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Wiliam &11avi~s, Prov;ictors. A F, ni ly Pclper, Devoted to Science., Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literare oms-$.OurAn ,InAv o VOLa lJWINS& OS Co W I)DNESI) AY MTOININ G 8 ET.'~R2t 83 N.1 WRMOAAML3S, V DAVES, i'he w n i ' ind r' u'. T ),%7 !1n jF j'. lt*. urM lt adver t cin:rent to be ftaiil in alvanrce. Obit tutry Notices r '0 0 T but 1 O0 per -p'0, of Ohw'm "m ECA 1 .ING A . T. Vatve) replint 'he (.! a l r of th 0 W0w3: it4 ( "o Iin'; g a ratitt ate'; of' th' !:i:.2 'seIttl i tihe pr'blic dt.. Tub r.:ter the 14,javo" '-To pay interes on '"Q',960O ingead f . , ,0 ,uVl he a dei dl rr iefl tothe taxpayers of' Cant C 1rolinI.. W i th 11) faih It inl the Radical pairy, and t het ) , v c., pray tht O ud uny lOve then t S0mc Buch coul ilWt. Tur: ne ew:s ( e tllin1 S:O- thin peition i h ia p0.0 N .a tion: iv ahce' Y. h- be h il , b on 4 the Atehn' levy i.m: o W e r f j -I c hi r* d ien a . d whm.gc 1101 mmo ;d n 'Cam-;th ber .; thn mtion as to tGo nhh fthe hondm (othvr thanl A I... puul (o the Ca .AliNK-Ma .us' jut 11 Uo as open hnd a.-, MuYj= Wo the V-: ou of tetwy e :. anUy (K 1C :1: sic ted bt. was .curred. 'TkN t o T -'. lyns r Us ':ru.. .. I~t i . i::; , l e i' c .t c 1i . :" :'.,l: l t. I V ' the Smutern p..'' apo:i tihe ub c of :tah~~l'ing Mou ha'rn inanacltto r;n [or tole wt 'il ) rp f or'r. rav, ma twiiaL." The IVAs almo th~nks that thurn CUr-h i,; he a W:ary in eaih Cano' i r *tat-', to v : Ithe raw; e~: al I r'.duced' ' wthiin P- ! mtoelry Iitoig tire 'oph:. The Columbia (rr ' i 1 , . .''10 pl) j hwt uat x . a n, ex enI hr~ ii. i co a r cct ri to adi it d a r a . e~ r ..u l::c r - oa .i of W rt 'lis 1(I'itL'd I: 1a 1~ .1 j'.0 ' it t) :1 C'o ic;r ( L l' -ra I c ,t. ;, i; , t ri the ,is kit T'C' C~t , !- l I.'' 1H f Ti Wr' a to ftw wt e ' rqi o.:-:ttiriu: catt i,':ried' to a pu rt~r the~ form a, 1f a~ cew' no .m ha OrA Ot the .Wdinto i v , the I n- nid W O t a I.. h a t 0. I~vl e .:n r. :t Ia ;te (i i m~a~ iut, ii :. t' .- - ( icri ,a sh ul r u mi- at e tj a 'Ici the peoprt thr1 ;;hth TI a. Enrrrrit f t l Jat' kerianf otc io I I lv r ina it hth e lf o f it. f irst iela lip1 ile, it'o tiii ct .-o ai Chit' (-lbte i've. t~r. lear n Sout I'. \VWim he had g~ot nil tlitl b'c il1 to I i.: fi icilIs, t he Vi r."t n on)ly V I II n:-! 1v':' IiIqr, )hUt c.u j M ud Pg' 'oa~u c r ON iu i hoeplc o,;, aduu~ c*c' wir on t I'!, V., .)I,t , . ,, ! W1C.Itig g lwt wI1 ill t I'ryn tbrqM WKC nhol Ahl foi it 1 , A~~~v Novdaprlc:; of a ?001f faC r Aoy .:tr hi!; to ciit; f,:I ii.L 'but c'foi csr 11%1 ot o cve PA MLh MUWIhIP tir y dq' . -- , 7 r, ,1 I* U Cir t a %,uuict.oro au e ien t;o 80ii vfouith auP Wet tha Wibopil JO a ,Yvi-cu I" ; ivl ~Cig r: pp i t ite. Th .11.,so i'ii p rd ii toU a hand v,:;ni work nert VgI ( u t: heC y lvlrca lo'oAi detrl tbe balco a hi' GO E . .*pie .1.1 io"O ieia 'N ti vns Iw ~ ~ ~ 11.v bitii tll a -'a i 141 rcl tno eeit 01 h Iii'e( ani tiiIC c ndi Fo &rtt tha 'it DA1 Lavu die0 W, V; ' of iLOCI L-1C lnvn10 Myt Wrt this re. I I 11l.1 Idti2 1 ' ' 1LS i'li 1 ~t,.