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Hereafter, the present system _ of impoverishment of lands, of wear and * tear of mind and body, of exhaustion of ^ ' -resources and ciedit, and of ultimate bankruptcy and ponury, is to be supplanted by ^ nAW BL'utjini Kit oliinli /> 1 ? ? ?" w J ) WJ n iiivii uui n ui U uuv huu abandoned lauds are to bo restored to fertility, our dejected energies to be stimulated y into active and hopeful effort, happiness ~ >' and fortune to be restored to ourselves and children, and prosperity and glndncss again to smile upon our prostrate and languishing kgF country. A great work, to be sure, as every tejp ^. body will say; but one wrodght out by a ^^^Tife of arduous labor, aided, by a rare combination of talent and opportunity. And this new system has been inaugurated by our chemist, Dr. St. Julien llavena), through the instrumentality of his oornpound, called Ash Element. /ust as the greatest and mast useful inventions in mechanics are always the most simple, so that oven u child can understand and uso them, so it is in every other affair of life ; tho most useful and effective things are always simple and easily understood, so that from their very simplicity, indeed, they often escape our observation. The operations of nature, so fur as they concern us practically, are plainly to bo understood ; but it wo attempt to penetrate beyond this, we fiud ourselves involved in innvtvi/miK)o iliflionlt iao Iii?? ?It uuavi ivuv'iv UlUlViUlblUO. l^ut UltfllUU^U tuu mind is thus eminently finite, yet it is prono to overlook things thut are near and superficial, and roaches after the remote and the profound. Wo find this tendency in agriculture as well as in other departments of industry. \ We arc digging and delviug to great depths, , often when the object of our search is just , on the surface. Ileuce we havo elaborate treatises on agricultuc, based on fanciful theories and hypotheses, ignoring plain ficts, having seemingly for thoir purpose the aggrandizement of the author rather than the advancement of agriculture. The laws of nature are inflexible, and she will serve us only as we observe her laws. Obviously, then, our study must be to find out her ways. And in the pursuit of this study wo must be governed by observation and experiment. Nature must answer our questions, and act man. For instanco, if we want to grow wheat we must learn by observation what are the wants of wheat, and so with cotton and corn. If we find that wheat wants Nitrogenous, and peas inorganic material we must supply accordingly. If we find that after wheat Nitrogen is diminished in the soil, and that after peas the soil is replenished with Nitrogen, we have gained unportaut information. \ And so we will go on and observe next t the chemical Droccsses which take nlace in the soil, by which the reaction of one ingrc- i dient upon another produces a third diverse { froui cither. Nor will we fail to observe { the vital properties of plants by which they t effect such changes iu the coustituents of t the soil as enables them to appropriate in- [ gredicnts that would be otherwise unavaila- ' bic. ; In this connection Dr. Liebig says "I, , tiave long since given up the prevalent idea | that fertilizers act in the mere capacity of j furnishing plant food, and hold that they do this ouly to a certain extent, but that t their main function cousists in elaborating | and making plant food out of ingredients found in the soil." t Now, although the pursuit of this study , is measurably within the power of every ?nan, yet to attain to a high degree of sue- f cess requires a special talent combined with f opportunity. { The talent comes by tho endowment of ? God and by education, the opportunity is by : the furnishing of man. I Now it happens by fortuitous circuuistan- | ces, that we have the combination of the | two under the most favorable conditions, | and we begiu our observations: wo find that cotton, tho cereals and grasses, will not thrive except in soil whero there is an excess of Nitrogen. At tho sumo time, we find that Lcguminoids, (peas, beans, &e.,) are indifferent to Nitrogen, but that they require minerals ?ashes, say?in other words, an Ash Elornent. Wo find that cotton, the cereals and grasses, leaves the land bereft of Nitrogen; but