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? ' i - t . >- -> ?;=-=?L. , i*< ii.fi Death and Funeral of Oen. ForestM km mi is, Ocfolicr 29.?(Jen. N. Bedford Forreel t lie givnt Confederate cavalry officer, died at 7.3D (his evening, at the residence of his brother, Col. Jesse Forrest. Mkmi-uis. October 31.?The funeral of Gen. Forrest took place at the Cumberland Prcsbytorian Church. Kev. Dr. Htsiubock, who had been a private soldier under (ion. Forest, officiating. Tlio streets for squares were crowdcil with people. Among the pall-tieurers were Jefferson Davis, Governor Porter, Hon. Jacob Thompson, Cel. Galloway, Dr. Cowan, and Alaj. Kutiihant, of Gen Forrest's staff. The funeral cortege was composed as follows: Mounted ex-Confederates proceeding the hearse; music, Odd Fellows, the Chasasaw Guards, the IJIulf City Greys, the Memphis Artillery, ex-Confederate soldiers, exVuiott soldiers, civil organizations, the mayor and city council, the lire department and citizens on foot. in I lit tk or It lis I'tor FKoM Ills I.ATK CO.MUAhKS. WasiunutoX, Wednesday, October 31.? The adjourned meeting of Con led c rates and others, companions, subordinates and friends of Gen. Forest, was largely attended, and the following preamble and resolutions were adopted : Whereas, we have learned with deep regret that Gen. N. P>. Forrest, of Tennessee, after a painful uml protracted illness, lias departed this life ; therefore, /?>*?/iW. That we, his conipanions-in-arms, deem it meet and proper t'i give expression to our admiration and esteem for our depurtd friend and fellow-soldier. Horn of huinhle parents? poor and untutored in youth?lie was successful in civil life, and trsrilia nuUlout )>?>. ituen of a citi/.eu soldier. With unsconcieus power, he hegtiti his military career a private in the ranks. With increasing consciousness of strength, he passed through tlio gradations of oomman Is until he stood at the head of a cavalry corps, the terror of otic army and the admiration of the other. N ith llicintrcpid dash of Mitral and dauntless courage of Ncy. he possessed u native strategy second to no man. In battle his name alone was a tower of strength? his presence ever inspiring courage in the weak and confidence in the strong, and he will live in history as Nature's military genius. AV.to/iv</, That (Sen. Forrest won his name in the Confederate service, hut that his fame belongs to the American people, and will ho cherished by all who venerate true courage, and who teel that the liberties of a llcpuhlic can only be preserved while its citizens prefer death to dishonor. /<Vjo/tY</, That we tender to his bereaved family our sympathy for the great loss which they .-hare in common with us and the State. Signed; James It. Chalmers, M ississippi ; (.5. C,J}ibhyrll. Tennessee- I'hil. Cook, Georgia ; n. N. l-orney, Alabama; II. C. f Aung, Tennessee, aud Van li. Manning, Mississippi. Soitii i:u.\ Ski it; ty Pa it. its?No vim unit.?The principal feature of the present number of this valuable periodical is the reply of President i.?:.. ... ,,.,'i.i;0|.,.,i i.? ,i.? Hull. K. M. '1'. Hunter, in I lie 1 'li i 1 :i<I el | li in /'imen Mr. Davis lakes issue willi Mr. Hunter asinine motives which :ictimte<l the Cotifedciate (ioverutiiciit in appointing the "Peace Commission," of which Mr. Hunter was a member, ituil produces a letter of Secretary lie nj am in, with copies of Mr. Lincoln's letter and the original ami amended instructions to the Commissioners, in support of his position. Of especial interest in this locality is an article from tlni pen of W. T. lilasscl, Comuiamler Confederate States Navy, giving his experience in the use of torpedoes in Charleston harhor in ISijlt. It has all the romantic interest of a chapter of Marryatt, while the character of the author, the source from which it com s, (the South Carolina Historical Society,) to say nothing of the public nature of some of the facts which it records, put its truth beyond i|tiustiou. The other articles, each of which has its peculiar interest, arc: tien. Ration Anderson's Report of the liattle of Jonesboro', Ha.; (Jen. Perry's Report of the llaltlcof fhancellorsvillc; the Defence and J*'all of tli i Spanish I'ort ; (Jen. K. L. (iibson's farewell Address to his llrigade: 'ol K. 1'. Alexander's Report of the llattlc of fiettysbnrg; IMiterial l'aragraphs.?