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( \l' ^' . ' ' THE WEEKLY 1XS QHIOH TIMES. Jlcvolcil iii ^firiculliuo, Dortitullure, domestic (L'tonomi], $)olitc literature, polities, and the Current Heirs of the Jinn. VOL. XVII.?New Seiiies. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL .",0, 1SS0. NUMBER IV. RFMINISCENSEa or tub MACBETH LIGHT ARTILLERY. No. -J. nv <<m: or i n em. In my previous communication J. M. Cadberry's company nu made prominent, bccnuso it was the gem of the Macbeth Light Artillery. The fix months it had served was nothing more than a training school. One that was. in a measure, to Uniou County what the t'iudcl Academy wn< worth to the .State, and worth as much to South Carolina and the Confederacy, as ir each member of the company had killed his man on a scare of hattio fields. (Sadberry's Company was made np largely of intelligent men, who had now seen enough of service to appriciate the advantages of being an ollioer. ilcncc, it was the nucleus for the formation of several other companies atnl regiments. In fuel, tlio relish for oilier was so great that more companies were attempted to be raised, than Uuion County could supply with men. The prospect for success with so many embryo companies in tho field, was not encouraging. It, nevertheless, acted as a stimulant, and so inspired tho zeal of those interested in the success of each prospective company, that it became almost a grab-gnuie. There was activity in every direction. Men might have held themselves at a premium, l.ikc the soven pretty sisters, each prettier than the other, and numorou w^\iano companies, each selling a better fertilizer than the other, so each of the-c prospective organizations had better inducements to oiler than the other. The trouble with all of them was, there wero loo few ollices to fill in proportion to the number of men wanted. Tlio happy thought of raising an Artillery Company and naming it iu honor of one of I'nion's most popular sons, was a stroke of policy that load to the organization of the Macbeth l.ight Artillery. The comp?uy, however, was not made up exclusively of men from I'ninn Spartanburg, Laurens, and Chester. each contributed handsomely to it- organization. An 1 Camden and Charleston were both rep evented Hut nil the commissionc I and most of the noncommissioned ollice.i were taken from < i.i d berry's old company. With a complete organization, wo qniety left Union on the 1 Ifth of NoTcmber, I Mill, and on the evening of the >ame day, went into South Carolina's Camp of instruction, at Liglit-wood-Knot Springs, sevon milenorth of Columbia, on die Charlotto & Columbia railroad. We found several newly organized regiments already there, and interspersed among them were men from (Si-egg's old command, who, with the cadets from the citidcl, were busy preparing these raw troops for "a place in the pie- | ture near the Hashing of the guns.'' At first wo had no cannon, and our drilling was confined exclusively to the infantry tactics, lint in c mrse of time we received a bracts of superannuated gutis. worth just as much, however, for learning the detail of the artillery drill, r.s if liiey had been bran new pieces out of tlio moulds of the latest modern improvement. Wo maneuvered around with these ancient looking guns, the commands now ringing in our ears, - "loal j iiyuc'ntb, "loan, one. tv.'o, three, lour, spungc, suul "nion to (lie t'roiit, ' nti>l "*incn to t!ie r<-ir," until the drill became as monotonous as a protracte>I summer drought is to a croaking farmer. Wo ought to have been pralicetit soldiers in tho details of artillery tactics; for. in addition to the one <laty of drilling day in and d ?v < out, our oatnp was situate I in the nii 'st of a ! barren waste of glaring white san l. and nothing I of interest, so far as I ever knew, in the stir rounding country for miles to divert n? from our military duty. \\ e were the last troops ordered from Light-wood-knot Springs. And when the order canto for us to g> to Charleston, the welkin was ma le to ring with acclamations of joy. t tn arriving a! Charleston, the company went into camp at Half M ion 15 it 'cry, on tho north eastern suburbs of the city, an 1 over loikingthe continence of the Cooper River. i Our surroundings were vistly improved, and >ve enjoyed sonic of the spice of life. Variety was added 11 our diet, boo as and daily news ' papers to our scanty reading matter, an 1 some ; whole-soul patriotic