- ii* thu town. yet. we ccitiiilIC wil bel (II. i' l ii n~g, t 11L hI, rof. ) , il'' l ( 'til 'li. 1!0'll 1 11 II JILO L tO Lh,. or i~~~~vcd~.a; of a. It ulc l. 101 11 1iL.) trolou~ 'ifi!] v ltJI i Ii P' L ,~ Las' oile t hin th re:Il ('fo..Ililu Ll.14 ~. Wqwf tUII l it i.t h ,2 Im time Iyk na(I 1 nomt p11A to ik oj r 12 1'' x( o, if Ici' mc k urngtht (liii CXI, il r1 o slidllil fI11 crt owing to l w2ttiI~ LlueI('lii n . le ii1115 on pnr i of 1100 l'i e I to ia, O SAg is,G 1.enI1 t the meM peridl. til i 4 . el Ai th.ret big I'.ill &-o Cl p r~~x evi y I o 1 o Ii Ju (wtIr saviu'ir wa oppo sed to -a!4' n. :) 14id put, ono dollar :re, -1i ceont. coipound, for 1 j.; ' , the r -1 'l 7'00 yO Mts it t. % c. % : - n . o v '. U , 1 M f11i o I, ."A: I, ";N).0100. As SnIu.eliaI i on 11 v.U 4. it to o)) alI tihe nnii for Over :s ; ;' w;Uw l to 873, it w. mb bly i : 1:4ur. C t 1011.:1h to pu, U t A - 'me cot y N:s xSew -'o b.-re woul .' o d IlliOu y ill t- l -4 i it would be bh an cutec h1 put :i : dclar 4t i - 1 ec n lA d 1i, d until t!:is time, I n i ( tIy ;:- ou nd ition ud aiitlj t*o b1ord for the I uco.ter(f (mirselves to what I V , n comprehed. i. Columobus I hI p t 1 u. dollar at intercst, six v cent co. mund, when he la:ded upon , this continent, at this time) it would 1i airrout ta ovcr $.',000,00,000. 11 I one of te pilgrims had put $200 at i six p.-r cen1t. comlpoundl interest tO-J r day it woil'i amount, to e::0ough to a pu0o l the New E;tu:~ d ' tates at t :o vahtie, t 1i g oatlcio:na. o' (Li .:o, for lis h rby hn pu1td :M J,0000 out at I 144r' 4 at ten per c:nt. compound \ vn !IM Wh:y, KiAy nIPI ninct y (:::ni.;it to double ev:ery f.CVen t yew4, at the end of ninety-eight - year i would amilount to 0,38,100,- o T ' - ol u amoan. to ''',000,001 i t li.l:ed va!lue of lliinoi for I lM. Thus it maoy hben haWt 1. no'n4y p .ut at inteest, I tim will, 0 43 " f'roDn srpent, mwallow up 6 too co-4." .Large -UIns of liOliCy no C numulmled and in the hands of tho i . control gla d. !avy b'lieve t hat tie ' oneyed interest of the o uIited State can conkrol Congre:.:. %t b,C"&idat ure114. and our - s he ecp:ouhtion of money ir hn mn of th0 AV- dalinig the 1::m code is f4hnlius. JLet thin CeU- a inine for th.O:-. t.wen'tydi1ve Years, tl Ind th Wuin:,4ed powe (if this cou 3 will -e1y baWe the people )y C S-tr'. Then naly appea44r the f Il hi1~ of iniLliho 4-.. ur, .ar:. r' -I%!!. wtI be 0hu cd t; labor, toil I m .: ftr t 0 i e Ih- a Co.l ( a o e i d. The growving' G 21 vy1 ad i :wopoly in our country iQ n u to liS berty thban , it i Hi be aoi a:t T rt- h I 41te compe14'tition4 this- m Von r.-bei pi eseuted in St hA I.,,o th bIss a - t WO owSat m-aw -'1-1y F-uman'' - -i ' I in" s 1 '. 4;, . >a h' 1OW (: iVle hm -0, "St. LI. . w v v 14f v 1 P : o. I J .' s. L c. ' I ve141, 3ro r '. d l4. .4'l . ('i :Wl u l . 4'm 14.o: .': i on ; P, 4. C , y I . ill of" Myl oier..-t, Che T' 4 .. :a 1) billeted, a~s I, 1 entud I 1. . 30 i-nt 14: im *r a~ ' i . (i thait, bo0' s p .cl ,44he m .44 4 4 v ll ' y' Ve 4'~ l le4 '. -II o.- l; /r i . T Wedn1. *".'''' 4 .irs o October N~ ~ .lw * 1*i.y < ' f Aim :in ('i, 0 (110 C 4 .vih:i d " '; hu 44e- is.', 0mon .:db Oi l i 1 -le4~ t on y..inc ite. i1,an (n14re da ," frma4' ''nri'!4e to F'4'n t,~ J,: : l .s.,: Io l jad ib . th : .-;i- A fear' ha nu be in .'c ':cel tht tn :o0ri:0.le000 '1ya rc (he i, ' r.u4ix cand --4(.4 t <u. theC po1lo 5444 4d 44u4 i 1the i~ pou l d.4by law for the 41404T' (I f t14 p af'. w 1I allowA o'.i ,b:ih fellow-uJzen0 .iust :7xteen1 11I iniinntes in wh)ielo cast the' vote.