The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 20, 1887, Image 1
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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
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TIMELY TOPICS FOR FARMERS.
HOW TO IX? PAY INO woitii AT rms
SljASOX.
8l?g*g08l IOIIH <>f IiituroMt, from un Au liorl?
liilivc Source.
(W. L. Jones ii? Southern Cultivator')
The roiuler of tboso "Thoughl i for
tho Month" should hear in i;?in? ll/.it
tiley aro chally in th.o nature of sugges
tions or reminders of work proper to bo
done on tito farm during tho or. tic nt
mouth? Tho "Thoughts" relato to nud
dow out of tile discussion of these sub
jects, farmers ure like other men, often
forgetful of duty, obligation and pur
pose, nod must bo reminded. Au old
prow rb hays then: is milhun, new ? nd. r
tho sun, or "words to that eiVeot," nod
it is about as true of farming as of other
departments of life-w irk. The Urger
part of tho teachings ?>? the present agii
cultural books and periodicals-in taut
nearly every principie laid down - i but
repetition. N< w facts uro few and far
between. Agricultural teachers and
writers-including editors- are rarely
conscious ot* tolling uny thing new. What
is really new and Ix fore unknown i:. tho
agricultural world-tho result of tho re
searches of a year- -would make only a
few paragraphs i.i J ho Cultivator.
'.Lino upon line, precept upon pro?
oopt," was never moro aptly quoted as a
rule for guidance in touching than i i all
ell'rts for tho diaseminatiou of agricul
tural knowledge. We vary the form of
expression, or chango tho connection, wc
utter from a diQ'eri nt standpoint an aloa,
oftou boforo proscnted, without making
any impression--without Unding a idg
ment. Hut now tho idea seems nov nud
attractive; tho Wonder is that it was
never thought ol before; it maki i an
impression, it excites inquiry, pro\ kos
investigation; ii is tinnily tested by] ruo
tico and its value realized. So ..wit-.lom
runs to und fro and knowledge in in-1
creased."
t.AYl.v; UV,
ft used lo 1 t a common oustoi.i in
."Middle Georgia and corresponding ru?
gions of other Staten to lny by thee ..ps
of oom and cotton before tho "Gio ula
Fourth." Ct was tho ambition of . ory
ownor or manager of a farm <o pi um
tioH to have 001 ll mid < .ton Hold BO
olean that not a "buskotlul" of ; russ
might he gull rod ?:i o scaroli < :' Hu ? n?
tiro crop. '.I he chtrngc/j in tho i> idi?
tiona of labor and toil havo extende tho
period of cultivation. Wo linvo no BO
large a proportion ol virgin sud I . sh
lands in cultivation; our Boils have. . ?on
largely deprived of their v getablu i. ut
ter, and havo acquired tho hnbitof "run
ning together" und forming a ham t ttst
after eaeli rain, '.lid:; involves u gil alor
necessity for tho work ol tho sweep und
cultivator to ki op tho ttrfneo loi . nd
porous, and tho actual iiupovoribhii . it
of the soil require - u long?. timo for ho
plants to roach that sizo and condition
of development whore cultur? ii no
longer required, or limy no longer bo
permitted without aotiud loss, lu resj ot
of cotton, wilde tho improved vari?, dos I
aro generally ?.arlie)- in fruit de\c op
inent, yet tho tendency is to plow or
sweep through tho crops rather lator
than formerly. 'J. boro is no ossontiall
difforenco in tho objects anti details of
cultivation in July os compared \>?th
.hine. Corn ha.-, genorally recoivod its
Unal working, which should bc thor
oughly w< 1! done but very ijhallow. Wo
used to think Unit tho most effective
hoe-work in tho corn-tlold was that
whioh was Oom- o . tho tiuul "laying by"
of tho crop when tho straggling bunt lies1
of gm .? and those mound grubs '(lilt
stumps thu I had oludcd tho plowman so
long were destroyi 1 hy the n.owcr hut
surer work of tho booraan, This final
booing- -if i Inn- be limo to givo it Deed
not bo row by row, bul n Bort of bro id
easting over the Hold, several rows bi iug
tukiu by ? ach Laud at ono time. Tho
sumo ii ioarkswill riso apply to tho "lay
ing by" of cotton, both au to plowing
ami hoeing, thc s une ol? ?ct being lind
in view in both oases, tho encouragement
of steady plant-growth and development. I
Wo utterly disapprove of the practice of
"lulling up" ?din oithor with plow or
hoe. lt is aptly di redbed by some ono
us "taking tho soil from wlurc it is
needed and putting it whore it is not
needed."
PLOW INO ts l)KY WRATIIKR.
if there occur prolonged spoils ?>f ?iry
(athol', and tho ? h im condition of the
r(,j,-tlic absence ?>1 grass mid weeds
makes it unnecessary to uso plow or
swoop (or their destruction, tho ipi?st.i u
will arise whothor it is n good goneral
rule to plow a oottou-ilold when thoro
has laen no rain si OOO last plowing and
the hold is absolutely olosn ol wei Is.
