The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 06, 1887, Image 1
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article. It Is 11,!y:_' 0 W
"Zabouts fae v lu 'esirmal ore
irreleventsta n :tr, whe
dodges theis, " uc Vk
I con~gratul ate i;1. L.:vr, upo1
haiving' riso ta h.Nr1ce6en
his pKos io bo s 11e
"smart" re t
still coitAues to Mahe
but I attribute tlds p: to y
loaded hin:. L.e h11oo0 wha- "hey 0
in his gun wihou: no-.s xAtie
is lead or daugh- i o.:
First, he savs: -Cal t.T n
the cry of eatch tiC!
uoard of *'gricult'. -d :,n
.lat&. h~~-clf -
sors.
The cCmiittee v .:
nmes to ecnstitt :
agriculture kuow hv.. %ittri:. i
this assertion, i '-eUeaamxe
myself for any position, ex.,: t _ 't
trnstce of an agriculturc -:
caenot be shown that am "a
pointed office-seeLker, -who c.'- in.
for I have never a.-ked fur a, ofilee
;uy life.
He next quozts srom my .m
at the April Cvnvcntion, toi, e t.atv,
am "self-confesd a i i
management of LIy ow arI" a
lows,- "I have been inZl
and higher as fahr fe ieat
cotton crop 1 o g l :
even pay n t a o s
debt. and "id:' e a t. 'ot
dos' that make e a ir 1 a s:
"Who or wha wa.s it tL b did f
I answer: Simply, rain. N. not got
a store so as to enabie c tr
whether it isr o.Ihc a:
been able to -'ick a Iarge crn of cottoa
whether I grew it or not. 1 nz:e race
some that menith stores s ibu I d1'
not admire thiat sort oz "succ air
intg." 1 had ra'thr a h
down with> : brote
fatten at .ti:g .
.a g: I i ali he n ,in .:"
?ua who hLee
who ha.ve' mad ro m
in pay z:terc'. sisnee
ihe mea.rc -dv. z by . ,' re wulll
be so littie poin t. t
worth cownung. A memnal r o- the
._ vlr " c .,i A Iu .. .
House from a' el odae a on
ty was not represe-nted in t'' i a
Convention b'caus" thei n'r. we
sopoor they coul., not ao. to pay
their wvay to C. u>=..
IBut in' order to showV what -.ort of
lure 1. am, I a. bietany " le
to obtrude ome of my re : r
upon the public., a oi ybg
tile lesson mtv O O: .d":I'S,
an(d becease Cv Younfrns s tn
umnphantly whether I am ai 1' person to~
"lead the fer:1Ces vf ile t: r to 'i
placed on the board ei agri1utr
I commenced farmin" in IC69, with
430 acres ot land and tour ploughs. .
is?hgrited 170 acres :ao:-e ina 1'0. In
Iss I ownel 2200) acres, but owed
several thousand dh'lars-ntariy all of it
lost in k81. I hand cleared mcney every
v-ear up to that diate, and bought land
'nd mules night along. In 1st1 I ran
thirty plouaghs, bought guano and
:'ations, .&c., us usuai, atn[ the devii
temipted isie to buya steam engine and
other machinery, amountg to over two0
thousand d'olari, all on cr2dit. Xly
motto was that "it takes money to miake~
money, and notihing risk, noduing have.
To have been entirely free :rom dei.bt
would have made me feel "like a kite
without a tail." So T struck &at bo ily
into deep water. Ben Jonson says:
. "We all are mortals
And do have our visions."
I had mine, and they were very ro-e'
hued3. UnImerrulptedl sulce~s 6 maue
me a fool, I was "like the little vunion
boys who swim on bdders" buti1
naot then know how much of a "biader",
cotton 'was on land impoverishe of U
v'egetable mnatter fin a dr r.'Ti
latter part of July i egen to gie .mie an
'nkiling of what a .tra support~ it was.
The drought came. .Ltdid not~ .dn from i
July 10i till late in Septembeor, and wh?en
I settled upI hd "til" enougho to mynI
kite. I was in the 'iRed be,c 't~ bu i
not know it, and I stiL had piemy A:
contidence in mysef an' in -y'"iarm
ing." 1 didn't exactly think,~ hi,.e Sena
:or YuonansttI"ke tl"bu
thought I. "knew howg to. irm." and I
was cotton "planter" still
Nothing daunted, in l Ai trc tjt
boldly for the shore. Da.t I thuh
gite's'tail was lacking' ate inwa g
so I bought :nacres in.. re ad o
doubting that it woul" ri" :uad 1 .ul
be all right again i ero n
Eighteen hund~red and eigh ty.-ty~ was
good year an~d I made goe der -a D
there was smnall nrrge o1 prou a.i.s e. -
penses were so heavy'-corn S..d
.bushel and ''e"t L +i to CeLtS Pei
pound-so I ony madet the paymient o
the land 1 bovuh. and had "notin im
interest" on :ne det f i- . n .? s t
priced provisions had i e:uae
comml~encedi to ra...e Jogs and *ant e'
noughto do 1e I una
C.ountrv cG ene:e
f oral paper i- theC d
began to '.t'uy
To cutth oico
'$.and ' er 1 -
ton with us. The land
ought not1 lr
plenty 0f cor:n atndau
lerd of ce :.
