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Every "big crop," however, is not a paying crop. To sow valuable and priced small grain on roughly prepared land is bad econo? my, simply because the increased yield always repays for thorough preparation. I am aware it is futile to advise planters to sow a smaller area, and increase by thorough culture the yield per acre; and, possibly, they are wise in not at this time listening to such advice, for where land is cheap, and laborers both scarce and in? efficient, ana trained too to performing their work in a helter-skelter manner, it may be ex? travagant to attempt scientific farming on a large scale. Labor, scientifically directed, will at a certain cost produce thirty bushels of wheat per acre; with perhaps less cost, and certainly with les3 trouble to the planter, an ordinary field hand, after the old style, will sow aud reap from three acres about the same number of bushels. Hence the planter who sows, sur? rounded by demoralization, is apt to sow for the present, and adopt that system which taxes least heavily both his patience and his pocket. He who looks to the future, expects to improve his land, and determines to transmit to his heirs an inheritance of increasing value, will pursue a different policy, and while he curtails his area will increase his yield. To accomplish this, the land to be sown in small grain must be as thoroughly prepared as if for a cultivated crop. Deep turning of the soil should be avoided, and deep breaking be the end desired. An ordinary 6hovel followed in the same furrow by a two-horse, or even one horse Brinly, Utley, or Murfee subsoil, will re? pay as well iu small grain as in cotton or corn. If stubble or fallow land is to be re-seeded in ?ujall grain it should this month be "turned over," the subsoiling may be done at the same time or postponed until sowing time. This subsoiling, if properly done, prevents winter drowning as well as suffering Irom drought in the spring. In plowing under weeds, if a heavy chain be attached to the two ends of the double tree, and allowed to drag back just to the point of the plow, the work will be very complete. Small grain should never bo manured with stable, cow-house or compost manure, simply because they all contain stray grains which will surely germinate and mix tho crop. Land that was manured from the stalls of stock fed on eats, and sown in wheat, will produce a mixed crop of oats and wheat. Cotton seed sown broadcast, fifty bushels per acre, and plowed in with the grain, is a specific manure for wheat. Commercial fertilizers pay well on any kind of small grain; one-half should be sown on the grain in January or February. Many planters wishing to "rest" a field sow it in small grain, plowing across the cotton and corn beds, and think the stubble will prevent washing. This is a mistake. If a field be cul? tivated in corn or cotton horizontally, to rest it the land when sown should bo plowed as the run, otherwise the washing will be more in? jurious than if the beds had been left and no small grain sown. Horizontal furrows, fifteen inches apart, heavily manured and drilled thickly in small grain on hill-sides, will so completely prevent washing, both while grow? ing and when in stubble, that the entire hill Bide may be covered by the following fall with innumerable little terraces, each fifteen inches wide. I propose giving my experience since the war with small grain, (expressed neither botanically nor scientifically,) and will begin with WHEAT. On as many kinds of soil I have experimen? ted with five kinds of wheat. Stiff red land invariably produced tho best crop and heaviest grain. Of the five varieties, a large white wheat introduced from Virgiuia, has been the most productive. It has a strong, large stalk, Rlightly blue, resembling the old blue stem or Mogul Wheat. Flour from this wheat cannot be surpassed. It is neither a late nor early wheat, and seldom suffers from rust. For two years I have sown a small, plump white wheat, originally from the Patent Office, which resembled in stalk, head and grain, the white Virginia, but matures later. Three acres of land, that has been in cultivation since 1800, produced of this wheat this season forty-six bushels. Last season I sowed two bushels of Boughton Wheat, that produced well, but took the rust ?n spots and matured very late. This is a de? cided objection, to any grain, for they should all rfpen so as to be harvested after "choppingout" cotton, and before "laying by" corn. These three varieties of white wheat seem this year to have become reddened in appearance, per? haps from the unusually dry spring; or, per? haps climatic influence has this natural ten? dency. In 1866,1 received from upper New York ten bushels of beautiful white wheat, sowed it e>n good wheat land highly manured and well prepared. Yield, about half a crop. The next year only five acres were sown on land similar? ly prepared; yield, almost nothing. In 18G8, an acre was sown, and not one in twenty seed germinated, and not a bushel matured. This experiment suggests its own inference. For two years I have sown a large, heavy, dark red, uninviting-looking bearded wheat, originally from the Valley of Virginia, that yields