Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a -gi *TurtpY. ve quote from the North Britis4 Ag ricituralist the following commenda tios sespecting the methods of prevcnta i-g er mitigating the risk of damage by tho Turnip Fly : "Various methods have been suggest ad-to prevent the attack of the turnip fy *hen the plants are newly brairded. Sseeping the seed in oil, and afterwards dusting the seed with sulpher prepara tory to sewing, has been found to be' of eensiderable service. There is, hdwever, a tiN more certain nithod of prevent ing. Newly,slacked lime, strewn thinly aloug the rut made by the seed-coulter the sewiomaehine at the tine of the the p tis, proves aprotection. Shovealso found & maiture of lime ~soblery eofouaI' in protecting the -m, ar - pat,out the frst veas.When a smil quantity of Ihite -Marni4jseeci is sown in the hollows of the "das1 .the insects resort to the white tunip plants, preferring thena to the Swede. This methpd of protecting the , atter is more expensive tIn top-dress -,.~ the %eed rows with lime previoua to 'ratirdingof the plants. After- the leaves are formed, littie dimage is - The turnip' y, but other in onl twjeaves, the larck Iee % mat common.- The- mest jf " -at ks'twoembst all itos- is to airwar*Iegrwelm of the plants agi.hi aipu the seed U 'ad after 4he plats. come up to saesurfs4ce f-equep q7, but a'ithonl 1o-taip plaas., " - "-- sisti of - ;Messrs ertsoo aed (eaeo-mA' id i atey,sand proceeded to in t institution The following is f their reort : There are iy'celis,' and the 'stone 1 twety more. 'h fiuest Convicts et g sd: en 9 T Ith. A pril. - At ti eeae:npWsisa . There o ,ne esape; 'one ~ s a r, and onve. dis 3 ' The. f - s ubsi ting- pon about 20reenta a: .'y ; but the tfkeeping' t tevic-tnent - e .asrtained. Neo ovict who i g1xer &j and his Board if he was a g iteIL Morer ; thikty-re worth eighly day and their b ard. All are S trodk, except. when exeused by Sisaae-ciktibg and masonry employmeat. SEvetee? ai'e y to e quarry-about oie and i ilees'disisnt. An .s uant- of is on b aIan3ient to last un= 4t 1th anary, oh prizoner, on t-s inyte ith the u erni i & bg baeg.thoFsagbly cinnse1 !~Iuiid~and -the .Comauieiosers sa.einiuint. made, djiring their , wetions with.. tha' pi-isoners con ~~m~s~bqrtheir .ttatnent *r their 4" A~endit-was found that nearly-elt of sp nnsi a fair way totleamw a weau * trades Wih few exceptions, haibeen found unnecessary. the jao.th of April to' oonvicts efforEi 2,5[0 of.iabor, BBwG B--From the )to aheat. 18 ~Uest~~o~ ja~w~~ bre .es age ' ~l;do alttle an a beh bnds ''ight be seen einbogh thi-tree# -.u s~ J6 hat ~as -neve.r seen to issue teetra koss. or to pans. up en He was popyarlvy knoan si'Th 'adre Jawr," hat jhere wasasssehage ar akanns insal1oOfthat 6. never knotii toe anW 'hiismienty'' hi-r he - ased, hnabo%ikeeds "phMify ~had goes 6y. He-disappeared, *dill' g, inhfaired, bre stMy feiat as e ent ear- streebm fqr 1tbe last wJw*ywho''blieved thaL be- wSs I isrdgi '1ausrrjliU,1 come." - jpralid Athiname: semin4h' fIRowing lath. pafagssph ota lettec - a.gebyAie.Hana, T. Percher to the Abbe Els e s -And pow siu, w e are saying eaa 4 kSwae4eik-iroes will not - it yo. -Ar a faithful freedmen *emit meibe other.dig, "Master, if the -u~g~.ung jouinut blame the dent they - dc as the are domng-go grouad end teah Whenever thi pes1r, b*!heides yotoxn 6n - shese o wrdiseth&k the in.tter. Lethegak and-kill the'1iordsita the Tasbeest mnths." As'said before, dumb taspatopgifse g;,e ecepI %eikswe' atbise * -h7s powerful4 I adhwrkn - )en not- stir up men else or touuruo).-Sim. At tthe Anuita Press, is now on 1' 'MHaq,pshire, the place of h&is last letter to the Pres, bifdesm he says they are olgot of fashion, "few of dager generation having more two or tbnee. If theA'frst tw.o con qsitdafa boy and girl, a third seldom in qoe pon the little band ; but if the flrst two arof the same sex, a third is sometimes added to the number. Here -an4 there an old-fashion couple are found, -arme whose hearth-stun. sons and daugtersse -altseded to cluster in the goiold wa ; but it .is most true, and your readers may be wicked enough not to regret it, that considerations of pru deuce and economy are greatly curtail ing the :mutual increase of this calcula tinig people." There seems to be no doubt that the Germans in the Western States are sev ering their connection with the Radical party, and various reasons induce the belief that a similar step will be taken by their brethren in the East. The Ge mans were powerful supporters of the North in the late war. They gave mo ney freely, anid they gave men with equal freedom. Now they have attained the fruition of their desires, and they will not sacrifice liberty and security to any political party. The Germans de mand a WBITE epubliCan party as op posed to the BrACK Republiesn party, and'they are determined to oppose to the Jlast-any movement looking to Afri canising the South, or converting the whole country into a huge centralized desnQtism. GE. NPE'S RECOMMENDATIoN or. BAN IsnMET.