The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, September 01, 1869, Image 1
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TTTT- . , . , A. REFLEX OF POPULAR JSVRNI^, V
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JOHN C. BA1I.LY, I'RO'R. J A GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. SKlTEMldflfr: '/' ; ' ftoL
Q. F* TO WN ES.
EDITOR.
. Ihawnrriw Two DolUn f?? o?bwm. 5
. Adt**tiii?uti insert?* at Ita nlM of
?> dollar per square of twolva Mima Haw
la stood typo) ?r 1?m for tfc? Ira* Insert!??,
IAj omU seek for th? moa< Ml third lM*rUoh,
wl twenty-tr? e?nU for Nba^unt
insertions. Yearly contracts will be tan da.
AM idnrtiNwnU nut bm the iiabw
at Insertions Marked ?a them, or they will h?
inserted UU ordered out* aad charged for.
Unless. ordered otherwise, Advert issues ts
Will laverUbly be " displayed."
OMtuary boilers, wad all matters Inuring to
to the benelt or ahy m% ar? regarded as
Advertisement*.
hi* s*.
IV* moo many a girl,
Who would marry a churl,
Providing he'd plenty of gold,
And woeld lire to repent
When the money ?u apent,
When the found (hat her heart had been eold.
It ie no! It la eo!
Ton may emHe, if yon like,
Bat It'a eo t
I've known many n laaa
Who wen Id thenghtleeely pan
Whole honra promenading the atreet,
While her mother woald acruh
AU the while at the tnh, ,
Never minding the eold or the heat.
, ' It ia eo I It la eo!
Ton may amile, If yon like,
Bnt it'a ao I
i ' irf 1
There li many a afka
Who will " dreea " If he eaa.
No matter hew empty hie pane,
And hia tailor may took,
When be eettlea hie hook,
Bat hU patron haa vamoeed or worae.
It ia ao I It ia ao!
Ton may amile, if yon like.
Bat it'a eo 1
I know people ao nlee
'7 They will taint in a trteo,
If yon mention hard labor to them,
Tet their parenta were poor
And were forood to endure
Maij hardship! Ufa'a current to atom.
It la to! It la aol
Ton may smile, If yon like,
Bat it'a ao!
Thara are many about
With a faea " long drawn oat,"
Who will prate for tha barm of a laugh,
Yet they'll cheat all tha weak,
Though Sandaya quite meek.
To my mind they're too pioua by half.
It ia ao! It ia ao!
You may amila, if you like,
Bat it'a ao!
Tar tha Southern Bntarprira.
Messrs. Editors?As it has beeji
decided that the next Scholastic
Year of the Furman University and
of the Greenville Female College,
shall consist of One Term of Fortyone
Weeks, with one vacation of
about three months, occurring altogether
in the Summer, instead of
Two Terms of Twenty Weeks each
as heretofore; and as the expediency
of this change is questioned
by some, it may not be amiss to
present a few considerations which
Send to show its propriety. It is
a subject of some importance, and
as its discussion need not arouse
the passions at all, it can be considered
camly and deliberately:
In the first place, then, it is a
fact, that nearly all of our more
prominent institutions of learning
have abandoned tbe plan of Laving
two terms with a short vacation
following each?one in Summer,
and one in Winter?and have
adopted the other plan, and it is
reasonable to infer that they have
done so from experience of tbe
disadvantages attending the former.
There a/rt such disadvantages,
and some of them are of d very
serious nature.
Those who have had any experience
in teaching, know that the
two most trying periods in every
school, are the opening and closing?the
first weclc or two, and the
last week or two. The lamentable
lsok of punctuality, of being "up
to time," which is so prevalent,
and which works so rancn mischief
in other things, is perhaps no
where more pernicious than as it
afeets the commencement and process
of a school. This evil, and
im uvuoequenCQI, UIO MWDer DM
to encounter at the beginning of
erory session. Parents think?or
rather their ehildreo tell them ao,
and unfortunately they yield the
point?that IKtle or nothing will
' do dona for the Drat week or ten
Ith#
children) might m well stay at
home and wait nntil every thing
gala under way.
