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r V 11 ' I' I VO.1VI I(' h ENS, S. C,, 'H'I LJIISDAY, JULY 2,187NO43 TIMELY TU1'1US F lUK i 1W1!t,~ n oW TO DO I'AYIN(: \ORK A'i' 1111' SEASON. Suggestions of lIntorest, from an Autrhori tt ivo Sourco. (V. L. Jones in Southern Cultivator') Tho reader of these "Thoughts for the Month" should bear in mind that they are chiefly in the nature of sugges tions or reminders of work propor to be done on the farm during the current month. The ''Thoughts" relate t o and flow out of the discussion of thes sub jects. Farmers are like other men, often forgetful of duty, obligation and pur pose, and must be reminded. A a old proverb says there is nothing now under the sun, or ''words to that eil'ct," and it is about as true of farming as of other departments of life-work. The larger part of the teachings of the present agri cultural books and periodicals-in fact nearly every principle laid down- is but repetition. New facts are few and far between. Agricultural teachers and writers-including editors-are mrely conscious of telling anything new. What is really new and before unknown in the agricultural world-the result of t he re searches of a year-would make cnly a few paragraphs in The Cultivator. "Line upon line, precept upon pre cept," was never more aptly (uote( as a rule for guidance in teaching than in all efforts for the dissemination of aF ricul tural knowledge. We vary the fo in of expression, or change the connecti In, we utter from a dill'erent standpoint at idea, often before presented, without making any impression--without linding a lodg mont. But now the idea seems now and attractive; the wonder is that it was ne er fought of before; it mak s an impression, i;L excites iIIquiry, pie okes investigation; it is iii liy tested by p rac tico and its vahe realized. So ' 1dom runs to and fro and knowledge e creased." ,.AVING lY. It used to be a common custo:n in Middle Georgia and correspondit .re gions of other States to lay by the eps of corn and cotton before the 'Cilc rious 1?ourth." It was the aibition of .;vcry owner or manager of a farm or p :ata tiol to have corn and cottotihe so clean. that not a ''bsketful' of .ras Inight be gathered in a sLarch of tI en tire crop. The changes in the clondi tions of labor and sol have extende I the period of cultivation. Ve have n- t so largo a proportion of virgin ani re;h lands in cultivation; our soils have been largely deprived of their vegetable miat tor, and have acquired the habit of ning together" an' formiing -N after each rain. This involr necessity for the work of the cultivator to keep the surface loose and porous, and the actual impoverish ;ent of the soil requires a h-tiger time to: the 1plants to reach that size and conuition of development where culture la no longer required, or may no longer be Xrmritted without actual loss. In ie. peet of cotton, while the improved varie ies are generally earlier in fruit develop mont, yet the tendency is to plo-v or sweep through the crops rather later than formerly. There is Ito lest tial diflerence in the objects and details of cultivatiou in J uly as compared with June. Corn has generally received its final workii., which should be thor oughly well done but very shallow. We used to think t Ihat the Itost effhet ive hoe-work in the cern-lie was that wh.ich was done as the iia '"laying by'' 'of t'e crop when the diraggling hunches of gr.ass and those around grubs and stumps that had chuded the plowinan so long werd~ destroyed by the slower bit aurer worik of the hoeman. 'This flnal hoeing--if ilhero be time to give it need not be row byrow, but a sort of bt oadi casting over the field; several rows bLin tken by each hand at one time. TIhe same remarks will rlso apply to the "'lay ing by" of cotton, both ats to p)lowinlg andl hoeing, the same objet being had in view in both eases, the encouragement of steady plant-growth and development. We utterly disapprove of the prtactice of "hilling up" corn either with plow or hoe. It is aptly described by some one as "taking the soil fronm where it is needed and puttinig it where it is not * j.ncuded ." PLOulN 15 inY w)OXEATiilRu, If fi:oro ocur pro)longed spells of dry' wveather', and the eltan coniditioni of the crop---the absaence of grass iand weedls makes it uunieeessary to use plow or sweep) for their destruct ion, the <lueQion)i will arise whether it iou a good general rule to plow ai cottoiihleid whent there ha~s been no~ rain sinee last plowing anid thie f1eht is abhsolutely eliti n o weeds. The <iUA!tion w~ill occur to> any tar'mer oi a few yeairs' experienIc(e, and it~ is er tainly a practical onie. Somne faormers believe i pilowing leepier as thle grounda becomes dryer, cl~aiing that deep plow ing will "'brinlg tup the moi, re.' Now, deep plowing will "'bring up the mo)ist ure," in the uienti that the moist s(oil thaut lies several inchee below the siurfae illh be brought to thte nluriace; bat we cani .se no0 benefit or adlvantage in remJoving~ tioo soil with its conitained m nois;ture f:om the neighboorhood of the plant roolb (where: it .can do the most gocod), andt bringiing jt