-The New Times, in an article on Gen. Pope's letter to Gen. Grant, says: Were we at the threshold of recon struction, instead of mid-way.in its ap plication, te suggestion of Gea Pope touehing the manner of dealing with iebel leaders and noisy assailants of the ,law would meriti ore attention than will now be accorded to it. Banishment from the country might then have been sanc tioned as the p6nishment be.t adapted to the peculiarities of the case. By send ing influential rebels into exile, their evil influence might have been terminated, nnd'a foundation laid for peace, which now is sadly ~needed. The enforcement of this penalty is no longer easy or practi cable. It may yet become necessary, in. individual .cases, bat- as a general meastre for suppressing disaffection and restoring quiet, it 4an hardly be said to be available. The pardons granted form a serious 'obstacle, and the delay in ap plyigg it would- invest it with something like invidious malignity. Should events necessitate harsher measures td secure ther ends aimed at by Congres', the ban ish ent of the ageits of disaffection 'woeld. still be preferable to a .general scbeipe of- caofiscation. Neither, we trust, will be found necessary. But the South maT usefully'remember that both are yet.within the scope of the Con gressional opportunity, if the piesent plan fail to accomplish its declared pur poses. Tne'W an oN GsEIA-GtAwr.-SomC .the Radical organs; in their .annoy ance at the acceptance by Cener1 Grant of tb elaee of Mr. Stanton, are making &e ce war qn the General as a possihie r prpbsble candidate for the highest of ficial ofee in the-gift of the nation. In the New. York Tribune -especially, Grant is sneered at as a "deaf and dumb candi date ;' "one the uniformed sphingc sa hed and girde4 statues.". "Silence tad uncertainty," we are told, "rest like .a pall over the naine of Grant;" his '"re cent reeord," we are assured, is enough tb ruin his future chances, and unless be is ptepared, at a uIoment's notice, to take a s'piech, sucli as-shall please -and eatify the Radicals, he must surrender all hope in this world, and, perhaps, in tiat which i9.to come also. Now,.as it must be- dimitted tirat General Grant has never yet nade anysago.as h politi .cjan, or signifidti in any way his canrli dacy .br "aPre!idenCy, it cannot but sfrike detent people that thi, is .a iery unaeeessary and uncaledftr ar tfidis being made upon bit.--Bal. sun. - LING. -A .MooBED -QUESTION. -- A friend, who Was in Oxford a few weeks -ago, states that whiIe-there. an immense 'crow.4 of freedman and "plain" folks 'as sembled for a political barbecue. A "plain" man, he tells'a*,'by the n.ameof Burney, hid been.invited to address "the Ilarge-endl highly 'intelHigent 'andience," ang4 having.been.presented in .the usual form, begao as foNows: 'Fellow-citizena; This.is.s white man's Government"t-when he was ilterrupted by in official in the "Burea line of busi* ness with * !ell, if that's your tack, you've said onougWi-yotrcant retire.*3 Jet Cbba-up sprang a staru'art 'son o? RHam,..who depoe;a follows: "I doeat k'new-sveder dis rg'a.1 ~hite ipan's- Guber mnent or so, aqd I doen'tcre ad-n, birt os~ tag.I does -know, .and dit is, dat die1Is a niggerV~ barbecue, and we rvited Mr.~ Boirney to speak, and he's dgine torsek - WhEreupon the Burea ofBicial -grace -H s ubsided,. and Mr...Berney pftceed ed.--Aberdeen Examineor. * - EinAN'S BVlIEAU N MAGE4MENT lhe Prident, it is said, is determined * 'itretnee a ltte'economy irdo the eienagement of The Freedman's Bureau, hn-o that end, it is understosd that he 'irill commenee byassigning'General Hlomrd to otben.duty, and putting a mod in his plate who will be less expen sive to the governtsent, and at 'the sme ~1itie far.ierive in attending~ to political altes in the South. ~The Ereedmien's lleiau, so-aed, is ithing more nor Jearrtha~Iiati. Itadical party. mar .e6fre, and1ioward was selected a s just ti.e-en to run it. Hle.is- a natural fa stic-oDe of, the' psaIm-singriag sort' feom Nr,w England, and w.hie pre&ssing greiit piety; takes eare to keep a sharp eye an. the "almighty dollar-;" and also on the colored loyalists, Iest the'shofrld forgot to.vote- Radical tickets. V Asmn4cTos, Auagust 48.-Tihe fllow inag statement in relat'on-to G'en-Sieldes'. erder No.'I0, and the Exeentive order thereon, will correct the enrrenC maisep: prebension : . On the 14tb instant, the fahstructionis sent to Sen. Sickies, exem;-t i'ng United-States Coi-ts.- f'romn military order, Vere-suspend?4I.ne!4ihis .report 'ad views upon the latter could b9 .re btired. On -the 16th, the comnm'anding offier of Wilmingt6n reported that the 'Attorney-Gener al had . instructed -the Marshal of Northi Caralina to proceed to eforce the. .executions- of the United Stati6s Coarts, threatening prosecutions agaiist persons preventing him. In streetions were issued to Col. Frank, by Gen.;Siokles, not to permit the order of any court-to be enforced, In violation of existing orders, and to report fully upo-n the cases pending. 