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Bates ot Advertising. V ' '' -! • > , u ' f r %!•— • ... r ' (tjieinci*;dtifc IhMrIion . . ^$1. 0« ,i •* each f*fc«equ«nt \ns*rtioa. f>0 Quarterly, ••di-ftnnual or yearly contract* a o n boeat't efuis. ^H>utract a'lvcrtising is pajnl.lc 30(li)v« uf. Hfint insertion unless otherwise stipulated. oommunioation will be piihlislied uh- le^s accompanied by the name’aml addresr of (he writar, not necessarily for publication, butase^arantyofgoodfai.h j. Address; THE rEfl?f>r, v. • , , BarnwollXJ. II., S. C. South Carolina Itailroud. CHANGE Of SCHEDULE. flrf ^ !" li. A A*Ja J Up Day Passengers. (This Train (foes not connect with Train for V pnlumhia af l^ap^h^.lU ) Leare Charlaaton - ft.Od a m •< Branchrilld^ ' JSTJo’p m fL^_ Midiray Itamberg Graham’s » Lees • Blackrille Klko Willistoti k WiBitaftt^..‘ ... •• Mintmorerlcl « Aiken Arrive AuguiU Down Day Passengers. (This Train does not connect with Train flSr Columbian! Brauchville.) it a II II 12.28 p m T2.87 p in > 12.01 pm 1.04 p m f}. 1;11 p m ’ ■* g ».2(5 j>iii 1.24 p ui —- —1^04--pK5f 2.12 pm .. 2.21 p m 3.15j> m Lcaee AwgUsti* , 1 *i Aiken “ Montmorenci « Windsor “ \ Wiliiston “ Elko •> Dlackrille <* «« Lee’s Graham's “ Bamberg • | ♦s Midway « Brauchville Arrive (Charleston K1UIIT EXPBESS. Leave Charleston Arrive Au»mia * ’ iieavc Augusta Arrive Charleston Down Leave Blackville ' ^^^■ive BlackvHlc - P* In e n 9.11 am 9^21) a in 19.41 am Id.Or a m 10.US a m 10.24 am 10.21 a m 10.40 n m lO.OH a ra lit) 0 a'm 11.20 um 0.00 p m ~r lljLACKVlLilst: «*od Opening lor C'npltat 1 Post om ce. : 1 Tf if-ThtPfbfUrl' ~~~' " ”7^ * For sqm^days past there has been a consiilerablo InffatT'or the'“fleecy staple.” v- Merchants have bo^snmore aatly 4?ood8 than usual, and the bustltj In the Uuslnefes thoroughfare indicates a busy season ahead. As a point of shipment this pluce , > perhaps, occu pies tiie first rank among the towns on the South Carolina Railroad. Sup ported by a good back country trade, : U--beast®-of a +nrger-rrtrmber of stcrcA than any point I have visited along the Uneof road;iihd bidsfair, with proper energy and well directed effort, to be in the future a place of no mean pro- t bi 8 argument, uentloua. Like most towns of itseUs it for there pan be no argument in Its lacks capital to develop the resourc-es favor, is easily proved unavaHable. It which are abundant, to render it at- la truo that, iu some sections a very tractive and place ft iu the position to-j mir brick can be made, which will an- To the Editor of The People: - Having heard many favorably re- marks in reference to the views ex pressed in my fppmer article, I will in trude once again, with the hope of further elucidating tho subject, and awakening yet^ ^greater dnterest^ upoh previous article to the unfortunate condition in which future generations will be circumstanced if we qontlnUo our desTfuction of the timberTfhieh remains’. The lack of lumbet-witk which to build cannot be supplied by anything at our command. What, then,'will our posterity doToTmaTefl- al with which to erect houses and for other needful purposes? It maybe suggested that they can use brick; "but or at least assertion, 1 that thdr axes could fell, and^tbojMi that defied their rude tools they troyed hyflre. Now it is well known that trees, especially when Id foil foliage, are very powerful agents In causing rain, inasmuch as they con dense the moisture floating in the. air and cause it to fall to the earth, in stead of passing -by iu suspension.