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i' r ' fiie Press and Banner. Hy Hugh 'Wilson. Wednesday, April 25, 1883.j u * -wrammmmrn ' liio SavcmtHh Valley Railroad Tusj Injunction. In the I'tsL week of January the County J Auditor or Anderson County published j in the Awlcrson Journal a list of "Delia- ' queut Land Sales, Savannah Valley tvuil- { road Taxes," advertising for sale tlte ( Jandsof some fifty landowners to pay the; 'subscription" to the Savannah Valley* Kailroad whieh had l>y popular vote been I 'axscssed" on their property. The sale: tvns to take plaeo ten days later, on Sale-1 day in February. About thirty of thesej involuntary subscribers determined to resist the collection of the "tax" and to' prevent the sale. These thirty ''dclin-i ? ??.! ?i 1 1 fltiktl* flTlil qncni.t ii iM |?iiu ?... ...v.. ...... <"6hr.t,v taxes; their (lelimiu mey referVeil solely to the railroad "tax." Thcyj r.nrployed Mr. Iienet of this piaoe, ami ^Ir. Scud day of Anderson, to look after j fcc'r interests in the Courts. Upon a proper showing, Judgo Wallace granted f nn order at Cnion, staying proceedings' md preventing tlu: sale until lie should ' determine on a day named whether or not he would giant an injunction until the rase should be heard on its merits. Mr. Whitnerof Anderson, attornev for the railroad, appeared before Judge Wallace, at Greenville, on 13th Instant, to show cause why the injunction should not be granted. The arguments on both j Mdes occupied almost a whole day, and j his If nvr granted the injunction. Sol that the case will now lie heard "on its j merits" by Judgo Witherspoon at the June term. Various newspapers have given various accounts ot the case and of the issues involved. We understand that the plaintiffs whose lands were to be sold refuse) to pay on the ground that the "-ubscrip-j " ' -* "" " ! I in en] - I lluli is no ia .11 an, ...... j 1 ccted as a tax,?that their lands, housesI end homes arc not to ho sold to build) railroads; that the Act of the Legislature Js unconstitutional, null and void. Our I readers may remember that in a some- j What similar caso heard in our Abbeville j Circuit Court before Judge Thonr^m, his Honor decided that the "subscription1! \vas not a tax, and those who had paid i their "subscription" to the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad,although "under protest" had no remedy under the law.j This was Judge Thomson's view of the rase, and it was the view presented to him and relied on by the counsel who represented the railroad. In the new Anderson ease, the plaintiir* did not pay the "subscription" because it is not a tax. and it now devolves I on the railroad attorneys to convince the Court that it is a tax,?that what is not a tax in Abbeville, is a tax in Anderson. The plaintiffs also allege that tho Act is unconstitutional because its title refers only to chartering a railroad, whereas in ' tho body of it.it attempts to create numerous new municipal corporations, and to impose a new tax. Another ground roiied on Jlir-^THs in-1 ~ june'ie77T-*7*iTi.7t The original charter ha : I been materially altered, the terminu?j having been changed l'roin Augusta to Aiken. Tho foregoing are the chief grounds i maintained by the plaintiffs. We do not know the amount of money involved, for according to the vsyiens newspaper accounts it is anything from S7;V) to ?fi,0O0. This Anderson case will settle the law for this Stat? oil this question, lor it isj very likely that it will lind its way to the j Supreme Court. X. j ??>* 1 Tlic Cnlture or Rice. Permit ine to say a few words to t iCi readers of TlIK OlII/l'iVatok on the important subject of the culture and J Management of rice, at present a grow-1 ins; industry in the South. Rice, like corn, should generally be planted early, say about the first of] April. If it is to te grown by culli-j va'ion, it should be planted in drills Nome two and a half feet apart. The) drills should he mou'I and straigiit.il A common block cotton opener is an I excellent tool for the purpose. The ; drill should be tolerably deep, and the , need be put in thick. When the rice ; is up about an inch high, if very foul j j with grass, take a sharp cotton scraper' i hetting it shallow as not to disturb'thel J roots of the rice, and shave oil' ricei. and grass together. In a few days)! the nee will be up clean and nice! Asi noon as the crop \yill admit of it, audi, before the grass gets a start again, j.? take a small s\\eep and work the dull' it. The grass will then have a very j J .slim chance to get away with the crop, j i *Ojie acre of rice on ordinary good j1 lAnd cultivated in this way will pro-L due* as much as any ordinary family it will consume in a year. If the rieejj is planted early i; will ytneraliy make!, heavier heads and more fully matured jj grains as well as allowing time for 1 thf Htnhhle to sorotit out and produce if another crop, which will prove excel-1 i lent stock lood. Itice for table UKe?honld not be har- t vested until thoroughly ripe. When i it is ready to thresh, briofj n bundle of j j rice ouc rap aero** a lo;/ or floor tiarrel. j _ and ho more. Thiswill give you aim tin* tiiatured rice. If you thresh more)' than this you will g?*t the grain which!) arc half or two-thirds matuied, that It are soft and will always pound up in ' The nutciiinc and be lost. It mptiresj; force to hull and polish rice, and un-j? matured grains arc always too soft toj* hear this process; besides, the unmat-|i ured grains are more susceptible lojt moisture, and will soon become musty ! thus injuring the good sound grains. j| There is no crop that will pay 11 > j t farmer better for the amount of labor | 1 and laud employed to make it than! rice. It should be on every table inj some form, at each meal. Besides, t home-made upland rice is sweeter I ami better that thai brought from the . Stores. " J. II. Sample, r, Summit, Mi?s., March 6th, 1SS3. Abstract of the Minute? of the South/ Carolina Presbytery. I1 Presbytery of South Carolina mot atCentral, i April 4-7. i'he op? nine sermon was preached l>y Rev. i J. I,. Mait.n, last Moderator. in There were present ifcf delegates. \lz: 12 inhi- t isteis andli'i elders. 11 Rev. J. P. Marion was elected, Moderator 11 anil Rev. \V. Nevill, Assistant t'leik. !e A commission consisting or Revs. J. P. t Marion. J. L. Martin. W.G. Ncvlllaud Kld. rl T. S. Blake was up ointid to organize all church at Greenwood. Rev. \V. F. I'icr#.on and KUler I). Wyattin Alkea were elected commissioners lo liiejs General Assembly and Rev. J. P. Marion and j % lllder G. F. Tolly I heir alternates. t Candidate T. F. Boozer, after examination, |< "was licensed to preach the Gospel. J j> Rev. 10. l>. Davis presented a majority re- | port on the mn'ilase of a man with Ion ?h*-j vcasetl wire's Kis'er. which were laid on the'\ lable. Presbytery being unwilling lo agitate * the qustion. 1 i A conference wn? held on Home Missions t Hint one on Foreign Missions and during' ? each aeollecllon was taken up for the object; under consideration. j1 The Jol'owint; overture wa? adopted to be! i pent to the next Geneva! Assembly: !, Whereas the ExeeutiveC'ommittee of pub'i-j \ ration has sold our Confessions oi Faith with j i the iargerenrechlsm omitted. liexolve'l. That the Presbytery of South Caro- | Una overtures the general Assembly to know, j wueiner ine p,xt?c-uiivi-\yI?iiniiiViKU '11 i n..ii-| -cation lias the authority t?? Issue mutilated; l copies or the confession of Faith. j i The Treasurer of Presbytery reported that r &!00 hail been bequeathed to the Presbytery of! f P.'Uth Carolina for the cause of education liy jt Mrs. Charlotte RHd, and lie was instrueted to i t Invest this amount with thu advice of the.e trustees. js (,'andidato II. T). Lindson was at his own re- ; 11 <inest dismissed to the care ol the Presbytery i ? of L'esMolnes. Iowa. j p Nazareth Townville Church was chosen iis't the place of the next meeting of Presbytery : t\ on Thursday, at 1J A. M., before 3d Sabbath in J r September, ISS-i. . | Sontlioni liaptisl Convention. For the benefit of all desirinir to attend the u icession at Waco, Texas, Uev. O. K. Gregory. of1?, Charlotte, N. Secretary of the Southern |i Jiaptist (/'on vent ion. furnishes I li<- following' ? Information: Hound trip rates via Atlanta d and New Orleans, from points in this section, j <iolcNboro. i?.IO; Kaleigh,StW.10; Greensboro, | SSlf.!*) ; * lliiritnir. r.i.fi, Ureenvil.e, SM.sfl: Atlanta, Slo.t.j. This is diej quickest route, only sixty-four hours from Charlotte to \\'u<-o. being sixteen Inairsiiuieker ! than any other route. Those who desire to! avoid traveling on Sunday, ean spend that c day in New Orleans, will lea\e Charlotte on t, Saturday, the5th of May.a! la. in., arrive at jt Atlanta *1:30 noon Saturday, leave Atlanta 2:1 Z \, p.m. Saturday, arrive at N?w Orients lfcitti si noon Monday, arrive at WacoG p. in., Tues- ji r day. , w > The convention opens at 10 a. m, on Wed- t? , nesday thou of May. i w If a sufficient number will go from this sec- r tlon. a sleeper will run direct from Charlotte R to Sew Orleans. Please let me have your h names at us early a day as practicable, a ml if whether you want a !>erlh In tlie sleeper, p Tickets will be on sale from May 1st, to the ol 6th iroo<l to return until May 3 st. tl I have a tew copies of the mop and time in table on this route which J will he glad to pi furnish to any one in (,'har'otte expecting to ai make this trip. Parties outside of Chariot'e ia can procure a copy hy writing to Col T. F. dt Mc^andiess, Goneral Paasenger Agent, At- of lanta. Ga. V1 i The principal point* through which we pass H are Atlanta, Montgomery. Mobile, JS'ew pt ... Orleans. Houston miU Hempstead, Teinn th r P??r5?aJj?lJ h#cbcorfully for* pe Blshca tbe Key* O. K. Gregory. Jy mmmnKB ? m jibl H The Threat of a Xihilist, LOMjON to kk reduced to a mass ol1 ltuixs. The Head Chemist of the Dynamite Part)\s Plans f.)r Making War 011 England?Shipping and Public Iiuildings to he Dlouu l'p. [Xcus and Courier.] Nrw York, April 15.?1'iof. MczrorofV, t!ie Xdhilist leader ntid t!ie l*e id elieinistof tinIrish dyuamite party, has arrived from Europe. He was found tn conversation lion willi several members of tin? executive body of the Iri-1? Revolutionary Council. .Strewn many maps of the principal English cities and ol tho Coast lines ol' England and Ireland. 1'rof. MezzerotT, theirj chi^f i>i' ehcmic '1 department. was ulvlm: th' j rv\rilntiiiiiisis an account of liis late mysterious visit to Europe 111 connection with the emulation oT the Czar of Ku<?la. "loniy returned to JCevv York t'?is morning," remai k< d ill** professor. "I liave done business with the Hiissian patilots. also. Geneva, Swltz rlan-.l. Is our headquarters. When I reach?il there I found secret, information that ihn coronation of the Czar would not come oil* pnnlicly on llio day named. I, however, made all arrnnaeniouts even i' it does and returned to New York." "Aie you at Wberiyto tell nie your plars for the future in rciard to the trouble between li'c'a'.nl and England ? ' was asked. "It you ul vi* me my ow n way of talking I'll! uive you s ur.elhlns" worth printing. I need | mi! tell vol! that ne irK nil the rubbish mill I Iis'ied ;>s interviews \\ lili mc was bogus. First l?f. mc say a word about secret killing? orassassination?which lias been so w-vcrcly denounced in Mime quarters. \Vc claim that pe-'l'!" have ft risht to use the most ofleetivc weapon they cm produce to defend tiieir lives, libertiesan<J properly. There is no law ot'fiod that directs what wapuns to use in these! sacred causes. On the co'itmry; and thai! God thouirhl any weapon jnstiilahle for the j dMt-nce of life, liberty and the it 's'nvtion of tyrants Is proven by tito means lie call<ed to j tie use l on various occasions. For instance, j when the .lews were in slavery in Kirypt ami j cried to Him for help He eime to their reilef. Th- Ksryptl ins had taken from tliein every menus of self defence, just as Kngiand has j clone with Ireland.ami to deliver tiiem from i bonda-jo (Ji)l sent. Ills aujH. who slew at I midnight the iir~t born of man and beast throughout Kjrvpt. and utter that He finished! the woik by llie waters of the Ked Sea. On j another occasion His angel slow at tnidule'ii j the whole Assyrian army, mar. and beast. We j waiUno belter authority than thi$." STJ'.IKISG IN SECUKT. "Then you claim that seorctklllins is legit I" mate warfare?" "Most asRuicdly. No nation can legalize ] any weapon or mode of war and 'compel others I to use it. Kioni the stone hatehef of thei s:iv:l?'