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Jklrttri ^nrtrtj.
A Song of Oratitnde.
nr a! a. wtuiAU*.
DWUt Thou. my d cartel S wlour, harg,
Up->n the necurso1 tree
And shall Thine evor bitter pang
Piovoke no sigh from mo7
^Intll I willi cold IhdiflVrenco Sea
The body rvang'tii, torrt.
Vet feel no ej lupalhy for Thee,
Who all my gi"icf? luive borne T
"Will not my heart with pity uolt
To lie:ir lliy liymg gioaii,
Since evrry orow ti'v Thee f?lt
Wus justly, Lord, Oiy o?'n f
1 ' ' i
No fa Ilea ung.-l was iny Lord,
Hut rpotl-**, pure mid cle m :
lit) die! o'-edieni to Word
To ?hv* ih* world IrW) ? ??*.
wt -. ? ' .V 1
? Fiithrf, *? nature nliriitlt*. He eii??,
H^rrove from tnr 1I119 cup;
Hut if Thy will. Hi* aoul replica,
l'il irladly drink H u;>. .
Then help me, while In the ?d*t.
Mv sou' Th -u dn?t confine .
To drive ?4?H thmioKi f cell hwhv.
And knowSiO wHftilll TlflnV.
Ami when I lUnil hcfo'c Thy throne
^ ^ Al hel|r of- h "4V.-i?!y( It i *,
To moke Thy mo'e'ilesi mercy known
'1 Shall l?e my Imppln^iM
(Original. .
FOlt TilK ORKKNVILLK ENTERPRISE.
"Meats Clean, and Unclean."
Hacienda, Sau da, 1
Greenville Cunt y, So. Ca.. >
ginnnn jr Writ *? * >
//on. //office (/apron, 'Commissioner
, Department of Agriculture,
Washington City, D. C.
' C... TL?' ll -f .i rv
v.'?u?aiio circuinr 01 mo UO
partmcut, of Deceinbtjf" 15th, calling
lor informalion with regard to
Farm Stock, lift-* been received.
On the 1st January, 18C4, 1
settled in thin County on a farm.
One of the first purchases made,
wag a sow with yuo jug?Jhe <utly
ot>o left front a li ter of ten?nine
of which she is supposed to have
devoured?n mess of her own making.
The sow was faiU'iied jytd
butchered, salted, down and . laid
upon the fchelf to dry 1st the
course of time the meat was served
out as a ration to the colored peoydftwWyefurtied
labor and thanks
tov '(fie 'same/ The1 milk being
etopjteU, the jug did wxdlj twid after
tanging In the Woods, returned
to the barn yard-with a companion)
visiter ti?r a dhy. Some
months elapsed, when we were
surprised to see what had now become
quite a huge hog, njntear
with a bntodjof ^oungplgs. j car
after year the stock increased, un
til the pasture contained ftom 20
to 30 head, each killing ranging
from 0 to 15 fattened hogs e-o y
mi; '. ;;
There were reports In the County
^lint there was a great deal of
trouble with hogs on account of
an epidemic. Almost every year
a number of hogs ie with qhole;*a.
The diseases among swine seems tP
l>e much greater'than among other
' animals. - While 1 was satisfied
aith^tho apparent good health of
my hogs, 1 was hot satisfied with
the general condition of health of
the otbej /tjtijttk,,! TJ-U* bp**** hpd
a little distemper ; the cows looked
droopy: oxen did not seetu to
keep as fat as they should on the
Amomft of food and care given I
lhem. A bull diod with fever,
and another was with difficulty
saved. Many of the sheep died ;
ewes lost their lambs; the yield of
wool tojtM small and unsatisfactory.
Young turkeys had t ie pip ; chickens
l?ul swelled craws, and some
died with a horrible rot. A fat
toned bog died, which nppeafed
a few hours before eating Ueartily
and apparently in good liealt .?
