Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Announcements of marriagt and deaths, and notices of a religious character, art r.-spectfullT solicited, and will be inserted grath FRUIT GROWING. An Euay Riad Before the ?irximtr Meeting of the State Grange at Anderton, S. CT, on the Wh qf Augutt 1877. by Col. It, M. Sim*, of Columbia, S. C. There nra many reasons, growing out of our natural resources and our political and social condition, tbat raqui re and demand a greater diversity io our indus tries. Io the rural districts we need va riety or employment and relief from thc fatigue and dreariness of the one routine of daiiy physical labor ; io our cities and towns we need the energy and enterprise tbat grows out of act!-, e and voried culti vai ion of the soil sud ?*>e development of water powjr. Th* <jtfect of diversify ing cur employments will be to make oc cupations for every ono. It will make good workers out of many who are non idle, and who either cannot find employ ment or do not find congenial employ ment. By Riving variety we add in tel fi gence and dignity to labor, and lightei tb. burden and elevate the character o thoso who do tho rough work ; we en courage better habits and cultivate I higher order of testes ; we learn to appre ciato the relations of cause to effect, o climate and soil to production, and o education and industry to happiness ant substantial comfort. Manufacturing stock raising, fruit culture, bee keeping and poultry and fish raising comment themselves to us as both practicable ant profitable, either as independent occupa lions or to be pursued in conjunctim with farming. Of fruit growing wo ar very ignorant. Our apology for this lg norance is the aggravated subjugation o the lut twelve years. Our congratula tion is that we have lived through il Now that an era of peace and bones government bas come, we should "tak the current as it serves" to increase th value and variety of our products, an to diversify our employments and indut tries, so as to combine and develop tb mcana at our hand for the i m pro vc rn ec and elevation of our people and State. Let each person thoughtfully solve th ?roblem as to what is bis best inter?s n this let bim consider bis location an soil, his means and his t&ntes as factoi to produce the highest degrae of intelli gence, refinement, respectability an comfort. Having selected h.s industriel let him go intelligently ?nd energetical! tn work to understand how to succe* There bas been so much prejudice agaim books and book farming by a class tb( it hos become ridiculous, and fortunate! lias ucarty worn out itself and its tallou era. There is much good sense and prat ticnl wisdom contained in books, as tbei is often much nonsense and frivolity and it is not creditable to the intelligent of a man to say that bo cannot learn va uable lessons from books, or that he injured by reading them. If you unde take fruit raising with some intelligent whether you get it from books, from yoi neighbors or from your owu observado your labor wiii be very much easier ar your chances of success proportionate "Treater. Without it wottr chance* 1 failure nre multiplied. There are bool lust uro tsinndara authorities upon fru growing, and there are numerous mt and fruit growers who are intelliget honcet and trustworthy. If you conan tin-in and prone by their directions, y< will succeed ; if, on the contrary, yt grope for years in ignorance and ine penence, and consult only with the tr peddle.? who bring to your door trifiii trees at enormous nriccs, you will eitb become disgusted aud cease to make ? forts to raise fruits, or you will uucce Ortly after years ct successive failures. You have in horticulture an indust older than agriculture. You have t experience and observation of intellige men of all ages and from ali parts of t world ; bu?; yon have what is more usol to you, the experience and wisdom of t most honest and honorable horticulture of the United States and of your sist States, Georgia and. North Carolin thia experience is in books and in mont ly and weekly periodicals r.nd in repo of the proceedings of horticultural aoci liea. These reports are reviewed a corrected and added to biennially by t American Pomological Society, ea State being required to report tbrou tho chai lu?an v* it~? JI Ul. wuiuiuwv c-a varieties, Boil and climate, and semi-r. nualiy by the Georgia Horticultural ? cicty, each section of the State ucl represented ic the discussions. You hi a gentleman living less than a hund? miles from here and in sight of the b ders of your State, whose name is a s] uuy ra of honor and integrity, and v/h high intelligence upon fruit culture authority in England, France, Genre and wherever Angle-Saxon civilis?t: exists. You have living in tbe mod town of Chester, in ?his State, agen! mau whose labors in the perfection of < fruits by hybridization are better kno nnd appreciated in Australia to-day tl they are here. You have Just at hr every facility to become intelligent frait growiuor. and you havo iu your mate and sol? and in its variety and pacity to producs almost every kind fruit the greatest inducement to beet so. You nave, besides, the attraction t ?r?i?i ^furring jjrcs?nib OS an occupai in being refining, elevating, heal tb invigorating ano profitable. Besli you have not a great deal io learn to able to succeed, and you will leam il eiwily and1 so pleasantly if you take interest in it that it will become diret n pleasant recreation. You must 1 learn the kind of fruit (hat suits y climate, soil and location ; then vi varieties and the time of their ripen are best suited to your climate, soil location, considering their value for hi mid for market. Nearly every kim fruit that grows in the north, tempe zone may bo grown somewhere in St W^Ol.ttA. Uiiiii-inijJilnl ?rillt?. oranges, lemons, lhv.es, bananas-ma, rained ulong thc Southern Atlantic co |>eaches and grapes grow well on coast besides. From the coast to great falls in the rivers nearly all of i ntive fruit? improve in '.heir cbarac in this region the scuppernong grail most prolific and excellent. In the i die country the peach, the apple, pear, the grape and the plum groi great perfection ; in tho Piedmont re; the apple and the grape doubtless d< better than in the middle and lt country. The pea-- is so subject to bli and the intelligence and resources of ticulturists and scientists having ft to find a preventative or remedy for is with fear and trembling that we p a pear orchard anywhere. The Du< Srow? bent on dwarf stock and ia alic to blight, and it is one of I largest aud bes* pearc?. X would say the great staple fruit crops fer the I country would be fgs, grapes, pet and pears; for the middle coe gre pee, peaches, figs, pears, apples Ute Piedmont country apples, gr pears, peaches. Of small fruits, strawberry will grow well in each tion ; the raspberry well in the m and upper sections. As to varieties have an intelligent guido