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SUIFACE IIRING. The following contribution to the Southern Cukiaotor suggests a proposition, in regard to surface manuring, upon which we should be glad to hear the experience (not the ratiocination) of our farming and planting subscribers. It occurs to us-that there is force in the present writer's position, at least in so far as observation is brought to bear upon it. Will not the friends of farming progress amongst us speak out upon the subject ? We should be glad to publish their views. See then what "T." says through the columns of the Cultirator :-En. Av. EDITORS SOUTuERN CULTIVATOR-In my researches into this fruitfnl subject, it has been -'my lot to meet with few notes of experience consonant with my own; very few and, with one exception, very faintly uttered. The ex ception was the life-time experience of an old and eminent tobacco-plater, " No man should bury my manure, though he paid for the privi lege." Without multiplying words, either in fact or argument, I would here endorse that venerable gentleman to the extent of saying that the safest action, the liveliest action, the surest and most permanent, ever derived from barn yard manure, in my knowledge, has been attained by simply spreading it, (be the quantity more or less) on the surface of the ground, and keeping it there as long as the necessities of cultivation will permit-the longer the better. I'am in clined to state the difference in favor of this method as that between " manuring" and " not manuring at all !" I have been forced into the sorrowful convic tion that of the millions of tons of cotton seed annually applied as a manure in these Southern States the ninety-ninth part of it is wasted, and counting the labor of hauling and damage from the curious action of "bott.n heat," ect., far worse than wasted. Have our farmers examined these little de posites when, a sweeping rain has laid them open? Have they been gratified at the little nest of blackening hulls, or the still blacker pan-cakes of flattened dung which are the issue of their unsavory labors in the way of prepar ing food for plants ? I have said that I would not adduce fact or argument. It is truly difficult not to do so; and as my position is liable to be assailed, I will at least throw out an advanced guard in the direction of the enemy. Science has conceded (in fact it is the essence of true science to con cede) that between the plainest "cause" and the most palpable "effect" there is a realm of mystery where her steps are staved, where the wisest head is the most revently bowed down. Are we ashamed of our ignorance when we as cribe to a plant the attributes of an animal, and speak of its "sclecting its food," and shall we withhold from our mother earth the merit of her skill in "cooking" it; ceasing at the com mand of theory to place our little contributions of raw material exactly where through endless ages she has carefully deposited her own ? I believe I have stated my position clearly, but let me give one item of practice. I will select a peach tree as one has chosen to preach me a capital sermon this morning. (Having been grafted on Chickasaw plum, the course of itq root. is prettily marked by little erruptions of the plum, illustrating the fact that the roots of a tree may extend far beyond the spread of its branches; and also, the folly of grafting a peach on "iprnnus chicasa.") Did a. peach tree *need digging-and dunging, I should dig first and -dung secondly-not by way of mulch particu larly, nor that rains would carry it down, etc., but for all this, and for the farther reason that *the earth- is a great absorbent and its capacity for all enriching - gases is hereby most signally enhanced. - Ammonia attracts water--the Earth attracts both. Yours, at the end of my paper; T. APRIL, 1858. * Th GJRDU WOK FOR MAT. TeSouthern Cultiwator gives the following hints for the, benefit of the Horticulturist and all interesdjn having good gardens: Transplant Egg Plant., and continue planting Snap Beans every 10 or 12 days. Hill up Bush Beanst, before blooming, to keep them up-right when bearing. Work carefully around Mek~lons and Cucumbers 'with a pronged hoe--prune the vines so as to distribute the fruit equally, and if the striped bug is troublesome, try the effect. of sprinklhng the vine with weak eamphor water, which is made by tying up ini muslin, a piece of gum camphor as large as an egg and infusing it in a barrel of rain water. To prevent the wind from bundling up the vines, throw a shovelful of dirt dirt upon them, here and there. The main point, however, in this month, is the proper thinning of the crop. Never leave but two, or, at most, three planits of Melons, Cucumbers or Squashes in eac hill. All vegetables will be greatly benefitted by a judicious thinning, for a crowded growth is just as injurious to them as if they weros overgrown with weeds. Hoe and stir the soil frequently around your plants, and, whenever you possibly can, mulch themn; it will improve them wonderfully. Plaint out Tomatoes towards the end of this .month for a late erop, and cut them down until the early patch is giving out ; then let them go to fruit, and you will have plenty until frost. Sow Uabbage sieed the latter part of this month. for fall and winte: use. Flat Duteh and Bergens are the best. Try, also, the genuine "Bun combe" seed, if you can obtain it. Transplant Leeks-they will be fit for use all next winter. If von are raising Onion from the black seed, thin out the rows and transplant. Such trans planted Onions will come in late, and last till Christmas. Finish eutting JAparagus by the middle of this month, or thelst of June,'at farthest. Continue to plant Okra, &puas~hes and .Aelon~s of the difierent varieties, Lima (or Butter) Beanss, ,Sweet Corn. Transplant the yomato, .Pepj'w, Cabbage, C'anllower, Celery, &c. Plant ?Carriols, Beeds, Salify, Parsnips, &<.., for a sue cassion. N~ow is, also, the proper time to feed your plants with liquid manure, [say one pound of Peruvian Guano or two pounds of hen manure dissolved in 10 gallons of water.] Onice a week is enough, andi give