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mr o. f. townest fiF' 1. C. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor. , " *n?ti ?e, 'tio pity, aad pity 'tit, 'Us true.'' 1* ;* ~ ,*- ' rw Ito pUy-iorra from beauty's mould Should break liko otay ; TU pity clustering looks of gold Should tar* (o $r*y C ,;Vj m pity thk? the r%dlant.?h'lce, v , "| The starry ?yes, , The flashing fancy that beguiles * Our tears aitd sighs, . ' * . ] Should lose their luster, use and all, , '*] Fade and depart . . As years around us darkly fall; Alas! my heart 1 Tts pity thnt the friends who now . 1 - Strew for us flowers, Should greet us coldly when the brow - * - .Of forttfne lowers; That Itearts, In youth sinCcro and pure, , And fresh as May, % When vanity aud gain allure %hou!d fall away. ' Tls pity that bo hrief should bo ' All human bliss; That sweetest joys should soonest flee; Yet so it Is, t For all bright things are swiftly gone, And molt away, , "Like sparkling dew before the sun ; Ah I well-a-day! Alas! for earth's Illusive joys 1 A]as! thlasl > Fot those who set their Hearts on tdys, ~ t And hopes that pass, * K i ^ . ' IJke summer grass-*Like summer grass t - [From the New York Tribune.] A id For The South. The Meeting at Cooper Institute. 2\Tctc Vork?Address of Ilenrj/ Ward flue her, Horace Greeley, and others. A Urge antf enthusiastic meeting was held last Friday evening, at the Cooper Institute, to organize n Southern Ko lief Association, to devise means to as* siat the destitute and suffering poor of the South. Stirring and eloquent speeches were made by tho ltcv. Henry Ward Bcecher, Horace Greeley, Dr. Bright, the Rev. D. Kendrick, and Ma ? jor-General Anderson, the defender of Fort Sumter. The large hall was filled with an intelligent audience, among whom were a number of Indies. . On .the platform wero some fifty or more of - our prominent citizens. w * REMARKS OF HORACE GREELEY. Horace Groelcv next addressed the meeting, sa_\ ing tbaj. he did not deem it advisablo to bring in tho subject'of politics in a question which was simply one of human suffering,. Ie?l it might bo supposed a self righteousness and bit terness wero blended in with what ought to be a mere kindness. There was a quarter of a million of widows in .the' douid, who were not accustomed to. earn a livelihood, and there was a quarter of a million more of maimed sol diers who could not work, and who had families depending on their exertions. These were now in destitution, and required all the assistance that could be given them. Our soldiers had ponsions which mitigated the sufferings of their families; we bad great charitable funds during the war; but these were tnore scanty in the South, and they had nothing to represent our pensions. Then the .war passed over tie homes of the South. " It. made a great difference whether war trampled down your fields or the fields of (.hove a thousand miles away. All the movements of armies and their requirements, camp fires, ?tsc., greatly destroyed and swept'away the material of a country. . in this case there was uhusuaI desolation in the South. All tho factories and foundries were contributing to the support of thsse people, And these were burned as a . means of wealgwog the South. Cotton, too, was burrte^itnd wheji not burned was stolen? llaunhlerT? in soma w'av or other. Besides, the SoUth. stood oat o long against hope (bet nearly evciy foot of the country was trodden by bostile armiee except Texas. The possibility of largely produoing food was deatroyed in the 9oullf mft?r the,war w?" over, arid millions of dollars were lost last year because the seed they planted ? ' , was so old If would not grow. Had they bad fresh seed alone, much of tin/ destitution of the South would have been avoided. > . Beside* all this, the animals and other material were destroyed. The pant of the means to'plough the fields ag grava'.ed the effect of the jecent drought. 1 he people there were all alike suffer*, ing, except in perhaps Texas. There was an almost nniveisal cry of distress; They had not seed to plftnt, nor food 16 gtvt them the sUengb to plough 'x and, even in 5 apirit. of ?elf interest, (10, 000,000 spread overthe South now, in the way of ased, implements,~4?