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k ? " I . , . i ?w?ww??w????mm w?" WMBgg??^*?**?mmm?????^ BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 18<>7. VOLUME XV. NO. 1. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.1 ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Marshall Sharp ~l vs. > Foreign Attachment. W. M. Griffin. ) , tin I HUE AS <he Plaintiff did, on the twcn \V lieih day of August, A. 1)., I860, file his declaration ugainst the Defendant, who (na 'x 'it is said) is absent from and without the limits jof this State, and has neither wife nor Attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of J^Prtho said declaration might be served. j It is, therefore, ordered, that the 8aid Defendjnnt do appear und plead to the said deelara Ition, on or before ilie twenty-first day of August, 'which will he in the year of our Lord eighteen .' hundred and sixty-ei-ven, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and uwurd ?d against hitn. MATTHEW McDONALD, c. c. p. Clerk's Office, Abbeville Diet., > August 20, 18(i6. J August 21 43 ly THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the Common Fleas. Tlios. Muhoa 1 vs. > Foreign Attachment. Warren G. Lnmnx. j "IirilERISAS the PlaiiiliflTdiJ, o:? ibe thirteenth >Y duy of October, A. P., I8CG, file his de deration against tho Defendant, who IB eairi) is absent from nud without the limits ol i_ma olulc, mihi litis m-miei~ vyni: lior nuorncy . known within the smile, upon whom a copy of *he Raid declaration iniciit lie BPrved, I It is, therefore, ordered tliul the euid DefendAi)t do appeur an J plead to I lie gap] declaration, ion or before the fourteenth day of October, which will be in tiie year of our Lord eighteen hundred and cixty-seven, otherwise final eud absolute judgment will then be given and awarded ^uiuet liini. MATTHEW McDONALD, o. c. r. Clerk's Otlice, Abbeville Didt., ( October 13, ISG'ti. I Oct. 16 51 STATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA^ ABLE VILLE DIS TRICT. In the Common Pleas. JJrilt aud Brother 1 vt?. > Foreign Attachment. ; S. 15. Wideninn. ) WHEREAS the l'liiintiff did, on the twenlieth d*y of February, A. D., 1807, fil* Iiie declaration agHinet the Defendant, who (at H ib eoKi) is al?0eni from and without ill* Hunt* of litisState, mid bus ucither wife ntir Attorney ' Inuwn within the sani??, upon wliom a copy Ol the paid declaration ini^lil lie nerved. It i* therefore, ordered that the anid Defend?ut do f<pD<-ar and plead to thesaid declaration -on or before the tweiity-tiiKt. day of February ;?hich will be in tbe year of our Lord eighteer Jiundred mid sixty-eight, otherwise final auc .absolute ju<Jguient will tbeu be given anc jiwarded agaiiiHl him. * Matthew McDonald, c.cr. ; Clerk's Ofline, Alibetille Dist., ) Feb. 20, 1607. J ! Feb. 22, 44, ly. _ __ The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the Common Picas Tliog. J. Roberts, ") i ?_ i. i?;. ? iium i u: TIV/I, ? va. f Foreign Attachment. "Wnrrrn G. T.omnx. J 1IJ HISlUiAS the l'luintiff did, on the iwan t ww ty-ei^hth day of September, A. I). 18G(\ file liis declaration ugainut the Defendan who (n? it id said) is absent from nnd wilhou tjifi limits of thin Stale, and line neither wife no .Attorney known within the same, upon whor a copy of the eaid decimation mi|>ht ho served Jt is therefore, ordered .'hat the vaid Defend ?ot do appear and plead (o (lie said declaration <>n or before the iwent.y-nintb dny of Septera ber, which will he iu iho year of our Lord eipli teen hundred and. pixtv-BeveD, otherwise fini jand nWolnte judj?mnnt will then be given an .awarded against him. MATTHEW MnnONAT.D n o Clerk's Office, Abbeville Di?u ) Sept 28, 1806. * J Oct. 2 40 ly THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, In the Common Pleas. John H..Ckilce ) n. y Foreign Attachment. J. F. Patterson. J WHEREAS the PlnntiflF did, on the twer ty-fourth d?y of September, A. E 3866, file his declaration against'.lie Pofendan who (as il is oaid) is absent from and withoi the limits of this State, and has neither wi nor Attorney known within the same, npc whom a coov of the said declaration miirht 1 served, It is therefore, ordered that the eaid Defe dant do nppenr and plead to the a?id declnrf tion, on or before the twenty-fifth day of tember, which will be in the year of our Loi eighteen hundred and sixtj'-aeveD, o(|ierwi iiiiol and absolute judgment will then ba giv: 4nd awarded against him. t MATTHEW Mof)ONALD, c. o. p. Clerk's Office, Ahh?ville Dist., ) . September 24, 1806. J September 26. 