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&ft&l&U,AttS l'EU ANNUM. J 114. ... , .t^Wt? " ? ^?r-.t7T7 ra-vu V?i?lE 4. J?:-?I_ fly! v.. " ' OUR COUNTRY. ^te?^^-^..^_,_, .I ? ? ,? 11..m i-if M *i ii mtoA SATURDAY MORNING, MAHj^fctfti^^^k. 1<. ?? NUMBER 3 i&WSMmw news ^St<T TTHj-?re (?TT: i ? ir ?:oj? Of SUBSCRIPTION. ?OneCOpy tor one rear.... $2.00 ?. ?Ti^.(Mlt'Mo?Un........ 1.00 Any one sending TEN DOLLARS, for a T\nh of tte&tu&Qn*", receive an EXTRA JWflSfe ttNE YEAR, free of ?charge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for sT'Club of NowBubatorihera. win receive ?n EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, Tree of | ?harg?. fit ?a?? "L-?6:'_ RATES OF ADVERTISING. * MfW? *?* Insertion. $1.50 i,,. ;?? sjj y. . loo ?A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or A1** inch of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices.$5 00 *aalcep of DismisBal of Guardians, Ad mipUr%Mwf^E?ccutottj, Ac....$9 00 Ooitraot Advertisements inserted upon the wtA ffiharal terras. ItmHtnriV *nd FUNERAL NOTICES, *?* ?Af?ling on? Square, inserted without ifM*t . a? ?:?:? 3^= W*ar?a. Cssfe in AdT?ses. -ss M?i-tL-?-!La*? -i- '? ^jm&KKY AT LAW, %TUi '?t rf*OB^nVeBURG, on Mondays, * ?. -T?^d?ysand Saturdays. At LJfr&VlLLK on the other days of the ^ffi-ffi^_.? Augustus B. Knowlton, Atto^i^y 4r CooMHCsSor at Liiw. AT lewIS VI U.E.?Wednesday and Sat urday. Resides :v! ??Oakland" near Fort ?Matte, H. Cr da?4? . . 3m DelTeville & Sistrunk, ATTOltXEYS AT LAW, ^ a* siHaAV/tW/WMV. S. C. w. M. SaTaaviLLt. F. O. Sisthckk. ?\ jane 1- tf GLOVER & GLOVER, ATTO IWST EYS amd COrXSSETXORH AT LAW, M^V|]f sV^ C. H., 8. C. Ttaa?i W; Gi.oras, Mostimh Glotrk. jatt? ly HUTS0NS & LEGARE, ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS. Will ' attend the Courts in Orangeburg, Barn well and Beaufort, and the United States Courts. OFFICE AT ORANGEBURG, S. C. "W. M. Hotson. W.' F. Hutbch. T. E. Lroark. jaalt * a ly izlar & dibble, 1 TTflUMltirn SOLICITOUS, IgjfflAXCL'lSURG, S. C. Jam>r-F. Isjlak. SaMUKL DlBBLK. feh 23 * ly malcolm l browning, r -?vATTORNKY AT LAW, OSAKGEBlttti C. II., So. Cu augjf ly fersIjerT ^JENTIST. IfUl jbe In Orangeburg every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Olfiee In rear or BULL, SCOVILL & PIKE. fabdA/ f a tf ?\ \ H Ik 9-*1?? dr. s. w. kennerly, OBANti ERU KU, . TTJ-AVING REMOVED TO THIS PLACE, i MM Respoc^jtoUy ptfers hit Professional K He; vice.? to the Cltisens and Vicinity. Bt Office on Russell Stroet, opposite Bull, Scovill A Pike's. mar IS ? 2m FACTOR AND COMMISSION MKR( IIA XT, CHARLESTON 8. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton. RxrxnSNCBS?'First National Hank, Peo tola's National Bank, Messrs. Jno. Fraser A Co., Charlesion, 8. C. july 31?ly C<AMt\ET M Alt Kit AND Utt f DKRTAKEK?1 respectfully tolieit work in tka. above Una, such as Coffins of all style?, repairing Old Furniture, putting Now Cane Bottoms in Chairs, and all other ?vork in th? ?bore line done with neatness and dispatch. All work warranted. Give So; trial, B. Ii LOYD, Market-Hl., dec ?m NftKt to Jno. A. Hamilton UPBCIAt KOTIC13? To.jurUwt in want of POORS, SA81IE8 ?nd B?MDtt wa refer to tho advertisement Of P.J I*. Toale, tho latge mannfacturer of j tkosct^oda in Charleston. Prioo list furn isbed o? apptlcstlon. G. ID. ICE ITT, Lttliibcr nnd Timber Factor, and Gene ral Commission. Merchant, Frcpared to Advance liberally on Consign* i menta when in hand. I <Oftt?e West find Ilroad-Strcct dee 11 8m ' JSuecrHOr 4a R. IF. Hurnhum, 421 King St., Sign Red Mortar, just below Calhoun St., Charleston, S. C, UKALKK IN Drugs, Medicines, Chemical*, Alcohol, Pure Wines and: Liquors for ModieTnnl ?Port poses. Perfumery, Soaps, Brushes, Fancy find Toilet Articles. oct2 ly GEORGE ft HA?l? SASH BLIND AND DOOR, FACTORY. KING STREET, OPPOSITE CANNON, CHARLESTON, 8. C. A lnrgc Stock of the above on hnnd. All orders for the satao promptly