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From the Southern Christian Advocate
Letter from Bishop Soule.

5.ssfls NASHVILLE, eb.:ttl B II lSSS.f
My DEAR RoTHER w IahrM AN, IL
have the pleasure to acknowledges the
receipt of Your note enclosing fifteen
dollars, collected byour colored friends
in Georgetown, S. O., to aid Sin bear
ing my expenses to California. This
act should be recorded in our Mission-
ary ANNALS, and if rightly understood,
and duly appreciated, in all its reln
tive bearings will afford very in
structive and valuable lesson to the
Church, North and South. regard
this offering rs one of the fruits OF the
great end precious work of God which
has been effected through the instru.
mentality Of the preaching Of the gos-
pei and religious instruction to this
deeply interesting class of the popula,
ton of these States. let our North.
ern friends continue their worse than
useless controversy. Let us leave
them alone in their speculative {but
not very brotherly, } contentious. We
know our calling of God better. We
know blessed be Cody that masters
ana servants may be CHRISTIANS with
out dissolving the relation which the
laws of u civil community and the
higher authority Of the inspired ca
non have recognized. at.l
assure you, my dear brother, that
there is no act of my life, since
entered the Christian ministry, on
which look back with stronger rs
surmlce of purity Of motive, or with
greater satisfaction, than that in which
] took firm position on ground, where
what influence ! might possess, could
be exercised directly or indirectly in the
promotion Of the best, the highest III
tcrcst of the colorcd race. Hun
drcds Of thousands Of this race, re-
deemed by the precious bl,,rl o
Christ, and brought into His fold by
the instrumcntality of The nissionar
les Of the Cross, will i'll in anthems
of everlasting praise, with their pas
tors and teachers, to the infinite rich
es of that grace which have given them
the victory, and among these, | trust
will be many from Gcnrgetown, S. c
Yours very truly,
JOSHUA SOULH.
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DisrAacs TO THE SUS.-Imaginc a
railway from here to the sun. How
many miles is the sun from us? Why
if We were to send baby in an cx-
press train, going necessarily a hun.
dred miles an hour. without making
any stopPages, the baby would grow
Ssoa hoy--the boy would grow to be a
Ean-the man would die, without see
s5ifig the sun; for it is distant more than
% hundred years from US. But what is
this. compared TO Neptune's distance?
Had Adam and Eve started by our
railway, TO go from Neptune to the
sun, at the ratio of fifty miles nm hour,
tthoy would not have got there yet, for
Neptune is more than six thousand
D years from the centre Of our system.
Household Words.
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BAROMETER AND STORM Pointer.

BAROMETER AND STORM PoINrER.-
\ correspondent in the Scientific I'm
ericoh gives the following:
"Put two drachms Of pure nitrc and
half drachm Of chloride Of ammo.
MIA, reduced to powder, into two oun.
ccs of pure alcohol, and place this
mixture in a glass tube, of about ten
inches long and proportionatc diane
ter, the upper extremity Of which
must be covered with n piece of skin
or bladder, pierced with small holes. II
the weather is to be fine, the solid mat
tcrs remain at the bottom Of the
tube, and the alcohol is as transpar-
cnt as usual. t'rain is to fall in a
short time, some of the solid part
iclcs rise and fall in the alcohol, which
become, somewhat thick and troub-
led. When storm, tempest, or cv-
cn squall is about TO come on,
all tn. solid matters rise from the bot.
tom of the tube, and form n crust on
the surfacc Of the alcohol, which ap.
pears in a state Of fermentation. These
appearances take place twcnty.four
hours before the tempest ensucs; and
the point Of the horizon from which it
is to blow, is indicated by the part
iclcs gathering most on the side Of the
tube opposite to that part whence
the wind srto come"
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TnE SUllH'EIs BABNER,S
d SumterVille lie, So. Ca.
J. RICHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR.
TUESDAY, MARCH I. 1858.
COTTON NNAAeIkll'T.
Charleston, Feb. 25.

