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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 1809. VOLUME XVII?-N(X Is
THE DAY IS DONE.
BY H. \V. LONGFELLOW.
Tlie (lay is done, and the dnifc'ioss
Tulle from tlie wis?j?s of Jiiglit,
Asa farther is waft <1 downward,
From au eagle iu its llljht.
I s?o the lights of the village
Gleam through the roin nud the mint.,
And a feeling of sadness eouies o'er me,
That my soul caunot resist.
A fooling of 8adnc69 and longing,
That is not akin to pain
And resembles sorrow only
As tho mist resembles the rain.
Come read to me ?ome poeru,
Pome eimnle and heartfelt l iy,
That shall soothe this restless feeling.
And banish the thoughts oT day.
Not from tlie grand old master?,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through tlic corridors of timo.
For like the att ains of martini music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toil and endeavor,
And to-night 1 long for rest.
It>*nd from somo humbler poet,
Whose eonga gusli from his heart
At, showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids atart.
Who through the days of long labor,
And night J devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music,
Of woudrous melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
Tlint fnlloirA flflur r?i-n * *??
Tlicn road from the treasured volume
The poem of my choice,
Ami lend to the rhyme of the pout
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night f.hnll be filled with music,
And the c.irea that infe.t the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as ti'ently steal away.
<!?
False Packed Gotten.
At a recent meeting of the Cotton j
Manufacturers' and Planters' Nation-1
:il Association the prominent subject j
of discussion poems to have been !
false packed cotton. Several of the
members declaimed in unmeasured
tortus against the general habit off
planters in mixing water, sand, and j
other foreign substances with thej
cotton iti the process of baling. One
person, an individual somewhat notorious
in this scction on account of
certain shrewd speculations in col Ion
just after the war, a Mr. (laised, ofj
Pennsylvania, staled that of thousands
of bali-s he had handled since
the war hardly one per cent, earn'} up
to the standard. Another equally
honest and truthful member is reported
to have said that as a general rule
planters threw buckets of water in
the hales and pprinkled sand on the
wet cotton while it was being packed.
Similar statements were made by
other members oi the Association.
Wo notico that several of our Stale
exchanges have copied this slander j
upon the cotton planters without lit-1
tering a word of dissent, thereby, to j
some extent at least, endorsing these
wholesale aud utterly false charges.
There is not a respectable man in the j
South connected with the cotton1
trade?there is not a single respectable
planter who docs not know that
f.dse packed cotton, so-called, is a,
mere incident of our primitive and
deficient modus operandi in preparing
the crop for market. Planters who j
make from fifty to three hundred
bales of cotton have but one gin
house and run but one gin. The work
of ginning is pressed with great industry
so as to keep up that work
with the picking. In a rainy season
it is almost impossible to prevent mixing
what is called storm cotton with
the clean and better grades. This'
mixing is accidental, and is a result!
mainly of what wo havo already spoken
of in relation to our very imperfect
and and narrow facilities for
bousing tho crop. "Wo venturo to
say that out of tho twenty-five or
thirty thousand cotton planters in
Georgia, a well authenticated charge
of intentional false packing, such as
was alluded to and seriously commented
upon iu the lato meeting of the :
Cotton Manufacturers' Association,!
ronnrtf Kn atmsmaaf till** I
MV MUWvnokUlijr M1UUV ilgttiuoi;
ODO dozen in tho entire State.
Apy onp at all familiar with the
jnode of gathering the crop, adopted
from necessity by all planters, that it
makes it cxtromoly difficult for q. "lazy
man and brother" to put water," sand,
or a few rocks in tho baskets while
picking. These baskets are regularv
overhauled and examinod at night
when tho pickers come in from work,
but where a number of laborers are
employed this examination is more or
i a jp?
IUBD nujicruumi uuu iinpurxouu jx. lew
baskets containing foreign substances
will occasionally cscapo detection and
' *..eir contents dumped into the common
heap in the gin-house. If much
wator is put in the baskets, when the
cotton is thrown up in a bulk, a boating
proco^s is brought on and th? reA
suit is th:il the lint in the immediate
vicinity of the wet cotton is injured.
