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K _ ^ " JfEl WEEKLY ?SHt UHIOH TIMES. . ! 10 ^81i,lnlhirt' Sortiqulturn, fomqstiq (Boonomq, flolitejitqraturq, $olitiqs, and thq Current Uciusof the gag. I VOL. XIII. New Series. union c ? S0UTH CAROLINA, MARCH 31. 1882. -==. , 1 1 - " " " ^ - ?u NUMBER 13. nim FOLLOWS THE FLOOD. I TTkmpuis, Tenn , March 17?Some idea of iho enormity of the disasters by the flood ** in the Mississppi Valley may be formed by oompariaon. That in the only way I know to give anything like an idea of it to Eastern 1 readers. Tennosseo'a losses, which ure considered trifling, ore hardly ever spoken of at all in the ceaseless conversation about the i floods that goes on everywhere. In presence of the distress in other States Tennessee makes no complaint, yet thero have been no less than 2.537 persons in Tennessee snppU?d with rations, they having beedn rown^d out of their homes, utterly i u? ?ined, and reduced to theVery ^i^e of starva*La_jroijren and children an-^re brought to a ooodmtra of absolute hunfftrr r with no food within their reach, and nothing I to buy it with if there ware anything taduuikX .^The Maishy^aonTettngjoj^ ' v ? j>ttt0<oa lie f trips of ricfi bottom lnnd, ordinaB!?' rtiy drv ground. These strips are from odo to eight miles whie sod extend sometimes from ten to twenty miles up and down the 1 river. On those lived agricultural labors | ores who, under tho system of faruiiog in vogue almost throughout the South, raised | tneir cotton on shares with tho owners or lessees of the land?that is, the planters j supplied them with tools, livestock and food, and charged it to theut. Their crop is raised ' nod the laborer's account for goods supplied j is deducted front his half of the proceeds. 1 \f It is argued by many that the planters should supply, them in this emergenoy but they are * afraid to do so, as there is tho smallest possi- J ble chanoo in most cases of their getting any ' return. The negro?and moro than ninety 1 five per cent, of the Tennessee sufferers are 1 negroes?will not stay to work out a hope- * less debt; but if he <Juu succeed in getting J ?>. - away behind in his account, aa he is always trying to do, he invariably leaves the plan^ thfr-lurdh. The government instructions were 'that rations should be given to sufferers anywhere they might be found, regardless of districts. This JBtk of distribution was finished yes terdi^w and the accounts have just been madMp as above. The only surplus remaining in the committee's hands is that desicrned for the Halo's Point unfnrtunatpu This, udIcss some menus are soou Tound tu ' convey it to thooi, will probably bo given to otbors equally needy. The rntions issued ' re sffioent to keep oil the sufferers who have d been reported here, with the ezeoption of those, 200-alive for ten days to couie or nn- J til say March 25. The uiost suuguino people here, however, do not expect the water to olear off as soon as that, aud a further issue of rations will probably be necessary, i possibilities for planting 1 If another ten days can bo tided over and ' the water subsides in time to plant by the ' middle of April there is a chance that ail Will go well after that. Some fix the plant- ! log time later, saying that if the seed oan be sown by the middle of May there will be a 1 good crop, unless frost comes too early J Others say it must be sown by the iniddlo of April. The prosperity of tho overflowed qpuntry for tho next year, however, hungs, 1 as nearly as I can judge by toe talk of merohants and planterj, on three contio- ' gcncies. First, it depends upon whether tho plan ' tors can got labor, or wehther the negroes 1 emigrate ; second, on a late full to give the crops time to mature after late planting ; j third, on whether there is a Juno rise. The Mississippi River, as is well known, ' commonly runs high in Juno. If it docs so ' this year, with the levees all broken, crops which may be planted by that time must certainly bo destroyed. HORRORS or THE SITUATION. From tho flooded districts of Arkansas como most dreadful stories of suffering and impending dooth from famine. Beasts are reported as growing furious with hunger. In places hogs nre said to have kilted and oaten each other ; wolves, too, are abrond in j , anu >u una ur vwo iniuacos, 11 ored, they hnvo grown bold enough to ' men. This may be su exaggeration. 