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:-. ' . . .. .. ' | ' ' ' ' ''''''' '"'^ '''' "'''r' ' ''' ~~*-~r^--*~r-; - rj*j ry - NIGHT THE DAY, frlfiU ??N0T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ? v M BV KEITH, SMITH & CO. AV A LH ALL A, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877. .'i }.i i . . frit">i >r .Mitf-i " ,?w.'.M ! S):!. VOLUME XII-NO. 29. LIM ? H?H*imd?Ji?i VEGETINE. X will -try Vegetine. XZo ?id, AiHW WAS ClIRSD. DELAWARE, 0., Feb. 10, 1877. MR. H. H. STEPHENS: Dear Sir-1 wish to give you thia tostimo ny. th>t you may know, and lot othors know, what Yogctino bas dono for me. About two yo\ars? ago n small aoro carno on my leg: it BOON became a largo Uleor, BO troublesome thatVl,?onsultod tho doctor, but I got no ro liof, {growing worso from day to day. I sof forod'terribly; friends thought I would nover ?ccovbr/ I consul.ed a dootor at Columbus. I followed his ad%u:e: it did no good. I can truly say I was discouraged. At this timo I ?was looking ovor my newspaper; I saw your advertisement of Vegetine, tho "Creal Wood Puriflor" for olconsing tho blood from all im purities, curing Humors, Ulcers, &o. I said to my family, 1 will try som? of tho Vegetine, Doforo I used thc first bottlo I bogan to feel bottor. 1 made up my mind I had got tho right medicino at last. I could now sloop woll nights. I continued taking tho Yogo tino. I took thirteen bottles. My health is good. Tho Ulcer is gono, and 1 am ablo to attend to business.- I paid about four hun dred -dollars for medicino and doctors beforo I bought tho Vegotino. "I boro recommended Ycgotino to others with good success. I always keep a bottle in tho Imuso now. It is n most excellent, medicine. A'ory respectfully yours, l'\ ANTHONI. Mr. Anthoni is ono of tho pionocrs of Dela" .ware, C. Ho settled hero in 1831. Ho is a ?wealthy gontloman, of the Grin of F. Anthoni & Sons. Mr. Anthoni is extensively known, especially among tho Germana. He ia well known in Cincinnati. Ho is respected by all. IMV-UUF. BLOOD -In morbid conditions of tho blood aro many discusoH; $u>di as salt rheum, ring-worm, boils, cai min?los, soros, ulocrs und pimples. In this condition ol thc blood try tho VF.OKTINK, and euro those affec tions. As a blood purifior it lina no equal. Its effects aro wonderful. VEGETINE ? Cured Bier. DonenESTER, MASS., June ll. DR. STEPHENS: 'Dear /Sir-I feol it my duty to say ono word in rogard to tho great benefit J havo received from the uso of ono of thc greatest wonders of tho world; it is your Ycgotino. I havo boon ono of tho groatost suffiirers for the Inst eight years that ever could ho living. I do sincerely thank my Cod and your Vogo tino for tho rolief I havo got. Tho Rheuma* tis mt has pained mo to such an extent, that my loot ?roko out in sores. For tho last threo years I havo not been ablo to walk; now I can walk und slcop, and du my work as well as evor I did, and I must say I owo it all tn your blood purifier, Vegotino. MARGERY WELLS. VKOETINR.-Tho great success of tho Yogo tino asa cleanser and purifier of tho blood is shown beyond a doubt by tho groat numbers who havo taken it, and rooeirod immediate relief, with Buch remarkable euros. tEG?TINE Is bette*' titan atty M lu es CH rc a*;. HENDERSON, KV., Deo., 1877. I have used H. lt. Stevens' Vegetine, and like it bettor than any medicino I havo used for purifying tho blood. Ono bottlo of Yogo tino accomplished moro good (hun all other viiodicinos I have taken. Tlx OM A 8 .LYNE, Henderson, Ky. VKOBTINR is eorrtpo.fwi 0? roots, barks and herbs. It is very pleasant to take: every child likes it. VEGETAI NE. Reoommended "by ra, ivs. MR. H. IL STECHENS: Dear Sir-1 havo sold Vegotino for along timo, and find it gives most excellent, satis faction. A. IL DE FIRST. M. D,, Haeoton, Ind. Proparcd by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Maso, Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists ^Professional O sor d.s. WM. 0. KEITH. JOHN S. VERN ER KEITH & VERME?, ATTORNEYS A T LAW A ND Solicitors in Equity, Will practico in tho Stato Courir, on the Eighth Judicial Circuit and in tho United Mutes Court Office on Publie Square, Walhalla, S 0 Jab 6, 187o 8 tf s. MCGOWAN, R. A. THOMPSON - Abbovillo, S 0 Walhalla, S 0 MoGOWAN & THOMPSON, AT TO li NE Y S