Finally, a bole' \y*s discovered in
fhe a$onc foundation of tlig smoke
house, and we fouttd about twenty j
dollar# worth of sides and hams '
i,.j <- *i - * '
iiiiu uvun muiuo 111 ino niglll. 1
deter in i nuil to try attd put a stop
60 this fetched, Imnlghted Btatc
/jr;4\ktyT?*?? ! *. g^od law
/or all ease#, r
L?.?Tbcae oro the Watt wtiicli ye
all oat among all the lieaste that
are on 4ho earth. Whatsoever
ill** 1*/^# a ?-1 i? * *
fwi >?>n hvaij (ll'l IS CIOV't'n
footed, end cheweth tl?o cud,
j*m?>r?? the beasts, that shall ye
cat; nevertheless, those shall ye
not eat: the swine though ho doyjde
the hoof, and he cloven foot
ed, yet bechewsth wot tl?e cud, he i
is unclean to" yon.??t.eviticut? at. I
1 do not find this lav, rej>ealod f
in the records of Dm Catholic or
Protc9?ant I3iblcs, nor In Hie Apocr3*pl?ftl
Ne\V Testament. How ,
have we dared to disobey this i
law f
The farm was cleared: Swjne
are not allowed. We use batter,
beef, mutton, chickens, eggs, cheese
and fish. The cotiBoquence is, our
health has improved. The horses t
havo no 'more distemper. The *
cattle are in a healthy condition.
I believe this to be one of the best
sheep raising counties. The wool
has improved in yield nud quality.
The 6heep arfl" Iftt and healthy.?
The lambs are fine; the ewes are
strong. Our poultry has bud no
diseases-since the hogs have been
discontinued, low far the removal
of poison, which mntrt itnprequite
the atmosphere where numbers of
swino with fever and cholera are
may dying, preserve tlie health
of other animuris who inhale the
same air, is well worth careful consideration.
Hogs consume a large
portion of the corn of this County,
and help* to keep tlio price of corn
high, while the return of bacon
will not warrant such a consump
tion of corn at an uvcragc cost of
$1.25 per bushel. Oxen, miich
cows, chickens and horses, will
yield a better reward for tlieqnan- ,
tity ft com. second to that used for
bread. Butter, milk, beef, and
eggs, ,n-0 ens 11 articles in the niar?
ket at nil times; and this is the
best food for the table?u having
a lair, white linen cloth upon it.1'
While 1 had bacon to srrve out as
u ration, ten black men applied
for labor to one white man ; now
few blacks apply, and the white
uien are increasing every day.
Wild boar was considered a
great delicacy by the Rrtnans, and
at this day it appears on the table
in Rome But ue must remember
the fashion was introduced by the
Pagans, and is now followed by
those who call themselves Christians
There is no doubt tljut the
l -ltU ?-4* Uuk human family l>??
been very injuriously affected by
the disordered condition of .stock,
ami that- diseases among animals,
the Creator intended us to use,
lias caused cholera, pestilence and
corruptions?sweeping away large
id asses ot people. But what can
we say, if we, in our houses, surrounded
by all the blessings of the
bountiful farm, we admit a turbid
den animal among those which are
allowed, and that diseases follow
which is said to effect the very
bones of our bodies.
. There has been found in the hog
a diminutive worm, which, when
in the meat, it is tnwMenecl into
the human aya'cm, finds a home in
the grille, and even attacks the
bone, in wliict* if finds a place of
safety, feeding on flesh at its own
convenience. If the individual
man r>ea hard worker, who sweats
and has g,-eat bodily lieut, with active
digestive organs, the worm
finds the times too hist tor him,
and is jostled out. But it the
former leads an inuctit c, sedentary
life, the worm finds very -little
trouble in living in the system of
his friend. These are many men
who have (tains in their hones and
don't know tfhut is the matter
with them, and think it hard they
have to chew the cud for those
who do not wear the cloven foot.
Water boils at a temperature of
212?. It boiling water will dls
troy all (iniinal life, it may not
produce this temperature in the
lame or grille of a ham. I have '
before me a report of a wholo
French family who died alter eating
a half cooked ham. Ihe black
rnce seldom eat boiled bam?they
generally try tl%eir meat, and cook
it very thoroughly for the purpose
of extracting the fat for their corn
bread. Under a system of descioline.
thev were nrtivn Uhupnra
early and late. As a rule, they
were in good health, though their
meat diet was almost entirely confined
to the fnrbiduen swine.?
Their mode of fife has undergone
a sudden change. They sleep late,
seldom sweat, work Ices, arc irregular
in their inudq of iif^'-ra^t
i heartily at times when they have
the ha con. The old lonnge about,
and the eidldren are now to pass a
portion of their time, in Uie,#owdod
school house. Tito only case of
cholera I have heard of atnong
i tiie blacks, was some years ago in
Florida, whieh was thought to be
brought among them in Western
corn via. New Orleans. The probability
is, if cholera should be inI
trod need among the.people ot the
j United Sutoa under the condition
of mixed races, the effect may be
very different than it was in torur
or times, when it seems to have
been confined to a few individuals.