citizens, li\ing eontigums to IIatf Moon Itmery. slnrel with us their t noble hospitility. I'lte kindness an 1 cmi-:.l;rration shown us by the Nowcll and Manig.ault families, will ever remain, like an oasis in the lesorf. fresh in the memory of the oilieers of the Macbeth Light \riillory. The change from the sand hills n*>rili of Columbia, to t'liarlcston, ' wliero attractions wore numerous, and whisky .and "-.veethearts convenient, was of such a demoralizing tendency, that a more rigid lisipline oceanic llccussTiry i>n I 11 m- never soul a i discipline so evicting, or siintincls s > vigilant, that a ninn thirsty tor a drink. or tint which in 1 i-noro laudiNc, to see his sweetheart, tint tlic *niik was not found and the sweetheart not ' seen ' wonder if friend Nicholson could ml "mining nee units of the strat icreoi. give no ne K n?i.?i.igeni? which he used. 1,1 ol",,in* 11,0 an I slipping the lilies-in '-r iPit his lilylove, who was at lint tin. 1 harleston. j A short time after going into camp, wo were furnished with a Lattery efsi.." i'""' and Lieut. Stalks \\. I'..rtcr was immediate' v '''s" , pntchcd to upper South Carolina, to luiy hot for it lie returned in a few weeks, with a choice lot of horse-, having evinced excellent ' judgment in purchasing them, as weil as -hnv- , ing the judicious selection ('apt. Poyco had 1 made of a man lor that duty. Prilling with , horses, was mere exciting and interesting, than the detail and practice of tiring stationery cutis. So our drilling was more iir.iinat in<r, and we were rtilhttiastic over the change for awhile. T.ie inconvenience of going a mile to the raeo c urse, for the purpose of drilling, made it necessary to move onl camp there illvii ocr di .lis were Mofi i'rc<|itciil an t iiiu-;ii ! ngci ?\ e S'hoi iniagiiM 1 that our accuracy in dfilling was sufficient to si md the te-t of ollioi il crili vtaui, and ivc were not afraid to invito it. We were not therefore da?hcJ when, otic afternoou ( cu. llepley, coinm:iti Jcr of the post, and several other oUicer?. put iu their appearance to witness <>.tr drill. Our proficiency drew from tliem words of conimeii'lation, which was to us. in a measure, sonic jus'ideation of the gooil opinion we had of the M \c'?eth Light Artillery. When mention is male of the race course, my mind bridges over the chasm of .twenty five years of time that intervenes between tho ncri o?ls of iMil an t mul llev. Jatue? Depa-s stands before the imagination as a dashing young minister, who did the duiiesofasergeitnt and looked after the spiritual interest of our company. Hi* was a character that you had to study to understand. And the inure you read hiin and the better you knew htm. the more of a matt yon found him. To tt'l appearance, he was as well please 1 with himself as a peacock is with its feathers. I have seen him on drill, seemingly forgetful of ail else bat self, nut spurs to his horse, and Uy far nut of his proper place in the drill, and return laughing as if it were a joke, and receive the rebuke of the commanding officers in the beet of humor, lie was lacking in stability of character, ami a vein of levity ran through his conversations. These made hint a target f >r inisjudgments, unkind remarks and severe criticisms. Hut with all of his short comings, which were i largely overcome by his many giol ijualitics of heart and mind. I regarded him as aj*christian gentleman, and rnissc I him when lie left the Company. ( It was nlso at the race course that \V. A. ; Nicholson received his hurt that unfitted hiui for active service in the field. Our horses had been | well cared for and were very spirited. Nicholson 1 was more of a youth then than he i ; now, and 1 full of fun. In the in discretion of his young < manhood, he mounted, without saddle or bridle, < one of these pampered horses, that was easy to I start and hard to stop. In some way, as Nich- i olson was sailing along over feucos, brush, and uitcncs. lie received a concussion of the spinal 1 column, that so disabled him that lie had to I give up the severe duties of the artillery scr- ' vice for lighter work. The cilicicnt service : that the Maebcth Light Artillery thus lost was given tu tho country iu faithful and kind nursing of her sick and wounded. The end of the , war found hi til at his post in Columbia, where , he was when Hampton vacated it, and Sherman ] entered it. He saw the lirst blaze from tho , torch that burned Columbia, and is a living , witness of the fact, that it was Sherman's com- , maud not Hampton s, that did tlie fiendish , work. I While wo were at the race course, target ( shootiug and snake banting were some of the amusements the men resorted to for relieving the tedium of camp life. They forme 1 squads and marched down the ditches on either side of tin* r!irtO lr:li*L* ili?