The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-10
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acl ol TTPclutlun. fpr KNOW w, tnat kptllhS NSt
in these lnw-lands is equal To making Il con-
tract with your doctor for The speedy rid
dance Of Il troublesome customer. In this
month fevers particularly malignant ami will
not yield to common remedies, cspeci ally il they
had any start at all before takon III hand. Cases
Of deaths from fever at Rockville, ON " dmalaw
Island, arc said to bo Of frequent zee. In
our own marsh h-bordcred viliage Of rovillo
sickness is scarcely known, and il wants but the
presence of those gaiIy itting visitors Of Saratoga
and Newport to mako this enriab!e summer
resort as the most fashionable one in tho land
Within half miles sail Of the ocean through
Stono iulet, this village was the much coyetel
prize Of all the guuboats off special duty in tho
bockadng luot. An ill-ndvisod order laid tho de-
tencoesa town in ashes nftcr many canning visi-
tntions from gunboas und transports. NOW, after
war aud village things OF the past even tho
nante OF the Official from whom emanatcd tho man
date to burn not 10 traced, and tho villagers
designate tho destruction of their houses tho
decd which crowned Tho climax i'll their race OF
folly. 1t can't but look SO in their eyes; eyes
which bchcld stately mansions surrounded Ivy
gardens laid ont with exquisite taste anu cnltiya-
ted to the perfection OF harmony and beauty, Civ
ing way TO rough board dwellings,, with not oven
fence grding tho yard, but, in its stead, ncxous.
musquito-breeding, waste weeds.
Report has il that the cotton 10 casting pods. It
would bo wonder If the incessant wet weathor
did not affect ii that way. Thore also is fear Of
rust, aud between the Inter, the shedding Of
bols and tho caterpillar, this cotton growing COM
| munity is in feverish state Of expectation 10
which l!as it. Tho interesting little game goes on
without consulting those most vitally concerned.
Ono or the other seems inevitable since the pill
vian donations arc liberal beyond The recollection
OF man.
This is the happy time Of the croakcr. Let him
surfeit himself with misgvings that after all may
prove only hopes deferred. All circumsta ancca
| having combined to bad end so far nov they
! may form for good one all the same. We arc by
| TO means boyond redemption. onc doIi ii not q
Snagc By which to measure tho whole island not
oven ono plantation. On tho highroad to tho vii
| lage thcro is q patch Of cotton, universally con-
coded Of tho finest of tho noighborhood.
There may be ten acres in this field, and here the
| worm has done wonders of destruction. Strange
10 saS it has Stunned the field ncx TO it, equally
luxuriant and divided from tho other only by one
solitary row of stuntcd cornstalks. There arc in
stances of a silnilnr kind, none, however, SO slr-
| ing as tho ono mentioned. This looks far from
| discouraging, and venture to say that .ho man
WHO tells you that his crop is lost, would ash n
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| asked to soil.
| Excitement ran ligh al this poilt few nights
since. Newspapers had found their way the
| island through tho bencvolent influence of q
| gentleman who arted OH the principle which,
coporteurs are sent by tract societies. Tho great
truths OF the day got abroad. Indian dcpredatiOns
AMI Washington outrages left us in pretty nel-
\ yous state Of excitement by tea time. Some
enterprising pictorials, representing Senator
CulspLER's Indian scalp dance, seemed go truth
ful to nature-tho Senator's naturc-that IL could
bnt imprasR Itself deeply on tho minis OF all who
saw it. From reading We fell to talking and die
| cn6Sing tho chances Of the rcd man against Uncle
Sam. CuiToy, in the c9mer, was listening with
eyes wide open, Bid tiffle came, and fell asleep
| under the aoothing influence Of the thoughts that
| the available forces Of the painted warriors was
somewhat less than million, and that the re-
doubtable Senator was probably performing his
e1ultins feat at that very minute in the far-of
State Of Michigan, the said State providing him
with the necessary pal aphernaia for the Perfor-
| nance indicated. Neither of these disturbing
forces would DO likely to ruf1e the peace OF the
! island before morning, and good nights rest
\ would all the better fit us for vigorous defence
in the morning. or course this mas all nonsense
but who has not gone to sleep with just such
|
ming through his mind2 A rough shake and a
low-Whispcred "Inguns' revealed to opening eyes
q dark cloud lowering above me.
| Good sonls Is the man mad? IiaF Cuffey,
whom huIded times stroked and patiei,
lurned into q yoracious demonf ..Inguna da y
| Ont of bed ana out of doors. The combined Of
| fecis of tho faint moonlight, and the glare of q
\ tremendous campfire, revealed to beWilderea
| senses score of mysterious figures Enthusiastically
moving about. Tho identical scalp p.dnnce is being
| performed by band of Indians within hundred
yards Of orr very doors. Groups OF people arc
| covering about frightened and wondering what it
all means. Not Indians; for all that is left OF them
| in tho fllalls Of oysters III places whore their
camps had been hundred years ago. Yet tho
| faces Of thcso mon aro red; and TINT oltlandsh
henil-gcsrl A Jacksoninn flank movement would
bring tho warrior from Colorado--certainy no. to
South Carolina, 4 delegation of tho faithful, i'll
caso they might bo Yankees, soon ascertained that
instead OF "Ingtns," those were "Ilaccrs" from,
the revenue cutter OF that name, and shaking
hands with the Captain; he soon shared with me
The mosquito -banisEed bed
captain Cook was that irick2" I" No" said he
with vicious ieer. Il camped out On Folly Is,
land last night, and never slept wink The ami
mails worried me so."
The helpless condition OF some OF tic col0rou
women on this Island, deserves attention. When
in trouble they certainly look to the whites fot
help and sympathy, whatever their course may be
at other times. The tale of brutal beating and ILL
treatment generally, as detailed by one Of class
very numerous now, elected the curious feel
that it is only told TO relieve the pent-up feeling
When asked If she wanted George punished, this
black woman and pseudo-Tife said no: 4
George could be talked to little OF taken tc
Charleston, just to frighten him, you know. Bu
don't lock him up, that would only mako it worse.
And hastily gathering up the torn shreds OF clothes
evidences OF half savage brutality, she again re
turned to the tonler protection OF tho man, hall
afraid, unless she should be forced 10 give tesi
mony Rgainst him.
primary planet, vugarly called Sun, claasicaily
Old SOL has been lost all trace Of along this coast
Tho moat complex calculation fails to ascertain thi
time Of his re-appearsncc., Wc know that there il
such thing among the shiny orbs OF tho heavens
by tradition. Also, that ho heretofore sustained
good moral character; else we should think lao hat
gone and done it, Please call for him cditorially
for though common labor is plenty We want him t.
Q orcrseer the cotton.pickiDg. A.
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State Items. :,
Last Monday being sslo Day, large number @
Z | days. One tract of land the estate OF Jot,n 4
u | FaatnrltnS 6ennnon6 xya a0ll Al