Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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llirffwgooinCTKw.?IJ?. i i * Press and Banner. v AUUKVILX.K, S.C. Wednesday, July 29, 1855. Aiken in Cautious. Aiken still holds back In the mutter of voting money to the Carolina, Cumberland CJnp ntul Clilcngo Ilallroatl. The Usual tlatterinj; prttniiKPHiire held out to tile land owner and tlie voter, but tln-y do not tnko kindly to an (>ntcr|iris?: which bus so little In It. Wl.llo It Kn twtbcihtt) (?t niiike ik imv onr Imnds \Uo possibility ol getting u railroad is slim inilpcii, mid it we hail it, it would not bo worth the cost, Men with money nro not going to put It In tin enterprise which has 110 possible prospect of yielding :i lair return. A road from Abbeville to A Ikon Is not nec?loil, nn<l jr Uttllt good rnliroud men say It would not pay running expanses, Kxplniiatory. tUvlt'g lo the abwnco of the editor and tlio (scarcity of news, wo lies our readers to overlook any defccts they may find In this ls?ue. The weather In so vmtn and our duties too otx-rous for us to discuss any of the topic of the times. It seems that Edgefield is beginning to take an interest in a proposed narrow gauge road from Newberry via EUgellcld to Augusta. The idea Is a good one, and we hope the cnlerprlse may succeed. THE GAINING STRENGTH OF THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT. Ovfrfloirln; Influence of the Liquor Interest In the City of .Savannah nnd In Chatham County. ( .Wmm and Oiurh r.) Sanaxnaii. August 1.?There Ins been a tlecp interest taken here tn the discussion of the general local option liquor Idl! which has ( ccu going on in the General Assembly at Atlanta. The hill passed in the House of Representatives by an ovcrwliolmias majority, anil the chnl-.cesare good that It will become a law, Chatham's representatives opposed tho bill vigorously, nnd they nre supposed to represent a large majority of their constituents. Theie Is ip? city in the state In which liquor men have so Mroilg a hold as .Savannah. Not only are hntuircds of saloons licensed here at a very low rate, but the law against selling liquor on Sundays is of very little died except right In the cltv. A good many of the liquor dealers nre put on the docket periodically ?nd titled small amounts, and most of those it the city keep their front doors shut on Huttdttys, but on the excursion steamers and at Tybce and theother resorts the Sunday law is Ignored. These places will doubtless be dosed next season. Owing to the disregard of the law by the liquor dealers and other causes the strength of the temperance peo? !" ' ? ovam in KnvuniuLh. J'" J INV. VOI-;, - There are several strong temperance organization* here, but Utile lins been don'.* to popularize the the temperance movement. Most of ourleading temperance people appear to be timid anil to lacu energy, system and aggressiveness. They could secure the enforcing of our present liquor laws if they >vould only half try, as Is proved by the manner In which such laws are enforced In Atlanta. Macon and other places. The temperance people appear to be lgnorintoi the deep feeling in Savor of prohibition here among men who are regular natron* of tho saloons. Many who spend tmi.-h money for liquor, and a considerable mtmtier who are actually drunkards, say they would voie prohibition. They assert that they want to Weak the habit thtit mako? them slaves ami paupers, but cannot do it while temptation is ?'ver present. The Hermans are almost a r.nit ag.iinst prohibition, but a gr^at many Irishmen are strongly in favor of It, Many jiegri>es would vote for it. It Is hardly probable, however. that Chatham (,'ounly can be carried! by the Prohibitionists. This midit he possible five years from now, bat there Is little dount that high licenses will be reoulrod In the near future and that the laws governing tho sale of li<inor will he marie effective. The better class of our peopl-.'aro already talking about repudiating officials and politicians who are controlled l>y the liquor fntorests. The municipal candidates oi the future will doubtless l>e forced to take sides I?r oragtilnst the enforcing of the laws, esl<eci?liy the Sunday liquor law. No doubt the keepers of out-of-town saloons will be presented by the grand Jury at the next term of the Superior Court, and enough eases made out MicHlimt each proprietor to make the lines Jiurt, even If they should bo placed at a low llgure in each case. Mr. Vilas Whip* Oat the Steamship 4'oinblnation. WAsnrXGTO.v, July 31.?Five American steamship companies?PacificMail,San Francisco to Australia; **Hcd 1>," New York to Venezuela; Clyde. New York to Turk's Island; New York, Havana and Mexico, and New York and Cuba lines?have declined to carry the United States M ills after to-day. In commenting upon this action, Postmasteri Genernl Vilas to-day said : "Certain American steamship lines, probably und?r the lead ot the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, entered Into a combination apparently with the purpose of forcing the distribution among them of the S^OU.idKappropriated by Congress for mileage compensation for carrying the malls. Some of them wrote to the Posto/llcc Department desiring to know what terms would bo given. I proposed to each ono of the companies to go the full limit that the law would allow aud award to them both sea and Island postage. This is about three time's what they had been receiving for the same service du.ilng the past, twelve years. It is three times what Is paid for carriage across tno .\iianuc. ami u i?pmi>ably, In most cases, all tliat should be paid for carrying the mails. The companies were still acting In concert, and in consequence of their combination refused to accept tboso terms, uhleh were liberal as compared with those they hod received. They fell, 1 suppose, that they could drive the government out of the position it had taken by refusing lo carry the li.ailn for I he compensation offered. The companics seemed to think that if they refused to ?nrry the mans there would be no other course lert to the government but to make contracts with them and distribute theSHM,000. Accordingly a complete new schedule for the transportation of the malls has been arranged, and they will all go, wltn very Utile difference in pol Lt of time, to their places of destination. "A statement has been mnde In the newspapers to the effect that the United States f overnment Is not as liberal as Great Ilrituin n compensating steamship lines. In polntof fad the rate which Iihs been offered to our lines very much excceds tho rato paid by tireat Britain. The rate now offered is about 63 per cent, more than the British lines reccfvc from their government. It was a rate t;ftlastlflubly large, more than ought to be paid, but the government deemed It fair to go to the utmost length which the law and reason allowed, In order to adold any difference with American ship companies until Congress snail meet., xne ueparimciit. nas mane sucn arrangements that the public will suirer no Inconvenience worthy of mention in respect to carrying; the malls, and in some cases, notably the Cuban service, the uinils will bo expedited." The Superintendent of Foreign Mulls said that the American companies had refused an offer of Sl.GO per pound (or carrying tho malls. Tills is what Is known ns combined sr-a titid Island rostage and is equivalent to y$.a>0 per ton. They receive at the present international rate only H cents per pound. The Postmaster General has issued an order that on and after August 1 mails for C'ul>a will no via the Key West ste.nnrr, leaving Key West, for Havana on Wednesday and Friday. Malls for China, Japan, the Kast Indies and Australia will be seut by way of Gicat Dritain. Wonderful Phenomenon?A Itnin of Hot Itocks. (Lancaster Ledger.) The rumbllngsounds in the earth nnd the rlsincof hot steam Irom crevices in the earth #?ver in Chester and Fairttcid counties, about * year ago, will not compare to the rain of rock?, which Is now creating such a sensation In this county. In tenant hou?cs. on the plantation of Mr. K. T. 1> tin hip, about six miles from town, lives Quarter Ueeseand Heese l\isey. They are quiet, good negroes, j\n<l have never, so far as known, done anything to provoke the Almighty's wrath or the wrath of t/ielr neighbors, but, nevertheless, the very rooks of the earth seem to rise up to tali <>n them and their houses. This wonderful phe liomenon of rocks lulling h:is been uoing on in that locality at intervals, for num? than ten day::, and people from live, ten and fifteen miles around pal her there to witness lr. The roek are flint and vary from the size of an egg to the size of one's head. A peculiarity about Ihcni Is that ihey have fallen on several portions without giving any hurtorpnin to them. Numbers of while men, wlio have hooted at fhc Idea, have visited the place and come nway convinced Hint tho reeks do fall At first the negroes thought It was somebody rocking their houses and would run to a thicket near by but they could see no one. at last. Ihcv concluded to put out sentinels, but finding the rocks dropped all the same, they reported it to people in the neighliorhood. mid now, almost any time you go to the place you can find a large crowd of negroes mid a - few whites gathered to see the rocks fall. A number of gentlemen of our town rode out on Monday to witness the phenomenon. They found about thirty or forty negroes assembled near the house, wonder stricken at what they bad seen. They were not there long before a sound on the shiugles notified them that a rock had fallen. It was picked vpuud found to be quite hot. It resembled Boot. The people marvelled much. A very lionext looking old darkey told tho party k- that he sawn rock rise up from near a peach tree and go straight up in the air, so they )nust go up and fall down. They are taken nway by visitors about us fust as they fall The negroes gel them and will not part with them. J he matter should be investigated. A HORSE THIEF ON THE RUN. Aow a Nniumervlllc Constable H'ciit to Sleep nnd Let n I'rluoncr Esenpe. JWir? and Courier. William Smith, a colored man from Ornnge1'urg, wns urrcRleu In Sununcrville on Saturday tnornlnz on I lie charge of horse-stealing, ftriiieh crime he committed in Orangeburg *i>uie six months ago. Since tii.it time lie hah been wandering around the country ami arrived in Snnimcrvil c recently, when from the description furnished the trial Justice lie was Jdeutilled anil arrested. Air. I'crty Immediately telegraphed to Orangeburg asking that a deputy be sent down to receive the prisoner. ?r?onie reason the deputy did not arrive Until yesterday morning when it was discovered that the jail-bird had tlor/n. There btdng no lock-up or Jail in Summervllle, the prisoner was given in charge of two constables, who enter tallied him until about ??-'cloek A. M. In an nuthouse, Junes Unutt tt-te regular constnhle, about that time went out into the yard to Ret some wootl, nnd on going bad; Into the house the prisoner was gone. The assistant constable informed Ills principal that he had fallen asleep and when In that condition the horse thief made his exit. The story Is not a very likely one, inas much as Oantt left the house only a few min"?? ? "< ". iitio ho wiiii out he heard a conver ntloD going on between the prisoner and the assistant constable. The latter left Summervllle for Charleston yesterday morning, leaving: a note for the trial Justice informing him tftut Oantt "turned the prisoner loose. The whole afl'ulr is very discreditable to the two nflJcers. and it is proper that their action should be strictly investigated. Mr.. Irby Again on Ihf Kitiupnxc in in* Xativo VilliiKf. | .Yeu'.? and Orturicr.] I.Arnrrs, Jtily 31.?'Tho uew Town Council ortr uii/.ed arid took charge of the town yesterday. A. h'iCUlObTger, a courageous, cool man of experience la th<"> business. wit* elected Marshal. To day J. M. Iiby came to town, iiixl, prisumably to fry the temperance spirit of the new rtr/i:nc, Indiscriminately and without provocation sl-edicd nevera! oitl/ens with liis horsewhip, lie was promptly arrested and carried before the council, who, i<:i i:.s pleading guilty, lined l.Itu SC>o, v.as o prompt!;' paid. '1 hero w!l! probably he other in>.:s of a,sr--:;u.t Me.i b.it'ei t.jjj'.ln.-t hiut; beflu * !. * ! i..!. - L- I'vl! j THE GRANT CATAFALQUE. j ? ? ?. -The ImposiiiU Striicliiro oil Wtiirli lh<? <?skol Will Krst. j At/ran v, N. Y., .Tilly S'l.-Th.C work of cnnsttuelini: the <-,u?fnl<|i:e in the State stivei vcstibuleof the Capitol was liciiim this aftcrmooii. It will ri?-e i-feci am) i ?* surmounted .t by a dome <> feet blub, oil the lop <?f which Will he n gold ball ih"ii in-; an ea-.-le with oulstrctehcd wmss, Th?*tour pillars on which tlu- tliuiii' rests arc s inches in diameter, with a st.mdnrd or hase 11 Inches through, anil arc perfectly rotind. At the top from which tinj dome rises Is a frame Ki inchcs wide, extciul. inir around I lie lour sides and holding t lie uprights firmly in position. This will t>e covered with black. <Ui each of tin' sides are to he j P tiVe-coi nf rc<l stars and on the ends 1> stars each, making :! > in alt, one lor each State. From this frame are suspended on each side live festoons of htack cloth, frilised. At the nlaces caught up are rosettes and a tassel pendant therefrom. The dome will he of black, as will also the uprights, hut on the latter folds of purple will be twined around. Above the base of the dome, where the uprights j come, will be hunches of black material made in fail shape. The dais will be covered with ,. tiags. It will he seven feet long and three t wide. The head will he twenty-four inches ( high and the foot eighteen inches. This will give :t graceful decline. The funeral ear pr im- J i?cs to !>. us Imposim; a? the catafalque. on it... 1.1.1..I- ..-Mi I..... .n..c ....?..n..i ...;11. | -lags, on which t he casket will rest, l'alling down the sides from the |>isitf?>r*n to within u two or three inches of t!ii> trJ??!iinl will he s heavy material, plaited, over whieh will ex-1.. tend purl, way full festoons of black cloth. The uprights support 11 dome of pyramidal form surmounted l?y u bail. Across tin- caves arc a series of it'stoons with tassels in between. Tlie uprights arc draped with flags ' caught up gracefully ahout r? third the (lis- " tanee above the platform. Tlie driver wit! sit ' on tlie front of the platiorm. hut the six black r*! horses will be led by band reins. (Jeneral ? !*arus>i-ortli has designated ticucral .Joseph M. *Carr as Heputy Marshal in command of t he ' military. iJcnerat darr has rcn lies ted the ' Third Division, Whlcli he commands, to par- 1 tieipatcina body in tlie ceremonies here. Mayor Hanks lias extended an Invitation to the Mayors of all tlio cities in the State to join i:i the exercises. A chaiiao ins been \ made in the route of march, which will be as a j tot lows: Spencer street to Broadway, io Clin- y 5 ton avenue, to Pearl street, to State street, to h. Kagle street, to Washington avenue, to ('en- < tint avenue, to Knox street, to State street, to p. the capitol entrance. 