to the surface to bo imni. ately dried b.y the sun and wind. (Om own experieno4t anid observationt are op rosed to the raatico of plowing a fielt nit has beent ouce thoroughly pulowe'c ice any rain has falien. It may nol sult in actutal harm to iha growis *op, andi the hatter may event be bente At'2d, but it is extremely doubtful if the "game be worth the candle.'' In those fields of corn which have noi received the finasl plowing, wo ug h sowing of peas when that work is doe T1he benefit that the soil receives aroi a crop of pea-vines, even though scattere( and thin, is substanttial, real and certain A sack of guano, or euvent a load,of rich ,lookin g compost, may, and sometime: da'es, deceive the "very elect" amnon1 iarnWers, andh fails to recompense fcu mnyor labor expended; but a pea vine hs an established and undisputter reputationi-the same yesterday, to-dse and-farover. A farmer who has a fiol on which of jpeernces has been grow. and returned to the soil possesses a guarantee of a good crop next season that gives more conf"idenco thai the ''guaranteed analysis" of the fertilizer manufacturer. As long as the pea seed hold out they should be sown on every acre of corn-field. If ever red clover was a blessing to any country as a restor or and renovator of land, the cow pea mutist certainly ho our great reliance to to perform the 8ame geod work in the cotton belt of the South. Clover will do very well in the limo or clay soils north of . degrees, and in sonie instances it may succeed further soutih. But even under the mo):. fuvoral)le circumstances anud ii the cottol region, a tiehl that may 1be relied on to yield a good crop of red clover will rarely be seeded to clover, beC:se saeht conliditions of soil and prel)ratioll and manuring as would result in a good clover clop would yield a good crop of cort, cotton, wheat or anything else. Our conditions in the extreme South demand as a soil renova tor a plant that is more thoroughly at home thant clover-ono that needs no special soil, preparation or manuring, but will grow where anything else will grow, and flourish where other crops would fail. This we have in the cow pea, whose adaptation to poor soils and hard treatment hus originated the saying --alpplied to very poor land-''too poor to sprolt peas." if ever our land is to he brought into a high state of cultiva tion and rich productivcness-a condi tion even better thnu that of our very best virgin acres--it must be (lone by a system of renovating crops, grass culture and stock husbandry. 1t is the natural method of soil-making modified aid in tensified by the art of mati, and is the basis of all extensive and permanent im provement in agriculture. c LTE SUMMF:a clio os.-fl In addition to peas there are a few other crops whoso planting may still continue, ctuccess being dependent more upon seasons. It shoukl be remembered that late planted crops require rich soil and deep prcparatiou. Forage crops of corn, millet, sorglutm, et4., may stil be nade, but will not amuouiit to much with out goad groetnd, good preparation and rasonalie seasons. i such plantings be made and the 1ao, is started 1li in Jutly, the August 1ains are frequcntls 1 sulicient to, mature i1'o yields-. We havi had line success w ith cat-tail millet sown ev'en s) lte as Augut 1st. The best p ttatoes Ior k(eeirig, as well as for planting next spring arme made from viOlc st t out inl well-plowed, good soil throughout the monti of .1 uly, those plantcd early in the mon 2 ie m k ing Es tirge tuber as u11Iy be dta ilrt, atnd the hater, still ei atly Intr o for ordinary Use and ;(or Lt I. There is no doubt of the faet that t e later plantitlgs produce I Ibetter kepers, anid the tre much cheaper, its thev Iauke with much less labor. Plantings of (uttini1s on wheat, barley or rye luts are alio)st certain of a od yield of rnootii, fair-sized potatoes very small expense of labor. Very itc plantings i-ho11ld b in closer rows and the beds not thrcAvn up so high. . ULY tLNSN ns, 1E u. 'the stcial gat Ieri:nge of farmers at the close of the active work of cultivating the cotton anl corn, that are0 still prae tiCed in some counties in (ieorgia, ale remnaeilns and reminders of the eua:totes of the Cu: io1ms of the good old times "bee fore the war.' in thos days tle premised "uly dinller,'" when the crops shall have been laid by cleal, Wits an in centive to cheerful, hearty tichrt, and 1 the realization of its pleasures of eliting ant drinking the hnieest, home-grown beef andl mutton, pig tui(l poultry, etc., and the seen 1 communion of neighbuors, wais a pleasant spot in the history of the s11!ulmaer. 'The (ld phitation dinner was r-eally given more ini the intercest anld for thme enjoymtent of the slav~es, and the pamticipationi of thle "white felks'" was rather inctidenitl. Thie liore mnodern aigricultua club 1111 dinner is tainlg the1( yhtee~ of the former-, and has rapiOdly be ceme very po>puar. Even ill the 4ab semnce of a liegul ar organiuzation it is well for thle netighbI ors for miles aroundil, thlroulghout. each settlement, to hold ought to be a regularly orgainized eiubi inl every nleiglhborhiood, and thlese social dinneiir-eaitinigx should be Ia feature iof the regular1 monlthly pirogrmmein the yeair round. 