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'Lijiicultnre in (he General Pursuit of Man; it i? the tjueii of 'all olhcrs^aral thcre fore, t' a hi ' I 'f/'tl- ami jlonttitt'M." XT MOON'S i"S!.Vr.l.-:. ? Full. 10 It, 10 in.'jld. ? \ Mot a r ig. ListQ'lr. II h, 0 in. "Jili.^- \Moi>ni'ng. Now. |1 h,-5o uk llttrlfc [Evening. First (Vir. (5 b, -?*> in. |23Ui;'* Mohiing:'/> Fob. , Pay.--. St?N ItlfKVjSUN Skts. 14v 15, 10. 17. 18. 10. m 5.40. C;42. . J 5.47. (i.-t!. I 5.48 .Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, j o.-lo., 6:48; TliursuV.v,' 1 O.ii'.M T. 6.41). HorticulUira*firAt? ll?r February. Ikrts,, (:i-.i-.i.u,?i,.;?f,l..i^r^uij:.xmay be, put in for- the nhuu crop (in Uns latitude) from the middle to the lust of this month, (next month in thn middle nnd upper couutrvO also Suhifv, Swiss Chard, CVeHS MuJt^^<l)bh jl0ljfik I etc, Lettuce, Radishes and Turnips for n succession may bo put in any time during the month. Sugar.cyrn may be tried here toward the thoTdSt^jf tb'e'iilouiif, btit th?I main crop should be deferred till March; Cabbage, plants should be set'Sut. at various times duffttg-khc'mohlh; and, as they begin to grow, the soil should be frequently stir red. Tomatoes and other tender plants may besia^tod ip ? a j [hot-bed or.a cold frame. If one is disposed to take the trouble to protect them, a fe\y hills of cucumbers, squashes and melons may be planted. yBottdmt^W)4xcs,yi?x;i'U incln s Square]: and six or seven inches high, covered with oiled cotton cloth, serve nd iiiirHb,I7,fotl IMR^UrrWSe nntf'Wst little After the plants comurnpr'thc boxes must be lifted off,or raised llrehiesind Iii pleas ant weather, to admit the air. In the latitude ol Clmrb ston, (Ornngc burg) gardbh peas are planted with tbo resuj4:klK>Ri |Jrert\\rn Jeth ofr December to ?SmiMi?m S.lM?ry.hni thcyhmj ho put in any timedurjngthe jircsenj month to "keep tip a-stVccessVon. A little further. North, this is a good time to plant the main crop. IIocrfrequently those that aro7 advanced.and spt sticks for their support, l^vcn the dwarfest; kinds do better in that way. "We have rccommen ddd to.plant pretty thickly, but there may be n question what is to bo consul ered thick planting. Well, for the dwarf kinds one pint of sde'd,' to from fifty to :iixty feet of double row. Of the large growing kinds n pint cf seed should plant from eighty to one hundred feet of double row. Let the .-distancei .apart of the rows be about equal to the height the pens arc expected to grow, weather it 1?? one/ tiro*, throe or four feet. Jjri|hli/I\jt6bies lie, cttiujitlcss, ahvadv plantetr in'Most fascsj^ul llrcy hrc still in season, and if put in i\J once may ? make as good crops na t'lios'? planted earlier. ,(<i'hP0pc|, ifp| i rbl ?. a >d, blur!: moist,, but nut wet soil j nnd manure liberally,.-avoiding, however, loo much cwi?l?r*tnhio iuiwiuio-m vou ileaire tuber* of the be.-.I quality. . V,V. ?.! ashes, chip manure, rotten s_^vy-flyf.^ai:d the scrapings of the house yard, arc cxcllent for tbi crop. Tin; Early IJqpc is the liest variety, eo far as our cxperif !ir*e ger.