* ifit * flio lt.?l??? nl.-mrr ?! .% banks, and kill sometimes as many as 7"> or a loo snakes ni a hunting. These were sometimes suspende 1 in the air as targets for j>i?tol practice. In the company were some good shots, and the Macbeth was divi le I as to who ( excelled. 11 was concede I. I believe, that Sergeant (\ T. Soaife an 1 .lames bunch were the , best. A large and magnificent water oak spread its pen-lent limbs over the camp, and its topmost bows were favorite resorts for small birds. Sergeant bunch shot into a bunch of thctn, and one came down minus its head. Sergeant ( Scaifc was then called for, and at the report of his pistol, another bird eirno down without a head. Ila l both shots been lire 1 by one man, it might have been some evidence of a good marksman, both of them might have tired a hundred times m >re without touching as big a thing as a barn door. They had good -ens?> enough to stop shooting before their laurels withered. So the two accidental shots served the purpose of keeping up their reputation a> bra i shot-. It was a traditional belief among t'liarlest-uiians, ban led -1 ?vu from time immemorial, that i i be caught nut of th eily limits after nightfall, during summer, was a .-'lire pro scription for a ease of country fever. 1 >1 > not know that it was out of any drferonee for an opinion > > hoary with age, thai we ehnuged our i|iiariors to the AeComuindati m wharf, as Boon as the heat of approaching summer was felt. When I re.-ill to mini the niuty places of cneatiipincnt we lia I during the v.ar, in South Carolina. North Carolina.'Virginia, Mississippi, ami Alabama, I look upon our camp at the Accommodation wharf ;o t!io e leu of them all. It was here that the mild sea breeze cooled the warm Milliliter air, and b:ini<died the pestiferous umsipiit >. Here we spen* day- ofmieti.il inactivity. free Iroin annoying can and uppro-i\ C heat. And ihc- e delightful day were followed l.y nt*>hth of h ilmy calmtic-s atel sweet rcpo-e. We wete sometimes however, ha intod with an increased cotivieiioii that stteh dele: table 'platters eotthl not he of long duration. About the ftrst of,Inly. l*i?U, in conend lien. McClellan's real design, and prevent tien. I.ee fiMia being i einforeed front the South, the en vmij "vu.iiiiv; i?.iiotiii i \ .ivinc ;?* 1 uir uur lYxiii 111o I'oii'in.ic id the Mi -ii{>j>i. 'I'll< Maclieili. wiih other ironp- i i ami armin I Vivlrit Ml. wejv " lit JO .1 :lill?'? I i lo lliee! a liirca'end ::l! icK in that <1 ii?-i?. Our iluiies at tlie Aci'i'iiiiiiO'lniuiii wharf was r; 1 ?r?> -1 pa-sivo. !>:iilin.! wilti homes li.nl heen suspeti'leil. nnil Coiug through the detail of !<>.i lin^ mi I tiring \vm' rodiiee I to slnul meter time. Hut iimre time lltJin ii-u il w is taken up in gr.v i.ting mir w lieu Hi; pane J the siroen >!' Charleston nil "lir way i) .lames l?laml. our h'll'SK* 'A I e as i.il a 1 ?i' iN-sleek OS liloiei. lii. h spirited. ana regular ur-ga/ers. There was | ni l ii tntiiihcr el t! company wh"se heart ?li'l | not heal with e.iioi;osi? <>!' pride, a- lie looked | t>i:ii 11.iv up.ii, '.he -plen li'l appcaranee the I n l teiy pre-eui I 1 in "I lli.'" !i I I 1"? 'II I i Ii , 'III I w uri le w I ' v'lin " f ' 1-1 :. ! 1H?I I till IVltli i' , i I ii lei| i He w i J t.e joss wi ' i-l line I, (ill (nil.I it.l'X lli II la "W < hi phy-n il mm y. I | an.-c; wti'C it;? >.nu< .Mc. W c wck hi .vijjol l*y ' innumerable hungry fleas?I flare not say. without tome qualification. that every tenth grain of sand was a flea: but, I do say. like the snufl of the sea shore, they were very numerous. Drifting of sand lie fore the wind is very comnion on the sea shore. Our hrea*t works were sometimes almost obliterated. An oi l negro man, who was throwing >aud upou the fortifications, being asked one flay what mi le the broast works si low. replied, "it is most all tlen, anil 1 spec he floito jump away. The mosquitoes were as numerous anfl as bloofl thirsty as the fleas. | f [ were permitted to personify them, I woiufl say they were the most honorable foe we hid to couteii 1 with on the Island. The fleas anfl Yankees would take us