W hen this cotton is taken up by tlie
luuul detailed to feed the CJ in, it very
often happens that the inveterate
habits of laziness which cling to the '
negro ps a freed man as strongly as
when he was a slave, causes him to
throw in the injured cotton along
with the good. This cannot possibly
be avoided by the most honest planter
unless he remains all the lime at
the Ciin and watches himself cveiyi
I l--i /' .II _ - - * I
uasxct iii11 as ib is uirown lino Kio
hopper. The sand and rocks which
may be thrown in the c-otlon while it
is being picked to increase its weight,
are separated by the (Jin from the
lint and cannot gel into the lint room
except in minute particles?notcnough
to increase the weight but just!
enough to injure the color of the lint. I
The charge which has been most \
frequently made against planters by
our cotton factors is not that they intentionally
put foreign substances in
the bales, but that they exorcise too
little vigilanco in preventing diPerent
grades of cotton being mixed in the
packing pi'ocef-s. "When this is the
ease they call them mixed cottons.
Under our present system, and with
oijr present facilities for housing and
preparing the crop for market, this
acci'Jcnt i.s likely to occur more or less
frequently, in proportion to the personal
attention the planter gives to
hi*> ginning operations. When the 1
negro can be made industrious, honest,
faithful and careful, then mixed
cottons will no longer be seen in the
market.
Since the war false-packed cotton j
has been somewhat more common j
than previously. This is owing to,
f wn vr*rwnnQ ( inn ^ 4l?of 4 \^ 1i
v.. V v/iiv AO iJlitU LilVJ HIL^Il
price of cotton has induced a class of
men, not pLt uteris, to embark i:i its cultivation
as a temporary expedient to
make money rapidly. These people j
rent land at high prices, give execs- J
nivo interest to their factors for the j
use of money to make the crop with,
and promise high rates for labor. ;
They are not lKTinancntlv identified 1
in interest or reeling with planters. !
They arc essentially cotton bummers,!
ami carc little or nothing about the '
? . :
results of their operations so long as!
Ili::y make money ami make it qu:c!:.
T?cioro reclamations can be mu<le on '
lliem they are cither 1.0:1 at iuvtnl>ti.
or if ibun-.l, have made fraudulent \
conveyances to cheat their creditors
and avoid responsibility for their
fal.se packing. The other reason why
false packed cotton is now more Ire
rpient than before the war, is found '
in Llio fact that, owing to impcc-unio?*- j
itv, many planters have born compel- ;
led to farm out their land-;, ov a por
lion of them to negroes. Others j
have been, and are bill! working, oil ;
shares with ihein. In ino.-t- instances:
where planting has been carried on"!
under these conditions the negroes
have had almost entire control of the
preparation ol' the Crou for market.
They have boon apt to lor.rn the |
trick of false pat-king, and have, in
many instances, escaped detection
until the crop litis been divided and
the planter's portion sent forward to j
market. In tuch eases the planters ,
receive the blame for the misconduct !
of the laborers.
But, making due and proper allow-!
ahces for these occasional frauds, we j
denj', and the books of Southern cot-j
ton factors will bear us out in the
denial, that anything like the ainonnt
of false 'packed cotton mentioned by
Garsed has been sent to market. Wo
deny tlmt there is such a habit, and
more especially that it is a general
one. "We have felt bound to enter
this protest, on the part of planters,
against the wholesale charges made
by such men as Garscd and his associates.
The entire bod}* of planters,
as a class, arc quito as honest, upright
and houorablc as tho Cotton Manufacturers'
National Association.
Since writing the above wo have
received a pamphlet copy of tho proceedings
of tho National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters,
held in the St. Nicholas' Hotel,
Now York, on the 30th of Juno last.
Wo give below somo extracts from
the debate on false packed cotton. It
will be seen that Garscd asserts that
of the thousands?we presume very
many?of bales of Cotton ho has
handled sinco 18G1, hardly one por
cent, has eomc up to the quality of
the sample. Every cotton dealer in
the United Seates knows that this
statomont is untruo:
Mr. Gfirscd: I should like to know
what Southern gentlemen here havo
to say on {.his question, of all others
the most serious to the future of tho
cotton business, I don't boliove one
bale in fifty of "middling" turns oat
the same ihsido as outside. Wo aro
1-1.1 !l _ - A A -i> il -a_ -- "*
u?iu ii/ is a matter 01 ino overseer ana
tho negro, but if wo givo short measure,
it is our fault?no negro, no ovorscer
for us.
