The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, July 29, 1868, Image 2
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V'Jtt TllK SOUTHSUN KNTkRl'RISK.
Flying Trip from London to Paris.
Mc?r*. Editor!: Had my stay In Europe
been Imlf so long as the time which ho*
flown since my Inst communication to your
patient paper, I might have seen something
of la bell* Pari* to epenk of ; but, as it war,
1 had merely a glance at the beautiful oily.
My plan had becu, to leturn from England
via Edinboro' and Glasgow, in Scotland^
thence, to Belfast, lu Ireland ; and so, passing
through Dublin and Cork, take the Cunaid
Mail Steamer at Queenatown, for Bos.
tou ; hut " a change came o'er tho spirit of
mv dream." ivhen I was earnestly advised.
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by some returning tourists, to vielt the ?xpositiou
Univertalle, if only for one day.?
Of course, the thought wns delightsome.?
The expense would he trifling, end travel
ing expeditious. Everywhere about London,
great posters temptingly stared you iu
the fuse with the exciting Announcement
thnt, for the insignificant sum of thirty
shillings, oue could travel to Pnris and
back, consuming only twelve hours ench
way, and nil by " night service," il preferred
llere wns the very economy ol money and
time, so important to n traveler whose circumatnnces,
like mine, were somewhat limited
in both these items. The desire 1 felt
to see a live Napoleon, if possible, or at.
least tost ep on the soil of ' Johnnie Crapaxtd,'*
was irresistable. 80 I yielded nt last to my
own inclinations and 1 he encouraging offer
of n Mr. Wall?hero is his card,
James wall
MINtSTRO LYANUtXICO,
BOLOGNA.
This gentleman had lodgings nt the Stabb
House ; and, during my sickness, had called
sometimes, in a friendly way, with a proffer
of assistance. One day, in <onvcrsation, b"
casually mention*d his intention of going
to Paris to meet his \n ife, who was soon to
leave Florence for London, lie should be
glad of my company, so he said, and would
set as my interpreter, for one day, nt least.
Hole was a good ehance not to be lightly
thrown away, and surely much bettor than
g>?ii g alone, and trusting to "Freuoh with
out a master." "When do you purpose to
leave!" mid I. "If your health will per.
nut, we'll go to-morrow tni.l he, " anil, if
not, Friday will lie soon enough for me."?
" 7W? bitn." lie smiled, for I hud discluim_.i
1 1 . ..1 is...... 1.
( u niij mium hi ri riivn |>M'iiiiu?;iniivii
So, 1 quickly tram-latcd the French " very
well" into the more elegant American
" Nnff scd !" To he honest, I did study
Lcvisac ?u<l Nugent u little, in my youthful
days, and, during the present century, have
turned over n ftw leaves of Ollendnrf. Hut,
although I hitd n tolerable nrroy of French
nouns nl nty command, ] could cosx iron*
of the verbs tongiee with their nominative
cases excej t the verb to l>r : To <lo and to
n.jj'tr, 1 would leave entirely to ray fiienel,
Mr, Wall. lie rose to go, when I rugg<sted
h glass of nice French brandy as an appro
filiate conclusion tei our jiar'ri/ He offered i
no objection, nnd this time, we Loth \
" smib-d," taking it "straight''?i.e., avee
I'tau niflfs ran* tucre. With n smack of the i
lips sod " an rrvoirhe lift me trying to
conjugate the vetb allti into which 1 lloundcrtd
us far #h Iho first person, plurnl ?
' :xou* allow," (to which 1 added, on the i
exliib-rating strength of the brandy?<Umaiii)
William, extinguish the candle!
* Candle tir t" "Yes sir." "Good night
sir," and I was sound asleep in no time.
Thursday came, and with it. a new leather
travelling bag from Chcapside, which was
coon stowed with, such indispeneihle, but
unmentionable articles of apparel and ooti.
venicnce a* every gent bantu traveler is i
atipposcd to need 1 went very little abroad
in the forenoon of this day, but sought
anuis. incnt in the newspapers and lite i.ou
don ltirei tory. What a httgo volume of
names! 1 had not tine to count all the
f'.rrvlh* before the !! o'rioi k dinner hour bv
which time iuy ?| petite lin<1 grown to a
prodigious edacity. But it yielded gradually
to successive cuts of rorat beef, flanked
by generous slices of Yorkshire pudding ]
etc. Dinner o?cr, Mr. Walt and 1 selr.. d ji
each our traveling hag r.nd umbrella, and j '
economically walked to tbe Liidgnte-llU' |
Kail way Sla'ion, feeling consoled on the
way by lite maxim of Poor Richard, that I
"a'xpence saved is sixpence earned." At j'
nearly every Knglisb Kai-wnv Station lan ; j
" parcels' office," where the traveler may J 1
deposit bis trunk, bag, or vr.li?s, paying a <
penny or (wo pence, and receiving n ticket, <
upon tha rs:urn of which be may receive ] <
bis property again. This is a very g o it I I
convenience, and one, so far ns I am aware, <
not to be- found in lh? United Stales, where
a trnv?h-r must have bis eyes wide open or <
stiff, r robbery before bis very acse, On <
my way to New Yotk, at the Charlotte
Junction, in Columbia, I inquired for some
place where I could deposit my luggacre <
hafcly until the train came tip, and w as toll
by the ticket master that I might, leave it
in tbe office, but lie would give me no assurance
of itt aafety. I lefi it, at a venture,
and went aw.tv for ? abort time, and on m)
E-turn it was gone. An officious darkey
bad been allowed to remove it, and in the
hope of reward, no doubt, hsif taken it to
the eiJe of the Kailioad, where it wni soak. j
?il with rain before I sonld get my check.