— which it is entitled. Remarkable for healthfulness^it might, with small ef fort and outlay, be the cehtro of the' trade and educational interests of- this and adjacent countice, 11.00 pm 9 2ft a nr S^r-j aah 10.4o p trrf 1 6.20 pm fi.SS n i -on. to fortune,'’ in either putting their shoulders to the wheel bn induc ing others to come and occupy the laects with Trains at Bn).nciivjll« for mUis. - ^ wwW' aww actowwuua'iitty:’'" swer the purpose of building chim neys, but there are very few specimens which I have seen that would do for constructing a house of any size. And were of such q^lity as to make good brick, how few could afford tercstcd-doJioh-CCcem .Inclined to take to build brick houses! There would advantage of that “tide in the affairs j have to be a Very marked Improve- of men” which Shak( spearesnys “leads ment in the financial Condition of the r| nately, those who should be must in- country In order to enable the masses to live in brick housca -$fie~prevail- ing custom has been to build dwellings ith the Blackville and 'Rarn- of logs, hence if at present and in times past, from our inability to put* Evefy <trco that Is' felled has Come effect in reducing the'quantity of rain; and_jrhen a forest is levelled with the ground the different amount of rain- tall becomes marked at once.” -Let u«, thefefore, be wipe and con sider lest we, by bur prodigality ant^ want of foresight, inflict a similar calamity upon our own fair Southern land. O. K. B. field. well Railroad tapping the Purt Royal lh;ad.un.thft.iaiii.»..idihi-a.tul' n-.-mhiiig In j Leave Cliariesioa 7.10am Arrive Aiigii»ta 6.45 p m Leave AiifruKta ’ ~ 4 .Co a m Arrive Cliarlcston 6.20 n ni Down Lcawe Blackvill# ' f ,8.34 a m ‘Up Leave Blackville 2.38pm Connects at Ui-aitchville with Train for Columbia. I h> ihn I. Ht Down day, yaiwcngcr connect* at Black. 1—^ Ue ' n tt l - ville with ColmiiWa aecnminoihition train. Ucilumbiu oh tlie other, and a good content ourselves cotton factory in operation bete, ten years would number it dmong the in terior cities of the State. My opinion is based simply upon the great natural advantages and n sources‘ possessed would—require a most surprising stretch of the imagination to conbtdie of the Unie when our poorest classes Alnrrlnge by Candle-light, LcVcfs have strange caprices. It two" fond hearts determine to ubtte their destinies, oCithOTThe fear of Im pending parental wrath nor the grim prospect of want and penury, wHbde- ter them from consummating their purpose in holy wedtoeb. Two young and sentimental creatures of ebon huo became euamored of each other, and against the persuasion of friends, the entreaties of relatives and the threats of parents, they resolved to get mar ried. They made many ineffectual at- terapts to carry that resolution into execution. Their every movement was watched, and several ingeniously con- MagiDlii Passenger Route. PORT BoVaL RAILEOAP. \ AcqcsTA.OA., June 24, 1879, f Tlie following jnssenger scliclulc will be operateil bn alld alter mis date : l!.U..e 11 32 Down ! RaMoc 4 12 Fp Allcintalo , 10 00 Down jtUbmlals 3 45 Un JUILY PABSENCES TRAIN. OtcHfi Squth. LFatc AnguMa 9 i^fTp m Arrive nt Yemavoe 1 50 n m L»\jvc Yeniax-ee 2 30 n iu Arrive JMWAnunh r. r.Z (i ui I ^hvc 8’ivannali 4 10 a m .Arrive Jack non villa 7 15 A IU .Arrive C*liarlest6n , ' B 00 a • r.i Leave Yema-se* _ 2 20 a tn Arrive Remifart 3 45 a m Arrive Fort Royal . 4 -do a in Arrive August if 6 38 a tn l:h:ivc Yenifwsce 2 00 a iil ‘Arrive d emaijit-e 1 20 n n\ 1 .eiivc Snvannalt 9 (X) p m Arrive Savannah 8 20 a ra |.e<tv» JackasaviRe 6 15 s m l.o ivc -''liartestan , .8 30put 1.Olive Remifort 11 23 p ni Leave Fori Loyal 11 (H* p is | Radicalism, iu its Mying throes, has iiHicted on this community another piece of that kindness which lias al ways characteriz'd its dealings, with S mthern pcop^?, viz : the appointment of Fred Nix, Jr.,no tho postmaster- ship. And yet for this infliction are not the people in some measure re sponsible ? ■ As long ns they persist iu tolerating, countenancing and support ing, in any manner, persons so very obnoxious to our bi a' interests in their eetved plans proved abortive. Last night, bowevcr. tbey eihided tbe vlgl- ■ are-<nampeneu i.o -( aTTrc -pf- tfretrparents,■ aadrwadsg4b» with log houses, it p re t enc6 0 f taking a moonligbti walk, repaired to the office of Trial Justice Fickling, where they were kept In agonizing suspense until the venerable could afford to construct dwellings oL Lis appearance at about 11 o’clock. The young lovers balled his coming with .delight, and manifest con- rain Savannah witliou* cliati^e, imflrtrtgclnwe < htetion nt 8avnnnali widt A. &U.K. K. t for all poinlain Florida - - - lta(rgH(ie checked through. 