well, weighs heavily and produces a dull gummy flour, by no means first quality. This wheat grows tall, matures its stalk many days before its head, and looks when lipe as if it wore badly injured by rust. Though neither rust nor excessive wet or dry weather seem ever to affect it. The most satisfactory wheat I have ever sown la a small, round, plump red grain, known as the Fuller Wheat in this section, because great? ly improved by a neighbor of that name. It is the Clarke or Alabama spring wheat, and ma? tures very early. I have harvested it by the 16th of May. For ten years it has never failed to make a good crop, und yields as good flour, and as much of it, as any wheat I have sown. By the middle of July, all wheat should be threshed and thoroughly sunned ; while hot it should be sprinkled with salt, and put in close bins or covered hogsheads. Sassafras rods run through or into the wheat will drive out any weevils that may have attacked it, and prevent their return. Wheat is, perhaps, less profitable as a market crop, than any of the small grains, though no planter should ever buy for his fami? ly or employees an ounce of flour. Wheat straw is considered valuable winter food for cattle by many planters. I make no use of it except to run it through my stables and cow? house, or to mulch garden vegetables, potatoes, or fruit trees. Wheat should be sown in Oc? tober; the earlier the better. EYE is a grain not Bufficiently appreciated in the South. It is abou t as productive as corn, bushel for bushel, and, if sowu in September, makes the best possible winter pasture, which, how? ever, milch cows should never be allowed to taste, as the peculiar flavor of the rye is com? municated to the milk. Eye straw is a valua? ble winter food for cattle, and when cut up and sprinkled with the rye meal, makes a most nu? tritious food for any kind of auimal. The poorest laud will produce two or three bushels of rye, and good land from eight to ten. I once harvested thirteen and a half bushels from a half acre cow-pen. The coldest winter has but little effect upon this grain. oats are the most valuable of all the grains, because they furnish an economical substitute for corn in fecdiug all kinds of animals. The seed of the common white oat of yore seems to have been destroyed by rust. The black oat is the heaviest, and a very val? uable grain though objectionable, because when ripe enough to cut is a perfect tauch-mernot; one-fourth the crop is lost by dRRtering out while handling. The red oat will repay the planter on every kind of land, and is not subject to disease. It is very prolific, often yielding forty bushels per acre on fair land. The straw is short and ten? der, and if cured without beiug too often wet 'i3 equal to fodder, pound for pound, as winter forage for cattle or mules. I once threshed four hundred and eighty dozen bundles of red oats that yielded three hundred and ninety-six heap? ing bushels of beautiful clean oats. At another time I threshed thirty dozen, and cleaned up thirty-six bushels. Its capacity of production would be reached at one hundred bushels to the acre. Red oats may be sown at any time from first of September to the following March; those sown first are usually the heaviest, though this year oats sown in January wrere better than those sown last fall or this spring, in consequence of the unusually dry spring. Oats sown on cotton land at the last plowing of the crop, or in September after the first picking, and plowed in with the shallow sweep furrows, will make an abundant crop, aud it the land was horizontalized for the cotton crop, the oats will grow as if drilled horizontally, and thus protect the land from washing as stated above. The cotton stalks can be hacked down in the winter, Of the celebrated Norway Oats, I know but little. I bought a bushel last fall at $9.00, and sowed them the third week in November on good land, highly manured with cotton seed. Every oat-seemed to germinate, but in January about one-fourth the "stand" was frozen out. They stood the dry spring well, grew about three feet high, and have peculiarly crowded beads nine inches long, with thirty to eighty grains to the head. They w?ere perfectly green when the red oats were harvested. They were not cut until the 6th of July, and if they are thus late in maturing will be objectionable. Their stock is very large, coarse, aud strong. barley is also a most valuable crop, but more uncer? tain, perhaps, than any small grain crop. The best land should be stimulated to grow a fine barley crop. Thin laud will not produce it. Cow-pens are the best spots to sow this grain upon. If sown in September, it may be cut by the 1st of January; and, unless the winter is unusually severe, it will be high enough to cut again in March, and then grow up and pro? duce a fair crop of seed to be harvested when ripe. When used in this way it; should never be grazed, but cut with a reap-hook as soon as it is high enough to grasp with the hand and cut below, between the hand and the roots or ground. The March cutting may be knee-high. The effect of green barley upon work animals is most astonishing. The planter who sows a half acre of barley on land well prepared and thoroughly enriched for each mule, will never