The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-14
LETTER FROM THE COUNTRY.
WAsnINoToN, Ga, August 8, 1867.

1 ""ehNoioNi Va, august u lSOf
10 Mc Editor Of fhr Daily Se,os:
Circumstances prevented mo from noiug cor
tain maiters last week, when in Spartnnburg an
i,iat vicinity, anu may as well rctraco my step
| and bring ypu forward to my present location.
Ono word II. to tho Union and Spartanbure
Railroad aud its accommodations. What say il
| i'll no spirit of fault-Iinding, but with All carncs
desire to see somo littlo improvements, which
think can and ought 10 bo nadc for the comfort 0
! travellers.
Col. JErEB deserves great credit for what ilo ha
| done On llat roarl-dono, too under the most dis
| cournEing circumstances, but hc ought to do inl
/ mcdiately littlo now. Tho cars for passengers
uro outrageous, and utterly to bo condemned
| they are without glass or blinds. Whom IL rains
lilo passengers arc soaked. Tho roof loaks, and
'tthcro is nu good thing about tllcnl. Nnw, very
iow hundro'l dollars would put one into order, and
| tho worthy President would soon bo repaid by in.
| creased travel and by tho thanks of his pnsscn.
| gers. And whilo this topic must also say
tho cars oil tho Grcenvillo and Columbia Road arc
not much better. Coming down, tho other day, in
= hard rain, tho roof OF tho car leaked 30 much
that tho rcats and passengers wcrc wet. Ono
sontlcman oponctl his umbrella, and sat bonoath
it, TO protect himself from tho cold bail, furnished
gratis by President HAMMErr. Coming from
nj Tho little manufacturing village Of Batesville.
This pretty place is like Now England factory
viagc-whtc mill and buildings in tho midst of
romantic aud pleasing scenery. Tho establish
mcnt is under tho intelligent and abe care Of
JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq, wcli-known and sue
ccsstul manufacturer, by whose energy tho mill
has been put into splendid order, with much new
machinery, md il turning out goods equal
almost to tho very best nlndo in this country.
a few miles beyond BatcayilIo is Crawfordyillc,
whoro is also small cotton mill, now owned by
alr. GRADY, of GreenvilIc, and which is turning
out very good work.
Through all this section of country tho crops,
boil, cotton and corn, arc looking WELL and prom
ise abundant fruit.
portion OF the country from Augusta to this
plncu seems 10 have been badly worked, and tho
cotton and corn is light but in this District crops
never looked bctter I have just seen a small
field of cotton which was planted with ssDICKsoNs
improved cotton sced," and tho cotton upon il is
truly marvellous. friend with no. who was ia
iniliar with tho Red River country, said it was
equal to tho best no had over sopn thcre.
Tho beautiful residences about this village al
ways attract attention from travollers II is truly
charming place, and will bo much beautifiod ns
tho inhabitants cmergo from their present deprcs-
sion.
Tho residence Of Mr.. TooMps is hero, hut ho is
absent to-day. Let mo whisper in your ear bit
OF news. MIR. TooMDs will soon publish lctter
that will scnro feeble folks, and brow bit of q
whirwind in Georgia politics. Do you remember
tho first limo Of funeral hymn2 We'll you will
have il illustrated soon.
Registration in this precinct IN about 10 oloso.
All has been quiet aud oyory Thing has been con-
Quoted civily and in good fcoling. Thorc is a
doieiui apathy all over the land among the whites,
whilo among tho blacks all is activity They aro
highly delighted with the idea OF having ono Of
their own color candidate for Vice President on
tho Republican ticket ind they arc bcginning to
claim right 10 this, which right our Republican
friends will find hard to resist. I meet u good
many "hapcss" people; mon who Say 'all is lost {"
hnvo no sympathy with such people, An,oas
these, am sorry to say, tho Roy. D. AIcN. TuR-
NER, nf hbbcrilie must take high rank His lot
tors, published somewhat widely, aro not doing
goodshnt evil. Pity that man of his influence
and talent should talio this gloomy view of the
country find it to bo fact that tho ha, -workilg
mon of Tho lind arc the most hopeful They have
gono to work with acM and they h1op God pros
pers tho honest laborer. Look out over our fields
and mole tho wealth that is daily growing. Exam
inc Tho garners whoro wheat 10 stored; look at tho
pence and comiolt which oxists, and though
clouds around our political horizon, lot us re-
joicc in the many, many blessings no really do
posscsa, E ARG