-Yeten ainl C'tnrier. X Dtitsirir.n Asslmui.aui:.?There is a certain exclusive dignity about all the proceedings of ihn l'rotastant Kpiseopui t onvenuon wiuen is attached to no body ot' Protestant believers. Itesitos ibis", the high intellectual order of the delegates and the marked prrs?nnel of the delegate themselves impress one strongly. Inside the church, at all times, everything is dignity, order and impressheness. There are no ipiair,-!s over parliamentary rules, no personal debates, no nonsensical resolutions, and no foolish splitting of hairs upon doctrinal <|iiestioiis.-Tlie convention is apparently acting for the j whole world upon matters that involve the future of the sotti and the well-being of the church. It is a rare treat to listen to some of I the arguments of the delegates. The learning [ evinced shows the high intellectual standard ot \ the church. Among the delegates arc men who ' are a-t ah'e theologians as they are politicians. ; tiovcrnnr Stevenson, of Kenlucy, and the lion. 1 Montgomery lilnir, of Maryland, are striking ex- i atuples of this variety of useful training. Tito i politician among the lay delegates of this l-lpis- , C 'p.-il t'onventi > t is a theologian of more than ! ordinary mould. lite .stenographic reports of the daily sessions of the t'onvention are pro- j iluced hy the reporters for the t'ongressional | tilohe. Sonic half a do/.en or mora short-hand 1 writers manage to have laid before the t'onveii- j lion early in toe iiiornig t? eotnplete report id', the previous day's doings. The total expenses of the t'onvention will foot up ahoul Sott.otHt. Di.ini or Sk.^atou. .Nbtnios. ? Indianapolis. I ml., Novemher 1 ? 1 o 1' M.?Seuator .Morton has hecn thoug.it to t>e sinking sinco an early Iiotir tills inorillllg. .AI o CIOCK inert; was a j rumor on tlit* hi root iluit his <le:iilt li:?*I ooriirro'l, hul il oils fuiiu I on inquiry :il his residence to ho inrorrcot. The rumor of hi" drill li, doiihi ! \ss arose from iho fact that hiy pulse had grown a feeble al ilmi hour as la he quite imperceptible, hilt siil seqiienily hi" breathing grew strong j and natural, and liis voico clear, as lie spoke evernl liiues in low Words to his altcudanls.? | At this hour lit- is resting quietly. j Iii>iasai'oi.is. Im?., November 1 ?S p. \f. Senior Morton died at ">."< P. M. Thk lot i: Pi.ankt". The four planets usually visiblo to the naked eye may bow ail lie seen la the early part ot the night, and will continue to he visible nearly all the remainder of the ( present year. Jupiter will disappear first ; he may now be seen in tlie southwest, Venus in the west, and Mars and Saturn in thu rout beast: ; the last name I arc now about half an Imr.r apart-Saturn on the loll ?ami will gradually approach each other until the 'Id of November, j at ohou( eight o'clock, when they will appear to ' almost occupy the same place, ?r Saturn will get ' behind Mars, and afterwards appear on the ' light. Pattkrbon's llit i iikit y. ? A Columbia coi respondent of the Charleston ,\7/< .? -twl f'ouri> r says: | No less than fifty witnesses, all ex-ini'inhcrs of he iicucru! Assembly, have testified before the <e?liguling cuui III it I ?.'< to the tact ol haying ii bribed by Patterson to v !? for him for the I niled Stale- Senate. The ? ; i deuce uciiiisl Palter?oii is -u lull and eoiirlu-ive that even Vhnhiir'ion lawyers v. il! hesitate ( > tin Icrl.i'.c j lii<, dvtcjieo rr. ? - i. .. ' - i -?I 'j. x- . (Flit SOIfehlij Union tTimrs. It. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, NOVKMDKR 0, 1877.j TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Copy, olio yi'Iir, IN ADVAtlC'K, $.'i.00 2 Opies oiio your, " " 5.50 5 " 11.00 10 " " ? " " .'O.00 ADVERTISING. JF Oni squuro or mic iucli, lirsl iu?rllon, - - - $100 luirli MiliM-qurnt iuxrrt ion, ------- 75 l.lbi-ral discount mudn to merchant* and other* ad?erli-iine fur tin months or t?y tin year. Obituary Notlmof ten line* or low, inserted free. over ti-u line>, charged at Advertisetaenia. BTtX, Sum my U recti. Senator from lJcaufort, has handed iu his political checks," to Hon. W. I). Simpson, President of tlie Senate. - if you want cheap Dry Goods, go to S. \V. Porter's New Store, opposite the "big oak t ree.'' * M. Friedborger is just getting in a huge stock ot' Fall and Winter Goods, and says lie has instructed Straus and Humphries to sell them out quick and cheap, for cash. !!