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gnfepts&at J?m% gmqpycr-"?tmM U %Mitt, gitttxtnn, ^xMimn xti test faMlipm HOTT & CO., Proprietors! ANDBESON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1874. VOLUME IX.?NO. 45. Correspondence of the Atlanta Constitution. Editors Constitution: My last was written from Gainesville. I indite this at Anderson, South Carolina, one of the loveliest and most prosperous places in Carolina. In a former letter I stated that the Air Line Railroad Com? pany seemed so intent on a true air line, that they did not ,-ary from their course for such a town as Gainesville. My impression then was that they had kept an air line as near as the topography of the country would admit, but I have since learned that I was in error. The impression is general, and seems to be well founded, that the location of the route in this State was an unfortunate one for the road and for Atlanta. It misses Anderson, which is on a true air line from Atlanta to Charlotte, some fifteen or twenty miles. This place has a population of near 3,000, and they have received and shipped this season 15,000 bales of cotton, nearly one-third of Atlanta's receipts, and all of this would have gone to Atlanta instead of Columbia and Charleston if the road had been built by this place, according to the original charter and survey. This is only a small item, as the best portions of Greenville, Spartanburg and Laureus coun? ties would have added their quota to swell the freights of the road, and necessarily to Atlan? ta's prosperity. As located, the road runs parallel with and near a range of mountains, and the local freight to market will chiefly be chickens and chestnuts, instead of from one to two million dollars worth of cotton annually. The Anderson branch of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad has its terminus here, and it "onnects with the Blue Ridge Railroad, which is finished from this place to Walhalla. The Air Line Railroad crosses this road at Seneca City, some 20 miles north of Anderson. To add to the misfortune of location, these two latter railroads are at logger-heads, and freight shipped from Atlanta to this place, which should be delivered in two or three days, fre? quently requires as many weeks. It is, perhaps, some consolation to know that the Blue Ridge Road is to be sold on the 14th of May, and it is hoped that the Air Line Railroad Company will purchase it, and thus, iu part, make amends for the past. The people here prefer to trade with Atlanta, but the local freights over two roads, and the delay in receiving goods, turns them in other directions. Atlanta has lost, and will lose annually, millious of dollars by these troubles, and she should see to it that these mistakes be corrected as far as possible. Since I have been here I have been reading the effu? sions of the editor of the Columbia Union on the resources of upper Carolina. These articles truly portray the intelligence, energy and en? terprise of the citizeus and the immense re? sources of the upper counties, bu^ true to his politics he explains it all by saying it is one of the crowning benefits of radicalism! The true solution is much easier and has the merit of truth for its foundatiou. Lower Carolina as well as lower Georgia, the former cotton belt of these States, have a large preponderance of negro population, while the upper counties have white majorities. The upper counties in each State are making grand strides in the march of improvement and progress, because the whites labor and direct, and besides have a soil unsurpassed in fertility, and a healthy climate. The lower counties languish because of the thin, worn-out soil, but.chiefly because the ne? gro element predomiuates and governs in the cotton patch. Sambo has no superior in the cultivation of cotton when under the control of a higher and interested intelligence; but he is equally a failure iu the cotton field and legisla? tive hall when left to the solitude of his owu resources. The whites in the upper countiea find that they can make more cotton, at less expense, to the haud than in the low counties, by using fertilizers, and while the crop is di? minishing yearly in the former cotton region, it is increasing where it was not raised until within the past few years. These are the true causes of the prosperity of this section, and Radicalism with its blighting touch has noth? ing to do with it. The people here are easier, pecuniarily, than in any section of the South. Were it not for the unfortunate political condition of the State, with its myriad of offices and a thief in every one, this would be as desirable as any part of our great country. Trodden down and op? pressed a? they are, the citizens seem to be possessed of energy and enterprise rarely dis S" layed under such circumstances. Only a few ays since a company was formed, capital sub? scribed, and officers elected for the purpose of building a cotton factory near this place. This was done by the old citizens without waiting for some English Lord to come with his mil? lions to their aid. Some of the merchants say that a railroad from Anderson to Gainesville, so as to have direct communication with Atlan? ta, "The hub of the South," is one of the ne? cessities of the times. I understand that a charter was granted for this road by the last Legislature. If Atlanta will put her broad and willing shoulders to the wheel this road will be built. Another road between the Air Line and