1 10 exaggeration, however, to say that ( tads living now whithout food and un I escape from their desolated homes 1 liting anxiously tho help whioh peoplo , k anxious to send them as soon as it 1 possible. Boats, though they can Bs the eountry to mihiy places, cannot ' B where. Bn it isn't war it's pestilence; whon ' Bestilence it's flood ; after the flood Hnine. f reckon tho people Kast ^Bired hearing that we in this God* ^Bouotry need aid" said a merchant < M^r of the Tennessee Club last i ^B the garden spot of tho world," scnlously." r>ugh ;" s.iid tho first. ' But a hH|^HH of resembling thoso of Egypt i? H^HHf gnats. A Northerner H Rim buffalo gnat. It a large swarms. nod kills tha GUA'. bites. Two thiols are resort- I Ithem. The animals may be aoova r gnat oil, which is eipcnsivc, | \ aSew====^ rai>0d by setting fire to old ? V K # tattle seeo? this saioko for sis or , "y?H *Aoq? sod clustoi around to avoid the | pe^. \ i year buffalo gnats are about in | grelwt iflJbora and earlior than usual, and f of the cattle thai were not drowned many , AC have been bitten to death: for tha-d are tofcurn. and planters oauuot oil the ( ^^foov beaateTbei mum often they cannot reach ( '% u them. The eouritry i? suffering an accnmu- L lntlon of hormra. and yet it i? certain that , tile next ten daya or two weoke will bring more awful atoriea than hare yet beeo told, j . .. Hundred* must di i. Thero seems to be no , possible way of saving them VIFVV t'ROM Till BLUffM i The tight fron? the Bluff* of MemphUi < M ' k though by no means the worst, is sad oaough In sight of this happy prosperous city lies the little town of Hopcfieid, all under water. One roof alone appears. It is apparontly in the middle of a large branch strenm The timber is cleared away around it in such a way that the vista looks like a water course. The flood is up above tho ground floor of all the others houses, nnd the little Town of Marion, lying just back of Hnpcfield, i<? in exactly the same condition. It is possible to go straight west from the Meuiph's shore in a skiff for a distance of forty to fifty miles, and the steam ferry boat that plies across tho river in ordinary times now goes five mile* further across country, where tl^re is usually dry land. ' i'ic *^.str^31" t|ic sunjcen ^co~m muuication with the outside world and no reason to suppose that the small local freshets wore ooly precursors of the awful floods that were coming from the Mississippi. Thus it is said thev were omnrht nn?nr im? by what resembled a tidal wave three or four feet in hieght. The population there is more thrifty and wel' to do, or rather was so before the flood, than is usual in Southern bottom lands. Many settlers were immigrants from Illinois, Southern Iudiana and Southern Kentucky, who have come in within three years past, prepared to stay. One especially melancholy story is reported [rout this region by James Collins, who !ives a few miles below Wittsburg. He made one journoy to Helena two weeks ?go, for provisions, carried them home and iivided them with his neighbors. One of ihese was John Patterson, who livod about Ive miles back from the St. Francis River* Ho was a small I Nodnwcr, but thrifty prosperous, owning considerable stock ana tevofaThorses and mutes. Collins paddled over to Patterson's place in a dug-out with provisions, and arrived just in time to save the family fom perishing, but Patterson was a lunatio. Everything he had lost; his wife nnd three little children living in the lecond ^ury of his house had no food. Pattcrson tTOught all that had h ippened was a series of visions.. Ho is there yet with his family. Collins says this'jnise is one of many in regard to the distrcss,*though Patursou is the only oue he has hoard of who ost reason tfat'p went to this rigeon tolay in a small Wenmcr that went to Wittsmrg from Helena, but it may come too late or rnanv of the inhappy people. SOLN AND FORTITUDE, rkahle caso of coolness and fortiudo occurred on White River, Gftcen miles west of here, during the Ut<vfl?od. Mr. T T (l.uwllu. n yard,-four miles nbovo Calico Ilock, in a miall boat to eo down the river. Mrs. Qood>iii hud a babe in her arms, and the boat contained besides a let of bedding, household utensils, Ac. At the mouth of Pioey the bout upset, and Mrs. Qnodlin cautrht the limb of a willow tree wit h otio hand, holding the babe up with the other. The husband with difficulty swam to her assistance, assisted her to a spot where she could barely touch bottom with her feet and went in pursuit of the boat, whio-i ho found sunk in the slouch below, but was unable to right it ilonc: John Richardson happened to appear on the mountain nbovcatthe time, and bearing their cries