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COLUMBIA, S. ?. Saturday Morning, March 87, 1869. Sting Colton. The white-coated philosopher of nhe New York TlHbunc gives tho following sensible advice'to his brethrdh ofthet??utb;1' Hardly a Southern paper reaches us but has editorial comment of sotno sort ou tho prospective crop of "I860. It is geuerolly ooncoded that it will be large, if the season is at all favorable. Some editors have tho sagacity to see.that buying so much about a great crop this year will^ have a bud effect on that part of the crop of 18(38 which re? mains unsold. Now, frionds at tho Sontb, before jour double plows have thrown ?ll the lund into ridges for cotton rows, take,time and give this whole business1 Of agriculture . u sober, second thought. You have just 09100 qut of a great war, in which you were worsted, The weakest thing in the ?putharn. military service during that war wn? ita commissa? riat. A strictly agricultural peopl?r having as much pride of aeres as any landed aris? tocracy in tho world, were, from the first, and in all jtagos of a four years' strife, weakened, hampered, thwarted, demoral? ized, and finally defeated, for wan t of beof, oorn, wheat, bay and oats. K great war is like a severo illness-it tries the constitution 'and unmasks tho weakness of tho [system. The agricultural system of tho South has been proved defec? tive, because in a protracted fight the breach app?arej? tber^'flrst. .Now what ?3 tho great characteristic of planting? It is, nud from the first has. beoo, tho deriving of a largo income in clear mo ney fro m a -brotid surface, br fhe,sale of vegetable products. A small planter is one whoso account sales of cot? ton or tob?ceo, rice or sugar, do not figure np more thati $5,000. The sales of the large plauters rango all tho way from $5,000 to 3100,000. A few-a very few-Southern proprietors recoived over 8100,000 from a single crop. That mode of deriving an in? come may have been connected with tho character and status of the laborer, but such connection was not inseparable. A slave ooald cradle wheat or fattou hogs, if ordered to, just as well as he could pick cotton or sucker tobacco. Slavery had inherent sins enough, without charging it with blunders that were not, in the nature of things, in? separable from unpaid labor. From the time of Pocahontas tho Southern domain was divided into largo estates. Those who surveyed and plotted it, felt os Brutus did about Caesar's body: "Let us carve him as a dish fit for tho gods-not hew him like a carcass for tho bounds." These broad areas were cleared and cropped by sport-loving men, for whose ears the baying of a pack of fox houuds was sweetest music. Put a man with these tastes at the ceutre of a 1,200 acre tract, and what will ho do? Ho will have as few inside fences as possible; be will make his money on a crop that will cost him tho least time, or planning or worry. Ho will say dum vivimus, jivamus-"after us tho deluge." Talk to him of rotation, fertilizors, bone dust, the foot of the sheep having gold be? neath it-he answers you by a blast on his hunting horn. "My niggers know how to mako cotton." These sevon words were tho doom of true progressive agriculture South of Mason and Dixon. The inducements that draw tho Southern agriculturist toward cotton-fields aro very great. Ho is in debt. Ho wants carriage horses to replace those which Bragg, 01 Johnson, or Loo broke down dragging can nou. Ho is living in a cabin, and ?vonId like to do something with those ghostly und blackened chimney-stacks. The saws of uh gin-stand aro bent and rusty. His press ii rude uud slow. His mules uro stiff, and his plows worn; his tobacco sheds went foi camp-fires. Wo admit that it would be a help on your place if yon could sell ?100 bale; next December ut two bits a pound. Bul let us reason about it. You do not propost to move West. You know of no good cot ton or tobacco land that is cheaper that your own plantation. Besides, you huvo nc money to go on. If you leave your phil dren anything, it must be in the acres ovei which you walk. If you drain those acrei of the last ton of potash and phosphorus they contain, you leavo to those who cami after you a wido waste of broom-sedge auf stuutod pines-a heritage of briers, ant gullies, and rotten fences. No, gontlemon you will be wiser