1 All V. t-,j .i <1. A< ?,v .It I * ... ]1 .J
m -wp j^'TT. .IMV in/ ut nvnrsi^ w.ni* iinvmifu f
nt hucIi absence of system snd order rimy
naturally account for Ilia frequent losaer
that nr? known to occur.
Having di'poiittd o'tr portmanteaux (it
the I'mc?*ls' Office, we h <1 |ir>.? t<> look
nhout a hit before buying 0"r round tickets
Mine resd ?s follow*?" h7portion tie Pari*
]*07, eltemin d* Fcr tin Inndnn, Chatham'
p or) hover, llillel a Prise HeJuit A liar ti{
J'rtortr I.ondret el Pari*. ValaUe pour It
a rviee de null Mo'emenl," etc. This ticket,
was good for fourteen <!?v e, four times s*
Jung n? 1 ?1iotiM probably ner-.J lr. The
runiiing time from London to Dover i* two
I lira si.il Iwrnlj' m:nutt?, the dManco I >
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labyrinth of crossings not far from London.
The immunity from frequent accidents on
English railways seems Indeed miraculous.
A stiR breeze that set out with us had increased
to a 910m gale by the time we
alighted from the train, on Admiralty Tier,
Dover, and the little black steamer thai
was to convey ua across the channel pitched
about at the quay (key) like an um-kilful
chorister. A half hour or more
employed in putting the luggage on board,
gave u* a chance to peep into the aubaque
oua hol?8 below deck, ych pt cabins. It
was thought prudent by onreclvee to give
one's stomach the best chane* possible
against sea-sick nest; accordingly, we were
not long in finding the universal prevontlve
or remedy, vis.: a gluw of mm d? vi*. Pel
dom lias there been more need of some fo-lifying
stimulant. for the vessi-l liad not
doubled her length from the pier when a
rude wave dn.hing over the how caused a
general stampede, and flight below. The
deck wae deserted in a twinkling I found
about four feet of a cu?hioned seat unoccupied,
and ihere cast anchor, to await, coming
event.*, which are enid to " caet their
shadows before." And they were not long
behind, this time. The vessel rolled, and
the hall opened with " up and down the
middle, cast off all hands round "?or
nearly so. As for me, I had not yielded to
Father Neptune on his mighty Atlantic
throne, nor would I now, (if I o -uld help it.)
to any Triton or river god of them all.?
Strange to say, I had not a qualm during
this very rough | avenge across the Straits of
Dover. Few others, if any of the company,
could ray ns much. My traveling eompau*
ion from whom 1 was separated in the general
skedaddle afterward told nic that he
had hcen dreadfully 111. The slcknees from
which 1 had but just recovered might account,
In pail, for my happy escape. As It
wns, I OH r.m'ised and almost mirthful;
and hut for the distress around me, which I
knew would be of brief duration, 1 could
have laughed outright at this naueeaiiug
tableau. Away lu one eorner, was a stout
burly fellow, groaning, and making ns much
ndo ns il he were about, to part with 111* nl
dermanic stomach, which ha had petted so
long into a perhct rotundity. The stew,
nrds, who arc always ready or. such foulwenther
occasion*, were ringed in India'
Milliter honf* itnri -l!a ?t. ?
tlie inevitable tin basin, In which lw receive
I lie unwilling and painful tribute. from the
wretched victim* of It mal da tnir. A some,
wliut distressing, hut nwkward and laughs
hie accident occurred to a lady who occupied
n scat not rainy loet from w-here I lay.
AVhile in tlie act of vomilion, her artificial
teeth became d'glodged, and w. re ijectcd
into the ha.-in. A moment of exhaustion, of
comic, followed, during which instant of
lime the too faithful steward had changed the
veMi 1, and. In a twinl.iing.its contents wei e ?
(.li, horroi cf horrors !) like I'haraoh'k hostscast
into the sen. T mutate Neptune I ltnsl
lliou no irctcy, that thus, so ruthlessly,
I lion conliM despoil this unoffending lad) f
Hid Amphitrite need an upjr.tr trttf I saw
the lady again when entering the 'bus, at
Calais, and it may he j resumed ihnt alic
wna ratio r "down in the month." hut I
could not tell, for the handkerchief that en
I'ilelcd h<-r f??e entirely eoncea'od that feature.
It is nn ill wind that l-lowe g. ml to
no otts, impudently thought I, and who
knows loit she limy he A termagant whose
compulsory silence will le a pleaeuol relief
to n Candied liushand.
