Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4' THE WEEKLY HSl gHOK TIMES. JPqvotqd lo ^flrjcnliurc, Djortiqulturi;, gomijsliq (Sqonomg, got'iie Jitijrahin!, ^olitl^s, and the Current Urn's of the j)ag. '' Von. pii 11 tfiw Series. UNION C. II., SOUTII CAROLINA. AUGUST 2S. !SS2. ""'""" "" '^NUMIJKU 'lil ^ AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 0? THE STATE UNIVERSITY. Columbia, S. 0. August 11. At the meeting of the bond of trustees of the State University on Wednesday night, Prof. MelJryde submitted his views | with rogird to the proper administration of i his import nit dep irtincut, wliieh met with ; hearty conuurrence. The plan proposed by ( bi n for the organization of his dep irtuuii t | was ad ipted, an 1 Ita vr is a itli iriz 11 ro b i gin operations at once. He will proceed to the equipment of his chair for thorough j scieuiitie aud practical work. His lecture i room will be supplied witli charts and ail j the models and samples of agricultural seeds ? plant.-, implements, &c . necessary to illus- < tr ite h s course of instruction. 11 is 1 ibora ] lory will be furnished with microscopes ( for til a use of stu 1 -nts and for ill a study of , ?h osc minute organisms so fatal to plant and ; animal life. Apparatus for testing the pu- i r.tyaud vitality ol farm seeds will be impnr- I ted directly from Europe. The profess ?r i informs me that the adulteration of farm i v- se ;ds has been aim >^t reduced to a science * that cloverseed is manufactured from miartv ; 1 - * ' " grain .old turnip seed rousted an 1 colon d '] and sold as new. Such adulterations arc \ far more danger jus than those found in for* <_ tilizcrs, and call loudly lot State interference and control. Seivos, scales, acids. Ota , f ir a the mechanical analysis of soils and olitcr J scientific investigations will b: purchased. ] The lands belonging to the University , will be devoted to experimental purposes.? t Agriculture as a science can only be devol- | oped, and is an art perfected by experiment. v The expeliuieiits conducted on the farm | will bo made as practical as possible Only , such series will bccutcrcd upon as promise j to be of immediate value to tit fir u *in oi the State A well d? viscd and Conducted > x < pcrimcnt is valuabl" even when it gives nog ;l alive results. It may explode the proton- ] sinus of a highly-advertised seed, fortiliz r ^ or iinpleuieiit. Su.-li an exp-riui-ot s , therefore a buoy tbat warns the farmer ?! , dangers ahead. t Among the experiments proposed are the . 'following series : 1st. With cereals, testing | different varieties, fertilizers, modes of cul- | tare, Ac. iM Similar experiments wo It t grasses 3d. Similar ouos with cotton. 4?ti. \ Oi Iters with new crops, suell as d hurra, new | varieties of sorghum. millet, te siuto. lucent. ] soja hispida, &e. Gilt Willi new faun pro , cost's, s11o11 as ensile,;i*. ?.Vc li'ii W itii j | new varieties nf vegetables. (Under 111i> ( bead will (all the testing of second cr<?|i ! . potatoes, &c ) Till Willi new varieties ol sin ill fruits. 8th. Kxperimeuts in cattle- ; feeding. (Tests ol'diIf'rent nutritive r . - , tions. &c.) , The trustees have or?l red the erection of ( a j?.-eeiihnuso. This will he tilled with cho cc | specimens of foreign and uitive plant- of > j economic or scienlilie importance. Sue:, a ^ house will aifioal opportunities for cxp ii. , iients in cross br ? diiio and iivbridizn" plants, for the production of new varieties | of seeds, lor the tcstin*; of seeds, ite. J The results of the experiments will be j free I v published and distributed jjratuiiuu?ly l auioiio the farmers of the State. I As liii! department is developed uiore laud will he acquired and experimental lui'series, vineyards and orchards pi mtud ? This will allow of the lestim; of n w varieties of fruits, &e Ornament il "rounds ' will also be laid o|] around the greenhouse. ' An irboretum will he added in time. Th s dep il lineiil will cheerfully determine Us a species. &c.. of any unknown plant, make | , analyses of se? ds, &c and do any other similar work for the farmers of the State without charge. I'nrresp oidence on a??ri ' cultural subjects is invited. t - . - j A lit.o'MU.Kss I)t:Kli?A sub-tiiute f r the du d, which will doubtless be welcomed ' by hi^li tempered men who are poor marks- I men. has been found in Italy. The editor t of ail Itilian piper is-aid to have received (J t'roio a fell ?w eitiz i?, to who u lie had ?tiv? >i ..lU -nce. t he following letter : "Sir. I cannot send inv second* to micIi a scoundrel as I ' i:. ?:i I f II r IiiToI'iim I *?.?? i i 1 li it is LSi". solo object of tltis letter. 