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For the Anderson Intelligencer. "He that keepoth his mouth, kecprth his life; but lie that openeth *v i*li? his lips shall have destruction." The mouth needs its much to be well kept as the house; for if the house keeps our health, the mouth keeps our peace. As a well kept house tendeth to comfort, so a well kept mouth tendeth to honor. The mouth is the door of the heart, but that door whence the inmates go out. It is to be observed that the inlets to the heart are more than the outlets. A man hath, for example, two ears and but one mouth, and the ears are with difficulty stopped, but the mouth easily, to denote that Providence would have the doors of knowledge kept ever wide open, but the door whence folly escapes easily and quickly closed, for this, like some plants, without air dies. Most sins need air to grow?out-door vagrants; whereas, the virtues are domestic. Folly, like fire, may be easily smothered in the spark, but with difficulty quenched in the flame. Silence is divine. God is silent, and the greatest works are noiseless. The world in its motion is not heard. Words are more noisy than worlds, and, perhaps, do more disturb the good order of the universe. Thunder, that shaketh the world, is but the ringing of air* and the roaring of storms is but the complaint of leaves. There is indeed a time to speak, and then it would be treason to truth and hu? manity to keep silence. But silence ofteoer rewards the simple with the reputation of knowledge, than speech the wise ; for eloquence hath grown degenerate and defames its master. And this is it that makes the woman's silence more ornamental than her eloquence. It never was the virtue of human speech that it iiad au unbroken continuity. An intervening silence hath a gracious modesty. I rather sit and ad? mire a cheerful silence ; but a rattling cascade, that goeth ever, censeth to be heard. Conver sation doth not consist in stringing beads, and I the details of kitchen experience have as little sentiment and as little variety. Yet it requires both courage and grace to keep the mouth, for ignorance puffeth with an inward fermentation, and troops of scandals leap out id* a mouth wide open. .She that keepcth her mouth keep cth her life?the peace of it, the virtue of it, the power of it. There is far more power in a mother's silence than in a mothers harangues ; for silence hath mystery, and mystery ever mainutineth a commanding mien. It is remarkable that Scripture hath made the out-goings of life to depend upon closed lips; for a man may swallow poison if he have swallowed its antidote, and there need be no vomiting. But he that swallowcth scandal is a willing listener, and poisoncth his own circu? lation. He himself catchcth the j?cstilencc, i and from him its infection gocth forth. As the breath gocth out at the lips, so virtuous life maketh its escape also out of the month that is wide open. And when the higher life is gone, the lower tendeth rapidly to corruption, i Destruction folh wcth close upon the heels of him who fearcth not to cast firebrands, arrows and death into Clod's creation. D. K. F. Letters of Recommendation.?A gentle? man advertised for a boy to as.ist dm in his office, and nearly fifty applicants presented themselves to him. < hit of the whole number, he, in a short time, selected one and dismissed the rest. "I should like to know," said a friend, "on what ground you selected that boy, who had not a single recommendation." "You are mistaken," said a gentleman ; "he had a great many. He wiped his feet when he came in, and closed the door after him, show? ing that he was careful. He gave up his seat Instantly to that lame old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in, and answered my ques? tions promptly and respectfully, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly. He picked up the book which 1 had purposely laid upon the floor, and replaced it on the table, while all the rest stepped over it or shoved it aside, and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding, showing that he was honest and orderly. When I talked with him I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk; and when he wrote his name, I noticed that his linger nails were clean, instead of be? ing tipped with jet, like that handsome little fellow's in the blue jacket. Don't you call these letters of recommendation".' I do, and would give more for what I can tell about a boy by using my eyes ten minutes than all the fine letters he can bring me." Intermarriage of Blood Relations.? Prof. Richard Owen, of the Indiana State l'ni- J versity, stated an important fact which cannot ] be too widely disseminated, namely : That the intermarriage of blood relations is a physiolo fical error, and he might almost say, with our nowledge of such matters, a crime. Speaking from a close observation of this subject for many years of all the families of his acquaiu . tancc where close intermarriage had been per? mitted, the children were either deaf mutes or afflicted by some deficiency, lie knew a young man whose father was a physician, and who should have known better than to marry a double cousin, but the consequences was, as the fast portion of the osseous system developed, the young man, from the intermarriage of those in whom the same material was deficient, was prevented from having a single tooth at any period. His sister had but two or three small Stubs of teeth, and their brother was altogetln r deficient in his mental faculty, lie insisted that it was a great crime for parents to allow their children to erow up with the idea that they might ever intermarry with blood rehi- [ tions. It should be a thing never to be thought of, the intermarriage which those connected by , ties of consanguinity. Mr. Ferguson knew of a case in < Htio where some thirty families had married and infer- { married until they could no longer tell tln-.ir relationship. Most of the progeny were deaf mutes, and the remainder a little above idiotic. ? Old I>r. Lyman I'.e. ? !,, :-. the father of Henry Ward, one.