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Travelers' Guide-
[LMINGT0n7 COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA RAILROAQi
Qkskkjil Passbsom Dcpaetjikht,
Colcmbia, 8.C., August 6, 1877.
rke following Schedule will be operated on
i after iliis date .*
_ y>$hj. F.vprtH Train—Daily
r ‘ ' . UJt>« MOETH.
see Columbia
see Florence , 1 .
tire at Wilmington .
’ aomo eoura.
sre Wilmington ,
see Florence -
rlre nt Columbia * .
11 15 p, m.
2 40 a. m
. 0 82 a, *.
C 00 p. m.
10 02 p. m.
1 26 a. m.
• AJfAJSJTJ,
“Since, if you stooil by my tide
Onlyour handa oould meet,
\ What matter that half the weary world
Lies out between our feet.
‘That I am here by the lonesome sea,
YduT>y thepleasant Rhine?
I Our hearts werejuat aefar apart, r
If I hWd your hand in mine.
“Therefoje, with nerer n backward glance,
I leave the past behind,
And standing here by the sea alone,
- Igireit tothe wind. ~
•I give it alUo tl»e'cruel wind, -
And 1 hnvc i > word to say;
Yet, alas ! t.'> ' as wa hare been, ^
Aud'to W at -.ye nr« to-day.” • , ,
$he entered the bower of bloom and
ragr%Bue, and they is pent a pleasant
tour In aearebing out and admiring
the rare blossoms, of which the colonel;
knew tbs name and peculiarities of
every oif*, and described them loft
way which made Mamie think him a
miracle of entertaining erudition.
After a time silence fell upon tbemr
liamia that the eyes which dwelt
so persistently upon her face were
brilliant with an expresaion new to her,,
and unwonted to them t and her heart
fluttered like a frightened bird when
he took her hand, and in a low, deep
tones told her of bis love, and that life
would be a desert without her sweet
companionship,
fhis Train U Fast Express, making (hrough
ineetioas, nil rail. North and South, and
ter line eonsection ns Portsmouth. Stop
|y st Esstorer, Sumter. Timmonsrille,
woaee, Mano*. F*ir Bluff, Whiterille snd
unington. —
Through Tickets sold snd bsggsge chock-
to all priucipal points. Pullman Sleepers
night trains.
THAT TERRIBLE JUVENILE,
rough Freight
Train—Daily, txerpt Sun-
4ayti)
* 00 p. w.
\4 SO s. mi
iXoo,
2 80 p .\
2 85
10 l(Ln. m.
OOIEC SCETi
are Columbia . ,
•re Flcrenoe. . «
riro at Wilmington. .
aptsa SOOTK.
•re Wilmington, . • -
•re Florence. . • . .
fire m Columbia . . <
Local freight Train loaves Columbia Tues-
p, Thursday and Saturday only, at 6 a. p.
-rireeat Florence ai .'i W p. m. -
A. POPE, O. F. ft r. A.
3. P. DEVINE, Superintendent.
-i J
outh Carolina Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCtfEDCLK.^
Columbia, July 11, 1877.
On and after Sunday, 15th, Pamenger
wins will run as follows; -
I : kor (•oi.CMfil, «,
, (Sunday morning excepted),
wre Charleston . . b 45 a. m. 8 16 p. m.
nirsntColumbia. 12 1ft p. m. 7 16 n. in.
_ J- .. f." »©• AO6V0TA,
(Snnday morning excepted),
mre Charleston . . 9 00 a. m. - 7 15 p. m.
rrive AughsU . , 6 ^0 p. m. 8 (h) n. m.
ron CH^BLESTOE, v
(Sunday morning excepted). *
Mire Columbia . 8 15-p. m. 7 00 p. m-
rrive si CharlestsnlO 00 p. m 6 40 a m-
esve Augusta . . 8 80 a. m. 8 16 p m.
rrive Charleston .^4 20 p. m. 7 2H a. m.