Various plans have been prac
tiocd in the exportation of live
animals where tho ship lay close
to tho i?liore. One way .was by a
whip on tho innin yard, and hoist.
ftyr them bodily, by munual force,
this plan lifts been abolished. Hie
beat plan is to have a platform of a 1
few strong planks leading from the 1
wiiart to the chip* Bring the hogs '
one by one on the platform with i
stout Irishmen in the rear at the
tail, pulling back * with all their <
might. The ln>g, on the principle <
that the Irish don't want him to j
go, will walk straight on board. It- i
is a fact, that ewiufe flfesh is used, i
as a rule, in great quantities in %)l j
Southern countries?Africa, Hindustan,
China, Turkey, Greece, i
Italy, South Sea Islands, South
America, and in the West India
Islands?are the countries in which
the traveler will always find fresh
1. ! 4l..s lt>?
1>ui k hi iuo mamer. w nerever i
we find pork-eaters, we find tat
loaded people. The pressure ou .
t ho brain has a tendency to settle
to the heel. Northern nations
barrel, ship and receive the
money for their pickled pork.
The majority of the people in Ohio
do not live entirely on pork diet.
The/ raise fine cuttle as well as
hogs. They eat the beef themselves,
and 8ehd the p rk to New
Orleans by the steumb ats. Every
man has his own way by wbicb he
hopcR to save his bacon.
On board one of the national
ships of war, the midshipman's
mess owned a pig. The Catera?
a doctor?knew the pig was sick,
and when it appeared on the table,
lest the middies would feel unfair
dealillir. the dcie.tm- unirl (ilstiwl t.-k
tho stewurd ; " Did you cook tlmt
pig after he died "Nol I killed
him iu time to gave his litu P
A8 all hands were at sea. and fresh
grub scarce, the mess asked no
quest ion, -which the doctor consid?
ered an abomination unto him.
Tho gallant ahip rolled on?wind* whittle,
Future captnlna bandied knife and fork
An though they hoped that war would brittle
With a nation nioat partial to freah pork.
They gathered round a piece of griatle?
Under wicroaeopo they bought in New York,
They raw the horrid worm, and let it fall?
Soiciice tcachea wbat'a worae than cannon ball.
I have the honor, sir, to be your
akedkin servant,' *
LARDNER GIBBON.
Collecting* Materials, for Compost
There is nothing of vegetable or
animal origin that does not enter
fairly and advantageously into the
compost neap, and the inore railed
the materials are the more useful
their application as manure will be
to the fields that are to Ire improved.
A good rule in the formation
of compost heaps, is to muke them
in the proportion of one load of
barn yaid manure to two loads of
turf leaves, woods earth, and all
sorts of rough fibrous material.
The heap should be built up layer
by layer, commencing with the
burn yard manure a foot thick,
lessening the altcrnnto layers of
uiauuro gradually as the heap increases
in thickness, and moistening
the entire heap after it has
been completed with the black water
of the barnyard, by making
deep boles through the top of the
heap with a crow bar ; when fermentation
sets in watch it carefully,
moisten with black water occasionally,
it the season permits, so
as to prevent fire fanging, and
when the fermentation has expended
its force?it should not Ire allowed
to go too far?then break
down the heap and mix it thoroughly,
and tor every ten loads of barnyard
manure, you will have thirty
loads of rich com {rest, quite as valuable
as the manure itself and in
many coses containing a greater
variety of those substances that enter
into the composition of grasses
and cereals, and promote not only
their vicrnr nf
- w* fy'v** ) u\iv iiivii
productiveness in hay, iu simw,
and especially in grunt.
