you eonoidei
the minority of the negro, it would eeeu
thai impartial phi aerology can give him nr
protect ion,,bnt on th<i other hand leave Kin
with ell tha difficulties locident to a minor
ity. Mr. Calhona's great idea in govarmeni
was, tha protection of minorities, by apaci*
leg!-lotion in tkeir Uit*l( but hrrs none i<
attempted, bni the negro is left to tho merci
of a while majority' 1 iruot and hope thej
may use tbeir power in tho proper diien
Ml
A rratn Van aahi.U !-? * ?
O ?| ? ?? "T? wins )g
nonnM, and foar Ms legislation.
Ths present Convention of impartial ?nf
(r*|t r?prtMol?U<iR, U not as food as ii
might hav frseo had Ilia srjr of " disreput
aids" not dtivsa away from it many win
might havs taken an interest in it. am
?ha|?ed it in a better mould, but unfurl nn
ately m*ny wsra daunted hjr ths try, and
only I ho " unter rifisd " have gons into it
Nat such as It U, I venture the assertion ths
this Convention will do more for ths Plata
sad pass mors wholesome and popular lews
appropriate *e oar neessstUaa, thaa any Qes
volition held siaee the war. The other Con
vsottos* were eomposed of oM ssasssiowtotr
who ware tiled with ideas of ths dasd past
so ass of whom never will rssltse ths radios
changes ef ths present, and they legislated m
they would or ve done had an changes oecur
iUMttiiailliMHM
v; vv." .~>vi
^ s: / '
now men, who fully appreciate these changes,
ad whose legislation will hare espeshd refer*
onoo to tbem. . '.>
" If Igttoranco le bliss, It (s folly to be wise.'
Bat the w?rd "permanent" in yowr editorial
Is italicised fbr emphasis. Yon fear a
permanent supremacy of the negro. I. look
for no antngonUm of the interests between the
whites and blacks of the Sooth. Their Interests
are mutual. The only bono of contention,
wbioh history relates occarred in the emancipation
of tbo British West Indies, where suffrage
was refused to the emancipated Masks
has been rcmovod, and the blacks hare Both- *
log to demand upon this soora Bui when
you eay " poruiancnnt supremacy," you ignore
the census, which tells us the melancholy fact
that aaeh year has diminished the number of
nogroes, and Increased the white rotes, until
It cannot b? lung before, Iq any locality, the
negro will be outnumbered by the white race
Again, let mo urge. The Republican Party .
rnit help ? i the Democratic Party cannot help
Itaeir; why should we saorUloe ouraelrea Tor the
letter ? It soctns to ine that war and famine
abould bare opened our eyea hy tbia time.
Very respectfully, yonr obedient servant,
tw. m. r.
Wamiimotox, February It.
There la great Interest about arllclea of
impeachment, but no excitement.
Quo warranto papers ara withheld for
further examination by law; but Will ba
certainly tiled early next week. Under
the preaent ruling, Stanton will hnra n
month lo prepare hie anawer. m
The following are the impenvhmenl artielea:
1. The removal of Stantoo, with an
intention to violate the Constitution and
lawa. L Appointment to the W/wSemwteryahlp,
with a like intent, one Lorenzo
Thomae. 8 Conspiracy with Themae and
others unknown, to prevent Stanton, by intimidation
and threats, from the execution
of hia office. I. Conspiracy with Tboman
and others to prevent and hinder tbe execution
of the tenure of-offiee bill, i, Ap..
pnintment of Thoma?, while the Senate
ia in wwjoo. 8, Conepiraay with Thome*
to eeixe the property of the United StaUa,
contrary to the Aet of January, 1881. 7. ,
Conspiracy with Thomas and others to
cj-ct S'anton front the War Office. 8. Conapirncy
to lake poeaeaainn of the property
of the United States in the War Office, ?
Givitig'n letter to Th<>mse, instructing liitn
to take po**ce?ioti of the War Offioe. 10.
r<tr*unding Gen. Kmery that the law requiring
An order from the President and
Secretary of War. should ootue through tlin
General of the at ml re.