.? !i> Hi,, llM-ton illlll. tllC C-'ll i i iiUOU* J struggle anion-; nations has been which one mul l i?1iImin Hi most, d"*truc'ivo weapons." "What do you propose to do "I. o<" course. can only lull; in a senoral way. Wo will <lo lliis, sir. If England does 1 not lot go her murderous grasp from the < th-oat of Ireland, we will Ic ivc li?r a niu?? of rains. A dozen men can destroy London inn night i>v oiioinic.il tiro and dynamite. and wc < me.in to do it. All th" guards tlic-y can put on aro as us-doss us to try and l>ni 1 out the \tlantio. As things eo now we shall confine I ourselves to England : nut lot tho F.nulish Covortmi'-iit or til'* English pooi>le take ro-p prisais which s?r* ia'ked of, and wo will blow up ovory English uinn-of-wa,?and all tho merchant in irine H lug the British flag and ply* in-r hot woon British ports < r< n 'In- h pli ?Ofs. j Weco.ti ilotliis without breakinginternational j1 law and irrpsr?v|ive of whore wo oursclvos I arc located. Wo hive stivliod thU subject 1 and arc doing iio!hin,r hlind.y." "But if you blow up vessels in American j1 norts?' ' Wo will not do that. Wo can sot our in-j strnnients so that ihoy will run f >r tliroo ; il lys. In tlmt time a vessel will l>o on tho p high soaa.and thcro will be nw one left to tell;' what happened her." "But how will you set these Instruments on 1 hourd ?" 1 "Why, sir, it Is Irishmen that load tho ship* in Enulind as well as hete. Wc will tlnd no dittlcn tv in that." ! "And in England ?" 1 "At u very trilling expense every harbor in I England i nn bo tired. We posso#s tho power 1 and intend to exercise it by doing what O'ldil i oiiiniaii'lod Joshua to do with tho Oinattnl*il lies?tiro every city of the enemy. This we 1 have sworn to ito unless tho complete Ind ! pcrfilenee of Ireland is grantel. We ran do ' this for a much smaller mm than it costs to < 1<11II1IM1<< least, one of England's war ships." |l 11 BLOWING UP THE BANKS. j I "What tlion ?" ! "Then. sir. we will blow up every hunk In ,j 5n?l:ind and take possession of the soM? , 5 5,')W.00ta year it is computed i?i? .hat Knir- L land lias forciby plundered from Ireland, Jnsi j ( us find commanded Hip Israelites, to do from the Ktiyptians. It Is Ireland's money-stolen | from Irishmen?and a man has a riirlil to lake i iiis own wherever he cm lind it. and use whatever force Is necessary In doing so. Next we1 s!ml 1 commence the destruction of |>iIvu'c j property?the property of the aristocracy, capitalists and monopolists. The people are | taxed for public l>uil<!irv\s. but cat.not be for J private property. The loss will tall on the owners and the Insurance companies, and I, thus we can make Knuland a more hopeless, bankrupt than Is Kirypt, to collect F.njrllsh i>ond-ho!ders' usury from whose |>eople Ent?- j land did not hesha'e to destroy one of the I classic cities ol the world. If Kng'and was]' Jnstitled ill doing this, surely it cannot he a ' crime for us to serve London In a like manner ' in the cause of human liberty." "And after this?" , "Weil, we intend to fill English rivers and ' harbors with to p"doi;< t'iat will float a foot or so beneath the water. When a vessel strikes j t licm. up she goes heavenward. We can drop ! these torpedoes smywhcie up the rivers ahd I they will IIoat down with the tide. Can Km:-! land place a watchman in every ten yapb t?ti j' sides of all her principle rivers und irUui-.' tarics ?" ! itonnnr fci.to:* as a rnecenent. "Hut. Frofeshor, this seems to be getting |, terrible." |J "Terrible! Why not at all. sir. I can show t! iron historic proof of where Enulnud made a I ontraet with Robert Fulton, the famous j' Vmericin Inventor, to scorcely destroy the >'reiich navy for .CUMXK Napoleon I hud J deviously ensasied him to do a like service) J c: wards tiie English fleet: hut the Little I' "orporal not impatient at Fulton's tedious-'.' i-ss nr l dismissed him. It whs then the J taisllsh solicited his services and promised to j >ay liiin better, lint as he blew tip only one j French vp"?i-1 in the harbor of Honlo^ne ? tYil.iaui l'llt. the Knaiish prime minister,! ivouid only L'lve liini Ii.i,0)>. Lady Slfenhope, | . neee of i'iit. however, tave Ful'ou larue I ' inns of money anil accompanied him on his| *xpei intents lo blow up vessels. Pillion re-1 unied to N'e v Y'?rk in December. ISO.i, and j.eM'ntcil hi* scheme to Madis'in, who w.is .ijen secretary of State. Tbe American Gov; ninont appro*ed <>f it anil irave Fulton a ship | 'hiwdt'i. which he blew up in presence of lo.-l lOip-'ip e. I should have said that previous 'i 1* nl'ou's le.tvlus Knuland that Government lb-red him a In rue sum of money to suppress lis inventions so that no eouiHry could beneIt by them, whi-h Fuiton indi n-mtly re- I ected. In the London X'tvul Chronicle >if tills j " inn; Fulton who stigmatized as 'n sneaking. v xni'ty. murderous riifllla'% levoltitiR !o every f? iobie principle?a Ouy Fawkcs atloat anain,' * 'i-t as ignorant American p'-p-rs are de. il lonncimr ii? now. *Onr irrejit ships must now i r i" 1?'u h" bv infernal* and live devils.' said j 2 lie Xuval. ChroHirle. Wepio"o>eto figl t them ( iow by 'internals and five devils." washing-j ? on, too. approved of the secret blowing up. j'1 na letter dated Mount Vernon, September ' i.'v*. wniieii iu jfiic .viu. uir ??*- *u>vj imnt-y id David Ilu.shiicll.nf i 'onncctlciit, to : ll ih- ! < ! iw;ire wlili lln-itinir to'pedoes to | li'Miov Kniitish vessel*. This h wiial hcc^-j rated in the old Ki-volntlonary son;r of The 11it* of ll)i' Kc;?.1 HmsIiiii*;! was made a attain of sappersand mines for Use ervice. A'as Washington a fl**n<l anil assassin ? \ni'Tio ins cannot lilnme us for liil'owli'K the 11 sample of \VasMn;.'lon, .Ictl*erson and Marti- ( ; in. Again, on .tnnp I, 1SI2 destroyed lit* old \vnr slii|i Itwr ofl Casite CJarden. she laving been given for the purpose hv tin* Tnilcrt Siiitcs Government. and on I'wJOMi of J \u<'u-t fniluwlnsr lie. in presence of the 1'resllent, bends of rti p rtnienm and lien. Scott, lestrov oil a schooner live ml'esaway l>y elee' ieiiy. and t'ong'ess voted him SI7.0'!f? for it. rims'we have the sanction of ; ongrcss." 1 TUB CAMPAIGN IN I It ULAN P. "lint in Ireland?what do you propose to do lice?" , 'We will till every harbor In Ireland wlih ' novuhle vubrnari'ie torpedoes, which ean lie U'sl; to alli-w friendly vessel ? to piss and al-pd to Mow np British ship?-of-war or it tiers. When this Is done we will do what *?;ipnli'i>n the First did?tight the Knt'll-h sol-j Hers in Ireland by detail. We ean throw up I r"'ii?'h?'s ; 'HI these trenches with explosives; | ndncethe Knulish toatlack them; when they jo ippr- aeh thev will find no one In ihein. and v ,vc, in anii'U-h. c.ii? Are the train and blow i > 1mm t(i llio mfi ill ** I v "Kut. how about the telegraph and railway in <1 The telegraph wo will not destroy, but will \ ise them to find out the enemy's Instructions 1 ind Mive?"8. In particular places we will des- ?>< coy tin- rtii!road?, hy which the transpoita- ji Ion of troo'*? will bo an impossibility. After ,s his wo kIiii'I have the pollce-harraeks and i h oa<-t guard slat'on < at our mercy and destroy i h hem or not at our pleasure." S: "How are you to got your dynamlto and iO"il?s to Ireland ?'* I'That is easy. International law permits; I' iny ouet > build ve?s?ls anywhere that are j ^ nbed for hoi h merchant marine ant mon-ofr:'r. Vou ennnot put jiuns on hoard of her, mt von can put dyu-imite. hecau-e that Is a e/illniate ar'icle of nierehan<li>e. Thus we an send I >.0?0 tons of material to Ireland or j ,, Cn-htnil tn a iliiv." * "Suppose an English lleet is looking out lor j on V "We n'V a merchant. ve?e1 floating the| "lilted st >te? llat:. and if they interfere with i is it would l??; mi act of war against tills H ountry. l.ut would not depend on ihls. We j a an easily manufacture spartorpedce? on j 0 1'iard. and with these we can destroy any j fi nan-of- war that lias the temerity to approach !e is. We have thought all this thing over: < A ve know what we are doln*/. But don't yon ! .\ hiuk I hnvelold you enoiH'h ? j li "Will till* new law In Knland against inak-1 <j !i?or having in possession explosives affect | il our party in any way ?" > \\ "Not in the least. We can to-day make In (j London enough dynamite to blow upall Ens- li and. The ingredients separately are articles I if common Irallle used in hundreds oM>usl-| leases, and any person with a knowledge of i si heir chemical properties can manufacture he explosive In any ordinary private parlor ir even in a hall hed room. We can make :utr than ten pounds' weight of It will blow | ip any tmildlng in London. Hence, yon see. man'can firry it In his overcoat pocket. Asi or th? long terms of imprisonment made by ! lie new law, what etteet will that have on j j! nen who take their lives In their hands, or . ather In their pocket ? xt is ansuru ioiiiiiik ' r will*." ?. "Have you many moil over there of this ' , tamp?" j 1 "Yes, sir; we ljavo a regularly educated, ' rilte?l ami or?a:i ized corns numbering away j J'J n in the hundreds. Theloii'r ami thestiori I ' f this whole subject Is, we have Kngland j elplp?*l.v > I our mercy. We have given her !*? art) Ins. If she does not take it, then her]"' ootn be on her own head." j ^ . ? j ' The Itailroad Injunction Case. [ .4 ndcrson Jnielliycnccr.l The hearing tlxed before Judge Wallace lit j rf reenvilie last we-lr. in the matter of certain t.s| ixpiycisof Amlerson County asking an ln-j?