own poor, diseased, hide-bound plow-stock. Ripe barley is a very hard grain, and should never be fed uutil soaked for twenty-four hours. I usually sow one bushel of wheat, three pecks of rye, :iwo bushels of oats, or two bush? els of barley to an acre of land. D. WYATT AIKEN. -? A Romantic incident in tiie West?a Daughter Found after Thirteen Years.? Nearly thirteen years ago there lived on the banks of the Ohio, but a few miles from the city of Louisville, a man by the name of Heury C. Dan forth, the family consisting of himself, wife and one child, a daughter, only a little more than two years of age. One day the child escaped the vigilant eye of the mother and wandered from the house. Search was made, but no trace could be found of their prattling darling until reaching the banks of the river, where her little bonnet was seen near the margin of tho water. Then, indeed, the little one was mourned as dead, and only a mother's heart can fathom the agony of the be? reaved parents. Other children came to take the place of the lost one at the fireside, and the first storm of grief at the terrible affliction had Siven away to quiet Bubmission, still the blue., ancing waters of the Ohio always caused in? expressible sadness to their bereaved hearts. Five years ago the family removed to St. Louis, where they have resided ever since. Saturday Mr. Danforth received an anonymous letter from this city urging him to come up immedi? ately if he wished to find his daughter, whom he supposed drowned thirteen years before. He arrived in the city Monday last and proceeded to the place designated in the letter, and found a woman whom he had known in other days, rapidly nearing the grave, and a young girl in attendance upon her. She pointed to the child immediately on his entrance, saying, "that is your drowned child," and entered upon an ex? planation which convinced him of the truth of her words. It seems that he himself was the innocent cause of the affair. The woman had loved him previous to his marriage, and when the words were spoken binding him to another all the worst passions of her nature were arous? ed, and she determined upon some revenge, and how faithfully she executed her intention the above facts will testify. She had kept herself informed of his whereabouts, and when she knew that death would shortly ch.iin her as his victim she determined to make all the repara? tion in her power. Who can paint the joy of the father on finding the dead alive ? The wo? man, it seems, hud only been in our city some six months, coming from Cincinnati, to" which place she had first fled with the child. She said she had always treated her jus she would have done her own daughter, to which the child testified, and begged that the woman might be taken with them. The result was that yester? day evening the three took the train on the North Missouri Railroad for St. Louis, aud ere this the waiting mother has received the em? braces of her long-lost daughter. Such inci? dents were of frequent occurrence years ago, but in this modern age it calls forth no little astonishment.?Kansas City Times. A New Way to Dry Peaches.?Dr. Jos. Treat, of Vineland, N. .7., gave lost season the following, and, as he says, new directions for paring peaches for drying : "Never pare peaches to dry. Let them get mellow enough to be in good eating condition, put them in boiling water for a moment or two, and the skin will come off like a charm. Let them be in the water long enough, but no longer. The gain is at least six-fold?saving of time in removing the skin, great saving of the peach, part of the peach saved, the best part, less time to stone the peaches, less time to dry them, and better when dried. A whole bushel can be done in a boiler at once,, and then the water turned off." ? It is related of a certain distinguished citizen of Massachusetts ; who is not now liv? ing, that after his return from a short European tour, he was accustomed to refer to it more fre? quently than good taste would dictate, and that on being asked to deliver a prayer in public, he began : "0 Lord! Thou kuowest when 1 was in Europe," etc. From the Memphis Avalanche. The End of a Long and Bloody Feud. probably the la8t chapter in the re m ark able b0ltox-d1ckjsns quarrel. Col. Thomas Dickens, well known to the people of Shelby county, and whose name is familiar to the readers of the Avalanche, was waylaid on yesterday morning by some fiend, and his life destroyed, in daylight, on a public road. The whole city was. shocked and as? tounded by the news. The manner in which the terrible crime was done added to the hor? ror that seized the public mind, and especially because the victim was Colonel Thomas Dick? ens, whose feud with Wade H. Bolton, and whoso acquittal for the killing of Wade H. Bolton is still fresh in the memory of our read? ers. Col. Dickens had passed Friday night with his neighbor, J. C. Bolton, who lives on Big Creek, about six miles northeast of Raleigh, in this county. Yesterday morning he mounted his horse and started for home, a distance of four miles, and while riding leisurely along, all alone, about 7 a. m., and not suspecting any evil or harm, he was suddenly fired on by an assassin concealed in the undergrowth near the