The sales on yesterday were small,
and showed, a slight decline on account
of the ,unfavorable advices brought by
the Aradia, which has left the mark
ct in an unsettled state prices range
from 7 l.2 to 9 SO cents.
Since writing the above and justas
we were going to; press, the mails to
the Goth inst, have arrived. We have
no change to notice in the cotton mar
ket. '++t
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GEN. WAsnINaroN's WATCn.-It is
stated that Mr.. II. 6. RieIl, Of New
York, has in his possession the idcnti-
cal watch worn by Gen. Washington.
1t it represented rs Il very massive
watch, with very thick plain cases of
pure gold and twcnty-four carcts fine.
The watch was made by Mcssrs. Ran
dell S Bridge, of London, England.
and was bought by Benjamin franklin
when hc was commission OF the United
Colonies. Tie watch also strikes the
hour, the same as our clocks do.
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Give been in to see John Wriyht's
wife," said Aunt Judy, as she stopped
before Mrs. Green's sitting room win
dow, two years after the above con
vcrsation. "Iou know always mai q
q pint of going to see every body!
should gone as soon rs they were
married. IL had not had tho rIlcnuat-
is SO bad"
"Did she catch of her calico apron?"
claw no, did not go in to the
front door like to 90 through the
kitchen and look round bit; but
she had some pretty grand company
come, while ! was there, from NJ
Susan didn't seem IN tc put out, but
would make me stop to tea; her
supper was proper nice, aud | looked
round considerable, while she was
getting tea ready, and everything was
neat as wax. did not think Of
setting down to the table with the
rest Of the company, but she wouldn't
take no for an answer | Thought |
would try her once, 50 ! says right al
the table, your butter is beautiful, Miss
Wright, did you make it yoursclf!'
You see that she would be kinder
ashamed to own it before them smart
folks. Cob, yes, Miss Brnan | have
no girl, and do all my work." She
said. Most I'm airarcd Of Mrs.
Green, is that she will work too hard"
81 see you have changed your mind
Aunt judy
so. well, don't know. but it is
partly owing to her making ont so
well marrying, but she is a beauti-
fnl woman, not u mite proud; but |
must go, for see my COW is waiting at
the bars. ~. Il. Farmer"
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SPECULATION IN Coal LANDS IN
NoRTH CAnoLlSA.--Thc Fayetteville
IN. C.) Observer, Of the 18th, states
that spcculations to the amount of sew
cral hundred thousand dollars have
taken place in the Deep River coal
mines, within the last ten days. A
firm in New York has purchased for
$4,000 an interest Of onc-half in the
Taylor lands, owned by Hon. Hugh
Waddcll, Judge Nash, John A. Gil.
mcr, esq. DR. McClcnahan, and 9th
crs. /. j. Ilngl,lon, esq, has sold
the right to get coal on his lands for
$4,000 in cash, and thirty cents per
ton for every ton mined, wi Ii u condi
ton that at least rs much shall be TAX
en- annually rs to produce him $4,000
n year for twenty years.
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8.,HsEIsRIs,

,nT0 DOLLARSF in advance, Two Dollars
and FiAy Cse1tts;at tho expiration of six months
s or Tinee Dollars ut tho end Of the year.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages
sets rAip. Gnless AT the option Of the Proprietor
sESs Advertisement inserted at SEW ENTi-
: EEEE Cents per square, fu2 lines or less,) for
sihe first. md half that sum for each subsequent
& nseftion,
The number of insertions 10 be marked
onisli Advertisements or they will be published
until erred to be discontinued, and charged
accordingly. Hu
lsE nUIiI.AR per square for a single
Quarterly and Monthly Advertise
n,snts will ibe. charged the same as single in
y.acftion. and dHemi -monthly the same AZ new ones
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SNaaiiilsstOiA'a AsirIllIay.

