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Progress of tht I lague. Mkmviiis, July 2<t. -Thirteen new eases were reported to tliu Hoard of Health this morning; t)no death has occurred. The lover seems to be gradually spreading in the northern portion of the city and Chelsea, which up to yesterday had been exempt. YKI.r.OW FKVKp IN K UNTUCK V. I.orisvti.t.i:, Kv., July 23.?The health officers discovered two cases of yellow fever in this city yesterday afternoon, both of which were brought from Memphis. Both cases nro of a mild type and there is no excitement over their discovery. There are no causes of local origin in the city. Memphis, July July 21.?Fourteen new cases were rrnortod tiitlin Mount of 11 mill li this morn ing: two car loads of tents furnished by (lie govei'iiiiicnt have arrived, and tho city autlionties will establish a camp at a point seven miles north of the city. Tho Howard Association yesterday placed a few nurses on duty. This morning tlie street in frent of their rooms was crowded by colored people, all anxious to be assigned to duly. ' They were informed that tio more nurses were required, whereupon they dispersed. A Mour. IIoi'Kfli. Fkkmnu?New York, July 24.?Memphis special to day says : "There is a little less despondent feeling here. The population is much thinned and the prospects of gcting the poorer classes into camp eight miles from herd are so good thnt the doctors believe the fever will soon be exhausted for want of material. TllF. FkVRR l'llF.AKINCI Ot.T AT A UKTItKAT OF tiik lU:rrta;Ks.?Cincinnati, July 24.?Special dispatches from the South report three cases of yellow fever at Hon Aqua Springs, Tcnncssoo, 1 to which point many Memphis people tied. Nu- i morons rough-looking plantation hands continue | to arrive in the city in search of free rations, and advices from plantations twenty tniles away report that the negroes are openly saying they 1 will go to Memphis to plunder and enrich them- * selves. From the present outlook it is doubtful ii mere win ou noic-uouicu men vnongii in iiiu j city in two weeks to protect property against pillagers. The total number of fever eases re- * ported is only ninety, but many mild cases were J not brought to the notice of tlni authorities.? } The indications are that the fever will be of a less violent type than that of the-previous year. In several families where all have been sick none 1 have died. , M r.M en is, July til.?Four deaths from fever have occurred since last night. Fivi: Mokk Ihiaiiis.?Memphis, July tin.? i One new case was reported to the Hoard of t Health to day. Five deaths have occurred since 1 last night. This Fi:visit in Nkw Yoiik.?New York, July 1 ?Hartley McKay, coal heaver on the steamer t'ity of Mcrida, of the Havana line, was admit- i fed to the iptarautinc hospital to-day with the yellow fever. This is the. fourth oase from the t 'ity of Merida, two of which have proved fatal. / Johanna Hreunan, a refugee from Memphis, died this morning of genuine yellow fever, at .'Mo liasf Nineteenth street. All her ell'eets, togeth- s erwith the bod clothes and bedding, were burned P this morning. I n i'asks in Nr.w Y?utk. ? New York, July 2fi.? S( The names of the .Memphis refugees taken to j the ipiarantineal hospital lastnighl are Michael, Hridgett, Mary and John t'orveti. A brother " of Mrs. Hreunan who died, who was also of the tli party, cannot he found, an 1 it is supposed that uj he left his family to escape being sent to the hospital. Ar llohert IHiind. second mate of tlio Ilritish cc steamer .lln'rick from Havana, was taken Tl ti.? i, ?.:I,i :.i. ,i... i.. udditiou to the above there are now six fever patients in the hospital. Miimiuiis July 'J7?11 1'. M.?Fourteen now in eases were reported to the board of health today. Nine deaths from fever have occurred since last night. j Crops in tho S'.ato. so Horry.?Wo regret to report t!?at news from it all parts of the county, received uuring the week, ^ii f irce< us to the conclusion that the corn in IIorrr will not he more than half the average of ' former years. The excessive heat an I drought xi just in earing time has cut the prospect short beyond redemption, to this amount at least. The rains whi>-h fell last week were confine 1 within a narrow belt, nit I were by no means general or v,i sutficiut anywhere. ? T'lfj-'iw. fu I.VNftsTnii.?The drought still continues in ty somo section* n >rtInvest and east of the village. tt> The ol I r >rn is beyond recovery, an 1 cslton is t bally damage]. ? I.'lj-r. j L Amuuisov. ? In