public road. The fiend discharged the con? tents of a double-barreled shot-gun into the body of the old man, instantly killing him and mangling his body dreadfully. The work was deliberately done ; both barrels were fired? one after another, with an interval of a few seconds. At the first fire the old man was shot off his horse, and after ho fell to the ground the second fire was heard. The gun was load? ed with buckshot, and the assassin was within ten paces of Col. Dickens, the effect of the balls was terrible, mangling and tearing the body to pieces. The horse turned back and was caught at Bolton's store by the young man in charge of it. The shooting had been heard plainly in the direction from which the horse came, and the blotches of blood on the saddle and rump of the horse at once spoke of mur? der. But the terrible catalogue of crimes link? ed with the Bolton and Dickens families, in? stantly appeared to the minds of the people at Bolton's store, and it was with difficulty that any one or more could be found bravo enough to go to the scene of murder. , Who did the deed ? was the question asked by every one, and answered by no one. The deadly feud between Wade H. Bolton and Thomas Dickens is involuntarily alluded to as furnishing an explanation. But how is it pos? sible that this can be so when Wade Bolton is dead ? Who represents Wade Bolton ? In May, 1857, Isaac L. Bolton killed a Ken tuckian, named McMillan. This occurred at the slave mart of Bolton, Dickens & Co., Dlin ton street, near Howard Row, Memphis. The offense of McMillan was the selling to Bolton a negro boy brought from Kentucky, as a slave for life. The boy was sold by Bolton to Thos. B. Crenshaw, of this county, who learned that the boy was, by the terms of his Kentucky master, to be made free if carried out of the State.' The boy sued for his freedom and gain? ed it. McMillan was violently assailed by Bolton for his conduct, and the quarrel ended in Bolton's taking the life of McMillan. The trial of I. L. Bolton was one of the cel? ebrated criminal cases of Tennessee. His im? prisonment lasted one year, and his trial took place in Covington, Tipton county. He was acquitted by a jury, every one of whom was bribed. The expenses incurred by this trial were enormous. Lawyers' fees, witness fees and jurors' bribes absorbed at least one hundred thousand dollars. All of which was paid by property said to belong to the firm of Bolton, Dickens &. Co. This firm was composed of Isaac L. Bolton, Thomas Dickens, Wade H. Bolton and Washington Bolton. The firm expired a day or two after the kill? ing of McMillan; and Tho3. Dickens and Washington Bolton refused to agree to share any part of the loss or expenses of defending Isaac, and demanded that the money of the firm used for that purpose should be refunded. Wade sided with his brother, refused to settle, and this began the deadly war. The bitterness of the feud was silent during the war, as Dickens was in Missouri and Wash? ington Bolton in Kentucky. In 1862 Wash? ington Bolton died at his residence near Shelby Depot, in this county, and in 1864 Isaac Bol? ton died at his home on Big Creek. In 1865 Dickens returned from Missouri to -Tennessee, and immediately took steps to have the firm of Bolton, Dickens & Co. settled. Wade H. Bolton had charge of the books, and, as Dick? ens contended, of the property of the firm. But the expenses of the McMillan trial was the great trouble, and no settlement could be made, and the war began between Thomas Dickens and Wade H. Bolton. In January, 1869, attempts were made to assassinate Dickens at his residence, on his farm, three miles northeast of Raleigh. The assassins failed. But in the spring of this same year two murderers, Inman and Morgan, entered the kitchen of Dickens while ho and his friends were at supper, and begun the work of slaughter. They wounded Dickens, shooting him above the right eye, and in the arm; wounded a young man named Humphreys in the arm, and killed a negro named Wilson, and a negro girl named Nancy, who had been a trusted family servant of Dickens' for fifteen years. Dickens naturally turned to his arch enemy, Wade H. Bolton, as the author of this bloody work. Whether true or false he acted in its belief. Inman and Morgan were outlaws of North Alabama, whither they returned after the as? sassination. They were pursued and a gold watch, taken from Dickens' house on the night of the attempt on his life, were found on the {>erson of Inman. Inman and Morgan were mnted down immediately by the citizens of North Alabama, and destroyed like wild beasts. They were concealed in one of the most inac? cessible caves of North Alabama, and in this cave they were shot down. E. C." Patterson and Bob Thompson were supposed to be connected in criminality with these outlaws and murderers. They were in? dicted in this county, tried and acquitted. The crisis came in June, 1869, when Col. Dickens encountered Bolton in Court Square and shot him. From his wounds Wade H. Bolton died a few weeks thereafter. The feud, it was supposed, was now at an end. The only surviving member of the firm was Dickens,, and there was no one strong enough to continue the work of blood. All the original actors passed away, and Dickens, over