filled. sept 18 Cm WM. 0. BEE & CO., Factors und COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 22 ado er'B wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. Wm. C. Bkk. Tnconons D. Jbkvbt. LIBERAL ADVANCFS made upon Con signments to the above House, for the Char leston, New York and Liverpool Markets. . Apply to JAMES BROWNE, sept At D. Louis' Store. REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS -ant ? MERCHANTS, ADGERS NORTH WHARF, OH AKLKSTON, So. Ca. coxs/o^mexts RESl'ECTFLLl.v so licited. Oswell RcKiir.n. Zimuckuas Davis. AV IE I T ICS N.IRBLE WOH ItS. 117 Meeting-Street. Charleston. So. Ca. MONUMENTS. HEAD STONES. MAli ble und Stone Tile, Rlue Flagging ami Drown Stone Work, of every description. SCOTCH GRANITE MONUMENTS, Iron RuillngH. b. s. WniTK. B. D. WntTK. may 1 c 12m EDWARD PERRY, 155 MEETING STREET, OppoHll? Cbarli'Mton Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. S. DUALER IN SCHOOL, LAW and MEDl cal Hooks. LAW ?LANKS, &c. BLANK BOOKS of alliStylcs on hand and niado to order. STATIONERY of all kinds. PRINTING of every desoription executed "with promptness and at reasonable rates. PRINTING PAPERS and Wade oi Co.'s Book and Job PRINTING INK. oct 2 6m Campsen Mills Flour RECEIVED THE FIR S T P R E M I V M At Su. Ca. State Fuir, Columbia. S. C, 1809. Tlw undersigned offer to their Country Friends and the Public in general a choice and pure article of Hour. They have on hund and Grinding Daily a full supply of Choice Family Extra and Super FLOl'R. Also, Northern and Western Flour at low est market price. CORN, QATS and HAY?5O0? bus. Prime White and Mixed Corn. '2000 bus. Prime Oats and f>0b bales prime Eastern nud North Hiver Hay. JNO. CAMPSEN & CO., dec 4?Ilia Charleston, S. C. MI l?OXf> and < II A\M L (?Vi I.Its supplied in (|uautities to sun purchasers. Orders from ull parts of the interior solicited. Address THOMAS MoCRADY, Agent, P. O. Box No. 83? Charleston, S. C. Rkpkbkkckh?James Adgcr & Co., Hon. J. B. Campbell, Dr. St. J. Ravenel. David Jen nings, McCrady & Son, W. G. Dingle, John S. Ryaa. nov 20?8m I\ !P. TOALE, Manufacturer of Dovr*t Sash Blind*, Charleston, S. C.. nA VINO THE LA HOEST AND MOST COMPLETE FACTORY in th? South ern Staler, and keeping always dn haHd * large and most complete stock Of DOORS, SAStlES,- BLINDS, Sash Doors, Store Doors? Shutters, Mouldings, &c, ko., I am enabled to sell low and st manufacturers' prices. N. B.?Strict attention paid to shipping in good order. juK 11 k|.l 24 l(v The Heiress' Choice. - A TTJU* STOBT. ^~ IntJo^ter. Jl85^Njr3L 4^ ling lay dying in a New Jersey city*, Dot far from (he Hudson. He had amassed great wealth iu luorcantilo busi ness, but now iu the prime ot'liic, he was to leave it all behind him. Ilia wife hud 'been dead Jlgy.eral years, and his only near. andjBfafceh relative was bis daughter Ada?^BpSdy child that bad ever been burn to bless him?and a bless iug indeed bud she been?the light of his home ; the pride and joy of bis heart , and the one sweet pure flower that had shed u celestial fragrance over the latter years of bis life. ?:?*! The daughter stood by her father's bed-side, bcth ber bauds clasped in.his, "Ada," .-.lid the dying man, "when 1 am gone you will be left the mistress of 'great wealth, and 1 noed not tell you of the many trials and temptations you may be called upon to endure, nor the mani fold snares which designing peoplef^pay set in your pith. I have tried .to cdu- ! * s - ?? I cate you well and truly, and I know yon I have been a diligent student iu all the things appertaining to life. But you must allow tue to speak one word more of parental counsel. In three years you j will have roaebed your majority, and will become sole guardian of your pro perty. I hope y??u may live loug to enjoy it, but that enjoyment must depend much on the character of the partner to whom you sball give your bund and yuur heart. Oh, my child, bo wise?be cir