AT LAW, Will givo prompt attention to all business confided to thom in tho Stato, County, nnd Unitod Statos Courts. Offico on Court House Square, Walhalla, S C 1 .io junior partnor, MR. THOMPSON, will , also practico in tho Courts of Piokcns, Croon, vlllo and Anderson, January, 1870 tf ?ror the speedy Curo ol tamlnnl WoakiieM.X?jil riinhocHl uno nil dlm>rdf>ni brotiglit on hy indi? erotlon ot OXCMSI. Any lirognlnl hm? the I narc-, monta. Adririw?, ?r. IV. .VA-mr*:** A ?:?"' ? TIBE "COMING} MAN.? A pair of ohubby legs, Encased io soarlet boso; A pair of little stubby boots, With rather doubtful toes; A little kilt, a little coat, Cut ns a mother can- ' And lo! boforo us strides, in state, Tho Future's "Coming man." His eyes perch un ce will read the stars, And scorch thoir unknown ways; Pcrohunco tho human heart and soul Will opon to their go/.o; Perchance their keon and flashing glnnoo Will bc n nation's light Thoac oyo? that now oro wistful bent On Gome ''big follow'n kilo." That brow whero mighty thoughts will dwell In solemn, secret state, When fiore? Ambition's restless ?trength Shall war with futuro futo; Where Sciouco from now hidden caves Now treasures shall outpour-. 'Tis knit now, with n troubled doubt, Aro two, or three ocuts more? Those lips that, in tho coming years, Will pload or pray or tcooli; Whoso whispered words on lightning flash From world to world may reach; That, sternly gravo, may speak command, Or, smiling, win control Aro cr axing uow for gingerbread With all a baby's soul! Thoso hands-those little busy banda - So sticky, small and brown; Those hands whoso only mission seems To tear all order down Who know? what hidden strength may lio Within their future grasp, Though now 'tis but a tuffy-atiek j lu sturdy hold they clapp? Ah, blessings ou those little baud?, Whoso work is yot undone! And blessings on thone little feet, Whoso raco ia yot unruu; And blessings on thc little brain, That lias not learned to plan! Wlmto'cr tho Future holda in storo, (Jud bless thc "coining man!" [Special to thc Uultimoro Sun.] Tho ti,u<lil itluvdcr Caiso. A COMPROMISE rttoiiAnr.K WITIIO? PREJUDICE TO TUB STATE. WASHINGTON, July 30.-Notwithstand ing thc announocd purposo of the President to assert thc sovereignty of tho Federal Government r d to remove the South Caro lina internal . /onuo casos to tho United States Circuit Court, thoro hus been a strong feeling to day io oflioial circles that this lino of notion may bo after oil abandoned, and n solution of tho existing difficulty reached in unothor way, without further issue between tho Fodornland Stato authorities. Nothing doun i cc regarding this oan be ascertained, butthtPfaot that tho matter is seriously dis cussed in administration circles gives some credibility to tho story. Tho Administration is very desirous of avoiding a ooniliot or raising an open issue with tho State of South Carolina, und lhere can be no doubt tho Pros''.'ont will nvoid one, if he oan consistently with thc duties of hia ofiloc, as bc understands thom, lt is hinted, but not officially, that tho cases may bc compromised without prejudice to thc Stato, nod this may account for tho delay in tko proceedings. Commissioner Hourn received, to day, a long letter regard ing these cases from District Attorney Nor throp, tho text of which bo would not moko public. Judgo Northrop tokos strong ground in favor of tho sovoroignty of tbo F?deral Government in theso oases. WISE INSTRUCTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER RAUM. WASHINGTON, July 29, 1878. IK II. Chapman, Esq, Revenue Agent, Greensboro', A7. C.: Now that you aro about to opsumo chnrgo of youv. division, 1 deem it propor to plooo io writing thc verbal statement I modo to you beforo you left this city. I earnestly desire that tho inlcrnnl rovc nuo law shall bo enforced peaceably and quietly and without thc necessity of using un hrmod for 30. This cati only bo dono whore tho officers aro supportod by a publio sentiment favorable lo tho obsorvanco and enforcement of thc laws. 1 wish you to visit tho Counties of Pick cns, Greenville, York, Spartanburg, Ander son and Oaonoo in South Carolina, and suoh oountios in North Carolina os Colonol Mott may think proper to suggest, and thoro con fer with loading oitizons and ondoavor