Tho question will occur to any farmer
of a few yeats' exp? re nee, and it is cer
tainly u practical ono, Some farnu rs
believe in plowing deepor as tito ground
becomes dryor, olaimiug that doon plow?
iug will "bring up the moisture Nov?,
deep plowing will "hiing np tho moist
ure," iu the sense that tho moist sod that
lies several indies below thesurfoco \-iil
be brought to tho surface; hut we oan
see no benefll or advantage in romo vi ng
tho ?od with itscontainoo moisture from
the noigbboorhood of tho plant roots
(where it can ?lo the most good), ?nd
bringing it to thu surfaeo to I??' immedi
ately dried bj tho sue and wind, our
own exp?rience and observation aro op?
ftomd to the practico ol plowing n Hold
that bas l>e:m ?'nco thoroughly plowed
since any rain lias f?llen, lt may not.
result in actual harm to thc grow i g
crop, and tho latter muy evin bo bono?
fited, but it, .s extremely doubtful if tho
"game be worth theCS?dlo. '
HOW IM. PKA8-OXOVBH,
In those Holds of com whioh havo not
received tho final plowing, wo urge the
sowing of peas when thai work is dom .
The benefit that tho soil receives Brom a
crop of pen-viues, oven though icatterod
amt thin, is substantial, real and certain,
A sack of guano, or ev? a a load of rich
looking compost, may, and sometimes
does, deceive tho "very elect" muong
farmers, and fails to recompenso for
moneyer labor expended; but a pla
vins has an established and undisputed
reputation tho gamo yesterday, to-day
and farover. A farm'r who btw a held
en which of pea-vines has boen grown
nud roturncil to tho soil possesses a
guarantee of a good orop uoxt season
that gives moro conlldonco than tho
"guaranteed analysis" of tho fertilizer
manufacturer. AM loug UH tito poa hood
hold out thoy should bo Bown ou < very
aero of corn-tleld. If over red clover
wu? H blessing to any country aa a rester*
or and renovator ot laud, tho cow pon
must certainly bo our great reliance to
to perform tho same good work in tho
cotton bolt of thc South. Olovor will do
very well it; the limo or olay soils north
of ol degrees, ami in sotno instances it
may succeed further Boutl). But oven
?ri?v i' tito mot?! favorable circumstances
und in tho cotton region, a Held that
tu ay be relied on to yield a good crop
of red elovor will rarely bo seeded to
clover, becauso such conditions <>f soil
and preparation and mauuriugas would
result in u good elovor orop would yield
a good crop of coin, cotton, wheat or
anything oleo. Our conditidns in tho
oxtri me South tlcmuud aa a soil r?nova*
tor u plant that i' moro thoroughly at
home thai] clover -ono that needs no
special Boil, preparation or manuring,
but will groa where anything else will
grow, mu? llourl&li where other crops
would fail. This wo huvo in tho cow
pon, whose adaptation to poto- soily and
hard tn at ta. ul has originated tho saying
-applied to very poor laud-"too poor
to sprout peas." If over our land ia to
bo brought into a high stato of cultiva
tion and rich productiveness-a condi
tion even better than that of our very
best virgin acres it must ho dono by u
rystt m of renovating crops, grass culturo
and stock husbandry. Lt is tho natural
method of soil-making modi lied and in
ton sided by tho art of mau, und is tho
basis of al) extensive and permanent im
provement in agriculture.
LATH BUM MKH OUOt*H.
iii addition to peas there aro a few
other crops whose planting may still
continuo, success hoing dopondoui moro
upon seasons, lt should bo remembered
that Into planted crops require rieh soil
and deep preparation. i < rage crops of
corn, millet, sorghum, oto., may still bo
mude, but will nut iimount to much with
out good ground, good preparation and
reasonable seasons, li such plantings
bo made and thc plants started oft' in
July, tho August ruins uro frequently
Bitllicionl to maturo Uno yioldr. Wo
Imvo had linc success with cut-tad m Hot
sown even so lato UH August 1st. Tho
in st potatoes or keeping, as well us for
planting next spring ure mudo (.din
vims se t out in well-plowed, good soil
throughout tho month of duly, tio.se
planted carly in tho month often muling
ns largo tubers os may bo desired, and
tho lu er, su ilici?n t ly large ior ordinary
nao und for hood. There is no doubt of
tho fact that tho later plantinga produce
bi Lb i kcepors, and they ure much
cheaper, as they wuko with much less
labor. Plantings of outliugs ou wheat,
bailey or rye Ivis tue almost certain ol ti
good yit !d >f smooth, fair-sized potatoes
.vt very small expense ol labor. Very
late plantiugs should be in oloser lows'
and tho boas not thrown up so high,
JULY DINNKKS, UTO.
Tho ooial gatherings of farmers ut tho
clo.se of tho active work of cultivating
tho cottou and com, that aro t-iill prao
ticed in Mimo counties in Qoorgia, aro
remains anti reminders of tho customs of j
tho customs of tho good old times "li ! |
lore tho war." lu those days tho j
promised "July dinner," ? lien tho crops
shall have boon laid by clean, was au in- i
centi'i . to elie r?u!, hearty offert, und
the realization of its pie;.sines of eating !
und drinking tho honest, homo-growu |
beef nud mutton, pig and poultry, etc.,
and tim socii I communion of ucighb irs,
wann pUut-unt spot m tho history of tho
munmin*. Tho old plantation diuuer was
really given more ju tho interest and for I
tho enjoyment ot tho slaves, and tho |
pattie'pat ion ol tho "white folks" waa I
rather incidental. Tho moro modern !
ugricultnrul club dinner is taking Hie'
pince of tho former, und hus rapidly bo- '
como very popular. liven in thu ub
senco of u regular organization it is well j
for tho neighbors for miles around,
throughout each settlement, to hold |
thcdo uiid-sutomor picnics. Hut. then:
ought to bo a regularly organized club
in every mighborhuud, amt these s ?. :al
dinner-eatings should bo a feature of tho
regular monthly programme tho year i
round. Tho women folks should huvo
au interest in such tilings. Thoro's
nothing so woll calculated to draw out
tho men nod induce them to attend tho
meetings of an agricultural club than the
pr?sence of tho ludios and something
good to eat. Tho segregated or "living
upurl" condition of tanners is a great
drawback to their sooiul, moral ami in
teilt otual progress und ospcciully to their
advancement in agriculture; und uny ^
moauH, harmless in itself, that will bring
fanners together oftener cannot but con
duco to tho dovolopmont, progress und
prosperity ol our interest*. Therefore
(hose old-time gatherings should bo re
tained, systematized and regulated us
part of our Sgrioultural economy. Buoh
gatherings will readily develop into
monthly fui rs during tho summer und
i all, and prove great feodora und sop
portera Of larger gatherings und oxposl*
tiohH.
