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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Momias, May 29, 1869. Th? Fall l?sate. The radical leaders are. bo doubt begiu-: uiug to seo that, in the important Stato elec? tions which aro to take place in the thoy must meet squarely nud faco to faco certain important issues, which, hitherto, they have cnnuingly nud dishonestly dodged. They have become tho champions of universal negro suffrage, and upon that policy they must stand or fall. There is no policy upou which the truo-hearted Demo? cracy of the country would rather meofc them. lu thc groat States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, tho fall battle is to be fought, .iud tho verdicts which tho peo? ple of thoBO States have hitherto given seem to render tho result of tho coming election a certainty. Tho radicals, as the Louisville Courier-Journal asserts, will bavo to defend their leading measure before tho people-a measure involving tho rights of tho States to regulato their own internal affairs aud enact their own laws as against tho right of Congress uot only to chaugc their laws, but to annul certain portions of their constitu? tions-aud, if tho people provo themselves iucompctent to decide aright iu such a case, never moro eau wo deem them compotcnt to exerciso with judgment and discretion thc prerogatives of free nud independent citi? zens. Wo pincorely rejoice, be the issuo what it may, that tho trial ia to bo mado. -o THE CONDITION OP JAMAICA.-Governor Grant, of Jamaica, has mado a highly-inte? resting aud favorable report ns to the condi? tion of that line island. The statistics that ho publishes iudicato that Jamaica is omerging rapidly to a state of prosperity, notwithstanding the depression which, for many years, seemed to closo its leaden wings over her. Tho Governor's report is for tho year 18G7, which opoued with a deficiency iu the treasury of about $300,000, an amount that, hy economy aud good manage? ment, -was moro than liquidated before tho closo of tho yoar, tho surplus of revenue in the troasury nt that time being nearly half a million. Wo should bo very glad to seo epmo such financiering iu thc United States. Would that President Grant bad Governor Graut as Secretary of tho Treasury. Amoug other reforms in Jamaica, tho number o? parishes has been reduced from twenty-two to fourteen, which must havo made a great saving, each parish possessing the ma? chinery for government similar to that oi au English county. Important saving? were effected ia a groat many quarters, and all uot ouly without the least inconvenience, but with the greatest advantage to tho pop ulatiou. Tho trade of the island is mon prosperous thau it. has beeu for a long timt past. Tho cultivation of the sugar cane, to which the soil and climate aro admirably adapted, is making steady progress, aud UK plauters are directing their attention to th< prosecution of other branches of industry The fruit trade, which is such a profitable business in soiue of the Wost ludia Islauds is nt present wholly neglected in Jamaica but a moderato capital and competeut ski! would soon make tobacco and the cocoauu oil cud fibre a valuable export trade. Sud at least aro tho views of tho Governor. Th labor now employ ad iu Jamaica is fie labor, free in reality as well as iu name si far as we know, aud we hope to see it eu Uroly successful, Its success would un doubtedly operate, to somo extent, as an cu couvagoment to Southern friends, tboug the condition of Jamaica and that of th South aro different in som.o important au essential particulars. A French journalist estimates that a dui I advertisement, which is constantly befoi the public, is read iu the course of a wee by twelve times as many people as th weekly advertisement which is inserted bi ouco. Tho latter is like the fitful lightning w hose occasional flashes attract pas-?ug a tontion, but as quickly pass away und ai forgotten; whilo the former is us the fait! fill sun-light, over present to warm, iuvigi rate aud fructify. Of the scandal that may bo caused by '.false roport,"this is au instance, relat< in a French paper: A. wag, passing throuf ll dark railway tuunel, in a car full of ladi and gentlemen, amused himself by imprio iug u kiss, a resounding, sonorous kiss, c the back of his own hand. Geuoral sens tiou and angry inquisitiva glances all rout whoa tho cur reached tho light. "Dar are," said a sable orator, "two roai through this world. Do one am a broi and narrow road dat leads to perdition, ai de udder ara a narrow and broad road d leads to sure destruction." "If dat am < case," said a suhle hearer, "dis cullud itu vidual takes to de woods." Some maimed Confederate soldiers ha addressed a letter to Leslie, Laud Comm sioner, through the columns of tho Som ern Enterprise, desiring "to know if in t distribution of lands iu this State, und your supervision, weare to be remembered Messrs. Isaac Harris (fruiterer) and Jo! Mehrtens (grocer) died suddenly in Charl ton a day ur two ago. War Uocor???