We landed at ll e Quai de Mn'ee, Calais,
and, the tide hnvi g et-b- d <ji?iu*i<t ei ably
we weie compelled to scramble np the
slimy, wooden stairs, nt the Iu-h*] of which
h h-gioti of porters and wall. is beset ll.w
pnssriig.rs, in n vile nnd n lay pal<n?, for
(lie privilege of 'luting'" their luggage.?
By lavilinj without trui k<, M-. Wsll nnd
I escaped the annoyance of having our
' 'traps ' overhaul, d by the Fr?n<-h cuslom
house officials. Ii * ?? rosy for me to realize
tli.it we were in a different eountry, nnd
ntilling different people Ironi those we had
left H few hours before. '1 lie omnibus, an
one link in our circulnr billrl, was noiiiir.nl
ly free, having been included in the price
paid for our tickets; hut passenger* were
^objected to the grossest boporiunity on
the par! of the conductor, who seemed determined
to extort a fee for hirtcclf. Our
journey b- ing nt night, we, of course, could
s?e nothing of the city, and therefore prosc
ded at. once to the train. Here wo were
directed ton box containing two lo nches
?n one of which, nnd confronting us, sat
Ihrce gentlemen, whom, judging hy tl.eb p*.
ruliur garb, I set down a* members of the
Roman Catholic priesthood Tliey were
dressed nlilte, in long, dark hluo. woollen
i?oat?, l.nttoned el.se in *h? neck, over a
white cravat ; on their head*, snurnous
hats, rolled up at the sidea. Th light in
our narrow cur was too dim to show me
their lower extremities, hut quite suffioient.
1,4? Bdimuu? mr i?nt ?ii*- iiirt; ni my i7ii a V48
win* one of ll-o uglivat and ino?l repuleive
that I lind ever *een. Hire wna abundant
food fur i fT-clion, and while my friend
dallied foitb in search of aoine euh'trthtial
viaticum, wiih which to fid ? certain vaeuum
which nature and hungry men ahltor,
1 mused upon my present position, and
triad to recnll something F had rend or
heard nhout Calais. I looked at monk
number two. and thought of Sterne and hia
"Sentimental Journey"; and 'tire enough
lo-re win 1 in the very town of Calais, where
that q mint writer and traveling philoso
pher eneoucterod- the mendicant monk of
St. Francis. " AUe, poor Yorlck!." Hut
?<y n onk* had ifo a; penrnnee ot mealicitj*
uor was the " sleeve of their tunic " at all
' thtendharv." The face of cumber two
van radiant wi'.h sneh honignnnt aweetnea*
n? almost to neutralize the ins'lnotive rovnl
ion I hiol felt while looking at the face of
nnmher one. The contract was very atrik*
ing Nnmher three was a jolly.lookiig
fellow of 40 year*, mayhap, and realized at
or ee my ideal of Fri.ir?what'* Ilia-name, in
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Richard bo lustily T Somvhow, I found myself
humming (inandibly of course) a humorous
song that I had rhouted a hundred
times in tha ears of my frieud*, vis.: * The
Monks of Old.**
" Many Ink ve told
Of the Monks ot old.
What s saintly race they were;
But '?, is more trus
That a merrier er?*tr
Could scarce be found elsewhere.
" For they sang and laugh'd,
And Ihs rich wine qnafTd,
And lived on the daintiest cheer.
F?r they laughed?ha I ha I
And thsy quaffed?ha ! ha I
And lived on Ibe daintiest cheer." 4toBut
I must com* to an am?n here, and
resume my narrative at A miens, where 1
swallowed a matutinal cup of strong coffee,
aa a very appropriate rear guard to the
htriered r?ll that my friend, the w?iui*tro,
had bought for hlma-lf, at Calais. hut wan
too aick to eat., poor fellow I and ao I ate it
for him. MOKK ANON.
&l)t ^outjjmi (gnttrprwr.
GREENVILLE, S. C.
WEDNE8DAY, JULY 89, 1898.
"A Bill to Regulate Appeala and Writs
of Error to the Bupreme Court" In thia
State.
Thia bill has been introduced into the
Le gislature. We are shocked at its cumbrous,
onerous and expensive character to
the people, who tnay be forced to go to
law. Wc thought this Legislature was to
make laws more pimple, especially judicial
proceeding*, ltut this hill force every
man to go to the expens- of printing all
equity proceedings when appeals arc tak?n,
thus practically denying justice and the
piiv'lcge of- the courts to the poor and the
unfortunate. For printing, such case, |
sometimes would cost the pr ce of a mode
rate trout of lund, and all for what? to
have three little priufed hooks for the three
Appevl Judges iu every equity ens. ! '1 he
last white Legislature prohibihd compulsory
printing of briita for the Court of Appeals.