assisted the mnn in tuning over the boat, when he rescued the wonan, who had ^cen in the cold water with uer cnna ior mrce nours?Arte Kegiater. A COLORED MAN'S PREDICAMENT. When tho levee gave way in front of the Fitzhugh plantation a few days ago ono of the negro cabins was swept off several hunJred yards before the occupant, a colored man, who was asleep in the house, discovered the situation. Then it was that be appeared upon the porch of the house without a garment on, having torn his clothing [>ff crawling out of the debris, nnd not stopping for ceremony frantically hailed all corners of the oompass for aid. No one appre* sitting his aituntion as he had hoped for, nnd not wishing to trust himself further to the ineroies of the water, whioh was from six to leu feet deep and running rapidly, he threw himself upon n frail troe and remained there Tor an hour, when he was fished out, given i cotton seed sack and taknn to friends from whou ho borrowed a suit of clothing.?Memohia Avalanche. INCIDENTS OP THE DELUOE. A SiV eston (Mo.) dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat any*: "Manv i.oving in- | :idcnta t>y flood and field, especially by flood, ire rept rtcd. On February 27, two houses sontaim ng a number of hogs floated down stream. One funeral by skiffs took plnco, tho processibn moving down Main street to the sigh lands on Judge Aiken's farm, tho vie iui ooiog a nine aaugntor at Mrs i?l. ?. Btone. At Poiat Pleasant, below, Mr. Uiah >pa went down stairs into his dining roomind found a largo buffalo fish, whioh he oapaired and used for breakfast. WORSB THAN TUB WAR. j At Carolina, eighty fivo tnilos above Vioks>urg. Col. Edward Richardson left the boat, rhis go itlemnn is to Southern sgrioulture what Vanderbilt is totho Northern railroads. Ef e is the owner of over twenty plantations, >oth sngsr and cotton, and of several mills ind other industries. He is moreover the wealthiest man in tho S >uth. In response ;o your correspondent's inquiry he said that ?e rogatd.-d i.vc.rftow as likely to provo more calamitous in its effects upon these porlions of the South thin the war, no', only in :he destruction of property, but the diaorranisotion of labor, in the widespread sufferng whioh must result. He did not think :he trouble had yetreaohed its culmination. All the levees above Vioksburg are dootnod, ?ud the entire territory of the bottom lands, which produces about 600,000 bales of oot-1 100 annually wili yet bo flooded, ho thinks. A large portion is already underwater, and the rest will soou be. "The unexpected rise," he said, of four inches a day in this sectiou is duo to tho backing up of waters by the discharge of tho Yasoo flood just above Vicksburg. Tho latter cauie through tho Yazoo delta aftor last Monday's and Tuesday's rains liko a tidal wave ; sweeping everything before it. At Memphis und below the Mississippi is already falling, and as soou as tho swell go?s down this will continue lower down the river, but its effects will yet add to the danger on the lower river, where the situation is destined to become still more serious than at present. The flood is unprecedented. That of 1874 oonnot compare with it. lie. regards tho cotton crop of the bottom i uh I >st, with the excoDtion of ahont ~nrwkaj?d|jD) fn I fifty thousand bales, which yri|l,bo the uiaximum-th*t wra hs planted ip the upper o&ifiaa of S ississippi.< lie had STSBTt a lotal 6? gJtUW act-64 uhflergglPTation in his several plantations, nod of tlpjse 16.000 acres arc already uodur water, the stock of a portion being destroyed." Three thousand bales will, be thinks, be the ra xiuiuui of t1te crop he can produce. He has taken measures to secure his horses and mules, which he wil1 scud to St. Louis aud sell. As to the cattle, pigs and such stock, most of thorn have necessarily perished. Th 5 distress and suffering entailed, he said, was pitiable to oontemplato. As yet it had not begun to be fully realized. Thousinds of people will have to be fed. and the planters are destitute of means aud without credit. Coming, as the flood did, at a season whoa tho plantations had all been mortgaged lor advances made upon the expected crop, it is destined to have a very serious effect upon the financial world. I'be crop is substantially gone ; nut only this, but th? planters' stock OneEuglish house in Now Orleans ho know had advanced money on the prospective crops of over seventy plantations, and what the end would be be could not foresee. In addition to this a more permanent injury wilhbo inflicted upon the planters of tho bottom lauds by the entailed disorganization of labor. The negroes are flocking to tho hill country, a tur less productive regiou, whence of lute the bottom planters had bceti drawing large and much needed accessions. He did not know what had become of his own negroes, but should endeavor to retain j them. THE LEVEES AT NEW ORLEANS, ft is more thau probable that the highest point of tho flood has not been reached at I NTIHV OrUnna TKam.