unawares ai any ?iisa<ivaninge. out me tnov,pulocs warned us?always singing their war songs when they approache 1 to take our blood. Many were the extravagant stories ni l in camp about the wonderful le ?ts that were performed by the James Island mos'put js . The sections of the Macbeth l.igist Artillery alternated between camp and picket duty out oil the line. 1 was always sorry wheu 1 went <ui picket duty and gla 1 when 1 canto oil". In the camp smoke from our tires and pipes, would lessen the visits of the inos<|ititos, hut out on the picket line, where lire was rot allowed, you sutiered all the t mure* that the triple alliances of sand-llv. ilea and nioxpiito could inflict. The Federal and Confederate picket lines were daily drawing clo-er together. They ha I excellent hands, an I often treated us to *01110 piod music. Sometiui >s they played \uukoc Double, tn taut ili/.o us. and then played Dixie to put us in good huiitor. ?>iie afternoon the two lines came together, and the rattle of musketry was so great that it seetue 1 like unholy e mid . otnc out of such a tight, whole. Old matt oul. Thonipson, a member of the Macbeth from Laurens, listened until the firing ceased, and remarked, "if nobody is hurt over there, i don't -co iiic use <>i gii iiiucii snooting. i never Itcar J tluit any one was killed or wounded in [liat skirmish; hut. as big as it sounded tlum. it ivns the merest child's play, compare! with some we afterwards heard. Lieut. 15. A. Jeter was 011 picket with the lirst section of the Lattery the morning that the anemy threw themselves so gallantly against jur works at Secession. They lim le it a bloody little light, hut niost of the blood eatne from ihciu. They left in ha-te. ami 11 ?< 1 1'?t felt Letler when they got Lack to the protection of ilicir gunboats. N<> one of the Lattery men was hurt, and I Jo not know that the section from tiic Macbeth hurt any one. hut it is reasonable to suppose that men who were so anxious 10 ho initiated. left their marks ai ISeccssionville. Our camp at this time was in the center of ?hc Matti auo stirroiiudc 1 by marshes ami nil sorts of pests. As the preventive against country fever, whisky ami piiuinc were issue 1 to the soldiers in small ?|Uantitie?. Our horses were attackeJ Lv a strange disease that proved very fatal. It appeared lirst in a cough and in creased in violence until the animal ilted. A post-mortem examination reveaid the ! cm that the lungs had heeii entirely consumed. The itacniy became ilocile after the lesson tliey were taught at Secessionville, and we were not needed on the pick t line. s > we were or tiered, to Kurt Johnson, in quest of more healthful quarters : and the move was quite an improvement. We again rejoiced in the sea hreezc and feasted our eyes in looking at the city of Charleston, Fort Moultrie. Fort Sampler, the blockade vessels, all in fnl! view. i'h<? m :i rejoiced ill sea bathing, an ! amused litem-elves catching fish. Hut. jn-t its an tier tsii.nal vessel would slip in and out of f larlestoa h u '.i.ir. in spite of the \ igii time of the enemy, so an occasional case of conn try fever would put in i'-- appearance, in spite of whisky, quinine an 1 hotter sanitary arrangements. William Kerry, the friend and pliymite of my Se'm.d-hoy .11 can traded country fever nu 1 dicl. Soldiers do not endure confinement well, ihry soon grow t est less, and are always ready for a change even when ii i? for the wor-t. Si wh.n were ordered to Vtrgttiii. !; m-ut left the Island with dem lustration of joy. Vint. . ? Ok 1 N'TKItKST I'D VtifM; Mk.\. ? A gCIl tlcman \vii > has Irul 1?r?* r experience in business in alters. ami whose a lviec is ::.uch sought in connection with the management of business entorpris"-:, maJe some remarks recently, which are ra'her startling. 'The great trouble is. now a Jays, t ? linii the ui in. 1: is almost impossible l > lin i y<".ing men who h ive qualities to inspire business conliJemv. mil insure business su-u.'vss There are iit- of y >":ie in n, hut th v iuve not tho fiJoli'y ami i : la-try to ouimiml success by J-serving it. Timy !! want, promotion .an 1 ali want their1 lanes i ii*c 1. hut their main thought se-uiis ( > !? to get through the work nig bouts ol' the J iy as easily as possib! \ a iJ gel away, put n ti. ir Jrcsi suits, ami hive i go-J time in j 1,.? evening. Now that is not the w iy to <b. velop into business men. It emnot ! J ue as long as the height of ambition > v. h: , be loseo liovv little \V'?ru thi.