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r, y. Sfcr * > i I Mi?????????C??im^ -m VOLUME 28.' CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MAY 6, 1869. NUMBER 38. I????? Agricultural < GREEN MANURES FOR POOR i LANDS. i Perhaps nothing in the whole pro- I Vince bf farming engrosses so much the { attention of those interested, as the ' qnestion of preserving or increasing the 1 Fertility of the soil. It is not so difficult to make worn t ^ut and barren land produce good crops, a -ns one would suppose from a hasty 8 ? Vie# of the innumerable failures to be t all around. If the needful pro- n pcrties to grow crops are not in the soil, c it is in vain to sow, and plant, without d lirsi putting them tlcre ; or if they are c there, but locked up, without first ma- ? king the necessary conditions to release s them, and give them vitality. Every o -observing fnrmor knows that it is far k easier to produce grass than wheat, and t * common remark among farmers is "if d I can raise a crop of clover I am sure -I can raise wheat." One of the means * of raising laud is to get it to produce clover and plow it down when in full : bloom. But clover contains a large f percentage of potash, and soils already abundantly supplied with this, 6uch as elate and shale lands, it is better to mix o the olover with other grasses. C Farmers know that an old sod field t farmed fo corn, yields the largest crops, u *nd that the best crops of wheat are ii Raised from it. Why? The field lots n been left lying until different kinds of c grasses have grown Up, each one gath- T uring different substances from the at- t< mospherc, and carrying tlrern down into if the soil through the toots, fthd enrich- ii ing it. Hence when a cfop of corn or " "wheat is dantcd all the substances ne>- si * ? r cessary tor its growth and perfect dc- ? vclopmeot hs.ve been provided for its a use. u By the application of lime on fctteb Boil the decomposition of fibrouu matter d - in the soil is hastened, and they are C converted into plant food. If tco tatich ? is applied, a heavy growth of 6traw is ci produced, and it will grow so rank as to e lodge and yield very little cain. By si Using a smaller quantity of lime, so as ' to make a healthy growth of straw, the sj heads will fill well and the grain mature; v? 'for it is fouod that when the straw does vi not make an overgrowth the head gen- P' crally fills perfectly. Thfe objeet to be ?' Bought is to know what elements ate hi needed in the soil, and in what condi- ft lions, to produce the crop we wish to hi grow. There is no doubt that if we si should-give to the soil all the cobstitu- C ents of the crop, each year, we could tl (MWSJS count WII.iI rcuuuuuic ?naniy on a large yield. Were constituent elrineot of wheat inexhaustible in the 01 soil, we might, bow and reap, year after ci year, without diminution in the yield js or quality. On the contrary they are a easily exhausted, and, unless supplied, p it is not long until ttc can ratso no crop 0] >t all. , tl Wheat contaius lime, soda and chl> ci rine. Soda and chlorine make common ? Bait. The sowing of common salt oh ki wheat fields must be advantageous It t is believed to strengthen the straw anui tl make it hard, thus preventing rust.? v Rust appears only on straw of a soft, r luxuriant growth, which cracks open c easily, leaving the juices to ooze out and p escape. The action of the hot sun and ] moisture upoo this, readily produces i rust. Especially is this the c >sc with j Wheat grown in low soil where the 'J dampness is great. 1 The never failing quantity of plant- g fo d floating in the atmosphere is ever t available for promoting the growth and ( development of plants. In this availa- t bility there is a marked difference be- i twecn that In the air and the vegetable t I nutriment looked up in the soil. The t - atmosphere is sure to nourish growing ] plants whenever the tender leuves open i their pores to take in the nourishment < it furnishes. It builds up the stem and i developes the rations parts of the plant. 1 It may send forth its rootlets in every i direction, seeking food, and yet famish, droop and die, becau?e the vegetable matter is not in an available condition to promote its growth. As it is impos sible for every farmer to get stable manure in sufficient quantity to enrich his i and, he must look to the green vegetable manure supplied by nature. It is :he principle source of manure on the ;arth, and as such it mitst be applied t jy the farmer if he tfould secure his own i greatest advancemetit. By green matures is, of course, meant vegetable nanures plowed dnwh. , Observing farmer* are well aware ' hat greeu manutes fructify the soil, 1 nd that it fsayS best to plow down clover, pea vices, mixed grasses, oats. ' tuck wheat and sowed corn. They should 1 iOt fear to lose a crop of hay, or miss a ' rop of oats, or rye, or buckwheat by so J loing, for the sacrifice of one crop will ' nable them to raise half a dozen crdp* 1 ritli profit Every year green crops ' hould be plowed down in the ubficeuce f abundance of barnyard manure. It 1 ;ecps up the fertility of the soil, as no- ' hing else will, and enriches him who Iocs it as well as his land. ' Experimental Farm Journal. ' ?? 