How to Succkkd.?Rev. Robert
Col Iyer, in these pregnant sentencei,
suggests how gnocees in life
may be aeenrod :
If I want to be a man and to succeed
in life?do my stroke of work
in this working world?there can
bo no shilly-shallying abont begin
ning. I must take right bold of
what is before me, no matter how
bwtnble and low the place, rather
than lose time and purpose waiting
for something better. I must
seo that no infernal idea of going
nicely through the motions of work
without working ever enters my
heart. It I want the bust I must
giro the best. The master of ns
all, who said u My reward is with
tne, to give unto every man ae
cooling hie. work shall be," nev<flT?ave
any man a dollar's worth
of worth for ninety pent* worth ot
work, and he never will while the
world stands. So says one who
has tried liiin in many ways for a
good bargain ;?seven years in tho
taotui-y, twenty-on? years in the
forge, and now eleven more in the
most sacred work a man can ever
do?the oversight of bnmah souls.
Th? Entrrphisb at $2 a year.
The Pope's C*r?e
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy,
has taken possession of Rome, and
made it a part of his kingdom.
The Pope lias issued the following '
anathema against him :
By authority of the Almighty
God, the Father, the Son and JJoly
Ghost; and of the holy canon v |
and ot tlio undefiled Virgin Mary
mother and nurse of our Saviour,
and ot the celestial virtues, angels
archangels, thrones, dominions,
powers, etiernbiln, and seraphim;
and of all the holy patriarchs and |
prophets; and of aH the apostles
and evangelists, and of all holy innocents
who, in the sight of the
Lamb, are fonnd worthy to sing
the new song; and of the holy martyrs
and holy confessors ; and of
the holy -virgins; and of all the
saints, together with all the holy
and elect of God?we excommunicate
and anathematize him, and
from the threshhold of the holy
Clmrch of God Almighty we sequester
him, that he may be tormented
in internal excrutiating
sufferings, together with Dathnn
and Abiram and those who say to'
the T>wd G<?d, 41 Depart from us,"
we want none of thy waj*i.w And
ns fire is quenched with water, so
let the light of him be put out forevermore.
May the Father who created
mau curse him. May the Son
who died for us>curse him. May
the Holy Ghost which is given to
us in' baptism curse him. May
the lloly Cross wuich Christ, for
our salvation triumphing over his
enemies, ascended, curse him.
May the Holy and Eternal Virgin
Mary, Mother of God, curse liitn.
May St. Michael, the advocate of
holy souls, curse liitn. May all
the angels and arch angels, principalities
and powers, and all the
heavenly armies, curse Inm. May
St. John, the precursor, and John
the Baptist, and St. Peter, and St.
Paul and St. Andrew, and all other
of Christ's Ap??stlc8 together, curse
him. And orliis disci
ptes and four Evangelists, who
hy their preaching converted the.
universal wor'd, and 11013' l',e holy
and wonderful com pain' of martyrs
and confessors, who hv their
holy works aro found pleading to
God Almighty, curse him.
May the Choir of holy virgins,
who for the honor of Christ have
despised the things of the world,
damn liitn ; ma}' nil the saints who
from the liegiuning of the world
and everlasting ages are found to
beloved of God, damn him ; may
the heavens and the ear'h and at 11
the holy things remaining therein,
damn* him.
Ma}' ho l?e dammed wherever
he be, whether in the house or in
the field, whether in the highway'
or the byway, whether in the wood
or the water, or whether in the
church. May he bo enrsed in living
and in dying, in eating and
drinking, in fasting and thirsting,
in slumbering and sleeping, in
watching or walking, in standing
or sitting, in lying down or working,
mlngemlo cancando, and in
blood.letting.
May he be cursed in all the fac
allies of his body. May he be curs
ed inwardly ancfoutwardly. May
lie be cursed in his hair. May he
be curaed in hie brains. May he
be enrsed in the crown of hjshead
and his temples. In his forehead
and in his ears. In his cheek. In
his jawbones and in iiis nostrils.
In his foreteeth and in his grinders.
In his lips and in his throat,
in his shoulders and in wrists. In
his arms, his hands and in bis fingers.
May lie be damned in his mouth,
in his breast, in his heart, and in
all the viscera of his body ; may
he he damned in his veins and in
his thigh and genital organs, in his
hit* and his knees, and in his legs,
teet and toe nails 1
May he be enrsed in all the
t'oints and articulations of Ids uiemicrs.
From the top of his head
to the sole of his feet may there be
no soundness in him.
May the Son of the living God,
wilh sail tlio ?
*? ( ?>? miv n?v? j ui mo HIPJITBi-y |
curse hiin ; and may Heaven, with
ail the powers that may move
therein, rise up against liiin, and
curee and damn bun !
Amen, 80 be it. Atnen.
$ 00 s ?
