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I Editor Anderson Inidlujencer : Several indications have recoutly Up come prominent to show that the 8tudjy of thc Sciences is becoming a necessify foriour people, especially those of theijp who have a more intimate connection with farming. - I I wish to have a familiar talk s Uli my brother farmers, and show them, if i can,- how perfectly dependent ever,/| farmer is upon tho knowledge of tin1 Sciences by Bo.uebody who can make that kncwlcdge known ; and how impos-l aiblo it is for fanning to make progresa) without tho knowledgo in somebody of) the lawa whl ifc a kind Creator has pro vided for the benofit of his creature*. To ahow iu a familiar way how com pletely dependent mankind is for their livinj . on somebody knowing and ex plaining the Sciences, I assort this, and defy contradiction, that a man who does not use that knowledgo derived from those Jaws bf God called Sciences, cannot perform ono single act, except talking, that a horse cannot do. Ho can without science draw his breath and eat euch fruit as God has made grow wild. Thin being a fact, I am anxious to dull the edge of that prejudice which many good farmers have even of talking on the subject of the Sciences, by making it so plnin that any one who can read will understand mo. First, then, what is the meaning of the word Scionce? The word itself sim ply meatis "to know." But it has been further applied to a collection of the lending truths relating to any of the laws of God, properly arranged and sys tematized. Thus: Tho leading truths relating to that law of God which treats of the internal structure I of the earth, its various conten tn, ita various elements, put there for food for plants and trees, all arranged and systematized, ia called the Science of Geometry. Tho leading truths of that law which treats of the properties of mineral substances, all ar ranged and systematized, is called the Science of Mineralogy. Tho leading truths relating to that law which treats of all mattera calculated by figures, and of whatever can be measured and num bered, all arranged and systematized, is called tho Science of - Mathematics. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, &c, are branches of this. .. The Science of Chem istry has for ita object to discover the nature and properties of all bodies, which is done by decomposition and combination. By it tho elements of food which ?ny plant has taken, from tho soil can be exactly ascertained, and by it tbe soil can be analized, and whatever food it has. for plants can be also discovered. It would seem that every farmer must see how important this knowledge of this Science would be to farmers. Men who have studied the lawa relating to Geometry and Chemistry tell usthf>.?Gou bas placed in the Boil fourteen elements or ingredients for food for plants. Now, if a farmer can bo told what the corn he plants takes up by Us roots, and also ex t.ctly what the soil ho plants tho corn in has of the . food the corn wants, then when he knows what tho soil lacks,.ho will know what to apply. Hydrology is the Science which ar rangea and systematizes all the proper ties and laws which are contained in and govern water. Mechanics is that soienco which investigates tho forces by which al. bodies aro to bo kept still or put in motion, and put in a particular form or ahapo. Tho .powers which it uses are the Idver, pulley, screw,'axle, inclined plano and wedge. Botany ia tho science which treats of the structure of planta, the function of their parts, the latitude in which they grow, and their classifica tion and names. Metallurgy io more of an art than a science, and comprehends tho whole procesa of separating the ore from other matten?, and smelting and re fining the meta). Natural History ar ranges and systematizes a description of the earth and all its productions, and in cludes Zoology, Botany, Geology, Miner alogy and uah culturo* The foregoing contains a description ?,of those Sciences.which have a more in timate bearing on the advancement ol Scientific Agriculture, and by which all farmlntr - ohnratlnni? ara ^owlaJ on, in many cases the farmer not being aware of it, as I,Will now proceed to illustrate ; Snpp'csf a beginner to commence farm ing. Hojmust havo laud, and that clear ed aud fenced, a horse and plow ready ? for "fork/ Now, think how many of these Schncesi must be known by somebody before the plow can be started. To make . the irani God han modo a law there should bo placed in the earth the oro of iron ; s raiacrsiegbt then first finds the ore; then chemistry must find the composl tion ipt will make a crucible to statu beat enough to melt the ore ; tho metal .* lufgiA must bo at hand to smelt and separate the oro from earthy and othei mattera; then mathematica must ahovi how?the machinery must be made to beal it ?ito bara ; then the scionce <5f me chuica muet Bhow how to ahape lt intx "a inWahare, and mathematica muai a*in how lo make the atock to suit th< pjpw. Hero, then, somebody must knott tils whole array of' sciences before J r&w can be made and started to work ? ad still more of them must be koowr, ?fore a fence or a house can .be built flion get your eora aeed and start U ?,_? . u/i.ere at? y .vi i tn nat tn groin fn the ground or on top ? Ask the geo! LrM ?ud ue t,lu y?a that aU lho cl* /menu which God has made for food fa f plants are placed in the soil. Thet I there ia another law that talla os tba f God na? given to eeod a vitality tba / when placed in tho ground and bavt J moisture and heat? will aend o0* wt f.t TSi OP SCB^C^f-"Ttf*f.-OS9 DoLt-aa' and Finrl.'KNT-t per anauta, in advance. Two Doixaas al end of year. 8KV*SX?-FIVK.CBSTS for r.x months. . ' Subscriptions are not tatta for a lesa period 'han >lx oientht. ? *" J, li AT as Of AOVf?RrrSINO.-Oa? Doilsrper aqua'* ot ona inch for tba ur.it Insertion,and Fifty Cot. ts per square forsubsequcntlnsertioaslcMtban tl,ree itioaths. Ko advertisements counts lesa tbuu a ?qnsre. ... 1.1 '.oral contract? will he madcwlth thoss wishing to advert!? for three, til* or twelve months. Ad vet iLtug hy contract must boconfined to the lia nt.- Hate business of the firm or individual eoutrac ?o'tuary Notltes exceeding Ave linea, Tribales of Respect, and all personal Communications or in itier? of Individual iulereat, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcements of marriages ami ?eath*, and notices of a religious character, are . . ipeetfolly solicited, sud will be inserted gratis THE DAYS OF SEVENTY-SIX, Graphic Ilea-.-riptlon of tlie Condition of South Carolin? tinder Had loni Bale Acts of Violence n Natural Consequence -JlUiidnoss of tho Republican i'.