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Desportes & Wiiams, Proprietors.] A Family, Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature, [Terms---$3.00 uer Anmun, In Advano VOL. VIII.] WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE , 1872. [NO. 2 T111,,' FAIRFIELD HERALD IS PUBITSII) W3CKLY BY DESPORTES & WILLIAMS, Teri.-Tus H nRALD is published Week y in the Town of Winnsboro, at, $3.O in variably in advance. 0o All transient advertisements to be paid in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1 00 per squaro. iunpowder. 110W IT 1a DIADE-A HOUSE WIIERE DIEN NEVER LAUGiI. How do you think you wolid like to live, fearing every moment to be blown up-not doariug to speak loud, or.j ir anything, for fear of starting an explosion that would send you in an instant to the other world ? You don't think it would be very pleasant ? Well, it isn't ; yet hun dreds of mon live, just in that state work, receive pay, and live, year after year, in the very sight of death, all that the world may have gunpowder. You can easily guess why those men go about quietly, and never laugh. You know that gunpowder is very dangerous in a gun, or near a fire, but perhaps you don't know that it is equally dangerous all through the pro. coss of making. A powder-mill is a fearful place to visit, and strangers are very seldom allowed to go into one. They are built far from any town, in the woods, and each branch of the work is done in a separate building. These houses are quite a distance from each other, so that if one blows up it won't blow up the rest. Then the lower parts of the building are made very strong, while the roofs are very lightly set on, so that if it explodes only the roof will suffer. But in spite of every care, sometimes a whole settlement of the powder-mills go off almost in an in' .Btant, and every vestige of the toil of years will be swept away in a few aco onds. But though you feel like holding your breth to look at it, it is really a very interesting process to see. It is made, perhaps you know, of char coal, saltpetre and brimstone. Each of these articles is prepared in a house by itself ; but, the house where they are mixed, is the first terrible one. In this building is an immense mill-stone, rolling round in an iron bed, and under the stono are put the three fearful ingredients of gunpow der. There they are thoroughly mix ed and ground together. This is a very dangerous operation, because if the stono comes in contact with its iron bed, it is very apt to strike fire, and the merest suspicion of a spark wou'd set off the whole. The mate rials are spread three or four inches thiu-ho bed ;the wheel goes by water power, is started, and every man leaves the place. The door is shut and the machinery left to do the terrible work alone. When it has run long enough the will is stopped and the men come back. This operation leaves the powder in hard lumps or cakes. The next house is whero the cakes are broken into grains, and, of course, is quite as dangerous as the last one. But the men can't go away from this ; they are obliged to attend to it every moment, and you may be sure no laugh or joke is over heard withi-i its walls. Every one :who goes in has to take off his boots and put on rubbers, because one grain of the dangerous powder, crushed by the boot, would explode the whole in an instant. The floor of this house is covered with loather, and is made perfectly black by the dust of the gunpowder. It contains a set sieves, each one smaller than the last, through which the powder is sifted ; and an immense . ground and laboring mill, where it is rtound up, while men shovel it in with wooden shovels. The machine. ry makes a great deal of noise, but the mna nrc silent, as in the other heus. es. The reckless crashing of the machinery even seems to give great horror, and one is very glad to get out of that house. The storing house is the next one on the list, and there the gunpowder is heated on wooden trays. it is very hot, and no workmen stay here. F'roma .there it goes to the packing house, and is put up in barrela, kegs and canisters. Safely through all those houses, ii goes at last to the storehouse. One feels like drawing a long breath tc see the fearful safely stuff packed away, out of the hand of men, ir this curious house. You've heard of things being ai dry as a powder-house, but you. wouldn't think this house very dry It is almost imbeddod in water. The roof is one hi g tank filled with water IDid yon ever hear of a water roof be fore ? Initoad of steps to go in, ther< are shallow tanks of water, through which every one must walk to th< door. 1n none of these powder-housesi