-; in fact, it is so lUAicb hi its r limn any otlu r, that wo a-c^83?utPr.c10 i?il'i. for p'iiuUing; any of the older kinds, good as some of them are. The Pe'eneis is said to ! (i an excellent and very productive variety, nnd to be suited to our climate, but we have not tried it. How to Produce Five Bales of Cotton to Ono Acre of Land. According to promise, nnd for the benefit of the .'armihg publi -, 1 herewith append a brief nnd co: rcct account of ihn pre paring/ ni'umu ing. ami eultivatibh'of my acre ?f coV?ii g'reAvn this season. TTTnTso'fl is s'amly," with, ofay subsoil. Has been in cultivation for sixty or eighty years. Isupposo. About half of the aero was an JJld dung hill, the oth^r half verv poor before manuring. The guano 1 use was Kcltle&ell* A. A., or Phospho-Peru vian, 1,400 lbs.': raw pine straw, from the woods, sixty oxcart loads; sixty bushels green cotton se?d; 400 bushels stable manure, well rotted. The pine straw, cotton seed,and stnblo manure, I binde.: out in January, ami strewed broadcast, over the land, then turned'uTiuoi* with a Iwo4iot?6 plough, breaking eight inchc* (loop, .Then with a'sixteen men scooter run in the t\vo liorse furi pw, brenhiii j from I've to seven inches in tin v. nolc thirteen to lijtc( t; iiiel:? s deep. I Iben ? lb vv ? in tl ci scbclcr fur row willi the gtiiti ?>, or sul ???oil furrow, so on til! cpmnlclcib hi Fciiunry, I repeated the breaking ;:i ni u? manner, Icrtvcng ofl' mnnuving. in Maicb, tbo same nghip, hrc?l<ing each liiuo crosswise, or in opposit direction. In April, I harrow ed the land twice to level the soil, and destroy the young vegiuition. Then I chocked olF my rows three feet euch why, with asmull bull-tongue plough, and on due 13th day of May, I planted my cot tonseed in the bill, or eight seed, dropped by habt1., and covered with tho foot; the seed wnen covered being,on u level, The seed were the "Cluster Cotton'' variety. I purchased them from David Dickson, Esq., Oxford, (.-bi., to whom I must confess I ntn indebted for my success, to a certain extent. The seed I nib confident, were half the battle. The cotton was thinned to one stalk to the bill in June, with the expectation of the outride rows, in which I left two stalks. Then I ploughed with twenty-four inch sweeps "Dickspn's," very shallow-, one furrow to the row, and about eight days aftortfairds I repented the -nine, miming one furrow lothe row, just .? ?.'raping tho earth enough to destroy tho young .weeds and grass,*, -.P^u^ypJ^ise j a hoe in it, in order to avoid skinning the cotton; intact, bad no use for ni?y, as the cotton grew so fust the shade thereof pre vented all vegetation from growing under neath. Very respectfully, T. C. Waktiikx. j TRAVELLERS' GUIDE.' SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, Charleston, S. C, Oct. 18, KST'2. On and niter SUNDAY, Oct. 19, the passenger trains on the South Carolina liaiiroad will run as follows: FOll AUGUST A. Leavo Charleston - 0:00 a m Arrive at Augusta - - 5:00 p m FOR COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston - 0:00 a m Arrive at Columbia, - 5:00 p m for charleston. l.tave Augusta *? - .8:20 a m Arrive at Charleston - 1:20 p m I.ravo Columbia - 8:40 am Arrive at Charleston - * 4:20 p in AunusTA nicht express. (Sundays cx?;eptcd.) Leave Charleston - 8i30 pin Arrive at Augusta - - 7:50 a in Leave Augusta - - 0:00 p in Arrive at Charleston - 5:40 a in columbia night EXPRESS (Sundays excepted,)> Leave Charleston - 7:10 p in Arriv? at Columbia - (5:30 a m Leavd Columbia - - 7:15 p m Arrive at Charleston - G:45 a in SUil MER VILLE.' TR AIN. Leave Summeryillo - 7:25 a in Arrive at Charleston - 8:40 a in Leave Charleston - 3:10 p in Arrive at Summcrvillo at - 4:30 p in CAMDKX nilAXCII. Leave Gamden - - 0:50 