-.rty. Thc Hon. J. H. Evins' speech in the contested, election case of Richardson vs. Kahley is printed at length in tho Om grctsional Record, and is a full and con vincing argument in tavor of tho report of the majority of the committee of elec tions, which declared the election void. After briefly alluding to the importance of the case, Mr. Evins said : Uuder the operation of the rcconstruc lion laws of Congress, and by tho help of the freedmen's buioau end the bayonet, the white people of South Carolina woro in 18ti8 subjected to tho complete domi nation of their former slaves. In tho history of thc world it was reserved for a people who had given to the country in the hour of its diro extremity such pa triots as Laurens, Pinckney, Rutledge. Marion, Sumter and Moultrie, and bad contributed to the noontide of ita glory the lustre that shone around thc names ol' Lowndes, Mayne, Calhoun, and Mc Du Mic, to drink to the dregs this tilter cup of humiliation. All thu people of the Southern States who had joined with South Carolina in tho war between thc States were put to tho rack and broken upon the wheel set in motion by theso laws, but those of South Carolina and Louisiana alone went down under their irresistible force into that dark valley and shadow of death whero for years they struggled against adverse fortune, adverse .legislation, an ndverse administration, and all the rod dragons of political and social revolution. I admit that during this revolution, novel and unparalleled in its character, harsh and cruel measures were sometimes resorted to by men of my own race and party which I have never attempted to justify, and which deserve only tue pal liation extended to the offence of those who swing a horse-thief upon tho most convenient limb and the incendiary to the nearest lamp-post without the inter vention of judge or jury, where the law fail? to give p tectiou against such crimea. Hut when the truth is known, and tho world is ready to receive it, men will be astounded that such all overturn ing of the whole social fabric could bc ellecled without tho moat direful conse quences ; they will stand aghast with as tonishment that au intelligent and brave people could ever have submitted even ."or a day to ouch enormous wrongs and oppressions. I will do my friends on Jie other side of this hall the justice to say ibat, blind ed by Ibo passions engendered by tho war, I believe they did uot foresee the direful consequences which would neces sarily follow their legislation in regard to the States of thc South, and that so great lins been tito partisan prejudice of the lust decade that they do uot yet fully ap preciate them. a> Mr. Evins then proceeded to show how tho Government of the State vu sub verted, and in tho course of his a: rumeut drew the following truthful picture of THE IJKAUTIES OF NEO HO DOMINATION. Is it surprising that such a people, thus rudely thniBt into power, should have become the easy prey of the worst ele ments of the more intelligent white race and made to serve their villanous schemes of plunder and spoliation ? The story of how their superstitious nature was appealed to ; how their passions were aroused and their prejudices excited ; how the "leprous poisou:; of hate was poured iuto their ears hy thc Northern adventurer and Southern renegade until they woro made to believe that their former owners and tho whole Southern people were their worst enemies, and only waited foran opportunity to rn-en t.lave thom, hus burdened the prebs, wearied the ear, and made thc heart sick for years past. South Carolina, by rea son of the largo numerical majority of its black voters, offered, unfortunately for all classes of her people, the most in viting field* for thc enterprising opera tions of these twin villains in crime and in infamy. How they "improved each shining hour," to plunder and to rob her citizens ''without regard to race, color or previous condition," strange to say is most graph ically told in the stenographic diary of one of the chief plunderers which recent investigations has brought to light. To mention even the salient pointa of the gigantic and shameless schemes of spolia tion which they conceived and carried into effect while they held thc reins of power would fill un my hour and leave the half untold. How, under Scott, not coulent with robbing the treasury of all il contained and the taxpayer of his last dollar, they attempted with scrip and bonds, issued by thc millions, to put gen erations unborn uuder tribute io their cupidity, cud to insert their long, lank, larcenous fingers into tho pockets of pos terity; how, under the "native young Governor," who has attained not only a national but au international reputation as a thief, they held high carnival and revelled in drunken debaucheries in tho hulls of tho State capitol, wasting for what they called "refreshments," during one session of tho Legislature, tho enor mous sum ol ?f8?0,0?u, while the poor lunatics in tho asylum, whoso unfortu nate and helpless condition would have moved a heurt of stone, were left to starve or to find support ut the hands of private citizens whoso own resources were almost exhausted ; how the learned, the cultured und polished leader of tho plunderers, Daniel H. Chamberlain, chief architect of the miserable thing miscalled a gov ernment, becoming its chief executive officer, attempting to gloss over its de formities; and ycl how iutolligenco mid virtue and honesty were still thrust aside to make room for ignorance, incompe tence ami vice, until the polished carpet bagger himself, affrighted by thc monster ho had created, cried out that "tho civil iz u'mn of the Puritan and the Cavalier, die Roundhead und tho Huguenot," is in danger of being suppl ?Med by thc burb?ri??i of the negro. TA \ for eight yeer., did the people of this poor, down trodden, and oppressed State, with a pa lienco that was heroic, bear their suffer ings and their wrongs. Prometheus bound to the rock, whiln the ravenous vultures tear at his vitals, ?presents nbt too strong a picture ot thc "prostrate State" during these sad and trying years. A STRIKING ILLUSTRATION. Who, while wandering through *.he beautiful art gallery at tho other end of the avenue, which ibo munificence of a distinguished rcsidont of this city has dedicated to the public, ha? not felt his ?tepa arrested as his eye fell mum the brave words, "Thc ,crime makes tho shame, and not the scaffold," and has hot had his heart to throb with inexpressible emotion as he looked through tho win dow gratings of a prison cell into that face, so sad and weary' with troubled thoughts, and into those mournful eves with their touchiug expr?s don of quiet, lint ?cut endurance which thc genius of thc artist hus made to apeak so eloquent ly from'the canvas? As 1 gazed upon tho pit turo with deepest interest it sud denly became to tue no longer tho face of Charlotte Corday, but thc impersonation of tho genius ol' my owu Palmetto State, persecuted, insulted and incarcerated by the mercenary and heartless stranger and thc false and traitorous renegade; thus oho stood, peering through her prison bars, during all those dark days of which I have just spoken, puro and undefiled, without tho "crime" which "makes the shame," waiting with calm endurance her hour of crucifixion, while still hop ing, almost against hope, for the hour of her deliverenco. With a grateful and joyful heart I turned away, rememborirg that thc prison bars had already been broken and the sceptre of puro and lion et go vern men li .al ready restored to her hands. Alluding to Chamberlain'? proclama tion declaring thc State to be in a condi tion of lawlessness, Mr. Evins cites testi mony nt length to show the r? iceful condition of tho State and tho unblush ing falsehoods contained in the procla mation, and to show that tho conduct of Grant waa a BOLD VIOLATION OP THE LAW. Ho snid : The evidence is abundant and overwhelming to convince any unpreju diced mind that in these three counties nono but the boldest and most fearless negroes, or those who had the immediate and strong protection of tho whites, dared to vote a Democratic ticket. Hundreds in each of these counties were forced Lo vote tho Republican ticket or to refrain from voting through fear of bodily harm or injury to the snail prop erty they possessed. And in '.ria County of Georgetown, where the colored popu lation so largely preponderates, the negro lenders had during the campaign, by the denial of freo speech to Democrats of both colors, by their own incendiary and inflammatory harangues, by threats and violence of tho most savage character in flicted upon those of their own race who even dared to advocate a Republican ticket with a singlo Democratic name upon it, so maddened and infuriated their followers that they acted more like fero cious wild beast? in their fierce opposi tion to tho whites -than like