Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, June 18, 1869, Image 1
' . i
\
???? --- ----- - -" r?r*i? ,.- ?r -??- | | i -? ? ?.??? > ? ??- - ? -
g ? ? - g ".a-!?n~ ii * . HI 1,1 F '' "?''' * moBBamm i a i . a11 i ? . ,i i i BB I
^ '' * j v -
, . . ' -:???:? - - - -^?????-f-?____ ^
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1809, VOLUME XVII?NO. 8.
An Innocent Convict Predicts that Grass
will not Grow Over His Grava
In the year 18191hcre was, in the
neighborhood of Montgomery, an ancient
mauor-houso called Oakflold.
which like many of those old structures,
losing its original importance
from tho increased sizo and convcui
^^ KtuUinrro I\nr1 Knnri
Clit'U VI IllVilUVl UUHU...Q.J, WW..
converted into a farm house. The
Jate occupant, one James Morris, had
Tifcen an "indolent and somewhat dissipated
man; the farm consequently
feil into neglect and became un pro fit a
b J, and he died in debt, leaving h e
wife and only daughter in possession
of the place. Shortly after his dcatl
the widow took into her employment
a young man from Staffordshire, ol
the naino of John Newton, the here
of this little story, -who had been
strongly recommended to her by hci
brother; and well and faithfully did
he discharge his duties as bailiff, fully
justifying the praise and recomnienda
tions she received with him. lie wa?
an utter stranger in that part of the
country, seemed studiously to shun all
acquaintance with his neighbors, and
to devote himself exclusively to his
employer, lie never left horie but tc
visit the neighboring fairs and markets,
and to attend.the parish church,
where his presence was regular and
liia conduct devout.. In short, though
highly circumspect in his behavior on
all occasions, he was a melancholy, reserved
man, and even Lhe clergyman
of the parish, to whom he was always
most respectful in his demeanor, entirely
failed in making acquaintance
with him. The farm undor his nianagment
had improved, and became
profitable; and the circumstances of
Mrs. Morris were by his assiduity and
skill, both prosperous and flourishing.
In this manner more than two
years had passed, and the widow began
to regard him moro as a friend
and benefactor than a servant, and
was not sorry to observe her daughter's
growing affection for him, which
appeared to be reciprocated. One
evening in November, 1S21, being detained
longer than usual bj' business
at Welshpool, Newton set out about
six o'clock to walk homo .to Oukficld.
It was an exceedingly dark night, ami
be never reached home again, llis
family bceamc very anxiom, and upon
inquiring early the following morning
at Welshpool, they ascertained that
be had been brought back to that
town not long after his departure from
it, by two men named Pearkcr and
Pearce, who eharged with highway
robbery accom^anicd by violence, an
offence then punishablo with death.
At the trial at the next assize he wan
pronounced guilty on the testimony
of these two men, which was clear.
? x *1 i
JJUmilYU UUU UUllBlSLUIIb llU'UUgllOlll,
vruH sentenced to be hanged, and left
for execution, lie employed no conneel,and
called no witnesses in his do
fence ; but upon being aslccd by the
judge, in the usual form. "If ho had
anything to say why the sentence ol
death should not be passed upon him,'
he made, in substance, the following
etraordinary speech : " My lord, ii i*
evident all I could say in oppositior
to such testimony would be in vair
and hopeless. The witnesses are men
of respectability, and their evidence
has appeared plain aud conclusive
and my mo solemn protestations o
innocenco would avail mc nothing. ]
have callcd no witnesses to character
and upon such evidence the jury coulc
pronounce no otlier verdict. I blam<
them not. From my soul I forgiv<
those men upon whose falso testimony
I hate been convicted. But, my lord
I protest most solemnly before thii
court, before your lordship, and abov<
oil, before that God in whose pres
ence I must Bbortly appear, I am en
tirely gultlcss of the crime for whicl
. I about to suffer. I have produced n<
.unevo spea?jn mynenair. Two year
have'scarcely pasaed since I came t<
this -country an utter stranger. I havi
have made no acquaintance here be
yotfd the Mold in which T Imvo boci
eniploycdj and where I haveendeax
ed to discharge *my duties, faithful!)
honestly aud well. Although 1 dar
not hope, and do no.t . wish, that in
life should be spared, yet it is my d<
vont-%fc4 earnest deBire that the stai
Of this crime may not rest upon m
name, ? I devoutly hope that my goo
mistress and her kind ajid cxcellcr
daughter may yet be oonvinecd ibe
they have not nourished and befrien<
ed * highway robber.,,,^ havo, then
fore, in hnmble devotion, offered
prayer to Heave*, audi believe it hi
beep and accepted.., \ venture to 9
^irthaj
?(#,% grass &
on^ge^er^tion, atlsastj ^ xigp covi
who fcear ms now may. repent of the
tfof, tqflMIKSKi T1
nfbriaMUjMQ w? ortjdwlned m
ex^Cttt?^ i>?d iVTM^OTrt?dlii Montgoi
ny with poor Eliot Warburton, and
tho gras had not tlicu covcrcd his,
grave. It is situated in a remote corner
of the church-yard, far removed
from all other graves. It is not a
raised mound of earth, but is even
with the surrounding ground, which
i is, for some distance, especially luxu?
riant, tho herbage being rich and abnudant.