-;. pi liu with prop. effort a greant deali .t 0443 hay (4) I)0 donCI- Ii) inutO!-' 'e In '1.5', en'f the) pay wasI~ raised p: to :;;inn)), J) linter' denionneied the siiA inerm1'Cis4 a 01, ont rage. lie was not 11 TO TIME EDIToR OF TliM. Cn)NICL: i Ui.na Sin-\hnCI you aepplied to f( inc somo time ago for na terial lwarin tl on tho controversy of "Who urnled ioluia ?" I gave you two printed 01 pmtpIhets wYhic 2' J- I had obt iined f'ro an iv J1udijge Iolt, avialaining all tho tesiti- io ne.y taken in, the cotton cazcs grow. u ng out of that event; and ;uhnittei K .o tiho nixed C')oiien appointed L I) aLdjui2.'C it.:v e It c:-Ct itlii' under the v re:. ih G rea'.eat :n. dudgo ' li t co~uld h-;v. Lb;:i-d h. Ce' i. ti ""Hy of all the &MO o in 0T 1 W. w :0r1 and o lie c ivn- ilo wore et or near In .,olumi biia y hon tihe conila;r:rti. oec orred, but ho t im had y 11oui!gh without puitti? )'h , eriru fu nut to the expeie of bi! o; ing inore JA vitieves fron a distance. 1 SI uppose b le did not suinnori Cololwr Stone, ed rho Cotu'id)(dC the leadling bri- enl :'Ide of (lie Fifteenith corps, because a1 a did not know where to find him. co sunrely did Tiobl inow hij whereabouts pl ili Ia voluntarily publdihed. hisstate- no it. I! mfy of'iial report of the 1n Wait, publiiled before te closO of he war, when General WVade llairp na n was fightiig us, ant . when, an pe c alleges, bc was a prisoner of war, fo VCrfCrrCd iiniciea lyI to a fa t of ra -h-zcl I had knoin :dge th:t a smUdl oul etwhimnct of th rercteenth corps ihA ad pnsved over the Cenr'.e, hAd col nteed Colnumbia Und hoiked a :'ig hol n the new StaLe 1oure in rlv:.nce ou f the ryular entry of the Fifteeith to I p which had 0;A do a circuit to Or, the two- brouches, S Wluda and clk .aa? whichr v: e the Congaree. cra tted tho pofrra of lbhi s the etahni't as sticwhat irregular, ed lit the imert who colinpo.sed it now be- rel 01m:e iiport.nt aitnese, and I als< orowith erclaso colies of their writ. bre ,It Stateients togethne' II lhl tih i fli'il reports wIlich explaini tiho "di lole arl'air. Tt-eso witne.!As go the ac: (0 i time th- Fqeuarteir of a nai r hef-iro the ei y of the head f br. -or:'s brigado, antd r.bout t w hours tha -ca of time of Yrsonaily ionched tog io pile.: of' burtni cotton, of bicI cru Iberc were moaiy, and I. in ivite your fell reful perusal 1 their . ateCents, fshe( 'riel pv Si ti':i that they saw nal h avalry oliiers applying fre. cit ney aL tit. w reli. ioldie rs plundor rip Ig tlie tores on MAin streat, Ihich ener;.1 .flaniption tribui( to our lit( Iva ; and (1thv .rbther positively the wert tut. H-on. I - - -15 - -- ',li our, ol Con-:mila :-o that, he one Ild not and did iot fee hIS mun ip, T1i1 ying'li*e. ]low 1Lam111pton i1m ii its it the Cotton wasi ohled out in tle' wI rct-; 6f pthelirpose -f burning," %W, it tho.t b forbado the bunrniog et the v fire .hb l e% teni a. the buses- ll, Iii I r iiet. that n r'n:ttLr uhi!: feL i orsvri i're, th, mn of his deA rmy ither his rer , g:ird or bs wa ragglcr', did ap.ply the fire, and that dea is vas a unlli dent. cause for all elso int< At folowied. W1t4L great respect, it