| melon against the collection of the taxes j f,, itti*d to the Savannah Valley itailroad, re-|ir ilted in a eoiitlnuanee ol' the temporary In-1 ,j, met ion granted about two montli a::o This j f(] 111 carry Ihe ease over to I he June term ol'j(;, iIs Court for this County, when the matter h, ill be tina'ly determined upon its merits. > )M lie Plaintiff- were represented by Messrs. I)U enet and Sciuldy. t he the I tail roan I 'elendant I n, y Mai. It. K. Whitner. Thecor>tinuance o?'l p( ic injunction is a decided advantage to Ihe lit lalntias though It Is by no means decisive U| rtbe case. Fortunately for the Company, j in ie greater part of the taxes which would if,, nve been effected by thin su't have been j -j-j ild, so that out of the original fifty lliou<-! ?j, id dollars voted less than oue thousand dol- H? rs is In vol ved In the suit. The Issues madejC(. > not.as i<as t>een stated. Invo ve the validity j ( , chaite- of the Company, but simp y the! n'e iMdity of the taxes voled under the charter. ntl encc. If til- l'taintills succeed, which we re ! u, :at, 1< by no means a?8iir? d. It wilt onlv lose | m e company the one thousand dollass of un-lfl ild taxes, and will not In any way material* ,je afl'cot the completion of the Road. I j0, % * _ A FIENDISH CRIME. I ! rive Negroes Set Fire to n DuclliiiK | House iu Which a J.ndy and her1 Children arr> Sleeping?Tliey Nar-i rorrly Eseajie With Their Lives. [Xeul/rrry Obsercr. | One of the most brum! crimes --ver hoar 1 of | was tli'- bum!;).: of Mr. L'Tayetle iingjs'sj hou<>? i.ist Friday night, the i:lin. Mr. Diig;? Whs avvny from home, in Florida, mid Mih. Hriggsand her children were lulcep upstaii* when they were aroused by the noisool lire. I'lie lower floor mid I lie stall s were In ilamos. j Mrs. Lriggs and the children ru-lied down j stairs and outdoors in their night dresses;i hut, after get ling out, Mrs. liriggs rememheied j that in her exoiieincnt she had lefl heryouug i est chilli in lie I upstairs, and iinrriel h.icli af- i ter him. When she at tempted to get out j igalu the llninesof the stairway had crotvn to Mich proportions thai she eonld not p.iss | through them. The children in tho yard nolow called to her to throw the child "Ut the i window and they would Iry to calch liitn. Seeing this was the only chance, she let the chihl fall Into the arms of one of the larger, ehil'lren, a %d then Jumped from the wlndo.v to the ground. The child was hadly bruised. i>y the fall, and the daughter that caught II I had tier stiomucr severely nun. .m>. hiikk" | broke her thigh in Jumping from I In* window, j unci sott'ercd other serious injuries. Tlicj liou-0 burned down In a iVw minutes from llie I lime llif lire was <li-Quvered. II was evidently Hte luicutioii of Hie Incendiaries to Imrn up I lit* Inmat's with the house. j T!iey bad poured k'TO?ene oil all over tin* j floor down stairs and over the stairsteps, wllb | the purpose to cut oil'the means of eseapo should the family awako before the fire j reached them. Sunday afternoon Mr. Bilges, who reached , home Saturday night, Mr. I). I'. Duncan and ' others of the neighborhood. got a confession j from Perry Jeter, a negro who lived on the p.ace. The ncsir" eoniesscd that he ami four other m-iiroes on tl <? place poured kerosene oil over the floor and steps mid set It on lire. Theonlv reason lie gave for the fearful crime was that "Mr. Itriggs had not settled with them for last year." The names of the negroes nre ElUck Brljrss. his two sons. Nick and Charley, his son-inlaw, Jerry lloughes and Perry Jeer. They aivall young negroes except the first named, who has urandchiidron. They were put in iail at Pn'on Sunday. It was reported in Newberry Tuesday that lliey had been lynched. but that is a mistake. The house burned was known as the old Urlggs, house, having belonged to Mr. Lafayette BrL'gs's f'lther. It was in Union connty, alioul. tub miles from the Newberry line. It was purchased lately by Mr. Spencer M. Rice, and Mr. llri^as rented it from him. Nothing was saved from the home. Notes About Troy, Winter Seat and, Liberty Hill. f Edrflcld Ch roil iclr. i A trip from our town to Abbeville's Grecian i t'ity made by us last week ?nn not nlloueilier | void of Interest, and at the rink of tiring wc will throw together iinil ask a publication of ii few reminiscences of our jaunt. In taking the Journey one travels through a conutry rieh in natural beauty anil resource* ami that jives every eviilenee of the liluhest state of! civilization and refinement and passes one or two | la^es Unit arc not unknown lo South J i;aro:ina s hl-lory. First anions these is Liberty Hill, where dwells the Shcppards. iliei Fuller* and other old and time-honored families of Kdsefleld and here stand* anions stately oak* anil clambering vines, the handsome man-ion whC'dn Edgefield's and South t"arid inn's Illustrious sou. the Hon. Jim. t.\ Sheppard was horn. From here we pass on to Winierseat, and netd I 'i ll what links this place so c-osely with our State's hi-lory? Here it is th-it the Harmons, two o'd and hou-| ureit citizens were roblied of sweet tile l?yj murderous hands, and here it was Hull an j nuirn-jcil peop'ecame timet her and justly and | rlsh.'fulty avenged tln lr death. The farmers i?f these sections are up and doing, and seem 10 he (ightins life's battle with i nenergy that will certainly bring them prosperity. The ncreaaeof main in the country is very a'mnlant it was a Msltt both bcaniifnl and picasins to the eye to see the vast ileitis of It as lay le fore us. on every side we heard Ilailroad talk and I he people seem no le*s sanyuitie jver the prospects than we ourselves are. From \Vi terS'-atwo wended our way to rroy. and as we entered the city a feeling of surprise mingled with unbelief came over us, for the Troy of to day i* not the Troy of yesterday and the wond?'rfid ehanse occasioned air (eelinss. We found the number nf stores Increased from seven to eleven and that three j new residences nad gone up and six more In | .-on temptation. A village academy now i stands within lier centre, surmounted bv a! lately steepie, uiiiun me hiiiis <u wmcn i:iij . hildren are duly taught. Troy is yet in iis mi'an.y, bill slic has 11 cenerons and inteliirent people full of activity, and if they continue as ili<\v have heiiun their most sanguine expectations will be reill/.oil. On; Ihitig i!rack us with great force as illustrative o| j ier progress viz.: the number ?'f hands hioi'king i lie streets. 'J'en ftaluurt. negroes uidera proficient overseer were doing efll. lent work, riic Aiken Recorder Doesn't l>'ant to (*ive its a Cltartcf. [/liA-cn Recorder.] The Abbcrille Press and Manner In commenting upon our recent editorial entitled, 'Aiken s Opportunity," sajs: "Aiken is hiddiiu for the shops of the CaroUna, Cumberland (Jap and Chicago Kailroud Jouip.my. Abbeville Is a larger lown, nearer be ci-nt.e, and In every way more entliled to th?*se shops than Aiken, Let our people sec I to it that Abbeville has at least a chance to) joinpele for the shops of the new road We! an well atl'ord to give the Company much: more than Aiken proposes to give,'' J it reply to thenbovu w'e have only this to I lay. Aiken does not propose that ell tier Abtieni.leorany other town in South I'nioliua ilong the line shall deprive her oi the ad\an:?gesoi these shops. As the terminus of tins' jri.nd Trunk Line. it is most titt!:,* uiatj these L.e located hero, and so tar nsj (ranting lo the Ko.id ample ground and clth- j ;r like facilities lor their erection. Aiken | >tanui>reauy losay hi i*resiueni itagooo, n.c.-c| ire yours, when you want them, "without noney and without price." Our contemporary tlie Press and Hanntrr j <nys. lhat Abhcvil.e Is in every way iiinrej milled to these shops tluin Aiken," the' orce of which rcmaak, we do not for ail ln lant admit, nor does our contemporary at etnpt In anyway to sustain nis assertion, ex-! epi i?y say inn that "Altlievillc Is a larger! own jwid nearer tlie eentre" ?l the road. At* I :cn an toe terminus of this line is tlie most j in port tin t point along this Road In South Jarollna, and we do not h<sitat? to entuie ihe assertion, that after this Road is lompleicd ami tlie-e shops liuiit hero, ihat| V ikon bi<ls fair to outrival in population and veaitti every other town In the Stale?Green- I! i I e and .-<p iriani>u x not accepted?of one! net we aire sure, when the t>hops are built, hey w 111 be built at Aiken. 1 THE SOUTHERN PRESS. election of Officers-Movcmcnt Looking to the Formation of u Southern j, Associated Press. Chattanoooa, April IP?The Southern , ress Assoi'latlon to-itc an excursion to hook- ; >ui .Mountain to-day and there a meeting I ras held. The following officers weic elected ' it the ensuing >e ir: President, l'atr'ck ! Viilsh, of the AnQHitn Chronicle ; vlee-presl- j . eiit. A. 11. Relo. ol the liulvcston ; see- ! e'ary, Adolph s. Ochs. of the Chatlanooi/a [! 'Hmcs : treasurer. M. M. Dwlnell. of the Home, | in.. Courier. Kxeeulivc Committee?K. .S. j | Jtehols.of Ilii*Mrinp'ii" Avalanche; J. II. lisI I,of the fy(ie<tnrih .Xetex; A. I .Miliar, ofthej. lacon, (ia.. - Mesi-nger; K. P. Howell, of the , I Uant't O'lislh-lioo; K. A. Burke, of the j Veir Orleans Times Democrat. Tlie constitution wasamended po iiHtoenitle to membership all Southern newspapers cc -lvin^ the New York Associated Press dls-11 iit'ci'es, or nny oiln r usfoelntioii connected ), nih ITe v York. A lesolniIon asking lor un ' ncicasc of one thousand words daily was a-!, opted.mid theexeeullve trim mitten wiis rc Hired lo report upon the feasibility of or-; unl/.ing a Southern Associated Press fori, he purehiise an I delivery of news to South-1 rn ne\vspn|ieis. The next annual meeting | rill be In Atlanta. The members left toiiirht fur their homes. The citizens oi Chatamioca have handsomely entertained Hit", ssoclution. | [-HE PROFIT OF A SOUTH FUN COT- ! TON MILL IN A 1UI> YEAR. ! i Innunl Meeting of the (.rnniteville!, Manufacturing Company?The Pre?-;! itlenl'H Annual Report?Election of! Oiliccrs. |j [Meies awl Ootaier.! j, Auousta, Aprif 11*.?'The annual meeting i if the UtmdlevIIle Manufacturing Company I ras held to-day. The report of the President; 1 li'iwcd thnl the pi oil >8 of Vaiicluse for thell ear were SM.IKiO and of (ir.inllei llle ^liKl.llHI. '? miking a total of gliHyiOtl. 'Itio expenditures ! i I lie Granitevillc factory were SW.tMM). mill ofi faitelu>? The net profits were SI'J^.OOil. I "he dividends paid dining the year were s(ja.Ji. For new machincy ^'is/iuo has been ex-! ended. The president say* that notwiih-| :andli>u the unfavorable year Just passed "we, ave made near 21 per eent. net on onr cnpi-. iil.afl -r paying all necessary expenses and | .'l.o u interest." The tollowing ofDcers were elected : II. II. fickman, prc^id^nt; Hamilton llcatty, Jas. '. llnyce. A. 1J. Davidson, liobt. A. Fleming, l S. Johnson, directors. THE KNIGHTS OF IIOXOR. 'lie Annunl Election of Officers and ; Adjournment o( the Grand Lodge. j [Xc'i x anil Courier j A ik f.n. April 18 ?The < J rand Lodge of the | 'nights of Honor met airain this moininuj nd cone'udcd their session this eveninu. i (infidelahle busin:-ss was transacted and tlift J dlowliu ollleers elected to serve during the j nstilnjj year: It O. Sams, Grand Dictator;! i. Cowaid. (iranil Vlee-Dl^tator; Julius I,., loses, Assistiint (iranil Dictator; (1. \V. Hoi- | mil, (irnml itepoiter; J. T. Itobcrlson, j Iranil Treasurer; Herry Kolin,Grand (iuldc; I !. <t. CliHord, Grand Chaplain; (i D. Max-] ell. Giand Guardian; M. It. .McKweency, Iranil Sentinel, and the follwlni? Grand Triis-' [ es: M. I-, lion ham, J., W. It. Delgaraud J. i .. Addison. I The Denial Association also concluded their j cssiou this even inc. rsi. Independence First. [Sumter Spirit of the Times.] A young man "that works for his hoard,1'] o matter what honest work lie does, has no in son for shame. A yonim man who eats tie bread of idleness, no matter how much he as, is disgraced. All men starting in lite, light to aim. tir-t of all. to find a place where ley call earn their bread and butter with a ov, ax, ?i?ad?\ wheel-barrow, curry-comb, lacltiii'.'-iinisli,?no matter how. Independnce tir>t. The bread-and-butterquestion seted. let. the younsj man pertorm his duly so lit hfiilly as to attract attention, and let liitn m-tantly keep Ills eye open for a cliuncc to! obelter. About half the poor, proud young len.and two-thirds oi the poor, discouraged I nuiit; men. lire always out 01 work. The mini: man who pockets his pride and keeps stit!' upper lip. need nut starve, and he amis ii c.iunoe to brcome rich, If he cart's to. DisnARKiNfi A I.awykr ?A decision was mlcrcd t?.v tlx-Supreme Court of the United Lilies at Washington oil Monday in the e;ise .J. H. Walt, bioitthl ticmre It upon petition ' >r mandamus fiom the United Slates Uls-j let i 'oil it lor the Son I hern District ol Flori- ! t. Walt, the petitioner, was disbarred and rbldden to praetiee In the United Stales lurt of tlie district above mentioned for ?vlng taken part In lynching a prisoner! lined John, who was in J:ill at Tampa, Kin., I vaitin'-' trial on a charge of rape. The petl-j i?ner asked torn writ of mandamus to coin- j I the United Stales District Judg6 to ie-! ore to him the rights and privileges of an torncy in wild Court on the ground that his j stiarnient without due trial and conviction 1 r ttie crime is unconstitutional and void, ict.ouit. In H" etaboia'e opinion by Justice radlev. holds that while there is no settled id inflexible ru e for the regulation of pro-! dure In a case of this kind, the Federal i >urt may In i heir discretion disbar an attor!V \\ lm lias iieen gnllty of conduct of such a i i'n'C8 brings a disgrace and ascnndel upon | e Court. whether he has been duly tried ider the criminal laws of the state or not. I ie petition for a mandamus was therefore | tiled. Justloe Field read a dissenting oplna. |. J / Tne History of Eusilago. AN ARTICLE BY PROF. McRRYDEi OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. j The Origin of the Name and the Ills-: tory of Easiltt^ro in Ancient and Modern Tiia;vs?What Various Classical Writers Say Upon the Subject. rXctus and Courier.] 