It never wss required by set of the
Legislature, but l?y rule of Cout L
lite hill seeks to do away with the -aim
pie and economical uiode of appealing,
heretofore existing in all c.tses'of law, civil
and criminal, hy sub-t|iut<ng the prurco I
iug l-y the old " writ of eiror," and forcing
every man who appeals to give boml ami
security for damages and coats if ho does
not succeed. Here, again, the poor, the
oppressed and the frijndles*. those most
needing the protection of the l.iw nti.1 foil
[ Justice, nre ctlt.fF,- ! *> rich nn?i the proa
I ..Ton* %r? ulonc the full recipients of its
| bi'ttcKlt.
We hope ilii* bill will fall, nt.d our oh)
role* "f appeM be | ei mi * te I to aland. It
i* lunnelrmis thai people should he taxed to
support h Supreme Court, and II.en he d?
ni. J it? benefits, nnb-.-s they |viy again
heavily for il in the shape of piloting bids,
ntul likewie. lie excluded ftoin il, utiles*
they enn find Mend* to g<i their security ?
These mlcs might do f,.r tin* United S|?tes
Court, wlorn appeal* nr? not allowed under
$2,inh), inn! whet? the wealthy, almost ex
j oluaive.ly, ere the lilignii'*, and nn ease under
*-e!it). te ever tried; I.ill they ure
wholly iiidefeiiRtlde in S'ate Court proCeedinga.
We trust tllHl the fi iond# of ilie
people in (lie Legislature, (and we hope
they Imve some friend* there) wl'l de'eal
till* unjust nil 1 oppressive l.ill. We do not
know who introdnned it. The only good
it con do will he to keep the p. splo from
the ben.fU of I lie Supreme Court, nud rare,
the Chief Ja lire and tl*x> Judges the j
trouble of < anting their salaries.
Ponth of Mrs. Harper, Consort of Itoe*
11. b, Harper, of the Methodist Church.
Our community was piiin-d last We.lnes- j
<1;.? to Irnrii of ilia death of this lady, wkiah
occurred alte* a very ahort iII ?--?s at the
residence of J. A. Pavm, Erq. Her plana
walk and cottvrr ntion had ci d- orrd her to
those wh?. knew her, who feel flint rhe haa
Keen tak-Mi l? a Heavenly reward. Mr,
IIarpk-r I.a* the eirncat rympatUim of the '
entire community.
Her funeral w?? preached hy I?ev. Eu.U
e?s G.irrl*, nod alio wna bnrhd on ImI
Thursday evening, attend- d hy a Inrguconooor.ia
of nor .-one*
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Largo, Flue Tomato.
Onr friend, Mr. T. tV. Dana, Jeweller, haa
prom oted ua with a Tomato surpassing anything
in that lino yot cotne under onr obaervat
ion. It weighed two pound* nud measured
LA) Inohea tu eircutnfervuee. It nny one ean
heat it, we will record the fact. The vine that
produced thia fruit alao horo several other* of
about one half tliu site. It was raised l-y Mn.
Davis, about one mile'from Town, and la of
mo r'?!! variety. II Mr*. I>. ia a* successful
in other enterprises as abe ia bar garden,
her labor ia not without reward.
Death of Mlsa Dorcas Oroon.
The death of lit ia lady occurred at her rcsidonee,
two utile* from Town, on laat Thursday.
Hhr wat *;?< '! at.nut eighty years, and had reaided
.at her recent home for near fifty ycara.
She was ncrer mar'Jodt hot took a great interest
in btr relating. a ho enjoyed bur munificence.
Evan the Little Ones are Taken Away.
Death ace in a to be unnaually active in onr
, midat at Ibis time, sparing nei.ber the old or
tlie child. Mr. Jons Fcrui'Sow bna been
grieved at lite loss of his infant, of only a few
months existence. How hard moat it be to
eover np forever from onr sight the little honseh?ld
blossom*?those Suds without wbioh life
has no obarm.
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Ix the Georgia 8 nets, Hie fomteenth
C >n*'itnllonnl Amendment was passed, on
I V I i V ? V of 21 to ) J, ood ill the
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Baptist State Convention. J
Tl>i? body held lis annual meeting at
Newberry, commencing oil Friday, 26th
July, and closing Tuesday evening. Rev* 1
J. Ij. Hktxolds, D. D., was sleeted Presi '
dent; J. O. B. ParoAn, D. D., Viee-l'real- '
dent; J. F. MorntALL, Secretary, and Profee- i
sor C. H. Jvdson, Treasurer. The attend- 1
anee was full as OAtial. The absorbing matter
of interest before the Convention was
the condition of Furman University The
l<1sn of aiding It adopted by the Executive
0? mmlttee at OrcenvUle, was heartily approved
and endorsed. Much entlrislnam
existed In ita behalf, and the result must be
favorable. The Convention resolved to
e<>ntinue a system of Domesllo Missions In
the State, and deolared an abiding interest,
in Foreign Missions. Much was done which '
we cannot notice in detail for want of space 1
m me body work d -'nergetically j
and faithfully to the closo. Tlio addreases '
before lite Convention on the subj-ot of the I
University were able; Rev Hkiurd Furman
especially, displayed gr.-nt force and
eloquence on Ilie subject. Able and indiien *
tial speeches were likewise made by C<>1 1
Kdwamm, of Darlington, Dr. Reynolds, Dr.