the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta will be built at no distant day. This road when built will work for or against Atlanta, according to its location. Even now, one is talked of to run from Washington, Georgia, by Abbeville and Laurens, South Carolina. At no time in the history of this State have the people taken a deeper interest in education, and, in fact, everything that pertains to pro? gress, than they are now taking. The Carolina High School (formerly the Johnson University) is located here. They have a full and efficient corps of teachers, and what is equally impor? tant they are receiving a very liberal patron? age. This, like the one at Gainesville, is for both sexes. The opinion seems to be gaining ground that the plan of educating the sexes in the same school is the proper one. The people here, while they deplore their political condition, seem to trke very little interest in the politics and legislation of the State. Georgia is frequently and admiringly spoken of as being the only Southern State that "has peace in all her borders"?where whites and blacks are alike satisfied with legis? lation. Ex-Governor Vance, of North Caroli? na, made one of his characteristic speeches at Greenville a short time since, and did much to cheer up the faint-hearted as to the possibility of again getting the government of the State out of the hands of the corrupt crew who have ruled and ruined "since freedom." He is invited to speak here soon. As a stump speaker he has no superior, and as a jokist he is said to surpass "the late lamented." I cannot Close this disconnected scrawl with? out paying a merited compliment to Atlanta merchants generally, and to her drummers particularly. There cannot be found outside of New York merchants who display the busi? ness tact and energy of the Atlantese. I heard a prominent merchant here say that he could duplicate any New York bill in Atlanta, aud that he could not do it in Charleston or Balti? more. He endeavored to explain it as the Irishman did, who said he could afford to sell below cost because he did such a heavy busi? ness. But, seriously, their enterprise and energy are admiringly appreciated everywhere iu the South. Their enviable distinction is largely due to her drummers, who swarm as did the locusts of Egypt. While it is true that they often put on more airs than their masters at home, yet their same masters would suffer in trade, and their importance would be less at a distance, if their drummers thought less of themselves. In conclusion, I would throw out a hint to Atlanta merchants and railroad companies. This section has been comparatively neglected by Atlanta because it is not a trunk line. It will richly repay to cultivate the acquaintance and secure the patronage of upper Carolina. If reason ever enters the brain of railroad cor? porations I would venture to say that it would pay every road leading to Atlanta to issue free passes or tickets for a mere nominal sum to every firm who will keep a man constantly on the road. If by their efforts Atlanta's trade and financial ability can be doubled (and no one can doubt it) it will thereby increase the business of the roads. This proposition is so plain that even these officials ought to see it. I go from here to Greenville, Spartanburg and Charlotte, North Carolina. If not smashed up by the railroads or swallowed up by the volcano in the old North State, you will hear from meagain if I hear or see anything worthy of note. _B. F. C. The New England Cotton Mills. The recent reports of impending strikes in the mills at Fall Eiver, Mass., has been the occasion for some investigations by the Boston Commercial Bulletin, the results of which are made known in an interesting article, from j which we take the following extract: The total production of print cloths at Fall Eiver is now 118,000 pieces per week. Of these 45,000 pieces are for spot sales, the bal? ance being sold on contracts. For May there are 53,000 pieces weekly not engaged, and for June 58,000 pieces ; while of the July produc? tion 43.U00 pieces are already contracted for. The major part of the coufracts have been made at 5g cents, 10 to GO days; but a few have been sold as high as 5| cents, 10 days, while probably 15,500 pieces weekly are delivering on contracts made at 5-} cents, 30 days. Nearly all the print cloth mills have their cotton in storehouse sufficient to last them into August, the bulk having been bought at a price ranging from 13 cents to 14 cents, though there are instances where mills, as did the Troy, Borden, and Mechanics, anticipating their wauts last autumn, when cotton was low and money hard, and having the cash, invested $100,000 in raw cotton. The mills running on bleached goods, such as the Crescent, Davol, King Philip, Mount Hope aud Pocassct, working cotton two grades higher than that used in gray cloths, are credited as holding all the staple they will need for the season. Financially the cotton mills are very strong. Their credit is above suspicion, and their management the most economical and thrifty. The old mills have been very successful, and many of the fifteen new mills, built within the past two years, have their stock iu the hands of those interested in the old corporations. The success with which all the new mills passed through the Septem? ber panic is due to the fact that all the stock and all the loans were carried by Fall River people, it being estimated that $2.000,000 are now loaned on note securities to mill enter? prises in Fall