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/ ^/\^3^*"^' ^ ^"/ * .-> ^ ^4. THE WEEKLY^BIUSIOa TIKES.. - nei'otfd to ^?rif?Hure, iortiiulfuic. ^lomcstiii tfqonomp. |oIHt :;?tratar?, J)oUti?9, and the Cfnrrrot Unra of ,hf IN V<& VI.-N.w Sks.K. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROMNA, SEPTEMBER 10. 1876. NUMBER 30. POPULAR ORATORS AS AMMtEriH BY THE HON. T. OMVCMAN. Jtcwinitct wcfj of' W'bth r (.'itlhouii, Chit/ ami ofltrr Ar.-tfrifitn Orators? I uimat-l Swats in llit House ami S natr.? The Ana rtcau " Trlma limit." Tho commencement exorcises of the ! * uivcrsity of the Smith were in M Inst Thursday at Sewanec, Tennessee. All address vras delivered to the graduating oluss, on the "Dcfcolfl of Public Sjienkerr. and che characteristics of Popular Orators/' by the Hon. T. \i. Cliaguia i. This adit-ess contained many interesting reminiscences of the great orators of rh?? country, with deee.rij?ti<?us of their styles of speaking, and personal anecdotes concerning thooi. A large por tion of tho address is given lie low. it bn^r&IV Ai>U CJ1UATR Let iw, however, now co.isidcr the peculiarities and characteristics of some of the most distinguished orators of tlu country.? I will in the firet phice call your attention tn two prominent senatorsofthesame State. Panic! Webster and Kutus Choate of Massachusetts. Auioug orators deservedly eminent, I can recall no tnore striking contrast than they presented. When 1 first heard Mi. Webster, his video, though not in any eense melodious, wrns strong, ole.ar, and very masculine Attunes it reminded tie- pleasantly somewhat of the ringing tone of a raven's note heard at u great di.tancc through the air. Duiiug his latter years it lost much of its strength and volume, bat was always distinct and pleasant. In 1848 he made an elaborate speech ou the ( subject of tho proposed acquisition ot terri tory from Mexico. He diAcred with his Colleague, Mr. Davis, had much feeling on the subject, au<l only spoke a dor thorough | preparation. That speech u?ay be reuicm-I be rod as the one in which he said "'Politi-' eians arc not .sunfU wore ; tlicy do not turn I on their god when bo sets the same look. | they turned when he rose." Ou this occasion be spoke with uuusuat earnestness, and > was very impressive,. There wore several j of tho new inembeis of the 11 use present,' listening to Mr. Webster for tbe tir.^t time. 1 Towards the close of his speech a member from one of the Northwestern States said to me, "What is the matter with the old fellow? what makes h' i so dull?" "Why," I answered. "ho is to-dnv speaking with very ' unusual animation. ' "Heavens !" he exclaimed, "if he were to speak to one of our Western crowds in that manner and they did uot know who he whs, they would go off ** * . ive hiiu." It *> <? th >?? piuihih of certain vyeateryspeakers m the llou^o to declaim wu?, qrfpat vohtuieucc of mnouur, clinching tlicir un(j marching forward and backward with a forui>d?blc aspect. and when they reached the most eloquent part of their speeehp* the cravat was pulled off with a sudden jerk and the vest was unbuttoned and thrown open partly to diminish heat and perspiration, a.jd doubtless also to ] impress the audience with the grentness of the effort then being uiude. To persons no customed to such fpeakiug it seemed very strange that Mr. Y\ ebster should sometimes spoak for several minutes without uiukinga gesture. Tu spite, however, of his usual want of action, he kept the attention of his auditors, and hid speeches hud that remarkable quality that when one looked back to them front week to week they soeuied to stand out more prominoutly and loomed in i the distance. A REMARKABLE SPEECH RY MR. CIIOATK. ' Karly in 18-14. tn tbo Senate, ho spoke : on tho Oregon quoat.iou. Several Democrat- ' ic senators, followiug in the debate, assailed . bis speech with remarkable vehemence.? i It wtia evidcut that they intended to make : party capital by attacking Great Britain. j CouKpiouous among thorn were Messrs. Ben- j too, Silas Wright and Buchanan. Though j denouncing the pretentious, the injustice, i the arrogance and the insolence of Great Britain, they disclaimed auy purpose to go to war with her. While these speeches were being outdo, one evening at a social party, oa meeting Mr. (Jhoate, I said : ' Why has not your Oregon speech beon published ?" He replied : '! have not vet made n speech on tho Oregon question, but' i riieau to make one." 80011 after he delivered probably tho finest effort of his senatorial career. After discussing for perhaps a