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HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1873. VOLUME VIII.?NO. 50. Ex-Gov. Perry's Reminiscences of Public Men. James H. Irby. Colonel Irby was a native of Laurens Dis? trict, and the descendant of a gallant Whig of the American Revolution. His whole family fought and suffered in the cause of our Inde? pendence, and the Colonel was as true a pa? triot as any of his revolutionary ancestors, i or many years he served his native District in both branches of the State Legislature with great ability and distinction. He was once elected Lieu ten mt-Go ver uor of the State, and afterwards came within one vote of being elec? ted Governor by the Legislature. He was a graduate of the South Carolina College, read law, and became one of the most successful lawyers in the upper part of the State. He died, leaving ; n estate worth four hundred thousand dollars! Without being a learned lawyer, he was^ an able and successful prac? titioner. By nature he was a great man, and endowed wich uncommon practical good sense. He was a tine looking man, tall, well propor? tioned, and had a noble head, phrenologically well developed. , There was no lawyer at the bar who saw more quickly the strong points of his case, who comprehended them better, or who was more able to present them to the Court and Jury, advantageously for bis client. He always argued bis cases with great force and ability, and generally cited authorities to sustain his legal positions. But, perhaps, no lawyer on the circuit read less than Col. Irby, either of law, or general literature. All of his greatness he owed to nature.' Had he been a hard student and cultivated the great powers of his intellect, he would have been a great man indeed. There was no one who under? stood and possessed a better or truer knowledge of human nature. He once said to me, that "he understood mankind as well as if he had made them!" Rarely, if ever, was he deceiv? ed or imposed upon in the business transac? tions of the world. Though a bold, brave, frank and impulsive man, he was nevertheless, in an eminent degree, cautious and polite in all his actions. I was on terms of great intimacy with Col. * Irby, from our first acquaintance up to his death, which was more than thirty years. I had for him during all that time a very high regard, and a most sincere friendship. I at? tended a meeting of the Bar at Laurens on the occasion of-his death, and expressed fully to the Court my high appreciation of the man. On the circuit, and in Columbia, we spent a good deal of our time together, and always most pleasantly. 1 have treasured up a great many amusing incidents of the Colonel, and in detailing a few of them, I have no purpose of detracting from the high and noble traits of his head and heart. It is said that iu de? scribing a man, very often an anecdote will give you a better insight of his character and mind than an attempted elaborate portraiture. Shortly after my admission to the Bar, I was attending Laurens Court, and took the liberty of going into the Colonel's law office to look up some authorities. I was completely amazed, when I looked at his library, and saw ten or fifteen volumes of old reports and elementary works, instead of that large and extensive cof lectien which I expected to see! I do not think I ever saw as few law books in any other lawyer's office before or since, no matter how young or poor he was. Col. Irby was at that time a gentleman of large fortune, and in full {>ractice, with troops of clients! But the Co onel had very little use for books, as he read precious little of anything. In the trial of a case of slander at Laurens, Col. Irby was for the plaintiff. Wistar Simp? son handed the Colonel a paper, on which was written a quotation from Shakespeare, prefaced with the words, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, He who steals my purse, steals trash, but he who filches from me my good name, takes that which enriches him not, but leaves me poor indeed." Simpson told him it was a quo? tation from the Bible. Irby asked the Clerk for the Bible, on which he had been swearing witnesses, and holding it up, said, "Gentlemen of the Jury, I ha?e something in this good book which bears on this case,'' and read the paper which had been handed to him. This produced a hearty laugh, and a member of the Bar said to him, "That's from Shakespeare and not the Bible." "What the devil, then, are the words 'verily, verily, I say unto thee' doing in it," said the Colonel! There was a Baptist preacher foreman of the Jury which was try? ing the case. When Judge O'Neale, who was also a member of the Baptist Church, met Irby in Columbia in the Court of Appeals, he said to him: "I understand, Irby, yon have been quoting Scripture in a slander case at Lau? rens." "Yes," said Irby, "and there was a Baptist clergyman, foreman of the Jury, who searched the Bible through, after he went home, trying to find the quotation." In a crim. eon. case at Spartanburg, Major Henry alluded to the case of Potiphar's wife. Irby, who was taking notes of Henry's argu? ment for the purpose of replying to him in the morning, said to his junior counsel, "Where ?can I find that case of Pontifer's wife report <ed ?" His junior replied, "I think I have read it in the Greek Testament." H. C. Young, Esq., who