The Camden train will leave Camden at
30 a, m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and
ridays, and connect at Kingrille with the
3 passenger train for Coin mb ilk. On Turo-
»ya, Thursdays snd Sstnrdsys It will ccn-
eetst Kitigvifle with down passenger train
om Columbia snd irrireat Camden at 8 p.
. Connects daily with trains ftom and to
aarleston.' ' B. 8 ftOIAlMOKS,
/ Supcrifitendenl.
REEiNVILLE A^D COLUMBIA
RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ^
Paseenger Trains run daily, Sundays ex
isted, connecting with the Fast Day trains
i South Carolina Railroad up and down. On
ad after Monday, July 11, Iho'follotving
Colonel Ornhame waa seated In the
parlor awaiting the appearance of Mlse
Grey. He was ft noble looking man,
scarcely past life’s meridian, though
an empty ooat sleeve told of an arm
lost tn the defense of his country. His
thoughta were evidently not roeq-col-
ored to-day, for his fine face was
clouded with melancholy. His reverb
was interrupted by the entrance of the
household pet, Lulu, who bad been
crying, ae her tear-stained face bore
evidence. The Colonel took her upon
his Knoe,
’‘Wbatfft this, my little friend in
“I’se dot to have a tooth out,” she
said, pointing to a Ipose pearl Which
waa being displaced by a new-comer,
“What a misfortune I let me nee.”
The child parted her roes bud lips,
and Colonel Grahame touched it gently
but firmly, and lo! out it fell,
~ “It wasn’t so bad after all, waa it,
MtS'i Lulu?”"**-
' Lulu looked at him ruefully.
“Do you think another’ll tome ?”
then her face brightened suddenly os
a cheering thought at ruck ber, and
abe whispered: ”11 I’d taken laugh
ing daa I*d have a lovely tooth. 1
t»onel Grahame looked somewhat
bewildered. , , >
“Take gas! pray tell me. Lulu, what
difference that would make !**,
He bent his bead to receive the low
x _ a——*- - - j
spoken confidence. , .
“Tause Aunt Mamie took it, and
she’s got the pretiieet set you ivcr
saw—sK> white and straight. Her teeth
were awful crooked before.”
Just then Aunt Mamie came In. Her
cheeks took a roller hue when she saw
who was euteitaLuiog Lulu. She gave
him her hand with a Welcoming smile.
It was easy to see he was a favorite
with her, as well os witlt bar^luie niece.
Several times through the evening
she noticed him studying her face in
an abstracted way, and at last she ral
lied him about it. Hr answered play
fully, and with an effort ^irew off the
impression the child’s - prattle had
UP.
Columbia kt a- • <
r»ve Alston - - m . «
S Ncwberty 4 - *
IlodgM • - - . - *
Dolton - - - - •
s at Greenville • •
■ DOWN,
ear* Greenville at • «
care Belton ...
ears HodgoS - - -
eave Alston -
jrir« at Columbia -
12 45 p.m.
2 85 p. m.
8 43 p. m.
G 50 p. m>
8 30 p. m.
10 00 p. m.
5 40 a. m.
7 20 a. tn.
8 67 a. m.
1 05 p. m.
2 50 p. m.
FDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE
DIVISION.
ur.
eare Belton -
•are Anderson
•are i’endietr n
rave Perry villa
irrire at Halhalla
■ 8 80 p. m.
e 9 20 p. to.
- 10 10 p. tn.
» 10 40 p. m.
- 11 16 p.m.
DOWS.
care Walhalla -
•are Perry rille
•are Pendleton
care Anderson
.rrive at Belton
Laurena Branch Trains leave Clinton at 9
. m. and leave Newberry 3 p. to. on Tues.
ays, Tlitn'-'days and Saturday*.
Abbeville {hanch.(tatta-ewftiieetaat Hodge’s
ith dews sad
opted.
made upon bis ininti, arttTTeStrmPd bis
usual courteous, entertaining manner.