In the re i inondations of the American Pomolo ; Society, and a better still in the re 1 mend/?ons of tho Georgia Hcrticul I ~~ Bucce*3fui and permanent, we should have a horticultura! society ?r, tic Stat?, with subordinate one? in the counties. It is ob'./ by the means of meeting to Kther and exhibiting fruit and discussing i morita in the different sections of the State that we can be able to adopt a proper nomenclature and a proper list of fruit for each section. This is essential, and it involves a knowledge of the adapt ability of the various fruits 'bat grow in our State, not only to the different sec tions strictly, bnt also to locations and lo ?articular local influences of each. here ia no better guide to the beginner in selecting varieties than the pub lished lists carefully prepared by the American Pomological Society and tho Georgia Horticultural Society. The Georgi?. Horticultural Society recom mend the following fruits for tho Butin* tain region of Georgia, corresponding very nearly in latitude, soil and climate to the mountain region of South Caro lina: Apples.-Red Astrac?n, Buff, Carter's Bluo, Carolina Watson, Cullasaga, Chat tahoochee, Camak Sweet, Disbarooc, Early Harvest, Early Red Margaret, Equtnetelee, Eta wah, Farrans Summer, Guinea Golden Pippin, Horse, Hocket'a Sweet, Horn, Hoover, Julian, Kittogeskee, Kentucky Red Streak, Mangu rn, Never Fails, Nickajak, Romanite, Shockley, Stevenson's Winter, Webb's Winter, White Winter Parnin, Yates. Peaches.-Amsden, Austin's Bustion's Oct., Baldwin's Late, Chinese, Craw ford's Early, Crawford's Late, Darley, Early Tillotson, Early Newington, Ea ton's Golden, George, Heath White, Lemon Cling, Mountain Rose, Old Mixon Freestone, Old Mizon Clingstone Piquet's, President Church, Rivers' Pucelle de Matines, Stump the World Susquehanna!!, Thurber, Tuskena. Pears.-Bartlett, Belle Lucrative Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Easter, Beurri Giffart, Beurre Superfine, Duches** d'An gouleme, Howell, Josephine de Mar lines, Onandaga, St. Michael's Archan gel, Winter Nebs. Raspberries.-Imperial Cane. Cherries.-Belle Magnifique, Blacl Heart, ^Weider's,} EarlyRichmond, Ma; Duke, xNttiinna"B may. Crapes.-Delaware, Concord, Goethe Ives, Norton's Virginia, Perkins' Soup ?ernong, Merimack. Best for mnrket ves, Delaware Hartford, Wilder, Diana Perkins, Best for wine-Jacques, Lenoir Clinton, Concord, Ives, Norton's Vii ginia. Plums for all Sections (not destroyed o Curculio.)-Do Caraduec, Wild Goost Newman s. Strawberries for all Sections.-Wilson' Albany. BEST FOR THE MIDDLE REGION. Apples.-Red Astrac?n, Burjcomix Black Warrior, Carolin;. Greeniug, Chai tahoocheo, Early Harvest, Early Re Margaret, Equinetslee, Eta wah, Farrar Summer, Graveustein, Hames' Seedlinj Uomony, Horse, Hockett's Sweet. Kitti I geekee," Mamma, Mangum, Maveric Sweet, Moultrie, Never Fails, Red Jum sinOucs' Grunge, Schockiey, Summt Cheese, Summer Queen, Stevenson Winter, Sweet Bough, Taunton, Yate Yopp's Favorite. Peaches.-Alexander, Amsden, Ameli Austin, Iferasrd, Baldwin's Lais, Chines Crawford's Early, Darly, Early Tillotsoi Early York, Eaton's Golden, Fleitas ? John, Foster, Grosse Mignon, Gre Eastern, Halo's Heath White, Indir Blood Freestone, Indian Blood C?a? stone, Late Rareripe Stephen's, Lernt Cling, Mountain Rose, Ola Mixon Fre stone, Old Mixon C!ingGton6; Pr?sidai President Church, Princess' of Wale Rivers', Pecelle de Malines, Susqueha nab, Tuskena. Peart.-Bartlett, Belle Lucratif Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Diel, Beur Giffart, Beurre Superfine, Clapp's Favc ito, Doyenne d'Et?, Duchess, Howe Lawrence, St. Michael Archangel, Becki Leconte. Strawberries.-Longworth's Prolif Seth Hoyden, Wilson's Albany. Raspberries.-Imperial Red Cane. Mulberries.-Downings Hicks' (I poultry.) Grapes.-Devereux, Clinton, Concoi Delaware, Lriana, Goethe, Hartford, Iv Norton's Virginia, Scuppernong, Mer mack. Figs.-Early Lemon, Celestial, Bro' Turkey, Green Ischia. vncrriet.-uov. wood. BEST FOR COAST REGION. Apples.-Red Astrac?n, Early Har vc Early Red Margaret, Etowah, Fami Nantabaleo, Reef June. Cherries are worthless in this reg?? Peaches.-Alexander, Amsden. Ame' HP.IO'S Early. Mountain Rose, Old Mil Clingstone, Rilera'. Mulberriet.-Dowuing'a Hicks' (p lille.) Pau-t.-Bartlett, Duchess, St. Mich Archangel, Leconte. Stmrsberries.-Wilson's Albany. Fig?.-Brunswick, Black Genoa, Ce' tia), BrowuTurkey, Green Ischia, Lem Neril. Grapes.-Concord, Delaware, Flow II vcy, Lenoir, Norton's virginia, Soup] nong, Thomas', Warren. "' Ptant in November or December . year old healthy trees. By no roe plant scions and stubs from the orcb and fence corners ; they are short lb unhealthy and are continually putt up suckers. Plant the seed from i ripened and healthy fruit, and but] graft ou this stock ; or bny your t from a reliable nurseryman. Lay your land by cross furrows with a j fifteen to eighteen feet apart forstant pears and peaches, and twenty feet a; for apples. Dig the holes at the ic section of the furrows three feet \ and fifteen inches deep; before set the ttee put in tho bottom some of 1 tan ?oil. Sat thn ?TOA Aira.1 in tim i die of the hole and fill up with the soil, packing the dirt well around roots and leaving the tree buried oj half an inch deeper than it grew io nursery and standing in the centre slightly depressed basin. If you tilanting one year o?d trees, cut e ?mb oft, and ira peach, plum, cherr apricot, cut the stem off the heigh your knee from the ground; if an a or standard pear, cut' tho stem off and a half feet above the ground. Il niant Irl r* r)lrl?r- ?MM ?T!!5 1? thc li and'tri m of? the leader, leaving the 1 limbs the longest. CULTIVATION. Plrr.t the land in cotton, peas o tatoes for several years, manuring crops well each year, gradually Icav apace not plowed around the irei ..hay jrw older. You ?ntint n?o? close lo peach trees, if you dc not too deep and do not injure them by i cing the body or limbs. The after tore of the orchard should be dost shallow plowing; once in mid w across the summer plowing and tb rc tho dirt from the tree?, and two or I pk-riass ?