a ni Arrive at Columbia - 11:50 a m Leave Columbia - - l;50 p in Arrive nt Caui'deii - 3:35 psib Day and Night Trains connect hi Au gusta withiMucQh and Augusta Railroad and Georgia Railroads. This is the (pliqke.st and most direct rou^e, and as comlortable and ehcap as any other route (o Loui-v','1'.:, Cincinnati, Chieagd, St. Loltis and all other points West and North we ?. Columbia Night Trains connect with Greenville nud Columbia Iluilrbnd, and Day und Night Trains connect witb Char Iplle llond. Through Tickets on sale, via this route to all point.*: North. <:.:.' n Train connects at lylugyillc flail y ? ? opt Sundays) with Dnv Piis.-eri ger [ lain, :unl runs lb rough 'lb Columbia A. I, TYLER, Vico-Trcsidcnt. S. B. Pic'.ccns General Ticket. Agent. sashes anj) blinds, Mnuhlings, Ilraekets, Rtair Fjxturcn, Hold ers' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wiic Guards, Terra Ootlii Wan-, Marble and Slate Mantle Pieces. Window (ilass a Specialty. tfr?- YVhito-Pinc Lumber lor Sah-. ...(Mf Circular.-! and Price Lists sent free on applica tion, by P. 1'. TO ALK. N<s -\) llaync and V>'i Pinckncy street, bei ! ly Charleston, S. ('. BRICKS ! mtlCKM!!! miffi UNDJCU.SIGNKP RHSPl?CTFULLY 1 Lift :ms tin: public that he is now prepared to fund !i BRICKS in any quantity. All orders wiM ineel prompt attention. .1. C. EDWARDS, may 1 7.'! ly f. Ii. w. b: has just*received a lull supply of SkTEw SPUING GOODS, ond i 1 \ % CONSTANTLY ON HANI) a full lhw ?f Dry ClooclS jof nil kinds. Hu .oflera for sale ' ' '.' ,.' '?'?> '?h ? ? ? '? '?'$ ? ? ? - Needed by everybody, at low rate?, iJeonjdstbig of BOOTS AND SHOES, GKOCERIES, JIAllDWARK, HATS, Ac., Ac. ALSO, FOR ij TFc P.UTTONVHOLE SFAVING MACH IN JO, (.which took first Ib-eniiuiu at last County Fair,) for winch he is Agent. 1 Oall and ?6e for IffouirsQlv.es. s ' AliSO AGENT FOR TUM ??FOUNTAIN PIT MS? I Aprd 10, 18/8 3 tf tJ^wttt???n?fii w i ii iiar^-^.<.. -,"rji-rr--a^?cr rcu^trr: ir*Knnw.i jioOTssarrai .'^H-imtii ??? FIBK INSURANCE AGENCYi? ^ ,?, . Insure your Dwelling, Storo or Sto'-k of Goods in the LIVERPOOL, LOKDON 'AND GLOBE INSURANCE CO Capital, $20,500,000 in Gold* This company paid over three (3) millions at Chicago fire, and ov million at recent fire in Boston. JAS. Ii. FOWLES, Agent. GQ I-iAST BAY, qtfARI.ESTON; S. C, ^VGliiSFTS FOX? The Rotary Harrow >yhioh reeeivcti premium at !:.<? Orangeburg Fair. Also, the Collins, Wait, and n large assortment of other l'iou.,, Coru-Shclicrs, Straw cutters, CoUiu's, Suwueps, Blancbard Churns, Fncqubur Sweeps, Shovel Plows, Turn Shovels, Scooters, Btili-Tonguivs, and Agricultural Implements'; g ulernlly. Send for circular. Eo ARGE? & CO., 88-Gni i>'2 East Bay, CharltWton, S. C FOE SALI 01 TI1UEK (:'.) Desir?hle building lots; each measuring 81.} running feet, and in depth !6v?? :J0b feet. Hiring suitably located on Ittut ell Street, opposite the More of Mr. C. D. KOKTJOIIN, it being one of lite principal business streets of ?rangebni-g. Ti.e wdd lot ran be negotiated for either singly or as one parcel. The buildings on the premises are to bo reserved, anil tii ic gr,i ihrd to have them removed or the said building* can ho * purchased singly or ay a whole. Terms reasonable, For particulars inquire of ? K1 ^ it fei 1 V F^'l?Q ALSO, 1<*>7; acres wooded land, five mile- from town of Orahgeburg. Feb. 27, 1878, 2 A .' i HU'G STORK. E. J. O. npirn r b ! ill AT AV i j c OS Mill i R AJ ? . i . . ' 1.1 Il?SSELL STREET. j&aT Call ami satisfy yourself that I am in earned. . LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY! Insure your life in the PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO Cnpiiaij fe,50?,000. This is the largest and most prosperous of tho Southern companies. J AS. H. FOWLES Agent, at Citizen's Savings Bank. prp a sip 9? 