sixty years old, alone remained. * Col. Dickens leaves surviving him only one child, Sam. Dickens. Isaac L. Bolton, several daughters and one son, M. Seth Bolton. Wade Bolton no offspring, and Washington Bolton several daughters and one son. Isaac Bolton and Wade H. Bolton were brothers. Washington Bolton was not related by blood to cither, but by marriage with Issaac, who married Washington's sister. Thomas Dickens had two sons, and both married daugh? ters of Isaac Bolton. They were all of pure English parentage. A Wonderful Invention.?A mechanic living on the shores of Lake Zurich, M. Theo? dor Zuppinger, has just invented a mechanism as marvellous as the daguerreotype was at first considered to be, the applications of which havd become so popular and universal. The machine of M. Zuppinger is no larger than the human hand, and performs the work of an accomplished stenographer. Placed in contact with the vocal organ, it reproduces the slight? est sounds euunciated by the throat, tongue or lips. While one is in the act of speaking, a ribbon of paper is detached from the machine, similar to that thrown off by the telegraphic apparatus, on which the words pronouucea are traced in black and white. The mechanism is in all respects most ingeniously constructed, and worthy of being compared with the inven? tions of Niepce, Daguerre and Moreo. J Rules for Managing Kerosine Oil. In purchasing kcrosine lamps, select strong, well-made ones, with stout, roomy handles (if hand-lnmpBj and with improved burners that will not allow the lamp to become heated be? neath the blaze. [The safest are the metalic lamps, where the wick does not communicate directly with the oil-chamber, but is fed through a narrow tube.] Buy the best kerosine oil. There is no econ? omy in purchasing impure kinds; they are in? variably dangerous. Be sure that your wicks fit well. Too small a wick is unsafe. Never fill a kerosine lamp, or allow ono to be filled, in the evening: or if you must do so, be careful not to fill it near the fire or a burn? ing lamp. Use a small feeding can for filling, replen? ishing it when necessary from your Targe can. Keep your cans carefully closed. If you must allow matches to be exposed where mice can get at them, don't keep kero? sine in the same place. Unless you have intelligent servants, fill your lamp yourself, in order that the tops may be screwed on securely and the lamps wiped dry and clean. In lighting a lamp, don't turn the wick up so high as to ignite too large a portion of it at first, and then turn it down to the required height. >iever attempt to light paper by thrusting it dowu into the chimney of a burning lamp. Never place a lighted lamp where a gust of air may reach it. Consequently, swinging lamps in lower halls are unsafe, unless suspen? ded in sheltered places. Never take a lighted lamp to an open win? dow. Never set one down quickly upon the floor ; or if you do, above all don't lift it suddenly. Don't leave a lamp with the blaze turned down very low, where persons (especially chil? dren) are sleeping. In extinguishing a lamp, never blow down into its chimney. Avoid carrying lighted lamps up and down stairs. Lamps should be distributed in the re? spective rooms during the day-time, ready to be lit when required. [Every country-house should be provided with candlesticks with large flat bottoms, for carrying about aud for ser? vants' bedroom?.] Don't burn lamps in which the oil is nearly exhausted. They are much more dangerous than full ones. Never, under any circumstances, use kero? sene in lighting a fire. Never place a filled lamp or a can of kero? sene on a hot stove. [N. 13.?This rule is not intended exclusively for idiots.] In all cases of accident, never throw water upon ignited kerosene ; as the latter will surely float on top and thus increase the blazing sur? face. Spirits of ammonia will effectually extin? guish burning kerosene; but it must be used cautiously, because, if thrown in a person's eyes, it will destroy them. Finally, insure your house to its full value, mind your souls, and keen your last will and testament up to date.?Hearth and Home. The Cotton Chop.?A correspondent writes to the New Orleans Picayune, under date of the 5th instant, as follows, concerning the prospects of the growing cotton crop : Some weeks ago, after an exploration of a large district of cotton hinds, I reported that the result of my observation was that the cot? ton crop would turn out far less than the crop of last year. Yesterday I made a searching examination of four fields of cotton that were far above the average, and, indeed, were equal to any cotton fields seen this year. I found these four fields with, comparatively speakiug, very few bolls. The stock large enough, healthy, free from rust or worms, yet the fruit was not there. For two weeks the forms and blossoms have been abundant, but the frequent rains and hot suns have caused much falling off. The early varieties of cotton are now open? ing, and if wc could have dry weather, picking would become general from the 15th to the 20th inst. The European war may affect disadvanta? geous^ the price of cotton, but I feel very confident that the production will fall below the crop'of 1869. Last year cotton was bring? ing remunerating prices, which stimulated the freedraen to pick faithfully.