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adivalent to at least one-bnlf of one per oont. of nunnouiu. 'An unususlly high gradoofsuperphos ato oan be made from theac phosphates, as they contain little or nouo of those ingredients common fn phosphate guanos, which render them difficult to manufacture and injurious to vegetation." The raw phospbatlo is worth, at a rough estimate, ten dollars h ton at the works. There are already numerous companies anil individual* engaged in working phosphate beds. 1. The Charleston Phosphate Mining and Manufacturing Company, with n capital of $100,000, with tho privilege, of increasing it to $1,000,000, own* extensive phosphato lands on both side* of the Ashley River. It has heretofore, wo believe, confined Its operations to mining and shipping the rocks to Philadelphia. Jesse E. Smith, Philadelphia, President; Colonel Joseph A. Yatec, Charleston. Superintendent; B. S. Rhttt & Son, Charleston, Agent?. I Wando Photjthatc Minte on Aehlty River. 2. Tho Wando Mining and Manufacturing Company is working a fine bed on the Ashley River, about nine miles from the city. The roek is shipped to Charleston, where it is manufactured into the well known and popular "Wando Fertiliser." Tho capital of this company is $100,000, with the pri vilege of increasing it to $500,000. John R. Dukes, President; Xhos. D. Dotterer, Superintendent; Wm. C. Dukes k Co., General Agents. 3. The Ashloy Phosphato Mining Company is operating on tho celcbratedsMid llcton estate, on the Ashley River, about eighteen miles above Charleston. The material is hero embedded in pipe clay, ami is uncommonly rich in phosphate of limo. A very effective washing apparatus, built by J. M. Bason A Brother, has lately been erected at the mines. We hope to give a view of the works in n future number. Chas. C. Baker, of Baltimore, President; Williams Middleton, Agont; J. N. Lawton, Superintendent. Sulphuric Acid and HuperphoephaU Work* o* CWjj?t Hiver. 4. The Sulphuric Acid and Suporphosphato Company, making its own acid and using the native Shosphate as a basis, is manufacturing superphosphates of high grades, under the names of Btiwan "e. 1 and Etiwan No. 2, tho first being guaranteed to contain from eighteen to twenty-four per o?nt. ef soluble phosphate of lime, and the second from eighteen to twenty-four per eent., with from one and a half to three per oent. of ammonia. Etiwan No. 1 is particularly recommended for root crops, auti for eotton and all orops planted on dark or loamy soils. 1 he works of this company aro on the Coeper River, about four miles from the city. Capital $200,000. lion. C. G. tiomminger, President; Dr. N. A. Pratt, Superintendent; Messrs. Wm. C. Bee k Co., Agents. 6. The Paoifio Guano Company, with a capital of $1,000,000, partly represented by Charleston eapi talists, has very oompleto ana extensive works just beyond the city limits. Dr. St. Julien Kavenel, wtdl known for his high scientific attainments, is tho chemist and scientific) adviser of the company. The fer tiliser sent ont by this company is known as Soluble Pacific Ouaao". Charleston Phosphates are uaod in its manufacture. J. ?. Reese, General Agont, Baltimore, Md.; J. N. Robson, Agent for South Carolina. 6. The widely known "Carolina Fertiliser" is nnule from the Phosphates of South Carolina, and is {ironounccd by various chemists, one of the best Manures known, only inferior to Peruvian Guano in ts fertilising properties. The company manufacturing it is not only mining extensively on the line e! the Northeastern Railroad, but is erecting buildiugs and preparing to manufacture h?r* on a large scale. George W. Williams A, Co., Agents. 7. An Augusta (Ga.) company is mining on tho line of tho Northeastern Railway, about ten mile* from the city. There aro also other companies, firms and individuals engaged more or less extensively in the busi ness, but we have not been able to obtain trustworthy and accurate information eoassruing them in time for publication in this numbor. The Land Pik? Jlog. [From tho Rural Carolinian.] About Hogs?The Best Breeds. We herewith present to our farming read- i erj several portraHs of noted porkers. Tin fir- t. we think, most of them will recognise as an < 1<1 acquaintance, though they may know him by a different name from the one by which we introduce him. Ho has hi. good qualities. At travelling he can hardly he beaten, except by a thorough bred race horse. In rooting he is equal to tho best mole plow. He cannot be starved when there is any forago to be had anywhere. He will live in the swamp all winter, and come out improved in his speed if not in hit "bottom." He is not easily caught?noi be ? and, therefore, is less likely to be oonfls . eatod-by the hungry frccdmon. If you want a nog to run In the woods nnd mtko his own living?a hog that no fem e can stop*, a hog that w ill rove, root and plunder, kill chickens