couple of hours the merits of the question with an earnestness, a beauty aud an eloquence seldom equalled, ho turned his attention to tho senators who had assailed him. ijuotiog in succession the words of each one, denouncing tho oppression, the insolence and the arroganco of Groat Britain, he 01tilaimod: "But the senator wishes for uo w<?r with her." Then, with consummate skill, ue repeated Mark Antony's oration over (/icsar's body, drawing a parallel between each Senator nntf ouo of the conspirators.? "Great Britain," said lie, "has always been our enemy ; she was arrogant, domineering, and insolent, hut tho Seuator wishes for no war with her." Pursuing the parallol, he exclaimed, "there the well-beloved Brutus stabbed, but Brutus is an honorable man." Then quoting another Seuator he cried out, "See what a rent the envious Casca made ; but he, too, ivt au honorable man." So admiral ly had Mr. Choate prepared tho minds of the auditors that it is difficult to give an idea of the effect of thcAo quotations. As one looked ojrur the donate, it seemed ready to burst luto laughter, but in fact every one restrained his feelings lest he might lose some of the speaker's words. The effoet on the Senators arraigned was not loss striking. un.;u \f- u 1. -1 - ? .? um? .ui. iisutuu strove iu tarow il> on, with a poorly assumed air botwccn indiffer- , cucc and deiiaqco, Mr. Buchanan hang hit; head with tho sheopiah look of one who has beou dotootod in a shadow strntag in, After getting through with his ndvoraaricfl, Mr. Choute drew ?iinru.jlf up to his full height, with an air of great dignity, aud said: ''Hut, Mr- President, there is oue groat and striking difference bttwoon Msrk Antony and those houorahle Senators, and it i* due to their high character is well ?* to the courtesy of the .Souate that I shout 1 state it " As ho tittered these words i a fine ui.iuly tono of voice, and with an ui of goucrous courtesy. tlio senators raise themselves up in tholr seats with a count< uauco and inatinor which seemed to sa} "Well, he has hit. us rather hard, but lie i ibout t > umbo amends handsomely." Mi (y'iioato said, with striking imphutis: "An tony was u villian ; Vutony was a hypocritt ; thesr honorable senators arc perfecly sin | cer?: " llad he swept the chambers witl ! 'te boon scimitar ot Saluditi it would soeti I that ho ils could n<<t have sunk uioro sud doul} When ttio speech was concluded Senator Foster, of Tennessee, and Georg W . Summers, of Virgi-.iia. both lino speak cts iod orators, witl. whom L happened t l?o standing, began to express thei admiration tn .st warmly. "If that man,' j said one. of them, "only ha I the man uer of Clay, or Webster, or Calhoun, li would universally be regarded ns he great 1 est orator in tlu world." "1 differ witl you," J said "it is his fiuo roauuer that iui great degree makes him so impressive, bu hi.s ideas are net in themselves us largo a those of the tnta you mention aud aie no oaleululod to make so great an impression.' Thoy, however, reiterated their opinion with much cu.phasis. Some weeks later 01 speaking to them again, 1 found that th effect had been greatly diminished. MH. WEBSTEIt's OUKATEM KKKORT. I regard Mr. Webster's greatest effort a that delivered on the 7th of March, 18;'i(J No lucre r- port of it will giro one sin idci of its greatness without sueh a knowlvdg of the circ umstance;! under which it wa made, us perhaps none but those presen could realise intense anxiety prevailec in Washington in the minds of men of nl shades of opinion. The shadows of thcsM even's which occurred a dozen yours late seemed to oppress the minds of nl! present With this anxiety there was a hope that Mr Webster might solve the difficulty lb spoke to such an audience as had never bem previously assembled in the Senate Chain l?or. All felt the truthfulness of Scuato WalkerV words wlieu. in moving to post pone the subject on which he had the floor to take up that ou which Mr. Webster wai to speak, he said there was "but one man it America who could have drawn chat audi ence together, and lie alone could satisfy it.' It was not merely that all the sittiug am standing room in the chamber was lillcc with a brilliant throng of ladies and gen 1c fun the diatimruivhvl r^et-.ir of tin persons asaein ,lud was mom. n.makubiu. l?cing fortunate enough to get u seat ou lh< of Cmv iti'o ohtf'? r I ^ - c unite near M. Webster, I had a fuir viov * * .