He bad long loved Mamie Grey,
though be had been careful to conceal
it from her. He was very sensitive
about his crippled condition,and could
not bring himself to believe that it
would not be a banter to winning the
beautiful girl's affdetion.
Lulu’s speech, however, set him to
thinking. Was he doing a foolish
thing in standing aloof, and not trying
his chances? Pei haf* her own trial—
for smile, if you will, ho looked at it in
that serious light—might jpake her
think moift lightly of his. *■
Ab ! had he been better versed in
the caprice of a maiden’s heart, he need
not bftve hesitated. That empty ooat
sleeve was his surest passport, to Mias
Mamie’s though in his utter
As she listened the knowledge cams
to her that her heart was in bis keep
ings bat maidenly shyness kept her si-
tent until he spoke of tbs loss of hie
arm a drawback. She interrupted
him Impulsively. ;
“That was your greatest attraction
to me. I would not love you half so
well”-she stopped and blushed pain
fully, but her lover drew hej to him
andAdd her crimson cheeks upon btB
*. y - - -r~s
breast. -- —• . - h " -
“So you do love me ? Bless you for
the precious confession. My life will
be all too abort to fill yours with hap
piness. Do you know,” said he sud
denly, "your tiny niece has had a share
in bringing this to pass ? Had it not
been' for her gutleteee child’s revela
tion, I should never have thought of
offering you this battered bulk.”
Mamie looked up in surprise ; vis
ions of she knew not What floated
through her mind. She well knew of
Lulu’s powers of observation and fond
ness of telling her discoveries. What
could she have said? Her cheeks
burned hotly. She feared that some
spf her Incautious praises of the colonel
had been remembered and poured into
his edr. Sbe*aid energetically:
“What has Lulu been saying?”
The colonel reddened, but she insist
ed on having the speech which bad
had such an important bearing on
their relations, and at last be told her,
saying sbe hxlght think it more serious
thau it really Was, For a moment sbe
looked indignant. Then the amusing
side struck her, apd peal on peal of
silvery ringing laughter greeted her
astonished lover’s ears.
It Was ebme time before she could
command her voice. Then she made
a deep courtesy. -.
’ “So you thought Lulu meagt me.
Vhtuik you kindly for investing me
with gucb unexpected amibutes to
.A, «,
beauty, but shall have to occasion
woeful dtsappoiiumeut. Lulu has an
other aunt Mamie—her papa's sister,
assure ypu, ediouel, that every indi
vidual tooth in my mouth is my own
natural property. I’ve never even had
one filled.” Tne oolopel looked em-
barrassed. but he said : .“I still Insist
Lulu deserves a large share of
It was a happy mistake,
largest doll I
(New* umI Gowlerd
We are all accustomed to-hear upon
the hustings that this Is a glorious
country. We are now one people, and
know no North, nor South, nor Hast,
nor West, but recognize ons protecting
government, and under our own vine
and fig tree can worship God to our
ehoeeing, with none to mohoiormake
as afraid. Bat how Is it pcaotically,
sodslly-aod otherwise, when we are
not talking for Buncombe? Let the
following inquiries answer.
We are in reoaipt of a lettfe from a
good farmer and Patron o^Lf^bandry,
we supposc. for he oftllf u8 .brother,"
which asks, “would It be aafe for a
Northern man to come aloneg hunting
a Southern borne, into yonk StateT
-“Ho# that you have Hampton for
yodr Governor have the ne||oea any
civil rights?” "What are y$r taxes
compared with those of form^ years?”