You can bring.a bale of tow from
[ cxtrome Russia in bolter condition
' than you can bring a bale from any
where. In China or India cotton, t
one layer does not vary fro in another 1
one-tenth ol'a grain, and it all lias 1
marks insido by which it can be t
traced ; but of the thousands of bales t
uf cotton I have handled since 1801, n
and I have kept a very close account,
hardly one per cent.has been accord- u
ing to standard, to say nothing of the c
mud and dirt. Now will Col. Wesson a
let us hear from Mississippi ? ^
Col Wesson : I cannot defend the 1
l cotton planter in all things. Indeed,
1 never do anything but what 1 think
morally right. There is too much
truth in what the gentleman says
about false packing. It is done all
around me, but it is very hard to
catch the olfender. I tried last Summer,
but did not succced. It is a
common practice now to wet tlie
cotton or to wet a pile of sand
roll it in a fieece of eottcn, and put
that in the middle of the bale. In
the case where 1 detected it, the cot.
ton was raised by one man and sent ^
to another man's <cin, and the negroes fe<
put it up there, so we could not reach
it. ' *1
There is a remedy which most of Ci
you, gentlemen, may adopt. You a
may buy your cotton in the interior 'c
and save veiy much of the loss, the
drayages, the insurance, and cominis- J';
s'ons fo which it is subjected in pas- ^
bing through the cities. Every time n'
it is resold it is rosainpled. Somo of j ^
our folks apply the word '\slealing" I
to it, and I don't know but that it is j ]"
a trood word, lor it is l.'ilron nnt for ! 13
the purpose of gain. I have heard j
of a man who made GOO bales of cot- 1 lv
ton in one season by sampling. j
Mr. Saunders, of Tennessee,: I i "
should recommend to parties to biij' J ^
their cotton at the seaboard rather ^
than in the interior towns. Cotton ''
cannot be examined well unless it is C!:
bored clear through. Tho difference
in cotton in the same bale arises frequently
now from there being different
varieties in the same gin-house.
Under the new or squd system of 111
firming, caeh sqad puts its cotton tl
by itself in the houso and they ; tc
gin by turns. Under the old ;
system, each grade, lirst, second and .;u
la'rt picking, was ginned separately ; '
now a .cqi:ad may not have enough of'113
I'ithor one to mako :i s<-Ttfirni<? 18'
i ' i
and the different lclnrts arc put to- i
L-ther. Pais? packing is much more cf
common it! India, than in America.
This J could show, if' I had time, ''
from the reports of the Cotton Supply i m
Association. If you bore a Laic well ,il'
you will find if there is wet cotton or P1
too much trashy cotton in it. j
Col. "Wesson: It i.; very important, ! n'
this examining deep. They call it!'11
' 'catching the coon," in Georgia, hul ; *
(lie more directly you deal with the j
planters the bettor. If you buy the
bales of Mr. Smith, in Columbus or lM
Jackson, and it is sent right to your
mill, and you find it false packed. i-.
Smith's honor is touched ; an explanation
and reclamation follow. When 'a
you buy at the seaboard, it has pas- li
scd through eo many hands that you
can't tell which 31 r. Smith is responsible.
I have opened the past year d<
twenty odd bales of cotton that had c:
rolls of sand in the mipdlc, but it had | ti
gone through too many hands. I ki
could not toll which put the sand in. at
Mr. G'arscd: I alluded to China, c:
not India cotton. w
-Mr. Saunders : Mr. Garsed will buy I ti?
no more China cotton for many years, ' v<
if ever. The past season China im-1 <*}
ported from Great Britain 235.000,000 I ti
yards of cotton good.*, and did not i'c
export to Great Britain a fingle pound p<
of cotton. India and China jointly ni
imported 1,508,000 bales of cotton ni
goods, and did not export over 1.120,- tl
000 hales of cotton. a^
Mr. Nichols: AVe labor under an e:
enormous disadvantage. Cotton is cj
put up at the South for export, prop- ci
erly and in light bagging. "When it la
is put up for a Northern manufactu- tl
rer, there is tho strongest temptation tl
to put on as much iron and heavy fn
bagging as possible. Wc want the I
united action of every Board of Trade si
and of every community where cot- 1}
ton is used. If New York and the B
New England States can bo induced al
to pass an cr.actmcnt suggested by si
this Association (and they unquestion- ei
tibly can be], it will be impossible to sc
sell cotton without deducting ll?c
tare. They cannot get it from the "1
Englishman, and thoy cannot get it tl
from us. . d<
It will bo seen from tho abovo cx- g<
tracts that not only aro the planters tl
charged with the goneral habit of
falso packing Cotton, but an equally
false and absurd charge is made by tl
Mr. Nichols that planters prepare ti
thoir Cotton differently for tlio Nor- 'I
thorn and Foreign markets. Now c<
wo vcntnyp to say that tho ontiro n
crop of Georgia thero aro not a doz- ie
on planters who havo the slightest m
idea where tho crop will bo taken for a
manufacturing, Tho idea that wo a
attempt to give the Englinh manufac- X
turer tho advantage over the Yankco p
mill-owner is near akin to tho pre- t
ended l?adieal opinion that we arc
Judical* .still. Mr. Nichols is doubt-ess
a political .Radical demagogue of
he Butler-Sumner School, and wishes
o wring into the discussions of the
issocialion a little loil politics.