Eiver by her own citizens. The value of the stock ot all the old corporations has greatly increased, notably the Merchants' Granite and Union, wlrffch are worth $10, 000 on a par value of $1,000, the last-named corporation making a dividend last year of $1,400 on each share. There are two new cot? ton mills to be built this year, the New Border City, 4,500 spindles, now under way, and a co? operative mill of 10,000 spindles, the land for which has been secured, and the subscription is now circulated among the working people. This continued increase in the manufactur? ing capacity of Fall Eiver has given real estate an unprecedented advance. A lot of twenty acres on the river, beyond the suburbs, in 1865, at that time changed hands for $1,800. A?ain in 1870 it sold for $20,000, and to-day a bid is standing for it of $33,000. There have been no improvements, but now the land has been brought into the city by the extension of build? ing, &c. A farm of sixty-five acres, just back of the city, sold in May, 1870, to a junk dealer for $45,000. There are now three mills upou it, and the city taxes the property for $100,000. Just back of the city hall is a block of three story granite buildings, fronting on _ three streets. Ten years ago they sold for $7,000. Three years since the city widened one of the streets, and cut off five rods from the thirty-six in the lot. The assessors awarded $15,000, aud an appeal to a sheriffs jury raised the amount of the damage to $18,000. The present valua? tion is $80,000. This growth in Fall Eiver has been legitimate, aud it has extended to all en? terprises. The case of the First National Bank is an instance. The stock of this institution, owned by eleven men, was pooled in on the passage of the bank act at $200,000. Since then the capital has been increased by the earnings to $800,000. The great industry of Fall Eiver is cotton manufacture, and print cloths are the principal fabrics made. There has been no test of the market since the new mills were built to deter? mine whether the thing has been overdone or not, and manufacturers have hopes that they may run through 1874 at full production, and at the end find the exact condition of the coun? try to absorb their goods. The mills were all in runuing order last July, and were then offer? ing to sell at 5f cents, 30 days, the cotton hav? ing been bought at about 15 cents. But prin? ters held out, anticipating that the enormous increase of 45,000 pieces per week in Fall Eiver would demoralize that market. Hence to reduce the accumulation, the mills stopped two weeks the last of August. On the second of September the printers came in, aud at 0? cents for standard, an advance of a cent a yard, cleaned the market, taking $400,000 pie? ces, of which about 75,000 were seconds. Ten days later the Wall street panic demoralized the business of the country, and the mills de? cided to run half time through October and November, and three-quarters through Decem? ber. Exclusive Cotton Planting.?The Macon correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal takes Col. Lee Jordan, the largest planter in Georgia, as an example of the eviis of exclu? sive cotton culture, and shows, by his own admission, that, though raising from two to three thousaud bales every year since the war, he has not saved a dollar by the operation. Every cent realized was needed to pay hands, buy provisions and run the plantation general? ly. The significant and encouraging fact is added that Col. Jordan has gone back on the old plan?raising enough provisions to do and after that all the cotton he can. We are de? lighted to hear this and hope his present exam? ple will be followed by all the agricultural community. ? There will be five eclipses this year? two of the sun, two of the moon, and one of the Republican party. All but the last invisible iu the United States. J An English Yiew of the Plight of Plundered South Carolina. Since the election of Gen. Grant to the Pres? idency of the United States his opponents have been constantly complaining that he was setting up a system of personal government, and the reception accorded by him to the dep? utation of taxpayers from South Carolina, as related by our New York correspondent in the letter we published yestcrdav morning, will not tend to lessen the point of such accusations. South Carolina, we need hardly remind the reader, is one of the original thirteen States that won the independence of the Union, and before the civil war it was among the greatest, proudest and most influential members of the Federation. There "the peculiar institution" of the South attained its greatest development, and there, consequently, the white man wa? seen in his haughtiest and most high-spirited mood. The exhaustion of the Confederate ar? mies, and eventual surrender of Lee and John? ston, placed the State at the mercy of the North, and Congress proceeded to restore what it was pleased to call a Republican form of government by virtually excluding from all share iu the administration of the Common? wealth the whiles?that is to say, the whole population that had any experience of public affairs, or, indeed, which was able to conceive what politics meant?and handing over all power to the former slaves. The consequence may easily be imagined. Even in the oldest parts of the Union, where the people are of pure European descent, and have been trained, generation after generation, in the transaction of public business, corruption, as all the world knows, is