'These occur.rences having been reported to the War Depart ment, the instructi.ons originally sent to Gen. Siekles have been withdrawn. TnE WAR DEPARTET.-TIie presenCe of General -Grant at the War-Deyart -ment, has already ereated a marked change, among-the subordinates in that building: During Stanton's administra tion of affairs, they became insolent and discourteous to a degree almost insuffer able, and imitating the style aid manner of their superior officer. They affected an air of mysteriousness, which made them appear ridiculous; now, however, they seem to have abandoned many of their objectionable habits, and endeavour to assume the modesty of the pro tem pore Secretary. All this is well, and if it only extended into some of the other departments here, it would be still better. Even the attaches of -the White House might profitably take a lesson or two from their neighbors in the War Office. The letter of Gen. Pope to Gen. Grant occasions some comment, and the im probable statement is made that the lat. ter officer will order the arrest of B. H. Hill and other discontented persons. We prefer to give Gen. Grant credit for better sense. Mr. Hill was a .strong Union man during the war, but does not hesitate to controvert the policy of the Congressional Acts of reconstruction. He has a perfect right to do so, of course, I using such arguments as his convictions 1 may sugges*, though it may all be of no i uility whatneer 1 NEWBERRY, S. C. Wednesy Morning, August 28, 1867. TERMS. Single copies, one year,. . . . 63,00 --six months, . ..- 1 50 Five copies, one year and extra copy to 'getter up of club, 15,00 Ten copies, one year and extra copy to -getterup ofcu, 25,00 Strictly in advance. The >C mark denotes the expiration of sub. scription, and the paper will be discontinued if not renewed. Transient advertisements cash in advance. Job work must be paid for on delivery. LeEon Ton and Die Modenwelt. We have received the August numbers of the above splendid fashion Journals. Every lady - iouid have - these works upon their table. The Laurnsville Eerald. Col. B. W. Ball, the Junior editor of the-abeva excellent paper, bas, in a neat and felicitous little valedictory, laid by the. editorial harness. We wish him abtindant success in all the relations of life. Letta from Lhiope. We copy from the News tiwo letters furnished that paper by Gen. Wagener, Commissioner of Immigration for the State, from his agents in Europe. They will be found on the fir%t page and will 'prove interesting to the reader. Newberry Immigration Society. The regular monthly meeting of thi.s Society, will be held on Monday. next, (sale-da,t,) at the ball over Messrs. Wiske nn & Wilber's store, at 11 o'clock. A full attendance of the members and all persons interested in the cause of Im migration, is requested. DesMryed by Lightning. The barn- of- Mr. I)tacel Hook, in Leington District, was -struck by light ning,Wednesday-4ftetnoon, an.d entirely -burit down. T-wo.mulea-one at each -end. of (lio barn-were killed .by the !;hock. Mr. S. J. flook.an.d.bis brother >#ere retining on two-balesof cotton in te middle of the -barr, bn, fortns ately escaped unhtrt. The-eotton in tbe build ig-was saved. - - The Galazy, For- September, contains,.some "Re miniscences of Dr. Anthon," the late dis tinguished-elassical scholar and t.acher ; "A Carol of Harvest, for 1867;" "Jean Fngelow's New Volume ;" "The Ladies ol langollen ;' -righam Young-and Mor #iotism ;" -"Aunt Madeline's 'Trial ;". a ishortatory; "Steven Lairrence,Yepman;' "Waiting for the Verdict" Nebulse," b! the editor. The price of -THE GALarY is $3:5 a year. Single copies will be sent; post-paid, on receipt of thirty- *en'ts. A ddressW.C. F:P. Ghurch, No. 32 Park Raw, New York. We regi-et to learn that g fase impres-. sion~pl'evails in the country injurious to the interests of this town ini read to 'the. health of'the latter; That there is a degree of sickness, common to the.season, LWi do not &dny but 'the ufortality is very slight, few cases but yie.lding- to proper treatment and 'carei A gentle. 'man just returned from the upper din tricts informs us that he 'heard 'that as rpan'y as seven.d,eaths currd hers in on~eday. The report is false and absurd ; as many deaths have . scaricely ocdurred in as many months.