any light every allowed, except sun light. Tfhe'wages are good, the day wbrk Is short, ending alway at 3 o1 rious look, that makes one think every moment of the danger, and glad to get away. Though curiosity may take a man once to visit a powder-mill, he has no desire to go a second tiie; lie feels all the rest of his life that for once he haa been very near death. American Sportsman. The Greeley Mania. The enthusiasm for Greeley in the South, which is difficult for us to un. derstand, is at once undignified and unwise. We are prepared to take him as a choice of evils, but not to fall down in homage at the feet of the philosopher. To occupy any other position than that of constrain ed support, would be for us to in. dulgo in hypocrisy, inasmuch as we cannot forget though we are willing to forgive the past. Amnesty for amnesty is right enough ; but enthu siasm in this piece of business-for business it is-amazes us. But there is another consideration which should not be lost sight of. We had ample experience in the Seymour campaign, and should be instructed now that our ardernt sup port of any man at the North must be hurtful. When hesitating Republi cans in that section see that such con spicuons "rebels" as Beauregard, and Mahone, and Hood, and Bragg, and Gordon, and D. 11, 11 ill, and Pickett, and Admiral Semmes, are counted by our papers as in favor of Greeley, then they begin to apprehend a new "rebellion," and find themselves in a fit fame of mind to listen to the war speeches of Morton, Logan & Co. Appeals to men's passions and prejudices are proverbially more po tential than those addressed to their reasons ; it is in this knowledge that Grant advocates all, with one ao~ cord, endeavor to inflame the North ern masses against us by hideous in vention, all foreshadowing a new "ro bellion," and a grand St. Bartholo mew's day for the emancipated blacks. This is all absurd. None know this better than we do ; but the peo ple of the North have been studiously educated to believe that we are ripe for treason and stratagems. Certain ly it begins to look, in some quarters, as if a few of our people were not in. different to the spoils, even though gathered at the heels of Grant. We have correctly represented the tamper of a large body of citizens at the North. They are honestly be lieving that we are meditating sedi tion, privy conspiracy and rebellion, and when they see Mr. Greeley's name bailed with enthusiasm in the South they become alarmed. Let us, then, moderate our words and actions. We stund committed, as we understand the situation, to a choice of evils, and. there can be no hesitation in our selection ; but let us make this with becoming dignity. Self respect and sourd policy both dictate this course, and if our coun sels prevail, what we have to do in this canvass will be done resolutely and in solid column, but without sound of trumpet and flaunting of bannere. --NoIfolk Virginian. The Charges Against Treasurer Parker. The circular of Treasurer Parker in reference to the appropriation for public schools exonerates him from blame in not paying out said appro-. priation. We are glad to see that he has at last put the responsibility whore it properly belongs, and hope he will continue to "rise to explain" other Imatters equally interesting to the people. HeI is charged with paying money out of the troeury to defeat impeachment, and to keep out of the penitentiary the thieves in high posi tions who have plundered the State and ruined her credit. We ask, him to say upon whose order this money was paid, to whom, and in what amounts. We know that Mr. Parker can fasten this corrupt expenditure where it belongs, thereforc we ask him to do it, as fully arnd as clear ne( he (loes this school appropriation. In addition lie can tell howv much money was paid out to pass such infamous measures as the validating bill, inten dedonl toshield and protect dis. inetofcials from the penalty of th< law. Let him state the facts boldly and fearlessly, and then the people will see why our schools are closed, ouw judges unpaid, our benevolent institu. tions on the charity of individuals arnd why the reply of "no money" ii Igiven to the creditors that daily be, siege the treasury.-Baufore Times Rep. One of the effects of the discontin was seen in our town shortly after tlh( news reached this point. One of oui unfortunate citizens who believes thai "distance lends enchantment . to thl view" of Deputy United States Mar. shal (especially such as Hendricks' -had "lain low and kept sandy" so loni that he actually came to a town with a dirt-dobber's nest stioking to th( back of his vest. We were an eye. witness to this, and, if necessary other proof is eloso at hand.