Numerous attempts have
t iVoni time been made by soino who
I aro still alive, and others who have
. passed away, t? orin grass upon that
bare spot. Fresh soil has been 1're.
quenlly spread upon it, and seed ol'
5 various kinds have ben sown, but not
i a blade, lias there even known to
i spring from them, the soil soon bet
came a smooth, c old and sluborn clay,
p With respect to ihe unhappy wilncss,
es, it appears that Parker's ancestors
i had once owned OakfieJd, and that he
. had hoped by getting rid of' XewI
ion, to remove the main obstacle there
was to his repossessing it, and that!
. j Pearcc had, at the. time of Mr. Mor;
| ris' death, aspired to the hand ol' his
. | daughter, in whoso all'eciions lie felt'
I LliP li.wl liron w II i\I ? 11 1 I l.v i mot* V/ur.
I Ion. The former soon k-l'l ilio neigh- !
: borhood. became a drunken and disso- |
, lute man, anil was ultimately killed in
. | some lime works, while in the act of
Masting a rock, I.Varce grew sullen
and dispirited, his very existence
seemed a burden lo him, and, a> the
old sexton of Montgomery exprcs.-cd J
it, "ho wasted away from the face of;
the earth."?" 7 he Season Ticket," in j
ihe liuhlin IInivirsiln Af
MRS. BROWN'S MISTAKE?A HTNT
TO MOTHERS.
BY MRS. EMILY THORNTON,
"Mother," Haiti Willie Drown, one |
morning, a* with a quivering lip and !
heaving bosom, he opened the door oi'j
the family sitting-room, where his j
mother, a care-worn, fretful-looking
woman, about Ihirly-Sve years of age,
sat sewing, ".Aiother, I have broken
my new velocipede; but 1?"
"Broken 3 our new velocipedc !" interrupted
the mother, angrily, without
noting his ashy paleness and agita'cd
appearance, or even glancing at
the countenance of her grieved child,
and hastily .said, "You little imp, you,
11 will teach you to bo more careful
hereafter l5'
"Throwing down her work; and j
Grossing the room as she spoke, the j
seized the poor boy by the arm and j
passionately boxed one car and then |
tbe other, with quick, hard blows, j
Aficr exhausting her strength iu this j
violent manner, eho dragged him j
towards a lounge, and, shaking him j
1 riido.lv ns Rrnlnl liitri nnnti 1: s.lio
' lei't the room to look at'ier Eouie
, household duty, saying, as *ke closed
tncdoor:
"Now, stay there! Don't you dare
to go out of the house again to-day!
Mind what I tell j-ou, sir!"
> Willio did not answer; the violent
I excitement which he had undergone
f previous to entering the Iiouac. and
which his mother had not given him
' an opportunity to explain, together
1 with the rough usage which he had .
i received from her within, had entirely !
i taken from bis little tongue the power
i of speech, aud his head swam, and his
} his breath enmo heavy and thick, so
. that he could not utter a word. This
P i dreadful fcelinsr lasted onlv for a mo
? - ? ?J I
[ racnt before he closed his eyes, and
, his head sinking upon his bosom.. the
1 poor boy fell over upon the lounge,
J pale, senseless, and cold.
J It will be readily ceen from the
' above, that Mrs. Brown was a woman
, of violent temper, which she had ncv9
er endeavored to bring under proper
J control, and which often carried her
- far beyond tbo bounds of propriety.
- She did not, as a wife aud mother,
l sufficiently guard against this evil,
5 which served to render her husband'u
s homo unhappy, and her children
> wretched and miserable. . Sho was.
a indeed, a careful housekeeper, neat
i- and regular in her duties; yet, in her
a violont temper, lay a grievous fault,
- unregarded and unbroken. She nevr,
er cultivated tho generous feelings of
e a loving heart; never sympathised
y with the trials of childhood, for oven
J- infancy has its little burdens, which a
n thoughtful, tende ; parent can greatly
y alleyiate. Ho! sternness and a hasty
d, temper: was mainly apparent in tho
it every-day domestic life of this erring
it' woman. Alas 1 how many such, hom^i
1- as her's there aro scattered over our
en country, which a few efforts at selfa
control could so easily change and
is make happy.
