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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& POETRY. Salm (tay Afternoon. HY .N. V. WILLI?. 1 love to l< ok on ii scene like litis, Ot' \vi"d and careless piny, Ami persuade myself Hint ? nm not old, And my looks ure not yet gray ; For it stirs tlio blood of nn old'man's heart, And makes his pulses fly. To catch tito thrill of? happy voice, And tho light of a pleasant eye. I have walked tho world for fonr-scorc years, And they say (hat I nm old That my heart is ripe for tho reaper Death, And my years nro well nigh told. It is very true-it is very true I nm old, nnd 1 " bide my time;" But my heart will leap nt a scene like this, And I half renew my primo. Play on ! play on ! I nm with you there, In tho midst of your merry ring; 1 can feel tho thrill of thc darling jump, And the rush ol'(ho breathless swing. I hide with you in tho fragrant hay, And I whoo)) thc smothered enif. And ?ty feet slip up on the seedy lluor, And I care nut tor thc fall. I nm willing; to 'lie when rn* time shall como, And t shall he glad to go For tho world, ni best, is n weary place, And my pulse is getting low ; ' Bul. thc grave is dark, and thc heart will fnil In treading its gloomy way ; And it wiles my bronst from its darkness To sec tho young so gay. V A. IR, I E T Y. Cotton Culture. [From thc Keowee Courier, March .1, IR?f).] Mr. Editor: You requested ino Homo time ago to give you my mode of making and pre paring Cotton for market. I now comply, but reluctantly, as I have had only a few yenrs experience in its culture, and consequently, with a subject that requires sn much skill as cotton culture, many of my notions may be iii error. 1 will give you what 1 conceive to bo ?lie most impartant points for its successful cuit are in this latitude : Tho aspect vf the land is of prime impor -tnnco tu oUutiug and maturing the plant whore thu season is so short. Tho aspect bas ,?o much to do with thc cotton plant, herc, that I think no one should attempt its culture un less his lauds have a favorable aspect. The Aspect is favorable nocordingly ns it faces the South or S. E. Lands of ? northern exposure should never be planted in cotton-they aro good for corn and wheat. The texture of the ?Oll has a great effect upon the plant. That ?oil iu which sand predominates, with a pu tous subsoil, is thc best suited to it. This kind of soil being readily penetrated by sun anni air ; and thc poroiiH subsoil permits the ?peedy permeation of the surplus water that settles from the RU rfu ce. I have been thus particular in mentioning the aspects and textures of soils, because there .area variety of both in Picketts., and on almost ?evory plantation ; and, as the culturo of the plant is limited, thnt aspect nnd texture best -adapted to its culture, should be selected. The above items being determined upon, the two next of importance, aro to elevate and stimu late the plant. The former is dice ted by high bedding, ?he latter by manuring. Thc jpropWtition of land for cotton should bo uu'do early, uuy in January or February. Hy .-?ii oiirly pr?paration ? firm, compact bed is obtained, and the very important item u! ?he carly application 0f mnnuro is obtained. 'The curly deposit of all manares for all crops is important. When applied ca)ly they are dre dered soluble by the winter rains, and min flo with tho soil and assist thc plant from thc cgiuiiing. I hmo known manure rpplicd in .Apt ii that did not have rain enough upon it ?during thc growing season of tho crop to re? idor it soluble, and a failuro was tho result. Having tho land prepared as above stated, .tho next operation is tlie planting. This is msually performed in short order, and there is ?no part of its culture moro important. Great .caro and nicety should ho used in planting this ?crop. In opening thc bed a very narrow, short .plow should bo used, attached to a very light ?took, as the weight of a heavy ono causes it to run too deep. About two bushels seed to (tho aero I find snflioiont on thoroughly pre pared land. I uso, in covering, a light iron itonthcd rake- This is a slow mode compared vwitlnt'hc usin'. way with plow mid board. The ?principal odvautago of tho rake is tho preser vation of the height of the ridge I never .could seo any sonso iu making a high ridge -.and then throw it nil down, which is suro to Ibo thc caso when it is colored with a plow and hoard. Throughout thc entire cultivation tho rtdgo should bo kept un as originally mWdo, as inearly ns possiblo. I bcliovo that by a highly ?elevated ridge, a degree in latitude