1 MTsnruANY. JUBA, ENGLAND, FRANCE AND , SPAIN. While the position taken by the ad- ( uinistration of President Grant on the I Juban question is eminently sntisfac- ' ory to the country an attempt is beit g i iade by the partisans of Spanish rule ' a America to get up a diplomatic dank I lovement for the purpose of saving the I rumbling colonial despotism of Spain 3 'he opposition of the Powers of Wes o ;rn Europe to the liberation of Cuba a i loudly proclaimed. A terrible war, i i which all the great Powers are to be * jarshalled against America, is foreindowed. Diplomatic notes of the t ravest character are darkly hinted at, s nd England and France are r preu-nt- I d as sharpening their sword* and eager t )r the fray. All of this is simply a Ji iplomatrc flank movement, in which o luba, the pretended point of attack, iB I jerely a pretence to cover very differ- o nt aiuis. It is tViie that Spain, when d ver danger has threatened her poshes- I oris in America, has always sought to o idace the governments of Europe to c ,-mpathize and aid her in a diplomatic ii ay. The famous tripartite treaty, sc- v sral years since, by which it was pro- fl used that the United Statis, England a id France should guarantee Cuba to c er, was a casein point; and we arc in- h >rmcd that notes on Spanish affairs g sve receutly been exchanged with con |< dcrable activity between the European i< abinets, accompanied with whispera a lat Cuba was the subject uuder con- v deration. I But the game is a higher and wider " ae. The situation of Europe is ton b riticu! and complicated to permit a side * sue like Cilba to jostle it, though such a queBtioh may be readily availed of to b roiiiote other schemes. A retrospect 6 F the historical field will best illustrate r >e tendency of present iutrigucs. The irly yeuts of present imperial puWcr in v 'ranee Wore sadly embarrassed with the ] teady refusal of Russia to recognize f he Napoleonic government. On this r his question the Continent was filled v rith StitrigUes, and ctrery reader will e emeuiber the strenuous efforts of Nicb- c las to enlist Ehglarid in the anti-Na- \ loleon movement. The Baltic, the | Back Sea, the effects of " the sick man I o Europe," and every other contingent t wise weie held up to diplomatic view. I I'he danger Was great, and Louis Napo- < eou played his game with masterly i kill. La Yulette, the French Minis- \ .cr at. Constantinople, biought about a ( :onfiict between the Crocks and Turks, ; ind the question of ihe holy places was i igitated with unremitting energy. llus- I iia undertook to help the Greeks and i ;o claim intervention in the holy places. i France sent a 3trong fleet into the Med- 1 terrancan; England's fears were arousjd for her Indian possessions and the route to them, and hud to send a fleet to the scene; the Crimean war was iokogurutcd with a combination of all Western Europe against Russia.? Brought to conviction by the gathering forces against him and the tall of Sebastopol, Alexander recognized Napoleon by a private arrangement, the war suddenly ended, the diplomatic corubi natiou fell to pieces,and France brought her ahuieS home cove^d with glory, while England was left in the lurch and diplomatically snubbed for becom- s ing the tool to but a dynasty issue be- \ tween Louis Napoleon and Aleiaoder. t A similar diplomatic combination was ] contrived to briog England into trouble i jnd enable France td carry out her aims s for the frontier of the Rhino In this Mexico was mixed up, and the United t States was to piny the part Russia had 1 rcted in the previous scheme. Jfa|)0- t leon used every possible effort to induce 1 England to assist in his Mexican plans t jnd to recognize the Con federate govern- c nicnts. He will knew that such a step t would be followed by a war between the 1 United States and England, and this i would leave him to work the policy of c Continental Europe to suit hts views. \ Prussia would have lost the makeweight t in her side, and Sddowa would not have 8 been fought; for while England would i iiave had her hands full with a war with t is the weight of France in the diploma- a ic scale would have saved Austria and 1 slanted the French eagles on tile Rhine. 