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* T\ . * '.v _ ^,. !pTi57"^r ;\ WiTTf Tf T?) IA WfOTiWrD Jlkliih ^AiyiL*jii J iiiLJjiili TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] "this i'nicu of IjIbeiity xs? etehktau vigiijanob." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE* BY DAVIS & IIOLLINGSWORTIL ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 185G. VOL. XIII NO so M PETEH FRANCISCO. As late as the year ISoG, there lived in Western Virginia a man whose strength was bo remarkable as to win htm the title of " the Western Samson." 1 Ic knew nothing of his birth or parentage, but supposed lie was born in Portugal, whence he was tetolen wlicn a chiM. siihI <-:ir?ii>i1 In Tr<>1.-iml recollections were those of boyhood iu the latter country. While yet a tal, lie apprenticed himself to a sea captain for seven years, in pay for a passage to this country. 'On his arrival, his time and services were sold to a Mr. "Winston, of Virginia, in whoso service ho remained until the breaking out of the revolution. ]>eiug*of an adventurous turn of mind, he sought and obtained permission of his nTaster to join the army, and was engaged in active service during the whole contest. Such was his strength and personal bravery, that no enemy could resist him. lie wielded a sword. tlio bla<.lc of which was live feet in length, as though it had been a feather, and every one who camc in contact with him, paid the forfeit of his life. At Stony l'oint he was one of the "forlorn hope" which was advanced to cut away the abatlis, and, next to Maj. (Jibson, was the first man to enter the works. At lkandywinc and Moninouih ho exhibited ! the most fearless bravery, and nothing but j his inability to wiitc prevented his promo- ! nun iu ii commission. i rnusielTetl lo Hie South, In: look part in most of the engagements iii llnil section, ami towards tlic close of the war ho was engaged in a contcst which exhibited, iu a striking manner, his' self-confidence aiul courage. One day while rocuunoitering, he stopped at the house of a man by the name of W , to refresh himself. While at the tabic, he was surprised by nine 1'ritish troopers, who rode up to the house and told him lie was their prisoner. Seeing that lie woe e.\ muuillu / *..! 1 1 1 - - ' ' 1 .....J .IV givukijr UHUKiiUDCiai, HO pimeUUCU to surrender, and the dragoons seeing lie was apparently peacefully inclined, aflcr disarming liim, allowed him considerable freedom while (hoy sal down to partake of the food which he had left when lie was disturbed. "Wandering out in the door yard, he was accosted by the paymaster, who demanded of him everything of value about him, at the risk of his iife in case of refusal. "I have nothing to give," sai.l Francisco, "so use your pleasure." " Ciive nj) (hose massive silver buckles in your shoes," said the dragoon. "They were the gift of a fiiend," replied x'ranciscu, "anu give litem to you I never shall; take them if you will; you have the power, but I will never give llieui to any one." Putting his sabre under his arm, the soldier stooped down to take them. Francisco seeing the opportunity, which was too good to bo lost, seized the sword, and drawing it with force from under the arm of the soldier, dealt him a severe blow across (he skull. Although severely wounded, yet being a brave man, the dragoon drew a pistol and aimed it at his antagonist, who ' was too quick for him,however; and as lie pulled the trigger, a blow from the sword nearly severed his wrist, and placed him 1 hurs ilu combat. { The report of llic pistol drew the oilier ' dragoons into llic yard, as well as W wlio very ungenerously brought out a musket which he handed lo one of llic soldiers, and told him to make use of it. Mounting ! the only horse he could get, lie presented Alio muzzle at the breast of Francisco and ' pulled the trigger. Fortunately it missed 1 fire, and Francisco eloscd in upon him. A ' short struggle ensued, which ended in his disarming and wounding the soldier. Tarleton's troops were now in sight, and the oLlio.r ilrKmiiiio ? /?? /? ' ?