Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, June 11, 1869, Image 2
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Abbeville, S. C.
W. A. LEE. EDITOR.
TFTRMS-^Th>ep~P611r?r' ,
BT N? Suhwr.inii'
timotlisii|i?rtor''(i8 8 ?or ? ?hort<
_^riday, jUOo 11, 1869,
SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICA
AND THE ABBEVILXaE ELECTIOM.
The following paragraph whic
we extract from the organ of th
party of "new lights,"- moral r<
form, and infinite progress?wh
have made patriotism, aud philat
thropy and disinterestedness, pi
tron saints; and veracity,and all th
kindred virtues, high priests <
their temple?is 6o characterise
and so entirely consonant with tli
facts of the case {hat we give
Avithout * curtailment or abridj
meut: 1
"Hon. Jj. L Guffin, (Republican)
clcctcd Stato Senator by a Email m\
jority over J. S. Cotbran. The R
publican candidates for Com.Kuissia
crs and for Coroner arc also cloctc
The Republican vote is about 130
the Pem.ocra.tic about 1250. M
Guffin o,ud liis frionds have made a
earnest and bra,va campaign, and a\
heartily rejoico at .his success. T1
county of AbbcviUo gave last Nover
ber 1911 majority for Seymour ar
Blair.. "Wbat a, comment is this c
tbo character of that election I AVbc
one venr from now WO rrn into nn ir
portant election ui which wo will cor
pel fair pJay, wo will carry Abbovil
county by moro than 1200 majority
Uow, reader, would you suppos
upon reading tVie above paragraj
that (the Hon. !) Ia. L. Guffin wi
defeated for State Senator by '
small majority" in favor of h
competitor Col. J. S. Cothrau, an
that such was the report even of
Radical Board of Commissioner
after a three. ^ays investigationthat
a Democrat was elected Coui
"ty Commissioner, with a drawn ba
tie as to the other?and that
Democrat was elected Corone
You would not infer this from tl
paragraph in question ; yet, neve
theless and notwithstanding tl
aforesaid paragraph, such is tl
real truth of the matter, aud th
we are ready to verify.
Said Mr. Sheridan toMr.Dund
nn A nni'fdl n nnnnomn At
VM ? W* tutu vuvuoivuj tuv liVUUl
l>le gentleman is indebted to h
memory for his jests, and to h
imagination for his facts." Noi
we have as ^et seen nothing in tl
columns of the Republican approac
iug a jest, which could sug-gest i
enquiry into its pedigree, but \
have seen again and agai
many alleged . facts, and n<
wnere more plainly than in tl
paragraph in question, which 1<
no doubt of their paternity. W
the Republican be so good as to ii
form ua who is his reporter?
does he employ one ? Does he re
upou his own imagination or son
other man's? Docs he falsify 1
proxy, or in propria persona. V
know that it, is very common
some Republican offices to prepa
correspondence at home, witho
relying upon any local ciroui
stances, or actual details to gi
. veri-similitude to the picture.
requires a little n\ore compass
' the frincy, and stretch of the ima
ination, but perhaps the work ie
little tnore artistic, and more ava
able for the purpose tor which it
dosigued. At any rate the repc
of the Republican shows' uo ' pie
tice hand," but the skill of a ma
tor designed, aud hot to be surpai
nA ? ? -
j^umuptj uy some or mo
imraculou^ accounts of ^fetwi
\?UhWhiehtfie veracious report
disgutfaed ao fife of the tnoat dfei
trous defeats of the war, tfr' riiade ?
titipup c^pitAlto achieve party su
ceases since.
The liepublican further gaya:
r ;;<lTiie r4?Ujt /?if the recent.,?]?
tiopf in several of the couuti
give? cheering evideuce thafc tli
party fo,in nearly all the count'u
uilited, rigorotiB, and earueet. T1
elfcollon was, -for thfe tflostpartyft
and peaceable. In Abb?vltfe/lio<
ever, ajjd Iraud and vi
lance were resorted Ui ?. few nniit.
? r>i* ,var.
* :?
jnJnHNfeMt ifoWmfo.'
ud> jh?# Mpmip
colored Bc^ubli^^.jWtf^.dfm
away from the polls. In the
casoe the votes will bo prompt
t&A'ttto&rtf mtot
Wo den^tfce ctitfrgb ' t?f 4<frau
or violence0 which is brougl
against certain precincts in Abb<
ViUe# ftod, will. snbetaQtrnte; ot
, declaration even Jby^
#8 to tfloMi procmcts w
arc prepaved to verify as to all others.
Will Itadtoalisoi meet the U*
sue. . " 1
_ Having thus disposed of the
fnots, v;'lUlt beoomea of the Radical I
m'V?eniurll> which has dawned upon
i the bewildered fancy of this sapient)
' speculator wl^o lias "seen visions
= and dreamed dreams.'" Let him
:? follow the sago advice of Mrs.