scandalously and unblushingly pre? valent; but New York itself has been decenc ly and honestly governed in comparison with South Carolina and Louisiana. Iu South Car? olina, for example, the Executive Government i and the Legislature alike are in the hands of persons who own no property iu the State?the owners of property are practically disfran? chised. As a consequence, since the civil war the State taxation has been multiplied five times, and the State debt has been trebled. The State bench and the State law offices are managed by the "Ring," so that justice is bought and sold, or dispensed only to the friends of the existing regime. And the pres? sure of taxation has become so heavy that land is going out of cultivation. As a proof of the pressure of the public burdens, it is stated that one acre out of every forty was sold in a sin? gle year by persons who gave up the struggle and moved out of the State. How bad matters had at length become may be judged from the action adopted by the whites. You will recollect that the Souta Car? olina whites were the fiercest, the most stub? born, most uncompromising advocates of the doctrine of States Rights?the doctrine which maintained that the States were sovereign, and that Congress was only their agent and minis? ter iu their collective capacity. In defence of this doctrine they were the first that rushed into secession, and we all remember how, on a huudrcd battle-fields during the long agony of the civil war, they proved the genuineness and lastiug strength of their conviction. Yet so intolerable had "carpet-bag" misgovern men t become that these ultra professors of States Rights sent a deputation to Washington to Lay before Congress and President the tale of their grievance and invoke intervention. The depu? tation sought an interview with the President, and on the day appointed its members proceed? ed to read a respectful document, in which the condition of their native State was depicted in studiously moderate language. They were received in the style in which le Grand Mo narque used to admonish presumtuous Par/e ments of their duty. It seems that in the con? vention at which this tax-payers' deputation was appointed one member had made a speech, in which he censured the President's conduct in violent and even scurrilous terms. The rest of the members saw at once to what use such a speech might be turned by their enemies, and alter a time they succeeded in extinguishing the blatant orator. But the mischief was done. A copy of the speech was laid before the Prcs dent a few minutes previous to the entry of the deputation, aud it threw him into a parox? ysm of rage. With difficulty he listened to the reading of their petition, and wheu it was finished, he told the members, in a few curt, brusque sentences, that the State of South Car? olina is a sovereign Commonwealth, competent to regulate her own internal affairs, and that the Federal Government has no right to inter? fere with the manner in which her people choose, through their elected representatives, to manage their domestic concerns. With this part of the answer his auditors would, doubt les, cordially concur, if only it were seriously to be acted on. But with the reconstruction laws vigorously enforced it must have sounded as a bitter mockery in the ears of the South Carolina gentlemen. However, this was the least part of the humiliation to which they had to submit. Suddenly turning from the great political question before him to his own petty, personal grievance, the President proceeded to tell the deputation that his sympathy for the sufferings of those they represented had been materially lessened by remarks hostile to him? self enunciated at the Columbia Convention. The members of the deputation attempted to explain that these remarks were made only by a single speaker, and that he had been prompt? ly put down. The President paid no heed to the explanation, but repeated with increasing acrimony and rising voice what he had said before. And thus the deputation was dismissed, having been impressively taught how essential it is in the model Republic, whose institutions, according to President Grant, all Europe is desirous of copying, that criticism of so august a personage as a President should be uttered with bated breath and in drawing-room lan? guage.?London Standard, April 17th. Don't Neglect titf. Cons'.?While we hear very doleful tidings of the cotton crop, conse? quent upon the horrible weather of the past few weeks, a good report of the growing corn crop is almost universal. It is admitted that the only thing now needed to make the corn crop still more flourishing is a little cultivation with the plow or hoe. The planters, however, .seem inclined to abandon the corn crop, for the present, and devote themselves entirely to the cotton product. This seems to us a very perilous and unwise proceeding. It is better for the South to have a short crop of cotton than an insufficient supply of brcadstufls. If the past has not taught the planters this lesson, then indeed are they beyond the reach of rea? son. A short crop of cotton will bring good prices and supply any deficiency; but not so with corn. The farmer who feeds himself from his own land is the most prosperous and inde? pendent man. We had hoped that, this year, our smoke-houses and corn-cribs would not be almost entirely located in the West. If corn is to be neglected, in the same style as formerly, and cotton receive exclusive attention, it will not be hard to