Did it ever oocnr to them, that
the vary reaeon why nothing is
doue, ia that there ie nobody to do
any thing with, or ao few, that
vary little ean be dona 9 Of oonrse,
if the acbolara are not there, it ia
I.. I 'I . I, I". '! r VttSBBQBC*impossible
to classify them, Md t
equally impossible to arrange the c
schedule ol recitations. The exer- I
cises of the school are thus greatly 1
retarded* and the lew parents who 1
dp send at the proper tiuie become
impatient, because their children i
are so slow in entering upon their
studies, and the poor teacher is i
unmercifully censured, not with- 1
standing he has earnestly requested,
in his advertisement, the prompt 1
and punctual attendance oi all the i
scholars.
Again. The restlessness which i
is apt to pervade a school as the
session draws to its close?aggro- i
vated in the case of those who
have been away from their families 1
for several months, and in some <
who are anxious to escape the final
examinations, culminating in i
their actnal departure before the
proper time; this is an evil which i
is dreaded by every teacher.' The 1
student has scarcely recovered
from the depressing effects of
home-sickness and become inter- 1
ested in his studies, when the pros- <
pect of returning to the u loved
ones far away," moms up to divert
his mind from books and fill it
with images of uliome, sweet ]
home." This may not be an evil
exactly, but every one who has
ever felt it, (and what youth at
school has not!) knows that it interferes
very materially with
study ; and the writer ean testify,
from some observation, that its
chief victims are to be found *
among the inmates of a female
college. Now the recurrence of 1
these things is avoided by having 1
one long, instead of two short
terms. There are other evils and
disadvantages ii.cident to the l&t
ter plan, many of which will occur
to tiie thoughtful mind, and 1
thcreforo need not be mentioned.
If no abler pen can be induced
to pursue this subject, it is proposed
to present, very briefly, in
your next issue, some of the advantages
of the other plan.
ran THE HOUTHEUW KITlirRKI.
Snakes.
Mefttrg. Editort?On Tuesday,
the 10th instant, Mr. Edward
King's dog bayed a rattlesnake not
far from his house, wnen Mr. King's
son, Lorenzo, hearing the barking
of the dog, went to the 6cene, and
beheld a rattlesnake. Mr. King
dispatched the snake at once but in
the meantime it had bitten the dog,
of which he died that night. It
had only six rattles, but was large
for its age, and the only fat snake
I ever saw. It was apparently
from three to four feet long. A
neighbor procured it, and I helped
skiu it, and a portion was rendered
into oil which is said to be a specific
for piles and rheumatism.
Some weeks back Mr. Lorenzo
King killed still another only a
few hundred yards from where the
last was killed, and a freed man
abont the same time killed still
at f_ at f-il .1 1
uuutur iu uie same noigiiDoruooa,
very large and containing nine rattles.
One ot these snakes was killed
immediately in the Batesville
road, the other two not a hundred
yards from said road; all in half a
mile of eaoh other, ar.d between
the four and five mile poets. I
hear of one being found on a gentleman1*
bed-rail, and another bo
tween the bed clothes. Oan any
other township beat us In the way
of rattlesnakes t Wouldn't it be
well enough to go armed with a
vial of hartshorn or a bottle of
whisky duly stamped I Of course
the whisky without the stamps,
such as is generally kept about
Qreenville, would be worse than
the snake bite. Good whisky is
said to be a sovereign remedy, to
be taken in large doeee, even as
much as a pink If.
Iw tfcs fiiftin Satsrsrtss.
grant till*, 8. 0.,)
Augnat 14th, 1860. \
Maura. Editort?I ?u so mnch
amused at the following colloquy
between a lady friend of the senior
editor, and Daddy 8am, his faithful
servant, that I am tempted to
send it for your column ot items,
as an original specimen of negro
hnmor.
The ladr a night or two sinoe,
was roused from her si ambers at a
rather late hour, by a rap at the
door. Daddy Sam bad come to
say, u be would list be sore and fob
fil bit promise (so often neglected)
to morrowand as an after
S ' 1
'." I'll ?j.t". ' 1 | 1 I li 9 MM
hough t, remarked, that 14 a little
Irani wouldn't hurt." A douceur S
to often received at the ladjr's
land, and of which he ia moderate- t<
y fond.
