University of South Carolina Libraries
..?.???.?.....?in'? JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAM ?/.At* iii VOLUME THE KING'S KING. BY THEODORE TILTOX. Once in Persia reigned a king, "Who upon his signet-ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which, if held before his eyes, Gave him counsel at a glance, Fit for every change and chance : Solemn words, and these are thev: " Even this shall pass away !" Trains pf camels through the sand Brought him gems from Samarcand ; Fleets of galleys through the seas Brought him pearls to match with these. But ho counted not as gain Treasures of the mine or main, M What is wealth ?" tho king would say; M Even this shall pass away." In tho revels of his court, At the zenith of the sport, Whfcu the palms of all his guests, Burned with clapping at his jests, He, amid his figs and wino, Cried, " O loving friends of minc ! JPieasure.?gmes. but not to stay 4 Eveu ttfisThaU pass awayv "" ? i> Lady fairest ever seen Choso he for his bride and queen. Couched upon the marriage bed, Whispering to his Soul, ho said : 44 Though a bridegroom never prossed Dearer bosom t- Ms breast, Mortal flesh m>~?C come to clay: ' Even this shall pass away.' " Fighting on a fujions field, Once a javelin pierced his shield. Soldiers with a loud lament, Bore him bleeding to his tent. Groaning from his tortured side, "Pain is hard to bear," he cried; " But with patience day by day, 4 Even this shall pass away.' " Towering in tho public square, Twenty cubits in the air, Rose his statue carved in stone. Then the king, disguised, unknown, Stood before his sculptured name. Mosing meekly, 4* What is fame ? Fame is but a slow decay : --?-Even this shall pass away.' " Struck with palsy, sere and old, Waiting at the gates of Gold, Spake lie with his dying breath, "Life is done: but what is death ?" Then in answer to the king Fell a sunbeam on his ring, Showing by a heavenly ray "Even this shall pass away." inviting- Georgia Negroes io Come and Setile In Sonih Carolina. ' ./From the Columbia correspondence of the Charleston JVcics and Courter : ve get the following account of ."^public meeting held by prominent Badicals in Columbia, on Monday night, the loth instant. As thes . immigrants will all be laborers, labor 'Jfi'l ke more plentiful if they come ;;vjjp this State, and wages will be re iced. As the colored people have ready an overwhelming majority South Carolina, we do not see the gie of this invitation on their part. The meeting held last evening, at. arker'3 Hall, was attended by sever hundred persons. On the platform ere Senator W. B. Nash, Gen. J. B. enni3, Secretary of State H. E. ayne, Judge T. J. Mackey, ex-Gov norF. J. Moses, Judge J. J. Wright., .rof. Greener, N. E. Edwards, and hers. w Zfmz<zifL''&: M. Wi?rlerfw^?f?ccr-t chairman and the business was /opened by Judge Wright, who intro duced the following preamble and . resolutions : Whereas, a call ?has been made by the citizens of Washington and Wayne Counties, Georgia, for a meet ing to assemble on the ISth instant, at the Courthouses of Washington and Wayne Counties, for the purpose of j appointing two persons, whose duty it shall be to proceed to some State or States, to find a suitable place or piaces for those who desire to emi grate and settle ; and whereas the material interest and development of this State greatly depends upon the . cultivation of the soil, and as not more than one-fifth of our arable lands are cultivated, owing to the scarcity of laborers, and as peace and good feeling exists between all classes of the people in this State, and law and order prevails, and per fect protection secured to all law abiding Citizens ; and whereas we feel assured that our planters and farmers will extend a hearty welcome to, and employ at reasonable wages, many good and substantial laborers ; therefore, be it Resolved, That the meeting appoint a committee of six, whose duty it shall be to confer with the gentle men who m*y be appointed by the citizens of Washington and Wayne Counties, Georgia, relative to settling in this State ; and that the said com mittee be requested to extend a hearty welcome to ail such persons who may feel disposed to come. Resolved, That said committee be instructed to make application to such railroad companies as they may deem proper Jor the reduction of the fare of such persons who may wish to em igrate to this State, and that they have power to increase the committee at will, and make all other arrange ments that they may deem proper ! for the purpose of carrying the ob ject we have in view into er?ect. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, and the proceedings of this meeting, be forwarded to the president of'the meet?:ig to be held S.t Washington on the 18th instant. Speeches were made by Judge Mackey, ex-Governor Moses, Secreta ry of State Hayne, and, although there was evidently some opposition manifested, the resolutions were Adopted and the tollowing committee apoointed : J. J. Wright, R. T. Green er," R. B. Elliott, F. L. Cardozo, W. B. Nash and H L. Shrewsbury. The colored laboring classes evi dently look upon the movement with disfavor, as they say that "there is scarcely enough work to give em ployment to the present working pop ulation of the city and county. _.TefiV-rson Davis declines to accept the gift of a homestead in Texas. He writes to a Texas gentleman : " It is enough for me to know that your people who have suffered bv our common disaster, instead of blaming me for their misfortunes, have been willing to share the remnant of theil fortunes with me." The plan was to buy a farm by dollar subscriptions. _?X said in my haste all men nrf liars," said Job. A" Scotch patoon, scan