11 i v nii'cys m you. on my beli all", a sound s| ip o.i either chock lie tli iokliil for my nmd L'ratioii. which Iris spired you a postal coo 0 ffiifiioiciit of hearty thwacks with hi. favorite walking slice ! I rt uiiiu. eta" Til-; next mornin_' the editor printed his adver sary's letter, together with this ? rushing rejoinder: " I iiiiuit abl: adversary: In eompli met; with your iviiiiest, I hasten to think you lor h i vnr.: only sent nic a couple j of eull's iiist ad ! i severe t hr isli iiiii Vnu i have struek me in writing. Si.nilirlv. I hereby <1 ?" i irje i!I tli > >ix birrels of oy ; revolver i> y Oil- In1 at] lod kill von bv leltei. | \s s loll Is yo I sl| ill || ive p 'i lls d I Ills llote ! V 'U m v e oi-el'-r yours -if i dead nan I ! s 11111> your cor s? will 'h-* ln_rhe?t eoo-id er O i' oi V 0|is, ele I'll i-s expeiliti ms j il i|i I bloodless iic'lb >d of iVel|'JiiHI ones' wr 0|OS oujlll to prove HI aeeept able siihsi i j lute lor the code anion" \ I'otiiii yon'lt' | men of ihe old school. " I w oild ur_'o writes I'rof II nrv. that our laruieis iced in no oat> to y niif_r stork. Colts as Well as calves There is no I nn| t th it will >n well e novel acidity of the stooi neli and keen ill wrli dc system in ^ md order. " I the fir3t dead "rebel." Albany, Ga. July, 21.1882. v , Tlio realms tfiven by you this morning c? why Colonel Fisher who was killed at Hull cf ltuii, coui 1 not have been the first rebel V;l killed was eorrect. The first soldier who died while in the service of the Southern (, States was a tailor from Augusta. Ga. who ?vi died in April, 1801. and the first soldier ju killed in battle w is a beardless I oy not twun- j ty years old, from North Carolina, in May, OI, 1801 I'll is was the first blood shed in the g|, 'southern cause. There were two First tj| Georgia regiments which went to the war h0 n April, 1801: the first Regulars, who were re, lent to Savannah, and the First Volunteers aIio were ordered to I'ensacola under Col. pr It unsey. I'roni Augusta. There were two j?( jonipauies from Augustia, Goorga, in this jC; vuiniciit. one of b >ys just from school, i nd one of older citizens of Augusta. In va he latter cotup.iiiy was a tailor, who, in a w| Volic, caught and put in his bosom a garter, cu >r. as sometimes called, a thunder and light- vc ling make. flierc is a variety of this spc 0f ties of serpent, some whoso bite is deadly W;l itid others who are not at all p >ison ms. gc, Hie soldier made a mistake, as there is hut co, rery li tie diff-renee in their looks. Whilst rol t"in?; around with the snake in his bosom 1 crowd of his felfnv soldiers gathered ;l?, irouud, and in a spirit of bravado he took t out and provoked the reptile until it bit ja i:in on the h ick of his hand, from which ho | lied very soon. The snake was killed, j|,( aken to August and preserved in aleo- Qf ml. Keing in that city u few months after. Cui vards, I saw the reptile, which was two Icet pp onir and about the size of a child's finger. \y \ 11 the members of the first (J corgi a Keg- ja nit*lit will recollect this circumstance. pu The first soldier killed in battle on the yj, soiitliern side was at Kig Kethel Church, p., ih>*ut fifty miles from Gut Town, Virginia* pa Ih nj.1111i11 Kntler ha 1 landed the first Van* dp tee trot p> in Virginia in May, IStil. and va-. met by a Virginia regiment at the church ac( iained Gene'al Wadsworlh, ofConnccti- th< :ut, was in immediate eoiinnaiid, and upon fat seeing the Southed! troops advancing on re( li in jumped a log, waved his sword over jjj ii> head and ordered his men to fire. They to lid so. and the North Carolina boy, who aj| vas a volunteer in the Virginia regiment. la| leii dead?the only one killed on our .side. ca Immediately our men returned the fir3. p|. diootinir the General from