'Thle women folks should have ani interest ini such1 tings. Tfhere's nothing so well ca(lculalted to draiw ouit the mnen anld induceo them toe attend the meletingS of anI agroiultur-al club thanI the1( presence of the lad' ies and4 somllethiinl good to cat. Thei segregated or ''living aipart"' condlition of tarmersu is a greait dr 1awback to thir social, moral and1( in. tellectual prlogress mando espe)ciailly to theirh advaniceamnt inl agricullture ; andl any nmeanli, harmless in it self, that will b)rinlg farmlers together- of tener- cannot but coin dluico to theo developmnentI, progres and 11( p)rosper-ity -of our initerekCt..' -Tfore1 these oldl-tie gatheriings shouldi he re t:uned(1(, systemati zedl and reguliated ais par-t of our agricultural eonomiy. Shii -gathieriigs .will readily develop inito ntnhly fairs during the summer and1( tall, and( prove great feeder-s and sup piorters of larger gathorings and exposi tionsi. it is not tooi earlly to commu(4ee to tani ?ed preparIe for latinilg the faill (crops, laid evenI to planit some14 of them.l Th i14n44st week in d alty andt thle first week in Au4guist cover' the h ottest 4and perhaps dr yist period44 ot thle Sunuaer, August 1et bringI' up oIf 114( hieated terma. Al -140 thug th day4 s confl 101tinuie pretty hot, yet Itw enith of Jun1e114(, anid thlo aggr-egatte hea t is. le :2 n the14 mo( ilistulro greater-, I dutabagasi should4 h4e 144 n be il itweenl the 20th 4t aly and14 tIhe I th of August, according441 4 > at itile, (4n 14on1e but wvell 1)n? 'hr4 4w 4 ti 414n w and 1seed (4n poor, I ~o(dy, imd11y preare bod. 41444 Detter41 p i il t i , r o u g h. le. v44 . A s44 41 ( 4 in t i-1 mated 14144 Inlonli, we are 14n1ot41 m ii in 44ropJ 'n the M4outh. 1Their 114 ah for I heep4.1 -fold1ing ao caI llttl4 ing4114 is 4one4 of those 4 En 1~glish dti on bs thatit ha1ve boon1 tranlanhitedl to tils 111.try- with other English ideas anid prac1tices, buit without much resulte ini the4 way oft r rcalization. 'The climiate of1 the Son'th the very peculiar-ity that caninently dis tinguishes it a'i a cotton country-miakes the turnip crop too unlcertin to be ex Stnsively reieod on. Tihe climate of j In nland is very duiffaant nOasinanly a crop of turnips makesi a great hit, and we can understand what a God-send such a vegetable must be to such a country as England, where sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas, Indian corn, cotton and what not can only be grown as hot-house curiosi ties. TilE CROI'S I N 'i'llE STA TI'. Very E;neouraging Reports to the l)ep,art tnent of Agriculture. 'rho State Department of Agriculture Ins just published its crop report for Tune. Thie summary is made from pecial reports on the condition of the rops by two hundred and forty-six ownshlip correspondents. The average lato of theso special reports is Julh 1. The first part of the mouth of Juno was dry and very hot, followed by cool uights, which retarded the growth of 3otton, but did not injure it in fruitage. D)uning the latter part of the monttl 3opious rains have fallen in nearly every section of the State, and the reports show that the percentage of condition for May has been maintained for June, 101 per cent. for the State. it was thought that the hot dry winds blad somewhat injured the early corn, but the rains in the latter part of the nionth prevented any material injuiy to the early crop and greatly inproved the late corn. The condition is reported at ;7 per cent., an increase of 3 per cent. >ver that of the May report. Two hundred correspondents report ;he wheat crop as harvested in perfect ondition, and one in poor condition. L'ourteen report some rust, but not mough to all'ect the yield or the quality >f the grain. One hundred and nine. eon correspondents report the quality if the grain better than, 48 the same as, Lnd 8 inferior to last year, and that 98 >er cent, of the entire crop is consumed n the State. The usual average yield or the State is reported at 9 )ushels per crc. The yield for the year 18% was 7 >ushels, and for tile present crop 8 mnshels. TLe increase in total pimluc ion over crop of 188I for the State is eported at 21 per cent. Two lundred and eleven correspond nts report the o:tt harvested in the hest oadition, and two in poor condition. ine hundred and threo report the ciuali y of the grain better than, 92 the same is, and 22 inferior to last year, and that 1I per cent, of the crop is consumed in he State. The usual average yield of oats for the -itate is reported at i bushels pclr acre. L'he yield for the yenr 1i8 was 12 bush ;1s and for the present crop 11 bushels. L'he increase in total production for the state is reported at It) per cent. The reports show that the rice crop vas not injured bry the short drought in ha lirst part of the month cf .i uine, and hat it is better than it has been for aI iumber of years. Conditiou is reported t 97 per cent. for the State; the eanre Is for the month of May. The condition both of sorghum and sugar cane is reported as good. The oudition is reported at 98 per cent. for sorghum and 97 for sugar cane, falling ll' of 1 per cent, for the latter crop from May report.. While the increase in acreage of the nveet. potato was reported at. 2 per e nt. >ver that of last year, the conldition has iallen olf 5 per cent. from that for the iontlh of May. Condition for the State, it per cent. 