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2^"!877."" ' ' ^ ^ ^NUMl^R. U)/ A Remarkable Epistle. The following leitor, from lh? News and CouI ^ rier, was obtained surreptitiously by Judge I '' Mackey and that scoundrel Scott, has a I * strange history; and while it will "settle" the / reputation of Patterson for honesty, it cannot . I fail to serve as a due to the way business has / been done by the immaculates. Mackey and 1 Scott had two photographic impressions made bjr Prof. Hix, the artist at Columbia, and this Jf U letter is oopied from one of them. It fully ex jiy ,"V plains itself: ?HK * |l Vion-PanstDEKT's . Orrics, ") r ' Qrmsvillb a Columbia. R. R. Co., V ImMm|^|^_^^1Coi.uM81a, S. C., March 4, 1872. | 'ftp ' I'wkfr, ^Sta(e Treasurer South JH^^^^^JHffllflBjijTne nlo^Msnd four teet h a u s ' and twoBthJdreil and A fly dollars at par, upon t the following conditions: That forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars of said scrip at par value is to be used lor paying the expenses of passing through the House of Representatives bills styled, a a bill relating to the bonds of the State of South I Carolina, anabill to authorise the financial hoard to settle the aooounts of the financial agent.? Now if these above named bills are passed and become laws, this order for forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars in scrip at par is to be paid said Kimpton, and if not passed, then this order for that amount to be void and the sorip is not to be delivered. Also, that seventy-one thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars of sorip at par you shall deliver to said Klmpton if said bills shall beeoine laws, and provided that he shall pay the sunt of fifty r thousand dollars (the proceeds of said scrip at seventy cents on the dollar) in paying the oxpeases incurred in passiug through the Senate the biU*known as a bill to relieve the State of all liability on account of guaranty of Blue Railroad bonds, &o., passed MarflW,'' 1872, which said expenses said Kimpton has contracted' to pay, and if said Kimpton fhUs, or refuses to pay said amount in defraying said expenses, (when required by me,) then this order to be void. If said conditions are complied with, #ad the amount of scrip delivered to said Kimp'v5hi, hie is not to be liable for or to account for itn-value. The above two sums of $42,859 and $71,414*lm sorip at par make up the amount of scrip first mentioned iu the order. ? John J. Patterson, Pree't Blue Ilidge Railroad Company Witness?R. B. Elliott." >e. ' Bliohtcd by Railroad Jons?Colfax, Jim Blainr, and Honkst John.? llow unfortunate these railroad jobs are to Republican statesmen. \ How recent is the sad fate of that model of goodness and grace, Schuyler Colfax?how his lies and tricks found him out, and how he is now out in the oold with none to do him reverence . __ txcept Young Men's Christian Associations, and r ' a few of the Kind that believe in Henry Ward Beeoher. He came near beinir President, tnn? would have got the next nomination of tho Republican party but for the premRtaro exposure that blighted his blooming prospects. Thoro was Freemont, another Republican favorite son. lie came nearer being President. He got the _ nomination but the party could not poll votes enough to sent him, and at that early day had not learned the counting in trick. He got a sentence of condemnation from a French court for putting forged and fraudulent i nil road bonds upon the market, and if he over sets foot in France he will have to serve out his time within a prison's walls. And there is the favorite son of Maine. He, too, got into trouble about railroad bonds, and hod to steal the papers which convicted him of malfeasance in office from Mulligan, after begging Mulligan on his bended knees to spare him and his innocent family. Now httMet John, the last hold of South Carolina Republicans, the "last button on Qabe's oeot," and the last thorn in Hatqg&oa'sside, and about the lost of the Republican maJojjjty^in the United States Senate, is in danger of losing his liberty. - ? South Carolina's Quota or Arms ron Fouty Years, Furnished to thk Negroes.?Washington, September 0 ?Governor Hampton went away from this city without being able to secure any government arms for his State militia. The critics who oried out at Hampton's coming here to secure arms for what they pleased to call the White League, will hare to change their tone. When Hampton modeannlication it was thauoht r> O tha?. hia State was entitled to a large number of arms. The militia companies in hia State are not able to arm themselves ; hence the application. On examining at the War Depart? ment the astounding discovery was made that South Carolina has already received an advance of all arms to which it is entitled for forty years / to coma. It waa also discovered that thia extraordinary issue of arms oame through Don Cameron, who, aMhe instance of Honest John Patarms into South Carolina WtnlwWnW^rMii only. This was done last fall when the Camerons and Chanlllers were crying out so londly at the dangers arising from the presence of the White Leaguers in South Carolina. This when the negroes had twenty stands of arms to one of the whites. Besides this great issue of arms, it will be remembered that a large body of troops was ordered into South Carolina. Everything was done that could be done here to precipitate a color-line fight, but the patience and ooolness of Qovernor llampton and his people frustrated this well laid plan. Governor llampton goes back without any arms for his State, but he is satisfied with the reason as it will help explain to the publio the extreme means adopted by the administration people towarde the South.?New York Sun. Business Reviving.?However the case may . stand with^other commercial centres, there is ^ no longer any room for doubt or question as to W 'be revival of trade here in the metropolis. The fact Is patent to everybody who has eyes. Western and Southern faces, long missed and mourned, are reappearing daily in the hotel corridors and oh the down town sidewalks ; the wholesale merchants are rubbing their hands with satisfaction ; the railroads are carrying mora rretgbt than thej hate had the handling ef fer years past. In the harbor, too, and along the water front, thero is a new life and bustle ery good to look at. 8hippers and skippers alike are hopeful. Tho (We steamers that cleared for Europe on Haturday took with them over a M quarter of a million bushels of grain, besides beef, bacon, ami other provisions. Altogether, the outlook for the fall's business is decidedly encouraging.?Arrw York Sun. t South Carolina Bank and Trust Company aoainst tilk Statb.?A Correspondent of the Greenville Newt says :?The claim of Hardy Solomon, aliat the South Caroliua Bank aud Trust Company for $126,000, 1 see is now exposed to view in the order of the pnnorma of of corruption, which is being established by the Investigating Committee. A more iniquitous exponent of the political corruption of 'the State cannot be presented, and for the information of your readers, I furnish the following extract from the Journal of the Senato of tho 17th November, 1878 : Bill (House) to make an appropriation to pay the claims of the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company against the State of South Carolina. The BjU received its second reading, was convej.Cain, Don b?n, ope, unb, John stop, T)n ttfl qp^ation of agreeing to the Bill, and ordering it to be engrossed, Mr. Swails called for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were taken, and resulted tftB 1UIIUW9 : 1'eiu?Messrs. Andrews, Cain, Cardoso, Clinton, Corwin, Diekson, Dunn, Hayne, Holcombe, Holingshead, Hope, Jervey, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Martin, Mclutyre, Maxwell, Nasli, Owens Swails, C Smith, J. E. Smith, Swails, Wilson, White, Whitteraore.?27. Nayi?Messrs. Donaldson, Duvall, Halliard, Jeter.?4. So the Bill was agreed to, and ordered to he engrossed for a third reading. What amount of this $125,000 was realised by Mr. Solomon, is not known, but that there was a large bonus for some of the supporters of tho Bill, thero cannot be any doubt. If the Committee can place their hands on the vouchers upon which this claim is based, they will doubtless bo enlightened. " "Arrrst or Thhkx Mormon Murdrrkrs.?Salt Lake, September 30.?Orin Porter Rockwell, the notorious Mormon murderer, and accredited chief of tho Danites, was indicted on Friday by the Grand Jury of the First Judicial District of the territory, now in session at l'revo, for his participation in what is generally known as the Atken massacre, which occuried in the central part of the territory, a hundred miles south of this city, in 1858. Rockwell was arrested in this city yesterday by the United States Marshal, and conveyed to the penitentiary for safe keeping. He was in a state of intoxication when arrested and talked loudly of writing his confessions, as Bill Hickman, his former associato in crime, had done. Bishop Kobeit T. Burton, the Major-Ucuernl of the Nanroo legion, who was arrested some months ago, for the murder of Joseph Morris, the rival Prophet of Brigham Young, in 18t>2, and Dootor