- IIVIU UUUUb W tillUOlX liim. Seeing liis caso was desperate, lie turned to an adjoining thicket, and, as if cheering a parly of men, cried out, "Coino on, my brave boys, now's your time; we'll soon dispatch these few, and then attack ;lho main body," at the same time rushing fit the dragoons with the fury of an dnraged ,,tiger. ."They did not wait to cngago him, but ^ |1.~ ' - 1 f*vv . IV 4U<J |)aiJIU'MIUCii Jond dismayed. Seizing upon the traitorous Villain W , Francisco was about to dispatch' him, but ho bogged and plead so hard for Iiia -life, that bo forgave him and ; "idld him ia secrete for biin the eight horses ' *bicli the soldiers hj^d left'bohind them.? PeVee jviftg; tft&Tarletoir had dispatchcd two ' of him, ho made peaceful nature and his strength, i.s also lold of Francisco. How Inio it is we cannot say, but we tell it as it was tuld to us many years ago, while he was still living in Buckingham county. One day, while working in his garden, he was accosted by a stranger, who rode up to the fence and inquired if he knew where a man by the name of Francisco lived ? Reaching himself up from his work and eyeing his interrogator, who appeared to be -one of the "half horse, half alligator" breed of Kcntuckians, lie replied, " Well, stranger, I don't know of any oilier person l?y that name in these pails but myself." " Well, I reckon yon ain't the man I want. 1 want to fm<! a great fighting man I've heard tell so miueh about; the feller, they say, can whip all creation, and old Kuiiituck lo buol." " 1 can't tell you, stranger, where you will find that man. 1 don't know such a man," said Francisco, resuming his work, as a hint lo the other that the conference was ended. l?ut the Kenluekian was not lo be " bin fled oil'," as lu; would term it. I. i ....r. . .." -m ? uwiv ijl I ?H 11 I j ftiliU IK'j I ULMI lo tlie charge, " what ini^IiL your name l?o 2" u My name is I'elcr Francisco, at your liJl'v ice." "All,'' returned t lio other, " you'ro just Lite man I want lo find," at the same time j riding inside t!ie feiiee; lie dismounted and j tied llie animal?a ivu;;h, ungainly Indian j pony?lo one of llie p";>ls. ' .My name is Ijig !>ill Stokes, ail llie way I from okl Keiiluck. I am llie Kentucky game chicken, I am. 1 can outrun, outhop, ouijump, knock down, drag out, ami whip any man in all them digging*. So, as 1 heard tell of a feller clown hereabouts who could whip all creation, 1 thought I'd saddle old lilossom and just ride over and see what sluir lie's made of, and hero I am.? And now, stranger, I'm. most starved fur a light, and 1 am bomid to see who's the bo.*-l man before T go home. It's all in good fueling, you know; and if you lick me, why Pin satisfied. I Jul"? "SU'|? a liitnlite, stranger,'' said Francisco; "you've mistaken the man entirely. I'm no fighting mail al all ; and it I was, , ..v.i.iiii- joii 10 iigui about." " Well, 1 don't know ; is there any oilier l'cter Francisco in these parts?" " No, not that 1 know of." "Well, then, you're the man, and you must fijht. l'vo come all the way from old Kentucky, and 1 ain't a going Lack without knowing who's the best man." 44 Uiit 1 won't fight. I've nothing lo fight about, and I tell yoivT won't fight." 41 l)arn'd if you shan't fight, stranger.? I'm bound to lick you if 1 can; if 1 don't, you must lick me." J?y this time, Francisco had bcconic angry at the importunity of his visitor, and determined lo put au en J to the scene. Seizing his antagonist, therefore, by the scat of lii.s l>ucl;sl;in breeches ami the collar of his limiting sliii I, lie threw him over the fence. The Kentuckian rai.sc<l himself from I ho ground, perfectly dumbfounded by such an exhibition of ??trenglh ; and after rubbing his eyes as though he thought he might not have seen clearly, he mounted thu pony, remarking?" "Well,stianger, I reckon you'll Jo. I reckon ii.'? nl>.?n? < ?/> r..?. .?? billlV 1VI iliU IV make tracks. If anybody asks you about , Lbat great fight, you can tell \jm you liekcil ] Dill most confoundedly." , Francisco was a powerfully built man, ] standing six fet and ono inch in height, t weighing two hundred pounds. Ilis inuE- i cular system was extraordinarily developed, i and ho had been known to shoulder with i case, a cannon weighing eleven hundred pounds ; and a gentleman of undoubted : veracity, still living in Virginia, who knew him well, says " ho could take mo in his right hand and pass over the room with i me, playing my head against tho ceiling as though 1 had been a doll-baby. My weight was one hundred and ninoty-fivo pounds.'' His wife, who was a woman of good sizo and fair proportions, ho would take in liis right hand, and holding her out at arm's length, would pass around tho room with her, and carry licr up and down stairs in this position. ITo would take a barrel rtf rMni1 #li/* /iliJiiiAfl n%\.l 1.