to intorcat their sympathies in behalf of tho obsorvanco of tho laws, and a, poaocful and ordorly enforcement of thom. I dosiro that you shall put yourself in communication with suoh persons ns wish to pur6uo tho business of operating distilleries, and to impresa upon thom tho foot that I thoro is a fixed determination on tho part of tho government to suppress frauds against its rovonucs; and it is important that you should fully explain to them that in tho cud it is moro profitable for thora to op?ralo legal distilleries and pay tho taxes imposed by law upon thoir pro duo to th mt to ongagp in illicit distilling. The law for tho collection of ta* upon distilled spirits is uniform throughout tho country, And ibo govornmonfc realizes from tho tax nearly six millions of dollars nor annum. Wbilo this law romains upon tho statuto book it ls. tho duty of every good . bioou um-,. oitizon to obsorvo it, find of ovcry oflioor of ? tho United .Stnto nssignod to that duty to onforoo it. Tho pains and ponaltios.for its violation aro sovorc. No man oan with safety viol uto its provisions, and any com munity whoro tho violations of law aro Hu morous is BOOH givon over to anaroby and disorder, and many persons aro constantly skulking from their homes to avoid arrest. The state of things is certainly to be de precated, but must necessarily continue until tho poopio of these sections of country aro willing to observo tho law. There is no disposition or intention on my part to requiro or allow a vindictive en forcement of tho law in u community where those who have been engaged in violating thc laws havo honestly and in good faith abandoned thoir practicer?. A lenient course has been pursued in many districts whore tho circumstances would warrant it, ?nd it would afford mo great pleasure to know that tho violators of thc luw in thc districts to which you aro assigned have returned to a sense of thoir duty to thc goneral govern ment, to obsorvo tho law, and to pay thc tax imposed by it upon their products. I deairo that you shall impress citizens generally my determination that tho laws shall bo onforoed iu au orderly and lawful manner, avoiding all unnecessary collisions, und by officers who aro permanent citizens of tho districts or divisions to which they aro appointed, and aro men of respectability, integrity, discretion and courage. I wish you p.rtioularly to inform tho pcoplo that this office is open at all times to hear tho complaint of citizens against thc unlawful aots of oflioors. lu this connection you should call atten tion to tho striugent provisions of Soetion 8,1G9, United States Revised Statutes,which cuact that an officer who is found guilty of any extortion or wilful oppression undor color of law shall bc subject to indictment, and, ouo conviction, shall bo Hued not loss than on thousand, nor moto than live thou sand dollars, and imprisoned not loss than six months nor more that) three years, Thc Court ia directed to ron dor a judgment against tho officer or agcut for tho amount of damages sustained by tho party injured, to bc eolloetod by execution. Under tho provisions of th?3 section tho citizen has an ampio remedy, aud I know that thc Courts of thc United States would bo as ready to afford rolicf lo tho citizen against thu unlawful acts of officers as to punish tho citizen for violations of tho low. Tho laws of tho United States aro enacted by tho representatives of the pcoplo, and are designed to promote thc general wolfuro of the wholo poopio. Tho Coutts of tho United States aro ns muoh tho courts of thc pcoplo as thc Stato Courts,?and aro as rondy to protect tho rights of citizens as thc Stato Courts aro. lu my opinion it is essential to the hap piness and prosperity of tho country that communities should not bo kept in a stato of excitement over tho question of a con flict of authority between tho laws and Courts of the United States and those of a State, and, to ovoid this, citizens should be encouraged to appeal for redress against tho alleged unlawful acts of officers of tho Uoitod States to tho Courts of tho United States. You will understand that in writing as I do I do not disparogo tho oharaotcr or jurisdio tion of thc Stato Courts, birt I wish lo point out io you thai tho laws of tho United Stales not only moko provision for lovying taxes and collecting them, but also for thc protection of tho citizen ogainst tho mis conduct of its officers; tha? thoso taxes aro to bc oollcotcd through tho instrumentality of tho offioors and Courts of tho United States, and that all grioeanocs can bo better redressed in tho samo manner. Respectfully, GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner. Commissioner Hanni Assures tito Distillers that Failli Will bo Kept. WASHINGTON, August 3.