Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPECIAL NOTICE. Now that tlio holiday season is over nnd everything hua gone pros perous and happy; every one Letter off", and a bright fertile year ahead, at no period in the history of our business life have we been so thor oughly prepared lo meet the wants of the trade and the requirements of the people, as we r.re now. We shall sontiuue to place upon our counters from Jay to day, bargains in. every dcpai tmcltt at " LOWEST PKICKS, aud shall always be found using our l est indeavora to prevent extortion* r.nd uphold tho CASH SYSTEM Our entire, stork is now offered at. REDUCED PRICES. We ar.k \ uu to oni 1 and in: pect our goods. Wo guarantee to please us to qaality an I price. Lot.k can fully over this li*t of a few articles menu med : Geula i Hose, white, 5 aud 10 c. striped 123 solid color* '2} double heel & toe 12s Lauiee]hose, white, tt, 10, i2}. striped. 10 " solid colors, 1 2\ " b*.ibrigga!i, 1 j " *' tiutr-t qua'i ty, 25 i kthiren's ho?1, colored. 5, S, 10, Iii: Ladies Uautitlcts, d irk co!o?v, ?0 e. '? LYrlm g'oves, embroidered h*lk*, bo iU gloves, A hutton?, "h-.-t ranker.?, "j 0*ott* hnckikiu gloves, li't*d TT? " driving 30 Dei by s? ding, 1 ) figured, 12} Ca *h ma re*, beautiful colors, Id: Mmii;oii, Ueaiiliful colors, Id Flannels, red, white ami b ue, '25 ;o "'?? ceiits. Nubia-, pry pretty, 30 c 1 adieu Hoods, new .styles, 40 soaking Glasses, bureau si/.-*, ?l " ex t r?i i.i i ge S ' . it) " oval Iranii a l>U an I SO cents Silver pjntcd ten r.pojus, ?l 25. Table " 1.70 " Forks l 75 " Knives o.7.> Glass Setts, hand-mine, 4 pieces, 50 Glass Prc3?rvt Stands, ti') Goblets, 7"? et perdoz Tumbler.?, b0*rt per doz Lamps from 25 lo 75 ets Large assortment Ladies, Gents aud Children's Shoes from the Ihorst lo the cheapest, Men and Boys Hals, 40, 6J, 75, LOO 1.25 Lo 83 *?'?? and Boys Caps from 25 to SO J Fancy Box Paper, J nvelopes and Stationary. Agent for the Larcrest Tobacco Factory in ibe united States, wa ofi'er bargains in this line. Agent for Manufacturers of i-'oap-t and Couccn rated Lye, we de!'y com petition. We have the Largest nnd Cheap est Stock of BROOMS AND BASKETS in the Market. Agent for the Celebrated Town Talk BAKING POWDERS. These Powder* have stood the Tesl by the best ( hem ist, and pronounced PURE, when bought in trails. Prof. Molt, the Lending ( hemist of the World, says the worst; adulterations occur when Powders nie sold loose or in bulk. Remember this and get TOWN TALK from Headquarters Your attention is asked lo the re duction in our CARPETING, put down to 25, 35, 40 cents. Pocket Knives from ft cts. to $2.. Buggy Whips, 25, 50,75 cts., SI, $1 25 $2. Yours respect I n1 U', C. D. KORTJOHN. J0*3>- Always notice this COLUMN CHEAP GOODS. SENSE AND NONSENSE. In answer t?. :i scries of questions addressed to prominent Southern nun oi*h(ii!) parties by the editors of the American, of Philadelphia, with the view of bringing aboul u bettor understanding between the North ern and Southern sections of the country, very full articles have ap peared in tho February number id* this periodical from the pens of I>I. 0. ll?ller, M. I'. O'Connor, j. S. Richardson, nnd K. \V. M. Mack ay, which we wish thai our space per mitted us fully to prea< ni to our read ers. The fair and candid manner in which questions nr" discussed, we think is calculated to do goo 1. It is imposs b'" in this issue for us even to touch upon the ground covered. We inusl be contented in this issue with simply alluding lo some of the salient points. In answer t-> the question, whether the Northern' Democrats ?.?ere:', help to tlie Stillt horn whites, Gen. Butler speak ; spletidi lly, and exhibits noneoi'that sycophancy which is so common in these daysj He says truly t!?mt when the South was down trodden shd almost ruined, the Re publicans of the North seemed to gloat in our mlsCortunof"., and none can e io 'j?r rescue aud helped to >vork o?,il our deliveranco, but the North "tp Ih'thoeral s. Upon question, what i ; Hie condition of the negro party? (-!