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An Independent Family Journal-?-Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOYT & CO., Proprietors ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY, APRIL I 1869. VOLUME 4.-N0. 40, a\\im HI Mm*. Legislative Proceedings.. * Columbia, March 22.?In the Senate/ the following acts were ratified to-day : The appropriation aot;> an act repealing an act to prevent persons holding certain offices of emolument from' leaving the State^. an act to amend an act to regulate the; manner of drawing jurors ; an act to amend an act defining the jurisdiction of Probate Courts; an act to define the duties of State, reporter and. provide ;for tho publication of the Supreme Court re portsVa?act repealing seetion eight of an act to amend the criminal law; an act to provide.for an election to. fill certain vacancies in county offices; an act to in? corporate the Dorn Mining and-Manufac? turing Company ; an act to amend the charter of the Town of Greenville; an ? act to incorporato the South Carolina Im? provement and Trust Company; the jpint resolution, authorizing too Comp tjrolle?t*eneni] to furnish offices for the officers of the Executive department. . Tho Governor sejjtjn his veto of an ?act to-provide for the uniform ?.nd proper promulgation-of all legal and public- no tic&Jantf the veto wasjBastained.' /JLA i The following were read a second time and ordered* to be engrossed : Bill to provide for a land commissioner; bill re? pealing ihO tefitb section of an act a ppoi rft~ ing a Board of Commissioners for the City of Charleston. The Port Royal Railroad "ball was post? poned to the next session. . The joint resolution authorizing the distribution of iwent3'-five thousand dol? lars ordered to be appropriated for school purposes by G en. Canby,to bo apportion? ed among the several counties, was or? dered to bo enrolled. The House Educational bill was laid on the table, thus preventing any education? al act passing this session. .In the House, the resolution to suspend habeas corpus in the Counties of Laurens, Edgefield, Ncwberry and Abbeville was * indefinitely postponed by a vote of yeas sixty-four, nays none. The following were road a second time and ordered to be engrossed : Bill to in eorpouato the Palmetto Fire and Marine Insurance C,?.-; bill to provide a plae-e for holdingc?art'in Barnwell County; joint resolution to appoint a committee to in? vestigate the state of affairs in the Third Congressional District; bill to prevent and punish duelling;- bill, to regulate the manner of granting final dismissal to ex ccufors. trustees, guardians ur':x-omimt lees; bill to incorporato tho various boards of trustees of the M. E. Church in South Carolina; joint resolution au? thorizing the Commissioners of Oconce ? Lo sell the State interest in tho Xcowvc. and Luckascege turnpike road;. bill to regulate the formation of corporations. The following were passed and their titles changed to acts and ordered to ;bo enrolled: Bill w> facilitate the.settlement of the affairs ol the Bank cf the State; bill to incorporate the Wate re* and N ort h Carolina Railroad Company; bill' to au? thorize the financial agent of the State of South Caroliua, in the City of New York, to pledge State bonds as collateral secu? rity! The bill to punish bribery and corrupt tion, with several others, was laid over until the'regular session. March 23.?In tho Senate Bills read a second time yesterday, received a third reading, their titles wereehanged to Acts, and they were ordered to be enrolled. i The Senate appropriated five hundred dollars to purchase a new carpet for the University Library Room. In the Houso, Bills read a second time yesterday received their third reading, their titles wcro changed to Acts and or? dered to bo enrolled. The Governor has approved the Acts ratified yesterday. . Both Houses havo agreed to a concur? rent resolution requesting Congress to aid the construction of the Memphis, El Paso and Trans-Continental Southern Pacific Railroad. . ? Bill to provide for tho appointmont of Land Commissioners has been ordered to be enrolled. . atABCH " 24,?-The General' Assembly adjourned sine die at 3 o'clock co-day. Wright and Buck, of tho Senate, and Crews, Elliott, Mclntyre, Smalls and Bryant, of the House, five Republicans and .two Democrats, were appointed a Joint Committee of.Investigation for the Third Congressional District. A Joint Committee was appointed to examine the books and accounts of the Comptroller-General and Treasurer, in accordance with an Act to regulate the manner of keeping and disbursing-funds jfc>y certain officers. The Blouse voted Speaker Moses four hundred dollars gratuitously. In the Senate twenty-three additional Acts, and seven joint resolutions, inclu? ding those ordered to be enrolled yester? day, a'so the Bills ordered to bo engross? ed yesterday, received a third reading, were enrolled and duly ratified. A concurrent resolution authorizing tbe Governor to* appoint inspectors of guano and fertilizers, was#doptcd. A* valedictory was dolivorcd in the House by Speaker Moses, and in the j?eoato by the President and Senators Wright, Raine}-, Cain and Leslie. Cain paid everything lookod lovely, and the old Board of Aldermen, under Judge