The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-30
LETTER FROM THE CvAsr.
[rRoa our OWN coaREspospESr.l
JonNs ISLAND. s. c.. August n.

ego, of years ago, and othor notions OF all equally
Hcnselcss stamp? "Buy" III still kicking, and the
nc1t photographer will hayo to furnish standard
definition for it,
Tho occasion that brought those first mentioned
sayings to life dates from tho days Of registration
OH tho Island. Tho aspiring citizen, announcing
| it as his we'll weighed intonton to DO known
hopcoforth aud forever after. undor tho pithy an
pcllasion OF jack Joyfoot, was Instantly lowered
in his lofty design boforc ho could get tho cogno-
mon half out, by Btentorian, mo Jacks hure n
And II ever republican brother desired to figure
III tho annals OF his oountry's history as Dir. Ned
Mixwortl, ho was auro to DO woelully aunihilatet
by deprrcating apd Ryc-insplring, mo Nods
nowP Tho spoor Jacks, and 5oes; and Mods
seemed certainly sadly diacomfttcd, and woso
q most wrotohod looking sot Of cItiztrns
indeed. All Harrys wero ruthlessy swept from
tho fuco Of nature, and tho Toneys banislued tho
Garth. The IhfIeys just managed to pass tho Try
inE ordeal. For it WAS concluded that O man
being christoned TafFoy--aa all Taffeys woro md
they know it, being prosent at tho time-and no
other name boing available without researches In
profane history, why, Tafey would do, tho raf-
feyA might pass, and tho Tafeys came of tri.
umphant! And lastly, ON this head, will aIl Africa
hereby tako notice that If some heir Of kingdom,
province, dukodom, military district, town, villa
or plantation, III ;tliofo miaariatic regions ia so-
journing among u.s. his identity, il rogistoretl,
might 20 Affected By this manipulation OF nnmos
OF which Congress- has not takcn duo action,
neither is there any record in tho national archives
thereof.
Another week or almost 'incossant rain has
passed., leaving tho roads in tho lower parts OF
the leland in most wretchcd condition, without
bridges and IN many instances converted into
water eoursesi The worry scanty drainage OF tho
plantations begins to toll on tho folds. Many OF
tho cotton plants in tho bottom lands are either
entirely ruined, or run up into rcd-shanked and
baro umbrella cott6ns, plants which bear a sparso
fruit close TO tho top, The best cotton fields under
tho old and thorough system OF working aro fast
becoming wastcs ard fever swamps for .--4 ~r
drainage. Too munh i.uu ID skipped over or
.IureIy scratched tho work on tho cotton lands
and in fact all lands, in many cnses, WAS not begun
carly enough, owing in great degree to the tardi-
ness OF owncrs, to be candid, in making contracts,
md lacks the close attention to detail to put
it in condition TO produce. Fertilizers arc
not known hero. Tho rich marsh ma
nurc which only requires to bo moved short dis
tsnce, has not been mndo uso Of. Two OF tho natu-
raj advantages Of the island havo been turned to no
count. The heavy June rains injured our cotton TO
very linltod extent. Romo Of tho rnout rUrward
fields show Htalky to be sure, but n good doal Of
that must bo laid to the grnss, which, not bsiug
renewed in time, burned tho cotton and destroyed
tho lower lcavos as well MS fuit Passing along
tho high road, noticed that In one fold out OF
threo tho grass is at odds with the cotton In
telligent and Industrious colored mon will point
you out particular fields on ovcry plantation,
neglected and run to grass, &c belonging to bad
mggers, as they have il. They say these drones
refuse to bo advised, and prefer running to town
and to speeches to hoeing their folds. myseK
hnSe met those that argued that grass had aoth:
lug whatover to do with the prosperity Of tho cot
ton plant and. that tho only reason why it was
kept out Of tho land was to make It look more
'"deastant." h4ye to encounter the colored man
yet, who, in hs 1wr opinion, did not know all
about plantation work and management, or whose
crop was not tho best. Yet it needs only the use
OF ones oyqs to,be satisfied ofjthe contrary. Tho
so-callod foremen on the places arc hated accord.
ing to heiF nttempts ut ADVICE and suggestions.
Every man aeenis ready with some twisted idea OF
tho Bureau to defend his right TO do thngs in his
own slouchy way and if the coming winter and
spring will show that the colored people Of John's
Islnnd need the assistance Of Northern beneyo-
lepco as much as ever, tho question as to the uso-
funeHs Of that nstitution will bo aeriously asked
Unjust and unreasonable as The old system Of
labor has boon, We hayp, sinoa cutting loose from
it,!seen nothing but a helpless drifting into Al,
irregular ond unstable channel The colored
mans ieca Of the necessity OF work Ia in many in.
at1nces confined to tho raising OF corn and sweet
potatoes In spite Of contracts, he, on this Island,
ia sadly romiss in tho thorough culture OF his COT
ton fields, oven whore no excuse for Lack OF proyi-
sidns can bo advanced. .....,r
There is general and eager inquiry as to the
tate Of interest at which capital might be had on
the admission (probable) Of tho State In the
Union, and II there is any likelihood OF it's finding
its way southaard in time 10 benefit the planting
interests The alarming per centage now charged
ts nothing short OF rlinous. And although the
wealthy planter OF the Dowland. was mulct in, no
intonstdcrable amonntH in former dsys for lsok Of
proper business qualification aud application tho
present rate Of interest the eItreIae, scsrcty Of
m9uey, and the consequent tatdiness Of factor and
grocer in town, begin to open his eyes TO the
moving Gauges Of all this Tho New York and
foreign money articles gre closely scanne,i, aud
| the question asked il money Is to be had at the
North at and per cent, and is actually glutsing
the European markets, being refused at Amater.
| dam ut 81, and eyon lower. what reasons exist 10
mako it so scarce hore, whore millions Of dollars
in roa estate arc ready to be pledged for ia highly
rorpuneratiyo use. We can raise thai which both
tho North and Europe, thoso two pursy capitalists,
eagerly Ma2t. Will thoy not, in their own inter-
est, supply US the moans TO rniso it2 Will they
not rolax their unfoundcd suspicious Of foul deal.
inas2 Willing to pay o round ratio Of interest wo
waht money, when we know we eau turn II 10 good
acdcunt,-that 10, no1t wintor. And now is the
tino to say 1t. Labor bills will hayo 70 be mol
with cash. Tho fIoodman will be in a position 10
demand that. Having mado his own oorn.at
leaAt enough TO last him, till high Uummer--the
banker will have TO step In instead Of tho grocer
Labor will want TO- buy ita own provisions, and
your supply storos will be dosortod. .sf
:. Tho proTerbiai impfovidoncb Of the negro win
demand the means OF Investments other than 70,
the ncteBsarios Of lie. The thing which paid youl
labor this season ho has. Perhaps, lato In tho sum
mer OF cotton picking time. he will be rosIy I.
return, to thio YEARS. systorn again, and sxohang,
motl for rntsclo; but 30 long as his corn aud pola
toet keep him from want, bis labor can only b,
had for motley. A long credit at your n,orcbanri
stoto will do your work'no longor. Mouoy, thare
fore, must bc mado 10 sock or cities, nado accos
sibte to ilp industrial interests, and the nor
oreAky grooves Of industry will soon wear alnootl
a and sing thbpleasant songs Of prosperity. ...i i.
There u q wild CRY Of caterpillar from ono on,
Of tlb leland TO the Other. Three weeks, ago VI
were similarly rcgaled. An old planter, and gallan
ofador In, the fefence OF this neighborhood, wa
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