*-ir"<>uld add (100,100,000 CO the wealth of the , , I s ' sJk ? ' * .. ' *' * * S ? 7 ' - -=5g=^B|PPBBaT 1 ; 1 . ?? country next year. Besides, there could be no real, hearty prosperity in the North while tl,e?e was prostration in the South; We are one people. Their crop wouitl b* small enough at beat, in 1807, for ell tbarcouUi |^ou'J lion of industry in ihj South, which They needed now tbe^flfytetrients of labor. The mlmifceliitiipjofhelp lo tbc Sooth would revive our owu^prosBenty to twenty tunes the value' of wnat 14^ given. The wheat crop would soon come iu the South, manufactories would be re-established. and the energies of the North ought to bo devoted to hor help, lie thought Now Yoik city ought to give 111,000,000 alone. The South ought to be cheered and encouraged, that the sufferings of the past are to bo removed, and he begged them to sprnk to their friends and neighbors, and make a good beginning in this wOik. [Applause. J Material Resources of the South Since the earliest days in. the history tbf the country, it has been an undoubted truth that, in the practical praclico of political economy on this continent, the South, with her mellow nud generous soil, and gentle climate, whose gonial warmth . biings almost unbiuden from her bosom iho flowers of iheiropics and the fririts aud fragrance of Ar endy, has wasted her sweetness and her wealth upon the North. Willi the rich es of Ophir beneath her bosom, her children have not availed themselves of its wealth. The North, or rather New England, has fattened on her substance, and now pays its pampered politicians With'the wealth wrung from the people they now tyrannize over. Why is ibia ? , . /" There js no excuse whatever fr..r New England or the fanatics of the North, ' They are not only thieves, but the most ungrateful of the class. What we wif-h fo urgo upon each State and man in the South, is, that they are "not entirely without rcproRc.li. * They .Lave been j blind to their own interests. Are theii eyes now. open ? ? . Let each individual and each State in -the South look to its own domestic weal, while it has an eye on national i polities. Let them look to their polity as well as their poHey; let thciu think of lliG development of thei; own re- j sources; the remodelling of their labor , system, And the construction of permiynent interna!'improvements. Above nil, { let them look to llieir laws, and see that , they aie in.harmony with their condi lion. They have now no voice in the General Government. ?. Let each so nurse iU power and devetope its wealth . as to be ready, when called for, to show that slavery whs not the back bone of the South ; hut tlipt bet 6ons, even tin d6r the heel of tyranny, can do woiks worthy of credit. ..The North has fat tenned on her lohg enough ; let her | strength be now gathered to herself.? | 'Let her give every inducement to for- | eign capital antf Immigration, which, if ] properly attracted, will unfold n page of national wealth, unequalled, in the re- , cords of the world. Wealth is flow thesceptre that sways s (ho affairs of tho woihl ; without it h people arc " poor .indeed." The South, in her water power and minerals, has exhauollosA nature as h treasurer ; let its people draw boldly upon her, and , the diadem of Southern 'wealth and poiyer will, ere long, glider in the eyes of the worldTnoro biilliantlv than even her knightly swords gleams in history. [ IfdtrOjXjfi tun Jii cord. Coftxs.