predict where the planters will land at the close of another season.?Augusta Constitutionalist. ? A tea made of peach leaves is a sure cure for kidney difficulties. Let Reform be Genuine. The time is fast approaching when the Re? publicans of this State will be called upon to 1 make good the promises which have been made i for economy and reform in the management of 1 the financial and legislative affairs of the State. ; That there is a stern determination upon the ! part of the better class of Republicans to carry ! out these promises in good faith, no one can ; doubt who has carefully watched the course of I events during the past two or three months. I That every obstacle which corrupt and design ? ing men, who hope to creep into power upon i the tide of reform, will be thrown in the way, ! is apparent in many sections of the State. The : question for the Republicans now to decide, is ' not who shall be the next Governor, but shall ! we have capable, efficient men elected in every : department of the government, both State and . county. A good Governor is almost powerless j for any genuine reform, if he has arrayed j against him corrupt aud venal men in theLcg islature. Even a strong and determined mi \ nority can do much to stem the tide of profligate j and corrupt legislation, but. how much more , efficient would our General Assembly be, if I more intelligent, honest, capable men were ' elected. Any one who has watched the course ! of the General Assembly for the past four years j has sect), that while there were efficient, active, i capable men there, a still greater number of uneducated, irresponsible members stood in the way and effectually prevented the honest, mem? bers from accomplishing as much for the State as they could have done under more favorable circumstances. The Eepublicans in each coun? ty owe it to themselves, aud the great party which they represent, to see that no stumbling blocks are sent to the General Assembly this time. There are pleuty of capable men in every county in the State to fill all the offices, j but unfortunately these men do not control the rimary conventions, because they will not stoop to engage in the dirty work necessary to enable them to manipulate those bodies. But the time is fast coming when the people will not consent to be sold by a few political trick? sters, whose only ambition is to get into office in order to live without work, by robbing the public treasury. j We call upon the intelligent Republicans all over the State to band themselves together in the work of reform, and sternly resolve, if bad men are nominated through the cunning ad? vices so often resorted to in the past, to defeat them at the ballot box. The future of the party demands that this be done, and done at once. It is uot always those who talk the most glibly of reform who -ire genuine reformers, for sharp politicians always take advantage of any tide that is likely to carry them into power. The only way to arrive at a proper solution of the question, is to examine the record of those now in office, and if it does not prove to besuch as it ought to be, iu order to command the respect and confidence cf the party, cast them aside and take up new men. Rotation in office, like rotation in crops, is generally attended with the most beneficial results. The colored people of the State being in a large majority, will beheld primarily respon? sible for any fatlure of the party to secure the election of competent, honest men to office. It. will not do to plead ignorance this time, for six years' experience ought to have taught them at least the first principles of republican government. The country looks to them to de? monstrate the fact, that universal suffrage was not a mistake. Will they do it??Columbia Union. X Violent Religious Frenzy Attacks the Vir? ginia Negroes. A singular mania has broken out among the colored people of this city. Religious revivals of the most exciting character have been going on iu the churches for some time past, and the colored people generally have become so "en? thused" that in many cases their condition actually approaches that of positive lunacy. The same disorder broke out in Kentucky a few years ago, and was called by the medical men "the Kentucky jerks." That it is a disease is very true. Yesterday morning the streets in the upper portion of the city were resonant with shouts, groans and mumbled prayers. About midday, in front of the Harrison street colored school, a scene took place which defies description. Perhaps one hundred children, from eight to fifteen years of age, were mingled in a mass of dancing, howling humanity?all repeating the same formula, all making the same wild ges? tures, all using the same tone of voice. Bud lam was holding a high carnival of maniacs, and discipline was lost in chaotic frenzy. The giddy mass surged hither and yon, while teachers vainly commanded, entreated and implored the enthused children to come to their studies, but they might as well have talked to the waves of the sea when the storm king held his court. Higher and higher rose the tumult, till a physical exhaustion brought relief alike to the perplexed teacher aud weaned child. We feel real anxiety concerning the result of this extraordinary hallucination in our city. Without doubt many will become raving ma? niacs, while the mental power of hundreds will be injured for life. Expostulation is thrown away, and there seems to be no remedy but to wait until the storm exhausts itself. In