I A Uti CHOI'S.
lt ks not too (inly to oommonee to
plan und preparo for planting tho fall
'crops, ana oven to plant some of them.
1 ho last week in duly and the first week
in ?ugn t covor tho hottest and porhaps
dry eat period of tho summer, August 1st
bl ;ug about the turning point in the
breaking np <?f tho heated term. Al
though tho days continue pretty hot, yot
they huvo been shortening since tho
twentieth of .lune, and tho aggregate
heat is less and tho moisture greater.
Rutabaga* should bo sown between tho
20th of .Inly and tho I Otb of August,
according to latitude, on none but well
prepared, riob or highly fertilized soil.
1 >ou't throw away timo und seed on poor,
cloddy, badly prepared laud. Hotter
, wait (uti r, put in better condition and
[liant iu rough leaf varieties. As inti
mated h'st month, wo uro not much im
pressed with tile turnip us a stock food
crop in tho Smith. Their value for
ahecp*folding and oaUle?focding is ono
of tho. o English traditions that have
i an transplanted to this country-with
other liuglis.li ideas and practices, but
without much results in tho way of
realisation. Tho ohmate of tho Houth -
tho very t>oculiurity that eminently dis
tinguihficri it as a cotton country--makes
tho turnip orop too uncertain to be ex
tensively iel ici I on. Tho olimate of
longland ia very different. Occasionally
?'l-WML MM ll 111 IIIi? I
ii crop of turnips makes a great bit, and
wo eau understand what u God-send such
a vegetable must bo to Hucb u country n i
England, where sweet potatoes, peanuts,
chufas, I ndian corn, cotton and what not
eau only bo grown as hot-house curiosi
ties.
TUK CHOI'S IN THU 8TATK.
Very Kucournglng Uenorts to ?lu> Dopait
inoul of Agriculture.
Tim Stale Department <?f Agriculture
lins just published itu crop report for
Juuo. This summary is made from
special reporhs on tho condition of tho
orops by two hundred and forty-six
township correspondente. Thc average
dato of these special reports is Jul ? i.
The ilrst part of tito month of Juno
was dry and very hot, followed bj' cool
nights, which retarded tho growth of
cotton, but did not injure it in fruitage.
During tl " latter part of tho month
copious rains have fallon in nearly every
Ejection of tho State, and tho reports
.'.how that tho percontage of condition
for May has been muiutaincd for June,
H?! per cent, for tho State.
Jt waa thought that tho hot dry winds
had somewhat injured tho early corn,
but tito rains in tho hitter part * of tho
month prevented any material injury to
the early crop and greatly improved tho
late corn. Tho condition is reported at
<;7 per cont., nu iuorcase of '? por ci ut.
over that ol* tho May roport.
Two hundred correspondents roport
tho wheat crop ns harvested in peru ol
condition, and one in poor condition.
Fourteen report some rust, but not
enough to afreet tho yield or tho quality
of the grain. Ono hundred and nine
teen correspondents report tho quality
of tho grain hotter than, SS tho same us,
and -S inferior to last year, and thal 1)8
per cent, of tho entire crop is consumed
IU tho State. The usual average yield
for tho State is roported at 5) bushols pi r
acre. Tho yield for tho year ISM; wu's 7 '
bushols, and for tho present crop s
bushols. Tho inoreaso in total produc
tion over crop of ISM; for tho State is
reported at 21 per cont?
Two hundred and eleven correspond
ents report the ont harvested in tho best
condition, and two in poe>r condition.
Ono huudroel and thru: report the quali
ty of the grain bet ter than, 1)2 the same
as, and 22 inferior to lust year, and that !
90 pi r eont. of tho creo i.-? consumed in
the State.
Tho usual average yield of oota for tho
State is roported at 111 bushols por acre. ,
The yield for the year L880 was 12 bush
els and for tho prosout crop M bushels.
Tho increase in total production for tho
State is reported at ld j ?er cent.
Tho reporta show Ihnt tho rico crop
was not iujiued by tho short drought in
the lir.st part of thu mm dh of .Juno, and
that it is better than il lins been for a
number of years. Condition id roported
at 07 per cent, tor tho Slate; tho saun
as fen- tho month of May.
The condition both of sorghum and
Stlgar cuno is reported as good. Tho
OOnditiOQ is reported ut 08 per Cont, fol'
sorghum and HT for sugar cane, falling
oil'of 1 percent, for tho latter crop from
May report.
While the increase in acreage of thc
sweoi potato was reported at 2 per ci nt.
over that of lost year, tho condition has
fallon off 5 ?er cent, from that for tho
month of May. Condition for tho Stale,
'..1 per cent.
Ibo condition of the Iri.-ii potato crop
is reported for tho State ut SO per cent.
against 07 por cent, for the month of
May. _ _
< n-Dil Mi nt inn of Hie Kai c.