-Lau rensville leriald. Sweetening one's coffee is generall; the first stirring event of the day. Speech of Senator Ransom. In the Uuited States Senate, last Monday, Mr. Buckingham, of Con.. nectiout, made a few remarks in op position to a pending Bill removing the disabilities of ex-Governor Vance, which elicited from General Ransom, of North Carolina, the following clo. quent speech - Ono word in ieply to the honora blo Senator from Connecticut. Let me say that I have. formed the ac. quaintance of that Senator, and have been impressed with his courteous bearing to gentlemen on this floor and his apparent desire to do right. But let me tell that Senator that the sentiments which he has just given utterance to are not the sentiments to cultivate the pence and harmony of the country, or to exalt its character in the opinion of the World. Lot me say to the Senator and to the country that this great Republic can not afford to be wanting in magna nimity. I recall no instances in the Ilistory of civilized nations when the charao. ter or the interest of a people has suffered from the exercise of magna nimuity-that highest virtue in indi viduals and States. I must say that the Senator does not comprehend the genius and temper of the people of the South. They are a brave, gener ous, fir people, and the spirit and principles of honor are, as they have ever been, very dear to their hearts. It is true they took up arms against the Government, and for four years manifested under unspeakable trials their devoted virtues, that if they did not make their efforts suo ccssful, at least vindicated them from dishonor. The war is over. The people and States of the South have in good faith acknowledged their al legianee to the Government of the United States ; nothing but injustice, suspicion and distrust on the part of the North can interfere with the harmony so esssential to national pros. perity. The South desires peace and jus tice, liberty and equal rights-a con stitutional government. Vith these the Union will be perpetual. It is true, Mr. President, that with the people of my state and her Southern sisters I took up arms against the government, antd stood faithfully, I trust, by their fortunes until all hope was extinguished. Nor do I blush to name it here. It is not ploper, nor have I the desire to discuss the right or wrong of these events which have now passed into histoty. I prefer, greatly prefer, as our people do, to unite with all patriotic men in heal ing all our wounds and bending all our energies to promote and secure the peace, happiness and honor of the whole American people. And let me here in my place say that if dan ger should from any quarter threaten this country-if war with England, with France, with Spain, with any of the great powers upon earth should unhappily oome-I tru.t I should be found standing with my gallant friend (Mri. Blair) and the equally devoted Sonator from Illniois (Mr. Logan) in defending the honor and the flag of the country. And let me say to the Senator from Connecticut that if you will do the South justice, and trouble should una happily comae upon the eountry, you, will find the brave spirits among that noble people looking their shields with the gallant men of the North in defence of the common home and soil, and that thme same high courage and heroic devotion and unshaken forti tude wvhich have ever characterized our people, will be again displayed under the flag that Washington first unfurled. Lot mec ngain say to the Senator from Connecticut that this great Republic will best cherish its honor, its great name, and its mighty destiny by the exercise now of justice, magnanimity, generous and affection ate confidence toward the people of the South. OldI Timies ini Georgia. lIon. lvorson La. Ilarrisona delivered a lecture to the Good Templars of Alilledgeville on the 23d ult., on old times in Georgia, and especially in Milledgoville. Ihow justice was ad.. ministered in the old times is told in tho following paragraph: Among the earlier rem iriseences of Milledgeville the speaker described the ducking of a common scold, under solemn sentence of the law, in the Oconee river, by the high rsheriff of the country, before the transition froin the rigid c'ommon law to our popular code. T1he rspeaker had also seen, about the year 1814 or 1815, a imamn executed for the passing of a five. dollar counterfeit bill I TIhe present temper of the age, and the resultant c hange of la ws in these instances, a\.e striking Illustrations of progress. The Lonle Mhourner. The only member of the Bennett family present at the funeral of the late James Gordon Bennett In New York was Mr. James Gordon Benett, Jr., and it was stated that Mrs. Bieu, net, and Miss Jennlo Bennett. re inained in France. The lowest education that toachest self-control Is bettor than the highest that noglanta it An Indial War In Texas. TEN THOUSAND SAVAGES ON TIE WAR. PATI-UONSTERBATION OF TiE SET TI.iRS-TWO REGIME1NTS OF CAVAL, flY CALLFD FOR. ST. Louis, June 18.