plenty of pure water after the application of the manure. jge he Cultivator further says: 'The Straleberry patch should receive a good workinig with pronged hoe., to avoid injuring the rcoots. After thus loosening up the soil, replace thae mulching, and there will be little trouble with the weeds for the remainder of the season. If enttivating solely for fruit, the -runners must be scrupulpawly kept down. Destroy C:tterpillar's nests wherever found on your fruit trees. If the branches are crowded or overdladen with thickly-set frnit, thin out one hall of it, and the rermainder will be enough better to pay for the trouble. Dust over the Plum and etarine trees with a mixture of quick-lime, ashes and sulphur, while thoi dew is on the leaves, to destroy the curculio. ~ THE HTSTORY AND HAnrrs oF mrH AR3IY WOLx-One who has made etomology a subject of n:udy, Iurnitehes us with some of the results of hisiaestigations into the character, habits and history of the army worm, of which so many complaints have arisen in various parts of the country. The oat patch West of the Smiithso niar. grounds supplied him with specimens and an opportunity to observe much concerning these devouring gests. Our friend's first impression, and which indeed he retains, was that the worm in question is identical with the grass worm of the South. Present appearances all attest this identity, but it will require the complete round o ~f transformation to be gone through with before It can be'considered certain. -* Tuis worm destroys corn, clover, grain, and seery igind of grass, and in the Southi is found vry -abusidaat on the grass and weedt between - he rqft~beo~ton. Its caterjlfar, just before ne ii$ o te r hds ndeir stoe dirt. Their enemies are formidable, the largest being a toad, which stuffs itself with them almost to bursting. The stomach of a toad taken in the patch above referred to, having been cut open, was filled with these worms, mixed with a few wings of beetles. The army worm has another enemy in the black larva of what seems to be a necrophorous, which preys upon the caterpillar. Besides these there is a small ichneumon, or all events a parastical fly, which deposits its eggs all over the back of the caterpillar, and they, when matured, spin cocoons, which send forth a cloud of other flies to repeat the process. Specimens of the army worm sent hither from Maryland, were entirely destroyed by a fly much like the common house fly; but with a lighter colored series of rings around the abdomen, which is hirsute and tipped with brown, belong to the family of musoide. It is a merciful pro. vision of nature that, as these worms increase, so do the parastical foes which feed upon and destroy them. But for this the consequences would be terrible indeed to all the hopes of the agriculturist.-National Intelligencer. From the American Farmer. PROFITABLE FARMING. Farming to be profitable, must be thorough. It must be well done in all its departments. To have good land, or to expend money in buying manures, and have the ground insufficiently drained, and imperfectly ploughed, and careless. ly cultivated, is very wasteful economy. On the other hand, to be at the cost of fencing and draining, and thoroughly ploughing agd cultiva ting a poor and unmanured soil, is a heart break ing business. In either case the work is half done, and had as well have been left undone. It does not pay. In farming, as in other affairs, "a thing worth doing at al, is worth doing well." The brst necessity of a soil for croping, is its thorough breaking and loosening to a certain depth, not merely to make room for the roots of plants to extend and ramify, but to ensure to them ample and fresh supplies of air and water. Water is essential, both as the food of plants and as the medium through which food is admin istered to the plant. It must be always and everywhere present to the roots. Nor must it be stagnant water; which, if not directly poinnous, becomes indirectly noxious by preventing the influence of fresh air. It must be neither too much nor too litile; just so much as a well con stituted soil will hold by its power of capillary attraction, and be not too wet or too dry. The proper preparation of the soil, 'therefore, im plies drainage wherever the water lies within a few inches of the natural extension of the roots. Otherwise there will be excess of moisture; evapo ration will make the soil cold and unkind. T he rain water, instead of passing through the soil, warming it and depositing new supplies of am monia and carbonic acid, and opening the pas. sage for atmospheric influence, flows away over the surface, wasting its stores, and washing away the finer particles of the soil. The proper preparation of the land for the growth of plants, implies next, the turning and breaking with the plow to a depth not less than six inches, and as near to twelve as may be done by gradual deepening. Nor need there be so much timidity on this point of turning up tho sub-soil as is usually exhibited. It may occa sionaly contain principles hurtful to vegetation until it has been for some time exposed to the action of the atmosphere. It is better, therefore, that such plowing be done early; if before or durin the winter, the better. With all ordinary soils, %owever, we should have no fear of break. ing up, even in spring, to the depth of eight or ten inches, and should expect with confidence an immediate increase of crop. The proper after cultivation of the crop will keep this subsoil on the surface, and not mix it during the first season with the body of the soil. It will thus be out of the rang-e of the roots of plants and act rather as mulch for the more fertile soil. A deep soil is absolutely essential as a safe. guard against the excessive droughts of our sum mners. It is a protection alike against excess and deficiency of moisture. It is l'ike the wool len cloak of the traveller in .Esop, a defense ag-ainst the blasting winds of winter, and the blighting heat of suinmer. By its greater pow. er of absorption and retention, it lays up more ample stores from the bounteous atmosphere. When we consider well the increased