was sitting at the Bar, overheard the 'question and reply, and repeated it to other lawyers. It became the source of great amuse? ment to the Court. But Col. Irby had too much good sense and good humor to bo dis? pleased. Col. Irby and myself were going to Colum? bia to attend the sitting of the Legislature, and expected to be absent tor or five weeks. I said (to him after we had started, "Irby, where is your trunk ?" He took up a very small carpet hag out of the foot of his buggy and said, ?"this contains all the wardrobe I ever travel with, a clean shirt and a pocket handkerchief." ?"But," said I, "have you no stockings ?" "No," was his reply, "it is cheaper to buy them than to have them washed." We once went to Charleston together, whilst he was President of the Laurens Railroad Company. He car? ried with him fifteen or sixteen thousand dol? lars. We stopped at the Mills House, and in jthe morning I enquired at the office if the Co? lonel had come out of his room ? Nickerson. the hotel keeper, said, "have you not heard what happened last night? Your friend, Col. Irby, on going to bed, blew out the gas, and neglected to turn the screw! And he came very near suffocating himself, and blowing up the hotel. I discovered the gas iu the passage this morning and ascertained it came from the Colonel's room. I knocked at the door, but he made no reply. I called my carpenter and told him to tear down the door, expecting to find the Colonel dead !" But the carpenter aroused him from his stupefied slumber. It was still dark, and Ir'oy thought he was a rob? ber, after his money. I immediately went to the Colonel's room, and found him in a sad condition. He had, however, woke up in the night and raised one of the windows. This saved his life, and perhaps the hotel with all its boarders! Col. Irby and Gen. Thompson had been part? ners in the practice of law, and were about the same age. When Irby was about to marry Thompson's neice, the General paid to him he might have her on two conditions?one was that he must always call him "uncle," and the next was that he should lend him money when? ever he wanted it I Col. Irby and Judge Orr were elected mem? bers of the Southern Convention as co-opera tionists, opposed to separate State action, or secession. It was in this canvass that Judge Orr'8 "little bull story" was told with so much effect, as illustrating the folly of South Caro? lina attempting, by herself, to break up the Union ana whip the whole United States. There was a train of cars passing through an old field where a herd of cattle were grazing. There was a little bull amongst them, which saw the engine coming, puffing and blowing, and thinking it was some huge beast hunting for a fight, the little bull curled his tail up and pitched into the engine! The bull was killed and the cars thrown off the track. One of the passengers, a prudent, serious, sober-sided old fellow, got out of the cars to see the wreck. After going round the carcass of the boll, said : 'I admire your pluck, but d?n your judg? ment !" During this canvass, the Colonel and Judge Orr were most admirably caricatured by a se? cessionist. . The Judge was drawn mounted on his "Httle bull," and the Colonel on a huge iiorse, both going at full speed. Charles J. Elford and myself, who were then editing the Soullum Patriot, a Union paper, were seen in :;he picture, looking earnestly at the riders, ex? claiming, "We shall catch them in the Union i'anks yet, before the race is over." Col. Irby stops his steed and says to the Jud^e, "Orr, we have got lost." The Judge replies, "No (ianger. This is the way. Come on." The caricature was shown to Judge Orr, who ex? amined it closely, and observed: "I will give fifty dollars to ascertain who drew it I" The l imner, who was standing present, good humor edly replied, "Show your money, Colonel, and I will tell you." Col. Irby was a very large and most success? ful planter as well as a lawyer. He owned a large number of slaves, and told me that there ras not one of them as old as himself. Col. Irby was good natured, and took kindly all jokes told on him. He was also fond of playing tricks on others. An old gray-headed man once brought him a sum. pro. to defend. He said he had no defence, but wished the case put off, so that judgment would not go against him the first court. The case was is? sued by a lawyer living in? another District, who knew nothing of the defendant, and did not expect any defence to the case. When the case was called on the docket, Col. Irby gave notice that he appeared for the defendant, who pleaded infancy. This took the plaintiff's at? torney by surprise, and he asked the court to continue the case, so that he might consult with his client. The next court, when the plaintiff's attorney enquired of the Colonel about the infant, he was shown an old man about seventy with a head as white as cotton 1 I saw the Colonel one day in Court catch a witness very handsomely, who was called in to Erove the signature of some writing. He said e had seen the party write often, and the sig? nature was genuine. Whilst the examination of the witness was going on, Colonel Irby wrote the name of the party, whose signature was in dispute, five times on separate pieces of paper. These he folded up very carefully, so that noth? ing could be seen but the signature, and pre? sented them to the witness, who said they were al:. genuine and in the hand writing of the par? ty 1 The testimony of the witness was, of | coarse, worthless, after these mistakes. It very of ed happens that a witness will prove the sig? nature of a party, when he is utterly unable to recognize and identify any other writing of the party, to which his name was not attached. 