?. ,, Yet ,^ra. Brown possessed many
ie good qualities She Was a professor
>r of religion, active in.the church, fore
a*, most itt deed* "of*WhKrity,' andwatchtt-.
foi att W1 .fy&'d bf ai<ikne?s atid pi
^ 4pith. Everywhere, e*,c6t?fc' ip he*
01 W pWham?,she fipd timd t?
IW*?flWS
id* d ^i^B,
''.'I:l, ,'.'A.. A^aiL>tf ' s'.rv
.' or with a heavy heart and a deepdrawn
sigh, whilo her little children
never received a mother's tender
touch or loving kisa.
A few moments aflcr the seven
manner in which this mother had
dealt with her boy, a victor was announced,
and she smilingly entered
the parlor to rtfeeivo her.
"O, Sirs. Brown, 1 could not rest
until I camo to inquire how poor little
Willio is, after his dreadful (right and
narrow escape from death," said Mrs
Grey son, as sho aroso and gavo her
hand to her friend.
"Willie ! Why what do you mean ?
\\ Juit I rig til arc you alluding lor
caid Jlrs. Brown, turning dreadfully
pale, as she availed for a reply.
"Why, did ho not tell you ? Is il
possible yon do not know? I sat in
my window opposilo and saw the
whole occurrence. The little fellow
had brought his pretty velocipede lo
the hide walk and was riding up and
down before your door, when a frightened
horse, dragging a broken carriage,
dashed around the corner upon
the sidewalk, end in one second uic
child was thrown violently over, si rising
bi.-> head against the pavement,
while his little propeller lay in fragments
around him. Willie was immediately
picked up, but to all appearance
was unhurt, going unussisted
iiito the house. The blow he received
\vn<5 KO licnvir I \rnviMAi1 niwl
therefore came over lo see ii' lie was
really uninjured ? Where is he ?
The last words were spoken lo
empty air, for, starling up ami clasping
her hands upon* her forehead,
Mrs. Brown had rushed iVom the
room. Following tho footsteps of
the pallid woman, Mrs. G.'eyaon entered
the siLling-rooin, to Jind the
mother bending over the insensible
form of her son, calling upon him in
agonizing tones lo speak to her, if
only one word, lo let her hear hisvoice
again.
Mrs. Grevson hastily removed lier
wrappings, iu order to give assistance
in ibis liour. c?l* need, and alVcr
i ?i 15 to HOOiliD iier huli'-distracled
friend, ibe left 1 lie room and despaichcd
a servant i'or the nearest physician.
If ours passed?but sliil t^e heavy
stupor into which the child had fallen
remained unbroken. A violent blow
upon the skull was the cause assigned
by ihe medical alien cant, and great
lcara were expressed as to the result.
1)dt poor Mrs. Brown?fov her il
was a dreadful awaking to a scns^l"
her own sad fchorleoiuiuga and mistakes.
b'he entered iuto no explanation
lo the watouiug friends around
her; her trc-iU^at of her child was
wituesscd by no cue, and therefore
her conscience was her only accuser.
' Why," whispered that silent a&oiiilor,
"had fiho not lioLcucd to ihe child's
story, aud heeded his pale cheeks *and
quivering lips ? 0, why had elie fallen
into such a passion; why ever
be(iii so uncharitable find hard lo her
children? What, if he should die,
would she ever cease to regard hersell
aa his murderer?'' llow it wruusr her
mind and sent an icy cbill through
her heart. Bitterly row she repeuted
her hasty pas.-ion; bitterly recalled
every harsh and unkind word which
' she bad spoken to her boy.
Little Willie died the next morn'
ingl But twiee was the wretched
mother allowed to hear his l'ecblo
voice. Once, when he murmured,
''Mother, it is all broken and "again
when opening his blue eyes suddenly,
be gazed around and said, "Won't
some one kiss ino ?"
*Ii - *
\ xl is unnecessary to speak: of the
j heartfelt kisses which that self upbraiding
mother pressed upou those
dying lips; of tho wild agony which
caused her to press his' cpW; dead
| form to her bosom, uutil she sank
fainting by bis side.
Mrs. Brown was a different woman
when she arose from the bed to wbicL
she was long, confined, alter that sad
day. .No harsh, angry woi'ds issued
now frpm her lips; bo cold, unloving
loyks now met hor children, what
I they came into her presence?bui
instead* there were tender tones am
gentle smiles. , r. i *>'.J;V
Mothors! is there not ytord ii
this little story for you ? . Does it noi
whisper, that your little ones j^ep^
affection and sympathy? I wpuh
not jvish it to be inured from thes
aem^rks tha^ parents should nq,g#v
erri, and'sometimes r<&uke. iheir c)ajfl
dreiyfof this is a command ebjoinet
upob us of olck, en4 therefoWliecorae
a duty to* tfd xiarefiiffljr /Vti
let this rebukf ng ba 'done gentle
Lhom- and1 tftlis VHwi^lfaVl# a&tnfaft
torc<1
: porfbet i ' > liv to&iyiifr
I nevop: . alk>wJwrntolt i-to GhaftifeW
' cliild under tbe iafluencb of soger.