that tho Jjoguminoids, under this spe- ( c6c treatment, leave the laud replenished j wit Nitrogen. i Now this is a most significant fact, and it is, indeed, the key to the whole problem. By this, it wound seem, that just as in the animal kingdom, one animal is made sub servient to the life of another, so in the vegetable kingdom. As horbivorous animals are food for the Carnivorous, so Leguminous plants are meant by nature to be food for the (iramiuueious. If, then, we want to grow cereals and grasses, it follows, that we must learn how to grow Loguuiiuoids. We again resort to observation : and wo learn that Lcgumiuoids require an Ash Li lumen t, and that of a pirticular quality and composition, and with this applied, they are comparatively indifferent to the other constitutcnts of the soil. Furthermore, that Loguminoids grown without this compound, do not subserve the same good office to subsequent crops. They will improve the laud, but not to the same degreo; and their continuous use as a fertilizer, without the aid of minerals, has not been found satisfactory. Now. because Leguminoids will grow in a soil deficient in Ammonia, we must not, thereforo, suppose that they do not requit it. On the contrary, tbey arc gross feet era of Ammonia, but their nature is sue that they get their supply almost entire! from the atmosphere. In this way, the appropriate a very large amount of Ammc nia, and by a process peculiar to themselvei they (through the sap and roots) deposit i all in the ground, there to enrich the lam f>r other crops. And not only so, they als< effect such changes in the minerals that hao been applied to themselves, as to render then also more available tc subsequent crops. Now, in connection with this fact, that peas, and other Leguminoids, do thus onrict the land, we find other facts apparently con llankt -! . -L " "** v.ug?uv, via. . mai inc lenmstng capacity oft he pens is in proportion to tho luxuriarct of the vines. Also, that tho longer the growth of the peas, tho greator the amount of Nitrogen for ^"imnnii) ?tlm will supply to the soil. If, therefore, the - pern are supplying Nitrogen during a'l the time of their growth, it follows that the longei they remain on the land, the more Nitrogen will they supply; they should, therefore, bt allowed to die on the ground ; and then, if desired, they may bo turned under; or, at least, the turning under should be delayed as long as possible . It seems also evident, that tho peas can perform but one offico at a time. If they aro expected to feed the land, they cannot be expected at the samo time to serve also as food for man and beast; they must, therefore, bo unmolested. And, lastly : we observe that the benefit to tho soil is cumulative?that is, there is, year by year, more Nitrogenous matter supplied by the peas than is consumed by the following crops. So that the lands arc undergoing progressive annual improvement ?quite the contrary of tho results of agriculture as ordinarily practiced. Note the application of all this is very simple: In our experience, wheat and oats aro tlin. mr>8k nrnfifaKlo ? ./????. and Bermuda or joint grass the most profit* able summer crop. We will say, then, that we want to grow these crops. Wc have found out that certain minerals, called by Dr. Ravencl Ash Llcuieut, arc the best food for Leguminoids ind that Leguminous plants prepare food For the graminacious. To grow wheat and oats, then, we must procure the Ash Element and the Lcguuiiaoids, and apply them as directed, and our work is, in the main, accomplished. The Ash Element we have at hand. Of he Leguminoids, there are a great many varieties?some wild and some cultivated, iome growing in the winter and some in the iummcr. Of the winter-growing varieties, lie wild vetch, or rabbit pea, is the most ivttilable ; and of the summer-growing rnricties the common red or cow pea. To plant wheat and oats, select high and horoughly drained land, plow the land in May or Juue, and sow upon it about five :undred pouuds of Ash Element and two lushels peas, per acre, aud harrow both iu ogether. In the fall, when the vines have lied down, or the planting season is at land, turn them under, broadcast the seed >f tho wheat or oats, and harrow iu. Instead of turning in the vines they may >c burned off, and the seed