'The condition of the Irish potacto Cruo) .s reported for the State at 89 per Cent. 1galnst 97 per cent, for the month of May. t'o-Ediucation of Ith iR cs. Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield county, (Geor (ia, has introduced in the l,egislature of hat State a bill intended to pree1t the .3o-edulcat,ion of the races. It is entitled ''A bill to regulate the mannier of eon lueting ediucaitionual inlstitultions ~in this '3talte, :iunl to protect thet rights of cI)l >r'ed and white peopkle, and prot)\ide peni dties for the infraction of Ithis Act.'" Lt provides that f rom and akfter thle jils olk'e of t his Act no0 secho, e >illege or' thecr educationdl institult ioni coniducted ~or the e3dulcationl and1 training of colored pecople shall1 matriculate or' receive as a iupiil any white person, nor shall1 anyk ichool, college or other educaltional i' - t1itution condluctedl for the education of white people receive or mtatriculate any ?olored( pekrsoni as a )Ipil. Aniy teacher or manager controllinig eitherl (if skid in ;titultionsi violating this Act shaltl, upon1) 'k)nvit tion, he punished un lderi Sect ionk 1811) of' the Code. .if the institutioun has I charter, not only the teachers~i'9 but thle I'res idenit, secretary, rlmubersi of the board of t rustee's, or' ot' persons Jill ng the corresponding 1)lliecs, who shal1l knlo wingly permlfit t hiS Ac3t to he violatedI, tre suIbj ect to indictmnent andkt pulnish nienlt. Th'le puislhmen't provided for 1in .1his bill is the same punkihmen1t pkrovided( for mlisd11eeanors, a1 fine not to e3xceedI kml thkousankd dlohllars, imiprisoinmenit not to exceedl six months, or wor'k onl a ?ihain-ganig not to exceed twelve mlonths4, tiy or all ill the discretion oif the CourtI. Well-info)rmed membker's of thIe (e orgial begislture declare that it will receive thle ihutost unmaninous applrovall okf the up) propriatou commIIlittee, and1( will evenktuaIlly 'ecomeo a law. Thke co0-edulcation (of wi'te and~ color'ed cildren(1 is generailly son1cedled fto be31 a bad thuig. ThIe col ,redl people themtselves do0 not, wish it. his ne1w Georiguia h1w wokkld be a1 Slep in hse light direction. ...-r - --- Tfhe pr1opriietors8 of the All-IIling Sprinlgs, (Gastonl county, N. C., have nadoki evciy e'Ifort to mahoL- this resort, ilways popkjullar, morle popui1lari thle pres4 'int seasoni thaln ever before. '1he build. nigs are ini better' condlitionl than1 ever' bef ore, and11 th,e manautkgemen't have great .y inkcret ed( th ir falcilities. for' insuiriung he comfort of th' ir guests. They hatve 'lut the Spr'.gs ink the front rankl of 4kmmter re(5>rts. Thoi Sprki igs are1 2,1500 Feet abiove s'a-level, anmd arke tded for the ieatfh-giviing <kualitik' of fthe( water's. A)omnonkitcationi wath the Springs is easy Vy diferent linIes of rkailr-oad. Already t here arc a numbnAer of arrivals at AllI licalin, wth indIicantjiom1 fmn oo The lhI e for prsnaion (f claiims for the T ' 's swords has1 expiiredf, and1 the 3iim .Inly two claimos have been1 fihi d, 4ne by Mr. .\lyers8, execukt'r (of the1 TwviggM '.tate. aun I the ofter by3 .\rs. ilowe I(L 31hedella,3 ant El3(isIthly, whko :ser3ts thlat Gen5. T wi'' gav her il tIhe sw',ords aIt the# ilme( hle n1514h- hi e'scape fromIt Newv Or leant. ANOTllER WAR STORY. SAl ) TO 1IAVE 1LEN TOLl) IT .JEF FERtSON 1)AVJS. Itow the Federal (iovernneont Conspiredl, 1)uring tle Var, to have the Conifeeirate )'reohlei,t Axsassinutell. The Baltimore Morning Herald pub lishes a six-column contribution giving 1n account of recent important inter views with Jefferson Davis. In these nterviows Mr. )avis, among many oth r things, charges that the Federal gov .rnment conspired during the late war ;o have him assassinated. On this sub ect Mr. l)avis says: ''While the Confederate government was at Montgomery, Ala., in 1861, 1 re leive(1 an a:onymous letter from Phila lelphia, the substance of which 1cas that het government cf Pennsylvania had ro eased a noted desperado from the peni entiary u)on the condition that he ould go to Mont1omcry and assassi tate me, with the promise of a reward )f $lt)1,0t0 if Ie succeeded; that after :"( lease the inan stated that ho could not )robably succeed alone, and gave the tame of another convict of character ike his own witl whose assistance he elt sure of s ecess, and that the seconld ortviet I;as releced to accompany the iAt. ''About the time when this letter was -eceived 1 1 was going from my ollice to ny residence. .1 oiserved a man squat ing down by the brick wail, which was ibout three feet high and upon which ho yard paling rested. I had gone a ew steps before the position of this m'in o impre .sed mne as induced me to go and look after hint. Then walking back oward the corner of the fence behind vhich he was crouching, I saw him look ng over the wall toward the gate through vhich I was expeeted to entur, but as I eached the corner he jumped up 1:and an toward the rear of the lot upon vhich my residenee stu ul, where t bore v.is an alley. I followed him rapidly, nt when 1 had reached the alley he had lisappeared. The only way in which he sould have escaped appeared to be hrough a gate which led into my stable. 