I Uthough tobt*
jLv ' ' * , ' *V ' ? "
aatj^'^ib6fetaa>jb*ia fHftssioSa
Don't Stay Late Tonight.
I
The hearth of home i* bp/in I >g
Willi ray a of holy light, 1
And loving eyes ore gbatnmg,
As falls th<> shades' oC niglit;
And while thy n'cp* are leaving '
Tin*circle |?ure ami blight,
A lender voice, half grieving
Suy?, "Don't stay lute to-uiglit."
Ths woiM in whicli thou raovc3t,
Is bu-r, brave and wiJo ;
Tlie woild of her iliou lovvsf,
Ih at the ingle bide;
Slie wuil?s for iliy warm greeting,
'I'lly smile is Iter delight.
Her genllf voice, eutreining,
Sa3's, "Don't slay laic to-uitjht."
The world?col J?inhuman?
Will spurn Hire if tliou fall;
The lov? or one pure woman
Outla?tH an?] shames them all ;
Thy children will cling round thoe,
Let fat* be dail; 01 lui^'it;
Ai homo no ?li;ill c.m wound ihee,
Theu, "Don't fct-iy l.de lo-nighl."
A Talk with Reverdy Johnson.
A correspondent of the New York
Times gives uii account of a professed
! interview willt tho Hon. Jleverdy
Johnson, lalo United folates Minister
to J3ng1and, at his country residence.
: near Baltimore, a few d:iys ago. A
jpo'lionof tlio conversation between
! Mr. Johnson and the correspondent is
thug related by the latter :
"How is Mr. Sumner?" then said
Mr. Johnson. ***** "Mr.
Sumner is in Washington," I replied.
(I I -11
tiuu ivvo i.-aiiuiuuij tvt'll billlSLieU
with his speech."
" Well," replied Mr. Johnson, "I do
not know iliac any yne else is satisfied
wiih it. I.icll you that ibal spccch
of oil inner lias made Kngland a unit
against the United Slates. Our
friend.-; there have fallen ofl* by troops.
A i first the people declared Jor war,
but now I think they have got over
' that idea and are ttulisficd Lhac our
in leu lions are pacific. The speech
having been approved by Ihc Senate.
I the lviiglisb people at first thought ii
i was a declaration of war. and wero
. . . \. - -
I |/VW|/*V MUU >J\/TViMIUVUV UIV
willing to submit to nn arbitration
Clarendon nays that JGngland might
i T-s well say that she would reject tho
, treaty bccnuso Lho. holders of Irioh
[ republican bonds might come in under
I Us tornis. Tho jJftnoiicans whom I
t have met abroad denounce Hr. Sumner
| as much as. the. English people do* It
t is a foolish spcecb." . . no i xai
I . Mr. Johnson waggery indignant .on
this subject. lie could, not tolerate
v [ihe ideaof attaching any'importance
t or significance whato'v^ to tne *dea*
|, -of .tfcb ' Maseeh ueejtjplSenator^..
j. started up from his seat, and walkinc
*' 7'HO <* i 'iT&fwfcvivi un* aifi
e up $nd down the room, nervQuslyanc
. rapidly said : V V ' ' "
% {; Jlffi?ThdAJBvni&i..
i tew
w?i
# ijowefful people and Canno$ ^b*
^ It" "What do yOfT^jin feof"a war he
MW4kkA~^ftX9-*A?ji.
3 : %v^v^u,^u^ipuu
J ' _ ->/ \ftj - ' ' ' - > >r,
I prep area 10 accept it in Uiat spirit ;
J but they have since changed their
! mind-*, and now they have jub.ly
arrived :u the conclusion that Sumner
is, ul'-or all, but ouc American ciiizcn,
uiid docs not represent the views oi'
ihu administration."
For a few minutes Mr. Johnson
hero relapsed iuto cilence. and then
broke ouia^aiu : Sumner'* specch is
abjurdl Do you know what they
say of it in England ? Clarendon
stvyfi that it is absurd and preposterous
; that it is not tho speech of
' either a'lawyer or a statesman ; that
it3 propositions are wholly inndnn.'jsi! ?!.?