7V? the Editor of the Xcirs rind 0>?rirr : Oiic o:' your rorru*ponil<'iil? u>kx: "Wlnt. i.?j It ? Will ,\oti bcdinil ( nnu^li to lot mi' know III rough the coin inns of ymir valmildi; p.ij??r wlinI Mie nit'iiniiia of *cn?i:iixe' is ami vviiat It is us.-il lor, how It is used." A-c. i.1 uKiK.i i.Mi.Hi.irniu nlv poln-i aze, is ii t'.Tin applied, tlrst. loa so-called iic-v' process of prescrvlnt; green finale in pits, :inil second, In lilt1 product of t)i<* process. I!, is Compounded <>f ilie two Krcncti wauls en. in. and .vi'o. ii pit for tin-preservation of uraln, roots. <vc. ".'he ensilage of maltti:" is therefore, in plain KtiL'li.sl) tnc process of "pHtina" . green corn toddi r. and "c >rn ensilag-" is; pittf?1 corn," or the corn forage preserved i)y tlsc process. 'Ihe forcitiii derivation of i!>? wor.l is well calculated to prejudice the minds of our fanners at; dust tin; process. It is hotl.v disputed as io whom ili?* honor of originating Ii rightly belongs. Gotrirl. a French farmer, claims lo have practically tested II on a large sea leas far l>:?tl? as l%j>. and to have pcrfci ted it. by Ills Mibsei|iient experimcnis. 11%does1 110! scruple lo apply lo Ms achievements I lie much abased line of Horace. "Ivrcr/I iiionmif ml ii m am: pcrriniiiis." In a eatherhiL' of his enlliuslaslic American admircrcs, held in j New York a few montlis asto,a resolution was introduced n ruing the Importance of prrpntat-! In;; iiis lame by I he erect ion of a "monument" j of a somewhat, less enduring character, hut cheaper material, than brass Mr. Kennels I>. | Moulton. atioiher warm advocate of the pro-1 ce*s, roundly alllrms that "to an American (Mr. 0. W. Mills, of New .Jersey,) wiII lielonti i Die honor and lame of havin<i perfected tlicj system of ensilage in his discovery of the' value of uniform continuous pressure and the| method of applying it." | Such prij ud lees can behest, removed nnd sticli"depiiiics most easily settled i>y a ha<ty ! fiance at the true history of the process. I,1 therefore, propose in this communication to! submit a liricl historical statement of the origin ensilage, and to reserve for a future letter a detailed account ot the process The French v'Mo' is ilit-siine word as the Latin dative xiro and tiie Greek duive.tiro tliesubsiitution of l for r beluga common ety. I molo^tcal change The v ord can he traced ] hack to the Persian. In all these lanuuaaesj its meaning Is the same, an unilergroun<excavation or pit, used for the storage of grain and oilier farm products. Columella, a Latin writer of tiie first- cen-1 tury, speaks of grain being kept in pits as, "in certain transmarine provinces, where the ground hollowed nut Into excavations re* semhlinir wells', which arc called.tiros,receives! baek its own produce." (Lib. 1. ('.in. VI. I"i.) Vhito, another Roman author of still earlier date, mentions these siros, and states thai I l*ftM in ii.'i. ii. Ciiniv?1j,j<i!> .mil Tlllflpp I were in the hnt.lt of maljinir subterrane hi excavations. wlii- h they covered on the outside with Illicit layers of clntiif." and that they used these as pluses of shelter In winler and "as receptacles tor" their crops, because lliey lessoned the severity of the cold mid saved their stores from spoliation." (Chap. 16.) A WHITER ON CELTIC ASTIQOTIKS. sta'cs that "subterranean bul'dlnns, of rudci tint substantial fin luatioii. are found through-j out Scotland,''and that "Iheic is eveiy iea-| son to heiicvethat the.-cwere pl/ic-s where (lie grain of the inhabitant* was deposited for security It should tie mentioned in this connection that Vltruvius,a writer on architecture in the days of A^U'tus. me Hop. . in Lin. VI, cap.atuon? other buildings u?ed for the preservation of farm produce {fructibuHruxtieU) vanity <!; jiits In houses,(in?,tUbitx crjmtue.)\ {'Inlander,coininentintf on tills i assume Inter-] prcts rrj/])htrn* "vaulted subterranean ditches <>. e\cravated places, anil trcnehes whcrejirain ! is stored si way." unit compares them with the niros mentioned in Varro. It would appear then, tli it the process of ensilage or cnnntue can |>iv claims to a very respectable null.|ii!tv.and that it W;i? veiy probably used for preserving green lorage as well as grain, for the small amount of carbonic acid given oil" by "uninjured yrain" woul I not have attracted the attention of the husbamlnuin. Tills supposition is streatlx strenalitened by a passage In Curtius a Latin historian o| the first century Me sta'cs in Chapter IV. of his "th hook, that thi'tr>ons of Alcxcnder, after cros-linr the i'ancasns, were subjeced to servere privations?that there was a'scarcily of corn, amounting almost, to a famine," and und thafno wlie iteould lie found." lie then abruptly adds : " The b irhaiians around C'aulususeall these xiros. which they conceal so iugeniou-ly that, none save those who dlu thein are able to find them; in these their ssops are stored away.'' Now, the word fruycx. which occurs In this passage, and also iii the one fr-nn Tacitus 11 noted above, Is a much broader term than fntmnilum. the word used by Varro and l'liny. it lid iructu.i, the one employed by Columella. Dm /ilucuicul uM*<N>r?: / Viiitm fr?r ovnmiili*. in Liber IV ?l' his J)c Liiujtm L(ttina) carefully distinguish between these terms According lo 1 lie best authorities frumcntum signifies [ "tsrjilii," iliiilin fruit,) while /rnrtits denotes more particularly "live fruit," and// ?'/? * the "fruit-of Hie earth," or the "proiuco of the tie ds." <Se. Aualn, Anson I lis Popinn. an accurate grammari hi and scholar of the sixteenth eentiiry, in ills treatise on Farm Implements, ij)c Inxirum'-nto Fumliiu work wliieh treats of Hip Instruimnlsof ancient hnsbadry, in referri' g to the Mil Jeel ot gianailcs and citing authorities, appears to use Hie term /rittjcx ail vised ly. In Chapter XV lie writes: "instead of tiiese, irranaries aliove uround) in some pro%inces tira.i are used, excavated alter the manner of i-avc* or walls, for receiving and preserving the crops," I think it may Im safely aftlrmed that the passages in ove quoted nii'ke It abundantly evident that main and other farm products were In the curliest limes stored away in 1111ilcrgruiiml excavations, in order to protect them from the ravages of war. and tIt t the perfect preservation of the crops thus saved i caused the practice to he generally adopted ind continued in more peaceful times. In proceeding, next, to glance at rill-: MODERN III.STOItY OF ENSILAGE. It should he first remarked that the writings [>f I'opma ('iiiotcd ahove) and otliei scholars ind - ruinmni'lnns show that the knowledge if this proee-s was preserved during the midlie ayes. l-"or example, Casaulioii. a French rritie ho'n In 1 i. in commenting upon the Cireek nirmt. de-cribes it u< *i small pit excavated lor a manary or storchou*e. Uesysidus of Alexandria (A. I>. .TOOi interprets the <amcwoidas a wine \at,, (pillion) "hecaus" ither things iiesides wine are preserved in ulnejars" Fivlnshelin. horn in 1-Vhand pto . refSorat Heidelberg, not only refers to t'>c iro, l)iit dcvlmc that "in hl.s time it w.is in gnomon use In Hungary for preserving wine ind grain." Till. word silo wns known to French bus- I Dim dry lona before the days of Gori'art. Iti Is froi|?uohtly mentioned by LeConteux. iSoe $Yalta HUnneluirr Of I A'jricultuvc da Urjmrt'ncnt <h: tit Sfinr. 1'icris, ISill. paae ??7.j ( 'iisii l ovn, , Lvx I'rcwicrx I'ltsUmixV AffricitUwe, pi'K" 11'J,); ' iimI oilier writers. The process has been loiiji ised in Spain for preserving mniz<* :in-1 ev-n lie leaves of I tecs and vines. A writer stated n 1S7.J, that it has l>ecn employed in Anstru- ji lluuaary i'hi' seventy years ami for len year- | n Germany, but in a less elaborate form I, bail in France." Grii'swuld, in IKI-.', sravea , letailcd description of tlie East-l'ru-sian , uetliod of preserving grass and tlie passage | s translated In Shephens's large work, Tin: Farwr's Guide. published In 1 s.?I. lliu year heore Goftart hejian bis experiments. The proress as therein described is almost Identical i vitli the one perfecte I bv the Frenchman. I jotl'art and his tlrleuds assert, however, that ; 10 was (lie tlrst toemplov the process for the (reservation of mal/eor Indian corn. In iipppositlon lo such claims It is dlstlnety stuted that the proprietor of a heel-sugar , naniifactury innrstndtKart. M. Adolph < lien, was the Ilrst, who applied the proces*. i vhieh he had previously employed with sue- i li'ss lor the pic-crvathm of sutfar-bcet-pulp, i toa very larae crop of niai/.c. fallen uuex-jl ectedl.v'to him." (Jollart lias, however, eer- t .aiiiiy done much, perhaps more than any t titer man, to develop and perfect the "ensi- > iiae of nuil/e." and his merits have been ; I :enoially recognized in his o?n countiy. 11 e| ias reeel\e<i tlie decoration of the Legion of' | lonor, and ills true elalins to fame have been f \ellset forth in a report of a eommltiee ap olnted by theCcntial Awicultural--oeloty of fiance : The world is so old, necessity has so o?'i compelled the efforts of human belli us, balweflud precedents in every line of Im- s iroveinetit. Hut all experienced men know ' bearcat diflerenec which separates a happy i iuaiicstion. or even a successful al.temnt. fioiii ' i ptactlce well enough confirmed to become | J lie lui-ils <>f a regular business, will ndniit that11 In sc pr?cedents do not (bstroy (lie merit, of ' my imui ulio like Monsn ur A. (iollurt, lias > i-complishcd n continued success."' 1 It is generally lieilevel linn Col. Francis 1 d orris, ol Oakland Manor, llowurd County duiyiund, wasthe first farmer who tried the 1 iroecHs in this country, ills aKo were built u the summer of 167U. J. M. MCBuyue. " m w ? s The People's Son? of Peace. J BY JOAQUIN MILLER. |r ! U I J Tho irrasx Is green on Hunker Hill, It The witters sweet in Brandy wine: I] The sword slc?*ps In the Kcnhhurd still, | v The farmer keep* his flock and vine; v Then who would mar the scent; to-day ! r With vaunt of battlelleld or fray ? i A The brave corn lifts, In regiments. Ten thousand sabres In the sun; The ricks replace the battle lent*, c The bannered tassels to-s and run. The netuhlnj; sired, the battle's blast? ) I, These be the stories of the past. ja 81 Tim earth has hpalcil hpr woundnd brpast, The raiimms plow the field* no more; Tlift heroes rest: Oh let ilicm rest In peaee nloiii; Ihepeacelul short'. .. They fnuuht for pence, fi'f peace Ihey fell; They sleep In pcncc, ami all Is well. I'm The fields foriiel the battlPH fought, st The trenehes wave in golden uraln ; I n Shall we neglect the lesson Inuiiht !ei And tear Ihe wounds tmnpengaln ? |oi Sweet Mo! her Nut in c, nurse the land. ! And heal her wounds with gentle hand ! p.I.o! peaee on earth ! Lo! fioek and fold, ' I,o ! rich ubuudunce. far Inerease, 'j Anil valleys chid In sheen of jrold, Oh rbe and sing the sonjjof peace! w For Thesus roams tho land no more, Aud Janus rests with rusted door. ?' t Wrecked by a Cyclone, j TERRIBLE FATE OF TWO TOWNS IN MISSISSIPPI. Two Hundred Houses Blown Down i iu^Vc.saotu t!?e Seat of' llic Missis-J l(!l:?.?Tnpli'H I'l'rmilM Killed! and Seventy-five Willi Leg?