nit."' the text, said: Ve said ii m ye: haute, Job, mon ; hal ve l.'Veu in thes limes'ye might have sail it ut'yer leisure - Danville, (Va*,) has a population o 8,000, with eighteen tobacco factories, fiv tobacco warehouser, and a trade in th leaf last vear of 16,000,000 pounds, whirl was sold at an average of $12 per hun tired. ? From thc Constitu? ion (dist. The Maine Election-Progress of tue Revolution^ Mr. Speaker Blaine is the most personally popular man in the Re publican par . as he is its most prominent candidate for President. The Democrats like him, and when censuring him for some of his unjust ruling in helping through partisan measures in Congress, they always insisted that he was forced by the party lash. Blaine is a citizen of Maine. He is, of course, very pop ular at home, and with his candi dacy for President in view he made a great effort in the canvass just closed to carry his State by the usu al majority. But he signally failed. In 1S72 Grant carried Maine by 32,335. In 1873 the Republicans" elected their j candidate for Governor-by 11,2-iS i over the Democratic and Indepen- j dent nominees on a very light vote | and last year carried the ??tate by j 11,397. The returns indicate t::at they have just carried the State by less than 4.500 majority, a loss since the election of Grant of over 27,000, and a loss during the last year of nearly 7,000. The Democrats have not been in favor there since 1S52, twenty-three years ago. After the election in Mas sachusetts last year it was thought that if the Democrats could carry that State if they could carry anything. But Maine is undoubted ly the hardest of all to change. It is rm our, of the way country-an old-fashioned people, deeply wedded to prejudices, and nothing else under the sun could disgust and turn them out of their regular channel of votihg except the course of the Radical par ty ?ince the war. To make the popular current plain, we give a summary of the votes of j the State during the past seven years: Kop. Dem. Rep maj. 1874-Gov. 52,131 41,734 11,887 1S7.?- Gov. 45,674 32,21(5 13,358 1872-Pres. CI,422 2ii,0S7 32,835 1872-Gov. 71,1)17 5I.W1 17,216 1872-Con. 72.114 53,811 18,303 1871-Gov. 58,757 48.12C 10,731 1S70-Gov. 54,040 44,531 9.50G 1869-Gov. 51,578 3(',S54 11,724 1SG8-Pres. 70,403 42,4(50 28,083 Grain Trade of the North West, Chicago is the biggest grain mart in the world, and handles about 90, 000,000 bushels annually. How this vast amount is received, stored and shipped is the subject of an interest ing article in the Chicago Times. The first steam elevator was established in the spring of 1848. with a capaci ty of 100,000 bushels. To-day Chi cago has eighteen steam elevators, \vi?h a combined capacity of 15,350, 000 bushels, or more than the aver age pro-iuet of 1,000,000 acres of the fertile wheat-producing lands of the contiuent. Their capacity varies all the way from 200,000 bushels to 1,500,000. The entire cost of the er^L.'Je;: -T"-..-::::::>. n. ::pcr.r was about $5,000.000. exclusive o! the grounds on which they stand. Add for this $1,000,000, and the re sult show3 $0,000,000 invested in this industry. The two great firms of Armour, Pole & Co., and Munger, Wheeler & Co., handle more than one half the grain that passes through Chicago. They control eight of the eighteen elevators, and last year they together delivered over sixteen mill ion bushels of wheat, seventeen mill ion bushels of oats, and over two million bushels of rye and barley. For the benefit of the uninitiated it may be stated that the term elevator proper is a portion of the machinery, the building being a vast storehouse for grain, with any number of eleva tors therein. Strictly speaking, the ordinary elevator consists of an end less rubber belt, 22 inches wide, run ning on pulleys, and having attached to it, at intervals of from 12 to 13 inches, tin buckets 20 inches long, and each holding about one peck. They are continuous lifter" - ' '. though a single bucket holds out a little, a thousand in constant action will do an enormous amount of work in a single day. The grain trade of Chicago is the wonder of the world, and is increasing annually in aston ishing proportions. -.-.-<=>?.-. SUGAR. BKETS FOR FATTENING SWINE.-Jonathan Talcott gives a statement in the Boston Cultivator of | an experiment performed on a Suf folk pig where sugar beets were large ly employed for fattening. The ani mal was about a year old and the feeding on boiled sugar beets, tops and roots, began on the 16th of Au gust and was continued three times a day until the 1st of October, after which ground feed was given, consist ing of two parts of corn and one of oats, three times a day, till the ani mal was slaughtered, the meal being mixed with cold water. The> result was, on the 14th of August, when the sugar beet feeding was begun, that the weight was 30G lbs ; Sep tember 1,390 lbs; October 1, 450 lbs; November 1, 520 Iba. This in the substance of the statement given, by which we perceive that the in crease the last of August, when led on boiled sugar beets, was at the rate of two pounds per day ; the rate of increase on the same food continued through September. When fed on ground corn and oats, made into cold slop, the gain for the next fifty day3 was less than a pound and a half per day. Says the Scientific Amcricuii : "If mosquitos or other bloodsuckers in fest our nk'c-p*?g .rooms at night, we uncork a botUe of the oil of penny royal, and these animals leave in great ha^te. nor will they return PO long as the air in the room is loaded with the fumes of that^romuticln-rb. If rats enter the cellar, H little pow dered potash, thrown in\heir holes or mixed with meal and scattered in their runways, never