vi -cli A swimning iatch betweein ton of t 'un;g ladies to' k pl e oi the lla,..'y ma iver oP n Iater'dy . Th'ie prireo pi e as a silk dress value' nt $175, and cisi e ditance a "il. T: '.hinner was to i i:.hifila %b c olf Phladepha as 4z ho accoinpjlihedi lie didtance j inih rit y rninut it. A "i s Donani led sole 'r soe time, but re-icined her chanue we: r the pi.i to ai ii the: re:scue of' at fou cie !s' to piresent :di iDonan with a anci Id uatch, t'g a r.: r )' :r' bra- Th.i That ;om~h"ig'1l aw thld' rew~ard inn o'' .)eirn !~rhin i' y be.toingi hris 'rue :d nyac~ her iii iarriarge. cla Wei heari a jiod~ 0' ny memberliis of iq >t sre.,s wiho hiiue 1.4 yet returnedI tc tia air ba:ck piyi but a f1or tie firat, itv rin we hear:t of a meibe w. a vho has th edh the iil geL cashi 2 bildh ai mlonu. 'it to porpate t his ''1n inifaimy. th~i i'e g'tano (N , i' ninifo~s thai. ru o in. .u;. i. l'rindule has I)y, ve'~d hi iiare if' the g'rib (say tha yii%) in a beatifu~tl brick bloch in bae r'rwiebh, whii.*Ih i.tructre isc caled hav, d kno-.ui as Th'Ie Goveorinmert Uilid- au '. We adrmit tiat v.e rather like we r. Pr'itue:'s: pini'k. jo r i least is rai iiarce and htoneiti in his dirhonesty. lie e holc th-.t the' 'uuidirng is a .S.ongf th:e c, likely', to hart for a good while tb:1 era Praiaindle hias 'ire to isettle the coni I tcr c-esewhere, ndl tus reminra Le r fin~g to al future l'z'rindlcc- thr i',:'etedj ('anhier of' the~ Cari'ehna un i in:di hanrk of' ioui iiiA anid Mri . for ,ylic .Jones, Te'lleir. Capijtainr ir i' IIlri hascbee with thrii hank since its & 'izVation anI~ d Mr I. JloneCs, since "ali 70-'aenix. clu ...-----------. . - do, Tihie schiool at thi o owa rd Schiool catr rruse, at ih ocorriier oif tinicoln and shs aini i-trceet., wich iaas b)oon carried tria rough (lie siimmoer' on thre indopond., hiat I, It stem lis2 ini at very' prosperous so01 nhdition at presnt.-Ulnion fleraWi. WV. T. Bilacwell, of Durhmr, hasna id ai ire venu e tax to thoiigovemrment gus 'Ice Januiary hst of nearly $J '0,000. cari is trax for the year 1873 will over- e hi ach $@00,.t00. 5,n 'articulars of the Railroad Accident. From the Union Herald we clip th llowing additional particulars o ie railway disaster. The regular passenger train wen At On timi1e, followed shoitly after ards by the road paymaster's (rain cumotive and pamt3enger car. ThI p and down passengor train mocet al illian's-four and a half miilcs fron ightwood I iuot. The down passen r train--ci dtori , Wilim11 reveraunt--lueIt the meitig point Or Oli., 11n1d was rcj)1 ediYng Jrapi:ly to trds; Colum;blia, when0 up1 round. g a curve at Lightwood klno ring the pamin aste train aip are.d in ight, cHarcely m1oro thln rty yards off. Engineer Robert unisonl iuediately blew down akes, reversed his engne and leap. off followed by his firenan. TIeIo gineer struck on his head, and lost immediately afterwards the lision ocourred, and ho was com Acly covered with the dcria, but t ucriously hurt. The firuian was iurt. The supposition is that the pay ster's watch was slow, as he e: Ated to inako Stack's Turnout le. a the arrival of the down paissengcr in, aid was di ill ai milo-and-a-half a when the locomotives struck. As down train hove in sight, the Cr Ied liemi-in, wvith