capabilities, in this respect, of a well deepened soil, its pow ers of receiving and holding for future use the elements which are furnished from the atmos phere, and that these elements constitute more than ninety per cent. of all cultivated plants, and bear in mind too, that the subsoil contains all the mineral elements which we expect to find in a new and uncultivated soil, as much at least as the surface soil had originally and more than has been washed down to it by the rains, we al most excuse the man who considers deep plough. ing a universal remedy for the faults of bad cul tivation. But profitable culture requires not only due prep. aration of the soil, but ample supplies of the- food of plants in an available condition. Plants, as well as animals, must be fed, and well fed, if we would grow them profitably. They mu lst have the right sort of food, and enough of it. It is the business of the intelligent farmer to ascertain, as far as lie can, what elementsm of food exist abundantly in his soil, and what, therefore, it is his interest to supply. Soil analysis, which promised so much in this direction, years ago, will not help him. It is for all ordinary practical purposes of no avail. But the indications of chemical in vestigations may prove useful. Of the organic food of plants, wvater (composed of oxygen and hydrogen,) and carbonic acid, (carbon and oxygen,) furnish a larg-e portion of the elements, and these are supplied abundantly from natural sources. That portion of the or ganic elements which seems to be e.eiceient in the natural supply, is nitrogen. Though forming a large portion of the bulk of the atmosphere, it does not appear that plants are capable of ap propriating it from that source, or that it yields anything to their growth, except so far as itma exist in the air uncombined, in the soil, the re sult of animal or vegetable decay, and conivey in the dews or rains. That the supply from the sourcesse is insufficient, if not for food, yet for other useful and necessary purposes, except in highly cultivated soils, rich in humus, is made apparent by the extraordinary effects usually produced by nitrogenous manures. However undecided we may be, as to how such manures act, experience has determined their value, and fixed the price of ammonia above that of any other element of fertility. Of the mineral elements, that which is es teemed of most value, on account of its scarce ness, especially upon soils which have been de voted to g-rain culture, and its necessity for all cultivated plants, is phosphoric acid. This is supplied in bones and the Mexican guanios chief ly, aiid regulates their market value. Other mineral manures, most frequeiitly used, are car bonate of lime, sulphate of lime, (plaster of paris,) and potash, (usually in wood ashes). Of all these the farmer can best judge for himself which is most likely to afford his crops the deficient elements of nutrition. A large portion of cul tivators have come to'consider it essential to use something beyond the farm supplies of manure. It is a question of economy of great consequence to determine for what lie shall spend his money. He should use the best information and the be t iudgmneiit he can upon this point. But let him not fear to be liberal. Let him be sure not to withhold that which is essential in the fear of having to pay for what is not essential. If he will work his land well he need not be afraid of the cost of manuring well. These two grand elements of success must co-operate if we will farm profitably. MIXTURE TO DEsTitoY B~U~s.-Mix half a pint of spirits of turpentine and half a pint of best etified spirits of wine in a strong bottle; add, in small pieces, half an ounce of camphor. Shake the mixture well; and, with a sponge or rush, wet the infected parts. The dust should be well brushed from the bedstead and furniture, o prevent any stain, If this precaution be aken, there will be no danger of soiling the ichest damask. The smell of the mixture will oon evaporate after using. Only one caution is necessary: Never apply the mixture by can le-light, lest the spirits should catch the flame f the candle and set the bed-curtains on fire. T HE Comxo SUMME.-It is said that the Earl f Rosse, one of the first astronomers in Europe, astold a gentleman in England that he antici ates one of the most intensely hot summers this Sear that has ever been known, and he advises er to build sheds for their cattle, by way of p n-dnt th'a dtima hinat. TO TEE VNE. " How bewtiful is this ore nite, How brite the stars du shine, All nater slepes in trankilniss But this loan heart of mine. " Our dog has kwit a-barkin' now At fellers passin' bi, Heze gazin' at the far of mune With cam and plassid i. "Wes vuin the, thou pail face thing, A Banging in the skize, Upward on wild untramled wing Mi thauths cuts dust and flize. " 0 kud I kwit this klod of kla, And sore abuv the croud, Ide baith mi sole in eggstasy In yonder fleasy cloud. "fHow kan the poit's hiborn sole Mix with earth's vulgar er1 Wud it not rather di away And hyde from mortal vu. " Ah yes ! had I a pair of wirgs To.go to yonder mune, _ I gess ide Jest as soon sta thar From now until next June. " And thar a-roving up and down Thru party flowers ide go, Or listen to the tinklin' rills Wot from the mountings fio." How TO SETTLE AN AccOUNT.