mny bo at tained The crop should bc all planted by the 15th of April. My rule is to commouco on tho 5th of April, regardless of tho cold. After tho seed aro thus covorod, a light ono horse roller is mn over tho beds-rolling two TOWS at once. This breaks down tho inequal ities of tho ridgo, pulverizes tho earth directly around tho plant, prevents evaporation, aooel -eratcs germination, causes the plant to come .up and grow off with moro vigor, facilitated ?thc first working, and excludes somewhat the ?cold. Whoo I got this umoh done, I consid er thc orop half mado. . AB tjoou ow the cotton is sufficiently up for I a stand, tho first operation is to scrape down. j Hight hero I think an egregious error is gen erally committed hy using tho plow vice thc hoe. My mode is to serape down liyhtiy about a foot on each side of the cotton ; at thc sumo , timo bringing the cotton to a very narrow, \ straight lino. This mode i consider far pref erable to thc chop through mode. By scru. Eiug down thc cotton is left thin, and by being j rought to a straight lino thc plowing can bo | litado more effectual than wheo left in a zig- , zag linc, ns is the caso when chopped through. , As soon as it is scraped, tho hoes go directly , back to spacing and thinning. Tho distance ( between thc stalks is regulated according to . the fertility of thc land ; the richer the land the farther apart, and on poor land vice verm, ) but never closer than twelve inches, and nev er more than one stalk in a place, except where , one is missing, and 1 doubt if two are better j herc than one. '1 he cotton plant requires nm- ( pie room fur its full expansion in every direc- ( (ton-not only is the quantity greater, but thc , quality is better when it has plenty of sun and , air; the picking is also greater ns tho bolls arc j 'arger. The thinning should be done if pos- , siblo by the time thc plant assumes thc third | loaf, ns about this time tho plant begins to ? shape its course. If it is .crowded now it will < adapt its organism to narrow limits ; if it has < ample room it will begin to tiller, and the t .stalk will acquire size and stamina, which it j cnn never attain if crowded, (jotting thc crop . thinned and set in time is thc rub in marni- , ging the ciop. The next working is done ? with the sweep-running lightly twice in a f row, throwing gently asmall quantity of earth t among tho cotton and covering the small grass. v This is a very critical juncture in its culture t as regards keeping down thc grass. The best t plowmen and the slowest mules should be put to this work. If the crop can be gutten over r with the sweeps now before the grass begins ? to take hold, the crops will be of very little c trouble. The sweeps ure at nil times very su- ^ porficially used-barely deep enough to cradi- \ cate the grass and render pulvercnt the sur- < face. Not only should thc .sweeps bo BU per (i- t oially used, but on light soils care should bo , taken that the hoes touch lightly. The bal- c unce of the culture consists in keeping thc " surface clean und pulvcrent by mentis of tho t hoe ami sweep. 1 do not tup cotton. As to j tho propriety of this I am not able to say ; j [>ne thing tibout it is, that it is unnatural. 1 1; think it best to let nature alone. If topping F docs no good, it docs harm, as it is certainly a ] wuund to the plant. Tho working of tho crop is continued till it begin? to open. " Hy the nbove modes I have been mnki ng I ti very satisfactory crops ; rarely making under t sn avernge of 700 lbs. per acre. .Last jeur, |, which was not at all favorable fur ei?'ior corn n ur cotton, 1 made on what I appose to be \ nighty acres land, 52 hales-average weight, fl 410 lbs. Two thirds of 'l?e land is very old u -originally good ; bonnee, third years land. ; I merely state tin se facts to show thc result of 0 my mode of culture. . t As tills aitiele is getting too long I will do- t fer giving you the mode, of preparing cotton , fur market till the crop begins to open. . J. W. 