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VOLtTME:28. CAMDEK, SOUTH-CAROLINA, APRIL 15, 1869. NUMBER 35:
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MISCELLANY.
GRANT'S FIRST MESSAGE.
Washington, April 7.?The following
message of the Presideut was re'
i i_ r\ LMH d #K1.
ceivea oy v/ongrerr, m %J U MiKfMmy lino
Afternoon:
To the Senate a d Iloutt of Representatives:
While I am aware that the
litue iD which Congress proposes now
to remain in session is very brief, and
that it is its desire, as far as is consist*
lent with the public interest, to avoid
entering upon the general business of
legislation, there is one subject which
concers so deeply the welfare of the
Country, that I deem it my duty to bring
it before you.
I have no doubt that you will concur
with roc in the opiuion that it is desirable
to restore the States which were engaged
in the rebellion to their proper
relations to the Government and the
country at as early a period as the pcopij
of these States shall be found willing
to become peaceable and orderly
communities, and to adopt and maintain
such constitutions and laws as will
effectually secure the civic and political
rights of all persons withiu their borders.
The authority of the United States,
which has been vindicated and estab
lishcd by its military power, must undoubtedly
be asserted for the absolute
protection of all its citizens in the full
enjoyment of flic freedom dnd security
which is the object of a republican
government. But whenever the peop.'C
of a rebellious State are ready to enter
in good faith upon the accomplishment
of this object, in entire conformity with
the constitutional authority of Congress
it is certainly desirable that all causes
of irritation should bo removed as
'promptly as possible, that a more perfect
Uuion may be established, and the
" -bountry be restored to peace and prosperity.
The convention of the people of Virginia
which nict in Richmond on Tuesday,
December 3d, 1867, framed a constitution
for that State which was adopted
by the Convention on the 18th of
April, 1888, and I desire respectfully
to call the attention of Congress to the
propriety of providing by law for I lie
holding of an election fur that State
at. some time between the months ot
May and June next, under the direction
of the military commander
of the district, at which the adoption
of that constitution shall bo submitted
to the citizens of the States
And if this should seem desirable I
would rfccdmmcnd that a spare vote be
taken upon sueh parts as may be thought
expedient, and that at the same tinm
and under the same authority, tiidfe
shall be an election for the oflcere provided
under such constitution, and that
tKe constitution, or such parts thereof,
as &hail h&ve beto adopted by the people
be submitted to Congress on the
first Monday of December il^xt for its
consideration, bo that if the same be
then approved the necessary steps will
have been taken tor the restoration or
the State of Virginia to its proper relations
to the Unioti.
I am led to make this recommends
tioD from the confident hope and be!i< f
that the people of that Stite, now ready
to co-operate with the national government
in bringing it again into such
relations to the Union as it o^ght, as
soon as possible to establish and maintain,
and to give to all its peopl* those
equal rights under the law, which were
Asserted lb the declaration of iudepandence
in the words of one of the most j|.
lustrious of its sonfi.
I desire, also, to ask the cousidcra''
lion of Congress to the question wheth
f fer there is not just ground for believing
that the Constitution framed by a ('on
Ventioo of the people of Mississippi for
that State, and once rejected might not
be again submitted to the people of that
Btate in like manner, and with the probability
of (he same result.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT.
"Washington, D. 0., April 7,1809.
In Hayti three hundred llaytlen dollars
are now quoted as equivalent to
one dollar in gold.