1, Wisely did the British statesmen keep v >ut of the snare spread for them, and a Louis Napoleon was forced to retrace n it's steps in his abandonment of the pol- t cy of his great uncle regarding America, h This was his mistake. Neither the leople of France nor the traditional b Napoleonic policy have any feeling of p intagouism to this country, nor does any t inti-French feeline exist with us; but c my efforts to convert the United States t< nto a makeweight in his continental t cliemes will sufcly fail. vi This, however, is the part it is sought n o make England play in the present ^ tate of European politics. France and 81 lussia alike have aims against Prussia; a ut so long as England is free to throw a ter sword or purse into the scale the ^ dds are Far too even to He pTeasalir^ h f the fears of England can be roused K n the Cuban question and she be in- ^ 1 * 1 - ~ tl/vnf intA tllA ft lUCCa 10 Sfcnu a strung ucvt .11W., American Mediterranean, on the plea '' f securing her own possessions, the ourse of events will assume a promis- u ng aspect. Louis N&polean knows cry well that an American and a French a eet could rub against each other for B! generation and produce not only no u xplosion, but not even a spark. But 11 it strong American and British fleets ather in American Waters, and not on- ^ f will sparks fly frdm tSonsrant collis- a 3nst but an explosion ttia^ be confident- w uticipatcd. By next fall a flattie of 11 rar would be brotlglit out to consume inglish and American commerce, and fc. .u j?.i w.,? c icuner ineowuru nui mu pmoo u? wgr ind would find titnfe to employ its w rcight in cootinenial diplomacy, ^he itiiS which were defeated in 1864 might ic accomplished in 1860. With Rus- ' ia us an ally France could control Euo ope. We have hud one great war^oii knoW rcll what it cost in blood and treasure. n fears must elapse before wc recover ^ roin its evils. While, therefore, we do c mt desire nnothcl1, at the same time ^ te do not fear it; We knovr our power, ind know better how to use it than we lid ten years ngo. For these reasons ve would calmly advise the British peo- V jle dud British statesmen to beware of teing made the ttols of Nepoleonic in- j ;rigue. If they will sCati the fifeld close- ? y they will perceive that while he is ( contriving a collision between England t ind ourselves on .he one hand, he is c i?in?? the revolutionary movement in x 2uba to prevent the accession of the ( founger Bourbon branch in the per- j ion of the Duke of Montpensier to the | throne of Spain. The fear of a recogni- j tion of free Uuba by b raDce 18 a potent ] argument iD the Bourbon eontrotersy. | These Napoleonic schemes will not af- , feet the march of the administration of . * i ' 1 President Grant, nor will they deprive j it of the support of the country in its American policy; but they may serious- ( ly complicate the position of England in her continental relations. N. Y. lie.raid. A wn<x seeing a lady at a party with a very low-nocked dress and bare ar ms expressed his admiration by saying she outstripped the whole party. A REAL HERO?A SCENE AT | SEA. Two weeks ago, on bdard an English itcarder, d tagged hide years' old boy vas discovered cin the fourth day of ;he outside voyage from Liverpool to Seb York, ahd carried before the first nate, whose duty it ttaS to deal with luch cases. When questioned as to the object of jeing stowed away, and who brought liin on board, the boy, who had a beauiful sunny face, and eyes that looked ike the very mirrors of truth, replied hat his step father did it, bedause he sould not afford to keep hint, nor pay lis passage out to Halifal, where he ? . ??it .rr __j lad an aum wno wa." wen uu, auu iu Vhdse house he was going; The mate lid not believe the story, in spite of the rinning face and truthful accents of j be bdji He had seen too much of tow-aways to be easily deceived by them le said; and it was his firm conviction hat the boy had been bfought on board ,nd provided With food by the sailors, rhc little fellow was handled very roughy in coosetjtience. Day by day he ?aa otleStioned and rcquestioned, but j *: 1 .1 ways with the some result. He did lot know a sailor on board, and his faher alone had secreted him dnd given lim the food which he ate. At last the mate, wearied bj the >oy's persistence in the same story and erhaps a little anxious to inculpate he sailors, seized him one day by the ollar, and, dragging him to the fore, old him that unless he confessed the ruth in tco minutes from that time he roilld hang him to the yard arm. He jade him sit down under it on the eckt All around him were the passogers and sailors of the mid-day watch, nd in. front of him stood the inexonrable mate, with his chronometer in his and, and the other officers of the ship Iv HUP- tlm f lid our informant, that we ever beeld?to see the pale ptoud, sorrowful ice of that noble boy, his head erect, is beautifiil eyes bright through the lore that suffused theui. When eight -I ? l..j tUn mo(p tnlll llim JI n U I US Jiau utu biiv iuhw .w.. ... hat he had but two mi lutes to