fails fe> f]r\ve them away. Cayenne peppe, wpl keep the buttery and store-roomftee :rouj ants and cockroaches. . lt ,H mouse makes an entrance into artj part o! your dwellings, satumte a raf. with cayenne, in solution, and sturt' j into'th* hole, which can then be re pared with either wood or mortar No rat or mouse will eat that rag fo the purpose of opening' communica tion with a depot of supplies. I Three Items from the Working Ch tian. j DEAR WORKING CHRISTIAN: On third Sabbath of August we began a ru ing, which continued eight days, Philippi Church, of the Edgefield As? ation. It was a precious season of rev: with the membership, whilst the une : verted were moved to see and feel tl I condition as sinners and seek an inte: I in tnt atoning blood of Jesus Chi I Seven Were baptized and four others ! awaiting that ordinance at the hands ! our worthy pastor, H. T. Bartly. I were especially blessed in having the n i isterial services of Elder; E. W. ii" . and N. N. Burton at our meeting, wh j eloquence and pathetic appeals so stir j thc hearts of our people. Brother Ho I has been absent from our State for nea j four years, in the States of Missouri i j Texas, as paster and evangelist, where i services have becs m och Messed of j Lord. We tri st scar; of the chtr-hes I our State will lay their hands u??ytf b and keep him amongst us. He is not c ! ly a good preacher but an excellent p. tor, whose services are much needed h< I in our State. Johnston's, Dry Creek and Mount Th ant have also enjoyed special seasons revival recently. W. H. Tl M.M ERM AN. Johnston's, f-'epttmber 1, 1S7?. DEAR WORKING CHRISTIAN : We ha had a glorious revival in our midst. . the result of an eight-days meeting at t Ked Oak Grove Church, twenty persa were added to the church. At the h invitation for persons desiring an inter? in the prayers of the church to come fe ward, there were not less than thirty w came forward. We also had a seven days meeting the Bed Hill Church, winch resulted the addition of ten to the church. T meeting closed leaving not less than for earnestly inquiring the way of salvation G". W. BUSSE V. Cold Spring, Edgefield Countv, S. ( August 29, 1875. To thc Baptist Churches On or Xe? the G. and C. It. K. DEAR BRETHREN : Desiring " a betti country" than South Carolina, I wei and labored three years as pastor of tl: Corinth, Doak's Creek, Bethesda, Thoma town, Conway and Carthage Bapti Churches, Mississippi; and, oeing coi vinced, from personal observation, th: the land of " El Dorado" was still beyoni an J that Mississippi was not the " beth country" desired, I returned to my naliv South Carolina, where sleep the longsiun her of death the bones ci lather, moth* brother and sisters. I lett in Mississip] a wide, destitute and interesting fit-Id < hlov. Failing health was the princip.' c luse of my leaving : the want of an adc quate support was another reason. 1 say to my brethren in the ministry, you are Coing only tolerably well in Soot Carolina, stay where you arc ! My health, by the Lord's blessing, i restored, and I am ready tn work in th Master's vineyard. I propose to locate ii Greenville to educate my children, an? want ch arches to preach to, accessible bi railroad. If desired, I could locate in th randal of two or inore churches andtvisi my family in Greenville, or locate then with nie, provided there be a good achoo m that lo alitv. Picase consider ray proposition, broth t^m; n/6.-t aiM.-e-ss.rrje at brietta, ib>-cn ville t-minty, S. C. Fraternally, T. D. GWYN. P. S.-I will (D. V.) be at the Abbe vi.le and Reedy River Associations. From thc JV. 1*. Express. Strange Suicides. Tiie suicides of the times are be yond all precedent, and usually ac counted for on account of business de pressions, and" some of these record; are sad indeed. But here is a ca& so extraordimry as to make it an ex ception to all rale3, and what- is re markable it comes from two young girls of only 14 and 15, and from so ber New England : Two village maidens, 14 and 15, schoolmates and friends, retired to gether and after eating plentifully O? nuts and candy, took morphine with a view to ending their unhappy ex istence. One of them died, but the other, not having taken a sufficient dos?" recovered. They deliberately 1 ul their plans for dying together and left requests that they have bul one funeral, naming the minister tc officiate and four young friends to acl as bearers, two named by each heine the same persons and two different being six in all. They also left affec tionate messages to their parents, the widowed mother of one living in e neighboring town, and the father and mother of the other being absent from home on a Summer trip. They had spent their vacation to gether in the village of Belch-rtown Ma-s., rather gaily, atten ling dance? and associating freely with boys oi their own age; latterly they had be come interested in the Methodist prayer-meetings, and asked to be bap tized. Nettie Barrett, the girl that died, left a letter to a boyish lover, in winch she declared how much she loved him, gave him a ring and prom ised to watch over his future. In n letter to her. mother she asked that another rjd^e given to '"Edgar," with a rrffl^f that she did not love him and COTR never have been his wife. T'he o^br /kiri wrote no love messages' but arid'jip a letter to her parents fjhat there \yeie stories about her which were not true. The only provocation known is derived from the statement of Nettie that her un cle had been scolding her for being out evenings, and had told her that folks were talking about her, and the fact that Francee, the other girl, had gone to the Methodist meetings in violation of her father's commands, and he was expected home the next