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;. --a..,,,, i iin.? VUt?KlSOWKR COIJIUEU. nv KEITH; 18HJHTH ?& CO. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1883. . -?--i III ??!?."???II i TatDIETIVlIltBi ftgp Ifyr subscription, $1.50 ;i?r e Wci/y ?u aJvanect fof a/je months, 70 ciniM. . (toy* Advertised.cuts inserted ot ont dollar per, t>ptvr? of one inch or less for the first insertion mud fifty cents for each subsequent insirlloh. Obiti f, Notices exceeding five lines Trlbnbes of P< p<\t, Communications ef a per* tonal character, v hen admissible, and Announce int'iiff of Candidates teilt be charged for as adver' \Lt,:iCiiti. Rip' Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed tifS?* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly i o the requirements of Cash Payments. M?mnnTtil?m?..iii.i.iii.ii i..manuimii... ? n-.v? *~~The Work of the Session. Tho session > of tho Gonoial Assombiy, which hue jost closed extended over foVty nlno working dtiys nnd cost tho State, for legislativo exponaos and punting, about $105,000. The sossion was jos* twieo as long as any previous session slnco 1870. Tho main caneo was tho extra work in tho consideration of the reports of tho soveral Joint Commis sions appointed at the session of 1880 to examino into und report upon different mat> tors of interest to tho Stute, and involving in their preparation and consideration a Set ions expenditure of time and labor. In summarizing tho public work of tho sossion, therefore it will bo nppropriato in tho nolset tn group together ibo reports of tho Commissions nod show (he disposition of them. Tho most voluminous was tho roport of tho Commission to roriso tho Gonorul State tes and tho Codo of Procedure Tito mero reading of this took over thirty days, tho rules being suspended in both Houses t ) allow tho third reading to bo by litio only. Tho host of nuicndmcnts which woro offered in thc House nnd thc Senate and thc discus? sion of tho rcpor's of tho subsequent com mittees of conference to adjust tho differences between tho two Houses, consumed much additional .?mc. lu fact tho bill was nut ordored for unification until tho last daya of the session. Tho voluo of tho work fully justillos thc labor, and tho bill which was also parsed, providing for tho indexing of tho Statutes will completo tho best digostcd nod arranged body of laws that tho Stoto has h..d. Tho next in order, and certainly tho first in importance, was thc roport of tho Commission torovi6onnd nmond (he election lawn of tho Sta'o. Tho muin features of this mousnro, os adopted by both Houses aro: Tho registration of electors; eight bullet boxes nt el??Honsj the sorcm*! ?n of "vote i\?;i Federal olcclions, Stato and Fedot.il oilijors being voted for in different places and the re sult of tho election being passed upon by dif? forent sels of Commissioners. Next como? tho railroad bill icportcd by tho commission to reviso, omond and colline tho railroad laws of tho Sintc. Thc work of tho Com mission wes very completo nod tho amend ments mado l y both Houses wot o thor oughly discussed and earnestly considered. Tho bill hus been fully described in tho Nci-:s and Co,-. .'.?,' und in thc shape in which it passed tho bill is recognized us hoing just to tho railroads, wbilo affording ampio pro tection to tho public. It is said to bo thc bost rnilroad Aot in tho United States. Noxl is ibo militia bill, reported by thc commission to examine into and reviso and consolidate thc militai y laws of tho Stale Tito work ol this commission was likewise very I borough nnd tho bill, 09 it passed, is expected to add greatly to thc eflioiency of tho military ey6tem. Thc appropriation of $12,000 in Rid of tho militia, mado in mother bill, is well-timed and will givo needed encourage ment to the loluntCCIs. l ibero is r.lso thc bill to provide n modo for tho assessment and taxation of prop.rly, a carefully prop.uocl digest of tho laws tn (his subject, reported by (ho Communion appointed lo consider and repot t amendments nnd improvements. Tho measure, os passed, is calculated to simplify to a lutge extent Ibo laws relating to tho assessment of property, and wi'l facilitate tho levying and collection of laxos. Tho Constitutional Commission had n broad fiold to cover iu its report, including tho election law above alluded to. This commission re ported: I. A Joint Resolution to nmcne Section 2, At tide 10, of tho Constitution o this Stato, so ns to pr?vido fur n Stato Boon of Education und thc appointment of Coontj School