i m"b i m i m i??Cm y nm, .fi| i nntfuii *, i ?? mji i ' ! i ?|w?ih ^??0?BP? ?OMB?I VOLTI CAMDEN, S C. THURSDAY, DEC. 33,1864= 1STO. 14=^ ?w^? ??i???? n i i. i ' Sy D. 33, BIOOOTT. Terras of Subscription. Daily paper per luonlh . $3.00 " " for Six Months - $15.00 "Weekly, $6.00 Rates lor Advertising; For one Square ? twelve lines or less ?TWO DOLLARS ami FIFTY CUNTS (or the first insertion, and TWO DOLLARS , for oaoh subscqeunU Obitoart Nottcks, exceeding one square, clmrged at advertising ratos. '-I Transient Advertisements and Job "Wonc MUST BE J PAID FOR TN ADVANCE No deduct ion made, except to our regular ndvertisng put vans. pe?Li.'.a?w Tliv Cliufa or Dartli AimoiMl, The analysis of this plant and its practical vise for a series of years establishes conclusively its great value as a field crop, and none other known in husbandry can surpass '.t as an auxiliary to the. great grain crop of this country. It is extensively used by the Spaniards us food both for men and animals, and will be as profitably amplovcd in this country when its value becomes known and appreciated. The tubers, wlich pounded into .a paste and mixed with water, make a remarkable emulsion; resembles milk in appearance, and, when strained, the fat rises to the surface and looks like cream.? HP I> ia Antnioio.ll ?-v - J - ? d * j. ma ciiiuioiuii, n utn pi uptlVU H11U SWCCICIICCI to the taste, is a most nutritive ingredient, and may be used as a valuable substitute for milk? the remaining cake forming a rich, nutritive food for all domestic animals. The cultivation of the Ghufa is the satire as coltoti or. corn, and may be planted at the same time J?nu grov?vn between the ro \ s of the latter crop, like the ground or?^$vp.e?*^TI>c largest vield, hoW-CVbr, is rcaliaM- W-frlrtiran^-thc cron to itself upon three foot beds, as for cotton? ch opping one or two tubers twenty inches apart on the bed, and covered with the foot, or cot ton board; or the crop may be planted in checks two feet nine inches square, one or two seed to the hillf covered with foot or hoe, and eidtiva ted entirely with the sweep, running two furrows eaeh way at the snne time. One bushel of tubers will plant from five to ten acres ? The harvest is easy and expeditious?a thrust with a manure fork on opposite sides of the hill and thrown up, presents a quart to a halk gallon of tubers the size of a post or white oak acorn, aiid may be gathered from one two bushols per day to the hand. When harvested for market, the tubers must be well washed and dried in the sun, and spread on a floor and not bulked, as beat or fermentation will injur tliern. Tne seed aro better for planting, taker fresh from the field in thy spring, after remain ing all the winter in the ground. The Chufa is a plant of more vitality, am can be transplanted at any stage of itsgrowtl wiui more iacmiy man any garden or field * crop* to the missing spaces which are "few ant far between," and is far more reliable and pro ductive, requiring less labor in cultivation, ma taring in oye half the time of the potatoe 01 ground pea, and yields three times as mucli per acre. It luxuriates upon all poor or ailicious soils, cnduscs the most intense drowths, novel wiltering under a burning sun, its deep grccr leaves resembling a luxuriant field of rice, al ^ ways presenting, a cheerful promise, and ncvei failing to*rt;thhi the reward of a full fruition When the cultivation has been generous ami complete. During the most fatal seasons wc have ever experienced upon a field on which ever- other species of crops have rusted and "dried up" during the first- dnys of dry wcathei in May or June, and from which we have not gathered, .without its specific manure five bushels of corn, nor three hundred pounds of seed cotton.per acre in thirty years, an average o! eighty two bushels of tubers per acre have been obtained.