many sections of this cntnty | cs corn is completely kille I t y tho extraordinary , ,:l drvtiglit, an I the grass in the pastures has died T1 out.?Journal. I SIJ Tho Stato Sunday School Convention. m Tiiis i' > ly will tuet-l in Spartanburg, W. duos ill day an l Thnrs lay. Aagu-t 'Jm an 1 III. A pre- jp liminary meeting will be held on the evening of tho I'.'th. The programme will tie published at ' mi early day. Meantime wc would suggest to county orguii/ations t< make anaiigemetits to cleet their delegates as so m as possible. A full representation of active, earnest Sunday school ,r narkcrs is desired. If there be a c anity with- W <>ut au organization, the lending Superintendents fp of schools will hold an informal meeting and i n) appoint delegates. Let us have some one from j every county. CIIAKI.IIS 1T.TTY, j fi t'hairman Mxccutivc t'lunniiitcc. j |, Titr. 1 * xckrta i vi v ur Tin: Law.?Trenton, N. ! .1., July - ?.?The t'oiirt of Lrmr.s and Appeal- 11 this morning reversed the decision of Justice tl Krapp, of the Supremo Court, in the Smith- J V.ennctt case. Chief Justice Lease'.y read an elaborate opinion tcvicwiug the whole case, and fame to the conclusion that tho charge of ' judge ou trial was a misdirection of testimony, si Four of tho judges voted for reversal, on the ground that the charge in reference to the letter was erroneous. This reversal makes the trial and its results of no ell'eet, and if the State oi desires to move tinv further in tho case there tl must bo a now trial. w Dr. v Ml or Sii.as Mi-lime ii i It d lliat a community in called uii Id sustain .such a n loss as has been in thrbcath of I lie above named n, rili/eii. Mr. Silas M? l)o\vell has |??r more than tifly years gone in and out among our people l*iire and spotless in character, richly endowed " in tho yiulitics of mind and heart, lie has left si a legacy of good deeds, kind words and imhle sentiments f at our people will not soon forget. Of his Contributions to literature and science, h we will not now attempt to speak, as we hope to have a carefully prepare 1 memoir of his life, h h'ntuhhu t ,\ '1 fk'/'urr r. ? T,v\'<lll\t! in 11.ii Mils t hiciipo, .1 idy g |. _.\ '( special di-palch to the Trihunr from fjnincy, II ni linois, says that a hand of dcicrmitiv I men onIcred the jail where Frank Hubbies, colored, wan eon fined on the charge of criminally assaulting x and nearly killing Mrs. Ferguson at bedding, *' l'ikc t'onnty, and shut him dead, dragged his ' oi i?ody riddled with bullet through the streets. 1 |-( IMrt victim had idetiiilie I him. .?. , r' Fni? or tii n f.ovi; I?fnr.:ji r. Fredericksburg. ' '1 Va., July 'Jo.- I he i tin in V rth \ irgini i to- { |, day have put nil end to the drought which Inn prevailed for iie:ir!_\ I-.v.? ffiontli> ri I dire iS-tie I a fotal failure of corn in " Urge di : i i t^. !: t I . - JTTT ffihe ttiilrthlw Union 35imfs. It. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1870. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.* 1 Co|>y, one yfur, in auvaMCK, S2.00 2 (Vijilci one your, " " 3.75 5 " " S.V? JO " " " " " 1,'l.lH) ADVEHTI3IN0. Ono-?|iiarc or one ineli, tirxt insertion, - - 81.no Kuril MthwqnciU insert ion, ------- 75 l.ilii rul ilisrnnnt niailr t-> iiiereliauts uinl otlirrs utlvurti-inu lor six iiionllis or liy lliuyr.tr. Oliitnury Not ice* of Irn line* or less, inserted frre. " " over teu lilies, charged a* Advertisements. Ofn,_ (', (1. IScchtler wiw arrasted at Spartanbnrg on Wednesday for counterfeiting United States coin. Services in the Uothodist Church Kcv. It. 1). Smart, who is now in Abbeville to preach the anniversary Sermon before the Hilda Society of that County, is expected to fill his pulpit, as usual, on next Sahbath. A Sad Accident. A friend informs us that ott Tuesday last, little Robert, son of .James C. Sarter, living near Santuc, fell ont of the door and broke his arm. I>r. J. i\ Thomas carefully set the limb and the little sufferer is doing as well as could he cxpec? ted. Iho United States Court. The Spartanburg papers inform us that in cotttoquctice of llto ehango in the jury law, the meeting of the U. S. Court at Orccnvillo hns l)ccn postponed to the 2">th of August. All permits having any business at the Court will noice the change. Tho Union Telograph OfHco. We are pleased to learn that the Telegraph unj neiwcen mis place ami .Spartanburg will reunite operations to-day, the 1st. Mr. William >. Gilbert, who comes to us highly complimented ] ty the press of Columbia; for his acconunodat- i ng and courteous deportment, will take charge | >f the oflice nt this place. >umjj0iica to Fo3tpono. We sincerely regret being compelled to post- ' tone publishing the interesting proceedings of lie Union County Sunday School convention.? 