Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mooted to ^OT^ttoir*, ioltiqullur*, Rowing, and th^ jjurrwt <Wf*m1 it VOL. X.?New Series! Illlllllll II l ill I III Ml III IlliW^V^IIII II I'l'l'll' '" ' i GRAND FAL A p. M: C( Goods Cheapt Ladies Cuffs' and Collars, in Great ^ Varieties, at 25c., worth 75c. A large assortment of Ladies' Neck Tios, at from 5c. upwards. | TOWELS AT 5 CENTS. LiuIIoh4 5 Itiitton Kid <4 loves, but ftliglitly (liiiuiiRcd, 2f5c, * Ladies' Shoes and Gaiters, at 75c. and upwards. A Full Line of Children's Shoes : and Hose. i I i \ Ladies' Dress Goods, Merinos, Alpacas, &c. K. W . P K llOIVAL,j EAST END OF COLUMBUS STREET, CIIAIIL KSTON, s. C. DOOKS, SAKIIKK A.Mi- ULIXDM, FRAMES, MOULDINGS. BRACKETS, MANTELS, Ac. * COMPETITION DEFIED AS TO WORKMANSHIP, MATERIAL AND PRICE. AGENT FOR Wolf's Magic Blind Hinge and Fastener, BY WHICH outside Window Blinds or Shutters can be opened or closed from the inside of the room without raising the Sash, thus avoiding cold draughts or exposure to rain. The Shutters arc not only opened, but arc fastened back by the same motion, and they arc unfastened, closed and fastened in by the same method. W. A. NICHOLSON, Agent, at Union, 0. If. ^ Aug '22 o4 Riu A. IRWIN'S sroxi 3 0, Opposite the Unicn Hotel. ? DEALER IN? DRUGS AND MEDICINES, faints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye-Stuffs, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Toilet Soap. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Shouler Braces, Trusses, Sponges, Letter Paper, Pens, Ink, Envelops, Glass, Putty, Carbon, Kerosene Oil. Chimneys, PUIti: n iM S (Iml I,|<|lIOKfl" ? ru iv ? 3IKDIOAL PUHPOSI'JS. i TM>ysiciniiH* Prescription* carefully compoundel uti< 1 Order* answered willi Cure and |)i<. patch. The Public will find my Slock of MIicincs Complete, Warranted (ienuino anil of (lie Best (duality. Medicine at all hours of the night and cn Sunday. Sep o 30 tf SIMMONS' LIVER MKIUCINKS ami Pills. For Sale by B. F. UAWI.X, Solo Agent No 1 Fast I'niun. <>jl. 17 4J It' ,L OPENING - T V *~ \ ) HEN'S! 3r Than Ever. :o: I GENTS BOOTS AND SHOES. ?T Gent's Furnishing Goods, Shirts, Drawers, Socks, Suspenders, Men and Boys' Hats. A FINE STOCK OF READY MADE CLOTHING, CaMHimcrcs), .Touiih, CALL AND EXAMINE MT AXI> PRICES. P. M. COHEN. Sep 19 .18 if Fall and Winter Goods l'Olfc 1879. ^T7*E are now in receipt of a large Stock ot FALL AND WINTER GOODS Einb' cing every line requisite for the supply of our trade, which have been selected with great care, and we propose to sell on the most reilsotiiihle TVrills. We invite an inspection, feeling confident that we are able to compete successfully with neighboring markets, in Styles, Qualities Jam! Prices. I'LIIC/IASK/IS WII. L FIX J) A FULL SUPPLY OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, Clothing, IftatM, Miocm. t;rnc(vrio?i. lliirdwnro, Ac., Ac. CALL AND EXAMINE OUK GOODS. Rice & McLure. Oct :: 40 (f Marble Work! I HAVE A EAHUE STOCK OF PLAIN MARBLE WORK O 11 AN I), WlireII I WILL SELL A T | VERY LOW PRICES, Hanging from <j* | OO to $Kt5 00 por Soli. LKTTKItlNO $3 I'KR 100 I.KTTKI.S, I am prrj>i>rf(I ill oil li/nr* In Moke On Short Large Ornuitc and Marble Monuments. . A FULL COLLECTION OF DFSUi S ON UA U. W. \. \MIIOI,SO\. Anj 2'J '70 "4 )y Farms to Rent. IOFFF.lt to rent to responsible parties the lands belonging to (lie estate of Mrs. K. M. I Uice. I'pon it e.glit or ten good one-horse farms j can I'D made. I will rent tin; land a* a whole ! or in small farms. Proposals received until the 1st day of No[ veniber next. It. It. It.WVI.S, Kxecutor. Oct. 11 11 4t lO.OOOlbs. Dry Hides Wanted, I jit )H which the highest market price will lie II paid, by J. II. ItOlXiKK. July '.'5 30 if COW PEAS WANTED by It. r. IIAW 14. Oct. IT 12 tr WHAt 18 COTTON W0BTH1 j A Qnation that Deeply Concerns the Soul ' The following remarks relative to tl value of cotton in the prosperous times, c which the world's trado is again cuterioj are contributed by a wcll-kuown nierohat and authority on cotton, and we aubui them to our readers for whatjhej4(4Port without accepting thou) at WMlty express iug our own views. They raise* a highl uupvi lam, question, auqxny ot out rcatlei who may desire to cluo^lftc it may cousid cr our space at their disposal. What is cotton vrt>rth"l^ prosperous times The fact that the world'sanuual production of cotton has each year'fallen below th consumption Tor live yearS makes the abov question unusually interesting, if