',000 to .M 'N.a -
have learned e~obe
it can beL r:
for somec Nea'N 'ji Ce
stead of gtting 'se
graduallyrcdi hl
kite began to grow iund
decijded to unioad LI I
iown , are
s .'C' Is Il ore, ftr a.1 v' 11 nd
eLud Cut many V other tIn,
during my voyage acr.Ss -
I have discovered that m
''a; 4' not know how to farm." n.
ver few of us in the hillypr of
th. Carolin do. 'We ae hod
utchers. not farmers. We -nre ver
- far worse than ish oii r
an...d th iegroes are ea"tin' 1-; out of
houss and liomnes, while we follow the
old uae-llum sV.stem, but sti atr
mor'ttv to bUy a living, instead of rAking
.h Iviga oe Our Juds, too,-0 -t
''ting down the rivers and rapidly -
t'ioratlng in intrinsic vair by f al'
N ow, weerthis, "over true o
uhows me' t be a "failure" or not oi'r
r"1h-rs t decide. I Wa's "b1I':.Ua
ii tle ditch." The pustini
eaut r I am likely t li'd others into
e 'ame ditoch or not. Thev say "re
me drau'nkards muake the lest tem
,,r- "eturers," and I am fy quali
!U d 14t invei"h against hthe error- of our
zarming for 1 have experienced them al L
aoete nevr lar even fromn expe
rience, ha i fel 1. ami well qulitidd toI
p eah this crusade. I do not are u !ig I
.abo t Iettin g on the b'oard of arcul1
. . .0rd i 1;eed, or: deieto, trVd tok
la. - uny mu n" regard'( to "grcal- I
ur a2. es I kvnw'tho c 'eeslihi
our. o his examination into the work- -
"- of iw of d- Kau. ilow '""ad MlcX
pn, wih I get tle Niews and h
. for - til the farcts of tl e
Ir a'.~ e neve mad' aysc
t:-c" out at Bnettsvile i
y ad (a'n to expoe~ s a n
m.:s wi~ outneedd reorts adet
'kn.'and ju-ti.ce for fa. er-. I ''vec
~one righi a' a taxn'a'. veri wh are
'ad'."' ", a' 1 gIveutt'aa'nace olyiav to my C
e in . I' I aml "Lder"
el v. "ma" me so, or I ce a
assv ud t folowrswhen 1 started, 11
ad.a at was prorc' a . ha I would
ver L'ave a'. at bal'- wa-L
iV.1 and. a, So s4im. a,"aI so be
ievingl wilcoiuete tIt 4"s long ' 1
is the people will lback me. Ii ny 'wish iy
I w-'-o sit fte( tha+ 1 could .o Inor
Imong th-emu -'ud tikfact; to i:.e:. g
Now, l61 a eAout th~e la:. Conlvenl- V,
in::l w icmet in Noveumber. he basis t
I: representation wth e samie as that of o
het G- eral .Iisembly, 1.54. Chamrlesto, d
hc wa cIt1d to , 1having no a:
:armers. e'xcplo d~ies Isl . onaly.
fi t .i-t a1M Grgt W as.
e arm e a '' - .d Horry
.t iL;kn xe.: hog
lH1afptn and York and if Sena-i
or Taluert an" I were the only repre- ! (I
"rtaativesfro the Fifth Congressioaal' p
trt, mre' te p The Conven-Ji,
*o a 'snete hah in s-aa and~ fI
"ims that he ad his frienad hav .a., 'p
a~n idy4 "re.ietability." The .
C(;,w . ar Cnier ,x, , it waasa-t]
ver inCoumbl'were attti-tdiug the -ri
'air. ad! toflnente that to at- C
ecnd the sessions of the Convention. t
Iianting1:111 his fdens an tntiuecr, th Inf
:'mmissiuner of Agriculture. 0l. You- p
aans next catalogues3 tie menbers of p
he boardt, and on the hcoy ihat the a.
'-n ca d no wrong," clears them a.