-- A few freed persons have die4 throughbcareless and ineffioient trata'ent attributed .ent-ieely to their open peoplo,- hence the-fa.lse rumor1, per hape: - We trust th~at the mirids. :of our 'friEnds in the coimtrf will be disebus~ed of.the id' 'We assure -them 'there is n&fo'arlationiin fast forit. . The Removal ot'Sheridan.. Th's rero4val of G3en. Sheri.4an ,says the N. Y. Hevild, froem tie'- Fifth Mill tary District, anmf his trinsfer to Mis sowri will, no doubt, be received with a great outcry by the 'Radical portion of 'the Rep,ublican party press. ' tat last inovement, as jen the first grand coup by V^hich Stanton was deposed from the War Department, President Johneon, wrth a great deal of slrewdness and s gacity, bas efectually headed off all at tempts to create a popular e;citeinent over his acts, or to confer upon Sheridan the valuable crown of a martyr. In sp pointing Gen. Thomas to the command in Louisiana, as in assigning Griant to the duties of the War Department, the President satisfies the cotintry that his object is rather to give harmony and efficiency to the work of Reconstruction than to embarrass its progress. The well-known sentiments of the new com mander, his recognized fidelity to the reconstruction policy approved by the loyal States, bis valuable military ser vices and his admitted civil qualifications, will induce the people to acquiesce as readily in tbe removal of Sberidan as they did in the deposition of Stanton. General Grant, as Secretary of War, continues to cut down the expenses of the department by dismissing super fluous employees, or sending them to other branches of service where they are more needed. He has announced his intention of conducting the affair of the Quartermaster's Department with| the most rigid economy, and will, if pos sible, bring back the War Office to a peace footing, in fact as well as in name. REGISTRATION AT SPARTANBURG.-At Dourthouse-Total to August 22-whites 323, and blacks 197. Walnut Grove whites 87, and blacks 8?. Holly Springs mnd Campobello-whites 193, and blacks M4. Sumner's-whites 40 and blacks 18. An editor in Marshall, Illinois, has >ecome so hollow fro~m depending upon he printing business alone for bread, hat he proposes to sell himself for stove RETCRN OF EnrGRANTS FROM 5RAzir.. The Montgomery -(Ala.) Advertiser re cords the arrival in that city of a party of ladies and gentlemen, who left Brazi last month, thoroughly disgusted wit: their new homes among the hybrid enas ses in that over-rated country. They are said to give affecting and pitiful ac counts of the sufferings of many hundred of deluded Southerners -in that far-of region, and represent that there is nc way of improving their fortunes, not any kindly social intercourse with the natives; that they live about in huts. uncared for, and the American Consuj it in receipt of numerous and constant ap plications from helpless American citizen: to assist them in getting back to - their native land. The Darlington Southerner records ar unfortunate occurrence near Leavens worth, in that District, on Sunday last It appears tiat depredations had repeat edly been made on the poultry of Mr Peter McIver, and nirtally the family re solved to be on the *atch for the rob bers. Mrs. McIver bad gone into the yard, Sunday ni;ht, unknown to the res of the family, and passed near the poul try house, by some means making a noise which attracted the -attention of the watche'rs, when her son fired and wound ed -his mother so severely that she die< in a few hours. AN EMBLEMATI FLAG.-A new Unitei States fing recently raised at the Citadel has twenty-six of its stars in a diamon< cluster in the centre of the Union, an< the ten others disposed around the bor -der of the Union, two in each corner an< one in the centre of the bottom border o the Uniob and one in the centre of thi 'top border of the Union. Whether in tentionally or-not, this flag is emblematic so far as it separates ten of the star from the remaining twenty-six.-Char leston Mercury. AN INJUSED Eronm.-Tbe Editor of t Pensylvania paper thus feelingly rebuke a breach of politeness, committed bj some of his female acquaintances : "The lady (?) who yesferday called th -attention -of another to . our patchei breebes, -Whereat bothlaughedso hearti ly, is informed that a new -pair will bi 'purchased when her husband's "littO bill" is settled; it has been due nearly year. Tell'yeur husband -to - send 'n $23.70 a.once, andthereby save thees of aentirE. sUrr." - Am-r RAnieAA-Ood forbid ! Cal nie any other name, ut "as thou Joves me," call me not 'a Radibal What 1 1 trampler upon and -a aespiser of th - Constitution of my eQuntry ; a villifle and an abuber of the section of my birtl -in oppressor of my people-an avowel enemy of my own~ race and color, and: worshipper at the shrine of Africa ! Ne no,. nort a RadicaL Call mDe anything els~ but for goodn'ess- sake, don't calL mne Radica.-Journal -f Commwerce. - "Go I'r!"-There is a call for angr candidate for the next Vice-Presiden4 Some of the.ultras suggest W-endell Phil lips for tfieKlresident and John Langston colored, of Ohio, for Vice.. We g6 thb ticket if it is put us. The sooner '6i o~ver, the sooner to sleep. -We'further pi-opose that the Stars -ant Stripes be- abolished, and simple blac. and white 6o.- adopted a, the nationn - fag. -"Par}y per pale, sable and argen4 Hurrah for;the bi-colorr", A correspondent writing from Coving lion.Uounty, Mfiss., says : "We-are now in' Zio,n Serninary.. - T this neighb~orhood residles .John J. Ini gram, who has been married three timcs His first wife had three children, the sec -and twelve, and, the third eighteen, all -o bhich are living, except one who died is the army. Mr. Ingram is in.his seventy inth year ; -his wrife is forty-one, and thi youngest child is three and a half year -The Charlesan Courier, in noticini the trst. day's registration in that city says.