Clinton, who was also arested about the same time, on the charge of murdering Kl- | der John Banks, the Counsellor both been released from custody^on $160,000 bail, respectively. Tracking tiik Bandits.?Chicago, September 27.?A dispatch has been received at military headquarters from Lieut. Allen, Sixteenth Infantry, from Buffalo, Kansas, dated yesterday, stating that two of the robbers engaged in the Union Pacific train robbery had been killed, and eighty pounds of gold recovered. Dknvkb, Col., September '27.?Two of the higwaymen who recently robbed the express car on the Union Pabific ltailrond were overtaken yesterday near Wallace, Kansas, by a posse.? The robbers made a stand, and were both killed. Gold coin to the amount of $16,000 was recovered. It is expected that the othors will be captured. Thk Fate or caui'ei-baauens.?Washington, September 30.?The verdict in the case of F. A. Sawyer, ex-Senator from South Carolina; William F. Haynes, of Pennsylvania; ex-Commissioner of Customs, Frank W. Brooks, and General Koddy, who were accused of defrauding the government in a bogus cotton claim involving upwards of fifty thousand dollars, was rendered to-day at 11 o'clock, and the defendants found guilty. They were immediately arrested and conveyed to jail, and will be brought up for sentence to-morrow. Influx or Mobmoms.?New York, Sept. 2'J.? The steamer Wisconsin, which arrived from Liverpool to-day, brought among her passengers over five hundred Mormon emigrants, who were forwarded by special train to-night to Salt Lake City. The party consists principally of Englishmen and Scandinavians, with a fair sprinkling of Germans. They are nearly all artisans and farmers. This is the last party to arrive here this Bummer. The planters in Missisippl are on a strike.? Meetings have been held and resolutions adopted to tlie effect that they will not permit their cotton to pass into the hands of merchants who advanoed them means to produce it at a less price than fifteen cents p^r pound. Shipments of cotton by the Jaokson Railroad have almost ceased, And the movement is causing a goed deal of uneasiness in New Orleans. pRAVlfl(a%>a pad Vnaana mi-.- -4- * * .^v..oiv?>r ?v?? uunura. iilUV BICniUCrB 1VII New York for Europe, on the '29th, seme being put on as extra ships, to carry freight, which, at the present time, is very heavy. The shipments comprise the regular assortment of grain, provisions, canned goods, dairy products, merchandise and fther commodities. Of grain, over 890,000 bushels was shipped. Buildino and Loan Associations.?The money of the Greenville and Mechanic's Associations was sold last night by Mr. Julius C. Smith, at hisoffice, at the following figures and amounts: ?Greenville, $2,000, at 60; and Mechanics, $800, at 80, Both organizations are working profitably and well.?Greenville Newt, 80tA. -a The two feet gauge railway between Bilerioa and Bedford, Mass., is nearly oompleted. It will be eight and one-half miles long, and will cost less than $0,000.^?vwgOfcw?r inksnl ohsm eighth the cost of ordinary railroads. The passenger oars for this road, now building at Laconia, N. II., will be a decided novelty. The Suburban News tcllsof a vounirman in Jamaica Plains who woke up the other night and saw a ghost in his room. Seizing his six-shooter, he approached it nud found it was his collar which wis standing on the floor, lis called it a case of collar in phnntom. ... 1. , IL_ _.L t BYE. Tho latter part of this month or during the first hulf of ucxt, sow ryt for wiuter ami spring pasturage. The Rural World says of it, the farmer that does<iot raise a ciop of rye for his stock makes | great mistake. To this wo would add thntAt is cheJp, and all kinds of stock like it. As pnstufagc for milch cows there is nothing better. Green food mixed with the dry provendcr.of winter serves to keep stock in bcfeltby condition, and their bowels open ; and fof weakly calves and colts no pasturage is quite so good as rye in the early jepring. In many ways rye is a superior stock crop, 3" ft & < process or tmJtfon.' '1TJ6 practice of resting land with briers and weeds is not a profitable one. Land does uot require rest, as was once supposed, but only nt-eds a change of crops joined with recuperative tillage and manuring to increase constantly in fertility. As a rotative crop for this purpose, rye serves an excellent use. It draws but lightly ou the soil, and leaves more of tho elements of fertility in the field than it extracts from it. Land is always bcuefitcd by nlowinrr. nnrl ns i-wa rnmiirnu firof .. -.1 ?: r m ; J w " "'1""*"* """" ("""'"B of the soil and