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^ ~ 1 3 i?Wk8? and tty Current $m% of the $a#. Pjl^yWpj j_ ""' "- ": .-. ' _T\ . ; "' " mW6?--IV . i _" if) ijjf ' . VOL. XL?New Smis. - MAY 28, 1880. NTTMRF.R 91 I I Mill I III 111 I HOT FROZEN OUT! Plenty of M Frail ?AT? S. W. PORTER'S, p*i ' * :o: VIHAVE just returned from market where I purchased and am now dailjr receiving the handaomeet SPRING STOCK THAT HAS EVER BEEN YOUR TRIV1LEQE TO SELECT FROM. ^*~DRESS'*GOODS. ?ALL THE? Latest Novelties of the Season. CONSISTING OF Prlnta, Musi Ins, French Lawns, Pique*. Linen*, AND ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR IN THIS LINE. ALL THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN Parasols, Hosiery, Gloves, Ruchings, m. Fringes, Ties, Laces, ?* ButtonSj Trimmings, &Ci, &c. HATS, BOOTS, CAPS. SHOES. OUR MILLINERY, In this Department we excel our former efforts. We have all the Novelties and Shades of Trimmings. Auvt tucj save nwu mvomi ny wur mra. Vinson, in person, who is possessed of that rare faculty of pleasing all who call on lier. These goods have all been selected with an eye single to the wants and tastes of our patrons. * Ladies Shculd Call AND SEE OUIi BEAUTIFUL a o o ds. Groceries ! Groceries!! Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! Crockery I Crockery I ! Everything in these lines can be found upon our shelves. CALL AND SEE. S. W. Porter. April 16 15 if Announcement Extraordinary! I TARE pleasure in informing my friends and the public generally that I have a lull stock *?f the very best quality of FAMILY GUOCEllIES, CONSISTING OF Flour, Meal, Baoon, Ijard, Hams, Sugar, Coffee, Molassas, Pepper, . Spioe, | Ginger, r Starch, Soda, Pickles, Canned Goods in Great Variety, Aonp, l/KIMHCfl, Crackcra, CIiccmc. Need Irish Potatoes Or the Finest <tua lilies. Hails, l'owder, Shot, Paps, Prise Pilars, Fine Phewing and Smoking Tobaccos. Also, in rear of my Grocery Store I liare a first class liar Room, where you will find the very best of Brandies, Wines, Whiskies, Bum, Oin, Porter, Ale and Laarer Boer. Give me a call and be convinced that I have the best and cheapest stock in Town. J. W. VINSON. jan. w 4 tr GENT'S FURNISHING GOODST KKEFS' Dress Shirts and Collars, the cheap eat and beat in the market. Keep's Shirts, laundried, $1. Very superior Under-shirts, Drawers, Socks, Handkerchiefs, Scarfs, Xtc., &e. HICK Si M. I.UKK. Oct 10 11 If lapronauat of Iroal livir. We are indebted to Senator Bntler?h whom we return our manj thanka for r? ' peated favors of the kind?for a copy o General Gilmore's report touehing the im provement of Broad River. This report is predicated, of course, upot an extensive report of Major Carson, th< assistant engineer, who made a thorougl survey of the river last winter. We coll the following items of interes from the report: ****< The present head of navigation of Broac River is in North Carolina, 141 miles bj river from Columbia. The craft used foi transporting freight on the river are flat bottomed pole-boats that ean carry from 3C to 40 bales of ootton when loaded to i draught of 20 inches. A ver low stage of the river prevailed, whioh greatly favAtod the ^iiwinatjftfi The obstacles to navigation, even by small oraft like those above mentioned, are numerous, and in somo places extensive. They consist of ledges of partially submerged rock, isolated rocks and bowlders, shoals of gravel, and the eddies and rapids produced thereby. These obstructions render the navigable channol very tortuous in many plaoes, and even dangerous to pass. It is estimated that about one-fourth of the whole length of the river is more or less obstructed by shoals of rocks, with an average depth of only one foot over them at low river. During freshets the river rises to considerable heights above the common stage.? At Columbia it has been known to rise as high as 30 feet, and at points above as high as 20 to 27 feet. * * * * * * At tho most important shoals and rapids lines of levels were run to obtain the river's slope. Tho steepest of the water surface was found at Lockhart Shoals, 69 miles abovo Columbia, where it amounted to nearly 34 feet per milo. Broad Iliver receives sovcral tributaries on that part of its course il..i !