'hither 1 went and found my servant in he loft throwing down hay, who, upon 1:quiry, it ued that anybody had come here. lie was a servant I had raised nt whoin, aa; I afterwartl learned, I had a uisplaled e.ttlidence. Accepting his tat;metnt ats true and making fruitless ;careh elsewhere, the hunt was abandon d. But tih.; warning received was not forgottenl. The Commissary General, Colouel Northrop, liy friend and old army comrade, soon thereaftvr went with me b;y rail to Rhichmond, and wat on the alert during the whole trip foi the reappeara.ce of the assassin. '"I sent the anonymous letter to Mr. William B. .Reed, of Philadelphia, ask ing him to make such inquiry as would verity or dImprove its allegations. If he evr replied .1 do not know, as commn uie.tionn were closed soon after that. ''While in Riuineultd it was my habit to rile out often in the afternoon to visit the defensivy works we were conttruct ing aroun the capital. On one occa sion, tcet itipatiei by my aid, Colonel \illam P'reston Joltnsoni, I had ridden icros Cillis creek and was going up the :reek and was going up the hill when a rifle ball whizzed just behind m and in Front of Colonel Johnston, who was riding by my side a little in the rear. Warning him to seem as if nothing had >curredl, we trole rapilhy rotind atn uni eCuied house, from which it was houghit the lhot must have been fired, mtd fronm whijch we coiild see dlistinctly lhe grounttd over which any oe must .mve lIed, if, after iritng, lie had taken o Ilight. No one was visib)le. After re turninug to the ('ity in the evening Jolontl Jiohinstoni went to the provost tiari.hael, who sent (lut some0 men mo re killful than we had beeni to make a fur lier eatrebi in tIh( house. '"They found ini the tipper story some lank out of the f1lor so that, they cold )e removed, and i uderneathi that found man with a rifle, who gave a lame ac otiit <>f h imsel f as Iihidinug th er'e to avoid 'I)tserip)tjolt. JIis stony of beinig em doyed at a bake ry ini the city was found iponi_ imury unfoundedl. T1he next (orni til 'Iwias niotifiedl that the man, sitai a hht rietaeiner in gol, had( em'i iloye d a hovyer to si eut a writ of iili corpus. Aware that though ihe intireutntial evidente mnigh t prodehie aoral conviction, that he woul prhtl'a >ly lie disetnirged in compliance wit the ii viri, talal thIat thle man.1 wtas of pr'oper ige and physical vigor' for ia soldhier, I hireetedI lim to be sent to G eneral Leo it Il'eter.Ibur g, w it hi ani (explantor iy note, mid the hope that lie would be0 piut in lie froiLtline to stop a ball initenided for better unl. \Wiat became of hin I iever' learned., itnatter's or larger imiport mtiee engrossiing theI attentioni of Oeneral uee, as wl',l as mtiystelf. "On)i ateotheri occasionu, retiuring I rom in afterntoon ride with my aid, Colonel Foseplih I )avis, just as we entered the ubturbs of .Iichmondit a shot was fired rm behind a high f;arden wall at very lose ranlge, hbut without lect. We rodte ip to the wall, anid 1by rising in our stir lips, looked over into the gardnii, bit to, person ('o111d be seen. It was wilighit, antd the shruibbery afforded (lne lmeantis of coniceabuen~t and escape. ''There were meaiiy reasons blefore the )ahilgreni raid for belhieving that efforts neo)psistentt withI the rides (of war as >ract isedI by ci vi I zed nations were mad e io secure atlssassintat iton, (specially of the >resideunt, tand to ac(luiirit information bly pies, rente:e t and( t ransitory, aind that argoI rewitrds were olfered for such ser ices, menhni tg arsomi amid murder. "none occasion whlent I wvas known o) be triavehiig oni ai railroad to the army tnformat ion was l>roultght by a lady, who ud overhieard the loniversationi in a >arn, that obistructionis were to be laced >n the track, and the information wats erified by a (detachnmnt setnt who found lie obstructiolns and sorr'o United S3tate's oldiers secreted in a br.rn near the place vhere the train wa expected to bet vrecked." .Mr. D)avis gives his motives andt po' itical statuts in 1 81, and claims that lie tever was a dlisunionist, bit that the :Northeirn Senators rejected at that time very p)rop)osition that promised pacl.iflia ion. Ito refers to B. . nutler v o for him fifty-seven times at Charleston, S. C., in 18160, as a candidate of the Democratic party for President to pre vent disunion, and declaros ho did not desire to be Presid nt of the Confedera cy, but took "prompt and, as he thought, adequate means to prevent it." After his election and inauguration at Mont gomery all his efforts wore directed to ward securing for the seceding States a peaceful separation, though he never thought of going back into Union to es cape a last resort to the arbitrament of arms. Mr. Davis discusses his experience ats secretary of war in