Commissioners. This Joint R?solu tiou was defeated. II. A Joint Rosolutiot to amend Section 8, Anido VIII, of (hi Constitution of this Stato, respecting thc qualification of electors. Thia Joint Ileso lotion wos passed by the requisito two-third volo in both Hcusos, nod will bo submittc to a popular vote at lite general election in No TCmbor next If adopted by tho people am ratified by tho next Ooncipl Assembly, ul poisons convicted of felony will bo dieouali lied if om voting. III. A Joint Resolutioi proposing to add At icio XVII to thc Constiu tion of (his Stnlo respecting tho term of ollico t members of ibo Goncml Assembly and oilx State officers. This Joint Resolution, as paascd thc Houso, fixed tho terms of ofu< for rrcmhers ol' tho Qonernl Assembly un Stato and county officers itt four years. I thc Senate thc Jcint Resolution was delete but uns subsequently reconsidered ni in u modified shape, the extension of ibu terr of ol'.1 co being nicken out and an amen ment added providing that members of ll Genet cl Assembly, Stnto and oounty office shall l o clcotod once cvory two years nt sui time ond placo as tho General Asscmb from limo to limo may provide. Tho obj? of this nmondmont was to omiblc thc Logi latino to lix tho Stalo election on a difforo day fiom tho Federal election. But tl House rofuscd to concur and tho Joi Resolution failed to pass. IV. Tho Commissi? ni.MI icportcd a Joint Resolution to itmoi Section 3, Article II, of tho Constitution tho State, prescribing tho minimum mea new OOUnthv, which v. r.s rejected. V. A h topro\ido for u Comitun..v. <-'v. .:: . which wos nl.<o doieated. Vi. A Joi Rosolulion proposing to nmond ibo Consl tution by Mriliiog out Artiolo IV and su Btituling another Article in liou thereof, to i known ns Anido IV, so os to moko tl term of ollico of dodges of ibo Supremo ar Circuit Courts for lifo or good behavior, mnko ibo terms of Coonly Commiosiono and Probate Judges four yoors instead of tw -???II iiimmiiw ii,, ?linon.mn in and omitting tlio providions of tho proscrit Arliolo in rotation to Juaticoa of tho Pouco, tho excludive jurisdiction of tho Courts of Common Picas in otes pf divoreo and the provision? ooncoroing tho old' Courts of Equity, nil of which uro now unneoeosory. This wns lost. Vit. A Joint Resolution to OOJ^nd '{Section JO, Article I, of tho Cob (dilu tion, respecting tho so .1, mai y trial and punish ment Of certain offences loss than felony, which was iikewiso lost. This complotes tho list of m al tors reported upon hy tho Commission?. Many other mensures ?tero considered and acted on hy the Legislature Foremost among tho?o is tho Stook law. This law, requiring stook to ho fenced in, had been in operation io some of tito upper counties for tiv0 or six yours and ia now nmdo a general law for tho whole Stato, excepting thc Counties of Williamsburg and Hon y. Thoro ie a great probability that tbeexomptions granted these two countios on condition that (hoy arc fenoed off.from tho adjoining emmies, will never ho taken nd va otago of. On tho 1st ol October nost tho law goes into oftoct through out tho lower tier of oountios, which wore givon until that timo lo proparo for thc chango. In tho upper counties tho law becomes operative on the first of April: In addition to levying tho rogolar Stat? tax of two mills for tho publio schools th? Legislature, with nn eyo to highor oducatior and tho necessity for trained teachers, hm approptiatod $15,000 for tho South Carolini University and fy,000 for reopening th? Citadel Acadomy, und by ?pecinl Act allow tho Superintendent of Education to usi $1,500 for tho purposo of conducing Norma Institutes during tho present year. On tho liquor question tin00 bills wen j passed. Tho first is n bill which places tin collection of tho Stato license of $100 ii Chm loston in tho bauds of tho county oom missioners, and makes it their duty to cu force tho law. Tho second is a bill to pro vido for a locnl option law. Tho bill pro vides that whenever two thirds of tho votin; population of tiny oily, town or villano in tin State shall express a dosiro for an oleclion 01 tho subject of liconeo or no license, suet election shall bo held on or about the firs of December following. It is thought tba by this mensuro tho municipal elections wil be freed from tho influences of tho liquo question. Tho third is n bill t> allow th solo of winos mndo of domcstio fruits ii quantities not loss than one gallon, nm also tho salo ol spirituous liquors in puck ages of not loss than ton gallons at tho dis till?nos. Besides