- Now, the i'reed man is discouraged . .uo present fall in cotton, and the prospect o'i a further decline, and if the cotton was in the field to pick it would uot be gathered. As far as Louisiana is concerned, the labor will be disorganized by the coming election, the operation of the militia law, and more than all, by the depreciation in the price of cotton. But to all interested in coming to a correct conclusion as to the magnitude of the growing crop of cotton, I give the opinion ol an olu planter who has extended his inquiries far and wide, besides his own personal examination of thousands of acres, that in the absence of worms, with no storms and a good picking sea? son, even with these advantages, including the increased area planted, the cotton crop cannot reach the number of bales pressed last year. Paper Clothing?a New Invention.?A new kind of paper, (says the Richmond Wliig,) said to be specially adapted for various kinds of clothing, has been invented in England. Both animal and vegetable materials arc em? ployed in its production, the former being wool, silk, skins, etc., the latter New Zcalaud flax, jute, hemp and cotton. These matters are reduced to a pulp and bleached and felted in appropriate machinery. The mixture of these materinls gives a paper of extraordin?r}' pliancy, flexibility and strength, which may be sewed together as easily as woven fabrics, and make quite as strong a scam. Among the articles made of the paper arc qnilts and table? cloths, stamped with patterns of great beauty ; curtains, shirts and various other articles of dress. Cuffs, collars and dickeys made of pa? per have long been worn, and it seems wc may yet find ourselves wearing paper clothing throughout. So, with clothing, curtains and bed covers of paper, and the more substantial furniture of his dwelling composed of papier mache, the coming man, if not "a man of straw," will at least be tho next thing to it?a man of paper. Gen. Jos. E. Johnston on the War.?A ^.World correspondent gives the views of Gen. Johnston on the European war as follows : As to the rank and file of the two armies, ho was inclined to suppose that the Prussian troops were the better trained, busing this view on the fact that, as the Prussian conscription is but for three years, while the French is for seven, the Prussian ranks were more constant? ly changing, and the diffusion of military knowledge among the people was therefore greater than in France. As to the Generals, however, he gives the superiority decidedly to the French. They have been thoroughly tried in the Crimean and Italian wars, both of them contests of great magnitude, not to speak of the constant, practice afforded in Algeria. The Prussian Generals, on the other hand, had not an opportunity to show their merits, the Aus? trian war of 1866 being devoid of actions and movements sufficient to afford a test of milita? ry ability. ? A nice little boy in Pittsburg went to the circus the other clay and amused himself throw? ing stones at the clephaut while he was drink? ing. When he got through, the boy tried to propitiate him by offering him a piece of ginger? bread. Before accepting the cake the ele? phant emptied about sixty-four gallons of water, beer measure, over the boy, and then slung him into the third tier to dry off. This boy is very indifferent about circuses now. He says ho believes he doesn't care for them as much as he used to. j Agricultural Congress. The necessity of co-operation amongst the agriculturists and agricultural organizations of the Southern States is becoming more manifest every year. Public improvements, the diffusion of agricultural science, and the protection of the rights of agriculturists, have not hitherto received the attention which subjects of such importance demand, and which are best secured by voluntary association and combined action. The interests of the cultivators of the great staple productions of the Southern States de? mand a central and united organization, the object of which shall be the promotion of im? proved methods of culture specially adapted to the productions^ peculiar to that section, the improvement of the labor system, the en? couragement of foreigu immigration, and the diversification of agricultural productions. A general desire for an organisation with these objects in view is expressed by leading agricul? turists throughout the South, and it is proposed to organize an association which shall meet annually at some accessible point in one of the Southern States, where agriculturists from every section shall assemble, to deliberate in council, and fully communicate the result of their ex? perience as tending to the advancement of the arts of husbandry and kindred subjects. It is suggested that the initiatory assembly convene at Augusta, Ga., during the holding of the great fair of the Cotton States Mechanics' and Agri? cultural Fair Association in October next, and in furtherance of this suggestion there has been appointed a joint committee from the Cotton States Mechanics' and Agricultural Fair Asso? ciation and from the Augusta Board of Trade to make all necessary arrangements for the first meeting, which