Our space is too limited to permit
is to follow this subject farther. Our
tbjeel is simply to repel tho unjust
.ml fnlso aspersion cast upon the
iouLlicrn planters by those '-Lowell
L.ords."?Chronicle tO Sentinel.
4 <G>
'EE YOUNG LION OF NEW EEGLAND.
l Talk with Mr. John Quincy Adams?
Sweeping tho Political Horison?The
Plots ff Butler?'The Republican Party
beyond Redemption?The Democracy's
Path to Victory?Hoffman tho;
Cuming Man-Chase odious to tho
South?Tho Sleeping Lion.
Few of tho renders of the Jfcws
ave forgotten the young 'Massachuitts
statesman, of historic name and
neago, whose visit to our State, and
necches hero durinsr the Prcsiduntiiil i
impaign last full, created so rcmarkIjle
a slir. This gentleman is now
toming up conspicuously as a candiutc
for the Democratic nomination
>r Governor of liis native State,
he convention which is to make the
ominntion meets this week. The
few York Sun publishes a long ac>unt
of an intcruicw held by ono of
s reporters with Mr. Adams, which
quilo interesting. After eliciting
ic views of Mr. Adams on Ihe local
clitics of Massachusetts, in the course
* which it was hinted that the notoOlIS
Uutlcl' \\*?1S Ufliftiniitf In
? -v/ |
enry Wilson's sent in the "United
[ales Senate, the reporter asked :
2-a:i 3 0U tell me, Mr. Adams, iti what
itiinatc General Grant is held by the
ie Republicans of 2scw England?"
A DULL IX A CHINA SHOr.
Mr. Adams smiled and replied:
They arc in a terrible fix. Thcyaro
ortified, cliagrinedj disgusted with '
icir President, and don't know how
1 help themselves. They can't co'nol
him; nobody can control him,
id he lias no political power to eonol
hinm'f. He is out of his element
the Hxrcutivo ofiicc. and feels it.
l.nlo niuttora nvo a tn
Latesmcn and politicians aro not
mgcnial companions to liiin. He
:?liIces their conversation ami shuns
, thus shutting himself out from the '
Ivice and information a President
ways needs. Ha prefers ihe eommionship
of horse-jockeys and rered
merchants who have plenty of
CillOV to sncnrl lmt wli? l'tif.if >iiil>
ig of public a flairs anil caro hss. (
ho Republican party in Xcw Kng- |
nd is an aristocratic part3% and dis* j
Ices tho course General Grant is J;
irsuing. But they cant help thonv- :
'Ives, and thoy- Joel the mortification
1 tho more keenly on that account."
'Glow do yon account for the sinini.
? I
r foreign policy of his administraOii
?" I asked.
1
MR. FISH'S FOUKION TOLICY.
"The foreign policy, so far us it is
jvtloped," he replied, UI attribute (
cclusivcly to the influence and iliroc- ,
011 of Mr. Fish. It is popularlytiown,
I suppose, that tho President
id all the Cabinet, with the possible
vccption of tho Attorney-General,
ere disposed to adopt, in our rclaons
both with Spain and England, a
. ? - I
;ry dangerous and threatening poliMr.
Fish was firm in his oppision
to such a course, and I think the
isult will prove the wisdom of tho
jliey he has stamped upon the adinistration.
There was a time, imcdiately
after their utterance, when
ie whole country seemed carried
.vay with Mr. Sumner's views as
(pressed in his famous speech; but
dm and deliberate reflection has
mvinced the most of us of the fuley
of those views. Mr. Fish had
10 sagacity to detect tho orror of
icm at tho time, and the conrago to
ec public opinion in opposing them.
confess that I do not clearly undorand
his policy in detail, and espocial
his singular attitude toward Cuba,
ut I have confidenec in his eminent
jilitics as a statesman, and feel aslrcd
that ho will inanago these deli
no amurs so as to ovolvo a wise
)lution."