these gcnorul measures bills were passed prohibiting tho sale of liq uor within tho limits of tho Towns of Pros perity, Chester, Lanoaster, Anderson, Cn Ono City and Urconwood. Tho Legislature corly in tho session, al though subjected to a heavy prossuro froi tho "big formera" to ropoal tho Lion Law vory wisoly let well enough alone and ro jootcd tho ropoal bill. This louve* borrowor and lenders in thc same position as beforo, 1 regards thc security givon and taken i< advances mndo for agricultural purposes. A oarnost effort was m ulo hy tho liberals to ri tho Statutes of tho meloss and rostriotiv Usury Law, but a largo maj ndtv of the II u voted against tho repealing bill and it wu defeated. Tho phosphate question was, of cours much discussed and tho (J en oral Assombl Bocmcd to toko tho position thnt. o'! this it duslry was getting fairly on its foot, it coul stand an additional burdon in tho way 1 inctcased taxation. A variety of propos lions on thc subject were submitted. Tho r suit is that tho royally payable to tho Sta on phosphates mined in Ibo navigablo rive nnd streams remains J.l a ton, but tho ro ulty ?3 to bo estimated hereafter on 1 amount of crudo rock as mined and not 1 tho rock niter it has boen kiln-dried or stoat od. Tho Agricultural Bureau is required make a survey of tho Phosphato territory ot to ranko a report to tho next Legislature. T Bureau of Agriculture with tho Commi sinner of Agriculture is given control of l phosphate intoro8tB, with power to grant 0 elusive rights to corporations and indi vid m nnd reservo certain streams for persons mi ing under general rights. The Uiver n Marino Mining nnd Manufacturing Compu is given the exclusive right to mine phi phates in Steno Uiver (rom Wnppoo Cut tho Sea, and the Stnto is authorized to i crcuso tho royalty now charged this Coi pany, provided that tho royalty nt no til shall exceed 25 per cont, of tho vnluo of l crude rock. Tho company can accept I obartor within lince months. Looking nt tho work of tho session ntl whole, il is difficult to find moro than 0 mensuro of gonoral application which is liki to bo pormancnt in character and mai ks advance in tho ideas and policy of tho Sui That mensuro is the Stock Law. Tho co I ftc al inn Of tho Statutes was a proper f i necessary undertaking and is nnqucsliona woll dono, bul it will, in tho natural cou : of things, loso something of its vnluo ni I, j aro changed or ropcalod. Thc Railroad I : will probably bo patched nnd damed i ycr.r, ozcollont a law as it is. No nir ' question of publio interest, outside of t ! which thu stook law covers, has been set j by notion so well considered ns to comm ' public conlidcncc. Tho Commissions, n ? means of preparing nnd digesting pmjcol law, bioko down entirely, ns wo huvo tho What they pvoposcd wa?, in general, 1 nud woll matured, but tho Legislature 1 I less attention to thoir recommendations tim tho rep1 rts of tho stnnding committees. T was ampio opportunity to rcduco tho n bor of elections; to put tho school 6uporin dence on a hotter basis; to roforoi tho coi administrations; to liberalizo tho systom taxation; to improve tho chnrnctor of tho cal magistrates. Nothing of tho sort dono. Thoro was gracioua liboralily in d : ing with Ibo University and tho Cit Academy; conduct which covers many a 1 'arid will bo of lasting boncfit to tho S Withal, thoro was a singular tendency t reactionary. What a contradiction it i rcfuso to allow prisoners in county jai work on tho publio loads of tho county at tho same tiuio, deliberately doteront cast in jail tho poor wrotah who is unabl pay a poll tux of a dollar for tho suppoi Ibo public schools! Tho Election law, 1 passed, is ail aboition. As reported ?0 House it was consistent ami rollona finally passe I it ; ; so devised M to pl common pooplo without embarrassing too partisan troter, nnd tho authority glvon to the Supervisors to eolargo tho Registration lift, at their disorotlon, opone wida tho door to fraud of tho most scandalous kind. It is certain that tho Dom.ooruoy will ourry tho Stuto next Novombor. Aftor that-no ono' knows what. It was withiu tho powor of tho Logisluturo, by judicious nmoudmout* to tbo Constitution to bo voted cn uoxt Novem ber, to improve permanently tho chara -tor of tho (iovoi-noient by restricting tho powers of tho Legiahnuro and ot'..orwise. Protection oould have boon obtained, in this way, against hasty and Ul considered notion. Tho oppor tunity lins boen lost, and it may novar ro turo. Thcro is ono oomfort ul ways: Thc Legislature bas