-Thc following Icttor has boen written by Commissioner Kaum to Collector Brayton, of South Caro lina: Tit EA s t; it Y DE PA RTME N T , OITIOE oi<- INTERNAT, RHVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2, 1878. Et M. Brayton, Collector, Columbia, S. C. Silt: From an artiolo in tho News and Courier of tho 81st ult., ontitlod "Rascally Tricks of tho Rovonuc-thc Distillers in n Trap," I observo that souio sixty or eighty illicit distillers havo como into stations on tho Huo of tho Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, nod surrendered themselves to Deputy Marshal C. W. Cumming and Doputy Collcotor G. P. Kirkland, whoworo ooootnpauicd by a United States Commis sioner, and that thoso parties confessed their guilt and gave bail for their appear ance nt court, and roturncd to their homos with nn assurance that if they abstained from further violations of tho law thoy would not bo prosecuted. Tho comments of tho NeWS and Courier arc vory sovcro upon tho oftloors for thoir conduct, alleging that tho illicit distillers will bo tho victims of misplaced confidence and will bo treacherously dealt with. It is ncodloss for mo to say to you that I Otu earnestly desirous of enforcing tho laws, and that it is no gratification to mo to havo mon punished. Whilo violators of tho law arm thomsolvos to rosist tho oflloors in tho ocforoomont of tho law, I nm unwilling to make terms with them, but when thoy ox press a determination to abandon their fraudulent practices Bad submit themselves to thc authorities, I am ready to deal with them with tho most liberal spirit, and in doing this I am quito euro I will bo fully supported by thc Department of Justice and by tho President. In portions of Teoucssco, Georgia and Alabama illioit distillers havo placed them selves in an attitude that, would warrant a lenient course, and it has been cxtondod towards them and I will bo porfeotly willing to pursue a similar oourso towards tho illioit distillers of South Carolina if they oot in a manner to entitle themselves to it. If tho fuots aro as stated in tho News and Courier, that a numbor of illioit distil lers havo surrendered themselves, you oro authorized, in tho most public, manner, to announce that tho government will aot in tho utmost good faith towards thcui, and if they abstain from violations of tho law and contribute to a publie sentiment favorablo to thc enforcement of the law, they will place themselves in a position to entitle them to tho clemency of tho government, and I have ny doubt will roooivo it. Vory respectfully, GREEN B. KAUM, . Commissioner. A Tr li?, to walhalla. Nr.wnr.uav COUNTY, August 1, 1878. 71? thc Editor of the Kcowcc Courier: Wo havo just arrived homo from a very pleasant trip to your littlo town. Wo fool ourselves highly complimented on tho rccop tiun with which wc met while in your midst. Words aro inadequate to oxpross our melinga on meeting our kind Walhalla frionds; but it is perfectly useless for us to writo a long do tail concerning tho hospitality of these good pooplo, for it is too well known. Wo wcro m.uoh pleased to seo that this little mountain town hus boen made an educational resort. It has all tho qualifications for insti tutions of learning; and Adger Collage otu: Walhalla Female College aro progressing beyond our sanguino expectations. Commo dious buildings have boon orccled for tho us< of those collogos, and their learned facultici aro happily awaiting, while resting amid tin salubrious breezes from tho well kuown Blui Uidgc, tho beginning of tho next session will fluttering anticipations of a full corps of btu douts. Being a lovor of ladies' socioty, and quito i friend to their sex, wo cannot restrain fron saying a few. words concerning thc ladies ii W. As for beauty, wo think that wo cai