>i blame because they 'are "all honor
.ble men." This "pile of haonorables,
~opped oa with aO Govrnor," has been' s]
hrown at me o ce before, bnt it cannot f
rase the record. But Giovernor Hlagood a
as had no connecction witha the board p
luring the time when the "incom
>etence an~d extravagance" have been so n
-ampant. All of this has been since 1
88::. Governoa.r Thomapsona I have al- o
vays respected as a mere tigure'-head on r,
he board, who took no interest oa e:>n-<
rol in its atihirs, and in truth I am d
fraid thaat has been the tarouble witha alla1
>f themca. But while the coammissioner
ay be the real culprit in the matter, o
he law makes the board the controlling p
ower anid taher must bear or shanre the
lame.
1r. Pocpe's "three for a q1uartaer" cam
ntteec, self-appointed and thecrefore lim.
tedis nxt rougt i by Senator You- t
naa"s tou' e'nirate the hoard by its
'aite w"shing"" re port .1 e'anaOnily"guess
Jo ta. renort came to be made. The a
ible~ "st.aistiian"?' whao prmaed that t:
South Carolina was .9,000,000PI better on' y,
n 35thanin 'S", and who clerks for the
:omssone:, doubtless furnished the a
'i"gures" and data. There was evidentlyi
"o investigati('n. Buit from whatever I
:atse, Ne'earys able representative i;
t~s fo.d ad that bad'y 'Iihe "exc i
la after was~ ade to the "ecnomic. a
.''eu "1 so0 cae, my expose~ of d~ tex s
.iCditure.s an thea A gricualtural D)epart- a
naat c'am (-10 u.~ t ain the' \ews and4. C.ourier, ja
'ad tie h'ouse, 'gnorin~g Dr. 'ope's ae-1'
.iat once. p~ased ahbil to .ake th IC.a
1to o'f the* privilegtax .rora :Le
~'ar d a'dr) ti:. eat ts~ toxpendtur", t aa . t
a:": vii Lu.~ iapnpiated n stiat
aba ntd T'i oauln the I-t, a( :a
C'a..ini~ior an d o te Ccaw irin i
h rgh the m';''aii.tation of.'sr..a .o,.ta
a.s for4 thae Caaisolua 1sland laws"ut,
ta.icke m e ana~d I'll tiekll
". ' .. tw'' a'i n :esio
a ',th politial iluence an 'i
ii * ' std'b is friendl" a."t
wrng rar'dless "f hi1s cona'itutets.
i: il be a. ity if only nai''n'hip
''-i.'a'is rea. . a t o'raie
' .. ' , '(Convention olya
uaaintead~ oft tih
a s.surrfom Iblae >
na n~e a akoari"-di.
- 'd 241'1. l:: 4'bly a a th.
a itsa to hbe cou-a
law oilleers., the'
" .a' e ex4 '.4 cepted-whyV !
'aa ta ka'm b'at woem cil uess that the
mit') it
V .11. k it 1.P '
*t.',,I r 11.1 IAC,
CA t~ . I
1ii' clerk :!':I Iut' ii
'rid l!"OVOe Ut~Oml-u.
itate o:1ie"s o
ItiV ad a 4.tt .1 1 110~
liot Said Raat1-th-g ablout A ".t (O'.
-iuvestili~te tile S -tate kle;rtn cts-~b Nva t
;rtIL, L.. i jEt Uc,tl ; Uiiiii
adftii Govern-, tt' Ionqpsoii . dtress 1 v
-os- a.*e~iac the c?.. rgo .li- I I
iila&stich accnusations Aas rI
S& lj ten. fre:?ta h iiff ' L- I I
.nd,-irsced 1-'; .L~tt Convientioin Col. Yuut- v
.aanS onlyiv w ho1w *i?S\lite l; L'
0-hgn Z, rwardl Sti-eli nroof. A nmc
ridug.tt. ia ri utese::LWkItill
lo, Prokihce sliChiCitIC I Llao Ciu ,t
L'2-d tl, words A~~o''Cmaii
neut, iia-1 1 ha~ve said the 4-te ovcrn
Anr taxes are too hi-I]i. Col.'~
6ws. 1-1 has a very Pooir iMe -I Utlk
'tate (iover!1nent, iv ei says har.)'rd
LIU-s v21 , wA i~ttez about~ hzvi).