-1 * ~ v.mv* +SJ %tiv VIIUUW| aiiu It IU I his iiiouth would drink from llio bung a long and hearty draught without any apparent exertion. Yot, with all liia strength, he was a very peacefully disposed man, and never mado uso of his power oxcept in case of necessity, ' about his usual vocations or in defenco of Cho riglit. On occasious of outbrcakings at public oratherinffs lie was hotter nt. r??h. ing in and preserving the public peace tlian all tlio conservative authorities on tho ground. >. Although uncducatcd, he Was -withal a* companionable man, And fats anecdotes and stork* of war, of which :hq possessed a rich ' fund, rendered him a welcomo guest in iho ; first families id-the State. "His luQuatrious' and temporal fciabits* together with Lis > THE HUNTER'S rEAST. Captain Mayne lleid, in liia " Hunter's Feast," gives llio following graphic account of a thrilling adventure lie had on one of the Aineiican livers. While in search of tho Scarlut Ibis, his boat floated away ami left him 011 a barren island, lie tells his story thus: I lay in a stupor, almost unconscious, how loll" I lcillliv llllf l?lll T _ , J . run ecrtain. I know this hy Iho sun ; it was going down when 1 awoke?if I may so term the recovery of my sickened senses. I was a roused by a Btrango circumstance: I was surrounded by dark objects of hideous shape and hue?reptiles they were.? They had been before my eyes for some time, but I had not seen them. I had only a sort of dreamy consciousness of their presence, but I heard them at length : my car was in better tune, * d the strange noises they uttered reached 1153- intellect. It seemed like the blowing of great bellows, with now and then a note harder and louder, like llio roaring of a bull. This startled mo, and I looked up, and bent my e)*c:i upon llio objects : they were forms of the ctvcoililiilic, the giant lizards?they were alligators. Hugo ones tlicy were, some of tlicm; and many were they in number?a hundred at least were crawling over t'ne i.-let, before, behind, and oil all tides around me. Their long gaunt jaws and channelled snouts projected forward so as almost to touch my body ; and their eyes, usually leade.ii, seemed t<; ?iaio. Im polled by this new danger, 1 .sprang to my J 1'cut, when, recognizing the upright form of man, the reptiles scuttled oil', and plunging hurriedly into tlic lake, hid their hideous bodies uni'ler the water. The incident in r.omc measure revived me. 1 saw that I was nut alone: there was company in the crocodiles. I gradually bccamc more myself, and began to reflect with some degree of coolness ii.? ?i.~? - i- t ? v/ii cuvi i.iivuiiniiiiii;v:a uiiii.. ^uii n'UHUL'U i!IL'. My eyes wandered over llio islet; every inch of it came uiulcr my glance; every object upon il was scrutinized ; the moultcn feathers of wild fowls, tlic pieces of saiul, (he fresh water muscles (unias) strewed 1 upon llie beach?ail were examined. SLill the barren answer, no means of escape. The Islet was but the head of a sand ; bar forme] by the eddy, perhaps gathered together within the year. It was bare of herbage, with llio exception of a few tufts j of grass. There was neither tree nor bush J upon it; not even a r.lielc. A raft, hided ! j There was not wood enough to mako a j raft that would have floated a frog. The I idea of raft was but brielly entertained ; such a thought had certainly crossed my miiul, but a single glance around the islet T II 1 ? 