*?>,_ Mose Wilson, the negro who murdered Mr. Murphy, and set tire to his Store and threw the body into the tlauics, at Lynchburg, last March, was hung ?t Sumter last Friday. ^ ^ Bf'X- Otic of the finest eating Apples we ever lasted was given us last Monday by Mr. William Smith. We regret that we cannot give the name. It is a seedling, and if wc had the stocks to graft on wc would have four or five trees of them in our garden. jpiif" The Wheeler House, Columbia, has been reopened under the management of Mnj. 11. N. Lowrance, who is favorably known to the traveling public, and visitors to the State Fair will secure all the comforts of a first-class hotel by stopping with him. E*a),? Gentlemen should examine Porter's Stock of Heady made Clothing, if they want .. I * The Cottou Markot. The Fair lias interfered with the cotton market this week. Only -75 balos were sold in this market, mi<1 the pricea ranged low, ill coitll^quencc of buyers I cing busy at the Fair an J had no iuclinatiou to buy. Prices ranged from 1U to 10. Farmers shuiibl not oiler co'.lou on Fail days. fc&r Notwithstanding it was a very rainy, unpleasant day, a large number of onr country friends were in town last Monday. The crowd looked more like moneyed men than we have seen for many a salesday ; but if there was any money among tlictn only two or three showed any signs of it to us. We are still on the anxious seat?and so uro a number of Printers, .Merchants, &e., - e l.adics should examine S. \V. Porter's Stock of Dress floods, Notions, &c., before buying clscw here. * P. M. Cohen. From some unaccountable cause, wc have neglected to mention i.ur friend P. M. Cohen in onr notices of the Merchants of this town. It was purely accidental on our part, for we consider liiin one of ourbest and most reliable Merchants and, withal, a constant advertiser. lie has received an uncommonly large stock of Fall and Winter Dry floods and Notions, with Groceries, Crockery ware, Glassware, and every other kind of goods needed in this market; aud like all the oilier Merchants, lias put the prices down to the lowest mark possible. Let no one come to town without calling on him. Von wiil lira itiin ana his cicvks omiging :m<i rcitay io show their gowds. <y ? ? B'I iie Jury, after being out twelve hours, returned .? verdict of "guiliy" against Cardoso, for iiiis'iemeanor, in that lie stele and assisted others in stealing large amounts from the Stale Treasury. Ilnw is it that during this trial the Xi'ir.t anil (,'nuri'i- has so little to say for or against Cardo7.0. It will be remembered tbnt two years ago that paper was the volunteer champion of Cardozo, when his owu party accused him of the very crime of which the jury has just convicted kim. 77, r;, it was suspected that Cardoso'a money saved him ; n it is suspected that it would not do for some people to push him too hard, for j fear he might be driven to teli bow and where J he applied that money. When we put that and | that together it does it look suspicious. Our Merchants Winning. A gentleman from the country >aid to us the other day, 1 11 be blamo I if I can't do better ] iu selling cotton and buying supplies in this j town than T can in Spartanburg. I're triad both places the past month, anil I know all about it. .My negroes went to Spartanburg and ! J^-amc to Union, mi the same day, to sell cottvii and buy supplies. I got l'?J for cotton and they got It took them two day* and me one | to go to market. My groceries cost about, the | saflie as theirs?if there was any difference it ! was in favor of Union. Dry Hoods the satnc in both places. I have curted the Union Merchants as bad a* any man, but I'll stop that ami trade with them again, if they will continue to do as well with n.e." Nnft' scd. <? > Axni'iiru Vacancy. The following correspondence explains itself: NKWinuitv, S. October l'J, 1877. //on, H". /'. Simjismi, I'rtaiiltiil <>f Ihr Srnatr of of South Carolina : Dear Sir : I have lite honor to hereby lender my resignation as Stale Senator from the County of Newberry. Thanking you for the many acts of kimliuute aUyourJyiyds, and with ,piy l>e?t wishes for your future prosperity, I have tho honor to remain, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, II. I\ t'oKWIN Sr viiTAMii ttK II., October -7, IS77. //vh. //. (' Coi iftn: llear Sir . Your resignation a* Senator from tIn- t'niini} of Ne berry has been received, and is hereby accept. I. You have my thanks for y oui kind wishes ,i> in mv future prosperity. lie-perl 1111ty . Vi I?. Si?i?