Lwarfed tLe- wunnhocod an Id
d tile L,- ti. U ah r
(leatichcIi ill their 11liancwl nte'.
te.bv this same e' .;':r'-t
teMIS to think n1obody ha'c toA 1A
busc i't 1--u- hinis clf and yet ;V Ii S 1 i
Ater he say A-tile fre c~v - i o V
round-s oi Colupliit apam.'s 4LI' C.IA
It i re:
\crilv, tefror fLan..t jol~
'e rund o;* Shi S azi1 Al
ink.1 of e iee.aL(It :-A- 10;CL ;'
tatenIenc"ts. 'i'hc epCIle have a t for-c
'otten that I siiOe 'that, our St;-te kL"M :
-ere mC3),OtYJ more in St taiA, inl 'zs, r
Lhat th( Lcgii a-zre reduced file taxt.s
ne 1111" at tile last s&'S(llI AiO
hieng 'x~IL~iturcs, thus .-lillowldg
1,g Itht, had bleen worryizig m oi~e L \,ni.N
i'oz an iipvii~e1 peolplu 'ha w
eA-ded cv-.'r to 1)ay~th IAxti.a
.t.,~c nowi~mat obtain . A:,cz* *1
101LOfll fls 'l;l:t io? I"lt., Ari A-- t ..z;,1
(.onit- wAia~tnh i-it 1;ailvr LO
uote m reso ition ::.bo-.;L jtc-.-.'on~ :Wc
riviie-,'e ta, A'whi furuxmc 1 ;, ,
,Iv -0a bO i (e aramteet F.
giving tilt very -cmarante ect'
e2 ton. So. A~~..
arawe.1's setoru call pro-'e ..
Pr wc..!;0 6"er cf li .Lai r oftill
A It A it an It theC Novenbe;A .5
iat WeI -'i2fpLsj L)O (If icrt'A/1e"5 Is lA! - t
'et?ve a'lld, 1-0 iia it
roivided for frimrt." .Both Cot'. euti-'S
L'-sed these r~itos.e no
ad there is more fault found '.-iL tht.
:1t (lm .Our Leislaiares have
i sav irni'runt and carele.- in deal
.; with ;1.. must important Interest.
ihe Senator Youlmans.
a.rv not leno wanting to cloud the
xt?r and use interested arguments to
lateni tini sawm~a' erz. That gigan
icop'u, L te Coosaw Company, with
is toekh '-rs and paid attr'neyvs in1
. : . h ' t:, tain
c ,rn ae Legaur
-y ~hues~e bibey-Cosa snps its
nj:.ufmrs :"dek :t.
Ste tPaxpv:'' VS t w fl up''t t wa'It
"y interests it wil soon be too late to
-a *..*i'ah"it<
.'n ye(il e and
dLI 'ult' y o 1, interests
f the "eopl are the on"" influences at
-r twre u it i s " sad mistake.
)a;ty has flu ,av' for self-interest,
Do. a: caead with nontical aoi- I
n :I, . 1)e11.. controls Man y I
t' ah lhat l"gislativet s sons
A ia anw Pan iS of ot) use to
imiSei er "his Censultilent.s during most
a i heitn sih ~t i")pensity
1o'a.r mmatrv ale o ave a new
eal a a "id ' ever two y'ear's: with
- a rsv which makes
er wci:'.hoee unTit, an
ar fr oni"", rainp"'m among us
i . ..tionzparty in the State to
:Uc : \ expst. iratcality, a ce have
een g'ttin i aN ad way "'The initer
0ts 'fte classe .and corporationsi as
:.UI'st t am 1"sve won in every
-aLe', an. whil Col. Youlans claiis
e ""r'-pectalde," he will
: !d nan w"o t-.-ita that the
rru moe.e tnas not been a
d-end to ' sa , th 'Democrat:c party
ait: n utnnes. While
a W.I pti p ent t soid front to all
>-er the ci--E-C of white sipremacy,
L Us rwieto "cleanse the Augean
a.e; sta gutig ..or an hnest, a
'r i econoznical gcvernent, let us5
etc ot exac. ustic to. alt ien, inl
uding ;armers. and retire "imbeciles"
d "cuttle'iih" to the shades of private
.Aaa B. 1 . T Ax.
Rper's, C.. March 21. Le8.
The CUtt Itl eIaca
I a- ew 3 I n u ciai C ri'dCee ini
cottun review sav" that for the cek
ng.. rn " '. Ie0 al recc.pts have
'a' J' ~ ~''"'"amst -W716 iP ast
1 inr tie total
e--ipts .e.:tSe& emnr J. 3 5, 5.0 05-I
-. Me. ". 'ia.3 a'or the sune l'e
Mdi !5N, showilng an incre-e i
-e --:ubera. of '.-:.:;70.
imiL).- the ' :uem period tiv exports
Lih a to (. ai,,.~> bale of wih h1
_ftr 11Z to'
t
, wret wek BritaiM, 7,: 1 tole.