Carpenter's dec'sion, still took care of the interests of Charleston. ???y The friends of a wit oxpressod some surprise that, with his age and his fond? ness for the bottle, ho should havo thought jt worth while to marry. '|A wife was necessary," he said; '-they began to say that J drank too much for a single man." List of tie Acts passed by the General Assembly of South Carolina, at the Ses? sion ending March 24,1869. Tue following is ? full and correct list of the laws passed by the General Assem? bly, 'during tho session which has just dosed An act accepting the donation of lands to the ?tate of South Carolina, for agri? cultural colleges. . An act to renew the charter of the Cam den Independent Fire Engine Company, j An act to provide for tho payment of ithe fees of sheriffs for dieting persons .confined..in jail. An'.act to make appropriation for the payment of the per diem and mileage ol the members of-the General Assembly, and the- salaries of the subordinate offi? cers, and other expenses incident thereto, j d An act to> amend an act. entitled "An act to provide for the temporary organi? zation of the Educational Department of ithe State." An act to alter and amend the criminal, law. An act to incorporate the Lake Swamp Navigation Company of Horry County. ? An act tojjrenowjtbe charter of the fcr -ry across the Great Peedee River, known as Old Ports Ferry. "An act to incorporato the South Caro? lina Phosphate Company. An act to incorporato the Home Insu? rance Company of Charleston. An act to amend, an act entitled '!An act to organize, the Circuit Courts." An act to confirm and declare valid the recent election of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston. An . act to incorporate the Columbia Buildir g and Loan Association. An act to change the location of the county scat of Barnwell County from Barn wall Courthouse to Blackvilie. i An act to enable the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company to com? plete their road. Ah act to ratify, confirm and amend the charter of the Charleston, South Caro? lina, Mining'and Manufacturing Corn pan}'. An act to provide for the consolidation of the statute laws of the Stato of South Carolina. An act to alter and amend an act enti? tled 'An act to alter and amend the charter of the King's Mountain Railroad Company," passed December 16, 1851. An act to enable the banks of-the State to renew business or to place them fn li-.| quidatFon. A joint resolution to provide for the fitting up of certain portions^>f the State House. A joint resolution relieving J. M. Wil? der, late Sheriff of Sumter County, of a , penalty of .five per cent, per month upon executions not returned by him. Joint resolution for the relief of Mrs. Mary A. C. Hobbs. Joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to pay the chairman of Board of*Commissioners of Elections appointed by Constitutional-Convention $329. An ?act to protect laborers and persons working under contract on shares of crop* - An'iictto authorize the consolidation of the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail? road Company and the Columbia and Augusta. Railroad Company, and to amend the charter of the same. An act to amend an act entitled "An. act to regulate attachments." An act to provide for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the State. An act io amend the charter of the Sulphuric Acid and Superphosphate Com? pany. An act to incorporato tho Longshore? men's Protective Union Association of Charleston. Joint resolution to provide for the pub? lication of tho acts, reports, resolutions and journals of the General Assembly. An act to incorporate the Mission Pres? byterian Church cf the City of Charles? ton, South Carolina. An act to empower the Judges of the Circuit Court to grant relief in cases of erroneous judgments obtained during the existence of the provisional government of South Carolina. An act to organize and govern tho mil? itia of tho Stato of South Carolina. Joint resolution authorizing the Gov? ernor, to purchase two thousand stands of arms of the most approved pattern, with the usual complement of ammunition. . Joint resolution ratifying the Fifteenth amendment to tho Constitution of the United States of America. An act to incorporate the South Caro? lina Improvement and. Trust Company. An act to provide for tho conversion of State securities. j An act to aher and amend the charter of the Town of Greenville, and for other purposes. Joint resolution to authorize and direct the Comptroller-General of tho State to provide and furnish officcn for officers of tho Executive Department. An act to incorporato tho various boards of trustees of the Methodist Epis? copal Church in South Carolina. An act to renew and an. end tho charter of the Town of Chostcr. An act to alter and amend an act enti? tled 'An aet to incorporate tho Town of Morion, and for other purposes therein mentioned." An act to facilitate tho scttlemont of the affairs of the Bank of tho State of South Carolina. An act to authorize D. C. Wilson &Co. to build a dock and collect wharfage in the Town of Beaufort. An aot to determine the value of con? federate States notes or their oquivalont. An aet to authorize the financial agent of the State, in the City of New York, to plodgo