turned in with he Nischwitch Harrow without plowing.; >r, if the vines (through their extreme luxiriance) will not die in time, and cannot ic turned under, then the oats may be sowed iroadeast upon the top of the green vines, fhe seed will in time reach the ground vhero it will find sufficient lodgment and noisture, aud upon tho vines being killed >y frost, a beautiful crop of oats will appear. The chief objection to this last plan is, hat the seed is liable to be molested by jirds and rats. All these plans will do well, hut we woultl lecidcdfi/ prefer the first ; that is tho plow ng and harrowing. To make a meadow of Bermuda Grass, select a field (if practicable) already possessed by the grass; otherwise procure a supply of the grass roots, chop them up, icattcr, them unniformely over the field lfter a rain, and plow under. Iu tho spring plow up the field, and broadcast upon it ive hundred pounds Ash Element, and two bushels peas per acre, and harrow in. Project the peas from depredation, and allow diem to dio on tho ground. Iu the fall, iow tho seed of the nativo or tho imported retch on tho surfuco. It will find sufficient sovcr in the debris of the peas. Tho vetch jrows from October to May, when it seeds abundantly, dies, and, rotting on the grouud, supplies an abundance ot XMilrogenous matter. Tho following springs, the Bermuda [?rass (tho roots of which are in the land) will take possession, and yield in July, one cutting, another in October, lu the tall apply five hundred pouuds Ash Element again to the soil, to supply tho inorganic matter taken from tho land in the crop removed. The chief difficulty in the establishment of this meadow will be the eradication of briars, grasses, weeds, &c. This may give trouble for two or throe years, but onco accomplished, your work is done, and there it remains a permanent source of income, requiring no plowing, no cultivation, only to be harvested, nnd five hundred to one thousand pounds Ash Element to bo applied annually. Can any one imagine a more delightful system of Agriculture ! The whole wearisome, vexntious, expensive, and profitless work of the yoar, as agriculture is now practiced, resolving itself into the one operation of hurvostinc. The advantages of these crops aro that the preparation, cultivation, and harvesting are attended with but little expense, and it all can bo done by machinery ; the grain supply for the year is made in the winter, and thus the entire labor of the Hummer can bo devoted to cotton, &c. Wc aro, in a great measure, independent of labor and of the seasons. Wc utilir.e lands which arc otherwise worthless. Our lands arc, year ?= , , 1 1 I , 1 1 iu'ff e by year, becoming richer and more valuable. 1- The auiouot of Nitrogenous matter supplied h to the soil by this process is many times y greater than can be supplied at the same y expense by any other means. And, fiuallj, ?- the crops themselves are eminently rcmuni, erntivc. t The yield, in onr'oxperience, is, of wheat, i twenty to thirty bushels to the aero ; of oats, , AO.. !- - ? ? ?" * * l? unjr mi sitijf uiuoeig j ana 01 Bermuda hay, e Four tons. i With greater experience in the adaptation of this system, these yields can no doubt be t increased. i The Bermuda grass hoy is easily ourcd and easily kept. It is superior in nutrient r properties to Northern hay, and is preferred i by horses to any other, it, therefore, rea) dily commands the best price. i If it is not desired to raise hay, the vetch I and lWimnln, in >haia pa I nish a luxuriant atnl Ytofe pnct??r? VJC ) and sheep during the entire year. : In the preparation of laud for cereals the l Rebel and Tory Pea are recommended as > the best. Thoy aro vigorous growers, with ' a long tap-root which loosens the soil cigh, teen inches dowu ; the seed remains in the i ground from autumn to spring without injury, and may, therefore, be sowed in the fall, with wheat, oats, &c., to succeed these crops in the spring. The seed, too, is very > small. The Ash Element is also an excellent fertilizer for cotton and tobacco, and for orantje and other fruit trees and grapes. It may be used as above, or else applied alone, or composted with cotton seed or stable manure, 200 to 300 tbs. per aero. And finally ice tcould caution our patrons 1 against an impression which seems