The Iloiiae aavea the privilege of pratant^
ing other charges to sustain impcaehment
and replying to the Treddent a answer to
the above tan charger. Nina ebaigea simply
bring aliargee ia 8Unton1i removal.-?
The tenth applire to Emrry's interview,
wherein the Preeid-nt asked: "Am 1 to
uuderetand that the President of the
United Slates cannot give to onltr Imt
through the General in-Chief, or General
Grant f" After saying ' yes" Emery with
drew.
It ie slated that Si anion had restored ths
Freed men'# Bureau to Kentucky. 1
Tiik feeling in regard to impeaohment
and its probable results was somewhat excited
in this city yesterday. A great deal
of speculation was indulged in by everybody,
but revolutionary measures ware
generally depracatcd. It is wall known*
however, that there are eminent SouthernMrs
working noUebady among the unem toyed
mr??#ve to influence a feeling against
Congress, and several recruiting offices era .
jn' operation, the o?t?nsib1e object of which
I* the formation of Johnson elubs and the
emigration of the recruit# to Maryland, te
answer any call mads by the Governor of
that State for aid in sustaining the President.
6,00<t naiu-a are believed to have
t?een already enrolled. The prominent
members of one club wera arrested yesterday,
but on application to the Police Com'
iniaeioncra, were permitted to continue their
F proceeding#, with the proviso that their
call should be modified and weeded of rev duti-nary
and freaaonalda expressions.?
Tl-e excitement is no leas intense elsewhere
throughout the country. The New Jersey
House of Representatlvea yesterday adopted
1 !-.?? ? ? " - -
iiKj-iiring, in new of tbs peril
of the country, Into the condition ef the
1 Slot* ordnance*. The Keyetoae Club?the
1?rg"?t Democratic organization la Pewo*
ytvanla?lia* reaolved itaelf Into a military
organization.?An* York fltrmU, MlA wlk
ocnjik Di*tbict. ? The C?analk>n las
i |>o??cil an ordinance dividing Pic Vent DUtrlct
into two DUtrlct*. Th* dividing Una la to
I commence " where th* Wbit* Water eaters
r tbi* State at lb* North Carolina Mac, thence
, down th* centra *f that river, by abater**
, name* known, to Raveaet'# Bridge, ea Bewtoa?
River, thence lu tba etatre *1 th* vend Waging
t* PeadMon village, to tit* Aaderaow
line." E??t of tbi* liae I* to b* known aa
Pleken* DUtrlct; a**t of.tbi* lia* as Ooon**.
Five prominent citizen* of Picken* DUtriet
" are appointed ?omail**ioaer* to tz the alt* of
' the court boa** for Pteken*, and so pf Oconee.
f The court bna*o of Oconee it directed to bo at - .
Walballa, or at aoate point on tb# Blao Ridge
Rullro*d, between that plaea and PcrryrlDe,
Tna New Terk Ana snggeata the following
legUlatioo aa a mean* of predentin* raitwa*
-v ,
t aceidenist For ??rry engine, lender or ear
thai rimII ran off the traek lirpom n flne, nay
) of Are bnndred dollar*. For ererjr alrplacI
log of n switch, fl va ^hundred dollar*. For
erory eor that ehAtt nprol, one Iboninnd dolInre.
For ererjr collision of train*, two tbon nod
Holler*. For orery breaking through of
n bridge, twq thousand dollar*^ For rory
' perron killed, two thouaaed dollars. For erarjr ?
broken limb'or bone, on* thousand dollars.
' For erarj other Injury to lb* person, not |ue
' arding Hfc or lUab, from two hundred and
Aftg to in hundred dallnro. And so on far
, other nmldenf end injuries | the taayoettton off
those toeo not to present nrlta hp t^dtr Mania
1 for lajerioe to thok pereoae or propttlp, nor
? orimlnal proroentlone to opprnfwjelo ** *, bnt
to bo regarded pa penalties indlpted jgt.hobnlf