"" Qlass in making harc-pie-rr^lirst
= catch the hare"?and whilst making
syre of his facts, his conclusions
- will need very \ittle aid to take
caro of themselves.
Chinese Immigration and the Future of
h the South.
e
Chincso immigration, and its conG
ucction with thcfuturoof the South?
^ its material development, social complexion,
and political safety?-is a subIject
at present of oager enquiry and
lCj absorbing interest?-awakening by
^ turns the hopes of the capitalist, the
IC doubts of the economist, and the fears
10 of the patriot and philanthropist. Is
U this tide "of dusky celestials, which is
J- now beating upon our Western coast,
and threatening to inundato us with
is tho teeming millions of the East, to
a- sweep away every vestige of our
e- civilization like that Northern horde
11- which
" Camo like n ilelng* on tlio South, ami nprcad
0, Beneath Gibraltar to tbe Lybiao Banda."
r- Or is it to bo a fertile stream of
more than "Xilntip rifbnncQ nii!*il.^n!nr?
:e enterprise, giving employment to
10 capital, developing wealth, and laying
deep and extending wiclo the foundalt'
tions of an enduring prosperity ?
m This enquiry which tho Present so
!n naturally suggests, tho Past furnishes
Q* no sufficient data for determining, and
n* must find its only proper solution in
the Future which is last pressing upon
us.
?e I Labor is at present tho great want
til!of the South?"tho beginning, the
as! middle and tho end" of our material
ia development?bcing-to that what the
j8 "action, action, action" of Demos^
thenos was to orator}', or tho " holdncss,
boldwcss, boldness" of Bacon to
success in the business of lift). It is
Q
the true philosopher's stone which is
to transmute the products <# our
fields " and the ores of our mountains
L*" into a rich store of glittering wealth.
a It is the handmaid of all the scicnecs
? :?mo nurse 01 au me arts; ana never
le was it more needed at tho South to
r- dcvelopc our hitherto neglected rcie
souroqs?-not only again to enthrone
1C King Cotton, but to call to his aid a
j8 thousand valuable auxiliaries. There
has never been a sufficiency of proa8
ductive labor at tho South, and now
a Bincc the emancipation of tho slave,
tho available working force here
l.'8 whilst it has been reduced moro than
one-third in numbers has suffered even
,v' moro in efficiency. A number of
ie causes have contributed to this result:
h- sickness and disease which havo deci
ui mated the ranks of the.frccdmen?the
vq love of ease and excitement which
n, has attracted laborers to tho cities?a
>_ false pride which has kept the women
he out of tho fields?delusive hopes
fanned by intriguing demagogues
jj which have drawn oneand.allintothe
vortex of political agitation, and
enticed them into the kortus siccus ol
?r baVren strife, away from tho fertile
$ fields which wonld fnrnfsh to theii
Qe wcll-direQted industry, bread and
meat and clothing.
^ c Ilow Can this TPftllt hn onnnlinrl
___ '
in lit is probablo that for many years
re European emigration will furnish an
u( uncertain sourco of -'feupply. The
u. negro himself in our rahlst is a scare
crow to frighten away the whito emiXt
grant; and again the character oi
0? our staples?rice, cotton find sugar?
.present fewer attraction^ than the
products x)f the grain-lowing States
These prejudices are fanned bj
. agents in the interest of other sec
lions, and in the meantime/Aho tide o!
>r* European emigration roils by us t<
fertilize the prairies and valleys oi
tbo far West. " - t .;
I ;, Wo are thus forced by, Density t<
'se seek a supply of needed;liftor.froir
op other sources, And thisis furnished ir
er the.coolieJabor of the Chinese, whict
is? is now most' opportunely Uiu^king a
Lcs ftqr doors, apd< promising io^eet al
tc- the requirements.of sufficiency, cheap
. r nei? and efficiency.
lit Svjtcirruy, , There ape 4?.ow be
^ tweeo two . and three haodrad thou
02 ?<V>d Chiaumen ia tliia cpa^fcry, anc
at hey aro ooneUptly arriyidjf^at th<
.iraU'of more ;tha.n ten thft?ilrri?l
ia\ .?Tfce, completion , o? tht
T iPaeiflo railit>4d
!>f, ttiseioa from.Caltfprnia, tUJ^JMy oat
*3 >e futciaheti Jq Apy numbers for tb<
to ft*Xfcl?rqp?n Xr.l i>I yiAi'J p&j&x''
MS 2<I. Cheapness., Major ffaaJ^, tlx
Pr Agent pf tbo Obinesd Iratoi^i-aticr
w Compabjr of 81) -ffjibi#, ?i
ikf Selm^ Ala.,1 rtiatuoj^ cowthfc&r *ifcl
>n tho planters for *he soppiyojlf these
ge laborers, and estimatee.tbo expanse bi
iy transportation at $50 'per, tenia, and
the cost 'of labor at fVocS #4 tdttS per
, - ? -.r-."-- ?- J-TH' ^ y?^r.