Opulent W juntas.?The American
Literary World mentions the
following native authors as having
ar- ived at opulence: Longfellow,
Whittier, Irving, Drs. Barnes and
Anrfbon, Profs. Wilson, Loornis,
French, Fowler and March. Six
of the names, it adds, in tbia list
are those of school book writers,
from which fact it may fairly be
inferred that the making of school
books is more profitable than the
making of novels or poetry. This
is undoubtedly true. We recently
oearu a merary gentlemen define
the tnre i'oad to fortune : * " Making
a guod school book mid retaining
the copyright."
Vtta tb? 8e?tb?ra (MlllnW. "J
- The copartnership system of B
contracting is monopolizing as well <j
as demoralizing In its tendency, for r
under it the planter bases bis esti- c
mates on ante bellnm roles, and 8
contracts with a toll complement r
of44 hands to the plo#.n Hit profit 1
and loss account is not affected by t
any saving of labor; fences, ditches, \
&c, are neglected ; and he is bound \
by articles ol agreement, which can- |
not readily be dissolved, though t
Indolence, ignorance, or insolence i
may sometimes make it desirable. rt
If, therefore, we are to roll ont of <
the old beaten tract and tnnronri. j
. ? ?? ' r* * i
ate the discoveries of science and ,
the products of genius, and if we t
are to become more independent <
of the negro, we mast adopt the j
only true principle of labor con- ,
tracts?the wages system.
The account book will then show
the cost of every operation on the
farm, and the employee is thereby
stimulated to economize his labor ;
and improve bis land. If a hand
becomes contrary there arc no complicated
articles of co partnership
about which to dispute, the employer
has only to pay the \vage9
due and show him the gate.
But while we refuse to receive
n..ur_~ w. ^ - . ?
wunee as n partner in the firm, we
should uot entirely ignore hie dieposition
to bo interested in the cultivation
of the s)il.
The satisfaction which the following
terms have offered both to
the laborer and myselt shall be my
excuse for offering them for the
consideration ot your readers.
I 1*6 the plow hands for regular
monthly wages and feed them.
Their families are engaged to work
for me, when wanted^ at the customary
wages per task. On condition
of their being faithful and
obedient, 1 allow each pfowman
three acres of land free of rent,
and us often as my crop is plowed
over I give him one day to plow
tils. Ir a hand has Several fall
hands in his family I rent tiim a
few acres extra and hire hiin a
mule, when convenient, to plow
the same. Under this plan the
freedman has some incentive to get
over my crop without delay, and
when his crop is planted he has an
inducement to remain with me; ,
for if he leaves, or is discharged,
he forfeits* all benefit accruing from
the tluee acres of land.
In conclusion, Messrs. Editors,
the planter is obliged to have labor?
tllO lliinrrn ia
...w .*w^i V 10 VI/II^CU IU IlttVC J
bread?bread must come from the.
soil and the planter axon# the soil.
Out wo often bear our neighbors
say we cannot control the labor,
when every hquse at the u quartern"
ia lull of negrcee and new
huts are springing np In every
pine thicket. Now* if they cannot
control^the negro, why let him control
their plantations. Let us stoptlie
indiscriminate renting of land
to destitute freed men, unless a part
of their labor is made available.
Let us abolish the imperfect system
of 44 cropping " with negroes
and lot improvement be our watchword.
We will then find a sola
tion to the great question of labor
more rational and economical than
to hire the Coolie and rent land to
the negro. J S. J.
Oak Grave, S. C., jNov. 22.
The press of South Carolina of
both political parties commend the
attitude ot Governor Scott, and
condemn the reckless and intemperate
conduct of the lower branch
of the Legislature of that State.
The House of Represent a* Ives
proposes to protect the maltreated
and outraged Republicans of the
up country by furious speeches in
Columbia, and by a bombsttio
summon* of a militia which exists
only in name. The Governor proposes
sn energetic attempt to enfnrM
the civil lam an mmm* 1
peal to the boat citizens of both 1
parties, and even the risk of a
personal visit to the disturbed '
connties. This is in fexnct accord ]
with what we desire to see dons.