the log. and j lis soldiers left that battle field. These I Jc \v<i men, one on each side, was tlio first blood I s}t du d in the war. except the men of the I ou Massachusetts regiment who were killed by j., i mob in Baltimore, Maryland. I was with nv regiment in duly, 18(11 and visited the (), einetary in Richmond, Va ,nnd stood over \y :lu! grave, at t he head of which was a board w| liealino ibis iiiscriptinirftlie name 1 have uj, forgotten): His name was Wyatt, and he cv ivas a ineinber of the I'Mgecoinbe Hoards, Bommandi'd by Captain John h. Bladders- j, ( From North Carolina; the first soldier Co| killed in the wat between the North and C(J| South."* Any of the old soldiers of the Sixteenth Hcorgia Regiment will recollect t|1( [lie circumstances of this, the first battle of ^ the war. S. B. WiOIIT. pri One of the stall in the Sixteenth Ceorgia Regiment. ?... Ij->VK:tS I'j X 0 It A Nil! N?i Tkkni ?I per "" 'ornied an operition of transplanting uudc r c\* on.inlic circumstances on a certain ocea- n'1' io,i. A young Inly, as pretty as a peach, Pu il l a da : Ioikiug young fellow, eauie lo see u"( ne one m oiling. Alter no little hesitation, 'oa hey loid me they were betrothed, and that j ?e was in the army, and was going away to 10 he plains for at leisl a year, hunting In- '' li ois An 1 we are very unhappy at put | ng " whimpered she. "Yes, we are," almost iluhhe.ed lie. "We heard of transplanting c''' eoh.anl w nit y ui to t ike one out ofeach s" f our mouths and transfer them. ' For 10 c i iiiouient 1 was transfixed with luightor )UI aid i-loii shmeiit, and I attempted to reason c"' lietu out of their fo dish pr ipo?itim ?hut aI" buy inns ed; so I extract ed uie of her lug srv ist l? tele teeth and one of his .smallest, and :ICI hanged t lieui ah -at. Hers fitted in his jaw l'" 41* 11 riijut, ;iii11 ho vv ;11 r ofF a low day* al'tor- 1 i'nils n his post with liis I nly love's molar 1 -? loitli. Iii.wevor, would not stick in, lor v 1111 i 11 a week llieynuiij; Inly c into bick C(M vi111 Iter I'ico de idiully swollen. 1 reduced s'" Im iii 11 i:n 11 i<hi and eased the p mi. hut could l'u ml replant her lover's lam;, and she wont i v ?y wit h ii \vr ipp d up in i p iper. On ! t ho al" a oi?t .iiey t>I' w lien Sis niniths alter ll|e iii il i led i iii ill old eiioiill to he her I ii ll> i" Wa i\'Inoi I tie ? mill* lieu oil nit suht ii i oil ly M turned Ins iiidmn mtly told nie o|' the 1,1 iii ii tier he had been j i It ed. and r i| n *! ed oio r 0 iniou'diatidy extract lus false I ivo's to u n ''1 v i.ah I 11 1. .0 I In* throw itii i'? o i-.pi ''' doiii.? ( 'iiifiiiimfi J.tnjiiirrr. ll" o I'or lieddim; horses si raw is hetter t h n tin 'iivdilti, ll the ?|ii liiiy of the manure is in 1 ikeii into consider.ill ai. as the s.wlu^t to ii ikos t he iii mure too dry iii 1 it overheats .mi poiis very ,s ion if not .v.itchid very i b 0.A.dy. 1 no Tilk (-oi.oiikp Cook.?There is quite a riety ot'colored o ?oks infesting the kitchs of thcSouthcr n end of the United States Xortli America at tlie present day. They ry in color IVoui the souibre shades of n irued stuuip iu a dirk a lie) at midnight the mellow tints of a ripe pumpkin tinned tli the rays of the rising sun. They vary other respects. The youm; one is more puJeut auj less re-pecrl'ul thin the old. e. When she conies n; search o! t place, e is apt to say that a cullid washlady' d her that the white woman that lived :e" wanted fo hire a cook; but tlicy all seuiblc each other iu one particular?their iterance of cookery is 2D decrees ab >ve oof, and their unc >nsiou*iiess ol their iterance irtay R.tTcly ba sai'd l<V""to:?Tster at ist 1 13 decrees Fahrenheit in the shade We have not space to describe all the ricties of the colored cook, but will tel| lit we know of the cotiiaiouest type, tli ; Iinary atist who is fat, black and forty ars <>l age, or t hereabouts. J>iie is proud having belonge I to do oM judge for,' do ill.' and she is fond of comparing the pre: it with the past. I lor comparisons are not tiipliuiciilary to t lie pse?ciit, for her sur undings arc to her as the gloomy ruins of ,'ial and material things standing out linst a br'llimt and gold tinted back, itiiid "oh do gargoousiiess ob do g 1 ole