< n? iiullrr Ways to his Not-lhcri) iuUr i'Ogator; *'lfyau ?'?'?/?<? to fjj ih'ri tit: Si-ui-'t. iitt.I rrulciiror to tatstf'y !:eir\ ,*(.'..', .';<?/<', A./ inli-Hujtiit nrguuierit aud rri:.unl, that tltry auy'ht to ritte. .'? r no- il, I eii.-ipr'rr.! men fie uji'te", arid fur irm j oth/r, and a bad who - ../? ei.hied nun., i j.-/,.. may A ive embraced !{? ? >dt'o-anifari [ i/if da-/ '< ;'./???,/?.? / .'..?<?.??? . '.<;(.?',/x''??((/- 1 ' ? .. i /?;.'.? Pi-a- r%i '? ue*iiatau uri u e. t'uiv i I ' - ' ittiSKtifiis h'r /'ander '<< their, i'irioi't trice, i I a fit advise >h'.n la vote, fa /.'<?? iror.it \ ?Hin in S-.u'h t 'arnlitia, thy w ad / i fa f his advice, anil nut ifours'y l.'pon the question, whai is the ; liiiur?? of the hegso parts*; I Ii:' Cirri i t i'' oral ?;ays, / eoujesn I can mo mort \ ans::rr ll.au I can tell if ill n!i-it irdl be ! the fntnie ? i tlie iiuirin or < ?/ ?man, .'/?' three, a tt verydrjd- llpr.b \'fern's, and ice must tee. f'ltiilcr alow/ be I I ./?'/* tee can speak tijfzrmntircfy, //' tin \ n'ijro titiiY?lation could fiv distributed i I V* j ore.r lite N ?'??.?/?,?.'/';' masses of'populafi? n i broken,? I thin/fit woUld h.r the lust yihinjfor'ht'Ui'j.a^ar.d fir the, white<\ i u' u. If tk-ry -<re '?> b ? (eft i.i til- K'futh'- I tl.r S?uih' . ., }>-,rl- had better i.e. lift ;.. settle, their relation?, with theiiii Th> ! Southern people knoic the myro, a ? ! j i uuderil ilift hi < eh'/ra ? 'risties, bis icon'*. , \ hisi jiozsihitifiej, and the i\\?i'th>'rii in ?/-'< [ do not; and, >/' It ?'*/ to- ihrinselt cs, tic i I So tit tie rn prop'? K'Oidd deal murr kindly I and more fairly by them, than the Jsorthcrn people.'' In answer ta iii3 question, i.i the lime near at hand when the white I people of South ( 'aroiinu will .? < afliliation with new pai'iiesV tl-;:. Rtiiler opens the eyes"?f the colored ; peopi", we have eti leavored lo d > time and again through the coltiinus of tii" Timi:s, thai they are res pi n sible for tin solidity of the v. liitcs un ! the consequent curl ail merit of politi cal freedoiii. He sr.ys, uy.jj opinion is that Uta.'// pen.,/, in any part of tin eottitfrj/ are. Iirltl to party /,// n very b'/ht te.nure. It is so in tl e South, a id i/'th' i\A'pab/t'ran party could be m tile re<pret abb in South ('arolina, I thin/: it if' un lihi ly that 'jood white men would join if. So I ony as the present \iepublicdn lend f's in South {Jvroliu'it enntiutte. their party organization an the ear- Uric, ami rr-ahei/a negro /arty, thereby keening alive the. impci.diug riicnace. af mi/ru domination, and ah' the evils grow nj out of it, just so long will tin white peop'e /?? ? main solidly It, mocratie. \Yheri this rare issue is abandoned by tlic Wepubli can leaders, and tin's menace removed, I the white people, of(Its South will divide I on ijriestious of public- policy, as tb y do j elsewhere; but not before.?1 We will have lo forbear common! upon the letters of O'Connor and Richardson for another i isue. lint 10. W. M. Mackayalso has his j say. Ho prates about the ignorance of the South, and the bondage of the whites to Bourdon leaders, and about the ?lt] story that every man in! I South Carolina sneezed whenever Mr. Calhouti took sriutl; lie vtat'trt the Kopubiicans to 'send speakers d.?nru to convert the whites of South Carolina as they did the Moosiers of Indiana. He also recommends that