conscientiously say that it will comparo witl any town of tho samo population in thc Stat -in intelligence and domestics not surpassed Wo would kindly say to tho young mao, wh is seeking a helpmate, to call at W. while Ol his journey. Aftor spending a few days vory pleasant! in W. your humble writer mado preparation to go to Westminster, a littlo town about nin miles from W. whoro ho could havo th pleasure of mooting other kind frionds. O tho morning of tho 27th ultimo, hoing honore with fho company of ono of W.'s fair ladioi he started on his way to Westminster, an aftor a very pleasant ride, arrived at Mi Frank Parker's, whoro ho and this fair lad met with a cordial roception. After npondin a fow hours vory delightfully, thoeo tvf started on thoir way baok to Walhalla, i which placo they arrived about mm ?ct, hopin that tho time would soon arrive when thc could repeat tho visit. Our thanks aro incfFablo to our kind fricnt for tho great hospitality thoy showod u Among the many frionds who troatcd us I kindly, wo will have to mention Capt. J. J Mickler, who kopt our convoyanco and stoc during our stay and cared for thom as h own. Wo aro now nt borne, aftor a pleasant tri mid quailing of tho wators of two not? springs, (Senooa and Willinmston,) rumim ting upon our great pleasure, and hup'u that the time will soon come when wo ot again visit thoso kind Walhalla pooplo. W. E. L. YELLOW JACK.-Yellow fever mado i appearance in Now Orloons about tho first July, nnd scorns to bo of a most maligna type. Fifty per cent of all the cases ha died, and the doctors find it hard to mann! Groat cxcitomont prevails muong tho poop which is incrooscd by the difficulty of lea' ing thc oity, on account of tho striot quoi antino regulations. Tho early aplicaran and scattered nature of tho discaso cam tho greatest alarm. Heretofore it hos be confined to certain localities, but now appears in all ports of .tho city nud ottao all classes ami conditions alike. T symptoms aro also different, whioh puzz tho physicians in thoir methods of troc mont. Ins;"?ad of pain in tho book a head, tho victim is seized at onoo with raging internal lovor, diarrhoea and burni extremities. ..-. -? HEAVY ltomiKBY OF TUB UNITBO STA' MAIL.-A vory daring robbory of a lai amount of money in tho mails in Coorgin I just been discovered. Tho post Ofjloo offiol and tho dotoofivos aro actively engaged thoir investigations, and In a fow days > dovolop tho Tull pftrtioulars to tho public. [Macon 'Telegraph and Mcssengc) LOUISVILLE, KY., July 2?.-r-At a pionii Lewis . Comity, on Thursday, Thomas i Wm. Blankenship woro stabbed to death Daniel and Josoph Morgan. In tho mi ton or fifteen persons woro wounded. Da Morgan in nuder arrest. Josoph fled. Make tomato cateup. Anxious to Wed. Tho afternoon sorvioo kodj ended and the congregation woro arranging them ne Ives for tho benediction, whon tho parson descended from tho pulpit to the desk below and said, in a calm, olear voice: '.Those wishing to bo united in tho holy bonds of matrimony will now please como forward." A deop stillness instantly fell over tho congregation, broken only by tho rustling of silk os some pretty girl or an exoitcd matron ohanged her position to catch the first view of tho couplo to bo married. No one, however, arose or seemed in the least inclined to riso; whereupon tho worthy olergymou, deeming tho first notioo un heard or misunderstood, repeated tho invi tation; Lot those wishing to bo united iu thc holy bonds of matrimony now come for ward." Still no ono stirred. Thc silence became audible, und n ptiinful sense of awkwardness among those prcsont was felt, when a young mau, who occupied a vacant scat in thc broad aisle during tho Borricos, slowly nroao and deliberately walked to tho foot of tho altar. Il o was good looking and well dressed, but no female accompanied him. When ho arrived within a respectful dis tanoo of tho olergymnn ho paused, and with a rev oran t bow. stopped to ono sido of tho altar, but neither said anything nor soomed at all disconcerted ot thc idea of boing mar ri od alone. The clergyman looked anxiously around for the brido, who, ho supposed, was yet to arrive, and at length remarked to tho young m MI, in an undertone: "Tho young lady, sir, is dilatory." '.Yes, 6ir." "liad you