-K !?? ? 1 * ! inuu^u ui? river naa uot va ied materially here for two or throe days, it is now within a few inches ot the top of the levees along the whole front. At Vtcksburg the gauge has been marked up steadily for a week, and this is likely to continue. The vast volume of water that was poured through the crevasses on the east bank into the Yazoo bottoms is now coming back into the Mississippi and is supplemented by freshets in nearly all the streams in that re gion. We may, therefore, expect a foot or more rise at this point, and it nacds but a hasty examination of tho levees to convince any citizen that such au addition to the flood now rolling past, us would greatly imperil the safety of the whole city. The uiuuieipal authorities, therefore, cannot be too vigilant nor is there a moment to spare in raising aud strengthening the embankments where thore is tho slightest danger. The line from Napoleon avenue to Car roltou ought particularly to be closely guarded nigh tand day. and kept in the most thor u ir i> -J * uuku icpuu. ii iuuus arc needed to per* form any necessary work the amount could easily be raised among the citizens. We do not for a moment question the zeal and Watchfulness of the city government, but where such groat interests are at stake the people nuturully feel anxious,nud would prefer to see superfluous work in the direction of protection rather than the least hesitation or delay.?AT. O. Picayune. An Enoinerr Paralyzed?The Duuviile Register cf Monday has the following account of a remarkable accident that occurred on^the Richmond and Danville Railroad, near News Ferry, Monday morning. Mr. Pat Dacey, tho engineer on a freight train coming South, became paralyzed* His fireman was outside of the cab at the time and did not observe that the engineer was paralyzed until ho noticed that he fniled to.blow his whistle on approaching the atution. Ho then w~nt to him aud found him sitting down, paralyzed and unconscious. The fireman in great alarm dosed the throttle and jumped off the locomotive, receiving sotne slight injuries about the broast. The ongiifo rushed at its own will without guid uubo nun picsounjf riu iiiin rue rear 01 an* othor freight train coming this way. The collision threw several cars (acid to bo eight) from the track, doing oonsidorablo damage, the extent of whioh has not yet beeen as* oertsined. The paralyzed engineer was put on another train and brought on to Danville where bis home is. He was not injured as far as known by tbe collision,but he remains unconscious from paralysis and lies at his hoosebere in a critical oonditlon. Wu > abb oca Lroislatoks.?A rapid glance >1 the eomposition of the House of K-present** tives of thia State, at Ha late session, shows that it consisted of men of the fallowing occupations ; Farmers. 87 ; lawyers, 28 j planters, 27 j physicians, 11 ; merchants, 10 j teachers, 8; contractors, 2 ; mechanics. 2 ; insurance agents, 2 ; real estate agents, 1 ; factors, 1 , carpenters. 11 t butcher*, 1j editor#, 1 s mloiftare, 4J. " ;'v^ 4 -. ' ]. - v i* .V g\ - ? **>y /*->* " > h . .'vyk ; , >:.' ' ' "' . % SKNSIBLE TALJC ABOUT SLAIO. We specially invite the attention of oui young la ly readers to the followiug wis: words by a writer in The American about the too prevalent use or slaug : ' It is within the limits of moderation to say that ninoty girls out of every hundred would describe every variety of social pleasure or ninuseoiout by declaring that they 'had a g>od time,' or a 'lovely time,' or a 'beautiful time.' 