)
IIA VTI. wi
Hayti has become as fumous as Mex- IU
J ico for revolutions and outbreaks pcner- a
I ally. It is a government of blacks, and 8tl
the progress of matters in that favorite 'll
isle does not reflect mttch luster on the ',(
fitness of the eolored race for self go- a"
vernment. The opposing parties are re
nejjroesland mullattoa, and between tln-ir
feuds aud the lumentuble idleness of all bl
classes the island is gradually becoming
a wilderness. In Hayti insurrection, ^
j r.u_ ,u
| marked wild mntuiiiw u< mu u?m. ? .? ?- ?
nable character, aud always ptlt down at
with indiscriminate slaughter, occur tli
once or twice a year. Occasionally er
these outbreaks become formidable It
enough to be styled involutions, but tb
without that le-souing of atrocities inc;- th
dent to struggles on a large scale. Hay- w
ti, like Cuba, ia tilling the papers. Like n<
Cuba, it will sooner or Inter become "an ca
object of in'erest" to our Government; re
and therefore a rr&umc of the situation wi
on the island will prove interesting ? I)'
Gcffrard was recently nub ted from the p?
Haytien Presidency by Salnavb. Doini- p'?
nique, another negro <*!iiefrain. has risen
into prominence, and is struggling for gi
Salnave's jjlace. Cooflicts are nutuer- In
ou?, tho victor never .'ailing to wre k
the most dihe vengca' re on oil unfortunate
enough to fall into his hands The
war is to the death, and im bano of In
ft[
dians, painted and Hrnatiicntcd with
! feathers, ever danced around their vie- ^
! tims with more diabolism in their hearts
j than do tho ''upper dogs" in the flay- ea
I tien slaughter. These fiends liave de
I veloped atrocities enough to commend
i thetu to the management of the Shelby ''a
county jail, and are rapidly improving ri*
; on the noble art of torture. A few il- da
lustrations will not be amiss. The prin- siJ
1 port o! entry occupied by the in- A'
j surgiiitH is A tit CJayes, a town of eight bo
thousand inhahitnqts^w Aftnr several JH}
' unsuccessful attcnipts^ad been made by ^
Salnave to recapture the town, lie enter- 90
i cd into negotiations with the Piquets, M
! the most savage of all the ncgrofes liv hti
liig in u.e inter or, mem n i
they would attack Aux Cayefc l?y land I mi
whilst lie b'inib>rd< d it by wafer the) I liv
slioiild have the pillage of the city." w
The Piquets pres nted themselves a< - he
cordimdy before Aux Cuyt-s in crcat ye
numbers, and ll>e same time, Salnnve Ni
with two armed steamers entered the *'1
harbor. Instead of layiuir doWn his
nruis as advised, Doumiquc determined w<
to defend the city 'othc last. It w.is
his only chance. If he had surrender- uj:
ed, both himself and those who fought a?_;
under him would haveb.cu mercilessly w<
slaughtered ; anu if the place were ta \Y
ken by ?toro?u, they could but meet ch
the same fu?e. In either event, also, of
as the inhabitant^ well knew, they di
would be put to death by the Piqeta. tu
and the eity given over t?? plunder und Wi
devastation. On th'* 15th of February Hj,
a simultaneous attack by laud and wa- ar
ter was made upuu the town. At this fl,
critical moiueut there was an apmur *|'|
within the city from a mob ofiuw Wo- th
men and a few ot their uhcttors who wi
till- d the place with y?dls for S-dnave
As these unarmed women advanced in
a compact body, sh >uting and shrieking, H
iloiiiuiquu "turned llis artillery upon
them ami sent catibister into tlo-ir ci
ranks, slaughtering them right and left." an
At the same time a detachment of his
followers entered the prison, where over (,f
a huiidr d men, women and children j >c
were incarcerated, and massacred the i e.i
whole of them. Sain ive huvmg exhaus'- k(
ed liis ammunition after a brief bom- pji
i i .; ..-..I, .i,
Utird IIJ' II L, ( UUUitar * ivi wn wi a I*|UUI^ > (j I
withdrew also, and tin* filing ceaftt-d fur I ui
the da) on both aides. iN'c* supplies J Jj
of niuniunifi:?, were however obtained, I n<
and th< following tnorniog the attack | of
b\ land and the bombard mi ot by the br
steamers in the harbor wax resumed. to
Atjer ? a sharp Conflict the Piquets sue- Ba
Betted in forcing their way int. tlie ' vi
cit\; bnt in the midst of the fierce strug ' at
gle that e sued a fresh b .?ly of in-ur- I H|
gems ckntc to the rescue Iroui. Laiise, a I fl,
place some thirty mi Is distant from { r;,
Aux ('ayes, a-.d attacking thcPi-ju uis tli
in the real put tliem to route. '1 hen 1 m
commenced another horrible slugtitcr. in
The fugities were chased iu every di-1 pi
rcction, and all the prisoners taken, I ta
lie'ht-r wounded or unwouuded were
urden-d in a mannertoo horrible lorete.