ys." With the loyalty of her race, she faithful to her o d mi-ter and mis tress to : extent of e tiling oa th:n f?rthe Inn half a dollar whenever she is financially ibarrassed. She seldom s'ays at any one ice more than three months at a ti n : hen hired she promises to come on Tliursy, the day the old cook intends leaving, tsho does not come until the following onday evening, w hen she arrives accom* nied by a smill trunk with wall oiper sted oil the outside of it, and a large buns of "her things" tied up in a patchwork d spread. During the first I'etv d tys she ss jthal her mistress absorbs the idea that i new cook is a treasure. But her satis:tion in and admiration f?r her treisure Jeives successive and severe shucks as the iosyncrasiis of the cook's character begin develop. She can cook :t chicken, but the colored people can do that. It is a lent that i.s hereditary. Beyond that her pacity is limited, olio breathes on the ites, and polishes tlieui on her sleeve lore putting them oil the table. She velops religious proclivities whicii iic.'cs ate her atleudaucc at churuli three tiuies Sunday, at prayer-meeting on Wcdiies* y and ehoir-pruetiee on Siturday night ie is also a member of the "Benevolent der of tbo Sisters of the Myste.iuus Ten iso \ irgins, the weekly meetings ol noli ri't|uiro her attendance ou Tuesday gliis. Thus her mistress lias onlv three cniiigs in the week on which she feels at ci ty to eutertaiii her friends at her own use. The favorite dissipitiou of the lured cook, besides .eli ei nis observa ices, tisists of silt ing down on the k itchen door: p t<i rest, and going to sleep there while i biscuits bum t i a ein ler ard th ; e >lFe? ils and mixes with the eibbago and other lits in the adj iceiit skill :t. She h is d lys on which she suffrs with misery" in her head, probably Irmit too tell religions observance on the previous ruing, and on these <1 tys she takes a lomy view of life, breaks dishes, forgets to t ;?Ly b iking p iw ler in the bitter cakes I manufactures coffee of the kind that ves successive ciiclesofuu alluvi ddep isit the inside of the cup. It is not well to iioiistrite with her on these oceisims you do die will talk to herself eonfidoi lly in a io\v lone ol voice during the next v d tys about being overworked. In tlic Inn picking sea-, m n >tliiug sh irt of les is on the pi 1:1 i, tiie use ol the pirlor to reive hereiiipmy in. and seven nights [ of the week will induce the average nred c ink to rem tin at her p ist, of duty l continue Hie destruction ol cxpciie traceries tTnUoii picking with banjo joinpitiiincuts, a:ul the ilance at ni^ht in ' barn, have attractions no pecuniary r will outweigh. ami the cntinn field is the conk whet tbc fashion ibio watering icu is In In-r ynunj; ini~tross When site lies to hire she tells her employers that i is nut married. After awhi'c, when latter notices t he lre<|iteiil appearance a "eullud o'ouinian" ab>til the kitchen 1 the conk's It iii'l >ir and brin-.'s her to k lor having concealed thefut Ih it sli?? > married, she replies: Ko' do liiird "m. u i>n l married; we je> took up wid one odde ' Honesty is her strong p out; j can he trusted Willi a dollar to take to irket hi the morning. and she will invest y cents of it in piovisi uis and cheerfully ru over til'ecu cents of ciiau^e t .er ployer mi her return. The appetite of j colored Cook is something that the Co| hi - of this p iper are t >o limited in extent deserihe. ? '/< xits Sij'lim/s. # I i a w.iich d >ea not concern us we make UiCUtKfU bf. Hon. R. M Sims' Model Kahm ?Ivl itor Roister : On ;i recent visit to Columbia I linl the pleuurc of an invitation t< spend a night with Mr. R M. Situs, whi lives six miles K.ist of Columbia. My visi was not only a great pleasure in uicuiinj, the family of Mr. Sims, but what is 01 should be, to all farmers especially, to tin sight of a model farm. Since my visit to Mr Sims' I have seen many gaod firms and fine crops, but as a whole I have seen notli thing to compare with his. I must bogit by saying 'hat for the p ist fifty years I havi been worici.;,; farms a.'M untieing cverythiii; iu the line of farming, hut Mr. -Sims cro| does certainly beat any thing i have eve s.'ou. His crop has been