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V 4 . ^ ^ ! | ' . ' ' ? ' ? VOLUME 28. CxlMDEN, SOUTH-CAEOLIjRA, JANUARY 21, 1869. NUMBER 18. miscellany! HIRING LABOR. The Macon (Geo.) Ttbgraph makes the following suggestions on this sub ject, which deserve the attention ot ^ those who have not yet employed lar. borers for the present year : ? Within the nest thirty days most of the contracts for labor on farms will be made for 1869. In some neighborhoods the landowners have fallen into the practice of hiring their hands "for a part of the crop"?generally for the third, when the hand feeds himself, or for the fourth when the fanner feeds the hand free cf cha'rge. This way of paying for labor is ruinous in its effects upon both proprietor and laborer, and ought to he discontinued at once, fur the following reasons : T* ?.)mnet flrmriflip farmer A t ttimvow of proper direction and control of the affairs of his farm, each individual hand so hired feeling that on account of his interest in the crop he should have a so" in the manner, time, place, etc. of planting, cultivating, gathering, selling and dividing the crops. 2. It guarantccs"a spirit of thriftlessness in both proprietor and laborer; which soon becomes mauifest in rotten fences, gates, buildings, etc., and filled up ditches and a large and tlitifty growth of pine bashes, briurs, ar.d brootnsod.e. "d. It almost precludes the use of manures of all kinds. 4. It causes the farmer to pawn hi? tnulc?s, crops, etc., and tn spend half his lime with lawyers and sheriffs. 5th. J>treatise tijcrc is not a vo?tipc of progress or common scr.se in it.? When a hand hires himself in this way. it is with mental reservatioris*__aiaJLaL^ wars with ill* distinct understand::1': r on his part, that he is to do pretty much as he please??to work when and how lie pleases?that his time is his own, and that whether much or little is made, he will he fed and irrt.somethin;:, he does not know or care much what; and the farmer feels and thinks about ir. the same way, ncvcr^ppearinj: to remember 'hat he is pay;nj? dearly for pomei! incr he does not pet, to w it: labor, an 1 withi n* which bis whole farmi.iff pioj-c* must be a failure. This is the secret of the matter, and the sine tjiitt ? >? of farming. It docs not matter what terms he makes with bis hire ling, it is certain, absolutely, that it lie ^ <1 'OS not trot faithful labor out ofliini. W that lie is badly bitten. ^Whcn on the other hand, the laborer is hired for stated wages, no matter whether to be paid daily, monthly, or yearly, in money, he feels at once that faithful work is expected of him, and ho 'will do more and better when so hired. The employer expects it and will have it? for there is no fogped and muddled question of "interested hands," "lose nothing if nothing is made"?it is a serious, pressinp, and not to he staved off question. He can't afford to pay for noihinp, and lie at once makes the issue with his delinquent laborer, who either at once comes to time, or is W discharged, and-pets no pay, which is a r game be will soon find out is not profitable, and will perhaps become a faithful laborer in the future. And the consequence of all of which is, thrift, life and energy take the place of this tumble-down condition of affairs. The , fences are put .up, the ditches opened, houses repaired, and everything moves up lively The farmer buys better mules and plows, invests in matures, makes large crops; and what is more, ^ gathers them, which is generally the reverse of what his neighbor does who goes into a "copartnership" with thriftless laborers. It may be said, iu reply to all this, that inasmuch ns the coujmon laborers of the country arc nol to be depended on except they are given an interest iu the crop, etc., that tc insure their remaining to cultivate and gather crops, they must be interested in the crops?that they mfcst be paid out of the crop. This is certainly th( reason why most people so hire them There is a way in which the laborer car bo hired to oau<o him to "stick" equal Jy well as this, which is as fallows The employer, for instance, agrees to give him 150 dollars per annum, and to pay him the one-half thereof at iu; tcrvals*ofa week, during the year, or SI .4 I every Saturday night. Now supposing the hand to be a single man, having only himself to feed, and that he only consumes weekly 4 pounds of moat and 1 peck of meal, which his employer sells to him at, say. 18c per lb. for the bacon and $125 per bushel for the meal?he will take $1 Oo in this way, leaving a balance of only 41c to be paid in money, and if, on the other hand, the hand should have a family and the farmer should advance anything in provisions to the family, he would have no money to pay. In this contract it should be agreed