1 iVc shall publish them next week and hope the 1 leloy will not cause any inconvenience. Also, a communication from Mr. <!. 11. Iloga't. ! n answer to "l'oor Unsuccessful Farmer," was 1 cceired too late to appear this week. In Earnest Dun. . We hare never experienced the want of money ^ 0 seriously as we do now, and necessity com- ^ els us to ask those indebted to us to make pay icuts, in whulc or in part. Cur current expends cannot be curtailed. Neither bad weather ' o id crops will allow us to reduce our expenses, itli us it is work, work and pay pay. We. icrcfore. again ask all indebted to us to give us 1 the help they can in these hard times. We e very reluctant to write this dun, but our ne ssitics demand it. j no Crops in tho County. b In response to our request last week, wc p( ive received the following report of the crops C| the t'ounty : q Simstown, duly | Tito "old corn" in this section will make fill- t a halt" crop, perhaps more, provided the scans continue. Hottoni corn is very good, where L has been properly worked. Cotton is small, it unite lull ol' fruit. We have fine seasons at ,r esent. A. K. F. 11 hi to Concert next Monday. From what we can sec and hear, the Concert ui the I'mon Musical Society next Monday night ^ 11 he one of the most interesting and delight- , ^ 1,1 ! entertainments ever givon in this coninniui- , Some of the best adult performers in this wn have consented to assist, while all the ildren of I'rof. (ton/alcz* Musical school will to hibit the astonishing prolieiency they have atined in the short time he has taught thctn.? " in le programme has been carefully arranged to ^ lit all the musical tastes and talma of the contr unity, embracing the most pleasing ballads and j o most artistic operatic music. We hope the :tlc children will have a full house, to eucour- ^ j;c thcui. ^ obertson. Taylor & Co. ci We call attention to the advertisement of Mes- w s. llobertson, Taylor & Co., successors of (!co. Williams, .'c Co., of Charleston. The new ri rm retains all the business advantages which C adc the house of C?eo. W. Williams & Co., d > widely popular ami reliable, with the g irther incentive of young men embitious w > win nn honorable distinction among the rgest and most highly respected mcrcan- ti lo lirnis in the country. We arc glad to find f( at our genial an t esteemed young friend, II. ,, ?nge, lias been retained by the new firm, to t] present its interests through this part of the ? (ate. lie is one of most gentlemanly and per- t< ivcriug young men of all our .acquaintance. ij Curo for Pinafore. '' It may not be generally known, but it is, ncv- j rthcless, a fact that the musical talent of this ?wn is now umlcr severe training to rcmlcr the orld -famed comic Opera, 1'iiiaforc. 'lin ing the ays of our County fair, an I almost every clerk avcrscs llic store with his part in the perforin nee in his pocket, so that in his spare moments and they arc many just now?ho may I c seen i sonic secluded part of the store intensely ab. rbM'l in study. A few days ago a somewhat . torious character from the country called at a ore and found a clerk thus absorbed -his cl- . jws on a table and his heal resting between is hands, doing up to the young inan, lie said, What's the matter, To which the clerk ?plic"}i "t'h ! nothing. I've jusi got Pinafore, i ud I'm studying it."* 4 Pinafore," replies our . ?nntry friend, ah, that's hal. I had it oncua ery severe, but 1 soon got rid of it." The , !rrk, wli > is somewhat of a wag, and always j p a tliealcrt for a joke, immediately put on a pain- ) , il lock ami begged his friend to give him his . . ur.edy for the Pi:.afore disease. Well, says ! ie latter, ll.o way 1 cured it was, I bathed my ( v.a I in cold water and put mustard plasters to J iy loci, thru went tubed, an 1 when I got up the , \t ip'oaiing I f'-li a-t well us u i, an 1 I nin t | !