the premonitory ic: to .Engineer Wiliamilon, "Look for yourself boss !" leaped safely be ground. Paymaster T. Elliott chard was nat-ed inl tho engincr'.s .ir on the locomotive, as the sl caine. H wIS jiuinmed under wreck and so severely injur that bo died shortly after being aased. Engineer Williamson wi > caught and had his right thigh ken, I is ankle in'urcd, and was cut I britisetd alont the body. As (lie nvn brahk'" signal wais given on psscnger traii, a colored man ned Jamos Archer jumiped to the lit hut beforo lie could givo more n -.; or two tur;i:; th! trains caimela ether and his legs were jammed and shei between them. The poor ow fell on his face and died in a it time. A colored new.boy ned Wallace, who ro.:idces in 1.li1 ', was on the platformi and14 got, his lit foot Caught, aid badl simhed Vhe tenders of each locomot iv'e wcre 'rally telescoped into the cars inl re Ir. Th passoeiger train coli. -_ -- a - ,I Ig nai age, 1'iok1 ing aod ono pas.senge r ca'r. fir't.xIpics Car wi:. uiuahed and COM'Intent b'i att'rd on ih roadside, i!e the second, in v.hiclt Mes.,onger C. G raha in m. t.l , n ount e(d ruius" andI was aodemlolih.'C(t 3 me'.;jgcr w as thrown'u several i it the air and fell o!eig thA >in-, cuttinig li.- heal slihtly. It I a woudoriful prei'er'val lon from th. The bao age ear. Vas driven the end of' the simoklog Car, and 'as here that"Archer lost his life. he W il liainburg Republican, ed by B. A. Swib;, (colored,) I,. its ollicial carcer with a review he manlamus decision, inl which it We ha--c crefilly road th1e.i d' en, and must say that it appaan i to be more an airginivent adduce..d 1 ini execuse for grantit:g the writ ni sound legal doctrine. 'T) roa ing on manny points we conid~er k and had. For instane, tho rth objection sets forth th' fact t th h 1n11ds' 'itud unr ce'orteIna iier ot inu;med in ltrict, acco:-d. e of har:, and are, therecfore, v'oid. ) courit -dectid"s that, uder t he idatinig act, any irregulrarities thatt 9 have' hci been oected with the~ i,, of the bond:; in quie:3ion are do. red valid. I~at no0w comes anoth abjaet ion--- thmaL the v:aflbiting a'ct neonjist ituiona:l. Aind t he court oiina ii e t. We cort ainly, cannot understand 3ction? by citing ai cet'lin authi-i~ and whan thie ionsititultionlity oIf I. authlority :1is quetioned thley fall k eon the 01 igi lal act, wvhichl the y 0 jus:t cured by this questioned Loirity. TJhis i's som'et hing that cannlot pet tho-drift of. TJho court laiys great stress on what were intention oft he Logialatulre whieni y pared~ these acts'. We tink tile court should hatve also drded thl le in'cteni on's of the ,sat nire at, its last session,~ when 'passedt an act whieb wvas m3 ste 'r whlichl thoe urt, pr'opnose to e the le2vy of a Ltx. As to levy a tar, '.e d', not belne that the3 'ilaturo w' vill caiholy sit down and ' w the a Iighits of the. people to b)e reached upon, hbe ieving as thley that they arc thle only power that ordetr -a levy. TIhis 11as beeni wIn at the laist session wheni this tter was fully discussed, aind we e na renson to believe that that timentt lhas changedl." k. gentlemlan with the startling nlo of' Grouse exhibitH to the A ui. ta Chronicle and Sentincl a post al d on which hie has written t welvo .ptors from tho IBook of Job, in all, 26 words. The Picnic altd D1jor Wood ward's Speech, f )n last Friday t P0th ultimo, tiU Sinmbors of the Laurens Grng'o gavo a picic on thu grounds of theo Fo. ThCole. 