ft lirst-class Republican paper should be started in each State; that the National government should under take the work of cdtieatioh, not by distributinga National fund toeach State, but by establishing a System ofNatioual public schools: aud thai Republican coiotiies should Ik- es tablished in di deren t parts hf the State. The object pfMaekny in all this for the extension of Radical do minion is loo Lrausparent to be eon ecaied. ! Tui-; will give some idea of the discussion i;i the American which is now being placed before Northern readers, i we have every hope that it will ten i to their enlightenment which we think they heed :is tntn li :'.s ?,ve we poor fellows dowii South, despite all the boasting io the contrary. SCENES AT (J AKTS ELD'S INAIGIRA TIO?f. Editor f r mijri ?rg Tiiiirxi A Her a brief and pleasant visit t<? I ;!i ? ('apital <>l* the 1'. S.. 1 will >-u devor lo rt litte a few cidueiderits ?vhi. !i limy be pleasing to the read er t uf tlie Timks. Vt'ell, whore shall I begin? Tin iJoetor atid inysclf left Rowesville On t he morning of the Hrd, aud after a twenty-four hours ruu, exclusive of stops -the distance of 5t?? miles, through :i rugged and mountainous Country, we arrived a! \Ta-hiu?r{on the morn in/ of Ihr-lib. This bcimj the day for, the Inauguration of tho President, the hole!;-., hoarding: houses, streets and depots were crowded toover-flowing. The k ?!?:<< generally was imposing and grand. The ihiliiaryjdisplay whs line:- than liiy Seen here since the war. The I. resident was escorted to thcOapitb! by tin Fir;; liivi.sion which iyasipVe celed by t wo platoons of mounted i'iolioe. commsijdo i by Major Brock;; j then cattle Shertuah and ether dis tiuguisked o?i< brs, i^o numerous t" mention. Around the Capitol i!:c masses had collected, which covered ?lures of ground, to hear the Inaiigur .:i ?ddress; The government build ?'>., were handsomely tlecuf:ito<b ii'ti'd neral contract, work beinglthihe '.villi good t The: private buildings were ornamented very elaboraltdy and tasteftiliyi es pecially was t his noticeable, oii tin line of the profession; Geh. Ii:.:, co was present, and I am pleased to say that he was received with lion or... lint httsiustic demonstration;* were made on the arrival of the Clen !': :t! :.t the ?Uh St. depot; (Our depot ??v.1 may call i;. :t~ we landed there, iihd {Yoni tlie restaurant kept ?.!:*?;?;? iv< satisfied ti:.' eraviujis oftheinnoi mau.) Genend II. was received h> .?; Committee and thousands of his admirers, who wanted io unhitch the horses, und drtivv the carriage to the hot;-! by hand, bill were j>revchtcii by the i oltee. The General was ush ? re t into the carriage and escorted to the hotel, tin account of the crowd, io: mad- his t utiuneo :.-t i!:?* iside tioor. and in response lo the call a of Hit crowd, he appeared on the b.;lcu.\ and was introduced by Gen. CreS well. Again there was s> s<-? ti? (ifllte \.ii.'.??-; enthusiasm, and when the crowd was qtiieit d by the gentle wave of the General's tnili(a'*y hat, he ttd dressed them thus: "I had noticed that I would be received by the mili lar.v upon my arrival bete, but I did not expect, especially in this incle meut weather, to be met by such a croud following my carriage from the depot lo the hotel. My friends I thank you." The Genera| then re tired and the crowd dispersed; The lire-works were brilliant aud of varied lutes, which formed aspceleelc of matchless splendor. It was in | \-\ York tin- lirst federal Congreas assembled. Gen. Washington was Inaugurated President 0:1 the bal cony of Federal Hall 1780, aud IT'.ll t!:( limits of the District cf >' olum bin, a? they now exist, was lixed and proclaimed. The U. S. Capitol, li!;?s that of ancient I*otne, stauds upon a hill. Commanding a view, pronounced by the great traveler Humbolt, oue of the most beautiful his ey els ercr beheld. The Capitol is '<?l feet in length and 32-J feet in width; it covers an are.