- Other planters have reported over two hundred bushels per acre on a more generous soil. What plant known to the enlightened husbandman will yield so much nutritive food per acre lor the same labor? None nf wVl!i>ll ton orn i I .nI. ? v. .. ...w ? W u.v llllUI UiUU A1U?T HI UUII imp* pier tho present condition and future prospect * of tho country, had the crop been grown extensively for the past five years. Let the hunger and scarcity now presenting such heart ornding results answer the shortcomings of a*misgnided economy. Tho comparative value of the Chufu, with other auxiliary crops for feeding and raising swine, is conclusive to all practical and experienced breeders, being ready for feeding ii: July , and August, when other auxiliaries arc struggling with most effort for maturity. i ' Tho mir&itig sow when turned in autumn | ' upon the pofntoe, ground or field poa, takes on fat-rapidly, milk dries up, offspring dwindles ? and perishes for Us natural aliment. 1 he result | of this stimulated condition of the sow is known to all practical breeders. Not so when feeding upon tlic Cliufo; l>otli sow ami pijjfNlnd in the tuber those ingredients so esse ntiallyviu died tor tlic lite giving secretion of the dam, and the I * ? rapid development of the offspring; no vogetn- ! < b!e food is so much relished by wild and doin- j i estic fowls nor con tributes so intuit lit sa\o- | rV ilesh to the inmates of the poultry yard. I , All practical breeders of swine concur that , the most trying periods with this animal are I the months of February and March?after surfeitingall winter from gleaning the fields, his! condition becomes deranged aiul requires "an ! 1 : alterative by a change of tood : without it, he ! 1 i sickens, nauseates and sleeps, and repeats the | 1 same symptoms fro in tiny L<> d*ty until disease ' terminates ids fate. Nothing m tlic; form of vegetable food can be presented hitn nv.vc ae- i ceptable at this season than a reserved .field of j earth almonds. . ( i Even with the above fActs as developed by ; the analysis of lliis plant, agriculturists who i pass currently as intelligences it. their vocation, are to be found who doubt and dread some I goblin tUi'iincd may haunt tlmir fields ami ron1 der "nut and llcrimnla gr>-as a plea for the wantjof "hog and 'hominy,' not realizing the truth that these enemies can be extirpased by marshaling this crop and the hog upon the sameneni. >\ lien reason ami oxpeiioncc pre vail, a more enlightened economy will congrat; ulale the country upon the acquisition TpJ^ < ne ' of the uioat valuable crops known "to c^yit'b?cd i man. IML'lllM ATUK. | November 10, 18(53. From the. Mobile Advertiser and titer, of 1 : the 23d, we lalce the following: the ciit*fa Foil noqs. The value of the Chufa as foo<,l for hogs is still imperfectly appreciated, although it is gradually coming into use and favor. A eonsidera, hie quantity of it was produced in this county j during the last year, and we will be doing many ; of our readers a favor by informing them that ; they can procure the seed-of excellent qualiiv i : at mc store ol Messrs. lvelly A: (Jo., on St. Mi| I chaol street, between Water and Commerce.? | I The following i.ote from one of the most ex- ; [ ; perienoed and successful cultivators in this seu> I tion will give the reader a general idea of the i ! subject, and \vc trust incite him to a thorough . : investigation : Dhau Sir: In reply to your inquiry regard*' I \ ir.g the value of the Cliufa as food lor hogs, wc , will say? [ That after several years' experience, wc rel gard the Cliufa as the best crop thai can be . grown on our light sandy soil for the raising of . liogs. The Cliufa requires but little labor in its cultivation, grows best on "dry, sandy soil, t if very poor (as most of our pine woods are,) i should Uc manured just as if to be cultivated in corn. i ( An ordinary vinld frrun sure. | I regard the 1st of March as a suitable time , to plant. The drills should be three feet apart, . | and the seed should he dropped