Mr. Glenn, of Wldtllold county, Geor
gia, has introduced in thc Legislature of
that State :. bill intended to un vent tho {
co-education of the races, it io entitled
"A bill to regulate the manner of eon-!
ducting educational institutions in thia
State, and to protect tho rights of col
ored and whito people, und prov ide pen
alties for the infraction of this Act."
It provides that from and after tho pas
sage of this Act no sol tool, c diego or
other educational institution combusted
for tho education and training of colored
people shall matrioulate or re?oive as a
pupil any whito person, nor shall any
school, college or other educational in
stitution eonduoted for tho education of
wl.ito people receive or matriculate any
Colored person ns a pupil. Any teacher
or manager controlling either of said in
stitutions violating this Act shall, upon
conviction, be punished under Section
.hilo of tho Code, ll ti.o institution h is
a charter, not only tho teachers bul the
President, secretary, members of tin
board of trustees, or other persons Idl
ing tho corresponding O01 COS, who shall
Knowingly permit tins Act to bo violated,
'aro subject to indictment and punish
ment, lim punishment provided for iii
this bill is tho sanio punishment provided
for misdemeanors, u fine not to oxcood
one thousand dollars, imprisonment not
to exceed Bil months, ot work on a
ohain-gang not to oxceod twolvo months,
nny or all in tho discretion of tho Cou t.
Well informed members of tho Georgia
I lOgil laturo declare Unit it will receive thc
almost unanimous approval of tho ap
propriate committee, and will eventually
boeomo a law. I'he eo-oduoation of
white amt colored children is generally
conceded to bo abad thing. Tho col
ored people thomsolvofl do not wish it.
Th s m w Georgia law would bo a stop in
tho right direction.
Tlic All-IIenllng Springs.
Tho proprietors of the Ail-1 louting
Springs, (biston county, N. C., have
made every effort to moke this resort,
always popular, moro popular tho pres
ent season than over before. Tho build
ings are in bettor condition than over
before, and the manngeinent have grcnl
\y increased their facilities for insuring
tho comfort of their gueule. They have
put thc Springs in tho front rank of
summer resorts. ThoSprings are 2,000
foot above sea-level, and aro rated for the
health-giving qualities of tho waters.
Communication with tho Springs is onay
by di Ocrent lines of railroad. Already
there uro a number of arrivals nt All
Healing, witli indications of many moro.
Tho time for presentation of claims for
the-Twiggs swords has expired, and Ila
elaine, have I ioctl referred to thc Court of
Claims. Only two claims have been tiled,
one hy Mr. Myers, executor of tho Twigg?
estate, and tho other hy Mrs. Howe Du
Oucdclla, an English laity, who asserts that
O n. Twigg? gave her the swords at the
I'no he made his escape from New Or
? leans.
ANOTIIIT. WAR STORY.
SAID TO II AVK I1KKN TOLD UV .? ..:..*
PK USO N DAVIS.
How th? Federal Government Conirplrod,
During the War, to Have thoConfederate
President Anstund un ted.
Tao Baltimore Morning Herald pub
lishes a six-column contribution giving
un account ol recent important inter
views with Jofforson Davin. In these
iutorviowH Mr. Davis, among niuuy oth
er things, charges that tho Federal gov
ernment eon: piled during tho lute war
to have bim assassinated. Un this sub
ject Mr, I )nvis says:
"Whilo tho Confederate, government
was at Montgomery, Ala , in 1861, 1 re
ceived an anonymous letter from Phila
delphia, tho substance of w inch was that
tho government of Pennsylvania had ro
ll osi '1 u noted dt sporado from tho peni
tentiary upon tho condition that he
would go to -Montgomery und assassi
cato mc, with tho promise of a reward
"i 8100,1)00 if ht; succeeded; that after
release tho niau stated that he could not
probably succeed alono, and gave tho
imme of another convict of charac'.er
like his own with whose assistance he
felt sure ot aucCi ss, and thut tho second
convict was released to accompany tho
first.
"About ll o timo when this kiter WHS
received I was going from my ellice to
my residence. 1 observed u man npi.it
tlng down by tho briok wall, which was
about three feet high and upon which
tho yard puling rested. 1 hail gone u
few steps before the position of this m tn
so impressed m . us induced mo to go
nud look after kim. Then walking liaok
toward the coiner of tho fence behind
which he was crouching, I raw him look
in:; nv i thc .>:;!! toward tho Kat?' through
which I was expected to enter, but as 1
rt ' (Itlie comer be jumped up and
ran toward tho uar of tho lot Upon
which my residence stoo whoro there
w.is un alloy, i followed him rapidly,
but ?hen I had reached tho alley he had
disappear) d. The only way in which ho
could %> escaped appeared to bo
through ii gate which led into my stable.
Thither ? wenl and found my servant in
tho loft throwiug down hay, who, upon
inquiry, di uicd that anybody bud come
b'.ioro. Ho was ;> servant I had raised,
Li winni, tis I all .ward learned, 1 bala
misplaced confidence Accepting his
statement as true and making fruitless
icarch elsi where, tho hunt was abandon
en!, Dut tim warning received was not
forgotten. Tho Commissary Qonoral,
Colouol Northrop, my friend and old
army comrade, soon thereafter wt nt
with mo by rail to Uiohmond, sud v an
on tho alert during the whole trip tor
tho reappearance of thc assassin.
"I sent thc anonymous letter to Mr.