will be held in that city Octo? ber 2Gth. The State and county organizations throughout the country are invited to send del? egates to this initiatory assembly, the first busi? ness of which will be the permanent organiza? tion of an agricultural congress?election of officers, etc.?to be followed by free discussion of agricultural subjects. The central location of Augusta and its extensive railroad connec? tions make it easy of access from all parts of of the country, and arrangements have been made with the various railroads to carry dele? gates free of charge or at reduced rates. Dele? gates, in order to avail themselves of this priv? ilege, must present duly-authenticated certifi? cates of appointment to the agricultural congress. Associations are requested to report as early as practicable the names and number of delegates they may appoint. All communi? cations should be addressed to Mr. E. E. Gray, Secretary Cotton States M. and A. Fair Associ? ation, Augusta, Ga.?Louisville Courier-Jour? nal. -?? Importaxt Decision.?The Supreme Court of Kentucky has decided that a threat renders homicide justifiable. Whereupon the the Co? lumbus (Miss.) Democrat remarks: This is an important decision, and the prin? ciple involved is one which should be carefully weighed before its adoption as a part of our jurisprudence. A man certainly ought to have the right to protect his life; and his life is in danger so long as a threat hangs over him ; but to establish the doctrine that a threat justifies homicide, is to give to the vicious a large lati? tude, inasmuch as it is equivalent to giving them the privilege of construing threats and of taking the law in their own hands in cases where their lives are not really in danger, as well as where they arc. ? -o ? When docs a farmer act with rudeness to? wards his corn ? When he pulls its ears. ? An old lady being asked to subscribe to a newspaper, declined, on the ground that when she wanted news she manufactured it. ? Mothers used to provide a switch for their daughters from the nearest bush ; but now the daughters get their own switches from the hair makers. ? Josh Billings says that ''the lion and the lamb may possibly sum time lay down in this world together for a fu minnits, but when the lion kums to git up the lamb will be missing." ? A young lady in towu who was boasting of her teeth, was asked if they were natural or artificial. "Neither," was the reply, "they are gutta pcrcha." ? A census faker in Davis county, Iowa, asked a woman at a farm house the age of her oldest child, and the reply was, "You have come around about a month too soon." ? "Sam, why don't you talk to inassa, and tell him to lay up dc treasures in heaven ?" "What dc use of him layin'^trcasures dar when he never see urn again ?" ? A Californian went to sleep in a railroad car and dreamed of snakes. To escape them he dived out of the window when going twenty five miles an hour. Snakes never bother him now. ? To obtain a good night's sleep sponge the "entire length of the spine in hot water for ten or fifteen minutes ; this will reduce the circula? tion, quiet the nervous system, and induce sleep better than any drug. ? A Georgia paper knows a man who went all the way from Cassville to Atlanta. On his return he looked solemn wifli the weight of garnered wisdom, and said, "If the world was as big t'other way as it was that, it was a whop? per !" ? The white of an egg has proved the most efficacious remedy for burns. Seven or eight applications of this substance soothes pain and excludes the burning parts from the air. This simple remedy seems preferable to collodion or even cotton. ? A journalist who has been spending a fortnight in the White Mountains, says he has enjoyed himself verv much, having fallen- into six rivers, sprained his ankle, skinned his face and neck, and broke three ribs, the first nine days. ? What a glorious world this would be, if all its inhabitants could say, with Shakspeare's shepherd: "Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn what I wear; I owe no man hate; envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's goods; content with my farm." .? "If you do not close that window, waiter, I shall die from the draught," said a lady at dinner. "And if you do close it I shall die from the heat in this hot weather!" exclaimed a stouter fair lady. Then there was a giggle among the diners at the dilemma of the waiter, when a literary gentleman present said, "My good fellow, your duty is clear; close the win? dow and kill one lady, and open it again and kill the other." THE RURAL CAROLINIAN, An Agricultural MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Two Dollars per Annum. Hi Pages Reading Matter, 80 Pages Advertisements. WALKES, EVANS & COGSWELL, and D. WYATT AIKEN. Charleston, S. C. JAMES A. HOYT, Agent, Anderson C. H., S. C. July 1-1,1870 3 THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL, Published at Augusta, Ga. DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY CONTUXS all the latest news l>y Mail nml Telegraph, embracing lull Commercial ami Financial Iteportfl from all the leading centres, together with the latest Political and General in formation upon all subjects which interest tho ^Th^U'nns 'of the DAILY