'CRAWFORD. I COLD SimINOS, Feb. 19, 1860. [From the Columbia Phoenix.] . Governor Pony's Letter. ( Tho communication that wc published in I yesterday's issue will attract attention, from ' thc high position which thc writer hus (?ccu pied, for ninny years, in the public affairs of , thu Stale, ?nu oil account of his puliticul lill? | teecdeuts-being always nu earnest, cousis- j tent Union man, nnd opposing nullification and ? secession. There is no publie man in our J State who has a clearer record for political t consistency and devotion to the Union. This | record doubtless induced tho President to np- ^ point him Provisional Governor, to direct and . control tho measures then deemed necessary , to restore the State to the Union. Thc Pres- ? ?dent failed in his policy ; and the lust con- . stitutional amendment was submitted to thc Stntco for ratification, and rejected by tho Southei o States. To this course, Governor Perry ndviso l, through thc columus of this journal, nnd lie now proffers counsel to the people us to their action under tho military reconstruction law. Wc regret exceedingly that, ot this junc ture of our political almira, Gov. Perry con sidered it his duty to lay before tho pcoplo any arguments calculated to produce tho im pression on their minds that they ought not to organize their State Government in confor mity with tho provisions of tho military bill. Thc constitutional amendment, it is true, wns opposed by nine tenths cf tho people, and re jected with scorn and indignation" by Southern Legislatures. Ht did that rejec tion, with remarkable, unanimity, throughout tho Southern States, bring to thom any easior terms'!' "Strange to say," the Govornor writes, " that there uro many persons whose high .sense of honor would not let them adopt tho constitutional amendment, but are now \ urging tho peoplo to voluntarily swallow tho military bill, regardless of honor, principle' and consistency." Wo do not seo anything ** strange," nor anything at variance with consistency, that, those who counsollcd rejection of what was considered a harsh amendment of tho Consti tution, should now advise tho peoplo to obey a law, passed under alt the forms at least of tho Constitution. Tho former toe Au rf the I power to refuel) the Utot demands obedmce, ?nd obeying it in vol voa neither "honor, prin ciple or consistency." Thia ia no argument itt all, and we sincerely regret that tho hack neyed phrases of .'swallowing" uuythhigde grading should be used in discussing a grave question,- that involves not only the political interest of thc Stato und people, but their progress in material prosperity. Tho people if South Carolina have come face to fuco with die reality of their present situation, aud wo Jo not believe that, if even their great politi jal leaders of the past were to talk about hon it and dignity, and priciple and all thut sort )f thing, they would follow their counsels. fhe first movement is, to get restored to the Union ; the next, io recuperate aud develop heir resources. Wc have not tho hope that any advantage viii result to thc Southern States from the in unction against the law now pending before ho Supreme Court, which Governor Perry vidently cntcrtniiis. The Chief Justice has heady decided that tho President cunuot bo nude a party to these bills of complaint, aud hat he is bound to execute a law of Congress vithout let or hiudrauco from thc Judicial )epartincntof tho Government; and although t may be the last noble effort of Southern States to maintain their dignity and honor as States, and the just rights and liberties of their iti/ens, yet Gov. Pery has had too much ex perience in the. fields of politics, nnd is too well cquainted with tho tactics and policy of the lajority in Congress, to hope that the decis 3U of the Court, if favorable, would work ny amelioration in the distressed conditiou f thu Southern people. Such a decision rould only inflame their passions, and rekln 10 sectional strife-that great bane of thc Country's advancement and prosperity. The advice which tho distinguished writer f thc communication referred to-to endorse No Convention" on the tickets as they ore eposited-with all due deference, we say, isa rave error, one fruitful of mischief if acted pon hy the people. We had fondly hoped ? sec-and we helivc it is thc determination 1" an overwhelming majority of the citizens ? ii F the State, that it ?hull he so-tho people f South Carolina carry out, in good faith, as measure of reconstruction, thc provisions, f the law of Congress. They are weary of ulitiual excitement, and while p.rc?f brind les never change, the n^ic political dignity nd honor of their ^"to havo suffered-aro ill suffering-^om poverty and sectional gislation. Wc vO surprised to hear Governor Perry Have weany assurance that worso terms ny not bc imposed if wo accept ?" We tink wc huve, in thc declarations of their aders and in tho exptess assertions of their jwspapers, that theao measures area finality. ut still, again, thc Governor falls into thc Tor we have already noticed, when bespeaks ' 14 acceptance." One thing is certain, that we do not-not accept-faithfully carry it thc