We hope that every means within 1
reason and law, will be employed
to protect property ana life, 1
and so wisely employed, as to
convince Congress and the Pres
ident, that in event of its fail- 1
ore, an Japeal to national power
is an absolute necessity, and a rig
orous response a sacred duly.. , 1
In Georgia or'North Carolina, (
we should have little faith in sneh '
efforts. In Booth Gar- lina we '
have good hope that they will site- ]
cee?l, and believe that if they do 4
succeed, the Rcpablioea party, *
both in and out of the Btate, will 1
he stronger than ever. I
. !
Tanas of the radical Concrete* i
men are now in a bad fix. Bui- I
ler of Tenn. has been indicted for <
forgery ; Bowes, ef 8. C., for big- \
amy, and. Wimpey, of Georgia,
baa been detected in tbe purchase
of oounterteit Greeahaelka. 11
"wis* Mem^-AJ?4 Story of Vsw
Here is a story of the saddest jj
ids of New Tprjc life : Not many \
lays ago there a fashionable mar* g
iage in one of our1 up town 0
burcbes. The bridegroom was
i remarkably handsome man, of
learly thirty years ol age, weli
mown in what is called bullions'
>le society as an agreeable, liberal
Mtrhelor and M ladies' man." The
M*ide was a lovely girl, belonging ,
una nf una Koaf b?w\u??t
V.rw -w? VM? v? m> AUUVT II lailllllCOf
lad esteemed for her cliaracter M
"nsch as admired for Iter beauty.
the friends of both were present,
and nothing surprising occurred
st the ceremony, save t hat all present
remarked upon the appear- *
snce of the bridegroom. He was
Apparently ??o oppressed by some
great sorrow or anxiety that he
could not smile nor comntand a
cheerful word.
The pair bad tfpent out .a ,'jew
days together when the husband,
Hiier an interview Willi no? young
wife, which left her almost crushed
in mind, hastily called at his
late bachelor rooms, which he bad
not yet given up, burned a large
number ot papers, packed up a
few precious article, and suddenly
disappeared, and no one of his
friends knows where he is to be
found. But one . dreadful truth
reached their ears too quickly. At
one of onr new hotels in the centre
ot the city, but a few blocks from
the church in which the marriage
was performed, thero were found
a woman and several children bear
ing his name, and she found no
difficulty in establishing her right
to it. She is many years older
than he. They were married when
he was scarcely inore than a boy,
and have never published the marriage
; bus "they never quarreled
nor separated, lie still supported
her and visited her; and on the
very day of the second marriage,
at noon, he made her a long visit
in his usual manner.
This event has been a sudden
shock to both families, and line absolute
concealment of bis marriage
frrtm !) Ilia iVion<la f?r matin t-nai-o
while his wife and children openly
bore bis name in public hotels
in this city, is as unaccountable to
them as it will be to others. The
young man was for several years
an Internal Revenue officer in this
city, bnt for some years post has
been employed.in a bank down
town, lie has paid $3,000 a year
lor tbe board ot his wife and children,
while receiving a salary of
only $2,000, and has yet maintained
his bachelor life with lavish
expenditure. In his rooms are
said to have lain not far from a
hundred suits of clothes, with expensive
!>ooks,and many other evidences
of wealth. But his accounts
at the bank are said to be entirely
correct. His full understanding of
what he was doing appears from
the fact that he carried to the al
tar a pistol, with the fixed purpose,
as he afterwards said, of blowing
out his brains there if the ceremony
should be interfered with.
We draw no moral front these
facts. Bqt the very shock they
give to all who know of them, is a
proof that crimes of this kind find
no sympathy or toleration in this
community, and that the standard
of morals here is not so low as
some writers have said who appeal
to sncli cases as these for illustrations
of New York society instead
of what they really arc frightful
and exceptional outrages upon it.
AT. Y. Evening Poet.
Thh Chester correspondent of
the Yorkville Enquirer says :
'lhere is vory little cfiange in
this country in the system of employing
farm laborers for the current
year, or in the remuneration
offered. Prime hands sre getting
as wages from to $7 per month
and rations. T7ie great majority,
though, prefer to work for a share
of the crop, and with a suicidal pol
icy, as we think, their demands are
being conceded. If the labor of
the country is ever fb be made re
liable and efficient, it ninst be by
adopting the system tliet prevails
in all civilised countries, except
these Southern States, that is, hiring
for stated wages.