-: "The question was raised at eacl of the preginets~ yesterdt'y, wchether no taiesubliepand railiia offices, were edi tit1ia to reginer, and ihe-mnatter 'havini been ref'erre&| to thetCommandrng Gene ra?, he decided affirmatively,.And so Tn str-ucted the several Boards of Regist.ra - As scalping is .a somoewhat rare ex perience, Mr.hompso9i's .sensations ar of considerable iterest. He says tba when, after sawing ' and hacking 'abou his head for half an hour, and giving finishing eut hver his left temn'ple, the scalper gaveit a jerk because it stuck lit,tle, it 'just felt as if the whole head was taken right off. A 1Sriooklynite tells a queer story abou1 the lovefy wife and daughter of a milk man, who to6k daily baths in the lacten fluid to imnrovetheir complexion. Th< milk was then watered and sold for fif teen cents a quat't- At all events, we should think there was plenty of "body' to that milk. HrGH PRICES FOR Hosi.--It is stateC that the following is a list of the prices paid by Mr. Robert Bonner, of New York, for his celebrated horses: Dexter, $50,000; Pocahontas, $35,00; Auburn Horse, $12,000; Peerless, $5;9'0; Flatbush Maid, $5000 ; Lantern, $5000; Lady Palmer, $500; total) $118,000. A suspicions clink was heard from the garments of a susjiicious female at a re cent pic-nic near (iotham, and on in vestigation by a blushing Fenian, it was found that she had been stealing lager beer glasses. She had strung themr around her garters. Fifteen hundred thousand persons are said to have died in the Orissa district and other parts of India by'- the famine last year. The most horrible scenes of suffering are reported, hungry mothers having -been found eating the bodies of their dead children. Pic-NIC PARTY PoISoNED.-A t a pic-niC near Vicksburg, on Thursday, poison was administered by some unknown party. Five whites and three blacks are dead, and six or eight are not expected to recover. A gentleman living in Green County, Ala., has offered his entire crop of corn for thirty-five cents a bushel in the field; and it is said that any amount of corn can be engaged in the cane-brake region at fifty cents a bushel. The New York Journal of Commerce thinks that the Southern press, on the whole, is better tempered than the North ern press. It is fairer towards the Northern people than the Northern press -LOCAL ITEMS. REGISTRATION.--The following is the result so far as herrd from: Whites Blacks Frog Level, 85 118 Jalappa, 38 130 Broadway, 26 77 r Longshores, 48 136 Williams', 28 173 CoTToN ADVANCES.-By reference tC card it will be seen that our esteemed townsman, Mr. G. T. Scott, is preparing to make advances on consignments, made through him to Messrs. Walter & Co., of Charleston. Mr. Scott is too wel known in this section of country, and over the State generally to. need com mendation from us, but still we cannot refrain from a recommendation to th< public, and asking for him a share of business consideration. MoRE RAI.-Since our last issue it has done little else than rain, and occa sionally the showers have beert heavy So much rain must be hurtfhl to cotton, which is rapidly growing, dry weathei being what the plant now needs, although so far we have heard of no "Shedding." The plant never looked - so vigorous, o such'Jarge size, and so fully "bolled" as it now does, and should the rain not in jure, or other circumstances interpose t< affect it,, the crop in this section wil yield largely. CoREErioN.-As our notice of .last 3 week, in regard to that particular of the Tournament, .in which it was said tha1 "the contest zarrowed down to a,tie be tzreen Mr. XcGregor and Mr. Jo1ier; s who each had taken six rings,. together with masters (3. Boyce and Jos.-Hunter who had borne off four each," seemed not -ufficientiy plain,- and' that all the . honor ana. praise was-accordcd the first two gentleinen, we beg to ip' that .n such ides was intended. We si%rply,for gotto mention that there werefout prizes t and that the four gentlemnen above-enu merated, gained one-each, moclt to their gratification and the delight of 'all pre sent, and that the. division of smiles from F.the fairer .portion of those present Wa: e fairly and equally distributed. - CaPT. . 'S. KErrr'S BARBRCUE, AN! OUR vIStr.