Now if this man is fn safnest
scarcely think he and we Hve nod
The Offer to Gen Lee of the Coumaai
•f the Valted States Army
[Hm. A. B. MtcrwW t> to* ffMUtotofcft Vtam.}
Is 1868—aeveral years after the wir
—n sefrator in Gmgrese bad the temerity
to make the charge that Gen- Lea had
applied to President lancoln fbr the
ccmmand of the Federal army depthud
to Invade and subdue the Southern Sutes,
and that, being refused, from pique and
resentment, he turned and offered-his
sword in ait of the Southern cause, and
thqs wai lh| jhw( cgnmmn^ of
the rebel foreea. On the instatit, Mi.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, himself
ft Union man, denounced the statement
as untrue, saying that although he had
sot the authority of the accused to deny
it, Geo. Lee’s lofty character and un
stained honor alone sufficed to repel
we | the charge. This furnished the occa-
ier |sion for Gen. Lee to give, through Mr.
of Lae's ability as a Soldier and charac<
ter as a man; told him that tbs supreme j
command of the United States army
offered him, snd said that h# (Best!)
would have cheerfully given plaoe te "the j
ablest soldier in Amertoa" if b« could ]
have induced him to accept.
The prooft sre conclusive that when
Robert E. Lee osst b his lot with his I
mother Btate, he turned his book on the [
highest position that an American sol-1 teg« ( while i
J: u —* " SaturdayDiffethwV
some mischlevooa atud rota.
the same government. Simitar quee-i Johnson, not alono the conclusive proof
Hops might be asked by the ffiwede or of the incorrectness .of the charge, but
the Spaniard. And doubtlees the two clear evidellce that he had himself
latter Itaow »a much of each other u from , IU , rn 0 f dut , „ d
thl, good "Brother" koo« ot «>• haoori th , , re f emen , whjoh k.
South, aod “ e ™ *" fchely ««u»d of cov«ing. Nho. eao
We may tbluk thrt Northere men who cxtr»rd.n,rj, m tott.r
aeksucb queetiooe ae the abo.e *rel*® rnl ® ‘^* n '®’ 1 ' hiroMlf, m con
Jqkfog or are fools. Could o«r people tawed iu the following modost and char-
oniy see the Northern papers as we Ucterisiio letter addressed by him s* the
4o, they would learn that the inuooent time to tlie Hon. Reverdy Johnson, who
country farmer ef the North Is as vlo- | not long before his death, avouched to
the contributor its entire authenticity .*
Lexiwuton, Va., Feb. 18
Han, Reverdy John ton, CT S. lSfn'ate,
Wtufiinyfon:
Mr Dkak Sir—My atteution has
writer was just from Edgefield Court-1 been called to the official report of the
house by private conveyance, and on debate in the Senate of the United States
the way met a white man trotting lets- of the 19th instant, in which you did
nrely along on hid horse, with a rope methe kindness to doubt the correotnesa
tied to his saddle, while the other end of the 8Utcmcnt by the Hon. 8t-
was around a negro’s neck, whose' i - -- -
tram daily, Bandaya ex-
OMA8 DODAMEAD, .
General Superintendent,
tapax Noktow, Jb., General Tlclcet Agent.
3htop a Leetle!
Of you Yus a drinkip*
jetle in at dot
Hie. V
md got a loeile Schnapps. He
lot blaccs in der Patterson House ai
md he vis von nice fellers urit dpt
'aloon. * He sella you aotnedings to
lrink vat vill make von right avsy
fueeck feol so petter ash goofc - fle v&3
-ot some of .dose ^
• ft (<0 a. m. - fieod 'ii'! fin . -^df-conct-lthehadneariy
ft 40 a. n. mMuterptl tea hei* sby evidence of
pleasure at bis frequent calls. But be
suddenly turned over a new leaf. In-
vitatioas to eonoerts, to rides , behind
bis fleet-footed bHye, exquisite bou
quets came pouring in upon her, and
she soon learned to associate him with
all things enjoyable and beautiful.
'One morning be called and inviteft her
ont for a drive. Alter a time they drew
up before a handsome residence with a
conservatory, at its side, whose flowers
of every kind and hue attracted tbe j De ig
“Miss Mamie, I would like to have
you see a rare flower which spends its
whole- Hfe-tfme in preparing one blos
som, then fades and dies/’
“Rather an exacting blossom I think
to require its parent’s life; still
should Hke to look at It, all the same.”