"Do jTou not think," I suggested,
,hat the country 83'mpathizcs with
10 Cubans in their struggle for frecom,
and that the influence of our
overnmont should bo exerted in
icir behalf."
TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS.
"I hardly think," ho replied, "that
io mass of tho pcoplo of this coun'y
euro anything about that straggle,
'ho people of New England are not
oncorned about it. Tho "West cares
otbing about it. In New York there
i considerable fooling on the subject,
'hieh is carofully nursed and kept
livo by interested partios. Thoro
re many Cubans rosiding in New
ork, and that city has a largo and
rofhablo trade with Cuba. Hence
heir interest in this straggly. But
?wwb Muiuiim a?a?at?? ?go?
tliat interest is by 110 means general
throughout the country. It is true 1
suppose, that the country would like
to acquire Cuba. That acquisitiveness
is one of the bancs of our people.
We not only would like Cuba, but we
would like the greater portion of
.Mexico, all of Canada, and perhaps
other contiguous territory. It may
be, too, that we are destined to possess
all this continent, and more, too,
for all I know. But I very much
question whether so great territorial
extension will benefit us much.
T1IE SOUTH DE.VOCKATIC?HOW THE
NE<;itOES AVI I.I. VOTK.
' You took a run through tl?e
South last year, Mr. Adams," I remarked.
'What was tlio result of
your observation* in that direction?
Can the llcpublican party retain the
control of that section of the country
? '
' By no means," he replied. "As
fast as the .States have restored to
them their political privileges and
right?, they will reassert, their independence
of this ruling power. It is
all nonsense to suppose that the labor
of that section will l'orever subject itself
to the control of a few adventu- j
rei'S. At. llfPSPl.l llio npifiYipRnvo l.-i.iil I
1 o- " ~ '"-l'w
in41 slate of political cxeilcmcnt and
semi-antagonism to the Southern people
fur partisan purposes, but really
the negroes euro nothing about politico.
If left to themselves they
would scarcely ever assert their political
rights, or restrained from exercising
them; but it is not in their nature
or dispositions to care for them.
In the cities they may, and probably
will always lake an active part in
parly contests; but the mass of the
negroes, as is well known, are scattered
in small colonies on distant plantations,
and after this unnatural excitement
passes away, and they arc
loft to themselves, politics will be the
ler.st of their concern?, cxccpt once a
year, when their employers will ask
thein to the polls to vote. Then, of
cjursc, they will vote whatever ticlcct
their employers or overseers put
into their hands. So the political
power in that section will very soon
lapse into the hands of those who
have always wielded it. And the}*
arc beginning to sec this inevitable
t?nUutmy. lloiiee .their readiness to
aeccpt reconstruction under the present
plan. They know that while a
set of carpel-lasers arc temporarily
placed in power, it is L ?.t n stepping
stone to their own restoration to po- >
litieal supremacy."
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
"What is ybwv opinion of the prospects
of tlio adoption of the Fifteenth
an:c.idmonl to the Constitution?" I
asked.
"I think," he replied, "that it will
make but little difference whether it
is adopted or not. It is inconsistent I
with the former portion of tho constitution,
and is therefore invalid. If
declared adopted, when the Democratic
party comes into power it will
simply ignore it."
' Would the Supreme Court pronounce
it invalid because of that inconsistency?"
I asked.
THAT FAHCE, T1IE SUPREME COURT.
'/Our Supreme Court," ho replied,
"is a farce. It has no independence.
It is under coercion. It has forfeited
the respect due it as a separate and
and eocqual branch of the Government.
Its judgments do not cany
with them tho weight they did in
former years. They avoid the discussion
of constitutional questions
under the dictation of Congress, and
havQ really no control of such questions.
In fact, Air.. Sheridan, our
whole form of government has changed.
Wo have a written constitution,
It is true; but is almost wholly* ig-*
norcd. It has been altered, patched,
and amended until its consistency is
all destroyed, and it is almost a meaningless
instrument. Our legislation is
not affected by tho restrictions of
any organic law. As Mr. f l.addcus
Stevens expressed it, our legislation
is extra-constitutional, or outsido of
tho constitution. Wo have ceased to
he governed by the written fundamental
law, but have adopted the English
idea of an unwritten constitution, variable
in its charactcr, and adapted
to evonts aa they occur."
Tllfc DAYS OP TUB REPUBLICAN PARTY
NUMBERED.
"This revolution has been wrought
by the Republican party, you think?"
I intorposed.