and more provident that that. You will see that while there is somi money in cottou and tobacco, thero is in i little truo wealth or power, little of tba which makes nut irina great and keeps thou so. The South has never been sufficient!, devoted to the production of articles o prime necessity. Mankind would bo botte off if frost or worms sboold destroy ever, tobacco plant that sprouts this spring. Cot tou is a very important textile; but nation were clad, and well elad, before Eli Whit ney was boru. Agriculture means the cuUur of tho fields, not skimming and dosolutin thom. Enjoying the best climate and plow ing the best soil on the continent, th Southron ato imported bread, drank in ported wine, gave his hands imported pori shod them with imported leather, an buckled au imported saddle on the back < a horse that had traveled 1,000 milos Soutl ward to find a purchaser. When such peoplo went to war with States that fed on clothed them, the result was inevitable. Ji lins Cicsar, with his tenth legion, oould hat delayed that exohange of notes at Appi muttox Court House, but he could not hui made it impossiblo. In profound peace, with a strong, ellen vigilant man at tho wheel, the couutry entering upon a ducado of material pru pol ity und development that will bo mo nmazing than the magnitude and tho obs uncy of tho recent strife. What the Sou wau ts ubovo all other things, is not disfra chisement or enfranchisement, or a man tho Cabinot, nor oven ? high price for good middling, bot an agrioultural system that is true, just, and lasting. Her land baa bad no Sabbath; there bas bjeen no restoration. Tb o balance between tho living and tho dead products of faining was destroyed and must bo regained. No landstthat are ?not often rfeucwcd ,by the mud of iuuudn|ions can Survive Such an exnausuve,5uocession as the planter bas required of bis cotton and to? bacco fields. A lost fertility must bb restored. That savagery of broom-sedge and brier-thickets must be abolished. But the purchase of n few thousand tons of guano, will not work the desired change. Those phosphatic stones oh Ashley River alone will not do it The Si.itu thinks she needs manufactures-and so she does. But nrtizans and operativos will not move there till good food and good cloth are loss costly. These will not be more abundant till there are moro good barns and well-designed farm-yards; till those poor, wild oows are replaced with Durhams, and Herefords, and Alderneys; till those razor? back hogs are killed, aodSufiblks and Ches? ters take their place; till they havo fatter chickens und moro of thom; till potatoes, and cabbages, and apples are cheaper. Cot? ton always was a weak king. He was full of pride, and vanity, and weakness. Ho urged bis subjects into an unequal strife, and then showed no iuflucuco at courts to muke alliance or secure open ports. Ho gave tho planter's family pocket-money, a andsome carriage, and a heritage of barren fields. If ever king nt all, be was Kiug Stork. Tho South of to-day does not need cotton factories half so much as she does manure factories. She thinks the Constitu? tion os it was, furnishes a panacea for all woes; but it is uot half so important to hot just now as the Herd-Book. Per contra-?the Washington Chronicle (Forney's paper) advocates cotton manfao ture in tho South. It tenders the following advice: "The success of tho South in eularging her cotton resonroces lias very largely in bei own hands. Sho must exert herself tc bring the matter to thc general attention sho must exhibit her advantages to those who have the power to assist ber; hold out proper indncemeuts, diligeutly set about establishing a permanent und efficient laboi system, stripped of tho defects and draw backs of the preseut oue, and make it agree able and remunerative for Northern mon tc carry their mouey, euergy and experionce iuto Southern com m un i ties for steady, active employment there." If the South is wise, and willing to b< taught by experience, she will not maki cotton hereafter her exclusivo pursuit. Th< cottou section of tho Union bas nov more money iu its hands than for man] years, and the reason is that last year il diversified its industry and raised its owl supplies, so that the diminished crop o cotton brought a higher price, and th money was uot expended abroad for sup plies. If tho