Smyrna times., 1865-11-01
Lif: in NnrIh Carolina,

- lhe southern travelling correspondent of tho
Boston 1drcytt%er writes from Wilmington \
c., as follows:
The amount Of tobacco consumed b,, +1o
people Is beyond all calculation. harjf, ny-
dEgeratc III saying that at least Seven-tenfhs ot
an persons above the age Of twelve Years u.a i
IN some form. Nearly every man and Ln1
smokes or chews, and very many of them d9
! b2th, While the country women chew and
| smoke to some extent, and women of all ,I,o,
ScS up hen | saw old Scion SbingIn
oIi,t ITO ihe ihe witness box to tell the story
! about his famous "bar'l of annie car. I
thought the manner in which he Ii.nosn. of
ms q4lq OF tobacco the nastieSt piece of busi
ness should ever see. | was mistaken Tn
see man take 1t from his mouth and nnt il IN
MS nat when he goes to break fast is hv no
means uncommon. | have even seen mn1 low,
1t under the edge of their plates at dinner. a'I
one OF the leading delegates in the convention
neld an immense quid between the thumb and
niger OF the hand with which he abundantlv
geS'iGulateG during a ten minutes speech.
Icuiu haStineSs go further? And do not these
Lnihgs mark the civilization Of n peonle2 |
uld not once observe white woman in Soutb
Carolina dipping snuff; but in this STATE !
nave seen scoreS--l should scarcely cxagrcrate #
! SAID hundreds. saw them in Charlotte, the
nrSt town at which | stopped. within an Lour
AFTER my arrival; and have seen them in rvnry
place have visited since dipping" in the
porchcS OF their own houses, on the strcrts
and twice in the public parlors of hotels If
barbara life has u lilthicr or more dispust;nr
custom this, may be excused from seeing II
:. l ne labor system OF the State is not so badly
dlsorganlZedlpS that of South Carolina. but +
Is thoroughly demoraizcd. One sees more
white men IN certain trades there almost riyco
UP to negroes, but he also sees negroes in
tIaues " mere from which they are excluded
there' The number Of grown men. middle
IISeu men VINO nave no OStenSible business hut
lounglng and whisky drinking is much more
great III tins State than in that. It is the COM
paint OF papers IN all sections of the State that
theIe never before were so many idle men-va
Sl""'I; consumers, non-prOducerS, nOn-taxpay-
erS' ne chlet pity OF the matter, however, is |
that they seem to have no desire for worE
And who makes 81 much fuss about tbn mo-
S[oca not working aS these very white ,lrones I
VINO mug the street corners, lounge about dram
shops, and trust to chance for food and rai-
Neht asks one Of the Raleigh papcrs very
Pertinently. We trust our law makers will I
10 all IN their power" adds another iournaI
. to compel the freedmen to work for an bonnst
lVlng' but we consider it equally incumbent ON /
Iheh 70 take steps to reduce the amount of va
9rahcy among the whites" These extracts
re not from papers edited by northern or out
sac men, but the two writer's are men who
nave always lived in the State The columns
ol oL the the Wilmington and Newbem papers, edit
~ -bo oy 9o new corners, tear witness, however. to
VI 'n0 same state OF facts. There is also con0
IN LII; III many papers at the increase of gam
Dlihg among the young men of the to,pns s"tl
;itles' ana my own observation testiGes 70 Luz ~
general prevalence, while one Of the mos raC no
pected OF the convention delegates exUreI'aJ ios
ircat concern at the tendencies of the Ronr ~
his regard WV Nour III