not ovouted any specially now issues to disturb tho pooplo, nnd wo hu vc tho satisfaction of knowing that tho Legis lature moans woll, whatover its shortcoai* ings, and would have boon more '.independent and vigorous bad tho no.it gouornl ?lection boou at a greater distance The shadow of a coining election is porturbing to tho e ul of tho politician. -News and Corricr. List of Fublio Acts Passed by the General A?sombly at its rocont session and approved by tho Oovorr.or in addition to thoso heretofore published by us! An Act to charter tho Spnrtanburg, An* dorson nnd Atlant i Railroad Company. An Act to regulato tho distribution of books by tho olorkn of tho court* of this Stato to tho Trial Justices. An Act to charter tho South Bound Rail road Company. An Act lo ?mond Chapter XCVIl of titlo 5, port 2 of tho Oencrnl Statuten relating to tho assignments of insolvent deb'ors. An Act to prohibit tho salo of spirituous or intoxicating liquors within tho 'incorporate limits of Lancaster, Lancaster county. Joint Resolution to authorize and requiro tho payment of $200 to Lieut. Campbell of York county and the Rum of $200 to Stephen Mooro, of Chailcston county nnd Thomas J. KcofO, of Oooneo County, cob rc*peclively. An Act to empower thb City Council of Spartunburg to isauo bonds for tho purpose of repining mid improving tho streets of said city, to provide for tho interest accruing thereon and for tho payment of said bonds. An Act to amend tho ci ?minni law soas-to pr?vido for tho botter control of convicts committed to thc penitentiary and to punish persons harboring or employing osen ped con victs. An Act to mn!?o appropriations for per diem and milongo for members, officers und cm? j loy ces of thc General Assembly. An Act to chm ter tho Alston.. Oiangcuurg and Charleston Railroad Company. An Act securing certain privileges to tho Marino uud Uiver Phosphnlo Mining and Manufacturing Company of ?South Carolina unon certain conditions. An Act to perpetuate testimony in relation to deeds, releases, records, other pupers and documents lost or destroyed. An Aol to provide a general railroad law. An Act to incorporate thc South Carolina Pncilio Railway Company. An Act 16raise supplies und moke appro priations for tho lisc.il year commencing No comber 1, 1881. An Act to pr?vido for tho consideration and r?vision of tho General Statute? of ?South Cai ulina. Vn Act to entibio persons whoso crops aro seized under tho provisions of tho various Acts of thc General Assembly, known as tho "Lien laws," to recover possession ut' tho same, upon entering into bond in accordance with tho provisions o' law ,nuw of force in regard to action:? for tho claim and delivery of personal property. This Act was pub lished by us Inst week. An Act to nnientl Section ll of nn Aol entitled "An Act to pr?vido a general stock law nnd regulato tho operations of tho sumo," approved 20th dav of Deoomber, loSl, by lidding to Kihi Section tho words "anti as much of Lexington county as lies between tho ll road anti Saluda Rivers, and also to pro. pr?vido that ibo exception contained in this Section hhull mt apply to a certain portion ot Lexington county bordering on tho lino of Edgeficld county." An Act to authorize tho Canal Commission to transfer and dclivor to ibo Board of J->i reo to rs of thc South Carolina Penitential y tho properly known ns tho Columbia Canal, with tho lands hold tlicrowith and ita ap purtenances and to develop thc same. Joint Resolution to pnhibit, on and after tho 1st of January, 1833, the payment of interest of thc Green Consol bonds and stock, of thc Stato until they sholl have been con verted into Drown Consol bonds nnd Block. An Act to ie-enact an Act entitled "An Act to facilitate thc completion of tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad, " npproved Pobrunry 20 1880, nnd to extend tho limo therein granted for tho completion of said railroad. An Act to incorp?ralo tho Ronul'nrt Society for tho Proven, n of Ci nolly to Children. An Act to pr?vido a local option law for incorporated cities, towns and villogos ot ! this Stato. An Act to pr?vido for tho recording of chnttel mortgarros on real osiatc in Koparato nels of books and to pr?vido for tho rcpaiato indexing of thc same. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Ad to amend nn Ant entitled an Act to regulate tho cont of plaintiff*'and defendants' attor neys and tho costs anti feos of clerks, pro> bato judges, sheriffs, trial justices and olhci officers heroin mentioned," npproved Pobru< nry 20, 1880. An Act to amend Titlo ll, (entitled o oloctions) of pint I, (entitled of tho intornn administration of tho Government) of tin Gonornl Statutes. An Act to declare tho law in regard to tho partition real estate, An Act to amend Sections '15 an'* 40 of ar Aol ontitled "An Act to altor and amend tin Bohool Inw of South Carolina," approve* Mn roh 22, 1878. An Act to nothomo and cmpowor tin Governor to appoint two Trini Justices fo Wogner Township, in Oooneo County. An Act to pr?vido for tho further opera ?ion of ibo Lunatic Asylum. An Act to defino tho duties of Count; Oom missioner*, County Sohool Oom nil winner and County Trcn'urors in re'erenee to th j nuditing allowing ind payment of claims ?." "1 1 W '. nnd to requli'o annual reports of all claims andltod, allowed and paid by them to be made to the Court "of General Sessions. Joint Uosolution . to authorise tho school commissioners of Oeoneo Oountj to o rod it und approve for payment tho acouunts ot N. W. MoAuluynndJ. (1. UulhorfurU for sorvicos rondetcd aa teachers in tho freo and common school.! cf said county for tho eoholaslio year A. D.1880-81. Joint Uosolution to authorizo and pr?vido for tho payment of tho oxponso of erecting a fouco between Townships 0 nod 8 in Fui in field County and Ku h hind County. A Joint Uosolution authorizing tho Stato euporintondont of education to eell such mis cellaneous pohool books n* aro now in tho Stato Library, for tho benefit of tho froosohool fund of tho Stato, and requiring him to moko an Itomizcd etntnmont ul 6ueh cale to tho next General Assombly. An Act to nmond Sections 45 und 40 of ai. Act entitled "An Act to niter and amend tho cahoot law of South Carolina," upprovod Maroh 22, 1878. An Act to pr?vido for tho pnymont of tho espouses of per. ona appointed hy thu Govor* nor to sit upon tito Supreme Court in oaso any of tho Justices thereof ho disqualified by reason of any nf tho onuses plated in tho Gili Section of Article IV of tho Constitution of tho Stnte. An Act to renew, amend and extend tho charier oi'the town of Walhalla Joint Resolution to amend Section 8, Arti* clo YUL of tho Constitution of tho Stato re specting ibo disqualifications of electors, An act to make it ti misdemeanor to allow records to Le '.alten from certain poblic o thees, or to take such records therefrom, and to pro flori ho a penally for tho same. An Act lo prevent ibo prilo of spirt too? or intoxicating liquors ir. tito town of Y- rkvillo, in York Cunt.ty. An Act tn pr?vido (or thc arrest and dclon lion ef fogiiivcs from justice. An Act lo prohibit lishing willi net", traps or similar devices within cor'niu disinti?os of thc dam acerosa Savannah Uiver, near Au gusta, Ga. An Act to prohibit ibo salo of ardent spir its within thc Town of Quftnoy City, ir Spar tnnburg County, and tho Town of Westmin ster, in Oeoneo County. An Act to limit Ibo time within which claims against tho Sia'o or against any coun ty shall bo valid und payable. An Act to require owners nnd lt copora tif loll bridges within ibo Stoic to keep pulBcient light or lights by hight on said bridge" KO as io enable persona trnvoling to ree their way over said blidgos. An Abt for thc heller protection of the pole? and wires ol telegraph, telephone and elec tric light companies. An A'.t to authorize thc City Council of Charleston to impose a license lat oh nil persons engaged in any business, irado or profession in the Cuy of Charleston. An Acl to amend ail Aol eh til led "An Aol ?o cot form ulltpceittl A nts of incorporation to tho rro.i isions of tho Constitution of ibo Stato respecting tho liabilities of stockholders therein. Au Actio regulato ibo licensing of physi cians and Burgeons. An Act entitled "An Act to provide pun ishment for wilful and malicious injury tn bri .IgOS and roads." An Act for preventing cruelty to animals. Joint Homlution to authorizo and direct tho payment of ibo per diem, mileage and expenses of tho epcoial joint commit too on election laws. A joint resolution to provide for the pay ment of tito cleric, m 0<s on gd', mileage and oonliiigont ox pe n sot of ?be oommissh.n ap pointed nudor (Lo provisions of un Act t. provide, fm- ibo appointment of it commission to consider and suggest umontlmoi ts to the Constit lion of the State, approved Dccein* ber 21. Ittb'O. A Join' Resolution to authorizo tho County commissioners 'of Oconoo County to apply lo tho payment nf tho ordinary expenses nf e.'.'ni ooun'.y, for tho li - ca t yent 1879, 18P.0 nod IIS?