'Diecrowd of visitors to (. the capltol lias increased steadily all the j t week, and to day the spot where the body >< j will rest was inspected by a great number of ti i people. a iietieral OrnntN 3Ji?r!:?l Civikrt. [ .Vi'"' York World.] ! The ca-ket in which the remains of General r j tirant will b?? Imricd isa "state" metalic eas- e kct. the lines! and the only one of tlie kind r I ever made. The length is six feet aim weight |i ir>i) pounds. The shell will he of red cedar, e i covered with tlie Anest. purple silk velvet, ami n I with heavy solid silver mountings, handles]a and portals. The inside metal is to he of v highly polished copper one-eighth of an Inch e I thick, which will be lined with very heavy t cream-colored satin, tuftedandeorded. Theie li wlil be a pillow of the same material, upon p which will be ribbon-embroidered the initials t "t". S. (i." in material of tlie same coior. H There will b-.ia full-length cover with thick n French bevcl-e Iged glass. The casket will be e perfectly air-tight. The outside box of cedar II i will lie heavily lined with lead, and with solid !i I silver mountings, pronounced as nearly hide- s structibie as possible. <t u li A NEW RAILROAD PROJECT. ? The I.hie that Is to l?e Itllllt from t Charleston to some I'ohit hi >'orth j,' Carolina. 1' A new railroad project is attracting r.tten- 11 lion In the upper counties of the Stab*. Col. t, | .1. U. 1 M.in.lini;. I he president of the <icorgo-l? | town and North Carolina Narrow (J.mge ISnil- j; i road, is engaged in working up the scheme, j which embraces a new route from Charlesiou 'l I, K ....^l,.it?- I'.tmitv 1 I w,? v* ?v,> u.iii\ i < ?' * """v tji to sonic point, on the Norili Caro'inu line. 'J'lie plan includes the Kutawvill Railroad, which starts from the ll-miio Station on the South Carolina Hallway, and which will bo . continued fiom Ruthvi fotdton, North Caro-j Una. From this point two routes arc under survey, onciroiii Rmhcriordton to Shelby and I the other from Sheloy to Yorkville, the same company having already made a survey from Hulhei fordtoa to (inll'noy City and thence to Chester. From Hutberfordton looking uorthwaid three companies have ; been organized ami county subscriptions voted to make the connection across the mountains at Cranberry with chc East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad at Johnson City, hooking southward from Hutberfordton (which is a determined point) to SnnUor the (other determined point,) the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company will soon determine upon eillior (ialluc.v or Yorkvlile as the point near the North Carolina line to which they propose to come. It will then boa question lor the Sumter and North Carolina Railroad Company to consider, whether they will attempt the route from SUnitcr via Camden, Liberty Hill and Cues- a terto Gnlltiey or to Yorkville, or the other n route from Sumter, dircct to Lancaster, fol- K lowing thestirvey mudc some two years since, that is. Hlshopvlllc and the eastern portion of " Kershaw, following the old Georgetown road " til., nliwuml mil In 1 nr?*iulni* SI The Lancaster and Chester papers have J' Krc.it confldcnee In tho new scheme and an* " nounee that the Massachusetts and Southern P Construction Company has taken hold of the s project ami will furnish the capital necessary to build the load. This company, says tho jj Sunucr M'ntctiman, Is composed of capitalists li at the North and West under charter of the " State Massachusetts, with paid up capital. |! They have Interests lu tho West which re- 11 quire through railroad connection with deep n water oa tho Atlantic coast, anil not being " able to cempete with the routes either to New [' York, Philadelphia, Haltlmore or Norfolk, {' they prefer Charleston as the nearest and bi s: J1 port on tho Sou*h Atlautlc. Another North- {' ern company is linking after combinations of " companies trom tlie Ohio Iliver through Big a Stone (Jap in the Cumberland Mountains t<> ,l the Kast Tennessee and Virginia Kail road, at { ' Johnson City. The Massachusetts and South- 1 eru Construction Company some time since }' made the survey from Untherfordton to Gall- ' ?...i ..................^ II Chester; but not being "satisfied with those (1 they have entered into a conditional contract With Kutherford and Cleveland ConntlCH to Cl tnkc their subscription bonds, and to cornmoncc work within sixty days over the unfinished roadbed from 1 tut her ford ton to Slid- B by. Sumter aud Shelby may therefore be ? considered as the two determined points. , _ a IIow the Doctor* Cut n .Hau'o Leg Oir jj With Pocket Knives. s Ai.kany, Oa., July 30? Awny back In Ir- ll win County live a family of white women 11 who are known to bo otherwise than saints ?, or angels or anything of that sort Adam 1 Puulk, who claims that County as his birth- j' place, was said to bo living with one of thera. 1 This led to a watch being placed on Ills movo- P ments, and what at 11 ret was only u strong 11 rumor grew lnte u fr.ct. Ou the night of the J lCth instant several young men wcut to the " house occupied by the white women, Intend- . luj; to cateli Adam, give him asoune Hogging f and a certain length of time to leave the 11 County. Arriving there, they found tho ne- 'J groat tho cow pen turn'.ng out tho calves, 11 and endeavored to persuade him logo with !! them up the road n pieco under some pre- " text, ssnspiclonlng that all was not right, He broke from them and ran In the direction of v woods. One of the young men tired upon a him with a double-barrelled gun, lodging ? seven buckshot in one of hli legs between the knee ami foot. They then niouutc-tl their horses and rode away. 11 Adam was conveyed home und began to r.?e . home remedies on his wounded leg. The * buekshoeall lodged in his leg. Tho wounds J' grew worse from day to day, until It became l unoarcnt that without medical aid ho would i1 die. LastSuudny I>r. Koglo of Oerrien ;u>il J; l)rs. Ashley and Koy?ls of Irwin wore sent for. Monday I>rp. Ashley and Iloyals arrived ? at the wounded man's bouse, but l?r. Kogle did not comr. Neither ?>f tlie -Hsculnpiaus r iiad brought their surgical instrumen Is with v them, depending on i?r. Foglc to bring his ? case. Tliey were In a dilemma. Thecaso re- ,! quired immediate attention?itoould not well 11 tie put oil'an hour. Immediate amnutation of the leg above the kneo was the only ? chance to save the man's life, and even that j was s'.irn one. borrowing several pocket '] knives, one from a negro, they had them .v sharpened, put I ho wounded man under tho ' inrtuenee of chloroform and began taking oil' 1 the lee. They used a tennon saw to saw the s. b.me and in a reasonable time the leg was l. li'.ken otl'and the "stump" was put in cor.di- ? Hon for healing. An eye witne-s iuforuu-d me that lie saw wowe surgical operations In l! the army. Tnls is the lirsl lez I ever heard of . being taken o.'l with a pocket knifo aud s i hand-saw. ^ -? ?> KdltoiV W?)?. [.tyar/roi.l People must not think that editors, who dif- ' < fer in opinion and who say luird things about 1 each other, bring up all these old scores when J I tliey come together In their nntutal meetings. v > They are Just like other people. You have ofj ten seen two good lawyers get Into a big quarrel In tlie Court House, mid It seemed as If nothing buta light would settle the matter, t I IU;t before they start to dinner they brush out a tiie tangles in their I.air and arrange their \ cravats before the same glass. So with these jbelligerent editors when they meet. There Is t not a more peaeeble and courteous body of c men on earth. When they were In Greenville s last week, Col. Tope, of the Itcffiitcr, attracted [< the attention of all while he was posing in the window ot the otfieo of tlio Mansion \ House, reminding one of Raphael's CherubF. j All that was wanted to complete the picture < was Editor Murray to take position beside j idm as the other Cherub. There was not a a shadow of that angry Hash of the eye when n he glowers on the AViet a>td Owier, or when |; he turns to strike back ut General Hemphill u about the Columbia "ditch." The Colonel's u benign countenance leads one to bcllevo that |( he only assunus tlie war- like method. Thon t It was a lovely sight to sec Major Wilson, of v the Press and Jl'tmicr, walking nand in hand o with Captain .Smyilie, of the l'el/.cr Mills, t Tho fact is the Association, not knowing how \ to Invest their money and the accumulating / interest, have madea proposition looking to j the purchase of l'elzer, and il they succeed, It 'i is the intention to make the l'ri.-s ami lkm- ii iter tho organ of this factory. Then lirotheri Hoyl. of the liaptist Owner and ilrolher Midi n U row tic, of the .VdjMw, harmoni/.ed so ad- | mirat>ly, tliat a stranger would have supposed t that both were.'tprinUcd tho sumo day when a infants, or perhaps iiunwrstd in the same fi Mrt'UIII, W iivii iiivj iiiii.m ctt nn>i.?iv You should have seen tlio editors of the 11 firceiiville Xctis and Sainton eating leecream j, from thesame saucer and biting cake from u tin: wuiie piece, and lire'r. Wiilinms, out of v tin: overflow of his (.onerous heart. always / bit theeake where it was thinnest and begged ji the editor ol the A'fuirlan to "hit biugvr" ewry | [, time, 'i hat is flu: way thecditors have when i: they come together. The CouvlcHon mid Scnti'iice of Kiel. a [ .Vc us ami Cu'ficr.] J1 Orrawa, O.vt., august 2.?The conviction and sentence of Louis Hiei, tlio Kebel leader. t is the all-absorbing topic to-day. (> ran go- t men and Knglish subjects generally consider |a It a righteous Judgment, while among the c French-Canadians considerable excitement | c and Indignation Is manifested. The latter ? claim that the trial was not fair, tliHt valua- > ble evidence from their standpoint was sup-1)( pressed, and that Important witnesses were e denied the defence. Levecque. who tore down I is the Kiel efllgy during the reception of the!a sharpshooters, was to-day presented withajp gold watch and chain. (i ? j a nuuiut'i u vun^vn . iPhilmMpkitt Times [7.*i<i.J I Jj Fiftpcn colored school teachers in Georgia forged signatures to their professional certill-' jj cntes. It Is to be hoped that so Hemlish a j. Democratic outrage will uotcscape tlia*iotico. y ot the bloody shirt organs. ^ Tho Chief o( l'ollco <>/ Kri!?, l'a., has been ' p publicly charged with brutality for (Ivnouia:- 1j, itig tirunt and comparing him with .lack 1 n :shepaid. Ami at Chicago a woman h::.? been 1 v arrested for tearing to siuvtis tiie hero's pic- ^ turo and exrcuiiug a war dance 011 it. 'i'ho t. .Soi'.Ili will soon be called upon to send troops ucross the line and cru.sh out the terrible "re-'), bcl-i." j \. Uerr.erty for bog cholera: A plcfto of Mu^ 0 vitr!??\ commonly kjiowi. :ut blm.-.uono. about '1 ilia size ot' it buckshoJ, dissolved in about a b hail irii'i'iti 'if .vat;'.-and mixed with 111c.1l or any oilier i^.oJ. a id fed to tho hogs. 'i bis Is r the in:;1:tiiy t? c;'.<h h:?s. ami .-liou' I be givo'i Ri lu-in 'wi.x a v.'.? k f .r'tttv .r three v.i ek,-1, b tUd u?t-yut (.Very r>< we^U?. ,) ,A('K OF I,AW IX i,A11!KXS. i lN investigation of the hecent out RAGES. i Negro Niir<li<r(><! l?y n Xogro?A SiiMpicioiis r..viiehiil??I'll)t!i<- Opinion in I.nurono ('. EI., 1'oreoN I!m> Itt'slgiinlion oT the Iiiteiulimt and Wardens on Afcotii:t of the Irhy <"nsp ? JIlimn moro Kciiri'tl than Hurt ? The Asmimlnn- i Hitn of Warren Hi'iuictt?What the 1 I'co|ilr of LiiiircnH Think about i the OHtl'ii|;r<i --- The Iueineient Clinrnrter of the Ollii'iTK of the Law. Titn Xnw'4 and CoriiiKii Uckkai*, l 1-si M ain ntiiixt, July :*). ( In view of (lie various oases of lawlessness eeently chanted against i.uurem I visited hat oniinty on Monday last, under iiistrucions from I lie Xcirx and (\itiricr, to "miiko a ilaln .statement of the truth ahoul tlieeoun,v. whether jtood or hail, and noinaiter whom t lielps or hurts." 1 returned last night, and lave to annex my report in a form as milch ondense.l us is pr.icl ieahle. There were varllis uilega!ionx of law lessm;**. the cases preentiii^ dillereut phase* of interest, and 1mlarlance. VA?fi>A Aivtlhoi*. On tl 10 10i!i nf July Alfred l>can,aMas Alfred lariey. colored, shot and killed Muck llyrd, Iso colored. Tlio next d<iy Coroner Jo!) .1. Joo/.or held an inquest, the cvidcnco taken , leins; (lied In the oflico of the Clerk of Court ii .1 iiIy is. The murderer had lied, but the iovernor hud not beeu notified of the result I the Inquest or of the flight uistil the 301 h of uly. There wai nothing remarkable uhout his case, and I did not Investigate it further. A Peculiar Lynching. On the nlglit of the 1'ourtJi of July Charles Vililams, colored, who had heen arretted for ii allege I attempt to ravish a young white irl, was b?lng conveyed underguard to Umrir-! Court House, when he was taken from the ousfaldcs and shot to death In the public i wd, about live ami a half miles from r. a urns C< mri House. The inquest w:is held on he .">lh inst. by Trial Justice W. 15. Ttodilard, cling coroner, but the evidence was only iled with the Clerk of the Court on the 27th, lid no report has been made to the Governor. The evidence recorded is very brief and overs only the testimony of Constable J. A. uule'.t, his asslsta.it, Eddie Sli *11, and J. A. lodgers, who found the dead body in the oad. The evidence of the twollrst wastothfi licet that, they were loading Williams by the ope with which he was bound; thai hecomilained that lie could hardly travel on aeount of the beating he had received that lornincr; that while he was going along am? sseveratlnic his Innocence his conductors rere halted by twelve or fifteen men, whose oior they did not discern, although no menion of masks is recorded; that these men iclpcd themselves to the prisoner, while he rolested Ills innocence, and took him down lie ror.d, and that his late keepers heard shots red anil went on to Laurens. Ther<> Is no H'tition of any resistance on the pari of eithr guard or prisoner. Mr. Rodger* testified to nding the negro in Use road shot through the cad. An account of this lynching from one [midpoint has already appeared In tlio AYim ml Owner. The negro was stated to have ecu identified as one who entered the room n :t young u'tr! :?t night and placed Ills hand pon' her head, hut who, alarmed by her outry, retreated precipitately. I have boeu in- ' ;irmed of another side of the story. It Is nl "-'f'd hy persons acquainted with the family hat three elder sisters of tiie girl were of iose character, and surmised that the lit-gro iistook her for one ol them. The Inference ?a horrible one, hi;t it belongs to liio ease nd cannot l??: Ignored. Lynching punishment for ntiMiipis upon female honor is an established tid approved.practice in South Carolina; hut tie sea lit evidence in this ta-e and the ucc talk which one hears impress me with is.