J. C. Furmax, stul others.
The Convention will meet next year at
Yorkville. We sliotiM mention tli-it
there wee greet interest shown in Whal'
of the South Carolina Baptist, published at
Anderson, and a resolution, strongly com- 1
mending that valuable paper to the denomination,
was adopted; ministers were re 1
commended to nid in its circulation.
There was preaching in the Baptist
Church every night and oa Sunday like- 1
[ who in the several Churches?Methodist .
| and Fresbyterisn, very $ble and Instructive 1
setm-ms were delivered. The congrrga '
tions were large. The people of Newberry,
without distinction of sect, evinced a most
cordial and refined hospitality toward the
vieitois. and the'r kindness and liberality '
will lie never forgotten by (hose who had 1
the pleasure of sojourning with litem. The
population of tliv town will compare favorably
with that of any oilier part of tin1 j
State.
Company for Mauufacturlnfr Bugar.
Dr. W. P. Passmork tho general agent for
the Southern Sorgo aud Sugar Refining Company,
is now in llrceiiviHe, and is forming a
joiut Stock company for the purpose of ostubIL-hing
a branch in GreenvlHs, and we nro
pleased to know that he has several names ulreudy
ou bis list. The works of this compo- 1
ny will bo operated in Town. Ho intends
visiting ditoront parts of tho County also, 1
soon. Dr. Pashmorm has exhibited to us in '
our cfiioo three specimens of the sugar made
on tlia plan proposed, manufactured of our
conunou sorghum, and wo nrc confident that
we have never seen a bettor article of coffee '
sugar than tluit of No. ft; Not. 1 and 2 of tho
samples, nl??, were of very good quality. His I
advertisement appears in another part of the <
paper, to which wo cull attention. Also to 1
the article in our news columns copied from
the Louisville (Ivy.,) headed "Farmer's
Glut'," In which luav t.s seen iho lilan
upon which this company will manufacture
sugar.
Frotn time to time, w? will furnish our read. '
cr> with information in rcferouce to litis mat- (
ler. - ,
VVjtt ofa Portion of tfca Legislature.
Ou Sunday lust our quiet place *nn put in 1
an uproar by the rrpocl that the Legislature '
would remove to Greenville, and that a por- ,
tion of tbo number would reach bore on that ,
day at 8 o'clock. When tbo train arrived, i
however, it was ascertained that nothing ot i
the rort was purposed, hut that a number of '
th? uicuihars ol Uie Legislature, on an exclusion
trip for the examination of th? working '
and eonditiou of the Greenvillo and Columbia ,
Railroad, upon invitation extended by Prwai- |
dent IIavmktt, had rosebud tho terminus of <
the jaunt. Sou*) seventeen or eighteen wliltc I
members had accepted President Hammctt's 1
invitation, togather with a number of colored 1
ones, how ututi^ exactly we cannot state.-? ^
While hesc, after procuring stopping p!acc.?, (
they employed themselves by walking around i
the place, when permitted by the falling rain. <
'Jib* white members put up with Mr. 6w\x- 1
DAl.s, tha other* found lodging with those of
their race who could acommodato them, after
some llttlo enquiry. The following is a list of
Uvoae stopping at the Mansion House t W. It.
Iloyt, Colleton; J. F. 1). Camps, Spartanburg;
W. 8. Collins, Marion, K. V. Scott, Williams,
burg; II. W. Webb, Georgetown; J. II. Jciiks,
Charleston ; John II. Met iter, Suuiter; 0. IIPcttiopill,
Williamsburg; C. P. Leslie, Wil
I iiiuiiroirrK , w. iioumrns, I'ariington ; eiia?<
! 8. Ku?h, U. jiufort j F. F. Miller, Georgetown ;
J. ti-. Omit, - ; Lewis b'iokars, Charleston;
J. Crvws, Lauren*; 8. II. lingo, .
I They left at wine o'clock, on Monday, proceeding
to Columbia. We learn that thoy
j were highly pleased with the conduct and ope*
. ration of the Road.
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Tho Lead Wo Lure.
The Land We Lore for August contains fifteen
original articles. Comparative Generalship
exposes the outpllnese of Grunt's claim
I to be a great commander.
Ibe l>wcay of Religion in tho South is a
thoughtful article by Mr. lUanigault. The
Bystem of Ebgftah Gang Labor shows that
the English Abolitionist has a more cruel system
of slavery at homo, than that which he
Ieo much dup'orrd at tho South. The JHckens
IXnncr la a sprightly bttrlcsquo of the toady
( in ci mv /. ncricnn I'rea*. Rhcrp Ilunbiindty
calla attention to an important object for
Ilia Southern farmois The poetry is from Mr*.
Clarke, llenry It. Jack*.in, and Edward A.
Jonka.
There aro two tnlca of Action and aorcral
erraya.
| The frontirpicee ia a bcnutiful atecl.plate
! engraving of Gunorul A?hhy.
Death of an Exainplary Colored Man.
Frank Uantt, an exemplary and worthy o?lored
man, aon of Ilonry Uantt, our well known
barber, died day before yeaterday, in thia
town. He wna induatrioua and upright, and
bora a good character.