- said: " A greal many pro- i Jessed Christians have- no olh< r idea of religion 1 than that it is the. means ol g< tting to heaven ! when they die. As to doing anything for < <>m| while they live, it ?loes not enter into lln-ir plan.-.'' - An Oregon t?*asi ?>?. : a tss oi rtrdi lit : "Here'- wh u mak- w\ ; r old < !?>'!.???? " I TRIALS OF A DISGUSTED FASSENDER. BY DONK PIATT. I never left a depot yet that somebody was not put under my care. I don't know why this is; 1 suppose it is something in my counte? nance; if I knew what, I would have it extrac? ted. I dou't like having unprotected females and school girls and boys turned over to me. It's a little hard on a man. And what is the good of it ? Nobody needs protection ; if auy one doo, it is a benevolent, good-looking, in? nocent sort of a man?such as the writer of this. I was leaving on the morning train once from Philadelphia, when a respectable looking old scoundrel, in gold-rimmed glasses, asked me to take charge of his daughter. She could have taken charge of mc. She was thirty if a day, with a face that had been on the offensive lor ten years. I'd like to :-ee any man attack that woman; I'd go odds ten to one on the scratch. The old follow seemed to be in a grout hurry, and thrusting the lady under my arm left the cars and drove off. In a thin, angular voice, that was meant to be very sweet and was not, she asked me to take her pocket-book and get the necessary ticket. I left the car for that purpose, but wheu I approached the opening where the ticket agent, kept in solitary confine? ment, snaps at the world outside, I found that 1 had left my pocket-book under my pillow at the hotel, and what was worse, my watch with it. I had about twenty minutes, and jumping into a hack 1 promised the driver ten dollars if he would get to the hotel and back in time for the train. He started off at a furious rate, ran over an apple stand, crippled a venerable gen? tleman on the corner opposite,and in less than the time stated, I and the driver found our? selves marched oil'to the station in the hand of the police. We were taken before a corpulent juaticc of the peace, who had as much adipose in his head as most men carry about their mus? cles, and it took the old fellow just two hours to try, reprimand and line us lor our drunken and disorderly conduct. Of course the train went off with my charmer. It went off without her pocket-book. I never saw her again, although 1 made diligent search and advertised in the daily papers. But one unfortunate day, sonic month- after, I encountered a male member of her family, who made some serious charges against mc connected with the desertion of a lady and stealing her pocket-book. I tried to explain, but, failing to get my words in satis? factorily, was forced to make an assault on this member of her family, that ended in .-unit black eyes and bloody noses. Now what was the good of putting that aged female under my care'.' It only led to her giv? ing me that pocket-book and the catastrophe that followed. She could just as well have gone (?)!'on the Pennsylvania Central without as well as with me. The thing is an outrage. If people want to put their females under the can-of anybody, let them try the conductors? they are hired forstieh purposes?and not im? pose upon innocent passengers. i was reminded of this by an adventure that happened to me the other night in New Vork. I was about leaving on the nil.'clock train for Washington, \v!i<'ii a man v.ho was in search of me approached. 1 know he was in search of mc. lie was in search of some re? spectable, benevolent individual to put :\ wo- j man under hi-care. And did. She hap? pened to he rather good-looking, and J didn't j object in a violent way. but I ivas neither very j graceful or gracious over the compliment. - When 1 came to secure ?cetion.- in the sleeping car. 1 found that a delegation of pious people were going to Washington on some charitable business, and had taken nearly all the berths. 1 procured two?at least 1 thought I had?and marched my female with her two carpet-sacks, strap-satchel, a mocking bird, ami a silk um? brella, with a waterproof, and two shawls done t,p in straps, in I'll. When we arrived inside, I learned for the first time that my un? protected female could not abide sleeping-cars. She -aid .-he felt like suffocating, and 1 wished secretly .-he would stiflbcate; hut, when we came to occupy our berths, 1 made two disa? greeable discoveries. The lirst was that the two tickets called for the same berth ; {In- other, that this was the upper one. My female friend said positively that she could not get into that berth. 