* oj ii;!o:i that there should lie :i more ra robing investigation of the facts. The trby Case. The Xeux on ? Courier hns already published i full the iMurcuxviUn Ifvrald'.i statement of otii sides ol the I rby matter, and It is unticc( snry for me to repeat tho details. It is tul ittod that Mr. Palmer and Col. J. L. M. Irby nd iiad words as to their relative muscle; nut Col. I rby told l'.ilmer that he declined to lit himself on a level with him, but that he ;oul<l furnish a man who would whip him; int lie (irongilt his negro servant, S.un Chapell, to town stood by with a pistol while the egto battered l'.ilmer with his fists; that he dmittcd his violation of the town ordinance nd expressed liis willingness to be tried; liat lie heard that Mr. J. J. I'luss bad spoken Ispuniglmdy of him, and got intoxicated on lie strength of It; that be armed himself ith a Winchester ritle and revolver, paraded tie public square cursing and threatening his apposed enemies; that he sought Mr. I'luss nd lunged at lilni with the muzzle of his rle; that Mr. I'luss caught it and wrenched it oni it I in and that he then drow his revolver nd was disarmed of tlmt also; that Mr. I'luss nd Col. Irby's brother bore him to tlie round and that Mr. I'luss choked him a little > subdue li1111. ami liokl lilin down until ho I 'iw taken to a carriage and conveyed to his ome several mile* from the town; that when M>er he returned to town and readily gave kvo bonds for live hundred dollars each?one >r assault with Intent to kill and the other a eacc bond?both being tho result ot waircnts worn out by Air. Pluss. Col. Irhy expressed n desire to see me and liked freely, moderately and courteously on tie subject. lie admitted, he said, that It was ot lawful for him to knock people about, or 3 get a substitute to do it, but he thought lint In the case of Palmer It. was excusable ou coonnt of the character of the mnn. Palier had mado himself very obnoxious togenlemen and was constantly embroiled. lie ad insulted him and dared a light and he nd selected a negro of about his size and put lin to the test. His relations with Mr. Plus* ad been very friendly and ho had naught isalust him. He did not remember anything bout Ills assault on him for lie was lutoxica*d. He did not admit, however, Hint lie had i any degree sought to kill him. Ho desired ;? say that ho condemned lawlessness as eartily as any man. lie had lilntsell broken lie law, but he did not shirk tho couscuences. "Whiskey," I Knrrgested, "was at tho botnm of the whole a flair?'' "Yes." was the reply, "you are about right." I interviewed Mr. l'luss, who Isa niemberof large mercantile linn, and has an excellent lit tun /<Atiiiiim.i(v Ha Milrl that. ol. 11by when s>ober was entirely Inolfenslvo nd courteous, but when Intoxicated was almost crazy. He had 110 feeling again* him, ut he had sworn out the warrants from a ense of public duty. It wax a disgrace to tho awn that a man should be permitted to go rmed about tho streets, threatening and uraing anJ assaulting without hlndrancn by he authorities, lie wished tho la w vindicated and turbulence suppressed, once for all. Lecould have taken Col. Irby's own gun or istol aud killed him, but he decline I to take dvantageof what would havo been his legal ight. lie intended only to bring him face to ice with the law. Mr. Palmer is not favorably regarded In aurens. Ho is a Canadian, a painter by rade, and has been In the town only a few louths. It. Is said in all quarters that he Is rcquently Intoxicated, and that when so h? i insolent to people who haves-ud nothing to lm and seeks quarrels and street fights. Col. Irby is said to be a veritable madman rhen intoxicated, but at other times quiet nd courteous As to the action ofthoofllni Is, Sheriff' Hal lew denied point blank that e was present when either assault occurred, le was tlie one who arrested Col. Irby at his ome. Mr. Charles Myers, the town marshal, (and lie only local peace olliccr) Is said to bo a deprmlned .man. It Is stated that lie went to he acting Intendunt, Mr. F. Robertson, and sked him if ho should arrest Col. Irby. The utendant was Inditt'ereul and suld that he might as well let the tiling go!" At this ro>ly tho marshal pulled oil his badge, put own his club anil resigned. In view of the esignation of the Intendant and council lie I'll' nftnrwnrils huliirvrl I<i Mi>rve 11 !iI iI n new ouncll should he elected. It Is believed that le would have made the arrest promptly If ulhorized to do so. The people of the town whom I talked to rltlclsed the management of the affair very reely. Considering Col. Irhy's infirmity and lis good behavior at all times tlian when he fas l.i liquor tlu*y are disposed to be more i-ulent to him than to the municipal nut hurtle. who fullered htm when he was not hliuolf to disturb tho order of the town and enlunger the lives of its citizens; and it Is tatcd that the dissatisfaction of theconimun-1 ty with their supluenuss was one of the ivnses Inducing the resignation of the Inteniant mid aldermen. It Is admitted that such cenes are disgraceful and injurious to I/.iurns. There is apparently no sympathy for Jr. Palmer, who, alter renewing friendly reiitions with Col. trtiy. has entered suit against din. Coinmrnt.?I think that the business men of lie town nrc aroused to the necessity of iiaiutainlug order; that they realize the Inury that has been done them, and that they rill see that the la\r Is enforced hereafter. Tlie Haltle of Waterloo. The adventures of John Milam, an emlgralon agent of the Kast Tennessee, Virginia nil Georgia Railroad, at tho new town of Vaterloo on the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Itallroad, as related by himself o tl:e Atldula Journal, have been fully s.vnipslzed In tlie Xrws mid O'urin\ It was tyled "A Fearful Outrages." 1 don't think 11 s quite that. I Intended to spend a day at Waterloo In ostigatlng the nifltter, but upon my arrival n Lmtrcns on Monday evening I found that I :oi. ! '. 15. Crews, the editor of I lie llrrnhi, had j list returned from an investigation on hisi iwn account. He kindly placed his notes at! ay disposal, and as it was jirolmble that lie j lad been aide to cover tlie field of Inquiry : uore fully than I could have done, 1 availed ! uvself of the Information which he hud colrcted. It has been corroborated In all ecseiilal particulars by the statementsof persons! i'ho were familiar with the facts. Col. Crews .i.tnliim! utiitoiin-iitx from Mr. Jf. C. Fuller. ! he hotel proprietor, Mr. \V. F. Cobb, ('apt. i>. V. Anderson, Mr. Casper Smith, Major T. It. Itiderson, I?r. J. W. Kennedy and Air. .John! 1. Wharton, u member ol the legislature. 'hes<? lire all prominent and trustworthy res-' dents of Waterloo nini Mh neighborhood. Milam arrived at Waterloo from Ureeuwood t 3 or 4 o'clock oil Monday evening, July -il. lc did not go to tliu .hotel and was first nu-( Iced when he stopped :i young nejiro man ml conversed with him. lie then had n eonL-rence with several negroes. male r.ed fe nale. This made the Waterloo people sus-1 ieet thnl he was an emigration agent. Then! ic talked v/it!) a leading lugrn ruan. The ilatiteis had heard from the ni-groesthat they ' irere going to make an exodus oil the 1st of' Uigust, ami as ilo y had been advancing sun-; < lies to them and h:?:l contracted for their laoj Ihey weie nervous about the f.iteol their, rops if the neatoes should leave. Home one ."ked Milam his business, lie showed a tele- ' rum to prove that he was an emigrant ngent [ i nd explained that lie had come to c-^try six I'omun to their husbands in Arkansas. Ac. io made no effort t'? identify the women ho| aine after, the planters became confirmed in j < lieir suspicion that lie came to entice con- < ract laborers away. Toward ilark a group of;: Iiivmii r.iKidciits niul neighboring farmers* olieeted ami began to consult, nhout what; ourse to take to protect tlictr rights. Milum rtw theia ami became alarmed. 11c spoke to . < Ir. Casper hmitli. who told him that Water- '< jo was no place for an emigrant agent who ! i amo to enticc away contract laborers. >11- Ji im about dark went to II. C. Fuller's hotel; ml expressed somo uneasine*s as |o the pur-.' oses of the farmers. Fuller Utld him that if| e felt alarmed he perhaps had bet ter get! Way. Milam remained and got his supper. I ifter supper he spoke to Mr. Cold) of his| :*ars. Mr. Cobb to him that If be would sat- ; i *fy the farmers that ho did not seek to en-' ice away contract labor It would bcall right; i' ul tiiut if lie didn't ho had bolter leave. Mi-,; mi then left and started behind the hotel, ji S'hesi he was out of sigh: of tnc group In font of the buiidiu.1:. one man fin d three or i1 jur pUtol shots in tho air to expedite his de- j arture. That was the last which was seen of < itn. He was not touched or bullied. The : nen wanted bun to have, and seeing ihat he ; . as se.ued made hints to excite las uneasiess. The m? n who made this statement are j Milled t > credence. j j I el->p|?.-d for a few minutes at the little vil- , i^o >v?te 'day and entered into conversation < iiti two men at the depot, wl?o, of con we, j id i;'?! Jiuow nie. Tln-y seemed to be well-to-; o farmers and tailed frec'y. 'i hey had bo:ii pi'isi-nt. vlir-n Minim left, ami eonobo-1, i'j"l the 'lee.-iiiit of the | roeoeil.n^s I had a!- , u.'tdy obtained. '1 lay s;.?J that i.ibyr w?< j ".ii.x.* itr.d that thv bavin,* of i?t,y coi..--iders'.-, le l.naiv.i*of hut; i; .it t!iU time would l tip- : j.'h-.ii'vit ijeverai vluuiuft had ii'ott-. ' * ? rnijcd their places to liny supplies for these eery contract hands (lie emigration agents were n ft i-r. After feeding tln-m fur six months llipy hiiil no idea of letting thorn slip ott'to Arkansas and leave them 111 thu lurch. lint, they had not used any violence. The mutter was a serious one to then; at tills time. Tliey Irnil not a word to pay against tlie departure of the negroes when they hud fulfilled their eonmicis niiii ini'.v 11:111 1111 oi>|cciioii 10 inn Inking 11I' the^e women. Hut they i 11 lo keen their contract hands. Tlicy declared that Milam played into lliclr bads by reportIns tlint lie had been treated ontr <K<*ously, They hoped his story would l>c spread all over llio country so as to keep away theso unscrupulous fellows who (jet a commission for Inducing hands to break their contracts. (hmmcnf.?l find that the people generally have a detestation fur the emigrant agent, and sympathize with Waterloo. There Is a law for punishing the onllcement of laborers under contract, hut It Is claimed to bestow and uncertain. For my own part, I think that even the veiled threats of the Waterloo people are Iniurlous, for although they iicconipilch immediate ends the exagerated reports ilo injury lo the State. There is a law which can lie made cHecllve by prompt appeal and enforcement. A I>?sti?r<ll.y Assikshliintion. The most serious of the Laurens cases and the one to which I devoted the most attention *vas the murder of Warren Hennett, a negro boy, 11 far Hickory Tavern, a few miles from the tireeuvil.'c line. The murder was committed on the Oth Instant, but the particulars which found thi'irway Into the newspapers were few and indefinite. It was known that I III? IIOtV MU'l lll'CIl NII'M' llfllll irvililKI it H-iiri; while working in a Held, audit whs Intimated that Itio cause of the shooting wastliat lie had spoken disrespectfully about some young ladies. (Mi Tuesday morning the people of Lntirens Courthouse were still uninformed as to the affair. It. was not o*cn known in the otliee of tho clerk of Court whether tSio Inquest had been concluded, as no papers had been filed there. Having obtained from Col. Crews the names of soineof the best-inlormed and most-reliable citizens of that section wno could be depended upon for information, I took a buggy an Tuesday morning and spent tho day In gathering information, drivinir thirty miles for the purpose. The gentlemen to whom I tipplicd Impressed mens honorable, fair-minded men, and they spoke freely, with tho request, however, that their names should not tie used. Thiscautio.i. 1 think, is Justifiable In a neighborhood where three men have within six years been assassinated while at work In their fields. Warren liennctt was a negro youth of about sixteen years of ago. He had a crippled sister, according to common rejort. The stopfather of the two, Steve Snliivnn, last spring caught Wade Uolt, a young whit? man, nineteen years old, in criminal intercourse with his step-daughter. Holt tried to bribe him to Keep the matter quiet, but It got out. and Hull's comrades Jeered at. Mm for his connection with tho crippled girl. Warren Hennett heard of ii and had a controversy with Holt about It. They had a seiitlie 0:1 the subject. According to the same report and belief, Lucius Abcrcromble, John Griflln and Joe Avery, young white men, on one occasion, called to visit young Holt's sisters and were snubbed by them. Keeking revenge and knowing that Holt and the negro were on bad terms tlicy went to Hcnueii and tried lo bribe him to.say that lor twenty-live cents any one could do what he pleased with the Holt girls. Tiio negro peremptorily refused. The young nun then, rather than give up their project, themselves ehciliated tne report that Hcnnett had ......I,. Il.<w>,.t,.i,,..i,i I imv n islm.l Mm In make. This was admitted after li;c shooting by n boy who heard the proposals to Henuctt, iinci II proved that tic Was gull I less of wrong. The report circulated, as sill such reports do. This was in .June, on Thursday, the IHh of July, as Henuctt was hoeing cotton on Mr. J. F. Tumbliu's place at the Hickory Tavern (,'rossroads ho was assassinated, 'l'ho hour was about 7 o'clock In the mornim:. In the evening Trial .1 ust see Joel K'.lison, who lives at Triangle. live or six miles away, went to Hickory Tavern, and, acting as coroner, began the inquest on Saturday evening the iu<|ue';! was concluded by a verdict I lint Warren 1 Sennet l hud como to his dentil at the hands of some person or persons to the Jury unknown. 1 was told that Trial Justice Killson is related to or closely connected with Holt's family. This, however, was >|Uesl loned by other persons. 