prevalent 1 among some of them, viz : that they can I make a compound of their own which will 1 subserve the same purpose as our Ash Ele- ' ment- Even granting that they know the ingredients of our Ash Element (which we 1 doubt) they cannot know the proportions. * The formula was originated by l)r. llavcuel 1 and is known only to him. And even grant- ^ ing that the materials are all identical, the ' resultant compound to the discriminating ( perceptions of a plant may be totally different, just as with the same materials one ( doctor may make a curative and another a * poisonous mixture, and one cook a palatable I and another a nauseous dish. And even after getting the materials of s the best quality, and in proper proportions, it is of great importance that they be thor- J oughly incorporated, (so that the reactions J previously spoken of may take place,) and 1 this can be accomplished to advantage only ( by machinery specially adapted to the purpose. 1 Otherwise, if imperfectly done, you may * be treating .one sulk ?" - ,WUJ, ? alkali, another to acid, another to lime, and J so on. and thus iniure the plants and destroy/ 1 the whole usefulness of the compound. To use the simile above, it would be like a pie with all the meat on oue side, tho mustard on auothcr and the salt on another--not very palatable. Another important consideration. AH the materials for this compound arc bought by our Presidents, under the supervision of Dr. Ravencl, and every possible precaution is used to get them pure and of the best quality. .* ???? Death Struggle Between a Cat and a Rattlesnake.?About three weeks ago, during the beautiful sunny wcatbei we have had which induced the trees to bud and bloom, I was walking in my garden one morning, thinking about preparing for an early starting for spring vegetables, when I saw a largo rattlesnake sunning. My first impulse was to go to the house, get a gun and kill it. But looking around, I saw a very large house cat cautiously creeping upon the reptile. Anticipating a fight, and equally desirous of getting rid of the cat, which killed chickens, I coueluded to witness his attack upon the snake. The cat crawled upon its stomnch, pulling along on its feet, whisking its tail from side, to side, and every now and then stretching its neck to view the snake. When about eight or ten feet off the snake suddenly coiled up, sprung, its rattle, faced the cat and darted its forked tongue out rapidly. The cat commenced a rapid circle around th > snake, so fast in fact that the eyes could hardly keep up with it. At last it got near enough and made a dart at its enemy, but through providential reason it went high abovo the snake, which also struck at tbc cat, thus breaking its coil. The cat went too far and by tho time it had turned to faco its foe, tbe reptile was again coiled and ready for the attack. The saute method was adopted and carried on for four or five times, occupying at least half an hour. The cat wished to catch the snake, but seemed awnre that if it utisscd tho neck it would bo certain death. At (he sixth assault they Diet and | instantly the snake was wrapped in several ( folds around the body of tho cat, which used its sharp claws with deadly effect.? The cat had been bitten 011 the head and neck several times, and both continued to fight Tho snako was torn nearly to shreds, but did not unloose its coil nround its victim. The poison was swift and deadly, but before the cat died it caught tho snake's head in its mouth and crushed it, and fighting they died, tho snuko enwrapping the cat in its coils. The snake monsured four feet eight inches and had thirteen rattles.?American (?7<i.) Republican. As they sat upon tho steps he claimed the right to a kiss for every shooting star. She at first demurred, as bccamo a modest maiden, but finally yielded. Sho was even so accommodating as to call his attention to flying meteors that wore about to escapo his observation, and then got to "calling" him on lightning-bugs, at last got him down to steady work on the light of a lantern that a man was swinging at a depot in a distance where trains were switching. Kessiak fly. Tn nH^Hat) report of tho Pennaylvftnid^^^^H. Agriculture, Prof. S."8. Rathroj^^H^Kftster county, has tho following M^Bof the characteristics of the greefl^^^Hhe wheat grower 1. Tbu^^^Herating weight of evidtooe see ma to |^^Ktk? Heeeian fly ( CeciJomyiae was introduced * into America iContinent of Europe during the Revolution, or about one hundred )^Hi. 2. It family of "Gall Gnats," bolonging^^Ktorder of Diptera, which includes a^Hpiou two-winged flies. 