not pei ploxing to all who are interested iu the trade ' lasted Now that the depression is past and even thing is returning to autc-pauic values, wha is to be the price of cotton, which is so re uiarkablc an exception to the laws that seen to have governed the production and con suuiptiou of all other articles? Iu wheat there is a temporary scarcity, owing to bai harvests, but everybody expects to see this righted next season. Not so with cottou The four last seasons have been more nearly faultless than any lour ever known in sue cessiou. It is quite certain that the cotton produC' tiou of the world can only be brought up tc the steadily increasing consumption by the stimulus of a hi?rh nrice. Unlike wheat which is grown in all the climates most cou gonial to the most enterprising and energetic races of men, cotton is ouly produced iu the most cuervatingclimates. The development of cotton culturcis slow. It never proceeds by '-leaps and bounds" under any stimulus; but still it is not exempt Iroui the laws of trade and docs respond to an advance iu price by iuereasid production. During the two years precediug the panic of 1873 the price of middling cotton iu Liverpool ranged from about 1) pence to about 11 peace, the average price being uot far from 9? pence. There was theu fully a million bales more iu the bauds of the trade throughout Europe and this country than there was at any time during the past two years. At this point most naturally arises the question, what would have been the price iu 187- and 1873 if there had been a million bales less in the world than there wan; or, in other words, if the average stocks had bceu but little more than half what they were? It may be doubted if any cotton merchant would reply, less thuu one shilling to fifteen pcuce sterling. ?u. j :? ,.i- iotq a i...?o ucuu at least three very strong '-bull" speculation*. caused entirely by the fact that the world's consumption was each year eating into from two to three hundred thousand b ilea of the reserve stocks Of course these 'speculations were not sustained, because we. bad not turned the course; trade was still on the down grade and no appr ciation in the pi ice of anything could be sustained. In the meantime stocks continue to go down, getting less e\cry year, so that, for two or three seasons it has been very dilbcult, even with depressed trade, to eke out the old crop until the new began to arrive. This year and last it was only accomplished by short time, and bj- the two earliest crops ever known and probably the earliest that wilLbc known in our time. At last, after nearly six years' d< prcssion. during which nearly everybody seemed to want to sell everything and to buy nothing, except to supply absolute needs, wo are all at once in the midst of a movement that looks like a resurrection. Industry and commerce have woke up throughout the whole world as if from a long sleep, and in the very youth and vigor of this movement we are under the necessity of reducing con sumption to bring it within the compass ol this year's crop. We have no more reserve I stock to draw upon. It is best that tin ' world should understand this at the begin ning of the season. At this point, another question calls for an answer : what price will reduce consumption within (he 1 imil required? The most sagacious may wol confess his inability to answer it. t'ndci ordinary circumstances, many might venture I .III mi.' m. I I'M V i.l/ ICilSl bU lllUIII9ClVt? I r i ? I The ciiiisuinurs of air' trailers in cotton . goods have been buying IVoin band to nioutl for years, and they began this season in s state of hunger rarely if ever known before One penny or two pence advance was sutli oient during the depression, but it may wel | be doubted if two pence at present wouli j have any influence at all on consumption It is the object of these suggestions t> raisi I the question for discussion rather than t< answer it. On the answer will depcni the answer to the other question at tin head of these remarks.? K. J. l>. in iV. ) Com. IhtHctin. ANOTIIF.lt VIEW <>E THE SAME ST 11.1 KIT. New Yoiik, October 21. To the Editor of the Commercial Jiulfrtiii While recognizing tin ability of your eor i*i* i iv it ! i' . ? ? ] respondent "T<. .1. I'., lift Set lull II III III ! article oil cut ton. published in to-day's Hut ! /rtin, I would bog to throw out a few sug j gestions. To co back a little further pcrhap ! limn most readers would think necessary ! our war of 181 - had