1 * ? ' * ' ' uisjicucu it ueiuio il iiaa iai;en shape. J paced my prison from en J to end ; from side to siilo 1 walked it over, I tried the water's depth; 011 all sides I sounded it, wading recklessly in ; everywhere it deepened rapidly as I advanced. Three lengths of myself from the islet's edge, and 1 was up to my neck. #l'ho huge reptiles swam around, snorting and blowing; they wore bolder in this element. I could not have waded safely ashore, even had the water been shallow. To swim it?no?even though I swam like a duck, they would have closed upon me and quartered me T rnillll lmvo mmli> n iln'/n elmlm Horrified l?y llioir demonstrations, I turned back npon dry ground, and paccd llio islet with dripping garments. I continued walking until night, which gathered round 1110 dark and dismal. Willi night came new voices, tlio hideous voices of Lhc nocturnal swamp; the qua qua of tho night heron, lhc scrccch of the night owl, Llie cry of tho bittern, cl-l-uk of tho great water toad, the tinkling uf tho boll frog, and llio chirp of the savannah cricket, all fell upon my ear. Sounds still harsher and more hideous were heard around me?the splashing of tho alligator, and tho roaring of his voicc?lliesc reminded 1110 that I must not go to sloop. To sleep! I durst not have slept for a single instant. Even when 1 lay for a few minutes motionless, the dark reptiles came crawling round nie, so closo that I could havo put forth my hand and touched tlioin. At intervals I sprang to my feet, shouted, swept .my gun around and chased them hack to the water, into which tlicy betook themselves with a sullen plunge, but with little semblance of fear. At each fresh demonstration on my part, they showed less alarm, until I could no longer drivo them, either with shouts or threatening gestures. They only retreated n few feet, forming an irregular circlo round me. Thus hemmed in, I bccamo frightened in turn. I loaded my gun and fired; I killed none. They aro impervious to a bullet, except in tho eye or under tho foro arm. It was too dark to aim at thoso parts ; and ray shots glanced harmlessly from tho pyramidical scales of their bodies. Xbo loud report, however, and the kjazo rI M > > ? irigmencu mom, ana inoy lied la return again, after a long interval. I was asleep whoa (hoy returned; I had gone to sleep in spite of ray efforts to keep awake. 1 , was startled by iho touch of something hail crawled closo along side mo, and wsis preparing to make his attack, as I saw llial ho was bent in tho form of a bow, ami I knew that these creatures assumed that attitude when about to strike their victim.? I was just in time (o spring aside and avoid the stroke of his powerful tail, that tho next moment swept tho ground where 1 had lain. Again I fired, and he with tho rest, once more retreated to the lake. All thoughts of going to sleep were at an end. Nottliat I lelt wakeful; on the contrary, wearied with my day's exertions?for I Iiad Iiad a long pull under a tropical sun?1 could have laid down upon tlio earth, in the inud, anywhere, and .slept in an instant. Nothing but tlio dread certainty of my peril kept me awake. Once again before morning, 1 was compelled to battle with the hideous reptiles, and chased them away with a shot from my gun. Morning cauio at length, but with no change in my perilous position. The light only showed inc my island prison, but revealed no way of escape from it. Indeed, the change couKl not bo culled for the better, for tlie fervid rays of an almost vertical sun poured down upon me until my skin almost blistered. I was already specklud l?y tho bites of a thousand swamp flies and musquilocs that all night bad preyed upon mc. There was not a cloud in the heavens to shade mc; and (lie sunbeams smote the sin lace of (lie dead bayou with a double intensity. Towards evening I began to hunger ; no wonder at that. 1 had not eaten since leaving tho villago settlement. To assuage thirst, I drank the walor of ilin lnk<? tulbid and slimy as it was, I drank il in large Humilities, for it was hot, and only moistened my palate without fjuenchiiig the cravings of my appetite. Of water tlicro was enough ; I had more fear from want of food. What could I oat? The Ibis.? Cut how to cook it? There was nothing wherewith to ?s:d;e a fire?not a stick.? No matter for that. Cooking is a modem invention, a luxury for pampered palates.? I divested the Ibis of its brilliant plumage, and ate it raw. I spoiled my specimen, bill at tlio time there was little thought of that. There was nut much of the liatiualiot loft in inc. 1 anathematised