1 ill Jj The undersigned having formed a co-partnership under.the nnmo of FOWLES & GLOVER, oiler their services to the coinniunity, as Agents for the Sale or purchase of Heal Iv-tate. and for collection of Rents, &c. JAS. Ii. FOWLES, JULIUS GL< >V1CR, At I litizens' Savings Bank. \i ri ?*:', ?.. fd'fllnvcv S: (Mover. i iii v u ww.' i At Law Office of Glover ? (Hover. We oiler for sale: A uew and beautiful i> 1 nngeburgj <ai East side ?i da: line outbuilding?, gartl ONE Plantation of Five Acres, on Santeo River; In Or-1 ALSO, a'.nnif/nin, fldO acres (150 ; .. ;i i. j cleared ) \v1thiii ' mile 1 ! inih owe' Ilridgo 'ump Depot. lo.vn of Or f.SO hum. Lot bclungini to Presbyterian Church ALSO, on Amelia, (NW) Strect?a desirable arForl Motte, 500 aerosj | Dw>!tl?ug site. ,._, ?_.. , . ALSO The Plantation of Daniel Joynerin Fork ofEdisto, Good dwelling terms oasy. A plantation ne. with dwcllingand outhouses in good con tion?water power on the place. SOLUBLE PACIFIC GCUJs'O, THIS Guano in now .??? well known in nil ;!?..? Southern State?, f-^r itr- roinavha'o'le eGcctH an an agency foVdhcrcuping-,tho productof Jahor ? .? vu to require Bpeciut recommendation from ft, N. IVO BS OX, Selling Age.tt>Cfiarlcfiton,^. ?TO 1.1 X S. I; I?:{?::?;!?: & CO., GenetTal^t^a^^e'^ <. ... t 3m - ?'-.??*?(? GEORGE H CORNELSON WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM, MY FRIENDS AND THE Public in general that I am receiving and bavc ready Tor 'their* iu ? ? ' ' V.un sncctioh now, tbe MOST ATTRACTIVE, LARGEST and BEST ASSORTED Stuck" of ASsIa GOODS . ."7 T ever offered in this market. Any one who will take the trouble will readily convince him self of this fact As space will not permit rne to enumerate all the different < . '''*A e?<jivjiiT ' 5*- '?" ? ? branches, I can only state that all are fullv repleu ?.) ??? i- ('?'?! r . 4f|fj j,i ished, and I invite every one to call in and examine for himself. Goods shown freely and with- - ? . - >f />'?.> May 7th, 1873, out charge. ? ? ? ? ? ? CEO. If. COIIUKIjSON* 12 i. ??.'in i j>. ;?? rieifl '. n-.i.n.W TRIUMPHAL 1/ ?V.l. J ?> *i: 1,? I ?? ? - ? ? ? -i' -.vr--* ,*1*J*"nyj,y*? ! v RTJiLIZ mi Will ft Cash Price-$?O per Ton of 2,OtM> H}Sr- riT Time Price?.^55 per Ton of 2,000. lbs. r Payab'.o November I, 1874, Free of Interest. Fricght and Dinynge to ho added. " Its Success is UNPARALLELED, and its stau cid ii / No V CID 1MIOSJM r.V'LT: Avill bp, Sold as Follows: Cash Price-^33 1)er Ton orc2,OGO 'lbs."' Time Price? S38 per Toil of 2,pQjQl lbs. PAYABLE November 1, 1874, Ftee of Interest. Freight and Drayagetohc added.,j Pon Salu By ?RAN6EBUUG, S. C. GEO. V/. WILLIAMS & 00, General Agents, at Charleston, S. C. Jan. 15*74 : ? !? :,;t,f (}J lO^iuH The citizens' Savings Bank Ole S?TJTTrI CA"Iii?i,IN.A. ORANli 1.21.5Ulitt BRANCH Will pay 7 PER CENT ! NTEREST on SP'ECl A L DEPOSITS and G PEH CENT on S.V\ ? 1 Nt;s DEP( >SITS compounded Semi-iinhually, Local Finance Ooimuittee, march 19-ly Hon. THOS. W. GLOVER, Col. TAI L Si FELDER, ('apt. JOHN A. HAMILTON. . AS. H. FOWLES, Assistant Cashier.