afterwards leaves a porous sod full of roots to mako manure for a succeeding crop, it is easy to see how this crop is beneficial. But this is not all, or perhaps not the best, of its uses. As a bread crop it is considered almost if not quite equal to wheat. During the past spring we partook of rye bread almost exclusively for several days, und although we prefer wheat flour for general family purposes, we found the rye to make a good and, we believe, very nutritious bread Ah a substitute for buckwheat flour iu the manufacture of that incomparable breakfast dish, it can hardly bo detected.? So that, if not tho equal of flour, it supplies an excellent bread material which every farmer would do well to raise some of. We like a change in our food frequently, and iu view of the capabilities of our soil and climate, what excuse have we for not catering to this want ? If it were but an acre planted iu ryo for this purpose, it would serve a good purpose by increasing the luxuries of the farmer's table. By all means plant a little rye during the next twenty or thirty days.?Rural ( Va.) Mtsscnjcr. ' whkat 3crwr.no.?According to latitude and elevation, wheat should be sown from the middle of October to first of December?tho last period being suited to the i?J? nr-- ? v?.?n uuiuuio. ?? iiviib succeeds uosi in ratter cold climates, but much can be dune to offset adverse influences, and command success even in warm climates. We mention a few of the steps to be taken in such localities. Sow an early variety, and procure seed from a region several hundred miles north of your farm, and select varieties that have the reputation of being rust proof. Sow on high, dry soils, which never become water sogged, and which arc rather destitute of vegetablo matter?pulverize the surface soil thoroughly?manure moderately, but not excessively, the latter induces too much sappiucss, and favors the occurence of rust ?top-dress with moderate application of liuie (3 to 5 bushels per acre.) Seed rather heavily, to prevent tillering and to encourage early maturing and even ripening. Sow in drills 18 inches to 2 feet apart, running north and south, so as to admit sunshine and air freely. In cooler climates manuring may be pushed further and thinner seeding be practiced, but in other respects the above suggestions apply to the whole cotton belt.? To guord against "smut" the seed V? CM ft* OUIUWIU1I U1 lipuu UII(J pound to five bushels of set <ji, dissolved in sufficient water to cover the. seed. Drain off tho water and roll the 8<&d in liuic before sowing. Care should betaken to skim off all tho light, imperfect seed which float, and it would be well in addition to silt out before soaking, all gruius bcloW a certain size. Nothing is lost if half tho seed are thus taken out, because the small ones can bo ground into flour, and nAich will be gained by sowiug selected scod. No farmer is willing to plant corn shelled from all parts of tho ear?that from tbe tips is always rejected. Why should ipot the same be douo with wheat??Soutlsern Cultivator. Surplus Stock.?We again urge the reduction of the cows on the farm, in all strictly farming regions, whore stock raising is not the leading business. It is usual to keep twice as many animals is can bo properly fed, and the result is no more milk, butter or manure, than half |ho number on the saou feed would havo produced. Now, whilo cattle are in good ordpr, sell or kill off the least desirable?retaining only such as can be bountifully fed and also well sheltered from the cold and ruins of winter.? In reducingjhojyiiqfeQf, of heifers,. retain' 'Blil! flWefl'flfclliers aro good pilkers, and which rhow good milk marks appointed out by Guenon. Thero may be good milkers without these marks, but wo Tpever saw a cow with good iscutcheon which was not a good milker. After tho fourth oalf, cows generally begin to decline?it i% not profitable to keep old cows, unless they are exceptionally good, and it is desired to obtain more heifers from them.?Southern Cultivator. In compliance with your request I herewith send you the following propositions in reference to deptheria, which arc in accord with my own experience and observation aud which have received the sanction of the majority uf the medical profession: Mode of attack.?Diptheria is caused by the innoculatiou of the membrane lining the air passages with the dipthcretic poison, which from this point infects the whole system; the local inflammation is attended with the formation of mcuibrancc (exudation;) the fever aud general symptoms are the result of this local infection. Symptoms.? In ordinary