16aJf”Throiij{h tickets for sale at all piinci ji.d ticket offices. Ron ray O. F>.s»iiyn. 0 eti er a IStt pe r 1 ifte ndent; Payast^ .. leneral I’na-enjrcr Ageni. ( hurlotte, Columbia & Augusta R P. CHANGE OF SjfHEDULE- Ci'Ari.nrr*. Com niua A Auocsta R. R. 1 ’ Gk.neu VI. pAMK.ViKR Dkimktmknt. K . Clou MIMA, S. t^., Jiujc 1, 187'.*. ) ^ The fbllowinff passenger sebcdale will be tii'feralcd on and after this dntef No. 1—Niyhl Expfcs*, South'. tA*ave Charlotte.; - .12:45 a m 1 Arrive Columbia...T........ 5:30 a in Leave Oolumbis..... ........ o.3*> a in Arrive Augusta.; 0:25 a ui No. 2—Night Expire, North. Leate Augusta f. 6:15 p m' Arrive Oolumbta L30 a m Iieave CoTumbla....... 2130 a ui Arrive Charlotte 12:10 a m No. 3—Day JTdfKngvr, South. Leave Charlotte SU12 p m Arrive Columbia.. .12:00 m -Ijeare Columbia... 1-00 am ITfrlVe Augusta...........TTwIttf a m No. \—Dmj Pa&tngrr, North. Leave Augusta “.. . V 6:Cfl a nr Arrive Columbia. .10:45 n tn Leave Columbia .10:55 a m Arrive Charlotte. d):00 p m These tratM stop only at Fort Mill; Rock Hill, Chester. Wjnnsboro.Ridge- Ivay, Leesvllle, Bates burg, Ridge Spring, Johnston, Tvootam and Gran- Itevllla All other stations will be re cognized as flag wtatlorw. u \ . T. D. KLINE, Sup’t. John R Macwurpo. Gen. Piw. Agent. 8avanaali ami Cfearta^ |tf8road€o. i . CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ^ Jasi aby 1, ISTff. . the following Schedule hr ih effect at this date: Fait Mail, Doily. Leave Charleston midst, tiny have no .cason to expect it to be otherwise. I have heard it sail that,- who t 'eeps with n dog must apprehend lu ing Lj'.tcn by the fieas.” The new F. M. is, at all events, fahly installed in a-building amply stfffieient to transact nil of theTTUsI^ ui ss which Uncle Sain may demand ut hie hands. If that ‘'handsome'cane" were brought to iho front and mad to oHupy a conspicuous position, jt would complete the picture, and ex hibit Barnwell and Bluokviiie sliaklng bauds, not ovyr the “bloody chasm,” j * 1 but "over Mr. Fred Nix! “Exeunt om&ee!!” It affords me pleasure to say that I flud Thk Fe I’Ll-: growing in favor wherever my attention is directed, Ibere is nothing like honest competi- tk*B to tie vein p a paper as well as any other business. There are many in quiries ou tiie subject-of tbe new rail- toad to RifavfeirwIilcFIneet me ev erywhere. If we cannot be accommo dated shortlv with the music of the - *> ' non-horse and incoming train, let us at least have the “whistle” off the con tractor occasionally^- The music is la him if he will only let it out. O. K. B. as costly a material as brick. With out Umber to saw into lumber, what, then, will unborn generations do? ■ »* - INCREASING DUOUGUT3 , Have characterized tbe history of our country within the remembrance of those born within the last half cen tury. That they are becoming more frequent and severe is, alas! a fact too patent to be denied, and their ef fect upon the ftgiicuUural iuteicsts of tbe couLitiy, if they should contlnus-at a proportloHate increase in tho future as they frarc in the past, owy welt r»ik awaken the apprehension Of tbe most Indifferent observer. Tbs oome when this advantages second to none, all things considered, in paint of .adaptability to ' tho varied productions of the earth, | will be incapable of sustaining UsdUKt life, and be again consigned to the {-“beasts of the field” us a dwelling place where they may obtain a preca rious living; and when new forests shall hive sprung up and the/alas again descend and clothe the earth with renewed verdure, a new people may como and discover evidences that it was formerly peopled by a civilized but unwise race. That God has chang ed tho great organic laws which he put into operation, there - is not at present* sufficient ^daia to venture an affirmative assertion. Airifinigs are as they were, in a general sense, from the beginning. I have read that in some European countries the denud ing the land of forests have so affect ed tho operations of nature, as to cause severe droughts, and hence they proceeded to set out extensively forest A Proposition