-To settle the coffee with an egg is an easy matter, but it is not exactly so to settle an old account, as a racy writer in Otsego county, New York, shows in this letter: Seldom have I been more amused than when some two years ago, upon the North Fork of the Salmon river, in California, I overheard a conversation between an honest miner, named Riley, and one Mike Donnelly, a trader, to whom it seemed Riley was indebted some $40 for provisions. Said Donnelly to Riley : " You ought to pay this little bill, for you know I trusted you when no other trader on the river would. Come, now, I'll throw off half, if you'll pay the rest." " Well, Mike," said Riley, "I'll be hanged if I'll allow you to be more liberal than I am. If you throw off one half, I'll throw off the ot.er ." " But that don't settle my account !" "Then break an egg into it!" said Riley and coolly walked off. Mark is a great one, and I love to lie down and laugh at him now and then ; it does me good. We were driving once in a rather dilapi dated buggy, engaged in conversation with sev eral ladies in a carriage just ahead of us, when one of them began to tease him about his turn out-the "home made shafts," especially. " Well, well, Miss-," said he, apologetically, "I can't help that: we're all home-made you know." How the idea got into his head, I never could te!l; but I have admired and " thought" respectfully of him ever since. A long-legged Yankee, on visiting a manage rie for the first time, while stalking around the pavillion, suddenly came on the elephant; where upon he turned to the keeper with surprise: " Thunder and lightning, mister what critter have you got there, with a tail on both ends." A man called upon a -lawyer the other day and began to state his case mn rather an abrupt manner. " Sir, I have come to you for advice; P'm a husband-in-law !" " What l" spoke out the learned counsel. "IHusband-in-law, Sir I" " I have never -seen that defined in domestic relations." ." Don't you know what a husband in-law is? Sir, you're no lawyer; you're an ignoramus l I am a husband-in-law, but not in fact, Sir-my wife's run off. There is a man in Algiers who tells such good stories, that his. friends says it is dan gerous to walk with him in the forests, for all the hiyenas come round him and laugh. " Pompey, did you take that note to Mr. Jones?" "Es, massa." "Did you see him?" " Es, sar, me did." " How did he look ?" " Why, mnassa, he looked poty well, 'sidering he's so blind." "Blind ! w~hat do -you mean by that?" " Why, massa, when I was in de room, gibben him de paper, he axed me whar my hat was, perhaps you won't believe me, hut, massa, he war on de top of my head de hull time." The Press-the Pulpit-the Petticoats: the three ruling powers of the day. The first spreads knowledge, the second morals, and the last spreads--considerably. A bottle-nosed loafer went into one of our barber-shops, the other day, and, after being shaved handed the proprietor a red cent, upon which he was informed that the price of shav ing was a sixpence. Loafer replied very cool ly : " I know it, and that (pointing to the cent) only lacks five cents of it. You ain't a-going to stand for half a dime !'' There was no appeal to this ludicrous view of the case. The barber said he was satisfied and the customers roared with laughter. Cow EATING.--A worthy old farmer residing in the vicinity of Lake Mahopack, was worried to death' last summer by boarders. They found fault with his table, and said he had nothing fit to eat. " Darn it," said old Isaac, one day, " what a fuss you're making. I can eat anything."~ " Can you eat a crow ?" said one of the board ers. " Yes I kin eat a crow !" " Bet you a hat," said the guest. The bet was made, the crow caught and nice ly roasted, but before serving up they contrived to season it with a gooid dose of Scotch snuff. Isaac sat down to the crow. He took a good bite, and began to chew away. " Yes, I kin eat crow ! (another bite and an awful face,) 1 kins eat crow ; but il be darned if I hanker arter it." A Connecticut Jonathan, ini taking a walk with his dearest, camne to a toll bridge, when he, as honestly as he was want to be, said, after paving his toll, (which was one cenit,) " Come, Suke, you must pay your own toll, for jist as like as not I shant have you arter all." A little boy, just returned from a long visit, was asked by his mother how he had enjoyed himself while absent from home. He answered with a boyish simplicity, that he " liked his visit very well, but he wouhl'nt-tkat's what he would'nt, never ride home betweef cousin George and Sarah again, for they kept hugging and issing each other so much that they squeezed im all the time and almost speilt his new hat." "Now is the time to get up a club," as the nan sid to the publisher who had his nose pull. I Of all the reformers and enthusiasts, no one as done so much to enlarge the sphere of wo an as-Hoops. What is cabbage ? A plant popular among alors with large families. A henpecked husband says that instead of imself and wife being one, they are ten; for he is 1, and he is 0. SANOTED miser having relented so much s to give a beggar a sixpenee, suddenly dying C oon after, the attendant physician gave it as his C pinion it was from earpement of the heart! D a The Ladies-May we kiss all the ,girls we lease, and please all the girls we kiss." *WSquibbs wants to know if doctors, by look- E mg at the tongue of a wagon, can tell what ails tI *' No professional man lives so much from and Ja iin-anIk anR a a* ~a ~'A HoUSE-painter in New York grained a door so exactly in imitation of oak, that last year it put forth a quantity of leaves, and grew an excellent crop of acorns. ag "Six feet in .hisiboots I" exclaimed old Mrs. Beeswax; "what willi. the -importance of this world come to, Iwonder ? Why, they might just as reasonably tell me that the man has six heads in his hat I" Se A FATHER called his son into a crowded stage-" Ben-jam-in I" W"' A Young American lady in Paris threat ens to sue PremdentTBuchanan for breach of promise. She says that, dining at her father's table, years ago, he said to her : " My dear Miss, if ever I should become President of the United States, you shall be mistress of the White House." WATCH MAKER! T HE Subscriber having purchased the premises formerly occupied by Mr. H. A. GRAY, as a Watch repairing shop, is now prepared to doall kinds of work in connection with Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silver Ware. Having secured the services of a FIRST CLASS WATCH MAKER, and being a practical Clock Maker himself, he hopes to give entire satisfaction. All work done at his shop is warranted, and if it fails to give satisfaction, the money will be re funded. All persons leaving work with him may depend upon getting It at the timespromised. P..