* or every countenance turned towards tin orator. There appeared iu every face unx iety and intense earnestness. He had bcci speaking nearly an hour on the subject it gene ral tortus before he indicated the po-i tion he meant to take, livery face retainer its intense anxiety of expression, until a the close of otio of bis sentences, he said it an eutph ttic manner, "1 will not vote for tin Wilutot proviso," There snouted at (Ntee tJ 1)6 ii of t'utjicncf, accom .(viiitcu liy a slight nulling sound, causer by the revelation. He proceeded, and full] met. the public expectation and hope. Ii was a purely* intellectual impression madt on the utinds of all present, and yet the cf fect w:is greater than any mere oratory alon< could have produced. 1 never witnessci such a scene of relief iu the public mind.? lie bad drawn from the dark cloud tin lightning which seemed ready to buret or the country. Hut for this effort we shoult theu probably have had, with what rosul (annot U'.w be known, the collision whic' occurred a dozen years later. Of those resembling Mr. Webster iu tin largeness and power of their thoughts, I car recall no cnc so remarkable as Coo. McDuf fie I once asked Col. Win. C. Preston, o South Carolina, whom he regarded as the greatest orator he had ever hoard, lie iu stantly replied, 'McDuflie." Of Col. Pros ton himself it is but just that I should say after hearing him under favorable circuin htanccs, I have never doubted that ho wai by far the greatest orator that J ever listen e.d to. His thrilling voice, his whole actioi suited to his impassioned ehvjueticc, hi: bright and uoble sentiments, his wondorfu and imposing attitudes, placed him far it advance of any orator that T ever kuew.? When for fbe first tirno in Koine, mv over fell on that, colossal statue of Pompey, tin base uf which was bathed with the blood o the great Dictator as he expired under tin thrusts of senatorial dogger's, I was instant 1; rerniuded of some of Preston's attitudes. A: ofteu as I afterwards looked on it the sarin impression would strangely come over me ? After the torrent of Preston's intpassiono< cloquoncc was fairly under way he had : complete control over his nrrditors. When for example, wanned with the vcheureuei of his action, ae graceful us it was impetuous he would sometimes as it were unconscious); tako olf his wig with his left hand and pine it beside him, so as to expose his head, whicl was entirely bald, there was in the attdienci no ntoro of a tcudoncv to smile than whet Chatham for the third time pronounced tin word "sugar." McDuffie. with ihc largeness of though which carnotoriacd ' Webster, possessed th? earncstue?s uf Choute, and n Ychomcuco udi force iuitncusurably sujiorior. The array o his argument* was most powerful, and his dc uunciation of wroug absolutely terrific. H had not the poetry of Choatc and lacked th oolish of Webster, but his uiassive thouirhti throw n out with tremendous energy, scenic to (nil aiuoug hi* auditors like thunderbolt! His whole manner wan that of a man cnl ing into action every faculty ho ponnennet not to save his own life, for u bravo ma could not plead earnestly for hiumolf alom but as one who was making A dying strut glo for the life of his country, or for trut itsolf. If wouM bo interesting for one t j compare Mr. Webster's speech, delivered i ?? 1 - ! --JJ- 1 * (1 iho House of Representatives in 1824, s it agaiust the Uriff, with cue of McDuflio's on 9 r tho same subject tjudo in 1832. McHufle's d J speech agaiust the removal of the depuoits, u !- delivered in 1834, bears marks of a Higher v ^ ;jjkirree of finish ami greater polish in it* c s , language than uiost of his efforts show. It n r. I is, InS^ever, less forcible and vehement than e l- some onSype n ; xhVM^.tY's OHAT0BY. r i- Kntiroly difV(;riT?tt,"sti"in any one of the.so li speakers was Henry Clay. Whoa in the * n meridian of his powers his voice hub per1 haps unequalled, Both in the richness and [. melody of its fine tenor and ia the grandeur ,, e of its deep bass, it seemed capable of in |> definite modulation nod expansion, i' r- ;| o haps the nearest approach to it iu excellence o r nid compass that 1 can recall was that of 0 " (Sentry, of Tennessee. But oven his voice, u remarkably mimical and varied in its tones, >, 0 was scarcely equal to Mr. Clay's iu compass, gj .. was not so emphatic, and could not strike li with so much force, nor was it capable of n n so creat expansion in its deep organ tones. ? 