cumspect. Marry no poor man simply because he is handsome and good-heart ed ; and cIkhiso no scion of wealth simply because of his wealth. Let your choice be governed by sterling merit; and to that end do you cultivate self-respect with .at pride, and a virtue of life and judgment without ostentation (Jod help j you nweet ouo, in that important ordoal. j Iteoidrubcr?the last prayer of my soul sball be to thai end." ****** No maiden could be more generally courted by the marriageable young gentlemen of her acquaintance than was tho bcatltiful orphan heiress, Ada Athcr ling. At the age of eighteen, by pro vision of her father's will, she became in full possession of very nearly a million of dollars. A girl with more of haughty pride might have kept all poor admirers at u distance , but so mild and so kind was she?so respectful to all whom she considered worthy to be held as trieuds ?so deferential to modest merit?and so utterly oblivious of all qualities of rank and lutdiion, when linked with KCifishuess und nobbishuess, that young men of humble station ere loud learned she could smile upou them as sweetly ns upon those more favored of fortune. At length, when Ada had reached the age of twenty, there were two men who had come nearer to ber heart than any others. One was Phillip Nettleton, and the other was Amos Rubious. Both were book keepers in heavy New York houses, and both had prospects of soon being admitted into actual business part nership. Both were honorable, sober, kind-hearted men, and both were called handsome. Phillip Nettleton was the more intellectual of the two; the more studious, meditative, and reserved. Amos Bobbins was the more polished, spark ling, witty, and Freely sooini. Both of these young men loved Ada Atheriihg, and though she bud never, by word or sign, given either of them to understand that she could return that love, yet she had shown, iu many ways, that their position in life did not iu the least limit her respect and esteem ; but on the contrary, she treated them with far more consideration than she did those who came floating about her on the gold en sea of fortune. Tho sad and darksome weeks of the autumn of 1857 were passing. Financial ruin swept up and down tho business highways of the groat city. Ou Tues day, October 13th?the day that saw twonty banks in New York suspend? when teu thousand people had been thrown out of employment iu the New Jcrsoy cities??the house io which Bob bins was connected failed, and on the next day tho house whore Nettleton had all his hrpes of business anchored wont by the board. They had been among the best houses io New York, and hid held out to the last, but the besom bed ?wept their credit awav, and the ruin was absolute? So Philip Nettleton aud Amos Rob bins w?*e without employment end with. log into partial proprletMJsip in their respective establishment* iBpv had al lowed their surplus sala^fUsio to Phe bands of their employers, and in neither eaee had a dollar? been saved. The win who, on the np*rtipg bf prst? iij of that event fulfE^nth of Oc tober, might have retired from business 'with a fortune, now fou?& hiuisolf the owner-of not one solitary dot**, Philip Nettleton was sOflBfcidistressed. Ho was an orphan and'a^HTetiler hud been depending upon him tgr'aupport for over st$ear? 1 f nat||?*?to*ij>ptt^ ' tr?te, and she must have swofttir aud Com fort. He sought up and down the busi ness part of New Vor , "Wiere he was j acquainted, for employment m a clurk or : sulesmuu; but there was no opening. 