* 01 ArniM Hrol.cn -- Beauregard Completely Swept Awny-Not a House Stand* mg--Thc Awl'ut Lous ol' Life. New Okj.kans, April 23.?A frightful ey-1 clone parsed iivcr \>'e.s?'?u and I tic town ol IJeaun gard a mile above here, ab:>ut I o'eiociyesterday afternoon. T'iC wind for t!ie pas: three days l>:nl been blowing a'.'i-le, and tin lowering clouds Indicated a storm. It* up-i pruo.-li wits known for>otnc minute* by dci-i rumbling still nils. Tlic windows in dwellingshook wit it violence, nnd many p"oplt thought it was an earthquake. The Ibundi-i roared mid the lightning Hashed with alarming force an I vividness. As soon us the storm had .somewhat abated mid people bciian to look about. loud penis <? ehuivh bells were rung nut, and pe ?plo were K'*en running In all directions towards W'esi Wesson. The mill meantime wuh pouring in torrenis. Ucachiug l'eieii Orchard street an Indescribable scene whs witnessed. This street. Is lined with it large number of houses in whirl! tiie operatives of the Mississippi mills are domiciled, and here the greatest tie struetion oeeurred. People were seen on all sides sobbing, and the groans of the wounded beneath ttic ruins were appalling. Dwellings were torn to atoms, autl a pine forest, just below wa? blown out. of e.xisirnce. The work of remo/ln; the dea l and extricating the wounded t'r >ni the ruins litis begun. (,'alvln Kcetl, Ii\ iug In the vicinity, died from excitement. Di'S. Sexton. I tease ami "tiller were soon upon the scene and did all in their power to relieve thesuH'-riiig of the wounded, it Is estimated that the nunilier of killed is twelve. Two or three children are missing. One hundred and lifty or two hundred dwellings were blown down. The number of pe >ple Willi broken limbs is estimated by the physicians at seventy-five. The dead are now till laid out, and coftlns ure being made f it them. The mills will not run to-day. Citizens are doing all In their power for the wounded, many of whom it is leaded will die A si>i-e!:il I r:ii n u-it.ti nil vsieiiins Iruui MefYiiiih (.*11y :11111 Hrookhavcit lias arrived. Another extraspecial train will ho lien- with addition:tl help from Magnolia and Summit. Some or these physicians wi.l no to Heaurofjird. whore I ho destruction to life and property Is simply indescribable. ite.iuro.iurd was vMteri last evoninsr. It is only it mile above hero and lay in the direct j path of the cyclone. The scene is absolutely | appalling, and Beauregard Is no moro. ft is in truth a mass of ruins. It. Is with difllcuit.v that one can ride thronirh the town, so thick| ly arc ti'o-s strewn across the road. There is > not a house of any character st.iinlin^ in the place. The two brick stores of Thompson ,1 i'o. and M, Daniel & Co., the largest. In tli place, are swept away. Timber Is scattered for in lies around. liven out in the country jtwo and n half miles dwellings weie swept away. The list of d<-ad and wounded is as follows: John Ko?s, mortally whiiih!o<1; yoiinu Milton Story, killed; Morgan .lames inortally wounded ; Isaac lllonni, seriously wounded; M. M. Daniels, mortally wimudi d; Turnbull, of Itrookiiaveil, fatally won ded; (.'apt. I.ampkln, wileand child, all dead ; Ceo, 11olio way, mortally wounded; Mrs. Ilnllownv lea broKen; Mr. Wilcox, both arms broken ; A..I. Fer>!iwin and family, including ten persons, dangeioitsly wounded; Mr. Clia:!es I,line, moit.illy wounded; Dr. AlhertG. I'ieicc and child, niortaily wounded?their lioii-e foil on them. J. (). Williams was killed. The depot was swept ofi, und not a Mgn of it now remains. K. A. Thirke. manager of the .Veie Orleans Times-Heiiiacrut. was advised of the cyclone at 4 o'clock on Monday morning while in New York, lie at once in-tructed the employment of four physicians and the puri ha-e of medical supplies to he sent by a special roll'-f ir tin from New Orleans i >Heaure::trd an I \Ve<*o i, a'so that, a call lie made for ass st nice, the T mot-Democrat heading the li-t with u contribution of ?.~j()ti. A Storm in liunuvell. Rt.acicvii.I.K. April 23.?News has boon received from George's < toi k Township, Hamw?'ll County,of a very violent unit destruclivo hail, i~:ii ii and wind slonn. Many hmisewere dcmo'.ish'-d, tics lot'ii tip liy tiiu roots and stock killed.an I It is ropjne I lliat several persons were injured. The G'yclom: Near Starksville tuid A hurt!ceil, Miss. SrAlucsvibbE. April il?One of tho m?sl destructive eyeioni-s that ever struck this rouutry passed two miles north of her.* .voter lay eveniui, abi.it 2 o'rioct. blowing house-aii to pieees, hlowiu 1 do -vn fcic-s and trees, kII.in-.: u ne^ro woman and eliil I, aN?? wounding sevctal whiles ami blacks ihat will prol>ahl,\ die. Tl-e-e whos<> property is damused are Dr. K. 1*. Coiine:, Dr. .1. S. ,\toiit (joinery, \V. II. Curry, Kev. David l'lrssloy, John T. Monigitnery. Willy (,'ritz and si goo I many negrors who o.vne I snnitl places. All the houses mi Dr. Council's and Montgomery's pl-ires were blown oil. Sever i! tine cows w:-rc Killed thai holonnod io Dr. Montgomery. The wind eame 'rout the souihwe-t, going in a northwest tliroellon, striking within oneinilc of Aberdeen nt:i placeeal e I Ktved mansion'it. blowing away ten houses thnv. killing ten nejitirs and woundim.' about thirty. It i< inipo-slhie to give a correct estimate of the dnoimj'-.s now, but I think It a great ileal over il'i.iXD. j. o. o. A Third Mississippi Town Destroyed ?The Dnmtigc Widespread. Jackson. Miss. A;>rli 23.?'The ibllowlnemlillttoR.'il part Initial's of the cyelom; have Iio-mi rrerlved : Oil tbc Natchez. and Columbus iimi'inu mo uiwii 01 i i]i'ii*iI) w.?< oesi loyeu, and several [ crson< killcland wounded. On lite Viekslnnjj nnd Meridian Ilnllro? ! Hie town of Lawrence su lie red terribly. Report* from oilier places mi l from the country show that the *torm was widespread uml verv ?l?strnetlve. The te.c^ra]ili lines were Mown down Cor milc<. Xkw Oiii.kans. April 2'!.? \ special to the Timrx-Dcmneriit from We?t Point, Mis*.. Miys: A tcrillcgale from the northwe-t st> tick our town at I! o'clock yes ton I i.v nflernion aecompiuiiid by torrents of rain anil the lar/rst hall ever seen here. The Court House, Lawyers' Row. Central Hotel. Cotton Kxdrin e olliees Olympic saloon, Henry Hon?et \V. A. Ilihii's store and Flanagan Hall were nil unroofed and mat-Tin! Iv damaged. Fences and trees were prostrated end considerable damage done. No lives lost. Freaks of tlw* Wind ill Red Lick, .Mis.*. Nkw Oki.kanS. \ priI St.?The Timri-Drmocrnl'.i lted Lick. Mis*., special says: Ai II o'c.iftfdc yesterday morning a tornado passed aiiotit a mile eot of here, citisinu some lo?s of lire and ureal, d nriaire to property. The track of the storm wasiMOya ds wide. I'yerytiling in the track was swept away. On the Ro?e place, a mile from ii'-re, the storm leve'led quarters and fences, killing a colored chi d and injuring seyml per..on<. Only one house remain* standing. On the Ki lingworth plantation a -jr.-at many cildtiswciv h|own down ami mun'i d nn:iue was done to, cropland fences. In one enliin were live peo-| pie, who say that the walls an l roof of tliej house were I iff < <1 and carried away, leaving the neorle stand in*' iiniinrl on the ttoor. Loss of Litis at Lasttnnn, (>n. j Sav.\nn\ii. (Ja.. April 21.-A special to tho Morn in;/ iVcwi from Ivtstinin. Go irstla. says hat a ejelonc passed over the town eary ihis uiorniii!! doimr meat damage. John Koiflas- j terV house was blown ilown unit Ms two <*lii!dren killed. Samuel Harris's houtte wa< demolished and 1:1s wife anil children badiy luJurcd. The Cyclone Throughout Lower Georgia. Ati.ant V, April 21?Tito Constitution's: specials to-night mention the passage of the | c.wione ihrott.'h lower(ii'or^iti with de-true-j live resulis, also wind and heavy ruin a'h over the state. 'Ihe linlmiini: was eor.tinu-! us. and one could rend by its light. Fences ' and dams were washed away and iinmyj houses were blown down. At Albany eight : pvr>Ans were killed ami about ! wen t.\-five; wounded. At Eastman two are reported! ki'led. The track of tne eyelone in houghcriy I County Is reported as a quarter of a utile! wide. Macon, (Ja. April 21.?Special"'to the Trie-t f/rnph mid Mexsnifjcr lep'iri a lenl.ic cyclone] in Southwest (icon: hi, attend'd by a larue: hiss of life and prop-riy. Not le-s than twenty-five deaths are reported, while the numi'iT Injured eanuot be e?t 1 nisvle?l. lot many Instances there i> an entire loss of farm j houses, residences, cattle and produe". The; dead and wonoded arc lieina looked after,and j everyihlut! is done that is po-slblff. Atj.anta. April 21.?An Americas special j report* muchdesiructionnnd many people In-1 j it red l>y the storm at dillcreul houses. One j baby, a eoiiian and two nc.-ro men and a whole family t?f five were killed near that | place. The Sturm Between Athens and Au-j gusta. Auot'STA. Ai?rlI 2!.?A <lc<?trues Ivo cyclone' passed nl<?ii!? the Athens brum h of the (j-nr-j uia I tall road last. night. Two d^'elll.ius ne.tr Wocdvlllc uiid I.c.noutnn were blown down, i The Damage at Chattanooga. Ciiattaxooga. Tk.v.v.. April ?].?Fully )!> damage w is lion" in tl.l-city by tin* stonn last iiii-hl Depots, dwelling- sum stores weic' unroofed, fences ill row n down ami trees 11 ]>- < routed. Kcports from the sunomidlng c >un-' try show lite storm to liuvc been very dest rue i live. Heavy Kainfali at Knoxville. Knoxvili.k, April 2t.-The wind Mew 30 miie* per hour,and tin ami ihi<equarter nclies oi'ruin fell lust nlglit, the largest lull In my one d i.v in live years. A Cyclone in Alahnma. Nbw Oicmsaxs, April SI.?a tuscaloosa.j Via . special says: Tuts section was vi-ited j it'.-teriJuy hy a heuvv storm of wind ami ruin, I >vhlch continued milII midnight. The War-1 ior Itivcr has risen thirty f-ct In the pa.-1 -wenty four hours, and i- now fifty feci above I owwatcrmaik and si 111 risiiii:. iltiudreds ] if ucres of the rlchc>j lands in ilie Warrior j' loitom that have been alrcaly planted are I iiiiimerucd, and pi-inters will Miller hcuvy!, oss It Is Ihoiuht that the ia;dd and unpre-' cdented rise In the rivi r has uau-e I al?o up at os- of stock, as there was no warning of the reshet. Near Columbus and Aberdeen. Nkw Oki.kans, Apt II St.?A foil in Ims, .Miss., ipeelal >a>s: A desctruetlvc cyclone pis-cd Igbt miles .Voi tb of here yesterday afternoon ! lear Tihbeestation on the Mo'dlc and tihio!, tallroaii, Much damage was done to hou-us |; mil fences. At t'ook's plantation on I lie ISiir-1) tee Hiver nearly every house wusdcmoli-licd. i' rossing the river lourteen bouses were tie- , troyetl on Dan Ilulebilison's plantation, but i io lives lost. At Caledonia, twelve inles ! iort.il of Columbus, the t ?rin seems to have; :onecntrateil It-fnry. Kver.v fence for miles ji ironml were?b|own away, trees were b own low n ami carried before the wind like ehatl'. j I'll MIHIly IIOIITH HUH' I'll II ll> (Fli-l t?. .Ill-n iteplieii-oii. nil cslilimbic young mini, while !' tending over hi* win; in iili.iy her ferns, wa< i1 truck on (In head by ii fidIImi beam jmd in.j ' millly kll'cd. .Mrs. Kiilli wjis dangerously I y>>iiti(lcd. as was iiNu Mr*. O.lrn. All Ali'-l'iierll. Miss., special says: The I 11??t tcrrittic eylone passed o\er that portion! if t he city k noun a* ( 'reeilman-lou n, at iinuii i estcrda.v, desiroyuig much properly and evil- ' le. Kight or leu lives were lost ami nlioni 1 Ify persons Injured, mostly negroes some of f i'111 111 will pr.iliaidy die The ctorm tritek ' rasabout I In ce hundred yards wide, Theul*|| uctlon was soulh wot to northwest. i Negro Church-gocr Kises Heaven-; I ward. |jj New Oitt.f.ans, April $!.? Starksvlllc spr-i s lal giving an account of thestorm says: At \ en lured church a negro mail was taken \ odlly upaii'l the lad seen of liiin he was far u Iiovm the earth wililiy lieatlnu Hie air as II i seising something I" slay his progress. ! t A Tornado in loua. !,' 1)ks Moinks, Iowa. April 'j-'!.? A special to ' irt Hcyixivr from Hunlap, Harris County, Jivs thai a lerrihle tornado p-isM'd near tint lace <m Saturday night,carrying awav many . irm houses and barns and killing much oik. Trees were uprooted ami small build- . igscarrieii away. Some loss of life Is report-1 ' I, bill, no particulars a'C at. hand. Tlio track ' ' ihe tornado was northward through Mono j ml Woodhur> Counties. ; A tornado passed up .Maple River Valley l' irly last evenening. following closely along ( ie spur of the t hicago and North*' extern ? all way. which strikes oil from Manly June- ' on. The I'aiibury Catholic (.'iiunh was '( recked Three houses were blown down j, id other minor damage was lufllcted. No . ves wore lost bo far as knowu, u - .Jfc ?f - .x v* v.J~.y!V?'