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~ ^v^v ^ Hie Press and ^Banner. I?y Hu?;li "Wilson. W ? d ne s d a y s a. 5'lic Secretary of SSalt* and !iis to Appoint His Q\v\\ Clerk. The Xcirs ami Courier of last Monday ran ruined a bitter article against Colonel IJpsoomb and those newspapers whirl ehoxo t<> sustain him in doing what ev<-rv rcadeVof that paper must know thai Ii(> mini :i perieci i u? mi, ;irnniiiiinr o iireccdont anil law. It' Wo mistake nol i'olonel Lipscomb is int made of tlicstufl to lie scared or overawed, and if it is an.\ Consolation fur him to know it, we would i -:v that this unwarranted and uncalled for intermeddling with him in t!ie ilisehnrge of his oilicial duties has not in lured him in Abbeville. Whva ^r(*;?t newspaper should stoop tc #ustho motives of tliO'O who dill'ei from it in opinion is not easily accounted for, as the Secretary of State had r.s much ri^iit to change his clerk tn he had to ehaujie his hoot black, am no one has a rurht to question eithei r'urlit. A< we understand it. the oiTioei Who was removed sought tiio defeat o Colonel I.ij scorr.b in the recent eon veil lion. Of eoiirso we know not the ways o public officials in Columbia, hut wo ma\ ho allowed to surest that if any siile clerk in Abbeville hud sought the defea: < f his principal, that ho would have re tsVcd from the position when tho inui whom he had opposed should come intt office. Tiio It r'jitter in our opinion h right in terming the Columbia breeze : tempest in a lea pot, and a very small tene jH'st in a very small tea pot, at that. Thy Xcic.s Conner will hardh rlmrgo us with being an "organ" of Colonel Lipscomb, as we wero not a sup porter of his before the action > f tin iiominating convei.tion, but now we in tend to npiiold him as long as ho is ; faithful oil)cer, and proves himself to b< us efficient as he has heretofore done. -The Episcopalians and the 3Ietho?IIsts Last week wo f und the Methodis Jiewspapers discussing tlie Episcopalians That otir readers may see what has beei said we transfer two articles toonreol limns, and leave our readers to judge foi themselves which of the articles breathe the best Christian spirit: The Episcopal Convention and tin Negro. S'.mh-m <VirUti-tn .Uteoatc."] In his address read before the Conven lion of the I'rotestaut Episcopal Church held in this eit." last week, Hishop IIo.v< Hays, respecting the question of worli among the colored people: "In October la^t I attended :i meet in? of tin Church Congress in !iiciiiriontl,:iiid by inviia lion hi' t:?o executive ruin mil (co r<*ail a papc ?>n tl.c"Heliit fins of tIn*t hurcii t ? the colorei Tace." Several papes and addrcs-es followed Jaud ilie re?u!t of the discission las been : a!tract the eyes of the whole t'htircii to thh fcubject ??n.l tht? difficulties which attach t<? ii sis never before. It is, I ihink, my brethren . . the question for onrrhureh m 'hese Southerr Stales. We are 11 agreed. no il.it,!>:. tla.it w< uuft Uo soiocthinsr, or at. lensi try loilovome hiivz lor the colored people, for otherwise \vi Would not be worthy to hear tin- namcol i CliUrch of Chiist. How Is it povsibic that w< should have Mild of iheiuall that Is saiiCo them, ami as a i lunch be content to do noth I'm and cure nothiiiK ? Impossible. A.can <?le>tlc!c w lili neither oil nor llaht, or wliicli yiihiee* only for Itself. may as well be removed j?ud will h,.- removed towiUe way for allothci that will shine beyond i'sclf." This is hopeful, to say the lcnst, I! seems that our Episcopal breiiin n art waking tip to the fact tli.it they have a Divine Mill to do something for tho negro. It would be a. blessing to this Church vould it fed tho impulse of a diviiu work. It might shake oil the lctiiarzv which has bound thorn so long. It will fit? it SU?|I MU'totiril U il'.'I! out HICtllM II *'i this Churen feel generally that they art r.ot a social organization ou!v, or ehielly, . f?;it a divinely chosen agency for convertjug men. They have much wealth, yel their, reports of missionary monies collected?Ik?s pardon?uttered, we should say?Bishop Howe objects to saving collections?is miserably meagre. Their report of only 3?hD:> white communicants ii the St:ite is not to be wondered at, nudei the circumstances, and their statistic? will continue to be shamefully small s< long as the Church contents to bear tht ? !);! racier ehielly of a social institution rather than a working organization foi the promotion of genuine piety. trust our Kpiseopal brethren will d< something for the colored people. It will ;;et them out of the dead routine of former years. It will cause them to unbend somewhat. When this Church feels thai it has a mission to the poor, both white and colored, and attempts to fulfill itmission, the Master wili come to them in power and blessing, and the Church wili ad vanee. But thev should not discos.* "methods" too long; and by all means let proper views of the true nature of the Church prevail. The fact we have pointed out above, that tiie Church is regarded by some as a social institution, is felt ami acknowledged by the Hishop. He says: "The ciiil>aiT(i.e.->inont lio-Miis when we :is!i courcnuiiu mi' HI HIH K a:inuiu WI?*II which inethoIs strike different porxnisdjricr vnily, ami very naturally, itccoiihni; as tli<*> view the olllee oi J lie t iiurch. II' tin* Church Is an Institution merely to conserve social interests,or if ii be tlic- Mod.v ol CbriM, in which ve are .Sound to the Head in Heaven, ami t< one another ! > His all pervadtugSpii It.elthei \Jew, or other views, will very much inllueneeour views of methods." Tust30. Proper views of Iho Church's mission are necessary to proper plans for fulfilling it; w bile amiseonception of the Church, .iiiil foil's designs in her, will he 4'atal to the accomplishment of any good. Tbo good Bishop did not go into the discussion of "methods," nor did lie express an opinion as to the relative merit* of the two views entertained in tlic 4'hureh, concerning the nature of tin Church, and her work. A good exhortation here would have been in order. It was a grand opportunity to call the Church to higher view*. Hut the Hishoji wanted to be "conservative." O, much abused term ! If the interest of Christ's kingdom arc to bo conserved, let tin Church see her duty, and dare attempt it. The son of our HiMiop Caper* was present in the Convention. This work lot the colored people owes its origin and success in cur Chureh t'? IJishop Tapers, Would that the tnaul lo of the ascended fa ther might fall upon the son : that, as tin work of the one to rouse the Methodist Church to this great work, and call down *<poo hor the blessing of <?<nl in marvel (ins oower and nsfooishiti" m-osnerit v : si it ini^lit be tho part of tho other to cal tho Episcopal Church to thin whitoniu; harvest when sheaves may be gathered t< liort's glorv and to the Church's enrich tii en t. It occurs to lis that this talk of med <31ing with the negro race, is little le than au insult to their manhood. I would seem if the Church would look af ter the poor of our own race that i would commend itself to tiie Lord and t< public favor. We arc sick and tired o running after the negro while our owi people are being neglected. The Episcopalians at Albany. [Macon WctUyaii C'hrUti'in Adcocalv.] This week we have had tho Kpiscop;t Convention with us, and I thought yoi tni^ht 00 entertained with a lew notes o tho doings of this Christian body, write this the more readily, as I think i well for us .Christians to know each othe tetter that we may loyo one anotlie *:iore. St. Paul'* pica for that love wliicl is the bond ot perfeotness, is based on tin reflection, "Now I know in part." I has been my humble experience tha lack of knowledge of tho inwardness c> brethren and people has been a fertil source of hitler feeling and misjuclgmen of fclie character and views of other* 1U1 UIO IH'pw mwii piwuiwiiii^ vie ' 4-auso of Christian fellowship, I wonli Jike to say a few words with reference t the very good H'do whieh our brethren o that denomination presented to us, ii their recent sojourn in our midst. PERSON EI, OF THE CONVENTION. The Convention, though not law make* a good impression upon the corn m unity. It is composed largely of younj snen of culture, refinement and deoidec piety. Seveial of them are men of uti v usual promise; all of them sweet spiritet nnd pleasant in address. The older mem bers seemed to have ripened in th.-^ir re Jigious life and I was struck with thai freedom from envy of the young am promising brother which occasionally manifests itself in the older ministry. The old guard seemed proud of the rising brotherhood. The Bishop Is in very bad health, hat been *n tiering for mouths with a sore lliroat, and shows in hia face the depth ol his physical uilinents. THKIR MISSION WORK. The Reports of their Treasurer chows a glowing interest in Diocesan Missions. ^ the work which corresponds to our Domestic enterprise. Last year they raised something over $3200 lor that cause, They wero not satisfied with that showing and determined to raise *4,ooo Ui< <*omiug year. Small as seems tin amount they have raised, yet they havf tloue better than w e. They paid about G cents per member, while we of the Sonll Georgia Conference raised only I3J cent! per member. Had our members been a< well trained, or been as zealous, or shal I say if we lmd loved the Church of Got o? theso Episcopalians, wo would liavi ? hud in the South Georgia Conferenci about $21,700 instead of only about 84,6(h for this work. On the same basis wi could have expended in fho territory o? cupied by the Diocese of Georgia Sfrl.lHX) It may be said that such a coir parison is Dot just. That the Episcopal Church liei aim entirely mi the Jai^e cities, wlior : T '' " " * ' tho people arc hotter am! money < 1 is timre plentiful. Well, let us make al i comparison on u tlitt'erent Icisis. Let us! J see if in tlio places occupied by the P. K.' rhuivh, our piv)pl'> are lining as much I ' j f?>r home u;i*M <tis as our brethren. They have ('.'ltu -lvs in i!sivtv Ni\yi;m?' iand in I'iniivlii's they have ti* t1 >, quite 5 members. In the samo towns! and cities wo have speaking in roundj * numbers not quite 17,'>00 members.; i' i "ii U>os? works they raised or j lit cents per member;'\vo or 2:J> 'jcentsper eapila. Will any one attempt| I to account l'or the discrepancy by saying! i J that we are less wealthy, intelligent or I inllnential in theso places? While we I are the Church of the ma>ses, we do have ' ja larire per cent of ?!io best oil' p<*?ple in > tho State. Should wo not candidly ac^ j knowledge that the Kpiscopaliaus are (! >! inir more in proportion to their number j j for Domestic Mixsi'-ns than we are? [ j WHAT TilKY THINK AHolT TUB I'll/HtKit I'Kort.i:. I j I was very much gratified at the intro-1 iduction of thn following resolutions as .. indicating (1) 'he increasing senso of io- i I sponsibility of tlio whites to their "broth- I |er in black" and (2) an advanced position ' I of this body on that sul>j?'ct. The resopi lotions of Ilev. Mr. Foster contain a j manly confession and a candid acknowl.: edgem^nt. In fad it appeared to mo to ' by somewhat of the nature of a rebuke of , lii^li ciaims without corresponding zeal. J II Those of Co|. Whittle wtro more jiracti-1 jin nature, and the expression ol'aj r'lar;re 1.carte 1 Christian layman on this) ri subject of growing interest to all branch-1 f es of the .Soutliern Church. From press Iu/.ii/A>i rn tlw> i'i>sol of inns was deferred until the next Convention. | ! The following ivsol ill ions, presented by j K.-v. Mr. Kotiloand seconded by Captain j . | II. Jlolihs, were read ami referred to that j i j committee: i i "Wiikkkas. ttappenrs from tli? Parochial "; tenons insult; to this (Convention of last year, I i jiti.it tlm'c arc only UJ* colored communicants ; li -loni:inir to this < 'linreh. out of a population | ' i "f umri' than 7)i).0?? colored people In the - j stale of< tooruia ; airl i "Wm.itr.As. The P. K. Church in this Piol! eese claims to In; jin integral part of tin* Holy j _ 1 Catholic Chinch, which an apostolic ministry ; "! or<I.iiiiu<l a'i<l constituted hv authority of ihe [ I ureal commission of her IM vine Master. !og e . into all II.e world and preach the gospel lo| i every creatine: an t . j "wiikkkas, The evangelization r?f the col-J ! ored people in our midst, and in our very j j homes, niu?t, of necessity, he a part of the ,i work u'ven us to do l>y virtue of tliis divine i commission. Therefore ho it i "AV.v/f. J, That It Is the seme of this Con-i . | vention thai some systema'ie, well orgaiiizt-d j [.