1nj, :aC.l;U !!3Q N h e f te
ahme h dlvcery clie t-nal salest
ut t 2,ait~s. incmuding fi:10 for J
larai 'mt c' ' i:tti 'orts 'have been
- aJ a:; )utnl a ldCCje:Se In L.U Cot- C
U 1A Ld 'it fi 5,213 lot's as Ca 'napared
it : edate t 19;, an incae
I Z-7:0 as compared with he corres- j
>uding date (r 16S5 and a decrease of I
..>1a* companred with 181. The 'i
I inteior' stocks have decreased during r
e week t ,4: bales and are 184,4~,; I
-s than at the same period last year. ~
e 'eceicpts at the same towcns ihave been
iabales more than the same week last
r, an since S"eptember II the receipts c
a'l~in he twns are IJ"27 more than for y
"-sametime inY.'S5-M 'I
T ho icrau'se in amount in .sig t Friday' I
"lit a"s conipared with last year, is 48,- Ii
:: bd, thec increase as compared with
'a r is) 63,a3 and the incase over 1
* a a s I79,7j The tut:.i receIp~ts
.>)1e p"hm 'tations "inc'e September i.;j
ai. wr 51:.1,5 lales; i~ 1$$5~>$, I
l:n , N'1 : Jn 184 Sa, I,',1;;;.
Atlth'oug" the receipts at the outpurts a
e at week were 46,0 h'S ales, the
tiuta iiovemen~t fraoma platatians w..,
ady 1:',2:t. tinc '~au'e lbeing taken
nthe stacks at the- inteCi hr towns.
t \t':r the rteeipats from the lanta
Cas '1e t he sann-.t -:a'ek we 29 ,: v
"e2, ti-1 :--r 1555 they were'.:' 0
aa tiu 1 young 'tihow his pwn ''uap his
.d to va..ik onl tihe e'ige oft precii)Ces
ib -heo "sees pri"'-euts he al
. , , 05' WI I
.. - , . - , l . ,a I
.i at" e ab'ui'e 1 i' a'' a win
cc4vi iut t"ti o taei"
a '- - t h a ccii' ntally
1-tei e:' :n at tn owt who'x
a' i (ta: -u ta tro coursae.ta'
ru ns ir neve fl! Uj) looa whdernshe
nc. titLd thteirhe d neve atin. Iti
a.e drxklv te na hive whi ae da
ur:C'Witi'' nil n 10 that tthrtj aa5(land
n therear'-ll of t'ekuna 'orin n
'Cin 'a~e-tll tat .there ist tno"ieen andi f
~'1
tie i' 'thm :av.of ickednessl '.tandi
a aeeping e vn stept'h th ihtos
.'a
.:i. af te .tuac'' pirtuga. 1-or their
..:,.....d.n...a' them;'and i f thera'
la i. rab h- ' cd people , who keep'
waS 8' the 1ad aa'~tranpike far fear ta o
h I ''a' I'-1
a- tile :.
a e.nsum thi
thI 1 4.4 1 Stat (I.,;at I4 w h.% %141t; lit
1-11"~i2 .1 ha,, Drayton, 1hci:'~',c'
.;A.
us44 ralilel. i'.s."
iirlv! Q1r Ci h141 tslit e r
.vzisart. iii. -.;,S 1itr e~..4 iz" Of ' v in n
above~ th4' .1 11olint. U1d TIr a,)- t.u
proacli to ;sL2? :5 ve *V1tile hll: whic' of
Hune the sides of thci- river. 01, ei~hcr jn
side the r' 01s ~*jitup in' n w~ii I ot v
many feet hli,:1111 hills r1''12"- lti440 v
themn~ in 81liorp. conical sliilfl?&" 110
fie 1ii ptuI'e b-~Noxv th"' '\
Caa.b ''1.Xt ill itS Oe 'I 124.
fromn ai vidt'' u4' " one hundrlit ni' a e''htxv C:,
vards, this. rilri' IN 1lui'e~d 11- t"". 111...1 ,S o
lud r'ocks on (itier -:Me to . '4,41t 4101'. 1;
the TRIM11' Inl L ('WIDTI.l of wfy1'- y-c(
Live vards wide. Collectince it.'4'vIattr: );
.lC1)tflUlils a;.111 i v t th11ud1.S J o-wn eii.