not botter defer thc ceremony." "I think not," "Do you suppose she will bo hero soon?'' "I, "sir?" said tho young man; "how should I know of tho lady's movomoDts?" A few moments woro allowed to elapse in this unpleasant stale of expectancy, whon tho clergyman rcnowod his interrogations. "Did tho lady promise to attend at tho prosent hour, sir?" "What lady?" "Why tho lady, to bo sure, that you arc waiting hero for." ! "I did not hear her say anything about 1 it," waa tho unsatisfactory rosponsc. "Then, sir, moy I ask you why you ara hero, and for what purposo you thus trifle in tho sanctuary of tho Most High?" said tho somewhat enraged clerical. "I carno, sir, simply because you invited those wishing to bo united in the holy bonds of matrimony to stop forward, and I hap pened to ontertain such a wish. I ara sorry to have misunderstood you and wish you a very good day." Tho benediction was uttered in a solem nity of tone very littlo in aooordanoc with tho twitching of tho facial norves, and when, after tho ohuroh was closed, tho story got among tho congregation, moro than ono girl regretted that tho young mau who really wished to bo united in tho holy bonds of matrimony had been obliged to depart with out a wife. i A Rion STORY.-Tho following is told by tho Warrenton (Qa.) Clipper on a young man now residing in Macon, and is declared to bo true: Jonathon, though not yet thirteen yoars cf ago, felt that be wes fully largo onough to become tho swoothoart of all tho girls around- albeit ho did not as yot wear a second pair of undor trousors on every ocoa sion. Ono evening ho persuaded a number of girls in tho community that "lots" of muscadines oould bo gathered in tho woods somo distance off. Now, Jonathan know that nothing could exoito a girl's ambition to a higher pitch than tho thought of get ting a lap or bonnet full of jct black mus cadines, so ho was very successful in en forcing his heart-loving persuasions, and loading an excited band of lasses through briars, brush and bogs, without respect to tho fitness of attire for suoh an expedition, to the centro of tho musoadino habitation. In less than no timo Jonathan had mounted a supple littlo white oak, ladon with the lovely fruit. Ho spraug of! whon near tho topTor tho ground, holding tho main bough with tho grip of a gorilla; but, contrary to expeetation, aftor bobbing up and down, ho found himself settling to a halt somo four or fivo feet nbovo "Urra firma." Tho girls, in their eagerness to bring down tho fascinating muscadines, laid hold, unani mously, of tho extremities of Jonathan's punts logs and flounced downward Uko a flook of goose just boforo a storm. Of course, Jonathan nor tho fixtures ofhte pants liad prepared for such a pull os that. Tho giris looked up with well-whetted appe tite"! to seize muscadines right and loft, whon to their uttor astonishment, thoy dis I oovorod Jonathan going up in tho bare gart of nature, loaving his panta in their bandi ns an om blom of his pluok and their zeal ir tho moment of triumph. It is noedloss t( add that Jonathan was quickly left to gc down os best ho oould, and fortify his fact for further adventures with his fair follow* ors. --?????-.- ... A correspondent of tho Raleigh, N. 0 Nev:s says tho splitting open of Haid Moun tain i? grootly exaggerated. Tho ofaok i thirty or forty yards long, from three t five feet wide, and of considerable depth ? ploocs. Moss on tho rooks below .show that tho oraok ia not of rocont ori|5$. QNOW ttorVi *3 boin-* engaged in Texas n SPRINGFIELD, MASS., August 7.-H. H; Kimpton, tho loog missiog fioauoiol agent of South Caroliua, was arrested at Westfield to-Jay. Ho says that he bas boen negotiat ing for a settlement of his trouble in New York, and has all along been willing to submit his accounts for arbitration. Kimp ton draws a pitiful face, and says ho is tho viotim of a politioal prosecution, A requisition from Governor Hampton for the prisoner is oxpeotod to urmo here/ to-morrow, and ho will be immediately taken to Columbia, whero he is especially wanted nt present to witness for th? Stato in tho important suits before tho bond court. Kimpton hod been in Canada, and is believed tohovooomo into tho United States very lately. It was on his account, it is reported, that tho Attornoy General of South Carolina, in tho bond court in Colunf bia, obtained a postponement of tho bond cases uutil tho 15th instant. CULTIVATION OF AFIM.ES.