1 was told also that eight members of the coroner's jury were relatives or connections of Holt. A gentleman who challenged tills, however, counted up four members of tlieJury who were?John Annstrong, Pleas. Holt, Stobo lJult and Nell Knight?but said that several would have been impartial no matter what relationship existed. As Trial Jnstlco Ellison lived too far o(T for me to visit hiin I had no opportunity of Beeing the evidence taken at the lii'iuesl, as he had not tiled it. I heard from gentlemen who were present some of tlie testimony, but it u'liveri in I \eit witli ntli.ir farts noL testified to lull believed, that I on n not distinguish between thoin. Tills liowcver, Is what was Riven mo as Information entitled to credit, ami embraces what was put In evidence and what was not: Before the killing, Bolt's mother told Dennett's mother that her son had better get away or lie would be killed. On the day of the assassination there was to be a Sundayschool eelehr.itIon at Mount Bethel church, some (ivo miles from Hickory Tavern. Mr. Clark, who lives near the lavern, says that that morning Wade Holt came to his house ano inquired for Kpps Hellams. rt young white man and his uncle He wanted to know ifhe had passed. Hearing that ho had not Holt went on. He was dressed In black and had a black slouch hat. He took the direction of Hickory Tavern. The place where the shooting occurred Is on Die road between Mr. Clark's and Mr. Tuniblln's house at the Tavern crossroads. A strip of wood?the only ono about?runs along the fence where the first shot was llred. The houses named were about four hundred yards apart. A few minutes after Bolt left Mr. Clark heard two or three shots In the direction of the place where Bennett was killed. Mrs. Tutnbllu and a little girl were working In the field about seventylive yards from Hen net t, who was apout ton steps from the fence. Mrs. Tumhlln testified at the inquest that she heard the first shot and saw Bennett fall. Then she turned her head nway and when she looked again a mar. dressed In black, with a black hat slouchcd over his eyes, ran from the cover of the fence lo whore the i.egro was lying and shot him again as he lay on the ground. Ho then run oil". She tcsti/led that she did nut recognize the man, but took him lor a while man by the color of his hands. The little girl gave similar testimony. In private Mrs. Tumlilln Is said to liavo asserted that Boll was the murderer, hutshe did uot so testify. Soon alter the shooting Bolt Is said to have appeared at a house a few hundred yards awtiy, which he could only have readied without the notice of people In the Holds around?and they noticed nobody?by passing along the strip of timber from which the shot was fired, llo was flushed and had his collar and necktie In his hand as If he had been running. He made his way to the llellams's house In the rear of Clark's. After awhile he and Kpps Hellamsdrovo by Clark's house toward the Tavern crossroads In the direction Bolt had taken previously, and weut on to the Sunday-school celebration. In tho evening llellams returned from the celebration and attended the inquest, but Bolt was not with him. A constable who went to arrest Bolt subsequently said that ho ascertained that on tho morning of the murder llellams loaned the uistol to Bolt with live chambers loaded, anil that at S o'clock on tlx, Ho,, ofiuf ltt.lt rs>t.1,-ti..>1 It n-iih f.nlv chamber* loaded. JI el linns wns said to have asserted that he had In his pocket the pistol tlint had done the shooting, but that ho had not used It himself. Dr. J. a. WollI- made the post-mortem examination, and tcstlllcd at the Inquest that one ball had entered tho body Just in front of tho left, shoulder, pausing Into the chest between the third and fourth ribs and through both lungs and lodged In tho front portion of tho right shoulder-bsade, embedding Itself In the hone. The other ball entered the back of the bend nnd came out to the left of the left eye. it was thought that the balls came from a :10 or 3S calibre pistol. I was told that lSolt appeared nt the inquest on Saturday armed with a big stick and that Heliums was there with a double-barrelled shotgun. Trial Juetico E.lison took no action after the Inquest until Monday, when Steve Sullivan, the stepfather of the murdered boy, swore out a warrant for Holt. Tho warrant was not dispatched until Tuesday, when it was not strange that Holt was not found nt home. No hunt was made for him. On last Monday, two weeks after tho Inquest, a conSUihlenzain went to Holt's home. His mother said that he was absent and would not teli where he was, but asserted that he would be at Court. That was the last of It. The murdered youth is said by his employers to have been very quiet and entirely respectful to while peoide. Mr. Tunthlin, on whose place he worked, vouched for his good character. Holt ban a good and strict, father who die t a year or two ago. Since then hehas been rather''wild.'' From all that I can learn there seems to In: In tho neighborhood no doubt of his Implication In the murder, but somc people credit Kpp:: Jlellams with the management of it. Hellamsis spoken ot as a row dy nnd a man of no principle. He Is noted for liis violence to inoilcnsive negroes, und hns on more than one occasion beaten old negro men. He Is suspected of the murder of a negro some time ng->. As a man who knows him well loUIine: 'lie is Just tne sort ol man to bushwhack you instead of having a fair light." This Is the gist of the information I obtained. OjiHiiKiit.?If tills evidence Is not sufficient to convict Wade Holt of the murder of Warren lleiiiiett, i!. Is certainly strom; enough to secure ills trial. There Is a woful lack of legal virility in the Hickory Tavern section. The Sentiment <?f I,<ujrens. If any one imaginm that there Is anything like a general disregard lor law in Luuien* county he is very much mistaken. I have several times visited the county in consequence of crimes committed within its borders, and 1 have always found us wholesome a sentiment among people of Intelligence us exists in Columbia or Charleston. Laurens Is not a "dark corner." It has a magnificent soil, splendid railroad facilities, present and prospective,and a future of great promise. The intelligent men know that a reputation lor lawlessness is not only a disgrace to a county but a positive injury to its business. I .aureus is progress! vc, and has progressed to this conclusion. In my several investigations In the county I have never asked In vain for information which would lead to the punishment of crime anil ^enforcement of law. Not only this. Krom Intelligent men all about have come warm commendations of the .Xi.irx mill Out> (>< lor Its work In behalf of law and order and earnest adjurations to keep up the good light u. itll reform should tie complete. The trouble is one which exists to a greater or less cxIcl t In every county. Certain men set little value on other people's lives, and especially the lives of negroes. They are uneducated or but little educated, and retain old prejudices while they do not broaden with uic nines. 111(*si! men m;e;i a salutary lesson from the law wherever thcv mny oe. J .ante lis, perhaps. lias tuoro of them t!ia:i most other countins. Inii they are really mum rleally keltic. They make Hiemsel ves uinluly prominent, however, I>y their acts. Laurens lias liail hi the pa.-t some expelieiicu In repression ? perhaps as much us l-.dgelhid. Sonic of heriueii forget that extraordinary occasions only justify harshness and adhere to coercion a:-. 11 It were a policy for tho century Instead ot one year long past. ' We have the spectacle of people In one part of the county willing to llt:ht white men for decoying in ^roes away, and certain other people in another section treating negroes so harshly that tliey are compelled to leave. A very intelligent IuihIiicm* mini In upper I,aureus said tome: "If the State authorities ilo not do somtslh Ing to stir up our local peace ulllcers this section will lose half of Its tieeroes next winter, and we are short-handed iilrcudy. There are not half as many negroes hero now as there were llftccn years ago. I'licy have been bullied hy roughs ami forced to leave. Wo guaranteed thorn protection when we succeeded in ls7'i, and they ought to have it. It is almost impossible now to net a negro to work In the Ileitis by himself. They ilceiare that they are of being shot, iinr people want peace and law. 1 hope (lovernor i'lionipsoii will see that the few men who are lawless hereabouts are tulccn in hand by the local authorities,'' This is what the good citI/onu tl.lt'.U Tliev prmitii iifil inn siiiKiinr Uk'Iiihi;! vt*H ami ollicient <> Hi cors. 1 can suggest but odu remedy for Iho bunch of trouble's recently ailllctlng Laurens and paining the Stale, and I bat Is a strict enforcement of tin' law. I.ct tlie lynching ol (.'buries Williams ho in vcstl^ntud; let Col. Jrhy he Impartially tried ; let Mr. John Milam enter suit for his alleged ill-lreuiinc-tit utid bring ,iut ti.e truth, and lot Wade be jiuraueu, saptured a.id taken lo tiis bar ol Justice. 1'itbUc Mcrvnuls. Tw<' sect inns of tin* General statutes?and Lrlal ju^tlees are pvo-auuod to rend the Slatiu"ifconu-tlnjos?contain IIk-m* plain provisunt : M;i\ 7-1 "I: sMl l i- (! Jr.'.;' <-i" cuoti o-.isi.ty i>r<!ivi vK'in vt.'t u L . aid-it L i: l?a.i %ua:a.lU.U ia LU v ! county, and the paity committing sncli homicide ha* I rot li. cn arrested, ?r having lici n arrested lias escnp! i'il custody before lil-l found. to forw.ird it report to , tin* Governor within three tiny? after tho boMing of an t Inqiicft by htm, or l:i c.i?os of escape within three , day w after notice of sneli escape, which report shall ; embrace the name of the person killed and the iniiue J of the pers n, 11 kiw\vn, charged with committing | BUeh Immlclde, tnzutllel' with (I copy of tho evidence ( tiiken liefore the |urv of iiii|Ue?t uii'l tho verillet n il- ( ilereii thereupon. I'loviiieil, Ihlt in eice of escape it , i kIciII l>e the duty ol the sheriff or other ollicer having j j custody of tli<- party to notify such tnrnner ol the | | escape promptly. Any coroner who shall wilfully ( I ni-gleet to inaku the report us hereinbefore provided ( ahull he liable to indictment as for n misdemeanor, - ? - !-?? ft ... ....? I HIIII 11 J'OIl COIJYirill'tl PIOHI lit' II lll'H mil 11-pn mull mi., I nor moro than live hundred dollar*, or Imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six laoiith', or both at the discretion of tin' Court." Sec. 719. ' Tlii- original requisition and evidence as taken l>y lit in, shall lio returned liy tin- Connor within ten days next nfier tin- finding thereof, to the clerk of the Court of (lei.oral Suesiuiia lur the c.mnty in which it wan found.'' Lot nssee bow the law has boon observed In three Laurens ca<-es. The inquest 011 the body of Mnc Hyrd was held Juty 3). The original j testimony was tiled Willi the cleric of Court July is, within the time prescribed by law, but the Governor only received his copy toi day, July 30, seven days alter the time pre; scribed. ! The Inquest on the. body of Charles Wilj Hums was concluded July 5. The clerk of Court only received the cvldcnco July 27, 'twelve days behind time, and the Governor has not received his copy yet. ] The inquest on tlio body of Warren Iten'nett was concluded July II. The evidence bail not been files! Willi tlx* clerk of Court up to yesterday morning, the SRitli, and the Governor has not yet received a copy. I Ttio Governor cannot oiler n reward for an I escaped or unknown murderer without ofUciitl cognizance of the testimony ami the veri diet. j Tho public, who are entitled toknow tbo re!suit of liiqtnsts as soon as possible, nro not j in formed. A sharp turn of tlio ofllcdiil screw I is needed to convince trial Justices Hint when they take oillce they aro expected to know ' the law and conform to it. >\ g. u. LnwIfNHiies* in I,nnrcii<t. [.Vcim and 0)uritr.\ The special correspondent of tlio ynwt and (Xntrirr who was sent to I,aureus County a few days npo to Investigate the several in stances ol lawlessness muni iiavu imiuij joccurcd In that. county lias performed the tin i ty assigned to liim, ami reports, the result In j a letter which we published to-day. I The inquiries of our correspondent were i conducted hi n careful and impartial spirit, j with no oilier purpose than to elicit the truth, and as the information which lie olitulned was derived from tho most trustworthy sources, there can be no question as to Its subjManUal accuracy. It shows, moreover, thai i the accounts of the lawlessness In Laurens County which have already been published j in the Xemn mul OmriiT and In the Lauraix| rille J ft-mid have not exasperated cither the i nature of the crimes or the Indilt'eronuo and I neglect displayed by the local authorities In I fulling to discharge their duty with reference to llio criminals. It is not necessary to repeat the details that have been given in regard to the assaults instigated and committed by Col. Irby upon rainier and 1'iuss, respectively. There were numerous witnesses of these assaults, anil both will be made the subject of a Judicial In I vestlgntlon, uio results <u which m:iy uui, properly bo anticipated. Col. Irby Is under bond to answer to tlio serious charges made ' against him, and the people of Laurens must I now look to their Courts to assert and vindicate the law which he admits that lie has vloI luted, it Is stated that Col. Irby is a courteous ! gentleman and good citizen when not under! th?? influence of liquor, and no one should! [know better than himself the gravity of Ms oHonco ami the necessity for its punishment. I When men of his character and standing glvol way to violent passion and imperil the lives! of tneir lcllow-inen with Impunity, under whatever circumstances, it is not surprising that their example should he followed by men of lower class, who aro without the restraining Intluenco of education, personal pride anil social position, and that lawlessness should prevail among them to any extent. There Is nothing to be Bald save In the way i of strong condemnation In regard to thu! lynching of the negro Charles Williams, and: the deliberate and dastardly murder of the colored boy Warren lien net*. In the case of j Williams the victim was taken from the custody of the otlieersof the law while earnestly | protesting his Innocence, and was shot dead! in tile public highway by the Keif-appointed j Jury n:id executioners. There Is no hlut that, even a form of irregular trial was hud in this] case, and tho victim was apparently sacrllic-! od to the blind rage of his murderers, without i an effort 011 their part to established the fact] of Ills guilt. " I lii the other easo, that of tlio killing of Bennett, the testimony so fur obtained shows that j the murder was one ot the most atrocious j crimes ever committed In tills State. It, should have been promptly Invr-stl'/uicd, and the delay that has already occurred In lis In- j vesication casts a deep reproach upon the responsible olllcials ol the county. Tho testimony of a number of persons points clearly to one or both of two men as being concerned I In the murder; their names and tho clrcumstances which Indicate their guilt are general-] ly known and discussed In the county, but no! e'llort was made to arrest t hem until sufficients time had elapsed to allow them to escape. I The story of the alleged 111 treatment of the emigration agent, Milam, which was tlrst published in an Atlanta paper, appears to have been greatly exaggerated. The truth In 1 regard to tills occurrence is. apparently, that ' Milam became frightened In view of tho threatening