*.( *, I'rc-'iden' * ' :t of S t ~ ; t'-u*rgaL 1 * w THIS COUNTY UAIlt, A GLORIOUS SUCCESS. Spartanburg, \owliorr) and . Cluster <H'4*iipv prominent place* Ja the I'icturc uimI c?rry oil' a number of 1'reiuluuiM. JJie Ladi^^their Duty, as Usual. Association made a proad and Permanent Organization of tlie County. EVERY DEPARTMENT FULL AND HIGHLY CREDITABLE. Notwithstanding Monday was a uiost uncoinfortablo rainy day and tlio Jbaromcter iudieated a continuation of such weather, whicli caused many persons livingsoino distance in tlie Country not tostart front heme in time to enter their articles for exhibition at the time specified in the Rules and Regulations,dhc Fair was a Grand Success; in every respect, and Union may well bo proud of it. Wo shalljnot attempt to give a full account of it tbis wcik, for nt tlio time we arc compelled to go to press the exhibition is 111 lull blast ana the Fair tirounds are crammed with visitors. We hope to liavo the use of the books of tlie committees and the assistance of the Superinten delM.q of. Avavtlulenuriinputs to make a full report and do ample justice to each and all next week. It was too large a thing to make a hasty report upon. We can only say now, it was so woll managed that we hcurd less grumbling than at any Fair we ever attended. The charge of partiality cannot he made against the committees, for al Particles were entered by numbers and no member of a commit* tee of awards was permitted to know who entered any article exhibited. That was known only to the Superintendent who received them, aud lie was not allowed to be even with the committee when they passed judgment upon thctn. tflh fiki.il luo'au i'm k..t Was more extensive and the specimens finer than we ever saw, even at the State Fair. tiik ?;uu>::x. In vegetables it was a grand display, from a pod of Cayenne l'eppcr to a three feet stalk of Celery or a 12 pound beet. tub iio.mb.stic obi'aut.mk.nt, Could not be excelled by any county, either in the ((Utility vr qunuity of its l'rcservcs, Pickles, Jellies, Marmalades, Bread, Butter, Cakes, .kc. | TIIEI.ai'Iks lIKI'alttmHNT, In Fancy work, Quilts, Counterpanes, Clothing. Hosiery, Knitting, Crochet work.ntul everything else that the ingenuity and relinc I taste of Ladies could devise and perforin, was truly a grand display, and docs the Ladies of Union great credit. TUB IIm1.sk i:\llllttTION. We cannot now give the number of Horses and Mules on exhibition, lmt \vc can say that the display was greater in liuiubers and finer in quality than last year. Among the number ol' full-blooded tioyses the dam Fanny Fisher, and two brothers of the celebrated horse, "Ciranger," Tom llacon" and "Satituc," were conspicuous. We have prepared a long article upon these horses, but tiro compelled to omit it on account of the crowded stale of our columns. In single harness and saddle horses, wcd>?; licve Union can challenge any county in tL? State. Till* CAT IT.K JIJ'.I'AIITMKN T was not as good as last year. Only two or three really fine animals were on exhibition. Wc know that Union can show more and better cattle than were on exhibition, and wc hope to see them upon the grounds next year. TUB I.ADIKS. When wc called upon the Ladies to help tho ollicers i:t their etl'orts make it a grand and permanent intuitu! inn of the Count v. we believed they would respond to the call wiih willingness and ellieieucy, ami wo were not disappointed,? They did their whole duty with liberality and tintiriny emrgy, and to them the thanks of the county are due for most of the pleasure and success of tiie Fair. SKlKKT.tltY m'NCAN Must feel proud of the success which his indomitable energy and tact lias achieved. In season and out of season he has applied his time, for the past two months, to the work of making the Fair an undoubted success. Too much praise cannot be giving hitn for the manner the Fair was managed and the good it lias accomplished. The office <f Secretary of an Agricultural Society is one of labor and uuthaukfulncss, and requires a man of either great amiability or easehardened character to till it. lie is sure to get the rui nkey's allowance?more kicks than pennies. But we must not neglect to state that all the [ other officers