1 Then he sought iu the NeiR Jersey city j where he lived, but without. success. Weary and sick at heart, he was on his way homeward when he met the butcher of whom he hud that mo-ning bought some meat, and to whom be bau told the story of his great need. j^"Well, Philip, what luck to-day? Tho youug man shook hie head sadly. "Nothing turned up, eh , , "Nothing." Aud PbiUft would hare passed on, but tho frank, \vell morning old butcher detained him. 1 ' Look, Philip, I don't want to insult ye, nor hurt your feelings; but it you ain't r.bove putting, on a clean white frock, aud driving out my market wagon, and delivering goods to ?fy customers, I can gire you n job, and pay.yeas much as they'd pay ye thee* times to evil silks and satins. Sly man Furbush, is d'iwn sick, and can't be up.for a mouth or two. What say ?" Philip Nettleton gf.zed up i-to Mr. pA-innl's honest iace, und, then looked down upon the pavement. "1 know it's a rather como dowu fur a young man who's been expe ting to be a New Y?<rk merchant; hut i?'berterthin nothing my boy; nnd what's more, it'll be good ifor your health. My soul, iL'll make your cheeks red and plump." A little while longer?a struggle, nud a gulp?and Philip said: ?Thviual, 1 will come to-morrow morn ing and commence to drive your wagon. Thank ?ud, I have found employment at last I" and to himself he said sileutly in hi-, heart, "Poor Nellie shall not suffer while I have streugth aud opportunity to labor." What a wondernieut there wus when pcoplo saw Philip Nettleton, the highly educated and oruute, chtd in a butcher's frock, driving Mr. Dwinal's wagon ; and delivering parcels ul' meat and vegetables through the town. It did not happen on the first day nor yet on the second, but on the third day be had to deliver a parcel at the hou e where Ada Atherling lived; aud as he passed through the.gareway. with a heavy laden basket on each arm, he saw the maiden whom he hud learned to love, looking upon him from one of tho parlor windows. He did not bow his head in shsme, but he guvu a respectful uod of recognition and passed ou. Wheu he was unco more upon his gnat ; and had taken up the reins, knowing that the gate of (he maiden was still fixed upon him, he said to himself, "Farewell, Ada You can never stoop to this. Put I huve never had a right to hope, so what have 1 lost? What? save the privilege nt your sometimes companionship, which might only have lured me more deeply into the pit ot disappointment aud sor row !" On the evening of the same day, Amos Kobbins sut in the little counting room of the htor.: of a friend. Two ladies stood near the partition thereof, the up per part of which was of glaexiug seih, and open ; nnd this was what thoy heard spoken by V*u men in the little box of an office They spoko in continuation of remarks already uiudo: "Mr. Dwiual himsolf told me how it was. You know Nettleton has a aiok sister, entirely dependant upon him ; and when ho came out from beneath tho wreck of Brown & rJoswell'a house, ha had not a fite dollar Bill. He has searched day after day for employ meut? " "As I did," broke in the silvery voice of Amos Kobbins. "Yea," responded the other; "but, un liko you, he was determined to do any. thing he could find, io that it was houoat t and when Dwinal offered him the butch er's frock with teu dollars a week he took It." "Egad i it must have corns tough/' said liOwbios. ; "Evidently not ao tough with hin ?? idleness ?od debt," suggested the fest speal&ttVi mu (41 II ?. : 1 ?.? d m buj "I can't say that I am food of idle ness/' ,|Wfttted Robbins; ??bttt, guod Lord I to come down to driving A butch er's cart I i wonder if Mia* Atherling has seen: hiui io that uniform. If she bee she mttst have beed somewhat takes down. Nettleton has Wen quite ioti ?mu with the gobies lady, and I have thought he had really entertained hopes of making an impression. Hut?wo gods 1?what au ? pressiou the butcher* boy must make, eh ! By the in see 11 con sider my chances enhanced an hundred fold by Phil. Notlletou's falling down from her social circle." 