The old man passing next morn- I
ng was hailed thus? a:
Lady ? ? Well Daddy 8am, I
vhere are the pony and calf, did'nt V
ceep your promise after all, eh 1" fc
8am-On ! mistis, good monsm; I
low's all the family Y Fine mornin' I
nam."
Lady?44 Old man, I am sorry cj
'or yoo, Tory sorry indeed." u
Sara?44 What von sorrv tnr mm h
rar,m\t> T * ' " *
Lady?H Wei! Daddy Sam, last J
light in a dream, I saw you in a
Ireadful hot place."
Sam (thoughtfully) ? " Mist is 8
vhar was yon 'bout aem times ?" n
Lady (hesitatingly)?44 Me flu
Bras On 1 I was in Abraham's U
ixraom."
Sam (gravely shaking his head) \
?M-i-g n t-y nice place ma'am, I n
Kinder t'ought you bin heap closer p
io, to ha' seen me so good. A
Sam had another dream.
LYS t
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Proceedings of the United States '
District Court, for the Western
District of Bonth Carolina?An- I
gnat Tern, 1889. a
Tuesday, Ang. 18. \
ITon. Geo. S. Bryan presiding.
The Ooart was opened at 10 "
o'clock, A. M. ^
The Grand, Petit and Pleas Jo- L
rors answered as on preceding
days. * c
Criminal Docket, '
United States vs. Marion Ilamet.
Violation ot Internal Revenue ?
Laws?distiller without paying
special tax, section 5 and 6, Act J
20 July, 1868.
The defendant plead gnilty and <
was sentenced to a fine ot one tlion. 1>
sand dollars, and six months imprisonment.
<
The Grand Jnry retnrned iuto *
Court with the following hills and 1
findings as follows, to wit:
True Bill*. c
United States vs. R. J. W. *
Hitt Peddler of distilled spirits,
without paying tax. ^
United States vs. John Chapman.
Distilling without paying
tax.
United States vs. Andrew J. *
Patterson. Removing distilled 1
spirits contrary to law, section 3, 1
6, Act 186S. 1
United States vs. John Chaproan.
Distilling without paying
tax.
United States vs. R. J. W. Hitt 1
Peddler of distilled sp rits, without .
paving special tax.
True bills having been fonnd 1
in the above cases, ordered, that *
bench warrants do issue for arrest
of Defendants.
In Bankruptcy.
Ex nartft W\ F RpHH In cr rif
Charleston. Petition for finai discharge.
R. Chisolm, Jr., pro pet.
Petition referred to J. O. Carpenter,
Register, and final hearing order*
ed, to take place before the Court
at Charleston, on 4tli day of October
next.
Ex parto Wm. N. Hall of Abbeville.
Petition for final discharge.
S. McGowan, pro pet.
Ex parte John R. Moore of Ab*
beville. Petition for final discharge.
T. 0. Perrin, pro pet.
Ex parte Jeptha Qwinn, of
York. Petition for final discharge.
Hart, pro pet.
Register, Olawson, reporting favoramy
in each of the above cases,
the Judge on motion, signed certificate
and orders discharge.
Ex parte Dennis McOninnis, of i
iff v tk.ifiJ m?t -? _
jnewiwrrj. jtwuiod ior DDtl discharge.
8. "W, Melton, pro pet.
Register. 0. G. Jaegor, reported i
in lav or of discharge, (on the re- I
port of the late Register, Summer,) ?
wee read and the Court, oa motion ;
of 8. W. Melton, timed under teal i
the certificate ancf order of diecharge
Thttmdat, 26th An gust.
Court opened at 10 o'efook A. i
M. Grand and Petit Jorora answered
to their namea.
|, The Grand Jury returned into
Court with the following bills and
findings i No Bills.
i United States ?. Isaiah Murphy.
Distilling without paying
tax, sections 6, 6, 7 end 44, "Act
80th July, 1866.
United States ts. Wm. Lore
and Jams* Lore. The same as
the preceding. !'
4 K f rt --
' I ?
United States vs. James Moore,
ame.