demonstralions made against him and tied the county without waiting for hostilities to begin. The plslol solute which iiuctnnntl IiIk taiililen (loiinrtni-A will KilfL'est to many persons, however, that Milam did not leave too soon for hi sown comfort and safely. Our correspondent was assured, and found reason to believe. that public sentlmont in Laurens (,'ounty is strongly opposed to the condition of nilalrs winch prevails there, and that the law-abiding people of the county appreciate the injury that, must result to them if the Impression obtains abroad that tlie county is not a safe place to live In. It Is very significant, however, that the colored people of the county have so lar adsorbed that itn prrssion thai largo numbers of them have alreadv moved away, and that It. Is necessary to banish emigration agents at the polntof tho pistol. It Is lime for the law-abiding citizens to declare and enforce their sentiments when colored laborers aro afraid to work In the fields alone, and when white men arc afraid to testify to crimes of \rhlch they have knowledge. In view of the facts which are presented in the letter of our correspondent It will scarcely be disputed that a state of things exists in Laurens County that should ho speedily remedied. The crlmcs enumerated arc assuredly of a character to demand the promptest and most determined action on tho part of the olllcers of the law, but such action has not been had In any instance, so far as known. Even the plainest and simplest re quirerucnts of tho criminal statutes have been disregarded, and ofilcial reports of brutal murders have been pigeon-holed for weeks, instead of being forwarded to the Htate authorities for the attention they required, and which was necessary to promote the cuds of Justice. The people of Laurens County are said to bo fully alive to the evils described and to the necessity of a change for the better. This - ' " ?... M.,.n I l? lVCtl, UUl H in 1IUI ?'iv I U H1.IIXMIVIIV will accomplish nothing unless it in expressled nnd enforced. The root of the trouble manifestly lies In the Inefficiency of the local authorities, and the work of reform must begin with them. The people of the county owe it t<> themselves and to the State to turn out tiie men who misrepresent them In public office, and who hold so lax views of their duties. A ureal deal has been cccoinplisiicd in tlxlng the blame where it belongs, and the cit izens of Laurens anil Governor Thompson will not fail to do the rest. The Convict System. Cher aw Reporter. A FEW years ago tbo people of the Stato were horrified t?y acconnts of the barbarous treatment of convicts, who had been hired I Iroin the Penitentiary. The Legislature look the matter Into consideration, and a great deal of pathos was wasted by eloquent members in depleting "man's Inhumanity toman" and in stirring the hearts of their constituency to reniediid measures. So great was the Indignation manifested that there was reason to conclude that, never agnin would such cruelty be practiced in South Carolina, but that such legislation would be cHeeled as would render the recurrence of these acts of brutality Impossible. Hut the eloquence of legislators was exhausted in picturing the horrors of the ! crime; i he power ot tbe press was expended ] upon the perpetrators of the cruelty; tlie authority til the Governor, and other ollteials, I evaporated In indignation, and the barbarity [g'H'F on unpunished and unrestrained, j Already the programme is repented. An-j I other brute poses before tlie public; another wail Is heard coining up from an indignant press and an oulragod people and if the Legls-I lature happened to he i:i session, our ears would be regarded with Just sueh virtuous ex! hortation as we are accustomed to hear from that. body. Hut still the mischief will remain. There Is one way, alnl only one way, In our opinion, to put an end to this horrible cruelty. I i'ut an end to the hiring out ot the convicts! ; That is the remedy which should have been | resorted to in the first instance. In fact It should never have received the sanction of ! the legislature. The holy horror, which sonic of the membersol the hotly now stimulate; should have been manifested when the license was given by its authority to make merchandise- of these convicts. The whole thing is wrong in principle. It is an outrage upon the universal sentiment j which now prevails as to the right of man, nnu a loui oioi ujjon me eseuicneou 01 mc State. When one ih convicted of an offence) whicli consigns liim to llie penitentiary It is enough Hint tin; penalty of the laws is inflicteil. instead of subjecting iiiin lo the servitude of a liired laborer under inird tastt masters who shall enforce service under the lash. Sometimes one Is led to the breach of law by mistaken views of his own rights which lie imagined have been wantonly Infringed. lie | Is convicted and sent to the penitentiary, and fioiu thence lie Is led to the ctmp of some l.earlless wretch who extorts from him a service lo which he is entirely unaccustomed by the infliction of torture. Sometimes one, who has the highest sense of personal honor. Is placed in a position which may expose him to the fate of a criminal in the eye of the law while he is entirely free from criminal Intent, I tint lie Is eonvlcleu and sentenced, and by vlri tne of that sentence lie Is thrown In the marj kct to used by the highest bidder as his bound slave. I '1 here are eases of Improper convlction too. ! which can never be distinguished from those [111 which the verdict was clearly Just and (proper. They are in the penitentiary. The j difference between this spceh-s of slavery and i that which existed prior to tho war, consist 'only in the length of itsduration n nil class of 1 poisons who are its sujci'ty, and the proprlei tof-luii of its services. It can scarcely bu re! gnrdcit as a servitude as a punishment for 1 crime whereof the party has been duly coni victed, but a servitude for revenue to the penI llctiliary. I Curing; It he ion at ism willi Celery. A German correspondent of iim English paper writes hh follows: I havcl had a severe attack of intlammatory rheumatism, and was : healed in t wo days' time l>y a Koup made of ! the stalks ami root of celery ; tliereforo I desire to make this simple remedy known j through the columns of your valuable paper,) j for the bencfil'of all pull'erers from gout or : rheumatism of any form. I was Induced to ! try it by seelm: the following notice: " Num! erous cures of rheumatism by the use of ceie! ry have recently been uuuounced In English ' papers. New discoveries?or what claim to Ins dUcoverles?of the healing virtues of | plants are continually being made. (Hie of : the latest Is that celery Is a cure for rheuina'tism; Indeed, it is assorted the disease is int! possible if the vegetable be cooked ami freely ! eaten. The fact that It is always put ou the j table raw prevents Its therapeutic powers i from being known. The celery should be cut | into bits, boiled in water until Hoft, and the water drank by tins patient. Servo warirt., with pieces of toasted bread, and the painful . I ailment will soon yield. Such is the ileclara* i tlon oi a phj sicinn, wno wis ai;aiu ami uijiuii i Itried tin;experimentand wlili uniform sue! t'Cf. At least two-tblrdH of the caws nnniod ; lioart-ilisciisc j-.iv ascribed to rliouiii.itisui and I Its n^<>ni/.liiR ally, K'?it. Smallpox, so tunclt I dreaded, Is not lu;lf so destructive us rlieuma! tistn, ".vliieb, it is maintained by many |?liyssl? clans can be prevented by oboying nature's i [ laws In diet.'' 1 1 letv In Germany we boll thrwoot and stalks, as tbu root is the principal part of it. and ul> 1 ttnriird cat ll asa ?:;lfid wlili oil and viiiciinr. ! leceivcd such Immediate benefit, that I am iio'xioiis to kt nil tlio riicuiiiutlc stillurers ; Know of It. I Farm. it, wishing to purcl.ase lobaeco in ;"> [or in pound lots or by tlii- box, will i.ikI it to ' tln.ii iutvs'.-51 to cu'.i lu: 1'. Uos.nbt;:!; Cc li?. Tlionehtx for (h? Honili. The ciiUlviittim "f summer crops being" completed. >r nearly s<?, autumn crops demand Immediate sttenlun. What should ho embraced In the lii>t of autumn If :rops ? First unit foremost on Is. because theao can ho iiitvtl in o\.-ry pan of tlu* Cotton Srntes, irr*spectlvi> f mill or climate, anil because they should constitute .he leading pralu for work animals. Next, rye, bo uusn It ran he sown universally also, anil Is heynnd i-omparlxon the most reliable ciop for w inter cratini; mil Kollliijf In early sprint'. Aloritr with rye for elm- n liar hut nut quite so strong reasons, we shouhl place It liarlev, then wheat; then In more elevated localities fa unit stronger soils, red clover and the perenml lirass- l>( ps ; and lastly the turnip, more especially the ruta F hagft. 01 Fall oals?first, what land should he sown In them f Y n ,? a..?? ?if ** !?....? Kan liunn fhA natinl pnla. lion, vnrli'd nit'tlmca by wheat or oats after cotton. ? It doulitli ss hud Its origin In Its convenience, be- tl cause C"rn could be gathered In time to sow down tho 01 grain*, Riid cotton could not. It was further recom- gi mended by tlio line growth of corn after cotton, nnd tl of cotton on craln stnhble. Itut It has one very (treat ci defect: it leave* the cotton field bare of living paints tl froin October to .May. Noiv.from the continuous cut- o tlvatioii of cotton hind throughout the summer, id- tl triilciillon, which we discussed at snino length last; (I month, la creatly developed, and at the cloac of the {it soil Is well supplied with soluble nitrates, ready to bo 1 I, leached out by tho winter rains. And It will'bo re-1 If in- inhered that our moil copious rains fall during tho j f> season indicattd. It Is of great Importance, therefore,! t( to cover the cotton flefds as quickly ns possible after It the cotton plant riles with some growing crop which ! II may tike up these nitiates and keep tboin from being j II lost. U would be well to start said crop In adeanco 1) of tliu death of the eotton. and oats socn In Septum- fl her meet all tho requirements of tho case. How to sow tiiem when the cotton Is still on tho land is the b question. \V? have tried bror.ilca-t sowing, and cov- g . ring with sleeps, also with harrows. At times sue- tl ress has been g .od ; sometimes failure lias followed. 1) As winter killing is the chiet trouble, some arrange- tl melit to obvlato that is the thing to be kept in view. Il After watching and studying and experimenting on | tl i his point for some years, wb have reached the con- p elusion that sowing oats In such manner that they t would come tip a little below the general surface c of the land, in drills for Instance, Is tho best si s'ngle proventlvo against cold. It bhielda the t plants to some extent from the cold winds and a counteracts the "heaving" netlon of freezes by allow- d Ing dirt to fall in tho drills from their edges, and re- g c-jVi r with the earth exposed to tho roots. Now, how n shall osts be drilled in standing cotton? Just after it R Is picked overrun two shovel furrows In each middle, t siding the cotton as closely as It can l.e done without ? breaking of limbs and holla. A few will always be t broken in rank eotton, but that u.ay pass. In those tl furrows! drill the seed through an ordinary guano Ji ?> - r .i.i. .....111.- i? ,i.? | the scattering of the seed by lluibs and leaves, which v would occur if sown from the hand. Follow with a quo-horse burrow ami covcr the seed. In cotton rows h 4 f. ot wide, such proceduie would make the oat drills a about two fret apart; lens for narrower rows. This Is J1 rather wider, perhaps. thnn Is d<**iruble, but wo do not <J see ho.v they can well be made less, and the distance I !s not too great to prevent n good yield. As the young t oats will at Ilrst be shaded und somewhat retarded by 1 the cotton, the sowing should be early?in this luti- h tilde sbonhl begin the Ilrst week in September. The f cotton sta'ks?what shall lie done with them? They I should be let alone mull (lie last of February; stand- t ing, tlu y will do soine good ih wind-breaks. About t the last of February knock down in the usual man- B ner with sticks, then with a long scooter plow up the c roots, and Anally run a roller over the Ib id to mash i: down Riiyt'iinz which stands up hL'h enough to in- J terfere with the cra-'.Ie. Timt Is the best programme ? we can offer. Cannot some one sucirest a better? I' Towards the Gulf oat* may be sown bo lato that I tl-e Cotton may be gathered before sowing them?then Ji of course there is no dilllculty. In like manner 'I wheat follows cotton without dilllculty, berauso Its n seeding can be deferred until after the cotton Is out <" of the way. We pass over wheat sowing, howevor, ( ns there will bo amnio time to discuss it hereafter, only adding that If land intended lor wheat tins not C been In clean culture during the summer, It ought at f once to be plowed and harrowed, and these operations < repeat-d at Intervals until seeding time. In order that t I he nitrogen of the s.iil may bo nittliled in readiness ' for the crop. Weglrc rye a prominent place Among tlio autumn ' crops, because on fairly good land It may l>-> perfectly ' rebed on for fall and early spring grazing, or lor cut- ' ting and feeding green. No valuable cultivated plant, 1 Mih perhaps the exception of Blue grass, stands cold ' In'Iter. We have nev-r Seen it killed. It is liable to J rust, like other train, but only antlers early In an- ' tiiinn K sown too early or late In spring sfter the period when It is specially needed. A farmer cannol utilize a portion of his land more profitably thr.n to sow one acre In rve to every four bead of lt?rs<-g and cows he has. Select good land convenient to his lots, f manure It liberally. and betwren the Ilrst and middle , of September sow down in rye, getting seed wised at j or near home as possible. Seed from the West will j not answer The past spring wo fed six head of . horses on rye from a little less than one acre of land, f.ir one month. Tliev had sonic ersin. but no other i forage than the rye. We begun cutting and feeding given when abmit ten inches high, anil an It shot ii|> moro rapidly than It could be consumed and began ti> show beads here and there. It wan mowed and curod like hay, and fed In this condition. Three cutting* were had In Ml; the first heavy arid th? last (piite light. To-day we are cutting It again and shall get Seed enough to s.?w the land again, ltye Is not equal In quality to barley and soma other kinds of forage; , especially is this truo If allowed to head out fully be- i fore it is cut. Hilt w hen young and tender It. Is very J far from being poor fonwe. Farmers that buy Western hay In the spring, give a rye patch a trial. Like rye, barley should he sown early in September to help out tho full grazing, but more especially to bring it forward early in the spring, when greon lood Is so much relished by sto-k. Heavy manuring brings about this latter result quite as much as early sowing, and in the esse of barley is specially needed. It will not give tatlsfactory results on poor soils, lint on rich laud it makes the very finest ol forage and in great quantity. How rich and flagrant Is the milk of a cow upon a barb-y pasture! Every house! wife In the land should Insist on bir husVand providing one for her cows. If be cannot proTlde barley he certalniv can have rye, and that will also uiako most beautiful butter. Along tbo coast and Gulf belt of the Cotton States the grass and clover qnestloii Iim not rescind full solution. There can scarce bca doubt that the annual j winter graces and clovcrs may bo grown there at I well, ii noi oeiicr, tntin ewewuere. ?