A colored servant answereiltbe col
onel's ring.
wish to abp?r this lady the
T, ek? Yust yott coom
■tw. Id vas von gopt idea to prmg
of dose frenta “it Jdu yen yun
conservatory. Tell the gardener to
ioot Olt Gabinet Vhiskey
“He’s out, Isn’t be ?” Tbls lime tbe
tone was peremtory.
tently poisoned to-day by
paper scribblers from tbe Booth as
they were in the days of slavwry. Only
a few weeks ago the New York Times
published an article from a corres
pondent in 'Augusta, Go., saying the
hands were pinioned behind his back,
and who bad to keep up a steady run
mon Cameron in regard to myself. I
desire that you may feel certain of my
to prevent choking to d^ath’ and' that I conduct on lhe occ « ion t0 ’»
such a scene was not rare In South I kr a* my individual statement can make
Carolina, but was one of the perils of you so.
the Hampton Government, inaugu- I never intimated to say. one that I
rated at Hamburg by Gen. M. 0. Butler, desired tne command of the United
iLour “Brother” were an uosepUsU- Stales army, nor did *1 ever bav* a eoo
cate'lreft.JerorthaTiiB*, oxawedoubl verfci ^ on . iUl b., (M ,.
but that lio believed every word writ- L, . „ ?
wq by thto llbellou. corr^poD-imt t 1 ' ra "' 1 Pre4on Bl * ,r ) 00 “to*
We oao say to our "Brother" thauhere w "* c “ wa8 8t * ,u * - ,,v 'lalion and, as
is more security to a Northern man to- P n< Ie r8 * 0o< L *t the instance of President
day in South Carolina than there Is at Lincoln. After listening to hia remarks,
home, we care not where he comes I declined tlie offer he made me to take
from. If he is looking for a heme the command of the army that was to be
land-owners will welcome him, and sell | brought into the field, stating as caodid-
dier could covet, and deliberately chose |
the ptoffi of sacrifice, peril and lose of |
this worlds goods, because, in his judg-
k was the path of duty snd
honor.
Is June, 1868, he said to his trusted
ieutenant, the gallant and accomplished ]
Gen. Wade Hampton; “ I did only wist |
my doty demanded; t oould have tak e
no other course without dishonor,
if all wore to he dene over again, I
■howld set in precisely thf asme
Men will differ as to the course which
Gen. Lee thought proper ' © pursue hi
siding with Virginia snd the South is
the great struggle; bat so fair minded
man esn examine the proof* Snd doubt
for s moment that he acted from the pi
rest motives—from the highest sense
duty snd honor.
♦«»«
Ploughing to Rye.
mmI courier.] I
Most Southern farmers think that'
when any seed are sown to grow a
tU late But
.The average annual Inorease In pop
ulation, per 1,000 among tbe chief na
tion# of Europe during tbe years 1872-
1875 waa : In Bwitserland, 7.5; in Italy,
6A ; in France. 5.8 \ la A uutro-Hns-
gary, 62; InGenaany, 12; ta Bag-
laud, 13 9.
, < * ■ . « .— V
It baa beooma fny oommoa for la-
dlea of jhe Rosnlan nobility In the
large dttes of the Empire, to ©ffe th^lr
diamonds to the pubHe tredsury, and
as ore smeots buttons torn from
tbs uniforms of slain officers and sol
diers.
Probably, In oooaeqaenee of the col
li pse of the Stettin bank, one of ihu
topmost swells ot Prussia, Prince Pit-
bus, has become bankrupt. He owred
tbe Island ofRouea^ and was saita-
m«
is Indebted more thanl8i.0OO,OOO,
The Grand Duke |
crop to be ploughed uud«jft. ftTgreua 1 the oH
manuring the land should not have all 1 thtoi'scoenUou rff the Or
the crop, but something should be bar
vested to repay for labor and seed,
Well this is probably a necessity with
most farmers, fbr there are very few
now-a-days ftho can afford to plant,
cultivate and turn under even a pea
crop and wait for a return by way of
enrich (tig the land. And, If any one
eows such a crop as rye, to be turned, —
under, be Is sure to pasture bis calves 1 ?*** tb0
upon the lot, cr out off a little of the I k .