1 'the two ladies left the store. One of .them was Ada Atherling. A lew days after ibis, cards were issued lor a select party at Miss Atherlings's.? Philip Nettleton received one on the margin of which was written; . Shriuk not. He who bos the moral courage to do a brother's duty at the risk of social position, need not fear that he cau thereby be lowered in the esteem of * - Ada Athi.uMNu." Philip Nettleton pressed that missive to his lip*, and it was wet with tears. It was not mueh; but the simple words from such a source gave him more hope than he had ever dreamed of. ''The evening came, and people wondered as much to see Philip Nettleton there as they had wondered when they first saw Kim upon the butcher's cart. Amos Robbins wondered that Miss Atheiliug would deign to notice him; and when uot long afterwards, he saw the lovely heiress take Philip's arm aud walk out tu the conservatory, he remarked to a frieud, Zounds! a'uu dou't know that he drives a butcher's cart!' ?Miss Atberliug," said Philip, when they were alone, 'I had in my miud, relinquished all hope of returning to this Elysium.' '?Had you thought, Mr. Nettleton, that Ada Alherliug's esteem was of so treacherous a character." How earnest ahe looked as she said this; and what a light supernal there was iu her large violet eyes ; aud that trembling of the baud which rested up on his arm. Some spirits have a powir of interpretation that can read thought* not spoken?they catch them by electric transmission. Philip Nettleton, at that tnoiucut, believed that Ada Atherling loved him. And still under the electric influence, he took the hand that rested upon his arm, aud g->sed down into her luce. "Miss Atherling?Ada?1 must speak one word even though it be the sign that separates us forever. You speak ut esteem. How far?O ! how far, towards the sum of all earthly huppiucss, wculd your esteem suffer me to aspire f" ' Mr. Nettleton?" There was a moment's hesitation, and the noble girl proceeded, after the man ner of speech of her companion : "Mr. Nettleton?Philip?before Heaven I would uot dare to limit the aspirations of a true and noble soul." We need uot repeat the impassioned words of the lover, nor the frank aud heartfelt responses of the maid ) only we will tell that iu the end Ada's head was rostiug upon Philip's shoulder, and that she murmured in joy-broken accents, "O, my father, if you can look down upon your child iu this hour, I know you will bless the choice shu has made !" Report of Committee 011 Stock. HORSKS. 'The Committee appointed to report upon plantation stock, would submit the following : We consider the raising and improve ment of stock second only to planting it sell, in faot tbey neeesaarily maroh along hand in band. It is an old proverb, and no less true than old, that "uo stock no manure, no manure no crop." It am pbatically holds true in this sec.ion of country where the yield without manure will hardly pay the price of cultivatiuu. We find in all countries, eveu where lands are fertile, the most prosperous portions are those that manure highest, and it is impossible to manure cheaply without stock, We who have followed planting in this County are Me ?eil aware of the important part which stock bears ?poU a pUnlation to requite eulo gies in its favor or arguments to induce us to raise it. The question is, have no given to tuet the study and attention rj*ta| ipiiyrf ??d which will enable ua ,to chooae profitably and wisely! ' M so^l on a place should be looked upon as a ?ort of wheel-barrow i Sent out &?bft Mottoing to gather, Sow at eventaf iroUod So to dopasil its e*4~ j tojia ilflkpBO|s'|SB\Y.