'he picnic w'as a docided -- tucOes ; a uces a; cmi an ati be so. - eited fol such a Ocl rion only by tihe -oOod wives and daughtcrs t4 good fatrmiler. Viand:a rad b-b antials of a vry hind were in abundaiwo and of the very bort kind. Althoueli tha day was ruther ipropitiows, a good. ly numvba r assemiled to painkeof the edibler, 'and ''" -I to the it rri cutural adria'a'4 - vered by Maj.,.r o uod ward, of ./iboro. The '-pouch was plain and practical, and&1 ihaptcd to the day in which wo live, The tsubject was such as the I hiio would e;pcct to bo selected for nucht an11 0c.1cat-ioll by al cxperienced iad init liigent plVianter--Th vils of the pIet slctalystetl oAgriculturo, and their .mitmodice. The first evil to which our attention was directed, is the present systemt of copartnerslaip fr.rtning now being praoticed throth. out the country. Tho Major thni no ian ought to enter i copartner it 1p to whitclk he 17 averso, nor ougu1a he pcrmit mny iany or sot of men to force him into suchi a copart.nersihip. I, LCgeis a kind of couality ; for it in impos-ible to deny that the interest. ad part V has a right te eonitrl 1tn1d di. reett. to the c.ctent of his intrest.. The ICro bieing imerc ,zcd ouly in the goowing crup, carc: nothuing for ithe P1 esc ivationi of the lant ation and tho lo 'ping of it in ! ood rc pair. ll .e, the duayitg foncos aait the de tion which is gencrcally gatherinig about our farms. The truo remntedy to I his evil is to coploy Jabor f.,' woi;es. The negro bas forced this evil uipon us by means of li leaguct: tIal his brothrlIoods, and111 it io now ijperativcly the duty of farmer to ur;.an izo inl Celf defenec, and to this c':d ecry m(aC olugh1t to join tihe gran - pes new in pt oews of geteral organi Another cvil 1s tie- extravagant uso of fortiliors. They form an cnorinous d raiu upon the country, and wyhen prourlod puro anld gculuinle, which too often is not the cale, it is impos.-blc to scc any benlefit ariming fromui thoir ui' to ti recolnd year3' c1op. Newhstandig hit01imise outl:iy they really add nohing to the soil-lle supply will lu: exhausted. in . few xnars. an ha. v)t:he iran i'u to itccome of our farms ? This siould be corrected by tihe u:o of tite barn yarl manuros. 'hat n be pro pared in largo quaititics at less ex penlse, atl' thoy aro of perma nentit bmnoefit to th to oI. Apply them to out' best Ial ii, an.d cultivate not inore than INw(tly tece.s to (te Imttule. Ukor induix stiould he hori.ontali Cd. In coning from Newb-erry w this piace, the MIajur said ho iever raw bet;r cropA ; but towhere did ho sco a 4'i n,'le row of, corn or cott on that had been run upon a level.;, If wo wish to presrv our luids this muslnAt be donle. Without it o'r hill hidIes sioon washl int~o gulllies, lind the Foil iti swept :Lwn'y to erich the vaHy of our ieighbor. flill-.ido diohing is tb0aj it' t pol.cely uudorstood, but ' ieh ignoi auce morc land hits been ta''im by it , in has been naved. . ako your d it Aes nitort and always let thecm empty up thte valley. Againt we pilant too mucha cot(toen. fThe