Of the dead bodies fuiind in the
recta, or killed outside of the city, two
indrcd and fifty were piled up in one
>use. The house was then set on Are
id its contents burned to ashes. Alady,
we are told, "eleven thousand
res have been sacrificed in this tfirrie
warfare." This slaughter recalls
c bloody days of La Vendee and St.
oiiiingo. General Hanks asks that
e United States establish a protectorc
over these Haytiens to the end that
ey ultimately become free and enlightled
citizens of the "great Republic."
is a pleasant picture to contemplate
ese bright days, especially iD view of
e fact that the Ilaytien hatred of the
hite race is so intense that not only is
) white man allowed to exercise pollti.1
privileges, but he cannot even hold
al estate unless he marries a negro
Dinan. A people with these eminentliberal
and philanthropic ideas would
ove an invaluable addition to our pollution,
and it is to be regretted that
?ward is not now in a position to ne>ti?tc
f'>r the ibhltid. We should no
nger be deprived of this Carribbeau
iin ?Mem phix ArafancJuf.
MfetttusEr.ati Drownkd in the
[,001>.?We riiakc the following exact
from an article contri. uted to the
!)iiisville Democrat:
All frc know of the origin of the
rth and of our race we learn from
evolutions. The chronology used by
e civilized world is founded on the
itu furnished us in the ' ible. We
ckon the date of the flood from the
tes found in the Gth chapter of Geoet.
We learn from this chapter that
dam lived, before his son Seth was
rn. 130 year*; Seth lived, before his
n Kuon was...horn,.. 10??y?tits; rE
rTd, Ifcforc his son Cainan was born,
i years: Cainan lived, before his son
ahatahul was born 70 years; Mahultl
lived, before his .son Jared was
rn, 65 years; Jared liVcd, before his
n Em .eh was born, 162 years; Enoch
ed, before his son .Methuselah (687)
is bom. 95 years; Methuselah lived,
fore his son Lantech was botn, 187
at; Laiucch lived, before Lis sot?
mh w shorn, 182 years. Noah, hence,
is born Anno Mundi 1056.
In Genesis, 71 h chapter, 6th verse,
i are informed that Noah was tiUU
ars old when the flood of water was
vm the earth. Add 606 years (his
e) to 1056. the date of his birth, and
i have 1656, the date of the flood.?
'c learn frotl) the 17th verse, 5th
iapter of Genesis, that "all the days
Methuselah were 969 years atid he
ed " By relftrehcfe to the fbfejroinjj
ble. it will be seen that Methuselah
is horn Anno Mhtidi 687; add his
;c (969) to 687, the date of his birth
id we haVe 1656, the time "when the
>od of waters was upon the earth."?
he conclusion is us certain as Satires,
at tiie oldest man was drowned for his
ickcducls.
A Duel Between Neorof.8 ?
o< ry Wright and Ilenfy Masot) are
ro rival Henrys, both negroes, and
idowcd with a high sense of huuor,
id a prodigious propensity to pUgnaouSncstt.
Hettkccn the two families
which the two Henry's arc honored
ions, there has for some time back
tisted bitter feeling of the kind spi*
50 ot by a white man named Shakicare
when he wrote "ltoiueo and
nIiet." Yesterday, at noon, the place,
i alley mar the bayou, and between
lcksoti und Overton streets, there was
> sylvan landscape, but the tinkling
the coffee colored contents of the
i)nit made a running accompaniment
the buhie tone* of the two knight'y
hies a* tiny engaged in angry oonlv..
i i.i.. i.i a ?