1 Though Mr. Clay was very tail; and uau.vly *, h ' stood very creel, lie never seemed still, o.s p t Mr. Cnlhouu oiten appeared. Ilis gestures ^ ' were abundant, easy, appropriate, very he- n s prassivc. and yet always graceful as well ?s J a dignified, lie ucvcr strove as sotue speak- Cj ^ ore do to make un impression by tlie cxhi- ?.) bition ol' bodily force. He was alw ays nni- 0| mated, often impassioned Whether he )r seemed to b ) addressing himself wholly and |, s earnestly to the presiding otfieer or tlirew the Cl '. glances of his bright blue eye over the au- j-fl a dience, by his animated, varied and earnest t.j B tones, ami by his graceful, and sometimes w s | commanding gestieuluti >n. he kept the nn- 5, t j divided attention of his hearers. Ho ap- p 1 poured liked n champion in battle, deliver- n 1 ing bis blows right and loft, aud unlisted (i j the feelings of his auditors on his side so { r completely that they scorned to regard it us I u . their right, aud were ready to shout ovor . . each success wou. Mr. Clay was perhaps tx i least felicitous when ho attempted to utter 1 merely handsome things, and to make poeti cat ijuotatinns. He did not use well such |, r prettinesses as 8urgeut S. Prentiss would | u, cull fiom p.. ts and novelists, aud with them J, , entertain an audience, without ever producing 1 s a deep iuipressiou on it Mr. Clay appeared 1 to the greatest advantage wheu repelling tr - personal attaeks or when disou.vung topics M directly conuected with the honor, the Bale-1 # 1 tv, or the liberties of the country. His | 1 j high souse of personal houor, hi< dnutitlu^ ! Jj j courage, and :.t times haughty during, with I b 1 bis great public spirit and aicleut patriot if, m. \h "i'ioucl ?d M Of. I. ?**'"* T ) ? v ,f not the r ?twc Tmwrrs a.ono, . ' 1. u.v.1^ they were, 'sat uiauo bttn the * u. : greatest parliamentary nuu in the wo ld. 0l j He was a good lighter, aud tould tsko care w - of himself in every kind of debate. That ! su 1 he was at times as groat an actor as Lord th 1 | (Chatham himself, will he evident 10 one win lj - i merely reads his eloquent and patriotic . lvW 1 ' peal to Mr. Van Huron in 1834 to w?c hi?. \ ,p t j influooc) with President Jaokuou to induce j, 1 I him to restore the deposits, or, ate. later no- .,c f : riod, his descripti ?u of tlie interview us- \ \ 1 iwvmiii 4I10 Mcinooratic senators and John ' w| ! ?r..i.._ an.?.? ..1.? l . 11?. 1 - ; j yici . j inwu uicu > ?i mui uu imjuhj iiut UTIVC ^ I | l>y force he often won by his unrivalled tact h|, I > and address. Ho, however, lost nothing fh't ( ; the estimation of :he couutry by the 0CC4 1 \ ' nioiinl exercise of these powers; for his per-! ,, feet frankness, high courage and public ? 31 spirit relieved him froui all censure. Such j, 1 ; means, when nsed ut. times to secure great { < 1 and honorable objects, were viewed incroly i ! as we do the efforts of a skilful horseman, ?, ' > | who, to manage a fiery steed, is oquallv '% I ready to use the spur or to coax the animal. I J. I | No man o^erjjycd who was more prompt to | f' ! repel all that was not alike honest, honor- . : i able and mmil}'. j , The session closed on the 4th of March, * ; i ' and owing to the pressure of Congressional ^ - j bu.-iness 1 had not scon Mr. Clay for many "J f days. S'ueh was his health that it seomeil J-i : doubtful if ho would again return to Wash- ? - ington. The Senate was detained by some * - Executive business, and was for a while sit- * , ting with open doors duriug the consideiV *> - tiou of ;i contested election case. Not be- W i ing willing to leave without seeing Vfr. Clay, J* - I walked in, and after the usual salutation, ** i said to hiui, "I called last evcuing to see ar s you, but you were out." "I am very sor- J? 1 ry." he replied, mentioning where he hod ^ l lieni* "ennm this nwantnrr Hut nn " ouid ?S - j ho, seeming to recollect suddenly, "I am to J.' > dine with iSir livery Tiulweij butysir" coinc and eeo me to-morrow eveijfag." "Ni;v'' 1 I 1 replied, "I leave in the morning I only tj b orillud't hid you farewell. I shall be a can- ^ ) didate lor re-election, but you know that *!" s politics are uncertain aud we may not meet f b again. 