> e nave teen one , of the Fescue grasses growing very finely on the seaboard of Georgia. It was quite widely "disseminated | some years before the war under the narno ol "Ken; cm" prims. All that is required is. that the noil be i very rlcli. On such 8*dts the scarlet clover and bnrr | clover will grow, we havo no doubt, anywhere In the cotton licit, mid better In Its warmer tbnn In Its very i cold regions. Lr.evrn also rather prefers a warm clii uiate. With barley ami rve and the annual winter ; grasses and clovers, farmers in the warmer cotton i belts can have just as good winter anil spring grazing i as anywhere. It only requires determination to have | it, with the use of a fair supply of common tense in going about it. Certainly there can bo no excuse for I not having abundant rye pastures. I In the clay regions It has been demonstrated ngr.ln I and uga'ti, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that rod | and white clovers, oiuhanl, tall oat, Herds and Blue i grasses can bo grown as well in the upper portions of | the Carol I lias, Oeorj;la, Alabama and Mississippi as I limy can bv In Virginia, ami whore limestone -soils prevail. We may add as well as In Tenr.osseo and I Kentucky, excep't in a few favored localities of these I Slates. The soil for these crops should be thorough| ly subdued; weeds, briars, bushes entirely eradicated I and the land brought Into tlr.e tilth. Il one should | begin this work now, it could be completed by the ' lmh of September which Is tho time to begin the fall sowings. Break with two-horse plow, plow and 1 cross plow.- harrow ?nd roll alternately. A chiy soil 1 or one with ctoy subsoil near tbe surface is always to bo selected. U poor or worn, apply twenty or tftore two-horse loads of stable manure per acre, together with two hundred pounds of kalnlt and olio hundred poumls of plaster. Make the application bofure har| rowing, that the manures may be woll mixed with i tbo soil. This being done about tho 10th of Septem I ber, sow fifteen pounds of red clover seed to the acre, | just after the land has been harrowed and roil It or j brush It In very lightly. It Is customary to sow grass i and clover together; we think Ii Is better to sow only the clover at Hist?lis growth Is usually so rsnk and dense as to crowd out and weaken the grass the ' first year. Let the clover expend Itself which It will j do in two years; tlieD scarify the laud freely and sow ' grass,and the latter will grow most luxuriantly, bo- ' cause the clover has prepared tho land In the best possible manner to receive it. When sown together, I I theclnver dies out, and Its sowlrnr inlglit no well be ' deferred till tliat ecent occur*. The truth Is. you can- ; not manure the land so as to suit both clover und 1 grass; if you dres> heavily with nitrogen, which tlifi grass must have, y?>ti repress tlie clover; If yon supply the minerals only which clover culls for, potash mid lime, the grasses full. Hence wc say, sow them in succession; give the clover tho mineral manures , it calls for and at Its death It will supply tho cross ! with the nitrogen It needs without putting you to tho expense of providing It. Ji'one wishes to start grass at once without the Intervention of clover, prepare tho land as above and manure freely with nitrouoiions manures in cjmbloation with minerals. If the land Is poor, lay the foundation with twenty to thirty two horso wagon loads of stable manure per acre, and super-add 2fH) pounds of aeld phosphate, 2(HI pounds of kaiiiitand 100 pounds of planter. Harrow above in well and sow grass seed, not stinting thorn. Of orchard grass not less tbsn two bushels per acre; of Blue grass, tlireo bushels; of Herds one to two; of tall oat, two to three. Above quantities apply when only one of each kind Is sown by itself; in combination, the quantities aro correspondingly diminished. Timothy has usually been consider* d as unsulted to the gjuth. We have been surprised, therefore, to observe how It has thriven upon our farm here near Atlanta during tho last throe years, two of which were marked by tho most exc-ssive drniiths which have prevailed for years. Tito timothy was not iuteiit!"ually town, but its seed was mixed with red clover, and on a piece of land sown in that crop three years ago and which lias been mowed and pastured since but not plowed; while nvst <>f the clover is goto- there If to-day ti good s'amt of timothy, imw in fuil bloss.'ui. It has seeded and resotded Its' If, and lias thickened every year since It first catno up. it has done decidedly better than orchard grass iu the same Hold. We Und It also gradually appearing iu spots not disturbed by the plow all about tile farm. The fact ii simple mentioned, no sweeping conclusion can be drawn from a single case. Beginners in the cultivation of grass must h>arn patience. A t Hist the prospect Is vet/ discouraging, and one is often tempted to plow tip and cultivate something else. But wait?except upon rerv rich and well prepared land mid puder very fnvorable season, giass usually makes a very slow start. Especially Is this true with Blue grass. But year after year It spreads and Anal! v makes a dense sward If soil and manure suit it. There is within a few minutos' walk of the writer, on an adjacent farm of originally poor * rbiiie laud, but with good clay suhs-dl, a splendid ' Bluegiiiss Held of m.iiiy acres which surpasses the or- t chard grass on the same farm In the amount of gruz- ? lug it lornibhes. Is it generally known to our readers v that Blue mass propagate# by underground stems v (st'dons) like Bermuda and like the "twitch" grass 1 ?.l.l/.h M..i-ll,..rii finM,.r< flnil An ililHenll f,> orutl.vit., ? i It does, nnil this peculiarity cnablea it when once " fairly started to crowd out other growth. Those who 0 desire ft winter pasture are advised to select a piece of strong clay land, to manure It heavily with stable t manureTn combination with acid phosphate, kainit I1 mid sulphate of ammonia, and seed it down In Blue mass. Seed It down In September; next spring mow 3 it If weeds spring up. and continue to mow as often us 11 may be noeessary. Let no stock run lu it before the -*1 succeeding fall. After that it will take caro of Itself, b provided It Is top-dressed every spring witli manure < ' similar to that, which was applied at first to the land d Tbls is the best time in the year to prepare wet land v which it is desired to seed down in red top or Herds c erase. Such land is now at Its dry est and may be 1 plowed harrowed and brought into cond tlon to re- t ceivc the seed. 1'ircesjof bottoms, too wet to bring b gooil corn, may very profitably be put down in Herds o gnus. Like Uluc crass it also propagates by underground stems and finally tikes full possession of the b lands. It is ft good hardy Rrafs, adapted either to u mowing or grazing and enables ono to utilize land n otherwise very unproductive. ' v Last among autumn crops we place turnips, because 11 it is not a crop adapted to our climate, which Is too rdry ami warm for it, and because it is inferior to other c root crops which can be more racily mtaeil?the sweet 0 potato, (or Instance. Stiil, fur variety s.-ke, it uiav bo ? well to have some turnips, and for general purposes, J for stock ami table, the rutabaga is uinch to bo preferred. It should he sown uarly this month, though ou very rich land it may he Heeded the last of the month. For all Uirnip crops land should be brought into very line tilth by repeated plowing*, rollings and harrow- " iugs. The"turnip is a voracious and omnivorous feed- 11 er and calls for a plenty of manure and that of every ft kind; It wants nitrogen and potash ami phosphoric J1 acid, being the crop upon which the last has a more 11 specifically fovorahle intluciiee than any other which " is grown. In addition to the general manuring, a n little phosphate may advantageously be put in the drill with tll? seed. All turnips are better when sown " in drills and cultivated,and this is especially the case with the rutabugn. Sow on (-lightly elevated beds ? uiiout two and a half feet apart so as to admit ol cul- '' tivation Willi the plow, lieyin cultivation toon after Cl tiiey come up, and press it diligently at flrst Thin ' out early and let the crop come forward rapl.llv: the turnip does its work In a short limn, and needs an ' abundance of quickly available manure and good til- ' lage. For table use the white rulubuga or sweet Gcr- k unu is preferable to the common rutabaga. " si <'are ?>f tlsc llorne. The welfare of the horse deiionds very much upon the sullable arrangementot' the stable. Spending onehalf of its life ill the stable tiro working horse is sub|ect to all the sanitary laws upon which health ul.d C! tiirllt depend. Cleanliness III every respect, abundant |, ventilation, a proper arrangement of the light, and | thorough drainage are aw requisite for the welfare of a j ^ horse as they are for the comfort and safety of per-1 n soils. Hut while this may bo known and recognized of j owners of horses it Is too much ignored or neglected ' {j by them. The warm season Is approach I lit; when | these nohle and indispensable animals will suffer > jt greatly unless these IV'iul.-.itt'S are provided for liieui. i ti Ml K?.. Jt I.,ir i t v a.l* ..I.- .,1 I--. I.I I... ! . t?l. Tlic fl-'or of tlic etnbic .ill mi It! liu nuiiai.Horbeut,' t| nml ."lieulil be thoroughly cltaiiscil l>y ilrciiciiiiiK it j u ilh water lit uiice ii week, and In l!.i> inti i va!? | tj ll n iVi'i: iim' of jjliisti'i* a- ii iloutii.ri/.'.r will insurr free-11; fruin i'.io i-.i'ual pim,vnt and iiij.irious alraoa-1 [ lion-.?jVt tv Ytf. k 7 ini's. 11, ? j 0! Our .etucli of hat.-, t/i i.t-t noclt wear, nml i; h.'ifi.l v v,(.'U shots cannot 1-c surpassed. t-u.llh ! u 'tsiu. ! 1' THE GAME OF TENNI3. I? Tlmc-lIonoi'G'.l Rnnctlon Value wit iih nu Exprclac - C'lixtonioM Tlint "J Nlioulri !>#> Worn. *'? 1 From the Xcw York Trie (pram ]. l/nlicsln pnriIciiliir urn! ninnklml In gen- tlic 'al owe u constantly lncrenslnudcbl of unit- tlm ndn to flip KYoiioh iinflmi fnr ilnxti'tm imd tv..l shlons fur beautifying and setting oil to the | *t t ml advantage the huniiin figure. The pni lencli lire not generally accorded much 1 rlginalityos proficiency In atliletlc spurts, isfi cl the most fashionable and most. popular iwi inie of ball of tlie present day?lawn tennis thr owes Its conception to Frenchmen. A I- tun tough playod within four walls and with M| Llier various points of difference, the old bet nine of court tennis is in nil essential points ?lui ic same as that of lawn tennis. Wo rend of nit: mirt tennis being played as early rs the fll- vw jenth century, at the French capital. Many try f the French monarch* were very fond of mo tie game. Nearly a century after its Intro- m-< uetlon Into France wo read of court tennis tin x England. Henry VIII built a court at Oc tampion Court Palace, which Is still In ex- Imi Hence. From Hint day to this court tennis |,a Mind 11 home In England, though never ex- till insively played. There are several courts th< 1 London, one In Leamington and one at (w irighton. it was introduced into this coun* pal ry three four years ago. and there Is now a 1 andsome tennis court at Newport, it. I., und hnl notlier In lioston. pit To the fair sex particularly Is tennis a great Co oon and pleasure. It Is tlie best of all lleld an ames for them and permits of their taking lie very kind of exercise they most need; i-ltl.rc 1,11 #1 r.l..<< nil II... r.. .,<-..1?l... nil does more to render n girl strong and ealthy than anything that modern clvlll/.a- J Ion permits. Many ladles have bucoine ex- da crts, and It Is no uiiconiniDii thing to see W( wo women more than a match for their male ompunions. Another great charm In the ab- wl ence of tho wrangling and disputes that In- "i erfere so much with the pleasure of croquet dy nd similar games. It Is rare indeed that m: Isaproements occur on tho tennis lawn; the anic is too actlvc aud too pleasurable tond- to nit of bad ten)purs, and tiie accompanying lei hout of "Well tried!" docs much to sootho m ho sense of a falluro. Tlio element of dan- m er Is also entirely missing from the game; ca nereis no hard ball, as In baseball or cricket, oc nd no chance of collisions, as In lootball and m iolo. All these advantages tend to snow ?h hat the game '"has come to stay." It fills a wi old that has existed a long time, 811 The single court Is 78 feet long and 4T7 feet f?; iroad ; the net Is stretched across ttic middle P' ,nd should be about &'! feet long, so as t</ pro- J'< et on each side of the boundary tine. The jh oulile court la 78 feet long and "27 feet broad; 1" he net Is stretched across tho mlddl-j nnd hi he project on each side of the boundary line. 1 'ho double court Is 78 x 31 and the net or hould be 38 feet long, stretched very tight, :J "t i-et 0 Inches at the posts and 0 feet In tho cenre. The service lino should he 18 feet from tli ho net: but when ladles are nlnylng It Is of- t'1 on as well to bring It a little closer to the 9> let, by which means a very dlllitult scrvleo if ball Is procured. This will be found a very tseful point In all private court", asa very exicrt cannot, as Is otherwise frequently done, erve out tho whole game without his oppolents getting In a single return. Tlio tenuis in.ll should be two and one-half Inches In dl- I' imeter and weigh not more than two ounces, tli 'he racket most In use has a broad surface Al ...I ?... t-l r?u I.. ,i-nl..l<t (V,*... Mfnlun nr mncc.H, the light being most In favor with tr x ports. D Drees has a great deal to do with the proper * njoynicnt of tennis. St'tr collars, linen, ar llks, and cspcrltiily corsets should bo avoid- fe til. Flannel Is the best material, as It. absorbs sii lie perspiration and checks the tendency to In r.tci: cold. r,oos<> white flannel shirt and to .rmi?ersI or Knickerbockers to match, are ar he bCf-t and most suitable for a innn. Loose ?d lnnnel bloomers were at one time much worn tli ?y ladles, especially In Knglitnd, but they vercsoon recognized as bad style, and a short ti ocso sltirl of thesume material Is now mil- nf ?crs;il, and tennis shoes are Indlsnenslblo; tr Ight canvas tops with corrugated rubber f? toles, are the bust. It m i m vl 'l'uru Over