State bonds as collateral security, ?ind tor other purposes. An act to amend an act entitled 'An net to fix the salary and regulate the pay of certain officers." An;act.to incorporate the Wateree and ( North Carolina Railroad Company. An act to alter and amend an act enti? tled "An act to incoporate the Village of Kingstreo." An act to incorporate tho Homestead Building, Planting and Loan Association of South Carolina. An act to incorporate the Palmetto Fire and Marine Insurance Company. An aet to provide for the appointment of a Land Commissioner, and to define his powers and duties, Ah net to provide lor the place of hold? ing court in Barn well County. ^An act to prevent and punish duelling. An act to charter Broxton's Ferry, across the Great Saltkehatchic River. * An act to incorporate the South Caro? lina .Central Railroad Company. An act to amend an act entitled "An act .to define the jurisdiction and duties of Count}* Commissioners." An act to extend the time in which the Carnden Bridge Company may rebuild their bridge. An act. to establish certain.ferries. An act. to regulate the manner of granting a final dismissal to executors, administrators, trustees, guardians or committees. ? An act to incorporate tho Town of Pickcns. An\ct to vest in Isaac G. Long the charter of a water course.through King? ston Lake and Maple Swamp, in Horry County. An act to repeal the tenth section of an act entitled "An act to appoint a Board of Commissioners of the City of Charles? ton, with power and authority to declare in what cases the streets, lanes and alleys shall bo widened, and to provide for car? rying into execution the objects of said board-, and for other purposes therein njicntionod." Joint resolution to appoint a committee of investigation for the Third Congres* sional District. Joint resolution to authorize the Secre? tary to purchase thirty-eight copies of Richardson's Reports, &c. Joint resolution to authorize the Gov? ernor of the State to fill the vacancies in the State Board of Equalization. Joint resolution to authorize the Secre? tary of State to purchase for distribution certain State reports. Joint resolution authorizing tho Coun? ty Commissioners of Oconco County to 6?ll the interest of the State in the Keo wco and Tuckascegee Turnpike Road. Joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to apportion to the several pCOitniies, the appropriation of twenty-five ?thousand dollars authorized in General Orders No. 139, of December 3, 18G7, headquarters Second Milit?r}- District, for the support.of free schools, tho same to be paid over to the respective County Treas? urers in order to pay teachers. Joint resolution to dissolve the Board of Special Commissioners appointed for Oconce County under an ordinance enti? tled "An ordinance to divide Pickcns District into two election and judicial districts," adopted the 24th day ol Janu? ary, A. D. 1868. An act to provide assistance for the transient sick poor in the various cities and towns of the Stato? . An act to facilitate the drawing of ju? rors in this State. An act.to authorize R. S. and M. R. Bennett, of Beaufort County, to collect-' wharfage. ' Joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to pay Dr." Alf'ord Kaoul three hundred and fikcen dollars for services rendered as physician to Charleston Jail, and lor medicinrs furnished prisoners. An act to punish sheriffs and other of? ficers for violating the homestead. An act to establish a State Orphan -Asylunii An act to renew tr^e charter of Pendle? ton Village, in the County of Anderson. Joint resolution directing the State Treasurer to pay S. L. Leaphart one hun? dred and eighty-four dollars and ninety three cents fer extra services as Comp? troller-General during the months of July and August. Joint resolution authorizing the Gov? ernor to employ an armed force for tho preservation of the peace. An act to alter and amend an act enti? tled "An act to authorize the sale of the Columbia Canal." An act to incorporate the Aiken Sani? tary Association. . An act to regulate and provide for the pay of.Commissioners and Managers of Elections. An act to re-enact certain acts lending the name and credit of the State to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com? pany, and to validate tho action of said company thereundor. An act to enforce the provisions of tho Civil Rights bill of the United States Congress. An act to authorize tho building of a bridge to connect the islands of Wadma law and John's. An act to incorporate tho Wileon's Bridgo Company. An act to incorporate certain Are en jj;ino companies. Joint resolution relieving E. W. Oliver, fate Sheriff of Fairficld County, of penal? ty of fiv per cent, per nTonth upon exe? cutions not returned by him. An act to incorporate the Citizen's Savings Bank of South Carolina. An act to incorporate the Ashley Firo Engine Company, of Charleston, South Carolina. An act to authorize a loan for tho relief of the treasury. An act to incorporate certain Fire En? gine Companies of Charleston, South Ga? ol ina. An act to incorporate the Calvary' Baptist Church of the City of Charleston. I An act to incorporate the Amateur Literary and Fraternal Association of J Charleston. An act to incorporate tho Union Star Frie Engine Company as a part of tho Fire Department of the City of Charles? ton. An act to incorporate the Rocky River Baptist Church, in the Connty of Ander? son. An act to regulate the practice of med? icine in this State. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to lease the State Road running from the County of Greenville,-in this State, across tho Saluda Mountain, to.the Coun? ty of Henderson, in North Carolina." An act to incorporate the Sumter File Engine Company as a part of the firo de? partment of the Town of Sumter. An net to incorporate the Yaucluse Manufacturing Company, in tho State of South Carolina. An aet to incorporate the Home Insu? rance Company of Charleston. An act to renew the charter of tho Charleston Ancient Artillery Society. An act to renew the charter of the Forry across the Savannah River, known as Stony Bluff Ferry. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish quarantine at George? town, Charleston and Hilton Head." An act to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina. An act to prescribe certain rules to be observed in the government of ferries and bridges privileged to charge tolls. An act to amend an act entitled "An an act. to regulate the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers." An act to incorporate the Carmel Church in Pickens County. Joint resolution instructing the State Treasurer to pay B. H. Rice & Co. in United States currency. An act to renew the charter of the Charleston Bible Society. An act to establish the lien of magis , trates' executions. An act to establish a public ferry in York Count}*. An art to incorporate certain societies in the City of Charleston. An act to provide a lien or. buildings and lands to parties furnishing labor and material thereon. An act to authorize Sylvanus Mayo to build a dock and collect wharlage in the Town of Beaufort. An act to provide for the collection of wharfage at Hilton'Head. An act to renew the charter of a ferry across the Congaree River. A joint resolution authorizing the Gov? ernor to cause suit to be instituted agajnst the Laurens Railroad Com piny, to pro? tect the interests of the State. An act to establish a lazaretto or quar? antine hospital in tho harbor of Charles? ton. An act to establish a ferry between Hilton Head Island and the main land in Beaufort County. An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to prevent persons holding certain offices of emolument from leaving the Stuto." An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner of drawing jurors." An act to amend an act entitled "An act to define the jurisdiction and regulate the practice of Probate Courts. . An act to define the duties of State Reporter, and to provide lor the publica? tion of the Supreme Court reports. An act to make appropriations and raise supplies for the year commencing in October, 18(58. An act to provide for an election to fill certain vacancies in county offices. An act to repeal section eight of an act to alter the act entitled "An act to amend tho criminal law." An act to incorporato the Dorn Mining and Manufacturing Company of South Carolina, for mining and for other pur posesi -?>-a. Tue Auch Agitator.?Among the many who went out of office with An? drew Johnson, and retired to private lile, there is one whose disappearance from tho public stage will not excito a regret in'the breast of any human being but 'himself. He has reigned long and wick? edly from the beginning to the close. He shone like Lucifer throughout his ca? reer, endowed with the same great genius for mischief; with arch-subtlety, und mind without a soul, like Lucifer, ho has fallen never to rise again. Far back in the past we find him stirring shrewdly the embers of sectional strilci 'Twas his to invent tho diabolical doctrino of the "irrcpressiblo conflict," and his was the master hand that guided it in all its stages, and down through a sea of blood to its final and fixed inauguration as a principle of the Government. He gloat? ed over tho dreadful strife with soulless satisfaction, and at no period of tho car? nage among his countrymen did ho dis? cover tho first evidence of feeling of re? gret. Pile up tho dead in hecatombs to tho skies! was his ever ready answer, to ap? peals for peace. Down with tho Consti? tution, and open bo tho prison doors to all who refuse to worship at the same bloody shrino. Such, in briof, is William fl. Seward, tho craftiest, meanest, most soulless 'and treachorous of his race. Ho has cursed his country through a whole generation ; and it will curse and execrate him till '?the last syllable of recorded time.?Sa? vannah Republican. ?President Grant's father is recovering from the injuries caused by his late fall, We hope that the son will recover from those caused by bis late rise. Washington News arid Gossip. Wasuington, March 23, Jn the House a memorial from citizens of Kentucky was presented, ptotestirg against, the removal of political disabili? ties, and praying tho enforcement of the Fourteenth article. The bill removing the charge of deser? tion from certain North Carolina mounted infantry was passed. Mutier announced his intention to in? troduce a bill to remove disabilities from every man now loyal to the Union, re? gardless of past offences, and did not think