7. once witnessed an amusing scene in court, soon after my admission to the bar, when the whole court indulged in a hearty laugh, at the expense of the Colonel. If any display of wit or humor between a lawyer and the witness, I ha^e always noticed that the spectators were disposed to take sides with the witness, and against the lawyer. They think the contest, I sur pose, is an unequal one, and their sympa? thies are with the weaker party. Col. Irby wa3 defending a fellow in the Court of Sessions for some misdemeanor. A woman was the prose? cutor, who lived in the suburbs of the village ofLaurcns. The Colonel was asking her as to the situation of her house, the doors, windows and soforth. She replied indignantly, ''You have been there often, Mr. Yirby, and know I as well as I do, the situation of the h?use and doors I" ' Colonel Irby was a remarkably fine looking igen'leman, tall and well proportioned, with as fine a head as I ever saw. If there be any truth in rhrenologv, he was by nature a great man, ana possessed a great mind. Although a grad? uate of the South Carolina College, and a most successful lawyer, he had never^cultivated his talents as he should have done. * His organ of) language, and his appreciation of the graces, wer ) not high. He had been, all his life, the associate of gentlemen, but was frequently at fault, in pronouncing the King's English, and in i ho grammatical construction of his sen? tences. The following incident is characteristic of j the conciliation and firmness of the man : Col. Irby was sitting with some lawyers after the adjournment of court, playing a game of whist. The Colonel made an offensive remark about the testimony of one of the surveyors in a land case, which he had before the Court that day. One of the lawyers said to him that the surveyor alluded to was his uncle. Col. Irby immediately apologized and said that he did not know of the relationship, or iie would not have made the remark. This emboldened the lawyer to make further coinuicnts on the remarks, to which the Colonel replied again apologetically. But the more he apologized, the more resented became the law? yer. At length Col. Irby became: excited, and said. I have done all I cowd to appease you, and inasmuch as you will not receive my apol ogie?, I now say your nncle is a damned old rascal, and I believe he swore a lie in the case ?help yourself." This seemed at once to re? concile the indignaut kinsman. C/TEitriLLARS.?We learn from our South? ern exchanges that the caterpillars have ap? peared in many parts of the cotton growing States, and that in consequence thereof planters have, in some cases, plowed up their cotton and planted corn, or at least have crossed their field.~ with corn. It :s unnecessary, wc presume to say, if the dcstr ictivencss of the caterpillars shall be as great as the early date ot their appearance gives cause to apprehend, that the growing crop, in spite of the increased acreage planted, will be a very small one. Yery rarely, if ever before, have the cater? pillars put iu an appearance at so many places so caily iu the season.? Wilmington Journal. ? A young officer, serving with his company at the lava beds, is said to have received a let? ter from his lady love, containing the follow? ing passage: "If any thing should happen to you, do make some arrangement, to have your hair recovered and sent on. It is the exact color of mine, and I can't got a puff of the right s-hade here." ' From the Southern Farm and Home. Letter from John Plowhandlcs. patrons of husbandry?granges?co-op? eration among farmers. Mr. Editor: For the past two years, I have watched with interest and close attention the growth and development of the agricultural order known as "Patrons of Husbandry." I admit that at first, the movement having orig? inated in that modern Sodom, Washington city, I looked upon it with disfavor and dis? trust. I thought that it might be a dodge of designing men to form a ring, by which to con? trol and defraud the agriculturists of our coun? try, and use them as toob for some iniquitous political purpose. I did not like the secret feature of the organization, and was strougly disinclined to f ivor the spread of the order in the Southern States. I have come, however, to find that my fears were groundless?that the aims and objects of the ''Patrons of Husbandry" are all praise? worthy, benevolent and wise, and from having been an opponent of the movement, I am now one of its most earnest advocates. Having seen your candid and straightforward avowal of your opinions on this subject in your last issue, and judging therefrom that if you are satisfied that this agricultural combination is for the good of the farmers, you will advocate it, I venture to give you and your many readers my humble views in relation to it, in the belief that whether you and they agree with me or not, you will at least give me credit for honesty and sincerity. In the first place, I can assure