- - 1 O " -* i>uai> wus exiiixiiucu. oomo oi loeoi are navigable for pole-boats for scverul miles from their mouths, namely: Enoree River, 39} miles above Columbia, with 10 miles navigation ; Tiger River, 44} miles above Columbia, navigable for 30 miles ; Pacolet River reported to be navigable for 10 miles. The river is spanned by three railroad bridges?ono at Alston, 25 miles from Columbia ; another at Shelton, 45 miles from Columbia, for the Spartanburg and Union Railroad ; and a third 104} miles above Columbia, the erossing of the Charlotte and ? ? 4 t . T.I n M ? At two points small marginal eanals exist, which wcro formerly used by pole boats to cross the rapids. The upper canal commences a little below the head of Lockliart'a Shoals, 69 miles objvc Columbia, t>n the West bank of the river. Its length is about 1} miles; total fall. 45.78 feet. It has one flood-cate and three double iocks. The canal has not been in uso for many years, * * * * but the lock, with the exocption of the gates, are still in a good condition. The head of the lower canal is about 2} miles above Gervais street, Columbia. It was built in 1820, and extended to Granby, its whole length being about 5 miles. Only the uppor reach of about 2 miles is still open for pole boats. * * * * Tlio lower portions of the canal are filled up. The land adjoining the IIroad is rather poor up as far as Alston; from that place higher up it gradually improves, and the region from Lockhart's Shoals to Ninetyuino islands, 94$ miles abovo Columbia, is fertile, yielding rich crops of cotton and wheat. That portion adjacent to tho river in North Carolina is hilly and well wooded, producing chiefly grain, tobacco and wool. Valuablo mineral lands ooour in some sections on tho upper part of the river.? About 90 miles above Columbia thcro are veins of gold-bearing quartzoso and talcose slate, which have been worked in a crude manner, and paid well until the water level was reached. In tho vicinity of Cherokee Ford, 101 miles above Columbia, there are largo deposits of hematite and magnetic iron ore, with manganese baryto, graphite and corundum. Scvoral iron smelting works were established here forty years ago. Near the head of navigation a valuable mica mine is located. The river is undoubtedly in a poor condition for navigation, in conscquenco of which the railroads of the vicinity have a much larger proportion of tho carriago. 15 _ t - ? ? 1 ** ^ rroui mioraiaiioQ conecica oy Mr. unrHon, it seems that, before the railroads were built, 150,000 bales ot cotton were annually received and sold iu Columbia, of which 22,000 bales came by polo boats. Lately the annual rccoipts have not exceeded 25,000 bales, of which 1,500 came by pole boats, about 5,000 by country wagons, and the oalance by railroad. Tho present receipts are, therefore, but 17 per cent, as greet as they wcro some thirty years ago. The river transportation of cotton amounts to only t bout 7 per cent, of what was in former years. Tho present annual cotton crop in the Counties bordoring on Broad River is said to bo 157.000 hnlra of 450 tlAiintlu ooonriL .WV ??VU.U ing to statements recoivod from the best informed citizens in that section of oouutry. If (his bo true, then only a small part of the crop goes to Columbia. * * + An improvement of tho rivor that would secure uninterrupted and comparatively safe passage to polo-boats of somowhat larger oapacity than those now in use, and during tho whole busy season?extending from October to March?would doubtless bo a great benefit to tho people in tbo vicinity of the river. Transportation would be cheapened, and business would, therefore, be attracted to the river from greater distance*, especially ? if eziitiog country roads were improved h and new ones built: more land would probf ably be brought unaer eultivatioo, the more so as it is stated that the introduction of phosphate fertilisers within the last tea i years has greatly stimulated the planting 9 of ootton. Such an improvement would i oblige oompeting railroads to lower theiv rates, to the advantage of districts more re> t mote from the river. Under the oiroomstanoes, no improve* ' ment can be reoommended that cannot be I made at a very moderate cost. The tract r of landTbeuefited by it is of too limited su r extent to justify a large outlay of oapital. The existiusr railroad oomnaiitnn MnJaM any estimate of the amount of trafio that i would seek the river very unoertain. An improvement by the construction of aanal*; , to avoid tho many shogja^and raphjfr Ttie present condition of