* rtWIiv" t?M \i.. T,vl...?.rv~
, W. ? ' "j j Wt- *" ? V VWHDU"4Jj
! "ihis same Mr. Sumner wrote la .Mr.
Bright on tho lOib or iSO.ih of last
January tl?at tue protocol which I
tecut ber0*\v0uld have been almost
unanimously approved if it bad been
received thrco weeks sooner. The
fact is, the incoming President did. not
want the question settled during the
administration of Andrew Johnson
and tho Republican parly did' net
want it settled by mo. They did not
wajit tho eclat of having tho most
difficult question, short of tho question
of actual separation, that has
arisen bclwoon tho two countries,
settled by a Democratic adininistration."
. *' ...
"Why don't tho English papers
niililwli Mr Rnmno^o cnn/iriK 9'*
peoples; But, to talk about it for
argument's sako: England was never
better prepared for a war than sho is
now, and tho United States in less
siblc to enter on a contest of the kind
than sho was during tho rebellion, i
Do you remember Admiral Porter's ]
letter on tho subject ? IIo is of my
opinion, or, rather, I am of his, that
we cannot tight England. Yes, they
would give us Canada, provided tho
Canadian people were willing to bo
exchanged ; but I do not think they
are, and sooner than part with that
province on forcible terms, England
.would lose her last man and her lasl
shilling."
Business Prospects in Fupland
The well informed London corrcs- .
pondent of the luiioifitil Chronicle,
writing under date of tho 22d ull,
says:
Commercially,business ha1*, to some
extent, been interfered with l>y the
Whitsuntide holidays, and yet there
lias i;i some respects been a slight improvement,
and rather more disposition
shown to enter into fresh transactions.
There is however, no diminution
of caution-on the pari oi' buyers
and sellers, and the increase in the
volume of business cannot be considered
sufficiently great to call for especial
remark ; bat in times of depression
any sign of renewed animation,
however slight, is necessarily regard
eil as a feature, and attracts more attention
t!ian in periods of comparative
prosperity. We Lave, however,
been so accustomed Lo theso periodic,
returns of activity, that llie public
have of late ccased to regard them
as an indication of the approach of a
more decided revival of commercial
prosperity. The improvement which
has taken place this week, although
slight, is chiefly confined lo the trado
of Manchester, that is to say, the
trade for cotton yarn and cotton goods.
The former has.been chiefly enquired
for on the part of continental buyers,
but although llic C (Torts have been
more numerous, it cannot bo considered
that the demand is good. Tbo
slight, increase with regard to the
laller is due to an improvement ;i tbe
demand Tor India and Chiua, but cs
.be oA'crs bave been made at tho lowest
prices oi' hist week, they bave not
led to nittch business. It is probable, i
indeed, that buyers arc unwilling to !
effect larger purchases except on |
more favorable terms,. v. bile, ou tbo I'
other band, sellers are not disposed,
It spal^wQsMw. ??w?:
'>' ^MwmwgtofeJme'k <&*
V; Ration is b6 unsatisfactory a$ fa
*.: apprehensions with .regard to tho fa'&**?&*
' "^-' **'" ; ' ': ' ' ' ' . " V *'' ' :'
p , '?<' ".J'* .%. . :.'* tj-'~4i':' <
I (? Will' ! 1 irmiioa I f ? J 4 AA
ii y ivio l-UU till*
Clarendon says tbat Iho United Stales,
, as a Government, Lave no claims
against England as a Government.
, Tho United States bavo privato indi.
viduul claims against England, and
, England Las private individual claims
L against fcbo United States.. Tbose tbo
l<!ni#lik:K naanln onil fZ r??> * ?? ?
! and, perhaps arc not iu a position to
j aeccpt lower prices cither I'or yarns
| or goods. Some conccssiou in prices
I might possibly load Lo considerable
i business; but there is not much hope
j of such a movement uui.il the raw
material can be obtn'hod at a lowcy
value. Speaking cf trade ?a general
and not of Jluuchcstor in pailicu'ar,
it rosy bo faiily urged thai the unsettled
condllion ol" the money market
is antagonistic lo a revival of active
business, and that until there is more
appearancc of financial safety, there
wiil be no more hope of commcreia' j
activity. The heavy engagements!
eniered into by many of the fiuaucial |
hous'>3 of Europe with foreign Gov- [
ernmcnts, have mado it impossible j
for even the kcenost calculators to j
como to any conclusion with regard j
lo the future of the money market,
and but few soem inclined to vcuturo
an opinion. Of this, however, wo
may be cortain, viz., that thcro is
much more prospect of money becoming
dearer than cheapor, for tho recent
foreign loans alone ure calculated
lo nroduce Ibat effect. But in addi
4,
lion to that, the commercial demand
for money always increases in the
autumn.- It happened bo last year,
in spite of the glucknesa of trade, and
as evidence is .cot wanting of an increase
in Lome transactions, fho effect
may be more percoptible in October
next, than it was last yoar. ,Nx> doubt
caution, if oven to a greater dogrcetlian
hitherto, is the correct policy
' for merchants to pursue. Thero is
?. bowover, no necessity to > warn the
. mercantile classes to.adopt a cautious;
' policy, for suck*, coarse* j# enforced
> upon tjtj$m; by tho.^ eir6u?iapeotion
> showr* by t&ebaoJcs.-fcud:: discount
? houses in taking; gpcond class bills.