\ I art Alt tick of it since. ' ' < Ed. Holmes in the Penitentiary. On Friday morning last, the negro who cout. milled the terrible outrage on Mr. Humphries' infant daughter, was arrested on Mr. td. W llill's plantation, brought to town and formally committed to jail. The Sheriff having received informatiou from reliable parties that a raid would probably be made upon the jail at night and the prisoner taken out and lynched, that officer, in the faithful dischargo of his duty, nnd fully appreciating the grave responsibility of his position in the premises, not only ns the highest pcaeo officer of the County, but as a guardian of the sanctity and dignity of tlio law. very prudently decided to remove the prisoner from the jail and place him where the vengeance of an excited peoplo, very naturally aroused by th j enormity of his crime, would not be likely to reach him with summary revenge, without the process of law. When the 2 o'clock train arrived from Columbia arrangements were made to quietly place the prisoner on board, in charge of a trusty ollicer. Of the route taken afterward we know nothing, nor is material information to any one ; but the journey of ofliecr and prisoner ended safely on Saturday, at the .State Penitentiary, where the latter was deposited under th* care of Supcrinteudaiit Lipscomb, to await his trial at the October term of Court. We have no words of excuse or mercy for the villain who could commit a crime of such unparalleled tcrpitudc, and had the outraged community in which the foul deed was done taken summary vengeance upon him, it would have passed as the awful warning of an indignant people to all who shall hereafter dare to debase humanity by such brutality; hut when the prisoner was lawfully committed to the keeping of the ollicers of the law, and by relatives of the outraged child, too, then the matter was in other hands for final adjudication, and there it should bo allowed to rest until it becomes evident that justice is thwarted by dishonest means or technical evasions; of which there is no danger, so long as virtue aud purity control the Courts of our Stale. T!?c course of .Sheriff Macbeth was eminently proper. lie dic'l his duty to the State, the County and himself, and every law-abiding citizen ivill commend him fur it. When a Sheriff shrinks from performing his duty, in the spirit is well as the letter of the law, winks at unlawful acts, or connives with an excited populace, >y evaHing his duty, to supersede or defy the aw, we care not what the popular feeling may >e, then will the pooplo lose their confidence in iim and their respect for the high olficc lie lolds. It is this stern, brave, conscientious icrforaiancc of duty, under the most trying cirumstanccs, which lias made Col. Macbeth the cspccted and trusted Sheriff of Union County >r so many years, and now in his honorable Id age, makes him ]><ir excellence a model oHiocr nd citizen. We arc decidedly opposed to cool and deliberate ynch law; but we fear the people generally are cginning to look upon acts committed in conirmily to its dictates with too much indiffcrscc and complacency for the good order and ignity of society, and all good people should link very seriously of its demoralizing effects cfero encouraging it. ot Us Havo a Town ClookWc arc pleased to find our citizens are again dking about having a town clock. We hope will not cud in talk only this time. We have ?fore emphatically given our voice in favor of ; but the want of money in the "city Treasry" was then considered an insurmountable jstaclc in the way. Now it is suggested that ic money be raised by volunteer subscriptions oin tlie citizens. One gentleman, who employs number of mechanics and laborers, told us tat his employees were so anxious to have a avn cluck, by which they could all be governed i their hours of work, that lie believed evorv an would subscribe at least one dollar toward it. 'c don't know what amount would ho neccssa>*, but from what we hear we are inclined to link that at least three hundred dollars could isi'.y be raised in subscriptions of ono dollar oni each person willing to contribute. This ould make a good start, and the Town Council mid easily make up the deficiency, if any, ithout a resort to extra taxation. As to the location: We have no doubt an arangcinent could be made with Messrs. Hill ulp to put a steeple to their new building for ic purpose. It would be a good place, and add really to the appearance of their building, hile the aditional cost would he trilling. As wo have said before, we have all kinds of tnc to work by, to go to church by, an 1 even >r r'fmhwn/*. liveryman who is the forluale owner of a watch, keeps his own time, and lie result is, no ono knows what time it is with ny certainty while those of us who can't ailord > sport a stein-winder have to guess when it is mo to go work, lake refreshments and go to ed. I.ct us have a town click by all means. .own Appearances. It cannot be denied that the