river trade does I not now, nor will it for some yoarsto come, require the use of steamboats. The establishment of a channel that would be navigable for pole-boats oapable of carrying from 70 to 90 bales of ootton would certainly bo a great convenience for tho people. From the information before me I am not prepared to say that there is any urgent necessity for this improvement. A channel or boat sluioe for vessels of the kind named should be 15 feet wide, with a minimum depth of 2 feet at the lowest stage. -An improvement of this kind comprises ino widening, deepening, and straightening of the existing boat-sluice, partly by blasting and partly by the construction of wingdams at certain places. It is pointed out in Mr. Carson's report that that portion of Broad.River from Columbia to Ninety-nine Islands Shoals, a distance of 941 miles, supplying the larger part of transportation, would cost less per mile to improve, than the remaining 46} miles to the head of navigation. The improvement of this lower roach of 94} miles is estimated to cost 646,731.25. which inoludes the repair of Lock hart Shoals Canal, and .tho improvement of Tiger and Pacolet llivers. The improvement of the upper portion from Ninety-nine Islands Shoals to Green River, a distance of 46} miles, is estimated to cost $38, 130.98. We can but think General Gilmore has greatly belittled the- importance of this work. Even wi'h the only improvement he deems can be recommended, and covered by the expenditure of $90,000, if Mr. Carson's information of the cotton.crop of Counthe freight on half these 157,000 kales could be reduced one-half, which is not unlikely, no less than seventy cents a bale would be saved on this cotton to Columbia. This alone would amount to ovjr $50,000 per annum, and if only half this amouut were saved the whole improvement would be paid for in four years' saving. Let us havo tho improvement of $90,000, wo then urge on our Representatives, and tho future development of tho river will take care of itself amply.? Col. Regiitcr. ? Domestic Complaint.?When a woman complains persistently of her husbaud, extenuating naught, reserve your sympathies for the husband. In nine coses out of ten ho is justified by tho very means usod to heap reproach upon him. Imagine a man detailing domestic grievances to overy friend whom ho can corner in the attitude of a listener. Imagine the contempt he would excite. The woman who publishes her own domestic discomfort iu such a manner doca it to her own shame. If she be not above doing so, wo may reasonably suppose that the husband is a long suffering man whoso philosophy alone makes life endurable?and it is only endurablo. Few men are saints, (or women cither, for that matter) but there arc few characters whose natural idiosyncracics are not confirmed and increased by the lack of tact, and tho constant nagging and covert home thrusts which some women persist in treating their husbands to in private life, or in society where they dare not rotaliate. It is a mean and contemptible advantage used by either party, but tho woman usually has the advantage in this kind of warfare.? There is no possible ezouse for suoh conduct. It is not womanly, true, or just. Let him be what ho will, she does horself no oredit by exporing him to contempt; neither does she secure her object in the eyes of sensible people. Neither does she better in any way the domestic conditions sho affects to find intolerable. Suppose on the other hand she meets every emergency with tact; is just, however trank in her criticism ; never violent, and always willing and happy to render tier appreciation of consideration on his part evident. Bolievo me, even though he never quito reform, aggravation must be less frequent, and sho will at least preserve tho respect of her husband and friends?a most worthy consideration in the life of ovory woman, bo her position what it may. ?Housekeeper. T? n T ?i tir:_A? ivAiuun vioriun.?r* tuicr was su inild that uianj of tho cotton stalks were not killed below the surface of the ground. As a consequence, in many of the fields a good deal of ratoon cotton has sprung up this yoar. Wo havo been shown several specimens taken from the field of Mr. G. M. Math is, and some of them have shoots that aro over six inches long, and are covered with forms for flowers. Whether or not thoso shoots from an old root will produce as much cotton as a new plant, wo oannot say ; but so far as tho growth goes now, it is decidedly in favor of tbo ratoon. ?