-Th? Southern Historical So? ciety. . There waa a meeting Monday evening, in the root-is of the Howard Association, on ?amp street, o? gentlemen who were promi? nently identified with the canse of the South in the,late*war, both in tho civil and mili? tary capacities. The object of the meeting was to orgauize a permanent society for tho purpose of collecting and preserving tho records and memoranda of tho Confederacy. As yet there has been no full and compre? hensivo history of the war from a Southern stand-point, and from tho very nnturo of things such a history cannot bo written for years to come. Hence tho necessity for the organization of a society which shall be a repository of thoso facts concerning tho great struggle, somo of which now live in print, but by far tho largest proportion of which aro unwritten history, recorded in the memories of such men as Lee, Jeft'er Kon Davis, Johnson, Beauregard, Breckin ridge. Generals Cooper, Bragg, Maury, Toombs, Boujamin, Mallory, Hood, Wig fall, Judge Campbell and a host of others who from their position wore cognizant of tho interior workings of tho Government, of which the outsido world could obtain but a superficial and necessarily imperfect view. Tho North and South, both, have had their would-bo historians, who. from hasty and incorrect data, havo given to tho world what they called histories of the war, but aro really crude volumes, in every pogo of which is oviuced their partisan character. Tho Southern Historical Society will en? deavor to collect only such data na aro per? fectly reliable and correct of tho workings of the Confederate Government, campaigns, battles, dicges and exploits of any charac? ter, and they invite communications from all thoso who may bo cognizant of interest? ing details and facts, or who may bo in pos sassion of valuable papers and documents collected during or B?UCO tho war. Tho so? ciety will extend throughout the Southern States, and vice-presidents will be ap? pointed in onch State. Tho Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer is President of the society, and General Braxtou Bragg, "vice-President. General R. E. Loo is Vice Prosident in Virginia, General John C. Brcckinridge in Kentucky, Alexander Ste? phens in Georgia, ex-Governor L G. Harris in Tennessee, etc., otc. Thoso who may forward contributions to the society aro requested to stato simply facts, without comment thereon, ns the idea is to completo statistics from which, in the future, history may bo writteu. Tho movement is ono which must receive tho endorsement of all right-minded men, as it emanates from a desire which exists in tho hearts of all true Southern men thal their actions and motives may bo handed down to posterity, divested of the clouds h\ which iguoranco and misrepresentation liavt obscured them.-New Orleans Picayune. -o SETTLED.-It affords us much pleasure tc state that our railroad dilliculties ar< iu a train of umicablo settlement. Indeed wo may say terms havo been agreed npoi between Col. Magrath and the Railroat Committee of Council and tho Attorney o tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad, am need only tho ratification of the difieren corporations interested. Tho basis of settlement is substantially that suggested by Gen. Wright iu a lette to Judge Gould on tho 22d instant. Wo know that tho citizens of Angust? will bo gratified that this difficult and vexa tious question is at last settled. We wi) givo the plan and terms agreed upon as sooi as they are authoritatively acted upon by th parties interested. WTe copy tho above from the August Chronicle and ?Sentinel, of the 2Sth; and i another part of tho same paper we find th following: Somo time since, a board of commissior ers, consisting of three directors and thre stockholders from each of tho two roadi waa appointed by tho Charlotte and Sont Carolina and Colombia and Augusta Rai roads, for the purpose of drawing up a agreement, by