-y ? i:; tl i .Jut in.: the day an'! li-nv imicU s > i* * I ! ! Tun' t!t v -ri linvo :it clil'uH. dittoes ;i11<1 joirtios at lii.lit.' ? S.h'i f lb r.i i a fin. > II \11. SrollM. ? Tuero in- a heavy iiail -i >m at rd/erin the aftornn >u of the 'J I -1.. f? > * 1 ?v. el l.y a <1 rencliin^ rain. Tito hail IV'.I several laiti uteJ, hut 'li I no harm o\cpj?t ! ? wheat. At Nii?ely-Si:; n'.'l t'akcshiiry :i!? i tlr-re w :s a all it I- li iil hlt'fai. The elr-et ? i IV'.t her-' ri a ) <11 r| tiM I et i ii a i i i! i. , hi . it ut * i'llll.e 'i kte I.fIV'I' l'o ' I * ia thlVil' I" i * . h a llin>. l-r "t 'i.o all <h?y. (nit ii ) i t;ii ! i! (,' ,o,// INDUSIRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. W \miini.r.'x, April IT.?lien. .Stephen l>. Lcc, president of the Vgricultural aud Mechanical ( allege of Mississippi, has becu in the city a few days. Your correspondent, knowiug that Mississippi has taken the load among the Southern States in an organized movement of redemption from the cotton specialty?the fetich of t lie one-crop idea?and that lieu. Lee, as the head of the machinery of that movement, would be eminently qualified to apeak of its achievements and its prospoctB, called on him at the Kbbitl House, lien. I.ea waa enthusiastic over the outlook for his adoptcl State, and readily respondol to all interrogatories. The following is a verbatim report of Ids remarks : "A revolution is going on i:i Mississippi in diversifying her industries, especially iu the lino of agriculture. Heretofore, and even now, iin; laruuiig interests sire mainly in the raising of Cotlou mi l corn, which have restricted licr people to the incubus of the 0110 crop ?lending to soil exhaustion ami money receipts mainly at one season of the year. Many in telligctit citizens, however, have long siucc ' abandoned cotton, ami it is now known that 1 Mississippi is soon destined to be otic of the ' leading States in stock ami dairy farming. ' These gcutlcmcu have demonstrated that the untivo grasses, such as Permml.i, Japan clover, 1 Johnson grass, crab gnss and other kinds, 1 supplemented with the varieties of sorghum ' or. as known in its deteriorated shape?chicken 1 corn, nlford as great a variety of foj I for stock, 1 and of a permanent character, as i- given in 1 any State. It is known, too. that cotton seed ' is the most valuable food for cattle, and com- ' bincd with the grasses allbrds belter and ' cheaper food than can be had anywhere else. ' It is a fact that cattle in Mississippi have not been fed until of late years. They made their ' own living on the comuious. subsisting on such ' grass nil<l food ns tlic country atV?f lt-?I, oven in ' winter. It i< true tlicy usually got poor during ' the three months of Itccemher, January and ' I'cbruary ; but in the remaining nine months 1 they bn?l ample food iu grazing, the grass at- I fording good grazing from about March I tat 1 which time corn is planted to I'ecembcr 1 in other words, ^lock is liandlel readily through- ' out the year hy feeding them only two and a half or three mouths, with which slight atten- ' tioii they aro kept in good tix. is it stiange ' then, that .Mississippi is a stock State, when at the North feeding is necessary for four or six i months? Juisihige also is easily prepare I and successfully fed to slock in Mississippi. Among the gentlemen who have led otf iu this importing industry may he nieiitioacl. <* !. \Y. 15M?.olgon>cr>, of Si.irkv ille. who lias a hord of live \vo 1 i... 1 Pv. .! ngialcred .!< r.-cy ...w-. In the same section, or northeast portion of the State, may he mentioned t'ol. !!. M ubtrow. assistant secretary <d* the interior, .lo.hu Alien. M. (I. Winston (.iurili, Mr. Abbott, Judge Houston. Mat Mahorner and others. t'ol. ! White; of llcrnuudo. t'ol. llcuimitigway, Air l O. heneal, of Jackson, and t 'ol. Stuart, on the t tIii 1 f coast In fact there is t?.? portion of the 1 Statc tint is not suitable fur stock of some kind. "Along the con?t or southern tiers of counties south of Meridian and the Vickshurg ll.iilroa 1 sheep are raise 1 with greit ea-e. and tlie recent Mississippi exhibit gotten up by Maj. S. A. Jones (interior department demonstrated that Mississippi had as fine wool as cmH he found in the Laitcd States. Market g irjoning is successfully carried on throughout the Slate, nnd tlio railroa is are now furnishing refrigerater civs for sen line vegetahies nnd Iruits to St. I. mis. Chicago aii'l other ciiios. \rotuid , Madison Station are tinny hundreds of acres of strawberries, and !