In tho importation of thcso China- ^
mon wo thus find a ready and satisfactory
solution of tho greatf question
of cheap labor at the South ; and the
contemplation of what may bo accomplished
by Eastern labor here,
almost inclines us to indulgo in somo
,of tho gorgeous dreams of Eastern ro-\
manco. And indeed why may not
that powor, as of a magician's wand,
which reared aloft the pyramids, tho
obelisks, the temples, and other grand
trophies of Eastern art, lay in our
Western hemisphere tho foundations
deep of triumphs as enduring and
more bcncficeift.
The social and political aspects of
tho question are thus presented in
tho following paragraphs from the
Charleston ffem :
One great objection to tho introduction
of Chinese, or any other than
European labor, is, that tho introduction
of inferior races must bo expected
to have au injurious effect upon th?
social and political condition of the
j South. The African elephant is
rather more than wo can well manage.
What should we do with his Asiatic
brother? The Chinese, with all their
quickness, aro utterly devoid of an}'
sense of moral responsibility, as wo
understand it. According to tho accounts
which we rcccivo from California,.
they will out a throat for hire
with tho same neatness and dispatch j
ii.-t .i-- ---i i ? I
liiitu im:j' WOUIU UlUlvO U COai O-V COOK j
their national dishes of rat*, bird*' i
. nests and puppies. In their hearts1
they arc non-conformists. They will
adopt the European garb as freely as
they will pocket the American dollar.
But they arc Chincso still, and cling
to their idolatrous tenets with true
Eastern jjcrtinaoity. For them the
law has no terrors, they fear no punishment,
and in all their personal
habits are vicious and corrupt. And
it must not bo forgotten that if the
Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment
be adopted it will be out oi the power
of any State to deny to the naturalized
Uhmaman the same right of suffrage
which is now enjoyed by the negroes
and the native-born and naturalized
Americana.
" It will, of. course, be said that the
Chinamen will liavo no immediate
political power, and that when they
do vote they. cannot well debase the
suffrage more than it has been debased
by*the admission to its privileges
-of ignorant and irresponsible
colored men. But two wrongs do not
make a tight, and the Californians
1-- 41. ~ m.: _ 1- . *
vi iiu iv11u w mo viiuiimiau iur uener
than wo da, are bitterly opposod to
giving them any political power. On
tho other hand, it is certain that an
addition of 100,000 or 200,000 Chinamen
to our laboriug population would
immediately chango for the hotter tho
condition of the South. . It would increase
our crops of every kind. It
would make fertile again our desolate
. fields, bring into cultivation our
abandoned plantations, and givo trade
to our towns and cities. Tho money
profit would be both quick and sure.
What our people huve to consider,
therefore, is, whether tho reinoto danger
of introducing another debasing
( clement into our political and social
! system is sufficient to make it unwise
, to accept tho immediate benefit
I which would seem".to lio within our
p grasp."
?,
"The Nineteenth Century."?
[ Wo liavo* received tho Juno (the
initial) number of this sprightly
? monthly,which has just been launched
, upon tho sea of periodical literature.
, with Messrs. F. G. DeFontaino and
s W. W. Ilicks, Editors, and Walker,
Evans & Cogswell, Printers, Charleston,
S. C. Tho following is tho table
j. of contents: The Blockadtj Runners
of tho Confederacy ; Looking "Back;
, Tho Talmud j Story of tho Bud (Poetry)
; My Friend's Rcvcngo. A
| True Story of the East India Mutiny:
Tho North in tho Sonth; About
P xvpses; a ue pleasures ot" a Garden;
} ' Shoulder to Shoulder." Rexninisccooob
of Confederate Camps and
* Fields, by " PcrsonneBells; A
Chapter ori Immigration ; An Even.
* ing with a Spiritualist; The Death of
1 the Maiden (Poetry); In the Surf;
1 Editorial Workshop. Our Greeting?
1 The Letter Bag?Gossip, &e. AgriJ
oultpral Departroen. The jEsthcties
of Agriculture?Ittfms.. Department
of Soienc<e, Art and Discovery; Passes
E?\ Patsant at Books, Publishers and
" Authors;, 011a Podrida.. < Our Jumble
' of Sense and Nonsense. , The New
y .Regime.. Sooty-graphs from a Char*
coal Gallery-r-Ethiopian Eloquence on
a/Bender:.* Spoons and Dished?Some.
5 thing for Dadi.es; Odds and Ends for
' the Public at Large. . *Y
1 The contents are varied;and at)
'tractive, and the magazine shows no
. 4ft&re? of lito/as^ ability and
? typographical ' skill. J-?jrrpse' and
i ppe|!?i4^ei ao^ Wn^-^the scoufar
\ ?od the religious?the past and the
i Vii^ed W
r ibfctare, of," moving ttfcj~4h? '8*<>re*
> ! 7- ,} -f.- :vv -v.
i ?' "V ' ' !