programnc presented in tho law, worse rms will assuredly be imposed, and the State thor territorialized or parodied out to her dghbors-her lands confiscated, her whole i'ople disfranchised-leaving to them only ic refuge of expatriation. We affirm that this would inevitably be the .?suit, if the people of South Carolinii should (Iiibit noy contumacy about a cheerful miplianco with thc law of Congress ; and wo 11 ther ailinn, that the people of South Caro mi are not prepared to be drawn again into io maoist rom of nat ional polities. They have ir tu in duties to perform-ccrtuiu forward lovcme.nts to take, and we believe they will s performed and taken without any refercnoo i the Democratic or any other party at the orth. The ?dca of rc-ftction there, or of on irtuining hopo from any party thcro, is ob iletc. We havo trilled too long with our cat interest, in leaning upon sucl. a broken ;cd; and if every Northern State would go i Connecticut, while wo might feel that there as reaction, yet wo would earnestly trust lat, under no oircumstanccs, would our poo le be seduced into thc belief that party poli es cnn ever benefit them in any point of iew. From onr earliest acquaintance with South Wobna politics wo Were always taught to re ard Gov. Perry as thc champion'of the Union-, i tho midst of a wicked and perverso geno ition ; and, thorcforo, it ie no more singular, 3-day, to soc secessionists anxious for thorfes oration of tho Union than to seo Gov. Perry iving tho aid of his counsel against such a oursc. It is clio first deviation from a rigid dhesion to Union principles that MO reinem ?orin his political coroor ; and although he, nth otheis, may bc temporarily disfranchised ot wo think that calm reflection and dispns ionate judgment, so characteristic ?of Gov. 'crry, will yet induce him to oo-opcrato with mr prominent citizens in securing, in the tiost, and indeed tho only, practical mode, ?ur restoration us a people to tho politioal ?ighta and to our representation in Congress is a State of tho Union. Let ail OUT people, whether Union or secession in their former oroclivities, unite and work heartily in this rroat work, and tho end will bo attained. Union aud harmony should now "bo our watch words. th Si th til ra o, to or se A li of Cf bi of ac in of ci ac st Si CC ci S< cc tn ai et ol ls P' Ol ol tr ta w Ol l> tl ol ?-3 tl tl e o 1 h n fi t r t h i i I n 1 I I ( SictNmoANT.-At tho only two olootioos held in tho Southwost under tho SHERMAN, Hill, at Pensacola, Fla., and Tusoumbia, AU. tho oolored pcoplo have united their votes with thoir white friends and olected conserva tive men. The Canvass in Virgiuia. RICHMOND, April 22.-Senator Wilson moko at Orango C. H., yestorduy. Ho re counted tho events which loft to tho war, nnd mid that aftor its olose, the North had no ill feeling for tho South. Tho South waa sub missive, aud had the measures now pi md i tig aeejpadopted at its olose, tho South would liavb said tho Oovornmont was just and lib jnui hut.whcn .Joh?son unsullied power, he idt-vyod a difft?ont pplioy, whioh hus brought >n this dissatisfaction. Lincoln had pre ?ur?tf eight conditions for the pardon of tho .cbljfy all of which met his (Wilson's) np i royal. Johusou prepared fourteen, which vctjb six too many, lie (Wilson) had never avered tho *20,<i00 cluuse, for he wanted the u?n of the South, except a few prominent cadors, to bo at liberty to go to work. The south had complained of Cougross violating he' Constitution, and yet upheld Johnson in lis.violations of the Constitution, in restoring he States. Thc speaker was opposed ton ilack man's party ; or a white man's party j et ?ll who favor human bondage go together, nd all who favor freedom, aud progress go Ogethcr. If any rebels had cast aside their [elusions, let them come and joiu the Rcpub ie?n party. Major J. Lee, State Senntor from Orange, cplied to Wilson. He churged the introduc ion of slavery upon the North, und said Lin qm did uot nt lirst intend to liberate tho j lates, and thut the Southern pooplo were thc ! lacks' best friends. XV ?Ison replied that, in a year, thc North rtuld give thc negro suffrage. lie said cou ll 'ation might follow, if thc reconstruction i I was not accepted. The Legislature of Virginia has passed a i vj levying a tax of thirty con ts on the S100, >jpay tho four per cont, annual interest on ilk public debt, ns heretofore authorized. wtificutos will be issued for thc deferred io per cents, lt has also passed a law con jjidating tho four leading railroads, cou ncc iig thc water* of tho Ohio and Mississippi th tho Atlantic at Norfolk ; also consolida it tho Virginia Central with tho Covington a/Ohio Railroad. Thc law provides that i? interest the State owns in thc roads cou fcjuHncr. amountina to nvnr ft1*l.