Wi!1 ?.un IJ. Kc d, of Philadelphia, Ick
ing him to make such inquiry as would
verify or di prow its allegations. If ho
ever replied I do not know, as commu
nications were dosed soon after thut.
'.Whilo in Uiohmond it was my habit
to ride out often m the afternoon to visit
tho defensive work wo wore construct
ing around tho capital. Un ODO occa
sion, accompanied by my aid, Colonel
William Preston Johnson, 1 had ridden
across Gillis on ck and waa going up thc
creek und was going ttji tho hill when a
nile ball whizzed just behind me ami in
front of Colonel .Johnston, who was
riding by my side a little in the rear.
Warning him to seem as if nothing had
. ceurred, WO rode rapidly round un uh
occupied house, from which it was
thought tho shot must have been tired,
and iron which wo could seo distinctly
the ground ovor which any ono must
have Mid, if, utter dring, he had taken
to flight, .No one was visible. After
returning to tho city in tho evening
Colonol Johnstou went to tho provost
marshal, who sont out some men more
skillful than WO had been to make a fur
ther search in tho house.
" rhev found in the upper story soi. e
plank oui of tho Hour BO that they could
bo removed, and underneath that lound
u mau with a rille, who gave a lumc ac
count of himself as hiding there to avoid
conscription. His story of hoing em
ployed at a 'oakery in the city was found
upon inquiry unfounded. The next
.norning L was notified thut the mun,
with a liberal retainer in gold, hud em
ployed a lawyer to sue out u writ of
habeas corpus. Aware that though tho
circumstantial ovidonco might produce
moral cor notion, thut ho would proba
bly be discharged in compliance with tho
writ, und thut tho mun was of proper
age and pb s su ai vigor for n soldier, 1
directed hun to bc sent to Qonoral Leo
at Petersburg, with an explanatory note,
and thc hope that ho would bo put in
the front line to stop a ball intended for
a bl Uer man. What became of bim 1
never learned, matters of larger import?
unce i ngrossing th*- attention of General
Dee, as woll as myself.
"On anothor occasion, returning irom
an afternoon ride with my aid, Colonel
Joseph K. I Javis, just, ns wo entered the
suburbs of Uiohmond a shot was fired
from behind u high garden wall at very
close runge, but without elici t. Wc rode
up to tho wall, and by rising in our stir
nips, looked over into tho gurdon, but
no poison could bo seen. lt was
twilight, und tho shrubbery afforded
some means of concealment and escape.
"There were many reasons before tho
Dahlgren raid for believing thut efforts
inconsistent with tho rules of war as
pructi.'cd by civilized nations woro made
to secure assassination, especially of tho
president, ami to acquire information by
tipies, rosidei t and transitory, and that
largo rewards wcro offered for buch ser
vices, including arson and murder.
"Un ono occasion when I was known
to be traveling on a railroad to tho army
information was brought by a lady, who
hud overheard tho couvoraation in a
barn, that obstructions woro to bo placed
on the truck, and tho information was
Verified by n dctachmont sent who found
tho obstructions and sorao United States
o ld ?ors secreted in a barn near tho placo
whore tho train was expected to bo
wrecked. "
Mr. Davis gives his motives and po
litical st"l us in I Hid, and claims that he
never was a disunionist, but that the
Northern Senators rejected at that time
overy proposition that promised pacifica
tion. He refers to B. F. Butler voting
for him tifty-Hoven timen ut Charleston,
S. C., in I860, us u candidate of tho
Democratic patty for President to pre
vent disunion, ?uni declares he did not
desiro to bc President of tho Confedora
cy, but took "prompt and, as ho thought,
adequate moaus to prevent it." Af tor I
his election and inauguration ut Mont
gomery all Iii? efforts wore directed to
ward scouring for tho acocdiug States a
peaooful separation, though ho never
thought of goiog baok into Union to es
cape u last i< sort to thc arb?trame nt of
arms.
Mr. Davis discusses his oxporionco ns
secretary of war io Mr. Pierce's cabinet
and ?is L':ii? td States Senator from Mis
sissippi, bis career ns Pr< sidcut of the
Southern Con fed? racy, aud is oloqui ut
in his praise of General Albort Sidney
Johnston, Lae, Jackson and A. P. li ll.
Ho bays A. H. Johnston had u<? poer ? a
eithor side during tho 'var, if hu over had
in Amerioau history, and his lo?s to tho
Confederacy wai irreparable.
Speaking of thc scvoti lays' battles
around Richmond, Mr. Davis says Otu
oral Leo conceived aud executed th-<!
desperate pinn to turn tho M.mk and : ur ;
of McClellan's army, und adds that tin
failure to annihilate Hi" Fedora! army
was duo ohicily to tho fact that ?eui -al
Leo had no maps of tho country bolo1
liiohmond, and that his anny moved in
ignorance of the country ami with guides
who for the most part proved thomselvos
utterly inoflleiont.
Ho'declares that MoClollan and Meade
wore tho two best Federal Generals, und
if Hie former had been permitted to
carry out his campaign against Hich
. moud as h< had planned it and received
tho hearty support of tho Federal var
departmc .1 it would have resulted dis
astrously to tho Confederacy.
Mr. Davis and his family arc warm in
their praise of tho lato John W. Garrett,
und confirm Mr. Garrott's statement,
mad Ix toro his death, of how ho se
cured Mr. Davis' release from imprison
ment ut Fortress Monroo.
i ii?- I vd. i .i I 1 i niuicu.Hi
Tho Philadelphia Times makes some j
interesting comparisons SUgg' sted by j
tho Ugurcs for tho iisoal year just closed.