attacks the poison begins to act the moineut it lodges upon the tissues; there is fever with marked prostration, dryucss of throat, and pain in swallowing ; the throat and neck arc swollen.? In mild cases the symptoms subside in four or five days; if unfavorable the fever increases, the local inflammation spreads, and exhaustion rapidly follows. The Person?Diptheria attacks, by preference, childrcu between the ages of 2 aud 10 years. Seasons.?Diptheria is not affected by cither heat or cold, drought or rain. Precaution?When diptheria is prevailing, no child should be allowed to kiss strange children, nor those suffering from soro throat; nor should it sleep with, or be confined to, rooms occupied by, or use .articles or toys taken in the mouth, handkerchiefs, &o., belonging to children having sore throat, croup or catarrh. The sick.?Sick childrcu should be rigidly isolated, in full aired rooms. All discharges from the mouth and nose should be received into vessels containing disinfectants. Preventives.?There is no special preventive nor any one specific remedy for the cure of diptheria. Attentiou to ordinary hygienic rules is enjoined. Quinine is the best preventive, and maj be taken in the following combination : Chlorate of potash, one drachui; quinine, twenty graius ; uiuriated tiucture of iron, two drachms ; water, seven ounces ; take a toaspooufull three times a day. Treatment.?Details of trcatmout would be out of place in this couuectiou. Examine your childreus' throats every day during the prevalence of an epidemic of diptheria, aud as soon as you discover the characteristics of the disease, send for your physician, fur it is omineutly true in this disease "that a stitch in time saves nine." If you canuot get a physician soon, give the above mixture, and gargle the throat with a weak soluticu of carbolic acid, chlorine water, or eveu the above mixture taken internally. The best way to apply washes to the throat is by means of the Atomizer or by ?.L- .1 ? IUI.WIHVIVU. ivwu-li I1IU|I|)11J^ lliU (Iiruilt IS au injury. Nunu but careful hands should ever use the mop?a camel hair pencil is better. Conclusion.?The above observations are not intended for tho medical profession, who arc presumed to know as much as tho writer about diptheria, but simply to furnish the general reader of your paper with some observations about diptheria, that they may not be unprepared to recognize it, and should it appear in their midst have some suggestions as to what is best to do. If the farmer persists in selling off his crops, or anything that is made from his crops, as beef, pork, butter, cheese, tho soil must bo constantly growing poorer in inorganic clemeuts, unless fertilizers outside the farm are procured and substituted for the elements removed, for when we s dl any product of the farm we sell a part of tho soil, not enough, perhnps, in a single pound or tou of anything to sensibly diminish tho quantity left, but enough that the aggregate in a few years may render the field aud farm barren. It is like an individual picking his own pocket for the sake of getting money to spend. A Cure For IIoo Cholera.?Mr. W. A. Ellington, n prominent farmer of Chathaw County, N C., writes to the Departuniversal success the following remedy for hog-cholcra : Mixture for five hoga?Tea spoonful of ammonia, one tablospoonful of bluestonc, one tablospoonful cooking soda, ball of ordinary soap, size of a goose egg, handful of salt. Dissolve the mass in a quart of water and mix in buttermilk. "Well, there is something in that," as the man said when he tried to put on bis boot with a kitten in it. Diptiikria.?We consider no apology necessary for inserting tho lullowiug article i upon dipthcria from the pen of Dr. F. F. i Gary, of Cokesbury, aud extracted from the Press and Banner of Abbeville. Dr. Gary has had a very large experience during the past summer with this terrible disease, and as ho has been wonderfully successful, his views aud advice arc entitled to most favorable consideration. At oue time, out of a population of perhaps not over sixty or seveuty children, there were forty-two down or affected with dipthcriu, and, from first to last, Dr. Gary had over fifty cases. His loss had been a little overfjvo per cent, and Jict?fccni" " CWtimcuTl-a careful perusal and practical heeding of his advice to all parents: Cl'OVEU.?No matter how mismanaged, clover is a benefit, ami whatever else ho may do, the farmer who grows clover, is making his farm better. What, then, might not the result be, if the same care were taken of tho clover field as of other crops ? It does not