I ^ \ ? /
when bo attempts tho part of r<high
lifo above staira"-r-nnd as for }} tho l
conquered bannOr," tbo Southern fi
peoplo will over ocho tho words of a
" tho poet-priost"; si
" For though conquered, they ndofe it,
Love the co'd, dead hands that bote it, d
Wwp for those who fell before it. ft
Pardon (hose who tr.iirifd ?nd tore it; u
But oh t wildly they deplore it ^
Now, who f arl ond fold it so."
g
. Slensra. Parker ?fc Thomson aro tbo
agonts for this magazine at Abbeville- z
? m . v
Tlie Blue Ridge Road and tho Cincin- 1
nnH flnnno^Unn
VVMUWVAUUl
A dispatch to tho Atlanta Litelligei\- (
cerf dated Cincinnati 4th June, states 1
that tho Common Council ot that &
city had adopted a resolution in favor u
of tho'Chattanoogaroute, in preference \
to that by Jvnoxvillo. This action t
however is not final as tho next step i
to to taken is to submit this resolu- i
lion to a voto of tho people. Private (
interests havo. 110 doubt controlled ?
tho action of tho Council, and if tho >
manifest advantages of tho Knox- !
villo routo*can have their duo weight (
upon the popular Will, we may antic- (
ipato a reversal of the decision of the (
city authorities. In any event how- <
ever, every consideration of true policy
urges us to the completion of*our
own road to Jxnoxville, which will
placc us in connection with both f
Louisvillo and Cincinnati. The links ,
of this connection arc thus givcu in
the News. % >
"The Louisville and Nashville Bail- (
road Comnanv luivo n. (-Ivirior for i.Ju?
extension ot' their Lebanon branch to
tho State line of Tennessee, near Elk
Gap, tho northern terminus.of tho ^
Knoxvillo and Kentucky liailroad.
This branch is virtually completed to !j
London, leaving only forty-live miles |
of road yet to be built. This portion
of the road has been surveyed, and
tho estimated cost is $1,300,000. Of (
this sum the city of Louisville, we ,
are informed, has subscribed ?1,000,000,
to be paid as the work progresses, j
Of the Knoxville and Kentucky Road,
nineteen miles remain to bo built, at
]
an estimated cost of $7-G0,000, making ,
a total'of $2,1.10,000 as the probable j
costs of tho roads to be built. The
proposed road to Chattanooga crosses
this line at Danville, and the distance
from Cineinnatti to Knoxville,
by this route, will bo threo hundred 1
and fifteen miles. 1
The advocates of the Chattanooga
route have recently advanced as an !
arrmmont in fnvm* nf tlmi?
- o J " ?U?IV,
that by building a branch road from 1
Chitwood's to Elk Gap, a distance" of
only twenty-five and a half miles, 1
thoy can reduce ' tho distanco from :
Cincinnati to Knoxvill?, by their route
to two hundred and ninety-six iniles,
or only twenty-two miles moro than by i
tho proposed diroct route; the distance
from Cincinnati! to lvnoxville,
by tho direct KnoxviHe route, being ,
two hundred and seventj'-four miles.
We would add that by,thin route, we
would bo brought somewhat nearer
to Louisville than by any other.
i amis advantage oi .Louisvillo will ultimately
compel Cincinnati to build a
road from Paris to London, which
will give ns precisely tho same connection
we have all along advocated.
Wo shall however not insist upon this
point, as it is not essential to our purpose,
our connections being sufficient
without it.
Strike Among the Ntw Tonic
notel Waiters.?Tho rs were
rcttrnir 830 a month, hnt. wnnfpd
The proprietors wero firm, and went
into tlio highways and byways for
substitutes ; and as may bo supposed
collected an awkward crow?who
acted their parts to tho great discomfiture
but no less amusement of;
tho guests themselves. Tho city papers
topm with' "funny incidents,"
growing out of tho strike. Herb is a
sample:
" Two Englishmen callod for ported
pigeons. Tho' waiter brought the
birds, but said that lie couldn't find
any pot to put them in. Pineapples
aecomj(anicd roast turkey, boiled potatoes
come with ioo cream, sponge
eako hobnobbed with hash, turnips
wero brought in with rico pudding,
and chocolate cako appeared on the
same dish with St. Louis ham.- At
the close of' their repast they
seat the Avaiter after some finger
bowls, ftqd he returned with two oldfaBhioned
tin wash dishes half filled
with Oroton water, in the centre of
which were floating two bits of castilo
soap. He lield the while the confuscd
Britons washed their lragds,
when he told them to dry them'on J
apron, as the .towels Wereojjf rotlera
and. conl^d not. b? %opgbt jlo tfcit table.