means of which a cousolidi tion of tho two corporations might bo e fectcd. This board held a meeting in tl city yesterday morning, but nothing wi agreed upon. A proposition was submittet we learn, from one of tho gentlemen pn sent, by the Commissioner of the Charlotl Road, which the representatives of tho Ci lumbia and Augusta Road would not accop Another proposition was then mado by tl latter corporation, which the former r jeeted. Here tho negotiations came to close, as both parties seemed equally dete mined in tho matter. As tho present boai of commissioners failed to agree upon ai terms, a new oue will have to bo appointe whose action will probably bo more ha monious and satisfactory terms foraconso! dation arranged. After tho terms ha i been agreed upon by the commissioner they will have to be presented to the ?toe ; holders ci* tho two companies for ratif?cate or rejection, ns they may determine. -o Prison reform is said to bo carried great length in the Indiana Stato Penite tiary. Murderers aro allowed to go fishin convicts take tea with tho wardeu in 1 house, and when a guard "speaks harald; to a criminal tho oU'eudiug officer iz d charged. The mansion houso of Gov. Craddoc erected in Medford, Massachusetts, iu 1GL is claimed to be tho oldest building in t United States retaining its original form, is so well preservod that it will last sovo: j hundred years yet. I The New York Evening Post is author: for saying that "tho future growth of t United States depends upon cheap trai portatiou." As this is undoubtedly tri wo commend the maxim to all common ci riers, from cab and dray drivers up to ro road presidents. Charles Kean said a bad hor ie waa Uki poor play-it can't run, and won't draw. Agricultural Item?. The necessity of planting trees; particu? larly bolts of evergreen, to shelter soil from tho wind is very apparent. The wind in one day, causes the evaporation o' * ore moisture than several days of suocessive sunshine. This is demonstrated every Spring, when tho roads ar? Often two weeks iu becoming settled if the air is still, while a fow days only of wind make them firm nud Hound. Buyers like timothy hay, because it is generally cleaner from weeds. Tho best hay, however, is cut upon old natural mea? dows, generously mauured-even if some wild plants are present. There is n variety of leafy grasses in such meadows, relished hy all cattle. Tho farmer willingly retains this hay for his own use, and sends his clean timothy to market. In examining a complete flower we find four circles of organs, the outer green and much resembling louves, called sepals; the next moro brilliantly colored and of a more delicate nature, called petals, within which aro the stamens; and finally tho instils; al? though these organs seem to differ very much from tho leaves hitherto considered, they are in truth changed forms, which may be shown by many examples. There is ono fruit which has no insect enemies that we know of. This is the black mulberry. It is entirely wholesome, and enormously productive. It eau be eugraft ed upon the white mulberry. Ono of the best gardens we over knew had a black soil. It was made with coal, mauuro aud other matter. It was mellow and porous, and thus defied sun and drought in their extremes. The London Cold tye Gardener says earth? ing up potatoes diminishes the product aud retards tho ripening of the tubers. Long experiments in England bas proved this fact-that billing up the potato will reduce the crop one-fourth. Tho Chinese clover, which is also called "Japau Clover," "Little Wild Clover," and "Secession Clover," attracted attention in lStVi, on the Saluda Uiver, near old "96," in South Carolina. It now overruns all tho old lields in the Northern portion of the State, and grows to some extent in the oak aud hickory forests. How it was introduced nobody can tell. There is one water flower which cannot bring its blossoms to tho surface, but must pass its pollen under water, and to effect this it has between the edges of its leaves a quantity, where, as in a diving bell, the progress may go on in tho atmosphere. Many plants, especially the orchids, aro so formed that although thc pollen grows al? most in contact with the stamen, they can never meet except by the agcnc\- of insect... Wood ashes usually consist of about five to twenty per cent, of lime, with variable quantities of magnesia, silica, phosphoric acid, chlorine, sulphuric acid, etc. In leachiug, much that is valuable is carried