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Death and Funeral of Gen. ForeetM
km mis, OcfnlJcr 29.?Geu. N. Bedford Forrest
the gr.'at Confederate cavalry officer, died at
7.:U) this evening, at I lie residence of hi# brother,
Col. Jesse Forrest.
Mkmi'iiis. October 31.?The funeral of Gen.
Forrest took place nt the Cumberlaud Presbyterian
Church, Kev. Dr. Stainbock, who had been
a private soldier under Gen. Forest, officiating.
Tho streets for squares were crowded with people.
Among the pall-bearers were Jefferson
Davis, Governor Porter, Hon. Jacob Thompson,
Cel. Galloway, Dr. Cownn, and Maj. Kauihant,
of Geu Forrest's staff. The funeral cortege was
composed us follows : Mounted ex-Confederates
proceeding the hearse; music, Odd Fellows,
tho Ch&susaw Guards, tho Dlutf City Greys, the
Memphis Artillery, ex-Confederate soldiers, exVuioa
soldiers, civil organizations, the mayor
and city council, the tire department and citizens
on foot.
TBI1IUTK OF RK8l'ect FKOM Ills t.ATK COMKAUKS.
Wasuinutox, Wednesday, October 31.? The
adjourned meeting of Confederates and others.
touipauio?9, subordinates and friends of Uen.
Forest, was largely attended, and the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted ;
Whereas, we hare learned with deep regret
that (Sen. N. 11. Forrest, of Tennessoe, nfler a
painful and protracted illness,, has departed this
life ; therefore,
Resolved, That we, his conipanions-in-arms,
deem it meet and proper to give expression to
our admiration and esteem for our depurtd
friend and fellow-soldier. Ilorn of humble parents?poor
and untutored in youth?he was
successful in civil life, and wsrUtsiioMwt ap*o.
imen of a citizen soldier. With unsconcieus
power, he begun his military career a private in
the ranks. With increasing consciousness
of strength, lie passed through the gradations
of oonitnands until ho stood at tho head of a
cavalry corps, the terror of one army and the
admiration of the other. With the intrepid dash
of Muratand dauntless courage of Ney, 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 us Nature's military genius.
llraoliv</. That (Sen. Forrest won his name in
the Confederate service, but that his fame belongs
to the American people, and will be cherished
by all who venerate true courage, and who
feel that the liberties of a Republic can only
be ptescrvcd while its citizens prefer death to
dishonor.
Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved family
our sympathy for the great loss which they
tAiare in common with us and the State.
r>i?iicu ; Jiuncs i\. * mumen, .>1 i?mbm|i|u , u.
C Jjibhcfcll. Tennessee: PhiL Cook, Georgia i.
vr. H. ferney, Alabama; ll. C_\ Y flung, Tennessee,
and Van II. Manning, Mississippi.
Southku.\ Society Papehs?Xovembeu.?The
principal feature of the preseut number of this
valuable periodical is the reply of President
Davis to the article recently published by the
Hon. It. M. T. Hunter, in the Philadelphia
Times Mr. Davis takes issue with Mr. Hunter
as to tae motives which actuated the Confederate
Government in appointing the "Peace Commission,"
of which Mr. Hunter was a member,
uud produces a letter of .Secretary Benjamin,
with copies of Mr. Lincoln's letter and the original
and amended instructions to the Commissioners,
in support of his position.
Of especial interest in this locality is an article
from the pen of W. T. U1 asset, Coiuinauder
Confederate States Navy, giving his experience
in the use of torpedoes in Charleston harbor in
1803. It has all the lomnntic interest of a
chapter of Marryatt, while the character of the
author, the source from which it comes, (the
South Carolina Historical Society,) to say nothing
of the public nature of some of the facts
which it records, put its truth beyond question.
The other articles, each of which has its peculiar
interest, are: Gen. Patton Anderson's
Report of the Battle of Joncsboro', Ga.; Gen.
Perry's Report of the Rattle of Chnncellorsville;
the Defence and fall of th s Spanish Port ; Gen.
K. L. Gibson's Farewell Address to his Brigade;
Col. K. P. Alexander's Report of the Rattle of
Gettysburg; Kditerial Paragraphs.?.Vties and
Courier.