United States ve. John W, Car
jr. Same.
United States ts. 20 Barrels
)istllled Spirits, One Distillery
nd Appurtenances; found at
Licbland County in possession ot
V, II. Stack. Information for
>rieitnre for violation Internal
tevenna Laws. D. T. Corbin
)istrict Attorney.
Jury No. X charged with tliis ,
use on Monday and the argument
'as closed to-day, and the further
earing continued till to morrow,
'hen the Judge will charge the
ury.
Friday, An grist 27.
Conrt opened at 10 o'clock A.
i. Petit Jurors answered to their
ames; the Grand J (fry were dislissed
until Wednesday, lstSepamber.
United States vs. John P.
Vynn. Violation Internal Reveue
Laws. Distilling without
aying tax. D. T. Cor Bin District
Lttorney.
Defendant plead guiltv and sen
anced to pay a fine of eleven Uunred
dollars .and seven months7
mprisonmcnt. ^ ,
United States vs. 20 Barrels
distilled Spirits, One Distillery
,nd Appurtenances; found at
tichlanu County in possession of
Y- H. Stack. Information for forditnre
for violation Internal Reveiue
Laws. D. T. Corbin District
Attorney; W. K. Easley ana Samtel
W. Melton for claimant.
Jury No. 1 charged with this
ase, returned into Conrt with a
erdict of 44 Not Guiltv."
D. T. Corbin; District Attorney,
noved for a new trial.
United StAtes vs. John Bcvis.?
Distilling without paying tax.
Jury No. 2, charged with this
?se, relnrned into Conrt with a
^erdict of 44 Not Guilty."
United States vs. Thos. A. Holtx
:Iaw. Violation Internal Revalue
Law. Indictment ae retail
iquor dealer without paying tax.
On hearing argument in this
:aae, on motion of ?. P. Jones,
irdered that the judment be set
iside and a new trialgranted.
United States vs. Frank Arnim.
Oppression in office.
The above named Defendant
laving been called, and failing to
inswer, on motion of District Atornoy,
ordered that a bench war-ant
do forthwith issue for his ar-est
for trial.
7n Bankruptcy.
Ex parte M. Lesser. Petition
ror final discharge. W. E. Earle,
pro Pet. ' w^
Register, C. G. Jaeger, reportng
favorably, the Judge signed
in order and certificate of discharge
under seal of Coart.
CorrMposdMBM ColatnbU Pkaaix.
The ChinamenMr.
Editor : As tlie question of
a supply of labor by means of au
sxtcnsive importation of Chinese is
it present uppermost in the tuinds
>f many of our citiaens, who claim
X) hare the future welfare of the
tanth at heart, it may not be out
>f place to give a short account of
the character, the habits and the
industrial capacity of these people
whom we propose to bring into onr
midst. A celebrated German landscape
painted, Edward Hildebrandt,
lately deceased at Berlin,
has left an account of bis recent
journey around the world, which
ia not only highly amusing and instructive,
bnt also entirely trustworthy,
on account of the high
character of its author. He says:
14 The Chinese are more cleanly
and more industrious than the
Hindoos; bnt tbey are fearfully
perverse and immoral. I saw on
my journey, (through the 4 celes
uai empire,) numerous corpses ot
children floating in the rivers. In
Hong Kong, my friends bad already
prepared me for these horrible
symptoms of Chinese immorality,
bat when I saw the fact before
my eyea, I alrooet loet my self-oontrol.