;i?u rjry iviiijjiiiijr ui?i? u woo up
td pi-tols drawn. One Henry aliot,
n3 the bullet tore its way along the
>h nrt the shoulder blade cf the other;
[.idly a second bullet wa-i sped after
e first, and this time it glided into the
e'i, under Henry's jaws, and rested
his tuouth lie sptt it out and pre
.red to take rcv< nge. Hut tlio d.isrd
who had taken two shots, was fly
j in# as do knight should flee, and the i
bill scut after him struck whero no '
knight should be wounded?in the back j
of the oeok. Both Henrys were laid i
on beds of pain, and their necks were i
both subjected to surgical scrutiny?
when it was announced as probable that
after some suffering from sore throats, 1
the two Henrys would "lire to fight another
day."?Memphis Avalanche. 1
A Fixe Portrat or Butler.?Don
Piatt writes to the Cincinnati Commercial:
"Tbe'Ntew York Timet is pleased to
say thafHotler is forking himself into
the leadership of the House. Benjamin,
sumamed Butler the Beast, is certainly
rery busy, but I rather guess
this does not mean leadership. If I understand.
the honorable gentleman, he
means mischief.
Butler is an ambitious man, as we all
know ; he is also a sensitive man, as we
a!l do notf know; and he has jast about
ait much conscience and principle as his
Satauio Majesty. I don't mean Milton's
devil, who was a gentieman,
which Butler is not, nor that other personage
spoken of in the Book of Job,
but the rival old-fashionod devil with an
odd foot and a narrative attachment,
and hu<re horns, who goeth about seeking
whom he mny devour. Disappoint- 1
cd in not long since?stung to the quick
by the open contempt shown him by his
fellow-members?lie is striving Id divide
and destroy the Republican organization
This has been his hiftory.?
fie will rule or ruin. lie hates Grant,
while pretending to be his friend. He
? - TT f
hntes tho iiopublican party. uc nates
everything but Hen. Hutler, because he
is Hen Butler, aud Hen. Butler he despiSes.
Tho^e who have .seen him in contact
strith Grant tit 11 m^if^the ill-concealcd
ednfttnpt of tfj^^roident is in strik
ng contrast with the smiling sycophancy
of the member from Massachusetts.
It is not possible but that Butler perceives
this himself, and it does not seem
10 strengthen the love between ihc two.
It will be some time, I opine, before
the subtle disnrganizcr make the frank,
the straightforward soldier believe that
he is a friend."
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Y?> are pleased to sec the spirit of
energy anil progress that now characterizes
the movements of the farmers
and planters of South Carolina. An
agricultural convention is to be held at
Columbia during the month, and a State
agricultural society is to be organized
at an early day.
The press ot our sister State, with
their usual ability, and their unwaveriug
fidelity to the great interests of the
people, are doing Splendid service in
arousiug the farmers to the importance
of thorough organization and a determination
to adopt a system of agriculture
in keeping with their altered condition.
It seems hard for many of our
planters to realize that the old system
that once prevailud in the Sduth niu't
be abandoned if t'uey would win success.
Labor being scarce and unreliable
we must cultivate lead land and cultivate
it better Thorutiirb cultivation, liberI
I .1
ai manuring aou mc un<- ui wuu>-b?t...^
machinery' will do much better towards
removing the many obstacles that now
chock ofir progress in the great work of
recuperation.
We hope our South Curolina friends
will resolve to do their work thoroughly.
There is no reason, to our
uiiod, why every acre cultivated in
cotton should not he made to produce
two bales of five hundred pounds
each. We expect to see t!le d?iy when
three bales per acre will not be considered
it remarkable yield. But to ac.
complish these results we must adopt a
new system. With fewer hands, fewer
acres, more manure and better cultivation,
wc shall sooa be enabled to make
firming profitable.