need cultivating ; the long, deep reaching roots mellow and pulverize the soil as nothing else can. If the clover grows thriftily, the top acts as a mulch, seeding the ground and keeping it moist. A crop of two tons or more of clover, whether ploughed undci or cut for hay, can hardly fail to leave tho soil bettor than it was before. It should b?: tho farmer's aim to grjw the ~ largest possible crops~of ctnA" ~" ' " slight dressing of gypsum?ouc hundred pounds per acre in early spring?often produces wonderful results. Hut if a farmer has a little well rotted manure, the scrapings of burn-yards, fall is tho time to apply it. Clover is often injured by freezing and thawing in winter, and a very slight covering of manure will afford a great deal of protection, llich earth from corners of fences, is well worth drawing a short distunco on young clover, provided the ground is hard and firm. If the field is not uiowcd next season coarser manure can be used.? Country Gentleman. Dents or Honor.?The famous Paul Jones, having resolved to pay his debts, first discharged those which he deemed debts of houor. An arlisuu, who was one of his creditors, called ou hiui and presented his hill. "I have no money just now my friend ?I have no money just now, uiy friend." "Hut, sir, I know that you paid away fifty pounds this morning, and that you have still some left." "Oil ! that was a debt of honor." "Well, sir, I will make mine one also"?and, so saying, the man threw his account. iiuo tne nro. l'aul paui the debt on tho spot. In answer to the question : Why aro farmers so liable to rheumatism ? The. < Science of Health says: "Rccriuso they wear wet clothing, heat, and suddenly chill the body, over-eat after very hard work, and because they do uot keep the' skin in a clean and healthy condition. If farmers would avoid suddenly cooling the body after great exertion-, if they would be careful not to go with wet clothing and wet feet, and if Mw?y would not ovar.aat wUou in an exhausted condition, and bathe daily, using much friction, they would have less rheumatism." now to Kill Lice on Horses, Cows ani> IIoos.?A practical farmer of Robeson county scuds us the following receipt taken from the Southern Gardener and A'eecipt Rook : ' Take tho water in which Irish potatoes have been boiled and rub it all over tho skin. The lice will be dead in two hours and will never multiply again. I have used ten kinds of tho strongest poison to kill lice, all with effect, but none so perfect as this." .?. Oats?If the dryness of ground haprevented sowing a full crop of oats hithcrs to, sowings may be continued to the middle of the-uiouth, and even to the last of it, in the gulf regions. Manure the later sowings heavily, to strengthen them against cold.? Stable manure or commercial fertilizers aro best?cotton seed, which arc excellent for oats, will not act promptly enough, and tho oats will get little aid from them in tho early winter, if the, arc applied after tho W^fltlinr rmto o/?n1 ' A1? .. ?..vt VVUI. VIUOIIUU ouuu or II1U meal would do better.? Southern Cnltivtor. Clovkr IIav or Hyk and Oats.?For high-colored, sweet-flavored butter, we havo found that clover hay, cut when iu early blossom and cured in the cock, without much exposure to the sun, is the best feed. The next in value is oats, cut when in the milk, and carefully cured, llyo cut green and cured we do not value very much. We have found pons and oats, sown together, cut in flower and cured, to be excellent feed l'or milch cows during winter. It is also a. prolific crop. The man who docs nothing dou't amount to much. It makes little difference whethcr lie is a millionaire or a pauper. He is only a stagnant pool without energy enough to start a ripple. He diffuses a moral miasma over everything around him. I>o something; don't stand on the corner gaping, with your hands in your pockets, like an idiot. Tho world was made to work in, and if you fill your hearts with good angels the i i - * uuu spirits win itcep out because tnorc is no room for them. ConN Meal Wapklbh.?The yolks of two eggs well beaten, ono tcaspoonful of butter, one of wheat flour, one tcaspoonful salt, one pint sweet milk (or water), oue pint of corn meal, or com flour, if you havo it, is niocr; and lastly, tho whites of the ggs wclDbcnten. Hake in waffle irons. Why is a pig looking out of a second story window like tho moon ? Because bo looks round. If anybody triumphantly retorts that the moon does not always look round, you cau reply that the pig doesu't, cither. Did yon ever know a man who did not raise it at home, whose cribs were filled withi corn ?