oil, while a considerable part is left. The value of ashes depends not a little on tho peculiar condition of the soil; but generally both leached and uuleached, are more or less useful to nearly all farm crops. In countries where regular systems are followed, it is usual to have courses where? by every farm is brought around to bc dressed iu four, five or six years, the por? tion of the farm coming in rotation to be dressed, being at that time tho poorest, aud thus made tho richest, to start again and bear ono after tho other tho crops which constitute the course or system. The power of endowing soils with fertility is one of the most important in the routine of farming operations, and is effected in n variety of ways; but the most econ?mica! and efficacious method, perhaps, is th? turning in of green crops. To make a good cough syrup, take out quart of tho best Holland gin, two ounces o pine pitch as it runs from the tree; whet the gum is well dissolved, make a syrup o crushed sugar; mix all together, shake well take one tablo spoon ful ouo hour befor< eating. Plant sweet corn in bills, iustead of drill -tiic rows to be three and a half feet apar and hills one foot apart. Feed it to cattle "ears and all," and moro butter than cai be made from grass feed will bo tho result. In setting such plants as the raspberry after the drills are made, tho best tools art the most primitive-the human hands For held culturo, mark out your groun? both ways, us you would for planting cort or potatoes. Three feet by six we conside the best distances for the black, ami thre by five for the rod varieties. A correspondent of the Iowa Homestew says ho set, in 1840, two oak fence posts from the same tree. The one set butt em down rotted od* in thirteen years, tho odie is as good as over. Mr. Seth Hoyden, of Newark, N. J., say that within twenty years' cultivation be cai raise strawberries as large as pine apples and have them rotain all tho delicacy ol' th fruit now grown. Orchards should be cultivated as carefull as corn fields. Laying down in grass is in jurions to the trees. Hoed crops may 1) raised between the rows of trees withou damaging tho roots. For a eow that hus lost her cud, give be chunks of fat pickled pork-size, two by si inches-at intervals of several hours, and i her horns are cold, drill a hole in each, on blow in pepper and salt. Au old and experienced farmer says thu swelled jaws in sheep can bo eflectuall cured, by rubbing the inside of the jaws an mouth with a mixture made of alum an salt, equal parts of each. Young cattle, if you would have thei keep growing through winter, should hav as good treatment as oxen or cows. It : poor economy to keep them exposed t severe weather, and supplied only with ho hay. The tauyab, a tuberous-rooted animi plaut, is cultivated in some parts of tl South as an edible. It luxriates iu ligh damp, sandy loam. American Securities Abroad. The London Morning Slur, of May 10, in its city article, takes the following very sen sible view of the financial and trade rola tiona between the United States and Eng? land, as affected by pending political ques? tions. It notices the pressure of sales iu tho stock markets that morniug, oousols and five-twenty bonds being perhaps most affected, and says: In five-twenties the pressure continued unabated, the bears taking advantage of the ' bad spirit which Mr. .Sumner's foolish de mauds have created, ami which it is for the benefit of certain of our monetary cliques ' to stimulate. The lette?" of Mr. Goldwiu Smith was largely quoted as a proof that Wo might fear tho worst from the temper of the present American administration. We have no doubt whatever that the letter is nu un- I fortunate exaggeration, and that the notion i of our relations with America becoming so i embittered as to compel English residents to quit the country could only have entered the mind of a scholar and recluse. The two countries have far too much ned of each other to permit an ' 1 story like thc Alabama controversey to br..di up their pro? fitable trade, to bring untold miseries upon both, and to heap up a debt of hundreds of millions in tin? course ot' a few years. The! majority of the people ou both sides of the Atlantic are too wise to consummate their own ruin by embarkiug on strife, and the silly talk which is heard at present will die away in a few days. It has served its pur- , pose, however, of reducing Jive-twenty bouda about one per cent, additional, and the labt issue of 