The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-22

Ashland are the settlements OF New
York, 1000 population,) and Louisiau a,
(4O0 population.) Just above the rapids
is the aourishing settlement of Arlington,
with a population of between 600 and
700. This portion of the St. Paul's is
the most thickly populated in the Re:
public, and most of the unoccupied Land
along the river front is owned by old set
tiers. There are a few settlements along
the Junk and Po, and one on the lower
portion of the st. Paul's. Then few
families are scattered about here ard
there, all of the remainder of the popll-
lation being in the towns, most of which
have already been named, and smaller
settlements. Liberia has only received
an addition of a few hundred by immi-
grafton during the past ten years.
From Clay-Ashland we came back
down the st. Pauls River, stopping at
several places to do little foraginly.
The result was bushel or two of butter
pears, Ia fruit about the size and shape
of very large pear, with green or pur-
pie rind, and containing soft, buttery
interior which is very palatable when
eaten with a spoon and we'll mixed in 9
disgusting looking mess with sugar and
vinegar few sour-saps, Ia fruit much
commended, which grows on tree, re-
sembles dropsical cucumber, and tastes
like nothing at all, seasoned with weak
vinegar a few delightful pineapples, q
dozen OF so chickens, and an equal mum.
ber of eggs, collected one, two and three
at a time; few oranges, plenty of lem"
ons and lines, and several large bunche,
of bananas, and sheep, which was evil
dently in the last stages of consumption
(the sheep here have no wool, and ].
couldn't to save me tell sheep from goat. !
For all of these we paid good prices.
The quadruped just alluded to was de-
voured at 6 single meal, and then We
wanted more. It was about the size OF
an ordinary black and tan dog, but tasted
very well. He and his like sell for about
two dollars, when they can be gotten,
while pair of turkeys brings FIVE dol
lars. At few places along the river
they grow
INDIAN CORN
in small patches, but it deteriorates great
ly in this soil and climate, producing,
however, fair "nubbins," suitable for
feeding stock. I saw a few watermelons,
generally of the "Joe johnson" Tor "rat-
tlesnake") pattern, but they, too, were
small. although there is little difference
between their taste and that of Hanover
County" OF Augusta" rapture.
LIBERIAN HOUSES.
I had an opportunity Of inspecting the
interior of more of the houses. Nearly
all of the dwellings in Liberia, outside
of Monrovia, are furnished plainly-very
much irthe style prevalent among col
ored folks in America. There were the
familiar plaster of Paris images, dogs and
cats on the mantles, the familiar gaudily
gilded and painted china cups and mugs,
and the familiar ghastly caricatures OF
Scriptural scenes, where a knock-kneed
Joseph is always being sold into captivity
in yellow shawl by an obviously iatoIi-
Gated gentleman with very pink legs and
very large arms, who holds in his other
hand long walking stick, while blue
camel watches the proceedings with an
air of personal interest. Altogether /
could easily imagine myself in the best
room of q respectable colored family
down South. In Monrovia more of IN
attempt at elegance is made, there being
wide settees and more elaborate furniture
generally. The pictures, however, are
invariably common and poor.
THE CANCELLATION POLICY.
We got back to. Monroyia some time
after dark that evening. Here it trans
pired that DR.. Roberts, who had very
kindly acted as my guide, understood the
of Kroopen much better
than did. He had been stern, exacting
and sharp with our crew throughout,
while I tried the pacific policy. They
refused point blank to row out to the
vessel, and it was only after the assump-
ton Of q threatening tone by us regard
ing the Withholding of wages and rum
that they finally consented. 1t was char
acteristic of the animals that, after being
paid in full, they came to me and deman-
ded repayment on the ground that their
headman had failed to pay them. This
headman followed me around for two
days trying 90 persuade me that he had
been promised an extra dollar, until l
took occasion to inquire, in his hearing,
how much it would cost to break Kroo-
mans head. Then he desisted, although
he might with impunity have continued
dunning to this hour, as he weighed,
about 225 pounds, and an
assault upon his precious person would
have cost me (being white man) about
$25. One day Capt. Holmes and l took
heart of grace and called to see
THE PRESIDENT.
The Executive mansion is not very
imposing structure, being an ordinary
red brick, two-story tenement house, with
a porch in front, to which a fight Of
common wooden steps leads up from the
front gate which opens on the street.
The yard in front is shallow, and has
little care taken of it, although
the building itself is in tolerable repair.
On the benches in the front porch there
are usually several persons loafng, prob
ably either petitioners for something or
The interior is plainly fur
nished, the most noticeable objects in
the parlor being two large and elabo-
rately gilt, old.fashioned parlor tables,
surmounted by large mirrors, in equally
elaborstely gilt frames. Our cards were
taken up, and in few minutes the Pres
ident, Anthony w. Gardner, came down
stairs, and we were introduced by a
young man who had taken up our "paste.
boards"-I as "Mr. album News and
Courier" and the captain as Captain
album Azor." The President is tall,
thin, apparently about sixty years of age,
and shade or two darker than the octo-
room. He dresses as becomes his years
and position, plainly but we'll, adhering
to the old-fashioned high collar with
which our ancestors used to make them
selves uncomfortable. He shaves clean
except small patches of whiskers close to
his cheek bones. Altogether he is good
specimen of the wealthier and more in
telligent free colored man of the "old
school," He received us in sort OF
ne1lioe costume with smoking cap and