did their duties with equal zeal and energy, from the untiring President down j to the (iate keeper. ^ t ttoM 8uu to l'jou vis irons .1... I 11,.. ??til 1,11 i.m limine Tuesday and Wednesday, but unfortunately on Thursday, tlie closing day, it rained and was so unpUusant that but few could be there. The printers admonish tis to "hold up" as there was 110 more room in the paper. ?. There is an advertisement in our columns to which we -take much pleasure in refering our readers, because we believe in it andean conscientiously and heartily reccomrnend it. he refer to Hull's Hair Kenewcr. We remember many eases in our midst of old and middle aged ! people who formerly wore grey hair, or whose | locks whore thin and faded, hut who now have presentSbltf head pioCW, and with nolittlo pride announce to their friends that they huvn't a grey hair in their heads. It is a pardonable pride, and the world would lie better off, if there ' was more of it, for when the aged make themselves attractive to others tliey are more certain to win and retain the esteem and respect to which a burthen of well -pent years entitles iheci. 'fry Hall a Hair Itouewei if age or discase bus tIt I -a whiiciic I your locks ami t??u will thank its tui mi' vice /' // rv,<( . ii .//</.?,/, H r. m.' "Ci1 . j?1jl'- ?.m ... . ? '* ' ' Death of a Respeoted Colored Man. A few days ago a circumstance occurred iti this county showing how hard it is for tlie colored people to overcome the prejudice which has been instilled into them, by unprincipled leaders, against men of their own race who have ever dared to exorcise the right of voting as as they pleased and supported the democratic ticket. Wo nr^jjredibly informed that their minds are even now being poisoned against the democartic parly in this County, by tnen formerly claimiug to be democrats, but who arc looking forward to the next election with a view to running as independent candidates for county olliccs and the Legislature. Wo warn the colored people agaiust such men. Tlicy are false to their old political friends and will prove false to them. The circumstance alluded to ahjvo, was tlie death and funeral of and old, quiet, iudustrious and much respected colored man, named Tom Faucctt, who died on tlie premises of Mr. James Sinclair, a few miles below this town. He had been a consistent democrat and was esteemed by all as a good christian man, but during bis illness the republican negroes refused to visit or wait on liiiu, nor would tlicjr attend liis funeral. Hut Tom did not wniit for unytbiiig. He found ready and willing friends in I lie white needed comfort during his sickness, and at his funeral a large number of the most respectable portion of the white citizens of the neighborhood foil*wed his remains to the grave and laid them beneath tiie sod in a respectable christian manner. The only objection his own race had to him was, he was <i democrat. A funeral sermon on his dcatli will be delivered next Sunday, at Brown's Creek Church. . o For I lie Times. Old Rye on Old Farmer, Facolet and Barley. Mn. Kim roll.?1 have been reading with considerable interest the diversions of "Old Farmer," "Barley and "l'ucolct," and wonder what they will make out of it. There is a screw loose somewhere, that is certain. There inust be some reason for the death by starvation of so many Agricultural Journals ; and whether they died from the lack of readers or writers, is a matter of very little consequence. To my mind, if they hud had readers they would have had writers too. It is not in I ! " ftr nn l-'.iiiiitr in make un a tinner to give suiNt'uction to everybody, I don't euro what his ability may be. Versatility is necessary.? Views from dill"ront standpoints must bo taken, different opinions advanced, so as to bring about a collision ot' intellect. Unless Farmers vend they will not tbiuk much; unless tlicy think they will not talk or write.? We don't want tine writers, rounded periods or fanciful pictures ; but we want facts ; we want the results of experience ; or, if theories are advanced, we want them sifted to the bottom. 