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- ' . .. s ; % ? * A. reflex OF POPULAR EVENTS. I VOLUME XV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 24. 18G9. " ' NO. 40. L.JI , -I I?! ' I 11 -x J -J '.'.i-JJl! . 1; a. F. TOWNBS, EDITOIt. i. 0. BAILEY, Pro'r. and AMoeitt* Editor HtrnacniPTio* Two Dollar* per annum. AoYMTimiaiKTi inserted at Ilia rate* o nna dollar par square of twelve Minion lino (tSIt slaod type) or lasa for tha flrrt inaarlion fifty oanta each for tha aaaond and lliird inaor tlona, and twootv-Sve conta for aubecqueu Insertions. Yearly oontraota will ha made. All advertisements tauat have the autnboi wf 'Insertions marked on Ihetn, or tbey will U Inserted till ordered out, and charged for. . Unleaa ordered otherwise, Advertisement %ill invariably be " displayed." . , . Obituary notloee, and all matters Inuring t< 1o the benefit of any one, aro regarded ai Advertisements. The Cow Pea ai a Fertilizer. In a letter written to the Culti vator last year, Mr. David Dick ??>n gives some practical hints upon this subject. Wo reproduce thctu tow that the readers of the Enter prise may mako tho necessary ar rangcuionts in tiiue for the Sum inor sowing. Sir. Dickson says : Tho benefits of growing green crops, and burying tlroin in the soil for the benefit of future crops are too well understood to be questioned by any ono, but it bas opened a question in agricultural economy that lias not beon settled so eatisfaotorily. The EnglisW farm ?ers torinerly U9ed half a ton ol ground bones per acre to grow 1\ single crop, but thoy have found "by dissolving 200 pounds of bones in acid at a cost of 50 per cent on the prico of bones, (making the whole cost equal to that of 30C pounds of boues,) that it will pro duco the samo effect at an outlav of onl}' 30 j>er cent, on that of tlfc former mode, the latter mothod giving them the moans of return iug the samo amount of manure tc the land next year as the former did, by producing the sameainounl of hay, turnips and other forage tc feed 6tock. Jfow, admitting that it will pa^ "to grow peas and clover, to be turnod under as fertilisers, the following questions ariso: At what time should they be turned undci 'to insure the greatest benefit?? Would it pay better to feed then off tho land than to cover then with a plow, and what do they lose by arying before being turn ed unuer I llere again tho ques tion of soluble and insoluble ma nurcs is involved. I have alwayt takon the side of soluble manures as being the most economical.? Dry pea vines and clever will soou become soluble. I will give yon my practice.? It is ono that will pay, although ] will not say that it is the beat? iFirat, keep your land in gooe heart; let tho field that yon intone to sow peas on remain fallow, nn til you lay by your corn?6aj from tho 1st to the 20th of July Von will then have a large growtl of green weeds to turn under.? Start your teams with good turr plows, running oft the land at nearly level as yon can, and gc round and round until tho land 01 cut is finished. Start tho per dropper after overy third plough and the hand with tho mannre at ter tho pea dropper. Drop tlx manure within four inches of tlx peas. If yon find the 'peas wil tiot make from seven to fifteei bushels per acre, turn stock ii upon them, placing salt in placet over the field, to cause the mos of the manure to be dropj>ed 01 tho field. Then invest all tlx profit arising from feeding stocl on the field m bones and Pornviar . 1 A 1 guano lor me nexi crop, ana yoi will fiiul ill's system vrill pay. have adopted it with both when amd cotton, with good success. I the peas fail to Iruit, turn then under whilst green. Second Plan.?Plant peas tin first of April, satnc as above : turi under before the stems becoim very woody, nnd plant and ma nurc ft second crop at tho sanu time that you are turning unde the first crop of vines, an 1 trca the second crop as you did tin first. Tho true policy is to secure th< greatest amount of soluble vegetn bio uvdd you can nccumulato witl tho least cost. Very trulr, yonrs, David Dickson. N. B.?I prefer pes^ plnnte< and cultivatocl on a level, both fo the land and crop, and tor a so v ing of small grain after the pes crop. Davoust's widow has lately dic< on her farm, at tho ngo of eighty sevon. Care of Horses. 1. All horses must nut bo fed in tho same proportion, without duo regard to their ages, their const!t tutions and thoir work. Because 9 the impropriety of such a practice is self-evident. Yet it is coU6tant1 ly done, and is the basis of disease , r ofeverpr kind. 2. Never use bad hay on ac, count of its cheapness. Because there is not proper nourishment ' in it. 3. Damaged corn is exceedingly injurious. Because it brings on iullainmation of the bowels and skin diseases. 