-^-An exchange says : Put the feet for-half an hour, tw o or three rfticcecsive night*,* in a pretty strong solution of co.umon soda. The alkali dissolves the indurated cuticle, and the corns fall out spontaneously, leaving a small cavity, which*soon Qljs.' The reN ceipt is vouchod for by an exckahge as a certain remedy, Should it prove so, it will entitle the author to the heart * felt-thauks of Triany a sufferer. , -- - - - - " We. know, ttie above remedy for ,com* fo bo effectual. Wo have tried j if, and found it act like magio. Hut c we do not think a-strong solution is do* ,, siralde. ? We knoif of a fiiend who tried r die remedy on our recommend-wion, t but lie made the- solution of soda so t strong lhatr with the corns,-il took oft' s a portion of the skin on. the fool.? t From ono to two table-spoonfuls of soda in a email foot-tub.of hot water i? suf- j ficient to remove the corns, by letting , the nffticted moniber remain In -it t?: or % fifteen urinates? Cohtvibia Phoenix. * i'.' i'?i i -4-*{ Pat.?A gentleman from I Northern Ohio?always regarded as a 1 splendid manager,-?tried a plantation I ip Mississippi, this-season, and reports (hat tie is out of pocket about &12,0Q0 over bis eiop, r.nu, to use his own jans, ? guage, has u l?t but." lie say*/the r t* Colored uiQn may figlit: nobly, but f th^jf duu't Work worth \d??>'! / t *'' d # , ' , 0 0 ^c GREENVILLE, SOU^I C Appalling Catastrophe. LAST 110U118 OF A blN'GLK OKNTLKMAN IIS CALMLY MBKT8 HIS FATB. Yesterday morfiiog, at 11 o'clock precisely, ao unfortunate young man, Oharjes Augustus Pipkin, sutlWed the irvfn I mit{/%r\ awVv! v* ??i?h?ouwm wj c* m'"* i:iw to Clara Amelia, ^^SFRrr8i'inso's,B""? iiie^ni 6V thr criminav. Afl our citizens who were p.-esagt at , the pic uic given in Mantua, 6otne two yc:u*fe&6, will recollect that .Augustus W*el? Q introduced to Clnra, and immediately bpgan to pay her pailiculnr attentions. From that period their intimacy dales, and it was continued until it ended at last in the painful catastrophe of this morning. . ' > Poor Pipkin had nearly attained his twenty-eighth year, but there is every reason to believe that, had not extreme iinpecuniosily prevented, his single life' would earlier havecomoto an uutimoly end. . - . A change fur the better, however, pccuned itrhis circumstances,and Clara's friends were induced to sanction his addresses," and thus became accessories to the awful calamity * which has overs thrown hirn iu tho hey-day of his youth, _ '' tub last notns. The unhappy young man passed the last night of I is bachelor existence in his solitary^chamber. Fromjialf past eight to ten he was busily engaged in writing letters. Shortly after ten, Lis younger brother,' Ileuiy, knocked-at the door, wbeu the doomed man told hiui, in a firm voice, to "come in." ' -* Upon being asked when he intended to go to bed, he replied; " nqt yet."? | 'lire question was ibcu ask d him "how j hu thought ho would sleep;' to which i his answer' waa, t pretty well." lie then expressed a desire for a cigar and j a glass of water; which wero given to j him. , 11 is brother now demanded of j uim it lie would " wan I anything more j that night." Ho said "nothing" in a! Ill m voice. Llis nileciionnte relative then rose to take his leave, when, the doomoj man j considerately advised him " to take care j of himself." At precisely one minute after seven the next morning, the victim rose and promptly dressed .himself. lie had self control enough to shave without the slightest injury, for not a single scratch appear on his chin nfier the operation. Ji Would seem that he devoted more than usual care to his toilette on thi* occasion. The wretched man was attired in a light Mito frock coat, with frosted inetal buttons, and wlwle waistcoat, and napkin troupers, with patent leather boots. Having descended the stabs with a ipiick step, he entered tho apartment where his brother cud a?few ft tends were wailing. lie shook hands cordially with all presept, and on being asked how he had slept, answered, " Very well," and to the ftirlher demand as to J the state of his mitul, he said " he felt' happy." One of the pnitv suggested that it would ho well to t'ko "some ihing" before the tnelatuholly ceremony, lie exclaimed with milch emphasis, "Hoddcdly." HrCnkfast was accordingly o.wl .i.? ~? c ?i < iliU |"HJI ICijU YY JtlU INU whole of n roll, a slice of toast, two ?nu ages, and threq egg", washing the whole down with two large cop* of cof. (eo. In reply to expressions of astonish ntent on the put of the company, ho mi J that u he never ftlt better iu his life." Having inquired the time, and ascer taiucd that it was