-Wsbsvsis?D more mauUro made by 1.00 head of cat l tie (equal to stable manure) than could i be hauled1 out in "Shree months ' With two j fvS? florae' wagon* knd' two o$ carts. The plan by which this was doo* will co in e inure under the bead of manures. We will first report upon the horse. Your Committee is of the opinion tbat we have in this country as good a breed I of horses as are to be found anywhere, for whioh they are needed. I We do not wish the light boned, deli eate race horse any more than we wint ih? heavy, ttH dray horse; We wbh an animal mars for the road, and also that can be used for plantation purposes.,. Wo wish a horse that we can saddle up and feel safe upon his back, even upon a fox hunt; then bitch him to the buggy and take the family visiting or put him in the plough Sad make his food. Jost such an animal we now have in our native breed, crossed attd re crossed with the thoroughbred Until we have the bone and muacle of the former, with the wind aud spirit of the latter. In fact the very horse the English prize and use as a hunter is the very "horse we have seat tared all over our laud. In all my wanderings I have never seen a breed, taking iuto consideration our soil, climate and the uses for which we need them, that can surpass these wo uow have. With regard to raising in this section, we are of the opiniou that it would not prove a profitable biuuues*. Horses can be raised aud driven here from the West for much less than we can raise one hore. They are seldom, if ever fed on grata out there. The . mares with the colts ruu wild upon the pfalries, until tho colts are grown, when they are driven up,"l.amcd to eat graitti and broken and driven to market j aud hero, a colt will eat his worth ev ry year. Another ad vantage iu buyir.g is, you have a number to select from, and when you raise ofle", you must be content, whether he is de formed iu make or temper. With re gard to feeding, wo consider it bad policy to stint or let a horse get low iu order. If well fed and properly stabled aud lit tered, the manure they make will pay for one-fourth or one-third of the feed. Professor Leibig cstir. atcs that a com mon sized horse, properly attended to, will make 7i four horse wagon loads of manure in a year, which, put wpou three acres of our land, would make it double its yield of eitn?r corn or cotton. Iu the second place, of the mule for plantation and draft purposes, there is no animal in our knowledge and expe rience that can competo with the mule. It was a long and warm contest between the advocates of the horse and the ox; which was the cheapest animal for plan tation use, until the inulo Same between and eut the gordiau knot. Their gene ral use in our whole Southern country, places them entirely above controversy. We think them hardier, less subject to disease, will live on coarser aud leas food and arc not ns easily spoiled or ovor worked as the horse, besides truer pull ing and longer lived. Their length of life is a very impor tant matter, when wo remember that capital invested it. livo stock, decreases every y?j^f until it is all oonsuwod, yea, more, an old broke down nuiuml of no use or value is loft upon your hands to feed for what ho has been aud done. We are of tho opiuion that all stock would last longer were they fed less on Indian corn. Engineers assert that some kinds of wood burn out the fines of tho engine much faater than others. W* think the same of corn, and its effects are seen in the weak eyes and tender feet of stock. With regard to eattie there are a' great variety of breeds, and each kind has its peculiarities. For oxen the Brmruio is undoubtedly the best species?from their trim and oompaot form, we judge thorn to be very little inferior to tho mule for .draft purposes. Wo very seldom see oxen bsrnesood to tbe plough in Sooth Carolina, but in the the Western States where land bos to be broken with a heavy double plough it In quite common, and ploughmen assert that they nan do better work, and pull as much with a g -od yoke of oxen as oan be done with a' pair of mules or horses. 1 They move steadies, and the plough om be heW ? to; Ii? ,f Ulm mach n?Wi, tihflrv when pulled j?J,#u|? ?r^Mf^>,4 the most prosperous couiiirlea iff Tigris ?alture ere those in' whW?xewarewee3: I One greel advantage1,*-, as feoutra* they I ; begin to depreciate ae draught anlesals, they can. be sold totbe ^fj^Hf r fnll price, and bU jnaoe f#$^& f,,;^ young one, whereas the horse ot tUala bee to be used until the capital ?TelCMP ':" ~ in him hoe Been en^retjhafdrffc^ We/Ja** aider the Devon as the best suJtoBVrto/Lea tbis sectiou of country. The> b*jpe,a(; smaller firm than the Durham, and f^rr.f, eeq?ently are more thrifty and easier kept upon our scant paatu.