--f?".?rt he mad*1 by the tilshop and clergy ofj } i this plocese during the ensuing year to cvan-j jgelizt tiie co.orcd people of this State, and to; [bring them to a knowledge of the truth and j jthe saving trace of our Com tin in Lord and ! Saviour, as received and taught by this branch a of the t 'iiureh. I "/{rxoicclfttrtlfr. That for tiie purpose of, 11 giving practical effect to the resolution, a comj mittee of four clergymen and four laymen, j ! with the Itishop chairuian, he appointed to' i i confer on this subject and report to this Con-1 ! vention as soon as practicable, so that some " plan for immediate work may be adopted." i*j Tlio following resolutions, introduced liv Col. L. N. Whittle, of Macon, was referred to the same committee: I "Tics'i'c tt, As. the sense of this Convention, j ;; that there should be established Sunday-; J schools in connection wilii each parish in this ; Diocese, for the benefit of lie* negroes, as also j i in connection with each of the Mission St.i-, .1 tirtns. where practicable. j "Tint the ministers of I lie various i parishes and Missionary Stations should urire; Million their coiiim-Kalions the Kraal impor-j ; taeco of niisini: the necessary means for pro- j J vidinx schools fur Ihe negroes."' While on this subject, it affords moj -I pleasure to cull attention to the work] r | among the negroes of the coast, under i ! Ihe management of tiie Kcv. Mr. lhiulap. j JiTnis devoted Christian and cultivated] igentleman iias a circuit of old fashioned i j Methodist dimensions, (about one hun idred and liftv miles) over which he trav' ' els, superintending several mission' . jwehools, conducting the services of his! . j Church, preaching, and giving such pas-j ' j torai attention as is needed to the people.; '; lie works patiently, laboriously and sys-j . temalically. Numerically it is small . j now, but "the kingdom of heaven is liko; j t-> a grain of mustard seed, which a man , ; | took and .so we 1 in his field, which in-. | deed is the least of all seeds, but when iti y; i< grown it is\ho greatest among herbs, j "'sur.1 l>ecometh a tree." There is soine: what of the hero in this worthy gentle-' ' I man. Perhaps he is in the succession of " | the apostoli: Capers in this work, I STATISTICS, J In looking over the statistics of this Church, T saw one thing which I think I f we eon Id adopt as serviceable. Their j '; rectors are required to report the number' i} nf families, number of individuals in, families, and number of individuals not] t|in families, as well as communicants, i |Sunday schools, and finances in their an-1 I ; nual returns. This plan gives a definite j i idea of the size of the parish. A man! j knows ?t once how many souls of all, j classes are under his charge. There is al-' 'jso given something like a correct state-! anient of the number of adherents thoj >i Church lias in each community, and in; (jthe State at large. Now we need some-> .; thinsr of this kind more than the Episco-i 'jpalians. It would be very helpful to ' j eaeh new pastor to have, as soon as he en -; ?jters on his work, accurate information asj I! to the size of his field. He can soon find : jftut the members; in a few months lie| I jean, without great difficulty, gain ai t| knowledge of the adherents of thej '! Church, but all this information would! : i bp ready to his hand, if tho Episcopal ' j plan was adopted. It is necessary for the I IJ report to be required, for fe.v preachers "'of any denomination are going to do! M more than strict law requires. our old * ' "plan of the circuit" contemplated son>e-j : thing like this, Imt for one, in a ministry t iof ten years. I have received only one, I i plan that canie up, even approximately,; : j to t he Disciplinary requirement. From ; j most of them I could scarcely find out '; who the stewards were, and some of them "idid not even give mo the time of preach-! , ing at the Churches. "The world is my . I parish" is the Methodist motto?the salivation of every sinner.no matter what: II name. race, trior, or condition he may he, . should he its aim. Hut the pi in of giving tho new preacher the clearest idea of ( the immediate probabilities of his work,; . the most definite knowledge of that part ( of the great parish that lies nearest to, , hint, will enable him to work most advantageously. "The King's work dc-! mauds haste." and all possible means i should be adopted to secure that haste. ij T1?E STATE OF THE CHUltCH. ' { The sen^e of need for experimental, | ! practical, evangelical piety seems to be on j 11ho increase in the Episcopal Church. T-ike to-> many of the other Churches,' there are painim exceptions to mis nuc. i >; Hut the disposition of tho Church, as j i represented in this convention, was to in- j >'ere;)so and emphasize the difference he-' *, tween the ChureJi and tho world. Bish-! . lop Beckwith fitly leads in thin great i j work. On Sunday, before the assembling "; of the convention, being unable to preach I he lectured the Church and the class ap.' pearing for continuation, on the subject, j Some of our teople represented it as be-! ! ling a good Methodist talk, llis line of t thought was the impossibility of serving i (Sod and the world at the same time ; tlie - condemnation "t all those practices that 1 lead the thought away from Christ. In I his annual address he spoke most eloJjquently of tho power of a holy life to ?; overcome the sin and infidelity of the -! present. In his farewell address, he j urged, with the same important view?in . | fact the need of vital godliness and practical piety was the key note of his pleass ant visit to our city. 1' One thing the Bishop thought proper to - [ call attention to in 'thetliscussion of the estate of the Church, ought to be known by all Methodists. He congratulated the convent ion on the increasing desire of his f I people for information on the work, doci J trines, history and life of the Church, as i tending to the stability of character and | levotion to its principles. This is, indeed, one of Methodism's needs. Did jour people, especially our parents, know j more of our Church, we would gain in .] : stability. There would not go out from jtainong us so many of our sons and f UitUgUH'I ? I the srir.rr or fratkicnity. t r If yon allow i(. Mr. Editor, I w.mld r' take this evasion to record lriv appreciati | tion of the truly fraternal treatment ej which X in private received from this t, Christian people. t My position as a Methodist preacher f' wasVleatly perceived and kindly recoge itized, and I am satisfied that my personal t! wotth is too slight to have received the ij uniform courtesy and fraternal greeting e|extended l>v all of those with whom I .1, have mingled for tho present week, had i> i there not been a genuine appreciation of f the merits of our Methodism. :t t I may bo permitted to say that while ; they, on a few occasions gave expression j to their own peculiarities, it was done in J candor and modesty. I felt no resent?: ment at their knowing that trno C'hris" tianlty is "In essentials (faith in Christ, | belipf in the Bible, holiness of living"' 'junitj-; in non-essentials, views as to the r j atro, historical claims, order of services,) ! liberty; but in all things Charity." "| Respectfully,' A. M. Williams. |j Albany, May Oth, 1883. An Outrageous Act. j! \I'MgrflcUl Chronicle.) i ?>ome unknown j-ariles took the horse of ! Mr. Ohas S. Thomas from Mr. Jerry Gardner's . | stable in the neighborhood of Horns Creek a fe?* nlghtssince and disfigured the animal by i icuttingotf its mane and tail. This was one: j of the most outrageous acts that we have ever j I heard of?so low and mean that language falls '1o express It. Mr. Thomas, though a poor I i young man, Is a gentleman of fine character , and represents one of the best families in this . county. His father fell upon the battle flelds I' of the West while fighting for our common I cause and lie was left an orphan without. money and without means to battle through 'life. A man who would be guilty of so base a I ? deed would not hesitu'.o to do any thing In , the catalogue of ci lines. Out rapes in Lexington. j [Columbia Register.] I A reliable eitlzt 11 ol Lexington bringsinte!. licence of dastardly violations of law in the J lower part or that county, especially in tlie 1 neighborhood of Bull Kwninp. He stales that 3 the opposition to the stock law Is manifesting , itself afiesli in n violent manner. Where farf. ruers lutve leit their crops open and built pnsJ tnre fences, tho lences are burned down, ] 2 graves drg close to houses and threatening - letters sent wllh pictures of coftlns to the far- j inciswho persist In enclosing tiieir pasture! * lands Several fights have also occurred. "* These outrages can 'inly result in the severest I 5 punishment known to the law if the depreda- j lei's arc arrested. t r. W?_? i rwniiia?MWW n? mtmtmmrnmmmmm I U > ! MACKEY ON HELTON. The Ecrcntric lSx-Judgc G'iv^h the Inside History of the Political Prosi'cutions in South Ccrolinn. Ex-.Tii'lge .M;>key. why Is now living in Wasliii'K :>r>, lists ' ecu In C?luinM i lor Several lii'yf. Ho w.is iuu-rviewiid by n r- port'-r lor t!it* licvister on -Muii'lny, imd uuve bin views at length iibout tl.o political prosccu tlo:i<< In South Carolina, lie sttui: "It Is true that I have stilted that counsel from tlie North have been appointed to assist In the proseen'ion of tlie election cases In this State upon the written request of Disiriel Attorney Melton. I have understo?d that the district attorney has denied this, ami I therefore state the fans. In a conversation that I luul with Attorney-General Brewster In December last I expressed the opinion that the appointment of su< h counsel was In the highest degree Impolitic. as ealeulateil lorepel every native while Democratic Juror from an impartial consideration of the evidenec, in a .->la.i.- whleh had snllered.grievousiy from the rule of 111? stranger, and wheresuch counsel. whatever their Individual or professional merits, would he stamped atonee by the public opinion as tho IJessians of the bar, "Mr. Brewster then informed me that upon the personal and written retjne: . of District Attorney Melton he had assigned Northern counsel, gentlemen learned in the law, to assist him in the prosecution of the election eases. That Judge Melton stated that he d.-emed it essential that he should he assisted by additional counsel in the prosecution, and that such was the deep-seated prejudice and bitter hostility of the community at lame against any ellort 011 the part of the Government to punish these election frauds, that no member ol the bar ol any eminence in liis profession In tills State would accept a retainer from the Government in such cases, as to do so would doom him to social ostracism. Hence the appointment of Mr. Saunders, ol Philadelphia, and oilier, gentlemen of great personal worth and of high standing in the profession. He stated that he appointed Mr. sin 11 n/ini*c -i Tiomoemt noon the suggestion of Judge Melton that a Democratic lawyer should bo selected to assist him, as more likely to impress favorably the Democrats on the Jury. I remarked that, in my opinion, it would have just opposite effect?Justus if during the war a flag ol truce had been sent into a Confederate camp in the hands of a deserter trom the Confederate army. "In a subsequent conversation with the attorney-general in the-early part of last month I informed him that I had repeated to many persons in South Carolina what he had stated to me formerly upon this subject, and he expressed his gratification thai I hail done so, dud slated that Judge Mellon had recently written to him requesting that he would assign an eloquent advocate from the North to assist him?an nhio lawyer who would be strong before a jury. "The attorney-genera1, who 1 know Is worthy to be compared with Kldon or Krskine in his profession, and disdains the character and arts of the politician, disclaimed all political feelli'K in the exercise of any of his official powers in reference to these election cases. "As instancing his freedom from political prejudice, he stated that last year he had urged the appointment of Gen. .lames Chesnnt, a south Carolina Democrat, ns a membcirof the Tartir Commission, and that President Arthm and Secretary Folgcr supported him earnestly for such appointment In the Cabinet meeting. hut the majority of the Cabinet decided in favor of a gentleman from Georgia, whe was urged by the Georgia delegation In Congress, to represent the Cotton states on that commission, tie stated that during the contest to select a commissioner from the (.kJtton States he succeeded in defeating several win were urged for the appointment, and the President would say occasionally, "We had better go back to Brewster's Chesnnt and take It out of the fire." He referred to Gen. dies nut and Governor J. I,. Manning as men ol the loftiest type, to whom he was deeply at fached, and stated that he thought Manninc the most loveable character whom he had ever known in his wide experience anions men. They were his classmates at 1M lncc ton. "The attorney-general referred to Senatoi Butler's very harsh and unwarranted attach upon him in connection with these election cases, and stated that If he possessed the higl! qualities of true manhood that his friends at trlbuted to him, no doubt Justly, lie would "My own opinion is that Senator llutlei woul'.l Hue u morn vulnerable tar for Ills heavy guns In District Attorney Melton whose appointment was mainly due to th< Senator's earnest efforts in his behalf, win doubtless thought him tlie best available mm: among the Republican competitors for tin position. "As to Judge Willard's recent appolntnien asoneof Melton's assistants ineleetion cases I think It perfectly absurd, for Wlllard is n< criminal lawyer, atid is nervous and crank} In the highest degree. He will be unhorsed bj the slightest touch of John C. Haskell ( knightly lanee, who ap]>eai*s as die leadliu counsel for tlie defence. Of course I thlnl that any citizen of South Carolina who i: proved by clear legal evidence to have vio late<l the elect ion laws of the United State: should be duly convicted and punished. 