general appearncc of the streets of a town make a deep imrrssion upon strangers pa-sing through it as ell as visitors. If the streets arc unclean, it. vlicutcs a great neglect of I lie health of ike lace ; if the streets and gutters are lined with cc'ls, il conveys the idea that no business is -the town is 4 pr??iilowu" mi l "the grass as taken the streets. ' These impressions have inch to do with (he general prosperity fit' the i\vn. No one will move to it who is thus imrcssoi1,'an<l the iilea that the town is in a decayIfr eon'lition is wafted all over the State, We are led in them thoughts hy noticing the i ad eon'lition "1? the boxing around the shade rcess ami the long weeds growing in the gutters | f our streets. A few nails, a good hoe and the | thill- of one man for two days, would remove i hose ohjcctionahlu features and give our town a j lirifty ami attractive appearance. The present 'own t'oiinei! woithl end their term of ollice t'ith great eclat l>y putting this linMiiiig touch a the excellent work I hey have aire a ly done. l?r. John Kisher, an aged an 1 highly resioeted citizen oft'oluiiihia.ni"! K\ Senator J Jiii | Hope, of I.C.vin^ton, lie I i few days nai. 1 A Sprsad Fugle Fulogv lit a '-event number of the t'hurch I'nion, in an article on the no\t I'miilonlitl election, il indulges in the following strain of grotesque eulogy on its tnoek i?lol : "tiraut is still a prime favorite, and lie lives and moves anil has his being. In an nurio'a of glory which the country's gratitinlo has buill about hint." The only appropriate nut tela we can conceivo of, as fitteil to encircle the brow of such a besotted rum-sponge, is a whiskey ring. When the religious papers of the country step aside from their legitimate province, to indulge in fulsome ndulation of such a pinchbeck military [ dullard,?of whom it would be tho grossest tlattery to nltributc any higher endorsement than would fit liitn fur a dog financier, or a horse jockey?tho manifest tendency of such a course is to greatly impair their usefulness, and, nt the same time serves to lesson in the popular mind that becoming respect which is due to the sacred cause which they profess to advocate. Cheerful Crop Prospects. Since our Inst there lins been an Astonishing improvement in the crops throughout this county. Corn that was supposed to be too far gone to recover has, in many instances, commenced to silk and give promise of a fair yield, since the rains of last Thursday and Friday. 8ince those rains we have had the finest kind ol growing weather, and on Wednesday another heavy rain fell. In nothing is the change more marked than in the faces if the Farmers, who are now quite confident that they will "make enough to do them next year," which was very doubtful two weeks ago. Cotton, of course, looks better, but there is no telling what ell'cct the rains will have upon the bloom and squares on the stalk. \!1 things c msidcrcd, the present prospects arc good for fair crops. Town Improvements. The contract for building Mr. 11. It. Wallace's fine residence lias been awarded to Mr. Kane, for the wood work, and Mr. Grant for the brick work. We leant that Mr. W. A. Nicholson contemplates erecting a handsome residence on the lot in front of his present dwelling. Mr. Grant is improving the front of his dwelling Mr. Porter's new house begins to show what it will look like when finished. The Devii. Kises to Kxri.Atx.?The editor looks so handsome in the picture Mr. Clark took, that his friends thought he had got hold of the editor of the Union Time* valise by mistake. at the press convention ; swapped coats or got'cm mixed up somehow. Hut tliu devil says the editor's wife didn't write the local, either ; that /(< was about when that pictur' was taken. ?Xcicbtrri/ Xeics. Natural thought for his friends ; but we took good care nut to let any "seedy-looking" I'M it or got bold of our valise, onjthat occasion ; besides, the l'.ditor of the Xars is almost as good looking as we arc. It's our hat?either of tlie four? that adds beauty to the phiz, and we sincerely regretted that we had not taken them all with us on that mountain trip, to supply the three Newberry Kdilors with one each after the mountain breezes blew theirs all among the leaves ami trcescs. Clark must be an imaginative photographer to make any one of the South Carolina Kditors nsjgood looking as we arc; but there's no accounting for the freaks of taste and science. ? - o ? For tin- Times. Tho It an nor Sunday School. Mr. Kim ton:?1 will now give you tho facts about