ten minutes of eleven, Ito reuiaiketj that "it would soon be aver." His brother then n>ked him if > bo could no anything more.for hint, when he sajd ho would like to -havo a 5lass of ale, Pntthig it to his lips he remarked *' here's ltwik," and drank it ivitli satisfaction. The fatal moment now approaching, t? devoted the remainder of his time in Ihtributing among his friends tho-e ar : icios which he tvoiild no longofr want. * Po one ho gave liis cigar case; to anotb < r bis tobacco stopper, and bo charged i lis brother Henry with the care of his < alch-kej, with instruction to deliver it I o his landlady with due solemnity. < The clock at length struck eleven, and , I le was informed that a cab was at the i 1 Inor. TIu morrdv " t ?m ramlv " ! I tnd was conducted to the vehicle." Ar- < iving at the tragi gal spot, a abort delay ? oojc placo, when they veie joined by he lady, with her friends. Little 'was | aid on either side, but Clara, with cus- , ornary dccormn, shed tears. t l*ij>k-in endeavored to preserve coin- ( rosure, but a slight twitching*of his > nouth and eyebrows proclaimed his ins > vard agitation. The victim uow walked' i ids by side with Clara, with it (inn step < 6 the altar, lie surveyed the impo-ing > irepaialions with calmness, and gazed j ninioved on the cleigyiuan, who waited t >ehiod the railing. V- * i *?1NAL SC?KS. ' * **- ' > Hie preliminaries being gone 0"'dt>gb rivh,and thfcpreecribed inehmeholly Jot r Arthurs finished, tbensirafqtieelfoft was 1 tut," Wilt thou have this woman U> be (, by wfcdded wife I" l'o which tho inia? . * . K * * CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 14 erable youth replied in a distinct voice, " I will.'' He then pnt the'fatal ling on Clara's finger, the hymeneal noose was adjusted,' and the poor fellow was launched iuto matrimony. Correspondence Between Oeneral B F. Butler and Brick Pomoroy, The LaCro?.?e (Wisconsin) Democrat' publishes the following correspondence an having taken place lie! ween General Boiler and ita editor, Mr. Pomeroy. It A*nlft*ne No. 71 ,Bift?Ai>w at^Nrw York City, ) *>' .'January rtj;l807.rtf M. M. Fomcroy, Editor Democrat^ La Crosse, Wisconsin > Sir :"*Wbcn in Milwaukee la%| Octo ber, I mitde ail arrangements with pnrties '.hero towards the prosecution of the suit I have brought agiinst you for defamation of character, ju per preliminary notification and summons. This was the principal object 1 had In visiting Wisconsin, and rfty work was done well. On constiltntibn with a few friends, I liavo decided to withdraw the suit if yos will agree to stop your peisonal at lacks on me as a man and officer, which havoso often, appeared in your paper, the Ia Crosso Democrat. 1 have no particular desire or need to collect of you th* amount claimed (H00.000) but do wish to have your annoying articles stopped; and if yon do nok accede to this proposition, lire law must take its coutse. \>, F. BUTLEli. llei'l.y. Sakctcm ok the Democrat, ) Xa Crossk.Wi^..January 16.1807. f Major'Geneial Benjamin h\ JJutllr, L L I).: Sir : Your note is before me by to 'day's mail, and duly noted. As at pro.-ent constituted with a natural disgust for thieves, robbers, turn-coats, military blunderers, bank robbers, women insuitors, and evil he?rted scoundrels general !y, permit me, in all kindness, to say that I have no retraction to make to you, for I never published a word concerning you I did not believe true, and which you must know to bo trueasboly writ, if you'are at all familiar with your own dishonorable history as a public be ing, dignified, by accident of bil th, with the name of man. 1 would not willingly injur? your feelings, or deprive you of your world-wide reputation, so well earned in tltj ser\ ice of Under vs. honesty, patriotism and virtue. Nor do I wish you to die yet awhile, for your jniine, hi-tory,' blunders, robberies, insults to women and tienson to.yourcoun try, are valnahle as warnings to the tising generation. Hylic*irig you to be all I bavo ever charged you with being, confident in my full abiliiy to. prove every charge, you aro politely privileged to let the