Tho total recoipts from all sources
amount to $371,380,801 and tho not
ordinary expenditures to $208,010,100,
leaving tho surplus rovonuo in exact j
figures $102,801,704. Tho total doorcase
in debt for tho ?eur is something greater
than the Surplus, being, less cash in ?
Treasury, $100,707,0-10.
Taking up thu first it? m -that of ?: i
gross receipts, $371,380,801 it is groat? i
than tho receipts for 1880 ny m .'.r v
$35,000.000 and has In eu exec oded b:i! I
I twice since 1872, the todd receipts ol',
1882 und 1883 being $103,025,250 aud
j c>i'.?S,ii.s7,?si respectively. Tho recoipts
from customs reached $217,103,083, au
i increase of nearly twenty-four millions
I over ISM? ami with ono exception the
largest amount received from this .source
in tho history of the government. The
customs receipts ot lrs.s/J exet oded those
of ho t year about three millions. Tho
receipts from internal rovonuo wore
$110, 130,118; from Bales ol public lauds, i
ST,."itin,UDO, and from all oilier sources, ?
$27.310,103.
Thc not ordinary expenditure-, '
amounting to $208,510,100, exceed those
of 1880 about $20,000,000and arogreatc r ?
than for any your sincu 1875, whoa lin y ;
reaohed$27-1,023,302. 'J uo interest on tho j
public debt ii the lowest sinoe the clo. e
of tho war, having been reduced from j
i $143,781,5?1, tho highest point touched,
jin 1800, to .vi",711,020 in tho year just i
I eloped, a reduction of nearly a hundro t j
I millions. As tin ofl'sot to tho deoroasing ;
interest ohargo the disbursements for
i pensions reaohed high-watoi muri?, !
having amounted to $75,653,710. 'i'lio j
Indians cost $0,253,045; tho Navy De
partment, $15,053,27'.); tho War Depart
ment, $38,502,530, aud the civil and mis- ;
collaueous list, $85,158,0 il.
lu view of tho lav1, that all tho bonds
duo and available for payment have IHJ< ;
called and will soon ho paid, tho ques
tion of what tv? do with the moro than
ono hundred millions of annual surplus
ceitain to be toolizcd from i xistiug reve
nue laws becomes a verj pressing one.
No more bonds eau be called until the
$250,000,000 of four and a half per couts
becomodue in 1801. li tho prosout sur
plus wcro allowed to pilo up until thal
timo then; WOUld be enough to Ju <
tho bonds thou available ami half os
many moro. Kui tho uoxl bonds avail
able for payment aro tho $787,000,000 of
four per COUts, which are not payable
until 1007.
A reduction of taxation is thus mad?
imperativo, aa it would certainly bo dis
astrous to allow tho present surplus to
pile nj* in tho treasury, while to spend it
on all sorts of wild sellemos would bo.
demoralizing in the extreme. Something
may be judiciously applied to increasing
our navy and perfecting our coast do*
fensos, but tho sum that should bo spent
for those purposes should not bo large
in any one year. The best way to dis
pose of a (rood many millions of the sur
plus is to leave it ill the pockets of tho
tax pa j ti s.
Ladies nt III?' Whit? limine
Have found that their sometimes ex
cessive duties produce a low, weak, tired
and tremulous state of the system, and
that iron restores richness* and color to
tho blood, calisaya bark a natural health
ful tone to the digestive organs, and
phosphorous mildly stimulates thc
brain-all combined in Dr. Hurter's
Iron Tonic.
Tint LONDON BAPTIST gives tho prices
paid at different times for scuts to view
the royal processions, in thc time of
Kdward I. it was one-half cent.; on the
accession of Kiehnrd 11. it was two cents.
I*'rom tho ooronation of Henry V. to
that of Henry VU. it was four cents;
but in tho tune of Henry VIH, the
ohargo was eight cents; in that of Eliza
beth it was twelve cents, and twenty-four
cont? was paid for a scat to viow tho
coronation procession of James I. Sixty
couts was pnid in tho timo of Charles 1 I,
and $1,20 In that of William HI. At
tho ooronation of Goorgo II. tho price
had r?en to $2.50, and at that of (1 em-go
IV. people woro astonished to hear thut
from $25 to $50 was paid. Hut ut tho
recent procession $4,000 was paid for tho
windows of ono honso.
All fresh: "I say, my man, arc those
grapes fresh?" "O ynh; sehnst picked."
"v.ell, now. how about thc chickens?
; "Dem ia schust picked, too."
SOMK roi.nu AI. II1STOKY.
Stierliluii's (nlluiiiivu Upon O ni li I VVltou
ile- HtiuuntQ it Qatiilltlnto?
(From thu Philadelphia Timos )
Tho niontion ot' tho nanto of Liouton
ttut Qouoral Shoriduu in connection with
tho Republican nomination to tho Pres
?doney recalls a sorap of seorot history in
tho nomination ot General Graut, lt
will he remembered that tho latter waa
very d< termiucd in his opposition to
Icaviug tho army for a civil nineo, even
if it wore tho highest. Tin politicians
had wrestled with him iti vain. The
silent vigils of tho sentries who paced
ni jht :. i ii j up u .1 i! tu iront of
his residence on t Street uaw mon li ko
Himon Cam ron, /'..?.'. Chandler, Charles
Sunnier and thc listinguishcd cotorioof
Senatorial oligarchs of those days pars
ing in t . pie ul os a y ??"ii for entering
tho loss congeniul walk i oi civil life, the
oxtromiti .-,. tho llcpuhlioun party and
of their inability to nominate a niau who
could give them the same assurance of u
perpetuation of party domination . ;
would hie can li dacy. Tho hero of tho
war had declined ..?1 overturoi.