> 1, tho unexpended balance of tho proocods ol'tho special tax levied to pay tho past indebt edness of said county. An Act to provide artificial limbs for all soldiers of the State who lo.-t their legs or arms, who have boen permanently disabled in their legs or arms during military portico in tho years I SC 1 G2-G.J 0 ?-OJ. and wit > have not bono s :p? lied under former Acts ol' Ibo Genital Assembly. An Act. to punish any poison or persons who him ll sell or dispose of any pomonal property on which u mortgage of tiny kind may exist without Ibo written consent of tba mor.gagce, A Juint net to authorize tho President of thc Senate and Speaker of the llouso of Hep rrsontntWos, respectively,to furnish pry cer tificates for tho amount o? per diem and .lilo agc due each member of tho Senate and House of 1'optesontatives and to tho olnoors nnd employees of both hrnnobos nf tho General Assembly, and to provide for thc payment ol tho samo. An Act to authorize tho faeultios of tho Stn to normul institutes t. grant certificates and diplomas of qualifications to teach in the free public schools of Ibis Stato on certain conditions. An Act to prescribe tho mode ni ascertain ing ibo average attendance ort Ibo public tree schools of this Stato ami to np, . rtion thc school luid according to s"ch attendance. An Act lo regulato tho salo of forfeited lands. An Act lo provide a general stock . . .'. anti reguhlle thc operation of ibo samo. An Act io make appropriations to meet (ht ordinary oxponfos ol'tho Government of tilt State for thc fiscal year commencing Novem ber I, 1881. An Act to incorp?ralo Adger ColiogO. An Act lo fix by law Ihc weight ol'a hostie of cotton seed. [Galveston News ] Tho Madison (Wis.) Democrat, in cn dcuvoriiig to treat tho wounds received b; tho omdidatcs for (ho [.residenoy wisel prescribed St. Jacob.') Oil. Of courso w could not expoot our worthy oonlomporar to do otherwise than recommend tho fumou Old German Remedy-which .'heals a wounds but th oso of love" and soothes a pains-.suvo those of poli lioul disappoint ment. Moro railroads woro built in (he Unite Stales lust ye.tr than over before Abot 9,000 miles of track wcro laid on 2GS diffoi ent read?. Tcxna leads wi'h I.III milos, nn Colorado follows with 500 miles; I-?wa, Du kola and Ohio havo lidded ovor 100 milt ' each lo their railway fystftm, while Ve-mot eonstrueied ->nly two milos, and Ilhodo It land but one milo and c. half, Grasses. SKNBOA CIT*, S. C., February 15, 18S2. Lust wook wo noted our depondonoo on tho | Wost for supplies, our prosent systotn of farming, utting guano from year to year which ho? no hitting vnluo no a fcrlilir.or, and, lUo, our raising cotton whilo wc nogleot to produco (lioso things which wo mid our slook subsist upon. Wo triod to show that clover and gras? was our sheet nnohor and ouly hopo to redeem our lauds and set us on a linn founda tion of prosperity. To-duy, wo nolico some of tho principal gnuscs. OUOilARO ailASS. This is ooo of our very finest grasses and has qualities thal make lt ooo of tho greatest fa vorites with tho best fut mers auO grazers of our land. lu our county il is successfully growr and fallows; ev n with small experience, with lt, have lem oed lo appreciate ih value and speak il in (lie highest t?rros .? tho West it is grown almost as extensively as clover and ranks little b. low il in stuck rais ing circles. It sprouts out earlier than red clover, but blooms about tho a.uno (imo and in Ibo grass best Bulled to sow with it. it comes on two weeks earlier than any oilier grass and Is wonderfully produolivo, yielding from 8 to 6 lons of liny to thc ucre. It boars repealled mow ing, producing each Kino a larger yield of fine hiiy. It also bears dose and continued crop ping. Orchard glass is n favorite, because of its rapid growth and tho luxuriance of Us nfl er ninth or second growth, yielding ia I.-, s limn a week's limo nflT cuiitlug a good bite for slook. ). is very nm ?ii ions and all kinds of stock rel ish it. Sheep, il is snid, will passover all oilier grusrcS lo feed upon it. Ko better gross e.in bo found for milch OOWSj tho milk is always Abundant and tho buller produced is ol' a aenul i ful yellow Color, having no bad flavor. lu Iced il is Goshen butter made nt home. This ), 'si lends lo grow in lufis; lo prevent Ibis it midd he harrow rd In evenly in tho spring, l! rn Fed c','-?