Mr. l'ieree's cabinet and as United ;tates Senator from Mlla sissippi, his career as lPresident of the Southern Confederacy, and is elo,iuenat in his praise of (1e* l Albert hi ;ty Johnston, LCO, Jackton and A. I'. till. lie says A. S. Johna;ton had no neer on either sido (luring the war, if lie ever had in American history, and his lo: s t') the Con federacv was irreparable. Speaking of the seven (lays' battles around Richmond, Mr. Davis says (en eral Leo conceived and executed the des>erata plan to turn the flank and rear of McClellan's army, and a<kds that the failurc to annihilate the 1"ederal au my was due chiefly to the fact that ( hen r Lee had no maps of the count ry l, low Richmond, and that. his army moved in ignorance of the country and wit ha guides who for the most part proved themelves utterly inefficient. IHo declares that MIcClell and t eah were the two best Federal Generals, and if the former had been permitted to carry out his campaign against Rich mond as he hal plran)ned it and received the hearty support of the Federal war department it wuli have resulted dis astrously to the Confederacy. Mr. I )avis and his family are warm in their praise of the late John V. Garrett, and confirm Mr. (iarrt t's statement, made before his death, of how he se cured N r. )avis' release from imprison ment at Fortress Monroe. Th 1(1i-ral Finance-. 'The Philadelphia 'T'imes makes some interesting comparisuns suaggesrtd biy the figures for the fiscal year just clos-ed. ''he total receipts from all sources amount to $371,380,8(.1 and the net ordinary expenditures to $208,it,51I,1(0, leaving the surplus revenue in exact figures $102,861, 7(14. The total decrease in debt for the year is something greater than the surplus, being, less cash in Treasury, K109, 707,ti;. Taking up the first item---that of the gross receipts, 3371,380,81 - -it is great e than the receipts for 186 by nearly =35,000,000 and has been exceeded buat tw..ce since 1872, the total receipts of 1.52 and 1883 being S l(3,525,2:;) and $398,287,58t respectively. 'Ihe reccilpts from customs reached 8217,-10;i,:l, an increase of nearly twenty-four millions over l886 and with one exception the largest amount received from this source in the history of the gor l:nnent. 'T'he customs receipts of 1582 exceeded those of last year about three millions. The receil)ts from internal revenue were $119,136,418; from sales of public lands, $7,500,000, and from all otier sources, $27,3 10,4th;. 'T'he net ordinary expnditures, amounting to $2-4,5 1t, 190, exceed thust of 1886 about 2a;,00011,000 and are greater than for any year since I :75, whena they reached $274,023,392. The interest oni the public debt is the lowest since the close of the war, having bcen reduced froiu $113,781,591, the highest point touched, in 1866, to $17,711,920 in the year just closed, a reduction of nearly a haundre 1 millions. As an offset to the decreasing interest charge the disb uarsemn:ati f'iar petimons reached iigh-water nark, having amounted to $75,,5;8, 719. 'I he ludians cost 80,253,t.-15; the Navy 1Dc p)artmlenlt, $1 5,053,279; the W1ar' I)epart Inent, s..'8,502,5:t;, andI the civil 1am1l mis ecllaneous list, 85, 158,00;1. Ini view of the fact 11imt, all thme hiids (111 anid ava ilable for1 palymenti, lmve been1'1 calledl and will soon1 be paid, the que's tien of whamt to do w ih th 11r2 th1anl l~I one hundred millions of annuital surpluis certain to be( realized fromi existing rec'e nue1~ laws becomifes ax v.ry pressming one.' No miore bonds cani be calle'd u t-il the $2.50,0001,00l0 of four amd a hall lper cents become due in i91 1. 11 the4 preserl I uri plis were allowed to pile up iuntil that timeal there wold b e enough1 to pay '' the hobnds then availalde and( 411 mit a [maniy more14. Ibit the next Ibond(s avail able ft playmnit '1ue tile s77(1;,00,l0 of four p- ent', wh1ichl are not payahmb! until I10/. A rediuctioni )f Ltxation 01 1hu 111 12 imlperatilive, :s it wo1'uldl certainly be Is on 4111 sort" ''f wil<l schemes wca b demorallizigd in ti: Ixt renw.0 Soon ia ) niay be jud1l1iiusly11) apied to in1Ucasinfi our navly and per feetinrg ouri ei.'t d1 fenses, but the( son thait i huldl be4 spet(' for thlese purposscl ( shoi ld not i. irg in any one year. '.H .1 hert way to <hs1 pose0 of a good( inanliy ililionis o)1 te sur 1p114s is to le'Iave it ini the peL''a ts1 of the taixpayer's, Hlave found thlat the'ir omthlit' ex cessive' duities produce a1 low, wecak, tired1 and)1 treuilouis state of' tihe systim, niid1 that ironi restores richu l an1 11114dlor to the blood(, clalisalyal ba1rk a1 ntuirid healt hi - ful tone to the digestive organls, and42 phlosphorous mildly htimnulaitis flie brain- -all 1ombl,inedl inl Dri. Halirter's froni Tonic. 