The press of South Hamlioa with its
' eagle eyes, sees that agriculture forms
; the basis of our future prosperity, and
it is making an effort now that will reunlt
in ?tiu>ci>MA ninl nrofit to all concern-!
cd.
We biJ our South Curjlina friends
tfod-specd in their iiohic worn. y\ nen
ire bring oUr lands op to the maximum
production wc will be independent, and
can dictate terms to even the haughty
md powerful North ?Wil. 6'tar.
Terrible Death.?A man named
Clark, was burnt to death, about seven
miles from Purdy^ a few nights ago,
Bays the BoliVar (Tenn.) Bulletin. It
seeius that Clark and a companion were
playing cards on the night of the fatal
occurrence, and that they bad retired
at rather a late hour. Subsequently,
they were aroused from slumber by the
roaring of the burning building, which
had taken fire from some unKown cause,
both rushed for a point of safety. Clark
in his hurry forgot some six or seven
hundred dollars, which he.had placed
uudor the head of his bed, and, after
getting cleat of all the dangers,be went
back to the room for his money. As
he stepped into the room, the floor,
which had been burning from beneath
for some time, suddenly gave way, and
he was thus plunged into a lake of fire.
His body tVas burnt tti a criSp.
Core rdR Ingrowing Nails.?It is
stated that the cltiteriiulidn by hot tallo^
Is an immediate cure for ingrowing
piif S amnll nirro nf KrillntV in a
spoon, and heat it over a lamp until it
becomes very hot, and drop two or three
drops between the nail and granulation.
The effect is almost magical. Pain and
tenderness are at once relieved, and in
a few days the granulation all go, leavng
the diseased parts dry, so as to admit
of being pared away without any
inconvenience. The operation causes
little if any pain, if the tallow is properly
heated.
A Virginia Couple Determined
to Get Married.?On Monday morning
a party Of four arrive? here in a
two horse carriage, after a drive of sixty
utiles from Stafford county Va., where
for want of properly qualified officers,
marriages are not possible just now.?
fining tr> thA Citv Hall, a marriuce li
~ - o " J ' o ?
conce was procured for two of the party?Mr.
James Pearson and Mis Annette
Davis?and the vehicle drove up
to the door of the hardware store of
Mcador&Co., oppdsitc the Metrop"litan
Hotel, when inquiry was made for
the senior member of the firm, who is
pastor of the Island Baptist, dhttrch.?
Tiiis gentleman promptly answered the
call, but suggested that the store was
hardly the place for the performance of
the marriage ceremony, and ivitcd them
to drive to his residence. The party
after consultation, declined, saying that
they had about sixty miles to go, and
desired the knot be speedily tied. Accordingly,
the party entered'the 3ldre
and took their places, when, with the
clerks and customers as witnesses, the
twain were made one, and drove off for
their Virginia home, well satisfied with
the result of their visit to the metropolis
? WnaKinntnn S/nr.
A Good Education.?Mrs. Sigourney
says : A ?ood education is a fortune
itself. I do not mean that it will Secure
wealth. Bur it brings something
better than gold that perishes, fur this
may be suddenly lost. Fife may consume
it; the thief may take it away;
but that knowledge which enriches the
mind, which moderates its desires,
which teaches to make a righteous use
of time, and promote the happine&s of
others, is f-uperior to the elements ?
Fire, air, earsh and water have no power
over it. It can use them as servants.
It walks with us into the vale of years,
and docs Dot leave us till we die.
Mr. Gilpin, of Colorado, ha3 written
and argUcd that, under the Rooky
Mountains are solid masses of gold of
incalculable magnitude and weight.?
The celebrated Western scholar Mr.
Catlin, has just communicated to the
world his belief that a great river, "lar
per than the Mississippi, flows under
the Ilocky Mountains! and he is about
to submit the evidence which he has
collected in favor of this startlitip hypothesis
The river will prove veiy convenient
for transporting the masses of j
gold, when fouod.
AUIV1VUUI VJAllAM WAAAAAM
TICS.
