The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-08
THINGS IN KERSHAK.
The Conditions OF tho Crops-Political
Affairs - The Candidates Tor Ofhce-
Sweet Wall-A New Creed.
Ipaox DUB OWN CORRESPONDENT


which of course are locked upon with really
more intense Interest than aught else: may
say that the crop prospect Is unusually good.
Labor Is less disorganized here than In the
bw-country, and although the lsborers will
not do much unless constantly overlooked,
thew will. >pnder strict s,trueattdnce, perform
their daily tasks with some degree OF satlsiac-
tion to their employer. It Is singular IacG
that although copartners with their employers
in plsnting= working on shares, the colored
neonle viii not exert themselves any more
Than they de when working for wages. YOU
see the difference between hese people and
the whites ,exsmpllfed Ia the strikes now IN
progress, In New York and other places IN
The instanca of those wOrkmen who were
copartners lin that they were paid according
10 the amount of work d0ne,) with their
emnloyees. returning to wce& as soon as they
realized the situation In Its proper light. But
the colored man ls unable TO appreciate prop
erly ''cause and effect" and hence 90 noe
their work as these white men have eVincedi
Indeed, I think It questionable whether one
conld And colored,isborer who would be able
to see the point. The area planted with grain
is, about the same as last year, Wnlle tnat
planted in cotton is probably ten per cen:.
greater For about six week, between Marcn
10 and May rs. In some portions o. sne c0unsS s ny
lll
crops was seriously endangered, but since the
rains have recommended frequent showers
fail. and. In nv opinion, all fears OF q drought
have been thoroughly dissipated, ana we may
look forward with great hopes, well grounded,
Of an abundant yield in the fall.
POLITICALLY.
We are quite curlorsly arranged at present.
One Wall, q relative Of your aldermen, Is here,
seemingly gentleman OF elegant Leisure; e,ais ne
court of Lagrange County. Arkansas, Whicn
2 place he LEFT on account of certain domeaIc
difficulties, and has come 10 this rural town 10
live. ,;Apostropbically no says to Camden.
.'Thy people shall benny people, }" DO, at which
we ought no doubt 70 rejoicei but 30 scepticai
have We grown, that we nave serious ooyecE7
tiops TO, receiving as gospel truth the unsus;
tsined declarations of Mr.. Wall Some peri
sons have ventured to inslRuate that Wall is
merely hireling Of Scott or Noses; whose
expenses are paid by the master. Thls LOOKS
the more probable, when he comes with p
large draft upon the county treasurer, drawn
by The clerk of the House OF Representatives
and endorsed by the State treasurer Thsi
would seem To indicate that he is IN the en-
ploy Of Noses, who, when hard up, lt 1s said.
draws his warrant In favor OF frienu and
sells It for whatever 1t is worth. Walis dra1C,
however, has not been paid, nor Is IL nSsiy 70
be for some time, iDasmuch as the treasury lsI
chropically empty. He has now turned out
IN be q cand,dsie for the clerkship OF the Cir
emit Court for this county, In opposition To the;
Incumbent, Columbus Shiver, white native.
who is desperately opposed to all foreign sim-ss
There are candidates almost without NUNS
ber for the various Offices, but the colored
voters seem 10 be possessed with the idea
that reform Is necessary, and Will eDdeavor 20
And honest Republicans to I'LL them, but
specimen OF that kind would be "rara avisP
Yesterday, CardOzo, Place, SILVER, wall, Car
ter sud host of minor lights neid iqrtD nnSH 20 2
cans, mostly colored, and hear that whlskey
WAC the cerminator OF their fulminauons,
most of which were profoundly ridiculous,
and drew down the contempt OF the more sen
able portion OF the audience. Horace Gree
le7 Ia dubbed ssa thief and robber" by men
wRo. are knnwn to have been gamblers,
drnnkards, defanlters In office, and guilty OF
ali the crimes which serve to Illustrate the
career of Radicalism In the South particularly,
but also in the North, East and West. lt
would exhaust your patience to detail tne es,
currences Of the GLORIOUS fourth ana VIII
the coiofed people, who thronged the streets
sand patiently perspired under the rays OF the
ann. ths. thermometer being about one hum
dred degrees In the outer air.
RELIGIoUsLT.
There Is new sect, whose founder resides
near Lynchburg, and breaches 10 the sonta-
east corner of this county occasionally, Wnlon
dlscards the Old Testament entirelyi ana laye
instiruted new order of things upon aTeve,
lation pfofsssea to have been recelVea -
this new apostle are, as yet, lev
and ignorant, so much 80 that one cannpt
learn from them their peculiar tenets, out
vnnr. correspondent knows gentleman, q
minister OF the Baptist denomination. IN wnose