cultivated pe. Hmcmt MRmp lor HPHR sec. No doubt the.'C are many of his ucigh bor> who arc not aware there is such a sigh so near Colutnbia . Mr. Situs says he ha 200 acres if cotton an 1 80 acres in corn several acres in sw-et p it.itoe ? ami so uiair melons that I saw hundreds of the line;-! rotting on the ground. The cotton Held i a perfect level plain, a 1 contiguous; the rows perfectly straight and all of eve a dis tanee. The whole Goid is one magnified) flower garden ?the mingling of pute whin with red bl<? nns and the green cotton leave ("no grass in iiis'n") make a beautiful eon trust. It is not possible to do justice t Mie field, so go out and see for yourselves ? The corn is on upland sandy soil, which t< us in the clay region would i dioato poo land, but to see the corn, all in ide and p *rfectlv matured, show there is no provcrty << soil there. My op 'nit.ti is tiiat there is "more in tin man than in the laud,' and must give M* Sims the credit of being the model farine of South Carolina until 1 can see or h * i r o a better. It is now the time of yea that an estimate ciu be made, as the coltoi stalk is full of well grown bolls ami tin corn about ripe, so I will venture the esti hi itc that Mr. Sims will make 200 bale - o cotton and at last 2(0) bushels of cuiii t< the acre.? G. in Columbni li' i/istcr. 11 KiSI M BNTS OK 111<> II I. A N DKIIS.?Tile ap pear nice of the Highland regiments wliiel Kiigl iui is now hurrying up to the Iron from both sides id* Kgypfc at once will doubt less be as great a surprise to the Bedouin of Arabi l'.isha as to t!i :ir gnu lfith irs ii 1708 When the II ighl niders of Sir It tip I Abercrotnby's army lauded at Alexindr' in that year the Arabs en the town, after wondering survey of the st ilwart Celts, rai to aunounee to their friend- the .arrival ti a host of giants, so huge that the clothe I which tlicy w ire wore all to ? short lo them. In the Sop iy mutiny of 1S.~?7 tin Highland rouiuietits did priceless serviei | both at Lucknow ami Cawnpore. st>r;nin< j on one occasion a hieli walled mrden <1: i Ion tied by live t i m their number ol'S *p >y i and literally annihilating the whole n?rri I son When Nana Sahib's soldiers fir.* caught sinht of the plaids and kilts the oxol liin -d joyl'ully th it all the K !<?lish sol diers iniiil have been killed, and that th sirkar ( noverninem) had to call out th wouien. Hut after their first taste of; Highland bayonet charge they abandons this belief once for all and fell back upoi the th ory ;hit these terrible fighters h n deliberately a 1 ipted this feni lie j?r.ab in or der to remind them of the wronn which the; came to revenue, viz , the massacre of tin K.i-iish ladies by N hi i Siliib Kii.i.kd tub Witonii IIkns ?An ir.-nci hie fie i captain settled down to Ihirtl uid lifi by the side of a well tempered man, and tin two <rot alonn very well until the lieu <|tio.s tiou cimc tip Slid the ('iptiin: "I like you as a neighbor, but 1 don't liki your liens, and if they trouble aie any more 1 11 shoot them." The mild?in uinered neighbor studied ove I till tlh-ll till* lint L II.ill'lii.r ill.. I' , ... ....... ..... w.i |?t.. .11 reput ili'in well by I lie ropo.t, lie replied; W'jII. iI" \v?* ciu*t j^et alonjr any nine way, shoot ilie liens, but I II ?ake it us i favor if you will throw tlieui when deui over into our yard and yell to my wile." "All risrlit," slid the Captain, The next d iy the Captain's pin wis beard, and a dead hen fell hi llieq net man': yard The next d iy another hen wa< thrown over, the next two, and the next alter, three. ' Say," said the quiet to an. 'couldn t yon scatter the . alono a little? We re illy can' dispose of the number you are killing " (iive em to your poor relations," repliet the Captain r??fHy. And tlie <|iuet limn did lie kept In: neighbors w? ll iJppii? ) with chickens Im soma weeks. o no day the Ct.pt a in said to tlio quic I iii HI: | h ive half ii dozen nice liens I'.ii >;i?inj to tiive yuu il you will keep quiet abou this iirt'.iir." I low is tli it ?" said i lie quiet man " An you sorry because you killed my liens?" mil' lien*?" snd the Captain. Why sir. those liens belonged to :ny wile! did 11 I know she had any 11 ti111 I h id ted Vo; and your 11 11 h irs all sii inner out ol lie tl ick ?