.'he fulls, tu"1n'o oVer rot. ',-vx j'i '4til
Ind foaninlg r.I siloru t4, s hUa-: 1vu:2! lac
,31 it- '' 1ii4.klpools and (
rum rock to "Ck with I;luaei1 v II'. 4
lot ceain its, troul'ed waves1 iiill ga ia
,as leaped o)V.r i't~ltv fahill to k(s'4
)recipitiiteti frora it.s iit"'bt a~ lopti,4
uetvI feet. Iioe lc.Iow Rh441'.'.x C10li1t '''
I ue "chnr I. C4'g~c'1d
"ii'tl wid bu CiS. not co)LpoSL?4'd. 1"1 1r01o
nl-ts he 4A'4, rockL av " setz.'rd in Hi
21010ckin" tI e rapaiiy vi i'"**-' '2cam.* t
JrJ)xi'1..mc Y 1l" and1 1191J4.1 1."!
dills ( 1.;2;) give sAnlilar tk' ieript ins '1i p)0
hee aL; lic1, arc. Cohlffectel ith'I
.hnost forgot ten 1page of mir lhCS'fff"
A coili!21ttev V1 tueL .LI0i1bL Of 144 CAL
entairc!5 of ti 'f 'I ird Con 1:( 1 'I '
u'hom so inni of th,,e Csideiat. i. ,
Is rolatles to :Lfls and railiti strts
aag.nzinC's antl arsen~als- was cLcrL4.L
iiate their rcuort Marc-h ,;: 1 i
offereed the f0o:1oin r'hr .
4)1V4', th~at Tilli"'.Iit -lit of (,!!'.it.'d all,'
;txtcs be authori1'ed .( dU, LLL twot ; :
.rscnns au(4 flhiafle' tob c Cected it, c
roi~cr sj tuaton., tr, aCCcOilibOk4. the~
;coithvrIi 24 Nllilc States, autl thza ar
1111 1:ot ~ 1.t~11' ""
loflar:; .e jpiovil taicur tha2t P' 1:tao.
Deceare 1:-- 71' T' "c~q;.' 1111J', ,
Ugr, $Lk:CrA'V 1,f ..4., rLC~ortel uI) tithi ,
btain jprope. intes iC,.r iI'serail. l 1e ia
ays: -i hleaxwg been tot..'aaje1
rect on~e arsenal Onl tlv.e 1'oto01Le ald LdOL
nother in Siouth Carolina, the latter in
situation toC011 fromu whiCh ,,%t
ransporat i.4 wou~ld. lb ailordtcd4 Id t4
he former :n the Vicinijty' of ;t 111UXUb'
f iron1 works, the m(:ecssary oi'.i..rS W iaa'0
iNvef in, the vear I 7,l 1 fore pr4jl'44
mploved for t14: 01PUr~SC ill C i ,41r
hna niadie a repurt, wlill "0 rLeeived tIL
U1.v hii th~e last baULIleI. 1.1c (.X-.al
bredW that part o1, th1e evltUtrLL to xxl. iCall
,s Atention adl b4 ei diieec.. b%4 tI.. 1 '
:Xecutive. .iic also - eximill"' 'anoth(cr. PI -'
'lit latte, imnpendeutf of i:. 'ii. !; nm-.
ilt histo.ry repeating
Tn , "T',e CVatawba and Vateree
ies" sked Congress for help. A
of ( moress reported that the
. Wiii Ic ot'Avas; importanee and
i : tie iitliani"lts 4f North and
ut h caroliia, ani Tenne.see, and that
0 at~y*v tid arseiial of the United
ate ilhed at lloeky Mount,
Ul ',lo be- considerably beniefitted;
t. --i- VieW of the present con, ition of
a1Nces. ui.t critical ,ituation of our
'utry r to to foreign govern
m.It v1ul bel maL, h-isaible to, apply
III thejurh of Ibh1) Francis
bury IS( he :pcaks of prIaching
ir William leuth's, on Fishing Creek,
on, -'to my surprise a number- of
ite State-s officers camne up. I iuvitedl
m in Tese; gentlemen are atttuched
an e tihent locky 31nut.
la the Aiu'd of Congress, utler the
te of Dceinbijetir 2G, 18j.>, the "com
ttee on mi litary aflairs" reijnrted a
I "tI.ablishing three addition;l mili
teie~ils-one~ within the I)istriet
.olumbia, one at M3ouut Deachorn,
Cth Carolina, and one in the vicini
f Newpori KI.etucky." "The bill
S read wiucl commtitted." A few
;s ater, in "committee of the whole,"
-. Campell <)robaibly a In.print,
a. l. I .. Chappell, o South
riilua., *proposed to change t.eloca
i )f :h. Soithernu Academy front
.uI iDea.irboril to Columbia. onl ac
uit of thi superior atdvantages of that
ca over Mount J )earborn nd tile
Ibility of it situation for such an in
Ition." ihe House reanped b a
;e majority. li. Pickens, ,f North
.oiina. "was in favor of a mio re' uplandI
than either of those nentiond, and
- a dcidedi vreferellce of tihe two to
iit )earborn over Cohunbia. lie
p.I i a point in Buncombe e..auty.