that all time lost should be deducted from the wages of the laborer, and that in case he should violate the stipulations of the contract sous to necessitate his discharge by his employer, or in case he should abscond, then the balance of wagns due him to be forfeited to the employer. Such aeontract would I avc the effect contcmpla' * - - * . i r toiJ in the orncr styie 01 mnrip, insure faithful service, and tlic former liave need of no moro capital pendinj* the termination of his yearly operations j than in the otlmr case. . GEN. GRANT AND THE RADICALS. The extreme Radicals do net place 1 - - - -- ~ . .... i implicit reliance in General *?rant. '1 he j two project^ intended to restrain him < and put a check on flic military power | show this very clearly. One of I hem is what the New York Tutus calls a 'oonj ef titrated opposition to the renmi! of i the l::nti?c-of-ofiiec act." and the other I j is .%:ots;ir?.r M?Iuuii;l iil to keep armv [ u'oi navy o lovers on: of the ihibir/ct and j other positions o{'civil trust. A portion lot' warm friends of the tenure oi-oluee law have tenueicd a compromise giving tite iVis'dent control over the (.'a. i et | officers, hut keeping him under restriction with reference to appointments and ! removals generally. While we have no idea that the party entertaining tlds distrust of General Grant and .! iring to keep him under subject ion to ('on; tvss, and *111; iienm-n* I to exclude the military ir.-ni ii\il posij Hon, is strong enough to carry their j point, the mere fact that th- y have the boldness to introduce measures to carry out their object shows that tli- y ate not contemptiblo in numbers. The New i Yoik Tunes, the most cmsi-tcnt and ; faithful of the Grant organs of that city, thinks them strong enough to call lor ciaoovaic essays upon inc.injustice and folly of (heir propositions. The continuation of (he tenurc-ofoffice act in any form will be a vote of want of coniidenee in the President elect, the force of which will be fully felt and appreciated by him. If he submits, it will be a wonder. The ino-ij adverse to the military and naval men is kindred with that upon the tenure of office bill. Both show distrust?bath show force that the polWir.ifinc firn 111 ftiiiifrnr nf bninnr clrilfilr down by (be iron-hand of the military. The fear is reasogable Upon a philosophic view of the condition of the conutry, it may be inferred without extravrgnnce that arbitrary power is demanded to protect the country from the frauds and corruptions which have grown up in the Government. The country is so vast, its revenues so immense, and their disbursements has opened so many channels to peculation and fraudulent schemes, that the arm that controls pu- lie affairs must be strong to save the Govcrnnidnt from 1 financial ruin and hopeless depravity.? The ordiuary civil authority, with its , legal processes, may bo unable to drag ! the leeches from the treasury. It may ' be that only military promptness, thrugh j orders tliat the military always obey, > I can protect the Government from the swarms and hordes which ipfest all public places, plundering the Government and wasting the resources which should be employed in paying the public debt. General Grant has had the sagacity to 1 sec this p-.-s b: .- . v . v:" * tilareil tin:' he uvtu . . u : ; that vcre robbing th? liovmiiiueut, ij | he had to fill evert/ office with a military j man. Yvhich was very good ! and , I greatly appreciated by the politicians ! , I The New York Times indignantly ' I denounces the idea that General Grant j j shall be piobibited from appointing a ; military or naval man whose experience j ' and skill might admirably fit hiiu for i some civil administration. Many ofii-1 I ces, though nominally civil, arc es- ! scntially military, and they should be j j filled with military men. But from j | the very life of the man of war he ac- ! quires a thorough knowledge of men ' and a liabit of administering affairwith efficiency and dispatch. Nothiuj would he better suited to the wants of j j the Government at this time than such | a vigorous, searching, and prompt aJ[ ministration of its affairs. Nature generally preserves the suitableness of things. Creat necessities must be supplied; great diseases must find their.? Sooner or later the energy and influence of the Federal administration, in v* . I its Executive branch, will be equal to the neccssilfts of the Government.? | The politicians' may tremble, but it has to come. Their evident jealousy of the .military power shows that they snuff its approach in the brrc70. They cannot stay it; and when it coincs they will J he found floeinjr for life like herds of j Texas before the terrific "northers." j Richmond Dispatch. Chief Justice Chase and Jf.ffkksun Davis.? A New York lettiri sa^s that Chief Ju-tice Chase,' in con-! vc-satioti with reference to the effect of the 2'ro.