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A DiG.NiriK.o Ahskmuuaob.?There is a certain
exclusive dignity about all tho proceedings of
the Protestant Kpiscopal Convention which is
attached to no body of Protestant believers. Resides
this, the high intellectual order of the
delegate* and the marked personnel of the delegate
themselves impress one strongly. Inside
the church, at all times, everything is dignity,
order and impressiveness. There are no quarwalu
Avi.i* narliamniihtrv rillrw nn . KY :l 1 lis*.
""" i J ?? I?? bnies,
no nonsensical resolutions, and no foolisli
splitting of hairs upon doctrinal questions.?
The convention is apparently acting for the
whole world upen mailers that involve the future
of the sotti and the well-being of the
church. It is a rare treat to listen to some of
the arguments of the delegates. The learning
evinced shows the high intellectual standard ot
the church. Ainoug the delegates are men who
are as able theologians as they are politicians.
Governor Stevenson, of Kentucy, and the lion.
Montgomery Blair, of Maryland, are striking examples
of this variety of useful training. The
politician among the lay delegates of this Episcopal
Conventio i is a theologian of more than
ordinary mould. The stenographic reports uf
the daily sessions of the Convention are produced
by the reporters for the Congressional
Globe. Some half a dozen or more short-hand
writers manuge to have laid before the Convention
early in the moriiig a complete report of
the previous day's doings. The total expenses
of the Convention will foot up about $50,000.
Death or 8e*wou- jfrfitox.?Indianapolis,
Ind., November I?MO P M.?Senator Morton
has been thought to be sinking since an early
hour this morning. At 0 o'clock there was a
rumor on the street that his death had occurred,
but it was found on inquiry nt his residence to
bo incorrect. The rumor of his death, doubtless
arose from the fact that his pulse hud ^rown
so feeble nt I lint hour as to be quite imperceptible,
but subsequently his breathing grew strong
and natural, and his voice clear, as he spoke
ii?vor/il tirana in lew Words to liis attendants.?
At this hour he is resting quietly.
Imiianapoi.is, Isi>., November 1?ft P. M.?
Senior Morton died at .r>.30 1'. M.
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Thh Pour Pi.anets.?The (our planets usually
visible to the naked eye may row ail be seen
iu the early part ot the night, nnd will continue
to be visible nearly all the remainder of the
present year. Jupiter will disappear first ; he
may now be seen iu the southwest, Venus in
the west, and Mars nnd Saturn in the southeast;
the last named are now about half an honr
apart?Saturn on the left?and will gradually
approach each other until the -Id of November,
at about eight o'clock, when they wilj appear to
almost occupy the same place, er Saturn will get
behind Mars, and afterwards appear on the
light.
Patterson's Hkiiikhy.?A Columbia correspondent
of the Charleston iVewt and Courier says:
"No less than fifty witnesses, all ex-members of
the General Assembly, have testified before the
investigating committee to the fact of having
been bribed by l'atterson to vote for liiui for
the United States Senate. The evidence against
l'atterson is so full an<l conclun'tyc .that even
Vfwshington lawyers will hesitate to undertake '
diis sUshuK C
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li^i ii li-.y.jj lui 'l.l ul -vju- julh**\
?ht fidlrehlii gliiiou i&imts.
R. H. STOKES, Editor.
UNI0N7 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1877.)
TERM8 0F SUBSCRIPTION.
1 Copr, ono year, in auvanck, 13.00
i Copies ouo year, || " SAO
10 ADVERTISING. ^
On# square or ane iucli, Aral Insertion, - - ? 91)0
Etch subsequent insert ion, ....... IS
Liberal discount made to merchants and others advertising
Tor six months or by the year.
yjuuunry mottoes or ten lines or less, inserted free.
" V orcr ten lines, charged as Advertiseusenls.
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8?. Sammy Green, Sanator from Beaufort,
has handed in his political checks," to lion. W.