that banner Sunday School," as promised in my last : The Klbfihcl Sunday School was organized in At ril lSTo?J. It. JcU'erics Superintendant?ani has been discontinued only for two months, January and February, in each year. It has averaged about seventy-live enrolled scholars, most of whom were regular attendants. They have studied tho international Sunday school lessons in about sixty copies cf papers distributed weekly, most of which have been paid for by the school?each pupil during the fall of the year depositing a nickel monthly to he used the next year. The school is non-sectarian, although at a ltaptist church, and owes much of its prosperity to this fact. It is, also, doing a missionary work, by sending many copies of their Sunday SchooPpnpers to the little Indian children of the far West. It does one good to see the "1 Iftlc ones" and the hoary head of Hit years, gathering nil llio K.ibbnlb In ln.nrn (if <Jnd (....I It makes us feel a Simeon did when lie Most the infant .lesus. Tlio school has a marked influence on fhc neighborhood, for good, ami will hear perfect fruit in tho future. Mow to pet the massos ami especially church ineinhers, connected with the Sunday School, is and lias Leon a problem over which the minds of those actively engaged m the Sunday School work have been poring from the days of .Mr. Hubert llaikes till the present time. Wo will give y:it Superintendent Jcflcrios, last plan : lie asked as many as fell disposed to do so, to join what lie terms an "honorary" class, the individuals comprising it agreeing to read some portion of the liihlu daily ami to report mice a month the number of chapters read. There are ahout |0 enrolled iiicmbers-of this class,scTrral of whom report over one hundre I chapters read per month. The purchase of an Organ has been a subject of discussion in the school for two or three years, and after service on lslSaldialh in April, the I'aslor, l!cv. W. I,, brown, introduced the subject to the congregation, and sifter remarks by the Superinlendaiil, who sai l "that an Organ was actual necessity to make the School it sue cess," a subscription was prevented to the air ...iivc nil'. imi11 mil' iiiiniirci miliars was given f?r the o'jecl. The Organ will Imuglit ;ii oriro mill is being use.I every Sabbulli morning in tlie school. Our country homo-ma 1c iiiusiei.ins may n?-t give llio/owy touches llril a certain Oyle of | e i|i]e might ir. |ii 11I.ill fur %r- I. u!'l fa III iiie I * suiil-ilirriujf, nnisie we are ivil'ing '<i risk comji? t111.iii wuli any oilier elioir in Hie tVjuuly. Having eoiii ri I hi I vl ho largely In ilie jilviisiiic of ih>i ami hi-i ftI'.ii lin 'I former article, I f ! j.i I |. I lly || ij.j.y. I.m I.K 11 \| For tin- Tiuics. Oood Rains?Present System of Farming. Goijukysvii.i.k, July 1!7tli. 187'd. Mil. Eoitou :?On Friday lust wc were blessed with nn excellent rain i'i this coiuiuuiiity nnd . think it was a general rain throughout the upper portion of the county. It lias been sliowerery since, thercforo real fine growing weather. Hut we fear it has come too late for upland corn, as some is too fur Spent to*6vive? however jyeat a quantity of rain may come. There arc plenty^ of acres in this neighborhood tlint will not maks^ we venture to any, a bushel to the nerc, consequently, there will be plenty of corn buyers next year. It is hard to tell just now what the cotton crop will do. The weed is small, but very full ; but with a continued wet spell, we fear it will throw off all except growu bolls, and therefore make the crop short. If the farmers of this country do not adopt a better system of planting and working their crops they may expect to need rain every summer, and may also expect always to make short crops. Ours is certainly a scientific and noble calling and, I expect, the worst abused profession known to man, especially in this part of the country. And why is it so? Simply because i wo do not try to get out of the old rut that our forefathers trod in a hundred years ago. The t country was fresh then and would yield good ? crops with ordinary cultivation, but now it is worn f out and we will have to adopt a new system cn tircly, or go to some other seaport town where ! we can get fresh land ; but if we stay in the old > rut much longer we will not be able to get there, i Let me give you an idea of how we prepare our land for cotton: First, we taken very large old fashioned twister plow and throw two furrows, with the wimrside. i together, leaving a ridge underneath about ten inches wide. This