-We enjoyed the pleasure -o ,wit6essing a jubilee on. Saturday last giten by the abo-ve narned gintleman .ti Sthe employees engaged on 'his severa plaatations, and .their invted gueste s bundant provision .havrng been wada and everything furnished t.hose people te give-them a .perfect satisfaction, neve' was .barbecue better, or; one enjoye< s with a keener zest. Added to Capt Keitt's fund of information, varied attain n ents, and accomplishments, is a know lekdge.of 13eran nature, whiefi has giver him an eminent success ib the 'working of his farrms, and in gaining the oonft den~ce and esteem of his han<ls. This - happy frolic gave evidence of appr~eci e?ion on both sides, and we would like t< -see sue,h frolics~ nrore.. general.. - Ope -fea ture deserving commendation, was thn absence of speech-making;, his peopl< being allowed to enjoy themselves accor 'ding -to their own bent nd~ infmIati'on' ,and they certainly accomplished the en< Sdesigned in'the .fallestsense, anid to thi satisfaction of their kind entertain.er, hij irnvited guests and themselves. ~Not fa1 from the freed's table, was spread anothea Sfor- a few fri-ends and neighbors, in whjet -picture we occupied a position.. Thiis ta ble greineds under a sumptupous and ele Sgant repast, and around it were seate -those who knew how ta do honor to th< exelflencies of the "spread," their host, and his accomplished cook. We cannel - enter into all the minutia,-the courses the execution of the fe,eders, akthougt Lone or t wo of them deserve pa)rticulaI mention for extraordinary powers, th< jest, &c., but remark that plenty, con tent and joy filled the - hour, the only drawbacks on the occasion being the ab sencee of Tomn, the indefatig-ble, the iu. dispensable and right hand supporter od our host, who unluckily took sick at thus the worst of times, and the melancholy plaint of the two feeders'above mentioned, at not being able to eiit right ahead and. clear the board. Their will was good and their capacity extraordinary, but not quite sufficient, and to their deep re gret the dinner came to an end. The dinner was not by any means all ol the pleasure derived from our visit. Going over the extensive and highly cultivated Pfields of this gentlemen, we were surprised and gratified at the sight presented. No where else have we been permitted to see such cotton. Averaging waist high; while very much of it reaches the height of five and six feet, and extending over a vast area, the view is decidedly gratifying. Its height, luxuriant and healthy growth is not the only excellence of this cotton, for it is ful ly fruited, its great bolls hanging and large, and filling the stalk from the lowest branch to the topmost slem. These fields covering an extent of over three hundred acres, are enough to give one an aggravated ease of "cotton on the brain." We cannot hazard an idea of the bales to be yielded, but if fate be propitious, the number will be gra tifyingly large and. the bales heavy. The same Dumber of acres is in corn, cane, po tatoes, peas, &c.; the former 'of which is only an average fair crop, owing to the ex cessive wet spring, but taken together with the~wilderness of peas, potatoes, and other small things, is calculated to make the heart glad. The system of work and division of la bor is admirable, and happily adapted to the character of the people employed. The plantations arc divided into six departments, or districts,-agricultural, not military, and not conflicting with Gen. Sickles,-and the working force divided and under six major generals, so-called : Major-generals Manus, whose names we regret having forgctten. l'roud are they-of their distinguished titles, and of serving under so able a commander as Capt. K. These corps commanders are efficient, tlbroughly drilled in their ditties, and perfectly satisfied with work, pay and treatment, as are also the whole force of workers, and hence everything works suc cessfully and eharmingly, with but little of the common, petty troubles to the pro prietor. We had nearly omitted tiention of Adjutant Tom, who performs an impor tant role in extending orders, and also in the capacities of quartermaster and com missary. We were struck too with the character of the soil on his place; much of it is exceedingly rich, while one tract of uncleared hickoryforest cannot be excelled, the far famed west not exeepted. In fact we noticed evidence all along for miles be fore reaching this plantation, of Gne erops and rich soils, and are still stronger in the conviction, that the old State has still the germs of prosperity within her bosom. We wonld like tQ speak of many- other things, but space will not permit. Suffice the trip, visit, surroundings and belongings vere pleasant and refreshing, and the atten tions of our hospitable host, who not only conveyed us thither but back also, and piled it. on in the intermediate stage, will not soon be forgotten. SP1cE.