-A Regulator,, tht will keep exact time, will be kept running In the shop. Persons deli rious of obtaining the true time can be accomoda ted at any hour in the day. F. H. CANDEE. April 61868 f- 18 NEW GOODS FOR 1858! SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIES. I AM now receliv my Spring supplies of Dry Goods, Groceries,~&c., &c., which, in point of quality and cheapness, will compare favorably with the Goods offered by the merchants of Hamburg and Augusta. My stock of Dry Goods consists of almost every variety of Ladies' Dress Goods, Of the most fashionable styles and of all qualities. Also, a Sne assortment of seasonable Goods for Gentlemen and Youth's Wear. - Also, a large variety of BONNETS, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C, In the GROCERY line. I-am prepared to offer such inducements as must please my customers. My stock consists of an assortment of Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Molasses, ac. Also, always on hand TOBACCO, SEGARS, SNUFF, W I N E 8, BRANDIES, P U R B MEDICINES, #C. Come and look at my Stock. J. L. MAIMON. Winer Seat, Mar 22 tf 11 SWAN & C0'S.4OTTERIES, NEW &BJItANT SCHEMER CAPITAL PRIZE $70,000!! TIC:E'.2Th# O'DTZ's $1O01 The following Sehene willbe drawn by S. Swan & Co., Managers of the Sparta Academy Lottery, in each of their Lotteries for April, 1858, at A ~.guasnta, qkeOx-gia, To which City they lave removed their prin eipal ofiee. To be drawn in the et~y of Augusta, Ga.,in publie,on Saturday, April 3d, 1858, To be drawn in theoity of Augusta,Ga.,in public, on Saturday, April 10th, 1858. To be'drawn in the city of Augusta, G.,in public, on 8aturday,.April 17th, 1858, To be drawn in the City of Augusta, Ga.,in publie,on Saturday, April 24th, 1858. On the plan of Single Numbers. ,5,435 PRIZES! Nearly one trise to every Nine Tickets. lMgag. ce~.t. ioh.zm. 1o DE DRAWN EACH SATURDAY IN APRIL! 1 prize of . .i7.,00 is...............$70,000 1 prize of..... . ,000 is............... 80,00 1 prize of ... . 1,00 Is...............10,000 1 prIze of.... ....5,000 is................5,000 1 prize of.r.... ... 4,000 Is................4,000 1 prize of.... .800i...............,0 1 prize of ....,1,5011........-...1,500 4 prizes of.... . .000 sre ........ ......4,00J 4 prizes of ..... .... 900 are ..............8,600 4 prizes of ..... ....00 are................00 4 prizes of .... .....70 are................2,8001 4 prizesof ...... ..600 are ...............40 5U prizes of.........00 are.............25000 50 ,rIzes of. .........00 are...............2u,000 100 prizes of......125 arc..............11,000 230 prizes of..........10 are..............2,000 APPRO'IIdATION PRIZES. 4 Prizes of $400 Approx'ting to$70,000 Prize are. .81,600 4 PrIzes of 800 " " 8000Prize are.. 1,200 4 Prizes of 200 ' " 10,0 Prizes are.. 800 4 Prizes of 125 e a4 5000 PrIzes are... 500 4 Prtzes of 14.0 , ' " POOIrizeaars... 400 4 Prizes of 75 * "4 8,0000Przes are...800 4 P'rizes of 50 " "4 1,500 Prizes are... 200 ,000 Prizes of 90..........................100,000 5,485 Prizes amo; - ing to............ 3o,ooo Whole Tickets 610; Halves $5; Quarters 62,50. PLAN OF THE LOTT'ERY. The Numbers frc n 1Ito 50,000, corresponding with those NIumbers on the TI ke-ts printed on separate slips of paper, ire encircled with u.nal iGn tubes, and piaced In one wheel. The first 457 prlr se, similarly printed and encircled, are placed In another wheel. The wheels are then revolved, and a number is drawn ~rom the wheel of numbers, and at the ,same time a prize la Irawn from the other wheel. The number and prize drawn mt are opened an I exhibited to the audience, and regis erd by the Uommiasioners: the p~rlze being placed against he number trawn This operation Isrepeeted until all the rizes are dramrn e at. Approxtufnatton Prize....The two preceding and he two succeednt Numbers to those drawing the dirst7 Prizes will be entried to the 25 Apaproximation Prizes. For xample: If Tlclist No. 11,250 draws the $70,t100 Prize, hose Tlckets aurnt'ered 11,248, 11,249, 11,251, 11.252, will nch be entitled J -1400. If Ticket No. 550 draws the 25,u00 rrize, sho.,e Tickets numbered 548, 549, 551.552, will ach be entled 1r P800, and so on accotding to the above cheme. ThuS,000 Prize of S9t will be determined by the last IgreofltheNo, iv'ich draws the $70,000. For example,If the ro. drawing the 7.,000 prIze enda with No. 1, then all the Nekets whecre the number ends In 1 wIll be entitled to $20. .f the Number : -di with Numbler 2,. then all the Tickets hero the Number ands In 2 will be entitled to $20, and so en tot0. CETIFIOATAS OF PACKAGES will be sold at the allowing rates, wrhich lsthe risk : iertifiate of Pankage of ten Whole Tickets....$0 ertlficate of Pseksge often Half Tickets...........40 ertlnte of Packag of ten Quarter Tickets.........20 erteate of Psalae of ten Eighth Tickets..........10 In ordering Tickets or Certiacates, Enlose the in-sey to anr address for~the Tickets ordered, n receipt of wh.,eh they 'will be forwarded by first mal. 'urchasers san Lave TIckets ending In any figure they may LeaIgnte. Wr The Lls' of Drawn Numbers and PrIzes will be ent topurcase.s imnmedlately after the drawing. gWPurebase's will please write their signatures plain, nl give their P'et Office, County and State. grRememnber that every Prize Is drawn and payable in all without dedu ation. gWAll prizes of 1,000 and under,pald Imnmediately after t drawng-t'.er prizes at the usual time of thIrty days. WrAll eomn'anteatlons strictly confidential. gr Address orders for Tickets or Certificates to S. SWAN & CO , Augusta, Ga. WrA list oft's niumbers that are drawn from the wheel, 1 ith the amnount nf the-prize that each one Is entitled to, i be publishe.t after-every drawlng, In the following pa. er-New Orl ans Della, Mobile Begister, Charleston tandard, Nai Tille Gazette, Atlanta Intellilgencer, New a 'ork Weekly Day Boot, Augusta (On.) Constitutionallst, I Ichond Dispatch, New York Dispatch, Paulding (Miss.) laron, and Savannah Morning News. SMarch 81, ~ .4 10 SOTICE.-Tolled before me by John B. .Mobley, at the Circular Mills, on Shaw's rek, Edirefeld District, 9 miles East. of Edsenleld .H., and 12 miles North of Aiken, acertain BAY A [ARE, with both hind feet white, right eye out, bout 14 hands high, 9 or 10 years old. Appraised C t$35. SAM. POSEY, M. E. D. c tar 5, 1858. 