-ring the spring and sun throwing the dirt to Ute trees. As as frosts are over manure your tre scattering broadcast wood ashes and or phosphate of lime and potash i the trees as far as the limbs extent! Sve immediately the first spring plo rosa ana weeda rhould oe kept I under the trees. A ?pading fork can be used berc to great advantage. The first of May bill the dirt up to the peach trees .nd destroy any egeria that may be near the roots. In November go over thia again and ??crape this dirt away well, leaving the collar of the trees entirely exposed and destroy all egeria. Never sow small grain of any kind in an orch ard. Keep hogs in it after fruit rip-ns ; they eat the wormy fruit and thereby stop the reproduction of lin cuieulia, so destructive to stone fruits. It is often well to sow broadcast cow peas at the first plowing in Moy, to be turned under at the second plowing !n July. PRUNING. Prune whenever your trees need it, and you have a sharp knife. Don't allow an excessive and ugly growth to continue so long as to require a hatchet or saw. Start your trees right, m?.' e them head .ow to the ground, trim th-ra so as to assume a well-balanced head and a pyra midal form, and they will not grow one sided, bend over or require a slake. Make the branches shade the body of the tree so as not to allow the stem to be ox* posed to the sun, nor allow any one limb to outgrow the others. Avoid having a double leader and a distinct fork or crotch in the tree. GATHERING AND SHIPPING. Gather early in the morning whilst the fruit is cool. Never gather it for market when it is wet. Pick the fruit from the tree carefully with the hand ; do not bruise it by throwing ii. into the baskets nor by pressing the thumb nail into it. Pack in boxes holding one-third to one-half of a bushel, remembering that 2,166 cubic inches make a bushel ; you can easily regulate the size. Tho neatest and best boxes for shipping are twenty-two inches long and have octago nal ends, (with a corresponding middle ?iece.) tho axes of which are 9x5} inches, 'he most successful shippers in Georgia pack in live moss or cotton, the fruit touching literally. These boxes bring from $2 to $4 in New York, according to the quality of the fruit and ita condition upon arrival. It costs from any point on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Failroad three cents per pound (expresa) to deliver peaches in Now York. A bushel crate filled with peaches weighs fifty pounds. The secret of packing is to pack as tightly as possible so as to leave uo room for jostling. To succeed in cell ing send to an honest dealer, in good I condition ; make small, neat, light and Btrong crates. The crates will cost from eight to twelve cents, according to size and care in making them. I uso three ?parters thick and six inches wide plank or ends Rnd tniddlo piece and sawed plastering laths for all the side. I have shipped with satisfaction to J. R. Hel* fricb, New York ; Burbage & Co., Phila delphia; W. G. Dandridge & Co., Rich mond, and W. M. Hale, Charleston. SURPLUS FRUIT. A serious question to solve and too ex* tenrive to discuss in this paper Ia the utilisation of our surplus fruits, domestic n ...I ex/Hr! TIIA anndopunPA tints ia that. -..** - - -r i- - - - - the process of evaporating fruit by pat ented evaporators as practiced extensive ly and successfully in New Jersey and Delaware will prove most economical and r*u?!?Gcrati-?. The great eii?m'^ to fruit trees are cows, sheep and goats ; keep them out of the orchard at all times and seasonB. When you plantan orchard instill at the same time in your heart some fondness for its beauty and growth, and hope for its success. As no one con manage children without first loving them, so no one is ant to succeeed in horticulture or floriculture without a fondness for it. "Even a heart full of love sometimes has to make room for a ?'ieat deal of sorrow over blunders and allures." A GUARDED ENDQR3?XENT. How the Pennsylvania Republicans Ex presa Themaelvos About Hayes. HARRISBURG, PA., Sen. 5. The committee on resolutions In the State Republican Convention reported the following, which was adopted : Unsolved, Thal while we recognize and respect the difference of opinion existing among us as to the course pursued by President Haves toward? the South, we are heartily lu accord in honoring the p~ tr. OtiC ii: Ot iv 0.3 Truicli UBVV ;MI lih'ii him. and in hoping that the resulta w* ?his policy will be peace, good will, and the complete recognition of the equal rights of MU men in every section of the conn* try, and to the efforts of his Administra tion to carry into effect the principles of the plot foi in upon which he was elected, we pledge our hearty and cordial sup port. The next resolution arraigns the Dem ocratic party for its abuse of the Electo ral Commission. The third resolution calls upon members of the 8tate and Na* tional 'Legislatures to assist the return of prosperity to the country by adopting such measures ss will conduce to thai end. The fourth and fifth resolutions oppose any grant of more than one hundred and sixty acres of land to any one person, and also oppose the reissue of patents by act of Congress. Sib. Thai the long and successful 'existence, under the laws of Congress, of the double-coin standard, warrants us iu demanding an early repeal of the legislation which demonetized sil ver and established an almost exclusive gold standard ; and we therefore favor a return to the free use end unrestricted coinage of the dollar of 1798, and ita re storation to the position it held as a legal tender during the eighty years of our N *Monal existence, thus preserving tho v ?. .itv of the commercial value of the e .. yer dollar with the gold dollar, keep ing both in circulation. The seventh resolution endorses the administration of fJrtL-o.r.Ai- X3cr-rn 0*U_ "JOT- -~Z * favor of law and against lawlessness and anarchy with all their attendant horrors and crimea. Eo .al rights in making laws impose equ?l duties in obeying them when made, and we tender our nearty thanks to Governor Hartranft and the officers and soldiers of his command for the prompt, and we hope, tho effectual suppression of tho lawless disturbances which recently occurred in this State. 9th. That we hold in equal respect the rights of capital to control ita ' invest mcr.t", ard cf ?abor to ucvcrmine tue value of it? services. That we deprecate any assertion by violence of the rights of either, and we assert ii as the dix ty of all citizens to hold their respective right? within the just limitation of the law, and thai any attempt to coerce either by un* lawful means should be promptly re pressed by such lawful authorities aa the exigency demands, xhe remainipg^reso iiticns, exoepi ine&tevcnih, which is TO ra a protective tariff, relate entirely to State affairs. - "Ts thia the place." abe asked, aa she wandered down on the barren sands, "whure a young lady-a beautiful young lad;/-fell into the water last season, "id wai rescued by a gallant young n.-n, whoia she afterwards married T" He looked ai her carefully, estimated her ai a square 47, with false teeth, and said: "Yea, ma'am, but I don't know bow to !?vim." THE LATE ADMIRAL 8EMMES. Honte Personal Resfclntseeace* ?fi ft* mo*? Career. UMtrtotkA Afc- VT* TI WASHINGTON, August 81. A gentleman who during the war ser red for a short time on board the Con federate steamer Alabama, and after wards on the Georgia, which cruised In company with the Alabama, la now in Washington, and relates some interesting reminiscences of the iate Admiral Semmes. The last Teasel of the United States navy which Semmes commanded was the Somers. Thia was the frigate upon which, previous to his command of it, two young midshipmen, one of them ? ?on of tie then secretary of the navy, were hanged by McKenzie Slidell for mutiny. Semmes commanded her da ring the Mexican War, and while at Vera Cruz she was capsized in a squall. The loss of this vessel was a source of much satisfaction to all officers of the navy at that time. She was very unpop ular, on account of the superstitions Which existed in regard to her ; the men were constantly deserting, and officers were unwilling to be assigned to duty on her. After this, Admiral Semmes enter ed tho practice of the law in Cincinnati, and was there at tho time the war broke out. Going South, ho tendered his services to the Confederacy, and first commanded the Sumter, which, after a short cruise, waa blockaded in Gibraltar, abandoned and afterwards sold. The service on the Alabama was a very exciting one. She was always either chasing other vessels 01 being chased herself, and the life that was led by her officers and crew was very attractive to those who liked adventure. The Alabama had only two engage menta with United States vessels of war ; the first with the Hatteras, off Galveston; and the second with the Kearsarge, iii which she was worsted. The officer ai ready referred to describes je tactic) employed by Semmes off Galveston ai very "sharp/' About 4 o'clock one after noon, he eteamed up in sight of th< blockading fleet, carrying the Britisi flag. He then turned about and begai to sail away, burning bituminous coal and making an immense cloud of smoke his object being to create the improssioi in the Federal fleet that he was a block ado-runner, makins the best time poss! ble to get beyond their reach. Admira Semmes expected that the Federal com mander would scud after him his fastes vessel, and that this would be one of th lightest in the fleet. In this conjectur he was not mistaken, for the Hatten ws3 dispatched to overtake and captor him. One of the larger vessels wool have been more than a m. ich fe the Alabama. When she came alouksid of the Alabama the captain of the Hal terna hailed her, but for a time receive no answer; when at length ho ordere her to lie to end give an account of bei self, or he would fire into ber. Somme hauled down the British Hag and thre out the Confederate flag, which wi already at the peak, tied up in a bundi with small ropes. Then shouting di fiantly, "This is the Confederate steami Alabama," he opened fire. The batt1 that ensued was a very brief one, lastic only about twelve minutes, but at tl end. of this time the Hatteras was sun! TuC gentleman who describes the fig] says khrtt ?be officers and crew of tl Hatteras fought most gallantly, und di not abandon her until her guns we level with tue viriler. The circucistrncss of the fightbetwei the Kearsarge and the Alabama are U well known to need repetition. Tl gentleman already referred to ~== & wi ness of this fight, but did not take pc in it, being at tue time on board a Fren< tug. He says that Admiral Bemm made a great mistake in going out Cherbourg to meet the Kearsarge at a He said tho immediate cause of his gol out was a threat of Winslow to go io port with the United States flag flyi over tho inverted Confederate flag, ai to sail around the Alabama as an insu Semmes sent back word that if be won not do that he would go out and fig him. Tho Alabama had been at sea t j years, and her copper hung in "elbow all over her bottom, which was abu> vc dirtv. When in good condition s could sail twelve or fourteen knots hoar, but at that time she could not hi maila nvop ai r lr ri/vii, af thc bCSt. 1 sides this, the powder that she used f ;omo that had been condemned by 1 British government, and to make it s worse, a portion of the condensing i paratas of the vessel used for produc! water, was in contact with her magazi so that much of her powder was n The result was that the heaviest ah? fired by the Alabama failed to perfoi the B?UVS of the Kearsarge, and some them were seen to drop in the water fore reaching her enemy, although vessels were at the timo not over th hundred yards apart. The same gentleman expressed opinion that Admiral Semmes, in book describing the cruise of tho I barna, decs himself great injustice wi he ascribes his failure to disable Kearsarge to the face that the latter hi chain cables upon her sides. Tl cables were only placed upon her bc and had the powder of the Alabama b in good condition, he expresses it as opinion that she would have sunk Kearsarge in spite of ali such protect One of the shells of the Alabama, wt lodged in tho stern-post of theKearsa bot did not explode, is now in this < If it bad exploded, it would undoubb have destroyed Winslow's vessel. Semmes displayed the greatest cool in the handling of his vessel during whole of the fight with the Keans and when the Alabama was ebon! sink, he waa the la*t man t>> u?-> A sailor named Marrs, who bad sh very great bravery during the com and wno hod picked up a snell from Kearsarge that fell on the deck ol Alabama and thrown it overboard exploded before it reached the wat brought a life-preserver to Semmes, insisted that he should put it Semmes refused to do so, and told sailor that his lifo was worth as moe! him as the Admiral's, and that he i put it on himself. Ho had in his I soma valuable nsnMs. smoDg them bonds of a number of ships that had captured, and theso be gave to M directing bim to save them at all has Subsequently some of the officers sailon persuaded Semmes to use a preserver. M&ns was picked ?ip by of the boats of the Kearsarge, but jut overboard. He was picked up a se ti?se bw ??other e? ihe Kcir^rgc's b and a second timo learxkl into the vs and was finally rescued by a Ff boat, saving the papen which had committed to his care. Semmea was a very strict dleclrj nan. This was especially neccss&i the service in which the Alabama engaged. The line between that ki service and piracy was so narrow, but for the strictest discipline the of the Confederate steamer would been guilty of all sorts of exe When an American vessel was cap? if it had on board an American cai was burned. If the cargo belong foreigners, the captain waa made to ahm a bond for the value of the vessel. No officer or member of the ero w of the Ala barn*, was "Hotrod to take any article finora a prise, The gentleman who de cui'ibc:- thi3 MTviet Mjt that he ?rai onco very severely punished by the captain of the Georgia for taking from the cabin of a vessel that was captured a sewing bird, worth only a few cents. By a law of the Confederate Congress, the officers and crew of the Alabama wera to receive from the Confederate Government one-half the value of all America vessels destroyed, and the whole value of all that were bonded, but their claims were, of course, never paid. The reason why prizes were destroyed waa that the Alabama was not allowed to take Tem?is which she captured into the ports of any foreign country to be condenmed. The officers and crews of all captured vessels were very kindly treated while on board the