The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-10


- Wallace. s@
On motion Of Mr.. H. H. DeLeons't 'ths meet
ing then adjourned to reassemble tsday at
the same place at eleven A. M.
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ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS.
I1ts Relations with Jefferson Da*hs-W G
Denies Pollnrta's story-Efis Opfi-ion OF
the President Elcct-yVhat s1et ink 9
/ of the Future or the CountryS
| A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph
writes as follows Of a recent interview ,sth the
Hon. A. II. Stephens:
| When I entered he was engaged in slokng
| over the papers which had arrived bSSmall O
few minutes before, but kindly senteresinto a
delay. Il ventured to call his attentis;n to q
| paper which contained the article Of lssr, Pol
lard on the fight Of Mr.. Davis from Rio 5pond
and particularly that portion relating to him
low mo to publish his remarks in refetsnce to
it,. He stated that he had seen thcSsrticie,
and would grant my request only on cesdition
that [ would give his remarks in his own
! words. I then took down in short haislAs he
spoke, the following:
II have great repugnance to having my
name brought before the public in sucA D con-
nection, oven in correction Of the many mis-
|
the papers yet ! assure you that what Mr..
Pollard in this article says, is without thf least
| foundation whatever, and his informatioIJ from
whatever source derived, is entirely lncesrect
was here, at my own hcme in CrawfotdsyiIlc,
at the time referred to. Mr.. Davis DIG not
| pass nearer to Crawfordvie than Rassown.
some eight or nine miles distant, and did not
know that he was passing through that part Of
the State until some time afterwards. Girls
woldville,' spoken Of in the article Of MIR. Pol.
lard, is at least sixty or seventy miles from my
residence. However widely Mr.. LAWS and /
may have differed upon public questlons and
public policy, either before or during the days
OF the Confcderacy, our personal and Gocial
relations we're never interrupted. Our terms
| OF intercourse were always friendly. M act
OF inrivility on the part of either ofiuS was
ever exhibited towards the other, SO farAs i
| am aware OF. In this connection wou!si add
that 1T ls not correct, as here see it III the
papers to-day stated, that I have acceptea the
Professorship Of History and Political Science,
lately created and rendered to me in the, Uni
versity of Georgia. The state of my health
and existing professional, as well as other en-
easements, constrain me to decline it, dbSeast
] asked Mr.. Stephens what he thought
would be the course of General Grant as rres-,
dent;and while he says but little upon Yablic
matters, his reply was as follows: IAN the
raj Grant personally t entertain tho highest
esteem. From the fret tire s-S. ..g 81
City Point in 1865, T have regarded, aud Still
regard bim as one OF the most remarked bla;men
haye ever met. He possesses one OF the SArest
combinations of clements of character oi 5per-
haps any nan living 3 ssss ssl
EASILY anfusen ss o ,sss ,he esatS 81
his own Judgment and what he believes to be
the line of his duty. regard HIM as o man of
great gen rosity and magnanmity-n neither
selfish nor ambitious; and I believe he meant
all that the words import when he said Let
us have. Peace General Grant, however, no
more than any other man, can have all things
as he might desire. The future OF this coun-
certainty. All the patriot at the South can do
is to bear in patience the present. exercise
generous confidence, and look hopefully for
Times Development" OF
THE COUNTRY.
much Of life in the old land YETI" He here
referred to paper recently furnished from the
Agricultural Bureau ut Washington, which
gives the products and the great staples Of the
country, Indian corn and cotton, during the
year 1868, and proceeded: "From this il ap-
pears that in all of the States east Of the Paci-
hc SLOPE the entire product of corn was nlne
hundred millions bushels. 0f THE, more than
One-half, to wit: five hundred and nine mil
lions in round numbers, was produced IN the
| thirteen Southern States: while the cotton
crop, estimated at two million three hundred
| thousand bales, grown entirely in these States.
at an average market price, would amount to
upwards of two hundred and fifty millions of
dollars, which will be more than one-hale the
foreign exports from the entire country. These
figures in themselves exhibit what vital ener-
gies. we possess il properly directed under
good government"
NEGRO LABOR.
Mr.. Stephens still retains all his former SER
wants, both on the | OF in town and on the Old
homestead, none Of whom show any dispo-
sition to leave him. Harry Stephens, who
bore his masters name long before emancipa.
ton, and filled his present place while Mr..
Stephens was in Congress, js still the Major
Domo at Liberty Hall. He is steward, butler.
and female manager Of the premises. His
wife and children, sone of whom are nearly
grown, constitute the other domestics Of the
establishment.
AT the plantation, about two miles distant,
all his former servants still remain, aud culti-
vate the land in parcels, as tenants. In Mr.,
Stephens own words, @they pay one-fourth Of
the products as rent. They work as well ana
as faithfully as ever, but ! do not think that,
upon an average, the product of their labor is
above one-fourth Of what it formerly was, which
l attribute tothe want Of proper skill in agi-
culture and the general management OF o
farm"
A BLAST FROM PROTESTANT B1sHop.-The
Right Rev. A. Cleveland Coke, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Western
New York, has issued pastoral address, in The