The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-20
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Letter from Nortl cacolet

Tni2NE.rY, April -, i&,1.
Waited ~ 'hc sc"t!e zephyrs HAT have been
playing t'iry TO our cxcitel hopes for So .ng.
comes the glad tiding Of grsa, joy, that South
Carolina is once L.orc freci from the hand Of
the oplrossor; that she is once more to assume
| the insignia and diadem of fitting member OF
that bright galaxy of thirteen stars that shone
50 conspicuous in our National consultations;
that once more n native SON. good and true
wields the destinies Of our poor AMI distressed
parent that he hears the cordial to heal every
wound in her bleeding system; that ere loug the
bleeding, gaping wounds rent by the rangs Of
the henemoth, corruption, will be healcd
and that we will behold beautiful virgin
coming forth, fresh and fair, from the scenes Of
distress and misery, from which her sons have
so nobly fought to redeem her. to enter again
into the arena of sovereign States, with costly
experience to guide on to y haven Of rest
This echo rebounds from the Mountains 10 the
Seaboard, and every true South Carolinian feels
an inexpressibc joy, and fec! satisfaction to
yield to our political enemies the benefits an
t;cipatcd in the realization o. honest govern
ment; That secret firm resolve has passed the
threshold of the inner Temple Of every good
citizen, making i!ampton's pledges to the M
tional heads, theirs Individually; AMI that they
will repay him their debt of gratitude by per-
feet obedience to the dictates of the law
For the last week North Pacolct has had a
series OF rains-nohe heavy until sunday morn
ins-whcn commenced the heaviest rain of tho
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 10 think of
all sorts Of unpleasant things regardless of their
iininH'.iatc surroundings, and we have some OF
them up here, who have bccn looking between
the legs of the present into the future little,
(wAcn most people arc not half done shouting,
good ncws,) and 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. tnd they say do you write to Mr.
Stokes and tell him our condition., and may be
he vii! advocate our cause with Mr.. Hampton,
and if so, he may obtain for us The desired re-
lief, for awhile at least. We think our Lcgisa-
ture ought 10 postpone the collection of half tho
tax, at least, until October, if possible, as the
people arc in too Strengthened circumstances to
meet the lax. We mean TO lie wcll-bchaved
and it won't take much to run the machine from
now till then.
Wheat seems tobc doing very well now, in tho
way Of growh-don't suppose wet weather, at
its present stage, is injurious to wheat on
well drained land. Some persons complain Of
u bad stand, caused by sowing bad sccl.
The prospects for good fruit crop is ilattcr-
ing up t. the present. Most Of our oil settlers
haze an orchard of al the prime fruits and some
oi the uncy
There are some locations in North racolcl
where fruit trees, peach and APP @, have never
fHi'rd t" bear and wipe" their fruit. The cola