>r. II. II. McKay, from his great succe:" in handling and shipping this fruit, is known as the "Strawberry King." j South of Jackson and along the Illinois Central ' Ktilrou'l is a great vegetable and fruit region. Large shiptnents of peaches, (omn'ors, cabbages, heans, >Ve.. are ma le every year. The lumber husiues of Mississippi is very great. Tho -i- v..I low ..t...n.l ... i,.,.v'. ,..u.;i.1~ l_ . --"I I 'J of a-' good timber as i- fntud in the World, and these valuable f.?re?ls are tiw being bought lip l>y lumber men. The extensive buildings for the (*.)!i hi Centennial !*x >-iii m of New Orleans were made of .Mis-h-sippi pine. The i ti'iiher exhibit of the S*ate at tlr* Imposition atirat-1 I great attention. A great impetus lias h*cu given to diversifying the industries of the S t it t ? by tIso e-'ahli-iuuent ~ix vent's ago of the Agri stliur-i! and Me jliatn.-. il College of ' Miosis dpi i at Sloek ville. This i nsliiutiaii i*"a i genuine agricu'.c.ir tl ci'.iego. an 1 i- cot I tic ted l>y an fthle !>. ir 1 .?f (rti?t?es atitl f icnlty loy al to the agricultural inter is of the State. It has had an average statin?! nttcnlmcc of H -tudent-. I'oriiig the present sestion 1 1 ' elu Ion's ins atteii h-1 and over :M ? were rc ' fusel ! >r lick nf a-'eoii.tnodations. Tlio college j was located on a farm of l.Tittt acres of land, | : mnch id' i' mnde poor l?y continuous cultivn- i | iioii : c 'i >n an ! corn. In :i le v years tlie I f>i r in lia" I'veii hi<nigiit i) ] > ti> ;i | i^h stale of' ! t'uliiv iti'?:i. "lemon -'r itin ; thai improve 1 ^ i mctliols an i a <Ii\ iit \ eforop* nre peculiarly : ' a laptc I to ill" Smi!,, I'.y in; r.i-lticing I lie . si,'ck }'ia;nve tlie j >o.< -! Inn-Is :>!t.<r i ample an | o.i 11 w'/ing i ,| an.re tlian nine months in ihe voir. an i the hest Ian-Is are giving reniiincrativc ictitrns in the ilitV-rent crops , plans i. 'i .i' < i'.'i\re is InnMing tin a tine i 1 . gra-l> iiei 1 1' the lillereii*. l>rcc<ls Iris now f.irty-ti> e iiea l < ! pure-hro-l cattle, llolslcin. l>ev .n. < alloway. Ilml'irl. Jersey, \c . 1 j grii'l'.". I"1' common cows, ?\o.. over three . 1 * ' linn Ire 1 lira 1 in all. l.a-t .liine a creamery an I liirvwis c i ?., - In* i. worke 1 entirely i hy : .1 I ml \ 1 >0 I.'JV li -< p-ii'.Vl>?r SllCJC>s, was pr a nr. 1. lit- experiment i?- a great ami now. i:i lc<s tii hi a year sin e its esaoii h n- tit. ( iv a- tie tn-i,? I he re at c going i. tw i ; < alio t i- in M*tl< i<;it portion' c.l : i- it ' !. r -I in. . - i Icon, Macon, IMjivirls |iej..t an I < incr point-, li has Lcca ! elcarly doinonsitntcl that the bugbear of "c matie conditions" does not exist and that tl "dairy belt " his disappeared : tlint a sueccs ful creamery can be run in Mississippi as \vi as in Iowa rr Michigan or Illinois. Last Ju and August, immediately after starting, 1' pounds of butter were shipped daily to Ne Orleans, Mobile. Vicksbnrg, Memphis, &c and the co'b'ge has never been able to suppl one fifth of ilie demand made on it for butte By Juno the milk of over '>00 cows will I handled nt the collego creamery. The butti is put on the market fresh, and commands better price than "lllgin, 111., butter." The: creameries can be put up iu Mississippi at a expense of from >1 ,'JOO to Small' creameries are uoiv being put up at loss co and for individual uso, as separators arc bcin offered at reduced prices or lower than the I Leva). It is seen, then, that a creamery pi up ai the college lias introduced a new iudu try in the State. I! -sides the stock feature, J ???.! ivlUii! ?!!?? l college is also ctiltiv.-ing large orchards t. fruii. Over f>,Oiil) fruit trees arc coining on twenty acres of strawberries ami oilier fruit! large ami small, vegetables. &C. The colleg is liberally supported by the State, reccivin> from $ !