1 believe that such convictions canbelr.nl be fore a Jury composed entirely of respectabh white Democrats, us was the case before mi when such a jury rendered verdicts niralns John IJenlleld and other members of the Ku klnx Klans in 1ST-'!, when I was upon the Or cuit Bench in this Stale, in York county." ?>? HOMICIDE IX THE SOUTH* Mr. Henry Wattersdn Preaches Whai he Does not Practice. The Hon. Henry Watterson. of Kentucky delivered the annual address before the liter ary societies of Vanderbilt University ii Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday evening. Ilii subject was "The homicidal side of Southcn life." lie spoke at considerable length. a? t said some good things. The following extrnc from his address is worth reading: Much of the ill-repute which Is visited unot the South is traditional. There was a tinn when what was called "the (.'ode of Honor' prevailed anions us. it was the fashion fo public men, particularly for Journalists, to g( out and light. If individuals in list.settle theii disputes by .1 resort to arms, perhaps the pre arranged duel offers tho fairest mode of ad justment. Hut the trouble about such affair was that, It they were ever conducted with 1 chivalrous regard to the equities of persona combat, they degenerated into the meres jockeying for advantages. It was this which in England, abolished duelling. Its disuse with us may be ascribed in part to the stum cause. Joined to the absurd figure which th< professional duellists of the South cut In tht war between the sections. One and all tliej made the poorest soldiers. They could no endure fatigue, they could not tolerate diselp line and in many cases they turned out to la not merely lazjuuid Idle braggarts, but pusil Ian I mous cowards. To-day no Southern mar of character and responsibility would send 01 accent a challenge. He would shrink not si much from the encounter as from the dis grace, and less from the disgrace than fron the contempt which lias fallen upon the brl ligerant correspondence, the mock heroic set tlenient 011 paper, and the reciprocal publlea tion of mutually satisfied honor. As a rule however, during the reign of the code, it: votaries were either very hot-headed younj men or men leading loos? and reckless lives The same may be said of those who. too im petuous to wait for the formalities of the code seek the common thoroughfares as a field o honor, and improvise their duels w ithout sec omls or surgeons or benefit of elorgv. Y01 and I and all us know that tliescaflairsareIr nine cases out of ten the result of the n>e o stimulants,and that those who laKepart li them, so far from being representative inei and admired of the multitude, are general I.i men upoir the down grade of social consider ation, or else men entirely outlawed from de cent Christian brotherhood. THE CAKUYING OK THK CONCEALED WEA PONS. Yet it cannot be disguised, find there Is nr need to deny, that the carrying of concealec weapons, anil the use of them on slight provo cation?an offspring of the war both West ant Sou ill? Is too frequent with the class specified and that the public condemnation of this which is universal, fails to make itself arte nuately felt. Here lies the real seat of th< evil. All of us admit that he who goes abou with a weapon, II' not u coward, is a black guard. All of us admit that the violation o law should be punished. Yet none of oil! Legislatures has been able to formulate ai Act substantially obliterating the practice o carrying concealed weapons, and no eointnu nity has worked itself to the moral courag* and specific value of the old-fashioned peace warrant. We leave our bullies to fight it out forgetting that It is a part <>f our duty, as citi zens, to see that the public peace is not broken and to prevent, no loss than to punish, th< violation of law. Kvery age, I suppose, hui | its spirit. There are among us pioneers whe 1 can remember when theshot-gun and the ritli ; were primal necessities of every-day life. 1 is not surprising that the spirit of that ag< I was tUhting. Hardly had Its exlgencie: ceased to press upon the people than a nev ! battle called them to arms, Thus for fifty o | sixty years physical prowess was the stand lard of manly measurement, at the South i Necessarily this carried with it certain disad ; vantages and a certalu demoralization. Tin ; country has not yet wholly emancipated it i self from Its antecedents and its traditions. THE FIGHTERS HAVE 1IAI) THEIR DAY. ; We have not reached the millennium ye in the South. No more have thepeopleof th< i North Hut the lighters have had their day I Just after our great war there was a chlldM ' effort made In certain quarters to revive tin | tourney. It was a dismal failure. The splrl J of chivalry was met by the genius of labor and ttie struggle was for an instant only i Work won it, and so the heroes of our timi ! are last becoming tho victors In man's an< woman's tight Tor human freedom aiul Intel lectual, moral and physical development. It ' the popular imagination Saladin is rcplaccc j by science; cur troubadour is the trumpet I call of religion; and the music of tho Intel: I hushed forever by the deeper music of tin 'loom. Even among warriors 11 1- not- tin bloody butellers of old who are held up a : model captains, but the Havelocks mid tin ! I.ees, ilie Stonewall Jaeksons and Ihe Uarne i Wolseleys. men who have Joined to soldier ' ship scholarship, and to both gentle mnnhooc | and simple truth. Everywhere the world I seeking to rescue itself from feudal darkness i At length the man Is saying to Ihe woiiibi I "help me," and lo. the woman?no longer i ' handmaiden?Is taking her place by the sldi j of her comrade, not her lord, and heart t< heart, the two are hewing out of life large and richer fields of happiness and usefulness , The spirit of the age Is movement, am [ nowhere In the world Is it more earnest o i more active than It Is at this moment at th< i South. The Profession of Journalism. [Edgeflcld Chroniclc.] It may not be generally known thatjourn alismisthe only profession that is guarded and protected by special mention In the Con stltutlon of the United States. The first art I clo of the amendment to that great chartei i of our rights, which is the highest law of tin {land, says that Congress shall make no lav abridging the freedom of the Press. In conn tries governed by lnonarehs all newspaper! are under the surveillance of officials, and Journalists are subject to arrest and punish ment for publlshlii" anything displeasing ti the Government. But in this free land, when the government Is created by the people newspapers are sentinels on the watch-tower and they are expccied to sound the alarm [ when the liberties or the rights of the people are In danger from any source whatsoever. The Journalist also occupies a special plaec In the world of letters. He Is expected to have h wider range of knowledge than the lawyer, the preacher or any other profession, lie must be prepared at all times to write essays. arguments, JokeK, poetiy anil obituaries, itiiu him) ui'UTiuimua vi iiiiki riHgi's, m innerdie, of plc-nics, balls, tuul religious unci political meetings He Is also expected to bo familiar with every department of Industry and ul science, and to write articles upon agriculture, manufactures, ami upon the policy ol the government and the different political parlies. The work of the Journalist is therefore various and sometimes diltlcult to perform, hut at the same time It Is of a high and dignified character and there is no other profession that is more honorable, or more fascinating iu many respects thitn that of Journalism. Stock Lnw Outrage. [Aiken Recorder.] Last week Mr. Hlchard Clark wholivosnlne in lies from Aiken, near sshiloh Church, had his pasture fence burned. Mr. Clark has been a strong advocate ot the stocR law, and it is supposed that his property was destroyed by certain parties inimical to him on this account. We regret to publish so shameful an outrage, whenrheretoforo the law lias been operating in peace and hanuouy aud to tho ,advantage of all. WEALTHY COLORED MEX. Some nf the Comfortable Fortunes, in Accumulated I? c fore and Since the jrt, War. |?i to the Courier-J&urnal.] ! {x ' Washington, May&i.?TheLoungeron the! M I Avenue to-day tel;? the following story: vi i "Those who see the typical colored Htlzvii. In t!; j the bootniacls or as a u'artisil% operator with! the while wash brush, will he Mirpiiscii to sti learn that among them, North anu South, arc to some very wealthy uien. The richest man of m color In America is probably Mr. Arlstiilcc 1T1 Meriel, of New Orleans, 'ft: was a lar^e slave 11 i< owner before the war, and his income from I in his pioperty in New Orle: ns is not h as than i w Jia.'MO a year. Resales (,'iis he lias a large' person*! estate consisting of first class swiui- w tics. Mr. .Maine is a man of tine accomplish- IV< ments. a graduate of one of the best institu- in lions of France, and lives abroad about half dl of eacli year. Mr. IS. F. .lonbert., of Louisiana, | in Is another colored gentleman of hamNomc w fortune, and a former slave ow ner, though lie us and Mi. Marie were always free. He Is so ei nearly white that one would! scarcely take fe him to be colored, while Mr. Marie Is a very ()i decided brown. The Dumas, pcre et. tils, of] p< New Orleans, are very rich, (iovernor Pinch- 01 back Is also very well otr?worth perhaps a ht quarter of a million. There are half a dozen al others who have from SIOO.IOO to S2Imi,o?mi each, fo In New York 1 know of at least, a dozen col- thi ored inon who have from $100,000 to $100,000. ot There are two who are physicians whose pro- tit | fesslonal incomes are $! >,< MO a yutr. Mr. la j Hoselie. a barber. Hi Williamsburg, N. V., re- c (cenilydletl, leaving nearly half a million dol- y< I lars. Henry Thomas, for years head waiter at pt t the Oram! Hotel at Saratoga,and head waiter m (at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York, is di I worth Sl/io.ooo. Dr. McDonald, of New York, in Is worthSSm,000, and Mrs Oloster. of Brooklyn s<i . Is the wealthiest of them all. her fortune be- ir t in" rated at SI.000.00 ). John Tcneyke Is worth vi ? >'10,0')0. The wealthiest colored planter in j u! America died a year or two ago. Ills name | ft i was Ben Montgomery. Ho began life as the | in ! liod.v servant of (Jen. Joe Davis, a brother ofjlv Jetl'ehson Davis. Hen Montgomery owned the j pi Hurricane estate, formerly the property of r< 'Joseph and Jetlerson, in Claiborne county, tl I Mississippi. In 1SIKI he bought It of these pi j gentlemen, giving them $-100,00(1 for