practically the sum effect, so far as cotton is concerned, as ou late civil war. The price was driven up t an average of 2!l]d, from which it began t stc.dilv decline, and which decline wa helped by the panic of 1S1JI (caused by ou inflated paper currency.) so continued t decline, notwithstanding the more gener; and diffused use of cotton goods as an art cle of wearing appaivl, till about 181! when, owing to the discovery of gold i ('alilbrnia and Australia, and the couscquct I depreciation of the purchasing medium, general commodities beh. gan. It sflCl t?.U pretty generally con- 6 l0 i t-.lod tliai^Bbvul th*timeof the outbreak ol of the refflKo, ooUp*,. whioh bad beeu fit. T about tho Mb article of comraeroo which rc bad held if Kb after ths panic of 1857, be-jit gnn to nH?: signs of weakness, helped 0 I, doubtless mo astounding crop of 1859, w and that oBuig but Ityi begionihg of war tr ? saved it fri^K severe dacha*. Th* r=? 4 tus thus ijHrtod to it continued till the tii [. average topwsreachedid 1864, from which pi point it hajyntinued to steadily drop, and \yf ? which droJH|#t.og the past few years has pc i, been, in degree, helped by our di c panic of l?B-^eaa$ed just as the one of co c 1819, by 'tt&fibtittoos and inflated paper sti .. currency. '9kft0*fere corVpnly not wanting pe , to justify yBBjmrrespondcni intimating that w< \ j-~ >yavc ?* pros? Europe" must' wi * soon participate iu itj and the question as . to the value of cotton is therefore a natural to t and pertinent one. While granting that . consumption of raw cotton overtook produc- at , tiou, the actual spinuing requirements of io< . English machinery of the past three years, en t averaging -10,000 bales American per week. 18 j as against 00,000, would seem to iudicnto i that such rapid conversion of co'tou into inl good was uncalled forand artificially brou ;ht tin r about by the large profits made duriug the in; war, and therefore that the production of his cotton was adequate to the consumption of . goods. True, the continuous decrease in Ja ( available visible supply remains, and this eri , feature to many is nn alarming one; but sai we must not forget, 1st, that the late Egyp- ofli ' tian and East Iudia crops were very deficient, and 2d, that the introduction of catOflC M--' vim 9HIW i?uu, inc greater inciiuics CXICD- 1'I dod by the better understanding and uioro be general use of telegraphs, the increasing am use of steam navigation, and, last though luf not least, the opening of the Suez Canal in abi , 18t>9, have brought about a gcnoral cquali- F zation in supply, and therefore in values, pai which could uot previously have been ex- in pectcd. Take tho Suez Canal as au instance, isu Where previously it took say four months am for the shipment of the raw article and four ev< more for the return of the manufactured to goods, about half that time now suffices, gr< bringing the supply to that extent in a more ma available shape, besides giving the extra use ha' of the tonnage to the extent of the other liig half of the time. fri< Two other factors remain, which can by tlu no means he ignored. One is the fact that, hai owing to poor cereal crops in Europe, the tua exchanges arc ruling in our favor, and thus producing poor home trade ; and secondly, , that the very influences at work in this I? * country to produce our joyously hailed Ha "boom" in prices, caused by" the "inflow of Roi (;old, necessarily contracts the _ _r vv;l^r., r-^*?calurljf per- au< ha pa of EugUad, to that extent, and which ty facts rrill tend to compel the Hank of Fug- Ha laud to raise her rates of discount, out of of self-defence. tra In no possible way do I wish it to be iui- str; plied that I am arguing in favor of low- nil or prices. While admitting that "scuti- of incut," especially the speculative one, is a qu powerful factor in determining momentary vcl values, the universal and ever-constant law \vh of supply and demand remains and will in- cm evitably assort itself. Whether an American crop of 1879-80 for over say 5,500,000 would bo sufficient for ?he wants of the world with improving trade, is one side of P'jj the question ; that wo arc at the opening of . a season with less than 1,000,000 bales re- ^ coived or marketed, and with a likelihood, as at present indicated, of an average weekly receipt of 200,000. bales or more for ^ eight weeks, is the other side. If specula- ^ j tors choose to ?un away with sentiment alone as a guide, they mu.