to 4'roato a Hew Office tor the Hx-Preeldeafi T (WiuBilfngtqn Left*FIo the N. Y. HevtM. J " Since the adjournment of Congress a number o’f Oeo Grant’s friends have hadufodcr Consideration a Suggestion, coming originally from a distinguished yTr.DUCTh-gnT^israVu^k h»ffirnr held for the present, but whose ser vices in military and clvio life have won for him the confidence and es teem of bis people, as well as the re spect of the country at large, to cre ate the office of Captain-General of the Army, with, suitable pay and al lowances, andHo have the same ten dered to Gao. dL B. Grant, In recognl- tlonkof his-patrlotlc services In behalf of the Union, as well as to afford him permanent occupation InTB congenial employment the fem&lnder of ,hls life. This Idea has been quickly canvassed among the members of the Senate and House who have visited Washington dtirtfig the recess; as well as at Sara toga, Newport, Long Branch and *WhUe Sulphur Springs, it cad be said that tbe proposition has been re ceived with great favor, and will take shape In a bill accomplishing tbe pur poses named early at the next session of Congress. The friends of General Grant have viewed with great regret tbe effbrts of politicians to embark him once more on the muddy stream of politics, and bav^been casting about for some suit able employment and pbattthn for the distinguished er-Frestdent: ed their joy in an unmistakablqmanner, A difficulty now presented Itself; there were' ho llgtrts' la the room. One:' the attendants soon obviated this trouble by bringing in several candles, which were Instantly lighted, and they threw over the would-bo tulde and groom a mbllow light. Judge Fick ling ever takes a delight la making others happy, so he was very expe ditious in going through with the sol- el mu ffaremnny—Inking-minutea.thg vows having been made, he declared vhepa man tind.wife. Thee: country, poesesslng ^ their ],,y can botttr than described, when they realized osltlon has been prematurely devel oped in consequence of the receot_an- nouncement that Gen. Grant was will ing to acfcept the president^ of the Nicaraguan Canal Company. Some of his friends are of opinion that tbe po sition of Comoiander-ic-Cbief of tbs Army of the Uulted States would be much more acceptable to him it it could bo grabefullyt tendered by Con gress, since it would restore him to tbe rank he was taken from almost forcibly by the politicians In 1868, and which sacrifice he has frequently bad occasion to regret. ' CN It,Is understood that quite a num ber of distinguished Southern men only warmly espoused this how Is a i But to answer It i Were rattier ( And yet in a bant As tbe whf I’ll venture th a bit of a lay^ To tell how a paper is made. An editor *Tls at sIvidrxyF w * .-.pew.— yet in a bantering wat, - tbe whlp-pqor-wlll sings In theglade, renture in a bltof a lay urensgll away and got married last week. ■Pli . . ... eyillo will be the largest ever raised h that county .Thingssolemn,and comic, and queer— And when he has hit on a theme He Judges it well, to parade. He writes, and he writes, and he writes, And that’s how a paper Is made. An fedltor sits at his desk, ,. And puzXlrs his brain to make out “Telegraphic” so «Quabbled and mixed* It Is bard to tell what It’s about, F.snhangeaxrs lying awn tad. - - _ WMlo waiting dispatches delayed,^ o clips, and he clips, and ^ And that’s how a paper I Ho clips, and he clips, and he clips, Is made. An editor goes out la town, . . .In search of things that art no*— Tbe things that people have done, Tho things they're intending to d | Goes peering and prying about, For Items of many a grads; He tramps, and he tramps, and 1 And that’s how a paperfs mac And all that those workers prepare; • Of every conceivable strl— IU sent to the printer, and i o— Of every conceivable stripe, | rut to the printer, and he Proco»*deth to stick it In type, His lines all respecting his will. In slowjnoving oolumus parade— and he sticks, and he sticks, paper is made. He 8tlck<and he st And that's hot* a In short, when the type Is all set. il th< Noel . , _ And hurried away to the press. Ami . _ 'Us “locked In a form,’’ as they o errors cleared up, more or less, say, The pressman arranges bin sheets. His iuk gives tbe requisite shade. Then he prints, and he prints, and be prints And that Is how a paper Is made; Fbedkbicx Schmidt’s Mubin os. “Frederick Schmidt,” said the Essex Market Court Justice the other day, Tfalrprop- j to a sleepy looking German, “you are flued 110 for intoxication. But what’* the. movement in both houses will be It JXfMmtuiaulifla^i&emstnteemen. bo loisglard Cfkn Mid also Id this ^oonectfon tt trofs. And In support of this theory I beg to close this article wjth au ex tract ffom the explorations of' Mr. j Moffxt lit Africa : “The country hkd even been originally remarkable for the quantity of raia which fell in it, and for its consequent fertility. The old mcn > 8atd that their forefathers had told them ‘of the floods of ancient times, the incessant showers which clothed the very rockfr with verdure, and the giant trees and forest which once studded the brows of the Ham- hana hills and neighboring plains. They boasted of the Kuraman and other rivers, with their impassable the heaviest yield he has ever obtain- torrents, In which the hfppopotami ed. The Aberdeen (Miss.).- Examiner played, while thojowing herdawalked Remarkable Cotton Crops. Tho newspapers are calling atten tion to the wonderful success of Mr. J. J. Crump, whoso farm is near Aber= deen, Miss. Ho has adopted a new process in cotton planting, and the re markable results which have followed his expeiiments are attracting the no- dec of planters. In 1877 Mr. Crump produced 1,310 pounds of ginned cot ton to the acre, 1.000 pounds in 1878; and the prospects thisWason point to that tbe knot was securely tied. A modest fee was paid and the couple hastened to a waiting carriage. It was not long, howetef, before the young man’s father got wind of tbe proceed ing and he started out, armed with a strong stick, tn search of the delin quent. When the irate parent came up with tho newly married pair there was an Intensely f dramatic scene.— When ho Icarnott that the deed was done and could not be undone he somewhat relented and exclaimed, In a voice choked with rage and disap pointment, “If it’s did It can’t be hoped. What God has joined together let no man put asunder.” With this consoling utterance he clasped tbe bride in bis arms, gave her a buss, and the trio started for home, rejoic ing as they went.—Columbia Yeoman. What NIakes Home Happy. 7 15 a. ffi. 1 00 p. m. 4 17 p. in. 6 35 a. m C 80p.m. 3 15 p. m. 9 00 p. nr Arriv* at Savannah - - - Arriv* Port Royal - - ■ ^AvIto Jacksonville * - « .- at Augusta • . - . ^^Kve Savannah . - - j - Arrivs Chsrissfea * - » ff if kt Train, Daily Loave Charleston - ^ % Arrivs Savannah - hear* Savannah < [ * Arrive Charlsston j 8 10 p. i*. 6 40 a. rii. j^OO p. m. v ''“‘ a. m. Pullman cars on all Ntgbi Trains. C. S. GADSDEN. Engr. and Sopt. 8. 6/ Bov Laron, 0. F. and T. Agest, gives tho process. NJ. Crump prepares his land in December by digging holes three feet from each other, eighteen inches equate afld eighteen inches deep; those holes he fills with manure to within four Inches of the top, and the remainder of the way with the top soil. At the . usual season ho plants with a view to having three stalks to a hill* and -piles the clay from the buttons of the pits 08 deep over their tops as the supply will admit of, with a VleWto Keeping down tho gross, and then cultivates with hand and hoe, never allowing a plow to be used. Iho preparation is made in December in order to eubdue the fiery qualities of the fertilizer, and tbe holes when pre pared ifili make st least three crops wKbout changing their contents-ths second crop generally,, being tho best, This plan has gone beyond the sphere of experiment, and tkefs is no longer pecessity for a man to scrape over a dozen acres when he can obtain more Gotten and betterCottoa by cultivating up to their necks In grass, filling their “raakukas” (milk-sacks) with milk, making every heart to sing for joy.’ ” “Tliat &uch tales were true were proved by the numerous stumps of huge acacia—trees, that showed where the forest had stood, and by tho dry and parched ravices,which had evident ly been the beds of rivers, and clothed with vegetation. For tbe drought the mlselonarles were held responsible. It was In vain that Mr. Moffit reminded them that thodrought had.been known long before a white man set his foot on tho soil the real reason was evi dently that whlpbMr. iMoffat detected, and which ho tried In vain to Impress dpon the inhabitants of the land. They themselves, or rather their forefathers i were responsible for the cessartion of rain, and the oonsequapt change from a fprtlla land into a desert. For the If home la the kingdom of God, and the kingdom of £lod home may be. It is because tho r spirit of God to there. It is because the woman who is the queen of that home - makes hpme the centre of her thought, her hope and her prayer. It is because the man who has sworn to love her, to honor her, and to cherish her, knows that he best keeps his oath by making her home and his hone glad, cheerful and beautiful; because he does not neglect it and desert It. ; To thefe there grow up children next their hand ; who are glad to surprise thelt mother with a new pleasure, or to relieve her from some old care ; children who find their father their beet companion, and who have no secret from him from boy hood’s and girlhood’s joys and sor rows, Tbe original trinity, the trinity from which all scholastic and eccleal astlcal trinities were formed, Is the sacred trinity of the father, the mother and the child, one In three and three in one. - It is a life individual; a life only perfect When each share with each, each is intertwined with each and each suetatna all.—Edward Ever ett Hale. I South will raise this_ year about flvi million bales of cotton, two hundrec thousand hogsheads of sugar, and nearly six hundred million pounds o tobacco. This Will be a half million more bales of oottpn, twice as much 'hugar, and twelve million more pounds sake of building their “kraals” (en closures for cattle, extending for miles, and made o( stocks of timber placed section of the country.* In the ground, touching each otb and about fifteen . feet high) and two or three by Mr. Crump’s process. I houses, they fcalTebt dowa every tree *• . . - - -t— y / kets the present crop than any other ' .-XT The population of Texas to estimated at 1,926,496. the matter, my friend,, you appear to be on tbe point of crying ?” “Noding, Shudge, I vae only dlnk- ing.” “Thinking ; of what f” “Yell; I’ll spoke It, If you told me tar “Then I do tell yot.” “I J ht» didklug, fthudgis, dot you vae me und I vas you. Dot isb, you know, midout no shange. You vas der poor Dutchman. I saw you oome In mldont friends and sorrowful, und JL, say, ‘Schmidt, vat vas doze droublee ?’ und you fepoke oud, ‘Shudge, I took me some leetie peer.’ Und Isay, mid a have not only warmly espoused this look ou your face, ‘Schmidt, you vas proposition, but, In fact, tbe leaders of matfled?’ You say. ‘Yah.’ ‘Und got the city and return tor one fare. you some childen ?’ ‘Yah.’ ‘Und you don’t vaa so trunk as you can’t vaik?’ no one In publla life whose name has been associated with tbd Republican nomination for thw-Presidency has been approached oa the subject, and tbe proposition will doubtless be heard by them with great surprise. Inas much as those who are id tbe confi dence of the leaders of ihe movement have deemed It proper to make known at this time their intention, it is no onger a secret that tbe idea orignl- nated and has been fostered as the best answer that tbe South can make to tbe clamor that calls for Grant; It will be remembered that on the prop osition to pension Gen. Shields iu tbe Forty fifth Congress-an amendment was offered in the Senate to add the name of Gen.Grant, which was voted for by quite a number of the Southern Senators. The amendmentwas adopt ed, but the whole bill was subsequeot- y lost in a conflict between the two Houses. Then, however, the Senate had a Republican majority. Now, tbe regular session of tbe Forty-sixth Con gress will contain a Democratic ma jority In both branches, so that tho proposition to add. to Gen. Grant’s moors will be a Democratic measure, and will, It is believed by Its promo ters, be tbe grandest challenge that any political party has ever given to any of its adversaries. * ■ m wm m ' . * - • • <. . Home Made Fkbtiuzee.