The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-02
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porty and provOnt tho possibility Of cin: ruled y
negroes nnd fanatics" Hero il is EVERY man
in the Southcrn statos must now 500 that tho o,I
plan OF largo plantations must DO tlunc away with
and to keep such places, now that the negroes arc
FREQ, is neither practicabio nor desirable. Largo
plantations IL practicable, are against the irne in
forests Of tho South. What thoy need is popula
tion; population is political power and wealth.
That being tho case, how thoy to acquire this
population2 Tho ANSWER il easy. Let cyorv man
i'll the South instantly sUbdivido his land into forty
aero tracts, m near NJ possible divl. tho wood
cd ami cleared land equally at any ratio giving 10
cach forty acros, iiro or ton Of woud. When This
iB done, let them offer to the people OF the Western
Statos to Giro to each sottcr from those Staics nj
tcrnhto forty acres Of land requiring other terms
tlian that oaoh settler shall bring with him team
farming Implements, ami means 10 build house.
nnd Iyo years rJ.'dencc. In Illinois, Inlliaun
| Ohio, and Other Western Statos land s worth
from $50 to $150 per These lands arc out Of
tho roaoh of the thousands and hundreds Of thou
sands Of young, cntorprising and Industrious
nion who arc looking about for wives and n future
sotlomout. Opon thoso alternate forty acres of
good rich lands to them, and instantly every
avcnuo Of travel will bo filed with intelligent,
thrifty, practical farmers, going South with their
wives, thoir horses nnd improved farming in,ulc-
mcnts, to settle OH tho lands donntc,l them. We
| mention Western men, because, as contrastcd
with foreign population, they arc skilled far
mers and moro desirable in ovcry way. Lot this
bo done, and in five years at most VIC shall l,ave an
overwhelming whito population ruling, tho coun-
Try, developing its RESOURCES ind building IN,
schools, colleges, academies churches md rail-
| roads, whcro now thero aro none. Let tlis bo
donc, and We shall soon loight Of prosperity
| i'll tho South mover dreamed of by them. Tlc
BRowNLows, HuNsIcUTs. and ali enrh fanatics.
with thor negro votos will vanish liie tho mists
Of morn before tho rising sun. Let this DO done
| and tho alternate forty acres reserved will bo
| worth fiye-fold moro than tho whole is now, Lot
ths bo dono, and tho South will riso up again rs
| ruling powor III tho land, ind confiRcation and
| excessive taxation will vanish.
In hEFEnRrSo 10 tho appointment of General
CANDY, the New York Journal If Commerce says:
| 'The appointment Of General CANEY appears to
bo judicious. lilo il officer OF distinction bravo,
firm, and said TO bo discreet and prudent During
tho carly part Of the war ho was stationed west of
tho Mississippi, and his operations were but litto
known hcrc. Our citizens had nh opportunity TO
become acquainted with him in 1861, during tho
riot times, whom ho WAS placed in command uf
this city, and wcro favorably impressed with his
abilities. especially his coolncss and Judgment.
From this point ho was ordcrcl to the Department
OF tho Gull, whcrc as lar as we know he naye
general satisfaction TO all parties and all peoples
by Ills steady, strong, just administration of NJ
inlrs hccentiy ho has been oil duty mt Washing
ton, and is thorough-going Union man. We
trust that General CANDY will vinlicato TN
wisdom Of the Presidents choice, in lin cvcu
of tho world, by his strict conformity 10 the
new and wollphrascd ortlcr that ho shnIl.
when necessary to n faithful execution OF tho n,,s
exercise any and oil powers conferred by acts of
Congress upon district commanders, and any and
all authority pertaining to officers in command of
military departments" In connection with the .ul
jcct tho Washington Chronicle says: Genera,
CANDY, who has just been appointed 10 tho com.
mnnd OF tho Second Military District il sad 10
have remarked yesterday, in conversation with
FRIEND that ho was not a political partisun. but
that no Ind studied tho reconstruction laws
thoroughly and approved them, and that ho con-
siderod thoir faithful execution essential to tn.
molfare Of the nation. lie thought il tho duty of tho
Southern people to accept tho torms offered them.
Hc is also said to hayO Expressed his appreciation
OF tho utility of tho frcctmcns bureau and his in
tontion OF giving its agents all proper and ncccs-
sary MD in tho execution OF their work.
IT Is GOOD TuINu, says nn English papor, that
India seoms likely to DO abo to supply tho whole
world with quininc, for mol only was tho American
supply uncertain, it was actually threatened with
o1tinction owing to the reckless way in Which tho
Indians killed tho trees in tho process Of stripping
planting, OF course, no oncs. MIR. McIyoR
who Inns been ably scconding Mr. CLEMENT Il
hARKHAMs efforts at chinchona planting, fiuts
that by removing only ono long strip of bark and
Immediately covering tho wound with moss thu
bark ii removed, provided tho cambium DO not in.
jurcd. Tho now bark, moreover, is thicker mn,
richer in alkaoids than tho original onc Indeed
Mr.. BRouonToN, tho newIy-appointcd "duinoIoo
lat" at Ootacamund tells US that tho
arorago yield Of cultivated plants is nearly two
per cont. higher than that of the Wild American
sanplos-7 pcr cont, instead of from I6 to & ca
per cent. The only drawback is tha, tho kind
which grows most freely in Inln is tho red bark.
THO quinlhe from Which is usually mixod with a
considerable portion Of chinchonitIne and otbor
alliod alkaloids, along with resin and coorinr
matter not easily scparablo. Still, however, since
We shall uso probably moro mud moro 1uinine
evory ycar it is botter to hayo the mixture than
mono at all. Mr.. BRoUoHTos suegcsts that ibeso |
"amorphous alkalo:d substances" MAJ have yir. |
tues OF their own; but possibly, with moro porfoe.
they may bo found separablo. Apr- |
how, it s beter to take unt India can giyo ur for
disponsary use, than to prepare (ns they do in |
aomo disponsarios) their misi,tra 9uiniu out OF |
concentrated infusion OF quRssn and calurnb,. |
with dash Of aromatic sulphurc acid
THE FOLLOWING LETTER has boon published by |
tho gentleman to whom IL WAS addressed in Tho
New Orleans Crescent. How to rid tho country of /
tho ravagos OF that hitherto unconaucrol DESTROY
or, the W rm, is a mattor Of tho greatest conse-
auenco to tho whole cotton region Of tho South. |
Cotton planters who arc suffering from the raya
ges OF tho worm or caterpillar ought to put to |
work Immediately to givo tho experiment trial. |
1t is simple md easy Of access "AsIIwoop |
LANDING, July 22, 1867.-Mr. II. NJ. 1sAAcsoS.- |
Sir: Suppose you would like to holr something
further in regard to tho crops and worms. NV |
crop iB growing finely, except portion of it that
is in tho grass. havo aomo worms, but |
they aro 30 few they have not injured my crop yot
lhoy have mostly put up in chrysals. Somo hayo
Matched out, and will 20 TO reproducing in a foy |
days, when, ifnot prevented, they will injuro tho
crop, but will not destroy it until tho third goncra
tion, which will DO troo weeks from tho tcrmjna-
ton OF Tho second. hopo to DO ablo to mako Mr.
Worm chnngo his baso Last wock mat]o somo
experiments which convinced mo can drive them
oil. III succeed, which do not doubt, I will bo
able TO save two-thirds Of my crop. Tho remedy
nsod was uns!Rckcd ashes sifted oyor tho plant |
Tho worms loft in ono hour after tho application.
My nophew tried it with tho samo result. will |
bogin TO make ashes to omorrow, and intcnd To sayo