4. Chaff is better for old horses , than hay. Because they cau chew , and digest it better. 5. Mix chaff with corn or beans, . and do not give the latier alone.? , Because it makes the horse chew his food moro and digest it better. t >6. Ilay or grass alone will not , support a horse under hard work. , Because there is not sufficient nu, tritivo body in either. 7. When a horse is worked hard , his food should chiefly V>o oats; it' not worked hard, its food should . chiefly be hay. Because oata supf ply moro nourishment an i flesliv making material than any other I kind ot food. ITay not so much. , 8. For a saddle or coach horse, half a peck of sound oats and , eighteen pounds of good hay is I sufficient. If the hay is not good . add a quarter of a peck moro ot , oats. A horse whicli works hardi cr, may have rather more of each ; one that works little shonld have . less. , 9. Back feeding is wasteful.? The better plan is to feed with t chopped hay from a manger. Bo, cause the food is not then thrown about, and is moro easily chowcd p and digested. j 10. Spriuklo the hay with wa-.u * ' . i?r in which ban naa ucen ciis^ solved. Because it is pleasing to . the animal's taste, and more easily . digested. [A teaspoontnl of salt , in a bucket of water is sufficient.] , 11. Oats should ho bruised for . an old horse, hut not for a young . ono. Because the former, through . ago and defective teeth, cannot . chew thorn properly; the young j horse can do so, and they are thus j properly mixed with the saliva, . and turned into wholesome nutri, ment. 12. Vetches and cut grass should . always be given in the spring to [ horses that cannot be turned out into the fields. Because they are I very cooling and refreshing, and [ almost medicinal in their effects ; . but they must be supplied in modr eration, as they are liable to fermont in tho stomach if given [ largely. .13 Water your horse from a , pond or stream rather than from j a spring or well. Becauee the , latter a c generally hard and cold,, . while the former are soft and coint fortahly wann The horse prefers solt, muddy water to hard water, ' though ever so clear, j 14. A horse should havo at least j a pail of water morning and cven1 ing ; or still better, four half pails? ful, at four soveral times in the I .1-.. T? J.-L . - i j u*j. uocuusu i ins assuages ins , thirst without bloating him. He ( should not bo made to work di ! roctly after ho hns had a full 3 draught of water, for digestion and ( exertion can never go on together. , 15. Do not allow your horse to , havo warm water to drink. BeI cause, it he has to drink cold wat tor, afto- getting accustomed to f warin, it will givo iiitn the colic, j 10. When your horse refuses his food after drinking go no furs ther that day. Because the poor , creature is thoroughly beaten. Pleaaubk.?Pleasure Is to woa man what tho sun is to the ilower, r if moderately enjoyed, beautifies, t it refredies, and it improves if a immoderntuly, it withers, desolates and destroys. But the duties of a domestic life exercised as they r must be in retirement, and calling i forth all the sensibilities of tho female, are perhaps,-as necessary to tho full development of her charms, as the shade and tho show\ or are to the rose, confirming its r beauty, and increasing its ira grance. Thk name of tho now King of Stain is Somdetch Chufa Chain* longcorn, and that of his prune . minister, Kalaboino-Ckoo Pbyosrisary Wunj^. 1 | A Railroad in a Nut-Shell. We have already published in full the reports of the President and Superintendent of the South Carolina Railroad for the year 18CS, and wc now present sotne comparative tables which show better than gross amounts can do the results of the business and the charaelor of the management of the company. OKOSS EARNINGS PKR MILK. The mileage in each case is the total number of miles of road, including all brnnchcs. The gross receipts arc, exclusivo of interest, banking revenue, and other amounts not derived from traffic : Central R<tilroiul (Us.,) 1S07 $7,875 ?? - 1808 7,123 Decreases.,. $752 Georgia Railroad, 1807 $1,800 * m 18SS ft 4,325 Decrease $571 Western and Atlantic, 1887 $'.?,22G ? " " 1808 0,837 Doorcase..... $2,389 Memphis end Charleston, 1807 $5,100 ** ? " 1S03 4,370 " ' - * $1,1108 South Carolina Railroad, 11*67 $5,415 " ' " 1SC3 6,:i2? Docrcaso .