arc $5 for sir months, and $10 The TRIWEEKLY is 83.50 for six months, and $G for ?nThe'WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL is a mam viioth paper of thirty-six columns, filled with Editoriah?, Telegraphic Dispatches, Communications on home matters, tugoluor with Agricultural, Commercial and Financial ar licles?making it one nf the most desirable ami valuable papers in the country to the Planter, Farmer and Mer? chant The terms arc $3 per annum, or $1.50 six months. All subscriptions are required in advance. Liberal commissions paid responsible agonts. Address all letters and communications to the CHRONICLE & SENTINEL, Augusta, Ga. A?r Specimen copies sent free. May 26,1870 -18 THE POLXCY-HOiDEBS* LIFE AND TONTINE ASSURANCE C03TPANY OF THE SOUTH, 29 Broad Street, Charleston, S. C, HAVING deposited $50,000 with the Comp? troller General for the protection of its policy-holders, will issue the usual forms of Lift and Endowment Policies. It is the most liberal Company to the Assured in the World. The Charter guarantees to the assured the cash surrender value of his policy after one annual pre? mium has been paid, except in case of fraud. It is the only purely mutual Company in the South. It has no Stockholders. All surplus profits must bo divided among the policy-holders. It is thoroughly conservative. Its investments are confined by charter to the mcst solid securities, and it is ander management of men of well established ability and integrity. Persons desiring any information will please communicate with any of the officers. WM. McD?RNEY, President. E. P. ALEXANDER,' Vice Pres. and Act GEO. E. BOGGS, Sec. and Gen. Agent. JOHN T. DARBY, M. D., Med. Adviser. JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Andeison, and Dr. THOS. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner. April 21, 1370 48 GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsa parilla. v GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S Compound Fluid Extract cf B uchu THESE celebrated preparations, originally in? troduced by George TV. Carpenter, under the pat? ronage of the medical faculty, have been so long extensively used by Physicians-and others, that they are generally known for their intrinsic value, and can be relied on as being most valuable rem? edies in all coses where Sarsaparilla or Bucha are applicable, and cannot be too highly recommend? ed. They are prepared in a highly concentrated form, so as to reader the dose small and conven? ient. Orders by mail or otherwise will receive prompt attention. GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENSZEY A CO., Wholesale Chemical Warehouse, No. 737 Market street, Philadelphia. For sale by Wallers & Baker and W. H. Nardin & Co., Anderson, S. C. Dowie & Moise, Whole? sale Agents, Charleston, S. C. Oct 21, 1869 17 ' A. B. MULLIGAN, COTTON FACTOR AND General Commisson Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. O. Liberal Advances made on Cotton* JJgy* I will, when placed in funds, purchase and I or ward all kinds of Merchandize, Machine' ry, Agricultural Implements, Manures, Seeds, Ac. Sept 23. 17?9 13 ly U. BISCHOFF. C. WULBERJf. J. H. PIKPM, JOHN McFALL, WITH HENRY BIS0H0FF & 00., WHOLESALE GROCERS, ASD OKALERS IX WINES, LIQUORS, Cigars, Tobacco, ?&c, NO. 197 EAST BAY, GEAIRiliBS'ffOH, SCK CA Nov 25, 18C9 22 Schedule Blue Ridge Railroad. ON and after this date the following schedule will be observed by the Passenger Trains over this Road : w. DOWN. L've Anderson, 4.20 p m " Pendleton,5.20 ?? " Perry ville, 6.10 " Arr. Walhalla, 7.00 ?? L've Walhalla, 3.30 a m> it Perry ville, 4.10 " " Pendleton, 6.10 ? Arr. Anderson, 6.10 " In cases of detention on the G. and C. R. R., the train on this Road will wait one hour for th* train from Belton, except on Saturdays, when it will wait until the arrival of the Belton train. ? W. H. D. GAILLARD, Snp't. March 10, 1870 37 J. HAYNSWORTH EABLE, Attorney at Law. OFFICE IN THE BENSOff HOUSE. May 26, 1870 48 8m JAMES H. THOMWELL, A-ttorney at Law, ANDERSON C. H., S. O ?g?* Office in the residence immediately oppo? site Dr. Cater's, on Main street. Feb 3, 1870 82 8m Leather! Leather! IF yon want the best Upper or Harness Lead? er, go to C. A. REED'S, Corner Anderson Hotel. June 9, 1870 50 W, S. KEESE, AGENT FOR BATH PAPER MILLS, WILL pay the highest cash price for RASS Depot street. May 26, 1870 4*5_8m Flour, Bacon, Corn, &c. AFINE lot of Flour, Bacon, Corn, &e., on hand, and for sale cheap by M. LESSER, Agent.. March 24, 1870 39 You had better Believe It. ALL persons owing me money had better com? forward and pay up, or they will certainly be sued. M. LESSER, Agent. Ma-rch 24, 1870 39 Groceries. SUGAR, Coffee, Tea, Syrups, and all kinds Groceries can be had, at reduced prices fo* cash, bv going to M. LESSER, Agent March 24, 1870 39 H The Spondulix! "AVING purchased my Goods for cash, I want , it strictly understood (hat I must have cash forlhcm. M. LESSER, Agent. March 24, 1870_89_ At Private Sale I THAT VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on Eighteen Mile Creek and Seneca River, contain? ing 1770 acres, formerly owned by James Steele The Tract will be divided to suit purchasers! Apply to W. H. D. GAILLARD. . Pendleton,'8.6. Jan 6, 1870 28