free voters in a free country. By such means was the voice of the people stifled and large majorities rolled- up for tho contest?e. And yet tho report of the minority de clares that "there is nothing in the re cord to show social ostracism or that fear waa preventing the colored voters from supporting Hampton." After all tho flourish of trompeta in the proclamations of tho governor anti the Presider^ about innumerable "rifle clubs" in hostile array against Chamber lain and his government, and with the fullest oppo tunity in seven hundred and fifty pages of printed testimony to show their existence, only four are show.: to have been formed, two only were armed, and all were disbanded upon the publica tion of the Go ernorV proclamation, Democratic clubs were organized in every neighborhood in the State, and many ol them were uniformed with red shirts ; but they were unarmed, and in no sense ol'the word were tbijy militar}' organiza tions. Ina very few instances, in local ities where the colored militia with arim and fixed ammunition furni'hi ? diem by the State, were so violent ir tl eir demon strations aa to menace the 11' os and prop erty of the whites, the mourners of these clubs did drill without guns in order thal they might bo tho better prepared for ar emergency in which they would bo forcee to contend with an armed mob, embitter ed and infuriated by tho vile teachings ol their leaders, who publicly declared tc them that they would be justified in using the incendiary torch against their formel masters. Ant! in no instance did these clubs ever parade as an armed militar*, organization. But not so with thc negro militia they appeared time and again at theil political meetings, with loaded guns nm cartridge-boxes, and sometimes wit! fixed bayonets. At a number of tho pre cincts on the day of the election thej marched to the polis with guns in theil hands, and stacked them or depo?ite? them close by before depositing thei ballots. I have not time now to cite th( evidence on this point, but the recon shows abundantly tho illegal and im proper uso they made of the arms am ammunition with which the State ha< supplied them, both before and at thi e's'ction. Can any one, therefore, longer doub that thc orders disbanding their pol?tica clubs while the negro.militia was allowe< to retain its arms and organization, am the sending of armed soldiers to thc vot ing precincts-, constituted a bold viola tion of tho Constitution and the rights o tho citizen, with a definite purposo o carrying tho elections, both Federal am State, at the point of the bayonet ? Thi purpose is further made manifest in th order of the secretary of war to Gee Sherman* dated the 17th day of Octobet thc very day the proclamation of th President was issuotl, and before it wa even known in South Carolina, com manding him tosend forward "hnmedi atoly all the available force in thc mili tary division of tho Atlantic to report t Gen. Huger, commanding at Columbi: South Carolina," and to "instruct tim officer to station his troops in such local itics that they may bo most speedily an effectually used in case of auy resistanc to thc authority of tho United States. These instructions wero given, too, no! withstanding the fact that Gen. Rug? had telegraphed the President only th day before from Columbia, saying all wi quiet : "If I need moro troops I will ?cn you a dispatch telling you that I nee them." The evident design was to ge .....i.._ ?i." rjretezi cf thc "har"*""* mad** : tho proclamation, os many troops as po Bible into the State, in order that thc might bc used at the polls to bolster ti the falling fortunes of a party which, i South Carolina at least, wan fast fallir to pieces under the weight of its own ro ten ness and corruption. RECAPITULATION Ol' FEDERAL OU" BAO Et*. Thus wc have seen the unlawful ar partisan agencies employed by the R publicans to avert a political defc which seemed inevitable. A Ropubiicr Governor, himself a candidato forro-ele tion, (without the slightest degrco truth in lb? allegations made to warral Hitch action,) in violation of every rig' ol'a free citizen, vi ri nally declaring tl State under martial law ; tho whites di armed while thc negro militia, in tl Midst of s heated political contest, n only allowed to keep thoir rifles and mu keb*, but encouraged to use them, monaco: the whiten, and overawe and I ti m id ato colored voters who simply d sired to exercise their right of voting ? the candidate of their choice ; the po surrounded by this militia, with arms their hands; tho precinct managt chosen, os it would seem, on account their bitter partisanship, opposing, wi the authority of their office, tho fr choice of tho voter : a host of BU per viso who were themselves ' candidates np tho Ropubiicnn ticket for office, and hr lng thc strongest motives to acaire th own election by ?ny mean?, foul or fi In Republican deputy marshall appoint in violation of the law, guarding I pathway to every poll, backed by F< eral 'bayonets in tho exercise of bin as sumed and unlawful authority ; and in the cnmmmission of his lawless acts ; boards of county canvassers, who violate without hesitation the luw and the sanc tity which it had thrown around the bal lots ; and, last of all, a State board of canvassers, every one of whom are Re publicans, and a majority of whom arc candidates upou the ticket of their party for high State offices, surrounded by a '.ordon of United States soldiers, declar ing the result, in defiance of the mandate of u Supreme Court composed of Repub lican Judges I NO PERSONAL OBJECTION TO RAINEY. Aud yet the minority in their report Bay thc contest?e was fairly elected, and mildly hint that thc report of the major ity is an effort on their part to induce their party associates in this Chamber "to expel from the House of Representa tives" tho contest?e, "who is reflecting honor upou his race and creditably rep resenting his constitueucy" upo? this floor. Mr. Speaker, I make no reflection upon the contest?e, and cheerfully grant all that has been Bnid in commendation ol bim by the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Hiscock) in the report which he has presented. My feelings to ward him are of the kindest nature, and, I trust free from any prejudices against u people many of whose names and memo ries are hallowed by thc? sweetest recol lections of my childhood, and many ol whom have been the staunchest friends of my manhood. But questions of race or of thc character or eoni^etoncy of tht contest?e or contestant to fill a scat il this hall are not in issue here or now Thc simple question to be determined if whether there was or not such a free anc untrammelled expression of thc will o the people nt tho ballot-box in tho firs Congressional District of South Carolin: on the 7th day of November, 1876, ni will justify this House in validating o: declaring the election void. Asido fron all considerations of party fealty orparP ties, I am convinced ihc calm judgmcu of membt ru will satisfy them that tin conclusion reached by thc majority o the committee (ufter passing by uume rous precedents established by Republi can Congresses which would have seatei the contestant) is fully and abundant!; sustained by the facta. THE COURSE OE GRANT. After a long and exhaustive analysi of tho testimony, Mr. EvinB returned t the subject of the unconstitutional uso c executive power and said : Rut, Mr. Speaker, the gravest fcatui in this contest, and the one upon whic I desired to speak more at length than cuu do now, without consuming mo: time than I am entitled to occupy, is th stationing by the President of armed so diers at or near the places of voting o the day of election. Upon this groun alone, if no otht-r reasons had been urge by tho contestant or shown by the ev