$0,086 PEItCEMTAtlE OP DKCRF.ASK. The following table show* the percentage of decrease in gross receipts per mile in 1803 : Central Railroad, decrease per mile percent 9.55 tiuorgia Railroad, deo reuse per mile per cent 11.65 Western and Atlantic Railroad decrease per mile per cent ......25.89 Memphis and Charleston Railroad, decrease per mile per cent .....20.84 South Carolina Railroad, deereaso per mile per cunt a... 1.59 WORKIS8 EXPENSES. The following tublo shows the percentage of working expenses to gross receipts in 1868, on the roads named I Central Railroad 6.1.92 Ucorgia Railroad 50.99 Wustorn ami Atlantic Railroad 60.41 Memphis and Charleston Railroad ,.70.65 South Carolina Railroad... - 53.85 NET INCOME PER MILE. The following table shows tho net income per iniiu in 1S6H, applicable to interest, dividends, and extraordinary expenses: Centrul Railroad $2,514 (leorgia Railroad 2,120 Western and Atlantic Railroad 2.089 Memphis and Charleston Railroad 1,251 South Carolina Railroad 2,459 It is not necessary to comment upon these figures. Their significance will be understood, and appreciated by every stock-holder and bondholder, and by every other person who is interested in the South Carolina Railroad C<?mlinnv OP u'lin o/liiiii-iu, ! ? !.?? ?l I?-*j i v. i? i.v UH11411 vo 111 1110 mi* struct a sound, practical, and .judicious Railroad administration. [Charleston News. Southern Manufactures. The question of manufactures in the South is daily growing in importance, and is attracting the attention of men of capital and en terpriso throughout the country. Among those who aro giving the matter the deo|>est consideration is the lion. Amos Lawrence, ono of the greatest of New England cotton manufacturers, and President of the " National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and Cotton Planters," as well as an economist of world wide celebrity. In a letter to Gen. Rodgcrs, of the Tennessee Senate, on the subject of manufactures, he says: "That your State will bccomo a seat of various manufactures nobody can doubt. It seems to bo formed bv naturo for that, not less than for agriculture. It has all the requisites in the greatest abundance ; and since you cannot employ your capital in foreign com tnerce, you must turn your attention to this an soon as you find out it can he moro profitably invested than in any other way. u The old mothod of increasing plantations and plantation hands having been abandoned, you must restrict your farming operations to smaller limits. 44 Capitalists will no longer ho fanners as they formerly wero, but you will have fanning enough, for yon will raiso all you want, and will huvo something to send away. Yonr increasing capital then must be turned to manufacturing and mining. "The more you can use your capital in employing tlie labor of the State in manufacturing its nat urn) products, tho more independent you will be, and tho more wealthy your peoplo will be, the more intelligent, and if they follow tho right lights they will not he less virtuous."? Kentucky Observer and Jiepotter, i A Lucy Stone. In 1855 alio was married to ITenry B. Blackwell, an Englishman by birth, who was then a hardware morchant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and who had for jeara been identified with tho anti-slavery cause. He was a well educated, honorable gentleman, and had long been an ardent admirer of tho bravo little woman, who had never suspected an attachment of a warmer sort. When ho proposed to her he said ho wished her to become his wife on her own terms. She consented ; her torms be:ng the retention of her maiden name, and the renun ciation on his part of all his legal rights and authority as u husband. Such a union could not have been formidable to he", whatever it might ha\e been to him. Their mnrriago was nothing more than an agreement to live together while tliev wcro ngrecublo to each other, and as there wore few bonds there was little temptation to break them. Perhaps such unions might be repeated to advantage between persons who feel uncertain of a harmonious future. Lucy Stone and her husband ? say those who ought t<? know? havo never repented. Thev have lived very happy together for thirteen years, nnd are likely to do so to the last. They have hnt one child, a daughter, and have since their marriage resided most of the timo at West Bloomtield, New Jersey, in the strictest retirement. Lacy Stono?the name of Mrs. Black well always offends her?is very far from handsome. She is small in stature, has grey eyes, dark brown hair, a well shaped mouth and handsome teeth, ller complexion is so florid as to indicate rusticity, and her features are not at all regular, or expressive of high breeding. Hers is a stroiig face and when lighted up loses much of its homeliness and strikes you as intellectual. Iler charm is in her voice. Turn away from her and you can well imagine she is lovely. Look at her critically, and you almost forget the sweet tones that have so much to do with her power of persuasion. She is extremely kind lionrted nnd benevolent, and never neglects any opportunity to do good. She I -I. ? ' ' u?