The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-08
MITTERS IN KERSH4W.
The ,yatcrcc and North Carolina Rail-
rond-cotton-Freed Labor and Inmi-
grafton.
[rroM OUR owN CORRESPONDENCE


Siccc my last letter, an event of considerable
| interest TO our community, as well as others,
| has transpred. refer TO The death OF Judge
| I,ooZCr. which event removed one OF tne as
pirants to the Supreme Bench. " formidable
opponent, or rather rival, OF tic talented
Whippcr and the immaculate Wright, and pro-
badly the best circuit judge in the State, for ne
adhered to old notions. nor strovc 10 make
laws such rs Judge Thomas, who told tie jury.
| on at least one occasion of which am aware,
that they could, in reference TO d,ete-oeItu'n
| debts, lind q verdict for onc-fourth OIL Ihe
amount, or even less, ifthcy thought fit so to
do; and even went so far as 10 say, that it was
chivalrous to give the whole amount Ill their
verdict.
I see that Wright has obtained the desired po-
siton. II our circuit Judge is to be white man
of sufficient independence to administer the
laws with an unbiased mind, NC cau manage
| 10 keep up at least small scmblancc Of Justice
among ourselves; but if ignorant and pre-
sumptuous Mr.. Whippcr is fostcd upon us,
| then, farewell to the small remnant of justice
and the impartial administration Of the laws
which is lefr1ls.
| Onr community. so long deprived OF any
banking facilities, las been supplied by branch
Office OF the "CitiZen's Savings Bank" They
discount sight drafts Oh your city at onc-qnar-
ter oil, so that you can easily perceive what
shaving sltop il is; no worse, though. than most
of the other banking institutions at the pre-
sent day; besides tits an undoubted convent
encc.
We are still engaged in discussing the 'Wa-
| tercc and North Carolina Railroad" We pro-
nose TO tax the Counties of Kcrshaw and Ian
caster for the purpose of building the road, by
the county commissioners giving bonds OF
| their respective counties and transferring them
| TO tho road in exchange for their stock; the
county bonds to be vested III trustees, and
they to manipulate the entire enterprise; the
| 1 1oll Ia
the people taxed only to keep down The IN
tercst. The scheme, of course, is to make the
dividends of their stock pay for the interest
upon the investment, and by dcXtcrous man
agement the stock of the company may be
made to pay the principal Of the bonds III
the road is u success, this will be practicable
| with some little aid from the people, and the
property throughout the line of its route will
be doubled or trebled in values The bill author
| iZing the counties to subscribe TO the stock OF
the company has been prepared, and will, in Il
few days, be presented to the General ASSEM-
| bly,.
The farmers and planters in this section have
hitherto, in this season, kept back good por-
| ton OF their cotton; and now, since the staple
has risen in value, quantities are being
brought in, and very good prices obtaiueu
To-day it sold here for "a cents for good mid
ding"
Urder these favorable auspices, I think VIC
may we'll hope that our material prosperity Is
rapidly growing upon a steady basis, anu that
ere lons plenty will take the place Of scarcity
in all the departments OF business life.
One other favorable sign is the fact that
the freedmen have generally contracted, and
with their last years employers. There las
been very little changing about, comparative
| ", which indicates that, notwithstanding the
great Labor Convcnton," the freedmen arc
content to regulate their own private affairs
and do not desire Legislative aid to enable
them to live.
One rather singular fact In relation to The Ger
man laborer: Several gentlemen here brought
| on n few by way OF experiment. They APP
peared very we'll pleased, and were tlrst.cl":ss
iaborers; but suddenly they conceived desire
to leave, and with little, il any warning, they
left-that is two families did.
Now, the German when he comes here, docs
so with the expectation OF bcttcrinT his cond-
ton. If he only gets fifteen dollars per month
down here, when in other places farthe: north
he gets twenty dollars or twenty-five dollars,
| Low can you expect him to remain here Es-
l. cially, when here, he finds no one, scarcely,
| TO talk with, (man being naturally communlca-
tive.) whereas at the North and in The West
he fads crowds OF his own countrymen. There
he has his meals prepared for him; here he
does it for himself. Will Germ'n labor be
success? hEKshA".