day. The further statement is made that both girls were addicted to read ing novels and romances. This is a peculiar case and ono very difficult to analyse; but thus to Jeito children alone at the age of even 14 or 15 is not wise, and shows that lack of discipline, if not of interest, which j no father or mother can well excuse, j Where there is no discipline there j can be neither health of body or ol ' mind. Silly novels, vivid fancies, 1 and false sentiment will be apt to do : all the bad work of which they are capable. But the notable suicides of the day are ol a wry different class-men from 30 to 75 or more, discouraged I in business, grieved at their lusses', L 3isheanened about the future, and ? h>pelesH of anything better. \ is not an easy thing to.reason or r argie with such people. We can on . . ly P?y that,terrible infirmity which mean, alMosa oi''liope, all absence ol 1 courage, and which shows n< j trust in God nor man. Mr. . Hill, who left his widowand chi to take care of themselves, pres in the letter we publiai), only o ten thousand just such cases. 1 is a deep love for wife and offs] and n certain trust in Divine P dence, but there is no Christian and no* saving strength, and h the fiend that inspires the knife, bullet and the poison, becomes ter of soul and body. Surely t is in the forum of human laws, it capacity of medical shill, in the ] and in the pulpit, some better r< dy than suicide to be pointed on all human ills. In the common lowship of our race and in wh good and beautiful around us, su I some medicine can be found cap I of ministering to the miiid dise; and of staying the hand of the ni who seek their own lives. From thc Xcw York ?Sun. Mr. Beecher Does Not Freac Christianity, Mr. Beecher has been forced public opinion, as expressed in a tition from seventeen of his fel Congregational ministers, to give his pinn for preaching on n>xt S day at Lalee Pleasant as a bait fe railroad manager. Ile cou I \ very well so outrage public sentira? He had already in many ways ! on many occasions given great fence to the religious public, i there was such a thing as too s denly piling up tho offences too h for endurance. His sermon of Sunday at the T\ Mountain House is spoken of by telegraphs reporter as the most bi liant yet dJivered by him at any his White Mountain performances, we may fairly judge by the synop of it a column long in the Herald yesterday, it was a Anent, fancif imaginative presentation of an id often dwelt upon by preachers, was simply the amplification of t thought that the Christian shot manifest his religious peace and ? curity by a conversation happy a beautiful ; that he should rather joyous than ascetic, wear a beami: rather than a sad and serious cu trance. This is all true enough. All ra are wiser when tiny possess thc souls in tranquility than when lh< suffer themselves to fret under tl friction of life. Still, it cannot i called the distinguishing mark Christianity that it encourages oth than a devout joy in all its belie ers. The underlying doctrine preac ed by t he Na/.arene is self-denial, tl mortification of the flesh to edify tl sou', *iie infinitely small value tempo.al xjoniprrod-WILL. <der.n things, confiant fight, with'tho won the flesh, and the devil, the posse siou of ari enthusiasm for goodne! and the welfare of hi; fellows so big .and :'j)?P2jw?? t?iat.-fU'th ?ouldjOlit ira teuTp^pioiS f^ff?ig enough to d Vf rt theXapt soul from heavenly joy It is because Mr. Beecher does ni preach this sort of doctrine as tl substance of his ministry that we fa to lind a high place foi* him arnon Christian ministers. The Christian: ty of the New Testament is a revol against the corruption which, \t th time of its birth, was pervasive i Groece and Rome. It was a trump? call to men to get up out of the mir in which they were wallowing, an plant their feet on the pure, cool, an uncontaminated heights, to whic lasting from indulgence and abstet tion froin sensual delights would li: them. It was not a religion of tb senses. It was a faith to raise me by enthusiastic contemplation ot th serene and spotless pleasures of heav en above, away from the allurin forms of sensual delight, which ha such charm in the eyes of the pagar Therefore, when we read the sen suous language of Mr. Beecher, when in Christianity appears not asa chast fasting, abstaining spirit, fearful c the delights of the eye and the prid of life, but a lusty figure, fond o meat and drink, and of the fat thiog. of this world, we fail to detect tha reforming religion which was plante? by Jesus of Nazareth. It was thi great Teacher who said that Ile cam not to bring peace but a sword. I was not His mission to bring laugh ter but tears-not to delight men bu to save them from the. temptations o the flesh. So when we find a minis ter like Mr. Beecher, in language at fluent with figures and charged witl sensuousness, proclaiming that " wher ever religion imprisons man's naturi it is misrepresented," we feel tha though he may be preaching ver] agreeable doctrines, yet he is noi proclaiming Christianity. It i? th< very office of the religion of Jesus t( teach distrust of man's nature ; t< demand that it shall be regenerated : that the thoughts, ambitions, anc passions of the natural man shall bi subdued and crucified. It would d< exactly that-imprison map's natur? with the bonds of heavenly aspira tion; make its temptations'seem low and vile, and substitute for their spiritual visions, unhampered by the passious which weigh down the flesh Mr. Beecher, in truth, preachei what cornea into his head withoul much thought as to whether it it Christianity or no. What cares he so long as men listen ? His teaching is so unfixed in a logical rule ol thought or life, so purely an appeal to the emotions, that we cannot re gard it as of essential value to men i ?? -< q? i, i , DEATH OF JOE CREWS.