they, could have reconstruction on any other basis. ill the Senate, tho bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipato payment on tho State debt lor sis months was passed. Sprague introduced a bill to provide for lending the public money. The Judiciary bill was passed. It pro? vides nine Associate Judges of the Su? preme Bench, receives them of circuit do-, ty, and provides resident circuit judges. The President nominated J. C. Ban? croft Davis, of New York, as Assistant Sec? retary of State; Governor Bullock and other Georgia Radicals are here. Martial law has ceased in Arkansas. Butler will report a Mississippi bill to? morrow. In the House to-day, Brooks, urging Butler to report a general amnesty bill, announced that he would vote for no more removals of a partisan character. Washington, March 24. In the House, Paine introduced a bill punishing civil and military officers, hav? ing the powor to enforce the Fourteenth ami ndment and failing to do so, with.line and imprisonment* ? Butler introduced his Mississippi bill. Beck moved that to amend by giving the President power to appoint a provisional governor. Farnesworth gave notice that he would move to postpone it until the next session. Beck spoke in opposition to the bill, and the House, on motion of the Democrats, adjourned, the motion being carried by a small majority. This is re? garded as an unfavorable indication for the final success of the bill. The Committee gn Foreign Relations reported a bill in regard to. the treaty with Mexico of July 4, 1868, for tho ad? justment of claims. The new Tenure-of-office bill was pass? ed to tho following effect: The President may suspend aii}T officer during the recess and appoint another to perform his du? ties, reporting tho suspension to the Sen ato within thirty days after the next meeting of Congress, and nomTnating a successor. If the Senate refuses to con? firm the nomination, and also by a vote disapproves of the suspension, tho suspen? ded officer will resume his office at the end of the session. The President need give no reason for the suspension. The President has nominated Giles A. Smith as Second Assistant Postmaster General, Moses H. Grinnell, Collector of tho Customs at New York, and William Price, as Postmaster at Grenada, Miss. Henry D. Moore has been confirmed as Collector at the Port of Philadelphia. Democrats have been re-elected to the Indiana Legislature wherever they re? signed to defeat the Fifteenth amendment. An extra session is called for April 8th. Onlj' eightj'-t?miles remain to com plete the Pacific Kailroad. * Washington, March. 25. In an absolutely authenticated inter? view between Grant and tho Mississippi delegation, urging Grant's assistance in passing tho pending bill, Grant doubted whether the bill will restore.peace to Mis? sissippi. He favors the appointments by the military Governor-, with a resumption of tho Constitution; and a special vote on the objectionable features, some of which ho say* probably would, and perhaps, should be defeated. Mr. Johnson's physician left for Grccn^ ville to-da}', in response to a despatch an? nouncing Mr. Johnson's dangerous sick? ness. The Governor of New Jersey, in his message, argues against tho ratification of the fifteenth amendment. Rhode Is? land has postponed action. ? Indiana re? turns opponents in the special elections. Secretary Bout Well wants legislation for tho redistribution of tho national cur? rency. In the Senate, t,o-day, Hamilton, of Ma? ryland, was seated. In tho S-enate, Price introduced a bill restoring a Republican Government to Georgia, when tho motion to consider it was nailed?40 to 15. A bill providing for the redistribution and is*uc of an ad? ditional 50,000,01)0 of national currency was considered, without action. Amend? ments to the National Junction Railroad, connecting tho Northern and Southern roads around Washington, were adopted, and it goes to the President. Adjourned. In the House, a joint resolution restor? ing the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to cases of'citizens or the loyal States for vessels impressed during the war, passed ?80 to 87. Upson replaces Poland on the Reconstruction Committee. A bill restoring.a Republican Government to Georgia, was introduced and referred to the Reconstruction Committee; it re-as? sembles the original Legislature and im? poses the test oai.h as ^qualification ; and declares tho expulsion of tho colored mem? bers void. The Mississippi matter was re? sumed, but laid aside lor the tenure of office bill which, after a strong debate, was referred to the Judiciar}'?95 to 79? only two Democrats voting nay. Adjourn? ed. Tho President has nominated Edward L. Plumb, Consul-Genoral at Havana; Julia P. Wolfolk. postmistress at Jackson, Tennessee; and quite a number of North? ern nominations. A State Agricultural Society. As long as each one of our planters and farmers has no other test than his per sonal experience by which to determine, how much of the old agricultural system of the State should be retained and how much thrown aside, there can be no cer? tainty of so using free labor as to make it at once profitable to the land owner and advantageous to the laborer whom ho employs. A careful perusal of stand* ard agricultural journals will