The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-03


dy Treasurer-Peaches-F Floods in Tex
as-Insurance Laws-Union League
Meetings.
trnoG OUR OWN oonaEsptNpENr1
COLUMBIA, August Awhile our rsople are
making dlligent inquiries concerning the--at-
ting of Chinese la oor, the West is gong more
Immediately to work at it. gentleman just
from the Bed River regi.n informs mo that he
is one Of a society who already have an agent
with funds gone to engage Chinese laboiers
for their farms. The question: Of the expe-
diency Of importing this labor. he represents,
has been settled in the minds Of those south
! western piuni err for suaio months.
TBE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
The far grounds have been selected, and an
architect and designer. is busy getting up a
plan OF the building necessary. Mean while tho
clerk of the city council is advertising for pro-
posals, although these cannot be matured
trntll the plan has bsen fully determined on.
THE STATE TREASURY.
! While Messrs. Kimpton, scott 4 Co., through
/ the services OF Attorney General Chamberlain,
Keep the New York Times lively with accounts
| OF the prosperous condition or our State inah-
ces, there seems to be some sluggishness felt
| here in Columbia in the subordinate details of
the firm. gentleman resident in New York
City, who owns taxable property in this city,
| sent to friend here some State bonds, with the
interest on which (due on the first OF JULY he
wished his ,axes to be paid. The friend pre-.
serted the bonds promptly at the Office or
Treasurer Parker on the first of July The
treasurer lid not pay the interest, but explain
ed that the only difficulty in the matter was
that the books were not ready, but that they
would be ready by the 10Th yof July. Onthe
18th the friend called again at the treasurer's
office. and again met a refusal. The clerk,
however, explained that the books were not yet
written up, and appointed the first of August
AS the time when alf thing would be ready.
But in this case there is special hardship
tor on the first OF August the tax!books are
c'osed, and delinque nts aremulcted twenty five
per cent. upon their taxes. Accordingly this
gentleman in New York is subjected, by this de-
lay OF the treasurer, to an addition OF twenty
five per cent upon his taxes. Does any one
who sees daily the crowds Of retainers and un-
derlings of all kinds that feed about these Off
clal quarters for moment imagine that the
treasurer is unable to command an adequate
corps OF clerks? Hardly. Another gentleman,
spending the season ut Flat Rock, came down
to Columbia to get this interest due on State
ponds, it being his means of subsistence, and
AFTER mourning the expenses Of travel and stay
for'some days, had to go back unpaid, because
the treasurer's books we're not yet written up.
ltis evident that Kimpton-:.'the young m IAN
Of much ability and promise" who operates so
handsomely in New York-is much needed
here in Columbia again. "The rock OF the
national resources" needs shifting By his
hand-at least tap or two-just now.
1t is rumored that this Treasurer Parker
was an expert financier in .Massachu sets he
fore he came "down South.' May be this en-
ervatlng climate is chargab.e with this heDe.
tude and want OF promptness in this self-sacri-
ftclng pubic servant, who has como 40 far
away from ''hum" for the sole purpose aof
serving Sour dear Carolina -
ITEMS.
gentleman from the Piedmont region of
our State-Anderson County-informs nae that
they have no peaches this year. This utter
destruction Of peaches extends southward as
far down as nearly to Greenwood. It is the
same. probably, in the entire Piedmont belt of
country running through Anderson, Pckens,
% ,nee. Greenvile and corner OF Spartan
burg counties. Apples are Arst-rate in the
same region. iu
( Private letters from the food regions OF |
Texas, in the southeastern section, represent
the destruction Of all crops, fences and houses |
as utter along several OF the rivers for about |
three miles on both Sides. This is true OF the |
Guadalupe. San Marcos, San Antonio and the |
tributaries Of the Nueces; while the Colorado T
and Brazos, both large streams, have had |
high water marks that the earliest pioneers |
never knew reached before. Along most OF |
the streams first mentioned there is not @ |
stalk OF corn left in any Of the bottom lands: !
and these bottoms extend from one to three !
miles on the western sides OF the streams. The |
eastern sides are less level, and present cliffs
at some points. 80. P4- ks,
A letter from some ofour emisrants to c,li- /
fornia gives the curious fact that the great
body ofthe people there seem to be only reai. |
cent .nere, and look forward to some future 1
Gay when they Will return home. S D I
The establish unen6 OF an agency OF the Pied |
mentioned last week, viii increasel the nun.
Der Of insurance agencies in, the State. and |
every agent has to pay ont OF the funds of the |
company he represents the snm Of Ave C0lLarsi Il
every year.to the comptrollersgenerA s,fns his
own use. The ofnoe OF comptrollerra aeneval lid 1
held by y. Ls Neagie, o sprorninept lender og |
the eiS.ne hepnb1ican EhMsag party and
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