-t not be surprised if their great "boom" should by some pos' sibility be transformed into a boomerang. II. S. F. . ^. ha Printer's ink docs a wonderful amount of sir good sometimes. In onr last issue mention ren was made of a daughter of Isaac Sliced, of P? ! Pinevile, N. C., who left her home in com- '*" pany with ltobert Johnson, colored. With >'h the view of leading to their identification, his some particulars were given. 'J'hc desired j 's result has been affected. Having obtained j *hi some clue to their whereabouts, the father ' nr' ' of the girl, in company with the deputy ! ho sheriff of Mecklenburg County, captured j ,,,( ! the fugitives last Friday night at Mr. J. .V. I Parish's house, seven miles south of tnis j fa 1 place, where they were employed as field ' r,t 1 hands. They had been married and were co' 1 living in (he matrimonial relation when captured. The girl was taken to her Path- 011 " er's house, and the negro to Charlotte, where ' he will be tried, and in due time will doubt- ot' 1 less be visited with punishment couitnensu- it rate with the character of the crime he has 9 committed-?Hod; lHll Jlrrahl, Od. lit). ,rn j s? - 1 l'rsu On.?That boy was a true philosou phcr, who, when lie lost his kite, thought he ' would cry about it, but immediately after concluded not to, and went home whistling. a 1 When asked if he wasn't sorry to lose his treasure, ho replied: ''Yes, but 1 can't fool p" j away much time in being sorry ; I'm just i ' Rom? 1? ?":|kc a new one.ami 1 guess a bet' trr one." A great many full grown men w s liavn't learned that lesson yet. When they | have spilt their milk on the ground, they !* i sir down close by the wet spot and dilute the lost lacteal fluid with their briny tears, i s If, instead of this repining, they would "' A..I.. cl...... , t. ... IS ? i I umij ."i\uu y uiwuuuj im'jf numu nuuii iiuu ' 1,1 l' , another and a bigger cow waiting to be ' i milked. Don't skuik, because it won't , d< rt i r:,y- 0:1 o I \r ? ar ? j Mr.kctivk Okkickks.?The grant! jury in r of Hampton County do not seem to have ; T 0 | been pleased with the manner in which the j d< il i Auditor and county Treasurer of that county at 1 have discharged their duties. They say'jn I. : that a bill making nil county officers clco* I p< n j tivo is much needed, and would do away I m it j with the Executive pensioning oil' a lot of | tr a persons possessed of unt'ouarinn ideas. it 1 I < '1 "Thky Want Bayard."?Oovonor impson, of South Carolina, the successor r G?u. Wade Hnnipton, welcomed your wresponduut, aod iu answer to his inter tgatories. said : "The fact is that the Democrats in South arolina are not in favor of Tilden. They not Bavard. and think that his mlminU. atiou woeld be absolutely free froui pntty vorifism and petty ?pitc toward nuy seedu of the country. You will see great i ogress in the South within the next five 1 >ors. We have been glow in recovering, I trhaps, but those who havo studied from a i stance the difficulties wo have had to cn- ' uoter fail to appreciate them or undertnd them as they should. The Nbrthorn 1 ople aro going to work energetically, and < s intend to join with them at once to make i is the greatest ootntnorcial nation of the l ?Hd7' " i ' This Yorktowu affair, isu't it rather early t begin f" "It may sccui so, but the exhibition here Philadelphia in 1870 was several years c lubating. No; two years' time is little | ough. It must be a splendid affair in | 81." r "Ono question uiorc, Governor, of an , cresting though personal nature. Did l b Governor of North Carolina, on meet- L ; the Governor of South Carolina, repeat v i memorable words (" j, "You can rest assured that Governor i rvis knows the proper thing," said Gov- | t6r Simpson, laughing heartily, "and _ d it at the proper time. This is not an .! ciul Pillniniminili/Mi " V 1' li I I ' V_. vv...U.UUIVk?\IVII. iT . JL Jlt/ UCC uAe Sot rn Could not Choo.sk a ^ ttkh Man."?Nobody would uppcnr to f, So availublc, if availability is nu object. 0 i few men arc so fitted by high character, t, ty bearing, noble record, diktinguishcd p ility and general popularity as Thomas u Bayard, of Delaware. There is nothing s rtisan in bis polities, nothing sectional c his statesmanship ; but a broad patriot- f, i and even-handed justice to nil parties j I sections have characterized him on s iry occasion. If the South is called on t1 uatne a man for the Presidency of this u ;at Republic she could not choose a litter y II than Senator Bayard, aud she would t re to go far to find a mau who in that t ;h place would bo to her people a truer p lid and a juster judgo. To le-cstablish s Constitution and to restore peace and ^ inony between the sections lie is the ., u.?Ar. O. Times. c Tl DICIOUS WottDS ABOUT TllOMAS F. ? lYAttl).