—Judge R F. Moore, one oT the most successful farmers of ouf county, bauds us the following formula for composting home made fertilizer, which, tbe Judge claims, is as good as any of the stand ard commercial fertilizers in the mar ket, and cheap because it costs noth ing ex dept a little labor. The formula for one ton of tbs fer tilizer is as follows: One thousand pounds of rich loam earth (procured that NWo.’ tt- A negro, while resisting a policeman ^ n Newberry last week, was shot and Seuator Hampton's health haagreat- y Improved since hto atay at the Dag ger’s Springs. He bos returned boa& MMLf. '■ ^ • V* » l . Mr. B. D. Billiard, of WlnnsbmV. was the successful competitor at Sum- tertlast Friday for the appointment to West Point Academy.*'*" The Aiken Courier-Journal and Re- view have bonfcolldated, and Is now called the Aiken Journal And-Meeietot Mr. F. R Henderson Is tha proprietor. A scientific gentleman of OolwthW&L *1 gives It 08 bis opinion that tho rotten ‘ * wood pavements of Melnpbla are re sponsible U or the fever epidemic In that city. ' -v ..Li . A youth by the naHj* of Gfelm, fir- ing near GoodjHope Church In Edge- field county, shot himself In tbe head last Sunday, from the effects of which he died Instantly. An oldjgold coin valued at,f8 50 ha« recently been picked up near Spartan burg. It le ( supposed to have bee# dropped.tbere by Brittoh’soldlers dur- Ifag the revolution. . fe-.: A number of boys left Grant!evffia for Atlanta lost. week. Ah agents! J the Atlanta cotton mill Was tbere> 4 k>ok- log up bands,‘and they will be em ployed in that factory. The caterpillar has made Ita appear ance on cotton In Hampton county, and Is'protlng very destructive. The recent heavy rales have also proved damaging to the crop. The Monumental Association of Dar lington will erect) a. monument.io the memory of ;the Confederatt^dead. * Tt Is to bq bufltlfof) Italian marble and will be twenty feet high. •A . ■ t Charleston baa" effected arrange ments with the raHfoads Iu the wdH- ern and northern part bf the State by which merchants and trader<oan visit ,~V horns.' Und dot vas my dink- avay eg.”. “Those are very pleasant thoughts,’- said the magistrate in good humor. “I think we’ll make the floe 83, but can’t let you off altogether.” “Dree dollar! Yell, I paid It und vas dankful; but you vaa not ao good a shudge mlt me as I vas mlt you.*’ And rousing himself be waddled out of boutt. Few who have seen the brllHaot, tiny humming-bird, gathetidg its delicious meal from deep-throated flowers, have not at some time or other wished to see a humming-bird's nest But as a rule the abets Are Ao well hid that they arc very rarely found, and the bird- lings are seldom moleeted. Recently a neet was ftiund by some parties who bad sufficient natural curiosity to over come tbelr compassion, and who crp- tured the nest, twd young hummers and the old one, took them home, and had thein stuffed. They are to be sent to a museum of natural curiosities in London. The neat is built on a little twig, and scarcely the size of halt an English walhbt. Both neat and twig are covered with little patches of llcb en until it to almost Impossible to tell one from another, and the neAt looks like a kind ot nhtuhll eicrescenoe on the twig. The neet to pliable, like a tiny cup of velvet; and tha inside to lined with a white iubetanoef as rich and Soft as white silk. The little birds arb about tbe aize of bumble bees; very pretty, and they sit on a little perch just btttslde the best, with open blits, while the old bird hovers over them to feed them. They are put In a small glass globe, as stuffed bird* usually are; and are said to be very valuable. The Greenback When a Columbia young lady asks In the middle of dinner what they are ao/og-.to havs'lor mapifor. It at By be aceepteAae ooooiuoive evitZeoee ttuU •he to not destined to fllla sentimental. grave. The State flogs on the station-houses at tlolumbia ^and, the large United States flag over City Hall, Gharleeton, were at half mast on Mcndoy last as a token of sorrow for the death of Gen. J. 15. Hood. ^tbere Is tcnslderabie sickness at Granlteville. .Chills and fever are the chief complaints. The different de partments^ |thb factory are short of bands and with difficulty get along, ao many are out sick. I - . ; Abbeville Medium: More gold has been found on Little Mountain to pay- iug quantities. On Mr. W. F. Ander son's plantation, on tbe Savannah River, a rich deposit of gold and si!