It, without t* the slaves of course. There are three great w cotton plantations in tills estate ? Palmyra Is island, Brirrtieids, und another, the name of n which I c-an not now recall. Ills crop used to in bo 1,80 bales of cotton a year, besides corn and Is other products, lien Montgomery's credit was 1H as high as that of any planter in Mississippi, fe and he had the good will and respect of all his Ij neighbors. Kx-senator Bruce is also a veryjgi successful planter, and owns two very large pi and valuable plantations In Coahoma and ? Bellvar counties, Mississippi. He is worth at. least fJOO.OOO, and does not owe a cent to any- w one. Jj; ACCIDENT OX BROOKLYN BRIDGE!? ? ! I! A Wild Panic Takes Possession of;P( the Multitude and illanv Trampled 0 to Dentil. i), ; New York, May 30.?Terrible accident oc- " curred on the Brooklyn bridge at half past 4 o'clock to-day. The bridge was crowded to its I ti [ utmost, capacity. On the platform nt the' <*' 1 Ne.v York tower the Jain became so great. that | si j many persons fainted. A cry of distress was I ' ' raised and a dreadful struggle began between j u ' thepanlc strlcke i crowds coming in East and | ' West. A number were. It Is reported, crushed i H 1 to death. In the end the crowd coining from | c< J jthe Brooklyn side prevailed and rushed to-j ? ; j ward the New York anchorage, trampling,'1 [Idown everything in Its way. Men, women;}'1 ; and children were trodden under foot, and i U I falling down the steps leading to the tower,'1 1' platform were buried under a mass of strug- w | gling humanity many feet high. As soon as jthe news of the disaster was conveyed to the j f , New Vork station fcy the onset of the public | " I stricken crowd the police were called and the j,r ' | bridge was closed. The work or removing it Jthe crushed and wounded then began. A n . i number were taken to the city hall police ;! station and others to the Chambers street J Hospital The police report that at leasi 10 or j 15 were killed, but as yet It Is Impossible to [| say who or how many. Ot the" wounded I who are In the city hall station, one B. KelchI ers. a cigar maker of No. .TVS Delaney street, h ^|ls iiow dying. Tlie excitement ut the eu- n ' | trance to (ho bridge Is Intense. V ' Marriage. ; | Men and women, says Theodore Parker, and " " j especially youne people, do not know that it j}' t: takes years lo completely marry t wo hearts, 11 i even of the most loving and well sorted. Hut " >! nature allows no sudden change. We slope I ^ r | very grudully from the cradle to the summit I N | of life. Marriage is very gradual, a fraction of > P ?i us at a time. ! R :i A happy wedlock Is a long failing in love. I J:1 c; I know young persons think love belongs on-1 {' s iy to brown hair and plump, round, crimson ! " .. cheeks. .Sodoes Its beginning, just as .Mount i ? s i Washington begins at Hostou Hay. Hut the|^ |! golden marriage is a part ol love which the;1. . 1 bridal clny knows nothing of. 3 j Youth Is the tassel and silken flowerof love, I, g' age Is the full corn, ripe and solid in tlie ear. I" t j Heautlful is tiie morning of love with Its pro-1 J1 ., nheticcrimson, violet, purple and gold, with j J* .! its hopes of days that are to come. Heautlful j, i also is the evening of love, its glad retnein- , I lirances, ami its rainbow side turned to iard i!! heaven as well as earth. I ^ Young people marry their opposites in tern-1 per and general charactcr, and such a mar-!11 I riage is generally a good one. They do it in- r stiiictively. The young man does not say.: J; 11 "My black eyes require to be wed to blue, and i a my over vehemence requires to be a little j modified with somewhat of lnllness aad re-IJ j serve." When the opposites come together to J [J be wed they do not know it, but each thinks j, 1 the other Just llkfi himself. j 4 Old people never marry their opposites: " J | they marry their similars and from calcula-i*' J i tlon. Kach of these two arrangements is very j a ' j proper. In their long journey these opposites! #, will fall out of the way a great many times,!'1 1 , and both will charm tlie other back again. ; and by and by they will be agreed as to the " I Iliace lllUJ will su aniline limit 11117 hi> ,, ri by and become reconciled. The man will be ' l nobler and larger for being associated with so c rjmueh humanity unlike himself, and she will ? be a nobler woman for having manhood be-|* side her. that seeks to correct her deficiencies 1* ' and supply her with w hat siie likes, it the di- jl' diversity be not too great, and there be real ; J 1: piety and love in their hearts to begin with. I * '| The old bridegroom, having a much shorter1" Journey to lake, must associate himself with | ? 51 one like himself. A per:ect and complete mar-1'' ; | rlage is, perhaps as pertect personal beauty. Ic JiMen anil women are married fractionally? | ! ! now a small fraction, then a large fraction, i j' ' i Very few are married totally, and they on-!' 1: ly, I think, after some forty or fifty years of; *' gradual approach and excitement. Such all' f large and sweet fruit Is a complete marriage j "jthut it needs a winter to mellow and season. I, 1 IHit a real hnppy marriage of love aud Judg- ? r [ tnent between a man and woman Is one of the ! things so very handsome that if the sun1;: | were, as the Greek poets fabled, a (?od, lie: 1 might stop the world in order to feast his eyes ; J.' with the spectacle. Two RnmJrftd Tlionsnndi r It Is estimated that at least 200t0<)0 persons 11 crossed the Brooklyn bridge Sunday. At 1<> c I o'clock in themoinlng pcoj le were v,-edged I j together on the bridge so that moving In j r f 'cither direction was utterly Impossible, and ; c ., those who could were compelled to extricate j * I theinselvi6 from thecritsh by climbing from t II the footpath fiver the train to the tratfl? way., r f Small boys discovered this at first, and soon <] 1 the mode of progress became general for the f 1 ! ruder sex. Kvciiwomcn and children climbed I v r j over the dividing lines. \ number of women i 1 .! fainted during the crash. At t o'clock tn the! I: .(afternoon those In charge found themselves j c [ unable to cope with the crowds anxious to'h .' enter, and an extra police force was summon-1 \ i ed to guard the entrance. Additional barriers I f I wera put up, but the eager visitors dashed i i them aside and streamed through. The police I ? finally overcame the trespassers, and after Jr I half nn hour, during which neilod of time no | t *' one was permitted to enter through the C'lmt- j T 1 ham street gates, the eager multitude was per-1 n . imitted to pass 011. The travel over the bridge 11 ' Monday was less than one-ha f of that on j t -1 Sunday. 1 The df crease of buslnesson theFulton ferry t consequent upon bridge competition, is much -1 more serious than has been supposed. ?rhe f loss Is estimated at from SSdO to $1,000 per day, rj chiefly on teams. The falling oil' is notice-! 1 nt>lo In vehicles In much larger proportion',, f than In foot passengers. The tremendous jj * j crowd on Sunday has Impressed upon the j8 * I trustees the necessity of at onee widening the ' j * I approneh to the bridge from William street, jj , i and with that view, not only will I lie Klevnt-j t -' ed Railroad be obliged to remove its station ij * In the vieinliy. but the horse railway com-! ?! panics will have to take up their tracks and : r * I make their t< rudnl a block or so further cats, j ,| > i The latter are disposed to resist the proposl- ! ^ 8, tlon as an invasion of chartered rights, but It j j t Is a case in which It is pretty certain resist- . 5 ance iu vain. I, * ? ? J rl Accidenlly Killed. I Hampton Guardian.] v | Last Thursday afternoon a colored woman is " was killed near Varnvllle, under the follow- e i ing clrcumstadces: Messrs. (Seorge Uentz, s "jTom Hentz and Willie Connor, wishing to 11 i have some sport, took u small rifle and went 1 ! to the woods near the residence of Or. Goethe s t.jto practice at a tared placed against a large (I j | pine tree. They IIred several shots, and Mr. [ I .! Georee Kent/, ilrlng last, missed thft tree. | n i j While examining tlie target they heard somei 1 e one crying out as If hurt. They ran on about r 11 fifty yards through the thick woods, and com- j I , I ing to a path leading toward town found two! e . I negro women standing over the prostrate body ! n e j of Mary Ann Simmons, who had received the 11 j j bullet in the centre of her breast. Dr. Goethe,; a - the human and skillful physician, heard the j 1 i | outeray and hastened to thu spot, but could F I | uo nothing losave me woman s me. anu mie n .^expired In ten minutes. From the place k s : where the bullet was fired to the path where u1 L> she was found the distance Is about one hun* [1 e drcd and fifty yards. and between the target g s and path there Is a belt of very thick wooils. r e I An Imiuest was field over the body of tlie dc- 1 ticeasod by Coroner J. C. C. Mathews and a a . i verdict tendered in accordance with tire facts. I: I' Mr. Kentz Is very much depressed, and deeply fr s j regrets the unfortunate occurrence. He and p ! tils two friends are young men of Irrenroaeh- \ y i at>le character, and would not willfully take j v II human life. The killing was purely accident-; v Bial. and seems almoslt an Imposiblllty to one : a 3 j viewing the distance, the dense growth of c r j trees Intervening, and the small calibre of the li l rifle. a I _ _ t< r ' a J Sbort Interval Between the Alter and j] tlie Tomb. y (Augusta Chronicle.) A very sad death, in view of surrounding p clrcmnstances, was that of Mr. Richard H. | [i - Parks, formerly of the house ot J. B. White & ; p I Co., who died at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, j b . at the residence of Mrs. Greene, on Green , n .! street, of tubercular meningitis. On the 10th j ii r j instant he was married to Miss Maggie Green, [ r< of this city. Afler a brief visit with his bride h M to bis relllives In Greenwood, S. ('., returned i home to Augusta, and was Immediately i | stricken with this terrlable disease, from II which he did not recover. Ills remains will -1 be burled from the First Ward Hapt 1st Church ; . >jal 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Parks was i H > about twenty-eight years of age, a gentleman i11 , I of fine moral character ami business habits, i " , I May tender sympathy and more than human | |[ 11 solace bind up the broken heart of the desolate {[ I j tiling wue wiju utxuujtfi a wiuuw hiimuu-i ? , ? bride. I ft > #> Slnmps Disappearing'. ? [Lexinyton Dispatch.] Onegood result of (he Introduction ofthel,*,. reaper in this section Is the removal by some 10, of our most progressive farmers of theol<l;(| jiiine stumps from their fields. This course ::Is not eontltied to those who already have! jj | reapers, but those who Intend purchasing 1 r them are pursuing the same Hue of action. | 0? , Tills will undoubtedly add to theeasc of cnltl- j u'i : vntloii and increase of production, a ureal ly ,|, enhance the value ol lands. Old Lex inn ton Is i on the piogretsive line in many farming ways ' , und the introduction of Improved lahor-sav- ( lids machinery is not the hlndcrmost sign of j, , tills. w He Knew Too Mncli. [Sumter Advance.] f,t In a recent neighborhood conversation in tli one of the smallest villages in this county, a. er man expressed his appreciation of the value ;h< ; of reading and Intelligence by asserting that ai lie "knew too much to fool away his time I vi j reading." People of that sort are pretty apt j Is | not to find time to read their Itible, if they 1 w have one, but appreciate the old Jokes of a in 'twenty years old almanac or the thrilling It stories in a patent medicine circular given ar away by the agents of concerns hunting uplsti Jutt ills kind. iof i" J Thong-Iits oil Cotton Culture. "There Is n 'wny which secmeth right unto en, liiit the eml thereof is death." I purpose In this paper to oiler the Cultivator j It luleis a few thoughts on the production of| fit itton. nml nlthou;:h tny vlpwj. may nntbej"' ulorsed by many fanners wihln tha cotton 1 ol ;lt of the Cnrolinas. Georgia, Alahnuia nndin ihsls'ijppl, or considered hy of ln;r fnnners us 11! sslonur?, yet I think they. hi*o entitled to M1 >i most si-rioiM consideration. fcti t if. ?.i,h i}?. unniilatiihlo. nnd It may be! w lu lling assertion, that the* production <?r cot- j S n l),v n vast majority of farmers in tlie nijo^o P lined States, will be gradually abandoned. t' le exhaustion of the cotton noils In the sec- P >ns named, and the opening np and develop- hi gof the cotton soils of the great Southwest, tl 111 bring about this revolution. Ilusine-s spvernl years ago required the k rlter to visit thousands of cotton planters uu the Carolina* to .Mexico, and thus Imv- o g good opportunity to observe tins gieat '1 sieiencc In the fertility of the cotton soils g' the two sections, he thinks he knows c hereof lie afllrms when he makes the above c ipa'atnble assertion. The fact Is now pat- t( it, though many may not recognize It. that w w farmers who grow cotton In theCaroiinas, ' corgi a, Alabama and Mississippi can com- si to will) the tanners cultivating the staple c i rich alluvial soils of the Southwest. 