Tho defection of A nd row Johnson in
bis relations to tho party which elected
him and his issuo with Oeueral dru tit
drew Sheridan into tho controversy,
Part of tho Johnsouiun policy was tho
complete withdrawn! of military inter
feronoo in tho civil afluir? ol tho States
merging from robelliou buck into thtir
constitutional relations to tlio Biipremo
power, As;: JIU'!, of his policy he ro
moved < mud SI cridau from command
at Now Orlcaus and practically retired
him from any activo participation in
military aflUirs. Tho result was a mili
tary intrigue, in winch t?as ovorruled
officers took an imporlaut part. Sheri
dan, who had tho conlldenot of Grant
and who had often been his counselor,
iiuil already boon conferred with by the
^Republican leadt rs and united Ids influ
ence with theirs in ?Horts to win Grant
over to an rccoptanco of tho HopubUoau
uomintitii -n.
ft was Sia ridnn who made tho Urti
impression upon : 'rant'., mind by point
ing out to him tho indignities put by the
President ii pun ull tho olllcors who wen.
placed iu positions by him in maintain
ing tie- si ittni in ipi . pendiug Cotigros*
sioutd legislation? that it was a duty In
owed to tho army to eon tribut? to its
vindication. Th . >. .rtisaii oonsidora
lions were secondary iii Grant's mind,
iait tho importuuitiiij Sheridan had
their ci'.- i ?md :; lotrOlo ol HopubUoau
managers w; ro advise*! ol his changed
attitude.
Among tho lt rsl of Grant as Pref
?dent wie: tho promotion of Shoriilau Ui
tho Lieitlt nant Geneialdj and his rons
sigmncul to tho e-nein .nd at New Or
lcaus. Hi career there was in conform
itv with tb-.: lino of policy* whick th'.; Re
publican party had marked out iu it
treatment >i tho momentous question
involved i i tb . i ihubilituiiou of th?
Union on tim bui is of the. soi veil issue
o? the war.
Till''. MAD < VUla)ITA,
The \\i<lnv? i>: Maximilian n Ucipclns
Biti'ssci.H, duly ld -I ufoiindod rc
ports having rehuhed America that tin
mental coud iiiou of Princess Ciirlottii
widow ol' si i.Miniliau, was Improving, i
correspondent visited tho village 0
Ruekout, live milos from ?ure, winn
site ims resided sineo tho burning dowi
of her residence at Tervuoreu throe year
ago.
Thero wu.- a t- iigions proco don goini
on which, according to old oustoiu, ha
taken place for '??:> centuries every sec
ond Sunday in July, i nc procession
with statins of .^iiat.s and tho virgin
proceeded as usual to tho chapel at th
castle.
Prinoo?s Carlotta Witnessed tho sig!,
from a window, caged m i>v thin bari
'uer ladies in waitui . Itoldi . ... u of lu
hands. Physically - te appeared well
though stu i - beconiiu j veri gray. Sb
Wort: a maneo H t? dri .. and white caj
which she bolsevos to bo tho sarao thu
siio wore at the tinte of Maximilian'
death.
():J tho piissago of cooli statue sh
nodded her hoad absently in a doll-like
mcohiiiiie.il way, and win o tho procot
siou was i -i- Un., asvnj bh? followed
with her oy?-s; bul her appcaranco ah
tin- inform?t ion gathered on tho spi
show that her monta condition M i><
leeming worse rathol' than better.
The Queen of tho belgians, tho Kin
ami tho Count ??: Flaudors froquontl
visit her, thc lutter spending at loast tw
days al l.hichout ovory for night; hut th
nucen t?o longer caros to take Oarlott
driving, as she did freipiently bofon
Carlotta never goes out OXCOpt in tl
park of tho easllo, \\..u n watchful bod
guard. Sho sometimes stops and stan
bet?re an euclositro where Hie sick horst
of the queen's stables aro sent to rect
pointe and tu mu about in freedom; bi
gem lally her :-.<?!< occupation during 111
walk is picking up acacia leaves, wilie
sim puts on In-r hand and then blows o
one by one. Despite tho kindest treu
mont, all hopo o', mental recovery
fon ver gout.-.
I ur tin- I, A (Um,
Laughter is Ihc pom- mau s plaster,
Making ovory burdon light;
Turning sadness into gladness.
Darkest hour lo .May tia wa bright.
"1 is tho deepest nnd the cheapest
Cure for HIS ol thia dlscrlpiion,
Hui for those that woman's heir lo,
Uso Or, PiorceV'iuivorlto Proscription
l ures all WCakncSAOS and irrigularitit
"bearing down" si USatlons, "internai feve
bloating, displacements, Inllnmmatlo
morning sickness amt tcntlcney lo cancero
disease. Price reduced to ono dollar, I
druggists.
.-n ? -
Turcnr. sooms to bo no falling oil'
tito horrors of tenement lifo in sonto
tho Northern cities. Dast week tin
were 1.186 deaths in tho oity of Nt
York, in six days moro than half
thom children and most of tho oh lid r
boiug less than live years old. On Sn
day of last week tho deaths woro 25c
120 of these being ot children li t
tenement districts, who died iu da:
greasy, foul-smolling rooms on up|
lloors, whoro tho bout was stilling n
all tho air was tainted. Surely there
room for the oxoroiso of practical pl
antliropy in somo organised eilbrt
alleviate such suffering os thoso liga
so sadly portray.