*r> utuu luucii luibrcpru^uuicUf ridiculed and abused, but no one who knows Iter will say she is not a true woman, whose aims and purposes have always been in the direction of justice, humanity and right. IIasty Friendship.?Somo people are continually acquiring " dear friends." Ladies of an impressible nature have been known to add two or thrco to their list every week during the visiting season. Men are not, generally speaking, as apt to rush into friendship as the more amiable sex, yet many of us contract friendship in haste, that we repent at leisure True friends are scarce articles. They cannot be picked up like pebbles Will the ladies excuse us for saying that men's friendships arc, in most cases, stronger than theirs! Thcchnrmingyoung creatures who walk with their arms linked around each other's waists, and exchange kisses und confidence daily, are n >t, as a general thing, so closely welded together by natural affection but that envy or jealousy may part them, or even inako them cucmics. ?? WrrnorrT Am Enkmv.?Ilcaven help the man who imagines lie can dodge enemies by trying to please cvcryliody. If such an individual ever succeeded, we should be glad ot it?not that wo believe in a man going through the world trying to find beams to knock and thump his poor head against, dis pitting every man's opinion, lighting and elbowing and crowding all who differ with him. That, again, is another extreme. Other people have a right to their opinion, so have you ; don't tall into the orror of supposing they will respeet you more for turning your coat ovory day to match the color of theirs. Wear your own colors, in spite of winds and weather, storms or sunshino. It costs the vacillating and irresolute ten times the trouble to wind and shuttle and twist, that it does hones', manly independence to stand Its arouuq. i . ' -J 1?j| I. J . .. The Sick Room. A sick room is no place for curiosity. If no good word can be said, or kind services can be rendered in a sick or dying room, it is the last place to which one should go ma mere spectator.? Every new face, the tread of every uncalled lor footstep, the demands upon the uir for breath, even the breathing of 6uch as must be in attendance, is an injury in sickness, and eei>ecially when debility is gr< at. Nine ont of ten feel as" if it was an act of rude neglect if they wore not invited into a sick room, and a direct insult if told they innst c ? ' ? ? g\/. kji'iiiu jicreuiiB go llllO a SICK room and si' hour niter hour with eyes fixe 1 on tho sick person, occasionally whispering to some equally indiscreet, one that ma}* chance to be nigh, 'lhis is absolutely intolerable. Others will hang about tho door and peep at the sufferer, as they would 6teal a look at some show. This, too, is intolerable. Another practice, when the patient is very sick, is that of feeling the pulse and the linger nails, examining tho fret, with other acts, all of wh cli are accompanied with a very wise look, a 6igh and a whisper. This, too, is intolerable. A 6ad mistake, common in a dying room, is to suppose that tho dying person had lost perception and also iiis senses, because unable to speak. So fur from this Hung the case it is believed that the j>erceptions arc more keen and delicate tiian when in health. Always let it be remembered, in a dying room, that tho departing friend may near all and sec all, when the persons present will little suspect it. Ilow important that everything in a d\ing-chambcr should bo made what it ought to be, for the salvation and quiet of one who is being broken away Iroin all dear on earth, and approaching all that is serious in eternity. Tho sacred 11 ess and quiet of the scene ought to be dis turned with gic&t care. A word more in regard to a sick room. A great mistake is made in regard to the length of prayers, and loud, excited speaking in prayers in the sick room. This is an error, and often an occasion of great suffering to the sick.? Church Matsengcr, ttlcllrk than tiik North.?The New York ICrprcs* thinks that the South, thanks to 2,500,000 bales of cotton raised this year?mid, wo add, plenty of provisions also ?is richer o day than aiiy other section of the country. Two and a half million bales of cotton at $250,000,000, gives the South the power to command its share of the currency, as the cotton crop i* one which finds its principal market abroad, and proventa an unnecessary exportation of coin. Such a fact is a most auspicious one for the South, and will at once have its influence on capital and population, which it invites to the South. It enables customers in the South, who wcro last year unable to buy, to purchase freely during the present and coining season, and this is done just now, very largely in that city. Indeed, the bulk of , orders in the city arc from the ri _ * r?. - * * ~ oouinorn eratos, ana tho S ?uth being nearly bare trf goods, u o are happy to say they aro very considerable in number. ??? i mm I Timk Does