(HtO.O00. ia i be sold, and payment made.on or LofWo ie 1st of May, 1808, in tho bonds of the tate at \ ar. There arc, also, pending before ie Legislature, similar bills for thc sulo of ic entire interest the State owns in various ilrouds, amounting in all to 8111,700,000. Senator Wilson addressed a crowd of nbout 000 persons, from tho Capitol steps, this af rnoon ; nearly all of thoso present were col ed, though all classes of whites were repre nted. Ile was introduced by Gov. Pierpont, ftcr alluding to thc fact that he visited iohmond upon invitation of several members bot' Houses of thc Legislature, he pro ?cdcii lo givo a history of the reconstruction ll. Ho then recited events since the close the war, to show that Johnson's policy wus loptod against tho will of thc nation, and id oaused more unhappiness than thc work ' any other mun iu America. It again ox ted men who had been more than willing to tflept thc terms of Congress. Tho recon ruction bill waa not passed to humiliate thc null, but to meet tho needs of the whole mntry. Thc question now boforo the South .n States is whether they will elect men to tate offices and Congress who favor un bou lt acceptance of thc policy of tho nation, or en who still mourn over the " lost cause," id who hope something may turn up to ov 'throw that policy and restore old ?dons and d measures. Patriotism demands that the tter class shall never more bo permitted to trtioipntc in the management of tho State . the General Government. Thc nposttcy f Andrew Johnson had made a Republican iuinph nt tho next Presidentini election cor in. Tho speaker Wanted all classes of men -tho colored, thc white tho loyal, and those lm had abandoned thc wicked heresy of sc ;?ion-to stand together on tue u<u!vu..i laf.form of tho Republican party. As fol io, colored voto of Virginia, ho lind no fear f tts being controlled by tho secessionists. fo appeafodto tho old Whigs of Virginia ,e followers of Henry Clay, who declared lat " slavery was a grievous wrong, that no ontingoncy could mako right"-to seize the ocasi?n and unito their fortunes with the [epublicnn party. Now was their day and our to carry Virginia by an overwhelming lajorliy. To that class who aro disfranchised jr participation in rebellion, ho would say, hat by speaking and working for the national olloy, thoy would show their oountrytnen that ho disabilities now imposed on them ought to ie removed, and a country that had proved ts generosity would not forget them. Gov. Pim pout, uftcr Wilson concluded, nado a brief speech, advising tho colored leoplo to work and make tho old State bloom gain. Messrs. Iluiinioutt and Tuckor fol owed in sin rt addresses. Tho former nu lounccd his intention of appealing immediate y to tho military tribunals against tho attaoki >f tho Richmond press. HUSBAND AND WIFK.-With ajtruo wif tho husband's faults should bc secret. A wo man forget? what is duo to herself whon sh oondesoonT?s to that rofugo of weakness a fi male confident. A wife's bosom should b the tomb of her husband's failings, and h oifmrttetor far moro valuablo lu her cstimatioi than hts lifo. PUOUIIKSS Ol' RECONSTRUCTION.-The " National Intelligencer," lins the following : A letter which we havo just received from a conservativo source in Atlauta, On., states that the writer hus found, from all that he has seeu and heard, that there ia much leas difficulty us to reconstruction than had been expected. Gen. Pope had expressed himself gratified by his reception, and thinks there will be no.serious difficulty in Georgia and Alabama in tbe'oxeoution of tho'^recouutruc tion measures. Letters received here from citizous of South Carolina also state that the reorganization un der the Acts of Congress will bc carried out by common consent, and in thc full hope of beuficciul results. From Virginia, we hear that reconstruction is generally acquiesced in. . > No idea prevails, cither in tho Carolinas or in Virginia, according to these statements, of suspending proposed State co operation in thc work of re-organization, in the expectation of a decision by the United States Supreme Court in favor of thc injunction applied for. Further, it is to be noticed that the politi cal question involved is intimately connected with pressing and practical questions. No longer can restoration be deferred without pro longed aim aggravated injury to the material interests .f the South, lt bas become a ques tion of b'-ead. Means of subsutence, to say nothing of revived prosperity, can bc secured only by the co-operation of labor with capital. The whites have thc land without the labor. Thc blacks have tho labor without the land. The expectation of a current of immigration from Europe and the Southern States has not been Verified, and will not be uutil after polit ical restoration. -* - . NEW YOIIK, April 10.