-i dent's amnesty proclamaiion ! i on Ji frerson Davis' ease, intimated that I the country had probably. heard tlic j last of ;hat ea*o, 'but that if Mr. Duvis I would consult I.is own self-respcctJJ'u?+ ! vs:m!speiKt (ho ie>t of j his friends in Ko;_'!and. The .Savannah R< paid icon says:?, MVhat does this mean ? Let it he what j it may. we have only to say that .Jo fib r- ! >on Davis is amidy competent to take ! care of his S I'-rc-'DOCt' without Slltr- ! jre.itSod.- from Mr. Chief Justice Cba?e ( or any of his tribe. He will live, r.ot J : only iii the tvspoet, but. iti the affections , (if the Southern people and honorable j I in history, when tin: nameuf Chase will j j he rcnieinberoi'l only for the dishonor f J brought upon the highest tribunal of! the laud, and so emphatically ropadiatcd : - by Justice (irit-r in open Court.". ! I . Tiif. Sabbath.?The Sabbath i.s 1 God's special present to the working j man, and one of iic chief objects i? to prolong bis life, and preserve efficient his working tone. In the vital system it acts like a compensation-pwd, it re-. planishes the spirits, the elasticity, and j vigor which the last six day3 have j I drained away, and supplies tno iorce which it is to fill flic six days succeeding; and'in Oic economy of existence, it answers the same purpose as, in the econoiuy of income, is answered by a | savings bank. The frugal man who | puts aside a pound to day, and another j pound next month, and who, in a quiet way, is always putting by his stated pound from time to time, when he grows old and frail, gets not only the same pounds back again, but many pounds beside. And the conscientious man, who husbands one day of existence every week, who instead of allowing?the i Sabbath to be trampled and torn iu the I hurry and scramble of life, treasures it ; devoutly up?the Lord of the Sabbath keeps it for him, and in length of days and a hale old age gives it back with usury. The saving bank of human existence is the weekly Sabbath. The Infamous Radicals.?A Wuskingjon letter in the Baltimore Gazette says: ''The congressional committee ap; pointed to investigate supposed election ! frauds in New York returned hero yesi terdav, and a voluminous report will he presented to Congress at an early ! dav. In the mean time there is au-1 f * 1 tbority for saying that the committee | J utteriy failed in their efforts to involve j either prominent members of the De- i . . rtv. or tl" party itself a* *?n organ.zation, in any fmuiiulrat trans ' fM iioiis i-oiioeette. with the lute tic' ticks. Strenuous efforts to this e were made by the Radicaf members the committee, but without success. Nuiso, howevor, with the Radical let crs^as the testimony will show. It v proved before the committee 'that i W&ately after the election the Lo; League ofNew.York employed five tor??ys?names all given?to work ,fyjfc>Se of fraud. These men opened ottar-in Jersey City, with detccth and a short-hand reporter; and here t woMt type of prison-birds were colle cd Mid trained in what they would required to testify to provo 'a3toundi frauds.' A searching cross-cr.aminati brought out those disgraceful facts, a .1 i_i 1.? i.?.j v.,?? LUU WICIUUUS W 1IU Iia<4 L'CUl uaiucu the"tools of the Loyal League by p; attorneys confessed before the comiu tee." . Singular Case of Bogus Mati nitt.?Mr. George P. Eliiot, visiti agent of the Tewksbury (Mas3.) A1 Ilouse, iu his work the past year, looking after the children put 'oserv from that institution, encountered t followiug decidedly novel case : A foundling babe was charged to a m in . I visited the family a found them to be worth \ little prop ty, frugal and industrious. I saw < man and asked him about the child, lie indignantly, but with npparent*hi eafj*, denied ever having taken auul bry from the Aims House, and 1 cot get no information fiom him cor.cemi the child, though he admitted huvi otic in the house about the age oft one I whs in search of, but said it v his own, born of hit wife; and he p ducedu priest's christening certifie: as testimony to bis truthfulness iu t T ll'f> 1 "? b e became al Ilvaio ' of Ins neighbors, wlio corroborated 1 story, as also do the town records. < further inquiry, however, I foufid a g, tleiiiun who was personally eognizs oi the fact that the man's wife did la tlu. A line I!