'Awfully nice' and 'awfully jolly' rre sufficiently indefinite to qualify almost any noun in iho dictionary and are conveniently vague ways of con vcying one's impressions without requiring that the impressions shall be too closely de fined or analysed ; and they dispense wit! the troublesome necessity of fitting th< k .which ^bcaonios un ' Slang phrases constantlj pNKfl^Bfieelves a* the easiest and most aoout people, or places, -, oMFH^^HbttQsationa, when it would io< voijf<^| jgjjteocil effort to describe them UioflM^^Hfely. ^Aud thon sucli iudefiuito not compromise one's powers 10^ caDnot be cast up as *oi ttyj^^^^BM'TCpvoaoh by poopli of more P^bM^HHe f*eultic9 and iQCJuvenieut ait>tyKEr 1 slang offers no restrictions od idjflHhn to Women as to the privileged *ex; aC^HKfcttioris the most vulgar and disgiMM^^^HK''i*0drd oorning from lips so preU^Hj^^BJ#t.fbr The moment to iniko ^Ujwj^^HM^Kid^tlicy may choose to ut^Spl^BBhltobavoutiyoaUy unoon < more positive ill ' ^''j. k . V sing freshness and naioeU of style. It exterminates alt -ffignity and refinement of thought and speech, and m ikes awoui.in not only oouitnonplace, but oominon. It make a girl's uiin J seem a place open to all comers ?a court without a sanctuary. The accessibility and 'hail-fellow-well-met' air go fur to destroy tho distinct, definite charm of u woman's conversation. It is not necessary that people wno speak good Eaglish should be elaborate, or stiff, or pedantic. The very best and most vigorous English is ui id j up of short, simple words and. idiomatic, natural expressions, and us far removed from formalism or affectation as slang itself. The charm of a clever, fasciuating woman's coovcrsatUtt, like the oharm of some of tho most beautiful poetry, oftcu lies more in the uiaun jr than in tho nmitor "A facile, graceful use of language wai one of the most conspicuous accouiplishuieoti of those charming, elegant women who moul ded modern society in their salons and ui-di oouversation a fiuc art. It is a very general ly conceded fact that in tho society of most civilised countries thero are more agreeable women than men,?reckoning purely from a social point of view ; and ono reason ol this is that most educated woinon are di IrJlauti,, and dilettanti are proverbially pleasant people. They are not hard workers, but they rovo from flower to flower, and gather a grout deal of sweetuess from them ull. There is not oftou much that is vory solid 4o show fur all those sunny flights ; but they get the full flavor and sweetness of the summer and the flower*, and are lighter und more graceful creatures than tho stead) plodders who eep close to the clover ant buckwheat fields, with a view to the exccllem yield and quality of tho houey, and th< monnmnnt'of wnr ahlflh in tn nr.mn labors. "But a woman who wishes to acquire thai permanent charm of conversation which i clovtr cultivated woman may so abundantly possess, should carefully avoid slang words and phrases. Slang, it is true, may nol seem to interfere with hor tuimediatu success, but the effect is not the less deteriorating on society in general. Youth and prcttiness gain toleration for a little coarsenest and want of dignity, but when the youth and prettioess go, the coarseness and wuot of dignity remain, unmodified and unjustified" A negro house on the plantation of Mr. Jamea T. Lemmon, in the little Hirer neighborhood, waa destroyed by firo on Tuesday morning.? There were three negro children iu the building one of wh? m was burnt to death. We have uol haawil i ha nart iaulape Kit! tar a nrasnma the ahtl dren had been locked in the house while the pa rents were at work in the fields.?Fairfield Aetc< and Herald. e A Dst.ras in Rats l. ?London, March Advices from Rio de Janeiro of the 2d inslanl bj way of Lisbon, slate that ram has been fall ing in torrents during the last six weeks, doing great damage to railways in the provinces of Kic de Janeiro, San Paulo and Mines Oreaco. Tin towns of can Jose, Mache. Pa rat y and Pirahi have been almost de?tro;-eJ, and many personi have been drowned., Radical Pbacticb.?Watseka, III., Maroh 17 ?J. W. Johnson, of 8heldon, editor of the Qa % prominent Kepublioan politician and ar applicant for the Swedish consulship, is oharge?i with having forgod commercial paper to the extent of several thousand dollars and has left tin country. Mimosa or a Moonshiner.?Atlanta, Maroh 14.?This ntornlng Jack Hioks, an illicit distil' ler of Gwj^inetf County, resisted arrest and wai fired upon by a party ?f raiders, headed by Dep1 uty Marshal Bolton, and was killed. S, *' A ?, ' ' ' V , FARM MOTES. Hoof and horn shavings contain moro 1 than twenty-five times as much nitrogcu as > is oontained in average stable manure. Sheep fed on dry feed aro frequently ' troubled with sore lips. An application of ' sulphur and lard once or twice will generally affect a cure. It is stated that goats among sheep afiord theui protection against dogs. The goat ' being pugnacious, attacks tho dogs while the ' sheep escape. > For turning under a heavy sod there is * nothing to equal a pair of good oxen. They I may be a little slow at the work, but it /ill " bo well done if they aro managed by a good ? driver. 