-Dr. Sears, Geue ral Agent of thc Peabody Educational Fund, j has issued a circular giving a detailed state ment of thc mode in wbieh trustees of thc fund propose to apply thc noble charity committed to their charge. Ile says the direct aim of tho agents will be to encourage and aid the common schools of thc South, that ia, schools established, supported and superintended by tho Southern peoplo themselves. Apart from this leading object, the foun ding and maintenance of schools will not come urii.hm the scone of bia plan. Usually appro proprlnilutio tu moue, utv nm,..... ?_ Li, %. where such schools ure languishing or aro lia ble to bc suspended for want of means of sup port. Similar aid, if necessary, will be given in plaocs whereunsupplicd with schools, when ever the citizens shall introduce them and un dertake their support ; nil such aid however, is to bc regarded as temporary. In selecting schools to be aided or places to be supplied with them, those will be preferred in which tho destitution is thc greatest and thc number to be bencfittod is the hirgeot. Normal schools or schoois having normal de partments will rcccivo particular attention. Appropriations will bc made only vthen the conditions stipulated between individual;! or corporations and the general agent have been complied with. Funds will not be given to literary or professional schools as auch. Ap plicants will make an estimate of tho least possible amount necessary to meet their wants, und report the same at once to ll. Scan*, gen eral travelling agent, Atlanta, Georgia.' Special arrangements may sometimes be made for tho purpose of enconrageing thc in dustrial arts or for the education of teach ers. The agent will not identify his efforts with those of any other organ i/uti on by pla cing funds nt thc disposal of its managers. Rut in any connection he may hold with ben evolent or religious societies, ho will pursue his own sp?cifie object by such means and ap pliances as bc may select. At present tliero will bo no agencie? except a few tn which tho'services rendered will bc gratuitous. The agent will not, oxecpf in a few exceptional cases, have occasion to employ teachers. Ile can, therefore, aid such iu ob taining places, only by giving their uames to school committees^ ^ ^ TUB PRESIDENCY.-Sohuyiet VA/M?* - been formally nominated for tho Presidency, by Governor Smyth, the retiring Governor of New Hampshire. Thc P.eaidcntinl election being but eighteen months off, candidatos aro, of course, appearing in all quarters. A list ol thc men already named will bc found to con tain the names of Generals Grant, Sherman Thomas, McClellan and Butler, Andrew John son, Schuyler Colfax, Senators Wade, Sher man, Sumner and Fcsscnden, Thaddeus Ste vens, Horatio Seymour, and an indefinit number of other persons. It is highly prob able that a Northern man for President, am a Southern man for Vioc-Prcsidont, will b run by caoh party ; and thoro is no dangoi from present appearances, that either offioi will go a begging. :;;_ THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN cession is rcgai ded with groat favor by nearly all thc journa of thc country, and causes many of them I predict that all of North Amcrioa will ult mately bo absorbed by tho United States. Tho ? Now York Herald," writing in th j strain, says : " Manifest destiny, under t tbcflo advantages, marks out tho North Ame ican Continent ns tho futuro ump of tho Ur ted Statos. Men of tho present goncrati* may livo to hear in Congress that tho Speak has appointed a mombor caoh from Now Yoi Qucbco, Now Arohangol, San Franoisco, t city of Mexico, Panama, Havana, Hsyti a Jamaica ns thc House Committee on Fbrci Affairs." Home Made Guano, Owing to tho worn-out condition of ?tujj Ianda, fertilizers are becoming indispensall?j Assistants to profitable farming. But as ?no, tho principal natural fertilizer, is subj cc to heavy expenso in transportation from remote regions where it is found, 8ci??ti?hj| farmers have turned their attention to artificial manures, which ace now uiuoh used as substi tutes for Perovianj&|?lo, Ip Baltimore; several Northern citief/^8 wt Georg?, tho business*^"8 izers ii camed on to a Io ?