'I he b >ttom land of Ited Klverand Its tributaries P one, if developed Into cotton fields, could II r more than a hundred years to come furnl-li o le present world's supply, and that, too with- v it the aid of a single ounce of either domes- < ' t;or commercial manures. The sol Is of those p uds are so well stored with all the food the t itton plant, requires that on llelds many j t' !ars under the plough would give little or no'1 rceptlble Increase of production over the ' ttural soil, iilthough supplied with quarrupie the amount oi guano we of Georgia an- c milly apply to our soils. The lands there lie ' i snioothe and level that every labor-saving 1' uplement which may be Invented can bead- r intngcously ami profitably used. Herewith t i (with rare exception) It is to buy guanos at " ft.v dollars per ton to coax our soils, with H1 lore manure per acre than the land is actual- I worth to produce not a profitable but an up- c eciable crop. The eulvating, too, on our o iel<-ribbed hills must needs be done without v ie aid of a single Improved labor-saving lm- u lenient. .My community of farmers can con nd with snch odds and survive, and farmers s ill find the sooner the production of cotton t abandoned fin soils which have to bean- < ually coaxed with commercial fertilizers, to c Hike appreciable crop, the better for us. It 1 folly for farmers cultivating such soils to at- " snipt a competition freight with certain de- ' at In the end. The farmers on those natural- f ' rich soils of tne Southwest can afford to * row cotton by the present methods and at I resent prices to buy supplies, but here we s ui't long do It und live. Abundant fooo crops of every description ' liich will grow upon our soils are our only i! ope, and this we must do or perish. We can 1 lore successfully compete with the North- r est. even on our exhausted soils. In raising * toil crops, than with our South western breth- ' ?n In growing cotton. History informs us t uit the South of Europe formerly produced ' itton In greatahundancehaving been driven | s nt by the coinpetlon of other countries. ' noli n stnte of thlnes Is gradually but surely ] i escendlng upon the once teeming cotton elds ot Georgia. Huj ing fertilizers, tinder the present condlon of aflalrs, to enrich pour land to niiike >tton, Is too much like buying gold dust and crinkling. It In n poor gold mine In order to ave the grim and questionable pleasure and ncertain profit of digging It out again. C'ot>n at from three toflvccents Isonly awaiting mechanical genius to Invent and perfect a itton Harvester and Separator and the close f the nlneteeth century Is patiently expertig him. The time will come in the near fitire when the fleecy staple will be gathered y the nimble fingers of steel Instead ofhuman nnds. When tills end arrives the Southwest ill he more widely developed Into cotton elds, which for many years afterward will Ive the world a supply of cotton at prices l/env the cost of production In the Stale above lentloned, and some future contributor of the iiKivntor and write the epitaph of Georgia ilsed cotton. J. B. I'. Cataula, Gtt., May. 1883. "The Hollow Horn." Several correspondents of the Cultivator avln*r expressed their desire to know morel bout this disease, we copy from the Farminr/ I'orltl what Hon. M. flay, ot White Hall, 'y., has to say on the subject, as he is an able ml an experienced agricultural writer: "Science, or rather its votaries, are at times t fault as well as the empirics. Some very ?arned scientists and agriculturists contend hat there Is no such thing as "hollow horn." nd that it is a myth to l>e classed with the nduring theory of wheat turning to chess. V'lien facts run contrary to well ascertained rlneiples. they are to be cautiously admitted ; lit all theories based In (liefirst place upon he facts can never overthrow their own lundatlons. What then is the "hollow horn" I cattle? It is a gradual decay of the bones f the horn, which isavilal structure filled Ilh blood and sinews, and which produces lie horny coverintr. In this disease the bones radually decay till they slough of and are abnrbed in tlie general system when the anltal dies. In this dlscnse the bones of the tail re sometimes lost; and how many other ones are absorbed more definite dissection rould show. Now, in nilmlttinir Ihe exls-lj sncc of this disease Is any principle of pliysilogv violated? And, il" so, what Is it? Is lot the white swelling in the hntnnn frame I n Instance of the decay of the hones? Is not stula in horses the decay of the bones and rlstlesofthe withers? The admission that I he hollow horn does exist Is no violation ol ny known law of physics or bloioay. When the cow isattackcd with I tils disease lie horn Is c->ld np to the head, when a horn 11 good health Is comfortably warm to the ! and. The animal droops and Is 11st less: j ises its appetite, and. If in milk, loses Its fillk. The eyes are weak and the blood ves els rather full. Then comes on emaciation nd finally death. As soon as the symptoms appear, especially lie coldness of the horns, cut. the horns off rllli a saw about three Inches from the head, nd upon the reinnlnlhg horn tie a tarred rag protect the wound from air and the (lies, ir, what. Is more humane, bore holes with a imlel about the same distance, and potir salt nd water In the horns. Sometimes cures are aid to have been made by putt I nir a band oaked with turpentine around the head close r> the horns and rubbing those parts with the ame. The tall, if affected, should be split rlth a sharp knife lengthwise j0 the hone. | s far as It seems to be diseased. The boring nd splitting arc sure eure?, which I have ofen used and seen others with unfailing sucess. My idea was that this disease was brought 11 byfrozen horns when threat! leare reduced . n health and full circulation hy poverty. At il events the disease was more frequent in arly times when cattle were less valuable,, ,nd less cared for than now. I had a cow which co?t. me $SQO?bred by |, .lark Cockrlll. of Nashville, Tenn., and I sent | ier to he bred to a hull near Lexington, when i he grass was very poor and water scarce. As I, he was well wintered, when I brought hers, lome in midsummer, aetlnuon my theory of 11 lozcn horns I never suspected Hie disease to I ie hollow horn. Hut when the cow was skin-l' led and the horns cut o(T with the hide, as ras then the custom, they were found to have ,. nst all the hones and were hollow. When II lave sawed of the horns they were found de- i laying III (lie small UIIUX unu mi; I'win-niji n.vi lorn near the head were sound and soon covrc<l the oriftcc With new horn, as a tree Is iiroil hy the snp over a rut brunch. Hut. I , ras induced to write this from my experience Ills winter. A few Weeks rtgo my hest. milch nw, running on grass nnd hay. began to Iroop, and finally she failed In m 111c. fulling rom more than a gallon, besides, the half i hlch the calf got. to a quart. I then exanined the horns and found them cold to the lead, whilst the horns of Ihe other cows were omfortnbly warm. 1 immediately l ad herj lorns boreil wlili a larce gimlet and salt and niter poured into the holes. The Wood that lowed from the wounds was watery and want ng in vital color. In a few days, the cow beng better fed improved, and in ten days had i eeovercd her milk. The effect of boring the | lorn seemed to he almost Immediate relief. Die nwdu* operandi is no doubt a healthy rection. by the stimulus of thealr. the salt and he turpentine At all events the disease and he cure arc certain." Ttulgrnss and Bermuda. (Southern Cultivator.) Is there any way to eradleate nut grass? .Iso Bermuda grass? I see a good deal being aid about Bermuda grass. It may answer lor time sections, but the man who will pass hrough this section and tell how to get rid of t-how to kll1 it out without costing more ban the land Is worth, can make a fortune.? . M. i.', Bartow, (ia. Answku.?We know of no method of externinatlng nut grass?a perfectly continuous. Icnse shade several feet deep might do it. if ;ept up many years. If we had a piece of and Irl'e-ted with it which for some special mrpose It. was uesired to clear of said grass, ? ...? nil iikhvII II.i. VI- nnuuiu llj mi: "CUIUS .... 'apun or Chinese honey suckle, commonly ultl vated for making bowers and serenes. On oils adapted to It, It will sniotheranythlng rhicli does net slioot up ravidly to a height of ome feet. It Is almost an evergreen and puis, mi leaves so early In spring thut. it gets the I larl of most plants. Is very hardy and easily | iropagnted, and Is to be recommended in the | ligl est terms as a Btnolherer. It, tlie honey I nekle. may he exterminated without much t lillleuity. On damp and especially on sandy amis Bermuda Is very difficult to eradicate, ind weshouid never advise any one to plant icrmuda where they were unwilling for it to emain perpetually. Hut. on ordinary upland n middle Georgia It can be very thoroughly radicated by leaving the land not planted, ml in July and August, during very dry and lot weather, ploughing as dee as the roots go, .nd then harrowing the grass out of thegrnund I 'lie revolving harrow Is the best for this purlose. The plowing and harrowing must be | epeattd several times at short intervals and :ept up as long as any grass shows itself. Lf'.cr tills Is done two courses are open ; one o sow down thickly In peas say middle of Ailust and get the land thoroughly shaded, mauirlng the peas that they may grow rapidly, 'urn these under thp middle of October and 11 nd seed thickly in oats, manuring these also I f It. be nocesary to secure a heavy growth. | 'ollow outs with pens again the nextyearand iens with oats; continuing thus for sotnej cars. If there are no stumps or rocks about i I'hlch the Bermuda can take refuge, this plan rill very thoroughly subdue It. If it docs not nd tlie hydra shows Its head, put the land in i otton one year add cultivate the cotton very ite, seeing to Jt that every.plece of grass that ppears Is carefully dug up and left and on op of the ground to die The other course is, fler killing all thegrass possible in July and ingust and later, to put the land In cotton he next year and keed It in cotton for several ' ears, watching closety and having careful ' I nn'lo Hl.r nn fliAi*n(rhiv nil that li: t/* Hn cnon i I he crops in both of title methods suggested 1I ay for the labor, though this is somewhat H lcrensed by the presence of the grass. If a ' leop of land Is infwted with nut grass it may I < e utilized in pea and oat crops in succession !? s descrll.ed above, or It may be seeded down 1 i clover and winter grasses. We have seen , I scently a very tlne.growth of white clovcr on | i md Infested with it. I m t i A Herald's Volco. It is the opinion of the yew York ITrruhl , Hit for fifty years or more it was considered i f lat no .Southern planter could beagentlo-jj ian unless Ins crop consisted either of cot- j >n, tobacco, sugar or rice. Since the war the ' { mlts have been enlarged a little, so as to j t ike In corn and wheat; but the general Idea ' ? ill seems to be that the proper thing In fiirm-j . iir Is to raise a large crop of a single article,' .j >11 the entlro yield for cash, and with the ? toney buy whatever the plantation and Its; | nants require. A few weeks ago somejv orth Carolina farmers gathered to protest s ;alnst this sort of thing and to encourage r ne anottier to raise hay, grain and fodder for {, leir live stock, vegetables and fruits for their j. tvn.tables, and pay enough attention to cat-1 ft o, sheep, swine and poultry to be able to (j, live a home supply of meat. Alter tn e nec-; e ssnry time, labor ami money were bestowed ' s pon these tli in gs the remainder