you that the order of Patrons of Husbandry is in no sense a political organization. Party politics are en? tirely excluded from the discussions in the "Granges," or local lodges. You need not, therefore, feel any apprehension that they can ever become political associations or clubs, to be moved and directed by what arc known as political leaders. These Granges, which now exist in nearly every county of every State in the Union, are simply co-operative associations of farmers, the members of which combine to promote the best interests of tho agricultural population, protect them against extortion and imposition, enable them to procure what they need of the best quality and at the cheapest price, point out the best and most advantage? ous markets for their produce, advance their social enjoyment and culture, and thus by unity of purpose, harmony of action, and combina? tion of strength, constitute a power in the land which legislators and politicians must respect, and which rings and monopolies dare not as? sail. In the beginning, these Granges were formed for the purpose of emancipcting the farmer from the thraldom of the middlemen and en? abling them to purchase what they needed, and sell what they had produced by direct inter? course with the manufacturers and consumers. Thi8 you will agree is a "consummation de? voutly to be wished." Next, these associations have combined for protection against the cruel and crushing exactions of the railroads in their discriminating schedules of freights, by which the profits of the farmer's toil is swallowed up. This too is a benevolent and a wise purpose. Then these associations, by the intercourse of their members, and their members' families? for the farmers' wives and daughters are ad? mitted to membership?and the constant inter? communication of the Granges, one with an? other, tend directly to the mental improvement and general enlightenment of the members, and bring about intimate social relations, pro motive of increased happiness and comfort. The secrc?y of the organization and the for? malities of initiation and advancement in the order, serve to bind the members together in closer brotherhood, and separate their interests and purposes from those of the outside world. It is amazing what progress the order has made. The Patrons of Husbandry cannot now number much less than a million of the sons and daughters of the land, and day by day this number is increasing by the formation of new Granges. The movement is very popular at the South. The best, wisest and most earnest of our farm? ing population have joined in ;t, and the day cannot be far distant when a power so formida? ble by its numbers, by its influence and its extensive ramifications, will be felt throughout the land, impressing itself upon the legislation of the various States, and remedying the abuses and corruption which now disgrace the country and waste its resources. Necessarily before long this organization will exert itself in favor of free trade, inasmuch as every agriculturist, whether he resides in the Northwest or in the South, must realize the fact that all protective duties are burdens upon agriculture and clogs upon its progress. Thus far, I ?ee nothing but unalloyed good in the order. It is my purpose to devote all my energies, feeble though they be, to promote its spread und firm establishment, and should I be fortunate enough to secure for it the influ? ence and support of the Farm and Home, I shall feel that I have done an important ser? vice to a cause which I firmly believe to be the promotion of the happiness and prosperity of the numerous and worthy class for which you and I, Mr. Editor, have labored, and with which we have been identified for so many years. You know that I am not easily capti? vated by novelties?that my approval is always the result of careful cxaminatiou and an honest judgment. I have examined the working of this order with patient deliberation, and though, as I have stated, strongly prepossessed against it at first, I am now among its most active ad? vocates, and I hope to sec a Grange established in every county of every State of our beloved South. Yours respectfully, John Plowiiandles. What a New York Policeman Thinks.? Among the persons who arrived at French's Hotel in New York on Thursday was a gentle? man from Virginia. In the evening, while he was crossing the City Hall Tark on his return from a tour of Broadway, auietly making his way toward his hotel, he feft something fell on his head. Under tho blow he fell unconscious. When he recovered he found himself minus ono hat, one gold watch, and sixty dollars. The Virginian was surprised. He had often read ofsucn things, but had never expected to be a victim. With little hope of recovering his property, he approached a policeman and told bim his loss. The otlicer asked the num? ber and maker of the watch. The Virginian gave him both. Then the policeman asked the denomination of the money. This was-given, and the Virgiuian began to have some hope that he might recover his property, the olliccr seemed so intent on his duty. But he was snr priscd by the next question. "Now," said the officer, "do you know what I think?" "No." "Well, I don't think you'll ever sec them things again." That's what the man from Virginia thinks. ? A New Orleans dentist is prepared to "execute