> Hiiis protective policy on tho part of
as?wc^,W
' ft
ney would become bo great that an
important riso would tako placo in
tlio autumn, wcro trado to ifnprovc
to any extent. The commercial mind
has, has however, been so unsettled
of late by tho unexpected movements
from 3 to 4J per cent., that business
men are not likely to extend their operations.
The Stato Board of Equalization.
Our letters from different parts of
the State contain vehement doinim-in
lions of tlio action of (bo Slate Board
of Equalization in raising the assess-1
mcnls of real eslale. The county
assessors were on the spot, and may
be safely presumed lo have had more
trustworthy information on the subject
than could be obtained by a ecu- i
Iral board sitting in Columbia. Their
assessment should not have been mod-,
died with, without the gravest and
most serious deliberation. Putting
litis and that together, we can only
account for the conduct of the Stale
Hoard by supposing that the total
values, returned to them were much
Ics-s than they expected, and were
therefore run up haphazard to the
desired amount. Governor Scott?
who thinks that he knows as much
about Ihe Siale as any other man?
announced ?hat the taxable property
would amount to about $300,000,000,
and it must nave been disgusting, in
tho extreme when the tolal returns
were found lo amount to only .$104*000,000.
A .correspondent in "Walhalla put
the whole question in very few words,
lie Bays : " The assessed value of real
estate in Oconee has been raised one
hundred per eeut., while in Pickens,
where lands are worth mor?, it is only
raised twenty-five per cent. I heard
a person remark the other day tha'. if
the .Radicals wanted all we had, just
i A cr\ on/I
v ?/ W>*>J BV, ttUU UVV IT llljl kUU UV/Vll
arouud the slump in that manner.
This has ofw'iyH been a white county, and
afl?r th'S IT W1I/L BE STILL WHITER.
Ocoucc and Pickcns both went Democrat
ic in May."
This is the key-note to strike.
There is but one way to get rid of
public extravagance, bigh taxation,
swarms of county aud township ofilcors,
boards of equalization aud the
like. And tbat way is to defeat Radicalism
everywhere aud upon all occasions.
This can bo done by sbowing
that Radicalism in South Carolina is
as ruinous to tho pocket as it is destiuelive
of industry and integrity.?
Char lets ton News.
Are Ministers "Well Paid?
Hall's Journ a I of Health says: "The
energy of this country, men of culture
and classical education, do not uver- k
age a &alary of t-ix hundred dollars a
year?a sum less than a New York
drayman, hod-carrier or omnibus udriver
demands?yes, demands; while
the mass of the clergy rcccivo their
pay from hands which give it as a
gratuity. Nine-tenths of those who
do not pay tho preacher iu tho roundabout
way of pcvv-rcnts feel that it is
so much given as charity. It is an
outrage against all intelligence. A
merchant gavo his porter eight hundred
dollars last year, and on getting
him a wife ho said to him recently:
"Patrick, yo:i can't support a wife
and child ou your salary, you must
have a. thousand after this."_ Thcro
are many book-keepers in Mow York
who wor': from ten to four, and get
two thousand dollars a year. Tho
Presidents of insurance companies,
of even moderate standing, get five
thousand dollars a year. Some get
fifteen thousand, and g\vo- about two
hours a day to their duties. Tho
managers of a sugar refinery gels
twenty thousand dollars a year. The
Erie Kail road has paid its President
twant.ir.fiva thousand dollars a vear.
and yet if a clergyman made of greater
talents, of a tenfold-higher colture
and moral character, is paid four of
five thousand dollars a year; ifcis counted
a large salary. .. n .. .i i
iv>There are thousand of places in the
United: States where there at? too
many churches by threefold and even
more. There many & village which
has four or five churches where there'
ought to b? bat.< .one'' congregation;
one good sised < bouse; jould hold
Comfortably all Who attends the five,
a clear lops U? the Church of four
clergymen i there is no. such ..waste of
pawenia . tho .management: of bui'
!banks, our railroads, our insim^oer
companicaLand pur (mamipoth busi.