dence, tba seat of the contest?e should I declared vacant. If, as was alleged, ii surrection and domestic violence existe in this congressional district, then would have been impossible to have hu any proceeding which could bo digniiic with the uamo of an election, even wit the activo assistance of all the manager supervisors and deputy marshals wi surrounded tho polls, with the soldiers aid them. If there was no 6uch condition > things, then the presence of the troop secured in violation of law by Govern Chamberlain, to insure the success of tl Republican ticket upon which ho ai the contest?e were candidates, shou nullify tho election. We have alreat ?hown, however, by i net ?otes ti hie pro? which might be nugmented by the test ninny of hundreds of other witnesses both colors aud of both parties, that i auch condition of things as the Govern and President affirmed in their proel mations existed in South Carolina in tl mininer or fall of 1876, but, on the co trary, that the couria were in tho fi and unobstructed exorcise of all th? rightful authority, and that there w nowhere any armed body of white m which a constable, duly commission!, could not have instantly dispersed or i duced by a show of authority to subn to the demands of the law ; that the or real apprehensions entertained by a one of even a violent breach of tho pet arose solely from thc imbecile and ci rupt character of the Stato governmt and its inability or unwillingness to kc in subjection the lawless militia it b organized and equipr ed. If there v any evidence whatever (which I utte deny) that could have justified the Gi ernor in calling upon the President troops, I have never yet found any o except Governor Chamberlain himsi who (protending to have any persoi Knowledge of such facts) claimed tl the Legislature could not have been ci vened and the requisition, if its meinb had thought it necessary, have bi made upon tho President in the man prescribed by tho Constitution. I again assert, with the best posai evidence lo sustain the truth of win say, that the charges made in the proi marion of Governor Chamberlain con tute a baso libel upon the people of State, aud were intended to bring ab the very state of things which it deda already existed. It was a party necea that n pretext should be created for introduction of a large fotco of Pedi troops into the State, who should bc tioncd on the day of election "in loc ties," according to a liberal and w understood construction of tho orde: the secretary of war to Gen. Ruger, wi they would best aubservo the interest tho Republican party. CONCLUSION. Mr. Evins then wer.t into an elabo mimic of the constitutional laws and litical history of'this country and I land so far as it bore on this case, concluded aa follows: Blunted as our sense of tho great wi may bo by its frequent repetition, tl is, 1 confidently believe, "virtue enou left with the people to eompel their j lie servants in tho future to keep wi the prescribed limite ofthat Constitu I which their official oath requires thc ' uphold and defend. Fain would I lieve that there is little danger of , again scoing a Legislaturcof a sover i State expelled from the halls of the itol at the point of thc bayonet ; or members of a similar body in nnc , State required to exhibit their creden to a "corporal of the guard," who, ba i by the power of tho United States A thrusts aside a sufficient number ol chosen representatives of the peop' ? give a legislativo majority to a i i which haa been defeated nt the \ i Pain would I hope that never again i tba blush of shame bo brought to f check or an indignant sense of w i swell the heart of any American ci i by being compelled to walk beneath . crossed.bayonets! of the soldier in i i to exercise his boasted right of sufi . But wo must remember that just ih r wav, by one encroachment after un . I up?n the rights'of thc people, jn?tl.? [ first by specious pleas ot necessity 5 tyrants and usurpers when unrct - rand allowed to continuo their dian ttBUHaVHW of luir, finally roi? tbc people ,'of their liberties* and lind their way to absoluto dominion ; that the most sacred rights once lost havo been recovered only through revolutions and seas of blood; that it was after a struggle continued for six centuries the English people regained the rights which no one would/ have dared lo call in question in the timo of! Saxon Edward the Confessor. We must never forget that "despotism made pos sible is certain." LET THE REVOLUTION (JO ON t Mr. Haven Intends to Ileaist tho Popular Will. .Special to thc Baltimore Sun. WAHHINOTON, March 5. The President has had consultations with thc members of his Cabinet and with several leading Republican Senators and representatives with reference to tho proper political legislation of tho new Congress. As tho result of there consul tations it is announced, on tito authority of a nembcr of the Cabinet, that the President has determined to plant him self inside the strict party lines; that as to everything, except tho repeal of the election laws, ho will abide by tho propo sals made by tho Republican members of ] tho House, and will interpose no objec tion to bills to repeal the juror's test oath, &c, and to exclude troops from the polls. Hut is is declared that tho Presi dent will not sign any separate bill which repeals the Federal election laws, and that ho will veto any appropriation bill to which such repealing provision may be attached. The President, it is said, has determined to meet the is?uo square ly and to throw upon the Democrats tho responsibility of withholding tho appro priations. Tho two members of the Cabi net who have always been regarded ns thc most conservative, Secretaries Evarts and Schur?:, aro understood to be very strongly in favor of this course. If tho President pursues this policy one un doubted result will bc to leugthen tho Gcssiou of Congress. It is certain that in such action he will meet the hearty ap proval and receive inc warm support of | thc stalwarts in bi th the Senate and tho House. One Senator of the stalwart sort said to your correspondent to-day that if Hayes would do this it would make amends for all his past shortcomings, and it would give the Republican party the whole North in 1880. Such calculations aro, perhaps, more sanguine- than the circumstances justify. Tho two great j parties are pretty evenly divided in tho ? North, anti, as politics go, such an issuo may not, and probably will not, have any influence of consequence in detaching voters from one or the other party. Tho "starving-out" process is alao a very ef fective method of operations, and the mass of Republican officeholders, with the President himself at their head, whose pay is bound up in the appropria tions, may become so hungry that they will bo perfectly willing to let the elec tion laws go. li is true that the Presi dent it) said to save at least ?40.000 per annum of bis salary, and if this be the case he will have a reserve for himself which will last till tho end of his term of ollice. As a general thing, contests be tween a consilutional Executive and tho Legislature are exceedingly apt to end in the triumph of the latter, as in tho very nature of things the Legislature must havo an immense advantage over the Executive. For this reason, no matter how stubborn tho President may bo, it is not "likely that ho can prevent tho new Congress from sooner or later repealing the election laws. It is BOopected also that though the President may feel dis? ?osed just now to raise the issue with the )einocratic Congress, he may change his mind before it becomes a bitter contest, as the fact has always been patent since his entrance into tho White House that certain Senators and members who did all they could to elect him have less influ ence with