1). Simpson, President of the Senate.
jftiT If you want cheap Dry Goods, go to
S. W. Porter's New Store, opposite the "big oak
tree." . *
_
M. B. Fricdborgor is just gettingin a
large stock of Fall and Winter Goods, and says
lie has instructed Straus and Humphries to sell
them out quick and cheap, for cash.
fi**?,. Mosc Wilson, the negro who murdered
Mr. Murphy, and set tire to his Store and throw
the body into the flames, at Lynchburg, last
March, was hung ?t Sumter last Friday. ^ g.
BQX. One of the finest eating Apples we ever
tasted was given us last Monday by Mr. William
Smith. We regret thul we cannot give the name.
It is a seedling, and if we had the stocks to graft
on we would have four or five trees of them in
our garden.
...?
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 Stato Fair will
secure all the comforts of a first-class hotel by
stopping with liim.
{BOX, Gentlemen should examine Porter's
Slock of Heady mado Clothing, if llioy want
good clothes cheap. *
The Cotton Market.
The Fair has interfered with the cottou market
this week. Only "275 bales were sold in this
wurKrtj Mid the price* ranged low, in consequence
of buyers leinghu.syat the Fair and had
no inclination to buy. Prices ranged from !)J to
10. Farmers should not offer cotton on Fair
days.
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BssJT" Notwithstanding it was a very rainy,
unpleasant day, a large number of our country
friends were in town Inst Monday. The crowd
looked more like moneyed men than we Iiutc
seen for many asalesdny ; but if there was any
money among them only two or three showed
any signs of it to us. We arc still on the anxious
scat?and so aro a number of Printers,
Merchants, &c,,
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I.adics should examine S. W. Porter's
Stock of Dress Goods, Notions, ke., before buying
elsewhere. *
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P. M. Cohen.
I'roui some unaccountable cause, we linvc neglected
to mention our friend P. M. Cohen in our
notices of the Merchants of this town. It was
purely accidental on our part, for we consider
him one of our best and most reliable Mcrchauts
and, withal, a constant advertiser.
He has received an uncommonly large stock of
Fall and Winter Dry Goods mild Notions, with
Groceries, Crockoryware, Glassware, and every
other kind of goods needed in this market; and
like all tlio oilier Merchants, tins put the priors
down to the lowest mark possible. Let no one
come to town without calling on him. You wiil
tird him snd his clerks obliging and ready to
show their goods.
The Jury, after being out twelve hours,
returned a verdict of "guilty" against Cardoso,
fur misdemeanor, iu that he stele and nssisted
others in stealing large amounts from the Stale
Treasury.
Hew is it that during this trial the New* and
Courier has so little to say for. or against Cardozo.
It will be remembered that two years ngo
that paper was the volunteer chnuipion of Cardozo,
when his own party accused him of the
very crime of which the jury has just convicted
him. Then it was suspected that Cardozo's money
saved him ; now it is suspected that it would
not do for some people to push him too hard, for
fear he might be driven to tell how and where
he applied that money. When we put that and
that together it docs it look suspicious.
Our Merohants Winning.
A gentleman from the country said to us the
other day, "I'll be blamed if I can't do better
in selling cotton and buying supplies in this
town than I can in Spartanburg. I've tried
both places the past month, and I know all
about it. .My negroes went to Spartanburg and
^;ame to Union, on tlio same day, to sell cotton
and buy supplies. 1 got 10} for cotton nnd
they got9,95. It took them two days and me one
to go to murkol. My groceries cost nbout. the
same as theirs?if there was any difference it
was in favor of Union. -Dry Goods the same in
both places. I have cursul the Union Merchants
as bad as any man, but I'll stop that and trade
with them again, if they will continue to do as
well with n.e." Nuff sed.
Asotiif.u Vacancy.?The following correspon.
ripnee exnlnins itself:
Newberry, S. 0., October 12, 1877.
Hon. W. D. Simpson, I'resident of the Senate of
of South Carolina :
Dear Sir : 1 have the honor to hereby tender
my resignation ns State Senator from the County
of Newberry. Thanking you for the inany acts
of kinds** aUyaurJwmd#, ?ni i>cst
wishes for your future prosperity, I nave the
honor to remain, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
II. C. CORWIN.
SPARTANniiRO C. 11., October 27, 1877.