Tnu Wiieatbt Crop, in Tennessee, r
?The Nilflhv illo Union and A merit an (
who ftpye^lat^ly visited" neighboring j
mm SsWR ??the
Y 4 v i
DEM&REST'S II.TjUSTRATED MONTIIYv?This
excellent magazino noW
llfills, as noarly asono iriagazioo can,
II that a ladV wants of on" no or. M.
' w" w,,v) ***' *"
ietaat in her house, in her house, in
'ardrobe, and in her caro of, her chilrcn.
Evory dopartjnerit is complete
nd perfect in itself, showing tho imlenso
amount of labor bestowed upon
ho wbolo. Tbo " Ladies' Club'.' alone
;ives moro pensiblo advico and infornation
than all the rest of the magaincs
put together. $3 por annum,
i-ith a premium. Published at 838
Jroadway, Now York.
The Equitable Life Assurance
Uomtany.??-W'o quote tho following
rom an editorial in the Christian Oba
ver of Itiehinond, Va.: "Wo may
idd that tho satisfactory manner in
vhich this Ccniptwiy has always
rausactcd its business, and especially
n the South, gives it a just claim to
ts title as an 'Equitable Assurance
Company.' Tho name of its Prescient,
tho IIou. ~\V. C. Alexander, n
vorlhy dcsccndent of ono of tho nojlost
lamilios of Virginia, its prosper>us
history, and tho successful basis
>n which it now stands, commend it
.6 the favorable regards of the South
;rn people."
The Now York papers say: "The
(Ion. Win. Sprague, of Iihodo Island
eecnlly returned from tho. South
>pealcs in a very interesting strain
tpon tho condition of the country
Hie next crop will not, he thinks, ex
, 00(1 two millions or two millions atul
l quarter of bales. Owing to tho un
certainty of colored labor, it has he
;omo unprofitable to carry on largt
plantations.. and most of tho crop is
now. furnished by farms that yioli
[rom one to five, aud so on up to flft}
bales,"
tSy "The dead, lock" in the Charles
ton City Conncil continues. Govornoi
Scott visited tho city, but failed tc
put the machinery in motion. Tils
bury and tho minority stay away
and hence tho Mackey party can d<
nothing for .tho lack of a quorum
The majority have proposed to resign
but Pilsbury and his friends dcclino t(
Jo so, most emphatically.
16?" See the advertisement of Joy
tier's Hotel, Columbia, S. C., it
anothnr nolnmn 1
most polito and attentive of .hosts
mid keeps one of tho host houses it
the South. A good lable, attcntivi
servants, comfortable rooms, ant
nearness to tho railroad, mako u]
some of the attractions. "We speal
from rccent experience.
??p? ?^?
There was a .small attcr.danci
f>n Sale-day?tho reason we supposelittle
business here, and plenty of it a
home. The wheat crop is generally
good. The cotton is not promising
but nioro than an average crop ha
lip.fn nlnn^d Tn il"> ?-? ?
A?4 l-UU 11 t V
the District there have been heav^
washing rains, which liavo dot\c mucl
damage.
*sr Wo are indebted to Messri
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, tho pul
lisherB, for somo thirty copies, ii
pamphlet form, of the proceedings c
tho recent Agricultural Conventior
We will bo pleased to supply ou
friends.
? ^ ?
t&~ Wo are indebted to dur lVicn>
Major John Alexander of the Congs
ree Iron Works, for late files of fin
eign papers.
**> *
(
The Practical Painter, devoted lo lb
interest of the p*int>n? frateruitp, is pith
linliwl - by Willis M Donald ?fc Co.,
York, atTifiy ceuts per annum. .
Trowbridge & Co. advertis
that all their accounts which aro no
settled during the present month wil
be put in the hands of an officer io
collection.
, m i
B?, Bonds of the Greenville an<
Columbia Itailroad, guaranteed by th
State, recently sold in Augusta, Ga
at from 60 to 64 contson tbo dollar.'
SSt* All fears of a rupture witl
England seom to hate subsided. Mi
Motley, our minister, bas been we]
received; and his speeches indicate
conciliatory pblicy.
' ' " iii r ilil
Mr. Breazcak) advertises th
Empire Sewing Machine in anotbe
column. He i? & good judgo 'of th
oharactexqf suc^ a machine, pnd ou
refers may rely.ygon JWs repommen
dution. ? . ;r< . . Vj;
: v . i < i?r-.t rtul
; s&. Mesfefs. McDonald, 23orw6od i
Co, advortiae fiesh-arfivals of choic
v . V '*
llrndlMAnk kwd MU.AIWIM ' - J?
I/.w,HMVU? svsro |?VVK?IW?' iwnifynf
tisemea# fulfil ru;l x#Cl
.- ....? ^ *0$44t?> > u ? .
sttbfcs scheme for ere6ting a cottotf foe
fcfcfck* ^
. ;; v?- ?;
1 ' ' ' - I ' ' " -1-' ?
ijito tho erovftl. His guards nnswerocl,bis
call, but tho crowd dispersed i
without waiting tQ ba bayoneted. ;
Fortress Monroe?Tho Quarters of Jefferson
Davis.
v.. ?'<':>! $r2~t?0
fott'tob abbeville tuiss.