1mam* 9 ~XECUTOBS NVOTICE.-All persons Whaving claims agaInst the Estate of Avoryi land, deceased, are hereby notified to present] tom, properly attested, immediately. -. . J. S.8SMYLY,j J. A. BL AND, JEx'orm. E .LBLAND. .)" NEW SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING! v. Me. agha a Vea% Augusta, Ga., ARE GETTING in a splendid Stock of Goods, and invite all who need any article in their line to call and examine them. Our Stock consists in part of Side Stripe Casimere COATS and SACKS, with PANTS and VEST to match ; Black Cloth and Cashmeret FROCKS and SACKS, and PANTS; Black Barathea and Grenadine Silk VESTS, (a light article for spring. Brown, White and Check Side-stripe LINEN and MARSEILLES Coats, Pants and Vests, &c. A large lot of FURNISHING GOODS; Marseilles White and Colored SHIRTS ; DRAWERS, SOCKS, HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS, GLOVES, TIES and SUSPENDERS. BOYS' SUMMER CLOTHING, All sizes and Prices! Tailoring--Clothing made to Order. Our stock of fashionable CLOTHS, Black, Blue, Brown and Claret, have arrived, together with a beautiful assortment of side-stripe CASSIMERE for pants; side-stripe LINENS and Marseilles for pants ; Rich Silk and Marseilles Patterns for Vests. All of which Mr. JOHN KENNY will be pleased to show and make up to order, warranted to fit and please or no sale. JOHN K. HORA & CO., Successors to J. M. Neby & Co Under U. S. Hotel, Augusta, Ga. Apr5 tf 13 *NEW SPRING AND SUMMER READY MADE CLOTIhIMSA RAMSEY & LABAW, (Opposite the Union Bank,) A RE receiving daily, and are offering to their friends and customers the largest and best Stock this season they have ever offered. Having purchased the entire Stock almost exclusively for CASH, and paid unusual attention to the manu facture of the Clothing, we are prepared to offer them at prices to defy competition. We have an elegant line of SCARFS, CRAVATS, STOCKS, UNDERSHIRTS and DRA WERS, every grade ; Linen Bosom SHIRTS, from the well known manufactories of Morrison & Co., Golden Hill, John M Davis & Co., and Fowler & Co. - ALSO A complete line of GLOVES, of every kind ; HANDKERCHIEFS, SOCKS, &c. We have also a very large stock of SERVANTS CLOTHING, of every kind, which we would call especial attention to. Merchants and others would do well to call be fore purchasing elsewhere. Augusta, April 21, ly 15 EXECUT OR'S SALE, BY Virtue of an order from Wm. F. Durisoe, Esq., Ordinary for Edgefield Diliriet, I will sell on TUESDAY after sale day next, (May 4th) at the late residence of Robert Lofton, dee'd., the following real and personal estate, directed to be sold by the will of the said deceased, to wit: Four Hundred Acres of Land, Comprising the Tract whereon the Testator lived, bounded by lands of Jlohn H. Hlollingsworth, Miss Margaret A. Hobbs, Mrs. Hagood and others. This Tract of Laud lies on Beaver Dam Creek, contain ing a considerable body of woodland, heavily tim bered. and is well worthy the notice of all who wish to purchase such property. One Hodse and Lot in Pottersville, Bounded by lot. of Andrew Ramsey and Mrs. Kirksey. Also, at same time and place, TWO NEGE0 KEN, Good field hands, one of them an ordinary Black smith-upward. of 100 bushels Corn, Fodder, Two Yoke of Oxen (well broken,) Thirteen head of Sheep, Cpws and Calves, Stock Hogs, Four horse., Lot of Lard, five or six hundred pounds of Bacon, Blacksmith Tools, including a fine pair of Bellows, Four Bee Gums with Bees, Cotton Seed, House hold and Kitchen Furniture, one large Wagon, Plough Stocks and Plough Iloes, lot of Band Iron, and numerous other article. not necessary to he mentioned. TERMS OF SALE. The above property will be sold on a credit un till the first day of January next with interest from the day of sale. Purchassers will be required to give Notes with approved sureties. ,Title in pro perty not changed ti terms of sale are complied with. Terms not complied with, property wil be resold at risk of former purchaser. gPossessio~n of plantation given at day of sale. Possession of Lot at Potterhville on 1st Jannuary 1859. G. W. LAN DRU.M, Ex'or. A pril 94te 14 Shieriffs Sale. B Y Virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias ~ome di rected, I will proceed to sell at Eu ,,efield C. H., on the first Monday and Tuesday in May next, the following property to wit: J. S. Smyly vs. John Stidham, one Tract of Land, containing two hundred and fourteen n'eres, more or less, adjoining lands of Robt. Bryan, Sr., ad other lands of the said John Sttdham and oth ers. Terms Cashr. JAMES EIDSON, snsn. AprilO 1858 4t 13 Sheriftus Sale. S. S. Boyce, vs Fi Fa. JToseph Patterson. BY Virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to mec 1direoted, in the above stated casse, I will pro ceed to sell at Edgefield C. II., on the first Monday n May next, the following paroperty. viz: One Lot of Land containing one and a half acres, more or he-s, adjoining lands of F. W. Pickena, W. ?. Durisne and others. Aso, one other Lot, containing one aere, more' r less, adjoining lands of F. WV. Pickens and ,thers. Said Loti levied upon as the property of the Do 'ndnt Joseph Patterson. (lrTerms Cash. JAS. EJDSON, s.z o. A pril 10 4te 14 TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE, No. 2. UWILL attend at the times and places herein tafter specified to collect the Stt and District Sx for the year commencing the first day of Oc ober, 1857. t Meach.Island, Monday, 2gth April.! "Hamburg, Tuesday, 27th " "Howard's, Thursday, 29thl " " Cheatham's, Same evening, 3 a.'clock. " Pleasant Lane, Friday, 30th " "J. S. Smyly's, . Saturday, 1st May, "Edgefield C. Hi. Monday and Tuesday, 3d and 4th'May. "Mrs. Allen's, Thursday, 0th May, 'after which time my books will close for the pres t year. I hope all persons hiving In the coun ry will try to turn out at their respective precincts, d not put off their returns till the last days at ho Court House, as there is generally such a rowd that it is almost impossible to do business orretly. Tax payers will bear in mind that the law re [ires them to make their returns by the time my ooks close, or