ami light dogs, this rough, blg-ln ni d, thin-backed, slab-sided, long-legged and long-nosed fellow Is lost the thing you aro looking for. and von n< <1 nol ook I r: but If vou wish to make pork, and make pork pay, tho more of these laud pikes you have tho worse off y an are. We adviso our readers to keep this picture carefully, for we nope and beliove that tho time is not distant when wo shall hare no living speci mens ofthe breed,and the laud pike will live only in history. We have horo contributed our mite towards this history. Tho breeds of hogs nro somewhat numerous. It is not our purpose to describe them all here, hut to call at tention to one or two desira ble ones?perhaps tho most desirable. The E*trx Hog. the Bssex begs are black and white, the black prevailing; in fact tho purest and most esteemed are entirely black, and arc distinguished by having small tint-like appendages of tho skin, depend fog from the upper part of the neck. _- _ M__Y-1 _ ._1 _,_ Th iy have large bodies and small heads; long, thin, upright d, sod their flesh Notwithstanding ears; a fne skin; good hindquarte.s; and a deep, round body. They are small boned, end their flesh has a Ine flavor. They are hardy, mature early ar.J can bo fattened at any age the blackness of thelf bristles, they are porfootly whit* whoa dressed. TJJS llVn AI, GAIlOZiIKI A If. Opinions of the [From tho Athens (Ga.) Watchman.] From the specimen before us we can safely reootn mend this publication. [From the Newbcrry (8. C.) Herald.] Edited with much ability and printed in the very best style of the art, it must be a succoss. [From the Marion (S. C.) Orercent.] Every farmer and mechanic ought to have it, and we have no doubt it will bo a great success. [From the Mncon (Q. A.) Telegraph.] We havo no doubt it will supply a want among intelligent Southern agriculturists, and wish it much success. [From the Atluuta (O. A.) Constitution.] The matter is exceedingly interesting, and wo commend the Rural Carolinian to tho attention of our farming friends us a valuable companion. [From the Kingstroo (S. C.) Star.] It is beautifully executed, edited with ability, and very useful and interesting to farmers. It is a home publication, ami should be liborally sustained. J5?23.[From tho Chester (S. C.) Reporter.] Wo have anxiously awaited the first number of this monthly. Wo were satisfied that it would justify the ardent anticipations of its projootors, and it does. [From the Columbia (S. C.) Phoenix.] We bespeak for this magazine a cordial welcome and n generous support. It comos at the right time and in tho right way to labor in tho great cause of Southern regeneration. [From the Marion (8. C.) Star.] It eontains sixty-four pages of matter all of which will bo read with pleasure and profit by every one who is interested in tho success of the great subject which it advocates. [From the Fairficld (S. C.) Herald.] This is decidedly the most beautifully illustrated and printed agricultural monthly that we have ever seen. It is destined to meet with a most generous support throughout tho State. [From the Union (S. C.) Times.] The Rural Carolinian has appeared punctually on 1st October, as promised. We have looked care fully over it, havo read almost all of its contents, and wo are much pleased with it. [From the Charlotte (N. C.) Times.] Roth in appearance, oxocution and variety of matter, it is equal, if not superior, to any journal of the kind we oversaw, and we look upon it as valua ble to the farmer, mechanic and general reader. [From the Rome ((In.) Courier.] The Rural Carolinian is hnmlsomo in typography, elegantly illustrated, and tilled with choice informa tion to our farmers. It is callod tho Rural Caroli nian, but its editorisls and selections aro adapted to all tho South. [From tho Sumtor (S. C.) News.] Tho different departments have each a classified heading, all of which are well provided for, the illustrations are well chosen and artistically execu ted, and the style of workmanship and quality of of paper are both very superior. [From tho Columbus (Oa.) Sun.] It is very handsomely and elegantly gotton up in every department, is liberally illustrated with ongra vings, among them a likeness of Mr. Dickson, of Georgia. It is a first-class journal in every particu lar, and wo earnestly commend it to the attention of our planting friends. The first number alone is worth the subscription prico. [From the Cumden (Ala.) News <? Paoifloator.] It presents a very neat and handsome appsaranee, and is filled with choice articles on hortieultural, agricultural and other subjects of special inUrcst to the planter. The Rural Carolinian is a Southern enterprise, dovoted to the development and progress of Southern interests, aud should receive a liberal support at the bands of the Southern peoplo, parti cularly from those in whose interest it is published. [From tho Darlington (S. C.) Southerner.] Wo think we are not enthusiastic, or extravagant, in saying that the "Rural Carolinian" is the best Ma gazine in every respect, ever issued in the Southern eountry. It supplies along felt want, andifsus tained, aud its teachings adhorcd to, will do more towards building up our impovorishod section than any movement of a political nature could possibly do. [From the Natchez (Miss.) Democrat.] It is truly a valuable addition to Southern agri cultural literature. The first number is very hand somely gotteu up, with over sixty octavo pages of interesting matter on improved farming, rural architecture, horticulture, stuck, natural history, labor, immigration, mining, hygiene, household economy, mechan.os and a varioty of useful aud entertaining topics. The Rural Carolinian fills a void long felt, aud desorres suocoss. [From the Andcrsun (S. C.) Intolligeneer.] In point of geueral excellence, this monthly is not surpassed by any of the established aud recog aiied organs of the agricultural and mechanical population of the country. Its aims are high and ennobling, and withal there is a practical recog nition of the best intorests of those it seeks to represeut, ami an earnest devotion to the improved systems of agriculture coming iu vogue throughout the South, buch features must commend this new uaiididatu to the patronage of tho general public. [From the Sumter (Gu.) Republican.] There is a species of practical knowledge to be derived from tins work which can be supplied by no other. It is eminently calculated to assist the farmer, mechanic, and housekeeper,and is, therefore, adapted to the wants of every class of the Southern people. No planter iu this eountry can read it mouth by month without deriving much profit. [From the Huntsvillo (Ala,) Independent.] The Rural Carolinian has sixty-four pages, and abounds in the choicest articles in agriculture, hor ticulture, mining and mechanic arts, upon stock breeding and raising, and literature. i'ho vari ous departments arc illustrated, and the work is well printed. We sincerely hope that this enter prise in behalf of Sou'hern development may meet with a liberal patronage. [From the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal.] The increase in the number and quality of our agricultural papers give the best evidence of the improvement mul the growing interest felt in agii oulture. The Rural Carolinian is gotten up in tho very bet style; its illustrations, both ornamental and practical, are numerous and well executed; its articles embrace a wide range, and evince a high order of talent and usefulness, [From the Spartanburg (S. C.) Gazette.] Something of the character of tho Rural Caro linian has been much needed in South Carolina. It proposes to do earnest, straight-forward, honest and manly work, and we commend it to the farmers ot Spartnnburg. If you are anxious for progress iu agriculture, horticulture, the mechanical arts and domestic economy, yeu cannot iavest $2 better than in the Rural Cartdunau. "Knowledge is ?ower." [From tho Augusta (Qa.) Constitutionalist.] One of the very beet in matter, and porhapi the best in typography and good taste, of all agricul tural journal!, is the Rural Carolinian, 'he flrat numbor of which baa just been issued by Messrs. Walker, Evans &> Cogswell, at Charleston. It is elegantly illustrated and admirably eonduoted. If the Southern Cultivator does not look out, it will havo a formidable competitor ia this elegaat, attractive and interesting newoomer. [From the Sumtcr (B. C.) Watchman.] We do not speak enthusiastically, when we say that our expectations in regard to it have been moro than realised; and we nothing exaggerate when we say, in addition, that it is the finest work of the kind ever before published in the South. It is printed npon finer material, the workmanship is in a higher style of the printing art, whilst the contents are more various and extended, under the soveral classifications, and the embellishments, ia better execution and more elaborate. / (From the Yorkville (8. C.) Enquirer.] High as were our expectations of what it would be, wo aro agreeably surprised to see what it is. It is, in every respect, fully the equal of any agri cultural journal published in the country, and, ia point of typographical excellence, far superior to most of its rivals. In short it is a magasine of which tho State may justly be proud, and which every progressive farmer in the State should sus tain, not merely as a South Carolina enterprise, but also as a valuable book of referenoe for him self. [From tho Charleston (8. C.) News, Ootobor 2.] Wo feel that our nativo publishers show a oheor ing appreciation of the situation, in giving us, as they have dono in the "Rural Carolinian," an agri cultural magasine superior to any issue in the Southern country; while to the Southern farmer and planter it will be far more valuablo than