/'ti't/niiif. /V'/i.Si'i'tp/. ? ? ? lie ^oiid to y mi's It'an 1 you will nev ei ' lal-V frti-U'Jrf. ? ' Tim I'ltKSS AND TI1K I'KOI'I.F. III our . i the pe ?ple c:ui no uiorc move anil have tl ( . being ui any truly effective sense with tlio press tli.in tins press can live with 1 i that responsi ve popular support so necess t to the wide efficiency of a journal, how r j faithful and earnest its work These I'm r I then, must move together with eor? I mutuality in older that society slio ; perform its full functions. Of course do not deny that a people can exist w I ou'. the press, but let us imagine for a i mcnl the whole people of a free State wi ) out the modern newspaper. You may move the railway an l pull down the t< 1 graph wires, but stop the newspaper, wh ' linds its way into every nook and come p the land, however remote or obscure, ! you would in our day stop the very spri of ' "m ill act iou; you would lower the st - in any given dirccTlon, aud cud.1 down t very heart of the State to tire mealiest a s rations and tlie paltriest performances. It may bo s ml with simple truth that newspaper performs a greater function L' t'ue economy of a free State ill our day ; ti nes than the most ex ilted statcstnaiisl s 11 makes and unmakes st it saien and acti ly maps out affairs for the exercise of pro statesmanship. Audio more cases tliam lias the pen plow J mi eh tier than tin: swi 1 We are living in ail age of more or lc.? e military east just now, and hence uiilit s heroes of all dimensions (ill the page. ] we are approaching, if we have not aire reached, the era when facts shall lix the I " of empires rather than success!ul chiefta - When truth and justice and the actual a cessilics of liutnan society shall find a r voice in human alfairs. When the precti negation of the masses, acting in their < behalf, sliall sullenly stand across the p 1 whom neither the needle gun can pricl perform nice nor the armored monster: the deep drive into submission. Ilui intelligence ami will sli ill be found 11 ' than a match for gunpowder. The power to stand still, to clog ' wheels, to stop the grain in the fields r stop the looms at their work an I the gr , avenues of transportation, 111 lading unlading, a word the strike that sfn all along the line "f human production its distribution, so )tter .'>r later will have ' reckoning Sooner or later we will hear it swelling voice id' down?trodden htiuiai utter in thunder tones : Let justice be d between man and man ! And who s . gainsay the douinml? The quibbles of I court house, t lie st rategv of so-called stal uiiuship, the deep laid wiles of mael politicians, the sliatn worship and iusiuce of priestcraft ? all these things will have s their day. whilst the actual necessities of , case, with its actual p issibilit ies, wiil < !( the law to the occasion. For it will s tie plain to ali that no man defeats ( ,l Nor can all the men on e..rih comhi i gainsay II im who laid the foundations ii the earth ami laid the corner stone liter |- This in ive.iient of' the ni'tltitude h emtio out of the womb of our times, and no little extent does it owe its origin to r loins of the free pro-sof t he civilized wo ; The slavery of our own section found > quietus there, .and all things which sa r of slavery must die the death. Afri "* slavery was only made in its isolation vicarious sacrifice for nil the rest. Now, the same press, if it be a free pr - if it be a brave press, if it be a fait I I press, stands, under (J <d, master of l silji'.i >n; and. in the end, it will be foi t hat t he press c in neither afT >rd to bo b hi cajoled or bullied. No man's money can 1 0 J (lie human heart away from true hcroi e from a chevalier love for the right and the t j in the long run. And there will be, tl j. must be, born to the demands of the c I h roes of the pen no I ss than of the >w< :i men whose words I hall never die and wl 1 superb instincts shall lirill through c m less generations of men. y. Col. Hi i/istcr. i' Tiik M well Monoi'oi.v. ? N'.uicc was issi Wednesday In every wholesale dealer in l'hilai plii i of t lie a Ivance hi the |oaec of matches fi 2 ? cciiis in 1 do per gross, according to ki . ? mis ??i?i .tittnnaic i% 111 #urn v risu ??u i part of the dealers and jni)lier? in ilic Ir;?