law tales its course, when the woild will know more of your robberies, history, ambitions, <fco., too numerous to men-' lion. . . - ' The' only favor I ask of you is this t If yon conclude to go on with your suit for libel and damages to the amount of ?100.000, peimit mo to plead my own ca>e in court, and give me only time to put my-spoon*, silverware, watches, jewelry, tkc., in some place of safety, outside the court room, till '.be trial is over. With best wishes for your success and wirm reception in vour future home, I am. sir, M. M. I'OMKUOV. .Editor Democrat, La Crosse, Wis. The Latest Parisian Mania.?Tho Paris correspondent of the London Star says that at mania for gold and silver li-b pievails in the French capital.? " Von seP them in every drawing room, on every shop counter, in every window. This tioy inhabitant of the waters can la? easily tamed. It can bo 'aught to feed from its possessor's hand ; it will ans'wer to the sound of a bell, and swim up to tho am face for its food at an appointed hour. It recognizes its master or fair mistress by shaking its fins and floating up, and putting its bead out ahove the Water. A fiiend of mine, whose collection of gold fish Is a perfect curiosity, found one yesterday morning on the marble slab of tho table on which the va?c rested, apparently dead, linving evidently during tho night leap sd out of his element In search of ndvenures. " llis master plunged'him in a tepid hath ; ho etidently ievived, though jut partially, and was then restored to his tomrades, and aftar a few feeble efforts to >wim ho sank to the bottom of tho vase. l wo brother n.*h swam down and literaly bord hire to ilie surface, where thcv supported him while lie breathed a few .econja ; but be felj below again,'his 'liends r.^aim swam to his assistance, ?nd (?arn<d him above water, with the ame result.' This service they unceas.ngly renderod their panting comrade luring two hoars, nt the expiration of , vhich time this dissipated cyprin was >erf?ctly restored to his wonted activiy, a? J is now swimming away as jolly i ?erV? . v ? ! A Tlft.KORAftiiC dispittcb from Can- < ?es; FVftne*, published in the London Fifties*arrwcninecs the death of Victor I Jousin, the great French philosopher,. > n the seventy-sixth year u( his age. i 'k r . # , 1867. 7 - i ? . . j --* - *. . Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston. The New .Orleans Picayune of Thura day, hn? a glowing and very'^Auching account of the removal of the remains of the gallant officer named above?the hero chieftain of the Confederate'army in thq South, and the South west. We must endeavor to condense the Picavone's account of the ceremonies. i bo stale Of Texas bad sent a committee for the purpose of superintending tho removal. Both Kentucky, the State of kia nativity, and Louisiana, where his remains were'f ml deposited, loM hoped t6 maintain-the guardianij^ip.of litem ; but neither could fairly enter into iompetition w ith Texas, ol which Sfale he had become a citizen ; to which he was attached by tiio ties of a lengthened resiJence, and In whose behalf ho had drawu lite sword he was always ready to wield in defence of liberty and light, l'lie Picayune says the majority ot those in the procession were of the gentler sex, who strewed flowers upon the.hero's cofliu, and who, ever since, have tended Iris tonib with pious caro. Speaking of the procession, the Picayune says: " No stranger cotrld liavo supposed that the plainly nttifed pall-bearers who walked beside tho hearse, were Generals high in rank and in reputation?men who had led armies tp battle and to victory-*? w ho Lad defended cities, and who had organized campaigns. Among them were several who had been the fiictids and associates'of the deceased in the old army of the United States, and sortie who had been liis lieutenants in the recent war, and who stood be-id? him on that fatal, but glorious day, which depiived the Confederacy of his services. There Was Beauregard, the favorite son of Louisana, w ho iininedi ately succeeded him in command of the army; therfe vas Bragg, bis energetic and indefatigable chief of staff; there wasiBuckner, who so rrallantlv fulfilled (he chieftain's orders, by the heroic but fiui.le>s defcuce at Donnelson." Besides these, there were among the pall bearers Generals Uichard Taylor, II. T. liaya, Longslreet, J?tf. 