'Tul LiONiMoN ihwilsr' gives t prices' palid at dliIfer'ent tine(s for seat1s to1 view the royaIl ptrocessionis. Ini the14 t ime of Edawatrd I. it was one-hlf cent1.; on the necession104 of Richiard .11. it was two (c'nts. F"rom the coronatti oif Iliiry V. to that of H enry VII. it was four (cen tt; hut in the tune of lI enry VIII. 11he charge was1 ('ight ('emnts; iin thaiit ofl F" a het) it wias twelve con1t41, and1( 4 wenl1-If' ir een:111 wasl plaid for aI seat to v'w the'd 4 coronation pIrocesstionl of .11ame1 . .ixtIy 4'eniti was paid1 inl the time or (A'.rles 11. and $1.20 in that of Wiliiam 111. At the( coronlationl of Georgo II. till pIrice had risen to 32.50I, and at that of (George I V. peo de' were atonUlished to 1hear1 that f rom $'25 to $50 was paidl. But at the recent processin $4,000 wats paid for the windows of one house. All fr<sh: '' say, miy nu1in, 414) 1104 grael fresh?" "O(1% yah;)u tches p'icke." s in +l)11 eno Up O, on' r alnt Whlit n li( Iti"(n":tt a Candldlatt.. (I',mu th, I'htilatd,IlhIa Tlmes ) 'T'ho mention of the name of Lieuten ant Gotral Sheridan in connection with the itplblicltn nomination to the Pres idency recalls a seral> of secret. history i11 the nom1ilnation of General Grant. It will be romemered I trtha int the latter was very teterindutI in his opposition to leaving the army for a civil place, even it it were the highiiest. The politicians haul wrestlcd with him in \aiu. 'lhe silent \ igils of the sentries wllo paed Iiglht an: day up and down in front of Ills residn(tce onl I Street saw lilcn like Si mon01 tiuk("t in, Zauh nUldalher, Charles Sinter ml:d thle distingiushed "coterie of Senttoriati oligarchs of those days pas ing in to plead as a reason for entering the leers congenial walk; of civil life, the extrenait it( 'i tl i(e)ublliCal party and of their i1ahility to nominat a iunau who could give theun the same assurance of a pe)rpituat ion of panty domination as would llis caidtiday. The hero of the war had declincdt all overtures. The defection of Andrew Johnson in his relations to the Iparty which elected him and his i st with General (raut trev Shberitllt into the cont roversy. Part of the .1olulonian policy was the comip lete withdrtatw:l of lniilitairy inter fertence in the civil iiiI is of Iihe Stat s Ietrr'ing fromn rebhlli~nIIc into timi conetit 1iial,d ihttons to tue surt;l lt laower. As at part, of his policy he ri iloveti ( ieniertl Sheridtan from coltlluim d at New Orleans andl practically retired hiun from any active p)articip)ation in lnilitalryatlhirn. 'ihe result Wits a inai tary intrigue, in which the overruled oflicers took an imp)ortlnt part. Sheri dam, who lul the contidence of (inltd and who butt often been his counselor, had already hcen conferred with by tii lepublii)';ut leaders and united his intlu enec with theirs in e1'orts to win (iraut over to an rccep)taucet of the Iepublican lt(truinailll. It mv1s iIritlutn who1 Iuado the tir:t ill,l!'si ot1 11) 11 (i iaits lii l I,y poitt i1g t,Il t;) iji t the intl:gliities putl y the 1.'tit l,'t: tt,t,ii ti Ii,( olurs- s whlo wce pl)atct'ti 'II !t,iuium 1y itu ii i i l aitltaiLI i1t t ' ' 1 i ' t .) 1 oI11d iI (-ougr( - sitet!:I il iti oia; that it was at ditty l, owed l:1 thl, arm7y to celntribute to iii, vinitaion. ThIi pa,rtu cunstidert tionls \\tr l'' (( te l "\' iii ( i1'.llt's in ilal, b);i I11,: 11'11,a ll ': i t h - l )l' in. bhI' :l Iult their ( ltrt t :tl1 ' t l 'ie 'ii Riep1ublicant ati.itult . Ann so ,ig i ll: li at a.- ot ( irtlit, an I 't" - i-lit u a Is pm , ilotl. ; I Sieritlata to I9 I enn' I '"t,'1;l im I! I.b', ;nltd his r'la'. si 1itltlit to al c.ltlstanti at . !1 U . k'aus. i i ; !tarecr thmery ... It ('. fll in.ll it': whhI the, liu llup'iev !'. n 'h l6 I,iicltanl i~trty ha-t lit:.a a,im< t ill it trettn it i! fi the( u'anwnten q uesitic,rt involvedl 1il till r,i liih tltion of tita 1.uin :t th. 1 i t the solvtd is.. of Itie v\' . I i: '1 (' 1. a i;i. 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I .I I w tin ro - Ia i ti n - i s b Smit ngll won -I tthe ti ia I btt r.ljuit vlit her it he l a aatpen in ati i%ry is, Iu e no'' lo I c:tre ta *al Cta lt riving, : i-<d i [ t iy i w Carott kI Irl gt I m ii . lL t i n ua of Ih guei ' ttbb I)r it t reen a 1rt and t-i- :n. abou ,ta t n ia dom bar In of 1 : 1-. li n ie- knotaullaLtrel - Iuen ,II a tiib lI a It-u rei overyI~li. ~is Ila rke .rto1ayda nb. lilrit:n acuast ~ t>n o ~nioirli b tNotiail I iS olo Preekritin at ii. te ab1) twelltne ill iregaity ieNu barin iiu Si ttnatimnre --ti Iali feve "!tial (t.uiui andat hrios h-n toe 'hanecronI dI a: a . liei I re e arst oledo. a lt i I u:o sbeems tobac ohding o uie in l thielhaar eeent tlsre hai tin som te ti, gresy,13 doI-ieia inl the lit of111 Ne leor, i rix they morei wa timling of11 atthe abire wand tmist. of therodrt heOiLg less than ieers od prtcn phul lnthopy thesoaing of chlildrtIefnot te all sadl prwtra e.Brlyteei Ira a tight box-Sardines WIlY ThIEY WITHDREW. TIlE SECESSION FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DIOCESAN CONVENTION. Roviow of the CauMe of Difference that Led to Their Withdrawal--The Question of Admitting Colored Delegates to the Convontion. CHARLESTON, S. 0., July 12.