we call ridging or Hopping. We then go nfter the "best Guano in the market" and store it away in some good dry place, for it loses its strength, the;/ say, if it gets wet. About that time w<* are ready to give some merchant a ' Lien (that is the right name, for we always get the lam side) on that crop which wc arc making Mil oil airefttlpreparation to plant. The first tiling wc buy is a straight shovel plow?one that will go at least three inches deep in the ground, for wc believe in deep plowing?then with it wc spli^ out the little ridge on which the old stalk stands. Now wc are ready to put in the best Guano, which wc do with' anything wc get our hands on, ami the first thing, generally, is an alder ' stick, with the p'.th pushed out, and an old gourd for a funnel. Soino of us like the stick better than the "West Distributer," as wc can use it better in windy weather ; in fact wc don't like any of those new fangled machines. Now the old twister is put back and wc go through the same (lopping process, and thus, you sec, we arc ready to plant, having our lauds well prepared?in a horn. Now, how will it be at the end of the year ? The answer is simple: We will make about enough to pay the Guano and Lien Dills, lacking about ten dollars, for it wil\ never come out eTcn. Thus wc goon, and wind up our alfairs finally at Sheriff's sale. We hope litis state of things will soon cease nn?l that wo will strive to make the profession t f farming a noble one, in deed and in truth. We have so many ideas of farming on the brain that we came near forgetting to inquire about out little jerms. What has become of him ? 1'lcaso ask him to give us his ideas on farming. 1SIG IKE. ? Fort ho Times. Tho Crops?-Roligious MootingsJ ox ksv i i.i.k, July doth 187'.'. Mtt. KiMTott :?1 thought I would withhold my pen awhile from newspaper correspondence, but you request some one in each Township to give you a statement of the crop prospeets, &c., and for one that has not traveled over the Township and seen for himself it is a difficult task, for you may enquire of your neighbors and their statements will all be different; but I will try, from what I can gather, to make tin average of the statements uid frame a report. In the first place, every one knows tiris has been an exceedingly dry year, until a few days since, and corn on upland in many places looked as if it could not make anything. The tassels were dead, and very often the lop, Intt since the rains set in it lias revived bcyoml all expectation and it may yet make at least a half a crop or, perhaps, more. That on the bottom lands is, of course, in much better condition, hut in many instances it has suffered for rain an it would not be safe to count 011 more than two-thirds of a crop from that; so, all together, corn must bo scarce in this neighborhood next year. Cotton is smaller than at the same time last year, but it is well tilled with fruit to the top, and it has taken on a powerful growth since the rains, and if it holds on to what it has got and grows and fills as it grows, it may yield a full crop, but all farmers know that it is hard to tell what cotton is going to do until it is mnturod and opened, Gardens gave out entirely, but they arc rc^ covering somewhat. Fruit is very scarce and sorry. Times arc really hard just now, but next year it must certainly bo worse. Some men predict the hardest year we have seen for many, tint as wc are having an abundance of rain let us hope for 1 be better. The I'.aptist denomination at tbis place held' a series of meetings last week and closed with three additions to the church. Tim Mcmlciihall, from tirccuville, was with tlieni ami labored faithfully. lie delivered two sermons each <lay, except, one, from Sunday until Friday. Kcv. Win. Foster ami the pastor, U. S. Anderson, were piesent only p?rt of llietiine'I'lie Methodists begun a meeting on la?t Saturday ami it is progressing yet with a feeling of s inn: interest. The. Iters. Messrs. I'lunehard,. of Charleston, tj. M. |i..yd ami .1. It. Wilson, have all boon laboring with I lie pastor in thinmooting, and on to morrow J. M. Carlisle, the I*. I',., will 1m- present to lend his help. Who knows hut .lone-ville may yet he a place noted for its piety. So inolc it he. II, Cotton is indeed no longer king. The stalislii s for the eleven months, end ng May ::t?. show that lor the first time in the history of l the country the exportation of bread-lulls has 4 I o*1*..f led i'i value not only lh it < f cotton hit' i f j e tton ati I t ib.ieo') combined