The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
OVER THE SOUTH.

w nat may De SAID or North Carolina ID
this respect may be said of nearly every
other Southern State namely, that they
comprise the best field for industrious
men, especially those of the agricultural
class, to settle in the country. The voice
of the croakers' is now only occasional
ly heard in the South, and the advent OF
hardy immigration from all parts of the
world is hailed with satisfaction by SEN
sible people everywhere. Without dis
paraging the advantages offered to the
immigrant who seeks permanent home
in the wintry West, it is but just to
speak of the inducements offered to those
who desire to settle under the more gen
ial cline of the sunny South"
Richmond Wing letter.: "The news
papers have already had accounts of a
circumstance that occurred after bloody
Gettysburg, Now, without any parade
or inoelicate comment, will here give
the verbatim language OF an eyewitness
to the touching scene: Gen. Kemper
when shot nom his horse in the charge
of Pickett's division at Gettysburg, was
being carried in bloody blanket to the
rear when he was met by Gen. Lee, and
the following dialogue ensued: Gen.
Kemper-'Gen. Lee they say am dy~
ing, and You see the last of me. Before
[ go l have one thing to demand:
l have seen in the fight what you have
uOJ Sb0D-l udNo S6ou Gn0 SDloHulO Ho'
roism of my boys; when you make up
your reports do them justice and cover
them with glory; they have won it,
Gen Lee, Speaking with deep emotionl
L will. | will do all you ask, but trust
God will spare your life and yet restore
you. hope you will live, Gen. KEN
per, for Virginia to honor and reward
you, as she will"
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs
letter: "The Virginia girls can easily b.
distinguished from their Southern sis
ters, for almost without exception are
the one blonde and the other brunette;
they also dress in different style and
fashion, and I've had no trouble point
ing out OurOwn Virginia girls, W hose fair
curls and brown or blue eyes are very
bright and joyous"
General Malone, the great railroad
man, being asked how the south would
feel if the President were to become Cae-
sar Grant, replied: "Why, sir, the peo>
pie OF the South have nothing to do with
the matter, and l think 1t would be pre-
sumptuous In them to have anythir g
either to do or say in the premises. We
are regarded aud treated as conquered
provinces For myself look upon the
Southern States in that light, and don't
think they should have any concern as to
what form the government of the coun>
try assumes. 1t can make but very little
difference to them, situated politically as
they are now. We fought tor our indies
pendence and were defeated. We can't
and don expect from the United States
Government all we fought tor. We
stood by our State governments, and II
Virginia seeded again l would stand
oy my State and Fight the war over
again. We should have nothing whats
ever to do with national politics or
national affairs. There is where we
made the mistake in the last president
ial campaign, and that is why Greeley
was defeated. There was big split then
in the Republican party of the North,
which. if it had been taken advantage
of judiciOusly, might have defeated
Grant and elected Greeley; but as soon
as the Southern States held conventions
and endorsed Greeley, then the people
of the North looked upon him as our
candidate and his doom was sealed. Had
we of the South said nothing, bat stayed
and then gone to the polls and voted,
Greeley would have been elected. We
ought to have nothing to say in regard
to national politics. What we want to
establish is our pecuniary and material
independence, control our State govern
ments, manage our domestic affairs as
far as they will allow US, live peaceably
government, rendering unto Caesar the
things which Caesar exaCts as his, and
quietly await the development of
events"
Macon Telegraph: "We are informed
that the increase of snakes has been so
great in &c lrgia 'Since freedom as seri
ously to embarrass planters. One of
them told us the other day that ne would
not be able to gather luXuriant crop OF
field peas now maturing on piece OF
low land on account of the number of
snakes there, which were mortal ter
rOr to the negroes; and for the same rea-
son he was obliged to decline CultiyatiDg
some OF the most fertile parts of his plan
tation. The explanation of this superb
bundant growth OF snakes may be found
in the fact that very few hogs roam
about the woods 'st1tcc freedoms or in
deed, roam anywhere else Whenever
they attempt to roam in their native
wilds SambO is ready with his kuife to
cut their thro.ts and dress them tor his
private baking pot"
New Orleans ToicayURc; "The Immi
grafton Society of the South have acN
COmpliShed great deal in filling up the
idle lands of our country. In many in
stances, our immigration societies send
over their live labor agents as posts
script tQ the pamphlets, and thus they
have induced many IOrelgn mechanic
and farmer to settle in the smiling fields
and fertile valleys of the South. One of
these live labor agents, prominent gen
tleman from Mississippi, has succeeded
in sending over from Europe during sew
eral years past, over 500 active farmers
who have settled in the northern por
ton OF our sister State, and are at pres
ent making handsome HVingS on the
farms which they have entered and are
IL, n tfpaz Af
this one man acting as labor agent,
exists in the fact that he took over bona
Eide letters from the immigrant farmers
themselves, which often, though un
graplnatica! and unrhetorical, contained
the state of things as they were seen
from the POOR mans standpoint. The
first few of these iT migrants were treat
ed very or extra literally as a pollcyj
aud in consequence they urged through
letters, ia a square plain way, that their
relatives and friends should come over
and join them. The gentleman thus
employed in helping on the interests Of
his State is confident that in two or three
wears he will be able to send out several
thousand immigrants from Europe who
will settle in the rolling cotton lands OF
Northern Mississippi
Bishop Quintard has declared IN the
most satisfactory manner that the artl-
Gle taken from the New Ork IH0epeHtt-
e5lt, and published by the Appeal, to be
without a shadow Of foundation.
of the connection OF Col. Hughes,
present Republican candidate for Gov
ernOr of Virginia, with the Richmond
States Journal, the Richmond Dispatch
says "COl. Hughes began to write ar
ticles in support of the Republican par
tv and it's obnoxious policy OF recon-
structiOn, and some of these we're so
bitter that they caused much excite
ment among the people Of Richmond,
and attracted great deal or Lotice from
taG Conservative press. The Peters,
burg IgdeL, then edited by Col. Will
liam L Cameron, took occasion to de-
nounce the Journals course in un meas
ured terms and spoke of Col. Hughes, its
supposed editor, as Venal writer, I'M
true to bis past record and false to the
people of Virginia. This led to a per-
aulptory challenge from Col. Hughes to
Col. Cameron, which. having been ac-
cepted. duel was fought on the 18th of
June, 1859. The seconds were Col. ,
Clarkson and Ernest Wilt, Esq; ~ be-
half of Col. Hughes, and Capt. Ernest
Iagrade aud Capt. Rogers on behalf OF
Col, Cameron, The latter was wound
ed. The duel having taken place before
The adoption of the present constitution
OF Virginia, nSither of the parties is
diSfTaDChiSed BV tl,E c2rticiuatiOu III