1 in? formed her that it was her only chance to sleep, and she told me that she would rather sit up. I then gave her the further informa? tion that was not very well, but in a sleeping ear there was no place to sit except on a wash basin, and that I thought would be rather in? convenient. At last, with the aid of a step ladder and the steward, and two pious old Pomps, my unprotected female was boosted into her roost, and the curtains drawn over her for the night. Then came the question a> to what had he come of the undersigned. 1 CollMlltcd the Coll dnclor and the steward, and had the satislae lion of hearing the fact stated that if I had told them earlier the blunder might have been remedied. Hut, as it was, the pious delegation had retired for the night, and all the berths were occupied. The conductor, however, told mc that he would try and make some arrange? ment, and then went oil'about his business. A drunken man had been captured on the platform as we started, where he was found ad? dressing the stars in a vociferous way, the sleeping car ticket fished out of his pocket, am! the inebriate fellow chucked into an upper berth. 1 was leaning against the wash-stand of the car in a very melancholy way sometime after, when this intoxicated fellow stuck his head out and, addressing me, -aid: ' I would like to have a drink.'' '?Water'.'" said I. ".No. curse it. darn water! 1 want sonic whis? key : I am dry as a chip."' "Well,"' J responded, "1 am sorry to say that I have none about inc." "Ain't you the conductor?" "No,'' 1 responded, "I don't believe I am." '"Nor do I. If you were the conductor you would have something to drink. W here is the conductor I to!i| him he was in the other car. '?Well.'' he .-aid. "I hn ve a gival mind to get I up and hustle around till I gel ;i drink." "My Christi.".ii friend," I -aid. "there i iiotliing in the Lousliiutioii nor the sixteen amendments ilia! prohibit:- you from getting up and hunting a drink, if you waul it." Whereupon the inebriated individual roiled . otil of the uerth. rolled into several others and was promptly ivjecled, and al last, gelling his legs, disappeared at the further end of the ear. I took in tile situation :it a glance. Here was a b< i !h vacant. Above it was a white hat. I immediately removed thai while hat. I car ii< i| it turtle i along and pill it over a < 'hri-liau association, who was los I in the sleep ol inno? cence and peace, and llion returning I ? m seouc'd mysel fin the her! h vacil? d by the mat: who had it constitutional rigid I ? a drink. I was ilroppin ? into :i sluml? r for I always -Icep on a ear di-vo'i d '.?> that business and invciJi ?! by Mr. I'nllman the motion has the same ef? fect upon niv !" that roekim: lias upon a chi! I am.! [' m,? o;,ly .-?Jeep ? ? ?y hit! pro roundly. In a few moments I should have Itecn beyond all disturbances; but it happened 1 was awakened out of my first wink by a row in an adjoining section. There seamed to be a pitched battle going on between one of the del? egates and a man who claimed the berth to be the one he just vacated. I heard him say, ''.Now get out of that;" and he called the good man the oflspring of a female dog. adding thereto some very profane language. The con? ductor came to the rescue of the weary dele? gate, and when the man called attention to the fact of the white hat. he puzzled him sorely by showing him two or three white hats further along in the same car. At this the inebriate passenger desisted, but as the conductor's back was turned renewed the ?ltIit. with the next while hat, insisting just a- positively that that was his berth, and with the same profane and violent language and stifllc. He was repulsed only to begin again, and he kept fighting these good Christain gentlemen who were so unfor? tunate at to have while hats, until I fell asleep and dreamed till morning of my earlier youth ?of the church, not round the corner, but in the glen, where the forest trees brushed against the windows, and the sunlight came down as if in response to the prayers of the beautiful maidens, and snowy-headed fathers of the land. I only awoke when entering the sinful city of Washington. A Palace Car Episode?A Bride's Toilet on the Plains. When morning came with Wednesday, we had left civilization behind us. We were rush? ing along the valley of the Platte, ami on either side, as far as the eye could reach, there extend? ed a grey and melancholy ocean. All that day we tore along, ourselves the only human occu? pants save at the stations, where we stopped a moment to water, and then lore on again. < )n the Wednesday morning I had interro? gated the plains at first dawn. but. repelled by their sad monotony, I fell back in my berth with disappointment. Sunrise came, and 1 still lay there dreaming ami waiting, when my attention was attracted toward a stateroom which was just beyond me on the opposite side. The door was slightly open, and accident or the wind had so displaced a curtain that I could not but see the whole of the interior. J blush as I write it. hut I .