24, ly. THE~STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the Common Pleas. Vw. D. Mars 1 vs. > Attachment. A- K- Houston. ) WHEREAS the Plaintiffdid, on the twe ' 'tv-third Hal of F?hrnnri7. A. T> tflfl file hia declaration against the Defendant, wl (as H is said) is absent from and without l! limits of thU. "State, nn<J has neither wife n ' x Attorney known within the name, upon who A copy of tbe <aid declaration might be serve ' . \ It, it, therefore, ordered that, the eaid Defeu ' *'> ?aido appear and plead to the eaid deelaratio <?n or before thetweoty-fourih day of Febraai ,'^','^rhioli willJ>o iu the y?ar of our Lord eigbte Jtondretf n^ aVty^eighL'.otberwise. final ai ''j i: Absolute jodgmetit will then be given and awai ~ . v4td aghiOBli bim. HATTHEW McDONALD, o. o. i>. . A- - Clerk** Office,, Abbeville-'District, Pebrna ffi, 1807. ' - Feb 37 18 ly 1?H" ' =? " ' - ' > 11 "V State of South Carolin m pipBEVILLti DISTRICT^ ffTHWlE AS "JdfiN A/ CALHOUNT. ono Hf- r the ?aretie?-o?- jUie AflmiuieCraiiou Do ?x , jf'WARREN P.. BELCHERaudWI^LI^ ?. JiftLCH.ER, Administrator* of th? E?ti > . rf W. W. BELCHER, dr., Jnt? of said St? . *>d District, has filed his patitisn ln the Coi if Ordinary, praying for reltef ,?* such ninety Now, notice is hereby gWeu to. the said A miniatratora to be an<l ?ppe?r before me iu I <5ourt of'Ordinary, at Al>b?vill? Court llou "V Mi the 4lh TUESDAY in September a?*t; \?ow e?u#e, il,ppy they PWOr \ut petitioner shooII not bVQjtontaqr^r-Qivtti. under my hand aud sea! of tfffic*, f jf^bb^rftle, thfo 10th day of April, A. D, 18 . WILLIAM HILL; O. A.Ds [L. &4 April 1? |j The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In Equity. Cliar'es B. Sim?, Survivor, v*. Wm. D. l'nrlluw, Trustc*, Ophelia S. Jou> a and others. Bill for Account and Sale of Trust Properly for Payment of Debts. IT Appearing to my oatis faction llint William Jonen ami Doctor Barrat Leihcr Jones, I)<?.i.:? ii:ii i.?.......i 11.? lin<_ , ICM'IUM.O l" .II.O ICIlUC ?<)?"? ? " = its of this State : On motion of Thomson A Fair, Complainant'* Solicitors, Oidered, tliut paid defendant? do npticar and plead, answer or demur lo said Bill of (' mpiaint within forti/- dtit/x from tin* publication hereof, or the same will be taken pro c?hfcxho against llictn. WM. II. rAUKF.lt, C. K. A. 1>. Commissioner's Office. ) April 3. 18C7, Ot J The State of South Carolina, Abbeville District. In Equity. Patrick IT. Bradley and Geo. K. Dradley vs. Mary A. Bradley and other.-'. BILL FOR PARTITION OF LANDS OF ARCHIBALD BRADLKY, DISU'D. TT appearing lo my satisfaction that Alexander Patterson. Andrew M. Patterson, Daniel l'ai'!u,'so" and wife, .lane Patterson, John Patterson. (son of Malcolm Patterson, dee'd,) j Josiah Patterson, Catharine ?M. Patterson, James rnttci'.ou. Jil;iIcoltil rullorson, anil tn?: ciinureu of Sain'l I'nUornnii, dec.M, whone names ?r? noi known, re*i<ie hcrnnd the limits of this State: On uioiion by Thomson &. Fair, Cump. Hols., Ordered, That eaid defendants do appear and pleat], answer or demur, to said Bill of Complaint will.in Jorti/ days fioin the publication hereof, or the same will he taken pro conftzs<) Bgiiiu-t them. WM. II. PAItKMl!, Commissioner's Office, \ c. a. 11. March 15, 1807. \ Melt 20 21 (it THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ADDEVILLJ'J DISTRICT. In Equity. Wm, II, Parker, Administrator, etc., ti. Wm II. Butler and others. I BILL TO MARSHALL ASSETS, CALL IN CREDITORS. <fcC. ' TT appearing tliaL Wui. 11. Iiuller and Jolir JL \V. Butler, iJeiHhdnula to tliid Bill, reaidt beyond llie limits of thia State : On motion by MtOuwan, Complainant.'* So lici'ot, Ordered, tliat said defendants do ap pear and pie*J, answer or demur to said Bit ! of Oraplaint within forty dtiys fruin the jiuldi cation hereof, or the eame will be tivkeu j.rt Conj'esto ugninst then). WM. II. PARKEll, C. E. A. U. Coniniin-iiinci'a Utliue, ) April a. 1807, fit J THE STA'IEOF SOU III CAROLINA A D BE) "ILLE D IS TRIC V. In Equity. Jue. T, Liddell f?. Snin'l Hunter and J. It. Cun liinghum, Executory, and others. BILL TO SELL LAND, ACCOUNT MARSHALL ASSETS, ,t'C. ?T Appearing T. Ilunicr, on t XJ of the dcfemlanta to the above Bill, reaide I beyond the limits of this Slate, t On motion b) Thomson <t Fair, Comp So In r Ordered, that said defendant do appearand pleail II anaver or demur within forty day* fioin th ' publication hereof, or the same will be luke - pro eonfetso against him. ?. WM. H. PARKER, c. e. a. d. Commissioner* Office, ) April 1, 1807. \ April 3 23 Gt^ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE HISTUICT In Equity. Mary A. Talhert and T. B. Talbert, Adininii tratrix aud Administrator, vs. Michael S. Talberi and oihers. BILL FOR PARTITION OF LANDS IT appearing to my paii-faetion that Samu< Nixon Talbert, <>ne of the defendant!* in t h Itill ?...? J ~r <i.:_ o.... Oh motion l>y Thomson & -Fair, Cornp. Sole., o i- dered that uuid defendant do appear ?nd p!c? answer or demur to said Iiill of.complaii t, withinduyit from tlie publication lierec nt or the saute will be taken pro confesso again fe hiia. >n WM. n. PARKER, C. E. A. D. > CommissioneiH Office, ) M arch 14, 1806. ( 20 6t q- ? p" The State of South Carolin? ? ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. ,D ? w~? I*_. a uquuy> W. D. Murs r?, A. P. Conner, Catle'.t Corl< and others. SUI'PLEMESTAIi BILL. i TT appearing that William McCelvy nnd Hug ? X McCelvy, defendants to tha above Bill, r< aido beyond the iimita of this State, to wit, Texas: On motion by Thomson & Fair. Comp". Soli Ordered, tlint the said, defendants do appent* nt plead, answer or demur to said Bill ofCotnplai - within forty days frpin the publication hereof, n th-s ntne will bd taken j>ro confesno agair 7 them. WH. II. PARKEll. 0. E. A.D. jj0 __ Commissioner'a Office, April18, 1867. I,s April 17 ?5 ct ? . SHERIFF'S SALES. j |Y virtue of sundry write of Fieri Faei * & to me directed, ! will sell at' Abbevi ' Court House, on the first Monday in MA next, the following property, to wii: nj 400 acres of land, more or less, bounded 1 j. lands of S. N." Buchanan, R. P. lluchannu n others, levied on us the property ef Wg?. tluc anan, ads. R. II. Mounce, ?nd others. ry 500 aere? .of land, morn or I we, bounded lands of Dr. John 8. Reid and others levied ? P?f'p?r^y Of Jwoea Tsggwf, is., ails, i _ 0. Tsggart and others. r at Twai?~OA8a.'-.t* cu ,^HP 9. A8<3Hy, Sheriff* Office, April 15, 1867. .f, * ? " " , m "g # ISTOTXJB'K TO jj Plaintiffs "and Defendant d. A LI. ri,AINTLPF9-d?d DFFENDAN' he -' ? iqtvratted Irv JUDGMENT "Sf ^ K v 4 im-.i!<*? J7. -Or Levies win bo racde to col I Jet the mi [' without delay. tti-8. 0A80IT, ft, ^6 r Sheriff^..Office, ^grfl 10, 1867. 44 Si LITTLE B* LITTLE. Spring has conic uround again and with it the time for the general bright cning and cleaning up 1f the house The gentlemen in-iy complain as they will of house-eh ailing times. It would he a sorry house for them, as well as every one els.*, if there Was no house-cleaning. Still a good thing may by abused bjr doing it in a bid way. It is not wise or comfortable . j to havo the whole house under wa'cr ' at the same time. IJuttor take the j i storm bv instal-ni-iiis. There is nolh ; ing gained I)}' thi* hurry and rush, ami ! bustle, tins determination to have the ; whole thing finished ti]> at once. 11 , is no murk ol'a niperior housekeeper either, though many imagine that such energy and resolution aro unmistakable proof's of their superiority over their more comfortable neighbors. The highest Plyle of housekeeping in that which in:.kes the wlueis move on smoothlj' and evenly without a sudden jar like an eanl,<piako every lew months. I n*i. ~ . .11. i. . .1 l : l.. ? xiiu cenar suotuu ruuuivu uai i) ?il? tention in Liu* spring. All vegetables left over from (h? winter'a store Kliould , be carefully nn^ortcu and no particle of decaying vegetable matter should be permitted to remain there. Torri1 ble fevers often ulll cling a whole family, and frequently ci.ding in death, have resulted from a neglect of theso precautions. Tit row open the outer 1 eellar door, and let llio kin shine pour into it if pobbible. Let the walls bo thoroughly white-washed, every bl.ell and cupboard be neatly bci ttbbed, and ih-'ii )ou will have the satisfaction of feeling that the foundation of your bouse is nil right. 1 Thoti take whatever order seems uiost convenient for the rest of the house, only preserving the precaution 1 not tooverwoik yourHelf, and lay the foundation for coughs, colds and rhucmat ism for the next 6ix weeks. Theie is nothing gained by it. Hotter lake a fortnight more for the procesp. it don'i pay to hurry hotjsecU aning, as ? too msitiy housewives havo i >und to their son ow. Hurrying und worry ing kills more people than haul work Don't be sparing ot whitewash.? Whether lunu i.s hi^b or low it costs t but a trifle (it the most, and saves fur more than its priee on the doctor's e bill. II your chambers art.- papered it !J is u pity, b'Jt evuii then you mm givu them a g' od, white ci at oviijioiid. ' .Now if ihu old paper on the family n room has grown dingy and smoky tuko it off and put on fresh. It will c-i?t but a lew dulla:s for soluQ good, ehr-ap, liirht, DUDbi'. and oh. how :l will hrinht. o?i t?i ?i - ? - en up tho room, eve*) if yi-u have tin ^ plaint-el furniture in it. Don't took al the dingy old paper and aay "may la it will do for another year," an.l go oil and buy an ejeperaivo spring bonnet Better far tho plainest lor.net ant. make tho iainily room clean and neat 5. If farmers fatnilios would only eav( 11 more whero it e.mld easily bo done and dovoto tbo huiu lo making boiu< e. 0 r- cheerful and attractive, they would b> ^ great gainers. When egg* are fort) if, cents a dozen, it would* l.e wiser t< st send a few dozen to maiket than t( plueo a half dollar's worth on th< breakfast table every morning, Youi _ family could better afford lo svail i t, week or two for tbo luxury, than t< live in di?mal looking apartments tb< whole year. A careful attention t< tho poultry yard, intho carlv snrine *. - w W * ft ,y and a lililo sell' denial in tho use o eggs, would add many permanent com forta and luxuries to tho bouse, wbicl jh would give far more real patiufactioi j~ than the momentary indulgeeco of i table luxury. 'j By th? way, farmer's wives ofloi nt use doublu tho quantity of ti j ii>gre " uicma,mey n?vo, man is at' all i.eea ful, onder tho mistaken idea that th egi^a or the more cream and butte ? ibey put in the finer tbo dish ie.Nothiug could be farther from th las truth.# y Tho finest rioo podding I -pvor tasl ed was made by boiling a crip of-ric very rapidly, in a pan cof new mill h- adding On^y a~ci>ji of raisins, and by iitile imtmog. Thero was not an leg on or a Bpoomm . ox tsreum in it, Jjui i pasted like pure crcam and rico an f rfpioPJ* .?^ rtditiqc^i$tnapf7 egg to vchitWor is made drily tfertdcf-H A i . thoroughly indigcstablo and is no in provutfiont to"tfio ~ Bconamj^ aTJid <f' a iatmar'ti-WW m a/: add (ittio .b^ lii tlo to the Substantial comforta of h< l-?. household wilhbtit Qver feeling the o: nAnaA K'n IW I Aft m no* lift ki ^ |rpUDV* - OJIb W?u KTJ IIVVIV u>uou uv KM\ raot^o. the || 11 ** piece by. pieoff^as aho*can afford i t It U ?48? nowadays Co iaatoh Dlf?i white qnoon'a-waro, or ao nearly that n.? one but a close observer can Jeiect any diilorodce. Thoro *13 a natisfuction in these littio acquisitions which no one knows, who can afford to spend money lavisly. .livery now pitcher, or vegotab'c dish, or croatn oup, gives a now pleasure, often greater tliu.11 that which another 1'eelH in addii g a whole set ot's-ix dozen pieces t() till' fllillfl r*lri?i>t. .Begin fi*ii- with tho oponing yettr, and u-o a. wise ctonomy in little things, f<?r it is on thoHo the money goes the tautest, and hoo how mueli you can cheer and brig-iteu your homo in :i single summer. it is not W'H-tli while to expend n j great deal on what is merely for the ; "eyes of other people." Not an exi pensive pair of v ii.se b to bo shut up in : the parlor, or gilded wall paper whiel i tho ehiidron are seldom allowed tc 1 peep at, but real substantial comforts I ?K.> 1 .?I ...~_.i I IVI UIU ^VIIVllU ^UUU, tlliu v\ Ul til OlSlIll { thought and effort to obtain. Of course thero is an extreme t< ; which a low inisorl}* souls havo a ten i dencv. The extreme of never u>in< : theinholveH anything but what is no ! lit to tell; but such persons never d< it with a view to making home pleasj atil. ll is only to add to tho rut?lin< 1 hoards stored away in somo vaul ' safes, or to add field after field to tin I already unprofitable farm. Good management, thrift and horn i . i comfort usually wall: hand in hand ' and they are very plcusant Compati; lo havo bit down by any one's fiiosidi e? i r v! n. my &' un/ivr. 1 SOMETHING WOBTH KNOWING ABOU GRAPES. John II. Jenkins, of East JJethle i hem, Pennsylvania, gives lo tho J/o) | ticulturist some observations on grape! ! which, it corroet, are important t i every grapo grower:?"Let mo te 3-011 how a neighbor of mine keeps C: 1 tawba grapes until tho first of Apri as nice and fresh as tho day the ; wero gathered from tho vine, so thu you may go and do likewise will)you , surplus. Fiivl, ho gathers liis grapci when fully ripe, on a xdcar, dry daj ! ar.d lays Lhcin on the floor oi his alii* there to remain eight or ten day They are then can fully looked ove ; taking out all decayed berries, (ihct v. ill be few in number,) and placed i i buses or barrels, in layots of on ] btitiih in depth, with alternate layci of fii ely cut wheat fctraw, porfecll | dry. When fall, the boxes jo.nd bat ' rt-ls are nailed up and placed in a co< room, wlit-re they are left uiitil in dai , uer t.f Irei-aing. (Usuully about tl ( ; middle of December.) When co] ; wcauu'r cnr.:c?i on, no places Utom I , j hitf pantry, .^connected with tbo kite C j on,) whore thuy remain until used < ! hold. The atruosph-.-ro in tho panti , j is always dry and cool, and tho tor poraturo gradual, ranging 1'roin fort f live to fitly degress; and here is tl secret of his succcsm. I havo oat< ^ Catawba grapes at his home in Marchaving a;: appearance as f'rc.sh as tl r day when they worcrc gathered, at I 1 * i 1 ? > I i kiiuw mey woic iuciou8. Ana no' j ; I have told you how lie keeps thoi 3 j would 3 011 like to know how ho gro\ r j tberu ? His vino id tho oldest in 01 t I neighborhood of that variety; stain } j on clay soil, with a subsoil as retoti j1 live of water as a wet sponge. It 5 trained to tbo cast un-1 side walls his house, and covers an area Of j. least twelve hundred square foot, has never boon manured except out 4 Three years ago ono bushel of unbr [( kon bones wero placed around it. Jt prunes gently, and receives year enorvnous crons of the most handson ^ Catawbas 1 over witnessed. I nev knew this vino to mias fruiting. F tbo last three or four yoars its yii ' bun boon from twelve to fii'toen buel r els!" - . . O- ? ? Rowland llill, a few years befn 0 bis death, made a visit to an ( friend, who said to him, "Mr. Hill, L - . #V ' 18 ju^t sixty-five years since Ini 0 hgurd yoi^. preaob,^ and I rcmcrnb [' you? /text and a part of the serim ? You told os' that roar.y pcoplo we % very squeamish about hearing mini 11 tors who preached the same Gosp ? Yous8j?id, "Suppose yoa were hoarl r a will road wl^re you expcctedale 11 acy to. bo left youj would ypo exnpl *' the time of its..reading in^.oritioisi the manner in which "the lawyer re 0 it? "No,.300 Wotlld. not; yoti wot r bo all ears to boar whether anythi >r waVloft yon, and \\ovt j^uehr; That c' .the j^ww I ..wyuldr aiiviao yyu )r hoar t,bo Qhoapol.''..,,Thi8^"^ae aclv -c orih r6jjiembprir>g. threc-ftsOre *a 1 ' 'P PautIanrf fTill -* itiara ?4rrt mnftitAr Q. V?ttt ' . ' *'* :.' ,v"' > ,?V '/, ? ' XA Y . ! ' ,' __ % -y_^ i i r i<h?L? >l/ A ii?^. . .f. %o?uf, 4jj BOBBIE'S HOTIO< "Those letters went down in limo I for tho morning mail, Jtobbio, L supposo?" said father, as ho took his place at tho dinnii table. "Yes, sir," said Kobbio, promptly and cheerfully. "That is right; I can always depend upon any thing I en trust to Uobi bio's care, and give no further thought to it." 1 ilis father's good opinion was very j precious to Koobio, atiu liedetermined : Lo tiy harder than ever to deserve it. j Promptness was one of the leading . ( trails ol' hid charaeler. When he j went to learn his trade lie was just i : as noted lor it in the woikshop as In i had boon by the homo fireside. Hit j employer wion learned that lio was ti i buy lo he <fc2>ctided on, and So ho to>>l i him moro and mote into his eonfi> dmco and favour. After awhile hi < began business for himself, and when > ever ho gave his word h s customer always felt they could depend npon it ) IIo was very cautious and pruden - about making promises; but whei r oiico they wore made, ho would pu t himself to a great, deal of exlra la3 bour and troublo bet'oro ho wouh - break ono. It is not surprising tha r people like to dual with Hubert K t wood. It was jthe great slri!'e wh i? should engage his porvici'8, and so hi business rapidly increased, and man; e woikinen wero employed by bin |} llu had ihreo words printed in la gc y black letters upon the walls of hi >. woikroom, winch, lie told his mci ha J niado his iorlunc zuey wer iho^o words :? 'Promptness, Enorgj T and'Dispatch j" and they will, wit the blessing of God, make any 0110 fortune who will practice them s faithfully as ltobbie did down to tL ' very least concerns of life. II Jlobbie took his first lessons, whic led to wealth and honour, when h i- ' I was a boy. lie did not stop whe ' naked to do any tiling, to cotnplai ^ that it snowcJ, or was too hot, or 1 was lirod, or ar.y such tiling. II wont'.o work and did it right awa1 4 o ' I ami wan ofion b<xek a^ain bet'oro f | " ' I grumbler would have got, through hi fretting. What is your custom, reader, i ' this respect? If you would eecui llobbie's success, j'ou must put e pruciico his motto. rs THE BOY'S EESOLVE. y I would liko to havo ruddy chock and bright eyes, and strong liml But they, say that strong drink diri I1* the eyo, and whitens tho cheelc, ar 10 enfeebles the frame?therefore, I w not drink at all. 1,1 I would liko to have a clear min 80 thai I may able to ihink on gre ,r tliingp, aud serve God, and do goi T to others, and prepare to die. 1J ,l" tlioy that strong drink clouds t Y~ mind and often destroys it?thertfoi 10 L will not drink at all. 511 I would liko to have a pcucei L # 1 n? hoart, and a quiet conscience, so tli 1)0 L may bo happy whilo I arn ho: 1(1 Rut they say,that strong drink fi many a heart with misery or'd i rn' plants in many a conscience a siii Vd ?therefore, I will not drink at all. ar t i.i i:i-~ i. i i-~? JL WUUIU IIKU IU IJIVVU it l]U?CU I1UIIJ ^ and happy firosiJo, where I could i joicewith loving brothers, and siste 10 and parents. J3ut they say, ih ?** strong drink makes ton thousand t ftti homes wretched and miserable thei lore, 1 will not drink at all. :e- I vrould like to go to heaven wh ?"* I die, that 1 may dwell with Jesus glory for over. B'ut they say tli '7 strong drink keeps many from ent 10 ing into heaven, and casts thom dot cr to. hell?thorefore, I will not dr'ii or at all.?English paper. "Education.?Education is a coi panion which no misfortune can d re proas, no climate destroy, no oner ulienato, no deBpotipm enslave.' it homo u friond, abroad an inlrodacllo r8t> in solitado a solace, in sooiety an c |0-r namept. It lessens vice, guides vi >n tue, and gives at once grace and go ,ro eminent to the genius. Without g_ what is man? A splendid slave] ej; reasoning. aavago I vuscillutiog I 0g tween. the dignity of. an intelliget gj. deri ved - from God, 'and tho degrad 0y tlon of bratal passion*" ng . - T . . ad P?|tAon OHKi8T.-r?"Jn ipy ..last 3 jU ^terview with Dr. Wayland ," . wri bg the JJev, B. it. Fuller ot iNow Xc /is u just as I was leaving hishooso, to said, "with that peculiar oarnesbn< i co with whioh he eomcti mos epo 'Brother Faller, prcach Ghriftt! jjtec jm 'Christ 1 I am a I'm id Christ is. j lorf proaohed ?rfoagb. my Drothi ? 5- ik? .MtUiaHiD VAn. ?a, HQ I lit tug U?Y*VT T X i preach Ch*iat.J" y? u 1 .^aS^ ,V?';v ' . .. . | cultivation of cotin. i The Southern ('nlticntor, a recognij zed authority on Southern agriculture, j makes hoiiio in*j ortant suggestions in the following article, which wo coin| mend to llio Roiiouo attontion of our planting friends : As the corn crop of thopa?L season j was ho great a failure, it is expedient I to -*et a new as soon as possible. i The gourd su il variety, though the ( mo-l valuable for lliii? climate, is very | Into, rcijuiiii g >.i\ mouths before it is , ready for the mil! ; '.vh'.lo some f 111:11r I ler vai ietio.-, us t!;c King Philip's, may , ; be ready 1'or u.-;o in lour months, L 1 and in very favorable seasons, in nine, S ty d-iyf. Tlie |>ast- season some King . : Phillip's corn wan j.lantcd as an exL periment bv tbree dill'crent nersons ; j April 1. On tbo loth of July ihif . ' c an was dry enough to grind, whih >! the large vat iclies woro only in hi lie . ; This variety can bo planted rnucl s 1 do- or, and thus makon as great i yield as tin; laigo variety. As it riLj pons beloro tlio J nly or Angus n ' drought^ wo may hopo to have i L | crop when tlio gourd Hoed is a failure _ i While wo would not abandon th j ' largo varieties lor the main crop t j would it not be well lor each farme |. ! to try a lew acres of sotuo small va o j rioty. H j The corn crop is loo important t y j be abandoned, and wo must enquir ! what arc the causes of Ittiluro of lal J) j years; for tbo average fall of rain i is not less now than formerly. Tbi: j we think, can bo shown to be th 0 absenco of vegetable matter : in tbo soil. h l>y observation, it has been foun 's that in contiguous fields of corn, cult is vatcd alike, tbo results during io j drought aro very UiHoront; o. g <f Wishing to malco a crop of sevent h ! bushela to the acre, I manurod bcav o I ly lour ncies. In them was a fene< m I row that had grown up with briars.ti ! It was lull of mould and now grouni 10 About half an aero was half worn oul o one-quarter of an aero had been mad y, i very rich with stablo manure, put o a j ton years previous. Tho other po is ! tions wero very ir.ucli worn, but in: | nured nearly all the field bounlifull in i with unfernicntcd manure, leaving ro portion, however, unmanurcd. in was cultivated twelvo inches- deopin fiouio placoH turning up tho cla which had but lit'.lo fertility and r mold. Soon after the eoed camo up drought net in, and tho corn ceascd >s. grow. It began to be affected by t) ns drought in tho following order. X. Tl 1(l poor, nnmar.ured portion ; 2. Tho r< cently manured; 3. Tho old mam red; 1. Tho half-warn, unmanurcd d> 5. Tho fer.ee row, also unmanuvod.Jlt 'Pl,? l..u? j xuu IUDU tt UVl IU kj \J 1IVIIU auuub< 0ll ; by the drought. When tho vain 6 ut in, the corn commenced lo grow ho reverse order lo tho abovo. A secoi l'ej and more severe drought set in, d ring which the corn tasseled.* On .N Eul 1 tho stalks wcro vory small; No. at Jnuch larger; No. 3, but most of tl ro- tassels uninjured; No. 5, stalks goc 'la and no tiutetrls) destroyed. .No co ,Q- was raised in No.^. 1, 2, and 3; < "g 4 u poor crop ; on fivo tho crop w good." ,0> From this experiment, as from r re- peated observation, \vo draw our co elusion tuul wie roinoto causo 01 laiiu lllt in titi.s case was vogetablo mold, aline 'O as much as tho want of moisture. r0* The corn crop is one of clean cultui and, therefore, lequires repeated plo en ing during S'mnnior, thus constant ,n exposing a new'Burfoco to tho sun, 1 iat which much mold is decomposed in er" its elements, and thus wasted. Mc wn Is one form ofVjcabori.w When this consumed", tho land is oxhausted. T iuorganic elements of grain may plentiful in the soil, yot partial bi m"* ronntjss may bo tbo oopseqrienco, i le- want of th'o organic to form tho gJ riy ten, starch, sugar, oil, etc., to t At grain. Tho first indication o? 1 'H } wearing out of a Boil is -its liubili >I%- to bake* and its inability to withsta drought. " ? v- Wo frequently hear it eaid the c it, mate id changing And the clrougl a aro greater. Tho fact is, onr old lan m_ urill tint. nrnrliiPA (>ni<n ak t.hflv URarf ico do, whil6 the now lands do well)'a ho- stand the heat of Stfmmer. .' AU*pi soils avo ful! ot mold in a state ot p tial decay. . .-3/ repoatod cnltiyati in- and expoauiaa to the sun, raooh ?f4 it tes decomposed aud formed into carboi >rk acid gas. a part of wbioh i? consum be by jJ^o.pWi^,* and muoh wasted in t 383 air... . It, is not possible, to., estiixu ko? how OMich. i^a crop consume,?dih i idK thougftt that more damago-Via-oam apt ,b'y \he v,r>p9?ua;9ul^Vution t than ren i,ho rto jhwI g*|S^^*^j?aii6ti^:ftevj[ott ' mold is tlu^-foTcb-It $ oh on g o by.4e< tatuu* Wrftrj,;\ _ --".^ L^:WaJrf^iu,J^-cr into ?fas, its power of absorbing gas by tho air, and by holding moisture. iloUl sustains vogotation; for it ia tho remains of a provious living vege1 tation. All earths do not poflaoBS this powefc j of absorption. Clays and sands i do not. They may bo cultivated and j watered by tho most gonial of sea* j sons j but no profitable produce can * I ? /~w *>! <\l . 1 ? *? 4 I r\1 il in orvm A l O ui: j IUIUVJU until iiivriUj in oviuuiviui^ 10 applied. , Mold is also valuable as a non-conuuctor of heat?thus keeping tho | roots cool, whilo tho plant has tho advantago of tho light and boat of ; tho sun. :| This might load to tho inquiry:? "jFroin whcnco do plants draw moist>; rue, otbor than from rain? But time 11 forbids. i i *: PRINTERS, AUTHORS, AND NEWSPAPERS. i Willis thinks that all authors should sorvo a year in a newspaper ^! oflico. j j Thero ia no such effcotual analysis ( ; of style as tlio procoss or type-sotting. e Aa ho takes up lottes by letter, of a ( | long or complex sentence, the composr jifor becoraos moBt critically aware of j wbero tho aentonco might have been i shortened to savo his labor. Ho G delects repetitions, becomes impatient of redundancies, recognizos a carelesa e or inappropriate uao of expletives, and 8 soon acquiros a habit of putting an t ad mirablo value on clearness and brevity. q Wo venture to say tbat it would alter tho wliolo character of American literature, if tho authors (of our very ^ jlucnt nation !) wero compelled, before legally rocoiving copy right, to have given onG year at tho compositor's ** i c xi UUOU. H \J unvu DU1U UUbUlUg UI tuu art of nicc punctuation, which is also * ? acquired in a printing office, and by which a style is made as much more tasteful as champagne by offerveBcing. j Jouroeymon printers are, necea. sarily, well-insructed and intelligent ^ men. It is part of a proof-reader's duty to mark a "query" against ovory passage in a new book which he x docs nut clearly comprehend. Authors who know what is valaablet a profit by these quiot estimates of their meaning; and many a weak point, _ that would have ruined a litorary reputation if left uncorrected for tho 10 reviowers to handle, has boon noise* a loasly put right by a proof reader's to unobtrusive " qn f ' Of most books 10 indeed, we would rather have the criticism of the workmen in the office whero it was printed, than of the >>" j_ reviowers who skim and pronounce [ . upon it. _ Mr. Bryant, in speaking of newfl? ^d papers, said : Books are the precious ot cnutals in masses?newspapers.coined in thorn for gonoral use, put them into id the most convenient forms, and passed lu. them from hand to hand. .Nowspa'o. pcrs, ho said, aro tho ushers of books; 2, who would know when a book was he published but for tho friendly inforid, mation of the newspaper ? He added, rn that ho had boon sojnotimes tempted an to regret that'the wiso, witty, or elonn nunnt. thinira whinh nnnoarnd in thoRA "folios of four pages," as they are e- called by Cowper, should not be in? n- scribed 011 more durable tablets, re instead of going tbo next morning to >sl wrap parcels^ or, light kitchen fires; ? but ho was fully satisfied with their ro, fate,- when he reflected that tbey had w first been read by thousands, and that ,ly whatever was good in them had pasby ecd into the general mrnd. t 'iito' ^ dd . ~ j8 * ?L J>ABQAIN.? J U0 X30BTOU yOUfJUlt learns that the "Sprague purchase," 1)0 about which all Maine has bean* agog, is at last- effectively concluded. It or encludes the property and franchises u_ of% the Kennebec Water Power Comho pany, and a-large traot of surrounding b0 lund: Altogether, the property is ly valued at 5560,000. ??/\ M"A^niAACl ?M/f TTflw ai&AiWtr?juu.c&iu(?a uv? y vrvv a??* ,i_ vana, represent that the Liberal' lts forces, 18,000' or 20,000 strong, have ("? formed a junotion, and are besieging Maximilian at^ Queretaro with 8000 i nd that? guerrillas are onttiog. off provifl. \ 8V?, ions from tho capital, etc. Yer* Ch?e* . Hfe and Puebla are besieged. * on, 'at . " I is ' "" 7r. \ aio &oin? Abroad.?-Lieutenant Gen- - Q ?.i eral Sherman, having obtained Gener iku ; ? ? - - - ? ij0 al Grant's consent ft>r the purpose, ' & site Ba-* a^oa^ ^ fi^st ofJtttfe ?n im t is o^^iiiQn to the 3tedfr$r^6*n and the. IIoly-Eand. - ? Ky .* ' 'n!; * "? ,nd Experience t6 moat men ia like the *y ^#* .. . - ' . T-.A ' "' * * V' -YY-^^iriiiifiiMhrik-1'" "~r: iv^''