- - - THE MILE STONE. Along a road two Irish lads One Summer's day were walking, And all the while with laugh and shout, In lively strain were talking About the fair, about the girls, - And who were bbst at dancing; While at each pretty face they met Their eyes were brightly glanciag. And as they strode for many a mile They grew in time quite frisky,. And now and then, froin lip to lip, They passed the darling whisky. At length, before them in the hedge, The roadside view commanding, They saw, it's white sides lettered o'er, A mile-stone lonely standing. They read and quickly doffed their hats, With sorrow in their faces; Then, turning with reverential ewe, They stepped back several paces. "Speak low, we're near the dead,' said one, "iis grave we'll not be tronblin'; - 'An old man sure!1 00, af'd Hig natoe is Miles from'Dablin!" John tills a story of Thompson and legers, two married bncks of New York, who wandering home late one night, stopped at what Thompson supposed was his residence, but which his companion insisted was his own house. -.Thompson rang the bell lustily, when a window wasopened,and a lady inquired what was wanted. *"Madam," inquired Mr. T., "isn't this Mr. T-Thomnpson's hous ist "No," replied the lady, "this i h resijenica of Mr. Rogers." "WVell," exclaimed Thompson, 4tMrs. T-T-Thom son-'eg your pardon-Mrs. Eogers, Won't you just step-down to the door and pick ont Rogers,. for Thomp son wants to go home." An old pQet gives the MlUowing. iii irections as to how tuen shouldl treat women : . ..- - -'When thou art married, .;seele to please thy wife ; but listen not to all she says. Fromi a man's right side a rib was -t.ake~ to form the ivoman; and never was tiiere seen a rib quite straigh:t. And *wouldst thou straighten it ? It breaks, but bends not. Sirnde, 'theui, 'tis plain that crooked is womnan's.temper, forgive her faults, and blame her not; nor let her-anger' 6hee, nor coerco :Mse, as all is vain to straighten wrhat i.s curred." . IDuring the recent sessiep df-thme Equal Rights conventroni arstrong-mieded f'e male entered- a street ra.ilroad -car. An old genit rose to give her,a seat, bu.t iasked: -.. "Be yeu one of thoai women's:rg5ht ers?" - "I be." "!You believe a woman should have all th~i rights ofn amin ?" '"Yes, I do." -. "Then stand up and enjoy them lik(e a man ;" and stand op she did. "Amelia, for thee-yes, at thy com mand, I'd tear this eternal firmament irito a thousan.d'-fragmnen ta-i'd gather the stars, one by one-, as they .tumRbled from the r:egions of etherjal s)ace, and .ptthem in1my .trowsers' pocke,ta; I'd 1p)uck the sun.-that oriental god of'day, that traverses the blue arch o;f heaven irn such mnajestic splenaor-i'd tear hi.k form the skj and quench his brigbt effulgence in:.tho,fountain of my- eternal love f:or thee !" Amelia-"Don't, Henry, ii would be, so very dark." "My wife tells the truth three times a day," remarked a jocose old fellow, at the same time casting a mischievous glance at her. "Befcre rising in the morning she says: 'Oh, dear, I must get up, but I don't waiM to !' After break fast she adds: 'Well, I suppose I must go to work, but I don't want to:' and she goes to bed, saying : 'There, I have been working all day, and I haven't done any thing.'" He who weds a belle must lookout for the clapper-this never .is seen until after the ring. Be sure to ascertamn whether the young lady is "sound" on such things as pie-making, else your house will be all pi at a time when it will be impossible to "set 'em up again." The Colorado Times says that there are three things which a woman cannot do. She cannot sha&rpen a lead pencil, cannot do up a bundle, and canotcarry, an umbrella. Mrs. Partington says she did not marry her second husband because she loved the male sex ; but just because he was the size of her first protector, arrd could wear out his old clothes. "Now, children," said a school inspec tor, "who loves all men ?" A little girl not four years old, and evidently not posted in the catechism, answered quick-, ly, "All women." "She only wore a single rose," accord ing to the song. Rather a light costume. The wind wasn't probably East that day. "Will you lend father your newspaper, sir ? he only wants to icid it." "Yes my boy, and ask him to lend me his dinner, I only want to eat it." If the an.t gives an exampile of indus try, it is much mnore thans a good many .4 RAVAGES*OF THE CoTroN Womt-Dls CoUr.\GNo PROSPECTS FOR THE PLANT==S -The following are extracts from a private letter received by a gentlemn is New York city: RrCHMoND, TEXAS, August 7.-ine. my last my worst forebodings have be come stern realities. Within the MisA ten days every Cotton leaf in every ield in this county (Fort Bend Co.), and the adjoining counties, as far as we have heard, has been swept off by the dreaded Cotton worm. At least 15,000 bales of Cotton that had been made by our plah. ters in this county alone, by .ntold efforts and by the exercise of a perse verance and patience almost superhumaN have been, in this short space of time and by this little irsigni6cant insect swept out of existence. ' Our people were poor ; they attediptip to raise this crop under greater ember rassments than I can describe; they eza pended their last available dollar on the hazard of succeeding, and like the worn-. out voyagor who is wrecked in .sigt of port, destroyed in the very realization of his hopes, all is lost ! Yesterday a planter called on me, whd said ten days ago, that he counted on saving 300 bales of Cotton-now he thought it impossible to save mote tbed 10 bales. He came to as my perission to gather moss off the trees dh my tand; He