the hour I had ever promised to procure the bird.? 1 wished my friend up to his ucek iu a swamp. The Ibis did not weigh three pounds, bones and all. It served inc for a second meal, a breakfast; but at this dejeuner suns fourchcllc 1 picked the bones. What next? Starve? Xo?not vet.? In tiic batiks 1 had had with the alligators during the second night, one of llicm had received a shot that proved mortal, 'i'he hideous carcass uf the reptile lay dead upon the beach. I need noL starve; I could eat that. Such were my reflections. I must hunger, though, before I could bring myself to touch the musky morsel. Two days more fasting conquered my sijueamislmess, 1 drew out my knife, cut a steak from the alligator's tail anil ate it?not the one I had first killed, but a second ; the other was now putrid, rapidly decomposing under the hot sun?its odor filled the islet. Tlio stench had grown intolerable.? mere was not a brculli ol air stirring; otherwisa I might liavo shunned it by keeping to windward. TIio whole atmosphere of tho islet, as well as a largo cirele round it, was impregnated with the fearful diluvium. I could bear it 110 longer.? With tho aid of my gun I pushed the half decomposed carcass iuto the lake.? Perhaps the current might carry it away. It did ; I had the satisfaction to bco it float ofl*. This circumstanco led 1110 into a train of rcllcclions. Why did tho body of the alligator float? It was swollen, inflated with gases. 11a! An idea shot through my mind?0110 of these brilliant ideas, the children of neces suy. i inougiii 01 mo n on ting alligator, its intestines?wliat if I iullatod tlicin ?? Yea, yea! buoys and bladders, Hunts and life preservers ! That was the thought. I would open the alligatore, and inako a buoy of their intestines, that would bear mu from Lhc islet! I did not loso a moment's time; I was full of energy; hope had given mo new life. My gun was loaded?a huge cu>eodilo that swain near the slioro received the shot in his eye. I dragged hiin on tho bench ; with my knife I laid open his entrails. Few they were, but enough for my purpose. A pluino quill from the wing of tuo iuis serveu mo tor a uiow-pipc. 1 saw tho bladder-liko skin expand, until I was surrounded by objocts like groat sausages, Thcso woro lied together, and fastened to my body, and then with a plungo, I entered tho waters of the lako and floated downward. I had tied on my life prosorvere in such a way thAt I sat in an upright position, holding my guu with both hands. This I intended to Iiavo used as a club in case I should bo attacked by tho alligators; but I had choscn tho hot hour of noon, when ; these creatures lie in a half torpid state, and to my joy I was not molested. Half ? ' tit. ai. . ji? pour a urttuug wiyinuo current earned me W the end of rthe lake, And I found my- : self at the debouchure of the bayou.. Here to my * . -v*. . (, i Progress of Rclbjion.?'l'lio " Presbyterian Critic" has an article from llio Rev. Dr. Sluart llobinson, in which it is .stated that, " after a careful comparison and summing up of tho religious statistics of tho various denominations, the Evangelical bodies of tho United States now number thirty thousand ministers, four millions of church members, sixteen million and a half connected by education and sympathy with them, seventy millions of dollars invested in cliui'cli properly, twenty millions annually raised for the support of ordinances at home, four millions for tho spread of the church abroad, and twelve millions of sittings in their houses of worships. In this estimate no account is taken of tho many millions of dollars invested in schools, colleges, and seminaries, under the control of Evangelical denominations. Thus it appears that, out of a population estimated at twenty-six and a half millions, nearly two-thirds of tho whole arc members in full communion, or under tho direct influence of Evangelical churches." Culcntla Trade.?Uor.ton is tho seat of the Calcutta trade, tlie chief importations from which havo been linseed, saltpetre, hides, gunny bags and cloth, indigo and 'i'i.