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VOL. XVII.?New Seiiies. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL .",0, 1SS0. NUMBER IV.
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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.
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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
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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 '
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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.
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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.