< ,Otto to S10,tW a year. Itciuuot ac somtuodalc all the students desiring to attciul l'lie commencement oeeasions liavo usuall from 'J,otto to :'..tKlO visitors fiotn all portion af the State. It is doing a grand work, an lias demonstrated that Mississippi can be mad is great a success as a cattle and fruit State n t cotton State : that food lor cattle grazing an winter food is cbcaj^r than elsewhere: that ill auds that were considered worn out arc spleu lid gruzing lands. Fields that have not bee mttivated for years are now being inc'osed b rvirc fencing and herds of cattle put on them l'lie ordinary Indian corn, cow pea. sorghun ;aue, See., are being utilized for ensilage an feed. The ordinary or native grasses ai squat to any other when rut and handled pro] Erly, and it is entirely unnecessary to ii.trodm foreign grasses. in fact, the native grassi ire tlic best and alVord a greater variety. Tl people of Mississippi are now awakening lie fact that if they will just look beyond 'cotton row they have a State which will j?r luce noti only what they have always grovvt hut almost evorytning else, ami her cnpaci ror diversified agriculture ami industries is ii exhaustible. Gen. Stephen l>. !. e i- a t ill, soldierly, ham Boino man ahoul lifty years old. Trained military life and lining given t> that proIV eion the earlier years !.' > manhood, he hn since 18f>*\ devoted him elf to the peaceful at of agriculture, lleforc he was called to tl presidency of this college, four or live yea ago, ficn. IjCO was a linn helievcr in Iho mum ful old fallacy that a Southern farmer eon raise nothing hul cotton with profit, lie lr seen the lands gradually exhausted under tli murderous policy ami the farmers living fro hand to mouth, never advancing or acuimul ting, always at the disheartening dead level Itngnation and dependence: yet lie dwelt in a utmosphcro of fealty to this system, and lis not in his experience heard it <piestioned. II was among those, however, who lirst hog in impeach its integrity and to discuss its ovc thrown. The establishment of the Mississip Agricultural ami Mechanical College was il practical result of this movement. It has bet in existence only a lew years, tint in that lirt period it has shown Mississipinus that the State is blessed with boundless resources ; th if oilers rich rewards to every form of agrici tuml industry, and rejoices in a climate of u surpassed hcaithfulni's's. The college farm lu demonstrate.! the capacity of t!ie State for g.a dening, fruit growing: stock raising, dairy fa ming. The eallege is turning out every ye; hundreds of intelligent young men, (ruined nil the details of diversified agriculture, tie l.ee has every t ight to lie pron 1 of t lie gte work lie is conducting, and hopeful of the r suit, not only for Mis-bssipppi. lott f>r lite ci lire Southwest.? a'<<e )W.v Slur. . o . A ('ttwaitnia Lv.miiimj.?Anthon; Kansas. April 111.-?About two months ag a light occurred in tin; village of I>ativiIi< near this pi tee, between two brothers naiin Weaver on one side, and a man natm Ad'I or. the othor. The latter was fatal wounded; and the Weaver boys wore arre tcl and barrio I away ti avoid the tno Last we k tliey were roturncd for tpi: but the eases were continued for the tort with hail fixed at ?11).000 each. At o'clock this morning a m.ah of forty armt men surroundc 1 the residence ef the She; ifT. where the prisoners were under guar in this city. The guard, hearing thei rushed the prisoners out the back door at into the ba-emout ol a new building. 'J'! Sheriff was tak-ii prisoner by tin; mob an guarded. Tito deputies finding it usole to resist surrendered. The Weaver b rot I ers defended themselves in their strugg for life with a revolver which they had takt I mm (j!ju oi tin: deputies. J hoy wore linnI overpowered hy the mob ami disarmo< Hopes \v? r.; placed ab mt their necks at pr-p-irnti oil" m t ie ! i han^ litem to t! rafters, but the trample of approaching fe soared the in ?b: so I hoy limd liftceii to two ty shots into each man literally :1; ?itii limm to pi oes an 1 mounting their horsi rode rapidly aw i\*. The mother of the lm and the wife mono of them witnessed tl entire tragedy. F.\rr. or tiii::.: Ini.i.i: Ihiv*. (Joincy, 11 April 'Jl.- ! Ii.ve l:cl<! iifijiriii hoys disappear on SppMoai'to* 1 ot' t<t voir, :in<! it was snpj. * <1 llioy loot licvii ki 1111)|<i o I Vr torhay i\mi hauler, loaJia^ lits vi^>,i a: thn hunk of live iliri'jvero 1 their i< ai n. > la mi excavation hil l tiivlo I' n e i 1 on I iliti I lie lioyx !;:? 1 >1 n cav'- in tin: hank 111 !?l ?y. an t liint ttie sai hid civci upon an t licrc-1 tliem li- How CoUJMIltS roi-M> Amkuua.? ie The following story comes from a school in the Midlands. The master told the boys lv of the third-class to write a short essay on Clumhus. Tho following was sent up by w an ambitious essayist : 'dumbos was a mati who could niaho IV an egg stand on end without breaking it. r. )0 The King of Spain said to Cluuibus : pr 'Can you discover America?' tt Ye.?,' said Clutnbus' 'if vou will give me se , . , a shin. ,11 1 ur 'So he had a ship, and sailed over tho si sea in the direction where be thought 'ft America ought to be found. The sailors >e quarreled, and said they believed there was no such place. l?ut. after many days, (J the pilot came to him and said : ,c .Clumbus, 1 see laud.' f 'Then that is America,' said Clunibus. 