a Sew I*enf. ol Rest time, after the crop Is finished, will Cl ioon come. While you arc taking tilings p >asy, suppose you do a little thinking anil tl lgurlng. Go carefully over your corn and note y low many barren stalks ibcre are. Count the inbblns also. Take a large ear, with about a thousand grains on It, and you will see that it Is equal to about sixteen little wormy nub>lns. Now If you or any of your neighbors iave a Held planted, say 6x4 or 7x3, exanilno " hat nud sec what the prospect is. You may 1! lonclude that you will give corn more dla- si .mice next year. Tneo when It comes to cot- r .on. watch that carefully. .See whether ten icrcs of badly worked cotton will yield as 7! much as five that have never lacked for work P i single day. l'iie fact Is, I am afraid that yon planted your crop with the exportation of do- o ijilt six full days' work every week. You P worked as much a* was possible, but It Is a Host ill tllcult Job lorn tun ncrc linnd to work 0. lit eon acres. That Is what is the mutter with c rour cotton. Suppose you run a full onelorse farm, planting 18 acre In cotton and 12 4 n corn. A fair crop would bo six bales und c 121) bushels of corn, Suppose you would uso a ilttlc more manure, prepare the lind by deep n plowing, and plant 12 acres in cotton and 8 In o x>rn and make 10 bales off otton and 1G0 bush- f jlsofcorn. With this latter acreage you can ^ work it like a garden almost. You will not l do run to death and dream of the grass grow- a ing In at doors and windows and crawling in d l>ed with you. Again wesay doa little thinking and figuring in your rest days, and make up your mind that you will turn over a now leaf next your.?Spartanbury Spartan. p '* * m e A Handy Clover Patch. A first-class clovor patch, near to the stables and " pens, is quite an Institution, and farmers should en- " Jeavor tn huve one as suon as possible, If they do not ll ilready have it. Of coarse the horse ami c-iws would 8 like a run in It, hut then we do not think that clover, 7 3ithcr green or as hay, la as good fur them as other * grass, hut when It comorf to pigs tho ease Is ditfercut. J Fhoro Is scarcely anything which will do pigs more >' ioud or which they will relish more or keep'in hot- * tor health than good, young clover. Where it can be ? ilotie, ll may be well euoiigh to cut and haul clover 5,1 twice a day to the pigs. keeping them constantly in " their pens, but then rainy days will coine when It Is ? uot very pleasant to mow and haul the clover, or oth- " r wort may bo so presstng that time cannot be ' spared for sticli work, nnd the pigs neglected. " Of course by pursuinc this plan more manure is made, at least moro available manure, yet we would profer to have a well-fenced, near by clover patch, in- n to which turn the po-kers, with good rings in their ? nose to prevent rooting up the sod, nnd then let them t! fat what clovor thoy "noed. On this mainly, with li very little. If anv srnln, and a daily supply of water, c the pigs wonld thrive splendlulv, keep in lino Condi- n tion and cost comparatively llttlo compared with b th^sc kept penned up tho year round. Aside from h this they "would always bo healthy and vigorous, b which Is quite ati item when we consider tlie hnn- ti ilred* annually lost by dlsoase and disorders of differ- ii [ nt kinds. In turning In the hogs, do not forget a that It ie p?nr economy to tnrn them In too soon, and h that the griss mnnt Imve & good start to enable it to ti keep the herd zning the entire season. *" Thore should also bo a convenient shed In the en- 8 closure, under which the pigs can eo during the hot weather or hottest part of tho day and when it storms. A few large tr.-es in the enclosure aro beneUclal as a protectlou against the heat to the porkers, but small and yonng trees are apt to get destroyed, and where there are vnliinblo and youns: fruit trpos in such a patch, It Is better tn cut ?nd haul the clover to the |?lgs, whether the pigs be In a pen or a separate Held, than to turn tbem Into the clover patch, where tli?y would bo snro.to ?fegtroy or Injure the trees sooner or later. "Where thero is a large herd to be fed, it would par to keep a man hose special business or work would be to see to the porkers, and any sparo time could bp devoted to othrr labors. This prevents such work bcine made secondary and prevents it from being ncglcctcd or uverlooked.?Pennsylvania Farmer. Ohio Dnlrymcn. The following item, taken from the Cultivator and Country Gentlemen, Albany, N. Y., will servo to show that the ' all-co! ton" planter Is not alone in the specialty crop system. You see what tho writer of tfie paragraph says about tho dairymen. Fivo cents |>er gallon for sweet milk would be very much rellchsd by our town friends in this country. Tet that is ivhat be says tbey get In bis neighborhood In Ohio. The price of milk Is not so innch complained of as the fact of the dairymen having to buy hay and meal to bed to make the milk. It appears that, there lms been paid ont for feed in some towuehlns $20,004. t We are told that thero Is but one solution ol the matter: "Make your farms selr-supportlng." Would g that this sentence could be engraved on tips wind of . Very farmer at the South. They aro words of truth ( ind hold within themselves tho certainty of success. The dairymen are to be pitied this spring. Forced to take the lowest prices In years, nith milk only V tolling at tho cresmerles at one and one-fifth cents ler quart, tho great scarcity of hay and nioal has inade it, owing to the high prices for feed, dltileiilt to n mike the dairy pay its keep, liay wont up to and f >tays at $23 per ton. and meal #'21, so that to urge a Inirymnti to "feed high" becomes a grim, unfeeling ( okc. It Is asserted that stone townships, owing to j, he severe winter, have been compelled to purchase (_ icarly i>r quite #20,0(X) worth of hay and grain to leep their stock and at the low prices fur dairy proluce, the problem how much tho farmers will have f eft at the end of the present season Is an easy one to lemonstrate. Thero Is only one solution of the nmter?make the farm Sell-8np]Hirtlng. How? Find nut low someone who is doing it plans his methods. I)o F sot call everything that Is out of the old heatcn rut a It lemaln oats ami more clover seed, and. fur once, lU-bt Sl he battle on new ground?lorce tho fkbtlue. Farui |j vliat you do?if It la not to exceed an acre?for all it j' s worth, and put your tobacco, rink and circus money nto on Acme harrow and a spring-tooth cultivator. ( ' ? s; Don't Wn^li tho Sheep. JJ There are many reasons why the few growers vho till persist should abandon tho hnbltof washing their )t licop before shearing, and we know of not a single ar- ^ iiinenlin i'g favor. The practice was Innuguraud t an early day, and It Is a relic of old times when the pool shorn from tho small flock* in tho Kustern States vum largely used up at houio. Then It was neefsaury B o wash It either before or after shearing, to prepare O' t for ctrdliig and spinning, Those days aro passed, nd both tho sheep aud their owners ought to be glad cl r it. lc The yolk In n healthy flecco Is nature's proservaIve of the liber, it la a soapy matter, with a strong mtieh base, resembling no other animal secretion , it !, in fact, a soar, with more or loss free oil. It prcerres the cluMklty of the liber, and should be left In 111 bo wool until it Is wanted for manufacturing use. latiuiactmers well know that scoured wool, in time, || ecornes brittle and hues itn elasticity, while unwash- al d retains all Its good qualities Indefinitely. It is oiiblful If anybody ever saw a moth In unwashed . rool. It la, as a rulo, free from all vermin. The per- .: eiitago of yolk in healthy llocks of every grade Is .} uite uniform, but varying 111 different b.eeds from iventy-llve per cent In the Liecester and other coarse reeds to fifty to seventy live in the very llnest Sax- <>? n, the bunks always carrying- more than tho ewes. to The system of washing in cold water on the sheep's ack never results in a washing fleece lit for the mau - ot facturer, but only the eradication of an unknown and X| neeria'n part of the yolk contained in the fleece, (} rliich is thus changed Into nn unmerchantable conilodlty to be sold on its uncertain merits m to shrink- . go. The name or designation of washed wool li-is eased to have an v chatm. and the S 'oiur the practice f washinc Is eutlre'v ubtuidoned. the better If will bo in >r sheep, their o-.vncrt>&ud the trade gem-rally.? ]\\ol vuniul. ... Oiling llnrnrM. Tho Xntionnl Stockman elves this good ndvlco ce bout an liu|i<irtiuit hut often neglected ivo;k: The jj, \nner dampens Ids leather before oiling, puts on oil nd tallow Ircelv, and then tiant's it in a dump room, 1 way from light of sun anil wind, so us to let it strike 11' i slowly. So In oiling harness, take all apaii, soak :e!l in a tub of warm water, then wafh or sciape oQ' fo II dirt. I.et it lie In thu bliadu until partly dry, I henith brush or swab ntipiy oil freely, and lay all in a ean in ft cellar, or other dump plare, until the oil j.'j Irlkes in. Sometimes a fci-cotid coat is needed, ieats-foot oil or best castor oil Is best, wiLh sulllclent impblnck to color well. When dry, take a piece of * Darse sucking, with warm water n.M a little castile JJ. Dap, and wast thoroughly. This washing prevents Tt< lacking the hands, and gives ft eloss llko new leather, [artless properly curt'ri for will last some years longer inn if ncglected,aud It looks nturh better. Heing ' . opt soft ami pliable it does not injure the horse so r. inch. Many livery men will rub harness over with II whenever it gets wet. Never soak a collar, but :rupo oil' all gum and dirt, wash clean and oil il. j1' Cure for Founder. su A recent writer gives this remedy for hmeness ocjsioiied by Inllsnimatory fever in the foot of the ; orse, with assurance that It is a perfect euro: cc "Clean out the bottom of the loot thoroughly? old up the leg <jo as to hrlnsr the bottom of the foot jimini nuiiKHK u iiriiuy ma nuinrrnion mm our In. sny iv iildcspoonful <if spirit* of turpentine, ^ ' the cavity of the ft-ot will hold that much, ft'not our in what tl will hold without danger of running over; toiioh tin) turp'-iitino with u rod let iron : 'v jls' will t<cL It on lire; hold llm hoof llrmly in po;d- Ci: on until i: all b'jrii out. (Stent cue must be taken ' n'.t none run* over on the hair of hoof, lest the skin nt ? burned. I' nil the fort arc aflVcled, l>urn turj-on- , no in i nch of tliPM. Kelicf wiil speedily follow, und tJ, le uniaiH! l?> ready for Service ia u f-lu.it t'nie.'1 It IsiuViiiiied t!i:tt animal* treated in tbis manner ' avc been promptly relieved. In one ch.*i>, altho-.isl- ' 1 nUVrliijj more lliM twi-L'ty-lour Iio:ir when applied. 1,1 i !e*? t iMi mi hour nl'tul wunU tie uiii.'m.l was lit f- r e uni truv^Ud *uu;e uUtautv, uli i'luititss tiia-n-- A WiL({. JUl> / i jT NMnng flS5B5BSS5S5^jjjjS5BS5SB ncrinudii ami Clover liny. ^ notice tiip Cultivator hrts mlvucatwl th? crowing j*' rJiTOindi nml red clover together. Ail I fu llr agree ? ' li vuur Mifgcnllon*. 1 will give the result of nn. 't r iMlmcnt I linri! m;ul Min n tmill nres. I b?re a lot tnlnlng three hundred nml flfty-unc #quare lift; It i mowed oij the fltb of Inst month; I be haynfler BU' lig turned wvoral time* during the day wn< put In- I sock*. TIip next morning, after (be dew tfas off, In) cooks wore opened ami the liny turned wveral bo rs again. After helng thoroughly dried, the hay frc glicd four hundred and ninety-right pound*, being nn he rata of kIt thousand nlue hundred and fifty 01 indft per acre. " N< "lil? lnt was gown with mtt And clover In February. < 8, there being only here find there a few sprigs of til' 'miihIA. It wna not plowed for flvo yt nrs ; It was re) n p'owed two or three times and harrowed a# of- jdj , furnishing tniny loads of rix)ts which were used j)r leddlng fur horses and cuttle; although this lot has , n idoned but onee In seventeen years It has pro- .. :cd never less than two crops, and in a wet season nmny as throe cuttln.'s; still we are t?ld that clo- J will not thrive In Middle Gcorjjl*. 1 have been 13! Ins to exterminate it on this lot by burning llio ] ibblo In the spring after the clover covers the no >uiid, but It continues to grow so that 1 have the i it of reasons for knowing that It w II do In Middle < ' orgia. If the land Is thoroughly plowed twl?c and '*! rowod sulllclently; but like every other crop that r i s a protlt. the soil must be good or made ao by f-?r- J ?'re. I h.iva applied ion poun<l9 01 land planter to s nere when the clover has covered the ground. H> hen tho dew Is (in or lust before a rain) and It ha* \ Id hotter for the cost than anything I have used. w< tVu have hod flno seasons forbiiy; from nn* and s til If ncres I housed six lar<c loads; and If we have |j| ntj* of rain I hojie to do better with the next crop. , rn, cotton and all llie crops froivn In this section : represented as being belter than for many years. Wj. I. Russell. j i, , , fai Try the Pintol. Every mivll brings us nn account of some stardly uoctnlt by a negro upon a whlu> ~ xnan. Iiesplte the fact that prompt venatice Ih executed upon the heads of fiend* I 10 commit crimes upon the persons of wo- g en, the evil Is oft repeated. A better rcme- I lit demanded. Let It be the ptslol In wo- J au's hand. 11 Many Southern women already know how handle the pNtol and shotgun. All should irn. The tlmo has come whon they ust rely upon their own couragc and deter* Inatlon. The evil which furnished only occlonal text, for newspapers Is now of dally ctirrt-nco, nnd during tne next twenty years u uiuciwu, ouuuiuiii nwiuuu ould learn to handle lire arms lust as she ould learn to swim, and bo taught Uihucccs- i ly of using them. Wu regard hh especially I rtunato that woman who can already lire ti I stol with sufficient accunicy to hit an ob- I rct the slzo ol a buck nearo at ten paces; H io Is In a condition lo defend her home, Iter I >norand her children In the abscuuo of her isband or natural protcotor. Of twenty outrages recently committed npi whlto women by negroes, the clrouinanccs nro such Ihat a largo majority would ive been promptly defeated by a pistol In ic hands of the assaulted. These figures are ie only arguments needed.?Macon Teleaplu \n Orchard Fertiliser. r American Agriculturist. r The boat fertilizer I linrecver nvil fur fruit tree* It ade of clilp dirt from the woodhllo nnil old ailte?. mix In the proportion of one nushel of ashes to rce of the chip OlrL stirring well witb the shoruL bnut two bushels or this mixture Is to bo iprvsd .. ouuil cncbyounc tree, giving the large, well grown I ee? more. The mnnuto Is applied at any season. o not pile nroiind the live .inr litter or rubbish that , 1.11IH mlp.