-ea. In sheeting our stoc'l We should lW,y* loose eight of the raeaws' of ewTjpvfc^? Two anitnal? having the serese* t?ssja>?f > /? gathering food, end upoUilMWUltrlleiheye. the sm^^me ?Ufa*l whilst the larger Ddru-im ? ?f'^T -, . st work. The Ayershire bate aiwayebeed ft* eidcred tfce beat for the deity, but stufet*?*- d any make fine milkers if propetly tfoei* cd. '. 1 x ? v Tne Committee .would recommend1 t ti*?fe /( fewer cattle be kept, and more r,ttenliow be paid to the in. We doom it bad pliTw cy for a planter to keep such a nutaheV,'"^*1 that one fourth die from eurtaiion every winter, and the others get so peer that it ukre all summer to get them to the saute weight they were the Fall before. It is estimated that one acre of ground U each head of cattle should be put duwu '-' in graaa and cured as hay to feed during winter. One acre planted in tor* a* fh?'V rate of a bushel and a half to the sere would make food enough. , We have often thought it was cheapo* , to buy bacon than to raise it, but your Com tust tee are hot certain upon thai" point, inasmuch ns the experiment Irse not been tested since theeu^ucrpstio:, of the uev,ro. From reports of Agi ieultu ral writers it is cstin-.sicd that h^s es? be raised even here, and sate muck tu the farmer. From an Kuglish Cyclopaedia, we would quote the following: "The fatten ing of hogs is profitable when a pi ratal . of green bacon, when it is first drt?dtu . , worth more than the tenth pari t/f ^ : ? bushel of barlev, for a bushel ot bailor is supposed, with good management S?d a good breed of hogs, to produce ten pounds of bacon. The risk and atten dance are fully compensated by tho value of the dung made by the hogs, which ia . of the richest nature." An American writer says : "Enj^li*k barley and Indian corn, pound for pound, yield each the same quantity of whWkry, that is 100 lbs of either, yield WH*?!*' prool spirits, hence their nutritive tjlio1 li ly may be set down as equal. A bus.hrl . of English btfrley weighs 50 lbs., corn weighs 50 lbs to the bushel; t)r> the data furnished above (he fattening' oV ' gn?en bacon when it ia first dried, rtui green pork just killed is worth more than the eleventh part of the price of a bu-h* el of corn. This calculation corresponds will* oare. ful experiments North and SoriTh. Three or four pounds of corn fed in a oYole pen make one pound of pork, green, that is 18 or 14 lbs to the bnshel, Recording to tho fattening quality of the brevd ^f hogs. This estimate is where corn alone is fed, but the figures will show more In favor of fattening \t other : aVe used with tbe ftorn. Take charcoal, on* bushel Of fnrn and one perk oV char, coal Will increase the weight more th.m a bushol and peck of coin. I4iid, chemist tell us. is mostly cat boo, aid coal is puro enrbnn, besid?':?, kr?nge as it may sound, hogs hsvo ditpepaia, n*4 charcoal is a preventive of that. 1 hey oat it very readily if it is thrown into the pen. To make the raisir g of h igs f.rwthehle it depends a great deal upon the breed. Thero are several breed recommeud^l, and which are in high repute,'but the majority of writers recommend the 'Es sex ae beat suited to the'South. .The Essex and Cheater mixed are* very fin* hog. The main point to eenaider in these days ia to select a breed which will grow fast and take on fat easily Miss Betsey Thomas died at Port land, Me., teat week, aged 96, leaving disconsolate aar brother Elias aged 98, end her sister Happy, aged -lv?u yeafo in April next Since the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment Sambo no longer ask* plain* tivoly, "Ami not a man and a broth er'" but slDgs gaily, Shoo, ty.'dwns br,.ih*r mis"