-The dealb of Jos. Crews, who was shot a few nights ago by unknown parties, whe ambushed him in the neighborhood of Laurens, is announced by tele graph as having taken place at twelve ! o'clock Monday night. The deceased j made himself very obnoxious to thc j people of Lauren?, and of the whole : State, by his course as a politician ! since the war. As a member of the Legislature he was implicated in near ly all the corrupt ?ehernes which dis graced that body, and his incendiary harangues during exciting timed gave him an unenviable notoriety. He had some good traits, but they were over shadowed by 1 he baseness of hia pub lic actions. All men regret, the man ner "f his taking off, for blameworthy ' na he was, the- cowardice that prompt j eel the hidden shot is to a gallant a; j law-abiding people not lesa revoltii than the conduct of the victim Charleston Express. From the N., %-&SpZ&3i The Negro fi'ojiFpiracy. By the discharge of the negro coi spirators in Georgia, the judge, jur; and citizens have, not only show their superiority to the ?ntlaeuce i exciting circumstances afc a eritici period, but have pursued a wise pol cy as well as a far-seeing justice. Th testimony of many of tue^wiinesec goes to show that the orders of sou] ol' the leaders to "cill the wites were accepted in their full meanin by many of the negroes to whoi they were addressed ; hence tho ac quittai, or rather the release, ofrao.k of the prisoners from the claims c the raw has uot bei?^ifese/l upon th absence of a "genuine conspiracy o reasons for general apprehension. Eu the discovery of the plot and th leniency with which the offender have been treated wtrfput an i-nd t the threatened disturbance soonei perhaps, than penal tit? would hav done. The conspiracywhich con tem plated such bloody work started ii ignorance and mis&ppt h?nsion, an the action taken by the citizens am authorities has pretty thoroughly dis pelled both, and hence the ivcen plotters and their followers will no be likely to rrpeat their folly. This termination of the difficult} has a significant and important lessor for the people of the North to con 6ider. It shows that Southern mei feel no antagonism fo-th? negroes and are determined to place no ob stacie in the way of their advance' ment. On the contrary, as the pres ont episode has demonstrated, thej are willing to make g?rerons allow ance for some of their acts on tht ground of their ignorance leading them into false notions and prejudi ces, which unscrupulous political ad' venturers, frequently acting undei orders from high authority, have (lis som.nated. If, then, t'he righr.s am] interests of the negro are see ll r$ in Geor^'., as .. ents prove them to be, they surely must bc in uther Southern States where the colored element if much stronger, an I able, by legitimate means, to abundantly protect itself. ----- - -. SoTilh Carolina Destined lo Be come Hie Sau Domingo of Ike Som h. From the Charleston correspon dence of thc Cbnstilulio&ist, we el'p the following. The lemmy is dated Sept. 8th : Jj*1 "The Census of C^ff^n, which has just been complet?bales u.; veiy gloomy prospects foijtfi^fufjfre. In five yean/the 'poptflatio'i of" the city has increased from 48,950 to 56,540. but the increase is hiiu?jv in the ne gro race. Tue \vhiteJ^>J;tnon has H..-?;.-?^HL1 1,170:1 H'irJM&frlr-"< f.,ret., When it is coiVsidei-jltiJ?tWy mortality among the aW*68 is over 10? per cent, greatertliaMthat among the whites, this woil sema a little strange, but it is to be accVunted for by immigration. The ci ty us Hooded by negroes from the adj a cwt sea is lands, und this will 1 ^fflmd fri be the case all over th^v?ate. There can be no disguising ?fact, unless some miracle inte'''* Hs, poor old South Carolina iellesiW? to. become the San Domingo of rheSouth. As white supremacy and decent govern ment is restored to the ?her South ern States the negroes/emigrate to South Carolina, where .hey already have a voting majoritybf 50,000. I greatly fear that tki?^i.'ijority will be increased by the cecils, which is now being taken, to 75000. But to return to the city. In ;S70 Hie vot ing strength of the tvb races was, whites, 5.1S2;-blacks, (040. In 1S75 it is whites,' 5,022; flacks, 6,822. ehowing an excess bf lie negro vote amounting to 1,200. .'Another cur rent fact is that of tfe negroes there are 6,406 more warne than mnn and of whites the fennine majority amounts to 1,538. i Improving VoX Soils. Many examples ar( given in the last reports ol the lilted States ag ricultural Urjroirt?v?',^>-^miovation of worn and appajntly worthless soils, and the increai of fertility of fresh but unpromisi? lands. Fields that have been cultiited exhaustive ly for twenty ano even for forty years have been resr?d to original productiveness, notby guanos and superphosphates, atf>00 and $S0 per ton, but by inexensive local re sources, the cheapen and most relia ble of which is ioilj^ln clovering. In one case in Butley County, Pa., a section of thin, grrelly land, on which it was thougt no one could secure a decent livjg, came into the possession of Gerrin immigrants at nominal rates. Thy cleared off the brush, plowed, curated, turned un j der green crops ; V^r/ol' every fertil ' izing material arable ; never du plicated a crop ingw^ or six years' rotation; and tbaTtrav.t is now a garden and from torthlesenesa has advanced to the vine of $?00 per acre and is yearl^becomi.og more productive. Thes< owners, in some cases have raised ?d^ducated fami lies, live comfortaV^kte iu carri ages, and have ?ney at interest. In other instances!! which