ness bouses. There ought to be some
jt&thC li?ht'<tf rih? febt'^that nuft'V
widow's mite is Contribute* to pay
: men fiv doii%'m ^oria
which Ofee OOQW. do better ?iud more
aaaiijry wtuch.ddllat *?asthe wsuU of
genei^usly ; starving, and tnus degrading
two ministers; a'n old and new i
school Presbyterian ; a high and low <
Episcopalian ; a northern and couth- i
ern Methodist; an open and close i
communion JJap.tist; fio upon yo meu ]
of Israel! "To what purpose is this I
waste?" when there are bo many |
fields wliitc unto the harvest without I
one solitary laborer to put in his 1
sickle to savo the perishing grain. <
??. I
The Cotton Prospect j
? ^
From tho Red Hirer country come ^
very favorable accounts of tho condi- |
tion and promise of the crops, both
cotton and sugar. But these advices |
are exceptional. Along tho Missis- ,
sippi. .from tho lied Hiver up, the (
season, as far as wo can learn, has ,
been unsatisfactory in every aspect,
and cotton is backward and unpromising.
And the same may bo said of
tlio interior of North Louisiana in
general. In fact, the tenor of the re- (
ports received from all parts of the
cotton-growing belt of the South ig
such as to forbid the expectation of as
largo a production of cotton as the
breadth of land and tho amount of (
lafjor devoted to it induced tho commercial
world to nnticipato at the
opening of tho season. It is believed
by many that there will bo a serious 1
falling off from tho result of the previous
year.
At al! events, there cannot be, in
tho opinion of careful observers, the '
least excess over that. There i* some
degrca of consolation in the tendency
that this prospect will have to keep
American cotton up to fair prices.
For. in snite of Senator Snrajrue's
# 1 " A O "
unhappy conviction that India and :
Egypt will drive American cotton
from the markets unless the South
can obtain more labor for its eotion
fioldx, there is no reason to suppose
that tho demand for the products of
those fields will fail simply because
the pggregate supply is diminished,
especially when the acknowledged
superiority of this cotton is consid- '
ered. As long as Southern agriculture
can afford, with the labor that it
has, to produce anything for commerce;
it can afford to produce cotton, 1
unless causes should supervene to put
an end to its svceessi'ul cultivation
under any.circumstaucoa.
t ^ t if |
Political Martyr?Gov. Scott, op
South Carolina, Explains he
is Govkrnou.?Being introuueed,
while in Cincinnati, to tho gentleman
n 1 r? e? ? /#%\ o KiimoaIP a a U.?! ?
*> JIVJ DI^UOUIIUOWl U3 ilUUVV|i*tIU UU1I1<?
impressed with his tine -'appearance
and pleasant manners, we wondered
why a man who' comported himself
so agreeably could find ;tbe amoant of (
pure brass necessary to fit him for the
position of carpet-bag (iovoruor. To !?aiisiy
our curiosity on this point we
approached tbe subject as delicately
as possible, and sxt\?r politely explaining
tbe favorable .impression he had
made upon our miod, we said to him:
"Now, Governor, we wouldi. really
like to know how you, a native of
Pennsylvania ^od a citizen of Ohio,
can bave tbe cbeek?excuse the slung
phrusc, but it :is expressive, and not
intended 10 offend?to set yourself up <
us Governor of .-the proud, aristocratic
State of South .Carolina, and wear the
honors and ^emoluments of the office
without blushing.!'m ' i* r <;- i
- " Well," was the answer, "I have
110 doubt that.from your stand-point I
must. nnnPAr in n most unenviable
light?very much like a scoundrel, .in ;
fact- Bttt-.rthis is my side of the
story: I was taken to South Carolina
against nif will, having boon captured
during fhe war. I liked the State,
and at the close of tjie war I invested
largoly>''in- real estate and * settled
among tho:Carolinian**; '! did notde*
sire thp'position of Governor, and was
indu^etfto take it only by the earnest
entreaty of Taany of thro native 'citizens,
who-merely preferred me" to
other (oarpat- baggers. > I am now- a
bona jiae citizen at tne:State, and am
here *>0>'advance her interests by aecuringf
if- possible, -another - railroad
conn?tipnwith' the North and- West.
JKenUutian, 26M < .
ItJfcflurtwE that % Clipper ehipj
vrtth^phtibiidrttd Jb^j cbittmanded
by Wflt.Jftflrdniey, of Cincinnati,
saH&ratt^alftrdtty' to jbih t^e Oubaftfe
unde^'CcgpedoB. Tbe mtfn loft New
Yorl&*w ^ Whoonors, ostensibly ftr an
*ha ififehing banks; and
boardifr belolf theHfcb*
ship^Moftt Of them wore Weston
me n Jgjjjdte N*d served under Sbehtffitt
or Tffirniaa \liwjawow <' -> :?? lo
i MMrnif'fit h'iHT uftl'
Opium in America.?At a rccent
meeting of tho New York Farmer*'
Club, Mr. W. C. Wilson, of Vermont,
interested tho club with an account of
some novel experiments of his in
poppy growing. Ho has made opium
twr mx years, and finds it wonderfully
l?rofltable. On a square rod he raised
irro and a half pounds, which ho sold *
for $10 a pound. This is at tho* rat?
yf $4,000 per *cre* On an area of s
five paces by 10 he grow $68 worth.