With the etc
OoDstantloe, oil the male
the !
manhood are now hi actlvejmitftary
service.
PlvqObkuimeo la a wagon were ea-
terlng OrovDlc, Oallfornla, a week age,
when a man with a rifle mat them sad
demanded their mousy. The driver
m
that
gratitude.
and sho shall have the
can find, with a regular Flora McFlim-
sey wardrobe. Now, jesting aside—
low would you like to be mistress of
this conservatory 1” "
“Why? Do you think of buying it?”
“it’e uritm already ; and bonee and
servants are waiting for a mistress.”
“Yours 1” Mamie’s blue eyes obeded
wide with surprise. “I thought offi
cers always lived on their pay, and
were poor.”
“Not always. A rich man can be pa
triotic as well ae a poor one; and
though I can not work for my bride, I
can take good care of her. f5ti)|, It is
him lands cheap. Perhaps nowhere
can a comfortable home with fair im
provements be bought for less money
than In South Carolina. And we are
satisfied that judicious farming returns:
a net lueome ae surely .hftce. as else
where. Sooiety to suit any manner of
honest man can be enjoyed in any part
of the State. Schools and churches
are abundant, and while everybody
seems anxious to have the people edu
cated, and both black and white are
striving towards this end, there Is i..... J u , ,
equal uuanlmity among ths people in ln thc Umted 8tate8 arra J’ and on the
be -deterukiatloB to place no obstacle j * ecoa( I - morD ‘ n S thereafter I forwarded
n the way of any one In a religious “J resignation to Gen. Scott.
>oint of view; Come along then and At the time I beped that peace would
Dring your family If you have one, and I have been preserved, that someway
3anlsh from your mind every veetlge would have been found to save the conn
ofau apprehension that some ku-klux- try ftotr the calamities of war, and I-
ttinor davllBblaear* .ItUag aatridoL kvl no intel ,^ 0 tb ,„ te
the fence, awaiting your approach that . . , • ....
they may h.,e the ple«are of .calp- ! h ' ™r der ; f i‘ re “ * P'"* h »
lag a Yankee Immigrant. U thU i.1 1 ”"' ^ d *)" »ft«rwaid, upon the
not asaurance enough come by ex- inTitatioQ of thc Governor qf Virsinw In _ t
^&rJip7J s y~ ,,,d b r ^r 1 ' * <>I “ Ri < d — d ' f 7' j to j:.,7 zz
tuenoosoga enppi a to y u Fere and w© will furptah you a Yention-thfttt ift session had passed the treatment* of any acre in the South
body guard free of coet while you are ordinance of withdrawing the State from
fond enough of him to. bo. willing to
enter upon a life of self-denial.”
It occasioned a great commotion in
Mamie’s.home when the colonel asked
pei mission to address her. Lulu
adopted him at ouoo as her uncle, and
puzzled her brain considerably at the
quizzical way In which the colonel
dwelt on the title of “Aimt Mamie,
apd at her young auntie’s smiles amp
blushes at what she, Lulu, considered
the most Vaj^ral title in the world.
The Jiutea and Si
" 11 ^
dghborhood of Anst
■wswes#
escape from the
, yes, sab I out to. be aure“—“on hunters, ar jradually concentrated in
space. When
the step«v” be added in an underload.' a smatlur an
••Well, it’s'ail right^.’ said tbe cojo- the supremo i
great per-
schmaR ap:
dot geeps dose
PEER, hastened off for the gardener
ite, Nic. ®Btterto#^; *Be^way» of de quality
Ued pas* toy ’standing.
MaBfle uttered a cry of delight ae
M in the
Austln,NevAda^have
inaugurated a grand rabbit driTpifL
Reese River Valley, which will last Jvk
days. The valley is teeming with rab
bits, and the method pursued by the
Indians in killing them insures the
slaughter of thousands of tbe^nlmals.