the aid of clover has be invoked, swine feeding in the cloj fields have been a valuable mea?if soil improve ment. In the Sop, a region which many Northern Hers assume most erroneoirsly-ttrb^^Aiu^d-jb-^rdSs ! culture, and whicBouthern farmers have strangely neected as a meat producing section t obvious reasons, a new era is dating, and clover and orchard gris are in many tdaces fourni to behurees of initue I diate and heavy pjits, and of great ? ly increased l?rti^nAlii large lands ! of more torrid ttf> JLture tkt??L* pei pcrlorms quny aijd inexpen aivrfy the work / amelioration as signed to red cl<?r in argillaceous Soil*, lt is a lilt meiniiy worth millions to. tilmouth, possibly as ii : good an amnion/ gathers clover; ? ? perhaps equally^ goottySFfattening | swine and grodiff* W14gj^ter fa cility in Doorersuils. _ *lWM~-veali- , ' gation present; oromroW- three i ' 3A : suggestive points ; First, the use o; ? the fertilizer is becoming more gen ' eral ami more discriminating; second i few, if any, soils in the country t re so rich that they cannot be made j more productive by jndieroira-lertili zation ; third, farra yard manures the best for general use ; green ma I nures are the cheapest means of sod ' renovation, and commercial fertilizers j are useful for quick results and for j specific purpose. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. - Governor McGreory, of Kentucky, in response to a serenade at Lexington, made a speech, in which lie tonk oecasion to refer to the contest in Ohio. He ex pressed a warm admiration for Governor Allen, anil expressed the belief that lie I would be elected hy an overwhelming I majority, and that Ohio would sound the. ; note, that would e*rry dismay info the ' ranks of thc Republican party throughout ' tv;c country. - A Minnesota pnpw says : The liahili ! ties of the Bank of California are est.ma ted as high as $19,0CK).0000, figures which fairly dwarf the exploits of Jay Cooke and Duncan, Sherman it Co. The assets are estimated at $8.000,000 down to $5, UOO.OOU. " which will shrink considerable before being concentrate J." In other words, Ralston, before exposure came, had lost in speculation or wasted in riot ous living twelve rn?iion dollars of other men's money. - The peach yield is so abundant that a Clayton (Del.) letter of the 2Sth ult. says: "Though over 2,01)0,000 of baskets have already been shipped, the fruit can scarcely be missed from some of the orch ards, particularly those containing from twenty to thirty thousand tree3." - The news from California is an assu rance of victory all along the line th:-, fall, and of the greater victory in 1S7?, when the Democratic party will elect their candidate for the Presidency and defeat the third-term corruptionists. - A Missouri family history runs thus : "Sallie Wilhite ran away some years ago with her brother-in-law, Aaron Davis; he, however, returned to his wife, and she married a Mr. Neely, who eloped and left her. Two years ago her cousin, Ezekiel, ran away with a Mrs. Wiuland, both par ties leaving families. Last month Aaron Davis's son, Marion, a boy of nineteen, r ai away with his mother's sister, a wo man of thirty, and to complete mutters .his father has again eloped with his sis ter-in-law, Sallie." - The. Democratic Governor elect of California, Hun. William irvin, is a na live of Butler coniny. Ohio, and went to the Stale that has just rais d him to thc highest position within the gili of lier people in He has served both in the lower House and the Senate of Cali fornia, and is now acting Licutenar.t-Gov ertiur. He is a journalist by profession. His triumph is a feather for me Democra cy. - The late president of the bunk of Ca.iforuia ?s not even honored wi'li a ?resolution of regret by 'the directors, who bave ii"t yet drowned themselves. Ii will be very diflicii.t to convince ?he pub lic, however, that the dead man was al together guilty, or his associates ??to?;e:.ii er -jiiil: less. _ -Th?rry*-' thons'akrjl?--"?e1r??(ir?itic plurality. Gorham and Sargent, the jobbers of the A. ha i nisi ration, played a very losing game, and the former gentleman has the opportunity he coveted, for he remarked some time since that "if the Repu..hean ?jany had to die, ho was determined tu assist at the obsequies." - Of the original cedars of Lebanon only seven now remain. They cover a space of not over half a mile upon the rn.nintain side. They are more than a thousand years old. Indeed, it is believed that some of them were planted by Solo mon. - Governor Allen, of Ohio, was asked about his prospective majority. '? Well," replied !:e, " then? is a division of opinion about that among our own people. The lowest est?male gives us 20,1)00, and from that all t!ie way' up to ?O.OOO. iSf* Dr. Lovick Pierce thus writes i) the Christian AJvoco.tr concerning the Wesley Monumental Church: In conclusion, I .must say it isa foregone conclusion that this Wesley Monumental Church idea is believed to be one of the set times to favor Zion. There has perhaps, never been a better time, in our day, when some unexpected, genuine, heart-cementing Methodist enthusiasm should have come up than now; and I can think of nothing better suited to bring it. on than a Wesley Monumental Church in Savannah. The day will never come when Methodists cannot unite on Wesley. No large, denom'iiation al, evangelical church ever had for its human founder a man more evi dently called and set apart for a great reformer in evangelical holiness than our Wesley was. And now, a hun dred and thirty-eight years after his residence in Savannah, all at once comes up this universally popular idea to build a grand Methodise church in Savannah, and call it the Wesley Monumental Church. I believe it is epochal. Let us all help. A TOUCHING STORY OF TUE FRENCH FLOOD.