It.?Time hnsa wonderful |>ower in taking the conceit out of persons When a young man first emerges from tbe schools and enters upon the career of life, it is painfully amusing to witness bis 6elf sufficiency ; be would have all the world to understand that lie has %t learned out;" that be is master of all knowledge, and can unravel mysteries. lJut as be grows older be grows wiser; be learns that ho knows a great deal less than be supposed l.o did ; and by tho time bo reaches the threescore years, lie is prepared to udopt, as bis own, tbe sentiment of John Wesly : 4% When I was young I was sure of everything; in a tew years, having Imjou mistaken a thousand limes, I was not half as sure of most things as I was before. At present, I nm hardly sure of anything but what God has rovealeij to mau." - -- - UBS The Contested Election for Congress > in tho Third Congressional District. For the last thrco or four days tlio exumiiuUion of witnesses on the part of the contestant, S. L. Huge, lias been going on iu this city, ftgftinstthe validity of the election of J. P. lleed iw a member of Congress from this District. The investigation is before W. Il.Wigg, Judge of Probate. Judge lio^e is conducting the examination ut person in bis own belialt, and Joseph Daniel Pope, Esq., has been retained as counsel for Mr. Reed. The examination of Talbud occupied the greater part of Friday ami Saturday, and, we aro informed, that it was in many respects the most extraordinary evidence that ever was given, lie confessed in bis examination to the murder of Randolph, and gave in full the shocking details. The examination is continued from 9 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at night. Question and cross qncstion nre followed up with rapidity, and wo suppose tlio evidence m print in this caso will fill a printed volume as big as a family Bible. Will it bo as truthful ? Wc understand that Mr. lloge proposes to examine in the District 500 witnesses; and, probably, Mr. Reed as many more. Who will ever read it ? Mr. lloge has selected Columbia to conduct tbe examination of many of hi9 witnesses, because bo does not consider hie person sale in Newberry, Abbeville and Ldgcfield Counties. IColumbia I'/uxntXy 10/A. ?? The Scotch Cnuncn in Home ? In the course of an address delivered in London by Dr. Cumtning on New Year's night, he told a story of the fate of tbe Scotch Church in Home. The Anglicans had a church here, but it was outside tho city walls. The Scotch, however, established a church within tho city walls, a minister was apj>ointed, and everything went on well ?that is, without material opposition. Hut the instant the last retiring foot stens of the French battalions were lieard, a message was sent from headquarters intimating to tlie poor Scotch minister that he must pack up bis traps and bo off within twelve hours. A respectful request was sent to tho authorities to asccrtaiu tho reason of this unexpected 6tep, and tho reply was that there was no reason. The Duke of Argyll, a member of the Scotch Church happened to be in Koine at tbe time, and his good offices were secured, llis grace went to the authorities and ably represented the ease, but the only answer he could obtain was rtoii j)088umu8, which, in more enlightened language, means 44 We can't afford it." They had now a church outside the walls, in a granary over a pigstvc, and were doing better than when they lived in the sunshine of success. Touchy II usiiands.?W omen have their faults 'tis true, atul very provoking ones they sometimes are; but if we would learn, men and women, that with certain virtues which wo admire are ab ways coupled certain disagreeable' ness, wo might make up our minds inoro easily to accent the bitter with the sweet, lor instance, every husband, wo bcliovc, delights in a cleanly, well ordered house, freo from dust, spot and unseemly stains ; the pains-taking machinery necessary to keep it so he never wishes to see, or seeing too often, forgets to praise. If then his wife, true to her feminine inafinafa /%?? ?? ?1 1!? 4' IDUIIklR IUHHHIO bKUIIilUUW, f^eilliy reminds him that ho has f? rgotten to use the door mat before entering tho sitting room on a muddy day, let him reflect before giving her a lordly, impatient, ungracious "pshaw!" how tho reverse of tho picture would suit him, viz: a slatternly, easy woman whoso apartments are a constant mortification to him in the presenco of visitors. It is a p?.?or return, when a wife has made everything fresh and bright, to be unwilling to take a little pains to keep it so, if forgetful on those points, upon which tnany husbands are unreasonably "touchy," even while secretly ad m ring the pleasant results of tiie vigilance of the good house mother. B<>st?>n has a "school for idiotig and feeble minded youtU,"