Hon. II. C. Coru'in:
Dear Sir . Your resignation ns Senator from
the County of Newberry has been received, and
is hereby accepted. You have my thanks for
your kind wishes ns to my future prosperity.
Respectfully,
* ,r W. D. Simpson,
IVesideni of Senate of S. 0.'
THE COUNTY JFAIR,
A GLORIOUS SUCCESS. t
Spartanburg, Neni?crry and 0
t Cheater occupy prominent .
places in the Picture and
carry oil" a number 1
of Premiums. e
their Duty, as Usual. ?
"flfc Xftsooiatlon niadp a proud and P??^ 1
maucnt Organization of the County. <
EVERY DEPAETMENT FULL AHD HIGHLY '
CREDITABLE. 1
r ' 1 ?
Notwithstanding Monday was a most uncoin- ,
fortaklo rainy day and tho jbarometer iudicated <
a oontkiuation of suoh weather, which caused" ^
many pinions livingsomo distance in tho Country (
not tosfart from heme in time to enter their
I
articles for exhibition at the time specified in (
the Rules and Regulations,Mhe Fair was a Grand (
Success; in every respect, and Union may well
bo protid of it. <
Wo shalljnot attempt to give a full account of it
this wetk, for at tlio tiuio we nre compelled to go
to pres^ the exhibition is in full blast and tlio
Fair Grounds are crammed with visitors. We
hope .to have tho uae of the books of the committees
aud the assistance of the Superinten deftts
?? ?> **a *r?tidepAHmeats to make a full
report and do ample justice to each uud nil next
week. It Vras too large a thing to make a hasty
report upon.
We can only say now, it was so woll mnnaged
that we heard less grumbling than at any Fair
we ever altcnded.
The charge of partiality cannot be made
against the committees, for nlFarticles were entered
by numbers and 110 member of a commit"
to# of awards was poruiitted to know who entered
any article exhibited. That was known
only to the Superintendent who received thcui,
aud lie was not allowed to bo even with the
cjmmittcc when they passed judgment upon
thc*i>.
TflH HKI.ll l>KI'AKTMK.>T
Was more extensive nud tho specimens finer
than we ever saw, even at the Stale Fair.
tiii: ?itun::x.
In vegetables it was a grand display, from a
pod of Cayenne l'eppcr to a three feet siulk of
Celery or a 12 pound beet.
til K llOMKSTIC UEl'AUT.MKNT,
Could not be excelled by nny county, cither in
the quality or quanily of its Preserves, l'icklcs,
Jellies, Marmalades, Bread, Butter, Cakes, &c.
TI1E1.AMKS DEPARTMENT,
la Fancy work, Quilts, Couuterpanes, Clothing.
Hosiery, Knitting, Crochet work, and everything
else thai the ingenuity and refined taste of Ladies
could devise and perforin, was truly a
grand display, and docs the Ladies of Union
great credit. '
THE UOKSK KXIIIMTION.
We cannot now give the number of Horses
and Mules on Exhibition, but we can say that
the <Ksplay was greater in numbers and finer in
quality than last year. Among the number of
full-bloo?fid Inrfses the dam Fanny Fisher,"**nd
two brothers of the celebrated horse, "Granger,"
"Tom Bacon" and "Sniituc," were conspicuous.
We have prepared a long article upon these
horses, but nro compelled to omit it on account,
of the crowded state of our columns.
In single harness and saddle horses, \ve-ba4
lieve Union can challenge any county iu lbs
, State.
THE CATTI.E DEPARTMENT
was not as good as last year. Only two or three
really fine animals were on exhibition. IV c know
! that Union can show more and better cuttle
than were on exhibition, and we liopo to see
them upon the grounds next year.
TIIK LADIK-S.
When we called upon the Ladies to help the
etlicers in their efforts make it a grand and permanent
institution of the County, we believed
they would respond to the call with willingness
Mul officieucy, and wo wcr<5 not disappointed,?
Tiiey did tlieir whole duty with liberality and
unliriny energy, and to them the thanks of the
county are due for most of the pleasure and suecess
of the Fair.