-The committee appointed by the clerical and lay delegates who withdrew from the iiocesan Episcopal Convention in Charleston last May have completed their statement of the causes which led to withdrawal. It is signed by ox-Secretary C. G. Memmingor, Edward MoOrady, Jr., W. St. J. Jorvey, W. C. Benet, C. E. Rt. Drayton, and will make a pamph let of about sixty pages. The committee begin by sketching the history of the dividing questions during tho last twelve years, and contend that it shows that the position of the lay delegates with regard to the admission of colored clergymen to the diocesan conventions differs from that of many of the clergy, not in prin ciple, but in expediency. In 1885, the (question took the shape of an assertion. of the right of all the clergymen on the right of all the clergymen on the bishop's list to seats in the convention independ. ent of the action of that body and by virtue of the clergyman's office. The subject was avoided the next year, but, came up in the convention last May, not not as a matter of principle only, but as involving the question of the admission of colored clergymen to the church councils. The bishop having ruled-not withstanding the refusal of the conven tion to confirm the report of the corn miuttee on the clergy list-that the con vention was duly organized for business, and having ignored the refusal of the convention to sustain his ruling, dissi dents had no choice but to submit, pro test, resort to parliamentary expedients, or withdraw with dignity. They accord ingly withdrew from the convention. It is recognized by the committee, however, that the point to be determ ined is whether the admission of colored clergymen to the convention was con temaplated in the constitution of the church. They contend that it was not, and that this "is the first attempt in the history of the church to make the church other than a national church-that is a. church of race." They believe the seat ing colored clergymen in the convention to be not only unconstitutional, but dan gerous, and in this relation recall the resolution of Mr. Prentiss in 1875, as serting the right of exclusion. The res ohitions of the standing committee on the Saltus case, in 187, recognizing the differences of the races brought together in thi diocese, and the report of the bewance Conference, in favor of mis sionary organization, because of the peculiarity of the relations between the I WO rlCes. I t is argued that there is no danger, whatever, to any of the social barriers between the races, if the colored people ho taken into the councils and the churches as equals of the whites, but the coUnuttee are confident that the actual and practical result would be to force negro social equality upon the people. The duty and responsibility of the church in the Southern States, in regard to colored people, is lully recognized, but there is no call "to take them into our councils." In conclusion the committeo give their reasons for holding that there was no legal convention in 1887. They claim that the election of the standing comn nuittee, and the attempted alteration in thle constitution were ''void and of no, eifet, even had the legality of the b)ihop)'s ruling not otherwise vitiated its 'The imiportance of congregations rep resented( by the dissidents, who with drew from the convention, is shown in an unmnistahkable way. Those who with drew rep)resented more than half of all personn connected with the church, and inore than half of all communicants. They represented, also, p)arishos which isay nearly two-thirds of the convention's expecnses; miore than two-thirds of the b)ishop1's fundi, and nearly two-thirds of the contributions to missions. T1he comn nuittee say, thait in w.ithdrawing from the conivention, they did not withdraw from the church. It is for the laity to do terniu whI at their future course shall be. They will not impair their conneo tion with the church by withdrawing item union with the convention. They cani, it they choose, send deputies with I m !rueu:Lonp to abandon the position which has been takeni, and in admitting the colored element to the church coun cils "brave the dangers" from which the <hlidntstt shrink. hBut, if the laity do.. :iro that the right to pass upon the clergy list shall b': awandoned, Usa' must choose to repr'.sent them other deputies than those who withdrew from the co . vention of 1887. Tirtet,avMuak. 'To y ieldl to iniizuaterial trilles, l j' > ook fo r perhection in our 'own actions. 'lo endueavior to meto I al disp,ositions alike. Toc exp)ect uniiforitiy of Opinion ini thuis world. Tou expeet to be able to understand every thing. To look for judgment and experience in youthi. 'To mleasure the enjoyment of others by ouri own. To believe onily what our Uinite minds ;ani grasp. ifri . NoJu to mam:ke aullowances for the itri Des5 of others. 'ho w'omry ourselves and other /'ith what ann: ot be remieiceo, ITo u ansidoer ever-ythinlg imupossible that we c':anot perfona. Not to aleviate all that needs alleviation, u Jr as5 lies ini our1 power. "our own standard of right and wrong andu judge people accordhingly. I Had a Dhrendrul (oogh, Aolu raised a considerable amount of' bloodu and matter; besides, I was very thIn, and1( s, weak I could scarcely go about the blous. '.is was thue case of a man with consMiupion arising from liver complaint. tic recovered his health complel by .lhe use ofIi r., Pilerce's "Golden Medical DI)s tctv v. 'l'hiousand of ethers bear simihm~