live, nd advised him to speak the truth and ive his life; but he replied with the truost simplicity and sincerity, by askig the mate if he might pray. The mate said nothing, but nodded is head, ana turn'd as pale as a ghost nd shook with trembling like a reed rith the wind. And there, all eyes arncd on him, this brave and noble ttle fellow, this poor waif whom socie y ov.ned not, and whose own stepfather ould not care for him?there he knelt, rith clasped hands and eyes upraised j heaven, while he repeated audibly he Lord's Prayer, and prayed the dear iord Jesus to take him to Heaven. Our informant adds that there then ccurred a stiene as of Pentecost. Sobs rokc from strong, hard hearts as the adte sprang furward to the boy and lasped hini to his bosom, and kissed iini and blessed him, and told how sinetely he now believed his story, and iow glad he was that he had been brave nough to fhco death and be willing to ucrifice his life far the truth of his own rord.?jV. Y. Sun. An Armed AJan Discovered in a 3eddler's Pack and Killed.?A hurt time since, just after dark, a pedllcr, carrying a large pack, appeared at he door of a wealthy farmer in the town if Green Garden in this county, and equestcd the privilege of remaining >ver night. The farmer being away Vom home, he was informed by the lired man that he could notstay. lie ;hen requested the privilege of leaving lis pack until morning, as he was very iired and could not carry it further that night. This was granted, and the pack deposited in one corner of the sitting room. During tho evening some of the females of the household had occa sion to move it, nnd taking hold of it, discovered that there was something suspicious about the contents. The hired man was called, and upon taking hold of it fouod that it contained a man. He quickly stepped into an adjoiniog mom and returning Jwith a revulver, motioned the family to stand aside, and at once proceeded to fire three sh into it. A piercing shriek issued fn it, and on ripping off the outside ci ering, a man with a large bowie kn and a revolver blinchcd iri his ban was found weltering iu his blodd; T of the shots had proved fatal. I neighbors were alarmed, but no tftii of the peddler who left the precit pack couid be found.?Dispatch. A SON OF THE MORMON PROP ET AT THE WHITE HOUSE. On Friday last the visitors at ( EJccciitive Mahsion, from the vari< classes, professions, religious, races a colors of men and women represent were calculated to convince Gene Grant that this is indeed a great cot try. In addition to the usual run Senators and Representatives from C< gress and office-seekers, soldiers, a eivillians, there was a delegation of t German Veteran Union (white raei which called to invite the President a flag festival and "zwei lager" on 1 17th of May; there was a delegati of Indians (red men,) en grande ten from the Far Wefit, a delegatidn ofc; zens pf African descent (black mei from Alexandria, Virgina, and last tl not least in dignity and i&pottan there was a delegation of high Mormc from the imperial household of the M " 1 J. __-J Dalkinn moD mgn rnesi auu ucuu i an.un Protector, Prophet and Dictator, itic ding Brigham Young, junior, a son the Dictator, a wife of the young mi and one of the many wives of the < man, and a Miss Little, all of Gr< Salt Lake City, the Holy City ofZ'u the New Jerusalem of the Latter D Saints. How beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zion's hill was doubtless the thought which acco panied these strange visitors to t White House; for after paying th respects lo the Freattrem they depart without ceremony and in the headi again for Utah. Otherwise it mi{ have been suspected that this Morm embassy bad an axe to grind, the ( venorship of Utah, for instance. I apparently no such thing brought 1 son of the Mormon prophet to Washii ton. Still, if the place has not b( filled it may be asked why not make I actual President of his people the T ritorial Govenor of Utah ? The inh itants of that Territory, excepting I Pacific ^Railroad employees and th followers and "Indians hot taxed," i almost exclusively MormonS, of 1 Prophet's people. Thefo hre .& ht dred thousand of them, and the potent Prophet's word to every man; Won; and child of them is held as saCred the Book of Mormon, of the liiblej "The will of the people," therefore, ' his case, under ordinary cirCUmstanc would settle the questiod. But the publican patty was founded upon declaration of the "extinction of th twin relics of barbarism, slavery i polygamy;" and though slavery un the reign of this party^has been aboli cd polygamy in Utah still prevails. T1 again, the appointment of the Morn Dictator, with his multitudinous han as Govcnorof Utah would bo a scat) to the rest of tho people of the Unit for it would be equivalent to a recog tion by the President of the Uni States of Mormon polygamy. So t thing canDot be. What, then, is to be done with Mormons? They are tod strong to trifled with; they are too rich to be bou ofFcheaply, and too numerous and useful withal in changing a howl desert to a blooming garden?