-c. It is suite 1 especially for our Soul li nn soil, one of ils liest qualiibs being i1 s oa inbility of resisting the beni und draught, keeping green when oilier grasses uro dried up. Uesioes it is less exhaustive on tho soil tltnn ri mot hy or tiny of Ibo millets, ll is ouo of tho lio-U perm,mont of nil glasses and when well set jrows vigorously for many ycrs. ll grows well on almost any soil or in any 'Hu?alo mid will ilnivo on comparatively thin land, but like inoH ot lier crops, docs best on and Mir?* lin" somo strength. This grass is >flcn planted ot. ste philly land, and it is good 0 prevent (hin lauds noni washing. The pre? ier limo for BV.V?II^ in in Pobruaiy or Mat oh. [I may bc sown on oats or wheat willi clover, or, 1 may bo sown by it. elf, und soin o prefer this 1 node, thinking they cnn scenic a belter Bl .ad. ll commas ld pounds io (ho bushel mid when town with clover 20 pounds of ibis grass v\ h ? i ri un rt of clover should bo ."own lo I Ito euro. 1 3ow after thc burrow nod follow nh li a light jr tish. No fm mer si o.i ld bo without a ginni! Hold of orohurd grass. j VI.VU HY. TI ? i B grass is much grown in thc West, bul iillo, os yet. in Ibis mvthlry. ll isa valuable grnss o' orup only nod not for l pasture o\ m o.-y productive. sonic- ? tiims producing in, ult vi Aye n|id a hall* lons ii bay lo thc r.e.c. li gi'^bul lillieiiftcrtnnth jr second growth mid it' lopped close, ?rows ap slowly, therefore it is not well suited for pasturo, li is inclined to run out in o years. 1'imo'hy 's best suited lo low meadow or mois' peaty soil3, not doing well on light sandy or gravelly lund, lt c;nuoi otanl well the bot sun iv lien sowi n ii'l.'.ti's. All kinds of stock rc? sli il, wliilo il >.??.' s n u'ger per ceul. o luli'livo mi?'cr than any Oilier kind of g'ass lt hbo."M bc cul Vt ll >.U in bloom to make thc jei.t liny. 'J'lie yield is gloater when ibo seed .jripe on nee..tint of the great ipnmtity an/1 ivelgltt of the seed, of whi di it often yields from I lo 10 hundred pounds per neve, ll is not suited In low willi clover because the clover matures much earlier than this grass. There is ditl'i ' i ncc of opinion ns lo ihc test time lo sow il. Koine prefer March. JSefoic sowing, ibo land F,hould bc plowed deeply and well pulver ized. It contains 15 pounds to thc bushel Sow from oight to twelve pounds to the acre. ?KU TOP Oil UKllDS UllASS. In thc West this grass is called lied Top per hnps from thc puiplish color of ils bend, mid this is, no doubt, its pieper mime. lt. makes n very fine permanent pasturo, is hnrdy and flour ishes on nlmost nny kind of soil. Il will grow on poor, thin, gravelly lund, forming tufts, whore scarcely nay other cull 1 Villid grass will grow. lhit it thrives on damp wet soil, whero it forms a beautiful and luxurious growth. A few farmers nenr Seneca lind some low or flat Innds Bown with this crass Inst year mid ii did well, producing n good crop of liny. It is one of the few grasses thal will toke hold in sort, spongy .oils, firm enough to resist lining pulled up by Ibo roots when being pastured. Il should bo cut when in b'.ossom to bc relished by stock. On poor land it will not grow moro than 12 inches high bul in a moist, rich soil it attains Ibo height, of 2 or 3 feet. Red Top when sowu with clover or Timothy will al last take Ibo field ami "hold thc loll,"running the others out. When once well sci it will last for ninny years, mak ing n good permanent pasture, ll makes good liny, much of which wo buy from thc West to feed lo our slock, when wo cnn raise it vciy well nf homo, ll cnn bo sown in fall or spring on oats or alono, ll oontains M pounds to tho buihcl. One should <ow 1 to IA bushels per nore. nun: muss. This grass may nlmost be called un evergreen. All n c more or less familiar willi lt. Although it is eminently a lime grass, flourishing in nit limestone commies, 30t ii is seen in this coun try growing lo ndvuiilage. It grows on both wet and dry soils, but docs not slnnd a long drought well. All know it lo bc a firm pasturo gross, as thc blue grass pastures in Kentucky, aro known almost thc world over, lt makes fine liny. For entile il lins no superior nnd per haps not nu cipinl, milking tho choicest beef, nnd milch cows cnn hnvc no better or richer food (linn (his. Their rich creamy milk pro - duces butter, than which lhere is no finer. Wc can add much lo ?ls growth by giving thc hind n good dressing of plaster or limo. This grnss now benniifics ninny of our yards, and few grasses show lo belter effect on yards or lawns. Il mny bo sown in tho winter limo daring some wet spell of weather. Tho ground should bo well plowed mid pulverized nnd burrowed; when wnntcd for a lawn or yard somo other grasses should bo mixed willi it. Tho yards or lawns should