*! of three and half acres; its cost is estimated at more than thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000.) Tin' centre portion 0| building is built of yellowi !i sand jHoh*e, procured from an islaii'd in Virginia. Theextensions are <>'. white inarblc, tinged will; blue, ol - taihed from Massachusetts'. 'J*he line bronzed doors attract the alten lion of spectators, and add lo the beauty of the building. The Dome is of irong^siiriuou tiled by a statue ?l'IV. f.;.ii. :i bruized figure about 20 feel in hligl ,1 On to lie White House the Doctor atid 1 plot- lied, a mile and a half from the.Ca pilot. It is 1 hill of stone and pa in teil while. A conservatory adjoins the house on the YVesi side; The an hitect was an li'ikdi man IV? hi ( harlcston, S. C. It a*.! being lie ces>ible oil J he day of our visit, w? missed I he inbi r views. The ground b ieg covered with si:n-,v, we could form a very faint idea of its beauty; A tili i:g (?;!:(;? line buildings^ and very interestitig to travelers, are the W>;r. aud Navy Depart meat s, LJ. S. Treasury, 1 atoiii Oil ice, Am ti: ileiy. Soldiers iicinie a::'! Agricultural Dopartments. Last, but not least, is Mount Ver not;. The home and tomb of Wash ington, i.s about lb miles down the l'(.:om:u'Trrun We: Feder tl city. The .scenery ' viv.o.-.t Washington and Alex iudia is not only beautiful, but replete witli ruTercsiin'g National A line view is obtained of the I \ rli:> [pii hou e on the old Yergthiu shore; Afti r taking in more than we j could djge; we imidie a short vi) it to Haiti in >te. There we saw jrraiid i sights Washington's ritonuinent^ tVe ibtltitohrc is we'll laid off arid huiid jtomolA huili t:;> of hirgo stohh and brick bail litiiis. We w. ;:; .Iotti: and rot k a view of the Chesapeake Ibw, but lime will hut admit, of any fur lie r tifecriptitms. Ih'iV.ij Us > Into t > lake the o'clock train, we furtu uately missed a coMlshih, wld.li resulted in the death of:: few passengers. It ivas ? i teriyble Wieck. We wci\i delayed and | ? ii l not reich Washington t:!! mid- 1 li .Ii*, stoppe i over till mOrtiing and | took the train for oil) places of abode. Opposite t!;^ Arliugtoa house is I he Washington m< uunieut in its tin ti .i-i; tl date; Tin re t!:?1 r&oediiig city p: t- jiway like a panoramic view, -uoeceded by ihn Arsenal, the his 111 Asylum and the Navy Yard: while|grai?dly Crowning all is tin Capitol with ilsgraccful dome. On ?VC move - A Icxandrit i- v.otin reached ?i miles from t lie Capitol, where wo -taw the National t'emetary contain ing tliegr.v.'e* el'-lOIIOscldiera. T;Ker,e :s re many more places of i nti i e l i iiat I would like to mention, b?i t ime ami < pace will not pi rniit. W. ('. ('. Ina railroad accident at the North, after tho Inauguration, in which several persons' were killed, F.\ President Hayes was on the road but h:.? ear escaped. "\NTint is the difference between : honeymoon and a honeycomb?1 Give i'. up? "One is:t biff sell and the other i - a lot of tilth cells." '?Swans sing before they die* They have to, if they sing hi all. To openly otfend virtue is to clan dcslinoly defend iiiiuimoraltly. Leprosy exists to aconsiderabl extent in the parish of Lafourche, L L.viv.M -i.u.uiuitvno.v, i:i't'. Editor Ornhijclmry 'Vintes: Critic will endeavor to give the far mom sonic of his crude views ou litis I subject, t?s there ia tnut h anxiety felt, j riot only in our County, hut through out lheentire Booth, 0:1 tbc scarcity j of laborers in our cotton fields. Fur uiers are making e cry ctforl t:> im port laborerv?, as the fad is inevitable that the black man, with the aid of tlie marc haul's lion, will make cotton hitnsclf. Our farmers are in quiring, ''t*l!ut muni ire iloV ri*hc future looks blue! lie can't kpc ! money, in any other crop. Cotton '"? ou the brain. 