The celebration Of this national
holyday passed OF very quietly here,
the large fall Of rain preventing any
thing like out door show The troor
only formed into line, and escorted by
the Sumter Riflcmen proceeded to the
Court House where we had the pleas
urc of listening to a most eloquent and
appropriate address from r. McFAp
DIN DURAN Esq. after which the com
.pany adjoumed5to#a sumptuous cola.
tion, where Tie bcstofgcod feeling and
'lilarity prevailed,
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nj opEL Cock F1aHT. ohm Leon.
ard an Engineer on one of our Lake
steamers, was great on q cock fight. lie
kept wellitrained rooster, and fought
him. at every port between Bniialo
and Chicago.
Hearing Of crack bird Of the pit ut
3Windsor; 9overIwcntJ ohm, with half
dozen friends, to see and rejoice with
him Over the anticipated sudden dem
iss Of ] ohm Crapau's celebrated game
stock; the birds were let loose, and at
the first blow Of the little Frcnehtnen's
bantam, John's bird was numbered
with the things that had been-hc
gWass dead. q: Greatly mortified and as
Stonished WAS John: he left the field
Great fallen, amid the laughter Of his
fcompeers. "Egad," said the engineer,
sasI'llstry him again." Ga his first trip
70 Buffalo, John bought full grown
eagle, cut his feathers into sksf'sss sslGwis-
ted up his tail to rooster fasion, .tas-
tened cocks oemh on his cr,wn, and
otherwise n.cramorph yscd him into a
gam mi Se.cock, brought him up to this
city again rallied his friends. put his
bird into "a bag, oyer they went for
another fight. assf fcs vouer brought
out his bird again. certain of success,
and placed him ready for action. The
/ engiaeer took his out of tsse bag-thcy
sslowly approached eEch other-thc
! bantam STOPPING and picking, as he ad-
yanced to the assault, while the en-
gineer's walked boldly on, with his
! head erect, beak open, and an eye OF
5 fire that never blanchcd in the mid
day sun; the bird Of Jove seized the
gallant bantam, and with bcak and
claws, tore him to pieces, and cat him
ap, to the utter astonislm mt OF
tthe crowd.
The little Frenchnian danced all
sorts Of figures, and cried out
s"'Sdcre, ventrc 6leu, me ncyaire
see one roostaire like dat; he eat him
up mon bon chicken. Vat one crook
ed nose your sccro DAM Yankee roo
staires got; fight ,Sc more gid s
Yank kee II 81 q
John n. 5 Il
frbit' Flee Press. 10
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u i
TERRA-CULruEE.-Hcrc's a now in
vention that is attracting the attention
Of Eastern agTiculturists. 1t is dis.
covery of n principle Of natural law in
vegetation, by Mr.. Russell Colnstock,
Mabbettsrille, Duchess County. New
York.
By the tcrra,culture all kinds of
trees, forest, fruit and ornamental,
flourish; peach trees from fifty to a
hundred years old, partially dccaycd
and barren, are re torcd to healthy
and thrifty condition, rs when young,
in single season, SO as to produce
the most abundant and finest fruit
The same results are produced upon
all fruit trees, and what seems scarcely
less remarkable, it appears that the
precise age Of trees are asccrtaincd and
determined by NIr. Comstock's theory.
The tcrra-culturc has been applied
to all kinds of garden vegetables,
plants, fruits and shrubbcry, as also to
oil kinds of crops, with wonderful sue
cess. We cannot go into details Of
what experiments have proved. Crops
Of grain and vegetables are, ut great
saving of labor, more tssan doubled by
tcrra-culturc. One experiment shows
the production of i:S5 busicls-of she'll
cd corn to the acre, and another the
production Of 1000 bushels Mercer po-
latocs to the acre. it is also shown
that the great crops which have com
manded premiums at the agricultural
fairs, have been p4s sduccd accidentally
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Ii is with considerable pleasure that
we announce that the Mercantile Lii
brary Association of this city, have
received from the distinguished Eng
isl, Author, Mr.. Thackeray, an acccp-
tancc of their invitation 10 deliver n
course of Lectures III this city, and
that he will accordingly lecture on
The humorous writer's of Queen An
nc's Reign" on the 1th, 9th and llth
Of March.
Mr.. Thackcray's lectures on this
subject are nov worldrcnowncd, and
our citizens certainly arc indebted to
the public spirit Of the members of
the Mercantile Library Association,
for ailording them an opportunity of
hearing them Charleston Courier,
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CunA AND TIE UNITED STATES. The
Havana correspondent of the New
York Times has the following:
eff the Democrats carry the day in
the struggle for the Presidency,
all classes here will regard such a
result rs u pledge Of immediate meas
urcs to annex the lslau to the United
States. 1t is hopeless to cndcavor to
convince the more ardent Fillibuster-
os that this is not the turning point of
the controversy in the Union, or
to create doubt in their minds ofthe
triumphant success Of what they deem
their own peculiar cause"
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TIE SOUTHERN AGHIcULTURlsr.-
The February number of this Agricul-
tural Magazine comes to hand in an i'm
proved appearances, with much useful
information and beautifully illustrated.
1t is published ut 81 90 per annum in
advance, orders must be addressed to
the Proprietor II. Nj. STOKES, at Laur-
rnsvjil, = C.
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The bride cake for the marriage Of
Louis Napoleon, was made by Mcssrs.
Purscll Of Cornhill, London. 1t
weighed 800 pounds, exclusive of the
decorations. The following are the
ingredients ofthG cake: Dorset butter,
% pounds; loaf sugar, S4, currants,
80; raisins, 80; flour 2S; Jordan al
lnonds, ,42 pounds, 332 eggs; 40 lem.
on and citron ringsy,4 pounds; three
bottles ofbrandy and two of noyeau.
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Rsar,ncr ;,u.a PLANTER.

