Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-19
Southern Enterprise.

'cldIcS 10 cOhSIucT, cSpecldlly tnOSe VINO arc
continually harping upon the superior en-
tcrprise of the free States, 1t exhibits
the South in plain and proper light:
The Southern people have achieved
great things; and though it is common to
taunt them for a lack of that energy and
enterprise which characterize the people of
the North, yet | have long beer of the
opinion Dhat, if the balance could be fairly
struck, it would appear that the native en-
ergy, enterprise and industry of>the South
have contributed quite as largely as the
vauntcd enterprise of the North has done
to the national wealth of these United
States. Both sections have done marvel
lously, and far be it from me to disparagc
either. only wish to state fact or two
that [ may induce you to take view with
me from my stand point, and see if those
who draw-and their name is lcgion-un-
favorable contrasts between the North and
South for energy and enterprise, do not
draw their conclusions more from the ap-
parent than the real state of things. Let
us throw little Delaware out of the question
as belonging properly neither to the slavery
or auti-slavcry side of Mason and Dixon's
line; we shall then see that we commenced
our career as nation with seven free
and five slave States; that the five orig
inol slave States, have, of their own encr
glcs, almost entirely alone and unadcd by
foreign Immigration, reclaimed, from the
savage and the wilderness, nine or other
wealthy and dourishing prosperous States j;
that the seven original free States have also
reclaimed nine others no less wealthy,
fourlshing or prosperous; but to do this,
the seven Northern States have had the as
sistancc and capital which nearly the whole
foreign immigration has brought with it
into the country, When Arkansas was
settled, it was done merely by the transfer
of SO much population from some other
slave States; but when Wisconsin was set
tied, it was settled not merely by the trans
fer of one population from the other free
States, but in great measure by people
from beyond the seas, who brought with
them so much industry and wealth. Now
If we could detect the value which the for
cign immigration has added to the wealth
OF the North, and then if we could compare
the internal improvements of the South,
and the value of the property of all sorts
In the fourteen slave States, with the inter
nal improvements and property in the six
teen free Statcs-wc should see that ac-
cording to the population, the South has
gone much farther than the industry of
the North towards the creation of national
wealth But the achievements of the
South in its teats of industry and improve
ment, are quietly made, and the press of
the South has not the multitudinous voice
which enables that of the north TO make
itself heafStHe. a The four quarters of tie
globe"
CULTURE OF THE BLAcKBERRY.-The Agri-
culturist has the following with reference to
the Lowton blackberry:
AS II market crop, we think this black
berry would pay well. They are as easily
cultivated as corn crop, and need no second
| planting Set them six or eight feet apart.
and the only care required Il to kecp5 5 out
weeds, and the excess of plants that continu-
J ally spring up over the glpnnd if not kept
! cut down. Mulching the ground, that is,
covering it over with a layer of straw or re-
fuse hay is useful 1t would be we'll to work
into tho soil good supply OF yard manure
before setting out the plants. On poor soil
an occasional top-drcssing of manure may be
| given.
"It will be noticed by those unskilled in
blackberry culture, that, like the raspberry,
fruit Is only produced upon canes of the pre-
Vious summers growth. The plants can be
set in autumn or spring, though we much
prefer autumn, as they get well rooted and
usually yield more new canes the following,
summon than if not set until spring.
| The plants bear transplanting and car
riage we'll. The hicfcaution to be observed
is, to have the ground ready prepared before
opening the planas, and set them at once,
without exposure to sun or wind. The same
remark applies to raspberries, and indeed to
all other plants. They appear, thus far, TO
grow well on almost any soil. Some recon-
mend moist loan, or even clay. The best
growth and fruiting we have seen is upon
rocky side hill, though perhaps not better
than others on dark muck and peaty soil
| We should nothcsitatc to put tlen, y pon any
soil! except very sandy one, or one subject
to standing water"
WHAT AN AMERICAN SAYS OF PARLIAMENT.
An American writes from London to the
~ Y. Commercial:
"Parliamentary proceedings are very much
like the doings in our own Congress. / was
in both houses two or three hours Yesterday
a friend having kindly sent me ticket of ad-
mission. lt is impossible to get in without a
ticket signed by Il member. Members have
no accommodation like our law-makers-the
seats run lcngthwise, and each one will hold
about thirty, | should think. Members sit
With their hats on, unless they are speaking
and more common--in fact, / might almost
say rowdy-!ooking set of men is not often
met with. Tho rooms, however, are splen-
did, and arc finished witlfgrea taste. There
arc no chandeliers or lamps to obstruct the