Alabama. During the day half of them were al lowed to be on deck at all times, ming ling with the crow, while the remainder were kept below. At night all of them, of course, wer? confined. The officers and crews of captured vessels were also allowed to take with them all of their firivate property, but none of that be* onging to the vessel. The gentleman already referred to says that a very erroneous idea prevails in tho North that the crew of the Alabama was composed of English and Southern mea. ; On the other hand, during the meet of the limo they were almost exclusively Yankee sailors from captured vessels. In some instances the entire crews of whalers desired to enlist under Admiral Semmes. The Admiral waa accustomed to tell thom that the United States would hang them all if they were caught, but the reply generally was that they did not care, they would take the chances of that. When the Georgia ran the blockade at J New Orleans, au officer, who was on board of her, says she had only nine Southern men on board, and the re mainder of her crew, of between fifty and sixty, was made up almost entirely of Yankee Bailors. The oarni gentleman tells an amusing anecdote t Semmes's experience in the port of Bahia, in Brasil. Ile sent an I officer to inform tho Governor of his in tention of leaving, but the Governor was unwilling to givo his consent, and replied that according to the regulation? of the port, vessels were uot allowed to leave after 4 o'clock in tho afternoon. Tho captain of a little Portuguese man-of-war which was in the harbor volunteered his services to prevent the departure of the Alabama. When Semmes was informed of this he was greatly excited. "He does, does he?" he exclaimed, as he Ericed up and down the deck. "D--u im, I'll spoil his paint for him." Short ly after, the Alabama weighed her anchor and got under way. Sailing around very clcr-o to the little Portuguesa man-of-war, she saluted her flag with twenty-one guns, and when the smoke cleared away_ ine Portuguese vessel, which was painted white, was ns black as a collier. Tbero was sd interference with sailing of the Alabama. When in Mobile, in 1874,1 formed the acquaintance of AdrHral Semmes, who waa at that tine practicing law in that city. His law office was on a cross-street, not far from the customhouse. Like tho offices of most Southern lawyers, it had little about it that was attractive. Tho floor jw aa bare, the books were not plenti ful and the furniture was meagre. Tb?? A J_:_i_.1_:-:-ia-S > *?v*.i...... no. mmui luoifEutuvauv ill J.ci donal appearance, ahcrt in stature, quite erect, with a Email, sharp gray eye, and hair and beard that would have been gray, bad it not been dyed. The latter consisted of a fierce moustache and im perial, which, with his overhanging eye brows, gave to him rather a ferocious as pect. He was was dressed in loose, light costume, and his wide pantaloons did not hide the fact that he was very bow legged. In conversation ho was courte ous and pleasing. I do not think the Admiral was very successful aa a lawyer. Gentlemen who practiced at the bar with him in Mobile told me that, while in private he was very genial ia his inter course with lawyers, in court, and in the transaction of business generally, ho displayed too much of the imperious quarter-deck demeanor to make him pop ular. K?W KahiJx?t?a WAH Al'VKKClATEU. -"Please pull that bell, mister," asked an innocent looking boy, who was stand ing on the steps of a bouse on Franklin street above Gerard avenue yesterday morning, of a dandy chap who was past ing by. Thinking that the boy resided io tho house, and desired to gain admit tance thereto, the dandy replied, "Cer tainly, Bonny." This little act of kind ness, thought the dandy, certainly ought to accord him a smile or a "thank you" from the sister, who he had no doubt would answer the bell. It was in the hope of receiving some su?h recognition that he lingered for a moment. The door was opened by a robust daughter of tho Emerald Isle, who carried a broom is ber hand. "Phat did yes ring that bell for ?" ?h-? ?nnnirc? Gf t?jS ?inaii boy, who had taken a position upon the curb stone. "I didn't ring it; it was that 'ere man," responded the mischievous little rascal, pointing to the retreating dandy. Bridget started after the latter, and catching up to bim gave a whacking blow on the head with the broom, at the same time yelling at the top of her voice, "Annoy docent people, will yes (another crack,) 01 ye spalpeen, ye." He tried to explain, but it was no use, and finding matters were likely to term?nalo with se rious injury to himself, he took to bis heels. Bridget was not disposed to let him escape with so little punishment, and accordingly followed close behind, bringing her broom down upon his al* reaay demolished bat whenever an op portunity shows itself. It was a lively chase; coal heavers dropped their bas* ahucksters stopped calling out their s, merchants and people flocked to . doors, and became interested alone in the race. Only by jumping on a street car was the dandy safe from the enraged woman. As be sank down lo a seat, wiped the perspiration from his face, and tried to straighten out his hat, he was heard to mumble between his clenched teeth, "I will elvo $5 If some one will .how me that boy."-Philadelphia Freu. - It was very careless leaving the parrot in the parlor Sunday evening, but she never thought, ^sj&iug aboutVft until Mouday morning, wbon he raised the whole house br -asking * smacking noise end crying, "Darling Susie, Dari* x_<a..-:_ ? a" i-. t. .-_ .ti A1- ? v.v.v ??v ?wf? mw MI/ ?*?. %imj. wr, the old folks are much interested in the case. - What can you expect of a Chestnut street girl who will let a Fourth street dry goods clerk kiss her at the front gate, -t parting, and when she goes up stair* and ber mother asks her "what kind of a noise was that she heard," abe tells her that "every time she goes to shut the front gate, them ? ld rusty hinge* croak f" The old lady is satisfied, so is the "young ono" and she hides the oil can used on th? sewing sos chine to keep her innocent mamma from oiling the hinges and stop ping the "squeaking." anti THE SWORD OF JUSTICE. JUDGE HEED BEVIVF8 1TB DBE, L1TBBAL LY AS WELL AS FIGURATIVELY. Otrrtifmttmet tflk* ?fm* tmi Ckariar. AIKEN, S. C., September 8. The Court of General Sessions con vened this morning, bio Honor Judge J. P. Reed presiding. A large number of citizens were in attendance. Since the retirement of the able and accomplished Maher from the bench little business has been transacted, and as a necessary con ccqucnco tho docket io heavily crowded. Judge Recd exhibits such a wonderful capacity for the dispatch of business that there is every possibility that he will ranke B clean sweep of this immense ac cumulation cf cases. Tbs Judge's charge to the grand jury was very forcible and clear, and meets the cordial approval of all good citixens. He directed special