1 wish you to kuow that, though 1 w - have of late opposed some of your mens- ^ 1 ure.i, tho greater part of my lifo has been a devoted to tho effort to nwke you Prcskieut. *" , A wonderful change instantly came over his a countcnanoe. J t see mod naif that remark a? i, called up to his mind the images of thous- >H v ands of friends who had labored so long, so pj a ardently and s<> vainly for bis promotion. m i The toars fell nu his flushed cheeks, lie covc ercd his eyes with his hands for moment, *? a suddenly recovered himself, and taking me mi b by both bauds, said, in n subdued voice, T fll kuow it, my dear fellow, and aui verygratf^ T t fulforit."' Vt* 0 This disappoiutmont was equally shared1! > 1 by Webster and Calhoun. Tlicy all. howf over, had the good fortune to die while theii i- great intellect* wore still in their meridian 1 e xplendor, "beforo decay'# effacing fiogcra" e bad robbed them of a single element of \ i, strength or grandeur. Mr. Calhoun's loot f d speech rauks among bis best efforts. When j; t. it was impressively read by Mr. Mason, Hi fi I- a fine masculine voice, as Mr. Calhoun sat/ $ 1, by hie side, thin and pale as marble, tbe # n movemonte of his brow, the active and its* tj s, eessant compression of his lips, his rapid (j Lrlaucc-* from senator to senator, with an h h eye a* bright aa that of the wounded eagle, k ;o told unmistakably that there was no cloud f v on his icitolect, and that bin noble heart waa c I. % V ' gKVfl > > a ' k . T: .. ............ till ut rokeu. More; than an hour I pawn lone w th Mr. Clay shortly before bin death h he lay on a w>fu. because too feeble to si ip, end with a cough so distressing that i as ahiost impossible for him to utter > ontplHb Henteoco, showed that, while hi: lind * #* oppressed by forohodings ofgrea vil to the country, his intellect was ttuditn ied. s i?l the doop current of his pntriotisu dIIcI with undiminished volutin low At a meeting of the stockholders of t romficiiC railway eorp (ration, recently heir t It Oon, thetc were p-esent two gentlemen oth io years, one, however, oonsiderahh the other. in talking of tlx hi tines gone by, the youncrer geutlonmr rdled the attention ol'his friends, and toh jpietMitt little story, which should be rem 'ith profit by every poor, industrious au< trivngiad. We use his.vwn language : "2early half u contury ago. gootleuiou, 1 as (tout, willing ,.nd able, considering u?\ jud r verrs. and secured a olaee in a hard > w I " "4 " 'or. More, to ilo all sorts of chores required wt. paid seventy-five dollar^n year tor tin miees. One. day, after T Lad boon u ?, three months or more, my lrieud there Jr ]> who holds his ?ge remarkably well iinv) in the store ar.d bought a largo bill 01 in vols and tongs, sadirons and pans, buck tf scrapers, and scuttles, for he was to b< ii-ried the next day, and wag supplying i household in advance, ns was the groom's iHorn in those days. The articles wen i .ked on a borrow, and made a load sufli i.atly heavy for a young uiule. Hutuiori 'bug than able, 1 started off. proud tha ''id aid niovc such a mass on a wheelbarrow <ot on remarkably well till I struck thi rati rood, now Seventh avenue, leading t< 7 friend R.'s house. There I toiled iiik grped and tugged and toiled, and couh ft hildgc tb' load up the hill, the wheo leg its hall'diameter into the mud cv 1-3 mo i would try to propci it forward. Final a good natuivd Irishman passed by wit! dmy and took my barrow, self and all, 01 is vehicle, and in consideration of my pro iiso to pay biui a bit landed mc at un jst illation. 1 counted the articles carefully as 1 de vered t.heui. and, with my empty barrow udged my way back, whistling with gle? rur uiy triumph over the difficulty. Soun oeks after 1 paid the Irishman the bit ant Dver got it back, front uiy employers (Mr h, T. am sure, would have remunerated me ut never beforo heard this story ; so, if hi 1 in dined, ho can compromise the debt bj MO ? oua'.ioi Ml hi.s lire, puitli*; est tti.I.) Rut to die mi ni. A moroham ui witnessed ujv Struggles, and b.iw r.-nl 1.' iy 1 struggled to deliver that, loail ot hard arc j he even watched mc to the hotiscnui w me count each piece as I landed it it ? door-way. He sent for me the :icxi iy. asked my miuie, Icld uie I10 hail a re ml for my industry and cheerfulness un r difficulty in the shape of a five hundred liar clerkship iu his establishment. I ocpted, aud now, after nearly half a cen ry has passed, f look back and any ] heolcd myself iu to ull I own, for that rc ?rd of perseverance was my grand stepping .?ne to fortune." The speaker was a very wealthy banker man of influence and position, and oik rive willy respected for many good quali * of hcavl and heart. Hoys, take a moral jm thi.- story, aud be willing aud indusious. You do not know how ninny eyes 0 upou you to discover whether you art 'iggish and careless or industrious and will j, or hew many there are who, if yon o mora! and worthy, will give 3*00 a step ug stone to wealth and position. VYttFKftMKNTitt) Wine."