.inst 3,nnt Dearlrn, but ww; nega
a)1 bt a 1 arevt,. The co:nittee,
-ra long rdebate. inl which 31.Cal-.
m. tild Mlr. Chay. S.peald;r of the
e-, j'n'd, Ihoith advocati'ng tree
i.,... . aed o storiki out three
use n. A year later, Jebruary,
tlw .,4_ wale mtter Was inldelinitely
:1 ;.arSc1n:)1 and. zinin t in one
:the.- .ura %ar_;)_ory" is usied: we~re,
upo near lck 'Joutnt. Jn thec
oe, et.iates we gven fo the fol
I g . h in~ ilt ' I. :i
ii:andred6 aii-.sevnt y-tive fee..t long'
fodtv-two feit'.', width m iuhl contaip
iwith
hlight apptlenage thfreof. An
n.: Nthosand ive undretd bar-:
alf powder. Briek barracks, and
asi 0 fo -nimndred~vo arnwrers, for
41_ dLv* iotappear howx far tihis plani
e'aried' ut. Mills, writing in 1s26;,
ime atrthe tLuterprise was aban
eu, 'ays:
T* I nd States esabli-IItent,
.e e-y uu, coanitands atteition
, tt'ugh ' w :aandonedi' :aid itn
. i circumntane ouly tL'nds to
ei ore interesting to the traveler.
laidns eeted here were hand
Sd nive. The aiagazine (a
i' Ii ) h as) I 'ei entirely
tiul b kidig reC-ted closeW to thle
L4 ..... L - 't
d, const datl Iy th.e S-ta-te, and is
y ui 1; t1e wh.ole that
.isesc~ to be reiv.i use~fu'l.The bar
er. quartas a *arge brick editiee,
whole. ereted on a pr->m~ontoryv pro
uI into the river...... Nature
ises few ots more variously ro
tti.ti this, i ai nle river renidered
e inter esing by the rocks which im
e its cours'e, the Mian.d~ scattered ini
streata, the snrrounding hills cover
ith woodt. andt tower'ing above it,
:alute a wi i that thle project of a
tar- '+.tabl ishmnent here hadi suc
led'and thla this 'airy spot hado been
abiiide 01 r'einedt soctie.
erit rencees and iquotation. in titis
:le htave alh bieen veril'idaso thatt this
.t ske-teh of thei "Rocky Mount Es
isittuet" is belid tib cirrect.
mecomlts it i prpared with.
acciess t'' sources' which' w'old give
r i.en' asi wit ia. th tt tinie and caIuse
hel~ traditi' ni is tihat liocky
ncae iin' in vote of being
i i t the L'nited States.
d .a peuate. as to th c!Yeet on
hi.or it a grea t "natinl ilitary
m I~~y it aLi t .atnats aiotro
:i'' i'hwe, a be~n estaIlaie
hebIa of th La twL.1, illike tat n
't't ii irnkltt l ic the printers
.- . tai.hS tigie asone riae 1)
\i oi, .~Steraes nty no1 t see
i'n tio hnorthe \lune of tttrim!:f.
a Ligil . pho I -.ritkvi . L'
W it 1t. .Levra a'tutc etiitopr
se a~uae ten ' woth he m-bee
I.. I Ii in i ii vI.e lock
t-.ihee n pe'ci in had.H
cedwith ti e place.iile says:
cetd 'ntedStteolitar esab
was....a.....n..on ..... i .hi
am tI :I m ha'r.ii ti
o~i L-tatiha hitie patlit.
barig stne tee'. md"- iii"itar-.
. 1 c .lir .ie '.i iit ei i:- i i .ing,
that he had cut in il. -. fashion of a fall
ing garden) shade his grave. Colonel
Senf was a military engineer of consid
erable talent." (Statistics, p. 53.
The two great works of the German
engineer, in our State, are now little
knowii. The bed of the Santee Canal is
dry, and the very ruins of his arsenal
and magazine on Mount Dearborn have
perished. If the uroposed railroadfrom
Camden to Rocky~ Mount is built, the
silence of the hills around his lonely
grave will be disturbed by the scream of
the engine-a power he little dreamed
of in his day. Let a station, or at least
a locomotive, bear his name. Leta stone
be placed under those trees to mark -the
spot where rests, away from kindred and
home, the foreigner who helped us in
our day of weakness and trial.
May the old M1ount never again echo
the sound of a hostile gun, or the tread
of an armv! JAS. H. C.utusza.
Spartanburg, S. C.
Governor Lee oi Virginia Politics.
I then frankly told the Governor that
as the Republican leaders were encour
aged to hope that they could take Vir
ginia from the Democratic column, his
views as to the State would be of interest
and value.
"I don't care to be quoted," he said,
inut what do you desire specially to
know?"
"Well, '. I said, "tell me about Mahone.