'Ihonipson, 1>. II. -Maury and several officers ol t!:e lute Confederate m my from. Texas Tho procession^ Was many squares In length, and the ceremonies were full o' food for reflection. Tenderly nurtured girls and their mothers marching man) squares through the muddle of the dab bled streets; the men great in stor} and achievement, who in citizen's dies; were yet generals, w ho needed no coin mission, as the Northern journals saic after tire fiist battle of Manassas ; and a multitude of others of lesser note bnl men of venerable years, and noted for their talents, their constancy, theii devotion, their sincerity, their piety and courage. Such was tho appropriate funeral cor lege of. the most gallant officer of lh< Southern army?the victor and the \ ic tim of the bloody fifehl of Shiloh. 'flu final resting-place of his remains will bt at Austin, Texas.-?l'hauix. ? ? "Maine Takes The Lead." Tiiis is the rcmaik of tha Tribune conespondeiU in joyfully communicating to thai delectable sheet an account of " tho advanced ground " that the sham KepnblicaiiS of that Stato are 1 a ^ A -.1 .. \ . C .. iiCM* J?I i-piiiru IU I?IKU. ivnu u II 8oo.li, in< at innocent reader, do you suppose is " the advanced ground " liicii is llic cause of such congratulation ? It is explained in a speech delivered by Senator Croshv, of the Maine Logi-la turo, who declared " that bo believed the sentitaents of the people of Maine were in ajvunct of that contained in the resolves of last year, declaiing the negro entitled to equal, civil and political rights. It is now in favor of giving the negro social tquulity, ivcn to the cxlml of marriuffv." As a sequel to Mr. Croat's remarks, nn order was promptly passed oidering the repeal of that portion of the statutes of Maine prohibiting in that State the marriage of a white person with an Indian, negro, or mulatto! This is called "advancement I" This'(a "progression!" To retain to the beastliness which engulfed Kgypt and Carthage?to imitate the moral and physical pollution which has made Mexico and Central Anieiica sinks of leprosy and vice ! This is " progress !" What blind and bo-o?ted creatures!? What ignorant and demented monsters I Yeiily there must be an awful punishment in store for any country where the people give themselves ovci to such a wicked delusion. r \r i' r? r._. r. . I . i/f/y-xiwa, v Tub Fkmai.r Bkautiks of Ikklakd. Monsieur-Felix, otio of the writers of the Coustitiilionno), having made a tour through Ireland this summer, pronoun ces the following eulogium upon tho women of thai country. Tho mo.st re* maikablo element, tho richest, and, certainly, the n.ost ful| of life, of this litnd ?o life-lull, is the population it*df. No Etydpean race, tliHt of tho Caucasian excepted, can conjpete with it hi beauty, i'bo Irish blood-is of purity, and di-ttinc lion, especially atnoug the fcmalea. ahich strikes all strangers with aston chiueut, '1 ho tiaurpaicut wLiteness of - 4 ISO, an. aJBj lie skin, tlie absorbing attraction, which, in Fiance, it but the attribute of . one woman in a* thousand, is here tho i general type. The daughter of thtt poor man, as well as the fine lady, poetesses an opal or milky tint, the arms of a statue, the loot and liand of a dutch, e.a, and (he bearing of a queen. In the most wretched streets of thd olden qunrters of Dublin, the most ideal , timings of the pencil would grow pale ,* before the beauty of tbe children; and in the the compact crowd which each -day occupies the galleries of Marriott . .Square, there is certaiuly the most magnificent collection of human "beings It U [ I possible) to meet. Blonds with black , I PVflu and K.iinAHrt. I I? ?? C? ( -J?, ?? v.uuutm miu uiwe, HIV By , no means rare. The raco is as strong , as it handsome, as vigorotis as it ia , ('banning. The girls of Connemara, with their queenly shoulders, and eyes , of lire, would put to shame, at this day, , those daughters of the East from whom tbev me said to be descended. Cultivation of the Blackberry. Son..?The blackberry delights id rich, rather moist soil. It would be almost impossible to get a soil too rich.-* + We have seen a porliin of a blackberry patch receiving the wash of a barnyard, and the canes grow to an immense size, and produced tho largest berries we have ever seen, while the quantity borne was almost incredible. preparation of tub soil. TllO soil should be deeply plowed and.treDchplowed in the fall. 13y trench-plowing the soil is deepened, aud a portion of the subsoil is brought to the surface, 1 v here it is subjected to the ameliorating influence of the frost, air and sun. 'In 1 February or March the ground should bo plowed, and the subsoil or lifting plow used, which breaks up the subsoil, without bringing any of it to the surface. Wo aro sati>lied from our own experiments that this preparation of the soil will bo amply rewarded by the increased amout of fruit produced. Time and Manner ok Plantibo.? ' The best season for planting the blackj. berry is autumn, if.the soil is in a proper condition. The blnekberry commences growth very, early in spring, and if j. di?luibed at thi^peiiod by transplant* I ing, it is very liable to die. None of the r small fruits so imperatively demand planting in the Call or very early in the ? lr.i 1--. > - - ^ ii me piniiisciiu uoseiouiearly in Mr.rch, or iu the first opening of the spring it will answer, but if the plantj ing is delayed, it will be at a sacrifice of I a laigo portion of the plants. The plnuts should be set out in rows j eight feet apart, and two feet apart in each row. Give the ground between j the rows good culture the first season, and tbc second keep all llio weeds down, not woiking deeply between the rows. Strawbeniea may bo grown between the rows the fust two yeais, if picferred.? Let the plants come up thickly between the rows, but cut off with a boe, even to the ground, all suckers that come up between the rows, treating them as weeds. The plants coining thickly in the rows foi in a kind of hedge, the canea inutun Iv sustaining one another, thus iendei ing stakes and trellises and the trouble of ti ing unnecessary. We have practiced this system with great success, and ibo.-o wlio. have seen our patch in linil say the yield was enoiincus. There is no care or labor required in training by ibis method. Those who go to the expense of procuring stakes and set* ting them, and tea;ing their flesh to pieces in tying UP the canes. w?wM avoid the trouble after trying tbe plan we iecoum)i'&(1< Packing.?'1 ho only labor required by this method of treating tlio blackberry is in pruning. This is done in ium? iner. When the plants send up tbe canes four or fvo feel high, go over the patch wilh a corn-knife, and cut oft' tbe lops of all tbe canoi to thd height of about foui feet. This will then cause them to throw out laterals, upon which the fruit is produced. Tho plantation must be gone over several times during the season, as new canes are raising themselves, and their lops must be cut oft' ua before recommended. If the intend* get too inmpant, and in the way* as they will, they must be shortened in. The only implement tequiied for this woik i3 a corn knife, and one man will prune several acres per Jay in this manner. 1 would particularly recommend that after the plantation is established the gtoutid between the rows should nol be distuibed. It will break the roots, and cause an immense amount of suck* ?f?i In nilf uml 1 --- w r?? nnu gicniij ni-HKtll RUU lessen the productiveness of the bearing canes. The Lest j !?n is to spread si heavy mulching of straw, or, what is Letter, coaree manure between the rows< thus keeping down the weed*, rendering the soil moist and eniiching it at the same time.?JV. I. Colman, bt/ore the Mo. Horticultural Society. Caht. W. II. Williams, of Mobile, has purchased the race horse Harry, of the West, and challenges any horse in the United States to meet him in the spring iaces for any sum between ?1 f>f 000 and 5,000,