.i, miji- -
in a light box-Sardines,
WHY THEY WITHDREW.
THE SECES8ION I HOM THE SOUTH
CAROLINA DIOCESAN CONVKNTION.
Uevlew ol Hie Cause* nf iMIVercnco that
Led to Their Wltlidrawal-Th? ouestlon
of Aduilttlug Colored Delegate* tw tho
Convention.
OUAULIWTON, S. C., July 12.-Tho
conimittco appointed by tho clerical and
lay delegates who withdrew from tho
1 diocesan Episcopal Convention in
Charleston last May have completed their
statement ol' the causes which led to
withdrawal, lt is signed by ex-Secrotary
C. G. Meinminger, Edward McCrady,
dr., W. St. J. Jervcy, W. C. Bouot, C.
! ). R, Drayton, and will make a pamph
! t of about sixty pages. The committee
hi giu by sketching tho history of tho
dividing questions during tile last twolvo
years, and contend that it shows that tho
position of tlie lay delegates with regard
lo ttie admission of colored clergymen to
thc diocesan Conventions differs from
that of many ol' tho clergy, not in prin
ciple, but in expediency. In 1885, tho
question took the shape of an assertion
ol' tho right of all the clergymen on the
right of all thc clergymen on tho bishop's
list to seats in tho convention independ
ent of tho action of that body and by
virtue of tho clergyman's otlico. Tho
subject was avoided thc next year, but
came up in tho convention last May, not
not as a matter of principle only, but os
involving tho question of tho admission
of colored clergymen to tho church
councils. The bishop having ruled-not
withstanding the refusal of tho conven
tion to continu the report of tho com
mittee on tho olergy list -that tho con
vention was duly organized tor business,
and having ignored tho refusal of tho
convention to sustain his ruling, dissi
dents had no choice but to submit, pro
test, resort to parliamentary expedients,
or withdraw With dignity. They accord
ingly withdrew from thu convention.
lt is recognized by tho committeo,
howevor, that tho point to bo determ
ined is whether the admission of colored
clergymen to tho convention waa con
templated in tlio constitution of tho
church, They contend that it was not,
and that this "is the first attempt iu tho
history of tho church to make tho church
othor than a national church-that is a
church of taco." They believe tho seat
ing colored clergymen in tho convention
to bc not only unconstitutional, but dan
gerous, and in this relation recall the
resolution of Mr. Prentiss in ls75, as
serting the right of exclusion. Tho res
olutions of tho standing committeo on
tho Saltos cuso, in 1876, recognizing tho
differences of the races brought together
in tlie dioceso, and tho report of tho
- iwaueo Conference, in favor of mis
sionary organization, because of the
peculiarity of tho relations between tho
tWO races.
lt is argued that there is no danger,
whatever, to any of the. social barriera
between tho rai OS, if tho colored people
bo taken into tho councils aud tho
churches as equals of thc white , hut tho
committeo are co?taient that tho actual
and practical result would bo to force
UOgro social equality upon tho pooplo.
The duty and responsibility of the
church in tho Southe: i States, in regard
to colored people, is fully recognized,
but there is no call "to take theiu hito
our councils."
Iii conclusion the committee give their
reasons for holding that there was no
legal convention in INS?. They claim
that tho clootion of tlie standing com
mittco, and tho attempted alteration in
bim Constitution were "void and ol' uo
effect, even had tlie legality of tho
hop's ruling not otherwise vitiated ita
proceedings."
Tho importance of congr?gations rep
resented by the dissidents, who with
draw from the convention, is shown in
.iii unmistakable way. Those who with
drew represented more than half of oil
peri ons connected with the church, und
moro than half of all communicants.
Choy represented, also, parishes which
pay nearly two-thirds of tuc convention's
oxpcJsSi . moro than two-thirds of the
bishop's laud, and nearly two-thirds of
tho contributions to missions, Thc com
mittee Bay, that in withdrawing from tho
convention, they did not withdraw from
the church, lt is for tho laity to de
termine what their future course shall
be. They will not impair their connec
tion with tho church by withdrawing
from union with tho convention. They
?au, il they chooao, solid deputies with,
instructions to abandon tho position
whioh has boon taken, and in udrcittiug
tlio colored clement to the church conn
eds "bravo thc dangora" from which the>
dissidents shrink. Hut, if tho laity do
sire that tho right to poss upou the
olorgy list shall bo abandoned, they must,
ohooso to represent them other deputies,
than tiioso who withdrew from tho con
vention of lo87.
Thirteen Urava Mistake*.
To yield lo Immaterial trilles.
To look for porfecUonin our own actions.
To endeavor to molli all dispositions
alike.
To expect uniformity of opinion In fids,
world.
To expect to ho able to understand Merv
thing. J
To look for judgment and ex;>o?iciice itu
youth.
To moasui . thc enjoyment of others hy
our ow n.
To believe only what our ?nlto minds
? an grasp.
Not to moko allowances t jr tho iiillnin
'ies of others.
To worry ourselves and others with what.
; cannot he remedied,
To confider everything impossible that
we cannot perform.
Not to alleviate all that needs alleviation,
as far as lies in our jiower.
To set up our own slaudard of right and
w rong and Judge people accordingly.
I Had a Or. mil..I Oough,
And raised a considerable amount ot
blood and matter; Itesides, I was very thin,
and so weak I could scarcely go about tho
rids was the case of a man with
consumption arising from liver complahu.
lio recovered his health completely hy tho
use of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
I y. " Thousands of others boar similar
testimony.