3. Therw V least hco brnoda in the i latitude ftf^^^Blvaaia; and further south * - or more oroous, owing to longer seAi? ( earlier springs, Inter su- ( iHOiinp aaHHn rapid development. jjigjM : unrtmmreiruuq ' ?deposits its eggs on the blndes of the young , wheat during the months of August and ( September, and some retarded individuals may delay it even into the month of Octo . ber. 5. This deposition of eggs by tho second brood lays the foundation for the first brood, which will make its appoaranoe in fly form at the end of April or the beginuing of May, r the following season. 6. The fl8t brood deposits its eggs on the ' young wheat, rye, barley, or oats, during J the month of May; its first preference be- * ing wheat. 7. The eggs thus deposited by the first r brood develop the second or summer brood, G which makes its appearance in August and September in the fly form, whin it deposits tl jggs on any young wheat that may be above V ground, or, in the absence of wheat, it mi- F jrates, or deposits on other cereal vegeta- h ion. # c 8. As this is really the only brood that i< t is necessary to circumvent?for with its j lestruction a subsequent brood would be Bl in possible?therefore farmers should har- p rest as early as possible, leave a long stub>l? :? J?i- J ? 1 miu ii uct-pij uurru wnu a suusouer, >r burn it off with fire. Jl 9. If they neglect or decline to do this, ?j hen they should not sow the full crop beore the 15th of October, and if the crop tl iroves "backward," then bring it forward by 81 ertilizcrs and cultivation in the following D pring; or, te 10. If they have not done this, and the u irop is found to be badly infested, then turn w t under with the plow, hnrrow it and roll B< t, and put in a crop of spring wheat the icxt season. ai 11. By the first of December the fly, or ni ather the maggot, the first, or winter brood w rill have assumed the impervious "flaxseed" ac ?uTd tKiff'fofni-n. s, s able to stand the rigors of the severest tt vintcr. r 12. By the 1st of November, and still t nore so by the first of December?if the ni lutumn hus been favorable to the growth c, >f the wheat?the Hessian fly, iu whatever jj brni it may be at that period, (excepting (l he possible fly-form,) will be located on the ifalk sufficiently far above its original loca,ion to fall a prey to sheep or cattle that ^ nay be put to pasture in the wheat fields. Therefore, if the wheat is vigorous enough a o bear this pasturing, and is still infested >y the fly, in this manner enough of them ri nay be destroyed to obviate the necessity 8 >f turning the crop down with the plow, 11 ind a reasonable yield may be the result. ? 13. If any liquid, dust or powder should 01 >6 used to kill the young lurva of the fly J ?whether those known now, or those that c: nay be discovered hereafter?they should I )o applied before the inscet assumes the n laxseed form; for, as that cooditiou seems si \o be expressly designed for the protcotion y )f the insect from contingencies and casual- b ,ics, after that period external applications p ;ould have but littlo effect. 14. All precautions, interventions, or ex- ? ernai applications should be simultaneous T ind genera) in the insect-infected district, j, >r the results can only bo partial, teuipora- t] y, and limited or local. 15. By cutting the grain close to the . ground many of the summer brood are carded to the barn or stack, beyond the reach >f remedy, and from which the fly would * ;mcrge before it is threshed, (and might jven pass through a machine without inju- G y,) and in this manner it has been circula- 1 :ed throughout the country.?Lancatfcr, w Farmer. ^ > Catciiino iIawks.?Some one recently t, iskcd Fanny Field and others, how to keep \( hawks from carrying off chickens. My ? plan is to catch the hawks. Being much f innoyed by them, I set a steel trap on top , jf a polo, set upright in the ground, and ? have caught, the last year, 17 hawks and 5 ^ nvls. Set tho trap on a pole C or 7 feet high, in tho open field, 