1 presume tlierc arc about a thousand Farmers in Union County. How many of them take an Agricutur.il paper? Mow many of them are tlici^ who take an;/ payer, or who won't swear that book farming is a humbug and believe nothing they read in any magazine or paper, on farming? One of the poorest Farmers of my ; acquaintance told a friend of mine that lie had ' "quit the*y*<nithei~t Cultirator, because he found tiiu: the 1. litor pretty much carried out his no' tior.fi iu farming." I 1 know Farmers who will not soak their wheat in bluestone, and they have smut every year, while their neighbors who soak their wheat in bluestone never have smut. It was hook farm| ing?humbug. j 1 have soeu Farmers work with a bad iniplcI nicnt, doing half work with more labor, while ; their neighbors over the fence, with a good improved tool was doing better work, and sa-. ing | time and muscle. Was this a "luck of intellijgence?" Observation is the mother of intelli j gence. The m;ui whd shuts his eyes to im?ii-?>reinent never progresses. ' 1 have notice I tlial the men who are generally picked yp l>y humbugs sire those wiseacres who know too much to he taught. Hum buggers always avoid the houses of men who "take the I papers." * - -? June Mohley, in a speech on the Liberia Kxodits, to the colored people of Chester, siid: "You have heard that pancakes grow I utMiti trees ; that is not so ; but 1 tell you what is true, in Liberia you can bore holes in the trees and get as much milk as you want, and vo i can make as much butter as you please, and you can go out with bags and get as much good coffee as you want for the picking. India Rubber grows wild. I"poii calling for subscriptions to defray his expenses, as a commissioner to go to Liberia and | make a truthful report of the actual condition ! of that country and the advantages it offers to J the colored people, In: told them that he could not go thereupon less tliaiionr rtwuuw/ lie said he "wanted to appear well there ; he j Could net in his Aiiiimon boots, besides, some of the tirst *1 ass. geut lumen might ask liint to i join in champagne, aqd lie would like to return : (lieeuinplin>cut." "Alia!" slid a worthy ol<l darky, "ilar what' j flat money's gwain, - tint man gwinc In enjoy ! Hat money licself." Another said, "1 b"Heb dar am lies (ole 'bout l-ihery, anyhow ? how you specs milk will cum ! from He trees? I'inph ! Juno Mobley ! I 1 workeH wiH him once?he's He biggest liar 1 know." It Appears that June inatle nothing out of the Chester coloreH people, i At Lancaster June made his "l.ibery speech, i and at the close collected 7") cents toward that i ?1,<MH>. Now, the question is, when will he start, at that rate of collecting the means. We i are afraid June will never go to a champagne party in "l.ibery," or get a pair of lino b ols to i ! gat her ('utVuc in. l!M2.. A capital communication from our very able and valued cnrrespoiident, "If K." has been crowded cut ibis week. After the hitsi, lie?s III I If 1 III iv I I| If.I Uf I, ill . 11. 11 III. ; I 11 d k rgive orr leaders i urc iMy i"i| r-.> 1 pipei [ ^ tin* Time*. "Barley's" Roply to "Pacolot after Bailoy" and "An Old Farmer." I have read "Grango alias l'aco'et," Mr. Rdilor, but for the life of me can't find what he is after, lie candidly admits tiiat ho "can see no connection between the Military, Agriculture, Mechanics and the Fine Arts," barring that "cheap men want to make use of the Military furgrs to gel yilo office^" Good ! very good for . Facolet. Jlc must bean old sportsman, to'scent ' * {'" his gauie so well. In old times this was n common trick, but I think it will die out with Gov- * eruoi Hamptou. The people need peace, quiet and work. The mowing blade, tho plough, the loom and anvil, will be much raoro appropriate stepping stones to power, I trust, in the future. , Let the Granges see to it. Let the Agricultural and Mechanical industries strike out for new fields of usefulness, and through their intelligence secure a place iti the reorganization of tho government. The politicians have had their day ; let them step down and out, and let those * who pay the taxes run the machine awhile. "It is a poor rule that dou't work both ways," and if the Farmer#will not turn out en maase to og? r riculturnl exhibitions, and if the death of eight agricultural Journals is not attributable to a want of intelligence among the agricultural i 1.1 lib. ...i..., ? t*ftcot*t says, lie "might say ilmt tlioso eight journals came lo tlieir death deservedly, liecauso tliey failed to meet tlie' demands of uu inUlliytnl people." And 1 miyht ask whose fault was it,, if the assertion l>? true? Manifestly, the fault of those