any Northern Agricultural publication. The South has needs and wants of its own. No magasine which looks to the North or West for support oan adequately represent the agricultural and mechan ical interests of the South. And the newcomer is prepared to mcot the existing order of things, recognizing tho necessity of modifying or abolish ing old plans and old systems, and of shaping our ends according to the means at our command. It will, wo aro satisfied, be thoroughly up to the times; and in arrangement, variety of information, typographical appearance and neatness of illustra tion, it is fnr ahead of any of its competitors. We warmly recommend the new work to our rea ders, being confident that thoy will give it no grudging praise. [From the Marianna (Fla.) Courier.] Wo have received the first number of tho Rural Carolinian, - first class agricultural magasine of unexceptionable typography. The matter is arrang ed with caro and tho selections made with taste. The erlitor is one of the first agricultural writers in the United States., and will make his magazine oom pare favorably with any in the country. Wo bespeak a prosperous future for this new candidate for public favor, and take pleasure in recommend ing it to our farmers. [From the Augusta (O. A.) Chronicle and Sentinel.] The Rural Carolinian is an illustrated magasine, gotten up in tho highest stylo of the art, "devoted to agrioulturo, horticulture and the industrial arts generally." Among the contributors we notice Dr. Jos. LeConte, Gen. M. 0. H. Hammond, Rev. J. S. Doinelt and D. Wyatt Alken, Esq. [From the Ocala (Fla.) Banner.] It is an attractive Magaxine and a gem in typo graphy and mechanical arrangement. We hope to see it become as " familiar as households words" in every Southern home. [From the Georgetown (S. C.) Times.] The Rural Carolinian.?We have received the first number of this handsome Magasine. It if decidedly the best of the kind we have yet seen, and docs great credit to the Southern publishers, Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell. Agrioulturo is no longer a crude art dependent upon mere oontin gencies, but it is reduced to a scieuoe. The impetus given to the subject of late in our State makes it necessary that we should have a periodical emin ently Southern, and this desideratum has been supplied by the Rural Carolinian. Tho number bet.us proscnts many subjects replete with inter est, and the Editor, Mr. D. 11. Jacquks, seems well qualified for his task. [From tho Chesterfield (8. C.) Democrat.] Wo are plcasod to be able to congratulate the editor and publishers, as well as tho planters, me chanics and all tho intelligent cititens of the State, upon the fact, that we now have a most excellent agricultural magasine of our own. Not only as to typographical execution?which is superior to any other within our knowledge?but also as to the character of its contents, the Rural will compare favorably with any agricultural magatine in the land. Opinion* of Tho** Who Knuxe. The following letters from Kading agricultural editors at the North, will show that the Rural Carolinian has not only boon welcomed by the people of tho entire South, but has commanded the admiration of Northern men of the greatest expe rience in such matters: OfFICR op hearth am' home, 37 Park Rote, A'eio York, Oct. 9, 18A9. The first number of the Rural Carolinian is a perfect surprise. I cannot congratulate you too highly on tho nppearanco of this, well filled, well printed and most wolcomo Magasine. May you ever receive the patronage you doserve is the wish of your old friend, ANDREW S. FULLER. Now York, November, 3, 1869. Allow mo as a journalist to congratulate you on tho good, sound, handsome and valuable monthly you have Started. Your first and second numbers arc both oxcollent, and I hope the Southern people will rally around you and hold up your hands and bid you Godspeed. They need no literature so much as tho reading you aro giving and tho lasting prosperity of your region must be measured by the circulation such journals obtain. Cordiallv yours, J. B.'LYMAN AgrT Editor. A GAUD. Tho kind notices we have received from the press in all parts of the country have been so numerous, that the space so kindly allowed us in this Supple ment does not suffice for half of them, oven in this condensed form. WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL, Publishers Rural Carolinian. ?&F* Send Twenty five cent* for Specimen copy. Rural Carolinian.? An agricultural and me chanical Magasine. Cheapest and best in America. Sixty-four puges of reading matter. Copiously and haudsomely illustrated. Beautiful engraved cover. Purely Southern in every respect. Circulation 10,000. Price on'y two dollars a year. Published by WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL, 3 Broad ?U and 109 East Bay, Charleston, 8. 0. ?mV~ Send Twenty-_fiv* emit* frr Specimen copy.