I
t5f Gen. W. K. Ktn,? will lecture
. batore the Literary Club next Tuesday
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Professor O. H. Judson a Lecture before
the Oreenvllle Literary Club.
The favored assembly of ladle* and gen
tlemen who heard the Lecture of Professor
J udson on last Tuesday eveoing, were learn
Bdly entertained and instructed. The *ub
|ect waa, " Pr*-llln?ilo Mail." The monuments
of bis existence of every kind were
discussed, and the moet modern diaeovoriea
and theories briefly presented. We attempt
no outline. It was very evident that the
Lecturer, without con.ntllting himself decidedly
to any speelnl theory, eouceded that
late dl?c<>v?-rie# j;lve many facts sustaining
the probabilities of pre-A Jain it* races of
men of s vnst ntiMquity,
The style of rro'essor Jcti-oa's lecture
we*appropriate to the mil.J- ct, hie introduo"
lory and closing remnik*, being fr-ed from
the statistical Incumbrances of stones, and
hones, end mounds of earth, end geological
itr.ite?the mere earthy material* of the
philosopher?were specimen* of e fine style,
where calibrated thought, high reasoning,
and moral and religious sentiments, put on
their severely, chaste and beautiful garments.
attracting the admiration of " the
intnd'a eye," and fixing its gaze upward to
ward the source of nil science.
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Public Meeting Noxt Salo-day.
Let there he a general Democratic meeting
next 8tie dny. of the members of the
Clubs and cltixona generally. We shall
hoar from our distinguished fellow-cltlx-n,
Gov. pEttiir, stid others, of the prospects of
thesxymova and Blair l*r-silent inl nomf*
nation. I s ratifieatinn is deserving the
approval of all who desire to perpetnale
the corts'llulintt and union of the States
ami die libet ty and prosperity of the c<>un
try.
Very Acceptable.
Wo assure Mr. Sivana R. WcsrMonut.AKU
that wo highly valuo that sack of OH pounds
if flour sent us tho other dny, at tho bands of
bis son. The specimen Is a very good one,
and wo are able to state that Mr. W. 1* prepared
to turn out a good article at all times,
having rooently pnf bis mills in completo repair
with now bolting cloth, Ac., 'and as ho
tupcrintcnOs himself, the public tnay have cn"
tiro faith in his establishment.
Dr. J. C. Fabsr.
T1 o Trustees of Furmnn UiiivcVsity Ttsro
sleeted this learned gentleman one of its Pro,
feasors. Tho high reputation of I>r. F^dkh
us a linguist, and for ability as a tokchcr will
insko t>10 appointuiont a popular ouo, and a
inbject of congratulation with tho friends of
I ho Uuive'rslty all over the State.
Crops and Seasons.
R due have fallen plentifully in this Stale
Ince last Wednesday, and the crop prospect*
ate good. Between Grrcnvil'e and
!7uwl,erry O. II., except a small section,
rrops appear promising. We think suolt is
lie case genorully in the upper Districts.
From lite LouttrUle P..i)y Conner.
Farmer*' Club.
Meeting cal'ed lit order by the Proeldcnt
tm\ report* of eonimitteea called for.
l 'r. Thornberry read the following reporl
if llit* e?mn iMco appointed to visit the
o>n county Kenturfcr Rmgo Company:
r<> Iff Jrjfrr*m County Fartn?r?r Club ;
Your (iimniiltve to wliom was assigned
lh? doty of inv.atigattng the suhjct of
mailing augur and sirup liom tlic eorghum
ugar cane l?y a new procera, claimed to
liava l een discovered by Wclloe A Hatcher,
tnd for a valuable eonaoWniiwn assigned I?
dtc Kentucky flutyn Mauu'aetuiiiHf Company
for the Stale of Kentucky, respectfully
-ubmtl the following' report:
They viaibd Dover, a rtnall town on the
Dliio rivor, above Cincinnati, in Ma*oii
tuiinl), Keituikv. whefc the Kentucky
^o-iro Company have erected n suitable
building for making tuyar and nirup'fioin
tor in cane, and exatnhted the building*. I
troughs, pane, furiinc-a and orhcr requisites
belonging to iliia company. Here they nw
a nice ar ielc of sugar ju?t made; and a
nenttier of pan* or ritallow wooden boxe*
filled with t-irtip, or rather thick mush so?
iw in vniiuur t'agcnl granulation, preparatory
to the fo ni it'Ou of atg-<r They aim
jonverred willi p rsons who have made
ogar and alrup by tiiir new procrs* at
Ihelr farms on their own account and they
all dec 'tired, both the sugar and elrnp Ihoa
made to be of a nvprrior quality. One of
your committee al-o, wisoing to obtain all
tha information possible in regard to thia
interesting aitl-j ct, went lbirlv-liv? or forty
mile* into the country, back of Kipley Ohio,
to are a gentleman by lite name of Duval,
who, he Wat informed, had given the *uh
ject a thorough investigation. He found
hitn to lie a venerable looking man, over
titty j < uc* of age ? * plain, practical, corrv
mon-st n*?, track ohl fanner?a mini inc*
pa hie ? f practicing deception upon any one,
a id not ea?il y, liimaelt, deceived hy the
cunning art> and wilra ??? th? designing.?