hopes, by shipping It tp the mattrdW makers to make enough to support his family. His is no exceptional rase. Such are the times here. I told him to gather moss and live. J. S. SULLIVAN. To MAKE Gnosrs Visiasi-The honi -esty of the U. S Patent.0ffice ws 4i cently Illistrated by the refusal of-gs . ing a patent: to a spiritualist df New .York; wbo epplied for a patent fqr " arEangement to niake ghosts visMe it conisted in a room .from which light and air was alnost excluded, only air was Edmitted by istopcock, which- was opened from time to time, and ligtit was passed i,; a'very small quantity, throogb a piece oT dark blue or black glass, or fluid, so that when - eatering the- room notbiog wasseen, but remaining .o it for an.y length of tWne a very faint view of the interior was obtained-the ii*entor isserting that the bodies of glists or spirits are' sa niatenoat'd that c6tnnea light passes straight through them and makes them invisible. The ground oQ w.hich the patent was refused was, that if several persons are enclosed in such a room, without sufficient air to brethe they will not only see ghosts, but also give up their own ghosts. -N. t. Jour nal of Mining, WHOLE MEAL BRAD.--It is welt known to chemists an.4 physiologists that the very Anely cholief' and white flour which: is s much soughl' after.'i. far less nutritious than whit is terine4 middlings, or-unbolted flour. The iwst nutritious in'gredients of the grao-the w.bheat phosphates and glateni-are Ce mnoved to obtain the desire& whit.ness, Dr. Beury McComac, an eminent physi eian of Belfast, Ireland, in some inteires. ing remarks on the subject, says: "What I want to see evervwheva is the prepara tida .of whole meal bread-bread inelu-. ding the bsan-phosphates, so allbessential to gd braS am the nurture ofour Bled Land bones But I do not think that the workipg clafses4, to w'hom it is so napor tant, will ever take to it fufly. sto aet. the cxamplby. th, more instrtid cles.'Pilaelpia Ledger. -. thaeFoerau nations are -constantly 4 ar-min-rik wilte most approved weapoa<. 'Uke Strasbourg -journals state' that av order for onie lumdr?ed and eighty..then. sAnd Chassepot pakets had been give. to the a.rms umanufact4iry at Mutsig, in thl -vicinity of tha city. The~y are to &e delivered in three years-sity thott s-md e'er annum.' Hew very sttanige it is that nations that see alWaye talking about peace should spend, all. the money thef en ga1ger together in prepatzne f,>r war ! A malws'hppngwood before is A stranger came along and bid him good Imorning. Tbe -man replied somewhat g.rn?tl- 'Fine, children you have, sir." Yes." "All..gwown ?" "Of course" ."'This is .a -nice little girL" "That's pliser." ' "That's a what ?" "That'as .Kiser."' 'Tbe' stranger couldn't stald that-, and.itutmediately pitefie into piSer fauislias, wiTe9h1e children 'ian serem in iroto the -house; 'Th"neise bvoegh ont t.he-old womnan, who succeeded i es plainin,g- tattera,.after thbe .beligrents bad besome pretty well tue4ered out. Lcr.-Sir, said an old Scotch wirnman to-her' mi-nisttr, "I diain-a1en' a part of 'eur sermon yestcrday." "Indeed !twbas wvas iid' "Yu said~ the Ap6stle& used the figure ofeir.ewmlocution, and I dinne ken what it means." ."Is. that ,all? It's Very plain. The figure of' circumloen -tion.is nier1y .a periphrastic mode of dictioni." 'Uh'?ah! is that all1" said -the gQod wetnan, "what a'pair foo; I was' not to underittnd that!" *I saf old feUjaw, what are your polk ties ? said one friend quizzing atnother. 7emnoratic, my father wasademUoert,. heoreplied. A nd what is your reIigion? continuefd the-other. Pr-otestant, my father was a Protestant, was the. answer. A nd why arc you a.bachelor ? said the other. Because my father&uh confound it ! don't bother me w't~U stupid questions. Married, at the residence of the bride's father, in Sumner County, Tenn., on the 2d of July, Mr. Ebenezer Sweet to Miss Jane Lemon. "How happily extremes do meet, In Jane and Ebenezer. She is no longer sour tnt swe~ And he's a Lemnon,squeezer.' The list of' registered voters, thus far, in Virginia. shows that she is a white man's5 Sf,ate. The Richmond Enquirer ha.s cars- . fully compiled a list of.the registered voters in fortysfive counties, which give'an aggre gate of nearly 34,000 voters, and, in these counties,'the white majority is neariy 1900 Newspapers are, par breellence,'the. great advertising mediums of the wor'id.. Other modes of advertising, doubtle's do good, more or less; hut the news~ps per exceeds all others combined in effi ciency and results. The wife of Mendez is insane; the wife of Mejia is mad ; the wife of Miramon is stricken beyond the hope of recovery, and the Princess Salm-Salm is in jail. The Governor of San Louis, Mexico, has ardered that a fine be imposed upon all fathers of a family who do not send their :hildren to school. The planters in Western Georgia are preparing to pick cotton next week. Tb. iccounts are favorable. Mr. DeFonitaine is now private Secre ary to ilb EIvllenev (iCr Orr.