5 An easy method of salting stock is ta * plaoe a largo lump of rook salt at uiffjreut locations,-to Which the stock can resort whear ever desired. It can also be placed in tho ^ troughs cf tho stables to good advantage. If good olover or mixed hay is out into nalt inch lengths and steeped in hot water it wakes an excellent, cheap and healthy food for fowls in winter ; and, as with oattle, a little linseed meal sprinkled on it add* to its virtues. As the influence of male animals is more a'.rongly impressed on the offspriug than that of the female, it is important that great cure be exercised in the selection of males for improvement. One with doubtful lineage should be avoided. It is as necessary to ose precaution in cutting off limbs from trees us amputating the leg or arm of an individual, and it can only be done safely when the tree has sufficient The following is another of many uures that have been recommended for chicken i cholera: Charcoal, one pound; sulphur, one poutjd; copperas, half p juod ; tea grains; salicylic acid, one drachm. Grind to a fine powder and givo a teaspoon* ful ou uioist uieal to a dozen fowls once a day. Many dairymen practice milking their cows steadily without allowing the animals to ?0 dty. They feed heavily otTcorD meal aud oil cake uutii the uiilk fails, wheo the cow is replaced by a fresh one. A dairyman who keeps oao haudred uad fifty cows says such a practice in more profitable than to pass time between their goiug dry and coming in. Plaster should always be kept on hand in 3 the baru. It will prouioto the growth of 8 nearly ull plants, affords partial protection agaiust drouth, and will furnish soluble liuie 2 to plants that need it. Of all the fertilizers known, plaster is the cheapest, and, for its, cost, is the most remunerative. Two busb: els ouly are needed for a good application. it is a special fertilizer for clover, beans ^ peas and potatoes. The Value op Rye and Clover.? The Charlotte Observer says : "Wo leuru that Colonel Johnstou, of Charlotte, commenced cutting his rye the last of December, when it was about a foot high, nud feeding it to his slock; that ho has cut it , twice this winter and it is now fifteen inches | high, tie will mow itaguiu in April, when f in bloom, aud it will be sroui five to six I met uigo. Aiier u is cui tno tlurd liuio, t the clover sowa with it oa the 20th of Sup? u uibcr he expocts to mow three times during r tho summer. This will umlce six cuttiugs of green foed it one year. For lour years L previous he has sown the two, rye and clot ver, together, and three of the four ye ts r he has cut six green crops each year. Ono i severe wiuter the ryo was cut only once, t but the clover three time. This comes of . early sowing, deep plowiug and thorough preparation without foreign fertilizers, but a plenty of the home-made. A great saviug i in forage, fat horses and cows, with rich yellow butter, are the results." Can any, oue iu Fairfield mako a better showing than this? A Thrifty Negro.?William Mattison, > a eolored farmer living n?ar llonea Path, ' was at Abbeville court houso last Monday , to buy the Muddox mill property. Hb ran | it up to 95,600, and the best of it is he had the money and property to make good his 1 bid. This man was emancipated without a dollar in his pocket, and by industry, good [ judgment and economy is now well off in this world's goods. His money be made at fnrui[ ing, while buudrods of farmers io this couni ty have io that tiuie squandered their faruis ( and gone into debt. Mattison never buys oo a credit, but generally has money enough to help out his less thrifty neighbors. Let no man say tl\gt farming will not pay io | this country. Battbk Puddi.no?Take one pint of milk and three tablespoonfuls of fluur and beat theoi until smooth. Add a snmil 1 quantity of salt and three eggs, yolks and J whites beaten separately. Bake in buttered . oups or a puddiuu~diah about half an hour " in a quick oveu. 8erve warm with sauce. Tub Orchard and Fruit Garden.? Because of the failure of a crop last season, with tho larger porti4B*of our readers, orchards in souio instances did not receive (ho attention they otherwiso would; and consequently are not in as good condition as is estimated to ensure the development of 6rie fruit in the event of a crop the present year. When such is the case, the orchard , or portions of it exhibiting a lack of vigoT and thrift, which can be determined by tho growth of wood during last year, a little extra effort should be made to keep such trees in regaining tht ir former vigor with as little delay us possible. As soon as the soil will admit of plowing, put it in order to recoivo whatever manure or fertiliser can bo spared. If stable m inure is available, broad cast after plowing; if ashes or artificial manures are 'used, the drag-harrow or cultivator should be used after such application, in order to have their effect ou the trees as early in the season as possible. True, this expenditure oflabpr and outlay for manures, is od tho presumption that the.