-A young mother was awa kened by t^he inundation. She had two children-twins at the breast, adorable Tittle girls. The water in vaded her house. It was ni"ht, and the hour was full of terror. The cow ardly husband took care of himself and mounted the roof, but. the woman only thought of her children. She tied them to her breast with a scarf, and, as she was about to swim from the house, she thought that the bread trough would serve as a boat. The house tottered as the mother em barked in her frail boat. She was scarcely out of the house when it went to pieces. The husband disap peared in the ruins. The little boat floated away, but struck against a tree and was overturned. The poor woman seized a branch and climbed into the tree with the strength of a lioness fighting for her young. But the tree is young; it bends; it will not hold all three. The mother sees that the end is come, but ber mo the1 bood is not conquered. She ties her : children to the strongest branch ; alie kisses them again and again; she signs them with the sign of the cross, md cries: "To the mercy of <Tod!" This piteous drama was witnessed by 'peetaiors who could do nothing in ?id until a quarter of ?n hour was ?one. The mot her was drowned, but the children were saved. They were adopted by the Sisters of Charity rf Castelsarrazin. D. J. BVlIVDR?tt. WITH HENRY 3. JORDAN, DEALERIN FTCE KKAD'T-nf?PK CLOTHIHC, HATS, CAPS, F?RNLSIIG GOODS, <vc. Under Central Hold. Broad Street, Aiipriista. Ga. Rcpt 1 ti 37 iwf i Men At Women, il anted : Agents, ?" w <*>.. ..>?... . ? -* ami count?, mean* v:i? for Win. 7:.-.lh<ff. rVLIGHTHUfG RECIPRO CATING UvIPROVED CH J?.N and EG-& BEAT ER. Sells al ??gilt alfi pay* Larg? l'ri.l!l>. Si-lid f-f circular to manufacturer. ?, lt. Chick ? C<>., I'l J?. Second Street, St. Louis. tfm.'i'J THE GREAT SOUTHERN DRY GOODS HOUSE. 275 King Street; Charleston, So. Ca. Thc Cheapen! DRY ?OOHS, NOTIONS, OIL CLOTHE CA El PETS, .? ATTINGS, RV??, TAc. This S i ?1 f1 of Ne w V o r lc . For Prices, seo Local. Sept. 15, 1874. ly 39 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TX A Q-The choices! in tho world- Inipt.rtfr>" ? CHv) priced- Largest company ni America staple article-please? everybody-Tra ile continually Increasing-Agenta wanted everywhere-heal in ducement-don't waste lime-?Hid for Circular lo UoiiKUT WELLS, 13 Vesey St., N. V., P. O. ?ox 12S7 Charlotte Institute for Young Ladies. Kev. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, Principal, Charlotte, N. C. The annual s>-i*>l-n. beginning Oct. M an?! ending Jane $iih, la dirlded into two terms, wilhnul Inter? randi*!? vacation. HamliHime hulldlna^ and pronndu ami a full cnr|ia nf ex perle need ;n<iriicinr& Boan!, anil tuition iii Ktudbtll, #IWI |ier Iceni. I-"<?r ?HUT information send i.^r circular, S. TAYLOR MAKTIN. Charlotte, N. C. Pleasant and Profitable Knijtloytneii*? -- Beautiful !" '. Charming I" '. ' ?li, how lorclyT 'What ara they worth!" Ssc Such ar? exclama linns hy i m rn? ?no sm* I he lance elegant New Chenno* produced hy tba Karobean and American Chromo ntblMtlnc Co. Tin y are all perfect ('nins of Arl N'n one can rr?i?t the i< mplaiii'U lo hny when *ceinf the Chroimie. Caiira*sera. Agent*, and ladies Hint ?cut lumen nut ?f i'm iii- yiii-ni. will Sud !hi> ii.e IM?I >ip<.-niug evi r offered (?. taube nnncy. For mil par ticulars, M-ul rta:np fureonlldenial circular. A ?i?n-?-r V. GLEASON & CO., WashlngbMi St., Boston, Mass. THF. BROWN COTTON GIN CO., NEW J,ONDOX, LO XX.. Manufacturer* of Cotton Gfu*. CoUon Gin Fmirr*. CottdtHunt and Cotton Oin Mtttnr?ult oj ecery .IftcrHptioii. Our Gini have been in use thirty yearn, and have an etfatillahe.ii reputation Air ulm pl?rlty,lif/ht'rHHM?ug,tlttruhll?ty, and for gttulitj nf lin: pro laced. OurFrtder I* easily attached tn tin- Oin, ami easily npetated by nay band of ordina ry intelligence. They are thc \?iu?iU>tl ?uni tkrajunt tWili'r in ibu market and feed willi more regularity llnin is possibiu by hand, iwrrttfiug //?. outturn and ginny a eietiner nnd b*IUe m ti* pie. At ali .'airs where exhibited ai il by Planter* having them in nae, they have been accorded thc highest enconi urns. Om- Gnitlenuen are well-made, tlumUe ami Himple itt eotutruetloH, and do what is required ol them rapidly and well. Xb additloutil porer ta rc ?l'iircd to drive tue Feeder or Condenser, and no Ctn 1L>U5C i< eompMe without them. Wc are pre pared tn warran'., .H any reasonable extent, perfeel satisfaction lo every piirelia.->er. Circulare, price.? and f.ill information furnished. Address as above, or ap ply to 3. P. Boozer ti Co., Newberry C. II., S. C. " How lo Da lt." a Himk r.n Wall si..*?m free. Tumbridge Co., Ban ken .t Rndters,! Wall Si., N. V. ' (?77 A WKKK guaranteed to Male and Female s>// Agents, tn their locality. <"..>!. NOTIIIXG to try it. Particular* Free. V. ?. VICK KU V & CO.. Augusta, Me. 41 33 G. P. CUR EXCHANGE jfffcf J91 Itroaii'St., Augu?^^Ua. HAVING purchased ?ff?