South wants to bc prosperou she will continuo to pursue this course, am even tho cotton States will not be tempten by the delusivo prospect of gain to mak cottou their only production. -o A despatch from Concord, New Hamv. shire, to tho Bostorn Journal, dated tho 21st says: "It carno to light yesterday that movement is on foot for tho formation of uew political organization in Now Hamf. shire, to include as many as possible of tb conservative members of the two existin parties. Tho matter is now iu the hands ( tweuty prominent men, teu of them bein Republicans and ten Democrats. Privai meetings of those having tho thing i ohnrge have been held, but nothing can I obtained as to tho prospects of the inov< mont. It is said that tho whole scheme wi be made public iu June next." -o The Irish Citizen, of New York, editod I Mr. John Mitchell, speakiug of Gener Longstreet's appointment ns Collector i New Orleons, congratulates the Gener upon tho probable refusal of the Senate i npprove his appointment, upon the gronr that he hus enough to bear in the odiu already inourred by his eagerness to "acco| the situation." "Well," says Mr. Mitohe "he hus his reward; the situation has n accepted bimi" -o THB SITUATION ?H MEXICO.-By speci correspondence from Mexico, dated Montery on tho 28th of February, we n informed that the eutiro country was wra iu a flame of revolutionary agitation. T pooplo were disgusted with and sick the Cabinet plunders of the Juarez par) the members of the Governmout and Pro dent looking nmrely to the "spoils," ai caring little for the general interest. Esc bedo was doing tho work of extermin?t! in Tamaulipas. and most of the other Stnl were considerably disturbed. Gen. Negr< had defeated a portion of the Governnic troops, and it was considered that otbors thom would join his staudard. Gondnoi wore beiug plundered at all points. I vices from Texas throw out the conjectt that United States troops would soon vude Mexico and leavo it open to inferec that tho "beginniug of tho ond" was i far distant.-flew York Herald. Many years ugo, wheu Nantucket ^ largely engaged in tho whaling business clergyman of that town preached from 1 text, 2 Kings, iv 7; "Go sell thy oil, ? poy thy dobt, and live thou and thy cl dren oil" thu rest." The congregation Wi indignant at tho minister's attempt to m dio with tho oil market. Sastacas sut* HM ll asl a eas Prospect* of Co lsrosbta.--Ito. ?. MB. EDKO?: In thia article tho -writer proposes to look a little beyond our corpo? rate limits, na his readers ma; hayo a taste for traveling, and trace with an c^serving eye a few other canses that operate to cur? tail our quota of commerce in this place, and to suggest tho remedies. Aud, first of ell, let it be taken for grant? ed that every inhabitant of oar once flou? rishing and populous town, whenever he goes, wherever he goes, and at all places he goes, should talk of Columbia, boast of Co? lumbia, think of Columbia, and invite everybody to come and take a look at the sumo place. We should have real estate agencies by the score to advertise, sell and attract notices everywhere of cheap lands, rare chances for investment, and fine bar? gains. We should have immigration socie? ties, "et id omne genus,'' in New York, Bal? timore, New Orleans, and os many other conspicuous points aa practicable. But to begin nearer home again. Columbia ought rapidly to become the great depot for the distribution of grain, forage, bacon, live stock, and all tho commodities of the mighty "West. If Atlanta, Qa., can supply all of Middle Georgia and the const of the Empire Stnto with these commodities, in? cluding Savannah itself, what reason is there that our town should not occupy identically tho same position with refereuce to the low country in this State? Why should wo pay tributo ourselves to Atlanta, Augusta and the railroads throughout Geor? gia on grain, forage, bacon, etc.. etc.? There is but one simple and ready answer, to wit: Atlanta has a prompt and short con? nection with St. Louis and Cincinnati, whereas wo have none nt all. Why should our cotton shippers bo at the mercy of one solitary connecting link, ria Charleston, with New York, Baltimore, and other out? lets for tho staple? The explanation is ready-wo aro without a Western connec? tion. It is safe to estimate the increase of busi? ness in the city