*e will be a crop this year; but in event of another failure. and possibly this may be the caso. though it is scarcely probable, than there is los? sustained by unnecessary outlay (?), says the closocalculating reader. But more liberal reasoning places it on the side of gain, in that it promotes vigorous and healthy growth of the trees, which ultimately must pay better than stinting. We know many peach growers, who twelve year* ago, were impelled by their faith in the profitsbf this industry, to plant the greater and better portioniof their farms in orchards, number of'atJM# appropriated to peachc* , giving more attention pad thorough culture to a su|al^er area, realiihfg mtralk" better profits proportionately. It requires admiois. trativenbility of no mean staudard to properly manage in every detail a peach orchard of ten thousand trees, and he who attcmps it with no better backing than mere enthusiasm, will sooner or later find that he has an clepliant on his .hands. Much bettor have but one thousand trees, with sufficient labor at command to meet the emergency when the throng and press of properly gathering a crop arrives, than to have ten thousand and be a couple of days behind in the work entailed thereby. In brief, plant no more fruit of any kiud than you are certain, beyond a doubt, you cau cultivate, earo for, and market in the best order, with a selection of eight or ten of the best varieties, covering tho season from first to last. Grafting can be preformed during this month, especially of the cherry, which is usually attended with better success when dono before the buds have swolhn much. We need not enter into particulars in describing this operation, as ii is a simple one, and bos been repeatedly illustrated in the columns of The American Farmer. Grafting, when carefully done, is an easy and quick way of converting inferior kinds of fruit into the best and most profitable. Apple, pear, plum and cherryt that a fair trial has proven to be valueless, can by this method be brought into bearing fruit of the most dcsirnhlo varieties in threo: or four years. It is bolter, in grafting tree* . of & bearing size, to graft only a part of it first, giving the tree a year to recover from the shock produced by lopping off the branches ; then prooced with tho other half tho> spring following. In the Fruit gardsn as tho soil dries off and the weather falls into spring behavior, it will be propor to notice the mulohing oa strawberry beds, and when spread too thickly on the plants a portion of it may be removed; but it will not bo safe to go too far in this direction this month, as IVIareh ia "ton nn. sartin in her ways" to be depended upon. Grapes can be staked and tied up neatly ; so also raspberries sod blackberiies whero this plan is pursued, though we prefer kinds strong enough in their habits of growth to support themselves, and this nearly all of thcui will do pioporly, if pruned as they should bo. A portion of the older wood ir> gooseberry and currant bushes can be re* newed with bencBt to remaiuder. To growfine fruit oither in the garden or orchard , requires a liking tor that employment, sup~ pleuientcd by energy and intelligence..? American Farmer. A YesooCity, Miss., special reports the flood one fool higher than in 1867. The people ere disiegarding property end seeking only to satf human life. The courthouse is crowded end steamers ere removing the sufferers as fest us they can. 1200 were removed last night. A cotton gin house full of refugees was swept away, all drowned. Reports from other quarters ere alarming. A YOUHG I.ADTfl VICTORY.?Or the twenty* nine graduates in medicine el the commence* mem of (be United States Medical College, Nsw York, on Wednesdey evening, three of (hegrnd* uste* were women, to one of whom, Mies Nellie J. Mhepsrd, wee awarded the gold model forth* best examination on ell subject*. The kindness which is bestowed on others is nover lost,