might, be . n-oted to making some single crop for mar- j i*t. The plan Is a good one, but the South Is r>t the only section that needs to put it into) racticc. At the West thousands of farmers a n*ote themselves us exclusively to corn or f< heat as the Southerner does to his favorite c op. Attlie same time they pay more for: A mis and bacon than these articles cost In A ew York, mid they scarcely ever taste fresh ; (' sof; as for poultry and fresh vegetables, G ley are as scarceas in mid-ocean. The farm- Is of this class, no matter what they plant or O >w well their crops do, are generally in debt 1' u1 largely dependent upon whisky. Subdl- S sion of farming, like subdivision of labor, 1? profitable in thickly settled countries, Y here any surplus may rupldly be exchanged to almost anything else that Is desired : but Is a ureat blunder in sections where farms a large, m Ighbors few, and a special trip to lr are or market consumes ul least half a day , y* time. Jtt " " V ' Farmers Stand by Yonr Farms. (Macon Wesleyon ChrUiian Adbocalc.) A furrf-anliing evil Is now growing upon i 1 the South. Fanners are quitting the irms and taking up their residence In vl zes, towns ami cities. Tnls drift Iihh bei liservcd for some years, but the current ow becoming ko ?trong nnd wide ua iron ten whole sections ot our country wl ( solution. We have in mind Middle at DHthern (jcorglu while we write, hut the Cua e fear, apply very generally to the old cotti lutes. A cusimi observer?a iraveiur. u nrtlng over .the country 011 fust ruilroi Alns and stopping here and there for rest leas 11 re, mlglit very Innocently set It dov t tho people's crnzc for city life, but the mo loughtfnl llnd deep seated causes for It, ai diniate Its results with fours which tli now not how to ruiell. Large bodies of land which once niude th< ivners rich now scarcely yield Ktibsistanee 10 thriftless tenants that occupy thei ittlcmoiits where once soclul influences ive liod. churches nnd schools flourished, ai liildrcn were reared with strong attachiner > home and rural scenes are now mere wreo itli possibly two or three proprietors w Ithcr live in town or seek in town for thei elves and their families all their social, ed iitlou.'d and church privileges. The connt < being bere't of the more thrifty of tbe wh! opulation. line houses, once the home of ncment and luxury, are gofng to decay, w! I utan occupant, save a few colored pco| /ho lie :il>out in the shade of the weed-eov d yard during the summer, and bum t alinjjs'of the elegant yard andirarden durl lie winter. As soon as the farmer inak iioney enough to set up a little business own, or to buy a four-room house, he sells cases his farm nnd Invests his nil in soi itislncss which hejdoes not understand, or ates his family In town in the vain expeei ion of playing the pari 01 an imseniee iui L?r?l on a small scale. His neighborhood tin down, the school In it Is broken up n he church is abandoned, and the poor w ,rc not able to get away are left without t lenefit of a strong leader or the stimulus o lirifty example. This disintegration of t ountry settlements is taking place annua ml that. too. In the face of the fact thn veil conducted farm Is by far the most pro ible ihditstry in the cotton States. It cm lemonstratcd from the figures of Comn: loner Henderson, of the bereatt of agrk ure of Georgia, that the average farming ioorgla la?t year yielded on thirty-two nc if cultivatcl lands S5X1.03 cents, with all t a/.iness, and mismanagement of idle neuri ind thriftless white people to bring do' hat overage; while on on well conducl arms the yield on the same amount of In vas double that sum or about 81,150,00. J icrlments hnve shown that even this I uin car be doubled on thirty-two ocros he course of four or five years?an Increi vhlch connot he excelled by any other lustry. Yet this fair domain is being gh lp to the negroes to be wasted, for thegrea tart, not Improved. Con any thing be dc o stop this ruin? Yes; that is, if wo w Mrst of all, we must slop decrying agric urc as a profitless vocation. We must ce; o brine the false accusation against I tround that it will not repay the tiller's t V thousand false allocations nave bi )rought against It since the war; It has hi nade to bear the sins of idleness, of avarl it illegitimate speculation and extravagai mill the young people who have grown indor the grunt and mutterlngs of th nurmurers have come to look upon farm: us the certain road to hopeless poverty. I.et the farmers themselves turn their entlon to their farms, Improve them, Impn heir surroundings, put all their surplus omc back into their farms to make th uore attractive and more profitable, ami i >ear like people settled for life and talk ,helr children about the future of Mi lelghborhood as a place to become deslrabh pendo lifetime In. I,et the schools and < egos foster the agricultural spirit in < outh.notby experimental patches parti arly, though a properly conducted expi nental farm Is a good thing, but by loctu ind speeches and the fullest Information lie subject of the various industries of lonntry, Forming could not suffer by c rast In any proper array of facts and tlgui II we weru miiuii u|?jii wucmvi .. ncnt address at any one of our colleges, yould not want a more fruitful theme tl he Georgia farm and the home on It. But fnlr as our latided estate Is, treml .villi millions of wealth and waiting only rospel of the plow. It will at no distant. < joeoine a dangerous thicket of poisoni .vecds and prickly thorns with a dancer inpulatlon cumbering It If we do not 01 some some prejudices and go to work I :ommon sense wav to meet and overcome llfllculties ({rowing out of our changed cor Ion. We can, this week, specify hut i filing. Say what we may. men who can h themselvas will not set tie their families s< ered miles apart In the country. Exlgcni if business sometimes require the abse rroni home of the heads of families and tl will not leave their wives and daughters mscd to the hazzarils of the night, nor \ heir families be sat I ?flcd with constant ls< ;ion from society. Vagabond negroes wh lumber will probably increase rapidly In next, score of years and equally danger .vhite tramp*, make It unsafe. Pan thl? iv jurliy and all the disadvantages of isolat n the country be obviated? Yes. easily nen will try Lei whole neighborhoods co ogether, and In the spirit of fairness i jommon-sense agree to a re-survey of th and*, so as to give every land-owner a bu ng lot on the main road leading to marl ind let them build along the road side by si ind facing each otlier so as to give the ri ,he appearance of a long street. Let the la: nn back Intersected with cross-roads w louses on tlieni for their tenants, where t inisare employed. This will give a beaul! :ountry?the roads will soon bo made I n....n^i:l|.na|u L</?lin/\l 1? n11 VPH rtl 1 fl H HI ! < will lie built at easy distances. society will ill that a refined people ilcsire. anil protect will be ample to widowsarid all families wh male pro'.cctors happen to lie a way. Hut sn men would see the whole country goto logs before they would agree to change tl ild land lines a single rod. Well bear vi .hem?get along without them, give them ro by, carry out the plan n< f.tr as It can hi !he free consentofall concerned, ard a cha 'or Ihe better can lie commenced which \ ifler a while force its own way to eon.si tnation. What a beautiful land we might have: as not despair of it, hut let (lie farmers sts ay I heir farms, enrich and Improve them i leave them a heritage of be ,uty und proilt their children. Carolina Cumberland Gap and C casro Railroad. [Pickens Sentinel.] In another column of this issue we pnbl !\n article from Ihe Aiken Journal unci Jl-v ind one from the Xew.i rind Courier in re snce lo the e!fort now being made by the < nf Greenville to divert the Caro'lua, Oh in I land Gap and Chicago Railroad from Its or rial und proper course by way of that pli We also publish tiie rather exultant edlto remarks of the Greenville Xann over the i]i endorsement by these journals of the pre Kition. The AVi/'.i In republishing theartli from the Journal und Review and the X ami Courier, places head lines over them wh plainly indicate that Greenville expects tc lu-netltted at the expense of somebody e There Is a good ileal of meaning in. "Ore ville on top," ' plain hints of the siicccs flank movement." Now we wish Greenv well. We would rejoice to see her eonncc with this grand trunk llneof railway abrai to this place, Kaslcy or some other conv lent point, but Pickens and Easley have el tered rights which they do not propose to s render without a niuriner. It was by brains, energy and money of these places t the success of the enterprise was made p< ble. The two places have expended In ncighbmhood of ten thousand dollars, i the grafting between the two points is ab completed. A good deal of grading has been done be lit Afxlnruiin / nnntu which he thrown away if the "(lank movement' Greenville succeeds. Greenville propose: give 811*1,000 to have the road "diverted" that place. Where it is proposed to go a getting to Grr-cnville we do not know, bn course If the mountains are crossed it mus done at Kaslatoe Gap, as there is no ol practicable crossing In the State. Wesupi that thev will try to run up hy Marietta, t up theOolenoy or on the Twelve .Mile hill this county?any where to miss Pickens i KaMey or anyother place that might possl come Iti competition with Greenville, seriously, to make the detour necessary l. by Greenville wonld cost fully a half mill of dollars more than to build the road u the present located and chartered line. Ft Aiken via Kdgelield, Abbeville. Helton, I ley and this place, there Is not a water eoi of any consequence to cross, and there not be scarcely a bridge or trestle to build It runs nil the way on the ridge dividing waters of the Savannah and Saluda rlv It. Is a route that serins to have been sptdi designed by nature for the construction i railroad. If the road should be run by Gr< vllle, this ridge would have to be left and Saluda river would have to he crossed tw The distance would be considerably lncrea: iierhaps fifteen ortweenly miles.and theS <)0 proposd by Greenville would not pay the additional bridges that would have t( built on that route. We remember well that when thlsgrand terprlse was In Its Infancy and we were Ing to brljig Its Importance to the attentloi the public, that Greenville (some of Gr< vllle at least) threw all the cold water upoi that they possibly eoud, and we have Greenville men to laugh in our face when mentioned the road lo them?but pre.' change. Now since by the money, perser ance and brains ol Pickens men the road been made a nossiblc success, itisproposei rob her of Its bcnetlts by the money of so body else. There Is a principle of honor t obtains In all business ns well as prlv inuiMK'1 ions, uiui wu no 1101. uuut-vt; tin- u< pnny will for a moment think of entertain any proposition Hint would l?? ilishonora and that would rob the people of Ensley ; possibly Pickens, Willmmston and if money, time and labor already expended on the road, and that too at a cost trebble amount to make the change thatGreenv proposed to give them. Nor do \re bell that the LeRlslaturo will, when theso, i many more farts arc presented, ennsen amend the charter so as to allow thereat be diverted from Its present route, "Flank movements" are not always succ fill and Pickens and Has ley will see thnt present one is a failure, we are willing help Greenville conni ct. by a branch with road, but we are not willing to let (}reen\ cut our throat. That bad as well be unc stood now. -+ + Voices from South Carolina. fSouthern Cultivator.} Mr. P. P. C. Chambers, of Darlington. S. writes as follows to the Cultivator: I h been tempted several times since I have b taking your valuable agricultural journal reply to some things I have seen In Its pa l)iit being a young tanner I felt that I had iiifllciont experience in farming to begli ixerelsi; myself on any matter pertalnliu icriculture. I am very fond of farming, (h tin hnon m (ukiI mi n rtn i ii ml n 111 ileetil V [.crested with the idea tiiut there is one v Important thlug for us to dons farmers, s to have good dirt roads from our farm! narketnnd railroad stations Now the qi ion arises, how are we to have good roa There certainly tnvst he quite a different |i rom the present adopted ; to secure them >thcr words, different laws must heenacted )ur Legislature. I have hod some experlei n trying to have public roads worked, havl )een for several years overseer, mid later sleeted County Commissioner. 