They select apiece of ground
they know to be the resort of rabbits, |
and form a circle. Inside of this circle
toe women aod children are placed,
and the circle is gradually contracted,
the squaws and pap
beating toe brUsk with stick* to
the rabbits. The bewildered little ani
hither and
supremo moment arrive* the In
dians discharge their guns and arrows
on the eonfused and affrighted rabbits,
slaying large numbers of them at each
volley, and toe women and Children
kill mo uy with their (disks.
ly and courteously as I could that though
opposed to secession and deprecating
war I could take no part in an invasion
of tho Southern States.
I went directly from the interview
with Mr. Blair to the officc of General
Scott, and told him of tlte proposition
that had been made to me and my de*
oision. Upon reflection after returUing
to my home, I concluded that I ought
no longer to retain the commission I hold
rankest growth to fesd to his horses or
mules, aod then oonoluds he hM done
all tost Is required of him. Somemee
think If they let toe crop ripen, aad
then take off the seed, they are Im
proving the laud by ploughing under
the St rubble. Tbls Is s great mistake,
and we doubt whether any fertilization
is added to ths soil by even turning
under one fair average crop. Sotae-
thlog is added, *118 true, but far more
bas been annually, for so many years,
taksu from the soli, that ws canqot
expect to restore a bare moiety In a
single year. Were our farmers free of
rebt they might experiment, aod
finally establish a regular system of
ploughing under green crops for the
restoration of worn out lauds; but It
can never be practiced until tbe farm-
gg community is tar more Indrfttad-
eot than it Is at present.
The Scientific American says that
> reeident Clarke, of Amherst, had a
elx acre lot, poor and gravelly, that
yielded but a half too of grass per
acre. He ploughed it last fall aod
sowed a ton of reetifled Peruvian
Guano upon It aod sowed it in rye
The crop was a beautiful one, ftod es
timated to be at least thirty bushels to
tbe acre. Tbls crop waa, just before It
ripened, turned under with a
swivel plough running on an average
seven Inehee deep. This fall another
ton of guano will be applied aod tbe
land sown lo rye and grass. It Is es
timated that the next crop of rye will
pay for at least half the expenses of
the previous treatment, and the grass
will be a perennial crop, that will in-
On the body was *1,000 la
money. Tbe other Obtaamo rode to-
to Orovflle,
How and
villngta, fi^avAy from rtvkn, get
ter, wsa not
when Mr. F. Merttr. afnmttenonn of
8§l
in search of a home.
As to your second inquiry,.- we
scarcely know what to say. The ne
groes have all and take ft great many
more rights than the law allows them.
A great many of them think they have
civil rights to other men’s cattle, hogs,
etc., but the courts are rapidly. con
vincing them these are criminal righta,
and berhape ere long they will, by
e away time and
do no work bas also much criminality
mixed up wlto it. Those of them who
dead honest lives and ears their living
the Union, and accepted the commission
of commander of its forces which was
tendered me.
These are . toe simple facts of the esse,
and they show that Mr; Camcroa has
been misinformed. Your obedient sen
vant, „. R. E. Lxx.
THE IXClDXirr COHKIRItMft.
Dr. J. Wm,jIflaes,-of toaiBeim^Swii,
poverty hunger ^oc’.ylocaaw-HUtoric.lSoctetj.wri.oi the following
letter: ■
'As confirmatory of the incident given
Lyfion. Allen B. Magruder, allow me
by toeeweat of their brow are eeoog- t0 “I toe letter which he gtves
nlzed as citizens, and protected by tEe from Gen. Lee to Hon. Reverdy John-
lawe equally wltoAhe white people of son was found by me not long after Gen
"toft country. Ties'll death in his private letter book,
It gtveftus pleasufe^vaftwerjtoilTfeQpiedin hia own well-known handwri-
kiudneas of the family
•y toe letter aod
a
were hi
A little lower la
Brill lower to « 19C « nees
and this year were just a fraction
ceut.
last ^ear,
If thtols not enough to^ausry any
Northern man wishing to settle In
O&roilna we do not know what
would. This is an inviting country to
him, and all that we ask te, that he
come and give the Btataa trial. If be
coming alone te objeetionabie.