of Columbia at 100 per cent, iu three years, provided we could commu? nicate by a short and spoedy railroad line with Knoxville, Louisville and St. Louis. Charleston, instead of selling us bacon, grain and forage, would necessarily draw ber supplies of those articles, together with live stock and iron, from Columbia 01 through Columbia. Our city would then become what she has long aspired to be, and what nature formed her for, tho greal centre of trade and manufacture for the twe Carolinas, and would be well worthy bei title as capital of the Palmetto State, the seat of learning, refinement and wealth. By all means, lot evory Columbian and every South Carolinian, nerved with the fire of "amor patrice," move every force ant: iufluonce in bis power for the building o: such a connection; else our Georgia neigh hors will intersect us on all sides with iroi rails, and lcavo us in the cold to shiver ii commercial darkness and isolation. At effort is now being mado in tho Stato Legis lat m c: to further such a scheme, and it be comes every man, who feels a pride in hil State, to take hold, with coat off and glove behind him, and push the enterprise to i brilliant aud speedy success. VIRGIL. -o AK INCIDENT IN TUE LITE OF A POLITICIAN Ou Saturday night, some weeks ago, gentleman was walking leisurely dowi Broadway, apparently very much occapie with his thoughts, when he was interrupts by au appeal for charity. On turning t see who had accosted bim, ho saw a woma about thirty-five years of age, wan and thir. but who still retained traces of forme beauty, and who, from her manner, ha evidently mixed with the moro refine classes of society. She said that ber hu: band was bed-ridden, her children sick an famishing, as well as suffering from tb cold. The gentleman thought a momeo and came to the conclusion to accompan tho womau to her home, and, if her stot proved true, to relieve her. Having ii formed her of his intentions, she willingl led the way, and, upon their arrival at tenement-house, in Baxter street, her stat ment was fully and fearfully corroborate! Tho sick husband and three childrei scarcely covered by their rags, wero hm died together in a corner, trying to kee from freezing, by combining the warmth < their bodies, and their pinched countenanc plainly showed that cold was not the on thing they suffered from. The gentlemt promptly sent for a physician, and th? gave the woman a roll of bills, whioh, < opening, she found to amount to the su of fifty dollars. Ho waited until tho phyi cian arrived, when he ordered him to n tend to tho suffering family and send L bill to him. The humanitarian refused givo the woman his name, but her husbtfi recognized in their visitor no other tbi John Morrissey, member of Congrei This incident was communicated to us < rect from the house-agont.-New Yo Courier. -o A horriblo crime has been committed tho village of Dolce Aqua, North Ita' caused by the enforcement of the grist tr The population rose en masse and killed t Muyor, whose head was thon mounted on pike and paraded through the streets. Di ing the same day, twelvo of the munici] councillors were assassinated. Henrietta Gray, the negress, who, a f days since, murdered a little white girl, n< Macon, Ga., in order to obtain $3.20, 1 been captured after a three days' chase. T little boys, brothers of tho murdered g: led the officers in pursuit. Ea TIT.-Tho French pape, s in Egyp generally supposed to bo subsidizod by t Viceroy-aro becoming moro and moro o spoken on tho subject of Egytian iudep denoo of tho Sublimo Porte. Ha o o a, 1 It e-jn 0 . ' -o Messrs. Bryon Sc McCarter have received the Anril number of tho mother of;maga zmea-Godcy'a Lady's Book. Wo are in debtefi to thom for a copy. St. Maur, the ventriloquist and magioian, whoso exhibitions in Columbia have hereto? fore given general satisfaction, will unfold his budget of wonders in Carolina Hall, on Monday evening next. Messrs. Heed and Simpson returned from Washington, yesterday. They ure not very sanguino that justice will be rendered in their cases. The next few days will decide the matter, however. Owing to tho unsettled weather aud un? foreseen circumstances, there was no the? atrical performance last night. The com? pany, augmented by actors from the North, will open in Charleston, Monday evcuing next. -o Tho vestry of Christ Church uoknowledge the "liberality of the churchos in Philadel? phia, New York, Utica, Flushing and Alex? andria, Virginia, who have contributed to tho rebuilding of our church, destroyed in the conflagration of Columbia, during tho war. " -o Tho friends of agricultural improvement iu Richland District, aro respectfully invited to meet in Columbia, at Carolina Hall, on tho first Monday, being the 5th day of April, in order to form a District Agricultural So? ciety, and to make a suitable response to thc proposition of tho Abbeville District Agri cultural Society to hold a State Agricultural Convention, iu Columbia, ou the 28ih daj of April proximo. -o EMANATIONS FHOM THU EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Dr. B. A. Bosemou (colored) has been np pointed by Governor Scott Physician to tin Charleston Jail. G. Herbert Sass has been appointed No tary Public, of Charleston. The following Magistrates have been ap pointed: John B. Plumeau, for Charleston Warren D. Wilkes, Anderson County; Wm M. Lendermau, Greenville; John Parker Marlboro; Julius Mayer, Barnwell. -o Tho conference between the envoys of tin South Carolina Railroad and the Columbi) ind Augusta Railroad Company, held ii Charleston during the present week, is re ported to have been a failure; it was fount impossible to effect any compromise, ant the affair stands now just where it did bc fore the envoys weut on their mission lu a ajiort time, says the Augusta Chronicl ind Sentinel, the track of tho Columbia an Augusta Road will be laid to the Savanna' River, and we may then expect to seo a the devices known to tho law put in oper? tion by the two companies-oue that it ma enter tho city, tho other to prevent it. -o BORROWERS OF NEWSPAPERS.-When mau makes a habit of borrowing your new: paper, you may bo suro thero's a sorew loos somewhere. He is either too poor or tc mean to buy ono; if tho former, he mu; have reached tho depths of poverty, and tl: fact becoming known would injure h credit; if tho latter, the sooner you bren squares with him tho better, for there is r trusting him. lu this couutry newspape are so cheap, that every man can buy h own paper, and if he can't, will go witbou There is a German proverb which say "When Satan wishes to angle for, at finally catch a man, ho first sets him a bo rowing." One drink or two cigare less tho week will pay for a paper, then yon w become an independent citizen, place yo credit beyond doubt, and have a fair chan of escaping the dutches of his Satanic m je8ty. -o-? RHODES' SUPER-PIIOSFHATB, THE "STA DAnD" MANURE.--Rhodes' Supor-Phosphr can be used eithor broadcast or in the hi or with the seed in tho drill-in no instan is it to be ploughed under a sod, nor bc ded upon. In caso of replanting or boc ward growth, Rhodes' applied as a tc dressing, produces speedy growth-it dc not fire. Exposuro is of great advantaj as it absorbs ammonia from tho atmosphe rain and dew-it being established that large quantity of ammonia per aero avoived during the year from these sourc Aa application of 200 pouuds per acre considered sufficient for crops, but expc (meed planters report 300 pounds per a as repaying the outlay-high mannring, few acres, being the most desirable nn< our changed labor systorn. Profes; Charles U. Shopard, in a recent paper, sa . The planter will never obtain tho b of artificial fertilizers until he incorpora them largely with composts of stable r nure, vegetable muck and wood nshos. 1 idea of trusting to a few hundred pounds the acre, of even tho best fertilizers, see next to absurd to tho Northern or Europt agriculturist, who thinks nothiug of enrii ing tho sumo area with ton or fifteen tons a sound compost." NEW ADVEBTJSEMENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published Cor the first time this morning: Wm. J. Ravers-School Teaching. Mrs. S. A? Smith-Opening of Millinory. Meeting Typographical Uuion. -i^--.-Jy. ST. MAUR'S tickots are for salo at Bryan & McCarter's Bookstore. M27 -o A GOOD HOTBIJ is a benefit to tho commu? nity, and Boston may well be proud of its noted AMERICAN HOUSE/SO long and so well kept by Lewis Rice, Esq. Thoroughly refitted and refurnished, it need fear no competitor. M27 --o Who likes to laugh, tho Great Ventrilo? quist is, herc. M27 -o PLANTATION BITTERS nre especially recom? mended to Clergymen, Public Speakers and persons of literary habits and sedentary life, who reqaire clear mental faculties, whiob can only be obtained by a relish for food, and a perfect digestion. Delicate Females aro certain to find iu these Bitters health and strength. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to tho best imported German Cologne, and Bold at half the price. M27J1|3 -o Ladies, Mothers and Children, ST. MAUR has come. M27 -o ILLS THAT FLESH IS HEIR To.-Sorofnla or King's Evil, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Swellings of the Glands and Joiuts,.Erup? tion of the Skin. Secondary Syphilis with all its train of evils, Impure Blood, Fe malo Diseases, Low Spirits, Liver Complaint, Nervousness, Ac, Ac, fall to the lot of maukiud. But, happily, they have their antidote. DR. TTJTT'S SARSAPARILLA and QUEEN'S DELIGHT possess the qualities to expel them from the system, restore perfect health, and produce happiness, where all was misery. M27 G -o ST. MAUR, tho Ventriloquist, opens at Carolina Hall, Monday. M27 -o BEAUTY.-How to secure a clear, smooth, beautiful, healthy skiu, is the desire of all, aud this is within tho reach of all. The skin becomes discolored, rough, eruptive, by the virulent, unhealthy condition of the excretions and insensible perspiration-that is, secreted by its functions, aud expelled through its pores. The skin is ouo of tho chief outlets for the expuisiou of the hu? mors or elements that tho absorbent vessels reject, to nourish and sustain the blood; hence, these irritant humors poison the delicato skin, aud we bavo Pimples, Blotch? es, Sores, either simp'e or malignant, ac? cording to tho condition of the perspiration and humors secreted by thc skiu. Now, the application of cosmetics only hide these defects, and increase the irritant condition of tho skin. Use Heinitsh's Queen's De? light, and it will be found a perfect remedy for these disorders. M21 -o ST. MAUR only oharges 50 cents; 25 for children. M27 I Will Teach Young Gentlemen, WHO wish to pureuo a Special Course in tho Classics, or to prepare themselves for en? trance into Colleges or Universities. WM. J. RIVERS, March 27 2*_At the University. Columbia Typo graphical Union. THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of thia Union will bo held THIS (Saturday ) EVEN? ING, at Palmetto Engine House, at 7 o'clock. March 271 Ry order of A. TERRY, Pres'l. OPENING OF SPRING MILLINERY THIS DAY, <S^?||(TIIE 27TU,) at Mns. S. A. SMITH'S MILLINERY ROOMS, March 27 stn Ovt-r J. St T. R. Agnew's Store. W. H. Stack's Pure Corn Whiskey. ALWAYS on baud and for sale, by the Agents for the Distiller, FISHER, LOWRANCE Sc FISHER, E. STENHOUSE. CAUTION.-Tho subscriber regrets to learn that an inferior article of Whiskey has been offered and sold as his, and in order to protect consumers as well as his own reputation, requests buyers to be care lui and see that they prooure what they ask for. His Whiskey can be found only at tho Agencies as abovo, or at tho Distillery. W. H. STACK. _ Marci"-2?.l5_Richland County, N. C^ Light! Light!! Light!!! SAFETY and Economy combined, by using tho CRESCENT OAS GENERATOR and CRES? CENT OIL. This Oil is non-explosivo and gives a brilliant light, without the uso or lamp-ckim noys, or tho trouble of cloaning them. Kerosene Lamps altered to use tho Crescent Oil and Gas Gonorator, at a trifling expense. For further in? formation aud a supply of Croscent Oil and Gas Generator, apoly lo J.jfc TVR. AGNEW. General Commission Business. CONSIGNMENTS OP PRODUCE. Orders for purchaso of Merchandize, Shipments or Cotton, and GENERAL COM? MISSION BUSINESS, solicited by MARK K. COOPER, Main street. ll HST UKFBBKNOKS O I V E N . March 24_3mo Piano for Sale. A socond-hand PIANO FORTE, 7J (OctavcB, by a first-class maker, can .ibo bought at a bargain. It is a supe? rior Tnstr?ment and in perfect order. Can bo seen at the residence of tho subscriber, "Steward's Hall ? WM. H. ORCHARD. MaVch23_0? FLOUR. JUST RECEIVED, another consign ?ment of tho Valley of Vi ginia FLOUR. And tn tho lot, a few barrels of tho cele? brated "Stonewall" Mills-tue very BKST Eainilv FLOUR in this market. March 86 8?_Olio. W. PARKER, Agent. McClellan Saddles! TB AM n ARNESS, RUGGY and CARRIAGE HARNESS, and SALDLERY LEATHER, Ac. F. F. CHAPEAU, Mooting street, next Mills Houso, March 23 3mo Charleston, S. 0.