100 or 200 rods from the houso. No bait needed. Traps I 1 use cost 35 cents apieco. I wish all farm- c era would try this. I have no doubt that n farmers lose annually 85 each, from hawks c and owls, to say nothing about the destruction of quail and partridge, and othor game. 1 At first glanco this seems a small matter, 1 but in the aggrogato it is thousands of dol- 1 lars. I Old Ike Aroused.?"Look hea, Han- " ner, you an' me's bin gittiu' 'long fo' nigh onter fawtyyear aud ain'tavor had a fussyit, 1 but ef obor I ketohos you poaliu' tators an' ucrapiu' dc hair offen pigs feet ag'in wid | my razer, I'll wipe de kitohcn flo' up ho ' clean and sliok wid you dat the cat can't ' stan' on it. Now you heah Ike a prcachin' ' tcr ycr, an' if you 'spec' ter go tcr hebbcn wid my good will don't you pester my razor 1 any mo'. Han me dem mushroom." And ' Hannah pushed the dish of fried hogs ears I over to the excited lord and lit out for the ] kitchen, whero she commenced a waltz and sang : < "An ho used to scrub dc handle 1 Ob de big front doah." -l- - i-. ? -- - -jj i g gg? bemiiiiscexcss of i OANE GREEK OHUROH. ? Somt Tradition* and RecoUrction* of tke Prttby- 1 trrian ChurrJk, known at Cant Crttk, m I mon County, S. C. By Rtv. J. II. Satc. * The people first settling In the country be? tween Droed end Enoree Rivers, in the southern seotion of Union County, were of different religious persuasions. It is sertein that some of theee were Preebyteriens ; es, for instance, the ^ Ottersoos, Hamiltons and Gordons, on Tyger ^ river, about Hamilton's Ford; the Savages, ^ Hughesee, Brandons, Kennedys and Youngs, _ about Brown's Creek and Broad river. Samuel ' McJunkin, Esq., settled on Tinker Creek, Dee., a' 1756 ; James Otterson was on Tyger river the W ?me year. (See McAdcn's Journal in Foot'* ' tkctchea of N. C., and iu Howe's history of | Kxxj * " The first place of worship used by Presbyterians was Union church?so called because ised in common by Episcopalians and Presbyte ians before the Revolution?situated about it ire miles eastward of Union C. II. Soon after he war the Presbyterians erected a house of ^ vorsliip known as Brown's Creek, two and one- ^ islf miles from the Village, on the Pinckney oad. Of this church Samuel McJunkin, Joseph ^ dcJunkin, Wm, Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, Christopher Brandon, Abram McJunkin and ohn Savage are known to have served as Elders, ^ nd perhaps others. The Presbyterian) population along the Enoee and Trscr rivers had a place of worshin below loshcn llill, known as Grassy Springs Church. ^ lo Presbyterian Pastor is known to hare set- ^ ed in Union County before 1794, when the Her* ^ Fillinm Williamson became the Pastor of tho ^ air Forest church. In addition to his services i that congregation he also supplied the Brown's reek and Grassy Spring churches to greater er as extent. Before that period the people were epeudant for gospel ordinances upon occasional ^ iipplies. These supplies were mostly by resellers sent out from the North by the Synod FNew York and Philadelphia, then the highest idicatory of the Presbyterian church in the pj luntry. As population advanced ministers set- ^ ed in adjacent counties, prior to the Revolu- ? on, as, for instance, the Rev. William Rich- ^ rdson in Lancaster, Rev. Joseph Alexander, D. ., in York and the Rev. John Simpson, in Chesir. These ministers were not only active and talous in their respective congregations but ^ ere a kind of general missionaries in all the ^ ittlcmentg westward of their fields of labor. ? Be Among others who settled between the Broad ^ id Saluda rivers was a considerable commu- ? Foi ity of Friends, or Quakers. Their settlement as made at a very early period, and extended :rcss the country from Fish Dam ford to the ^ nines" consptcuSuff ~ltn61rg>*?wi*.l'8ioklf *** ^ lerc?as the Friends have been generally rerywhere?an industrious, orderly people.? ^ hey built two houses of worship?Cane Creek Qr ad Pnget's Creek. About the end ef the last jje sntury they began moving to Ohio. They dis- rCj ked some of the laws and usages of this ceun- gft y and they moved off pretty much in a body, irly in this century, to Ohio and Indiana. mc The building called Cane Creek church, was th( Tered for sale and bought by Spill Glenn, with Tjc lav Ia