i. ls.rublishcd ut Pcnlleton,S, c., by
s.ats.!!s1a~s SSsag2cR,S tLMAN, anltsaa. ltsa.
most worthy bl, q large support, We
are happy TO learn from the February
number that its prospects are improv-
ing, and that the editors have given
over all idea Of discon,inuing its publ
cation.
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LEGISLATIVE FuN-Ihc other day
in the New Jersey Senate, the Rev.
Mr.. Cuylcr, by permission, presented
the petition Of the ladies of Mercer
county in favor of the Maine Law. IN
his appeal to the Senators, he said
" Many of you arc husbands all OF
you arc .tathcrs!" :" Now, several OF
these gentlemen arc bachclnrS, and the
reverend gcntleman's remarks created
a smile on the face Of the outsiders,
some of whom wro'c the words above
quoted OH slips of paper, and circula-
ted them among the Senators who
were living lives Of single blesscdncSs.
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LOOK OUT FOR SwlNDlEs. of
the coolest and most barcficcd pieces
of villany we have ever heard of, was
practiced upon several of our mer-
chants ON Saturday evening last. A
medium sized, well dressed individual
passed off upon them no less than three
fifty dollar forged checks upon the
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, pur.
porting to be drawn and signed by the
well known house Of Bchn 81 Foster.
At ono. house ne purchased a trunk
and obtained forty one dollars change.
At another he bargaincd fora revolver
and pocketcd the difference. Finally,
we presume, embroidered by success,
he stepped III n store and invested his
third check in cash. after which he dis.
appeared .Sarunnnh { GAY Couicr,
S3a ult.
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Cigars. ANA Tobacco.