II- informed him that at firat he attached
so little vnportartre to lh? claim mt up by
the agents engaged In selling lights, having
?<-n to much imposition practiced upon the
fanner* hy pet anna of thia olnae, that he
could not he induced to bestow upon the
subject any altantion. Hut being persuaded
to give the subject a thorough Investigation
hy rtrony of lor fri--nd? and iiclirhbnrs who
had implicit confidence in hia known caution
and good judgment, and who dcaired
themselves to he satisfied a* t> the value of
the discovery claimed by the pnlentec, he
finally contented to do to, and the better to
accomplish the object had in viaw, defer
mined to visit the patentee himself, He
di 1 ao last foil a year ago, and there saw
several thousand pounds of nice sugar mado
snd in the vaiious stages of formation ; conversed
with the patentee, Mr. Well-r, who
cheerfully gave ail Ilie information desired,
and thoroughly satisfied himself that the
thing was no hum bug. Upon his return
homo, the more thoroughly 11 teat the nroeeaa,
ntid to satisfy himself that no mistake had
been made, ho tried the experiment of
mnkiiiK iii'jar on a email scale, behind hie
oookingnl<>ve, where the necessary wnirmh
would he attained, and succeeded to hia entire
satisfaction. lie think* if sugar could
not he made hy tide proee*s at all, the dlscovery
is a very valuable one for the inanutactiue
of timp a!ont,
lie declares he is not Interested pecuniarily
in the success or failure of the discovery In
any way, shape or form, but ia satisfied the
thing is a rtulitjf and no bitmbag. Ouo of
yonr roUiuittee plso conversed with Mr. linynolds,
a banker in KipUy, who informed him
he wits ositig in bin family an article of sirup
rnrsdn by this new process, by a Mr. Collins,
tor which hu paid a dollar per gallon, and a
nicer, better sirup he had never used. Mr,
Cut.ms mformed us that hia original design
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waa to make sugar, but finding the (Imp ee
inuob hotter then be eapeoted, end the prion
offered so tempting, be determined to eell the ** .
whole, which be accordingly did et one dollar
per gallon.
Tbe conclusion to which your committee haa
arrived, from all tbe infer mat loo they ean obtain
on this auiject ie, first, that en gar of a
good, it not exoeh'ent quality, with eery little,
if any, of the peeui.'nr sorgho taste abowt M,
can be made from thf sorghum sagai ease.
Second, that the elrup m tde by this yauaaae Is
far superior to hny they h?crs eter see* ma da
by any other. Third, that .'be dlseseeay Is
very valuable one, requiring t Utle if amy mora
outlay to mnko sugar and 'hf ny thla
orocoaa than br the old. while it in. snder
proper management, a good artlolo ^ butto
sugar and alrup.
PHILIP THORNBKRET, M. D.
ALANSON WORKMEN,
J. II. 6BEB0LT.
LortsviM.it, June 6, 18<18.
AOor the submission of the report In reply
to a quo-Uon propounded by Dr. Allen, Mr.
J<>hna?n replied that sorghum had been greatly
neglected. First of all, farmers bad planted
and replanted their old bybrldltcd seed,
until tbey have greatly rodneed not only the
quantity but the quality of their production.
A farmer who would be guilty of treating tobacco,
hemp or other crops with the ratno neglect
that sorghum receives, would be voted
rn unworthy member of the Jefferson County
Farmers' Cluh. -The poorer soil produces the
best ijtup. The richer soil tho greater quantities,
and harder to handle in manufacturing,
there-being a greater amount ef gum or antlcrygtallxahlo
substance to eontend wish. It is
not tho largest stalk we want, bnt the most
juicy, which is always the intcrinodiato stalk.
Allow ail to start in the bill that the ground
will support, so that the stalk will not grow
large. Cano should not bo allowed to becomo
dead-ripe, anJ should bo culled, cutting ont
the ri|wi stalks so as to give the strength of
soil to tbo weaker enne. This mode of harvesting
greatly iuercnsej the quantity and
quality of sugar and sirup. II the cane Is allowed
to become dead-ripe, the crystallsable is
changed to nncrystalizable sugar, and the sirup
is much darker. Green cane la a simp
cousumor rather than a sirun producer. The
cane should bo cut when in the proper stage.
Mr. Jobnson also entered into some details
luto the process of manufacturing sugar, and
stated that t.hoy strictly avoid tho use of c ho laical*
of any kind.
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Tho Homeatoad Law.