- ver has been dfccovered, Tbb colored Baptists of this^dldte have laised money enoughjl to send a missionary to Africa. The Rev. H. N. Bouey left this country la April last and went to Monrovia. He writes very cheering accounts of the succtzs of hto labors there. Tbe gin-houefe of Mr. M. N. Holstriif, In Edgefield county, was Ltruck by lightning Tas Week and burnt to tbd ground. Mr. Holstein bad about twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton fa tbe house at the. time, which he Intended to bhVe ’ginned the next day. Alexander Brice, Jr., of Oconee, wan assassinated by two men near his home eleven miles from Walhalla on Monday night. The assassins aree known, but have not been arrested; Brice wag' aeptlPCCd io the Peniten tiary by Judge Cooke in 1876. We learn from the Lancaster Ledger that a duel was fought near Camden from tbe fence corners, or wash places, or surface, dirt from the woods,) and fifteen bushels of cotton ae?ds; put in^o the stables ot a horse or cow; cover with a sufficient amount of leaves or 8traw_t0 prevent the stal from becoming muddy or dirty. IM It be tramped twenty or thirty days, whan it may be put In a pen and an other supply lo the atabla. By this method* Judge Moore says that a ton of fertilizer for each horse or cow can be made, equal to the beet fertilizer offered In tbe market, which Is distributed in the same way, and In the same quantities as guano. AD who know Judge Moore, know that he of tobacco than she ever raised before. bag needed „ a farmer and h6 Is If pricee con tin ne fair the South will bQ u dQr . We hope our farm be comparatively richer when she mar- Is being organized with a view of con trolling the next Legislature of that State for the purpose of electing Gen. Hammohd to the Unfitted States as Senator Maxy’s successor in 1881. Gen. Hammond was the Greenback candidate for Governor last year, and has been actively organizing Green back clubs since hto defeat, so that tbe party to stronger now than It has ever been. Geo. Reagau to the leading can didate of the Democratic jtfTrty, and It to aald that be expresses some alarm lest tbe new party, by superior activi ty, shall secure the State. It to thought tha Republicans will coalesoe with the new party tot the purpose of giving an indirect blow by a combination ere will give thto manore a fair test, and save themselves the thobsandA of dollars paid to fertilizer manufactur- CTB.-qcorgu PeggOTf. 1 The tall campaign will eoon open.. on Monday last between Capt. T. H. Clarke, editor of tbe Camden Journal, and Mr. Charles Shannon. Tbe wea pons used were Smith & Wesson re volver* at twenty paces. Shots wiri exchanged without effect, sad tbe par ties left the field. It appears that the eeoonda had determined beforehand that there should be but one shot ou eahh side. Kltvstree Star: Last week a colored youth, upon being reproved by hto fa ther, for maltreating hto plough ani mals, quit and went off intc the swamp near by. After staying some hours lu the swamp he oame back to tbe houso and. finding everybody else gone out, be got hto father’s loaded gun, tied control. Thto Is ohly the bid form of Independents under a new name, and as we believe H to, there is very little doubt of its overthrow; T which they may eventually be able to one end of a string to the bed pest and loopiag the other passed it over tbe trigger. He then put tbe muzzle to if tbe Democracy of Texas to as firm hls.temple and fired the load Into his head. When the foun4 him dead. TT. r' ■\ •• 2l %