SECRETARY DUNCAN
Must feel proud of the success which his indomitable
energy and tact has achieved. In season
and out of season he has applied his time, for
the past two months, to the work of making (he
Fair an undoubted success. Too much praise
cannot he giving him for the manner the Fair
was managed and the good it has accomplished.
The office < f Secretary of an Agricultural Society
is one of labor and uuthankfulness, and
requires a man of either great amiability or casehardened
character to till it. He is sure to get
the menkey's allowance?more kicks thau pennies.
' ' But we niust^not neglect to state that all the
other officers did their duties with equal zeal
and energy, fr4n> the untiring l'rcsident gown
to the Gate keeper.
PROM 800 TO 1200 VISITORS
attended the exhibition during Tuesday and
Wednesday, but unfortunately on Thursday, the
closing day, it rained and was so irtiphosant
that but few could be there.
The printers admonish ns to "hold up" as
there was no more room in the paper.
There is an advertisement in our columns to
whieh we lake much pleasure in refering our
readers, because we believe in it andean conscientiously
and heartily reccommend it. We refer
to Hall's Hair Kenewer. We remember
many cases in our midst of old and middle aged
people who formerly wore grey hair, or whose
locks where thin and faded, but who now hare
preSotflWWhedrpem.'llU WHh Hff TTftTe pride
announoe to their friends that they havn't a
grey hair in their heads, it is a pardonable
pride, and the world would be better ofT, if there
was more of it, for when the aged make themselves
attractive tp others they are more certain
to win and retail* the esteem and respect to
which a bnrthou of well spent years entitles
them. Try Hall'f Hair Renower if age or disease
has thinned br whitened your locks and
Fn will thauk uw for our advice. ? I'nn-hanJU
ics, WMsburj, W. Va. "
Death of a Reapeoted Colored Man.
A few days ago a circumstance occurred Iti
hie county showing how hard it is for tho colred
people to overcome the prejudice which
ids been instilled into them, by unprincipled
eaders, against men of their own race who have
iver dared to exeroise the right of voting as
is they pleased nnd supported the democratic
loket. We aig credibly informed that their
ninds are even now being poisoned againstitie
lemocartio parly in this County, by men fornerly
claiming to be democrats, but who are
oeking forward to the next election with a view
.0 running as independent candidates for couny
offices and the Legislature. Wo warn the
colored people against such men. They are
false to their old political friends and will prove
false to them.
The circumstanco alluded to above, was the
death and funeral of and old, quiet, iudustrious
und much respected colored man, nnnied Tom
Faucott, who died on the premises of Mr. James
Sinclair, a few miles below this town. He had
been a consistent democrat and was esteemed by
all asagood christian man, but during his illness
the republican negroes refused to visit or wait
ou him, nor would they attend his funeral.
But Tom did not wont for anything. He
found ready and willing friends in the white
la unit wa^W^aait .Sjuunuloa OVOrjT.
needed comfort during his sickness, and at his
funeral a large number of the most respectable
portion of the white citizens of tho neighborhood
follewed his remains to the grave and laid
them beneath the sod in a respectable christian
manner. The only objection his own rnee had
to him was, he tea* a democrat.
A funeral sermon on his death will be delivered
next Sunday, nt Brown's Creek Church.
For the Tluies.
Old Rye on Old Farmer, Faoolet and Barley.
Mb. Kditok.?I have been reading with considerable
interest I lie diversions of "Old Farmer,"
"Barley and "Pacolet," and wonder
what they will make out of it. The.-e is a screw
loose somewhere, that is certain.
There must be some reason for the death by
starvation of so many Agricultural Journals ;
and whether they died from tho lnck of readers
or writers, is a matter of very little conseiiunnnc
To inv mind, if tlicv had hail readers
(hey would have had writers too. ll is not in
(he power ot? an Kditor to make up a paper to
give satisfaction to everybody, 1 don't care what
his ability may bo. Versatility is necessary.?
Views from different standpoints must be taken,
different opinions advanced, bo as to bring about
a collision of intellect.
Unless Farmers read they will uot think much;
unless they think they will not talk or write.?
We don't want tine writers, rounded periods or
fanciful pictures ; but we want facts ; wo want
the results ef experience; or, if theories are
advanced, we want them sifted to the bottom.