one foot apart . | in the drill. After they have come up, cultii , vate with a sweep or hoe. They must ho kept . clear" of grass or weeds. , i Some persons have had fears that, if once j uiirouueeu into a plantation, thov could not be | readily controlled or exterminated if desired. ~ i No fear need be entertained on this subject, for they nre much more readily killed than the ordinary crab-grass. Respectfully, liEN.J'N TOOMKR. This valuable bog feeder cau be obtained in small quantities for barter on application to [lie subscriber. Applicants will please leave their names at the 'Journal ollice with D. D. riocoTT, fsq. * nun n you no. j CAMfjES. .DAMIiTurMI THBUD5SWAY iTEORNIKO H>S.C. 22. CoSFKOKRATR CoNORK.?R ?RICHMOND. Dec. 20.?The Jennie in secret session. The Douse pna-od a hill for 1 ' he sequestration of the property of pesons fleeing from .lie Confeiicracv to escape miU'ary service?yeas 4(5; tnvs .'54. The currency bill was further discussed until adjournment. I"axkkh Fl.ekt AsSKMi>mjc(5 off Wlr.mixr.tox.? Riciimon'p, Dec 20.?A n official despatch from Wilmington. date I 10 a. tn., pays tlirs advance of the enemy's fleet arrived ofl'this port during last night. Over thirty steamers are now assembling and more aro fol* lowing. The late Major Oenoral l'ATltlojc Ci.grurn'K was horn near Ballinpeolijr, in Ireland, and the son of a physician. A* ti.o ->rru i ii - !-. .i.v .mv I'.uv "i ?Mii ircibins fuiiMiMi in tin! -u si regiment of Knglish infantry, and served three years as n private. Purchasing liis discharge at theend of this time, he removed to America and settled ib the State of Arkan?as. and eomineneed the study and .practice of law, at Helena. ? ' r. and the Misses Si.oman are in town, and intend pivitipn Concert on Monday evening. In these times a hearty lmigh is worth having, and the preat attainnientRof the Misses Sloman* will insure them a full room. Pitch a comhirfntioii of talent is seldom witue.-eed, and a large attendance will no doubt bo the result ^ Four McA i.i.istkr.??"f ho Courier of yesterday says: Tn alluding, in the Courier of Saturday, to the fall if this work, we stmcd, on rumor, that seven hundred of otir troops were cap-urcd along with it. We are happy to he able to correct this erroneous statement. Wc learn from aw officer since that the garrison consisted of parts of three? ompauies, and numbered, all told, hnt lf.O men. It: c n from reading hymns when he was too young to uiul orstniul them; another rambles like abroad \vh oeled wagon ; another has a way of reading wh ieh seems to proclaim that what is read is o*i no sort of consequence and had better not be listened to. A Curious Report about Skmmks.?The Liverpool Post, of November 16, says: ,lWc were informed last night that Captain Sernmesr whose whereabouts lias lately become ;fjhp ?uhjeet of several paragraphs in the'public journals, is in reality in Liverpool, occupied in engaging men for service on board a privateer.? It is said that he saw thirty five candidatesycs-? terday, and selected nine, and that lie is to start, on Sunday for Gibraltar." Special Notices FI7NI5IK.4V* NOTICE.' Tiie P'liond*, Relatives and Acquaintances of JamfS McKwan* and J. 1C. Witiikrspoon, are requested to attend the Funeral Porvicca of the former at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow (Friday) at 11 o'clock, without further notice. Mr. and the Misses Sloman WILL C.IVK A (MiAND VOCAL ANI) INSTRUMKXl'AL KXTKUTAINMISNT in Camden on MOXDA V E VEXING. December 26. I'iiII particularsgiven in future advertisement. December 22?tl. _ ~ NOTICE^ t"'~ rpO HIRE. OX TUX FIRST MONDAY IX JANJL UART, T\V ELVK LIKKI.Y FELLOWS, accustomed to both fluid and turpentine. -Tkums ? Notes willi approved securities. Hirer to furnish each two suits of clothes, one pair of shoes, and pay doctors' hill, Z. CAXTEY, Dee 22?td Agent for Mas. 0. F. Cantey. Estate Sale B. Y PERMISSION OF TTTK COURT OF 0RDI&: A TLY Tor K<-*'s)u