- Camden Journal. . Gats have nine lives, and in order to live every one of thcut they have to stay up uights, Eto Judok a Horsk.?thf store; aethoda of deeiding the health, m0, properties, and net value of a horse, ilUr in ?11 ^ a oonnectioo, the old adaga seds contempt," is s true ?ys the Spirifvf the Turf, id y of our reaiwrs who will practical rules, and save tying them : it seller's word; if dishonrtain to oheat you; if diar, he may have been the r, and will deoeive you illations which cannot be > a horso's mouth as a sure torse while in motion; watch ands at rest, and you will k points. If sound be wlU squarely on his limbs, without moving any of them, tho feet planted flat upon tho ground, with legs plumb and naturally poised. If one foot is thrown forward with the too pointing to the ground and the heel raised, or if tho foot is lifted from the ground sod the weight taken from it, disease of the navieular boue may be suspected,'or at loast tenderness, whioh is a precursor of disoiso. If the foot is thrown out, the toe raised and the heel brought down, the horse has suffered from lamoitis ?firxia a- *- * * w.umbi?ur tut) uitcK sinews nave been sprained, and he is of little future value.? When the feet are all drawn together beneath the horse, if there has been no disease, there is a misplacement of the limbs at least, and a woak disposition of the muscles. If the horse stands with his feet spread apart, or straddles with the hind legs, there is weakness of the loins, and the kidneys are disordered. When the knees are bent .and tho legs totter and tremble, the beast has been ruined by heart rur,,ue>? will never be right again, whatever rest and treatment he may have. Contracted or illformed hoofs speak for themselves. . Never buy a horso with a bluish or tuilky cast in 'lis eyes. They indicate a constitutional tendency to opthalmia, moon blindness, etc. Never have anything to do with a horse who keeps his ears thrown backward. This is an indication of bad temper. If tho horse's bind logs are Boarred, the faot denotes that he is a kicker If the knees are blemished, the horse is apt to stumble. rnn 1.:_ ; 1 J ?- 1- ?-? tt ucu iuc ?Kin is rougu uuu uursu, buu does not move easily and smoothly to the touch, tho horse is a heavy eater, and his digestion is bad. Avoid a horse whoso respiratory organs are at all impaired. If the ear is placed ? *? ? T ? ~ ~ sound is heard, it is an indication of trou* ble. Let him go. What Came of *Iaving the Roof Tarred.?A Boston man, so says a paper published in that city, had the flat roof of the L of his house tarrod the other day, aud when six or seven cats got on to it, the following night, they could yell and arch their backs, and try to get a pull on all four feet at once, but they coldu't lift themselves free and their sighing was frightful, aud people in the neighborhood began to shunk things at them, and tho owner of the house forgot about the tar, and went barefoot and in bis robe de nuit upon the roof to chase theui off, aud pretty soon he found that he couldn't stir, and began to whoop and swear, and a policeman got a ladder and climbed on the roof, and when he came up over tho edge on his hands and knees he had to remain in that posture, and he used very emphatic language. Meantime the bootjacks were fulling in a shower about and around them, aud the man's mother-in-law, in looking out of an upper window that overlooked the L roof, to ask - - - - -t . 1 . it limy were uoi nsnauiea to uc out on a roof playing cat at that time of night, knocked her wig off and it fell into the tar, and she rushed down a flight and went out on the roof to get it and couldn't pull the wig up, but got her hand stuck to it, so she couldn't let go of it, and of course her position and bald head made a dead give away, as it was quite light, when some one finally oamo with boards for them to be got on to when they wore cut looso from the tar, and the old lady did not feel a bit worse than the policeman, who had to walk through the street with the knees of his trousers cut out and left 6tuck on to the roof and a great hunk of tar stuck to each hand, and got a reprimand when be reached tho station.? And the house owner himself, blistered his feet trying to melt the tar off of them by holding them up to a hot