We shave received from Mcssrs.
CLARKE & BRornER specimen ofthcir
choice Cigars anl Tobacco, which we
pronounce excellent, aud recommend
to "chcwcrs " aud !. fumcrs." They
have just received new supply OF
fancy groceries also.
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Eisc NHNsic;,t World and Times

This is the title of Il Weekly Journ.
al published by Mcssrs DYER & VII
LIS, New York for &3 90 a year in
advance. Each number contains from
two to three select peiccs of Mu-
sic, which we think is alone more
than worth the subscription money
besides this il contains critical notices
Of all the lo'c Musical productions, and
much useful information on that sub
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PLASTAT1oG S SAIE,At t tho sale. q
Mr. lsansah's pl;fntation lately mp
the coast, good mules Wcrc Sold froin
$3.50 to $50. The hands were sold
at very high prices, some being sold ut
$4,000. The average price was $1,000
"A largo sum, considering tint most
of the hands We're over fifty years of
age. The plantation was sold at auc-
ton At the third bid for s39,lOO. The
purchasers were Mr.. Grailhc, ,ofA this
city, and Jules l.nbatut, of Jefferson.
The plantation was valued at from
$4,000 to S50,00O.-N. O. Picuyune,
Tc6. II. Z. t
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KIN OF ruE FnENcn E,rpvss nh

New York National Dce.ncrat says
-'.s :, sSr"oral of the relations &sg !, gs.ss..
-tIer, ,,,'ess oi Ilunre are rts!ticssts 81
this city, aud boar the name Of Kirk
patrick. They are very poor and en-
ployed i'll the manufacturing Of brush
es. They will hail the good fortune Of
their relative with satisfaction, and
look for some s,H les OF favor, from her
good luck. One Of them viii leave for
France as soon as i,cIcan raise money
sufficient to pay his passage"
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The American Protestant IIpisco-
pal Church has now in China bisl0T.
) clcrgyncn, 4 female missionaries,
I native deacon, l American and : ma
tive teachers. 4, Africa, tic Cape
Palnas miss: l biss.or, 6 clcr-
gymeu. " 3ican and native
teachers ius item in this
mission :: isL;rr of n ncwspn-
per IN tue I'sa ongue, called the
Curalfa Me the printing be
ing done ny "s tive youth, who
shows great aptncss J,gssbc busi. css.
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On! NOW Sr.-The Western
Democrat perpctrates the following
sage advice to Mr.. William Morrcy,
on the occasion Of his "exit rnatrimoni.
al:"n! $5
"sFondly seizc her, clasp her, squeeze herr
L With her DO biest; but never teaze her.; !
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ncay- The special Washington &C

sE The sPeciHl |" HsF'lIgtVI1 Get.
respondent of the New-York Herald,
gives the following as the Cabinet Of
Gen. PIERoE, 55,.
Caleb Gushing, Of Mnsss Secretary Of State.
4A'C. Flagc. OF. N. Y. Secretary Of Treasury.
tRobt. F. Stockton, Of Nj. Secretary OF Navy.
Jefferson Davis, Of Miss, Secretary OF War, .
tJobn g. pobbin, of N, G., Secretary Of interior.
r. ,cleliand, ol Michigan. Postrnasscr efen'rl
James Campbell, Of Penn, 3si,ornsy General
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a Washington Correspondent Of the
Baltimore SIN snys that the select
committee ofthc Senate on the subject
of the reward claimed from the United
States for the discovery aud applica-
ton of chloI otorm, rs All annsthctic
agent, have come to conclusion.-
They are unable to decide between
the conflicting claims Of DIR. Jackson,
Wells, and DR.. Morton, and propose
that they bc made the subject of Judi
cial investigation before the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the Northern District.
They also propose M appropriation of
a hundred thousand dollars, to be paid
to the person who shall establish his
claim to the discovery. sat
They deem the discovery one Of the
greatest boons ever bestowed on the
world, and most particularly upon its
incalculablc value in the army and ma
Wy service Of the U. States, where it is
most bcneficially employed. IS i
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H Y M x N U