-Judge Hub. bell, the general agent of the Atlan tie and Pacific Railroad, who has just returned from a business tour iv T<.xq, brings information that befort leaving Sherman, Texas, an army officer arrived there f( omn Port Rich. m0ond and reported that a body oi Indians, variously estimated at from three to ten thousand, had made ar incursion into Texas, and were over. running Yanecy, Jack Dentou, and Pat ker Counti s, and that the settlorF were filled with consternation and alarm. The Indians said they were going to lluntsville to liberate San. Lanka and Big'Troe, who are confned in the State Prison there. It was ro. ported that all the Indians on the Port Still reservation had left and gone on the war-path. Al. ready two fights had occurred near Weatherford, in which four whites were wounded and two Indians killed, rwo Indians were captured and lodged in Weatherford jail. Thc 3ommanding officer of Fort Richard on is said to have gone to Austin to -onault with General Augur regard ing the invasion, and the latter is re ported to have telegraphed for two uore regiments of cavalry Ito repoi t immediately at the points threatened by the raiders. Judge Hubbell says Lhoro is no doubt in the minds of well informed ''exans that a big Indian war is at hand. Many settlers are leaving their homes. It is believed 3hat the Kiowns were the leaders of the raid, assisted by the Apaches and fthers. There is no q uorum at the Dehkmulgee council up last Tuesday, and none of the wild tribes from Fort, Still had yet cone to participate in the deliberationis. Tie crops in Northern and Western Texas are 7ery fine. hlow the South is Goin g to Baltimore. The South is foxr weeks froi this lay, going to Baltimore with dole ;atirns representing the people a nd Dutside the Convention, to meet,th cir 4orthern fellow citizens. There they jope to re-establish peace-hearty, tincere, and enduring. They will ;ako with them the olive branch of peace and unity, and will plnce it iide byside with that of their North. 3rn fellow citizens, offering all preju lices upon the altar of the country, ancelliig all difference and disputes, and exchanging the cordial taluta. ions of friendship ond good faith. We hear of delegations front many 3ities. New Orleans, headed by 3eueral Longstrect, will send, possi bly, five hundred. Other cities are imitating her example. Richmond and other Virginia towns will send large delegations. Richmond har Dne list of three hundred. They go with Greeley hats and negligent air and pants stuffed in their boots. Such demonstrations will be re sponded to, we know, with heart and hand by the North, and such mneetino and greeting will be without preco dent. An alienated people will be restored to fraternal relations, and the peas of rejoicing will reverberat< through all the mountains, valleys and plains of the Untion.-Batinnon D~ispatch. aively Scene at the Whlile Ilonsc-a Prince licorgian Wants to Whip the P'residenit. Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock Oflicer Kearney noticed a wild look ing mtan walking about the lowel rooms of the Excutive Mansion and thinking thtis rather suspicious began to question him. During th< conversation, he stated thtat his name was Richard F. Jones, from P'rinc< George's county, Md., and demanded to see the President. Upon heing informed that the President was ou of town, lie insisted that lhe should b< immediately telegraphed for, as h<i (Jones) had whipped the whole world and could not feel contented until h< had whlipped the President also whose office should be filled by th< Pope of Rtome. The world-whippe was taken in chtarge by Office: Kearney, who started with him fo police headquarters. ie proceedot along quietly for somic distance, whe1 suddenly lie turned upon the offie and attempted to break away, (ii which effort ha. tore his coat). Office Duvall and Shelton soon came to th, rescue, and with thtoir united aidl th prisoner was finally safely lodged a plie headquarters. - W'ashingto Wholesale Foisoning. In New York on Wednesday ever ing nearly all the people living a Mrs. EA. R. Locke's extensive board] ing house, -East Thirty-fourIt street, were taken ill from eating oum tard, supposed to have been poiseone and before daylight nearly thirty poi sons were more or