< < In Kim.n.. Iho 'r' mind the treos. Kx|?'rii-nce lias taught mo that this "} rtiliz r s.rven n very ImpMrtaiit purpose, n?t only In ipplylng the trees with sniinMu food, but in mellow- J: g the Mil and helping on such crop* as I may choose J . i pliint In my orchard. It i* rxcellrnt for nny cxnn, inital or parennial, and the ashes (from hard wood) ipp'v the trei r? Willi tic element they most need and ? ic soil lucks, and thnt i* potash. It is a pleasure to :o how u yotitig 01 chard will thrive after nn applies in of this fertiliser. Sometimes I burn logs to get ? lies f>r this purpose, ntt'l If 1 have no chip dirt I po " >n dead onk or a hickory and scrape together the *' lien bits of hark and I ho rich earth aronnd the tree. ; Is a very good subititnto lor the chip dirt. It Is oh- P1 l-nis that this mntciiai Is rich In the element* of food r trees. I believe in keeping fruit trees well f?d, id Unit a lariro space around each tree shonld be glv- j: l exclusively li. the tree Irnin which to draw Its sup- jj' lie:*. 1 never plant close to my fruit trees,preferring ^ ) have them branch low and to trim down rather 1.111 UD. ? Railroad Knrnlngs. nj The eompllallon furnished by the Railroad 'ommisslnn, showing the earnings of the 0 ullronds In this State for the month of May, tl i*86,an compared with the earning* for the I; ftnie monih last year, gives Iho following V esults for the roads mentioned: Ch.irlotlc.Columbia and Augusta?1881, SIS,- n 59.71; 1885. $37,DM.98; decrease, 51,712.78; 04.19 P or cent, decrease. * & Atlanta and Chnrlotto Alr-Llne,?1881, 873,18.03; 18):,"), ?70,722.78; decreaso, 51,006,85; 04.19 c; crcetit. decrease. ?i Chora w and Chester.?1S8I. 82,171.35; 18S5, ?2,- |( W.S2; decrease, 8135.82; 00.20 per cent, de- tr rease. e Chester and Lenoir.?1881, 83,19181; 188.), ?I,29.03; Increase, Sl.237.1!); 33.70 per cent. Inreaso. Of the railroads In the Stato thirteen show . . decrease of earnings as compared with May f last year, and three show an Increase as i>llows: Chester and Lenoir, 38.76 per cent; uigusta nnd Knoxvllle, Si.SG per cent; ;harlcston and Savannah, 07.70 per cent The .verage decrease of all the roads r*.porting lecrease is OS.R. Pen-Fodder. 1 iHr. lj. 11. i.?c3cuamps,ine c'irresponuent 01 mo no artinont of Agriculture for Cavalry townabip, Clarnrtnn Comity, says: My experience in gnvlng pea-fodder may be of benet to sumo of our farmers. My plan Is to wait nntll iy peas are sotting ripe, bufore the leaves commence n drop. While some are quite rlpo and some still reen tnko a grass Made and cut tliem down, and rhilo some arc cutting let other> haul to where you rlsh them housed ; then, with r.lis, make >our pen ,<nr rails high; iheu tf.ior Willi mils; then build lour r-et hl^h ; then fill up with your pea vines; thi n fl'xtr c gain and build up four f< et hljrh and (ill uzaln, and I otitinued this way for nny reasonrtblo height, and ' . hen completed, cover the top with good plank that rill' keep out the rain. When they are to be used et In at tbe bottom, so as not to remove the cover, and { t Is more convenient Tills makes as goitl fodder, if one properly, as la necdud for fall wr winter uso for owes or cows. Crar Gsisa 11av.?"There Is no crop" fays Coloel A. T. Holt, of Macon, Georgia, to a reporter, "(hat Mil pay tho farmers more than cr.ib grass. The richer 1 he ground the better the crop will turn out. Thrre s mere ro.il mon?y In It than anything else a firmer * an plant, and the land not impoverished. Take a lece of land, prepare It In May. sprinkle manure roadeast, turn it under with a good two-horse plow. ? arrow and roll It good and it will seed itaelf, the seed y uins Indigenous to the soil It Is to be cut when It Is f d full bloom. Let It sun for u&out two hour* and out j, nto cocks. The curing follows. 1 had twenty-five ( civs, froin whlcn 1 cul thirty-two two-horse loads of ^ .ay at two cutting*. You cad easily cut two tuns to a lie nora. The crop is a natural oil* anil requires little rork. I had sowu waist high, and it wis glorious for tock." TruHlinjf. I do not-tak that Gixl will make t My pathway lijbt; J I only pray that ho will bold my hand f Throughout the ni?ht, \ 1 do not hope to bavo the thorns removed, < That plcrco iny feet; I only ask lu dml HU blessed arms &ly eafo retreat. I If he afflict nie, then In my distress ' Withholds his band; If all Ilin wis&mi 1 Cannot conceivo Or nmlersiAntl? I do not tldnk to always know Ills why j Or when-fore ho re: Bui eometlmu He will take my band and make Ills mi-o.il tig clear. If Id His furnace lie ri-flncs my heart, J To in tike It pure, j I only a?k for ifrnei- t?i trust II'o love? Strength tu endure; ( And If tierce storms around mo heat, And tin* heavens 1k> overcast, I know that he will give his weary ono i bweetjieaco ut lust. j 20 Plecrs Summer dress sroods to bo sold roar J less of cost itt Bull & Galphln. t Bargains bargains in dress goods at Bell it 1 ittlplllll. I We will sell for t.ho next 3") days all of onr . res* goods and millinery regardless of cost , lull A (jalphln. i A choice stock of Bulsts fre-*h turnip seeds, 11 the best and most popular kinds to be jtiud at Smith it Son's. Will yon snfter with Dyspepsia nnd Liver 'omplnlnt? Shlloh's Vitalizer is Ruaritnleed o euro you. Speed it NeulTcr, Abbeville; D. !. DuPre, Greenwood. Catarrh Cured, health and sweet breath fcured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Itemedy. Price ) cents. Nusul Injector free. Speed ?fc Neuf r, Abbeville ; 1>. C. DuPre, Greenwood. For lnnie back, side or client, use Shiloh's ortis Plaster. Price 25 cents. Speed & Neuf:r. Abbeville; D, C. Dul're, Greenwood. Million S wu^'ii aim ^uiiruni|>(,iwii tuiu in 3ltl by us on iv guarantee. It cures Consumplou. Speed & Neutter, Abbeville; D. C. Du- I re, Groan wood. Slilloh's Vltullzcr Is whnt you need for ConIpatlon, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness, and all nnptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10and 75 cents 1 er bottle. Speed A Neull'cr, Abbovllle; D. . Dul're, Greenwood. Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis nmedhiteiy relieved by Slilloh's Cure, peed & Ncuffer, Abbeville; D. C. Dul're, reel) wood. Miller Bro'fi have seenred, of Wanamaker A rown, their spring and summer samples ot ver two hundred and fifty styles. MillerBro'ncan furnish yon with n suit of otlus from 3l"> to S75, made by tho best talirs In the country. Do to Miller Haothers and supply yourscl Itli a good clock for 51.35. A lull line of patent medicines and fancy rttcles at Speed it Neuffer's. Embroideries. Tlio preltiest nnd cheapest neof lawn and 1mm bury cdglugs to be louud ; K. M. Haddoi! 4 Co's. Sleepless nights, made miserable by Ibat rrlble cough. Shiloh's Cure is the remedy ryou. Speed A Neull'or, Abbeville; 1>. (J. ul're, Greenwood. linlsts Improved Ruta r>at;as, and all the .her popular vurloiles of turnip seed to be und at Smith A Son's. A That Hacking Cough can be so quickly I ued by Shi Jon's cure. We guarantee It. 1 >eed & Xculler, Abbeville; D. C. Durrc, I reenwood. I I-'lowers, feathers, and ribbons In great va * ety at lioll A Galpiitu's. r>,o<Ki pieces of assorted tinware to sell at ices to suit purchasers at 1'arkor A Mill's Ask Cunningcani A Tenipletou to hliow j >ii the stock of gent's collars, I t) Stylish millinery at Hell A (Jalphln. b A dress for all. Our line of 5, n'i, 7 and 10 A nts colored lawns cannot be fcurpasscd. ill A (Jalphln. Golden machine oil, I he best for engines and 1 machinery, for sale by Speed A Xculfcr. Handkerchief from 5 cents up, some nice r in cents at Hell & Ualplun's. Never so cheap before N'o. ;i maekeral in '..J trrels for ono dollar aud liny cents each at i irker A Hill's. ? 20 yards of good calico for one dollar at Par- " ir& Hill's. r>,000 yards figured lawns at 4 >4 cent*. A. Dsenberg, Greenwood, 8. C. _ If you need a nice cashmerc dres* you enn J vo money by buying It from Hell it <ral-' iin. They have tbo trimmings and evcrying to matcii. 1*. Rosenberg & OoM have reduced tho price their fiullt calico from '.'j to 2>> cent* per huh). Gloves! gloves! our stock of glovesarc nnirpassed as to quality, sijle, and price, tilth .( Son. fit) pfeces frnlt of the loom bleaching at S nts. A. Kosenberg, Greenwood, s. c. If you want to buy a {rood machine, a sltno machine, o durable machin<>, try the l?ocstle. A lot of the litest Improred received lis week at K. M, Ifaddon ?V t o. Mr. J. I,. Simpson will take beef cattle nt j :o market price in exchange for &ctvin;; m-\-, f tines. 41 v The best. Mack siik ever shown in this i arkct, nt Bell & Galphin's. j Chock }>oikH, Joans, cmtonadou nnd cuss I-! ? orsat Cunningham & 'Jctiii>h:tu;i>. fimnclinin .V Tewpleton wi:l spll you a ! co muslin nt >' conts |?or yard. Calico at ' inn 5 to 7 cents. l'j White JftM'u rubes with tri:nm!itfr to jnafch.' very hall JjJOUK-iut and vtl >" chea|> at-"imUli ; i :.y?; V.Joel Smith ASon hare on exhlbitlnjtot^^^^^^fl the Inrgc.Mtand idoni ntirecllve Mock* W ringnml summer tfoucls they hnvo cver<^^H^H^H ed. Goods ure ruticli prettier tiiAn (I cheap enough to Mitlrfy the closest buyt^^^BB^H II. exatnl,iie our.stbck and get your vio^^HOI bpitctt. Smith a Son. B ck Cold Soda Water !?Wc-nre now-'a^^^^HH * this eonUrlf and t-.xhillratliltf nnmniH H ventre. Wo innniifuelare our soda mi me purest and best material, and tee it to be an cood as that made nu>-wher^^^^HH ve It trial. Only 6 cent* u glass, at Speed )nr stock of clothing has been pronoone^H|^^H o prettiest ever brought to Abbeville. illy think we have u beautiful llneof ctoU^^^^^H| ? "ml Iirn unllltlir Kfltnn ut VLTV r MHO till fees. SmlliwtSou. Pin ware In sets?very low?at Parkergna \ full stock of Now Orleans sugar and <sex at rotkcr & Hill's. Parnsols! Parasols! Another lot of par^H^^HB Is Just received. It M. Hndilon A Co. ilave you xeen those zephyr suiting*, ;e silk and very cheap, at It. M. Uaddon B Hie latest styles in millinery will bo ad&j^^BB^M ery week during t<|e season hs they appa^^H^HH New York. It. M. iluddon <* Co. riic light running Domestic, with its khI work nnd new Attachments, Is one o moot desirable sewing machines now e market. For salo by R. M. Haddon Parker & Hill will sell a bargain In CTirsHOiH ana inns. uunmcwi iNirnnuiR ?k irt both largo n nil chcap. weihow tlite lino entirely now. R. M. Haddon III Ulll CONGAREE H HI 111 Coumbia, S. C. HH| Agnt for CHAPMAN'S 'ERPETDAL MFOBATORH MIF.SE WORKS WEEK ESTABLTJ'AED 1 1SIT by Motors. Geo. Sinc'alr and .Jninra rson and purchased by mo In tho year ISM, ai'd^^^^^D nm that tune till now carried on inccntfalljr j-wir. My friends aurl customers will bear wiinen^B the large and ftnpeudouajub* exocnted by me. 1 ns at tny works where the larcrst and alnioat only^^^^^B b of It* cla?* ever jyt^vj^dln this dtv was done^^^^^H z_ the making of the pTpoKT^VMui City WaUrfl^^^^] fork* In the year 1&S. Irr^ BKLL^^^^M 0 UN DING, lean say that 1 lis ever vast In tho State, *Wcu " Itv II-11 tu Columbia. My stock of patterns for ACCQITECTU'RALi^B^^^I 'ORK COLUMNS for Store fronts, la large irluiiH, and In RAILINGS for Balconies, Gr.rden?,^^^^M id Cemeteries I bare the latest variety and lodcru patterns: nianv of these are pa'entcd ud ?ve purchased the rlcht for this state. In the machine llriu 1 can farnleb my patrons TEAM ENGINKS and BOILER8 or anr size inscription, My CIRCULAR SAW MltLS bav?^HH Lrricd off the prize at er?ry State Fair held tn tbl(^^^^B| ty, and in tbelr construction I hit re taken pains mldnu simplicity wlih the most useful m?Klern rovements, and m*y Hatter myself that my CI 110(7* AR SAW MILLS And fsvor with erery sawyer who uderstands his hnsi nets. The manv orders I am steadily receiving for 8U- ^^BH| AR CANE MILLS yrove that tlie public appreciate ip mills of mv make, and so It la wltb my GEARKG for flOUSE I'OWKRS. GIN W11 EELS, GRIST 1 ILLS and otber MACHINERY. I hare the manufacturing rkht of many PATENTS itch ad catlings for ROCK COTTON AND IIAV HW KESS an<l three or four different FEED CUTTUti ^Hj| an (liner inipiL-nu'iiis. I will be pleated to send my drcnUrs to ?nf ?pptlint. together with price Iftt or eailmate. Mr prlee* re mixiernto, nn<l 1 urnre tb* public that tliry arm iwurtbnn those of Northern mannfnCure*, sno that ly work will cuiupffv favorably with that ol any othr maker. Addr.a* John Alexander, WB COSOAKKF. I HON WORKS. Columbia, 8.C. flH For Sale. I - r OFFER for salo, at low flgorer, tno k 1 ci#L log property : 1 Flvc-horso power Upright Engine. 1 Farquhnr Thresher. H^Hj 1 Gin, (aO k;xwh) nnd Condenser. 1 King Cotton Tress. The afoovo property, Is considered In pood ^HH| lomlftton, nnu mny hi; bonvclit very low l?y tip* HHB living to (he uudcitlgucil ?t the Mcnnenaer >mc. jAtf. s. I'uiutiN. Slay 27. 1887, tf Something that Every Body has been HM Looking for Found at Last 1! BHR The American Fruit Preservim Poifler & Lipit A CERTAIN and SAFE PRESERVER of (\ nil kinds Fruits or Vegetables without he cost of buying hermetically sealed cans. ^ Si.I'D package will keep perfectly sound and rcsh C5ii pounds irult or vegetal ties, In any ilml of vessel that will holt] It. TrlillHize2T>c. ;al I oil Colli ran 4c Perriii, Druggiatii, Alllevlllc, S. C., for testimonials and proof, wtio HI ilsohaveltloraale. BILL BROTHERS, IB Wholesale Agents, Anderson, S. C. MM June 10, lt&>. 3m * RHH liMOO SCALE CO. I Erj 151S. Jefferson St, Ckicago. 9H ^lTha "Little Detecting Moi to a lba, Cl? Ebouid be la ercr/ Uonae and Offloa. HH ^?^2M Faiily or Fan Seals, J5. H /t?2v? -1 SprcUl prl'-cs to Agrita and Dealer*} fcglq 830 diflerent ilzcs and varietlci, Including "?iup Counter, platform, Hay, Goal ^Srwln, Stock aul Mill Iwltt n fp 8-Too "Wngtm SenK 6x19, M9| i H g?i m fGt Bc?m Box aad Bran Bt*mlncln*le& HH _ A Farmers' Portable Forge, $10. N tBSBbI Forgo and Kit of TooU. <, mm - jZflMllAll Tools n rded for Brpair*. 0 VJnP Anrll*. Vl.o?. II* mm en, lMjT * jf \ Tonga, Drills BcUonra ?ad All Rinda cf Month1 Totli, H iyy_.j And hundred* of iwftil ArttclM ^H| JWn> Retailed Imi than Whole**]* |H B/fl I Price*. Forget for *11 klwti of MJyl I ?hop?. Foot-rowfr J.athm ?aa HHJ Toola for dolus repairs la until ?hof*. M f Improved Iron Com-SWr. B Wtight, iso iim.? KB PRICE, 86.50: Shell* a btuhel a minnter Fannin* IHI MUli, Feed Mil!*. Farmers'Feed Cooker. . Bareawney aad tcad for circular HH fLSeving Hacline I Drop-L??f T*M?, Fir* Draweri, Cover Bo* Md H ?I1 Bttachnenli, Bntke Mte<t> Sfwoit aad Beat. H All Machine* Warranted to Siva HH gatlifactloo. Thousand* told, (9 goto all part* of the Country. SEND FOR FULL PRICE UST. Lddress CHICAGO Sl'JLLE CO., Chicago, | BALL'S jEs Every Coram Is warranted aatlafactory lo Its wearer In (Tsrr w?jr, or tlio monoy will b? refunded by the person from whom It wh bought. The only corset pronounced by our leading pbyclans est hioricu to the wearer, and endorsed r isdlflDM tho "most coauCurUblo sud pcxfecJtUuic Corset cvor mad*". " FOR SALE BY BELL & GALPH1N. Suns! Guns! Jreach Loaders and Implements Shells, &c., at the CORNER IUABLES & THOMAS. s-,a. 2i, I'M, tr Vacuum Harness Oil. I' ' M?fi. ntui niisU" t.i'Hi [ .? ..! kvv.l. \i>ii t?i'T-*t >ri ! ful Mite 'a i f-l .(its. j iiu*. .-.li.i -iimns t-y i>:i. ;t ;.JiLi-yjos M