1 believe, with Senator jiutler, IIlal we have too many labor ers, engage i in the cultivation of cot ton for the good of llie farmer arid laborer. A few moie years of propi tious seasons and the fanner will be forced t?> abandon the cultivation of cotton on such an extensive fcealc, and then will commence an ? rii of prosperous times. I am decidedly in favor of immigrants corning to 'bis country to aid in devi loping thy resources of this land. Wo shoiild encout'age immigration; Our Legis lattire is ollerihg inducements. How should wo encourage ihiriiigrntioriV I answer, tibi by tiie sueldal system ol farhiing which we have been persuiug, 1 cotton! cot toil! cotton! Wbj the cot- j toil planters arc In wers of w< od and drawers td' water. !*t our County, we have made about lifty thousand hales of cotton I he last seasoiij and I veil til re Jto say thai there is no one who citri 1 oust of having supltis money after paying nil incidental expenses. I; seems absurd to me for the far mers to import immigrants to this County to raise cotton when we al- I ready have thrice too many hands en gaged in tlio bti liriebs for the good of the employer and employee. To make cur County prosperous, we r.m>! cultivate studs crops as require little work, we must diversify ov.r crops. We must have pastures, and raise stock. W.e must manufacture. We will soon ?ce our waste [ laces! built hp when ??.?.? turn .>?;}? attention to these thing1-. I wish t(. be nil der stood. I do not condemn planting cotton, btli I tic i.'iy that the farniei thai plants cottori on bis productive hind and Iiis oilier crops ou his worn out soil is f< oli.sh, arid 111:13* calculate to live from baud lo mouth us long as he pursues this plan. This is appli. cable 16 a County as well :is an i?di virtual. Lexington is a pool County, riiakes very little cotton, entitled to two lie-j preventives in the 1 egislaturb, and pays more lax'.s on personal property fhiiii I'UigeHeji'b which males a great deal of eottou, and entitled to iivi Kcpreseni :i 1 i?>es. Orangcbrirg raise* iifly thousand bales of cotton, this will bring in a huge pile of money. It scorns to the rcmt of the world, thai Orangeburg must contain wealth, but I assure yoii that it is not in the hands ?f the col'on plan I ?. :!? continue in ir.y next. ( 'ritic. .... -nm+ ? - ? o^-.i THE * \ RMEU'S EDL't A 1 [?>'. The great lack in the farmer'* education is system and balance. Ir. j ilo occupal ion i; lb ere greater de ; maud lor independent thought and accurate judgment. To obtain these he iniifji rend the l esl agricultural papers, est iblisli and attend fanners' clubs, take part in the annual exhibi tions, al.d in (very way possibl?1 meet his fellow fanners, that by so doing he iiiaj increase his know ledge. There is much work for agricul ture to be done in (hi common st hooli Tin- apparatus required is simple anil cheap, arid plants, etc., Ri'c al ways al hand. A text-book of the rudiments of fanning could be put into every common school with great advantage to every child, arid as Pro fessor Johuson rcmifrkcd, we should then have uIUOIO broth and les? dish water in our schools." Scientific methods abould bo cultivated in youth; tho method is as valuable an j the facts. The only reason for this luck of agricultural instruction is the indifference of the people. Boards 'of Education ami Boards of Agrieul I j turc uhould put their heads together r.a 