? ' *>
Mr. JBditoik In tho. publisbod proceedings
of tho recent agriluttural
convention held in Columbia, tborc
oocur those paragraphs in CoJ. Palmer's
Interesting paper.
"Tho arguments in favor of spinning
will apply with equal force in
favov of weaving. I have, however
confined my suggestions and calcu
lations to spinning, because it is more
simple, and renuirns lo?<*
? , x ? "",v
is, therefore, more likely ta bo goner
ally adopted at an early day.
To.show the praetieability of this
plan, I submit un estimate for a cot
ton mill with 4,080 spindles, ring trav
cling frames:
Number square feet of flooring, 10
000 ; amount of No. 20 yarns manu
fjjetured for spindle, 87 pounds: To
tul amount of No. 20 yarns manufactured
in mill, 354,000 pounds. Cos
of first class machinery, with all tin
latest improvements, viz: Ono largi
cylinder cotton opener, (English ;) on<
3 cylinder opener, with 1 beater, (Rn
glish ;) 1 double lap machine, (IOn
' glish;) 10 self-stripping 30 incl
I cards, with 2 11. W. heads, trough
* and bolts 2 drawing iVatncs am
" cans; 1 English slubber, CO spindles
2 English jack roving frames, 12?
spindles cach ; 20 ring traveler spin
' tiing frames, 204 spindles each; 1,
reels, traverse grinder, slide rest, can
J clothing, governor, turbino wheel
II -i? " t . .
. Viuiiuu suiuvt>, Ullimux U1H1 1X110 pi'OSSCf
: shafting, belting bobbins, tranrtportu
- lion, putting up machiucry, finding
I to commonco with &c., &c., $13,00.0
- building including houses for open
- tives (estimated by an experience
s contractor,) $7,000; total, 850,001
i Such a mill will'give employment t
I S7 operatives, and will consume 88
r bales cotton, weighing 450 pound
each. Estimated net profits on pr<
dactions, if sold at cost of Norther
- productions, 817,748. No estimate i
r made of the cost of water power, ?
>: that would depend upon location, si/
- and nature of stream."
; Now I propose submitting to th
) planters of Abbeville apian by whic
. such a manufactory can be crecte
; and operated on Saluda, or Savanna
> rivers, and in less than tlireo yeai
. time become the unencumbered pr<
pcrty of the original etckholder
Suppose two hundred planters o
1 ghnizo themselves into a body corpi
s rato for such a purpose by subscribin
( each five bales of cotton. Ne$;tele<
, a President and a Board of Diroctor
x with authority to hypothecate as co
I lateral security these bales of cotto
to anv Nnrthorti linimn <!>?
- ^ ~ "? !
{ erect and put tho mannfaetory in o
oration, giving suid house all.tho fir
y?ars net profits as their first pa;
incnt.
P If Col. Palmer's statement bo co
rcct, at the end of the year the II
rectors would bo reimbursed tho ori,
\ inal cost of the thousand hales of co
'* fon, and have on hand a net profit <
about thirty-five per cent, of tl
prime cost of the mill and machincr
| The second vear the cxnoinw wm<
[1 " *
be less ami hence the net profits grea
cr?say forty per cent. Tho thii
year the mill would be paid for ar
j. c^ph stockholder for the loan of fi-s
k bales of cotton would own $250 \vor1
n $50,000.
*f To my mind nothing is more feas
i. bio than such a-sclieme, and is dcsor
r ing tho thoughts of our -planter
.Will not spir.c practical man more fu
ly dovelopo this idea, and let it I
j tested this Fall by an effort to esta
t_ lish such a mill in old Abbeville.
' SALUDA.
Tiie Arlington Outrage.?T1
Washington correspondents of man
of tho Northern papers give accoun
of the infanlons conduct of tho guai
placed over tho ^National Cemctcr;
at Arlington, whoro tho romains of
c fow Confederate soIdiorB were burici
1 1 bo Correspondent of tho Herat
" saj'fi:
r Tho action of a Lieutenant an
snjall- guard of Marines at Arlingloi
on Saturday, in preventing pcopl
d ft-om throwing flowp'rs over thograv<
0 of the Confederate dead, is tho sul
> ject of mnoh talk horo to-dny, an
and tho'general sentiment is condon
natory. It tnrns out that the officei
b of the Grand Arjny of th<J Republi
*. wcro not altogether .responbible fc
li what occurred.'. They, merely a
a ranged tohavo tho marines there ?