many respects the disease resembles the terrible visitation which came over Naples in i the seventh century, when St. Vitas or John's dance took the form of an epidemic and spread over the entire city.?Petersburg ( Va.) News. A Southern Bbaxch of Industry.?No branch of industry has proved so successful in the Southern States since the war as cotton factories?a number of which have within the past two or three years sprung up in Georgia, Alabama and other States. Instead of shipping cotton in bales to Europe and New England and importing the manufactured article at high prices, in several of the States the cotton is manufactured within a few miles of the plantations, and thus the cost of export and importation is saved to the producing States. One company?the Graniteville Cotton Compa? ny, near Augusta, Georgia?last year divided over twenty-two per cent, on their capital be-j tween stockholders, and even more gratifying results have been achieved by other attempts in the same dircctiou. The Southern press, from these experiments, advocate the erection of cotton mills wherever water power in cotton producing region is attainable. All the States are blessed with abundant water power, and there is no reason why the rivers of the South ten years hence should not be dotted with manufactories like the rivers of New England, and about them spring up towns swarming with honest, industrious operatives. New England has had a monopoly of the cotton manufacture long enough, and the South, or at least those States that have escaped from carpet-bag rule, I by fostering care can successfully compete with her. As an extra inducement for capital to seek investment South, the Legislature might wisely enact laws exempting the mills from taxation for a stated period. The benefits sure to accrue would more than compensate for the remission of taxes on this kiud of property.? j X Y. Herald. 1 Properties and Advantages of the Eucalyptus Tree. The San Francisco Bulletin gives the follow? ing account of the Eucalyptus Globulus, or Australian gum-tree, obtained principally from Messrs. Sontag & Co., of San Francisco, who have given much attention to its cultivation : The Eucalyptus is favorably known to all l residents of California, where probably not I less than one million trees are planted. In this j city, iu front of handsome residences, you will find it with its magnificent drooping branches, making an effective and graceful shade-tree. In Oakland, the broad avenues are lined with them. Eucalyptus forests are planted in the country surrounding Oakland, and, in fact, in ; every county in the State, where the cold wiu ! ter will permit it to live, the Eucalyptus will j be found growing. The wonderful properties ? of this tree have only within the past few years been discovered and appreciated. It is justly claimed that when the tree flourishes in | low, marshy and feverish districts, all miasma 1 will cease. It destroys the malarial element I j in any atmosphere where it grows, and is a j great absorbent of moisture, draining the sub i soil almost as thoroughly as a regular system of piping. The Eucalyptus is an evergreen, and is found in its native country (Tasmania) in boundless forests, both on the hillside and in the lowlands, under extremes of climates, both as to the heat and cold, ranging from 130 , degrees to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Whether it will endure a greater degree of cold we think ' has as yet been undetermined. It is, however, worthy a trial. Its remarkably rapid growth ' is a matter of much surprise, attaining, as it ! does, a maximum height of about three hun- ! dred feet, with a circumference of from thirty \ to fifty feet. For timber and fuel it is exceed ingly useful, being hard and easily worked, and very serviceable for such purposes as the keels j of vessels, bridges, &c., where strength and durability are essential. It is estimated that from $4,000,000 to ?5,000,000 in value of this timber is exported annually from Australia. The leaves of this tree are of a dark bluish color, about ten inches long, an inch wide, thin and oddly twisted. They exhale a strong camphor-like odor, quite agreeable aud pleas ant, which, with the large absorption of water by the roots, causes the beneficial influence of, the tree. It bears a small white flower, having ! no odor. In consequence of its anti-febrile qualities the English government has planted ' it extensively iu the East Indies and Africa, in fever districts, with the most satisfactory re? sults. In France, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and many other places where malaria, fever, ague and other pestilential diseases prevailed, the Eucalypti have also been planted. The won- j dcrful properties of this tree have been dis? cussed by many scientific institutions in Eu? rope. In the Academy of Sciences, in this city, its medicinal aud anti-miasmatic qualities have received considerable attention. Dr. Pigne Dupuytren testified before that academy of the virtues of the Eucalyptus, and stated that he and Dr. D'Olivera had tested it in the French Hospital. In the garden surrounding this hospital a large number of the trees are planted for sanitary purposes. It had been found efficacious in the treatment of affections of the larynx and of mucous membrane in general. Experiments, carefully made, have [ proved that in a medicinal preparation it cures cases of intermittent fever, against which quinine alone proves powerless. It is also val? uable