drawings from life at the shortest notice." The 'Tanners' Granges"?Value of Organi? zation. The Western war against railroad rapacity is a type, on a smaller scale, of the victorious contests of the Democratic party in that flour? ishing period when its chief strength lay in the agricultural districts, and "Down with Monop? oly I" was its loudest battle-cry. We of course refer to the period when the Democracy, led by Andrew Jackson, was engaged in its great struggle with the United States Bank. The new monster, or rather the new den of mon? sters, may not be so speedily subdued; but the people will triumph, sooner or later, and their success will be due to the same causes to which the agricultural and laboring classes owed theirs when they crushed the Bank. It might be supposed, if experience did not teach the contrary, that victory ought to be easy in a struggle of large masses of people against a limited number of monopolists, But the monopolists are like a garrison in a strong fortress, where a few battalions can withstand for a loug time the assaults of vast armies. Their advantage lies in a great concentration of wealth and influence in few hands, and in their facilities for acting in combination. The smallness of their numbers and their opportu? nities for confidential intercourse enable them to veil their plans until they are ready for ex? ecution. The people who are their victims possess no corresponding advantages. The monopolists can support lobbies, give dinners, cultivate intimacies with legislators, grant loans or other favors to the wire-pullers who pack nominating conventions; whereas the mass of small cultivators on their farms and mechanics who go to their daily toil live quite out of the spheres of busy intrigue. They arc powerless to foil unjust legislation while the yoke is being fastened upon their necks. This balance of facilities on the side of the monop? olists increases year by year. It is only by combination and discipline on the part of the people that they can be successfully resisted. The chief value of the Farmers' Granges consists in their revival of a perception to which the Democratic party owed most of its success in its palmy days. The Democracy of those days, fighting against the Bauk monopo? lists, the manufacturing monopolists, and the whole set of schemers and speculators, suc? ceeded in virtue of their discipline, which was always far stricter in the Democratic party than in any of its successive opponents. Po? litical parties which are sure of the support of the heavy interests that seek to rob the people can afford a looser organization. The several classes of monopolists are always ready to play into each other's hands, and can easily extem? porize combinations when they have an impor? tant end to carry. The people have no chance against them except by steady organization and perfect discipline. The political sagacity of the old Democratic leaders was in no respect more signally exhibited than in the resolute steadiness with which they upheld the discip? line of the party. We rejoice that the same idea has taken a strong hold of the minds of the Western farmers, and that they are giving it practical effect. They do not interfere with the Democratic party. They are composed of similar materials and are pursuing the same ends. The Democratic party will preserve and strengthen its organization; the Farmers' Granges will perfect theirs; and common aims will make it as easy for them to act in concert, as it is for the great monopoly interests to ex? temporize combinations for mutual protection. ?New York World. Down ?with Deadheads.?The leading Western railroad companies have resolved upon effecting an abolition of the deadhead system on their various routes, an example which the companies in the East and South would do well to imitate. At a meeting held in the office of the Presi? dent of the Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago the other day, in which many of the most im? portant lines west of the Alleghanies were rep? resented, it was resolved to issue no free passes after the present month, and to revoke all passes now outstanding except in cases where they have been given in accordance with a pre? vious understanding of the nature of a contract. Railroad employees are to be passed over the lines with which they are connected during their period of service; but they and thosi having previously acknowledged contract rights are to be the only privileged classes. Even the officers of the roads making this compact are required to return their passes held from other companies, and in future to refuse requests for exchange passes of any kind. Editors of news? papers will hereafter be permitted to pay their railroad fares like Christians and gentlemen, and all men without distinction of color or previous condition of servitude to corporations will be placed on a footing of equality in this regard. The reform is an excellent one, having only a single drawback. The most inveterate dead? head in the country is the President, who not only expects to travel free himself, but to have special cars assigned for his use and that of his immediate followers. Should the Eastern roads also adopt the new system, Gen. Grant may either be compelled to deny himself the pleas? ure of traveling during a great portion of the year, or