I presume there aro about n thousand Farmers
in Uuion County. How mauy of them take an
Agricutural paper? How many of them are
thc^ who take any paper, or who won't swear
that book farming is a humbug and believe nothing
they read iu any tuagnzine or napor, on
farming? One of the poorest Farmers of my
acquaintance told a friend of mine that he had
"quit th?fSoi/XAer-t Cultivator, because lie found
that the Kditor pretty much carried out his notions
in farming."
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 hnvc smut. It was book farming?humbug.
1 have soen Farmers work with a bad implement,
doing half work witli more labor, while
their neighbors over the feuce, with a good improved
tool was doing better work, and saving
time and muscle. Was this a "lack of intelligence?"
Observation is the mother of intelligence.
The mau whd Stiuts his eyes to improvement
never progresses.
1 have noticed that the men who are generally
picked yp by humbugs are those wiseacres
who know too much to be taught, llumbuggera
always avoid the houses of men who "take the
pa per j."
*
Vatr J une Mohley, in a speech on the Libc
ria Kxodus, to the colored people of Chester,
aid : "You havo heard that pancakes grow
upon trees ; that is not so 5 but I tell you w'iat
is truo, in Liberia you can bore holes in the
trees 'and get as much milk as you want, and
yo i can make as much butter as you please, and
you can go out witli bags and get as much good
coffee as yon want for the picking. India Rubber
grows wild."
Upon calling for subscriptions to defray his
expenses, as a commissioner to go to Liberiannd
make a truthful report of the actual condition
of that country and the advantages it offers to
tlij colored people, lie told them that he could
not go there upon less than one (housund dollars.
He said he "wunted to appear well there ; ho
could i)?t gt) in fiis Anntnon boots, besides, some
of the first flans, gentlemen might ask him to
j?in in chumpagne, uiyl he would like to return
the eomplisient."
"Aha!" said a worthy old darky, "dar whar
dnt money's gwniu,?dat man gwine to enjoy
dat m^ney heself."
Another said, "1 b*Heb dar am lies tole 'bout
Libery, anyhow?how you specs milk will cum
from (1* trees? Umph ! June M obi ay ! I
worked wid him once?he's do biggest liar I
know."
It appears that June made nothing out of the
Chester oolored people.
At Lancaster June made hit "Libery" speech,
and at ifie close collected 76 cents toward that
$1,000. Now, the question is, when will he
start, at that rale of collecting the means. We
are afraid June will nover go to a champagne
party in "Libery," or get a pair of fine b>ots I#
gather Coffee in.
?
A capital communication from our very
able and valued correspondent, "II. K." has
been crowded out this week. After the business
of t 10 Fair is ended wo shall catch up And
^giyo our readers a greatly.improved paper.
" l^fihc Tlmco."
"Barley's" Reply to "Paoolet after Bailey"
and "An Old Farmer. '
I have read "Orange alia* Paoolet," Mr. Editor,
but for the life of mo can't find what he is
after. He candidly admits that he "can see no
connection between the Military, Agriculture,
Mechanics and the Fine Arts," barring that
"cheap men want to make use of the Military
fuigye to g'et jpjo office^" Good ! very good for
Pacolet. Jle must bean oldsportscisn, to'scent
his game so well. In old times this was a common
trick, but,! think it will die out with Gov
VI UUI liaui|llUU. 1IIO JICUJIIU Iictd JJCUOV, ({UlUI*
and work. The mowing blade, the plough,the
loom and anvil, will be much more appropriate
etepping atones to power, I trust, in the fixture.
Let the Qranges see to it. Let the Agrioul*
tural and Mechanical industries strike out for
new fields of usefulness, and through their intelligence
secure a place id the redrg'tfnisation of '
the 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 rulo that don't work both ways," and
if the Farmer#will not turn out en matte to ag-~ ^
1 ricultural exhibitions, and if tho death of eigli^
agricultural Journals is not attributable to a
want of iutelligeuce among tho agricultural
class, I would likf to know what it the cause?