~>w-- .* 'v- -z 4 Funeral Speech by Robert Ingersoll. Washington, April 15.?Tlio preliminary funeral Herviees over tlio remains of John Mills, who for soveral years lias acted as clork for Representative Mnreh, of Maine, took place at 7.30 o'clock this evening from the resilience of Colonel N. VV. Fitzgerald, on K street. This remains !H>r? taken to the Baltimore and Potomac depot, whence they wero sent to Port Jervis, New York, whore the interment will take place to-morrow. Mr. Mills was an independent thinker as far is religion is concerned, and as it became j known that Colonel Robert In?ersoll would make some remarks before the I M-ike.t was closed thorn was a largo nnin >nr III nill'lUIUIK'O. .-\IT1M||? nm-u |.iracnt wore Senator Van Wyck, Uopresenivo iMtitvli, ox-Senator riorsey unci Register llruoe. There wore also a number .vim were prominent in so-called inliilel circles. Del'oro the oration began there was plavecl a selection np?n the piano. V sirniluar seloctioti wsis plavol as the asket win lieiiig dosed. The deceased was an intimate friend of Colonel Inger4 )11, and requested that he should deliver his funeral oration. Colonel Inge?soll stood near the head of tho collin, and in si voice filled with emotion said : "Again wo are faco to face ivith thr _rreat mystery that shrouds this world, We question, but there is no reply; out on the wide waste sea there drifts 111 spar. Over the desert of death the sphinx gazes forever, but never speaKs. In the very M iy of life another heart ha* ceased to beat. Night has fallen upon noon, lint ho lived, ho loved, ho was loved. Wile and children pressed theii kisses 011 his lips. This is enonuh. The longest, life contains 110 more. This fill> the vase of joy. Mo who lies here clothed with the perfect peace of doath was r kind and loving husband and good fa tlier, a generous neighbor, an hones! man, and these words build a monument of glory above the humblest grave. lit was always a child, sincere and frank, a? full of hope as Spring. He divided al time in to-day and to-morrow. To-mor row was witnonia ciouu, una oi w-innr row ho borrowed sunshine for to-day Ho was iny friend. Ho will remain so The livim? oft bocmne esiramrod ; tlx dead are true. He was not a Christian In the Ede i of his hopo there did noi crawl and coil the serpent of eterna pain. In many languages he sought tlx thoughts of men, and for himself Ik solved the problems of tho world. H< accepted the philosophy of August* ('omte. Humanity was his God; tin human race the Supreme Being. In tin .Supreme Being ho res ed. Ho believe! that wo are indebted for what wo enjo^ to the labor, tho self-denial, tho heroisn of the human race, and that as we hav< plucked the fruit of what others planted wo in thankfulness should plant for nth ers yet to be. With him immortality was tho eternal consequences of his owi good acts. He believed that every goor thought, every disinterested deed has tons tho harvest of universal good. This is a religion that enriches poverty, tha enables us to bear the sorrows ot the sad dost life, that people even solitude witl the happy millions yet to lie; a religior born not of selliishn'ess and fear, but o love and hope; tho religion that dig: wells to slake the thirst of others, tha gladly boars the burdens of the unborn ! In the presence of death, how beliefs an< I dogmas wither and decay; how lovitt) I words and deeds burst into blossoms Pluck from tho tree of any life thesi ll iwors, and there remain but the barrel t.iorns of bigotry and creed. All wish for happiness beyond this life all hope to meet again the loved and lost ] In every heart there grows this sacra | ll twer of eternal hope. Immortality is j ! word that hope through all the ages ha! has been whispering to love. The mini elo of thought wo cannot understand Tho mystery of death and hope we can not comprehend. Tins enaos railed mi [ worM lia^ never boon explained. Tin ! golden bridge of life from gloom emer ges and on slmilow rests. Beyond this wo do not know. Fate is speechless destiny is dumb, and the secret of! thr I'll to re has never boon told. \\ e love j we wait; we hope. The more wo love tho more we fear. Upon the tenderes heart the deepest shadows fall. All path; ; whether tilled with thorns or flowers, {end here. Here success and failure an | the same. Tho rag of wretchedness am : the purple robe of power lose difference and distinction in this democracy o j death. Charaetc" alone aurvivos; go>dj Mess alone lives: love alone is immortal; i but to all there comes a time when tlie 1 fevered lips of life, long for the cool de I liciom kiss of death. Tired of the dnsi [and tflare of day, they hear with joy tlx I rustling garments of the night. Wlia |e?in wc say of the dead? Where the} j have ijoiio*reason cannot go, and fron i thence revelation has not come, Jbit le J ns bcliove that over tho cradle naturi i bends and smiles, and lovingly above tin j dead in benediction holds her outstretch | od hands." The Farms. I Our farmers have been busy oven | hour that they could work on theit faring but owing to the frequent and continuei j rains, they are much behind with thcii 1 work. While thousands of acres of cot ! ton wore planted la*t week. iiiii>-Ii of tin I law! has not been planted, and in eon>e !<|iienee of the recent rains, bill little eat : lie done for several days. The button j lands, as a rule, have not been touched I but with lavoralde weather now, tin j greatest energy will be derived to tin ; most important work of cultivating oiii j bosl anil most productive .soil. Man; ! farmers will profit by the results of las I v?ar's bountiful supply of oats and corn | an I will in future, raise their own *up ! plies. The haliit of going to the store? ! for the supplies whi.-h should be raiser j on the farm, i* being abandoned by near ! Iv all the good fanners in thcounty land in consequence, our people are in j much better condition than they hav? | been since tho war. Realizing their improved condition, nr time wil, be lost, between now and tin expiration of the planting season, it which they can work on their low I inds The rule should be, to work the low lands on the earliest day possible. . ? beware of Disease Germs. I As the weather grows warmer nature ml tiiotiMics the (liril'.y fanner ami hini-eliiiltlei to take t'l'ccaiiiious arising from vi'jsetiiMi; 01 other organic mailer left in corners ami nan nlesof harns, houses ami Ccbars. The warm jui? Issoiimilines siiveil hya.-tro g'y oih-nsivi I i*it# tr*.>i<? tun h. fi i-liivo stiiil niitu't'S' si\e u'tiio-piiete 'lie fou nessof which rail Ik detected on lntril l"r<>111 tar open air, although there is no (ll-tiiii-t nor powerful ndn in It. Almost evciy cellar, no mutter how careful Hie hosekccper may he, contain* small remnant'! of vegetable food, ncriilrutly ilrupjieil nr promiscuously scattered In out-ofthe-way places during ihe winter. During a five/lug temper iiuic outside1iiti<- di'eay .sets In; inn just no>v i.ln-re is a rapid reriueiitlii^ action in all si.ch things, and the health of a wnu.'e household may i>eniy?tcriou?ly nllcc1ed with >111 much suspicion attaching to the few n ttliiL' potatoes, apples, cabbage-leavi s and other similar substances fjulto overlook* eit hy tlx* sanitary Inspector of the family. Even where there are nooutwiird and visible >1 jns of dec lying mutndal all storerooms anil cellars that have iieen ti'.'hily shut during the winter ougiit 10 havea thorouga cieauin^ and airing. Oil some dry. sunny and i-nimy daj all ener^eih: u-c of h''oom, In u-h and water, followed hy a wholesome application ot whitewash and opening of doors and windows. so as to jrlve a free circulation of the outer air. might lie the means of saving inaoy persons?particularly in> rt'ids and children? from nrecariiais health. If not from downright lilacs* It Is not a had Idea to give a mild fumigation to cellars and storerooms, ami if the children are occasionally treated to the fumes of hurulnv sutpher for a tew minutes at a time tlic treatment may lie the means of sa\lug Ihem from serious sicklies. It shoti-d be rciiemhercd I hat'III the springtime not only the heal hful and useful germs grow rind leproduce t.ieiiisrivcs mo-t rapidly but the noxious germs arc also at the period of their highest activity, and meat <u;e should be taken to obtain all possib le protection against these latter. Snlpsday. [Xcwbcry Herald.] Viewed In its relation to order and public morals, it Is u serious question whether lite Instil iill .n known as t<alesday slioidd not bo aitolislied. \\ e doubt wtieflier there was ever any if reason for i.8 existence, but If there ever was. that reason lias caused to exist and the custom should no longer lie observed. No advantage results to the public sales from the presence oi such ciowdsas the di.y brums, tint thesdes eonld be made just as liiiliciotisly on any other day. .Men do not buy | ropcrty thoughtlessly or at random, and thu c who intend to become purchasers at the public sales usually make up their mm Is b. lore the day of Mile. 15ut while the ilay is without any b. netlts that are worth I'oiisideratioii. It billies a train of evils. Nine" teinh" of those who descit iheir work and (Mine tio.iping to town on salesd iy, care nothnnr lortiie public sales, but merely lieeausc tuey expect to >ce a crowd ol Jovial fellows imd have a "Jolly good nine"?an important j fctltuo ol which consists of a liee How oi spirits of the wn.ng kind. Many ol I In so per-1 sons are ad licied lo huiMcswapp.nn, diiukim;! [itnl cur-ii B. reeling ai d slavering. and | general "cus?edness." Itisa matter of coin-! iiioii oiisei vatiou Ihat Mitosday is usually atlei.dendcd uith an iuciea>cd amount oil li iinkeiiness, that it demands inceased vlai- I lance on the purl o I lie police; and mat it has I i dciuora il/ang etlec: on the business of th-* j [o.vn. This Is true of oim r towns than New-1 jeriy. \V?