1?G7 is uno and three-quar? ters lower. Altogether, the live-twenties] have fallen about three per ceut. for the week, and the ten-forty bonds havo also do-1 dined to the sann.' amount. Thc rise in the price of gold in New York has lind a power? ful effect iu aiding the '"bear" operations here. For the week to Thursday last, tho i increase of price in New York bas been 4 per cent. So far as these speculations iu \ gold aro concerned, it is probable enough they may lead to difficulties in the New | York market; but there is nothing unusual ? in such difficulties, and they do not affect the money market of this country further than by preventing fur the moment gold arriving in payment of good-. It would be most unwise in us not to take notice of the change of the course of trade with America which tho existence ot' the j live-twenty bonds has created. It is quite clear that if Europe is disposed to take , bonds bearing six per cent, gold interest, and payable in gold, in place of gold itself, tho Americans will only bo too glad to send their bonds. We cannot got both iu pay- ( mont for the same manufactures, and Eu-, rope undoubtedly does look with favor upon j these bonds. As fast, for example, as the ! price falls in Loudon, tho firms who have! agents iu Frankfort, Amsterdam, and thc other European centres, sell by telegraph in those markets, and buy in London. We then require to send loss gold to those towns, should the exchanges be disposed to turn against us as the five-twenties lill up a gap between London and tho Dutch and German markets as much as they do between New York and London. If the Dank of England has resolved to | outer upon a contest to put dowu the traffic in live-twenty bonds, as a distinguished au? thority has assured us, it may expect to sue- ? ceod when it has been able to wipe np tho Atlantic Ocenu, and not till then. It is no doubt very annoying that we cauuot look for our usual supplies of gold from Ameri? ca, so long as this traffic continues, but it would be better for us to make arrange? ments to do without the gold thau to at? tempt to fight with the laws of political economy. We must alter our financial ar- j rangements to suit thc actual commerce of ? the world, and not attempt to make tho j world conform to our financial arrangements made in 1814. Fourteen old girls assembled at a party at Saxton's River, thc other day, found that their united age was 1,048 years. The old? est, who waa ninety-one, on being invited to ride homo in tho evening, after tho party, resented tho imputation, and answered, tes? tily, that "?he'd rather walk." Market gardeners who use the most euee- ! tivo manures, v. thout regard to cost, aro small purchasers of guano and the bi- , chemical fertilizers. They depend on com- j post made of vegetablo refuse, thus creating a condition of soil similar to that of fresh cleared and heavy timbered lauds. The covetous mau is as much deprived of what ho has, as of what he has not; for be . enjoys neither. -o HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-This article is the true secret of beauty. It is what fashionable ladies, actresses and opera sing? ers use to produce thai cultivated, distingue appearance so much admired iu the circles of fashion. It removes all unsightly blotches, redness, freckles, tan, sunburn and effects of spring wiuds, aud gives to thc complexion a bloom- ; ing purity of transparent delicacy and power. No lady who vaines a fine complex? ion can do without tho Magnolia llalm. 75 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful hair dressing. M22 J13 -o Do You WANT HEALTH? AND Wno DOES NOT?-If so, bo advised; USE DR. TUTT'B j SARSAPARILLA and QUEEN'S DELIGHT, the t groat alterative and blood purifier. There i is no mystery about the universal success that attends its uso. It is the finest selection of tonio, anti-bilious, anti-soorbutio, aperi? ent and purifying Hanns, ROOTS and BARKS that ever entered into any medicinal com? pound. M22 Ijooal Xi? -m ? . -o THE DOUBLE WATCH RAFFLE.