as to prevent people from mnkin
mi9tftkcsi bat mistakes wore made o
e the wrong sido. The marines mibui
r dei stood what they were placed thoi
e for, and thought it Wad. jpAft'of the:
r tfiity td insult pcoplo Who' hnpponc
i? to thfowyfl6W?4^bn the graves of t'fc
6onfedoi ate* 'dead. Th& Lio'utenar
in kotarhfritid Whoso natrio id1 given s
^ SShiriey,1 bfatCWhiph I am not oertaii
/waa^part^tttariy offoaaivejn his,mat
I - * iLi_i
?HMV ooumgw iiuaj' WWW
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a'rum u jeucr m tuo INcw Yorlc
> Herald, of May 24th, wo extract the
following:
| Your correspondent visited the
casemate rendered famous by the occupation
of the arch rebel Jefferson
Davis. Much was paid of the barbarity
of our government officials in
consigning that refined and delicate
frutrie to so grim and cheerless a
. prison cell. Thousands of masculine
. tongues in the South were busied in
. recounting the numberless indignities
- and insults to which their beloved
t chief was daily subjected, and thou
c Hands of gushing female hearts overe
(lowed with tender compassion when
u tliey thought of his desolato impris
onment in a dark vault, mouldy and
" chilly from the dampness that ooaed
1 from the stony walls. It makes one
j melancholy to think of the hosts of
falsehoods that were so diligently
^ passed around, and of the floods of
tears and oceans of S3*mpathy that
I were uselessly expended over the
I suppos3d sufferings of their idolized!
I Jefferson. I found the rooms pleas-.
ant, comfortable, well ventilated, and
L. not at all damp. In warm weather
s these casemates aro quite cool, from
; the fact that they arc built of heavy
1- granite and banked over with earth,
il At such times a small fire is needed
) to raise the temperature near to that
0 outside. These rooms are now oeeu
,l damaged ordnance, quartermasters'
and commissary stores, laid aside for
j' future condemnation, and the thouj
sand and one unattractive objccta
^ that accumulate about a busy military
post in time of war, and a very
correct idea of Fort Monroo may'be
imagined as it was under the administration
of Generals Butler and Wool,
ic Now, however, the post has not only
y i csumed the appearance of neatness
Is and order it possessed before the late
"d "little unpleasantneas," but it has
Yi been considerably altered and vasta
ly improved.
'I* A still better answer is furnished by
the fact, that the Army Surgeon, Dr.
Craven, detailed to attend upon Mr.
Davis, pronounced his quarters un^
fit for one in his condition, and recommended
his removal. ile: was,
^ accordingly removed; and Dr. Craj
van, bdciiilso he had a little of' "the
fj. milk of human kindness" in his nars
ture, was also removed.
Ic It is perfectly useless for such wri>r
ters to attempt to wipe out the foul
r- blot on the page of history pstablisbi?
ed by the barba/ous treatment of Mr.
S Davis. He was imprisoned as a trait"
or, and treated as theivilest fqloa;'
J" but, as his 'enemies knew full Well,
that conviction in bisoase Was morally
impossible, they Sought rolief froiri a
painful necessity, itl the hope -that the
? ehfeobled syflterti of their victim WtMild
tihatl/ eucou'fnbto the 'Slow' toVfttfc.
We ;alre:iiWsurprised; to ' feairtf feit
)[ Stantbtt is. itl'^eclibing health,* afe'd
it (hat tie is'seeking
B the' QhWc^'^ C^r^en6ei
0, bet card, in
i -turo* w.di$\wp^ r, < \ >??::
?f jdtWfj <^ifeg^(tv.jtbr
!> During t^ivng^n^oe^a^jwaAiir
pied by Captain Albion Ilowe. ords
nance officer to tho Artillery School.
The Captain, who has the appearance
" of having been accustomed to as re's
fined a style of life as Mr. Davis, has
nothing to complain of in his quarters,
and tho bloom of health on his
f checks is an unquestionable denial to
j the stories told concerning the dainp(l
ness and unhcalthincss of the rooms,
h Sincc tho time General Butler cs F
tablished hi3 huge negro boarding
house here, this post has undergone
3. many remark ible changes, in tho
r- main, for the better. When Butler
o- was "monarch of all he surveyed" the
g fort was a combination of all that
was offensive and unsightly, with but
very few redeeming features indeed.
A stranger, on landing at the dock,
11 might well have been pardoned for
mistaking it for Timbuctoo, or some
^ other metropolitan niggeropolis On
, every hand were huddled together
nests of filthy pens, constructed in
the peculiar stylo of architecture
ii_ known only to the ebony sons ol
g- Uam.
t- As the systems then in vogue at
dI' the fort wa3 not as perfect or as rigic
idly exeouted as it should have been
y. ittnnybe readily in'orred that tho
hi gentle zephyrs which wore wafted
from these hamlets were not as sweet
'll as those coming from a magnolia
1(1 grove or a vineyard.
e Add to these aggregations of squal*
id miser}' the immense piles of rubish
. and trash created by collections of
The Cotton Cuojp?1808-^1869.?X
Charleston correspondent of lUe New York
Shipping and Commercial List estimates
the" crop of 1808, ?9 per returns at?balos,
2,508,241.