attention to the statutes against vagran cy, gambling and liquor selling without a license. If this matter of vagrancy was oftener looked into by grand Juries, tbe peace and order of every community io the State would be promoted. The juries, as they originally stood, having been enlisted by tue Chamber lain officials, were composed of very much the same material with which we have been cursed for the last ten years. But to day lt became necessary to draw fifteen additional names for the petit juries, and three for the grand jury, from extra list? Erep&red by Jury Coron: !ssioner H. D. Uckbalter, and the other Hampton offi cials, in accordance with au act passed by the last Legislature, and the difference in the status of jurymen selected was so very perceptible as to be almost startling. The good citizens of this community were very much gratified to hear the opinion expressed by bi. Honor from tbe bench that no man was fit to act as a juryman who could neither read nor write. It is sincerely to be hoped that io the future jury commissioners will call upon no citizen to discbarge this impor tant duty unless possessed ot these simplo but indirpeueable qualifications. Judge Reed reflected in terms of just severity upon the fact that an important county like Aiken should !>e virtually without a court house, although $16,000 of the people's money had been squan dered in the purchase of the Gregg man sion. He also alluded to the miserable little building used os a jail, which is insuffi cient and unsafe as a place of confine ment. He called for the chairman of the board of county commissioners, end inquired whether provision had been made for the expenses of tho court T Upon being answered in the negative, he expressed hlmnalf ns decidedly opposed to tho prac tice which has existed under a corrupt state of things, of issuing tickets to jury mon and the other attendants on the court, for which they could realize no money except by disposing of them at twenty-five or fifty cents on the dollar. Ho thought tho expenses of the court was the first matter that should be provided for, and that it was due to the present Reform Government that the expenses of this court should be promptly met, if the money could be found in Aiken County. Since the adjournment of court, I am informed that the money will bo ob tained. INot only wore the juries organized, which was a matter 01 time in conso , quenco of numerous absentee*, hut ns this, the first day of tho term', two ina g??taut esses usve osen ineti. Henry parnick, the heartless thief who stole from the widows and orphans while oc cupying the honorable position of judge of probate, waa tried and convicted of official misconduct, although absent from the Stnto. This case was tried during Judge Mailer's administration, but owing to the fact that one of the jurymen was bribed it resulted in a mistrial. The State was ro?. resented by O. C. Jordan, Esq., who acted by appointment of the Court in the former trial, and Sparnick was defended by Samuel J. Lee, ex Speaker and ex-Solicitor, and now under indictment himself for matters with which all your readers are familiar. The nest, case was Hampton Ervin, col ored, 'cv murder. Col. Frederick Gantt, the new Sb'fcitor, prosecuted this case, which has been standing ou the docket for three tarma. The verdict waa guilty There is considerable improvement in the order preserved in and about tba ball '/??d as a court house. The precaution taken by the Commissioners at the sag Sotion of our worthy sheriff of covering e floor with cotton begging adds ma terially to the comfort ot tho court. I also notice a marked improvement in the deportment of the constables. I have often seen tho time when I regarded them cs the greatest nuisances about the cou -t. in consequence of their noisy and insolent calls for order, when actually thov were making more noise than any body else. This has all been stepped. I was pleased to observe that Judge Reed has re-established ess o* ihz oid landmarks of our fathers, by requiring the sheriff to wear a sword when escort ing him to and from the court. Our people are so much gratified by bis vigo rous dispatch of business and courteous bearing that they would be glad to re tain bim as a permanent institution in this circuit ; but as this cannot be under the new order of things, we can at least hope that il will be long ere we seo the incompetent Judge Wiggin again. The crops around Aiken of both cotton and corn are good. Two bales only of new cotton have been sold so far, as tho crop is backward by at least two or three weeks as compared with last year. I was informed by Thomas Hayne, the vouns colored mao who has been au thorized by Adjt.-Gcn. Moise to collect State ?rms, that be bas gathered seventy eight rifles, forty of which have been turned over to the Monlmorenci com pany. He states that there are still many more to be collected. The colored people, as a general thing, are working well and behaving in an or derly manner. The best of feeling pre vails among all classes of citizens, and would alwsys have been so if it bau not been for the accursed, corrupt, thieving covet .iraen t thai we have Jost sot rid of. C. E. B. D. - Stanley Matthers's speeches in] Ohio are square and aggressive in de fending the President's Southern and! civil-service reform policy. Garfield, more hesitating and apologetic here, ls clearer and sound -r on the financial and ??uv? tjucovivii?. On the C?vil-oc?V?v? question he seems only to lack the cour age of his convictions. While evidently sympathizing with tho President's pur poses and practically indorsing bis pol icy, he humors the aggrieved politicians by criticising lt as gotosa little too far. Seeing that tho reform Is alike right and inevitable, he laments that the diseased limb wasn't cut off more slowly by piece meal, and tries to retain the favor of the diagrcnted politicians without losing the support of the approvlpg people. All of which is not very creditable to Gen. Garfield's independence, if indeed lt shall prove to his political shrewdness. Thoughts Put Septozaber If overcome by the heat or lolled into inactivity by tho comparative idleness of August, the farmer must now summon new energy, and kindle again the fires of seal. He has linked his material destiny with the eternal movements of nature, where apparent rest does not mean stag* nation, out preparation for increased ar ti vi ty-and now the "latter rains" and the autumnal dews and the sun with* drawing his fiercest heat, all invite him to clotho his fields anew with the green garb of oats, and barley, and rye, and grass, and clover, and lucerne, and vetch* ea, and wheat Continued, unceasing growth upon a soil is nature's method of guarding against waste through leaching and ?r?poraiion-the plant absorbing and holding that which water would b*?"