Infanticide is the order of
the day, owing to the crowded poplation
and the difficulty of gaiuteg
the neeessary subsistence for the
family. The new born girls generally
fall victims to this horrible
practice?especially when they
nave a weak constitution and nilattractive
features. The unnatural
parents throw their children into
the river, or expose them alive,
a prey to dogn ana hogs. In the
larger towns, which are not situa
I, II ' ' I
ted on the rivers, tbe corpses af&
thrown intp pits^ yhicb, from time gr
tQ time,' are flue4 tip with duick m
lime.' The afctifitj t.of European fiu
missionaries is powerless against ah
tliis practice; in fad* their efforts e*
are entirely without tee alt." Still, 8r
in spite of this moral degradation, So
the author stye, the Chinese are, in m
some respects, a very interesting hs
people. Their shop# offer to the sp
foreign visitors innumerable ob- no
jecte of attraction. . j St
u Their phantasticallp gotte&tip m
tea services, their carvings in Sbo 8c
ny wood, their chairs, sofas, tables pr
and bedsteads, made of the costliest to
woods and inlaid with a cnriotVs y<
mosaic, composed of small pieces St
of white ana red marble, cannot la
be too mnch admired. In their rfri
agricultural pursuits they excel tit
any other nation in eoonomy. Ev- of
erv third man carries manure on Rr
bis back from tbe towns; even the or
shavings of tbo beards and tlie at
trimmings of the finger nails are T1
bought up and turned to account hi
by the gardeners and farmers in A
tbe neighborhood of tbo cities. In- Ui
teresting is a dinner at tbe house tb
of a * Mandarin.' Tbe 4Tschan- 3
Tschsu' c< n sis ted of at least thirty 01
or thirty-five courses. Hard-boil- vi
ed eggs, which had been preservod fcj
four or five years under gronnd, li<
Indian bird's nests, shark fins, pick - Si
led and dried rain-worms swim- si
ming in a bluish sauce, tiaeheee of to
large and small caterpillars were, at
with many others, the dishes with &i
which the travelers were regaled, tb
Our thirst was quenched with a &
light lake-warm wine. A qnanti- &<
ty of confectionery, composed of
sugar, almonds and bog's lard, constituted
tbo desert. 1 tie rat is tiio
favorite game of tbe Chinese. ^
Gourmands know bow to appreciate
tbe difference between land ai
and water rats more that zoologists tc
can do. Tbe former are said to be "
superior in flavor, and bring oonsequcntly
a higher price. They
are in such demand as to form an
article of trade, so that tbe newspapers
of Hong Kong habitually TT
quote their market price in their 01
price currents. Tbe literary and "
scientific knowledge of the Chinese a
is of the lowest order; their judi- j*
cial proceedings are barbarous, '(
their punishments inconceivably ^
cruel and loathsome. Nor is there, a
i 2? . tl.^s si-i cr
ib bvviiid, ?njr uujiv iiiu iuu jmiiuii "
will ever attain to a higher degree n
of mental cnltnre, owing to the 9
strange 4 stability * of Chinese *
character and customs." b
With ench accounts before as, it o:
behooves those among as, who do
i n?>t look merely to the immediate "
advantages of an increase of man n
ual labor, to consider well before ?'
they act whether, by bringing in 11
such a set of man amongst us, they J*
are not preparing a worse curse |]
for our children and children's
children, than African importa- ?
tions have proved to bs, and whether
it is not well to weigh the truth ?
of the maxim, that a bad citizen is <3
worse than no citizen at all, and ?
that a base, low and immoral inhabitant
will eventually prove a
curso and not a blessing to the y
community in which he lives, 'c
whatever his capacity for physical ?
labor or the cheapness of obtaining C
it may bo. A. 8. *
A Bawtot is Tknnubkb.?The *
Banner Bays: "William Hill, a
promiuent citizen ot Tennessee,
was kidnapped last week by Bndd 0
Carter, and carried into the moon- n
tains, from whence word was sent J
that he wonld be hnng or shot it *
not ransomed by the payment of
$2,000. Hill sent word to raise 1
the money, and it was raised and ^
sent to the point designated." c
,,,,, I
Chops is Flokio a.? Accounts c
during the past week from this 1
State are decidedly cheering, and a
show that the Florida planters 1
were far worse scared than hurt. c
Having lost every crop since the
war, they may be exoased for beinn
a littla rlantinralim<) K.r m im mm '
bowers Mid the appearance of a !
caterpillar here ana there.
g ^ t
Stamp Rbvbmub.?A compare- ,
tive statement of the salo of reve- j
nne stamps from March to July, i
inclusive, 1668 and I860, shows 1
that the receipts from that source
for those months in 1868 was $6,- J
105,145,37, while in 1860 it was
$7,050,830,65, a gain of $861,665,.