~ ?i? f ? - aAi..x inu viiiuu 01 mo importations for 18.11 was $7,310,GM, and that of 1855 was about the same. Calcutta furnishes this entire country with saltpetre, as it can bo imported cheaper than it can be made here. When it id worth from iiftccn to twenty cents a pound, the manufacturer can produce it in this country principally from nitrous caverns. The Dupont Company, Dolowarc, in their manufacture of powder, use about 100 tons, or 1200 bags, of saltpetre a month. Calcutta has a population cf 113,000, and the exports from that cilv amount to ?GU,0UU,000; the imports to 1,000,000. In the years 1 S31-2, ships entered the port of Calcutta with an aggregate. lmrdcn of -125,553 tons. Shoes.?Among the new things of the age is the manufacture of shoes by cementing together the pieces of leather of which they arc composed. A shoe is thus made without a peg or a stitch, which it is said will never rip and cannot be torn apart in the seems, because tlie leather will lo.-n- fii-st A large company lias been started for this iiianufacturc at Italian! Vale, their proccss being to ecinent t!io shucs 011 tho common wooden lasts and tlien dry them in owens. liut wo understand an improved process has been invented, by which a pair of shoes can bo completed in five minutes. The piecca are cemented on a hollow metalio last, into which steam is . .trodneed by turning a cock, and its heat sets the cement almost instantaneously. Texits on the ELclion of Fremont.?A Texas paper contains the following item : "On the 31st ult., in the State Scnato, at Austin, Mr. Uryan, of Ihazoria, introduced a Joint Resolution requiring tho Governor to convene a special Legislature 011 or before the first of January, 1S57, should tho anti-slavery candidate for the Presidency bo electcd; and further, ilia1 tho Governor forward a copy of this resolution to tho Governor of each slaveholding Slate. Tho resolution was referYed to the Committee 011 Stato Affairs, and will, we hopo, bo reported on favorably." Writ Refused.?Judge McLean, of tho Supremo Court, has written to tho Cincin nati Gazette in regard to tho application mado to liim for a writ of habeas corjnts in the ease of llobinson and others in confinement in Kansas, charged with treason. lie states that as the iiidiciment for treason charged the offence as within the Constitution, and that the defendants were arrested under a warrant issued by tho court on the indictment, he refused tho writ, inasmuch as illegality, tlio only ground for release, did not appear on tlic facc of tho papers. To ascertain tho length of a day night, any limo of tho year, douhlo tho timo of tho sun's rising, which gives the length of tho night, and double tho timo of sotting, which gives tho length of tho day. This is a liulo method of " doing tho thing1' which fow of our roadcra have boon nwaro of. Decision of Clmracttr.?Without it no man or woman is ever worth a button, nor over can bo. Without it n man becomes at once a good-natured nobody ; tho poverty stricken possessor of but ono solitary principle?that of obliging everybody uudcr tho sun merely for tlic asking. Hours for Marruinn in Kriahind.?Tim limitation of tlio tftno of tho day for mur-rying in England is fixed by statute. Tbo period botween eight in the jporuing and noon is asssigncd as tho legal timo for all marriages. The custom here and Uio law in England are widely different in this particular. . " You sa^r," said tho judge, " tho Squire who married you to thenrst wife authorized you to take sixteen 1 What do you mean by that f " Well," said Hans, ? he' dold roe that I should 'half four potter, four vomer, four richer, foot boorcr-r-and " & ? a a m ? &.ir is & & a.. l'toui the Jitli/ijirhl A'locrltecr. TILE BILL EUU OR CORN BORER. Mil. Editor : Perhaps it will not be amiss to givo to your many renders my observation and experience dining this last spring and summer on the above l>ng. I noticed some time in ibo early part of the spring, whilst I was engngtd in sowing u:u*, mai nearly or quite all ol llic old rag or carrot weeds had holes in tlietn as though something had raised in the pclh of the stein, had matured and come out. The more I examined the more I found it to be so, until at length I determined to see what insect had inhabited the rag weed during the last summer. After a closc watch until about the midulo of May, I discovered that some of the most