Another year from 20 square rodu ho
Look 46 pounds of opium. Planting
an a largo ocale, he gathered 640
pounds from eix acres in an unfavorft
uie year. Tlie poppy is sowed and
cultivated liko any other crop. Jusfc
before the seed-pods'are mature, a cut
is made near the pod or on its under
surface, and a milky sap exudes,
This is gathered the next day, and
Another small incision made. When
the stalk is pretty well bled, Wilson
cuts off the stalks, capsule and all,
and grinds them in a mill of his invention.
Me uses alcohol with his pumice,
and obtains a juice which ho
Jries away to a gum on earthen
plates. This gum-opium he mixes
with the milk opium obtained as described.
A New York letter says:. "There are
3igiiB of coming oppositions tc all life
insurance companies, which, under
the plea of "mutual," draw numerous
members to their concern, but, nevererlbeli
d?, tnuuugu ib?ir business as thai of
? clo?e corporation. Tbe Mutual Life loMurance
Company, of Mew York, tbo
laigest id tbe city, held an election of
do tutors to-day, and for the first tiro* ia
the history of tbe constitution, there*was
un opposition ticket. It was not sucoessI'ttl,
biniply because tbe matter had not
been canvassed before band. Ouly this
morning a Ivertisements calling upon
policy bo I tiers to ereicise their rigbt to
vote appeared in the daily papers, but too
late to have any practical effect. Tbe
movement is aiguificant, however, showing
ibat ibe halcyon days of mutual insurance
companies are npproaohing their end."
Five employees of tho printsbops
fttLodi. New Jersey, who babitaally
drank vitriol and alchohol, mistook
arsenic for vitriol in compounding
their bevorage and died in consequence.
Tbe Japanese colony that recently
arrived at San Franciaco, have purchased
land in Colorado County, CaliforniUj
for tbe purpose of cultivating
Bilk and tea. They ore pleased with
the location.
Information has been received from
reliable sourccs in Havannoj asserting
that the Cubans are enslaved in an
active offensive movement, and were
never in better spirits or more Bangui
ne of Buccess.
Forty thousand beef cattle bound
North have crossed the Brazos River
at Waco, Texas, tbe pVesent season.
Four thousand crossed in two successive
days. v <
A. member 4of Congress advertises
in a New York paper a cadotship appointment
to the JJnited States Ittaval
Academy for sale.
The wheat is now beiBg harvested
throughout the - upper portion of
Georgia, and it is said that ^he. general
yield will surpass, for quantity,and
quality, any previous crop, grown
there for many years past.;; .
Mr. James, the Buffalo boot maker
jtyho ..Bon-t Grantthose "inaaguration
boots," has not received - any office,
and has sent in* the bill to bis
members of Congress,
Almost immediately after the silver-bound
tie Was laid *od the golden
spike driven!in th<p Facile- Railroad.
they were.quietly taken op again, deposited
withNevada'% silver bummer
in, a car and: sent tO 'San' Francisco,
while a.common:.Wooden tie Was substituted,
and the v<last-mftM" secured,
to H by aicommoo $ron spike. J-!^
rtJ; b$"7#V?HV> rtfXfMiliiJ- ft
. CWn^/Jabore^ . fres*i from the
y^ijpj ^h^ already ipade fheir apnanVonAa
?n' Wa?? AJaaaa
jpgr-T^ "" TJT
will flock to the Bugfjr and jrice fialda
^re^ and th.ri^r^,,,^,. ai)
i7>1?roaeiii^ ? dispatch .
aopoui>eing ti^a rj)w$<upng4. of the
igfiB ^^r^yj|b^gh tfc^JiwwL
^unowet^/gear^
the governm^ifre^.otfJpHfce W
*f *8Pv$!b *Wfcfcfoi wpawer* w)*e *
$HtHN5&&si tete&*$h?di tfc?
^RU^^ioei!] *>v\) cr.iJioijp
tibta# ^K^A??tor,^o^,c)?tia::?iivi
ofupeoh fcbfetr dobwj^ ekrf^ombiB:
:*?2
;. *: ' !fi . - - -^ 'T
LV.-JLA.- . *iiuA-.isu.?'i-. :..yx vv*