less affected, thi proprietress worse thtan any one elsa II er life was at one time despaired o but on Thursday evening everybod was well again. low .the oustar was poisoned is unknown, but it is b< lieved to have been the result of a accidvnt., The Charleston News, of yesterday, says : On Friday last, about eighteen miles from the bar, tho pilot boat Perry was spoken by a small rakish steamer, yacht like in style, and ap pareutly manned and armed for ao tion. On oommunicating with the steamer, it was understood that an oflicer with dispatches debirod to come to town, and an agreement having boon made, the passenger was taken on board the Perry, and reached here on Friday evening, and was accomno dated at the Charlozton Hotel. The matter romained quiet until Satur day, when the officer was visited and gave the following information : His name is J. Auguste Chauveaux, see ond lieutenant of the Cuban steam gunboat Pioneer, commanded by Cap tain Francis L. Norton ; first lieuten ant, Janes T. Ilatricks ; sailing muas ter, Roscoo H1. Cain ; boatswain, Ber nard Johnson. The Pioneer is armed with two thirty-pounder Parrots and one eigh. teen-inch French rific gun, with a fine crew of able-bodied won. The steamor, it is reported, has been cruis ing for some tinte in the inlets and off the coast of the easteotn end of Cuba, and was last fiom Cape Maysi. There were no laio battles reported oi the islands, but tho lieuteuant is of the opinion that the Spaniards will finally be driven off by the revolutionary forces. Important dispatches were brought here, wlhich will be sent North to the friends of the Cuban callSc. Lieutenant Chauveaux was found to bo Courteous, but reticent, as to the movements of the btoamleer. lie loft 3esterday morniing on the Northas turin train on his way to Now York. A suspicion is entertained that the Pioneer it none other than the rup posed Cuban filibuster iantnio, which recently cleared fron Baltimore, and was chased on the night of the 7th in stant by tle revenue cutter North einer until sie was lost sight of, about seventy-fivo miles South of Fortress Judgc Orr at Phildclphia. It may be that Judge Orr posesses that Roman firn:nesbs and patriotism which induce him to order his owt son to disgraceful death. But we hardly think so. We thIinak ie wenti out of thle way in Philadelphia to laud the worst act of tyranny and op. pression that the present century has witnessed, by extolling the Ku Klux laws and praising General Grant for his clemency in - locking in bastiles those who wore his first friends and his present neighbors. No one knows better than Judge Orr that in all these cases the juries, both grand and petit, vere packed not to try but to convict ; and lie also knows, that out of more than five hundred cases submitted to the grand jury, tle unprecedented and hitherto un heard of result was, that true bills were found against each and every one of thoin. And yet with these facts be. fore him he maligns the State, rejoices in tite bitter punishmentof his neigh. bots, and in oid sounding terms praises the despotic hand that puts upon them a deep and humiliating degradation. Our personal relations to Judge Orr make us deeply regret tAt hte should feel called upon te take a course so damaging to him as a tian and as one oaf the administrators of thte laws of this State.- George. town innes. Advioces frotm New Oleans an -nounce the death of General Daniel W. Adlams, a prominent citizen of that oity. General Adams was a Mississip pian by birth, and several with gal lantry anid distinction oit thte Confed. crate side during the late civil war, as also did his brothter, General Wir' Adams. Hie cmmanded a brigade in Generals Bragg',s armny, and wvas badly wounded at Shiloh and again in East Tenncssao towards the closeof0 the wvar. Since the war General Adams has resided in New Orleami where lie was elected chairman of th< combined execntive committees of the sup porters of Greeley and Brown ir SLouisiana. It is not safe to write promissory notes for practie. TIhey may turi r up some day and retturn to plaguo th< writer. A case has just been trie< r down in Maine, which was brought fo Sthe recovery of mioney on a promis sory note, anid the defendant testifle( Sthat the note was written for praotic< while hte and his brother wore study ing "P'artial paymecnts," and wva made payable to an old man who hap pened to be p.resent, and who ha' sincee died. ile escaped a comuplet payment for his thoughtfulness in par tial payments by proving that h was net of age when the note wa written. Some Chicago ladies lately visite< -a sick and widowed neighbor, shingle 0 her house, planked her side-walli -picketed her fence, painted one root r, and papered two, and split and pile Y a load of slab wood. ,. In Chicago it is proposed to proh a bit all doors and gates opening so s toi ohatruct aidlks.e Sud.Effcels of the "Dolly Varden" Fashion If husbands are to be mistaken ii "Dolly Varden" dresses, as with ti unfortunate husband in Philadelphia the soaner the fashion is equolched the better will it be for the peaco oj socioty. The husband in questior one night missed from the suppel table his Wife Matilda, and inquirot ofhi.i little boy whither had she gone and just at that moment the dining room dooropened and a lady entered The husband observed a wild look it her eye, and also noticed that she wa: attired in an outlandish style, havin1 on, as lie says, a dress with sun-flow ere, and cabbages, and pumpkins, worked all over it, and a lot o snakes sqairming around for a baol ground. Rising, the man said : "Madam, uhomn do you wish to see I" and then said, aside, "Poor thing, she's crazy.' That last remark settled the businosE for him, as the wiord female made a bolt and tightly grasped his Adn'a apple, and choked bins until his face assumed the color of a banner of the Commune. After she had enjoyed a surfeit of choking her husband, she flopped into a chair, and with tearE coursing each other down her chceks, exclaimed : "That I should ever live to hear my husband say that I was crazy." This amused the husbaud, and elevating himclf to his full propoi. tioiS, said : "You can't blame me, Madam, for supposing you at insanao wonmi, and now that I know you are the mnother of these interesting children, will you have the kindness to re '-o to the sanctity of your chamber and pol yourself of that piece of furniture chintz, or window curtain, or whatever it is ) ou call it." "Window curtain, chintz !"said the spouse; "why its you that's out of your head. That's a Dolly Varden, and a very pretty pattern too. "Madan," replied the husband, "we may be out of head, but if that is a Dolly Varden we are most deci. dedly out of pooket. Why, it looks like a circus dress, and the idea of a woman at your time of life-" "My time of life !" "Yes, your time of life. The next thing, I suppose, you will be practie. inig the trapeze not in the back yard. Why, it is enough to give a man the deliriun tremens to look at it. Who over saw such a pattern I It's flash wall paper run mad. You look ex. notly like some Japaneso tea sign. And now just bounce out of here with that Feejo iuittle flag, or you'll scaro h1e b.b, to h Thet %as an ominous pause for a moment, and then the eldestdaughte, said : "Why, you ought to be ashamed or yourself, father. it's all the style, and I am going to h ave one, too; there now." "Yes, and I want one ; all the girls have got them." Thus spoke Maria, the second eldest. "Any more " gasped the hiusband ; "arc there any more ? Hadn't the bab better have one I Guess I'll get oi mysolf. Hiow do they make up foi pantaloons I Hia ! Ia 1 Ila I (Do. moniacally.) Let mc have a Dolly Varden. Let me clutch it. Bring me a pattern of monkeys selling lamp posts. Ilow would a Chinese puzzle look or a map of Fairmount Park 1' The unhappy husband has just beet liberated from anm asylum and pro. nounced cured. But the only way they man~aged it was to dress him in a Dolly Varden, marked out with th< ground plan of the streets of Boston, Jayhamwkers. An article by Judge Ilannay, in thme Kansas hMagazine, gives the origin of the wvord "Jayhaawkers," as used it Kansas history. Ina 1856, an inadi, vidual named Patt Devlin was seen entering the village of Obsawotomnie in Miami county. Ile was ridinag a mule, and loaded with no ineonsidera. ble amount of plunder. "You looks al if you haad been out on an excursian,' said some one to him. '-Yes," ssaid P'at, "I have been out jay hawking.' P'at then explained that the jayhawk er was a bird ini Ireland which warn ed its prey before devouring it. Fron this little incident sprang the use o the word. Petrificatlon of Bodies. "A Traveler" writes as follow ti the London News: The petrification of corpses is no a new art in Italy. At the conm miencement of the present centuryi was practiced by a meadieal man a Florence, and in one of the haospital of the town the bosom of a woman I shown which was petrified by bini it has all the appearance of ivor~ is in a perfeot state of preservation lai the same hospital there is a tabl apparently of pietra dusra. The dii ferent stones, however, of which it formed are petrified slices of huma Iflesh. ,A toll keeper in Virginia was latt a ly brought before a magistrate f< o ruelty to his daughter, ocoasioned b her allowing her lover to dri' through the gate free, when site hae -. oharge of It. -Like one of Shak, *s speare's heroines, "she never ,tolle har lovn." Irish Pototors in Middle Georgia. I Mr. Henry Temple's great and sim. i plo mode of culture should be gener. , ally known. Ie plants on the rod , lands of Al illodgoville, Georgia. 