'"Wholly so," ho replied. "Tho
Democrats surrendered power in
1861. leaving fho rrnvornmonf innnt
in its original form. Whatcyor changes
havo occurred havo been wrougt
sinco then, and by the party now in
power."
"How long do you think that party
will retain power ?" I askod.
"I think," ho ropliod, "their days
are numbared . The signs of dissolution
ara everywhere apparent in
their ranks. The work of disintegration
is going on. If tho Democratic
party will bo wise now, it can
certainly soon regain the ascendency."
"What course do you suggest as advisable
lor tho Democrats to pursue?"
I asked.
Tin: WINNING DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
"Well," lie replied, "suggestions <
on that point might' inoro nppropri- (
ately come from older soldiers than
myself. 15ut my own idea is that, if
.mo iX'mocraia will adopt their platform
to tho live issues of the day, except
negro suffrage and the oilier inevitable
results of the laic Avar, drop
their old Bourbon loaders, and take
up new men not tied to the doad past
and ils obsolete ideas the path to victory
is new open to tlicin."
GOVERNOR IIOKFM-.N TO I.KAD THE
DEMOCRACY.
"Whom -would you suggest as a
standard-bearer in such a campaign?"
I asked.
"John T. Hoffman, of Xcw York,"
lie replied promptly.
"Mr. Hoffman has made a good
mark as CJovcrnor of New York,'* said
r.
"Most admirable," replied Mr.
Adams. "Ho has exceeded the anI
ticipalions of his warmest friends, and
is to-day tlio strongest, if not tho
! -1.1 *1 - ?
: iiiw.ii, iiuiu mini in mu country. '
"I. see," said I, "Unit Tammany
Hull lwis again nominated him."
" Yes," replied Mr. Adams; "lie has
the power of that singularly powerful
organization at his back, with the
prestige of success as Chief Magistrate
of the Empire State, two points
that almost insure his selection by the
part}' and a successful result. Xcw
York can dictate the candidate in
1872; and with such a candidate as
Mr. Hoffman, the Democrats are sure
of success."
CHASE ODIOUS AND ADAMS TOO YOUNG.
"Will not Mr. Chase be a candidate
for the Democratic nomination?" 1
asked.
" Mr. Chase undoubtedly would like
the nomination," he replied, " but the
South will never consent to his having
it. He is odious to the Southern Democracy,
and can never secure their
Tl,!? r i
ouji|iui -4- 11IO J. iiSWUi lillllWU LU Jliy
perfect satisfaction last year when I
ay as in the South."
"I have heard your own name mentioned
in this conncction."' I remarked.
"That is all nonsense," he replied.
"I am too young in the party to expect
such a preference at this time,
and moreover. Massachusetts has no
right to present a candidate. "When
we have have redeemed this State, as
1 !if I'lliinirn Iiiq lionn i.ii/inni.m<l
and can name so distinguished and |
able a man as Mow York names in Mr. ;
Hoffman, we may with some show of
propriety talk of presenting a candidate.
At present we must confine
ourselves to the work of overthrowing
Radicalism in our own borders."
THE FAREWELL .SUAICR.
".My dear sir," said .1 rising, " 1
have to thank you for this interview
and for the information yon have
given me. I leave 3*011 profoundly impressed
with the idea that Massachusetts
will be honored in you as her j
Chief Magistrate, as the General Gov- j
eminent will ultimately be in calling!
you its bead and brightest ornament."
JIc bowed, shook mc warmly by the
hand, and bade me call again whenever
I could find opportunity, for
which mark of condescension I expressed
many thanks and bade him
farewell. T. ,U. C.
State Taxation.?A correspondent
informs us that the State tax
which ho paid last year on a tract of
land on (Jombahse llivcr was 890,
while this year the tax on the same
tract amounts to $008.50, the land ,
being assessed at over double the sum
which would be taken for it in cash.
Our correspondents asks whether this
tax i=> constitutional, and whether its ,
collection can be cnforccd ? (
There has been much discussion and
agitation in the Stato on the subject j
of the State taxes, and, at one time, 1
it was likely that in many countios 1
tho people would flatly refuse to pay ,
tho increased assessmones. Now, (
however, it seems to be admitted that ,
tlicro is no hopo of redress through 1
tho courts, and that we must wait pa- ,
tiently until tho day comes when tho
property in the Stato may bo assessed
at its truo valuo, according to tho theory
of the present tax law. In individual
cases of oxeessivo assessment,
something may bo gained by an application
to tho Stato Auditor,, who, .
in several instances, lias reauoca tne
assessment. The increaso in the tax ,
demandod of our correspondent can
not apparently bo accounted for by
the change of system which came
into effect this yoar, and ho is advised
with ull others so situated, to make a
representation of tho facts to the
Stato Auditor. This can do no harm,
and may do good.?Charleston Neics.