bc brohea well, then harrowed nnd rolled lovol. Illuo grass weighs ll pounds lo I he bushel. Sow broadcast fr^in 3 pecks to 1 bushel lo tho nero. Tbli is ob common that lit tim need bc sail concerning lt. There oro several varlet as the Missouri, tho Hungarino and ( fei The ? cr mon millet ls ?nost ueed in thc &f\ and is, no doubt, superior lb any other. WI like best what is called In this c??fttry t arl tail millet, whloh produces a (Ino crop < <J n two crops on tho sumo land in ono sense ''?j wo wish to speak especially of tho Qjrt|?JM let. . lt ia an auuuat orop and is mosj?l oHJ foil green, but it makes splendid hnwU^Hj alargo yield to tho nero. To make gooci.B^ must bo out while green. It sometimes 9 sis feel high and produces from -1 to 6 ra bay to ibo acre, lt also produces, so unT, sixty to eovenly fivo bushels of sood lo tim? i If sown carly after the frosts it eua bo';cal'' - produco two orops oa tho samo lund, but. tita very exhaustive on the soil and-jh*^^^ bo practiced without fertilizing plentifully- ^SB| to do this at all tho orop must bo ont ^ -W? BOOU OB il comes to head, lt makes a good y Hf wiih little labor and ntl cation and r;i?"a w?L on almost any sont but, of Course, beuton H? and ?ell cultivated ground, lt grows la D'flB any ollmale, and is able to stand tho fJ?B&* heat and drought that is liable to como ufflff lu thoSoulli. All kind of stock rolish it green and thrive on it. This is a very payv crop, Heidorn fuils and the hay and seed bri| iug good pi ices in the market. If sonn Oil lands il Ought to bo planted early, but If bottom lands it should bo sown late ia the sean lt may bo sown broadcast or drilled in Jf?y from IO lo M inches apart. If seed ls desi' il should bo drilled, lt contains 60 poona, tho bushel. If sown broadcast put ono buV lo the acre, bul if drilled uso from a half lo'tl thirds of a bushel to thc acre. m ].oe DUN e. |Tj Lucerne, Alphonso or French olovor.?js.'14^ much in Franco aud California, lt bouih America In a wild Slalo. It/jjSpdj ?[ ' adapted to warm olimutes. Us lotfln|l W trilling down deep into thc subsoilTn?fcl| Jt* und nourishment make il almost i il B? Hbf f i tic licit or drought, lt is by uo If? Vi a stranger lo our farm ors, Somu of them i?^V. it here willi success, ll will, when well s-s) yield enormous crops, and lusts ns o. pasturo (Ti ninny yonrs. lt comes ou cat lier than ? \ clover and continues lo grow Inter in Ibo scnsjiiL Tho difficulty with lucerne is getting a g*^**^ Bland. This sometimes is not easy to ace"-'^4' plish. The ground must bo thoroughly ''~ JT$ lowed mid plowed deep into tho subsoil. ^? iiy'J? land should he broken In the full and tuer'^A/*'* in tho spring. Tho seed should bo satyoV ink spring so that il may get a good start boforet'f'.^l, summer. Il is best suited to land that Im- |! h loose, perminble subsoil. A soil that cont. fV a bottom of loose snnd or ground, through w' /I J; tho roots can pass is tho best. A soil with Jiy? olay subsoil is not suited lo il. lt is va fyiV* timi much grown in many places. It shorn ' sown in rows like millet and cultivated, but often sown broadcast. Sow ten pounds to tho 7?f aero. Wo finish nexl week by somo romarks OP! K ulovcr. lt. C. DAVIS. >A [CONTINUKn ] V .BS ANO DooToits.-Thc fees of d?*j| '??>? is ue item ihut very tunny persons re ;t< . utci ted in just nt present. Wo beII<vV?j| ihn eohedulo for visita is throe dollar?, w.Ko\v* would vix ti man confined to his bod for a I y*Mtr n:id in need of daily visits, over 1 Si OOO ii year for medical attend ?ti.'o titoucLJ An I one singlo bottle o( I lop Hitters ?ike'jiu in (.me wculd Ba ve tito ?1,000 und all i 9 year o sith ness. -Poul. Thc Union of tho Second Union DUlriV'J? ot tho Twelve Milo Uiver Association.Wm oonveno with tlic Bethel Church ir. Picken? County, at 10 o'clock A M , on SnturduH before thc Olli Slab bal h before March oeaWj Introductory sermon by ltcv. J. Owcfcjj-j missionary sermon by Hov. J. 1). l,e*i'| Tim churches of sit?) Union Di?liiofiS; requested tu sen 1 up delegates. ll. A. ll. GI11S?N, Ju., Clcik of Union, Mr. Tillman, of Sooth Carolina, i* in fatoi of a bi 1 nllnwirg 730 men to go to Washing t ton to legislate for tho country. Ile consideri this a free country, und wants to give every ; lindy a -how. Ho might ns well ma1 ' ' vft full regiment. tal iScw Adrertiscntentsi -S? u^rirLO-a.rLOorrieiij'' ffl For Congross. MKSSIIS. KOITOHS : Piense nnnounrcA* P. CALHOUN, ESQ , of Ooonee, ns n| for Congress, lo represent Hie Third ; 8?onal District, al tho next regular UP