him thau other Senators and members who did all they could to beat him. It ?3 in the power of tho President to embarrass the new Congress, il ho is so disposed, in a much more effectivo way than by entering into laws. And ho cannot forget that tho class of men who aro urging this courso upon him are of those who have been tho bitter enemies of his Adminstration. The great prob lem which will confront tho new Con gress will bo to provide tho absolutely necessary revenues for the support of the Government, as largo deficiencies are in evitable on account ot tho lavish pension appropriations and the reduction of thc tobacco tax, &c. The Piesidcnt, in his Message to Congress on its reassembling, will call attention to this point, ami urge the necessity of making provision to meet tho exigency. This is tho rock which ?B dangerous to Democratic sail ing, and tho manner in which tho sub ject is treated may rebound greatly to tho injury of tho Democratic party. Rut as to the elcctoin laws business, nb the experience of politics in this country will bear out tho opinion that, if the President make? Ihe issue, so far from its injuring Democratic prospects, it will solidify tho party and intensify tho de votion of its adherents. SUNDAY IN THE SENATE. - Sunday morning nt 5 o'clock found the Senate in session, aud at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon the majority of tho Senators were again at their desks. There was no indi cation that it was the Sabbath day, ex cept possibly there was somewhat moro decorum. Fatigue, and not piety, how ever, would have been sufficient to have accounted for this modesty of manner. Senator Maine's desk, indeed, had some thing the appearance of a clergyman's desk, anu there were two largo books upon it which looked like Ribles. Oth erwise there was no traco of tho day ci' devotion. The journals of the House will not say that nuy work was done upon Sunday, however, and if any Congress man is taken to task hereafter by reli gious constituents he will bc able to point to tho record and say that there was no session Sunday, March 2, 1879. Tho fiction of a continuing session of Satur day is maintained, and thc long session from Saturday morning until Monday noon will appear in tho record only as Saturday's session. Tho legislative ma jority of the Senate this afternoon was worn and rickety. Tho clerks wero hoarse, and drawled out unintelligible jargon ; the door-keepers nodded at their posts; tho older Senators occupied tho lounges, and tho younger ones sought tho most comfortable corners in their chairs. There was a tacit understanding that during tho daylight of Sunday there should bo no wrangling. IN THE FIRST RANK.-The just repu tation of Dr. Price's Unique Perfumes places them in tho first rank of tho very best handkerchief extracts that have ever been made. Their odor is truly rich, fresh and flowery. Dr. Price hos spent much timo and study in perfecting theso perfumes. - When Hon. Stanley Matthews drew his salary as Senator on Wednesday, ho said : "I now shake tho dust of public lifo from my feet, and hereafter ?ball give Washington a wido berth." COMING EVENTS AND COMING MEN. Senator Morgan, of AluhAuiA-The W'nj lir> Houteil Coiikllnjt-Th? Presidency-Hity ard emt ho Elected, tf NouUnntcd-Tho Sncukershlp. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5. Every ono knew several clays ago that there would he an extra session. "Even the Republicans had come to tho conclu sion that tho loug looked for Democrr.iic backbone was to be displayed so IV r os tho supervisors and deputy marshals clauses wore concerned. Hardly had the Speaker's gavel struck the desk, and the announcement been made of the death of tho Forty-fifth Congress, when the uews boys were running through tho street crying Extra I President's proclamation for an extra session ! While giving the Forty-Fifth Congress all duo credit for its labors, and while admiring thc nerve shown by thc Democ racy in the lower house during the last few days of thc ?ession, it ?B impossible to deny the fact that rarely have so weak a body of ru?ii (intellectually) been gathered together. Bul there is a bright ray of light from tho South in tho Sen ate. We were beginning to^ ask if the South was never again to* produce a statesman. Tho men sent hero from the South were men who could prepare es says and deliver them with nil tho ora torical effects of a first class tragedian, their How of language seemed inexhaus tible, and the flowers they scattered left n pleasant perfume behind which grati fied the senses, but in these days of slub bers facts failed to convince tho senses, and after one of these airy flights to hear a prosaic old fellow like Edmunds, of Vermont, get up and take the whole fabric to pieces in a speech the sum total of which is two and two mako four, and two make c.ix, piling fad upon fact in au uninteresting monotone until you arc con vinced against your will, is not pleasant. Mr. Edmunds is, ns I said before, very uninteresting, but few lawyers in the Sennto liko to discuss a legal question with him or have him ou tho other side in debato Only one man from tho South has so far been able to hold his own with Kdmuuds, Conkling and Rlaine, and that man is the ray of light I beforo mention ed aa coming from tho South, Senator Morgau, of Alabama. It will be well worth while tn watch Senator Morgan's career in Ibo Senate. Small in staturo with a hand some, clear cut face, ho came hero un heralded in the world of fame, and for a long time Inst winter Bat quietly in his seat, no one laking any notice of him until one day ho arose to a question wherein some legal points were involved. In un instant Conkling was upon his feet and in his sneering sarcastic manner al luded to Senator Morgau being very new to tho Senate, and not knowing its wayo, and not being expected to know any thing ou General principles ; but Conk ling baa never tackled Senator Morgan giuco, for before he got through with him that day his own political allies were laughing at the manner in which Mor gan had upset his every argument, and routed him on every legul point it. dis pute. And now when Senator Morgan arises in bis seat to speak every voice is hushed and Senators draw their seats up around him with tho same regularity with which they rush for tho cloak rooms when Rurnside, Hoar or Dawes begiu. There is no better way to form au esti mate of a Senator's ability than to watch tho manner in which his associates treat him when he speaks. The speeches that tell in tho Senate, uud in tho Houso too for that matter, uro not such as used in thc olden time to make tho reputations of men for eloquence, and have been per petuated in every school boy's "Standard Speaker." The men to-day who carry woight with them aro the men wno hnve their facts and figures ready at hand, and who can state them shortly and pointed ly Tho Government could be carried on very well until thc first of July without an extra session, ns the appropriations are made up to that time, nut it is thc unanimous opinion of the Republicans that the Democracy having nov entire control of tho legislative branch of the Government it will be a good thing for them to have Congress meet at once, as tho Democracy arc certain to mako many and great mistakes, and the sooner they do it, and tho moro time they have to do it in, the better for themselves. It will undoubtedly be a very exciting session, and tho opinion hero is general that it will bo a very long one, extending possi bly to July. There is very little that is new con cerning the aspirations of politicians. Conkling nnd Rlaine seem to keep pretty weil abreast, and arc dropping behind. John Sherman is going to tho front as a possible candidate, if Grant don't want it. And all aro agreed, both