intelligent Farmers, who always hido their light under a bushel and content themselves by finding fault with cverobody else. What makes the Southern Cultivator one of the best authorities on Southern Agriculture? It is well patronized?it is the recognised medium of exchange between all wide-awake, progressive Farmers. They rend it nud approve or disprove its teachings, with freedom aud effect. Hut, says l'aeolel, "admit the truth of Barley's assertion, is it right to permit the people to grope their way in darkness," &c. Certainly not. [ am the last man to give up the ship. Do all you can, in every way you can, ? - - to stimulate improvement, tonrouscthe Farmer to a proper appreciation of his own importance to society, to the importance of his improving his iutelligcucc, his fuinilarity with everything connected witli his calling. And when 1 say calling, I do not mean to conline him to the plow, the loom or anvil. He may find it necessary to know something of finances, of statistics, of commerce, of statesmanship. There is no reason why lie should not be a Legislator. But I do not believe this can be achieved by spasmodic oti'urts?by annual County Fairs, with military drills, baby shows or monkey shows. It is like whipping a lazy mule; you get for one spasmodic jerk half a dozen lianghack ones. I reassert that the '.rouble at the bottom is a lack of intelligence"?intelligence mainly upon agricultural subjects. Our Farmers do not rend,?do not keep posted upon the improve- ' meats of the day. They grumble about the scrcity of labor and will neither adopt laborsaving implements or put their own wits to work to make improvements. If the Farmers of Union County had half the pride, or felt half the interest they should, in their calling, tlicy would not require the earliest appeals of the in. defatigablc Secretary of the county Association to come to the Fair, or the constant drumming f the friends of that enterprise to secure their Attcndnncc. ' It is high tinio for the intelligent people to combine to give liglit and life to their country." Then wake up your (Jrango?, go to the Fairs, : and go there to learn something. Subscribe for ! a newspaper of Agricultural reputation, and rrnlil. Talk with your neighbors; don't believe that ^you know more than any body else about fartitft^e;" try experiments, and give to the press your failures as well as your successes. 11AULKY. ? For the Times. Watching the Spigot and not Looking at tho Bung-Hole 1 have noticed, Mr. Editor, that amongst most of our Farmers too little attention is paid to small matters ? little economies. One rarely lakes into account the importance of looking into details. The little leaks on a farm arc all lost sight of in looking after that all-absorbing subject, the Cotton Plant. I was once at a friend's house?a neighboring farmer, who, in most things was a systematic and economical man. Walking through his horse lot at feedimr time. I noticed that the mules had finished, eating, but the troughs were full of Oats. I asked, is this the way you food'!? "Oli ! yes," says he. "When 1 have plenty 1 give plenty. The cows will get it when they coinc in, any how." Now, the only way to have plenty always, is to practice economy when you have nn abundance. In thy feeding of horses?or stock of any kind ? there is as much, almost, in regularity as in quantity. A friend furnished me with the following mode of feeding horses in Charleston, which may prove instructive to your farming readers : The Kxprcss Morses, which are always fat and sleek as incdcs, and do a grout ileal of work, have at night, 2 quarts of Oats and 1"> pounds of liny eaeli. At morning, 2 quarts of (tats each. At n:on, cut feed, li:?v, with a little rice Hour mixed, dampened and salted. Water twice a day. l)ray Mnles -worked very hard have 0 .quarts of cifii at night, each ; 4 quarts (tats in the morning and 20lhs of hay per diem. So food at noon. Water 1 limes u day. Sonio ^^0 Draymen, while they are eating their lunch at noon, throw their mules a hnndful of dry Hay. Kt'OSOMV. Maiiiktta, tiA., March 22, 1HTO.?Mrmrr. Ilriiilfirhl <V ('<>.?(ienilcmcn We scud you two certificates from perfectly rclialdo persons? would have sent tliein before, hut waited to see if the cure would prove permanent. W m. HOOT \ SONS, Druggists. Ti.r -ale l?y all druggists, and hy A. IRWIN i 'ti., I'nion, ^ ?- Nov n U 4t J