MARRIED, On "Wednesday The
inst, by the Rev. Graham Mr..
CuARLEs II. JoSnss 10 Miss =. p AZ
ylp all of this District.
On Monday 2lst. inst by the .Rcvs,
ii. a. c. Walker Rev. SSiltIa An i.Esss
Is Of sumtefville, To n IS. l,, l Eil.s
sol, ,ef Georg ns
On Tuesday The 22t inst. bs be
Rev Mr., Sertli N sron tssssi
Miss slciiA dis
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MELANCHOLY HOMICIDE IN GREEN
VILE DIsTnIcT-A letter received by
yesterdays mail, dated ut Greenville
Court House on the Goth inst, says
"TheTe was a most melancholy homi-
eide committed in this District the
other day; both parties occupying
highly respectable positions in our
community. Col. T. E. Ware and his
fatherin-law, Capt. Jones, had dispute
of trivial nature; Capt. Jones be-
came exasperated and struck the Col.
with a pair oftongs, whereupon Col.
Ware drew a revolver and discharged
three Of the barrels, causing instant
death. The Colonel gave himself up
Immediately, and left the morning af-
ter the sad occurrence in charge of our
Sheriff for Newberry, to appear before
Judge O'Ncall, in the expectation OF
being admitted to bail. p Courier.
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r -
DEAD,-TheeHon. Nathan Il Grif.$
fin, Senator from Edgcfsld District in
the State Legislature, died son Thurs-
day morning the 17th inst, as his resi-:
tlencc in the village of I'D gcitld His
death is d great loss to the District, OF
which he was oneSotl tie most iuacf fal /. Il
honorable and influential citizens.
We havesot late seen various co.'s
lectures as to the origin of the phrase
made so celebrated byt nj Mr. alheult
in reference to'onr Orcgoiid diispute with
Great, Britain. Some 3ofspur cot sInpos
rarics have, attributed the words to-
Burkc-some to Sir jas. Afclntosf,,
others insist that Mr.. Calhoun is enti-9
tied to their paternity, while & some
again, trace back so far as the IRfaphet
lsaiah--they4 are, however, We be-
licve, all wrong, for the very words
were used by John Randolph of Roam
oke, III an address to the minority thai
acted with him in Congress in opnt,ssi-ss
ton j. @. Adams administ stration.s
Here are the words-he is dyising his
friends to throw thes whole resp sponsisS
bility of activcs Legislation on the
friends Of Mr.. A. We ought said hc.s
to observe that practice which is hard
est OF all, especially for = young ply
sciap--we ought to. throw i'm no s:H,edzs
icinc at ALTO, abstaiil-5f o observe
q wise and nasteriy ipaetiyits t'a.
Icicgrdph. ) st = s!3 s5s5,sE So s.
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THE Mails,

We have nc dates from Charleston
or Columbia later than the 25th, ow-
ing to the large frcshct in the Watcrec
Swamp, which has cut us OFF from all
communication with those Cities. On
yesterday morning when the Whining
ton and Manchester train of cars left
he junction of the Camden Branch
/ Road, there was four feet of water on
the trestle work, and it is fcard that i.
considerable portion Of the structure
has been washed away. The water in
the Congareo River was higher at last
accounts, than that i'll the Natcree,
and some Of the track has been de-
stroycd. When will we have secure
and reliable road across these swamps?
sB cpublish Oh our first page
besides other entertaining matter, an
Essay from the pen of DR.. JOHN S.
RIclI on the cultivation Of the Vine,
the doctors remarks will tell for them
selves, but We must disagree with
him, when he says Major GulGSARD of
Columbia cannot make good wine, for
we recol!l! set set having tasted some ofthat
gcntlcman's wine last winter, which
could not be offered to US again
with impunity.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-03-01

The c Rochcs er Daily Advertiser
says tlatiMr. Decker, less than eaf
ago, purchased a pair of Cochin China
fowls, from the proceeds 8 os which,
since that time, he has realized 433.s
The chickens sold for 81 O psr pair andfss e
theieggs for al per dozen. rs as9