forward weeds had grown to be about four inches high when 1 discovered that a small incision or pauatur had been made near the brul of the main stem; and upon further examination 1 found it to contain a small yellow egg about the size of a small mustard seed. I then ~1 1 - 1- - ? ? * I II VIUMJ lOOK-Olll lO SCO Wliat KIIKt 01 an insect deposited llio egg. I looked steadily for some lime and almost came to tlic conclusion that the eggs must be deposited in the night time and not in the day. 1 >ut, after ii continued and a very close examination, and when the weeds become more plenty and larger, and the Ihigs more abundant, 1 found them at length making their incision and also depositing the 1*0* nr. For a ilusrriniinii ?.f ilin 11511 ri.i .-.i 1 ,,,v I,Ma vl Corn Borer, 1 rcler your readers lo the .Patent Ofliec Report lor ISO!, where you will find Senator Evans' desoiiptiun. But for fear that t-romo of your readers may nut have an opportunity uf reeing the Patent Olliee Keport, 1 will givo my description of tho Bill Bug I have discovered. The Dill Bug or Corn Borer is about fiveeighths of an iuch long, and one-eight J around, and a sixteenth of an inch in diameter, running out rather sharp or nearly so each way. Ai the commencement of the i i ii < - i uv.iiu mere runs out a lyng HUtiK or CI'OOKI ed bill, f>omcthing larger at the end of the bill than a little way from their end. It is of a dark or yellowish color, more yellowish than dark. The bug cannot fly, but when interrupted closes up its legs and tumbles to the ground, and there lies apparently dead for some time; and when it in ids that it has not* been harmed, it ?ises and moves oft" as though nothing had taken place. When the young plant (Corn) comes up, iiiuj iiiuiciv u uooui uirce cigmns 01 an men above the grain, or just about where tlic first bracc roots comc out. They force their bill into the tender bud of llie young corn and then continue to sap it until it is dead. I difl'er with lion. Senator Evans in regard to the purpose of the inscct making the incision or boring tho young plant. The Senator says it is for tho purpose of depositing the egg. But from my observations during this summer, the insect bores into the young plant for the express purpose of food. Corn is about the first vegetation that comes up in the spring, consequently it is the only plant largo enough that the bug can feed upon, and being of a very juicy nature, affords a very fine subslanco for the Dill Bug to pierce his long bill into. He sucks tho-very essence of life until tho plant must dwindle and die. They con tiuuc their ravages until about the Hrat week iu June, at which time they arc all out of tho ground, and have concentrated their forces on the rag weed for tho balanco of the summer. I observo whilst they are depositing their eggs iu the tender stalk of tho rag weed, you may find them frequently through the day feeding on tho leaves, which I think is suilicient food for them after they leave Lho corn. T ?... .... * jl niu ui on ujiiiuuii mat even inc rag weed, when they Ui-st como up in llio spring, nro not free from their ravages; but tho root being of a very hard, wood-like nature, they cannot penetrate it suQicicully to destroy it. Tho eggs hatch out a very small white worm, a grub with a blackish or yellowish head, and ik continues to food on the pithy purtion of tho weed until it gels Iho requiciiA 6i'/A for W io /???ai-a.1 w.uw >vt <Hi<wiviiuukivii| IV la WTUIVU VVCI with n yellow transparent coat; and in that covering is formed the full developed Corn Bug. When fully matured, it cuts through this transparent covering, works a hole through tho hard stem of tho weed and is then ready to generato its species for the r& maindcr of tho season. 1 havo counted from ono to three hundred eggs sgtjlgirubs in a single rag weect stalk; am^uhon to ill ink of tbo nuu&or of rag weeds that grow annually in our stubblo fields to say nothing of tho quantity that generally grow in ou* com fields, cotton fields, hedge rows, fence corners, and around .trees and stumps, in fact almost most every wUcrd th^ tho land is not wqll cqltivatwi:! Mjr plan for drying.tbo.Bug,.s to is eaten l>v tin! slock. As soon as tlio grain is taken oil", the rag weeds spring up, and take the place of everything else. If tho planting interest (and it is to theui that I appeal) would take a deep interest' "in this matter, and array itself in a regatfljr phalanx against tho enemy, before ?wo years will roll around, tho destroying horiloa ' ...:n 1... I.: * " * - : .. I im <111vcii mio uespair and wholly dostroyod. t'*. As I have remarked before, my fbr destroying the l?ug, is to destroy their phtuu of generating. 