/.lien mill H U CllliU IltJilJ llli; iH'uouj uuu VI the chilli i-o taken wan t],c one claim by the man to be his own. liccomi convinced that 1 could netsatisfuetur at the true facts in regard to t oh.Id's welfare from ihe family at th home, (the man having threatened thoot me iff ever visiteJ him ngaii 1 soon after caused a letter to bo sei enjoining him to appear at the instil tion at a time speeilied. He did i come iu answer to the iettcr, but 1 wife appeared in his stead, humbly c( fussing that she intercepted the letf her husband knowing nothing about, of her comiug in answer to it; that s took the child on the day it was eharg to her husband, aud without bin kncM edge?having left home in the mornii with the intention of getting the infai but falsely telling him that she was [ ing to a neighboring city to see soi fiends, and that she went home in t evening with the babe; telling him th she had given birth to it 011 the c: during her ubscor.ce; which state things, she said, the husband had alwn believed. This belief, on his part, doul loss, accounts for the indignation wi which yoqr agent's inquiries of hint abc an Alms House child were treated. T wife; on her knees, beeped piteous that the husband might not be t( these things, saying that it would bre up the family, separate man and wi A'c. lu contideration of the child's te porary good, its home being a pjeasc and satisfactory one, and with a vi< to its heirship of the property, this wi of tho wife has been gratified. The In band and neighbors remain inTgnoran of the true circumstances of the chili birth, and now I call attention to t case, believing it to be an instructi one, as showing to what curious mea childless wives may resort to gratify 11 ternul instincts. Letters from London say that Jeff son Davis aud wife have been visit: Ireland, where they were warmly : ccivcd by the English officials. Dublin they dined witli the Lord Lit tenant of Ireland, and subsequently tended an nfli.'ia! Tvooption. They poet to spend t!i<> winter in the south l' CO. nJ VARIETY. ti The proprietors of the Religious IJcr- p l(j. alH having purchased the South Caro- S( .as liua Baalist, these papers will be* h m_ merged aud issued from Richmond here- p( after under thp name of the former pa- j, per. It will be the 'orgao of the Caro- jt ufr lina as well as of the Virginia Baptists. Ci an Freeman Iloyt aniPSamncl Mayrant, res Ksqrs., old citizens of Sumter, depart- ai he?.cd this life last week. ic ct- A nolle prosequi has been entered in l>e the United States Court for the Dis- tc ng srict of Columbia in the cases of Mr. ra o" Davis and General Breckenridge, under st n(l instructions from Attorney-General to w enter nolle prosequi in all eases coming w ?id within the President's amnesty proclaut mation. .The Legal-Tender Act.?Current ai rumor has it that Justices Grier, Davis, di Swayno, and Miller, are in favor of declaring the legal-tender act constitu- w 0j. tional, and that Justices Field, Clifford, q and Nelson, are against it. Chiof Jus- _ toe . . . . y ^ tioe Chase i3 believed to be in favor of ^ it. Those who have been looking after , ?' ian the matter with some solicitude are now n(j quae sanguine that the act will be suser tained.? Washington Star. ;he On tlie Knosville (Toon.) criminal g ? docket there aro yet about one thousand w 3n- cases cf treason. In most of these cases ? 3 a however, no arrests have yet been made. jf ild In the list of tlio.se iudic'tcd are Jeff. ^ n?r Davis, Governor Harris, Generals Dragg ! 11 T'. l _ D....I u | Pi. IVHiiJf O.Ulcil, jjutiucjj jJicuncu- jj, he [ ridge, McCown, Longsrrect, Wheeler, e ras Foirsst?in fact, nearly every Coafcd io erate general or colonel who coraman- ? ;ite Jed a brigadeor a regimont within the bo limits of East Tennessee during the ju- war. < rf*- Pjaw ?The Co* ITIs [ lumiius tun says: " ' ^ Dm I Farmers toll us that f'rccuinen are in- j contracting the present year. Mon arc ^ nt | getting froiu sixty-five to one hundred . he dollars a year; women, forty to sixty ( mt dollars. The "sharo plan'' is in genercd al disfavor. Negroes work well when I 0 jG ng j thus employed, but they run'the stock ^ ily too severely, in order to have Saturday he as a holiday. Field hands arc in de- . . i . 3 is eir .juauJ in some quarters. Women are ^ -to not eonmionly desired. The New York Sun says : ''Four a I hours of good and hard study in the 0| ! morning is as much as should be re-* ? . (juircd of any child under fourteen yeurs Ills * ? of age, girls, especially.1 w A {'?