"f>ac*otet says, ho "might say thai those eight
journals caine to their death deservedly, because
they failed to meet the demands of an intelligent
people." And 1 might atk whoso fault was it*,
if the assertion i>e true? Manifestly, the fault
ef those intelligent Farmers, who always hide
their light under a bushel and content themselves
by finding fault with everobody else.
What makes the Southern Cultivator, one of
the best authorities on Southern Agriculture?
n is wen pntromzcu?it is the recognised medium
of exchange between all wide-awake,
progressive Farmers. They read it and approve
or disprove it* teaching*, with freedom and effect.
But, says l'acolet, "admit the truth of Barley's
nssertion, is it right to pormlt the people is
to grope their way in darkneas," &c. rCertainly
not. I am the last man to give up
the ship.. Do all you can, in everyway ?oucfi?r ?.?.?.
to stimulate improvement, to arouse th7Far$?r
to a proper appreciation of his own impoeftnee
to society, to the importance of his improving
his intelligence, his fumiiarity with everything
connected with his calling. And when I say
calling, 1 do not mean to coutine him to the plow,
the loom or anvil. He may find it necessary to
knew something of finances, of statistics, of commerce,
of statesmanship. There is no reason
why he should not be a Legislator. But I do
not bolieve this can be achieved by spasmodic
otlbrts?by annual County Fairs, with military
drills, baby shown or tnonkoy shows. It is like
whipping a lazy mulo; you get for one spasmodic
jerk half a dozen hangback one*.
I reassert that the '.rouble at the bottom is *
"luck of intelligence"?intelligence mainly up-on
agricultural subjects. Our Farmers do not
read,?do not keep posted upon the improve- ?
ments 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 Fanners of
Union County hud half the pride, or felt half
the interest they should, ia their calling, they
would not require the earnest appeals of thoin.
defatigublo Secretary of the county Association
to com* to tho Fair, or the constant drumming.
f the friends of that enterprise to secure their
attendance.
"It is high time for the intelligent people to
combiue to give light and life to their country."
Then wake up your Granges, go ts the Fairs,
and go there to learn something. Subscribe for
a newspaper of Agricultural reputation, and
rcaiit. Talk with your neighbors; don't bejieye
that^Jfou know more than any body slss
tli? press your failures as Troll as your successes,
BARLEY.
For the Times.
Watching tho Spigot and^ not Looking at tho
1 hard noticed, Mr. Editor, that amongst moat
of our Farmers too little attention is paid To
small matters?little economies. One rarely
takes into account tho importance of looking into
details. The little leaks on a farm are all
lost Hight of in looking after that all-absorbing
subject, the Cotton Plant.
1 was once at a friend's house?a neighboring
farmer, who, in most things was a systematic
and economical roan. Walking through his
horse lot at feeding time, I noticed that the mules
had finished, eatiag, but the troughs were full
of Oats. 1 asked, is this the way you feed??
"Oh ! yes," says he. "When I hare plenty I
giro plenty. The cows will get it when they
come in, any how."
Now, the only way to have plenty always, is
to practice economy when you have an abun?
dance. Intli? feeding of horses?or stock of any
kind?there is as much, Almost, in regularity aa
in quantity.
A friend furnished mc with the following mOdo
of feeding horses in Charleston, which may
prove instructive to your farming readers :
The Express Horses, which are always fat and
sleek as moles, and do a great deal of work,
have at night, 2 quarts of Oats and lo pounds
of liny each.
At morning, 2 quarts of Oats eaeh.
At neon. cut feed, liny, with a little rice flour
mixed; dampened and salted., Water twice a
day.
Dray Mules?worked very hard?have 6
auarts of cors at night, each ; 4 quarts Oats in.
is morning and 201bs of hayeper diem. Ne
food at aoon. Water 4 times a dfay. Soma
Draymen, while they are eatiag their luneh at
noon, throw their mules a handful of dry Hay.
ECONOMY.
Mariktta, Oa., March 22, 1870.?Mutrt,
Uradfitld $ C'o.-^Gentlemen We send you two
certificates from perfectly reliable persons?
would have sent them before, but waited to see
if ll*A rnrn urntiltl nrnvft nAcm&nont
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DmggUta.
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