ilo rnmnlll fur ? K?rn An ?rr*n OTP ",n *v ? ? o- crt lent woa made by sundry citizens to buy Glenn's uo ght and let the house remain as a place of wor- ( lip, which was effected. The men concerned in lis transaction, principally, were Major Samuel jnf Iterson, James Dugan, Esq., probably Elders f Grassy Spring Church, Major Joseph Mc- p0 unkin, Abram McJunkin, Elders of Brown's jnj reek church, James Jeter and William Ilobson. wa It was presently occupied by several denomi' SOf utions?each setting up a claim of right. This pr( ate of ihing3 continued till some twenty-five re( cars ago, when referees decided that the Pres- of yterians were the legitimate owners of the jg roperty. fte Whether a Presbyterian church was ever for- jnj tally organized at Cane Creek is to me unknown, q he more probable supposition is that it grew ito existence as an organized church, rather jj, inn so constituted by Presbyterial action. jj As has been before stated, the Rev. Mr. Wilamson preached to the nearest churches. He te( cmoved from the Country in 1804 or 1805. He as succeeded at Fair Forest by the Kev. Daniel ray, who also ministered at Brown's Creek and 8U irassy Spring Churches till his death ia 1815. gp le was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph Ilillhouse, j ? rho, also supplied Brown's Creek and, perhaps, Irassy Springs. In the time of the services of ir. millions.', a house was built in Unionville o take place of Brown's Creek. Mr. Ilillhouse - ? ^ , .. SP eii rair rorcsi ciiurcn nuu piucus cuuuecicu jj dth it, probably in 1822. Afler his removal, ^ air Forest was supplied by the Iter. Mr. l'or er, whose residence was at Cedar Hprin&s, in ^ ipnrtanburg. He probably was very little in jjj Jnion below that church. About that time, Mr. Chesney, a Licentiate, j,] irobably of some Presbytery in the middle States, y( ante to Unionville, and engaged in teaching ; h< dso in preaching at Unionville and Cane Creek Ii iiiurches. at His reputation was very high for scholarship la md pulpit eloquence ; but seems to have been m rery defective in common sense and moral sta- ut ulity. He studied Law and was admitted to jracticc at Union. He was somewhat intemper- *a tie in his habits and was soon repudistod by the 111 Church. He went to Alabama and rose to eminence at the bar and on the bench. RF Just about that time the cause of religion was (really injured by the sooial custom of drink- |e ng. One minister was deposed from the mina. t . I a. s? i a a 01 stry soon auer no ien union lor uruukenness, but whs finally restored. The Re*. J. B. Kennedy, of Laurens, appears to have preached a part of his life at Grassy w Spring church and perhaps at other points in ? the County, either as stated or occasional sup- g( Mj- " ni The Rev. Daniel Lewis Gray became pastor of a| of Fnir Forest church about the year 1829, and (j nlso began preacliing at Cane Croek and other p points about tlie same time. He had talent, teal 2 Mid energy in the cause of Christ. It was nnler his ministry that Cane Crash appears to bars assumed the characterises of a distinct organlation?before it was a sort of suffix of Breton's Veek and Grassy Springs. It now made progess in numbers and efficiency. Mr. Gray caried the war into Africa in the matter of social Irinkiog. Drunkenness had invaded and demorliied the best fhmilies, but he allowed no trace rith the destroyer. It was under his ministry hat Union District was transfered from the outh Carolina Presbytery to that of Bethel, he name of Unionville or Brown's Creek was ropped from the roll and Cane Creek was treasured. His ministry in this County, terminated bout 1882. He removed .to West Tennessee, nd labored in that State and others till about B62, when ho died in Arkansas. He was succeeded by the Kev. Jeptha Ilarrirte rtfUtriiM nWytth" as a ileciUed success in both congregations? ipecially so At Cads Creek. The number of lditions was considersble And thegenerml mersl ifluence was good. He was Assisted At a esmpecting by the Iter Daniel Baker when theJe* rs And Hobsons were bronght into the church, ut owing to some misunderstanding the cells mt up were not accepted by Mr. Harrison, and i left the congregation?I think in 1884. Dr. J. C. Jeter and Berry Jeter, who had been ade Elders, with their fen iliee joined the iptlsts; and