-too vt able, with their wonderful industry i generally peaceable conduct, to be moved. Congress having passed special law of reconstruction concern them, General Grant no doubt will satisfied in keeping the peace betw them and the "outside baibarians" ring the recess. To this end he mij to some advantage, try a few Quali as peace men among the Trrrito officers of Utah; but in any en through tho long interval to Decern next, we apprehend that strong deta ment of men of war will be necdec j Utah to maintain law and crrdef betw I A* nnA *kct f*Anhla avan till JUC kjoiuio OUU VIVUMIW v->?i ots and border ruffians drifting in from the Pacific Railroad. At any rate, this visit 3v- of the son of Rajah of Utah, even as only ife a call df courtesy, was a good dipldmatds, ic move in behalf of the Mdfiildhs. It Wo will almost certainly remind General il - tli,t r4ra<idfiil Pagans as thev DC vjriaui>j i>uov ui ? ?? r 2c8 are in their domestic relations, they jus still have some ''rights which white men, add Christians especially, are botratlto respect."?N. 7. Herald. SINGULAR SCENE AT A NEW the ORLEANS WEDDING. )U3 I Wednesday night quite a fashiona^fe ,nd wedding was celebrated in the Fourth' ed, District. The bride was pretty, as all1 ral newly married ladies are, and the grttonf in- was the glass of fashion and the mould of of form. A number of invited guests Dn_ lent grace and beauty to the occasion; nd and hearty congratulations testified the' he good wishes of many friehds fof the a,) happiness of the newly wedded pair, to But the hours wane rapidly, and the ;he time for retiring Cable tit last. The ion bride was led by laughiilg bridesmaids ue, up to her Chamber door. But imagine iti- their surprise when it was opened by* d,) lady richly and elegantly clad in a traybo' elling Suit, and evidently waiting for an" ce, interview. >ns "I beg pardon, but you ap-" or- pear astonished," said the strange lady.jh, "I must confess that I did not 4xlu pect to see any one here," rep'ied tbtf of bride. in, "No, madam; I came io very private)ld ly> and wished an interview, subject to' ;at no interruption." )D, It did not occur to the bride to inlay quire by whom she bad been introduced or by what means she gained access to1 , her apartment. "It is very strango ma'am, and I can't imagine why you wish to speak tcT he ine !" eir "The renisnn fo&B yotiTiavejust married has imposed upon ~ ng you. I am his wife!" jht "Oh ! impossible?you rave!" and on the lady sank into a chair almost faint-' Io- ing. Of course, the bridesmaids screamtut ed. Snch a succession of shrieks ond ,he has rarely heard. It speedily brought ig- the family to the door with terror strioki'en en faces and with them the bridgroom,' the all asking with trcriablirig lips? er- "What in the world is the matter?" ab- " Oh! Edward," cried the bride,' the "this persdn sfljte she's your wife." eir "My wife!" shouted the astonished ire husband; " why, she's insane." the The strange lady stood up calm and in- unruffledinl Ta it. nnaaible. sir. that havine nerne " I 7 7 o ( A ian trated this great wickedness, you will as haVe the hardihood to deny that I am ? your lawfully wedded wife ?" she asked,' in looking the sorely troubled Edward full a, in the eye. re- "Why, confound you, woman! I nevthe er saw you before in my life!" exclaimose ed the astonished man. ind "Oh ! Edward, I'm afraid it's true ! der and I loved you so I" sobbed the young sh- wife; "how could you have ^treated me len so ?" ion "I tell you I havn't got any wife but ;m, you; this woman is an impoaitor." dal The strange lady uttered_a low mookjn; ing laugh. The scene was getting in;ni tcrestiDg to the last degree. The ladies ted were all crying, and the father of the .his bride looking stern and indignant. He had been for some time regarding the strange lady, when suddenly his eye ke lighted up, and an amused smile played 0n his lips. He took a step forward,* t00 and laying his hand on the shoulder of jng the stranger, said : tlu- "Come, John, this is very cleverly * ind ' Pl^ed, but it's time "it was orer," and re following the impulse of his arm the no stranger was pushed into the hall. jDg "John?who?whst!" ail eiolaimdd ke at once een It was the bride's younger brother; d wicked boy, who bad played a naughty . prank, with the aid of his sister's trav?1 ' clling suit and her cast off chignon and :ers curls. rial It is Scarcely necessary to fenfarfc ;nt that harmony was very speedily restore ber ch- 'Sail,' said lisping Bill/ if you love' I in me thny tho; and if you love and don't eeD like to thaj tho, sqeeth my handtb/ rera Sal squoze it.