?The following Ffotious for preicrving grape juice, so ns rfiako what is sometimes called "unfer euted wine ," we find in the Join not oj fit>lied Ch r mis try : The grapes should be allowed to thorough;ripcn. They arc then picked,, And the ma and ah green and rottou .grapes reoved. The grapea nro then crushed and cised in the usual innoucr. The juice ij' b? put direotly into bottles, or it may first concentrated aomewhat by boiling fc*tben bottled; in either case the bottles t puc iu noi water ami brought to the 'Hug point, where they are maintained lull an hour. At tho end of thin time 'tore them from tho fire aud cork them while fatil) hot, wiring in .hf norka. ' VittptaM them and continue the boiling thW hour. Glaas bottles are better for if purpooo than tin oi.ua, though the latter * bo twed. Au analysis of a specimen od in Now Jeraoy, gave the following MflU, Alcohol, none; sugar and extract, llOjash, 40; water, 7600. This had, tl/ebly, been concentrated somewhat bef bottling. Tho flavor was flue. VpR Girls.?It b a study worthy of an st to look at u group of our Southern I; and talking together in any ably, or a private party at an in the girl, of only fifteen or 's of age, so much genuine grace dignity and aelf-powcsaion of k*t it astonishes while it pleases, exactly how to aqiilo; the polite astrained attention; tho happy iqaed attention ; the sweet smile to some fortunate arrival, 4<.1hr smile of iced dignity on one JfAides upon a favored companion in ot; do these sweet and happy rrj their sweetness and happiness it heme cirtlc? Is it smiles or fretthere ? Tho first duty of politellkto he polite at home. The first law F^v,nhility i? amiability to father and ^HLj^reAper and sister. The most beautfi'lf:ha:ni that o:in adorn character, is the hs? ' a teudor reverence, a sweet affail'// log sympathy, a polite and gracoul acr in the privacy of the homo irjh 'MnfS S F I: ' 1 | COL. I. WASH WATTS' KXPEBIBHOI WITH | IKE QBABRBt AHD STOCK. , t i Ajj the griiss question aud lire stook rsiis- | t | ing sit the South are attracting tho attcn- i i i tiou of a lsirgo class of our farmers, thanks < s , to such writers an ltev. 0. W. Howard and ( t | Dr. Leo, I have thought it might add some - : little to their testimony, for mc to give aogie i I of the experience of twentv voars in mis- , ing 'vr?ss, hay, turnip, sheep, cattle, and i butter," (I have never tried to make cheese,) i and I am ready to hold up the bauds of I ! these men while the) battle for so good a ; . 1 cause, aud endorse their nrgnmcut* witti i i facta. j ( r Previous to 1852, 1 was farming iu my I' ? native county. Laurens, S. C , but always . > ; having a fancy for stock and grass, a id be- j | j lieving that 1 could do better in Nortiiern j < 1 I (reorgin than in Laurens. I moved Mid net- i \ ; tied iu Ones Couuty, about twelve uiilo* from , Mr. Howard, whore I farmed on the mixed j | plan with fine success, raising a? fine clover i t as 1 have ever seen grow anywhere else? 1 When 1 first began 'rowing clover seed, I i found the prejudices of my neighbors just i , as strong against the grasses ns in uty na- | i tivc .State, but my success stimulated others, until that r.-gion has becouio u fin? clever i country. I left there during the war. and i f ufter the war settled at Martin's Depot. S. . C., where I have grown as good clover as I > ever saw. cutting one nunsou three good . crops from the same land, but 1. am eoni vinccd that, we should not cot more than two crops, and rarely more thau one; as it: i robs the. land too much, the lust crop should be left on the land. t 1 have made excellent hay of clover, Herd'; grass, and crab grass, and can testify 5 that it is as easy to raise clover here as any- i -> where in the Vijbed States, it only rccjuir| ing of us the same efforts mode by others. \ The main cause of failure here is. that most J persons try to get u crop of grain aud elof vor at the same tirio, when the land is loo . poor ior ono crop Ulover should be sown , on land previously well cultivated in cotlou, , potatoes. peas, or some cleauly lined crop.? . I ha .'e succeeded hotter sowing in March f than any other time, on land freshly ploughed and harrowed; and, after sowing, harrow . again, if convenient, but it makes but little difference whether harrowed in or not, as , the first shower will put it in ; be rare to j put no crop with it, unless it be orchard J gross; oats will dry it up. and ruin your stand. If weeds conio up, all the better, for they will garrison the clover against the j > crab grass, and will not injure the crop. 1 j I have raised turnips with fine success, * br:h hero hi??1 in Ocorgin ; kave j^rovn t. tlucc hund.ed bushel* to