'When the ship got near, the land was full of black men. Clumbus said : ;e g "Is this America ?' 'Ves, it is.' said they. Then Cluuibus ' said : 'I suppose you arc the Niggers? ,1 'Yes.' they said, we are.' The Chief ic said I suppose you arc Clumbus 18 'You are right,' said he. c Then the Chief turned to his men and - said : 11 'There is no help for it ; we are diseov ^ ercd at last.'?fj<nul>>n Sfn - ? ? . I Al'KKi'TloNATK TO Ills WlKK.?'Yes, c said t! igglesnieher. as he passed tho dough >- nuts to the new boarder; '1 like to see a JC tnan affectionate to his wife; but men have 8 different wavs of showing their affection. I 0 Now there's llriggs. lie always puts his ? arm around his wife when he goes to work o in the tn ruing, kisses her good-bye. and i, leaves her to bring up lite coal. I tried it v once, i?ui i i ><ii)it my who nan rumor navo mo show my aiTcction by shoveling oil tho walk ami juittii??r up her clothes line, than ( by kissing her good bye. Voun^ mail,'ami (Jigglesuickcr put on his serious, fatherly l!t> loolf. if you want to show your alVeutiou is for your wife, just <lo it in that way which 1,0 '11 tako a little work oil'from her shouldera.' After tea Mr. (1 igglcs.nicher Wfcnt down n n l,j to tho drui? store, ami Mrs. Gigglcsnickcr j,I went to the shed and split the morning lis kiudlim.:wood. in a 'Alt, Farmer Robinson, said his eiiy ? ^ 1 I n guest, liuw <|uietly you live, out lior?s in tlio ,j country ; you are not disturbed by society lc quarrels, or political excitement, or labor to troubles, but all is so comfortable ami pleas r- ant.' ^ Yes. Miss. 1 s. pose, il luuks so Jo you ; 5II but there's the hottest society quarrel over cf who's t" sinalto in the choir next ir year , an then there's polities; lien John rtl son swears I shun t he Selectman again ; ll ami as for lah.-r troubles, my hired man struck yesterday because 1 wanted him to i - milk the cows before breakfast. Oh. you ' " see. we have our little season of enjoyment ur . J in as well as you city folks ' ll> . o . I 1 tlxcr.eriu. iliu.e.? \i a cert tin battle of the u late war, a Pe !< : d <hap!.iin li i|>pcnc<l to get into the vi'iniiv cf a battery of artillery which | was hotly engaged. 'I'llC ("onfeiJerate shells y i were ploughing furrows about the guns, and j t ie cannoneers were grimly ami actively ill I work to answer shot for shot. The tdiaplain ' J a.Mre-scl him--If to a Sergeant, who was very j etlicirnt, hut at the same time rather piofnnc, sd ! in the following words : ly j -My friend, if you go on this way, can you s- | expect the sup;. >rt of Di\ino I'tovidcticc I,, i 'Ain i ex; ectin it, said the Sergeant. 'The ! Ninth New ',,r- *y has been ordered to support i this battery. S>uth rn /S>ru>ri<\ it, I - Tin: Sr. Johns II in.-lacks mvilie. Ida. '<1 ; April 'JI.? i he recent high winds on the I Ionr" ' ida coast have worked a change in the channel d. ! b-liveeti the jettic of (lie St. Johns lliver, il. | T.ic current lias cut out the sand, and the .,j I steamer ilnming twelve feet <>( | water, |':?s-<"l (lie eh nunc I yesj I ter<l ?y nn hour before liijili water. This is the first vessel of any size that over passed over the >s hnr in that channel. It t'a| t I>urnltit, the i'i le-t lighthouse keeper Its oil the const, tlie-l at t'apc Canaveral on the 20th. Within r>ui;ii.i:s Mn.i.s. The (ireenvillo and I.until ruilroa.l track is now within four* i-l ... | tecu liii'ics oi liie city. An extra force of hands > ' I wa*pui i.iii Moo.lay ami ihc work is being |>iivli t ' e I fi?ter than ever before. It is now certain ,, thai the first locomotive will run in here, har! iim.-' accidents. "line iimo in June.?ilrrrneille r ' v, '' i -The eock machos i:i 11?i> house arc roll 4 mar!, ildy versatile.' said an actor at a hotel table, picking up a bi*crit. I notice that !.. they appear in different rolls every morn1 1 ill:.'.'? Washington f'rifir. ?> % -- - ? r, t>i' \rit or. Coi., It. /.. IIkhmion.?Hodges. Aj>r;l?t'ol. It Il< rn loti diul suddenly ,.j ai Iiis liome in ('ukcsbnry this morning, at half; pn?l ! u clock of congestion of ilie brain.