1 help to bring iti this new dispen uation. The village wl city school should share in this work; the wholo System leading up to the Agricultur al College, where the highest and ? i most thorough education can be ob ! taincd. As a stimulus and an aid in bringing about this system in agri cultural education, schools of a few i mon'i-o'duration, io the winter sea son it may be, might bo hcl I at yar I ions points in the State. The nation is Safest only when the youth arc educated thoroughly?and agricul ture is on a Sound basis only v. ben the boys, ahd-girls too, arc instruct ed in the elements of farming.? .t hivrnuin Arjvtwtllnrist. SHALL WE MEiT Ab'AiNi The following is one of the most brilliant paragraphs ever written! by the htm? nted George D. Prentice: The fiat of death is inexorable. No appeal for relief from that great law which dooms u* to dust. We flour ish and fade as the leaves ui't'ie for ostjttnd the: flowers that bloom, with er and Tail-- in a diiy, having no frail er!;- M upon life than the mightiest monarch that ever shook the earth wit"n his footsteps; (icncrat ions of nun will appear and disapp? ar a i the grass, and the multi tude that throng the world to-day will disappear as footsteps on tho shore. Men seldom think of tho great event of death, until the shedow falls across their own pathway, bill ing from tlo' ir eves the faces of loved ( ncs, whose living smile was the sun light of their existence. Death \\ the antagonist of life, and the. thought of j the tomb is tho skeleton of all feasts. We do not want to go through the dark valley j although i's dark pas ! ngcinay U :?.I to paradise; wo do not want to go down into the damp graves, eveu with princes for bed Ibllows. In the beautiful dream of "Ion" th ? hope of immortality, so eloquently uttered by the death-de voted Greek, finds deep response iu every thoughtful souk When about to yield his life a sacrifice to fate, his Clemahthe asks if they should meet again; to >yliicli he responds: "1 have asked that dreadful question of the hills thatiook eternal?of the clear streams that flow forever?of stars among who u fields of azure my rais ed spirits have walked in glory. All are dumb. I!.:! as I gaze on thy liv ing face. I'feel that' there is some thing in love that mantles through its beauty that en h not wholly perish. Wcsliall meet again, Clemauthe." DOU AN I> CAT. ' Your dog and my cat don't agree together!'1 says Brown io Smith. ??That's because your cat r',ets her ! ack up every tiihe my Pouto passes hei',11 replies Smith. ??\V-?!!." rejoins Brown, "you keep your dog away from my cat?that's all, or J'il lay your ilog out." Such talk as this comprises our gencritl run of politics. Brown tho 1) inoerat, supports an otticedioldcr, who i- about a< valuable ip him as a yellow cat; ami Smith, the Republi can, swears by a candidate whose cieOtion would benefit Smith about as much as a vellow dog's bark. -And the Republican backs his dog and the Democrat pits his cat against the dog, and t here is a local or gener al tight to elect Republican dogs or !' a oci a: i>* eat -. And it's a ?log ciii light all tlic liiiu'-?IVoni nil elec tion of Alderman or Assemblyman to na election of Prcsiifbnt and Vi co President. And dogs growl in all our public ollices; and eats spit a'j them outside. Ami the people pay for all the food hud fun that does nnd eats enjoy as ofliec holders; bo j cause Brown and Smith insist on be ing Republicans and Democrats, lirst, last and all the time, instead of sitting down together Iura political (dint like sensible meu, and saying, "Come, now, let th... political busi ness be over. Let's see w hat willbeue lit manhood, and let our cats and dogs light their own battles.''