-1 is ; lu consequcncu <>f I lac* inaction of Congress, ilie public have been place I at the mercy o company which can put the price lip as high it pleases. About fifteen years ago I he first et ' at combination of in itch manufacturers \ ) mi le by the Swift & Oourfney and IJeec Company. The financial result was a gi f stick company, cunprisitig about twe s manufactories and said to represent a cap of $o.0i>0,000. The sulphur matclies, wli origin illy were sobl by tbe combination at 5*1 r are now sobl for .$2 Jit), and parlor inuches r i from 5*2 to 2 *>0. Tbe stamp act was iinpn J j about twenty years ago, which drove on I of market all small manufacturers. At first government sold the stamps at one cent en ten per cent, off, anl compelled the ma men to have their own plates engrui t which was the condition on which tlie ten i cent, was taken off. The ten per cent, was directly taken off at first, but tlicy were gi ten per cent, m restamns, which wasequival t" an allowance ofhnt nine per cent. Thee ' hination lias for some time been carrying o t suit with the g ivernme it to reovcr 'lie ad liotial one per cent* i - Awful Sullen.--A gentleman in li t I well sent to the Great Western Gun Wo r ami purchased a small parlor rifle, w ! 1.000 r.irlritl^fM of the smallest size, 1 blllh is : !> mi I tin* size it) ;? bucks I lie went <?vur l > Hansen's mill p md, IV j lioiitino. ami found a very lar^e Iroo ol | masculine nder sitting on u slump, j J above the water llcah >l twenty seven lii at him, xvlicn Ins li'i;;.slii|) lost ||jn L?.i . 1 ami dropped over in I lie shallow wafer. I no t i he lr out it w is f'? iml lie i swallowed twenty six ol' I be bullets, eatel r I them in Ins uioutll. silppi-en.* tlieiu t< flies. When he went to ui ive. the we; i ol ihclead eirried ni.n overb u*ad. an I w r taken out he H'n not thlund but awful su! ? U'(TfyJc^) (.(*" }) ? * "*"? ' " - ' ? ,].IV x Pl.UCKY YotWtl (itltl.S,? Mount loir Airy. N. C,August 8.?Six gay aud frolics out souie young ladies* arrival in this place today lout all riugt d out and equipped for a journey on iarv '?ot through the mountains of this State.? ver The g'tls wear dresses oveu shoitcr than the rce* regulation walk 'tig skirt. They have knap li.il sacks strapped over their shoulders, wear old h oad bottomed, easy shoes, dark hose, and we arw tixod up for comfort. Tbey propose to ith- take tt trip on foot through all of the monono tain countries of North Carolina. In their th- baggage they have hamiiiocks which will be re- ?*,std in ease they have to camp out at uight. de- The trip will consume about two months ich and cover a district of six or eight hundred rot miles. The girls arc all young, tho oldest and probaly not twenty two and tho youngest mis not sixteen. They are lithe and hearty and an- appear to be able to make fifteen or twenty , to miles a day easily. Three of the fair p )tfdfc dtotriims nfc from Virginia itxTtho other the throe YYoiu Maryland, 'l'hrco oT the in nro spi Dttpils of a well known seminary in Virginia and the daughters of well-known business the men in that State. Their present novel and . I i . . J - ?!?2?? ? i in iiiuoponuotil iiip ia umuo piiueipuuy iu ind gratify one or two ol the party, who could tip not afford to travel on railroads. When a i ll- desire was expressed by :hetn in the presence per of the other four giils who make up tho one party to see the magnificent scenery of the >rd western part of this State, it was at oneo ;s a proposed to tramp it through the country, ary and thus avoid railroad fares and at the Hut same time afford a better view of the seen: ady ory. The party will leave here to uiorlate row for Ashoville, in llumconihe Ciunty. ins. They do not manifest any fear of being mono lested iu the long and lonesome route. ? big They say they are fully able to take care of lant themselves. Part of the way is through ?wn dense forests, through which even tunny darath. ing men are not anxious to go, especially i to at night, s of nan Vai.uk ok Coh.v Cons ? Few farmers tore st >p to consider how much of fortilizig matter is annu illy wasted about the farm, ^ nor of the expense incurred in purchasing ,^l|t tin. same materials in other forms. Thus and *'i the apparently insignificant matter of A'rs corn e ibs is an item woith saving, if tho 1 or accuiuulatious of corn cobs were gathered i # ? ^ up and thrown into the hogpen they would, lily l?y *>?'