they are subject to double tax, for ie collection of which I am required to issue a ouble Tax Execution, leave it with the Sheriff, nd take his receipt for the same with me to Co nubia. Please take due notice and govern your elves accordingly. THIEOPHIILUS DEAN, 'r.c.z.n. Mar16__ __ 7t 10 SOTICE is hereby given to all who are in debted to me in Edgefield District, either by tote or Account in 1853, '54, '65 or '6, to come rward and settle the same if they wish to save oets. Also, those in arrears for 1867 will please il and settle by cash or note very soon. The to and accounts can be found at my Mill in :dgefield District. J. Y. L. PARTLOW. Mar 81 3m 12 LOUR AND CORN MEAL-Can be ~had atmy house for Cash. -ALSO eather-Earness, Sole, Upper, Kips, &c. B. T. MIMS SPRING TRADE ! CHOICE DRY GOO DS. BROOM &NORRELL AUGUSTA, GA., W OULD invite the attention of the citizens of Edgefield District to their large and elegant Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, which they are now displaying at their ONE PRICE STORE! Comprising everything of the latest and most ele gant styles in LACE MANTILLAS, TALMAS, SHAWLS. HOOP SKIRTS, of every style manufactured. HOOPS OF EVERY KIND. Xrish Z zseam of our own importation. French, English & American Prints, GINGHAMIS, 1YiUSLINS, CHALUES, BEREGES, HOSIERY, GLOVES, FURNITURES Brilliants, Jaconets, Cambrics, &o, -ALSO All the best makers in the market, of DOMESTICS, HOUSEWIFE GOODS, LINENS, LINEN DAMASKS, SHEETINGS, Pillow Linens and Cottons, Towellings, &c., &c, &c. Making up one of the Best Stocks of Dry Goods ever offered in this market, and embra cing all of those styles most highly prized by good housekeepers. And as we are the only House in the City that invariably adhere to the ONE PRICE SYSTEM, We would call particular attention to this feature of our Trade, and ask all to consider its advantages. It guarantees to the BUYER the LOWEST MAIR KET PRICES, because it forces the SELLER down to the smallest sum he can af'ord to take for his goods, and of course BARGAINS cannot bi expected from any other mode of doing business. g- Please notice that we rigidly adhere to ONE PRICE. Io That price we WAR ANTEE to be as low as the lowest. 1"And that we never resort to the trick of BAITING. ' Augusta, Apr 12 f 14 NEW AND SEASONABLE STOCK OF SPRING DRY GOODS, P. & M. GALLAHER, AUGUSTA, GboRoA. R ESPECTFULLY Solicit the attention of the ladies of Edgefield, and the public generally, to their New and Fashionable stock of -DRY GOODS, Purchased within the past month by one of their own firm, who spared no pains to-obtain the most desirable styles of SPRING and S U M M E R GOODS, suitable for the most fastidious of the ladies of the South. To their varied and extensive assortment, in each department, they call special attention, especially to the comparatively low prices at which they are selling. Their stock embraces in part the latest Fashions. SUPERB SILKS. Rieh Chintz Chen Bayadere SILKS ; Rich Moire Antique Black and Colored SILKS; Rich Marcellaine and Florence " " Rich Black SILKS, in endless variety ; GRENA DINE, Crape DeParis ROBES; CI A LLIE, Barege Delaine " Printed LAWNS; Printed BRILLIANTS; BAREGES; CRAPE MA RETZ; CIA LLIES; BAREGE DaLAINE; CRAPE DaPARIS; CANTON CLOTH; BOMBAZINE; ALPACA. EMBROIDERY. Embroidered BAN DS, beautiful Patternas; "JACONET, SWISS and.MULL; " COLL ARS, in great variety ; " Linen Cambric H ANDKERCHIEFS EDGINGS and INSERTINGS. IOS I E RY. - Ladies' Silk-HOSE, best quality ; "8 Cotton 4" " "1 Misses' Silk 4I " " " Cotton " " " Gents' Half Cotton HOSE, all sizes and quality ; Ladies' and Gentlemen's Silk GLOVES; " " *" Kid " various colors. MYUSLINS. Emnbroidlered MUSLIN, for Ladies' Dresses; Plain Jaconet and Swiss MUSLINS ; Nan.sook, Muil and Book " Embroider.ed M.uslin and Lace CURTAINS; Printed BRI LLIANT E and French CANIM R!C; AMERICAN CALICOES AT UNIPRECE DENTEDLY LOW PRICES. DOMYESTIC GOODS. Brown SH IRTINGS and SIHEETINGS; OSNAIBURGS, STRIPES and DRILLINGS, at Factory prices. GINO HAMS IN GREAT VARIETY! IR ISII LIN EN. Finihed and Unfinishe'l LiNENiin half and whale pieces, imported direct from Ireland. DA MASK, NAPKINS, DOY L1IES, T ABLE CLOTHS. MISCELLANEOUS. COUNTERPANES; BED TiCKING; Apron CHECKS; Furniture PRINTS; RIBBONS; LUTES; Satin and Velvet Furni ture and JDress FRINGES; PA RASOLS; lloop SKiRTS; FANS: CO~JRS: Hair BiBUSilES; SOAPS; PERFUMERY; MANTILLAS, SHA WLSand SCARFS in end less variety. Auogusta, A pril 14 1858 3m_ 14 New Spring Goods! WRIGHT, ALEXANDER & Co.,, GLOBE HOTEL BUILDING, BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. A RE now opening one of the largest and most Latti-active Stocks of NEWV SPRING GOODS ever of~ered in A ugusta. embracing all the newest fabrics and designs in Dre ss Goods. Robes DeQuille, Odalisque and Flounced ROBES, in Silks, Twisted Silks, Bereges and Muslins; Black and Colored, Plain and Fancy NILKS in reat variety. ERAGES, TISSUES, Printed Organdi and Jac onet MUSLINS; BMBAZINES,Challies, DeLAINES, A LPACAS, DBEGES, French BRIL LIANTS; English, French and A merican PRINTS; INGH AMS, &c.. &c.; Our Stock of LINEN Goods will be found very desirable, embracing super Irish Linens, Pillow Case Linens, Table Cloths, Damasks, .Napkins, Diapers, Towels and Sheetings ; Stella, Merino, and Berage SI1AWLS' Scarfs ; hantilly Lace and Mourning MANTILLAS, a great variety ; Plain and Dotted Swiss, Jaconet, Mull, Nainisook', Tarlton, Plaid and Striped MlUAL1N; MBROIDERIES and. HANDKERCHIEFS in every variety of style and quality ; OSIERY and GLOVES for Ladles, Gentlemen and Children, In English, French and German ods and every variety of Steel Spring HOOP SKIRTS; INEN and COTTON GOODS for Men and Boys I wear; Dimity, Damasks, Cartain Muslins, Marseilles e Quilts; e Bleached and Unbleached Shectings and Shirtings, y all qualit'es ; s )snaburgs, Marlboro' and Georgia Plaids and 4 Stripes, Tickings, Checks, and a full assortment r Staple Goods. We~ invite an examination of ur Stock. Our Goods will be found as represent td in quality, prices reasonable, and terms ac nnmodating. Augusta, Mar 16 6t 10 -Notice, LL persons indebted to the estate of Daniel Boone, dec'd., are requested to make immedi- 1 o payment, and all persons hawing demands .J gaint the same are hereby notified to present tI em properly attested. C PETER OUZT. De,2,1 10. Bland -- A RE now receiving a LARGE .ptidnARIED A Stock of Spring and. nsm DRY G0AD A good portion of which is now in Slot.e andr.MyA - for inspection. - In calling the attention of orfriendsiS dipt to our Stock we beg to assure them that it , ;: And great inducements will be offered':o:. A sales. Our Stock comprises all the Newejt ate: rials with the latest patterns and designs LLhIEW 5RIS3 ": -SCH A___I ". Plain, Striped and Plaid BAREGES TISSUES, LAWNS, ORGANDIES; BRILLIANTES, French CAMBRIGS Crapo MARETS. Barege DeLAINES, Material for TRAVELLING DRESSE de Stripes and Flounces and Bayadere; Plain CHALLIES, SKIRTS ; EMBROIDERY, LACES, RIBBONS; HOSIERY and GLOVES - t Brown and Bleached SHE*TINGS; .