else find in the augmented cost of ex? istence under these regulations a sufficient pre? text for lobbying through another increase of his salary. The Farmers' Combination in Illinois. ?The farmers' combination in Illinois seems to have resulted in a substantial victory at the election held on last Monday. The candidates of the granges for the judicial benches in the country circuits have been generally successful, while Craig, the candidate of the same organi? zation for the Supreme Court bench, is proba? bly elected over Lawrence, the present Chief Justice. This is the beginning 01 a movement which has taken deep root in the minds of the agriculturists of the West and Northwest, and it is to be regretted that its first victory, or in? deed any one, should be obtained at the ex? pense of judicial independence. A Chicago paper says that "in this contest the old politi? cal parties took little interest. They were de? moralized and confused by the action of the agriculturists and the villagers, and so allowed the whole affair to drift. It will be fortunate for them if the 'drift' does not carry them off soundings." The success of this popular up? rising is remarkable, and indicates that further triumphs in the future are possible. Next fall, in Illinois, the county officers and members of the lower branch of the Legislature are to be elected, and a year after State Senators and members of Congress, and the nlowholders will enter the contest stronger for the present victo? ry. The result will be that one or both of the old parlies will, in all the States where this tumultuous feeling prevails, unite with the farmers and bring the railroads to terms. This would seem to be the natural result in these days of demoralized political action, but affords no evidence that it is right, or that it will rem? edy the evils of which the farmers so much complain. ? If Portugese girls want husbands it seems to us that they ought to marry Michiganders. From Chicago to the Sontli. Railways multiply so fast, and new lines having their termini at Chicago are opened with such rapidity, that they cease to attract general attention. Railways are completed, rush into business, and are old lines almost before we realize the fact that new and impor? tant sections of the Western country thereby become tributary to our city. A line just now attracting attention, however, is an exception to the rule, inasmuch as it contemplates a new departure, and proposes a road that shall pene? trate a region hitherto well-nigh unknown to us commercially. There is a large section of country lying in Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida, from which the great West is substantially cutoff. We have no connection save by devious, expensive and roundabout ways to four of these States, and the proposition is to provide for this want by constructing a great trunk line running from Chicago to Augusta, Ga., and perhaps from there to Savannah, or some point on the south? ern Atlantic coast. It is believed that the productions of the West and the South can thus be interchanged at one-half the cost for transportation that now prevails. With the present facilities the east is the poinf of exchange for the West and the South. The West ships her corn to Eastern cities and obtains the products of the South in exchange. The South sends her products to the same point, and there buys her grain and provisions, which must pass a thousand miles out of the natural course and be subjected to the commissions and charges of middle men before they reach the consumer. It is 911 miles from Chicago to New York and 974 miles from New "iork to Savannah, making a total of 1,885 miles. By the pro? posed route South it is 919 miles from Chicago to Savannah, but little more than the distance to New York. It is evident, therefore, that the carriage of such products as compose arti? cles of exchange between the two sectious of the West and the South is entirely unnecessary over one-half of the distance now traversed in getting them to market. The South requires 50,000,000 bushels of corn to-day. With the present means of communication a large quan? tity of this must be sent by zig-zag routes, by which the expense of carrying will greatly add to the cost. If the country was pierced by di? rect lines of road, this enormous expense would be avoided. The West. South possesses a population of over twenty millions, and the products of the two sections are so diverse that each de? mands the commodities of the other. As our manufactories increase in number and extent their necessities will enlarge until the South will find her most important cotton market in the West, as we shall find our most profitable grain market in the South. The completion of a trunk line of railway between these sec? tions will be the commencement of a new era of prosperity, and the harbinger of numberless such enterprises that will ere long add wealth to the country, and bind more closely the mate? rial ties that unite the North and the Sooth to? gether. The project immediate under consideration deserves the most earnest support and encour? agement from Chicago, and we doubt not will receive it. Though a new and independent line the whole distance would be a desideratum, it is not immediately necessary. There are at least two huudred and twenty-four miles of the