present policy is suicidal. We catni get ats mu ich for hal f the oquantitya as we do for our, 4,000:000~t bales~t, and a' thle si' no tim gron~'w theo gra'in no ce0.Iary for a tati(ont pu pose's antd e'trich our~ lan tds by properly rottig the. ci .ps. The idea abtoud in thie land thatt cottotnP in oneoy is a great, i stahlo. TbcIu Ma :jor' t'owed t~hat the farmuer pi d 1.5 cets for overy pound Oi cot Itan t hit heIt grows. Thio tomtaedy Ia is e vil is obvious11. Al ways plant 'f cerealt s entoagh to tmeet oir nhants; ba t, ito cOott mtoneoy ho 5o miucht e'icar' gain. .lf io can't do all thiit, do as tmuchl ofC it as wo cati, 'iTh .\;aj or ltnelred upont other poinats, hot thaese aro ih ma test important, ndo tintk themt worthy of the c'artful s1tudy of our' farmoern. We hope thte grantges' will prenner, e ad if they had thcir' meetings often'. er, it would b)0 all te better. The farmors constitute the back.bono of the counttry, and yet they aro the only class of our pl)Oel who tare with out organization. Th le prosperity of t ho. counitry is roally within their Peering ; they are suure of success [if t hey will ontly unite antd work In har'. mnony.--L arensville Hcrald, bth in llrerits.f e Thte restaurant keeper in the Oryia t'al Patlaie, ntear London, does busi nes~s enough to pay a rental of $1 25,000. A nephlew of M. Thiers, named Bocho Itipert, an employce of a rail road comrpany has lately been arres ted on a charge of coabez'zlomrntn. 'The amount on which tho -acousation it based is only 900 francs. The late Georgo $anders becake engaged to his wifo beforo ho' ever saw he~r. It is the absurd determina tion to sco tt womran befoto selecting her, that helps to ,male inarriages of searce. Diugritceful Riol ill ion, On Saturday nigbht, the cub in, stant, a Iob of drunken togroos oroated a disgrncoful riot in the town of Union. Th town umarshal Jto. 1aucett, While attempt ingi to ar rest one of the rioter: 'as set upont and badly beaten. Finding hirmeIf ntea. bio to coito wit t ait inber', iMr. Fauect ca~led up on Me. (3 rear, dpui. ty shteiff of the ecuttlty, to assist him. ir. 0. promptly respoided and push. ed hi.1 way through the Ocowd to Mr. 1..'s side. Seeing, the d'itgor, Mir. -mi:ed tho town mitarshal's t'::ca r u.. :aoed ate and lIlarrii. Ilarrii rose: swain and drew his kIofe atd out Mr'l Groer. Mri Yauctt eiig the movoi'tent, told G. that lhe was nut. This wna th , first knowl -ao Mr. Greer iad iliat he had' ieo stabbed. Tho blood began to shu on his shirt bosom, and seeing it lho crowd of no.roes began to give wa.'. On ecamining Mr. Greer. it was fouifd that he had been stabbed b-idly in the% r!st, Cho knifo entbri-ng ju.it below the collar-hono ant1 passing down about three inches, itak ing a sepvero though not moital wound. llan is slunk away from the orowd as soon as ie connitted the deed. Mr. vccr was taken to Drs, Mooro & Dob.ton's store, and had his wound dCssed. Up to last Itight he I:d nUt beei able to leave his bed. One of the rioters, Rock Johnson, was arrest ed and lodged in jail that nig., which causcd ittuch oxcitetent nt the colored people, and 8ilas li\w kins, trial justico, and Elij:& Men;,, undertook to forcibly onter th-o j-i1 and liberato him. In this thoy wee foiled