the Dr. turned out te preaching cording to the faith and order of that deimination. About the beginning of 1888, the Rev. Aarrn illiams began to supply Cane Creek church r half his time. His ministry continued till e end of 1838. Up to this time the Elders of e church had been M^jor Samuel Otterson id James Dogan, Esq. At this time Mgj. Jos* h MoJunkin, Abram McJunkin, Jehn Steen d Stephen Johnaen?the two latter removed, d R. O. Hobson and T. J. Steen, were eheeen fill their places. In 1839 the Rev. James n. Saye was elected stor of the nni'.ed congregations of Fair For* I and Cane Creek. He was then a member ef int River Presbytery, and paster of the Me inough church, under the care of that body. regular atepa were taken for hie transfer to thel Presbytery, with a view to hi* settlement pastor of these congregations. Owing to nee* inry delays he did not arrive In the congregate till Just at the end of the year 1839. BethPresbytery met at Cane Creek, in April, 1840. '. 8aye was then received as n member of thel Presbytery and installed pastor ef Cane :ek church at once?his installation at Fair rest the following 8ummer. At the installan of Mr. Saye, at Cane Creek, Rev. P. E. ihop, preached the sermon ; Rev. John B. Dacharged the Pastor, and Rev. John Douglas r nmw" oi rnir luimiwrw iw mum??rwe tjor Joseph McJunkin, Abram McJunkin, O. Hobson, T. J. Steen and Benjamin egory, (otherwise known as Brushy Creek n.) Sixty communicants had recently been jorted as belonging to the church, bnt Mr. ye never could find more than thirty of them. Many persons had within a few years previeas ived off westward, whose names remained on i list. In a few years after Mr. Baye's series began the number rose to 64. This iniose took place notwithstanding very strenus efforts on the part of other denominations each to absorb everything in the eommunity. Mr. Save was encocred several veara in teach I, from the commencement of hie eereioee nt ne Creek. Thus every trip to Cane Creek tinted a ride of 44 miles between 8aturdsy morn* \ and Monday morning. The trouble was nt of support on the part of the churches rod. No rest for the weary teacher and anchor soon put him in bed ; but when strength urned he returned to his task. His pastorate the two congregations continued till April, 51?just eleven years and three months la tbie Id. In this period four persons became Buig Elders, to wit: Jeremiah II. Hamilton, Dr. Young, F. Hobson and James McJunkin.*? njamin Gregory, Joseph McJunkin, J. 11. imilton and James McJunkin had died, and 0. Hobson had removed. Mr. Saye served the Cane Creek church as sta1 supply moat of the time till his removal from e County, March, 1860. The death of Dr. C. Young took place in the miner of 1860, and R. G. Otts, Esq., George encer, and A. S. McJunkin, were made llulg Elders soon after. Abram MoJunkin died, ml 29, 1869. [Concluded Next Week.] Texas Grass.?We have been shown eciuicn of the Concho grass, grown by . C. Long, Ksq., of this place, front seed ought by him from Texas, which certaincomes nearer offering all the desired qualics of pasture and forage plants than anyling we have ever seen. As far a9 we know to the contrary this ant first made its appearance about ten ;ars ago in Ibc unsettled valleys about tbe eadwator6 of tbo Coocho river, in Texas. i 1874 a freshet carried down the seed id disseminated them along tbe bottom ads of the Colorado river, whore the grass ade its appearance the following spring, id so much were the farmers pleased with that many of them havo devoted their ruis entirely to its production, finding it ore profitable than corn or cotton. Concho grass, sown broadcast in early >ring, comes about like crab grass, but rows more rapidly and has a much broader af. By the first of Juue it will attain ft eight of about three to four feet on an 'ago, aud showing more fodder than any russ we ever saw. Tho seed head* are t>out seven inches long, and the specimen iowd us has seventy heads to the stool, hich would give a yield of fifteen or twen* j bushels of grain to the aero. We under* and that in Texas, this grass is cut twice, iid somotimcs three times a year, yielding bout one and a half tons per aero at a cut* ng. The stubble is very heavy, and iiu* roves land almost equally with clovor ? "allahaiuc J-'luritHan.