The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-08
SOUND SENSE FROM THE UP-COUN
TRY
The Sale of Fort HIl1-A Blast Against
Lawyers Fees-Abo1ish the Fence
System-The Weather In the Noun
tains.
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
PENDLEToN, January

PENDLETON, January 8.
The long looked-for sale of "Fort HILL" tht
former residence of our highly esteemeG
friend, Hon. J. G. Calhoun, took place on the
lst instant, and was purchased by Colone
Clemson, the worthy son-in-law. Mrs. Glenn
son is now the only living representative o.
the late bon. J. c. Calhouu's family, with ex
ception Of an infant granddaughter, the child
of the late Mrs. Lee.
Unfortunately an amlcable settlement be-
tween the different claimants of this estate
| could not be made without recourse to the
courts, and as is usual the lawyers were the
only gamers. Yet not dlshonorably-n more
than the law allowed them.
Talk about the oppression Of Scott and his
Ring, and their stealings from our poor, down
trodden farmers and planters. Illegal stealing
and deplorably bad, we all admit. But the
legal steallngs or eXactiOns of our Judges,
| lawyers and officers of the State, down TO the
lowest balIff. are but little, If anything, bet.
| ter. Let any one venture to Introduce q. bill
| In our Legislature to reduce salaries or fees
| in our State, and he will have to take tree,
with the whole pack cf officers and expectants
| at his heels, and If they don't shoot him, they
will play Ddyy Crockett and grin him down.
Too many lawyers and expectants of Office In
our Legislature for such motion to succeed,
so that we may content ourselves to submit,
| with the best grace possible to the Oppres-
sions and exactlons of all until we cal have a
more honest representation to take the helm
| OF our State.
The Fort Hill land was bid off at fifteen
thousand dollars 5,OOO,) as am informed.
valuable farm, and with the name attached
Is not oversod.
The beautiful, well-improved residence and
valuable farm OF the late Colonel ]. E. Cal.
houn-" occupied By his son,
Mr.. E. B. Calhoun, (adjoining the Fort Hill
tract, with the intervening "Cold Spring.
tract of Mr.. j. ". Crawford,) was also sold.
Except the Sycamore Bottom tract, reseryed,) J
10 Mr.. J. W. Crawford for the sum of thirteen
thousand FIVE hundred (s13, ,5o0) dollars. The
reserved tract Is said to be worth three or four
thousand dollars.
I thank your correspondent for his article
in ycur lasC fridays number-"Abolish the
Fence Laws I, and very many her unset
fish practical farmers and planters, fully agree
with him, aud subscribe to all and more than
he says. In addition to the great and impor-
tant saving Of timber and relief from the enor-
nous expense OF making and repairing lences,
1t would induce the desirable practice of going
into the grass and clover culture, which We
have proven. Tor many years past, to be alto
gelher practicable In the upper part of our
State, but would also cause great improve
ment In our stock of every klnd-cattle, hogs,
sheep, &c..to those OF better breeds. We have,
for many years past, been In favor of aboshing
| fence laws, aud thought, at one time, las an
humble member of our Legislature, 1857 OF
introducing bill, or making some movement
In that direction, but on consulting members
from the ''rangen counties, we concluded we
should be ground down by the "range" voters
of our upper districts. We came very near
getting up q dog law, too, at that time, came
within one vote of It, when the vote of the
whole house was required to carry, and that
vote was By young lawyer who had ttoelve
hounds, but never sheep.
The weather, sluce I last wrote you, has
been variable; somevery cold nights, two or
three snowy, but for the last eight or ten days
rather warm, too warm to kill pork. Foggy
and rain every TWO or three days. 8.