by 'trio or throo p1-mieable colored mcn, who rrevented .I taw in's eaittralee. llahimno net.. cd in a most riotous n ntier for a penou officer, proving thimelf ontirl' r unworthy the position ho oooupies, andl igvorant of the ilutini ol Lill ofice. Tho Union Timtes na: "Wo are reliably informed that when tile row cotmtetwiod, u.1noto Mobley. the iounty auditor, was amiontg 0l.0 nrowd, and waa seen to draw his pi:; to], nud after.rds replace it. 11 I kins is MDiiey's trial justioc, and Mobley is Governor Alosos's pot, in this county. . Thrergh Mobloy's itti u. one lawkins we aippoinited." Tho Craphi.e Blalloon. Profet'or 'tcitor, who had chargo of the ill flat ion of the C raphic bal luoi iIy ho Jesu not believe a cotton b.al. loon of that rizo can be :ntdo that will stand the otrain of inflating wit ih the wind against it as it was for the last hour of the afternoon. ' Tho blowing against it expobed a surfaco of d,000 square feet, equal to the mainisail of tle hliqgst rhip that ever crossed the Atlautio. l'rof. Steiner albo rityH thero wore 353,000 feet of gas in Ihe ballooni when it col.lapsed, whidh gavn an upward tundonoy of over '2.00 pounds pressing againat the weight of the balloon, which is 4lOO poundn. Even a nilk bail loon could not stand it. Ila said ie had Pevor soon a stronger balloon Lud it the wind had beon less high, :hu halloon would have been all right. It i8 probable a now balloon will be !onstruoted. .~ we iurning Corn In the West. A correspondent of the Now York Pribuno, writing from lowa, giv.4 ~ho follo wing as the answer otf a >romhinoutt and well informed getle man of that Stato to tho qucstiont, 'We htear a great- deal said in thto INast about the farmers in Iowa b'urn. ing their ootn. tlas Lihi . 1)een dono to ny great extont I' "I supposo considerable corn w >nrned last wintor in sectionts of tho tato where fuel is not plenty, or wheo coal had to lie hauled a con t ~iderablo distance either fromi the nine or fromt tho railroad. A ton of ~orn Is worth for fuecl about two& hirdsi or three~fourthts as muchl its a ton of coal.-Now, if it takecs a tont ~if corn to buy a Itn of coal, the only po'tstion for the farmer to settlo is whether the coal is wortht enough mnore thtan the corn f a pay for the baulinug. S'upposo a farmer lives five miles from a railrondi station wherd ana1 is worth $13 a tont, antd corn ..w ill, ecll for tho same price. Assuming Iwo dollars a day as fair 'wages fotl he niari and his teamt, the corn woubt be. worth on the farm five dollars a on, and to get the coal thoreo oud tost sovdn d ollars Eut if the coal is wortht only one third more thtan'. th' corn for fuel, thon, if it costs ,more than $6 664 a ton Ott the farm, it is cheaper to burn the corn." One of the most conspioniousresdilts. of the Iato California cleotion, sir in. dioating thte temtper of thte people of thtat Stato towards salary thieves arid monopoly attorneys, i4 the ove r whelinug defeat of the G rant' fiekot in Nevada county; the homa pf'Efftgy %argentt." ESince his advocacy of Robeoson and the Goat. (iland job this chopion of Grantismn has been ko-' sotdby his warmetit sup odter, and if ho werd out $1 tho Sunatn he would not have influenic4 and1! gh A home to obtain a nomintation fet ca. [sable