? carried to tho sea, or which vaporisation would have thrown into the general at mosphere which envelopes the 'trth. Leaching is greatly promoted by thc c. pious and continued rains .of winter and spring, hence the greater necessity for wiuter crops to counteract it. But thia is not all-if one crop a year on a piece of land pays a certain profit, why may not two crops w_aually on the samo land pay twice that profit? But it may be asked, does not toe soil need rest? "Yes, where injudicious cropping (without ro tation) or Inoessant drafts upon it, with out restitution, have prevailed ; but never, when the reverse is true, and when judi cious rotation and regular feeding has been practiced. We may rest assured that the earth will never fail under any circumstances to respond to good, gener ous treatment AUTUMN CROPS. But to tho autumn crops. Oats, clover, rye and barby grazing lots, and tho greas es should be seede' down this month. Tho early part of October would answer in most parts of the South if there was certainty of rain to bring up seed as soon as cown. But there is the rub-the seed may not come up for weeks after they are put in the grouml, and the plants not be able to establ'ih themselves before cold weather sets in. In tte cooler por? tiona of the South, it is wise, therefore, to begin seeding down the latter part of August if rr ina occur, and to take every chance throvgh September. Thin lauds ?hould be rr.-wn first, as the growth upon tb sm is not apt to bo too tar advanced be?oro it ia checked by cold. Qa Very rich land there is danger of sowing too soon (especially oats) with the conse quent necessity of having to resort to gracing, to counteract too advanced growth. Where oats wore badly killed last win* ter and too thin to be harvested, another crop may bo advantageously grown on the samo land wituout reseeding. Begin at once, by running a brush so as to scat* ter tho seed uniformly over the land-* then run turn j iowa in same direction as brush and bury weeds and oats together -followed with a "drag" or "smoother," and the task is done. If there are any MM>--~?- _._3-MI 'l U|JUIO tiunv wg uovo r>c?v cl.mclY Klllt'U out, BOW these before nianing the plows. Gc?cm??y ?pv?k?'rjg they will be found to be the poorer spots, ana lt would be wise to manure as well as seed them. If we desire to make fine oat crops, wo must forever abandon the idea that oats can take care of themselves-that they may be sown on land that will make nothic ; else, and that they do not need manure. On the contrary, no crop cultivated re sponds more promptly to eveu a modicum of manure-none-more sure to get back everything that ia put in the soil. TUSHIFS. Hoe and plough these ns soon as they will bear it and thin out severely. The turnip completes its growth in a very short time, and ought to be given every advantage-early thinning and frequent workings very Important. At the but ploughing, if the soil va very rich; drill barley cr oats or rye between the rews of tu;'uips, and thus keep tho land occupied through the winter. PICKING COTTON. Begin early and keep right up with the cotton. If less can be picked a day, than when gone over more leisurely, you will f;et a eleanor and better article, as it ls ess likely to have rain upon it. Every ono knows that when tho price of cotton is low, good handling pays well ; buyers become ?i?r? particular, and discount the price for every little imperfection in the a??.v.u. ..guiu, X? -vt? viii*) KC? t/cmuu. lt is very hard to catch cp, and it is th iess to call to mind what an unpleasant thing cotton picking is in the cold days of December. Begin saving seed, for next year's planting, from the second picking, and guard against bulking it too much, less in tts green state it heat?, and loses ita germinating power. Very oatt" t ful planters sun their seed a little beiore storing it away. SELECTING SEED. Go over your crop in person and pick from the stalks you like best, keeping an eye to number and eke of bolls, length and fineness of staple and shortness of limbs. Gather enough in this way to plant a patch (larger or amaller accord ing to size of farm) from which seed may be raised to plant the general crop the ensuing year. If this is done every year, a very excellent variety of cotton can soon be established and perpetuated. If sonto care is not taken the best varieties will soon degenerate. SEED CORN. It would be well to select seed corn in a similar way-going over the field and SInering the cars from tho stalks, thai e latter may be taken into considera tion as well as the ear itself. We need a dwarf variety of Southern corn-a full sited ear with a email stalk. Too mach of the strength of the soil is espended in making tho large stalk which our corn generally has-and by going over the u??ca DHU Dclovi?ag guuu tssrs irvru me smallest stalks, a dwarf variety could doubtless in a short time be established. -Southern Cultivator* BY NO MEANS A SMALL MATTES. There are many people, right here at homo, who seem to think that because the figures thus far made publie are small, that the stealings of the plunderers of South Carolina have been petty after all. This ls a great mistake which the greedy paulie havo fallon into. For reasons of public polity, they bave been kept in ig norance of all the rascality of teeto fel lows that justice might bo done. We will take for instance the case of "Gblory" Carpenter, who was indicted yesterday for forgery In three cases, of 91,000 etch. Thia does not mean that Carpenter has been guilty of stealing only $8,000 from South Carolina, hut ih<a*? ?ra m***!*? cases which have been pat forward to test the matter, aa the committee hove unearthed twenty or more accounts where old tirrel top "Ohlory" had prefixed a 1 to bills allowed for hundreds, thus ren dering thea thousands, and swindling tho Slate ont of a thousand dollars in every certificate.-CoI%snbia wtg?djr. - "No, WML," she said, "Cb :i rhu. can never be anything to me more, il? ram? out thb spring in his last toll overcoat ; and oh) ma, ff it had on.y mai. i cd my new dress I wouldn't cara so much, but it doesn't, and we're parted." LEGAL Ax>VORTJSLh'O.-We ar* compelled (? require calk payntsoU for ?dT?t.Uiizg ori?red by Ex Mil tor?, AdrninU tratero ead other Mod&rUs u< mnwiiu eli ye tra lng nm ?OT sa? ?IUI-11 BOU*-*, wbUhTftll only b? Inserted s-fc*n th? money com** with tho ori?? citations, two InsorUoss, .... ssas Esteta Notices, Uro? iosorUont, . . . 9JM Final SotUsmeat?. UT? Insertion! - - S M TO O?&BJ?iJWiWK!iTtL-ia order t* receive tU?th?', ?