stove, and when tho cats were cut loose from tho roof and put on tho ground, they tried to gnaw the tar from thoir claws and got their paws stuck in their mouths and rolled about and vawled and carried on so that folks thought they were mad aud killed them. And tho householder's mother-in-law hasn't got over jawing him about that tar roof yet. Sweet Potato Vines.?Our experience is to cut swcot potato vines when they cover the ground, leaving about twelve inches near the root.?They are very hard to cure, but with patience it may be done. But the very best that can be done with them is to feed greon, when they make the very best feed for horses, mules, cows or hogs. They are, thus fed, especially fine for milk cows. After they have been frost-bitten.it will not pay to save them. They may be piled up on a fence or any oth :r place, where they will vcntilato, and cure in from a week to ten days, but generally with the loss of the leaves. But the best time to feed them is when they are green. In this state they ought by all means to be fed. Mr. Thomas thinks it is one of the most touching things in life to hear a Western hog singing to its youngest, ''There's a litter in the mire, baby mine," I ' BZFK&KXD VZWS ITXMft. i i Death or Qoveeeoe Foots.?Nashville, May l) Hjg-Oovernor Foote, superintendent of the Unked States mint at New Orleans, died at bis hune, five miles from Nashville, to-day. AAbst or a Thief.?A colored man, named Aleok Williams, was arrested on the arrival of the Greenville train yesterday, through a telegram received by Chief Fiokling, for stealing a trunk, oljlhing, fee., from another oolored man in Spartanburg. The goods ware reoovered. m? Mrs. Marion Hopkins, of 8an Francisco, has bought for f800 a Japanese baby-plant, a Species of lily growing four feet high, with a blossom in which is the perfect fac timilt of the eunningeet little baby in the world, nude, with its little arms and legs outstretched, and its eyes distinctly marked. fHjUOKlWtt On *a?,VrJay night ImI Laura Ruff, colored, was stabbed and killed bj Minerva Foster, colored, in Newberry County. The murderess was arrested. On the same night at a colored wedding in the same county Archie Johnson fired his pistol among the crowd of wedding guests, when some unknown person present promptly shot Johnson, inflioting a painful wound in the thigh. A Watbk Famink in Jamaica.?Kingston, Jam., May 12.?The country is suffering terribly from a prolonged drought. Water is sold for six cents a gallon, and cattle and live stock are dying of thirst. Accounts from various interior points are very alarming. The dry a eather is seriously affecting the young cane, and fears are entortained for next year's crop. . e Lonoatrkbt Nominatxd.?The rresldent today sent to the Senate the nomination of Jas. 8. Loagstreet, of Georgia, to be minister to Turkey; D. M. Key to be United States judge ik* aaaiarn and middle districts at Tmbm. IM. Postmaster k....o n,. IHwrtlW sent to the Senate to-day the nomination or Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, to be postmaster-general. ? - Thb Aobicultubal Collkok.?A meeting of the Board of Trustees of this institution wag held in the Governor's office, last evening, when the following officers were elected: Hon. William Poroher Miles, President and Professor of English Literature. Dr. William Eirney, Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Joseph LeConte, Professor of Geology. Major B. Sloan, Professor of Mathematics. Jesse Jones, Esq., Foreman of the Mechanical Department. The election of Foreman of the Farm was postponed until the next meeting, which will be held in the early part of August. Rcsurveetionista in North Carolina are not a lady recently deceased, had in accordance with her request her gold watch and ring buried in the coffin with her, opened her grave. While they were in the act of taking off the ring she opened her eyes and sat up. They ran away but she called them back and persuaded them to carry her home. When her husband saw her at the door he thought it was her ghost and fainted away. She is now in a fair way of recovery and will perhaps give the watch and ring to the persons who so opportunely called upon her. Tub Fish Business.?Commissioner Butler, fearful of trusting green hands with the business, has employed two experts from the fish hatcheries at Havre de Grace to bring to South Carolina some of