as a disinfectant. In Algeria its culti? vation was undertaken on a large scale. Some 13,000 Eucalypti were planted in an extremely pestilential and unhealthy section, where fever prevailed to a great extent every year. During the first year of their growth, at the time when the fever season used to set in, not a single case of fever occurred, yet the trees were only nine feet high. Siuce then this place is re? ported free from its unwelcome visitations. In the vicinity of Constantinople, another fever spot, marshy and sickly, the whole ground was dried up by 14,000 of these trees. In Cuba, marsh diseases are rapidly disappeariug upon the introduction of this tree. A railway sta? tion in the Department of the Var was so pestilential that the officials could not remain there longer than a year. Forty of these trees were planted, and the unhealthy condition of the place was changed. Two miles from Hay wards, in this State, the surveyor-general planted two groves of the Eucalyptus, oue of about ninety acres aud the other seventy acres, the whole comprising about 150,000 trees. They are now only about live years old, yet many of the trees are forty to fifty feet high, the whole making a most extensive and beautiful forest; for fuel and timber purposes, being worth thousands of dollars. The Religion We Want.?We want a relgion that bears heavily, not only on the "exceeding sinfulness of sin," but on the ex? ceeding rascality of lying and stealiug?a re? ligion that banishes small measures from the counters, small baskets from the stall, pebbles from the cotton-bags, clay from the paper, sand from the sugar, chicory fro.u coffee, alum from bread, and water from the milk-cans. The religion that is to save the world will not put all the big strawberries at the top, and all the little ones at the bottom. It will not make one-half pair of shoes of good leather, and the other half of poor leather, so that the first shall redound to the maker's credit, and the second to his cash. It will not put Jouvin's stamp on Jenkins' kid gloves ; nor make Paris bonnets in the back room of a Boston mil li? ner's shop ; nor let a piece of velvet that pro- j fesses to measure twelve yards come to an untimely end in the tenth, or a spool of sewing silk that vouches for twenty yards be nipped in the bud at fourteen and a half; nor all-wool delaines aud all-linen handkerchiefs be amal- j gamated with clandestine cotton ; nor coats made of old rags pressed together to be sold to the unsuspecting public for legal broadcloth, j It does not put bricks at live dollars per thou- | saud into chimneys it contracts to build of j seven-dollar material; nor smuggle white pine into floors that have paid for hard pine; nor leave yawning cracks in closets where boards ought to join ; nor daub the ceiling that ought to be smoothly plastered; nor make window blinds with slats that cannot stand the wind, and paint that cannot stand the sun, and fastenings that may be looked at, but are on no j account to be touched. The religion that is going to sanctify the world pays its debts. It I does not consider that forty cents returned for one hundred cents given is according to the gospel, though it may be according to law. It looks on a man who has failed in trade, and who continues to live in luxury, a thief.?Ex? change. ? Mr. J. B. Carver, of Rome, Ga., advertises that he wants ?20,000 in Confederate money, of the dates of May 11 and 25 and Juno 15, j 1SG-. He proposes to pay for it ten cents on the dollar in cash, or fifteen cents in goods from his store; says that he wants to pay a war debt. ? Daniel Boone had a very brief religious creed. It was simply to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to his neighbors and himself that he could, and as I little harm as he could. ' Southern Field Pea. This common plant, cultivated by us at the South, is a misnomer. It is no pea, but a bean, and although extensively and universally cul? tivated, is not half appreciated. I have seen eighty varieties of this bean exhibited by J. V. Jones, of Burke county, Ga., at one of the fairs of the Alabama State Agricultural Society. They were of all sizes aud colors, and but three or four of them desirable as a table bean (pea.) Among them the white crowder, (called crowd er because the fruit crowds each other iu the pods) is a delicious, nutritious food for man. It contains a far greater proportion of nutritive matter than the Northern navy bean, and that has been so nutritious that the soldiers and sailors of the army are mainly fed on them. I find this bean selling in our market at four and five dollars per bushel. Their culture has be? come a source of great profit to the Northern farmers. They are cultivated iu drills and broad cast. The average yield is about twenty bushels to the acre, and yet with good culture and the right kind of fertilizers, they have yielded fifty bushels to the acre. Now, can we not with good soil and culture get as great a yield of the white crowder pea (bean?) I believe we can, and if we can, there is no crop that grows on Southern soil that pays as well. But, say the fogy croakers, we cantiot pick them out if we succeed in getting the crop to grow. We cannot get hands to pick more than two bushels a day at the best, and many will not pick more than one bushel. Cultivate, cure and save this crop precisely as they do the Northern bean, and as iu England they do the English pea. Farmers, try one acre. Plough the laud thoroughly, make it rich and mellow, open