Gffn. R. E.
also gave
Blair
Lee,
and
uony of?
'asplBk
te
0
would make it grow anything, from
clover to turnips, successfully.
-■■■ ■ '• an a
Sssr Grapes.
There is a grape arbor In front of a
bouse on Maoomb street, and the
tempting clusters ot black grapes make
more i
about ten years old softly
opened the gate yesterday forenoon
aod passed In. When be came out,
fifteen seconds Uter, he was only six
teen Inches to advance of the family
dog, and he seemed greatly embar
rassed.
“Hello, bob, been in after grapes ?“
asked a pedestrian. fAg,
“N no, sir,” stammered tfie tafl; “I I
went In to see If they wa-wanted to
adopt an orphan, but they didn’t
■' ifft much about it l”
they hairs grapes in there, 1
man.^ ^
“Y-yes, air, imt gfApes AlnH good
la
toe dogs dig their own wells, laob vtt- ,
lags baa ons with a oosoealed opening.
He know* of one two hundred test
deep, with a circular ptftk or atstrsan*
leading down to toe water.
The State of Texas bas Just pur
chased 1,400 seres of land, wlto val
uable buildings sod Improvement*, 4
near Hampstead, foHjie State Univer
sity for colored youths. Tbe price
paid was *12,00*1 Tbe lotantlM to to
combine toe State University with tha
Agricultural and Meftbantoal flsMegg,
toe same to effect to bea branch of toe
college at Bryan.
Tbe British school-boy has just high
ly distinguished himself. The Btehop
of Hereford, while examining a elasa
in a public school, asked v.ha%nh av
erage waa. Several of tho boys said
that they didn’t know, but at last obo
replied: “It’s what « hen lays on.”
Tbe btehop looked in amassment at
the boy, who then sftid that be had ofc
talned hte Information from his little
book of facts. The little book was
Sent for, and when It arrived, the boy
pointed trinmpbandy at tbe following
sentence : “The domestic ben lays on
an average fifty eggs each year.”
Judge Wheeler, of San Fraacbeo,
bas rendered a decision, to toe ease of
the demurrer Bled by the Academy of
Sefenoes of that city, sustaining the
trustees of toe Lick estate, and virtu- '
ally upholding ths proposed compro
mise of the other legatees with the
son of Mr. Lick. The estate Is Valued
at 88300,000, and Judge Wheeler sam£
that upon a final hearing toe
consider with dins ears thc '
toe compfomtee, aod wtll also
tTve benrfida-
ries, as well as determine from
fund or funds the amount
to effectuate toe compromise
drawn.
Vipi8w&
tbla time o’ ysge-B,
ith all
The reports of Dr. Edward Y<
Chief of toe Bureau of Statte
that the total commerce of too U
States for nine months ending
birSOth, in merchandise, was
000,000. lathe same period to
toe commerce of too oduntry only
amounted to 8738,009.(* 0 shuwiag an
increase of *58300300
„ Tbe movemeat ot-apecw
months of tola year
000,OQQ,
principal chftsgw
up.”—Dttrf
““ ltJ *
sop
of toe'i
Col. Loo before 1
A^etrifled wasp rjeht banto*enrouhd ^
army was offe:
fWaeluBgton
l ones heard Mm. Lee apeak freely ©fl 0 !** 1 .
this eveirt in to© life of her husbamLaad
one Jtoreka, Nevada, by bteetlpg4n1 **
owthesu
breaking It
gentleman of high standing in N,. I
foetjy formed)!
Ths
per-
iet him coma with a colony. The more j - ork has told me that to an mterview
jibe merrier for him, and the more I which be had with Geo. Beott to ApriL He who
* welcome will they be to the State. 1861, he spoke in the very highest terms
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