The annual report'of the Agricultural
Bureau lids bcbiTpublisbed, but'ito btallies
are for the year before last. It ia
announced therein, that in 180T the
proportion of land devoted to the cultivation
of cotton, in the cotton Stated,
was 44 per cent, while only $8 pfcir cenk.
was planted in corn. This statement
includes Tennessee, which is only to a
limited extent, a cotton State. If we
leave out Tennessee, it follows that over
four'-t?Btbs of the area cultivated in tile
South, is occupied by cotton, and less
than four-tenths, by corn, while all other
? ? ?? -11" ? "SmM trtoihn AM Ana
crops arc auuweu uuv ihu-kuiuo, vi vur
fifth. In South Carolina the propertions
were cotton 38, corn 40) and other
crops 23 per cent.
The above quoted figures are suggestive,
and full of tutereat also, for the
reason that we have no ground for supposing
any material chango in the relative
proportions of the same crops now
being planted If thtePe be any difference,
there will be more cotton and less
corn planted in 1869. Now let us examinti
the results. The report says the
...?on.? oiHtt nOflllM Vila 1 Qf) TM1 n nrhl.
avciagy j iv* i vit pvi mv v, n ?*w ^ - ;
per hand, 1,750 pounds In South Carolina
the yield was 145 pounds per aero)
hud 1,400 pounds per hand.
The crop of 1867 was nedrly all soid
at low prices and that simply because
the planters were not able to hold it.-?
Their ncces^itits were gaeatand pressing,
and the vast majority were forced
to sell iu order to buy?what ? Corn
and wheat which they might have raised
on their own land. The Bureau report
furnishes no atactics of the amount of
provisions sold to Southern planters at
high figures, durine the winter of 1867
and spring of 1Q68. If these atactics
could be furnished, we suspect the fact
ennld be nnmlv Droned that fully ond
half of that cotton crop was turned in W
corn and bacon.
The cotton crop of last year yielded
double profits, while the com crop waa
also good enough to CDable the planter
to pocket his cotton money. Stili it is
not yet certain that the supply of corn
was entirely sufficient. It may be yet
necessary to import considerable Cora:
This is but a repetition of the history
of former ycats. It is the old itory of
robbing Peter to pay Paiilj fchlcil iiiit
been snch a favorite policy in Southern
farming. The only objection to it is >o
uncertain. In 1867 it laid most df its
supporters flat on their backs, wh.le in
1868 it set them up on a high horse.
The practical question is what is this
policy going to do for as this year??
Who can "lay whether the price of cotton
is going to be high enough next
I Full to pay for a possible deficiency in
| other and abso utely necessary crops T
I The price of cotton depends on so many
j and so different causes, that to predict
j it is mere guess work with all but the
i favored few who can partially control If.
A sudden war, and such is not impossible,
mdy duress it, by raising the value
of articles tntrte essentials, and dostroy
its avilnbility to planters by keeping
the crop shut out from market. An
overcrop would do as much, and an unpetted
financial crash would equally destroy
the majket, by making money
sc irce, buyers scarcer, and sellers eager.
Arc farmers really willing to trust their
whole capital to such au uncertainty,
or are theygoiugto provide for what
they know to be essential to a successful
carrying on of their bussinefa, by planting
graiu enough to ensure them against
being forced to buy it at a sacrifice of
cotton ? Time will show.
Yorkville Enquirer.
' r%
TRUTH TITLY SPOKEN.?"i>riua
Pomeroy fitly sayS: 'Corn is Scarce
in the South, the demand being for
thousands of bushels in the North-west.
How long will the people ofthat sectiod
be content to raise cotton for the benefit
of New England manufacturers, ra*1
?""""'rtoo thoir ATtrn r?nn
luer llliill piUI'OiWWD ?MW?. W ~
sumption ? It strikes us as poor policy
to starte one's self to death for the pari
pose of enriching encodes."
Frank Pierce's Cabinet was the only
| one in the history of the United States
that remaiued unbroken from the beI
ginning to the end of his administration.