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Carl Schurz denounces Democracy
nd the Christian religion.
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The Baby's Drawer.
There's a lilllo J rawer in my chnmbcr
Guarded with the tcndorcsl euro,
Whore the dainty clothes arc lying,
That my darling shall never weur.
And there, while the hours arc waiting,
Till the house is all !it rest,
I sit nnd fancy a buby
Cloec to 1113* aching breast*
My darling's pretly, white garments 1
I wrought them, .sil:iitg apart,
While his mystic life was thiobbing
Ur.dur my throbbing heart.
/iuu ouen my nappy Urcuming
Break.; in 11 little song,
Like the muvuiur of birds nt brooding,
When the duys arc warm and long. J
I finished the dainty wardrobe,
And the drawer wai almost full
Willi robtsof the finest muslin,
And robes of Ihe finest wool.
I folded tlieiiull together,
Willi a rose for every fair,
Smiling, and saying, "Gem fragrant,
Fit for my priucc to wear."
And, the radiant Summer morning,
So lull of a mother's joj"!
"Thank (Jod, lie is fair and perfect,
My beautiful, new-born boy."
Let him wear the pretty, white garments
I wrought while sitting apart;
Lay him, so sweet and so li'dpless,
Here, close to my throbbing heart.
Many and many an evening
I sit, since my baby came,
Sayinir. "What do tlio nn<?i.U #>?u J*?
For lie died without a nn:?e ;
Silting while hours nrc v/aiiing,
And the house is all at rest,
Au 1 fnuey a baby nestling
Close to my aehing brenst.
THE COTTON SUPPLY.
Review by the London Times.
Tho London Times, of the 14th instant,
lias an cditoriiil on the subject
of the cutton supply, which was
transmitted by cable on Saturday,
wherein it suys:
A curious aspect has just been given
to tho question of the cotton supply.
Just as the association fur yro
niuuiig imy oi.'jcct is Holding its usual
meeting, a merchant writes us
that Manchester alone is responsible
for the scarcity it suffers. With all
its wealth, enterprise and confidcnee,
it has never invested a penny in the
cotton #e!d. The conclusion of the
out.iide world obviously is, that those
who know most about cotton-planting
can never pay. Their caution
acts in others, and cotton culture is
discouraged. If the Manchester spinners
would establish a cotton company,
with a largo capital employed in
the heart of India, things would be
diiTercnt ; but they stand aloof and
refuse to risk their money in adventure,
and when cotton comes to them
they drive it down to a losing point.
The association urge the establishment
of large cotton fields in Ethiopia.
but the recommendation, though
interesting to growers, has little effect
to cause more cotton to bo grown.
Cobdcn and his friends maintained it
was not the duty the of manufacturer
to concern himself with the South,
but merely to offer a sure and steady
market for the produce. If India 1111
dci-sold America by a farthing in the
pound on equal quality, eho would
command tho Lancashire market.
The policy of the manufacturer was
to keep tho market open and give
preference to the best cotton*.
How these doctrines ended we need
no't say, but the singular complaint of
our correspondent lends illustration
to argument. He resents the practice
of the manufacture in driving
down tho price. It is not natural for
the buyer to cheapen tho article.
I)ocs not the remark strengthen the
argument that tho same people ought
not to bo buyers and sellers? Jlis
liguro state that the average India
cotton, formerly bringing four penco
per pound, now brings ten pen20, and
may be many years before it is lower
than seven pence would remunerate
and satisfy Lancashire, tho mighty
ipiestion may be near its solution. Kcmcmbering
that the cardinal question
is price, and cotton stuffs can bo sold
to tho markots of tho world, and that
tho money to recompense tho grower
and spinner comes from tho pockets
Df the weaver, it is useless to grow
and spin if it cannot bo sold in quanity
and at price to remnnorato all concerned.
Up to tho timo of tho American
war theso conditions wore fulfilled.
Tho South produced and Lancashire
manufactured so choaply that tho article
commanded tho markets of tho
worljl. The prico of India cotton is
now two and-a-half times greater than
formerly, which is enough to demolish
tlxo whole trade. No wondor that
looipB aro idlo. Cheap goods and .
dear cotton aro incompatible. Until
choap goods aro produced trade cannot
revive. If the average of seven
pefaoe pays the grower, thoro is no
reason why industry should not rovfVe.