%uildiug long known as the Constitutionalist Ol lie?, I am located permanently, whom 1 will do a R?it?rai HANKING ami BRO KER AG K business. Deposita of il and upwards received, and interest allowed on the same by special agreement, Monds and Stocks bought and sohl. .Loans no gotiated. Sight Exohnngo on New York England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany France and other European countries, sold at lowest rates. Country Merchants can be supplied with Exchange at all hours ol' tim day. By permission, T refer to Messrs Wright & Norris, and to Col. Jno. Hillel Nov. 8, ly 46 Hearth and Home, ANT) THE WEEKLY GRAPHIC Tho weekly edition of thr only daily il lustrated paper in the world. It ia the great homo paper of America. Subscription Price, $2.50 per Year. AMONO irs ATTHACTIVK FsAx?juts ARK: Thrilling serial stories. Choicest short stories. The latest nows of thc globe, in pictures and paragraphs. Racy letters from leading cities and popular resorts of tho world. Fashions, to thc lates- day, described and illustrated in a manner unequalled. Topics of the time* tersely mid vigorously discussed. Trav els and adventures, with things curious, beautiful, and remarkable in nature and life, graphically illustrated and describ ed. Spicy and miscellaneous features, such as go to make up a live, first-class paper for home reading. Unequalled at tractions in timely news illustrations and real art pictorial embellishments. With the inducements ottered, HEARTH and HOME is a most excellent paper for which to procure subscribers. We pay agonis a cash commission on every sub scriber obtained; Circular giving full particulars will bc sent on request. Agents require no further emt lil than specimen conies of tho paper, which will bu furnished free, and tio special letter of authorization from us to act as agent is required. Send for specimen copy con tabling list ol' prizes ottered for clubs cf subscribers. TUB GRAPHIC CO., 39-11 Paik Piare, IV. ?. Sept. 11, I5t 39 ADORN YOUR HOMES am nilli ItKAUTIFUIj Kif GRAVING*. 20, W a> 00 cents erich. Thc he.?t opportunity er er offered. Send 18 cents for a hciiuilfuliy Ilium rated Catalogue of subjects. THE GRAPHIC CO., 30-41 Park Place, N. Y. ft c ESTABLISHED [MB! MIM MM ia*flll*'fl, i f. -1007 WILLIAM^,. WE? a, ' j 128 MEETING STREET. Being now prepared for tho FAUL TU VPK Koa ?875, I wish to call th" attention )f merchants to my large and varied stor-k of CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE LOOKIN? GLASSES, KEKOSEM? GO?*|?K, .1 M'A,*NKI> WA JIP, Ar . \. great part of it IMPORTED DIIIECT KKOM Eritorn. Besides staph- goods, I heep ilways a large stock of . iFREISTCHC CHINA AND CUT GLASS. My thorough knowledge of tho business, wqulrod by an experience of over dwenty Years, enables me to buy at the lowest ligures, and consequently to sell at irices on" which the retailer can realize a handsome profit WU. LIA li L. WEBB, Aug. 20, 2m:5.5] US Zfrciivg Street, CHARLESTON, H. C. BAY, TANNAHIL?i ?? Suceossoi-s l<? W. CJ. d ESSUJP, AUGUSTA; GA., .J HT AVE on hand a Large Stock o?" doods for sale at Lowvst Pri?es. Tour and six ?L seat PHAETONS; four and Six seat ROCK AW AYS ; side seat BUGGIES; pen and top BUGGIES, (end and side springs) ; Turn seat IsUGOIES; two and lreeSpiing Domocra?WAGONS; one, two, three and four horse WAGONS. CiriliDRENS' CARRIAGES. HARNESS. SADDLERY, LEATHER. CARRIAGE MATERIAL, at reduced prices. SHOE FINDINGS and LEATH ER of every description. French and American CALF SKINS. Lining, Top ing and Binding Skins. THREADS, WEBS, LASTS. TREES, Ac, Ac; MA* LLINE OIL, PACKING. GUM and H EM P. BELTING-two to fourteen ?nebro, hvavs on hand. HORSE NETS, SHEETS and HOODS. LAP DUSTERS-;?1.?0 ) .$.5.00 each. English WATERPROOF UMBRELLAS-$3.30 to gO 00 each. All kinds of CARRIAGE BUILDING, REPAIRING and PAINTING executed romptly an ri thoroughly, bv the best workmen, at reasonable prices. ^BS, Send for price \\*t. DAY, TA NN AW LL & CO., Juno 9, 1875. ly 25.j "25 Droad st., Augusta, Ga. PRICE REDUCED From SI OO To 50 Cents per Box TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR A E A FE AND RE LIA BLE FfiVSS AND AGUE ANTIDOTE AT A PRICE WITHIN THE BEACH OF ALI. ENTIRELY VEGETABLE. NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL. PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE THEM. NEVEU WAS MKDICI>T3 SO DBREnVJBDI?T POPULAR. 3m T. J. TEAGUE, M. D., JOHSSTOX, S. C., ^.EEPS constantly on hand a fuil Stock cf URE DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES. PERFUMERY, GLASS, OILS, VARNISH, KEROSENE OIL, y TOBACCO and SEGARS. -Aiaw^a-fcHrge OCOCK-VI - - -<: [QUORS Of all kinds and grades. ALE und SWEET CIDER. JC??r Ile bas also opened his SODA F?UftTT, with a gushing stream ? Pure and Cold Soda Water. Thc Lidies are especially invited lo call id try our Soda Water. Mr. Z. A. SMITH will lake much pleasure in icing and waiting on them. ICE and LEMONS on hand during the summer. r^r " TEAGUE'S CROUP DROPS" ni .yaya ready for Hie child. TT "sT -?-B JL May ll. 1875. Iv T. J. TEAGUE, JOHNSTON, S. C. 21 * J?llr?? 117 & 149 Broad st., Araosla, Ca. AT REDUCED PRICES HAVE n Splendid Stock of NEW and FASHIONABLE FURNITURE; id while I do not PRETEND to sell AT, CF. BELOW COST, I will sell the )ods CHEAP. I have the best Stock of SAFES in the Citv; the famous WOVEN WIRE [ATTRESS-the best Bed in the world ; uko the best and cheapest fixture r MOSQUITO NETS. All goods will be found as represented. UNDERTAKING! METALLIC CASES and CASKETS. A large assortment of WOOD DFFINS, CASES and CASKETS. f??fCalls attended to at all hours. E. ?. ROGERS. 117 & 140 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. Augusta. July 20. 1875. Iv_ 15 PRICES BROUGHT DOWN RIGHT ! ALL JELXGrlSLH' 11 AT THE CHEAP, CASH STORE, GRANITEVILLE, S. C. A. P. PADGETT, Is BOUND TO SELL QUANTITIES OF ?RY GOODS, GROCERIES, and NOTIONS, AT FIGURES TTTAT WILL SATISFY THE MOST CAREFUL BUYERS. :o: 35 Bbls. of Liquor?, at thc following* Priers: W. J. Black s N. C. CORN WHISKEY, per gallon, $2 50 PURE N. E. RUM, " " 17*7 N.C. WHISKEY, ?? loo Old BOURBON WHISKEY, (worth $4) " " 3 60 " RYE WHISKEY, .? " 1.G0 -ALSO TTIESE FAVORITE BRANDS REDUCED TN PROPORTION: Lawrence M vera & Cos. FAMILY/NECTAR RYE WHISKEY Pure BLACKBERRY WINE; '?WEETWINE;" HOLLAND GIN; and Cincinnati LAGER BEER always on draft. Jiaj"* Ice in abundance. ^ A. P. PADGETT July 20, lyl8] GP.ANITEVILLE