route?and perhaps more?already completed and in operation that may be used. The pres? ent proposition is to extend the railway known as the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Rail? way, so as to form one line reaching from Chi? cago to Augusta, Ga., and thence to Savannah or Port Royal. The route as recommended is as follows: From Chicago to Indianapolis; thence to Lexington, Ky.; thence to Knox ville, Tenn.; from Knoxville over the line of the Blue Ridge Railway to Clayton, Ga.; and thence to Augusta and the coast. This route would shorten the distance between Chicago and Augusta 250 miles. It is believed that the immediate traffic over such a line would be immense, and that eventually the productions of. Cuba and the South American States would find their way into the country over this speedy and comparatively inexpensive highway.? Chicago Inler-Ocean. Clothing on Fire.?The frequent terrible deaths from clothes taking fire should lead all persons to remember the following method of extinguishing such fires, as given by the Seien tiflc American ; "Three persons out of four would rush right up to the burning individual and begin to paw with their hands without any definite aim. It is useless to tell the victim to do this or that, or call for water. In fact, it is generally best not to say a word, but seize a blanket from the bed, or any woolen fabric?if none is at hand, take any woolen material?hold the corners as far apart as you can, stretch out higher than your head, and running boldly to the person, make a motion of clasping in the arms, mostly about the Bhouldera. This instantly smothers the fire and saves the face. The next instant throw the person on the floor. This is an additional safety to the face and breath, and any remnant of flame can be put out more leisurely. The next instant immerse the burnt part in cold water, and all pain will cease with the rapidity remove from the water, and cover the burnt parts with an inch of thickness of flour; if pos? sible, nut the patient to bed, and do all that is possible to soothe until the physician arrives. Let the flour remain until it fallsoff itself, when a beautiful new skin can be found. Unless the burns are deep no other application is needed. The dry flour for burns is the most admirable remedy ever proposed, and the information ought to be imparted to all. The principle of its action is, that, like water, it causes instant and perfect relief from pain by totally exclu? ding all the air from the injured parts." ? A few years since there was a Presbyterian minister at Columbus, Miss., who had a horror of shouting in church, which fact was well known to his congregation. One day, after he had preached a very spiritual sermon, an old lady was observed to leave the church in a very hasty manner. Meeting her a few days after, the minister asked her why she had rushed from the church so suddenly the Sunday before. "Well," she responded, "the fact is, I was so filled with grace in listening to your sermon, that I found I couldn't contain myself, so I ran over to the Methodist church across the way and shouted." ? Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, in a recent ser? mon to children, expressed himself in this emphatic way as to the comparative hopeless? ness of religious eftort for adult believers: "What can I do with old men and womeu who have lived so long in sin that their skins are as hard as a turtle's shell ? You can't make them feel. You might strike them with a pitchfork, and it wouldn't go through them." Yet there are pastors who actually preach to this class of iron-clad sinners, in preference to children, fifty-two Sundays in a year. Is it not strange ? some common flour, From the Keoxcee Courier. Public Meeting. At a meeting of the citizens of the Fork, held at Townville, June 7th, in interest of the Chicago and Augusta Railroad, E. P. Earle was called to the Chair, and Dr. J. W. Spear? man requested to act as Secretary. On motion, which was agreed to, Col. F. E. Harrison read, in further explanation of the meeting, the fol? lowing preamble and resolutions: Whereas, an association havingbecn formed to connect the Northwest with the South At? lantic Sea Coast, by a short line Railroad from Chicago, Illinois, to Augusta, Ga., and a com? mittee appointed by that body to receive re? ports from the various routes proposed between these points, and feeling satisfied that the shortest, cheapest and most practicable line between Clayton and Augusta, Ga., would pass through our section. Therefore, Resolved, That we, the citizens of the Fork, in Anderson and Oconee Counties, S. G, form an organization to have a survey made between Walhalla and Seneca City, S. C, and Peters? burg, Ga., crossing the Tugaloo River at its junction with the Savannah, and going down the valley of that river. Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to solicit contributions to meet the expenses of the survey, and that this Committee meet at To>vnville on Saturday, the 14th inst., and elect one of that number to meet and act with one from each organization on the route?form? ing an Executive Committee, under whose direction the survey shall be made. Suggestions were thrown out, and a general interchange of opinions were offered by Col. Harrison, Livingston, Rev. E. F. Hyde, Maj. Maret and others, encouraging and highly favoring the interest. On motion, the meeting resolved itself into an organization in accordance with the resolu? tions offered by Col. F. E. Harrison. On further motion it was agreed that the Chair appoint the following Committee to take subscriptions to defray the expenses of a sur? vey to be made from some point between Wal? halla and Seneca City, S. C, to Petersburg, Ga., and that this committee appoint one of their number to act with other organizations, to form an Executive Committee, whose duty it will be to direct the survey. The followiug is the Committee: Colonel F, E. Harrison, Madison Palmer, W. J. Harbin, H. R. Vandi ver, Col. J. W. Livingston, Miles Sitton, E. P. Earle, E. P. Verner, James Seaborn, B. S. Lone, Thos. Harper, G. W. Maret, L. L. Jarred, J. M. Kidd, Dr. W. L. Broyles, Maj. B. Sloan, Committee to report at the meeting on Satur? day the 14th instant, at Townville, S. C, 10 o'clock, A. M. It was then moved and secon? ded, that a Committee be appointed to gather all statistical information in regard to the amount of produce raised and snipped in the neighborhood of the proposed line, and that they report at the meeting on Saturday, 14th instant. Committee consists of the following: Colonel F. E. Harrison, Major G. W. Maret, Col. J. W. Livingston, W. J. Harbin. On motion by G. W. Mardt, it was requested that these proceedings be published in the Keowee Courier, Anderson Intelligencer and Co/werai/orand Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. There being no further business the meeting adjourned to meet on Saturday 14th instant, 10 o'clock, A. M. E. P. EARLE, Pres. J. W. Spearman, Sec. Baneful Influence of Sensational Newspapers. The Christian Union says: "We sometimes wonder Vhich has the most injurious effect upon the community?the perpetration of a great crime, or the manner in which this crime M generally announced by the public journals. Freedom of the press is one of the glories of our peculiar civilization; but, while we would in no wise disparage it, we think some guaranty should be required so that this freedom might not merge into license. How often we see in our daily and weekly papers a horrid crime or tale of woe embellished with a sensational analysis, and treated in a slighting and unfeel? ing manner, to pander to a grossly immoral taste 1" We do no hesitate to say that the evil here complained of is one ot the most disastrous that corrupts our times. The newspaper is daily making its impression upon us?daily reiterating its speech. Not only its direct les? sons, but its very temper and style, thus habit? ually familiar, cannot fail to modify, and, more or less assimilate the general mind?es? pecially the feeling and style of the young. There is probably no educational power equal to it. Much?we sometimes think most?of our national demoralisation and vulgarity come from it. The Union justly says that "this fa? miliar dealing with narratives of crime dulls those finer feelings of tenderness and humanity which an enlightened community should most sedulously cultivate; for these papers, entering our homes, induce in our children an appetite for startling and sinful accounts. This espe? cially results when, as too frequently occurs, a crime, instead of being justly condemned, is worked up by an ingenious writer until its several degrees and final culmination resemble the plot and catastrophe of a novel, wherein the criminal plays the part of a hero. Such freedom of the press we heartily oppose, as being detrimental to public morality. A remedy for this monstrous evil is a crying want of the times. What that remedy can bo we fail to see, for the vices of journalism are nearly as formidable as those of intemperance. The best thing that can be immediately done is for well-conducted families to utterly exclude from their thresholds all journals that are mor? ally objectionable, however able they may oth? erwise be. But the press itself must clean out its own Augean stable. It should disown and scout the "Bohemianism" which has fastened upon and degraded journalism. It should take the rank, and the self-respect of a great, if not the greatest, educational profession of the civilized world. It is not yet half conscious of its own importance, or it would have a morale more correspondent with its power.? IV. Y. Methodist, ErrrccTs of Drought urox Early Corn. ?It often happens that corn planted early fails to ear well, if a protracted drought happens just at the time when the tassel is appearing; the pollen which is needed to fecundate the female flower being deficient, causes the vast quantities of nubbins wc so often meet. Well worked land is sometimes as illy used as poor piney soil. It is advisable to remedy this con? tingency by replanting a few h?ls through a field a "couple of weeks Liter than the main crop, the younger corn will often escape a sea? son of drought which may have befallen the first planting and its pollen be made to remedy the deficiency. The silk of corn will remain fresh much longer than the tassel, especially if it has not been impregnated with the pollen, hence a few scattering hills of late planted I corn will often remedy apart of the bad effects ! of an unseasonable drought. Now is the time to try it._ ? "Patrons of husbandry?mothers with marriageable daughters."?Boston Post,