The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-05-25


watches are all over aud tho patient sufferer
is laid in that narrow bed where there is no
more suffering, the son comes back from tho
grave, bearing with him an amulet that no
man may ever see but which will keep hiM.
unharmed through life. Nay, henceforth
newer and more elevated life, hallowcd by
sclf.sacri6ce,i is his. So with you, Carolinians.
You have suffered as no cultured people in
modern times have suffered, and, so sure as
Heaven, the steadfast love you have shown
to your murdered mother will bring its ex-
cccding great reward You have troddcn
the wine press alone. Hero fell the utmost
fury of your enemies, and here came the
least sympathy of your friends, for was it not
said (thc idiots have not yet stopped saying
iD that you drought on the WARP" The wine
press Your State was the vino press and
your souls the grapes on which for twelve
years mob Gf jesGag aeyis ugss aEsSkss With ias
derisivc laughter of half the nation
Twelve years, four thousand days and nights
of torture, of shame, of humiliation, for
yourselves, your wives, your daughters, your
tender children. -Four thousand days and
nights, and to the proud and sensitive ma
turc smartng under indignity, every mo-
mcnt is an age. Burke and Pitt lifted their
voices in behalf of the oppressed Colonies
the cloud cry of tramplcd IIindoston" awak-
encd the cloquencc of Sheridan, but the
Poland Of America
Found not generous friend, u pitying foe,
Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woc!'
"Nnkcd and dcsolatc she stands,
Her name n by-word i'm all lands
No man of commanding genius in either
branch of tho National Legislature sterpcd
forth to plead her cause in words that might
have shaken both Continents and be quoted
for all time. Not one of the Northern poets
those gentle beings whose hearts bleed ut
every wrong from Tartary to Timbuctoo-
could pen line for Carolina Gordon, of
Georgia, was your friend, good and true
and at the last your advocate and champion
was that press which men aforctime loved
to call satanic-thc New York Herald
and the poet who sang your wrongs were
Of your own rearing.
Yes, Carclinans you have been tried AZ
by fire, aud by that fire the dross has been
purged away, leaving metal of proof only.
look to see here race of men nObcr than
any that have gone before Already from
the flames cmcrgcs figure, calm, contained
majestic as an antique bronzc-a form to
which all eyes were lately turned in adm-
ration, and in gratitude that outwcighcd
admiration, for he had saved his country
from civil war-Anarun'lron Agdn,cmnon,
Wade Hampton, King of Men Happy
its ruler fiaSHdsss ss' sSssiissaa MGsissa If 81 he gsrs eas
would sec that no section, no State suffered
nccdlcssly. Having braved all things he
fears nothing and having endured all things,
he would brook with equal patience the
malice of his foes and tho dcadlicr fattcry
of his friends. Is it too much to hope that
he will take the place in Washington for
which he is so well fitted? 1t may never
be but the day that secs him or some such
Southern man installed in power will be the
dawn Of peace, the end of the war.
But stay am told that near at hand
there is somewhat to cat and drink withal.
Come, let us sacrifice the bird dear to Mi
nerva, let us boil the owl in Falcrnian or tho
Cncuban vintage, and, having dincd OH
FOOLS we will sup on concentrated wisdom.
SOWING GRASS SEEDs.-Thc following
directions for sowing grass seeds will be
found useful at the present time In SOW
ing VIC advise, for obvious reasons, that the
soil should be clean, i'll good condition-thc
surface made level and firm and perfectly
pulvcrizcd by narrowing and rolling. A
calm, still day, when rain is approaching, is
most suitable for the work. After sowing,
the surface should be only lightly narrowed
and rolled A firm seed bed and depth
Of covering of a quarter to half an inch is
most favorable for the vegetation Of small
seeds. If covered deeply they do not grow
at all or in very small proportions; if not COW
cred, many of the seeds are picked up by
small birds, and the vegetation of those that
escape depends upon their being washed in
to the soil by rain. Young grasses arc in
jured by frost. The proper season, there
fore, for sowing extends from March to
September I; the spring months arc prefer
able. If the land works unkindly, seeds
will not vcgetate well and larger quantity
must be sown to obtain stand. Grass seeds
may be sown with or upon land already
planted with wheat, barley or oats, as u re-
gular crop, with every chance Of success
except in cases where the cereal crops are
over abundant and lodged. When sown
without crop-for the safe protection Of
the finer grasses and to increase the produce
of the first year--it is advisable to add to the
quantity of grass sown and also bushcl
of oats or barley per acre.
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THE LAST Of DASIEL.-The usurpcr Daniel II :.
Chamberlain, has gone no one regrets this he
| left in n hurry and under black cloud His