The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-20
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Letter from North 2acolet
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ThIGNErrY, April u, 1877,
"ahei ny the gentle zephyrs that have been
playing F"iry to our excitel hopes for so mo.
comes the glad tiding of great joy, that South
'"foiiha Is once more freed from the hand Of
the oppressor; that she is once more 10 assume
the insignia and diadsm of q fitting member of.
that bright galaxy of thirteen stars that shone
SO conspicuous in our National constellation:
th"t once more native son, good and true,
"ieids the destinies of our poor and distressed
parent; that he bears the cordial to heal every
wound in her bleeding system; that ere long the
bleeding, gaping wounds rent by the fangs Of
the Behemoth, corruption will be healed.
and that we will behold q beautiful virgin
coming forth, fresh and fair, from the scenes OF
distress and misery, from which her sons have
80 nobly fought to redeem her. to enter again
into the arena Of sovereign States with costly
experience to guide on to- q have of rest
This echo rebounds from the Mountains 10 the
seaboard, and every true South Carolinian feels
an inexpressible joy, and feel a satisfaction to
yield to our political enemies the benefits an
ucipated in the realization o. honest govern
ment; that secret firm resolve has passed the
threshold of the inner Temple Of every good
citizen, making Hampton's pledges to the Na-
tional heads, theirs individually; and that they
Will repay him their debt Of gratitude by per-
feel obedience to the dictates of the law.
X 3Fort the last week North Paco.et has had a
series OF rains-none heavy until Sunday morn
ing--when commenced the heaviest rain of the
season. The damage to the farming interests
received by it. is heavy, but not irreparable.
Wet weather has tendency to give some
people the blues, when they begin to think of
all sorts Of unpreasant things regardless of their
Immediate surroundings, and we have some of
them up here, who have boen looking between
the legs Of the present into the future little.
(when most people arc not half done shouting,
good news,) aad they say we can't tell what will
become Of us when Pack Thomas comes around
again, for we have counted our money and there
is not enough of it to pay moro than half our
Annual Tax. And they say do you write to Mr..
Stokes and tell him our condition, and may be
he will advocate our cause with Mr.. Hampton.
and il so. he may obtain for us the desired re-
lief, for awhile at least. We think our Legisla-
ture ought to postpone the collection of half tho
tax, at least, until October, If possible, as the
people are in too Strengthened circumstances to
meet the tax. We mean to be well-behaved,
end 1t won'tta much to run the machine from
now till then.
Wheat seems obe doing very well now, in tho
way of growth-don't suppose wet weather, at
its present stage, Is injurious to wheat on
wei drained land. Some persons complain Of
a bad stand, caused by sowing bad seed.
The prospects for a good fruit crop is aattcr-
ing mp to tho present Most of our old settlers
have "n orchard Of al the prime fruits and some
of the fancy.
There are some locations In North Pacolet
where fruit trees, peach and appe, have never
failed to bear and ripen their fruit. The cold