The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-17
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COLUMBIA, 8. c., Friday, May Any trip
from Charleston to Columbia was pleasant
one. Conductors Kennedy and Thames were,
as ever, most attentive, and I eujoyed chat
en- route with q. T. Peake, Esq, who was on
the alert to detect and remedy anything wrong
in the rolling stock, road-bed or buildings of
the huge railroad OF which he is the able and
indefatigable General Superintendent. -,
Imsde the most Of my time in talking with
the farmers whom met in the cars. OF
course, there were as many different opinions
ss there we're men, but was able to reach
thess general conclusions:
The farmers, With but q. few foolish ex-
oeptions, are planting full crops Of corn,
which is doing well in spite Of the backward
spring. The cotton will have to be planted
over very generally, as the STAND is bal and
much that 10 up looks yellow, although it has
greatly improved in the last ten days. Be-
tween Orangeburg and this city. I saw sev-
eral extensive fields Of the staple whore the
stand was all that ,could be. desired; but the
plant was only few inches high. In. some
sections Of Orangebarg and adjacent counties
fertilizers are being largely used. Peruvian
guano still holds the front rank; Rhodes phos-
phate, furnished by Messrs. B. 8. Rhett d Son,
seems to be the best liked of the Northern
manipulations, and the Wando OF the ho ne
prepared phosphatcs. find that the farmers
are very generally experimenting with the va
rious guanos and phosphates this year, and
La;r oloEiu uyrll
soon be decided.
You may form some idea of the damage q
heavy rain, lasting for a few hours, can do,
when tell you that We passed over an en-
bank nent between Louisville and Fort Motto,
in which hole large enough to have swallowed
up two or three cars had been washed, and
INTO which the night train would have beeu pre-
cipitated had not timely warning been given
by a freedman from an n'adjoin,ng plantation.
Tha. company have. always. literally rewarded
persons who give information Of damage done
the track, and have thus saved many valuable
lives and much property. ss accidents occur
ing at night cannot always be detected by the
section-masters. On arriving at Columbis, ]
was taken charge Of at the National Hotel,
near by. Thus house is kept by Robert Joyner,
and he knows how to care for . tired and
hungry traveller. Try him, and you will not
be DISAPPOINTED
I find TEE NEWS is considered "the paper" Of
the State, and when can find any who
do not take it and tell them Of it, they either
suosmibe at once or promise TO do 80 in the
hopeful AL. I found on inquiry at the post
Offices, by the wsyside, that they receive very
many more copies of TIE NEWS than oi that
good old commercial sheet, the Courier. The
NEWS is-as good q paper for the city as the
Courier, with the advantage Of being far better
paper for the State at large.
must not forget to mention that the freed.
men are working well. They want. (how
strange y money, finding now that the State
pap wont feed them Ill.
learn from an intelligent farmer that lands
in the upper portion of st. Matthews Parish
have appreciated SSt per cent. in value since
1867, and that owners don't care to sell even
on these terms. Every picture must have its
lights as we'll IS its shadows the old State
uill rise again and the Palmetto blossom anew.
E'f-f SEMOH.