95, or 1ft 010 per cent, in five t
months of 1860 over the cor res- (
ponding period in 1868? i
, , ^
*faiSiifrk Fa Star'?Dr. Snodass,
in tbe Northern Monthly^
tiraates tbe number of the Sinitb
mily in the United . States at
out half & tail! ion. But k
ems there are Smiths and
nyths. la tbe effort to maintain
me degree of individuality, the
embers of this nniversal family
ive adopted different modes of.
elling their names. There, are
it only the English variations of
b^th and Smythe, but the Geran
forms* As Schmidt, Schmit,'
:hmid, Smlt and Schmitz. It is.
obdbTy owing to this same desire
tfiiilntiun m.
)/>'. that the nnmber of Jobs
fifth's fc pSrclDtlblJ diminishing'
i New Kork city Qiero has been,
ithitf a fovfr years a falling off of
irty-five per oent. in tbQ ?TohnaJ
the family. Sinitjh cymes from
nite, and therefore inoicsfths the
igin ot the name to hWye been
nong the workers of metal.?
nose skilled artisans were held in'
gh repute in early times.?
mbhg tjio Scottish ijf iglilanders
ie smith ranked pot less tfrarf
iird in d^nitv to the chief of fUe
an, ahd. m Wales smithcraft was'
?e of the threo sciences which a
illalg or, tenant could not teach
is 6wh' ihild without an express
cenrfe trtreft. hie ford. So the
miths may hold ftp' fb'&ir heads
nong the " first fam'fliea." As"
i their great number, one writer
tfibutta ft .to the fact that they
'e direct descendants of Shorn,'
ie son of Noah, the name being
ius derived: Shem, Shemit,sbriiiC,
Smith*.
. bold for Cotton. ,,
The Np^Tcrk Herald, of Monny,
in its financial article, says i
Now that the Southern Statep
re about to commence a new cot>n
year, they ought to transact
ie whole of their cotton bnsinees
n a gold basis, just as the foreign
buhiv uarc Mwavg uuiiu ill lueir
calings in billsoi exchange. In
lis way the vrholo Southern States*
tight gradually place themsefvee'
n a gold currency basis precisely
10 same as practiced in Califoria,
thus ignoring the Legal-Ten*
er Act of Congress, just as the
>yal State of California always
as done, from the beginning until
ow. The Southern States, by
illowing the example.6f Cajiforia
in buying and selling only for,
old, would then accumulate a gold;
ud silver currency, Whhih would
ring abont a practical resumption
f specie payments and protect
jein from danger of loss from any
uctuations that may arise in tho
larket value of the greenback;
urrency. Cotton commands gold
i every market, at home and
broad, and h ia a better basis for
je practical immediate reeumpon
of specie payments in tho
onthem States than the gold and
ilver mines of California. Evdfy
outhcrner is interested in tbo
uestion, and every journal h) tho'
outh ought to exert its influen6o
> bring about this result without
clay. Let the South sell its proucts
for gold, and gold only, and'
:t them keep their surplus in gold
s the only currency to use, just as
lalifornia always has done. ThiaT
rill be some progress on the road
> specie payments, and it will
and to keep gold in the country.'
Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, late'
f the Confederate Cabinet, but
iow of England, has, after two
'cars appearance at the British
>ar, been made Queen's Counsel,
in honor almost without precedent
n the promptitude of its bestowal1.;
kside from making him sonior
ounsel in whatever cases he may
* employed, the promotion will
onsiderably add to his emolu^
nents. Being on the Liverpool
ind Manchester circuit, he will be
etained in commercial litigations*
Ft iiupui imice.
Thk Odd Fxllows and tub! Pa-;
tiviq Railroad.?It it announced
bat the wives of representatives to
the Grand Lodge of the United
States of the Independent Order of
Ddd Fellows, which meets in $enember
next at San FranCired, Vhlr
m posted ever the Uhioli Pacific
Railroad at one and one-fifth ot the
-egular charge, with a free return
massage, and at half fare either
vaj on the Central Pacific.
Dantxt. Wkbbtkr used to
hat the word M would," in RnfUtf
2hoate's handwriting, resembled a
urall gridiroii ttruck by lightnih^
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