slight furrows two and a half feet apart, and, cither by hand or a cotton seed planter, drop the seed in the drill. One bushel of seed will plant an acre, a half bushel will plaut it if care be taken not to drop too thick. As the plants grow plough them twice with a sweep or horse hoe. If gypsum be sprinkled over the growing plants it will give them astounding vigor and promote their fruitfulness. When the pods and stalks begin to turn yellow just before the seed becomes hard, cut the vines with a weed scythe or sickle, and with a pitch fork or a horse rake get them into maths or crocks, aud then into stacks, until they are cured enough for thrashing. If the weather is unfavorable cart them under shelter, where they may be thrashed out with a flail. If the weather should prove favorable, they may be thrashed out on the ground where cut and cured. The navy bean is often thrashed out by going through a thrashing machine. The hanlon or stalk will still be left to make good food for stock. This is the way which English peas are cultivated in England, from which we get our split peas at eight dollars per bushel. Now, the white crowder pea will make a richer soup than the English split pea, and is more nutritious than the Northern navy bean, and there is no reason why we may not get as large or even larger yield per acre. I have particu? larized the white crowder because I know it to be as productive as the speckled and darker varieties, and altogether superior in flavor. Some may object to making large crops' of peas, as the pea weavil is so destructive. But if the peas (or beans) that are designed for the table are kiln dried, they will keep for years without any sign of a bug. It has been fash? ionable of late to talk and write about raising our own supplies. Now, what constitutes sup? plies? Is not a crop that will save one-third of the bread and one-third of the meat a good supply crop ? Then begin and improve on the planting and cultivation of the common crowd? er. Plant them early, and for themselves alone, and my word for it, they will yield a richer re? turn than any other crop on the farm.?C. A. Peabody, in Columbus Enquirer. A Street-Sweeping Machine.?A corres? pondent of the Columbia Phrcnix thus de? scribes a street-sweeping machine, which is a simple yet wonderful labor-saving instrument, now used in Washington City. It is certainly a curious contrivance, and does its work effec? tually : Imagine a common cotton gin brush increas? ed in size until it is fourteen feet long and three feet in diameter. Suspend this huge brush, whose bristles are made of twigs, under an ordinary four-horse wagon so coupled that from the hub of the near front wheel it is just fourteen feet to the hub of the off hind wheel. The spindle of the brush at the fore wheels works in a box o. so^et, and the end of the spindle at the nind wheel is geared iuto cogs, so that, as the wheel turns, the brush revolves. The entire brush is covered with a box and cloth curtains to the ground, to prevent dust rising. Just at dark, the water carts start, we will "say, at the Capitol and sprinkle Penn? sylvania avenue. Behind these carts come three of these sweepers, each drawn by four horses, moving en eschelon, the front one sweep? ing the street for a space ten feet wide from the street; the second sweeps this accumulated diit, with ten feet more, into the track over which the third will come, and the third will sweep it all into the gutter, whence it is taken next morning bv the scavengers in their cart3. This process continues all night, aud by morn? ing all the principal streets of the city have been both watered and swept. This looks like business, and means exactly what it looks like. Beauties of Grange Life.?A Kentucky Patron says: ''The Order of the Patrons is the only association that originates, exists and works with its members in their daily avoca? tions. It is a part of the farmer's life. It does not call him from his work to put his mind on any other subject, but tends to recreation in his daily duties, and by cheerful instruction to lighten "and elevate his labor. Its teachings are the loftiest man cau seek. It does not in? terfere with his religious or political views. In morality it seeks the highest point. Honesty is inculcated, education nurtured, charity is a prominent characteristic, temperence is sup? ported and brotherly love cultivated. It is de? signed to bind the farmers together in fraterni? ty, and by encouraging education, advance to a higher state of perfection the scieuce of agri? culture. We aim to encourage the planting of fruits aud flowers, by which to enhance the value and increase the attractions of our homes ?adorning them with those beauties so lavish? ly given us by the God of nature. There is no calling more elevating to the mind than agri? culture, when viewed as instructed in vur or? der. ? France, notwithstanding the late war, makes a financial exhibit rivaling that of Eng? land. Her revenue is the largest of any na? tion, that of Great Britain standing second, of Eussia third, aud of the United States fourth. The debt of Great Britain is greater than that of France, but her revenurs are so well inau aged that her credit is good, and she is now enabled almost every year to make some small reduction in the burthen of taxation. ? A plaster made of fresh slacked lime and fre?h tar is a sure cure for cancer, which, with all its roots, will come out. ? He who never changes never mends; ha who never yields never conquers.