The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-12-18
- From the Charleston Courier.
FROM THE UP COUNTRY.

ICW pcfSouS VINO nave not visited thlS
region OF South Carolina can aptly con.
ceive the great changes that have 6e.h
wrought In both social and physical rs.
poet during the past six- or eight mouths.
The influx OF refugees from tho coast
the introduction of cosmopolitan habits
aud customs--of fresh: faces and new
themes OF thought and conversatiop-thc
expenditure OF capital intne Improvement
OF property-the erection Of countr
ho,nes aud abandopm .nt.of orhcrs whose
walls were beginning to grew mouldy from
the want OF occupants--the kindly inter.
change OF "smali sweet courtcses" be-.
tween the people--the crowded churches
streets tcemins with something of their
old iife-la"ics' associations thronyed with
tusy bodies working for the soldiers
these and others have been the general in
tuenccs that have tended to create sym
patht, established new bonds of relation.
ship between the dcuixens OF the CITY and
country, and this the general tone of SO.
ciety. socially aud physically, has been al.
tered, benefited, elevated aud refined.
The Inhabitants of The interior hive learn.
ell that the refugees are not IN the inflated
ordinations purse proud "dwcllers in Ba.
bylon, OF whose presence they were at
first SO jealous; while new associations
have taught the latter that beneath the
h"mespuu garb OF their rura' lliends beat
| the warmcst, tru,st aud most tender of
hearts
Pceunarily, the country il iapidly be
coming the rival OF the cdast Food and
! ra'mcnt each command the most cxorb,
tlnt OF prices, aud the kucck down aryu
ricnt with which complaints are met. is
invariably "sal;!' Cora, if it can be had
Il; al, is at two dollars per bushgl. but tie
FARMERS refuse I" sell at even this price,
prc!crrlng to ho'i i, under tho k,ck and
key OF their grauarirs than possesses its
] crn'ralcnt i'll Confederate hoics.. Thou.
fandS of the poorer people are ut this mo.
ncnt on the verge 81 starvation isom thi,
i'H''sr alone, and unless tile strong hand oil
law s'cn opens to them the s.orcs OF grail,
w!'ch !hc speculative spirit OF the agc
has 70 grimly closed, somebody may ou,
| day have la nc answcrablc not merely tlr
Sui'rng for death, bu, for disa.lcction. dis
! trust OF Government and orcn defiance ol
| t"c laws. IT our people cannot bc fed n
! r'i'cS within their reach, ;c sur. they
! III. fird an uu,lct Tor their hungry pas
Si"'i-, i'll a manner tdrnt will, shake the
! Cvnic'lerac: H it, ccuire You n.a,
/ leach rel'Hijn and luyalty, aud talk ~,
the t';ii,s u! gnnd ciirz"us To those who,r
. wai~tcoais are tilrl with the fat al ia.
'ai'd, i'n; ap,~aI, like thc.c will no mor.
ni:'ci 81, e'",ty s''',Y1-;, Ian dr"ys -
water feet u: ocean. There arc a thu
@al" Unseen .1, r''.,,!u! influences ri,ij
a;in- i'om these cou.try homes Ia thr
| :, e'; h"ar "f the na'irn---,!ic arny-aud
>'""id ti'c player ever 20 up from Tia,
multitude as il has already begu. t. as
! cru, tom tie few" Bread Lr, nd rive
uS breaI our readers may trcmblc TO,
the result, aud curse That lack of torc-si.h,
w!''ch mad" t're:n ioget the du tl,cy
/ "rc TO i''c 'a'ni!y oi the abseu, solGicr
I Oar legislators ought To take this subject
! III hand Ut oucc. Except salt, there i,
no, Ii article ot food bu, has !. arii,iuu
value. Destroy this value 10y regulating
the prices oi III! provisions, and then in
YES. local agents with the power, if ncccs
sary, to press all that MAY be essential to
the salvation of hi,nan Iilc.
/ In the several towns have recently Wis
! itc' find the utmo activity In prcpa.
/ ration, to alleviate the wants OF the sol
/ dicrs. The ladies are everywhere busy
IN revampiug Old end iabricating new
/ Clothes looms arc drumming their cease
less music, mills arc Tuahins on extra time
and shoe taakcrs are 50 overtaskcd with
work that they look as grlm as Nlue.
bcards when one nudaciou,ly whispers ol
II fresh job. In Greenville alone some
forty pairs of shoes aud about seventy
yards OF substantial cloth are made daily.
In the factory of Messrs. MEG rady, Haw-
thone Perry t"enly luotis are in opc
ration, aad t'itrc is . surplus Of fifty or
sixty lunches per dag.
! Sparanhurg, like all of the towns in
the uP couatry,i is throngcd with refugees,
whole streets who beins occupied b. them
to the exclusion of the usual residents,
many of whom as | am informed, have
! gone further into the country Probably
not less than ore hundred aud fifty thou
sand dollars have ehafged hands here
within the last six mon hs, and the ,ricc
OF real estate is advancing rapidly. Tho
iacl castSSaries from twenty five to fifty
/ per cent
! The chief charm of Spartanturg con
! ssts not more in its quiet, shady streets,
cheerful homes, gardens of flowers, and
varied suburban scenery, than in the air
OF gentle refinement everywhere reicepti-
bic, and an intellectual presence that
seems to breathe III the atmosphere. 1t
Is one of the attributes of an educational
! institution TO invest the community in
which it Is situated with the broad man
! tie OF those healthy associations ever be.
ing generated within itself In this res
prct Spartanburg hus been most literally
endowed aud from no less than three in.
stitutions, of which not only the State,
but the Conlelcracy may be proud the
Wotford College, Female Cullesc and
Blind Asylum--arc cmanatng the scda-