--Tho follow~ iug valuable suggestions aro from an essay by Professor Heal, of tho Michigan Agri-, cultural College: Thc young treu must bc treated very muob os you would treat a hill of corn. Hoed crops will answer in a young orchard. Bowed orops will do much harm to young trees. It is a good plan to koop young trees mulched. lt prevents tho rapid evap oration of moisture from tho soil, keeps tho Burfuoo mollow, prevents tho soil from freez ing and thawing in winter, nnd becoming overheated in summer. Whether to cult? vate or net oan bo told by tho looks of trees. If tho color of leaves is good and tho growth all right, and tho trees bear woll of tho fruit, they ore doing well enough oven in grass. To judge of tho condition of an apple trco is much like judging of tho condition cf sheep in a posture PREPARE NOW FOR FALL PLANTING; Those who intend to plant out orohards next fall ought to begin tho preparation of tho ground now. lt nhould bo plowed, manured and kept mollow all Bummer, which would obviato tho nooossity of any special preparation at tho timo of planting. Tho odd hours of tho summer aro nono too long to study up tho whole subjcot of fruit growing und to select varieties that will rep-ay thc labor bestowed upon tho trees. Wo oan conceive of no folly that a porsoft can oom mit in his farming operation o greater than to plant a fruit trco of a poor variety, in badly prepared ground and half oar o for it for a lifctimo, gotting no /fruit worthy of tho name, and yet this is what thousands of farmers have dono and aro doing. TnE COLORED BRETIIREN.-Wo ate informed that tho negroes are boing organ ized ia this oouoty for the oampaigo. We hero repeat what wo have said boforo, that tho white people ot this oouoty do not in tend to surrender to tho negroes. There aro no negroes in this county fit. to repro--< ' Bent Abbeville County in the Legislature, and wo do not intend that they sholl hold that honorable position. Tho white man who may attompt to load tho negroes' against tho best interests of tho county will do so at his own risk. [Abbeville Press and Bannen A party of men wore standing together telling war yarns. Ono of thom related af great adventuro whioh hopponed to him tvhilo in Virginia. When bo concluded, a tall, lank stranger said to him: "Woll./ mister, you was a colonel, then, wasn't you?'y Tho other ropliod, "No, sir, I was a private md always have boon." Thereupon the strangor took off bis hat, and with a tear in oaoh cyo crossed over and extending , his hand, said, "Well, inistor, God bl?stf ?foti, [)ld follow, thoro ain't but two of us" l?fi." Tho Floridian says an OK wont into the water ot Loko Jackson and was attacked md his leg broken by an aligator. Tho ox bellowed and struok lor the land, dragging tho alligator with him. Attracted by tho blood and thc noiso, other aligo tors carno to tho attack, and as tho ox tossod thom in tho dr with his horns, ho inooutiously'baoked into tho water, when a hugo aligator seised him by tho noso and drowned him. ? --?.. ? It is thought tho Texas oattlo drive this year will foot up 300,000. Hy the iotro laction of blooded stock tho quality has boen greatly io,proved in tho last four years ind these plain fed beeves oro gotting tho best prices in Eostom markets. A numbor of stonm road^wagons aro at prosont undergoing tests in Wisconsin, among tho teats boing a two hundred milo journoy avor tho road? of tho Stato. ?f ono bi tho vehicles answers all tim requirements of tho judgos, its inventor will rocoivo $10,000 from tho Stato treasury. Givo your fowls plonty of dust or ooal ashos as a bath, niso limo rubbish and gravel, togothor with proper food, and you will bo rowar?od by^noalthy fowls and a gonorotts supply of o/ga. With all tho othor directions which aro given'?or/iho pr?vontion of disooso among poultry, hohb ih'of mote Importance than that bf h?vlftg oloan, Woll ventilated houses. ?PAVL, Jilly 24.-A roport received hore light that a farmer near ForibuuU nd instantly killod two tramps whom ight in tho act ?f Betting fire to tho liar g machino in his wlica?; field, iii wo Himself up and was instantly released/