The following is the homestead law as passed
by both Houses of the Goneral Assembly s
A bill TO UKTKMIIBU amd kbkpbtuatk tit*
IIOUaaVKAD.
tie it rnnctriT by- the Senate and House of
Representatives of tbo Stato of 8outh Carolina,
now met and silting- in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
Hkctiob 1. Whenever the real catate of the
head of any family residing In this State shall
be levied upon l.y virtue of any meanc or Una!
process issued IVoin any court. If tbo same bo
the family bomestend of sucb person, tho sheriff
or other officer executing said process shall
cause a homestead, such aa. said person may
select, not to oxcecd the vailuoof ono thousand
dollars, to be set off to s.iid person in tho man-'
nor following, to wit: He shall cause three appraisers
to bo appointed, one to be named by
the creditor, one l>y tho debtor, and one by
himsolf, who shall be dtseroet and disinterested
men, resident in tho county, and shall bo
sworn by a Justice of tho Peace to Impartial
i_V opprniHO iilift sot off, by metes and hound*,
& homestead of tho estate of the debtor, snch
as he may select, not to extend the value of
ono thousand dulUrs; and the said appraisers
hnll procoed accordingly to set out the homo*
Hal; an) the sot off and assignment so made1
by tho nppi.tUers shall be rotnrned by the officer,
along with said process, for record in
Court; and, if no complaint shall be made by
oithcr party, no furlhur proceedings shall be
had against the homestead, but the rekidue of
tliu lauds and tenements of the head of a family,
if any moro or other he rhall have, shall'
t?o linble to attachment, levy and sale: Pro-rided,
That upon good cause shown the Court,out
of which tho process issued may order is
reapnrniscmcut and reassignment of tho homestead,
cither hv the same appraisers or others
appointed by the Court: And, presided further,
Thnt should tho creditors or dobtor neglect
or refuse, uftcrdae notice from the officers
executing the process, to nominate an appreisur,
then snid officer shall appoint tho same.
Sue. 2. Whenever tho personal property of
the bead of any family residing In this State
is taken or uttaehed l?y virtue of any mesno
or final process issued from any court, and said
person shall cl.sim the snid proporty or any
part thereof as exempt from attachment on
account of the snmo being the annual product
of hia or her homestead, or as subject to exemption
nnder the constitution, and the eredi- .
tor and debtor do not agree about the same,
the officer executing said process shall causo I
the samo to ho ascertained, and all exempted i
proporty sot out by appraisers appointed and I
sworn for the purpose as provided in the pre- 1
ceding section for setting ont the homestead,subject
to like limiratioas and provisions, and j
the residue, if any, shall be sola, whieh proceeding
shall be stated In the officer's returnof
such process.
8rc. 3. The exemption* of seetlons one and
two of this act shall not extend to an attachment,
levy or sale on any mesne or final process
issued to secure or enforce the payment
of taxes, or obligations contracted for the purchase
of said homestead, or obligations eon
tractcd for the erection of improvements the:*on
r Provided, The court or authority issuing
said process sh til ceitify thereon that the same
is issued for some one or more, and no other,
of said purposes: Provided farther, The yearly
product of said homestead shell he -abject
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ntrovnwvnif iptj unci 1AIO IO WCUID or CDforce
lb* payment of obligation* contrasted
in tho production of the tnut; but the court
issuing the process therefor shall certify thereon
that the same is itsucd for said purpose
and no other.
R?C. 4. The estate or right of homestead of
the hu&d of any family existing at his death
shall continue for the benefit or bis widow and
minor ohildrcn, and be held and enjoyed by
them until the youngest child is twenty-cne
years of age, and until the marriage or death
of the widow, and be limited to that period. '
Out all the right, title and interest of the deceased
in tho premise* in which eueh estate or
right exists, rxoept tho estate of horn as load
thus continued, shall be subject to the laws re* *
luting to devise, descent, dower and sale for
payment of debts against the estate of the deceased.
8to. 5. When a widow *r minor children
are entitled to an estate or right of homestead
as provided in the preceding section, thetkme Fjj
may he setoff to the parties entitlod thereto \
by the Judge of tho Probate Court, who shall
appoint three disinterested persona, resident
in the county, who, having been duly sworn,
hail proceed to appraise and eat out, by metos M
end bounds, such homestead, and maka return 1
thereof to him. If nJPeomplalot shall be mad#
against said appraisal ana setting out of the
bomastoad, within twenty days thereafter, by
any party interested therein, or any good eaneo j
appear to the contrary, the same shall be eon- [ 1
Armed by the Judge, and ordered accordingly.
8tc. A. Appraisers appointed to set out Ik*
htimCAt.'U'l- ll n ,t#kl- - - * -4.-11
... ..... mi., mu mi I receiTO u
c?mpen*alion two dollar* per day eacb for
mieh aervleei, and Ilia aumo ihall be prUl Ky
(he officer executing Ilia proeaaa oat of tha I.
properly of tha debtor; or in mm of tba borne- 1
lead let out to a widow or minor children,
out of the eitate of the deceased by Uio execn- I
tor or admtniitrator thereof.
New York, July 37.
Cotton doll, at S0|(?*1. (told exalted, at *
Daltimokk, July 37. _
Wheat in good demand, at 3.2&@2.40.? |
Corn Arm?while 12460127; yellow 1 >?
Oata toady?new 84(<pH9. ?
('kawmtttow, July 37. ^
Cotton declining; aaloa i b*lu? - mi l .ling
20. ' M
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