Democrats and Republicans, that Senator Rayard can bo elected if bc gets the nomination, but he can't get tho nomination. Why? Is it because he is too pure? Politicians arc afraid to say this openly, bul Ibis ia the reason. No barrels of money would ever bo heard of if this man was tho candi date, and no cipher dispatches would u? graco the age. Th^ r*>??nn given by "tho professional politician" it that Rayard comes from too Bmnll a State. What nonsense thir. is, when it is well known that ho would sweep New York State like a whirlwind, ana it is perfectly as tounding to hear how many Republicans say fhn'., they would vote for Rayard as against Gi ir any other man. Rut, then, tbt- .ucklo and say : "Wo will never see ?.ito nominated." What n pity that thc man could not be what he is und not be a gentleman. Why was not bia fattier something disreputable "J ur why has he not himself accepted a bride, so as to be popular with tho gentry who run primaries? There are a great many new men ar riving with tho new Congress, and it is ta be hoped that the Democracy will devel op a leader. This they need very badly. It is a wonderful sight to nee the man agement of the Republican minority by Garfield in any discussion that comes up, A nod from him to any of his political adherents is sufficient. One after an other they will get un and say exactly tho right thing nt ?ne right moment, while the Democratic majority flounder? around, a small clique following Black burn, of Kentucky, another Cox, of New York, and all tho old folks and the idiot' take rcfugo behind Wood, of New York, whilo n dozen or more lead themselves inte part?ame r.tary mistakes. Mr. Stephens of Georgia, is too fceblo to lead anti Sam Randall is the only other man ir tho Houso capable of filling tho posilion He would rainer be Speaker, but he will have a hard fight in this Congress, foi Blackburn and a half dozen others art anxious to fill thc position, and there i no doubt that a strong combination ba been mado to beat Randall, and with : Southern man, which means Blackburn You may rest assured that Blackburn'! modesty will not permit him by refusi the position. This movement will prob ably succeed, ns thc relations betweer the Northern and Southern Democrncj aro anything bul cordial just at present ? aud things will not have limo to cool bo . fore tho extra session. I Thero is a saying herc which bas passet into a proverb, Hint no Congressman is of much* goori to thc country during lii<" first session, and there is a great deal oi truth in it. There aro so many new things to learn that it takes time to know thc rope*. Great things arc expected of Congressman Evins, of Houth Carolina, during the coming session, for in his quiet, dignified way ho has been steadily coming to tho front, carrying with him tho admiration and respect of all parties. Among the new members from whom great things are expected is the Hon. II. Graham I mst, of St. Louis, Mo. Ho is only twenty-seven, a graduate with honora of Oxford, England, and said to bo tho most eloquent mau Missouri has ever produced. Frost was Heeled two years ago, but was counted out. Ho is a man of large wealth, nud L .longs to a power ful Catholic family in St. Louis. SENATOR "ll AMITOS. Tho Kx-Oovrrnnr Interviewed while Flnh I n .; for Truut. A reporter for tho Aie irs and Courier was Bent to Collcton County ou Saturday, 8th instant, to search for Senator Hamp ton and interview him. After a tramp of about seven miles from Green Pond depot, on tho Savannah and Chnrlcston Railroad, through country roads and paths, rice-fields, swamps and thickets, the explorer reached the edge of "Chop man's Rack Water," (a pond probably half a milo long by a considerable width,) iu a scratched, muddy, heated and gen erally disagreeable and unsightly condi tion. Peering through the undergrowth, he discovered tho familiar figure of Sen ator Hampton sitting in a small canoe in the middle of the sheet of water, sur rounded by the pond lilies and "whip ping" for trout. BO NEA lt AND YET KO EA ll I Finally, however, tho bo.-.t was paddled to the dam by thc old colored man who composed the crew, and tho reporter had a talk with the distingu??.lieu object of his search. Senator Hampton is looking as well as ho ever b:.s during the past three years, his face being full and Ids complexion apptuenRy perfectly healthy. The on!" visiole trace of the suffering ho has undergone since his accident is a slight increase in tho gray in his whis kers. His general health is excellent, except that the change from his former activo out-of-door lite to the necessary confinement of tho past three months has developed dyspepsia, which caus?*s him tho loss of much sleep. His leg atill gives him great trouble, and frequently intense pain, tho end of the remaining portion of the bono being dead. The physicians aro walting to r.'.'tow this an opportunity of coming off itself, but should it fail to do KO during tho next month if will probably havo to ba ampu tated. THE EXTRA rJESSION. Being questioned as to tho probability of his being in Washington at the Extra Session, ho said th?,t it was uncertain as yet, although he would go if ho possibly could. The doctors rather advised against it, but he hoiicd to be able at least to go and pair oil' with somebody; or else fie might wait and see if the business before thc Senate was important, lu caso it was particularly so, no intimated that he would go at any rate, as he haled, he snid, the idea of not fulfilling the trust committed to bim. He thought he could stand thc travelling tolerably well, bul seemed to dread the idea of having tc live in a strange place, where he would be compelled to give trouble. THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME. The reporter asked him his opinion ol tho action of tho Democrats in rcfusinj! to pass the appropriation bills without thc amendments abolishing tho test oatl for United States jurors and tho Unite*! States supervisors of election, and for bidding tho uso of troops at elections He replied that ho thought tho lion. > was right. He. would favor Congress tit tin;/ forever, if necessary before it receded an inch from its position. Ho did nol tbiuk thc President would have a righi to oppose tho amendments if Congres; continued to urge them, as such action would show that they wcro the will ol the people. THE BBATMAN CHINEE. On the Chiuese question, he expresser the opinion that Mr. Hayes' action wai right. In thc first place, ho did not thin 1: Congress had the power to abrogate i part of a treaty. Ho thought that bod) wrong iu yielding to tho clamor from California. HAMITON'H RETBE.'.T. TII?B conversation took placo as tia Senator sat in his canoe with tho wound' ed leg resting on an air cushion. Severa fine trout, captured by himself and t little boy, who had accompanied him lay in the bottom of the boat, and at tin termination of the interview the pr.ridh wns r.gatn plied, ?md the little crail floated slowly down tho pond. If in distinguished occupant was in search o quita, ho contd "nave selected no bette: ?pot for it. The little lake is surroundei on all sities by rieuse thickets anti woods which shut out thc rest of thc world, ant with their heavy draperies of gray mos: nre reflected perfectly in the clear am still water, the Burfaco of which is partlj covered with the broad leaves of the pom lilies. Saturday was thoroughly sprinj like in temperature and slightly cloudy with ti haze like that of thc Indian sum mer. A more perfect picture of quio and seclusion than tho "back-water' afforded thcro it would bo difficult t< imagine. AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, The reporter could realize tin. out-of the-wav position of tho spot from tin difficulty he experienced in findinor it I'.