* I eielve that It would be w Ise to do ' iwa.v wi h the law sei ling aj art the Jirsi Mon* , lu.v in imcIi inonth as a day tor puldic sales, mil let pulille sah's lie made alter legal notice ivithollt a colli iiioii day. Tli? Illack IVn. The pen crop I- the cheapest crop we can j a l?c In this sect Ion. The yield is very ureal. -- - '"i?" . i?l Hint on vcrv ordinary ,11111 I - , - ? . . , ioil, 1 havebeen an observer ami ex| crietieed; ill 11 cnl<?r ol" tills crop, ami my experience J :ivos preference to the black pea. It grows j uxiiilni-.tiy, yields abundantly on new or old j ;oil. In linmiliiig tliere is Utile waste, as the [ mil Is soft and highly elastic, allowing few ol | lie pens toescape hy packing or removing.! ['lie viiii1 is most exeelient lor fodder, heiiiij iofl to the very root, never hardening even vlien dead, other kinds I timl generally j vooily, so mtieh sons to i<e unlit for fodder, a 1 ireaiparl hell g rejected l?y si nek, the bulls j ii itih'and subject lo Rival waste in handling, | he loss in gathering serious. Slock unused: o iho hhiok pea w ill at llrs| anpnar somewhat ' cluclant to cat on sight, hut. will soon learn ' ogive tlicm preference, at least such is tliel ase Willi the kind I eultlvnte. They yield hundaiiily planted with corn or alone? hy I, utier mellioii far better. In cultivating t.hetn 1 adopt the same method of culture others do. i me plowing is .suillcient.?Cor. Southern , Yorld. |' j' The tree-frog croaketn, the bumbleee htitnbli'lh ami I he clellii-.jiiei.t vie- ' itn ol" eujiiil Imiijicth himself on the! rout gate ami sayeth unto his heioved, I J when shall tlie clays come ai.d the' ours draw nigh when we twain shall j( eone.' fck'lali! ' *fv".* *, /4"'. F. ' '. ^ 1 - ; Bedding Yams. As this subject is just now one of considerable importance, we give the readers of The Cui/hvatok tlie view and experience of "Jb\ 9. 8.," of Jefferson, (in., who, under date of March 2i?ili, thus write* to * ") editor of the Athena Chronicle. "On the 14ih of March I bedded my yuiuv?jtJSt one week a^o?and they have sprouts on them one Inch long. In one week more they will he up, and by the middle of April they will be large enough to flip, or set out. J have pursued the same plmi for twentyfive years, always having them up in two weeks to a day. And such a profusion of slips that all who see then wonder how I get them up so quick. With a boy to help me measure up the yam*, make the bed and finish ui> everything, I was not exceeding tw?? hours bedding out four bushels. Fo. this ?]nan11ly I procured four plank | twelve inches wide and six feet long, soiling llieill up eogcmne III ui.v f^ai Ion, driving stake* on tlia out-iile t?? hold tlieni up. I tilled this box full . of dry niuii lire from ahorse sUiblt thai i hi 11 never been wet, train ping ot packing it down until it was eight in1 dies deep. I then covered the dry : nitiuurconc an:' u half inches deep with rich top soil. Spreading the 1 yams evenly on top of this dirt, and | covering them up with good earth one . inch deep. I then raised one side ?>l . the frame six inches, and covered the (! bed entirely up with plank seven feel long, breakingtl:e joints carefully, so i thai the bed will keep prefectly dry for two weeks, or until the slips are ! up, when I remove the covering, ; watering them freely with soap-sud' or water if the weather is very dry. | Toguard against getting them loo hoi . iu the bed, during the lirst week, exam. ine them daily by removing a portion , of the covering inserting the hand in. to the manure; if more than agreeaj bly worm, remove the covering of plank for twelve or twenty-four hours, j if therein no danger of rain, which 1 would heat the manure and scald the , yarns immediately. Try this simple I plan one time, and you will dig uo j more pits for your yams to rot in before j they can sprout." Farmers and flic Lion Law. [Kemhaw OhzcUc.] Tfniiop|.iw? nf ciiizciiH U mnrp im , pnrtnnt than another, we would des' innate ! he farmers as that class. They ' constitute the base of a nation's r prosperity. None are independent of i them. Their prosperity is a nation's 1 prosperity; their failure a nation's " ruin. If the base is swept away, the * fabric, which rests upon it. must fall. Ail, therefore, arc interested in their \ success. We have watched with in, terest, and with some anxiety, the f course of our farmers for seine years s past. We conclude that one of the t greatest evils to which they have been addicted, afflicted, is the credit sys1 tern. ; B.v buying on credit they must nec; cssarily buy at greatly advanced pri* J ces. They pay from 20 to 40 per cent. more for their goods than the man . who buys for cash. Furthermore, | when they buy on credit, they are usI ually confined lo one firm, and eani not take ud van I age of the lower prii ces of some articles in other stores. All merchants do not sell the sunn* arliclesatthe same prices. Their crops are consuTned before they are harvested It takes the heart out of thern to woik hard all the year, ,Itiiid lind onfy cents in llieir poekJetssifter the store account is settled. ' hi many instances thecloseof theyear ; finds them in ileht. Tliey liuve not . I only lost the profits of the farm, but H they have lost their good name in l?o*,iiijx classed with dufaulting debtors ^i Lalmi- gone?money gone?reputation I ?'>ne. ,1 Farmers, do not blame the merf chunis. According to the law ol' . "lossagain," they must charge high; er prices on credit than for cash pur chases. In the long run, the nier chant is not benefited by the credit ' system. 3 Let the farmers of Kershaw make 1 up their minds to buy nothing on [ credit this year, except what lliey are t absolutely compelled to have for theni, selves, their families, or for their farm > operatioi.s. Happy Hotisrliold. [ I'ltsyoula Star.~\ " What a bli'ssinir to a household is a ?\ merry, cheerful woman-one whose .^spirits are not affected by wet days or I little disappointment, or whose milk r j of human kindness does not sonr in ' j thesun.-diine of pro*purity ! .Such a j woninti in I lie darkest hours brightens 11 the house like the little place of sun , slimy weather. The magnetism of J her smiles aihi the electrical hright* I nessof her looks and movements infect j] every one. The children jro to school r wit it a sense of something to he aehiev* j e?l: her hushuml goes into the world si 1 (conqueror. No matter how people an?j imy and worry him all d:iv, for ofl* her ; j presence shines and he whispers to I : himself. "At home I shall (iud rest.' . i So day hy day she literally renews his (I strength ami energy ; and if you know i a man with a beaming face, a prosper! ous business, in nine eases out of ten you will find lie has a wife ot this > Kind. * The Jewish Passover. TtiP Jewish I"a^sover hesrnn at Sundown la*t Saturday evening rout will ho cHHirmc;! l?y the llebii'ws thrntl. hout the world. This fi s lvftl was Instituted y Moses In comnieinorntioti ,-t tin. TuiM<>iiti>s i) 1 hit iutatf oil j tin; nl lit of ti<e ilosIrucli.il) of the flr.-t born .'in Kii.vpt. inimediaiel.v preceding the exodu^ j from llmt country (Kx xiJ.> Originally tt wiv i ob-crved ii.v saeiillcing passover lambs to.j ward ilic evening of ilie Hth of the first He, j It iw Spring iininili 'now Ni-au.; and eating thrm <iii the fo.lowing night.as well a< by exeluding al: leaven from ilic men's of tmit evi-. < Mini; and the followint; seven days, the first .'and liist of which were observed as holy. jSitiiv tin; li mm I destruction of the temple of I Jermnlem tiie pa-<snver tins been ce.ebratcd ; I by eating unleavened lire-id during the seven (out of Palestlncdm log ei lit) days, by ai?ti, [ nence fiom labor on fnc lirst and ln?t'out of Palestine on tin- lirst two and la?t(Wo), and by tin- observance on tlie flr*tevenlng(out of | Palestine on the first and m coiiU> of various i domestic rite.- commemorative of the deliverance from ptian bondage, including ) the recital of Scriptural and legendary narra! live and famllar conversation on tin-same j national event,and the chanting psalms. A Missing Drummer. f.Vewi <tnrl Courier.] I f'oT.rMniA, April U3.?A mysterious di*-an-j i pea ranee is exciting considerable intcrc'-t in j jCotumhla. Mr. Hugh Hunter,a nephew ofi i Major Tliomns I5eg;s, the coloi-bearer of the I l'aiineilo Rigiiuent in Mexico, is a commerjelal traveller well known In Columbia, ' t barieston, and throughout the South. About | a month ago, while on his rounds through I the South, he disappeared from Selma. Alabama. leaving ill* sample pneUagcs, valise J and ovei coat at thr bote', mot has not since been heard of. It Is feared that lie was seized | I with temporary insanity and wandered amiv J | umler its in.'lm-nee, as tiie Selnin Hotel people j j say heuus acting stuuigely while there doing i nothing the five or sixdiy* lie was there, al-1 !though usually \ery eneig-tie, an I tmn Ik-| ieft liuring the night. The f.mitirlflr Ojiiricr-j i Journal of the I-'.tli Instant ontaiued a dls?j i pa'ch from Helena, Ark., slating that the; ib iid b> dy of a man had been round floating I <!/>? n t)i% i-iw>r tlm dav before, and (lie dc-1 15-<*ri|>tIftn of the body agw somewhat with i (hut of ,M r. 11 mi ter. Murks mad" u lili India' jink mi thi! arms were also found, and it Is! known that Mr Ilutrcr had such marks on ' I his arm, Init whether they a-rrcf Is not known. ! Mrs llnnti-r ami her eld.dron live at Decatur, ! Ga..and she Is almost distracted with anxiety. j ! The Iicbafp on Tolncco, Cltrars, &c.! Under the New Tariff. AH dealers bavins tobacco, cl'.'ars, snuffi and e'en ret tes on hand on May 1st can secure the r'-l?"te allow d under the new t-irllf < ( 111 upon these articles hv npnllctioii to the projv i er department at Wasiilmrton on or hef'-ro I (he ab 'Vi- si>eeitled day. If anp'leatlon he no' I tnmle hy or he*V>re thai time no rebate can be [secured. The reductions ar" as follows: 81 j rents per pound on tobacco ; 8 cent* per pound j <>n snnfl': from ?i> to '.'1 per thousand ??n eltrnrs ' ! iiii'l ol-'aret'e*. and from 31.7.3 to on cl.'a- j I rettes in paper. Tlio Heart. The iieart. the iicari O let It be A true and heatHloiis (hint:, As kindly warm, as nobly free, As oniric's nestling wing. ft keep it not like miser's gold. Shut In from all l<?<id<\ lint let Its preclon* stoics unfold In mercies far and wide. The b"art. the heart that's truly blest Is never all lis own. No ray of srlory ll-.'hts the breast That beats for self alone Satan*.?"Whoarc you?"' "A hank (fishier." j "I Waul tor?" ics. , , "How much? j ">.0 ??ftXI." ' Felix, give him n top sen I, nwny from the tire, win-re it Is nice and cool. Never mind thanking im\ Mr. f'ashicr, You're welcome, i lint who is tills?" No. 'J?"A hank cashier."' "Defaulter?"' "Yes" I "Ilow much?" "S.000." "Here, Felix, take tills follow, nnd give him ' a scat on the top of the stove !"' Whips. I F you want n good Riding, Huggy or Wagon j 1 Whip, call at the Cincinnati Repository.! TI1(>8. 15K(J(iS. li AprH 11, 1'S.l, tf J New Home Sewing Machine. ' * ^ Vl? T.V.V r?ni'ii?n ftl" If. Ik 17 Hi?r cphI.* i ' I J lower tliiiii same kind or class can be j 1 bOciirli t In town, at ( J. 1). CHALMERS & CO. ' ? March 11.1.W, tf / $3 For the Twin Spring j' IMPROVED, and an excellent article. Only i one liclit mattress necessary to inalte u i oinfortnUlc noiseless lud. Korsateut !J J. 1). CHALMERS it CO. | Maroh 11,1853. tf The Place to Get What' You Want! CHRISTIANS WILSON i ALWAYS in store, a completo stwl< nf FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED HOODS and CONFKCTI0N E RIES of ill kinds. ' The best ami cheapest CI?ARS and TOBACCO. Tlio FINEST I WINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey1 For medical purposes a specialty. Also,; Choice Liquors of any kind fur medical purposes. . Give us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, ! Abbeville, S. c.| Nov. 16.1881. tf i J. Knox & Co. -AGENTS J-ORME. TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. Juno 22,1881, tf G F. ANDEESON" Bricklayer and Plasterer, Urr r.i\ry ms > it in tu iiiu m bevllle. Ills prices arc reasonable, and Wis work Is guaranteed to be good. Give him a trial. Oct 4, 18S2, Gin H. D. REESE, ABBEVILLE, S. C., Repairs watches, clocks, and Jewelry In the hpfi manner at ihe lowest prices. Long experience and close application to business merit consideration from ih?