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? 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.
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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