the young shad recently offered to this State by Commissioner Ferguson. It is gratifying to leara from the State Commissioner of Agriculture that within the next year we shall have at least two hatcheries in this State ?one upon the banks of the Peedee and another upon the Edisto. Four yourg men are to be sent from this State to the general government hatcheries to learn the process of propagating fish, and after becoming proficient they will be given employment at these hatcheries.?Col. Rtguler. Personal.?Among the visitors in Charleston during the post week was the venerable Rev P. J. Shand, rector of Trinity Church, Columbia, S. C., who was in attendance upon the Diocesan convention. It was a pleasure to his numerous friends in this his native city to see him here, still active in all church work at four-score years of age. As a mark of respect the officers of the Washington Light Infantry called upon him, by appointment, on Saturday evening, and ac~ oompanied him to the armory, where this "old. est member," who joined in 1818, passed a half hour very pleasantly. Dr. Bhand baa returned home with the good wishes of all who know him in Charleston.?Newt and Courier. e Prudent Democrats.?Republicans arj free to admit that the Democratic majority in Congress has managed most discreetly in refusing to be drawn into political dnhut* On A of lK?m said last night that the extra session came a year too soon. At that session the Democrats blundered, and went home condemned and humilia1 ted. The Republicans, flushed with victory, reenacted the role of their Democratic brethren and were anxious to renew a fight from whioh they had plucked such honors. But they forgot that in the fight of this session they had changed place with the Democracy and themselves became the aggressors and peace destroyers. That they have lost at every step there can be no kind of doubt. The same wisdom which has characterised the management of the Democracy in Congress has marked its proceedings elsewhere. ?e? Col. Jamks L. Orb.?A correspondent in this issue of the Imtelligenctr suggests lion. James L. Or, of Anderson, for the nomination for Congress by the Democracy of the Third District. The nomination is a good one, and the reasons suggested for it are worthy of flsvorabie consideration. Ib addition, we may add that we think the Ckunty of Anderson is entitled to a representative in Congress. This was one of the foremost oounties in the redemption of the Htate, and we have received ne recognition in the way of promotion of ourcitixens. Wo do not mention this by way of oomplaint, but simply to show how reasonable is the request for the Congressional nomineo to be selected from our midst. Mr. Orr is fully competent for the position indicated, and if elected will make a record alike creditable to himself and his district.?Andtrton Intelhyaiccr. Oun Cloth.?Glass Clolk Is being made in Germany. At GudtnlM, lbs artist and glassspinner, A. Pre 5 gel, of Vienna, bas established Ms glass business, offering carpets, euffs, collars, veils, etc., of glass. He not only spins but also trcares glass before the ejes of the people. The otherwise brittle glass he changes into pliable threads, and uses them for making good, warm clothing by introducing certain ingredients, which are his secret, and thereby changing the entire nature of the glass. He makes whits curly glass muffs ; also ladies' hats of glass with, glass feathers, whioh are lighter than real (bathers* Wool, madeof glass, it is said, cannot be distinguished from the genuine article. Glass is n non conductor, and tho time may not be distant when it will cause a roTolulion in dress materials. clerks are now. I think they are generally for | urani, oecause they think he is ooming back I into power, but they are cunning fellows, these department officers. If yon say the thing looks like Blaine, they say it certainly does. And if you say it is surely to be Grant, they say they hare thought so from the first. If you are in a good humor and say that 8herman's chances will come up after the first ballot, they say that Sherman would make as good a President as any of them. When you say that some dark horte is likely to win, their faces drop and they ask who is the most likely dark house. If by any unhappy ehance you say that a Democrat is pretty sure to oome in, with what eagerness they question you for your reasons for thinking