- , " " SHIRTINGS . TICKINGS, PILLOW CASINGS - Table DAMASKS, DUCKS and DRILLINGS; A variety of Goods for MEN and BOYS wav r; PL AIDS and STRIPES for servants--.;,, French, English sad American P ,IS great variety, at 121cts. Also, MANTILLASsad BONNEWS For the Ladies, together with a fiarst rate stoki4 ' SHOES, for all classes. In fact, we have got about ALL the thagifyou . want-but money. - Qr We shall at all times be glad to show es Goods and respectfully invite inspection- frot trading community. If we don't sell you,-it"shafl not be our fault. BLAND & BUTEER, .""F: Edgcfied, S. C., April 14 tf 14 1888 - 1858. SPRING EXPOSITIN; 18 :r SPRING IMPORTATIONS OF FIRST CLASS STAPLE AND PA N C T Siiks, Grenadines, Bareges, Chasiles, K] , lins, Embroideries, Hosiery, Liners and Domestic Goods, And the usual line of Goods kept in a Ert class Dry Goods store. Ladies will find in our extensive stock thegrcato eat assortment, in each of the above departments, ever exhibited in Augusta. Our great facill$Ies for obtaining GOODS from Auction and lar id-'d. porters, are such as to ensure our customers that '' they may make their purchases from us at the very lowest prices; and many leading artideos much below the market value. Our Northern, Eastern and European Corres pondents will send us weekly throughout the sea son, all that is New, Novel and Stylish, in the way of Dress Goods and Embroideries. Our House claims the especial attention of Stiao gers and Visitors, as only one price is asked, -ind all Goods are marked in plain fgurs; 'therefo e, inexperienced purchasers are not over Sharged. Ladies will always receive kind and e0.arteous attention-it will afford our salesmen pleasure to show Goods. DICKEY a ..sDS4MS P. S.-Sole Southern Agents for eohWh te side &r Co.'s celebrated IRISH LINENS. SAugusta, Mar 29 ti. 1 - New Spring Go1 WIL LJAlMHlCRA1~ 'AUGUSTA, GA.,& B EGS o annunceto his Egefkiedfresw7sthi ceiviug, a large and well:select~ed Stock of. Spring and Summer' Dy Gid~: Which he is prepared to sell at VERY LOW pr-C ces FOR CASH. As many orthe Goods- l av been purchased of Cash Hfoseseisb OFFER GREAD* It will be to..the literetfths City to call and ekamnnehis Goa a he is confident they~ will comipare rvrby any in the market. Among his Stoek-msysa u Fancy Plaid and Cheeked SILKS; Chene Bayadere SILKS; ' ,,. . Black-SILKS, all qualitiesp - Plain and figured CHALLIESf; Flounced Muslin ROBES. Orgmndie, Chilli and Grenabine ROBES; * MANTILLAS, SHAWLS and SCARFSN In great variety ; A large stock of L AWNS, MUSLINS, GING IIAMS and PRINTS, together with'a- fall Stock of. HEAVY AND DOMESTIC GO0DS, Suitable for famiily and plantation use. A large lot o'4CA LICOES, and bleached and brown SHIRT- - INGS, at 64 ets. A ugusta, Ga , A pril 5 2t 13 NEW SPRING GOODS ! BOOTS AND SHOES! 7I HOS. P. LARIUS, A ugusta, Georgia,hs Ithis day received a large lot of SPRING GOODS, and wiill continue, to do so through the suimme.r, consisting in part of Ladies' Silk F xd CONGRESS GAITERS, do do do do do Glove Kid Congress do do Colored TIPT do do Black do do -- do Fine Philadelphia Kid and Morocco SLIP PERS, Misses' Fixed Kid-Top KOSSUTH BOOTS, do Kid and Morocco SLIPPERS and TIES, Children.' SHOES. of every description, Mens' Calf Opera PUMP BOOTS, do Goats H EELED INVINCIBLES, do Patent W. S. PUMPS and Oxford TIES, & do Goats B. S. do do Calf B.S. do do Kid Congress GAITERS, do Calf do do. Boys' do do do With a variety too numerous to mention. Call md look, as I have attentive Clerks who will be glad to show the Goods. Augusta, Geo., April 5 tf 13 DeBOW'8 WEEKLY PRES~5 AND DeB0W'S REVIEW. D E BOW'S WEEKLY PRESS will be pub lished on a handsome double sheet, at the City of Washsington, mud will be delivered to subscribers at the lew pr4ee' ~f two dollars per annum ; or, five dollars for thnere opies ; or, five dollars for one copy and a copy of )n Buw's R Evzzw--all in advance. It will be devoted to the current News and dis ussionrs of the day, home and foreign, political and general; embracing, also Literary Sketches, Tales, Cesays, etec, together wi papers upon Eduestion, tgriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Mining, ind he A rts, and will be made, in every respect, kN ACCEPTABLE FAMILY NEWSPAPER. A ble writers and contributors are securr d in eve y department. The City of Washington is perhaps the most\ vored point in the Union for the establishment of ucht a sheet. J. D. B. DE BOW, WaushingStensit. A pril 6, 1858 If - 13y, Mount Enon Work ShopL HE universal satisfaction that the The o3W kby the subscriber has heretofore given, en. aurages him to hope thpmt for the flnure he wi har qnually successful, lie is better prepared every ~ ear to do better work, and he does act hesitate to y thatthe . - JOT TON GINlS AND THRASHRI mde by him are equal to any now off'ered'for ale.s lany testimonials of this fact might he give. Work kept constanty on hanad, and ordersyte tted at the shortest notice. Address,; Colmans x THOMAS E. CIAPMAM Cla'sXRoads. Edgefleld Dist.8 .C ggOr Mr. D. RDURISOE, atthe' l~ee, who is my authorized Agent. 7 ) LOT ICE is hereby given io the .Ntributees of John ThrallklU as ement on said estate will be eaht ficee, at Edgefield C.11 o'li ovemaber neaLt. ~ - FRAKCU~M trO;1858 um S