>se hnvliiL' work to be done In Ills line. He keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. Feb. II, 1383, 12m BARBER SHOP. o RICHARD OANTT. Is now prepared lo do . all work In his department In I lie best manner and at rcaona'ile charges. Monthly ustoincrs sliavlnj:, hair rutting and sliampi'oliK' SI per month. Rasors honed and put in the best condition for ?> cents each. Shop under the I'rvss and. Manner olllce. March 15, 1882. tf Dr. H. D. WILSON, . ?0? v D E NTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. ..g^Ofllec; Upstairs over the Post Ofllce."Sti I.. \V. PKKKIN, T. P. COTIIRAN PEKRIN & COTHRAN, Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Marshall P. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE (j. H. S. C. H 6. SCODDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S. C. OFFKItS his professional service* to the citizens of Abbeville. Paitlesileslrln* to Icnsall with him, may do so at iieli aemlon of i Ik; Com t lor the County, or l>y letter at An?lois:>n (/' II. June 15. lsSl, tf ? .A O .S S <3? * A* * a | 0 0 3 g 0 | ^ cJ 0 T3 ? ? *t ffl 1 ?? fc* GO *8 g "c ? 3 0 ? cj ^ ? rf^ % 02 ? g Uj ^ 3 SJ k? Sh ? a ? ? S ?-w r " ^ sg d ? ? 3 II ? h 1 ? ? ^ -g Hi *? r * 3 iS'S as .as & ^ i 03 ? s A a 4! I 02 " ? * a o " A . ? g i _ to ?< O U ? S3 5 5" ^ W H o ; g, s?. " ? *4 ? fl) ? $ eg ? w * > . o fan 0 rn g W ^ ? (J] ? w ? * .SL w s -H ^ W O * ? . u 20 > cJ U S W * ? o ? S ? es-: d LIME 1 LIME! HP tm<lc?l]Hi<>d hogs leave to say to ihe 1 i ubllc tlml lie keeps always on hand a Hi oil stipiilv of fresh atul well burnt LI Mb at hlc Lr 11 ri in T .n tl t'CMK i?i?lllit.V. Jit I II 0 (5. \\ . SU I IImiii ol<l liiln, i:{ inIlo west of Laurens Court I House.-I miles from Free bridge on Saluda. 21 111iscs north-east of Abbeville Court House, which I willM'll cliftip for cash. '2> cents per bushel or ?i? ner ton. Poisons wishing 1.line I c-iii net their orders (1 Ileal at any Mine. I also j wm'i'iint it to lie :is jior.ij If not better, than ; ean In- vol elsewhere. l.line Ik I In* best fcrtll- 1 l/.i-r evi-r useii. I have teams and ean dell ?er i.iiiie at any desired i lace. Address J. D. MA ST !il{S & CO., Iticwertun, s. C. Sept. 27,1882,12m R M. Hadon & Co. H.\i E cut an nrchwny In the rear of their store and now occupy a'i the space for-1 meily oeeupleil hy .Ins. A. Howie. with ample j room, Inen-iiM d fin llllles, wp will he much i better prepared to servewir friends this spring! thancser. It. M. II ADDON & CO. |i l ch. li-, UKt. tf J, NOTICE PLASTERERS!1 SEAI.EP hldsat rale per square ynrd will be! leceived until 2d of April next, for rouclirasilng the b-i.-k work of (aihouii's Mills r hridue with a durable coat of plaster and re-. mem?llie woik t<? tie paid for upon a mens- | inemetil tc be nnule after It is finished. The j liidswill be opened at Abbeville Court House j> :>n Monday,2d April, ls>3. and tin- contract] iwardt'd lo tin- lowest responsible libbler, tiie i right belli.; reserved t?? reject any and all bids, liond wiil he required for the due completion >f the work. Parties may leave their bids i ivlth the Clerk of the Hoard at Abbeville C.!. II.. or send them to the undersigned at Due 1 West. J W. T. COWAN, County Commissioner, j * ?.Iarch I J, issrj, rrnxuiiii:.' | ( k 30 HF.DSTKAI'S to hand this week, 24 MATTItKSSKS, 24 HUKEAU8, | 5 56 (.'II AMIS, |1 14 SAVES, jj ill will bo soM at low prices tor CASH. i r. D. CHALMERS & CO March 14, IW, tf 6 ' V B DR. F. F. GARY! HAS moved to Abbeville for the practice of^H medUlhe. and alters hi* profckbioual^H services to the public. Culls diiniiv: the day in ay be left at tho fire o' Col. Engcne IS. Gary or til the formc^^H rc?l<Janee of Judge McUouan, now ufiCDpU^^H by Iir. Gary. , Jan. 31, l<ia3, iSrn 3T. 2SLTJJEISKB Boots and Shoes, Harfl ness and Tanyard. Jfl IJEST materlnl used, fine workmen emplw^H I j <-d, custom work made promptly, and at^H the lowest bottom prices for enn)i. Hides nl-^H ways bought at the highest market price fof^H cash or in exchange for leather or work, January 24, JssO, ly. M WM. H. PARICEK W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER&McG0WANp ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, rV AKBEVILLE, C. II., S. C. I \f ILL practice also in the Circuit Court* fejflB V\ ihe United StuteH for SouUi CarolinaJ H W. J.~KOGERSa Merchandise Broker, j flj DEALER IN GRATN. FLOUR, MEAIJH MAY. BRAN AND GROCERIES. ! communtrillions either hy wire or mail ni^^B BWtTi'd promptly. J. B. ROGERS will atttfl^H lo olllce bublneh* when I am" absent. W. J. ROGERS. Jan. 10,1832, If Buggy Cushions. I JUST recrlvod a Job lot of Burity find Cajo^H rlutrc ( n-ililons, which will be noId very low for cosh nt the CINCINNATI REPOSITORY, M T. BEGG8, Agent M Jan. 17,1S83, tt -JHj LOOK OCT FOR THE B Savannah Valley Railroan 'PHERE will he a max* nircUnjr In H 1 est of the Savannah Valley RaliTiil^^^H 10 o'elwk A M. on the following days, an^R^H the following ulncc*: On the 3rd day of April, at Lnwpdenvlll*. On the itli day of April, at Rllcy'n Croa^^l RoikIA. On tlieSth day of April, at ML. Cannel. On the fith day of April, at Bordeaux. Everybody is Invited to come. TheTretfflfl nrersof the Company will be prc*ent?t above p'aees. and all tax-pavers ure miuestf^MI to l.rliur tlielr Railroad Tax Receipt* ni3H liaye tbern eonvertcd Into Block nt that tim^^l J. E. BREAZEALE, PV Secretary S V, R. R. Co J H Anderson, S C., March 13,1883,2t J ,fl Silks and Satins. I THE; largest stock of SIlkn.Sntlnn.Oltomaii^B 1 Silks, Brocade Silks, Figured Silks &ei^l All <*olon* to dc found at Mnrcli 21. ,m. If "AnLOX ? Baskets, Baskets, Basketful . X great vntlctles at. * ? ? R M. HADDON A. CO. H March 21,1883, tf V?| Shoes. Shoes, Shoes. IA1>IES Kino Shoe*. Children's Fine Show j L.idles and Children's Slippers. March a.Ilg3.?. " 'Al!?"g Tinner Wanted. ^ \?OOI) Journeyman Tinner ran reto Job by application to ... D r. ? W. LAWSON ACO. ' Abbeville, S. C'., Dec. 27, 1882. A CAR LOAD OF STANDARD COOKING STOVES TO arrive next week. Will JSe sold low for cash or on time to responsible parties. J A. J. SPROLES & BRO, ^Greenwood, S. GL Feb. 7.J883.3m * fUlll/JfAW VIMMMAJ. VUXXU.XUJLL VCJIliagCBi n RATTAN, new ??n?l rrelty *ty!e?. Aim. lot of Hoys Wnirnnx?Iron un<t Wood, ntlH J. D. CHALMERS & CO.'^M March 11,1SS3, tf ' ^ELF-RAISING Ruckwheat nt ~ CUNNINGHAM <fc TKMPLETON.^H Mnrch 14, if IB Just Received. jfl OVER 100 RASKET8?I.nnch RrckeKMiuyH l<et Iiii*kci?. siiicncl Pa>ketn, Key keU, Nuiscry Basket*. R. M. II ADDON <fc CO. Feb 23, 1583, tf - ; M A. ? F. B. V. R. R. 9 Subscribers to the ctock or the a. K. V. R. R. uro notified that thf-ttmi have boon j lai rd In our l.nnd*/nr collection. t .^1 . Parilt h In arrears will Kave co?U by prompt U payment to H PARKER & McGOWAN, Attorneys. March 11,188:1,2t H ' IF you w.mf n nice Sprlnjr Salt call on CUNNIVGHAM A TEMPLETON. H March H, lv>3. tf Paragon Axle Grease. fl rplIE tx'st l'i market. Which I vriII rall^H I cheap to dealers ly the pxrknire. Retail price 10 cents, or three lor 23 eenlfut th* Als~^H ton corner. T110& BEGG8. H March Id, 1883. tf H CINCINNATI REPOSITORY JL.V JUI mJLm \_y V-/ AV ^ H| ABBEVILLE, S. C. t)ersons wanting 1 WAGONS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, WHIPS. WM HALTERS, BUGGY CUSHIONS, '' - fl I AXLE GREASE, . PLOW GEAR, HIDING BRIDLES. HA ME STRINGS, 4a, H Will <lo well to exit before purchasing, at will not be undersold. THOS. BEGGS. 1 Mnrch 14, issj. tf fl FRUIT TiEESl J. H. O'Neall,! OF GREENWOOD, I A GF.NT. FOR THE RAOSDALE BROTH- B /\ er* Nursery.of JauneHiown, N. C., Is tnk? B Inu orders from ihe citizen* or' Abbeville county for all kinds of FRUIT TREES, ?1 VINES. PLANTS, Ac. Ho Is representing JM one of I tic most rcllnhle Nurseries In Southern States. nn<l nil persons In need n^^H| in mil trees should give htm thcli orders. persons who full to see him may send tbet^^H orders to him at Greenwood. J. H. O'NEALL, Greenwood, S. C. ^ March 1-1,1S.S3,3t I Administrator's Notice | AI,r, persons Indebted to the estate of Reuhen Jones, deceased, will make payment ivliliout do!;.y,and those having demands lifuitist snlit estate must present the same to^H iic before the dav of settlement. Aorll 7th. ins-'). jh M. G. ZEIGLER, fl C. C. P. and Adimulstrulor. March 7,18s3, tf M SCHOOL CLAIMS. J I'HK mibscrlber will he In his office for purpose ul'.rctitstfrWiK School Claims he following days, namely: On Salurdayf^^M Uth March, 14th April, lUlli May, and everj^HH <ulcd.iv. wS E. COWAN, School Commissioner. Mnrch 7,1SS3, If IPORTANT TO PLANTERS! I JOLUHLE PACIFIC GUANO, 400 lbs. wild- I J dllng cotton. ACII) PHOSPHATE, 300 lbs. middling c?t on. * J. R. SHEFFIELD, | Donaldsville, S. G. I March 7.1?>3, -It ? state of South Carolina, I Abbeville County. I IN THE PROBATE COUR^ I I. <t. Zelgler, C. C. P. Administrator Petition fl er.?Petition lor .Settlement and Discharge. H yi TICK Is hereby given that M G.Zeigler, H 1 ('. C. I\ Administrator of the estate of teuhen Jones, deceased, ha? applied for setlenient of and discharge 1'ioni '-aid trust, Ordered, that Saturday, the 7th dayof April ext, he lixed for si'ttllng the .said estate and ranting the discharge ss priced lor. J. HJIXKK LYON, Judge ProbHle Court. March 7. 1SS3. tf J| " W III Mill. ... , ..... j and also formerly in Spain and around < "ar-! thayc." "Their bottoms." he says, "were covered wlih straw and every precaution I taken to prevent theneccss i>f moisture and] ait'to the (Train until II was brought out for Use, for it was held that the weevil would not I hived where the air was excluded. He adds thai whe.it thus stored may lie kept II fly years and 111111 e t. upwards of one hundred. (I.Il>. I. Cap. LVIL) Pliny, llie naturalist, who perished In an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, A. I>. 7!), after referring to ((liferent methods of preserving main ss?c? on t<i remark : They 'corns) keep well stored away In the ear, but they are hest ( reserved in trenches which Iliev call siros, as in Cappadoi-ia and Thrace,and Spain and rart of Africa. 'I hey are very carefill to huild I hem iu a dry soil?they next i-trew tlietn with straw and store away :he grain In them in the ear. If no air penetrate* the stains thu* stored away, it is certain that I hey continue uninjured. Verro Is autliortty forsaylnn that wlieat thus hurled keeps fifty years, and millet ev en one hundred, and lhal the hran and pulse are preserved lor a f"tig lime In olive <dl casks smeared with ashes, and that the liean remaimd sound in a certain cave of Ambracla from the age of Kintr I'yrrlius even down to tnc p'aciicai war of Ponipey the Great,a p.-irioil of 20) yenrs." (Natural History Mb. XVIII. Cap. !>'?.) A year or so ago an artle'e appeared in an :tjri"i<-?i 11 ll rn I piper warning; fanners against ini-autlou-ly descending iu the moriiitvi into a partly lilledsilo. The writer observed thai "the carbonic acid produeed durins Hie process of tilling collects over niiihl," and went on to state I lint "a laborer near Sim; Sinn. New York, came i.ear losing his tif by c<>lnp down in the morning Into one half filled." After reading this it k< ems strange to learn from Verro. in the days when Priestly and oxygen were not, tliat"wh"never they opened the siros they waited lor some time before descending into them for fear of the noxious air collected !herein." (Lib. I. Cap LXIIli Dlodo* lis ?ays that the Hrllons mid up t^eir corn In the ear, and preserved It in sublerrsincm pits from which the damp and siir were carefully excluded. Tacitus, silso, in Ills Dc Oivmnnii. Iiif.iruiR us that "the Germans |