tlu. acre, wim hut . little trouble and cxpcusc, aud havo no . <!.??? tirnon three, if a 1 proper effort be uutde. \V c usually take up , our turnips, and bed them like potatoes, I and feed, as we need them, to sheep and rattle. Herd's grass can be grown here to pcr[ fection. i find it growing on our brauch [ bottoms nearly everywhere 1 go. Orchard ; . grass does well here, and is the best mix- , [ tnre with red clover th it. I have tried, both . ripening at the same time We also have , the Bermuda grass, ami, from present indications, it will soon pn.ssc.ss all the bottom land iu this section, and the earlier the bot- i . ter; then some people will have grass and . hay who have never known tho good of it; I | and, for permanent pasture, the Bermuda i grass and white clover, mixed, will make i j about as perfect a pasture as any othor i . known grasses, each growing in its time, ?? if the othor was not present, and furnishing i t grazing nearly all the year. Everybody 1 . knows crab grass, but few know it) value 1 for hov: it rarelv fails on woll o?lilii??o<l J ? v ? v..?..v? I land, aud makes excellent hay if cut while . in bloout and well cured ; in addition to i ' these wc have an abundance of Japau olor vcr, i'Jjpspcrfeza *triata,y and other grasses, for sheep pasture, and 1 assert without fear of successful contradiction, thai we ouu raise sheep hero as cheaply and profitably ! as anywhere this far North, and I am almost ready to say anywhere in the United States, unless California furnishes an ex1 ccption ; and this may be douo to a considerable extent without diminishing the oot' ton crop ; but, ou the contraiy, by graxirig ' ' the waste places, we add a fertiliser that is 1 very cheap, the mauufacturor working for uothing and paying his board. Tho sheep ' yield three crops, wool, lambs, uud manure; either of the first two will more than pay nil cTjw>ri?.rs leaving the other two clear profit. It is regarded good economy at tho North, on mixed farms, to keep one sheep for every acre of tillable land. This can be done ou nearly every cotton plantation, and will add to, rather than diminish, the cotton; and when other crops of sheep feed fail, tho cottou seed makes an excellent feed. I havo wintered our sheep entirely on raw cotton seed, fed twice a day, at the role of three bushels to tho hundred sheep ; eveu when we have plenty of other food, we. usuully give them sonic cotton seed, of which they are very fond Our aheep pay us much better iu proportion to outlay, than any crop wo ruise, and if I had the money, p I know of no inwoal inniit 1 -' ' 1.1 ? .H.v??>i?vu\ *. nuuiu miucr gi make, than to buy a few huudred Merino a sheep; I want five hundred on our little r farm, and will not bo satisfied until I get fa theui. r As i n evidence of the profit of Merino n ahecp, I will state that wintering ewes Jaat u winter oosl fifty cents a head, nud twenty- fa five yearlings a Ye raped eight pounds of n wool, some going as high as ten, while our tl breeding rams sheared from fourteen to ]< twenty pouuds; this wool is worth in the n dirt about thirty-three and a third oents per a pouud. Ewes having latnbe yield about o one-third less than those without laniha, hut always enough to pay for the board of herself and lamb for a year, so the lamb starts il out of debt, and pays well as he goes, and b never dies insolvent. The greatest draw- tl hack to the sheep business is not the want a of grit*, hay, or turnips, but the dog and p 1 ?J| ^ i >! " 11 -f 1 * thiof \ tho former can be disposed of with a ihortened biscuit, but the latter tarnishes a kuolty question I can't solve. 1 have given overal facts, i?nd I will give a theory thut differs !ron? the generally iceeived opinion of knowing ouca ; it in. that sheep are rarely killed by very poor dogs; negroes' dogs rarely kill sheep without the aid of the owner; it is the fat, well fed rascal that iocs the mischief; at any rate this has been my expedience. Tho fat dog begins the killing for mischief, but after his frolic is over be return* to take a bait of fresh inut ion, when it you ?ro in liuic to put in strychnine. you will get him every time.? The poor dog hunts for the crumbs and ilcad earoasst^s. We have succeeded very well in raising oettlo, but only keep a few, as the sheep pay so much better. I havo lest more in nogs than any other stock, which is always i heavy loss, as they cost so much to raise them I nm sure that wo ought only to keep a few gleaners, and leave the bulk of the hog business to ton cent* a bushel corn men; hogs will not