A protective tariff will not alt
ways prevails.
*'ft the prices spoken of will satisfy
Oonraimsers and remunerate producers,
there is nothing to prevont
j
tlio speedy revival of prodnclion and
consumption. I>ui between the spinner
and Itio grower mnst necessarily
exist ordinary eonimcreial antagonism.
Cotton is now at ten pencc in-?
stead of fo;ir penee, beeauso American
competition i'j reduced. Tiio
price can only be abated Ly a return
to largo and mora regular supplied,
it' Jndia bo our l'ecder it can only bo
on terms of free and open trade.
Cotton-growers must be prepared for
a rcvhal of American industry and
the competition of tbe wholo world.
In such a raee Jndia would bavo
great advantages, M'iiieh if measured
by the judicious action of the govern
mcni, n is probable that Indian agriculture
aui Jiritish industry might bo
established on broad a!. 1 permanent
prosperity.
the old Dominion.
General Caiiby and the Iron-Glad Oatli.
A "Washington letter to the Baltimore
Sun says:
Politicians h'n-o are not disposed to
place much roliarce upon the lvporb
telegraphed from JJk'imond that General
C'unby will i --sue his proclamation,
in ten days declaring t Jie result of tho
election, convening tho Legislature,
applying the iron-chid to members,
and giving the seat <>f a member who
cannot lake the oath t<> (he candidal?
receiving the next highest number Oi"
votes. The Viiginiti JJadieal*. it is
thought, are ready lor desperate
measure.-*, and a resort (o any
reckless scheme to gain possesion of
the Legislature and . cure a L'nitcil
States senator, and ibis dispatch. it is
said, is thrown out as a ' i'jcler.''
While General Canity doubtless
sympathized with the Wells party. ho
is not prepared to violate all the sense
of poiitieal propriety and go to t! o
extreme lengths indicated in this dispatch.
A gentleman here, who is in
his confidence, and who was as anxious
as any one eke before the election
for tho success of General Wells,
?
says he docs not believe that General
Cauby has indicated to any human
being an authoi ixalion make such publication
as the above. JJat in all tho
discussions of I lie matter tho President
snwl (i-.I i>
^v..viu? * ?.? ? Kfj Ji.nu UCUU
onI3" mentioned as having control of
the subjcct when the fuel is tlial. under
the reconstruction laws. (?'enerai Sherman
has something to say ami do
about it.
In its groal desire to ]:: vo 3I>. Johnson
shorn ol* as much ol' hi* power a*
possible, t:io it*t !i Congress gavo
the general of the at my almo.-t yiipreme
control over these rocor.stniction
measures'. These Jaws havj
never yet nil been repealed, end it is
possible that Uencrnl .Sherman may
3-el have much to say in the matter,
and it is not believed that ho will permit
such action as that indicated in.
the dispatch above quoted. Xor do wellinformed
gentlemen believe that tho
President himself will countcnanco
what is suggested. ii i; disposition
seems to he rather to plucc confidence
in the Virginians and allow them t<>
reconstruct their State 011 the bassis
indicated by their last eledion, when
the people spoke plainly in favor of a
conservative policy for the State.
The people say they acted and voted
in good faith, and the President is believed
to be disputed to giv^their sineerily
a fair test.
The New York Board of Health
report the .summer is closing with
unusual promise of health fulness,
and tbat the death rate has been
steadily diminishing during each
week for the past month. For
this favorable exhibit, the Tribune
says, they should return many
thanks to Providence and none to
themselves.
Tho people in the upper part of
the State are deeply interested in
the success of tho proposed railroad
from Spartanburg S. C., to Ashville,
N. C., and assert that tho
project has many advantages over
the costly Blue Ridge Railroad.
In Louisiana tlioy havo settled tho
question of Chineso suffrage. Seven
Chinamen hjjve registered in a single
parish.
A negro and a whito girl wero
married in Washington City, Tuesday,
by a magistrate. The parties
avo represented as having come from
"NYarrenton, Va.
Four companies of California militia
have boon mustered out of State !
service for refnaini* *r* ?r?
gan Francisco Fourth of July procession
-with colored men. " . .
The Richmond JDitpalth says: "Gon^
oral Canby has dccidcd that a fcwclvo
months' rosldonco in the Stato is ncocBsary
as a qualification to senators
and members of the llonso of I)elo
gates, ^
j v. j?
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