/%*?? nnllmA ATnvtnn rlnfotl 01 I It'UUl HUlli vuniuuj i>ivA4W) Mu%w f,r December 21st, reports a severe earth- ni 11C quake at that place. A Cathedral and di Clj several hrick buildings wcie cracked hi vJ. from top to bottom, and several persons ?1 killed by the falling of the National Hotel., The Volcano of Colimo is ac- ui :o tivc. The Cathedral buildings at Man- s[ uc cello, a century old, were destroyed, and a kg : twenty persons killed by the falling of m iat the walls of the American Hotel. se irs An Interesting Fact.?It ht observed among birds that Nature has lj lavished all her ornaments upon the m bt- male, who very often appears in a most al th J beautiful head-drccs?whether it be a to nit crest, a comb, a tuft or feathers, or a 01 '?e natural little plume, erected like a kind m 5,y of pinnacle on the very top of the head. a3 Nature on contrary, has poured out p( | her charms in the greatest abundance t0 j upon the female part of our species, so jp assiduous in bestowing | j J. ? nt upon themselves the finest garnitures of ew art. The peacock, in all his pride, docs not display haif the colors that ap- r JS" | pear in the garments of a New York ^ lCC ledy when she is dressed either for a ^ 8 ball or birth-day?or even for a prom^ie j cnade in Broadway. vc1 hi I Can Seen Things Be ??Strange reins I ports reach us from Tallapoosa county to ia | tho effect that a man named Lighfoot ! who has been in a trance for thirty days, ^ ur- j has awakened with the power to cure ev- ^ ng J cry manner of disease by simply touchiri ro- j the afflicted person with his hands. lie At I has already worked several miraculous i D.( 1 1 *- .i 1 j_:i_ I ti ;u-' cures, ana nis nouse is inrongcu uau^ at-1 with applicants fur relief from the ills ' that flesh i< heir to. Honor* says" that | V( <?}*hundred.-, pcrhapi tin. .-and-;, arc ramp- i, l ' el around his house v/fitiotr for their i I' me to come, and the crowd has been )' large that numbers have been comelled to re.turn to their homes without :eing the great physician. Hitherto' he as positively refused to receive any comensation for his services, but we un- # erstand that his family are now receivig donations from those whom he has ared1?Chambers Tribune. * ' Ripe .strawberries raised in the open ir, were brought to Jacksonville Florla, a few days ago. A physician examining a student as i his progress, asked him : 'Should a ian fall into a well forty feet deep, and rike his head against one of the tools ifch which he had heen dipping, what ? ?OO O' ould be your course if called in as a irgeon ?' 'I would advise them to let him lie, ad fill up tfie well/ replied the stueut. The nephew of Thaddeus Stephens, ho was to have $100,000 of the great ommoner's wealth if he abstained ten ears from liquor and tobacco, or would * * o obliged to surrender it to the orphans f the soldiers if he indulged, says be ill not rob the poor orphans. Village Record. Bad Bargains.?A teacher in a unday School once remarked that be ho buys the truth makes a good bar j : uiUj iiuu iui|ungu u auj owitviai ic^ur tcted an instance in the scripture of a ad bargain. "I do," replied a little boy. "Esau tade a bad bargain when he sold his irthright for a mess of pottage." A second said, "Judas made a bad argaiu when he sold his Lord for thirj pieces of silver." A third observed, "Our Lord tells us ];?t ho makp..i a bad hararain whn in yin^ to ghin the wcrrid, loses his own # ml." A bad bargain indeed. It is not until the flower has fallen [f that the fruit begins to ripen. So 1 life it is when the romance has passi that the practical usefulness begins. A curious fact is established that hail ; (gendered by two clouds, one above 10 other, when they cross each other t a ccrrain angle. A low rumbling i then heard, and a shower of bail im. - 1! . _ 1 C 11 ~ LUUliUUiy IUIIUW3 A darkey in, Natchez, was boosting to grocer of the cheapness of ten pounds Fsugar lie had bought of a rival store. Let nic weigh the package," said the rocer. The darkey assented and it as found two pounds short. The col od gentleman looked perplexed for a lOtucnt, and then said, "Guess he idn't cheat di3 child much, for while b was gettin' de sugar I stole two pair ; shoes." A-distinguished chemist makes the npleasant annoucement that every loonful of raw sugar which is put in cup of tea or coffee is alive with verin. Refining the sugar kills the in:cts. Massachusetts, with a population of 267,631, has, according to a stateent of the New York World in her ms houses, county prisons, reformairies, etc., 77,2G1, and more than 20,)0 strolling vagabonds. Bad for tho odol Stato. A Bostoi^ paper remarks: "Many mAnlnrt fmm Yow T^nn-lonrl 4 JUpiO UIU UIUIIU^ BBMtAM AlVfT i the South, to avoid the insecurity of fc and property in this section." A benovolent citizen of Brunswick, crtnany lends blankets to the poor om Ootober to May. Each article is auiped, and for six years the system is worked without abuse. A person who is considered landless is sometimes two or three achers in is mouth. An English pauper who made faces aring divine service aud sethisneigh>rs to laughing has been sentenced to reuty-one days' hard labor as puuishcnt for the offence. "" ?; ? r i? \Y nat Fpecif3 ui iuvc ?n tuat nruivu 10 # ;ver reciprocated ? A neuralgic affecon. Red nose* are lighthouses to warn >yaL'ers on tho sea of life off the coast ^!:;lapu, Jamaica, .Santa Crt:r and jlan.l