-We aro authorized to state that tho gold aud silver watches, the chances ,for which have been recently taken, \rill be rallied this evening, at half-past 8 o'clock, ot Heise's confection? ery, Main t-treet. -o Grace Greenwood has sold her Lillie Pi'. '/rim to Alfrod L. Sewell & Co., publishers of The Lidie Corporal, of Chicago. The Pil? grim has been published as a chile1 ron's magazine for over fifteen years, and has been n popular juvenile, but will now stop "pil? grimaging" on his own account, aud here? after bo an "aide" to tho conquering West? on; Napoleon, The Little Corporal, the well deserved circulation of which was evcu before this addition larger thau that of any other juvenile magazine in the world. (?race Greenwood stills writes for it. The .Inly number begins a now volume, and we advise our friends to send on to tho publish? ers, at once, oue dollar, which is the price for one year. Those who subscribe duriug June, will receive thc Juno number extra. -o CONFEDERATE HISTORY.-Tho time must come when this history will bo written, aud we rejoice to soo that tho city of Now Or? leans is taking preliminary steps to make it full and reliable. They have formed a so? ciety for the collection of Confederate data of every kind that reflects light upon thc origin, conduct and iucidonts of the late civil war, and we trust all will feel interested in the success of the project. Some ac? count of the organization will bo found iu auother columu, extracted from the Pica? yune. We would take occasion to remark that the Historical societies iu tho var us States might render valuable aid in a Wv.rk that so deeply concerns tho character of the Southern people, by acting as auxiliaries of tho New Orleans association. Each State might thus collect its own record in the war, and far more effectively and reliably than a society located in a distant city possibly could. The materials thus gathered might, at tho proper time, be placed in competeut hands, nud worked up into a connected and enduring record. We would be glad to see tho Memorial Association, of our own city, direct its attention to the subject, and settle upou somo definite plan by which the desired information may be obtained from all available sources. Circulars might be addressed to well informed gentlemen in thc various sections of the State, while, no doubt, there are many who would cousent to act as agents of the society for tho coi? tion of historical material. We invite at? tention to the subject. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published for tho first time this morning: Velocipede Hink at Jaur.ey's Hall. Meeting of Typographical Union. D. C. Peixotto Sc Son-Flour, Sugar, Ac Assignee's Sale at Hunt's Hotel. H. E. Nichols Sc Son-Life Insurance. E. Sc G. D. Hope-Cow Peas aud Barrels. J. & T. H. Agnew-Butter and Sardines. Ii. A: W. C. Swalfield-Summer Goods._ Secomb Sc Co.-Sewing Muchinea. American Knitting Machines. D. C. Peixotto & Sou-Furniture, ?cc -o Mr. Doyle, the well known clerk at the AMERICAN HOUSE, Boston, is one of the great favorites with the traveling public. His well known face at the office is only an intimation of the thorough comfort and uniform courtesy which meets the guest throughout. M29. -o The New York Tribune says tho reason why PLANTATION BITTERS aro FO generally used is owing to tho fact that they are al? ways made up to tho original standard, and of pure material, let tho price bo what it will. The Tribune just bits the nail on tho heud, for PLANTATION BITTERS are not only mude of pure material, but tho people are told what they are made of, as the recipe is wrapped around each bottle. Don't go home without a bottle. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to tho best imported German Cologne, and sold at half tho price. M22Jlt8 -o It may bo truthfully said thai tho greatest 01 all blessiugs is health, for without it, it is impossible to enjoy the lifo that God has given us. A healthy stomach, n good di gestiou, a good conscience aro requisites so important in a physical and moral point of view to human happiness, that wo presume no one will question it. To all alike is health essential for life's enjoyment and pursuits; to young and old, to rich and poor, to man and woman. Aro you iu search of wealth? health is essential; do you desire office and worldly hours? of what avail would theso be without health? The beau? ties of spring, the song of birds, tho deep blue skies, all have a poetic fascination with tho pure in mind and body; but what are they without health? To say with tho poet, as ono feels tho throbs of a healthful heart: "This world is very lovely! Ob, that I may live." And so to continue, make use of the meaus within your reach, Heinitsh's Queen's Delight, tho panacea for all tho ills incident to bud blood. It is a tonic, invigorator, liver regulator-cures disorder of tho sto? mach and digestion, headaches, nervousness, consumption, 4c. M15