*? object of his pursuit threatening ti I iii..- him, oven when in hailing distance by keeping the water between them The New? and Courier man noticed, how ever, that there wcro no provisions abonn to speak of, except raw fish, nnd that h could lie in wait at thc landing unti starvation compelled a retnrn. He als darkly intimnteri that in case thc wors came to the wornt, he could swim. Un der theso circumstances his victim capit ulatcd. SLOWLY GAINING (IBOUND. Thc Senator seemed in bis usual gooi ?piritH and, when driving home, devote* himself largely to teasing his young com pauion on tho amount of bait be ha' allowed the fish to filch from his boo and make off with. Tho trout, ho Haiti had evidently known exactly where the could get Bilver-fiih without danger o being caught. lie passen all the tim I I ponsiole in the open air, either goin about tho yard and grounds, driving o fishing, the latter iq>ort having occupic I I a largo portion of the past few dayl r I From all tho indications ho seems to b gradually, but surely, gaining grounc aud there seems to bo no reason to dout that tho thousands all over tho countr who admiro nnd respect, and tho pcopl of South Carolina who ara so proud c him, will bo gratified by seeing nim liv through many moro years of usefulncs and honor to himself and his State. Go North, South, East or West, an you will find Coughs and Colds at thi season of the year. A remedy whic never fails to give satisfaction i? D: II Bull's Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents. HOW HR. HAYES LITES. Tho President Baring His Money. A correspondent writing to tne Phila delphia Tivtet from Washington' under date of March 1 says that the President's treatment of the Washington journalists ou tho occasion of his recent reception has been the subject of more comment here during tho week than any other topic, however important. The case m??y bo briefly stated h?re at the risk of repe tition. 'Hie President decided to give a largo party for tho entertainment of ti.* several mombers of the diplomatic eenie in place of the usual round of diplomatic dinners which have been the fashion in the White House since the Government began. His reasons for adopting thia courso were no doubt suggested by econ omy and tho fact that it ?ras loss trouble. Several hundred invitations were issued, tho intention being originally to confine them within official circles, but this was subsequently nbandoued. Tho strange part of tho caso is that not a single jour nalist was invited. Word was sent , to several of the correspondents that they could come to tho vestibule, and tickets to that exclusive portion of the house hold were actually issued and signed by Cel. Casey. If the President's course means anything, it means that the White House peuple wanted the party to have a "good snow" in tho newspapers, but that the correspondents were not fit to go be yond the vest?bulo, where were tho foot men and L"Hly servants of tho foreign ministers. Think of Charles Nordhoff, Gen. Poynton, Benjamin Pcrloy Pooro, and half a dozen others I might name think of those gentlemen going to tho White House, and not hoing allowed to go farther than the vestibule where tho servants stay. It was tho President's privilego to invite whom he pleased, no doubt, und the journalists would not have objected to being excluded as a class, but the President had no right to insult them by issuing to them tickets for tho vest? bule. HOW THE PRESIDENT LIVES. The courso of tho President has, of courso, set pcoplo talking nbout his man ncr of living, and the comments are not very complimentary. Indeed, tho Presi dent is accused of being unbecomingly economical-not to put too fine a point on it. The President receives an annual salary of $.00,000-a good, round income, it must bo confessed. There is no way of finding out nil of his pickings or al lowances, but some of them I am able to mention. In tho first p'.-.co ho gets his Unoa rent sud furniture free. Not s, curtain or chair or blanket or napkin or towel does he have to buy. All his fuel is furnished by tho Government, and not a cent docs bo havo to pay for gas. His vegetables are raised ic the public gar dens by a gnrdener paid by tne Govern ment. " His Btoward is paid by the Gov ernment, aud so are his cook und his coachman. How many other servants eur good government pays for I do jot know, but so far as I can seo, Mr. Hayes' only expenses in the White House aro for meats and groceries. Even his doc tor and his medicino are paid for by tho government. Even his beef comes from the government butcher, and ho pays only thc cost price which tho government paid on the hoof. In other words, tho government buys an ox alive for beef, faying, say four cents per pound. Tho 'resident gets thc hoof at tho sarao rate, but his steward ?B not fool enough to tako the legs, the neck, the head or the rump, and no tho White House tablo is supplied with sirloin steak, tenderloin steak, por ter-house steak end rib roasts for four cents per pound, while tho department clerk, on ?1,200 a year pays from fifteen to twenty cent? per pound for his beef. The commissary of eubsistenc has to kill beef for rations for tho soldiers, and it bas long been the practice to give the President, tho nrmy officer* sud the high civil officers beef and groccrien r,t prime cost. Tho reader has now a pretty fair idea of what the President hos to buy ! Tho President docs not buy wiue or liquors-how economical temperance isl Wines havo always been a big.item in tho White House, for it was never con ducted on temperance principles before Wines being out of tho question and *ll the advantages counted, will any head of a household, who is accustomed to good living, toll mo that it costs Mr. Hayes moro than $10,000 a year to live ? If the family is charitable I have not heard of it. True, a bouquot of flowers is occa sionally Bent to a fair or a hospital, but, bless you, tho flowers were raised in a government conservatory cared for by a government florist. Even in the sum mer timo the President pays no house rent, but lives in a house belonging to the old soldiers of tho country, and sup ported by contributions from tho soldiers in tbf 'egiiiar army. When thu question is so ed as to whether the President is not living on $10,000 a year, will some body please toll me for what purpose $50,000 u year ie given to tho President? Is it not to enable him to live in a man ner becoming a Chief Magistrate? I havo talked with many experienced gen tlemen, and it is the common opinion hero that Mr. Hayes is saving from bis salary about $40,000 a year. True, it will Le a good thing for young Mr. Webb Hayes ana tho two other BOIIB, and this, no doubt, is a sufficient reason for Mr. Hayes' course. Would it not be in keep ing if he would just before retiring from olfico, recommend tho reduction of the Presidential salary ou tho ground that tho cervices are not equnl to tho compen sation? Our Faces. u." hus&s facts ls sci on!* "thy fades of tho soul." Every bodily sensation leaves its indellible impress upon the features. Every Human face, if studied attentively, reveals the physical and mental history of its possessor. On the crowded street of tho city, what volumes of these histories are open to all who would search them I The miser with his features drawn as tightly as the mouth's of his money bags; the debauchee with his sensual, semi-animal faco ; the young mun with the futuro fuir and broad be fore him, every-lino of his countenance reveal i og energy and ambition ; tho maiden's face bright with innocent love and hopo.