>' that this intimida? Some of the manufacturera uso tl?I? ,0. v?t0 ",n< have their advooates among the knowing on JB But there is ono objection to all these yfl tilizers, which frequently prevents farm^jW from using them, especially if tlioy live ntyB distance from railroads. This is thc eXj>onsS?fto time aud trouble of getting thc fertilizer to th^^ field in which it is ?ceded. The incoo ven? 1 ence of hauling guano ten, fifteen or twcut?<* J miles, especially at a time when plows must^[ be stopped to do it, confines its use to a S mal IB belt of land on each side of our railroads.-U There is, however, a plan by whioh this dif- ?j Acuity may bo obviated. This is tho manu- ? facturiug of guano by tho farmer himself.- v The mosfi bulky in?rodieutsaro to bc found ou i every farm,- and tho othe---??-.tm' ?a.H*.^ Drug Storer. mir only hope for sofet Mr. B. K. Duval, a drcl?6DC0 for restoration 1 publishes in th? " Farm*et,K'val uf our ?hattore ?ipe for making au artifi,,,l?t compliance with th says was tested before t?T PC0P'e of Southjf of farmers in Virginia, i lla?!? !l4li? ?fifeught it equal to natural guano. He proposes tojgj furnish all tlie ingredients, exclusive of Peat,? Ashes and Salt, for 825, currenoy, tier ton.- nj We presume the same articles can bo bought io Charleston. Koine of our fanners woutc\jS perhaps, like to try thc experiment herc. IwPl might be tried on a small seal?-soy a quar-M ter of a ton, at an expense of ten dollars, which V is not a large amount to risk ou an cxpmuieut that promises so largs a result. ? No. 1. Dry Peat,* 20 bushel?. ' " 2. AYood Ashes, 3 ,0 ? 3. Fine Bono D?i?t, J) (A " ?: ??^?oliT So?e'&e/::ff| '* 6. Sal. Ammoniac, 22 ff st{\ 7. Garb. Ammonia, ll M a? " 8. Sulph. Soda, 20 " i Sui ph. Magnesia, 10 ** " Common Salt,- 10 ? * If Peat cannot? be obtained, use gards? mound or eleAtt1 Virgin soil instead. atnlictrotfs FOR MIXINO. Mi*' ?os. I1, 2, 3:, together pip ix 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, in four or five pails of wat?ty-?t>*WjL? enough to dissolve' the ingredients. When dissolved add the liquid to the mixture, (1, 2, 3,) and mix as in making mortar. Wheu thoroughly mixed, ndd No. 4, (tho calcined plaster,) which will absorb tho liquid and bring thc whole amount to a dry state. Mia; Under cover, in a dry plaee^pacii i^tiywiix^*" elude air-observe the proportions in making small or large quantities. 'JW above rocipo will make one ton, which will lmuiuro neveu and a half acres of land. [Yorkville Enquirer. SENATOR SHERMAN ON THE -.SITUATION.. -Senator Sherman, now ou his way to lip rope, recently addressod tho Union l^casp* - Club of New York, and said among other things: f w Moderate and reasonipg men complained, it one time, that Congross was Becking toj??e?--wr^r. vent reconstruction, instead of proinotuigit. But after tho experience of tho last two years, t feel justified in saying that if wo had been in too great a hurry we should have ha I to commence the strife over again. Only ^P'?!?!? terday, I received a letter from Gov. $r/ Congress pf J?eOTgJa, stating that tho movomcnt tow*0, us tbnt on happily, and that soon'th'S? ^itV'fld??CL?LL' ' in the measures proposed by Congress. If such is really tho case, and 1 do not doubt ii is, there will sooU bo a full and completo ?oU , tlomciit of all tho diifiouHies bolween the ; North and the South. "Within a few Vo?r* V' from this time, the Southorn States will m?, X M believe, tho most radical States.h>the- Union. We have SODIO illustration of this in tho his tory of Missouri and Tepnesace. On tho other hand, I believe the moat conservative State? j in tho futuro will bo Now York at?d Ohio, who still ding to their prejudice?, oven after thc roason for them hos ocasod. I do not, then, gentlomen, antioipateany further tioub lc betwoou the North and South." r VERY AI?T SIMILE.-Col. Jamos A. Orr,, of Mississippi, one of the inost ga\V?.rrt widbiiyu,.^: identified with tho Southern causo in the lato unfortunate struggle, and a very prom i neut man in his section of country, has latey ad vised, in an able and eloquent address, a prompt compliance, on tho part of tho South, with those terms of reconstruction from whioh we cannot, in roality, csoopo. "Whoa he spoke of thc " dignity " of those who uro in f^frf^f ^ inaction, be said-" It* reminds""roo'of tho " dignity " of tho gooso in a (storm which would not sock shelter when \t was otterci?, but perished ra thor than move. Even f&e storm of Uadioal hate offers Ps a aholtct. \V ill you accept it, or itriltatc goose V' '