1 would advise all farmers, as it is a leisure season of the voar, to furnish themselves with a plenty of large turning plows, s;?y for instance, a good iron plow would be famous for the like, and go into their stubble fields and turn the rag weeds upside down, and by so doing you ?.;n - ? .i ' - - ..... v?vtil inciii nuiii coming or making seed for another crop. At the same tiino lot the Iioc hands, trim round the bedgo row?, fcneo corners, branches. ditches, and every otlier place where llif-y can find a tinglo weed standing; and in this way you may tllcetiialiy, in llic course of a few years, nut only destroy this troublesome weed, ]>ul will cud in tlu> dc-sti action of tho Corn 1 Joror. ^ I Mr. Ivlitor, I have spun this emninunica! lion out lunger than I expected wlicftjl commenced, hut ?ny decp-foll interest in jtfeo i mailer inu-t he my excuse fur its length. '1 1 hope that 1 may enlist some of your readers to lake hold of litis subjcct thatWro i boiler calculated lu do moro juMiee to it^fts il is a mailer of vital interest to the fattaing community. 'i J'eihaps wlien I get a little more at lire. I will give your readers a more full:**?. r .i i - - - ^w..j l ! - ui mo uaiisionniiiion from liie gttifb to the perfect 1 'ill J)?pf or Corn lioror.1 ; * SALUDA PLANTED TIEE BE3T MODE OF STOPPING DITCIF WAoHBi. , uy tui; con ok. If IS Woll L-Il/IU'B I.. and ditches witli timber but little good is elv water must liftvc ;ti strneted, 'nirtqraH wbich.it i]o>y? am jury, has boon dor certainly, than gt. tor Johnston,1 Of is ebeap method of ren. is bolb tlVeclusd ancl con,vc tilled lauds. It i?, simply, to of slakes across the -wash or ditch, eve?j leu or fifteen feet?these r.tafeos to btflwdtvo or fifteen inches from each otlieK^ rattling of j?inc, eedav, or any firiSpprpy. then interwoven between the staKes^'^lljfch must lie extended beyond the line of b%h water mark, and this allows the water fo drain through, whilst it leaves all the earth and coarsor vegetable matter behind. Tlie first dam is soon filled uj>, and the second then receives the benefit, and so on succte?ively until the entire wash is "healed arid haired over." These washes make the richest portions of the field, and when they||ut? again rendered fit for cultivation, it is to protect them permanently by guard drains and ditches. There is always a sufficient quantity of brushwood growing *H> the margins of streams, to furnish the 19*f.ll' (Ilia ? ?. !.> [MUWCUUU UJ UH) soil. "NVc cull safely recoinniewl this plhh, as wc have practically tested it ourselves.? South Curolina Ayricnltxirint. ff To Male J'Jxa'lknt Soap for Cvmf&m ooi.? iuu uiusL uuvo goou asues, and MP& them in hoppers or barrels, on a thick.Infer of straw, adding a half bushel oflimo common sized hopper; wet the ashes d(t!!y fur several days, to lot them rot; then, fen it through, and it will be strong; put:riwyour kettles, and boil it, and fill up for two or thrco days, or till you can skim up thick potash, thnt looks like diity 6alt; then lake out oue-fourth of the lie and potash and set it asido. Now get your grease, and put in the coarsest skins of bacon, boncs^ you have, and the lye will soon eat tb'eriJ*togjgf? If clear grease rises on tbo top, ladle^pff till it cats up all tho bones. Arp. : i\iarr. It . r> *?-? . | there Lo any houos left, take a liirpf#.- fork and pick tlieni out, and throw theitf injfoo other kclf!c of potash; then add'tftjb piiro grouse dipped oft', to make tlio sonp aq ittlld that it will not quite tnko the skin off J/ppr tongno; try ami see if it lather* weH^lBon Btir it an lmnr.. aihI nvot'a il.n i , ..? tnv vuivi, tho sumo way, and it "Will bo can take it out when Cool. If yd? refine somo, put in a pailfnl of in it, stirring it till it bUls;. in tlio ketllo, and cut out