<?Dw.ti.iaoM taust bs Sv?SSMsaa? by tao Iras aaa?? sai aisfsw af tts writer. Re jected manuscripts will BO* txi returned, nnleee th? aieaaury ate? ps ara furnished to repay the post ty? I SSS* Wa are not responsible for tba views aaa optaioas ?ar correspondents. AJI eeeuanakaUoai iboald ba add/eased to"Kd Itara lataUifcaotr." aad all cheeks, drsile, mosey orders, ?e., should be suda payable to Uta order of E. B. MUB?t?Y * CO., I___aedagaon,8.C. Gem-al Hews Sammsry. -- The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, at Cleveland, adjourned tc meet next in Chicago. - Alvin Adams, found*, vf the Adama Express Company, died In Boston yester day, aged seventy-three. - The suspensions of newspapers in the United States during August were thirty-two, comprising four dallies, twen , ty-seven weeklies, and one monthly. s - Gen. O. O. Howard is to ba present ed with a costly diamond ring aa ? re ward for his Indian achievements. He will wear it in hto nose -.The Paper Trade Journalannounces that the commissioner of patenta bas ex tended for aaven years mers the Henry Voelter patent for reducing wood to nene? ;t|lp. it ahvo states that the patentees will raise the price of such pulp to three and a half. - The latest and most distinguished convert to tbs Presidential policies is vice-President Wheeler. He bsa just discovered, or at least sufficiently discov ered to say so, that he believes in the President and his works. Fall in, gen tlemen 1 It is better late than never-for yourselves. . - The Cuba business gets on in neith er direction. More troops from Spain, another change in thc captain general ship, Joveilar going home In September, and the revolutionists as troublesome as ever. It CUMS seem as if it was about time for Spain to do one thing or the other, crash tho rebellion, compromise with it. or abandon the island. - The Londoners who met Gov. Tilden seem to havo been a good dec! impressed with hut freshness and mental vigor. Ono of the gossiping weekly papers there fancies that our Republicans "who flatter themselves that be is played out will have fresh cause by and by to respect the fighting powers of the most formidable political antagonist they have encoun tered in many years." - The reports from India grow worse week by week. The latest estimate makes (ho victima of ?1? forains riready half a million, and pets the probable loss of life before it is over at the enormous ag? presto of four million:', or OM ci" viz in the population affected. This total hi double that of the terrible Persian {amine of 1871, which has been accounted the greatest o? modern times. - The long current story that Presi dent Grant offered tho chief justiceship to Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, is con firmed by the ex-President, only reason for his non-acceptance being that the then Democratic Legislature would choose a Democrat to succeed him. The country has reason to congratulate itself that Wisconsin elected a Democratic Legislature that particular year. - Gen. Grant ls back in England from tho continent, and has gone np to Scot land, makh ig visita at the country homes there of distinguished people. There is a disposition among the working-men of . England to demonstrate in his honor, but probably he will contrive to avoid any marked expressions of this sort. They amalfi be ?"""arded over there ss of a political (Republican) or tabor charac - Senator Edmunds hasn't got so far along as was reported. Ho iain a mild state of mourning still, because President Hayes ls breaking up tho party machine with his civil-eervi.ee reform order. He says the order will simply destroy for the time being every practical work in the Republican party, and, while he thinks it is founded ic correct motives, ho be lieve? it is not sdvaoUiyeoue to the publie interest. All this is Bad-for Edmunds and unworthy of him, tool - Hitherto the rash and jam about the polls has been such as to deter many of the women voters of Cheyenne, Wyo ming, from exercising their privilege, but now a separate voting placo in a hotel reading-room has been set apart for their exclusive use, and two lady judges of elections appointed to superintend the boxes. There hasn't been any woman in the Legislature yet, and tho Cheyenne Sun persuasively remarks: "Don't be bashful, ladle*, out come to the front and assert your tights." - A bridge of the Chicago, Bock Island and Pacific railroad over Tom mile creek, near Des Moines, Iowa, hav ing been carried off by a flood, a passen ger train ran ia?o the stream en wednes day morning and modo a terrible wreck. Eighteen versons aro known to have been I- Wiled, possibly many more, while a large number are wounded. A part of tba tasia was BaraaoVs show, and st* of his men at leas? have been killed. Among the persona kb" ed wes Mr. Bolt, a promi nent citizen of ?tooao, Iowa. - Judjre Ft?d of tho United States Court should have said less or more when interviewed lately by a San Fran cisco paper aa to the truth of the news paper story that Jcige Bradley had at ono time decided to vote for giving the Florida electors to Tilden. He said Jadgo Bradley never "read? to him any opinion or paper to tnaj etract, with such emphasis on the word read, and snob a refusal to say anything moro, aa to indi cate very clearly that lie could SST, if he would, that Judge Bradley told him that he had decided so to vote. - The Turkish government has for warded to its representative in thia coun try a circumstantial account of the atroc ities committed by the Russians in Bul garia-how they massacred the men, gathered women and children lu granarles and turned them alive, and even -went to the extent of compelling women to weer Christian costumes. If the United States government does not immediately dis Ssteh a fleet to punish these outrages, the nbllmo Porte at least cannot be emerged with neglecting Rs deiy. T?rks before now have been known to lie, but of coane they woald not prevaricate ic speaking of the Russians. Thompson should get muk Ki? mAnikuii - Whether Mars should be allowed to f;o on having moons in this fecund fash on is a grave question for the planetary managers. Here is the third, josi dis covered by Dr. Draper of New York and Prof. Holden cf wa-hiugton at Dr. Drap er's private observatory at Hastings on-the-Hadsea. Mars, If wu accept the assertions of these astronomer*, is two moons ahead of th? earth, and this we take to be a direct imposition on the rest Sf the system. The beet that can be said t that Mars has caadnabtedlv been a tkSe xahametL or he wouldn't have kept them hidden sb long. And then he may plead in extenuation, as th* yoong woman did about her improper baby, that they're "very little ones." - We aro beginning to see ou reel rea as othea see os, through the wporfcito their own governpents of tito loreign comnuDsiuironi cw w?o IbeearowontU nsw bitten. England has nlrvady triked for mally of os, and evett Franca tells us thai our painters aro mero copjfeteof the different European sch<k^and 4hat we run to extremes in tho production tw fan cy silverware and articles of bric-a-brac We aro credited with doing better lu tho manufacture of chemicals, and with be ing a progressive, if still somewhat raw, nation or producers. Our high protec tive tariff raised the ptkesof Fronch ex hibits eo moen that ?any of Utett^ld not find purchasers,'and they wara taken homo again. Thia the commiesion^roww over. .V7 ..W. ? ?'-..T.: