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VI m?? ?I<*??tmmmmtammmm i _.. i! I ' * * J$Y W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. 8. C., FRIDAY. JULY 22, 1800. VOLUME XVII?NO. 13. fioath Carolina Agrlcnltnral and Maohanloal Society. Columbia, July 14,1869. Eprron: I am instructed by ih<> Efctaaltto Committee of the South C*roJitif Afrficillfuml and Mechanictd Society ftds&Mgl'fO^roa for publication the following jaop^ie of the proceedings of the ^juwljng of said Committee, held ibis day, fin Columbia : A quorum being present, the financial .condition of the Society wna first inventi.gttled and dist-.useod, and the following /^solution adopted : jusoivea, ibHt th? Secretary of the South Carolina Agricultural and Meuhnui cat Society,b? authorized to issue l>y ilie. of Aygust uexi, 6ucb a premium list, to the extent of $4,000, as &Iih|I be approved by this Committee, said amount 10 b? increased to$6,000 bliould the financial ?at>aoi fption* warrant it. *A member'Irom Charleston offered tbe following: iRctolved, That tbe Sacretary be instructed to publish for tbe information of the public,.the communication submitted to this Oumtpittee bj her British Majesty'a Cdnsul, Mr. H-. Pioclcney Walker, and that the Committee respectfully commend (It* subject of the "Workmen's International E?hibiliou." therein referred to tn the consideration of the State. Betvlotd, That the details of the local orgj?niz<uion, which the projectors of the xhilition invite, he referred to the Socicty L Its meeting in November next. The communication i* a- follow?: Buirtsn Consulate. ") t Charleston, Jnly 12 18G9. j Jf. Lawton, Vice-President South Carolina Ayricullural and Afcchunical Society : . . . Sir: Hearing* that you are about to attend a meeting of the South Carolina Siate Agricultural and Mechanic*! Socle!}', to be held in Columbia on the 14lh inat., I it hasten to plaee in jour hauda n copy of the programme which has been issued by the Honorary Secretaries to the "Workmen'* International Exhibition." to be - held at London in 1870. I liavo the honur, also, to encloM a copy of a letter addressed by tb? Secretaries to the Eurt of viareoaoo, wiiereia the views of the ComKkiU?? having th? matter in charge ?r? uon fb!ly Mt forth. It is desire-?, you will perihat local committees ehouh! be in tilin' ?? ?? |vlor*jo in /jl>? ??? , S trie* to 'call ttenlibn to this suhjoct iu %t v- ? tWw, ?od ta make, arrangement for the tvanMnMpioft of adeh articles of skill and-, ingenuity m may be <le--med worthy of exhibition. r Indulge the hope tbat you Will do mi# the favor of presenting those papers ta ypor Society, in ordur that the ob}erta-?af tbe<J??nroutea of the Workmen'* International Exhibition," of 1870, raay. iWlel ana encouraged by th?* South Qwroljoa Slate Agricultural and Muchanicaj&witty and ^bj Mb looal committees 'ilirnmrhnnt llm fiiau nL I wj^bri the ^Iher h?hd, be my pleas* re and duty to forward >o tbo Committee carrji?i5 'ihj fyoi2irj*ma\a of the "Workmpijji IflUrniitiunHt Exhibition," of 1870, such communication, connoctfd wi h ' lbeoMttct? thev bare in view, as may be pfaiitd' in my hkudt for thai purpose. And it i f- ' ' mUe\o rec?iV? rtJ^Htlons as to the numfs of m lb>? S ate who may bo ready to-* gfrg: *^ten?*& rftirlberance of the design. I bavW'ibe Uonor to be, sir, your ?otl ot*#<*Q.t #fldbumble eervant,.. AJK^ckney WALKER, .W II. M. Consul. following resolution wrb adopted : ? -K.-J .1-- !? ' /* ' # ^1 iub qutauou 01 \jui i' Letn occupying the alien-, tiorf ?^%outiwn'"plantertf since the ad joommeBt of the Stale Agricultural and OubveljjGoii; U"*t this Executive Committee, through its Chairman, ap^OMt tliret aitiseoaaa a committee to colti|l ili the nacwuary information and coet of ^fodndn^.,tha(4.<)^onpuion of labor fel6%^)|'|i;^arpjiri?, jtnd to report to the '* ; regtitar meeting 6f the rfwiety.^ Accompanying tbia ?ynopsie in th? re. fftmwS&miiiK appointed:at the - BBgEaMfllMaK I ** r?pJHE^BS^B^BBEpfe J' * ^ ^-7-ififtfinffl I *&& ft % >v|hbb^^^^^BWSS to satisfy ourselves as to tbe history of tliU mush augur, we wrote to Colonel S. P. Jolly, of Ma?on County, Ky., from wliom (lie Mtue was said to have been obtained His reply to our letter is herewith submit* ttd ki a pari of our report. For the purpose of refining sorghum syrups, your committee aro satisfied that the Southern process is the beat of which they have any knowledge; nn'l it sugar can be successfully mauufactuied from the Horghum cane, thnn the cultivation of the caue, and the manufacture of sugar by this process, wiil prove highly remunerative to the Southern planter. Evt-u should it be found impracticable to manufacture sugar from sorghum, still this nroccss will be highly valuable fur tbo purpose of refining syrups. From the information before your comrniitco, they have no hesitation in rocommending tho Southern process for refining syrups to tho favorable consideration of the planters of the State. ,This report has buen delayed by the desire of the committee to obtain nil the informaticn possible upon the subject, ami especially in the delay of Colonel Jolly's reply to the letter. All of which is ropectfully submitted. JAMES P. MOO KB, T. Q. DONALDSON", LEON Alt I) WILLIAMS, B. Z. UEKNDOX, D. WYATT AL-E2T. Dover, Ivy., Juno 5, 18G9. Jam ft P. Moore, E*q., Greenville, H. C, Sir: Yours of tlic 4th instant only is to hand. Touching one barrel of sorghum mush sugar, shipped South to W. P. Pass more, allow mo to say, it was raised from the hlaclc imnhun - , or African variety of seed, planted 1st of Ma}' 1SG8, harvested last of Scpr tembcr, and while the seed was yet in the milk ; manufactured by the Weller & Ilatehor proccss, and made about two months previous to being Font forward. Crystalization was secured by being properly made upon the teller & llatelier process, which set in from five to ten days after bo ing inside into syrup, and was in a high stale of granulation when barreled and shipped, I should think from six to seven pounds to the gallon. Very truly, yonra, SAMUEL F. JOLLY. The Hon. John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, was elected the orator for approaching fair. Information was received that the City Council of Columbia would furnish the grounds and ncccessary buildinga.for the first annual fair. The Chairman appointed Messrs. W. M. Lawton, Wm. Wullaco and M. L. Bonham as the Committee on Chinese Immigration. Tk WVAT ATTT7?/\r Socrctary S. C. A. and M. Society. ??? t The British House of Commons when full, is composed of' 658 member*, but at present, in consequence of vacancies arising frqm elections declared to be invalid, there are only G22 sitting members. Of these members. Of these members statistics ol different kinds have been collected, The latest information in rcfcrencc to the personal history of the members of tho House of Commons is as fol lows: The university graduates num boi*338, among whom 151 are gradu atosof Oxford and 122 of Cambridge There a?-o 287 members who wen educated at public schools, 131 al Eton, G8 at Harrow, 29 at Rugby, ant the remainder in smaller numbers a1 Aflinra AP WVUVA W* V* VMV I1V/VJUI/J J WUV/I V t41 \ tbrco Irish peers and 106 sons o peers. The barristers nunibor 120 the members of the army ift8, those it the navy 13. Commerce is represent ed by 15 bankers and. 136 engaged ii r other kinds of business. Thero or 10 fathers who have sons sitting vritl them in tho House, 24 pairs c brothers, and three brothers of on . family.. ^ v: i: . ,.a .. ?? _ . i? V t *,is-? 4 w i m m ? > Female 8ocnsTy.?You know m f opinion of fomato society. Withoc > it we bhOuld degenorato into byute i (Ti.:. ix.it.. ?!il i?i n fui? nppiiuv Witu muiui * force to the young mon, and ihot , who ^ro jn the pi-ipio of soanhooi j. for, after a certain time in lifo, tl way roako a ehift < ? pob# 4ne T yrant) iotfo irithdat tt 2 society of ladje#? To a' young ma V ^othlpg i? 3Q important as a spirit i I *** _L T?ViU?U| WUV99 O Ulll |occupyheart; guard It from poll <h|xse?s^? THE CHINESE MOVEMENT. Now, while Memphis is holding public meetings inviting Chinese labor to tho South, tho following protest Rgain?t tho farther importation ol these people into California, published by tho Anti-Coolio Association, i8 of spccial interest: There are about 110.000 Chinono in California, 100,000 of whom are in a state of pconaire or sluvurv. nnd nro routed out by the company owning them to the various parties by whom they arc employed, in gangs of from 50, to 5000. as they may bo required ?their wages being paid to the agent of the company who is responsible for the performance of their labor, and for tho actum of the slaves, dead or alive, in the Celestial Empire. The bulk of tho female portion of them aro scattered throughout our towns arid cities, demoralizing our youth and laying the foundation of future disease and sorrow to an unlimited extent. The importation of theso slaves has already led to scenes of conflict on our wharves, between the rival companies owning them, and threatens to assume gigantic proportions. The employment of these slaves displaces alike portion of white IuKai* ntirl r\??*-* /? ! ?* " A -- 1UUVI , U>IU I11U1 V) I'iU LH,Ul.ll IJ 111 tllU rising generation. There are in San Francisco about! 18,000 to 20,000 boys and girls of ten to twenty yeara of age, tho majority of whom are brought up in idleness as there is no employment for them, and no opportunity lor their learning trades, as all tho interior work in our mills, factories, stores, workshops, &e., that is elsewhere done by apprentices is hero done by Chinese labor. The eonsequenco is that our boys are but preparing for the State Prison, and a vast number of onr girls must, alas! sink to tho lowest depths of degrcdation. Jiy the general employment of this slave labor in every branch of industry, immigration of deserving white people from tho East and Europe is retarded and will ultimatel}' cease, while many now here must leave, We may inHtance tl?o cigar maker*, five hundred of whom, with their families, who were earning good wa B ?? -v - -- o ? here to the advantage of tKe country, were compelled two years ago to retire beforo the Chinese labor and leave the Stat?. In this connection it is a noticeable fact that the introduction of cheap labor has not cheapened tho price of a blanket, a cigar, or any other article of home manufacture, one single cont to the consumer. Tho employment of Chinese labor on the Central, Pacific Kailroad may nave expemtea us completion a lew months, but we contend that tbc injury dono our State can never be balanced by tbc ga:n in time. Hud white labor been employed, hundreds of acres would even now hei-n reclaimed from tho wasto and become the homesteads of happy families, who would have purchased the land :. and increased the revenue of the railroad comnanv. and also of the en tiro State, while tho money paid to ( Chinese labor has been drained out of the country for export to Asia, and on tho retirement of the Chinese slaves from their field of labor not a vertigo of improvement Will Remain? , not evefi a bone of them will bo left , in the soil. Fni* fa-V>ltTA TWAnflio or* nnlnm!n Knc 1 ? """ ? "l" ""r t been raging in our midst, which for u 3 long ti Jio baffled tho skill of our mcd ? ical men and the sanitary rcgnlatiom | of our city : and this small-pox, 01 I black plague, is generally attributcc to tho Chinese. From the density o a their population and their peculiai o mode of living, they aro subject t< ^ many diseases almost unknown to tb? ^ Caucasian race, to which we are rcn 0 dered peculiarly liable by tbo intro duction of Chinese into our "hotcli restaurants and private dwellings a cooks, washors and domestic servants ? It has been objected to our associs tion that it is an Irish crueado again s B choap labor; bat, on tho contrary, w j embody in oar own ranks all clasaei w creeds and political parties, irabae j not with hostility to tho Chinese as MM. Knt fiiflv K?H*tr!n? tlmt oini 10 ' > -O ? a resources of California can be fiiil j6 developed, ?nd her railroads, carta! and Ath?v nilkl!? trnvlril nan I\I1 at ma p w v?* v* |?M V* fTVIOU^VHU WO W ?? 0|. and profitably completed by! fa ie white labor,.as they bore been in tfc y Eastern States, and thatthefntai ? jpreataw* of depends mot ^ upon the geper&l frospority <tf h( ,? By opto# The Peabody Educational Fond. Wo published in our last issno n letter from Mr. Peabody, which was read ut a special meeting of the Tru?tess of the Peabody Kdueationul Fund, on tho fir??t of July. It announced tho fuct that Mr. Peabody had mado to the trunl another transfer of stock and bonds, all of them i , . . . : fiivmenu paying, ana ranking high j among securities, amounting in tho aggregate to one million of dollars, j ! The annual rovenuo of tho trust i? J now more than $130,000, a sum with which much good might he eflueted, | and should be accomplished, if the wishes and intentions of the donor j be at all fatihfully carried out. Mr. Peabody has given a noble charity, ; and he intended that it should be j distributed in a noble way. He has simply said, <;I give you the means to do a great good. Go and do it." ; Have thov done it. or have llicv ? . - ' - J Can any one toll ua ? Mr. lVj'.liody in his letter Raj*?: "I beg to take thin opportunity of thanking with all iny heart, the peo, pie oi' tho South thenirtoives for tho cordial spirit with which they have received the trust, and for tho energetic effort# which they have made, in co-operation with yournelvea and J>r. Seai-H, for carrying out tho planfi which have been proposed and matured for tho diffusion of the biasings of education in their respective Slatofc." Theso are strong words. Mr. Pea | nody must have had, at least through i the agent, Dr. Sears, assurances from j the people of the South about which l tbc Southern public is quite ignorant, lie must have hud evidences of the energetic efforts of the trustee*, and satisfactory information about the plans of Dr. Sears for the diffusion of the blessings of education in the Southern States, about which we know nothing. It is a private char- ' ity. We, perhaps, have no right to be informed, we may be fold. But wucu a doojc man does a noble charity, when a large minded and liberalbunded individual comet* to the relief of & Buffering and distressed people, Lave they not a right to know of the charity, that they may thunk him V - , L I Mr. Peabody tellu us that he makes this further provision for plans which ar? "to be productive of encouragement and benefit to the South." He tells us that bo trusts that "the gift, wiiii uuii'B DJeBriing, may prove a permanent and a lawting boon, not only to the Southern States, but to tha whole of our dear country"?a hopo in which thousands will cheerfully join. That there may be no mistake about the design of thia trust Mr. Pcabody tella the trustees ex pressly that be has the sume sympathy with all the States, and that, were all Deeding assistance, he should wish each alike to bhuro iu the benefits of tho trust. It is very evident that Mr. Peabody desires to accomplish a great good io an unostentatious and a practical way. lie bus selected gentlemen, hoping to hud them men of largo sympathies, with hearts, as far at l?asc as this work is concerned, in unison with hie own. IIo has the hope that his 1 wishes arc being carried out by an agent who is supposed to feel and ap" prcciate tho importance of tho task ' which ho has taken. "What Mr. Peabody wants the people of tho South' ern States want. What ho give* 1 tuey wish to receive aa it is given, " Are they and lie likely to be grati } lied? Individual gentlemen, like Mr Appletcn, for instance, Lave, einc< the i?ar, founded schools aud providec r money, and are already reaping i * reward for their liberality. Aesocia tiouB like the Pioneer Aid Society huvo efltabliBhod schools, which hav< r?'tr An J * ? ^ivvu v/wuiivi u uuu aiu auu CUUUH11UI ' to hundreds of destitute children and,have sown seed which ia already producing good fVdit. Other socic l" ties and other schools hare beei founded in other States on eimila 0 principles. *? T? a a?ii.-? J AM AiUKIIUVIU fUU UUIILUUIU XiUUL'0 tional Aid Society has given educaUo: ^ to ? very large number of yottn i girls, whoso families were too poor I ^ provide even the most ordinar ' schooling for them. In North Car< . lion the Society of. Friends have ? ~ tablished a system of public school '6 which liftve proved moat invulu&bli e mostly supported by North enfrooi tributions, All those Boeiotiea on * ^ aol^l b|^-?>es^ b??^fD % mitm *<*+ wwiwd- Inttrtiotloi % ' < **"?<* the, I wishes to hide his light under abash* el. Ho is ?|uilo wolcume, but do not let him hide Mr. Pcabody's, fbr it is meant to give light.?Baltimore {?? telle. ? ? The French Imperial Family. The Paris correspondent of tlio Chicago Tribune writes: The Emperor, Empress and Princo Imperial, now that the weather is fine, 1 drive out nearly every day along the j Champs Elysecs and the Bois. Fa i mi mil* us uieir appearanco is to the ! public, tho strocts arc always lined when it to known they aro to pass. Tho Prince is an intelligent and interesting looking little fellow, with an expression of Badness in his face thut | may bo tho herald of hie coming I doom, lie is in belter health than j he has been, but is still suffering from bodily infirmities. His mother dotes on him. Ouo can hoc her heart is centred in her only son, foither eyes are always on him. Louis Napoleon may bo dying of tho forty or fifty mortal diseases with whicli the newspapers are constantly i unit j uui, jimping' uy iiih | appearance, thej' don't hurt him mucb. I lie iti very common-place in semblance; hia eye dull and bis fyco perfectly impassive. lie inigbt well be mistaken for a Hebrew clothes-dealer of long experience, who, having turned his attention to governing a great country, had resolved to make bin intentions inscrutable. He reminds yon of one of Cham's caricatures, with bis broad shoulders and great body, and bit* short, little legs that soeiUB incapable of supporting the weight ths.t lias been so unnaturally thrust upon them. I do not believe he in unpopular with the French people, who are bound to have a certain amount of political disconkeut, whether a Napoleon or a Nero reigns over them. Louis may be a supreme egotist, but he loves France; has certai .ly done much for his country and tur ruriH. jic dan maue tuis tue most attractive city in the world. He umu8C8 the people and has added to the glory of the nation. What more do Frenchmen need; what more will hey aHk? - -o ?, ? t> **v ?? /ear*?it may be of sorrow?and *he is repairing them by artiiicial means. She is not so pretty as she has been, but she in very elegant and dtitingue in her mauner and entourage. Her face sometimes seems insipid, but it lights op when she in moved, as if h^r heart hud caught fire. llor mouth and cum are beautiful, and m her deep eye are unfathomable emotions. She baa tragedy and comedy in her nature, and is capable of heroic things, I am confident. She will do them, I believe, if the occasion comes to her and live in the future history of Frauee with Joan d'Arc, Charlotte Corday, and Madame iioland. Eugenie is much loved by the people, though the scandal is still kept up tbat her husband is not the futher of her child. They may like her all the better for that po8nibility. They would be most unjust not to forgive in ner wuat tney aro lorcea to eon done themselves. She is much altered from ahe was. She has gone through the three stages of French woman hood?gallantry, learning and dovo tion. As the Counteaa de Teba, she was decidedly fast. Alter marriage she grew to bo a bus LUu, though 1 little was said of it. Now she ia. ex tremely roligioua, and daily becoming more so. A curious exhibition in London ii ) a company of trained acrobatic flean 1 They draw little vehicles and turi i wheels, but tbey seem to do it undci n nnifiutn i'uoKnir nf tn< - ? ...... c ? t apprehension, which is sufficient U a occasion tho motions which prodae i the deired effect. Tho needed irrito } tion is produced by a certain motioi j of <he hand of the proprietor of th i. flea*. They are accustomed to feo< -? 1 ' "-1 !_ .?A1. hi [l vi uus uiuiue?vuuu iP) w duuv am r blood evory morning, but they do ixq acota to bo greatly imbued with conf i- donee in him, ftnd when ho puts hi li' band near them they go into ecstocie g of fright, wJbieb suuice to prounco in o. effects which the public admire. TJj jr; fleaa'ttkoa vwy iilij&rt time' # tr*ii h- 9tid they lire nine months. Ever I- *Wt ib#Hrvpkt & tietp in Woo ' ' ehe>fcf (hem require? punfe) 9 went, In' w?$h oaee hp is tis4Y^b u poet, and htm 4i>.WAik round Hrtik* tt i:: !(>; 4l m /*<*?*woo*??; ?e. thft_e*W?tk>i 4, Of ttetr work round the thin pat A Oolobrity in Wgalleld?Old John Brown's Right-hand Man. Littlo, probably,do tho good gentlefolk of Edgefield dream of tho extent to which their fortunate county bus been honored in the recent chango of internal revenue officials in that division of the third collcction district. Wo aro told that tho new appointoo as Assistant Assessor is a uMr. R. Realf, an Englishman," and our Edgeficld contemporary,evidently ignorant of its special bliss, indulges in laudatory regrets over the removal of tho late incumbent and has no word of cheer or welcomo for the stranger who takes his place. We know something of Mr. liicliard Healf, and hasten to introduce him to our readers. Englishman, indeed, he is; but it was on the sacred soil of the Old Dominion, and in prominent connection with one of the most exciting events in tho annals of that renowned commonwealth; that he first became known to fame. It is now more than ten years sinco the country was startlod by the tidings that Old John Brown, with a few desperate i followers, had made himself master of the United States armory at Harper's Ferry and madly raised the standard of servile rovolt. Had the blow thus U* iMU A 1... A 1. ~ I nu uwiuijr on uvii ui;vu lunuwt'u uy IUU chain of anticipated reHullB, it was Brown's dream of power to have established a great Black Republic, of which he himself wan to be at once the creator aud tho dictator. Realf, at that time the shrewdest and most active aB well as the youngest member of Brown's'gang, had been formally Mugled out as the Secretary of Slate, in the organization of the projected government. Wo all know how the crazy achcme was throttled at its birth; how the ungrateful black* failed to rally at the call of their Quixotic deliverer; and how, after a Aiip trial ft inm? ?IMA Vft lUi VV?VIV *M JUt J \JL T llglUIUUDj the miserable old fanatic, who perhaps was lees guilty than most "of hit* fellows, expiated hie aud their crime upon the gihbet. Realf, who was believed by many to have bo *n the ruling spirit of the raid, was cunning enough to escape all serious consequences. Of his subsequent career <??>??.. . , t-A it . tin%tjr ur fiis genius and his irrepressible icopudencc rcciu *j ? ^ _ . r . him in good stead. Wo hear of him ttnm oa 4% kanA V?Alinnliliinr? OJifV* Kq iivn a?o ?? uvt v w i>uw i Abolitionists of the North; now as a noncommissioned officer in the United States army at Fort Pickens j now as an office-seeker bashfully urging his claims as a loyalist and a soldier at Washington ; and lastly as an Assessor of tho Internal Revenue in the good old District of Edgefield South Carolina. The days of chivalry indeed are gone, since Richard Realf, while the soul of his gaunt and grisly chief is still "marching on" in triumph, abandons the quest of glory or the quest of greenbacks.?Edgtfidd, Jidvsr liter. Carrying Bundles.?JIany people Lave a contemptible fear of being Been 1 to carry a bundle, however small, - having the absurd idea that there is a - social degradation in the act. Tho ' most trifling as well as weighty packages must be sent to them, no matter - how much to the incouvenicnco of 5 others. Thie arises from a low kind > of pride. There is a prido that is 1 higher, that ariRCS from a conecious dcbb of there being something in the i individual not to be affected by such accidents, worthy the weight of character. This latter pride was exhibited 9 by the American son of Jerome Na poleon Bonaparte. While he was at 1 college at Cambridgo ho was one day r carrying to his room a broom which he had iust trarchascd. when ho met 9 a friend, who, noticing the broonL 0 with surprise, exclaimed: ^ " Why did you not have it sent a home ?" 0 "I am not ashamed to carry home ^ anything vthich belongs to me," was 8 the very sensible reply of yobrig Bonaparte. Very different pride was this from 8 that of a ^rotifer lady whom we know. 8 who al way e gavo hear mother all the 0 bundles to carry *hen they went out 0 together because she thought it v olgar }? to be seta trith oae herteif, y V ^*%?t.prf?oner in the SaSI ? -? --? xr.._ w Jjrujun ?. ^u?' H aewell, who ha* been iDtoaroeratotl ?e twenty*ono years. The warden eallf ?. hitt nh?_ Tl^Wh^oftfc^ "ONLY A YEAR." One year mo?a ringing voice, A clear lilne eye, And cltiRlering curl# of aunny hair, Too fair lo die. Only a year?no voice, no ami!e, Wo glance of eye, No cltiftleti. g curls of golden Lair, Fair tut to diet Dntoir.on >..> _l..t ?1 Far into life I What joyous hopes, what bigh resolves, What generous strife I The silent picture on the wall. The burinl stone Of all ihat beauty, life and joy, Koinuin nlotiul One v?-ar?one year?one little year, And so mui'U g-tuel Ami yet the even (law of life \lovea culiuly oo. The orilTPH upnic Ol'unn Hii! f -: ? q- HUV IIU T? CID UiUUUU 1(111 Abort tli.it Lea I ; No following tint of leaf or spray Says lie is <lead. No pnnsfl or hush of merry birds, That Slnit bIhuc, Tell* ue liuw coldW sleeps below The form we love. Where haat thou been this year, beloved I What hast i ht>u se<-n T What vinions fair what glorious life, Where huattLou bceu I Thfcveill the veil! so thin, so strorgj 'Twixt ii? and tliee ; Thr mystic veil, wlieu shall it full, Tliat we may see ? Not. dead, not fb eping. not even gone, Bui present still, And w-dtiug for ihe coming Of (iud's uweut will. Lord of the living and the dead! Our Saviour dear ! We laj iu silence at. thy feet This sad, sad yeai I The Hon. Horace Capron has sent us the instructive and valuable Report on Agriculture for May and Juno and we deem it our duty to furnish our readers with such extracts from it, a? mav prove advantageous and entertaining. The farmers rale should be : Prove allthings, hold fast that 'which is good. These reports facilitate the proving; they furnish well attested facts, and the intelligent cultivator may extract from them a well approved system of husbandry. Let the Report sp- ak for itself: vximat.?"Accumulating evidence might be presented of the utility and drilling and thorough fertilizing, particularly in badly managed, neglected and worn out lands. The proof is all upon one side, admitting neither doubt nor discussion/' "One correspondent advocateB light seeding of small grain. Ho sowed at the rate of one-half bushel of wheat, and one butdiel of oats and barley, to the-ftcro all of which (May 29tli.) nearly covored the ground." He ought to have stated the character and condition of the field. "Another correspondent, Kanawha (jo. \v est v a., states tbat last mil in one part of afield wheat was sown, ; and then turned under to tho depth of five inches with a turn plough, and in another part tho ground was bro ken up first and tho wheat sown and harrowed in. Tho first is from 6 to 9 inches taller, and of a dark green color, while the other is palo and shorter." Our opinion is that in our light lands all small grain should bo coven, ed deeply. '^Fayette Co., Texas, is introducing tho California clover from tho Pacific coast. It is sown in October, grows through tho winter, seeds in Moy, and is ieady to cut in Juno. All kinds of utoclf arefodd of it, green and cared. W.al tho Commissioner havo the kindness to send us a package of seed? The South needs grasses. Its greatest benefactor would bo he, who i luuuuuvco u pciiuaiivub grur^ oiiuihm to ^clover, with which the Daked fields Ran be. coated, when they are thrown .out. It is a distressing sight to us to see hundreds of acres scorched and burned by.tho sun, to bo blown away by the wind, and washed into gullies in which the colored counterfeit of liberty in the Capital at Washington nu^Kt forever bo buried out of sight, and all for the want of a grass, the roots of which acts as jailors, and the t?$> of which as umbrellas to the poot soil. Poor old mother earth has a h^ni time of it down here. ' fflforBMi/i Textor and ' Tennttm. but ifijjftnrfT'*'''** g**?0* Noril South Carolina. It otir Cftavieiion that both tbwe , ofafrhtt* of superior quality. If anj , *ri?fe,ei*tisr to see ?r taatefor them ! ?f fV.lnmLla or Mair.r Ki Lamp Ciumnkys.?Tlioro ts "shodflv" Ih if!nan ua tt*nll no A*!** !?? (j1" "" "v" " w'vu munvBt Consumers of kerosono arc sometimes ulmost discouraged, so frequently do chimneys break, without any apparout cauHo, rendering tho cost of chimneys ubout equal to that of oil. Cheapness being tho order of ther day, a great many manufacture** sq inako chimneys from silicate of linro ? ! instead of lead. Tho initiated ropy tell the different qualities of glass toy ringing them ; tho vibrations of tho lead glass havo a clear ringin^bollliko sound, possessing tho requisite strength to withstand expansion^ and contraction, as well as the general iO'essuro of use. and will onMnnt. lmlP a dozen of tho lime glass chimneys. Fifteen cents invested in one of tho lead chimneys is money well spent, even though it injures tho "trade" in tho ehenper kind, which it is most {insured ought to, aud doubtless will. Stick apiu thcro and remember it. , ? i A "Word About Milk.?The subjoined item is given for tho bunefit of such infants nu are being brought up on the bottle: ) "Thero is a microscop'c fungus always found in milk alter being exposed for fifteen or twenty hours to tho uir iu summer, even before it tastos the least sour. Some German physicians think this fungus the cause of disturbance of digestion in children fed un milk ; and they Bay that theeo often cease when precautions are taken, such as to give milk as fresh as possible, and to keep it in a bottle completely filled and tightly corked. It should also be kept at a temperature as nearly as possible that of the milk as it comes from the cow." i Good temper is an inestimable blessing, both in the workshop and out of it. If people thought more of its value, they would be at moro painty.' to seeuro it. It was a saying of th^P^ great Addison, we think, that a good ^ temper is worth five hundred a year. The Christian workman knows how it is to bo got. When not a natural gift, it must bo planted and watered by God ia "oil of a regenerated nature. f Evarts Wdy ^ Gilbert Carloton Walker, who boa been elected Governor of the Oid Dominion, is a native of Binghoinpton, Now York, aud ia thirty-seven years of age, 4 T fll _ ? t - * .a. Xiuuiaviiio mairon, venose nusband snores badly, keeps a clothes pin underneath her pillow, and when his snoring awakes her, she adjusts the pin on his nasal organ, and then slumbers peacefully. The St. Louis artesian well which has been in process of boring for ten years past, will soon have reached a depth of four thousaud feet. Tho Colorado Kiver is higher than ever known, the water having risen forty-seven feet eight inches, but is now falling slowly, Tho whole valley is entirely under wator, and tho crops destroyed. A silversmith in Smithfield, England, rccoiltly poisoned his vw:fe and six children to death., ending tho proceeding by killing himself, because he could got no work. A party of convict laborers in the ' quarrios, at Sing Sing, . rofused to I work on Thursday, at*d wore locked up. Another party refused to work on Friday. Tbe prison authorities tear a general rebellious , TUqre are 1,200 prisonors. Escapos occur almost daily,-;.' In New Xork there lately, oeearred a rioi in the Bowery be&ween 4 paity of Orangemon who had been celebrating the Anniversary of tho Battle of the Boyns, and some Catholic spccta- >Vi tors. The meloe becamo very fierco and general at ?nei<iroe, hot the police managed, to ' . restore order, after some twenty or thirty; persons were injured, nope of them very seriously. An Bngliah jw^wr ?ays it is not at j all an tmcommoa -thing fbr ladies | traveling in first-clues railway c?r riag?? to cut down mid coriy away the silk curtains of the windows for I the purpose of making aprons of i them. So general did 'iba practice | i become 00 one lin? tbat - all new cnv ? taint wer? maae ?f matariaitfeat was f ji* wtieth i-.f.J. r- | ' Th? ifo?k (<r<;xA8) onmbi of the k; id inHsla&VMtya'; '-Mrs. Jones, wife of ; j Irjl