1 think I c ell very well what, the present dlflionltlesn mil what the remedies are. I find it.l lossible to get the people to work the roa The most of them will come out when tli re warned and pretend to work three or U tours. Just work enough to cause the ronds vnsh away at the llrst rain. I think all ov eers have Jiad ft similar experience. Mom iropose to give you a remedy that Is epprov >y the best men of our county. The f.egls nresof our States should impose an addlth I tax, sufficient to have the roads divided nto sections of live miles, more or less, a nch section to be let out to the lowest respi Ible bidder for 0110 year, to be put and kept borough repair. The following table shows the number cres in cultivation In cotton and corn in t illowirig counties: ot'ntiks. cotton, coil bbevllle SS.727 -I!!,.' nderson ill,0S7 51 hester fvi.Sifi in,.' reenvlllc ts,<?77 .W.I aureus fll.(i'-"J -I7,> conee 15.1) l~> 2M.I ickens 2l,!N? ?>.: partanburg ">ll,t!l."> ,V)..r nlon r/>:> ii7 40.1 oi k S3..1 Tolal r&\,m ir,2.2 In the entire state the cotton area has bo< icreusi'd :12,6m) acres or 2 per cent, above In ?nr, making the total of acrcs in this crt lis year l,41l,9?j. l?n ??|ih??i i mo???> ??*?*? About Peach Cnltnrc. ..m According to a writer In tho Aiken {8. C) ,1S Recorder, the pencil Is u native of PerHln. It ,i_ was orluinally a bitter, poisonous almond. It i. sneoeds best In our country between the thirtieth and fortieth raw"6"- Like most ia other plnnts it will adupt Itself to clrcnmo? n n f?nu .in,I nnrlliltlr nnorPi>iI nllOVennd bPlOW I LO 0"*?VVr,n?iM - . these lines; but here, with proper care and at-j _ . ,,1 tention, It Iittilinx lis greatest perfection. Ijll ts The location relates to the attitude and ex-1 g.f po.-ure of the slttf, us well as the condition I Ul IS. and fertility of the noil. We know we are ko- , 1(j lug against the opinion of most writers on the ' A ()r subject when we advlso the selection of the ' .? highest inul most exposed place available. ,-jq( ,rc TIiIh question of protection on the north and .. 1(j northeast sides has been strongly advocated.,!l'' ?v At the North, where the dormant buds are ; <r A J fiCMitently killed by the Intense cold, It la: WX t|r probablv advisable: but below that point! where they are so killed. It Is not only not ad[n vlsable, but. real I v objectionable. I would not ^ " " object to protection on the east side. t),l Peaches are killed not by cold, but by frost. Foi Experience proves where protected on the (,'hi i.L north or notheast. side, that corner or side of nilr l 0 the orchard Is the sunny or warm side, and 1 ... that the peaches are killed worse than where .. I more exposed, from the fact that the morning ry | sun has a more powerful effect upon the fro- ( j.g zen buds In that warm corner than elsewhere. On the other hand, a protection on the east tli- i side would probably help by delaying the .i." warm rays of the sun until there was ajjrad__ iml dlsslpnlion of the frost. Water exerts a i * great influence in ameliorating the effects or _ . frost. Parties who are so fortunate as to be ?i "able, should not fail to take advantage of It. Y. i Orchards on the east side of a highland pond \J9 .. or other body of water, arc frequently fuil nelwhen others immediately around entirely i(|* j fall. An elevated exposure Is better for severi,,"!al reasons. It naturally drains bettor, and ' " ' *- * ? I,?l|n??nr " I I mere in IIJHS KlirMiT ?uw:i until levels. The frost Ik le-s. froin the fact that ',: there Is less moisture; and. again, the more h?? elevated anil exposed the place, the more the V.I wind will stir und the less the frost will be fll J'? deposited. K ?io 'I'^e pencil will succeed upon nlmostany soli | 1 j,?! from a drifting band to a stiff clay, provided }? ills well drained either naturally or artlfl- f^p clally, and furnished wll.i suitable fertilizers. I ? Rut Hie soil most suitable Is a sandy loam ~ [*f with a porous subsoil. It will end In dlsap- ' "i pointment to plant upon a soil that does not _ " I admit of a rapid discharge of llie surface warn? ter,as they will incline to rot Toe roots of": ifp the peach grow much deeper than the roots of L ii.? most other fruit trees. Vou can plow under j M ?! , the trees to the usual depth, causing the roots ! to gro*v in the subsoil. Another reason why , i the subsoil should be porous and drain easily. ? ' The fertility of the soli Is a mutter of con jjr slderable Importance. Experience tcaches i: that to crow poaches successful the land n ,1 ought to be able to produce not less than "JO bushels of oorn per acre. If 30 or 40, so much * , , the belter. If a soil Is naturally adapted to peaches and kept well renatod by cultivation. .{;; inn I doubt if It can be made rich enough to cause ,,, : them to rot. Land will Droduce about eight \|J , ! times as many buslicls of peaches as corn. If ! the land will produce 10 bushels of corn, It ? !, ? will grow H)0 boxes of peaches; If 20 bushels ^ < i, of corn, 200 boxes of peaches, etc. (In?peak-j Ing of boxes all through these paper*, it may I yy ?" not be amiss to state tliatabox is bushel, H no ' fitandard.) So you see It is much netter to ' ice. |?,ve tlie land In good heart, as you only have in the same number of trees to plant, cultivate, iiu prune und care for In both eases. PSO Ing *** Value of Cow Peas. 1Vg An experienced farmer thus writes. In a ill ln. private letter to Gov. Norman J. Colman, of ejn Missouri. In regard to an article on cow peas an. in Colman'* Jturnl Wwld: "What you call Lj cow peas are abundantly raised here, but are ie)r called stock peas, for all manner of stock eats , ,0 j and thrive upon them. For horses they serve v)|. both the place of hay and corn, and will grow ~jr fat and do work fed on notiilng but pea hay ... | There's nothing better for milk cows, producBr|_ I Ing the largest quantity of the richest milk. They are better than corn and hay both for on ; bnef cattle. As a pasture for hogs, nothing ,l)0lean excel the pea field. While the pea-pods ot, : are lust yellowing and not yet dry. nnd peas; 11 j In a ripened green slate, they form a fine dish ..Jj,' for the dinner table. The poorest, most ex-1 * 1 ha listed land will produce fine peas. They do: -ip. ,an, best for hay on medium land. On rich land j I they produce too much vine. I | In this latitude, Southwestern Kansas, the _ the ! GoaH ,,rc *own broad'-ast from May 2f?th to P I June Will. Like all other crops, the prepara- P ' tlon of the land lias much to do with their *" nus growth. Keep the land clear of weeds by oc,0? caslonal plowing nnlll, say, tlie first of June, JJ ' . then break the land well, harrow and sow the ?' ?h(> Peas broadcast, one bushel to the acre, then ! ,ni , i/ nut them In withavery light plowing or a j CU! " harrow nnd log?so they are gotten under the Pl" 0I ground, It. matters not how. For hay the "1, , bunch pea Is preferred, because It is more eas- i ^ les I >-'ftrnereil, as It stands up and does not run 1 i on the ground like the vine pen. When ripe, ,,,v ; ami before tlie pea is dry enough to shell easier-1 'y> they are cut with a soytheora inower.anil v..'m J are rakpd, dried and kept as other hay. care'/">l ..l. i being tnken not to put them In large iieaps \J () "I until thoroughly dried. " Ih(;! "The vine pea Is belter where the Innd Is to 0118 he pastured. The vine sometimes grow forty ' ij- i feet in length. The nniounf pc-r acre proion i ducod Is simply Immense. The speckled or rp ii-l whippoorwili pea Is always a bunch pea. I j?e ! There Is also a black pe i which Is a bunch n, tnd ' P''"* black peas last longer and stand the j ,m l(,jr' winter better than the red or speckled pens, i i U,i | sometimes lying on the ground until March ' -p." | without rotting. As n green manure to plow Nip' under nothing excels them. I "J know of one field which had been so to-1 . ...i . tally exhausted that it would produce noth It(l in? but crawl grass. Three crops of peas A ' nn I grown and plowed under In two years, and jf| seeded In wheat tlie second year In October 1 iko ' produced twenty bushels of wheat per acre." , 1^?? Executions by Eloctricitj. ose The heart? of many murderer* will be me cheered by the announcement that a Mr.:/' the i Sherlcfan. of New York, has Invented anew'* ieir I way to kill. Itjsn't to help thein in tnurder-jT' Itli; inif. but. to maife It easy for the murderer to 1,1 the!'"0. It is nn electric, chair. The murderer h01 ive | takes his seat; puts on a brass collar presses a ; m; litre j metallic button close against the hack of his villi shoes anil sfockinss, so as to be barefooted ; mi- i takes a ball of metal in each hand, and sits i ?f | blandly up without a suspicion ol danger.; I let Suddenly he Is dead. The charge has been np- i | ind plied from miles away and the vital spark I md i*ws out as theelectrlo spark comes in. It is , toj n?t nn!*y to see what conwort it is to the doomj ed man to have a shock comc from miles I ! away, but that Is emphasized especially. The' rr j real charm Is In the utter surprise of the UU III- thing. There Is no horrid suspense of the! M tallows. H<; tits himself with the utmost care Into an unsuspected harness, leans back In hd | chair and listens intently to hear "hello," and j It comes so quick that he can't catch the it.1) whole word. I irw ?El? i 5',ry Just Received. CASES of Millinery, new styles forSum-j '- "'O inerand very cheap. ' HI *!"c; It. M. II AD DON" & CO. I N " i! I May 21,1KS1, tf I ?po:le? Columbia and (ireenvillo Railroad | 'ew.? I i4-''1 passenger department. > be Ise. f.'OM'MlllA, S. C., April 17, 18S3. on- On find after April 17,1X83, tlie Passenger is a J Trains will run as herewith Indicated upon 11 If this Koad and its branches. itoil 1M.ILY, KXOEl'T SUNDAYS. licit NO; 53. up PASSENGER. D( en Leave Columbia A? 1147 am lar- Leave Alston 1 02 p m iur- Leave Newberry '2 11 pm the Leave Ninety-Six.... 3 58 p ni hat. Leave Hodges ;..4 ot? p in issl- Leave Helton 6 22pm i TH the Arrive at Greenville 8 0.5 n m tj 111(1 no. 52. down PASSENGER. J out Leave Greenville at. 10 30 a m Leave Helton 12 10 a tn low Leave ILxlges 1 41 pm nil ni! Leave Ninety-Six 2 39 pm HL1 "of Leave Newberry 4 SI p ra s to Leave Alston 5 42 p in by Arr. at Columbia I*1 7 (X) p tn fter spartanburg, union and columbia rail- f,,, t of road. (|, the no. 53. up passenger. her Leave Alston 1 15 pm U] lose Leave strot her 2 01 p in hen Leave Slielton 2 .'12 p in s in LeaveSanUie 3 25 p m iind Leave Union 4 00 p tn ibly Leave Jones ville 4 38 p in I!ut Arr. alSpartanbur# 5 43 p m q go NO. 52. DOWN PASSENGER. Ion Leave Spartanburg K. & D. depot PI 12 55 am |n pon LeavespartanburgS.U.&C.depot <> 1 01 p m j |1;| uni j Leave lonesvllle 2 08 p in I 5ji8-, Leave Union 2 47 p in ] w| irse I Leave Satiluc 3 30 p m (jii will! Leave Slielton 4 20 p ni La . as) Leave Strother 4 51 p in the | Arrive at Alston 5 SH p m I ers. jiilue ridge railroad and andersoni! illy branch. t jf a Leave Helton 6 22 p m >en- Leave Anderson 7 01 p m the Leave Pendleton 7 51pm ice. Leave Seneca () 8 40 pm *ed, Arrive at Wallmlla... 9 05 pm loo,- Leave Walhalla 9 35am for Leave Seneca I) 10 117 a m \ ) be Leave Pendleton 10 4n a ni I r. Leave Anderson 11 '15 h in K< on- Arrive nt. Bolton, 12 10 am ; It try- 1?A V KKNS KAILHOAP. n oI Loave Helena 4 .50 p m sen- Arr. at Laurens O. H 7 30pm ii It Louve ljuirens II. I) 4.5 a in had Arrive at Helena 12 27 pm we aijukviixe bkancii. _| ito! Leave Hodges 5 00pm V rer- Arrive at Abbeville., fi 12 i> m bus Leave Abbeville 12 it p in tl I to Arrive at I lodges 1 33 p m 1 me- connkctions. Al hat \m "With South Carolina Itallroad from 'ate Charleston. With Wilmington,Columl^uand mi- Augusta I (a 11 road from Wilmfiigton and all I ing j points North thereof. With Charlotte, Col-1 |J ble. umbin and J.ucusta Railroad from Charlotte JJ and! an?t all points Nortl: thereof. "'el J3. with Asbevilleuod Spart.inburt! Hailup ; road for points In Western North Carolina. tl,e (}. Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division illc | Richmond it Danville Railroad from nil J pOUILSNIllIll llllll c>|, .. mil ]^)# Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division t 'o Richmond & Danville Railroad from Atlanta 1 to and beyond. , ' K. With Atlanta and Charlotte Division ess- Richmond and Danville Railroad from all (lt the i points South and West. : < : to With South Carolina Railroad for the Charleston. With Wilmington,Coiyntblaand j Hie Auuusta Railroad for Wilmington ami the ler-1 North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Au-! ! gust a Railroad for Charlotte and the North, j (}. With Ashevilie and Spartanburg Rail-, road front Ilendersonvillc. H. With Atlanta and Charlotte Division j ] Richmond and Danville Railroad from Char . lotte and beyond Standard time used is Washington. D. C? ave, which is fifteen minute# faster thau Colum-; e bia. to j. W. FRY. Superintendent. -?* ! M. SLAUGHTER, Gen. Passenger Agt.! not | i to i ~ " " I , r to i I/>T of over checks for harms.? bridle,1 k av- J\ both Hat and rounded. Call soon at the t 1 in-< Cincinnati Repository. I ft ery | T1I0S. UKGGS* I ft It | April II, l.-ott, If B n to ? - - ft ds.'l $3 For the Twin Spring * '"n TM PROVED, and an excellent article. Only i !,? one lislit mattress necessary to make a! comfortable noiseless bed. For sale at I?~ j .1. D. CHALMERS A CO. j March 14, IS*!, tf 'r?. iff'you want something that will become! / m-! J[ your horse, go to the Cincinnati Renosito- | ds' i ry. and net one of those nice rounded bridles t >py and mai tlngales, also riding whips for both ; >l|r ladies and gentlemen. 'o| Til OS. IJEGGS: or-1 April 11, IfftCl, tf | l ed i j A la-1 | F you want a nice hand sewed, low quarter ! >n- j. eu Shoe, call 011 i .1 up I CUNNINGHAM A TEMrLKTON. nil I March 11, 1KSJ, tf >n-| ! A ' 't i 1 orj To Arrive. hc| 1 IIANDSOMK line of I'lai.l filnaliams. ' N. 1 /\ Shanshys A Kvorrett Suiting from into. (\ ?vj l"i cents per yard. Splendid goods for house t \ 5.',. dresses. It. M. 11 ADDON A CO. ill i I't'b. 2*. 1SW. tf cl 111 l?! jAe: I ti cs lift 1 1 ri ^ I Si Old Hickory" Wagons "' 171 j TT? j j jti fPHE best In the world. Kvery farmcrshould st I 1 have one of then). )?| For sale l>y i March 21.1SS3. JOJIN KNOX a I'O. A le Place to Get What! [ You Want! j soi iRISTIAN&WILSQN i I _ LWAYS in store, a complete Ktock of' . FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED; ' DDS and CONFECTIONERIES of w kinds, Tho best and cheapest CI- J) RS and TOBACCO. The FINES'!*;. NES and LIQUORS. rect Mash Corn Whiskey j medical purposes a specialty. Also,1 th )ice Liquors of any kind for medical poses. j j ivousaeall. Satisfaction guaranteed. ? CHRISTIAN & WILSON, _ Abbeville, S. C. rov. 16.1881, tf . Knox & Co. y -AGENTS t OilMR, TOM YOUNG'S URE CORN WHISKEY, HIE best and purest CORN WIIISKEY brought to this market. to uno '22. 1881. tf I. D.REESE, ' j ABBEVILLE, S. C., . '? EPA IRS WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND , Jewelry In tlie best manner at the lowprices. Long experience and close npplllon to business merit consideration from ise having work to be done In J?ls line. He ri jps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. 1 eb. 14,1883, 12m A W. PKKlirX, T. P. COTIIRAN EERIN & C0THRAN, 1 .Attorneys at Law, ^ ABBEVILLE, S. C. [arshall P. DeBruhl, \ Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H. S. 0. j| H, OCODDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ? ANDERSON, S. C- ' FFERS his professional services to the citizens of Abbeville, rattles desiring lo lsu't. with him, may do so at. each session the Con it for the Couuty.or by letter at Anson 0 H.. tine 15.1881, tf JARBER SHOP, i o iICITARI) OA NTT. Is now prepared to do l> all work In his department. In the best inner and at rea-onaWlc charges. Monthly ^ Vomers shaving, hair cutting and sham- k nlir.' 31 |>er month, Rasots honed and put the best condition for 25 cents each. Shop under the Ih'cas and Banner office. larch 15,1882. tf Wheel Bairows f k IAN be bought chcap at the Cincinnati Rer punitory. THUS. BEGGS. iluy 10, IS.-3, tf Call Soon. : 1 0 tnalte way for a Full supply ol every kind ot HARNESS, I will sell my present ick at greatly reduced prices, at the clnrlu* ti Repository THOS. UEUUS. '! Hay It}, I&S3, tf A Bargain. 11 LIGHT family Rarouch, slightly rfam1 aged.can be bought cheap l>y calling at e Cincinnati Repository. The damage wlil t interfere with the weurof it. T1H iS. BEGGS. May 10,18S3, tf Tor Sake of Variety. kNE Brewster Side Ear Buggy,one Tlmp- f kin Side Bar Buirgy, with steel axles a d res, as good as the best has beet) added to c stock of the Cincinnati Repository. Call mi if you want something nice for a Sumi*r evening drive. l'HOS. BEGGS. May 10,1883, tf HE TIME TO STRIKE -ISrHEN THE IRON IS EOT. \ r IK XOW THAT P. ROSEXHERG Ji CO. V have 011 liiintl a full it nit coininete Stock of PRIM AND SUMMER GOOES, ?CONSISTING IX PAKT OFcntsj' Youth's and Boy's Suits, \ Hand and Machine Sewed Sboe*t of evert* dpserlntlon and nualitv? )M ESI'ICS, LAWNS, " j riQUKS, CALICOES, NOTIONS, etc. which are of the I jatest Styles' dnt mo:-t reasonable prices. We are conintly Increasing our stock of n tOCiKRS" TRIPLE PLATED SILVER- r ARE. In tlie latest designs, very suitable t r wedding present", and a great necessity to ' e household. Also, iEKCH AND MV7y.LV. T.OAMNO SHOT GL'NS, UAN.IOS, VIOLINS, ACCORDEONS, a*id other MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TRUNKS. SATCHELS. JEW- ; ELRY, CROCKERY, HARDWARE. It O C E R I E S AND T O B A C C 0. which wo offer special inducements. Wc ive lust received a large assortment of 'RAW HATs In tlie latest. styles, which ? II he sold positively at NEW YOiiK COST. II curly and get ono to suit you. You will ve time and money by calling at once on . ROSENBERG & CO. i Mny ]?, 1S83. tf All the Rage. < , MONOST the stock ol vehicles In the 1 L (' 11n-l n11n.11 Renosttorv Is a two wheeled i f Kid l'haeton. It only wants a trial to make * the most desirable one horse vehicle In use. I THO.S. BEG08. * May 2, IftW, tf , I. C. NEWMAN.. r yon want nice homemade harness, t;o to t'. Newman's shop In Knox's buildlncr. * bbevlile.K. C. |, May 2. ltifwJ. ti" ridp at Cade's Lower Mill. [ ! fc MIE contractor having failed to comply lc with i lie terms of hi.s hid, the contract to i v build the above hrldtie will ho re-let at his c It to the lowest responsible bidder at the i. Idge on Wednesday, May ifd, iHs-'t, at 11 'j I'loelc A. M. Specifications furnished on j iy of letting; contractor to complete his it:?1 In double the amount of his bid with : o approved sureties on the same day. J. R. BULLOCK, County Commissioner. 'J May 2, 1RS3. 3t | [", Collars. [J NICK lot ol extra largeand heavy draft! Collars, Just received and for Hale at thcj K'lunati Keposltory. THUS. BEtifiS. kprll 11, lh' :t, tf pplication for Charter ^ Lowndesville Academy, i" . /. I i. Xci'/h r, hxq., Cfrrk of Omrt ?/ 0>nioit 1'lntx a ml Gintral Hisnioiixfor Abbeville / until//: V KAK SIU-W'p, the undersigned do re- b< specllully petition yoti to grant us a rter of incorporation lor the Lowndesville uletny, in and by the 11:1111c of Ihe "Trus: of the l.owndesvliie Aeademy," with the it to acquire and hold real anil personal lie. j W. K. KKXNKDY, .1. .1 kknnkhy, TIlKtiH. KAK KU, i J. I?. MosKI.KV, J. II. I.KKOY. J. P. Vol'Xli. I J. M. I.AT1M KU, Tmwtccs. ! prll !l, In-3.41 " ? ..j1- :> ' uM ML F. F. GAR* fl AS moved to Abbeville for tbc practice J| | mnllrljie ni.d often i)U vice* to the public. ;al!u (iiii liiK tbe ?l?y may bo left at Inn C of Col. Krrcerio h. (Jury or tif Ili? iorin^^n| rlJenw of Ji:Ugc JlcCowan, now cccupI<^^^H Dr. Gary. Ian. 31, lS8J,l',Jm oots and Shoes, Hai^fl ness and Tanyard. HRj ?EST material used, fine workmen fmpIcfl^^H \ ed, ciixtoni work made promptly, and e lowest liotiom prices forenxh. Hide* o^HI iyn bought ?t the highest market prlco <b or in hxcIih n^e for leather or work. rnnunry 28, 1880, ly. HHH >VM. U. PARKfcR W. C. McGOWAN!^^H BARKER A10 ATTORNEYS AND SOUCITORS, WM ABBEVILLE, C. H., S. C. VJ ILL practice ftlsn In the Circuit Court* the United States for South Carollna'^^^H ran 7,1880, W. J. ROGERS*H Merchandise Broker, \EALEK IX GRAIN, FLOUR, MEAl^^H t HAY. BRAN AND GROCERIES. A^^H mniunlcations either j?,w}re_or mall >rrc<i promptly, j. n. Will office business when I am absent. W. J. EOGEES. H Jan. 10,1882, ly . Buggy Cushions. HH UST received a Job lot of Bugtry nnd rlage Cushions, which will be gold ver^^^D w for cash Ht the CINCINNATI REPOSITORY, BH T. BEGGS, Agent Jan. 17, JSS3. tl ' Silks and Satins. |^B iIJE largest stock of Silks, Satins, Silks, Brocade Silks, Figured Silkt, II colors to oe found at It. 31. HADDON & CO.^^H March 2!, 18S3, tf laskets, Baskets, Ba&ete^H N great vaiieties at . R M. llADDON & CO. BH March 21,1883, If Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Sm| ADIES Fine Shoe*. Children's Fine Shoe^^|fl j Ladies and Children's Slippers. R. M. IIADDON <t,CO. March 21,1883. tf [ CAB LOAD OF STANDM UUUAlfltf STOVES/M po arrive next work. Will be *>ld low ffeflH [ cash or on time to responsible par ties J A. J. SPROLES & BRO., 7 ^8 Greenwood, S. Feb. 7,1883,3m Children Carriages.^? [1ATTAN, new nod pretty ntytes. AIeo.^^R IV lot of Boys \\ hstoiih?Iron ami Wood.'t^^H Morehll, 18S3,trJ* D-C"A",?BS*<?^ 'ELF-ItAISINO Ruck wheat ut " \ CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON. March 11,18K3, tf I I Just Received. BK \VEIt 100 BASKETS-Lnneli BnskeU.Mm^H ' l-c-t Baskets. Snicuel Ca>ket*. Key BaiHS ets, Nursery Butsket*. Feb. 28, 1883, tf ADDON *CO* ' K you wnnt n nice Spring Suit call on L CUNNi VGHAil <fc TEMPLETON. March It, lyrf. tf Far agon Axle Grease. flH rllE best In mmket. Which I will I cheap to 'b aler* l.y the pnekasre. Ketui^^M rlre ID cents, or three lor 2"> cents ut the Alv^^H i>n cor11or. THOa. BEGG3. March 11,1SS3. tf ciisrciisrisrATi H REPOSITORY ABBEVILLE, S. C. I l)ER80NS WANTING L WAGONS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, WHIPS. HALTBB8, BUGGY CUSIU0N8, AXLE GREASE, "* PLOW GEAR, ^ RIDING BRIDLES, HA.ME STRINGS, &c., VIII <Io well to cnll before purchasing, as v III not be undersold. * TEOS. BEGGS.il Mnrch Iir 1843. tf j^H SCHOOL CLAIUS."| 1'HE subscriber will be In his oflloe for the^^D purpose of registering School Claims an^l he following duys, namely: On Saturdoyig^H| Ith March, 11th April,ltith May,and every^^H fnlcdiiy. E. COWAN, School Commissioner. March 7.1SS3, tf MRS. TAGGARTI BEGS leave to inform her old customer^^H that she is Still in the Dress Business, jB ind hopes that they will all patronize ber. Efl Cutting and fitting done at ull limes at the^^B nost rea-onHble rates. Satisfaction guaraiW^H eed. She may be found ut ber residence ia^H iew Orleans. April 4,1&3. tf h nil ON AND FROM H TUESDAY, APRIL id here will be on exhibition for sale at SMITH t SON'S one of the handsomest and best se*'^H ected assortments of U| MILLINERY GOODS | ;ver brought to this market. Tboy have deer mined to make prices as low as tbry cart' 'onslstcntly with kee ping good good*. If you 1 < sire to huve your wants in thin line nap)llrd to very best udvantage be certain to ex-~^H inline their stock. W. Joel Smith & Son, I ApriNJS83.tr H LIME! LIME i I 1'IIF undersigned bogs leave to sny to public Unit he keeps always on hand a HH ;ood supply of fresh ami well burnt MM K uC HE lis kl.'n In Laurens county. at Ihe O. W. Sul-' Ivan old kii'i. 13 tulles west of Laurens Court' louse,3 miles from Free bridge on Saluda. SH nlles north-east of Abbeville CVurt House, I'liirh I will sell cheap for cash., 'l'> cents per MB itishel or Si per ton. Fersons w'lshing Lime' HH an get their orders tilled at any time. I alto HE i, ,i.? ?u u/irt.i if mil hetfer. Ihatv^^H an be got elsewhere. Lltne U the best ferdH^^| t.ct ever used. I have tenuis and enn .line Ht any desired place. Address J. D. MASTERS & CO., 4P^8 Eiewerton, S. C. BB Sept. 27,18*2,12m H R M. Hadon & Co. B J AVE cut nn archway in the rear of their" 1 store and now occupy all the space for* lerly occupied by Jms. A. Bowie, with umplei nom, Increased faelliiies, we will be much BB etter prepared to serveour friends this spring' EH linn exer. It. M. Ji ADDON A CO. M Feb. 28,1883, tf . FOKMMJ H )U BEDSTEADS to hand this week, !4 MATTRESSES, ^Hj !4 BUREAUS, 16 CIIAJKS, B !4 SAFES, I It will be sold at low prices lor CASH. H r. D. CHAIMEBS & CO I March 14,1S83, tf H Whips. I F you want a good Rldlnp, Bnpcy or Wagon H Whip, call at the Cincinnati Repository.- H THUS. BEGGS. fg April II, is*;, u few Home Sewing Machine. )NE LEFT? price SV>. It is 17 per cent' lower than same kind or class can be tdgiitlii town, at J. I). CHALMERS <fc CO. March If. 1883, tf ^ Dr. H. D. WILSON, D 10 1ST T1S T R Y, I Lbbeville, C. 3., S. C. I Upstairs over the 1'ofit OlEcvif. I