--Tliis drift in favor of Senator ( yard is not confined to the East or the p nth. It is our belief that tbj?,Wept.wiJj ^ I uiost unobjectionable leader of the par- j; in the Union. It is true that Senator j; yard has been an uncompromising enemy r tlie ''Ohio idea" and its more or less oxvagnnt offshoots, but it has been demonated that the ''Ohio idea" is not a win- > ig card, even in Ohio, and that disposes a the most serious objection to him in that li arter. Even now he is beginning to de- e up strength iu a part of the field from L ich his friends naturally expected little ?? ,'ourageuient.?Knoxville Tribune. a In the Congress of the United- States I' 're is not a man more dreaded by the op- P iition than be, and not another probably >o is so influential as a corrective and a '' eck upon a variety of proposed legislation n it originates both in the opposition party s >1 iu his own party as lie. lie arrives at ( Delusions by such clear, logical processes l' it his eonvietioris have the rugged " | cngtli of his own nature, a-id his con- 1 enco never has to sit in judgment upon u for any treason to that monitor. J1 is blic career has shone with a steady lustre, J even those who have differed from him 1 vo had to resp.ct the sincerity and ' /tiwrf )i i > I niiiwiwit iiin llit Ima Iwioii ^ u,?i" v* ( idy at all times to surrender public posin, to surrender popularity, to surrender | prospect of preferment, before lie would ^ :id in any respect the ground upon which n > solid convictions had placed him. That < the reputation he sustains to day. JI is ' nding in his party, in society, aud in the lion is not accidental. It has been as ncstly earned as the honor it confers is r idestly worn. There never was a time 1 icn the country had more need of his I1 iiisccndenl abilities and strength and pu- 1 v of purpose. We believe that what his r unlry asks him to do he will do, provided consists with honor. That, at least, is r idea of patriotism, and we arc quite sat- ' ied with Mr. Bayard's standard id' patrism and statema jship as wo understand i 1 ?Huston I'ost. *1 If now Tilden fails to elect Bobinson , vernor of New York that will throw him ( t of the list of candidates, and Bayard , mis up into prominence. There i ? no ) in in the country who would more honor ?, ly and worthily occupy the White House 1 ' an Mr. Bayard of Delaware; but the , tall delegation from his State makes it . cccdingly difficult lor liim to obtain tin; niiination of the National Convention liilo there arc so many aspirants from lar- . I" States. ? k'in'/tree Shir. I To Fasten a I'io in a Wagon oh J i f.Kl>. ? When it is desired to carry a pig I a wagon box, the animal may be secured j i the manuer described by a correspondent Kansas, as follows : Make a loop in a >uble rope, and put it around the throat ; irry tho rope over the head,'and fasten it ound the body behind tha fore-legs, leavg the two ends free over the shoulders, he pig being lifted into the wagon is held mu by fastening the ends of the rope in iy safe manner, so that the pig can not imp over the sides of th<* box. and is corndied to stay in the middle, it the pig iv ado to lie down, it can not rise when fas- j nrd, and there is n* danger of it hurting I tie If.?American Agriculturist. Toe Care of Jklj.y .and Puksjbrv*^ ?" ?Laist year's Jelly moulded frorio than any [ ever mado before, the result of kcepisg it too warm, and of nofpaatiog cover* over tlie glasses until they baa stood open for Mvotal days. They should l>c covered as soon as cold. 1 pr :fcr a conutou, plaiu,.clearglass tumbler, without patent covers of any kind, for jelly. Then, as soon as emptied sf jelly, it i9 ready to drink from, hold flowers, or as a mold for Blanc tnange or Mush. Tissue paper wet iu brandy next to jolly or jam, before covering it, iu order to preveut mould, Is not necessary, and the braudy almost always spoils the peculiar flavor of the jelly. With thin paper next to jelly (omittiog the brandy,) the mould which is so apt to grow nor the top of the fruit, can be Dolled off with tlio paper, and uot affect the jollj r be- . .. leath, bat it is better t^kaep- tbe Jelly end * preserves cool nud dry that mould would rot molest it. Jelly and