-each of these face-historias 1B aa legible as tho printed page before you. But there are others faces in which we may read sad histores-faces of work-weary wo meu to whom living has become an irk some burden. Tho fatal alphabet of dis ease ls written upon every lino of their countenances. Why will tb OHO women suffer from those paiuful diseases and weaknesses peculiar to tho sex, losing besides tho charm and beauty of a bright, beautiful face, when Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a sure and effec tual remedy ? Ladies who havo used it pronounce it to be tooman'* elixir of health. Sold by druggists. - Live within your means aud nobody will know how much you havo ahead ; but the moment you borrow a cent peo ple know how poor you are. - Tho man who wrote that "nothing was impossible" never tried to find tho pocket in his wife's dross when it waa hanging np in clothes-press. HM AfrttnTM%T?>lxa.-V?e ?re tiwiwlW '.. reoalre ?ssh foyjusnU ft?? ^.eriiriis^fiirrf t; Executors, AaninUtrator* an?V otber fiduciaries aud herein tb ?ppsad ?ie rates for th? ordinary attenUen, ooamgnkauona ?artA> aocompaoltd by th? true ?amo ted addreca of th? writer, lt?, ?ectsd mannacripU vin not be returned, unios* tot? necessary . tam pa aie tarnished ta repay tbs postage thereon. " We *rs set respssub'? fur lb? v?ows sun opinion* of ?nf coTreaptiudectc. All commupl?fttionsabou?d bo addressed to "ed itor* Intelligencer." tnd all check*. draft*, money orders, Ac, should be atado- parable to ta* order of E. B. MU BRAT A CO., _ Anderson, B.C. CBtAHCB PggABTMttBtT. ? Umlcr the Supervision of the Kxeeutiv? Comualttoo of Fouvmm Orange. rrorcKwrC. V. Shepard,"Jr., on Coot* poit Manares* POMA BIA, February 28,1879. Tb the C/tarleaton Weekly Newt: The letter enclosed her. .vith from Prof. Chas. U. Shepard, Jr., M. D., ls In reply to a letter of Inquiry asking infor mation in regard to the proper mode of making compost manure : 1st. Of stable and lot manure, cotton seed and an acid phosphate under obclter. 2d. Muck hamed to tho field and there com poste? with cotton seed and acid phosphate. Tho subject of making, ns near as prac ticable, all the manure required upon the farm from material accessible, with the use of as little of commercial fertil izers as possible, is of very gnat impor tance to our pciple. Fertilizers uro being used, and nave been for (several yeal s to ?such an estent, to tho neglect of home-made manures, with no visible improvement 'n the soil, when not judiciously applied, that our farmers aro seriously considering the abandonment of their urn altogether. Tho plan suggested by Prof. Shepard will insure a more permanent ??nd better ma nure at much fees cost, (but more labor,) tbau the nmmouinted fertilizer. Respectfully, Taos, w. HOLLOWAY. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 7, 1879. Maj. T. W. Holloway, Pomaria, S. C. : DEAR SIR-Your letter banded rae by Mr. O. E. Gibbon was rend with much pleasure, and I will endeavor to give tho desired information. Stable manure is of very dinny differ ent kinds. WLcre the an?mala aro stall fed and care is taken not only to insure a rich manure, bat also to save the liquid droppings, as well as the Bolid, it bas high value. But when the urine is allowed to escape as well as the volatile products of the subsequent decomposi tion, tho value, at least in ammonia, is small. Again, iu regard to the value of stable manure, it depends entirely upon the nature aud quantity of the food given. Fresh cotton seed yields. say 8.5 tc 4 per cent, ammonia, as also 8 p*r cent, phosphoric acid, end ono per cent, pot ash. Rough lot manure has very little value, except to tbe land where it was deposited. The first rain ?sd a little sunshine dissi pate almost all of its valuable ingredients into the soil and atmosphere. I question whether it is north the expense of col lecting it. Muck, like atablo manure, is of all sorta, and has little manuriai value. Acid phosphate, by reason of its acidity, is more valuable than the ash element for composts, as it produces moro rapid chemical action. With theso facts, it ia possible for you to construct your manure piles. I would suggest that a pile composed in proper proportion of cotton seed, stable manure, and an acid phosphate containing potash, then well moistened, protected from rain and covered with muck or loam to ensure retention of all ammoniacal fumes, must produce a rich compost. I doubt if there is much profit in con structing such a connuro heap ta rou de scribe ("Bocond") for your field one, be cause there is difficulty in protecting from weather. With regard to ?n apprehension as to lack of ammonia and potash, a heap con structed of cotton seed, atablo manure and phosphate containing potash, would bo deficient in neither; but if there is any doubt as to tho value of your stable manure-and real stable manure is almost nover seen in the South-it would pay you to supplement your compost manuring by the judicious use of a com plete manure, namelyt an ammonia led superphosphate, containing also potash and magnesia. In conclusion, the proportions and method suggested by you appear admira ble, and I would onty suggest that the layers be made os thin as ?jussible to the end of promoting the. closest juxtaposi tion of the ingredients. Very reapoctfully, CHARLES ?. SHEPARD, JR. A PRACTICAL FARMER'S PLAN.-IC tho above connection the following ac count of the system of composting prac ticed by Col. Cloud, of Screven County, Ga., will I J read with interest: "Coi. Cloud fills his stables and barnyard with rich loam and oak nnd hickory leaves taken from tho forest, or wire gross taken in a green state with turf s ud mold. He lets tho stock tramp it for about two mouths"then puts it in pens, mixed with cotton aced, limo and a little salt. By this method he has succeeded in com posting a better fertilizer than ho eau buy, and its benefits are perceptible for three years." HOME-MADE FER'CTLIZEB.-Judge R. F. Moore, one of the most successful and intelligent farmers of our county, bands us the following formula for composting a home-made fertilizer, which, tho Judgo claims, is as good as any of the standard commercial fertilizers in the market, and cheap, Sccsuse it costs nothing ex cept a little labor. The formula for one ton of the fertil tilizer is as follows : . One thousand ?sounds of rich loam earth (procured rom tho fe nco corners, or wash places, or surface dirt from the woods), and fif teen bushels of cotton seed ; put into tho atablo or stall of horse or cow, cover urti rt ?.ii o niiinv iciiu niuOUOs Of icatt'3 or straw to, prevent the stall from bo coming muddy' or dirty. Let it be tramped twenty or thirty days, when it may be put in a pen, and another supply put in the stable. By this method Judge Moore says that a ton of fertilizer for each horse or cow can be made,'equal to the best fertilizer offered in the market, which is distribu ted in tho same way, and in the same Quantities as guano. All who know udge Mooro, know that he hos succeed ed as a farmer, and that ho is no castle builder. We hope- our farmers will give this manure a fair test, and save them selves the thousands of dollars paid to fertilizer manufacturers-Crawford Dem-, ocrai. ALLEOED CURE FOB HOO CHOLERA. -The Lewiston, Ga., Gazelle says: "Burnt corn is a cerjtain epeedy cure for heg cholera. The beet way is to make a pile of com on the cobs, effectually ecwch it, and then give ?fleeted hog? free access to it. This remedy waa discovered by ,, accident by E. E. Locke, Esq., at Ute time his distillery waa burnt in this county, together with a large lot of stored corn, which was so much injured as to be unfit for uso, and was hauled out ..;'.? grsedily eaten by tho hogs, eeveraifaf which wero dying daily. After toe sec ond day not a single nog was lest, and tho disease entirely disappeared. Tho remedy has been tried in a iiumbor of , cases since, ind has never failed."' - Attending r, tewV^4n<K?8 tu? baby's crying,