-aw I could not help seeing, and my sensations were so curious that 1 cannot resist attempting a description of r.kalty and its to ii. CT. It was she?the slender, spirituelle bride.? The fond husband was lathering himself before the mirror in the wash-room?and she availed herself of his absence to resume the proper garniture of day. She sat so that I had a three-quarter view of her back. She sat on her berth, with her eyes fixed on the mirror in the wall. Her alabaster shoulders were bare, and a naked foot with rosy toes peeped out from the mass of white upon which she was seated. Jler arms wen; bare to the shoulders, save a narrow bridge of white ; ami these white and slender arms went wilder ingly around in all kinds of mazy twining*and intertwining.-*, as their lair owner arranged her beauteous locks. Many of those curly nests of attraction which I noticed upon her head the day before were taken from a box, where all the night they had had i in- snpn me pleasure of resting by the feet of their charming mistress. I low those locks ,-r w from their nothingness, intoa mazy coiil'are thai was as artistic as i; was entrancing! And now the happy corset enehisped the slender waist, ami long fing? rs came .-.round | behind and deftly wove up the raveled woof, whose completion was a close and envied cm brace. Then a critical glance into the mirror, as the head turned from side to side, and the slender lingers moved here a curl and there a frizz, whose change made the (out vnnanblc the more coquettish and charming. A ml then the long, shapely hands went down into the box and fished forth a twin combina? tion of an unknown character. They were grayish in color, and looked like an immense pair of goggles, save thai their converse sur? faces were accurately rounded like the exterior of a hemisphere. The twin combinations she placed carefully within her corset, at the upper edge, in Iron:, ami then she glanced into the mirror and regarded the blissful twin coucavo convcxitics with approval. Just here I blushed at discovering what I wan doing, and I at once withdrew my eyes.? What ! gaze thus upon an innocent, beautiful creature as she puts on the armor of her charms .' Never will I be guilty of a clandestine opera? tion of such a nature. And I persistently looked out of the window upon the sad wastes of the plains.?Ow. {Jhifujn Times. II ow Uovkuxmicxt Notks ai:i: Mam*. -As very little i- known by those gem-rally who handle or p??sscss the circulating medium, :ts to how the notes are made, we append tin? foil-.wing: "i iovernnient notes are printed on paper fur? nished expressly for tin- purpose by tin- Treasu? ry I ?eparlmciit. It is of a peculiar grain and texture, ami manufactured by a secret process known only to a few sworn individuals. A strict account is kept of every sheet furnished to the nute printers, and all which are spoiled in the process, or imperfectly struck oil', miisi be carefully preserved and returned to the Treasury Hepartment. livery sheet ami pan of a sheet must be strictly accounted for. It is ihus that all probabilities of fraud are pre? vented. The lathes for making the scroll work cosl an immense amount of money. They are so expensive thai counterfeiters cannot a (lord to procure !In in. It Using in ibis feature es? pecially thai the tloveniincnt rdii*< for protec? tion against counterfeiter-, the different bank note companies have vied with each other in building complicated and accurate lathe-. A good machine for doing first-class scroll work i worth a mint of money to I lie owners. "Tin re an- few persons accustom* ,\ to hand? ling greenback* ami shinphtstrrs dail\ who have any idea of the amount of work in ccssary to produce fhe engraving. We admire sin- line workmanship and beauty td'designs, but mi? le-- we take pains to inquire into the matter, we canuol appreciate the intricacy of detail. I' is said that a man worked two v. bole :?: >nths in engraving the head of t'olitinbus on the bac-k of Sil grci ubaeks. Thi.ins like .< somewhat improbable-story, but it is doubtless litte. "A bank note or greenback i-; printed by several ilisliuel impressions. Thai i-. i: i- run through the press several pine-. Kor i very impression (here is a sepcrale engraved plate. I'roofs of these plates are laken :cparaie!y and ?losely examined before the notes arc -true!. ? If.'' ft gi nerally lakes twenty years of training o eradicate the word "nice'" from a woman's im a hular v. "The falls of Niagara, the p-aln, ? I I (avid and ihe progress of the human race. ' ?ay< a fond father, "were all nice io my oldest (ill -he got married.'' ??mm- -*- - Water will leak,- a man's !? ...is li We have -ecu ?: good liiativ tit* ri (!??!.' i r i if. o loots laSciy liny m !?! have been on; i:i i.c lamp ' The Stale Fair. The officers of the Slate Agricultural and Mechanical Society have not been idle during the summer, and it is confidently expected that the third Annual Fair of the society will show a large increase in the number of exhib? itors from the South and West, as well as this State. Copies of the premium lists have been sent to the principal newspapers in every State, from Maine to California, and their comments have, no doubt, excited an interest in the sub? ject which will manifest itself practically in November. In this State the preparations for the Fair have been made quietly and privately, but we have reason to hope thai they are both extensive and thorough. We have always been of the opinion that the State Fair should be held alternately in Charleston and Columbia, in order that lucre might be no waste of force. It is dillicult for South Carolina to organize two State Fair-, worthy of the name, in one sea.-on, and the State Agricultural Society of Columbia and the South Carolina Institute of Charleston ought to accomplish more, if working together in one exhibition, than the two can expect to do when each is striving to attract to itself the larger part of the common stock of exhibitivc material. This, however, should he an incen? tive to greater exertion. Hard work will secure the success of one; harder work will make both successful. And it must he remembered that we owe the officers of the State Agricultu? ral and Mechanical Society a heavy debt of gratitude. They began their labors more than two years ago, when it was dillicult to re-awa? ken the people to tlu- importance of these Annual Fair.-. A voluntnrv association of gen? tlemen, having no other object than the indus? trial improvement of the State, they laced and overcame a host of difficulties, and made their very first exhibition attractive beyond all reas? onable expectation. As a consequence of their I action, new life was given to the planting and farming communities. Agricultural societies sprang up on all side-. This lall there will he county fair- in Anderson, Abbeville. Hamwell, harlington and Uraiigcburg; and other coun? ties, which have not organized, express their determination not to he laggards in the race. These Fair.- will bring men together, will show them what their neighbors arc doing, will make them acquainted with the latest discoveries in agricultural ein mi-try. and will give them an opportunity of testing the latest improvements j in implements and labor-saving machinery.? Empirical knowledge is not sufficient for the progressive planter, and. as a thorough school, teaching the lessons of experience and science, every community should, for its own sake,strive to build up and enlarge its annual Agricultural ! Fair. And what we have said of the county exhibitions applies with .-till greater force to (he State Fairs, which, having larger means' and a more central position, draw exhibitors from a wider field, and possess in a higher de? gree the qualities upon which their usefulness depends. In its sphere, nevertheless, the County Fair is as important a- that of the State." The Fair of the Agricultural and Median-i ictil Society will be held at Columbia, begin ning on the liih and closing on (he i!:ii No? vember. Wc print the rule-and regulations in another column, and the secretary. < ?in. ! I?. \Vyatt Aiken, Coke-bury. S. ('.. will he pleased to give intending exhibitors any Initiier infor? mation they may desire. Premiums arc -'w-u for licltl crops ; cattle. horses and mule-: w in. .-, honey and preserves; fruits and vegetables': manufactured g.1-: needle ami fancy work; machinery and manufactures in wood and iron ; objects of art. There are, also, special pre? miums ; including one id' three hundred dollars for the best .-team plow eucee.-sfully operated one hour each day during the Fair. Ail that , is needed now is a determination on the part of the public to make the hair equal to ii rivals in our si.-ter States, and worthv of our own ante-bellum reputation. This can be done. ?Ch'ifUxton A'.-??,. (ieu. Wade Hampton. The Atlanta CoM*titutioit, referring to the letter of Gen. Hampton on the situation, says : It will be seen that this patriotic and able son of South Carolina takes emphatic ground in favor of the policy that wc have been urging of Southern inactivity while our Democratic friends at the North are fighting their battles. ' He crocs farther than we do, ami counsels that we take no part in the National Democratic Convention of ls'72. We are not prepared now to go this far. as it is rather early to decide thai question. We would have thai open for lite time when we must act. Tin u we must be governed by the lights before 11-. Hut his in? dorsement of our position now wc ivsrard a. vahiahlc. General Hampton occupies a peculiar posi? tion that gives great weight to hi- view-. II i- to-day the cherished man of the Palmetto Stale- more thoroughly representative of her good people than any of her sons. Hi- people idolize him. and he i- worthy of it. They would call him to her first places of honor, lie has brain-, integrity, character, antecedents. Vet, because he has a war record, and hc catlsc he was a secession leider a id lighter, and therefore his leadership now would damage hi- section and alfonl material for the Pudicals in their misconstruction of Southern purpose ami warfare on Southern rights, he ha.- the pa? triotism to forego all promotion and promi? nence, and only to speak and write words that can ml.tin- sectional irritation, allay strife, and prevent misconstruction. We say in all candor that the example i- noble. He ha- the dis ccruiiieiil to see its benefit and I he self-denying resolution load upon it. Me sees that, worthy | ihotiirh he be. hi- prominence a- a Southern j leader a! ibis limo can only harm hi- section.) In the diseased condition of public -( niimeul \ North, consequent upon the fear of lo-ing war! I'niii-. the action of old ami popular Southern j l.-ader.- is an injury to the people thai love i (hem, and to whom they are devoted. Hi- example i- worthy of imitation, and has many patriotic. si If-sacriliciug, noble imitators, j General Lee was a conspicuous instance. Hi conduct was :i model. His r..lute refusal of all homage, because it might hurt his beloved South, his unbroken silence upon all subjects where misconstruction was po-sible to the i-iju . i\ id' Iiis section, hi untiring spirit of com ::i j a'lioti and patience under troubles thai they inighs ii"! be aggravated in llie deirimeiil of his people, embodied the essence of pal rioti-m and wisdom. He never aiiowed him- If to he | li:.\\:i from hi- fixed line of privac*. and re'.i-1 nice. Ceii. I'.rcckinridge i- another notable in lance. Whatever else may be said of these noble spirits thai is good, their highest prai>e i-. thai they have nol retarded the restoration if I heir eoiinl ryV wel laic. Inder the light of I he example of these . ?teat spirits, we are confirmed in our opinion we should hcipiicl now when agitation i Icing inluiilc and we fear irreparable harm. Hampton's words are wise, and weeommeiid hem. as well as his example. !-? iImsc u !..? are a rein:; on our allies in ! lie ? au.-e . ?! < .1 ...: ioii?'l liberty North. On the Cultivation of Wheat. ! Any one who has puid any attention to the ] I wlieat product of the. L'nitcdStates, comparing I tlic yield per acre in past years with what it is ! ! at present, cannot fail to* be struck with the j i fact that in the best wheat growing regions of j the older States, the prodnct of grain per aere i ! for a long time steadily declined ; but that re i ccntly, through more judicious cultivation, the ! I average yield?taking into consideration the ! I area under cultivation?has gradually, but I slowly increased; although it has not yet i reached?except in rare instances?theacreahle j product of the original soil. A quarter of a I century ago the average product of wheat in ? Maryland did not much exceed seven bushels j to the acre. Since then the average in good j seasons has risen to fifteen bushels, thus more I than doubling the crop. A similar decline and , I a similar improvement is observable in the rc j ports from all the older States since fertilizers I have been more liberally employed ; and a better .-ystcm of cultivation has taken place of the old slovenly practices. J in t we are far from having reached the maximum yield. There are occasional instances of the yield reaching thir? ty and thirty-five bushels to the acre. But the.-e instances arc few as compared with those which indicate returns of ten, twelve and four? teen bushels. The same results arc observable ill the Western States. The best wheat grow? ing regions there are losing their former fertil? ity, and the wheat fields from which the heavi? est supplies are drawn for s;.|e in the Chicago j and St. Louis markets are those that have been newly opened to wheat culture. In short, the great granary of the United States has been steadily moving Westward, and the cost id' trans)Kirtaliou to the eastern markets has in? creased in proportion to the distances of the Heids from which the wheat crops are drawn. The advantage to the older States lies in this : that they arc occupied by a dense population ; that the best wheat markets, whether for home consumption or exportation, are in their midst, arc easily accessible by rail or water, ami the cost of transportation i> light, whilst the wheat offered for sale brings the highest market prices. All these circumstances are in favor of the wheat growers of the older Status, and even now tend to counterbalance the heavier acrea hle yield of the newly occupied Western State-. I'.ut there is no earthly n asoii why tiie product in the Atlantic Sta:, s should not be equal to that of tin- best Western soils. Lands are ncv-! er exhausted except by carelessness and im- j providence. When farmer.- lake everything "if their land, even to straw, and put little or nothing back upon it. of course by constant cropping the land will wear out. Hut the lauds of England and Germany and France have been under tillage for a thousand year.?we say nothing of the land- of China?and since science ha- been brought t" hear on the culti? vation of tiie .-oil. the wheat crop in numerous instances ha* been brought up to forty-five bushels to tiie acre, and the average, except in had seasons, has rarely fallen below tweiitv livc. The climate, in Kngland especially, is. moreover, greatly against the farmer, whilst with us it is unexceptioiiably good. It i.-. therefore, but fair to -ay that if we pursue their methods, ami lime and fertilize a.- liberally a* j they do. that our crops should be al least equal to their*. And, now, what have we to do tobring about this result? In the fir.-t place we must steadi? ly pursue a system of cultivation and a s\>tein of manuring, which, instead of robbing annu? ally the soil of a part id' its plani food; should | add to it more than has been carried oil in the crops. We kn ?w by the analytical tables that have been so frequently given in the pages of the Man/html banner that the essential con? stituent.- of a good wheat soil are potash, soda, phosphate of lime, carbonate of limeand silica. We throw out the silica, for that is superabun? dantly found in almost every soil. Wo have then to look principally l'?r potash, soda, phos? phate of lime and carbonate of lime. If those arc present in good quantities, and the soil is not too light, the wheat product is bound to be good in a good season and under cleanly and thorough preparatory tillage. If these are de? ficient in quantity, or if any one of them is missing, the crop will be light. Under such circumstances w hat is to bo done '.' Due or two mean* may be resorted to : 1st. Liming and manuring until the land will bring good crops of clover. This crop turned under will, in rotting, give to the soil all the constituents that a crop of wheat requires, for strange to say. tin- constituents of the ash of clover and those of the a*h of wheat, both stem ami grain, run parallel with each other. Hence, as every good farmer knows, clover turned under i* an excellent preparation for wheat. Hut this pro o would take several years to accomplish. Tiie quicker method is to supply the same con? stituents, either by composts made on tie. farm, or bv the use of commercial fertilizers. The he.-: mixture of the latter kind is a combina? tion of soluble super-phosphate of lime, which is better known by some as bone dust, poia.-h am! soda -or their equivalent of unlcachod wood ashes and a small per coinage of am? monia. From two hundred ami fifty pound* to three hundred pounds to tin- acre of the above mixture would not only re-tore to the wheat crop tin- constituents i: lack;.! but would leave a residue for tin- next crop.- -Man/fiintiPtimwr. Titr.at Animals "-Kindly.? It is a pity ev? ery one doc- not treat animal- kindly, for much more can be don.' with them in all way* : they will do a- ynii wish thorn readily, and you he come completely master of lliein, without knowledge on iheir part thai lhey arc subservi i nt to your desires. There i-- not a more inter? esting sighl ihau l" see a lir-'-iatc herdsman, or a thoroughly good shepherd, move a immer nits lei of animals aid! draw them mil into dif- i fereni yards and ihcn perhaps into pen- -one here, two there. Ac. hut in every insiaiuv the I right "in- going i:-;? ? the right place, and a!! 1 lliis done without any hustle and i:: most reg- J ular. quiet manner imaginable. Man. t"". i an animal, and how very much bolter it would ! he it' any one having that sort <>l animals around him would treat them kindly : In- might. \ a* stated w ith the lower animals, become com- j plete master and have entire control of i hem. without their feeling how re:iil\ subordinate llie) were. Overbearing'manners beget dislike | Belittle a man by a foolish arrogance; and In is fotallv discouraged and becomes carcie.-s. In fact, there is generally a great want of sense in 1 anv one who tries !?< make oilier- feel inferiori ly : and depend upon it. there i- Hoi hint; bet- j tei than kindl) treatment towai'tls nil animals. {',??. ('imairij (?'? i,;>< m id. j Two ladies were walking the other day. ' each having her child with her. Soon they, met two uenllciiien. '* Micro.'* said one. ' are our husbands." "Yes." **tid the other, "and our fathers." "And our grand lathers." -aid the children. \II wore correct in their stale iib Who can solve thi- relationship'," Kailv sown ".-it* aie seldom injured bv rust, lhex lake root more vigorously, and yield 1 , i than when sown bile in the fail. I he time for sowing wheal crops i* not far dislreC I.j? plowing. ??.??! ?cod. an.I il iho.hiiid.-requires i' a::..a'.-nml.tht ?s'pp'lyVf fcr A Reniarknljlc Slimier Trial. Two years ago, on the 5th of September, ISM, in MuiiisTtec, Michigan, Herbert Field, the partner of < leorgc Vandcrpool, mysterious? ly disappeared. Ten days later his dead body was found in Lake .Michigan, hearing unmis? takable marks that he had come to his death by violence. George Vandcrjiool was arrested I for the murder. On the morning of Sunday, ! the 5th, the day on which Field was hist seen, I he and Vandcrpool dissolved their partnership, j Field retiring, and the two men went together j to a store adjoining their bank to obtain the signatures of witnesses to the papers contain* ing their final agreement. With tin: exception of a -ingle witness, who was positive that he saw Field later in the day, there wa- no record that his existence continued an hour beyond tlu: time that he and Vandcrpool were suppo? sed to have returned to the bank. That they did so return, ami thai then and there Vander pool robbed and murdered Field, and conveyed Iiis body to the lake, has been the theory of the prosecution from the beginning to the end. Seeming forgeries in their books, an incongrui? ty between Field's private memorandum of the amount to which he was entitled, ami the fig? ures representing that amount in the firm led? ger; \ anderpool's absence from home during a portion of the day, and his return in the at* ternoon wearing Field's pants and vest; his possession of gold which was seen in Field's hands on the previous Saturday: his having cut out am! burned several feel of the carpet on the hank lloor, and the presence of blood on the boards whence the carpet had been remo? ved?al! these circumstances seemed to make the case clear against Vandcrpool. ami on his first trial, which look place in Manistee, he was convicted and sentenced to Slate Prison for lite. Mis counsel obtained a new trial, with change of venue to Knlamazoo County; his own resources had become exhausted, and a subscription was taken up throughout the State to pay the expenses of counsel and witnesses, many of the latter being indigent and hundreds of miles away. The :;"iai was conducted with great vigor on both sides, and resulted in the disagreement of the jury. Change of venue was then taken to Harry County : no new tes? timony was developed on either side. Vandcr? pool explained the burned carpet, ami the bor? rowing of pants and vest from Field, as having been made necessary bv sickness which he could not control, and while he had considera? ble positive assertion ou his side, the prosecu | tiiin were confined to one of the strongest j chains of circumstantial evidence that ever en? circled a prisoner. The case was given to the jury on Wednesday, September 13, and after an absence of six hours tin y returned a ver? dict of acquittal. It is due to the eminent counsel on both sides to say that the result of the trials wa- more dependent upon their com? petitive abilities than upon the testimony in j the case. The devotion of VandcrpooPs young wife to her husband during his imprisonment, her friendless condition, ami firm belief in his innocence, did much to iiilluenco public opin? ion in the State, which, at the outset wa> al most solidly against him. The testimony cer? tainly pointed to Vandcrpool as the murderer of Field, but im Juan saw him do the deed, and the jury preferred to free a possible murderer rather than shape so fatal a verdict on circum? stantial evidence.?"/,;., Statesman, Sept. 19? Cif.m.KD wi th K'r ICr.rxrxo.?On Monday ': night last. M. C. Moseley, United State- Depu I tv Marshal, upon warrants issued by SamuelT, louder. United States Commissioner, arrested under the Ku Ivlux Act of Congress the follow? ing named persons residing in the upper part of this county: O. C. Hcamguard, Charles Hcamguard. J. Newman Thomas, William C. Thomas, .lohn C. Watson. Thomas H. Lcssley, William 1>. Fes-ley and John L. Wood. They were arrested on a charge of having whipped a negro woman by the name of Piuvbc Smith, who resides in the -ante neighborhood of the persons accused, on the night of the 1-th of May last. The prisoners were brought to town about daylight on Tuesday morning, by a squad of United States soldiers, and lodged in jail, preparatory to a preliminary examination be? fore the United States Commissioner. Robert Faulkner, of the same neighborhood, charged with participating in the sameoll'ence, and for whose arrest a warrant had also been issued, was absent from his home when the otlicer called to arrest him ; hut on his return, and ascertaining that a warrant had been issued for him, he immediately came to this place and surrendered himself to the Marshal. (hi Tuesday an investigation was had by the Commissioner, and after an examination of witne-ses in behalf of the prosecution, the ac? cused were required to give bond, in the sum of >?_'.(Mio eaeh. for their appearance before the United States Circuit Court, to he held in Co? lumbia on the second Monday of November next, at which term, we understand. Judge Horn! will pre-ide. At the lime of writing. {Wednesday morning.1 the required hail had not been given.- 1 'ir!:ri!!e Enquirer. M\ it'll a i. Law in the Soi'Tll.?The letter of Mr. A. .1. Hausier, the colored Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, in which he op* po-e- the proposition to declare martial law in that Slate, has caused much discussion, and ought to have some influence on the President. 1 Ie asserts that peace may he restored if the Hcpublicans w ill discharge from office all in? competent and corrupt officers, and the Demo? crats will he content to obtain redress for their complaints through legal and peaceful means. Mr. Ilan-ier's plan is not a new one. Me simply expresses the sentiment of the best men of both political parlies in the .Southern States. Senator.- Robertson, of South Carolina, Mill, of Georgia, and West, of l.oui-iana. in opposing the Ku Kliix bill in Congress, took the ground that interference l?\ the administration in local affairs, whatever tempor?r) succe.-s it might have, would have a had influence, and would he the beginning of an endless series of similar legislation. Governors \'.corn, of Mississippi, Liml-ay of Alabama, and Scot;, of South Caro? lina, were confident, at thai time, that they could preserve the peace heiter without the interference of the United States ofltcers. The same opinion was expressed by the indepen? dent Hepublicati journals of the Southern State-, fhese witnesses arc worthy of confi? dence, because the) a: - : i >-; deeph interested :u restoring peace. \-? Y En ?!? </ I'ogf. Pi: im in vk Mi:t'ic\i Pk \rTk'k.?A gentle? man in Alabama, in exerting himself one day, fell a sudden pain, and fearing i s- inti run! ma? chinery had been thrown out o! gear, sent for a negro on hi- plantation, who made some pre? tentious to medical -dciil. t ? pr?*seril?e for him. The negro having investigated the case, pre? pared and administered a dose |o hi* patient with tin utmost confidence of a speedy cure. No reih i being experienced, however, the gen? tleman sent for a physician, who, on arriving iiii|iiired ?)f the negro whal medicine he had given hi- master, Hob promptly responded': '?'Rosin and alliim. sah." "Whai .lid >? -n uive them lor?" eominued