With icgnnl to the projective crop ot
1809, nf:er noticing tho itijury likely to be
done hy unfavorable seasoos, <fcc,, this
writer says:
We will now look on the other side of
the question. There has been, without
doubt, more land planted in ' cotton this
Spring than in l808, while plenty of graia
hus also been planted, to render,the South
independent. Tho planters made hands-onie
profits from their crop of last year,
and have been nble to mirch?i?n a
- - r &"*
quantity of fertilizers than has ever been
before imported into; the South. Tbe
freed men aro working quiotly hftd treJI nil
over tfio Southern Slatea, bo'.ter than at
any timo 6ince the war, and will probably
continue to do so, unless interfered wilb
by politicians for political eoda. The position
at. present is then as follows J
Number of acrcs planted last year....7,600,OOQl
Ten per ccnt. iucrease ia area, 1800..(GO,000
8,250,000*
At the avcrngo of 1 bale lo 3 acrcs. . .2,750,000
Twenty pc.* ccnt. increase in productive
power of laud, from the use
of fertilisers 550,000
CONTRA. ; . j
To los3 of ton poc cont.. from injury
to crop from cool spring... .bales... .230,000
Probable crop of 180^.... 2/J';0,800
3,300,000
The following extract from tba Wjjbli
injjioa correspondent of tbq Clmrlestpn
Courier, may serve us ao. appondix to. thft
above:
Tito alarm soundod at Memphis of a
conspiracy abroad to extinguish the cotton
culturo of the Southern States will ba increased
by the threats of war. England
and Franco will certainly redouble their
?(Torts to procure cotton from Egypt fln*l
India, if llie Atnorican cotton trado is to
bo dutuibed by war. The Radicals do,
not expect the South to unite cordially
i in a ctueade against England, and this may
serve as another pretext for the .exclusion
of Southern Slates and statesmen from
Government councils. One of the Radical
schemes is to declare n.6n-int$rpour?3
with Great Britain unless she comes to tho
Sumner terms in six months.: This would
serve their purpose'by giving to the North
tjio exclusive control of the cotton crop at
*mcrely nominal prices, while N\>rth?rnmamtfaclures
would tale the place of
those imported from Great Biitain.
Discovery of Human Boxes in
Columbia.?The Phoenix, of Sunday
says; "In the ruins of Kinsler's Jfall
situated on the corner of Taylor and
Richardson-strects, was discovered,
yesterday, by the rubbish carriers,
the fragmentary remaitis of a human
' being, consisting of the ribs, hip, jaw
bon^a and section of the skull; touch*
ing them was lying ah ace, and a partially
burnt dice-box, with dice-box,
umii, tf ~
v.J.V IP it ^jiiiuaiiuu jU'UHUllip'
; tion that these are the remains of one
of Sherman's inepndiarics, who in
pursuit of plunder?in Kinsler's build,
ing was situated tlie notc-elghing department
of the Confederate Government?was
overtaken by a swift and
terriblo death. It is of course a subject
of conjecture, but at. least this '
construction is far from unreasoni- '
bit." ' 1":- '
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> Augusta, Juue 1.?The EJitor of ilia
WnrrP.nfm* f?/j nru>* anil a?U?? 5
^ .. .... ?>.-w i. I*I?U vtuctvuiMiia nonj
nrrestyj lo day at VVurrenton, Warren
Coui>t_r,at tho instauco of tlje Sheriff, who
arrived thtre yesterday, with two companies
of infantry^ Tho citizens .are io jaif,
surrounded hy a stjong force of. military,
The excitement ia yery[grant. These arrests
are presumed to have .grown out of
political difficulties.
Tiie Blue Ridge JyVii
Tho Bluo II id go Railroad Compahy
have taken ehurgc of their roaii1 from
Anderson to AValhalla," iniilqng connections
daily with the Qr^ejbvillO &0q;'
Columbia trains at Audovdiui iia h6rb~"
tofpro. - .:r
i -1 J'-iv' !-. { iM j.d
. ; ~?.l Sttft AM-a ,? H
9c&~ Thor? is som/a prp^tylijty.pf
tho Irish Chuixjh. Bill fuilipg iiv. Jtha
English Hoj^o of iiprds., . >V^th ai^cU
immense popular i^ajdrjti.oaJbf^ho
bill, tho defeat oftho-^^ue,
raise a stor.ui. f0 f>
w .M.-?... - / '.'Oi .'u.' <jl
.j, AGdfcdajandfflaxUfrontl. y-]- 'Contractors
on;the ^c^'4od Brunt**
wiclc Rail' Bond,; Micifl
Off?r to labored one dtfUntfartiij,, wilk
They pledge themseves to ft&taspajv
ments tnontlilf, arv^JOtumthem to tlieir
4.pra^ jf.yiey .fair^fr
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