Will he be as powerful in the politics of
your State as lie once was?"
The Governor, after some hesitation,
said: "MIahone is a very good politician.
In the campaign we will have this fall a
Legislature is to be chosen which will
elect a United States Senator to succeed
Riddleberger. I have no doubt in my
own mind but that Mfahone is a candi
date for tile Senatorship. If, however,
he lets that be known he will not have
the influence in the campaign he other
wise might. You see, there are three
factions in the Republican party. One
is the straight-outs, led by Wicham;
another led by ex-Goveinor Cameron,
who is opposed to Mahone, and then
those who call themselves the Readjus
ters. Now, in a canvass simply as
against the Democratic party, these
forces, if united, would put the Demo
crats to superhuman effort to hold the
State. If it be known,- though, that
Mahone seeks to carry the Lei~
to ride into the Unifed States Senate,
they will split up, and,.of course, such a
division is to Democratic advantage."
[nterview with Governor Lee in Cincin
nati Enquirer.
'I he Matter of Druiiern' Licenses.
Conversinz with some drummers to-day,
'le Of then said: "I don't believe they
an niake us nay any license-tax. Law
in Viriinia any touth Carolina tell us
O. I notice that the officers of this city
have relaxed their vigilance in looking after
ti when we are in towns. I was at Wil
in gton a day or two kgo and Feist Meyer,
I a%% to the drunmers as 'Old Sleuth the
letective.' never troubled us.' But the
state Treasurer is firm in his position on
thie matter. lie publishes a circular-letter
tating that the Treastury Department re
-ives m naiquiriessas to the effect of the
lici-ion oi the United States Supreme
:or)urt. That decision Treasurer Bain
iavs --was Upon the construction of a local
atute of the State of Tennessee, contain
or many provisions materially different
rm-i those in the North Carolina qtatute."
Le !roes onl to say: "The sections-i our
revenue act have, iu the case of the State
-s. Long, been before our own Supreme
urt, ~which after full argument and
hoirough consideration. decided that they
xere not in conflict with the United States
:on.titution. Until this judgment is re
-ered by some competent triounal it will
e recognized as law by this department,
uad the pr'ompt colhlectionl of the tax re
erre'd to will be required of all persons
ha rged ther'ew ith."'-Raleifi', (Aor. Rich
A .eMwipaper Mran in TIrouble.
.' a1 iroult of thte publication in the
h'iiladelphlia Times', a few weeks ago, of
nm article exposing the ways and means by
hieh gambling had been carried on in
hliiiulelphia for the past several months,
ndi in which it wa-i charged that Albert
LI. llocekl', eitv editor of the Press, had
en the recipient of' the sum of $~20 per
erk lor the pur'pose of securing the
iLnce if that paper in the interest of the
ambler-. Mr'. Ilockly brought criminal
*ut for libel and civil suit for $20O,000
'niages against the editor a'nd publisher
ti Ihe'imsx. 'The ati~tir wa'. at that time,
nd ita- continued to bie, the ehief topic of
isui.,sion amotng journalis-ts and those
*ho felt interested in the matter. A greater
elatn. however, was creattedl wh'en Mr.
Iocikly, ounst-el notifled the district attor
i's' :lat the ed iter of the imil that his
li't. hlt dec'tided to withdraw the crimi
li st' andi allow the case to irest entirely
,'i n the' civil snit forianagies. Mr.
fan-kly has beenct until ntow (although his
lundio has. ben plaedt in 'be inmd of list
'';-io rm nuol;, sapieniiedi frmlut utinl.at]
tt l r. hit c- ' innoe""t of the
ha~" r-nt m-cl a:in~st i, h~ h-" comnmitted
-.iVe, it-n' i.it3d. err ir in w~tithdrawing
ai :t the muinrked-down cuntter' of at
rliithopping e'tabt lishmeat in this city,
oTit luilt ai wait 'f li ftceen niiuutes the
i- wil rn,'-marks conacrning it wvere made
at ' Iii h the ue ofi tile wo'ird "swueet.
-t 'h itn( . . Lovl ic o~ ! ac i
--thetnt an a rte'arottl''
I' .. , plie. eneh1it':d. have a ibactk
'-h. with igh-lt weat-, -pitting of
dii lt shrus :t -ieth you hav'e no
itn i!-i' i. nt Iw-itate too long
a .. ' at c-uri: lir, taken in early
I i umpti:-t en he uiredt by the
ir1 l'{rc --Gilde Medical Dis
.in :0 tl- ' llub has een organized
yt mmte yiounl laies. Wthen~ the club
a-o t heyrw i roay pa theli'rtime in
h:. ni al the gus-it ''f the nieighbor
oti el t o i showi whtat it is the'y pro