*t opting, be reduced to manure. It imih bas been estimated that in the corn cobs it Jl grown in this country last year wero upwards '"u of two hundred million pounds of potash. Vs" Where corncobs arc used iu lighting fires line _ iii ,.jty at tho farm house, the potash may be saved had in the increased value of tlis ashes. be It is well known that the uiflecent vario? ',vu ties of wood, when burned yield varying pro-portions of potash. Alt lie head ofthc list iu tied l'ic production of potash stands the willow; i of hence its ashes are of superior value in this c"' resp.-ct, yet corn cobs contain double the . am >itiil of potusli carried in thcwillow; so, in 1 "? , . 1 . , ' ?l , tins manner, we may approximate the value rid of the ashes obtained iu the burning of corn its cobs, and preserve the same for futurea use vor iu the fertilization of the soil of the farm, ill Successful fa: tiling is commonly theresuit of careful attention to little things, t ess, the economical use of the smallest clcuie: t 'tul of value. I Imiea even the corn cobs, \vi'?. l'u^ their products of potash, arc worthy the attentiou ol the practical and thrifty farmer. bUy The enormous cost to the farmer of potash miii, ?whether in his barnyard manure, in i>'i ruu commercial fertilizers, or in his uiorc direct u ru purchases of p itasli in 0113 form or another )rtj' ?renders tlie economical utilization of c i o lose Cobs a matter of soino importance. - ? 1 Skv itiiii Hill.?The condition of Senator ilill this in irtiing is practically the same as lor two weeks past, lie is daily weakening 1 , strength and the end of his sufferings com<"> acd nearer every hour, lie undergoes almost iniol del- orablo agonies, at times, relieved only by opiate i-otn with which his <piict slumbers can alotic be in "d- duccd. ho 11 o is now being treated w th a prcparatiiin >f >.? ergot, or barley busks, discovered by a St. Loui* the physician. an t said to have performed some nr 1 * ruoulous cures of seemingly hopeless cases 01 cancer. Whether tli new medicine can arrest tort or cure S -iiator Hill's malady is, however, not vconsidered even problematic, and it is being trie I her f0|- whatever good results it may produce, real A Wonukkful Rkmkov. ? Wc loarn that th "ty Senator h is received nearly five hundred letters ital from persons throughout the Union who cl lim ?.oh t? have been cured of cancer by the use of re I clover tea and poultices. In addition to these 'use letters and as a timely testimony to the efficacy sod of the prescription is the following, which w he r,,,,! in one of our Stale exchanges tliis morn ho in^ ; ich, T|,c Lumpkin (Ga) Independent states that ch Mrs (Ireen II. Hurley, oftliit county, was ell'e*rt-'d, tually and peimancntly cured of a cancer hv per j innking n strung lea of ilie leaves ami blooms or' H?l | red clover, ami drinking It in lieu of water. She ven | occasionally made a poultice of the leaves an I Irnt . blooms ami applied it direct to the cancer >'n | Mrs Hurley was cure! by this treatment within " * i two months, ami three years have passed ami l ?i - j no sign of a return.? Atlunla lltrald. A PoSKIt FOIl 11 IS MoTIIKIt.? Little it- j Ivltlio T wis sick of gastric lever peevish rks j and trullul, but he seemed to want the idea ilh i pro v.til thai it wasn't much trouble to j attend him. His mimttia, v.hile bathing bis bmw, soothingly rental* cd: ''What is ",t' ' h into without a mo her " The young og | rascal iuitit diatcly snipped out : ''Weil, thei what would mother he without a home?" ^ ^ The dead balk t?u the trunks and larger " \ limbs ?>t trees is best removed during a thaw. ''('c i A wafli of whale nil or Mift <-oap applied P" i /itli a brush jjivea a suiootli, heillhy uppearunce i?g - - - In: Why Siib I'uwdkivs ?Miss l/ilyphace >ht H.iys she um-s powder merely to take llio mil slime ofi her laoe. hut thinks she use* leu , ' fo take the shiuo oil ol the other wouiuu'3 ' faC'J.