1 First-two crops a year ; the fall I crop much the beat, and koop-s fresh and sound all winter, like Northera I potatoes. Second-No rotation . he plants tho samo ground for ten years. Third-Tho crop averages a pound to the iquaro foot-so wetimes double that. The spring and fall crop together not less than one thousand bushels por acre. Fourth-lHis modo, the simplest of all publishud, viz: (a) Manures broad. east, oay a half inch coating, or more. (b) Thun plows and.oross.plows, deep, with a couion"rootor." This keeps the manure on top of tho ground-a main point. (a) Plants very close ; about one seed to every square foot i. e., drops seed about ton inches apart in a "rootor" furrow, and cover with the next furrow ; and so on, dropping seed in every furrow, and covering about as deep as corn. (d) i Lastly, covers the ground with pine straw, about three inches deep, or more. In the spring don't spread straw until the seeds is well sprouted and coming up ; for the earth is cold and wet then, and the seed needs warm sunmhino. But in July, when you plant the fall crop, cover with straw immediately, so as to keep the ground cool ind shaded. Fifth-July janting, for the fall crop, needs special care of the seed, or it will fail to sprout and como up but a little care insures it. All needed is, just dig potatoes enough three or four weeks beforehand of Uha spring crop-say early in Juno-and lay themi away in a dark rooum, ao that the eyes or buds may ripen. Theit plant aid cover with the "rooter," plow and pine straw in July, and your fall crop is sure-miaking very small weed, but very large potatoes. Sixth-Mr. Temple's culture is a great success ; a simplo truth iu Georgia agrioulture. WIr.LmA McKINL:Y, President Farmers' Club of Baldwia Co., Geo. [Southern Farm and 1o1me. The Baltimore Convention. Says the Baltimore Gazette : The selection of Ford's Opera House as the place of meeting of thu Democratic National Convention is an exceedingly proper and judicious one. The building is one of the finest of the kind in the country, and when all the contemplated arrange. ments for the convenience of the dole. gates are completed, it will be found to be in every respoot suitable for the grand conclave of the National Democracy. It is believed that ample accommodation will be furnish. ed for at least. six thousand people mid besides this, every facility wilL be afforded in the way of committeei and ooeption rooms. It is intended to decorate the building in an appro priato ianner; and we are assured that nothig will be left undone to mako the building attractivo as well as comfortable. A- American adventuress in M-Wuniclz, Foreign papers publish a sensation story of an Amearican adventuress who charmedI the young King of Bavaria omuhthat he sought her society rind made her numerous presents. D~etectives, however, dispel led the charm by making a raid upon her trunks, fiuding ber to be the wrong sort oft a woman for ioyalty, and wvhen her true character was fully exposed she was permitted to depart into Switzerland, with about $l,000O Iworth of jewels, money and oitber valuablesngathered from the King aid other distinguished personages. She is registered ns M rs. Fanny Jordan, Cincinnati, Ohio, U~nited States. ArrIval of Rlemains of Confederate Dead from Gettp.burg. We learn from the Richmond Dispatch that one of the steam ships of the Powhmatan Company's line ar rived in that city on Saturday, having on board 708 bodios of the Confeder ate soldiers that were previously buried at (Gettysburg, Pa. Three hundred of these were members of Piokett's Division. The bodies will be cscorted to Hollywood early this week by the First Regiment Virginia SVolunteors. Rh fare lionesty. t Tefirst man who took the benefit s of the bankrnpt law in Virginia afteit a the passage of the act, in 1807, went .west shortly afterward. Recently he , returned to thme city, and before .night bad paid all his .former o creditors in full for the claims -which they held against him a when ho went into bankruptcy. We n suppose there are few such eases on record, and it speaks well for our poo, ple.-Rchmond lJepetck. ur The following composition has been ,( y turned out by American scholar, aged 'e 13: A boy without a father is ao d horphanm, without a mother, a horphan, a. but is oftenest without a grand.father ud and a grandtuother, and then heg hornhanisot.