do much to supply the want; but no magazine can talk to .its readers as one planter in South Carolina would talk to another, and no mere reading will teach the farmer ail much "as he'"could' learn in a few boom from mon who are working under condi? tions similar to his own, who hare tho same annoyances and troubles to contend with, who cultivate the same staples, and who work with the same kind of labor. The farmer or planter should be able to meet the principal farmers and planteni in his district several times in the course of a year. He should meet them,"not by accident, not for a chat at the crossroads; but to discuss what is doing and what haa been done, so that the brittle twigs of personal knowledge may be bound up into the strong bundle of general obser? vation and experience. These truths aro too evident to require any detailed de? monstration, and that they are now re? cognized is shown by the interest, which is being taken in the formation of farm? ers' clubs and agricultural societies. In nearly every one of the npper dis? tricts old societies arc being revived or' now ones formed, and we notice that in Abbeville an agricultural society has been permanently organized. "We hope that the movement will continue until there is such a society in operation in each dis? trict, in the low-conn try as well as in the up-country; and we may add that we cannot too highly commend the evident determination to keep tlx so industrial and strictly practical societies altogether separate from any political association. Cotton, corn and rice have no political; likes or dislikes, and the Radical hoe is as useful in its way as the Democratic plough. ' When the district agricultural societies are established we shall have made the first step towards improving our farming and planting sj-stem. But we must not stop there. We should also have a Stato society, which would, we believe, prove to be still more powerful for good than the local societies, because at its annual meeting an expression would be given to practical experienco of the whole State during an entire year. We have no knowledge yet of the magnitude of oor resources, or of the vast wealth of oar State. New articles of produce are-; brought to our attention overy day. Changes in. the treatment of the soil And in the-working of crops are constantly advised. Suggestions aro made that we. should abandon some particular crop and take another which will pay better and be more sure. No one of these proposi? tions can be decided or its value known, within a reasonable time, except through the medium of the. Agricultural Society of the State. Such a society would en? courage our farmers to improve the qual? ity of their produce and the character Of' their stock, and, making them familiar with the most improved kinds of agri? cultural implements, would teach them how labor might bo economized and time and money saved. We are not prepared to advise that an attempt should be made to form the State society until the district societies aro per? manently organized. To this our first efforts should be directed, and we^truat that the State press, so alivo to all sensi? ble and practical questions, will continue tho good work they have begun, and not abandon it while there is any district without its local society. When the dis? trict societies are formed it will tiot be difficult for..any reasonable- number of them to issue a call for the mooting of a State convention, for the organization of the State club. In the meanwhile, we request the sec? retaries of all the farmers' clubs or agri? cultural societies now in operation to send us the names'of their officers and a copy of their rules, and we make the same re? quest in regard to all other similar socie? ties that may hereafter be formed. We wish to give* tho people all the informa? tion we can upon this- important subject, and will heartily co-operate with our eon-> temporaries in Anderson, Abbeville and elsewhere, in pressing forward a move? ment which may be made to produce the most beneficial and profitable results.? Charleston JS'eU% -:?*-?? ? The English Language must appear fearfully and wonderfully made to a for? eigner. Ono of them, looking at a pie tuie of a number of vessels, said, US*? what a flock of ships." He was told tie* a flock of ships was called a fleet, andtlat fleet of sheep was called a flock. And it was added, for his guidance, in mastering tho Intricacies of our language, that a flock of girls is called a bovy,. that a bevy of wolves is called a pack, and that a pack of thieves is called a gang, and that a gang of angels is called a "host, and that a host of porpoises is called a shoal, and a shoal of buffaloes is called a herd, and, a herd of children is'called a troop, anc! a troop of patridges is called a covey, and a convey of beauties is called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called a horde? und a hordo of rubbish is called a heap, and a heap of oxen is called a drove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called a school, and a school of worshippers is eatled a congregation, and a congregation of engi? neers is called a corps, and a corps of rob? bers is called a band, and a band of locusts is called a swarm, and a swarm ef people is called a crowd.