Maumai.ape.?Tt is moat oiiTcnicnt with oral-apples and plums, to nake jelly and marmalade from the same ruit, and both arc the nicer for this sepaation of-juico and pulp. Ono thus Buret (jueczing the fruit juice through a jelly-bag. let the plums drain through a colander, iut the stewed crab-apples (stewed soft, nth very little water,) urc hung up in baga o drain all night. The juice is thca ready o be measured and boiled before the addiion of "pound of sugar for pint of juica" ?a scant pound for apples or plums. The ulp remaining in the bag or colandar is ubbed through a sieve or colander, to re iotc secus ana skins, and only uccding lo c boiled a short time with sugar (thrceourths of a pound or a little less, to a pound f pulp.) when it is thick and Arm euough o put away. The rule is, to use jib. ugar for 1 pound of fruit, but less is ecdcd if you put up the marmalade ?n elf scaling glass jars. These jars are so heap now that one can afford to use them or all sorts of sweetmeats, and so save a leal of trouble in their keeping. You can \Tcctcu your "preserves" lo suit your taste, iot having to depend upon an cxcessivo ise of sugar to uiake them "keep." As all ind* of sweetmeats spoil quickly after hey are opened out, ii is prudent to put hem up in small jars to be used up at 11 cc. The glass jars that hare been emptied of he earlier summer fruits may be immcditely used again in preserving later fruits, te. When you stew a small quantity of ranb'.rrics, you may as well stew enough nore to fill a jar, sweeten them ready for be table, and seal them up boiling hot. and hen you can have cranberry sauce urhjtj it IcTJty. and hard fo keep, fifl up the empty vis with nicely stewed ones, aud have them jr sauce and pies.?American Anri ultu ist. A Wasteful Interest Paid ijy Fapikks.?There is no disputing the fact that ny farm implement, be it wagon, plow, mrrow, reaper, rake, or what not, if left xposed to rain and sun for ten years, will >e practically good for nothing. We might ay in five years, but if any chodsc to cavil t five, we will say ten. Thin is ten per rent er annum ! At a cost of less flmu one icr cent, these tools can bo kept always loused, or under cover of some kind, even f but rough boards, that will shut out sun ml rain. Because vrc do not seethe silent, low, but steady, waste, we arcjnpt to forget hat it is ever going on. It is unnecessary o suggest the application of this short scrnon. Nine per cent interest saved is uot o be despised, even if better times are al land.?Jmen'can Agriculturist. Period of Gestation.-Beginning with he largest of animals?and there appears o be a relation between size aud period of cstation?we have the following table as he average of many records : llephaut ...20-23 months, hoar 0 Mtnths. iiral!c 14 " Sheep 5 " itis 12 " !So\r 4 " lore 11 " i Dog 2 " 'ow itj ?? Cut... 1 jj " leintleer... 8 " |lt:ibbit I " tunkey... 7 " jGuincn l'ig 3 \Yeeka. This period is subject to considerable vaiation, especially in the case of the douicsic animals. The brood, size of animal, icrcditary and other and unknown, or parially understood, conditions modify the peiod of which the above are the averages. Slm.imiatk ok Ikon for Urate Mir.?k\v.?Dr A. W. Saxe, of South Clara, 'ah, has reported to the California Acadeny of Science to the cflbct that he has made i thorough trial of Copperas (Sulphate < f Iron) as a remedy for grape mi'dew and ;rapc rot, with marked success. A Rolution >f Copperas, four pounds to five gallons of .valor, is made, and applied to the trunk and .tranches of the vine, tiny being previously tcraped to remove all loose and dead bark. I lie matter is worthy tho attention of grnpe; rowers troubled with the mildew.?Amcri'iin Agriculturist. S.Mt'T in Corn.?Smut is poisonous, or it lonst very injurious, nnd care should be taken to prevent it beinc eaten with fodder. It is becoming very common in corn. Ft might be well to pass through the corn field with a sharp krifc and a basket, and cutoff all the bunches of smut and smutty cars, and carry them out uhere they may ho burned. As one squaro inch of surface may contain F.OOO.O'lO spores of smut, and every spore is capable of producing a smutty plant, it is important to destroy every ball of smut. - ? At the Vorktown celebration last wrok a "bhrstcd 11 inglishman," after surveying the situation ar<d surroundings, said, "I ci.n well understand imw why Lord Cornwa'.ls surrendered Vorktown. If I owned such a place T would give it up myself."