To RarOLMfi Fu*nmra?.?Oiled
furniture that has been scratched
>r marked may be restored to
its original beanty, simply bv rubbing
boilod linseed oil, used by the
painters, on the surface with a wad
>f Woolen rags. Varnished furniture
dulled may be similarly reitored
by the use of a varnish coinpose
i of shellac dissolved in alco
no), applied in a siiuilkr manner.
Summon beeswax rubbed over
furniture and heated by the friction
of a woollen wad briskly us?d,
is also an excellent furniture
polish.
Ojtow was- flret planted in the
United States in 1759.
~ lt II ?
Q ** 8I?cic 1845? h
5 t^nJ^,;?tem in the ^e?Ttr.
nereanm^rll ?**?nine into the
Xmh ttlr^r T?[n *h?
7?, Th? following i8 a reuoi t
f the crops since 1845:
1844*111 1 Bales.
I84H? 2,384,503
XS4V47 2,100,537
1847?48* 1?778V661
18484?' " ' ' " / 8,347.634
1849-5o' 1?'28,596
M&M: 1-006.706
1851-52 2,355,257
1852-53* "v 3,015,029
18531-54' 3.262,882
1854-55 ' 2,930,027
^66-87, . ... $gj??
1867-58, 8.113.962
1858-69, 8,851,481
1859-60, 4,660,770
1860-61, 2,656,086
1861-66, no recM
1856-66, 2,193,987
1866-67, 2,019.774
1867-68, 2,693,993
1868-09, 2,434,039
. 1809-70, 2,154,946
Thk cactus fence i8 an institution
peculiar to Mexico. The variety
of the plant used tor this purpose
is called the organo. It is
eight-sided, and 6hoots up straight
as an arrow, from ten to twentyfive
feet in hight, and five to eight
inches in thickness. The fence
builders cut the cactus into sections
of the right length, stick the
cut end into a trench, cover the
dirt around it to the depth of a
foot, and the fence is made. The
pieces arc set as closely together
as DOS6ible. and. at*
and grow for centuries, the fence
improves with ago, instead of going
to decay like other fences.
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To Produce a Pound of Flesh.
An English chemist has been experimenting
tor the purpose of ascertaining
how much of various
kinds of food must be eaten in order
to make one pound of flesh.
He comes to the conclusion that
it requires 25 pounds of milk, 100
of turnips, 50 of potatoes, 50 of
carrots, 9 of oatmeal, 7i of barleymeal,
and 3} of peas or beans.
Last week a party of from
seventy-five to one hundred men,
rode up to the jail in Gainesville,
Florida, and overpowered the jailor,
took out the only prisoner,
Aleck Morris, negro, under arrest
tor assault with intent to rob and
murder T. J. Hoover, Esq. On
Sunday evening, Morris was found
banging to a tive, about two mill's
from town, dead.
A Working Denomination?
Within if little more than eight
years the Wesleyan Methodists of
London have erected nearly thirty
largo ctuirch edifices at tlie cost of
about ?150,000, ($750,000 !) This
is a great work, and is about to "assume
a great enlargement by Geo.
Francis Lyett's gift of a quarter of
a million dollars.
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A IIint.?To all persons who
use kerosene lamps, wo would
mention that it the wicks are
soaked in strong vinegar for twenty-four
hours and thoroughly
dried before boing used, all smoke
will be avoided, the wicks will
last twice as long and increased
brilliancy will be obtained Try
it.
Fine I'ios.?Prof. Smith, of
Lincolnton, sends us the following
notice:
Slaughtered, at Lincolnton, two
Chester pigs, only live months old,
weighing 172 and 274 lbs. These
pigs were the worst of eight raised
by a sow only nine months older
than themselves.
Thkrk is a boy down east who
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is accustomed to go out on a railroad
track and imitate the steam
whistle bo perfectly as to deceive
the officer at the station. His last
attempt proved eminently successful
; the depot" master came out
and u switched him off.''
A school girl was recently asked
at an examination, bv the clerftyman
to tell hiiu wfiat Adam
ost by his fall ; and when pressed,
she replied: u I supposo it
was his hat."
Tub Fobcr ov Habit.? We
know a gentleman who is so
methodical in business that when
he pays a compliment to his wife,
he always will insist on taking a
receipt.
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Edward Evtrktt declared that
Mrs. John Quincy Adams, when
mistress of the White House, had
tho best mAnnors of any woman
he had ever met. in the world.
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The Virginia Legislature propo?
ses to change tho name of tha
State to " Old Dominion.'*