so. The ten thousand people in Washington working tor the Government in one eapaeity or another are a conservative lot, belisve me.? Wa* Kington Ltlltr. a Gary in his Old Rolb.?Gen. Gary in his lata befneo the EdgcAfild Convention rung tha ohanges on Fusionists and Rings. This makes Um* *>s has expressed Senate. They have become deeidedly threadbare, and it is to be fervently hoped that he will favor the publio with eomo new ideas the next time he speaks. Many that belonged to the class he contemptuously styles Fusionists rendered as faithful service to tha State as he did during and tinea the stormy days of'70. They hare not sounded their own deeds as persistently in the ears of their fellow-eitixens, but the faet of their fkithful and valuable servioee to the 8tate remains, and the people are well aware of it. If Gen. Gary has any friends they ought to advise him to stop his abuse of msn as good and patriotic as he is. If he had never begun his senseless abuse of Hampton he would stand considin tha. animation of the peopie 01 me oisw, ua would mt? lout chance | of winning the prise upon which hie eyes ere so intently fixed. Ai it is he has thrown nwny his chanees of promotion by his extreme folly. Let Kim tftlf n ? I V-- 1- II MIM. .?V ? Mvn %UI V| auu uv lumj 1U IIIUO obtain the reward that follows a worthy course of action.?Rock Hill Herald. A Petrified Body.?A remarkable instance of petrification of a human body has been discovered in the Philanthropic Cemetery, on Passayunk avenue, near Cross street. During the disinterment on Wednesday of the remains of Polico Officer Wm. Blanford, who died June 11, 1874, of paralysis, and his wife, Mrs. Rebocca Blanford, who died February 15th lost, of lung disease, for removal, it was found that the former resiated the efforts of four persons to raiso it to the surface. After it was disinterred under the supervision of a son of the deceased, the case containing the coffin was examined. It was not in the slightest degree decayed, but was as fresh-looking and solid as on the day of interment, six years ago. The coffin was equally well preserved, and showed no evidence, whatever, of has log Dcen Deiow tno surface, and tbe silver plate and trimmings on it were untarnished. The lid of the casket was removod and the remains of Mr. Blanford found to be in an almost perfect stato. Tho clothing in which the corpse had been buried was mouldy, and the lining of the casket partially destroyed, but the flesh had changed into a yellowish-white substance, having the appearanoe of marble. Tho eyes were sunken and lost to view, tho lips were partially gone and the h3ad was devoid of hair, but otherwise the features and form were perfect, even to the beard which the deceased wore on the lower part of his face during life.? The corpse woighed nearly five hundred pounds, or over three times as much as when interred. Mr. Blanford was 74 years old at the time of his death, and while his remains weresowouderfully preserved, those of his wife, buried three months ago, wore undergoing s natural prooeas of decay.? Both were reinlerrcd in tho family lot in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The singularly natural condition of Mr. Blanford's body is attributed to the dampness of the earth in which it had been resting, in the northwest portion of the eomctery, and similar cases i j*-. *.i .? - nave ocen discovered mere wuoio toe pas* four years.?Philadelphia Timet. Crops in Abiirville.?The stands of ootton in Abbeville County are better than was ever known at this season of the year. The oat crop is as good as the land will produce, and there in a large area covered with it. The wheat orop in some soetions will be very nearly a failure. There are are few fields of this crop in the County which will yield a satisfactory return. Liberal provisions have been made for a corn orop. The farmers are acting sensibly in abandoning, to a great extent, the cultivation of this nron on hich thiratv lindi ht?l have olcared and ditched thousands of acres of bottom or wet lands for tho cultivation of this grain. The barley and ryo crops of thj County are, as usual, so small as to be of llttlo consequence. Of ihcse crops we have heard no reports. As evidence of progross in producing the small grains we would mention that scvoral of our planters are buying improved machinery for cutting tho crops ?J'rtss and /fanner.