pay where corn is worth fifty cents per bushel. I should have added lucerne to the hay crops spoken of above. About lour years ago, I prepared about linlf an acre of rich land, that had boeu heavily manured the year before and planted iu cotton, to prepare lor the lucerne; the laud was well prepared in the spring. I think in March, and the seed gowu iu drills eighteen inches apart; it. soon came up and grew oft' rapidly, and the second year wo out tire crops of hay which 1 did not weigh, but believe it yielded at lon?i two ions to the acre at each cutiiug; just think of ton acres iu such a crop, nod itow tnnuy sheep it would food; but the land must he made very rich to yield such crops.?Jiural Caroiinian. THX RACE QUESTION. The Jackson (M isa.) Ulnrivti very wisely concludes that if the negro loaders had a particle of discretion they would hesitate long before precipitating -a conflict of races iu any part of tho Sovtu. They ought to know that, in such a conflict, their defeat would l?o inevitable. Leaving out nf view a calculation of the aggregate white population in tho two sections combined, let U3 look lit the statistics of the Southern States alone. The followiug tshle, made up from the uioth c .nsus, shows thnt there arc only throe States iu the Union wherein the negroes hi.vo a majority, aud only two whore on a square divisiou of the races at tho yuig at the lant. What we want is not a lore stringent divorce law, but a better ndorstanding of the moral law, which forids the worrying of those not alr^pty ono; ot less marrying, but less marrying where here is no re-marrying. And, nboro all, jtThcre be no inpiting or bribing thoeo to rarry, who are not drawn to eaoh other, ud held inseparably together by qualities f mind and soul. A bruise neod not turn black and bine, T hot cloths are first applied to prevent the lood from coagulating; then gcotiy press he wounded part with the finger to relieve ny defect in the circulation, and afterward >ut ou bandages wet with oold water. * -SLr, ?t5[ . ' v "w) ' i 0 polls the negro's majority is large enough lo l*j faiily counted hjkim : J-ori l.ATIwN IN 1870. Ai-.i'oAma w&si ArVmw., 162,116 122,269 139,947 Florida.. 97,067 91,088 4,368 flaorpcia 638,926 545,142 94,784 Kentucky, 1,008,082 222,210 775,482 Louisiana 802,066 364,210 *2,146 Mississippi 882,800 444,201 *61,205 N. Carolina 678,480 301,650 287,880 8. Carolina 289,667 415,816 *126,147 Tennesson 036,118 822,831 618.788 Texas 712,089 263,446 468.014 Virginia 712,089 612,841 199,248 West Virginia 424,043 17,980 406,063 *Ncgro majorities. Delaware, Muryland and Missouri, aro not given in the table because the uegro vote is uot large cuough to bo considered. South Carolina and Mississippi are the only States in which the uegrocs can count on a majority sufficient for any practical purpose. But in such a coutest as their conduot in Warren County and their proceedings in die last Legislature, aro likely, sooner or later, to bring about, what could their numbers avail them against the courage, skill, iiscipline and desperate intrepidity of the \nglo-Saxons fighting for their homes and ill they hold sacred ? Besides, it is not to be supposed that the whites of the contiguous States would be idle witnesses of such i conflict. The means of transportation from one State to another, are convoniont l :J iuu lupiu. Tho Clarion adds- : "The ncgroeB c.mlot be too often nor too soler Ty warned hat the white people, like th .aselves, are lerc to stay. They do not intend to be 10were of wood, nor drawers of water.? rhey do not intend to abandon their homes lor to be taxed out of them. There is a imit to the right of taxation, and the nojro leaders and their allies have already cached the boundary."?Charlotte. Obtrr?<T. Too Much Markyi.no.?There is altogether too much marrying, by form of law, hoso who at the most are only a third or mlf married in other ways. And there is iltogcthcr too much urging and coaxing, ud alluring young people into tho most n.'portaut and t.acred of all human relations ?nfore they are prepared or moved to aa- ? ume its burdens, and by those who ought o know better and act with more considertioi). We make too much of marrying ud boing married, until it is thought by nany people, somewhat a disgrace for a roman to pu#t> through life alone; when iu set, the life of many a single woman is toctry, romance, rapturo even, in coinpari* on with that of many a wife. So there is vast deal of marrying with Tory little of eal marrying; a vast deal of discontent, icmrt-ache, misery, hypocrisy and nnmar