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UNDER DECREE lN>EaUITY.

Henderson,, Administrative, Us. Henderson, ct d.
VALUABLE PLANTATIONS @ COTTON AND PRO-
VISIONS.
Will be sold by the undersigned. refore the Court House,
in Marlborough, $. c., ON MONDAY, the l4tl day OF
January, 1868, at II A. NJ,
All that PLANTATION known rs ORANGE GROVE
with the Buildings thereon, i'll the District OF Colleton,
containing 500 22-1Q0 acres, more Or less; bounded North
by lands belonging to the trust estate OF MSa. y. l.. He'll
derson and chlldren; East By the Black Creek Road;
South by lands now or late of Nathaniel Hey ward, de-
ceased, and West by lands OF the estates OF Nathaniel
Hayward and Paul Paris.
A HEALTHY SUMMER RESIDENCE, on lot OF 8
acres, with necessary outbuildings, adjoining the above
tract.
ALSO,
Two ~ TRACTS OF LAND, containing respectively
544 Clio acres and 573 80 acres; the former bounded
North by lands OF Hey ward; East by lands Of Paris;
Southeast by lands OF Williams; South By lands of the
DANIEL Blake; the latter bounded on the North by lands
of Robert Snead; East by lands OF Varnadore and
Graves; South and southeast by lands OF Loyless. and
West by lands OF Snead and Hayward; said tracts to be
sold in ten no. separate parcels, as per plats OF Robert
K. Payne, of February 18th, 1S55-said parcels containing
acres: No. 9, los $40 acres; No. 8, l0i $40 acres; No. 4,
81 4 10 acres; No. 6. 1l5 ITO acres; No. G, 112 lilo acres;
No. Z, 81 $40 a res; No. 8, 90 $40 acres; No. o, l24 $40
acres; No. 10, 14S ITO acres.
Terms--One-th third (hl cash; the balance in two ~
equal annual instruments, secured by bond, with per-
sonal security and mortgage Ct the premises, with In
terest from day OF sale. Purchasers to pay TOR papers
and stamps. i. STOKES, I. l.. &. II.
Persons DESTROYS of purchasing can examine plats and
receive q description OF the lands ut the Office OF Messrs.
HENDERSON Il BEuIiE, Attorneys 1t Law, Walter
borough, ). c.. tusll November 20
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Thomas Pinckney, Executor Elizabeth P. Pmck-
neg, Us. .Sarah +. BelMger, 81 aI-A Bill 10 &C.
count TO Marshall Assets and for Relief.
Undcr q decrctal order in the above stated case, I vii
sell, at Public Cutlery, near the old Custom House,
Broad street, Charleston. Oh MONDAY, the 9th day OF
January next,
ALL THOSE FINE COTTON y RICE PLANTA-
TONS, KNOWN q, "Timotley' and Townsend" Tracts,
belonging to estate OF Mrs. Elizabeth P. Pinckney, de-
ceased, situated on the Ashepoo River, adjoining each
other, and about two miles from the ferry on tho Sake
hatchic road, Colleton District. These Plantations offer
rare inducements to capitalists who may wish to en-
gage in the culture OF Cotton or Rice. as they contain $50
acres of Cotton land and l35 acres OF Rice land, both eX-
cellent quality. The Rice lands, owing to the fine tacili-
ties for drainage, are admirably adapted to the culuye-
ton OF this staple.
ALSO,
THAT PLANTATION OR TRACT OF PINE LAND
near WATERFORD, continuing - acres, more or less, tn
der the same order, will be sold before the c urt House
III WATERFORD, on the second MONDAY in January next.
Also, Il house AND LOT in Town OF WATERFORD.
containing TX acres. Bounded on lots OF i. q. Bolre,
estate SIMON Vcrdicr and DR.. G. NJ. Rivers, and by the
WATERFORD Academy.
Terms as 10 both sales: One-third cash; balance on q
credit of one aud two years, secured by bond aud mort
gage OF the premises. Purchaser 10 pay for papers.
b.. TOKES Q. L. e. D.
November &c nov26, dec10,31 jane
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Which would prevail in tho sands Of boussbo,do 70 -
should be suddenly announced throughout the United
States, Canadas, the West Indies and snanisb ..norto,
that no more ~HosTErTERs BIrIGas vou,a 10 n.nu
featured, and that henceforth the oAx, cnrcr,ro =
DYSPEPSIA, and preventive of all ma,,o,o a;o,..o,
would be LOST TO THE WORLD The bnA,s the eeoh,o
the Respondent; the traveller, the voyage, ,ho ro,no.
the sedentary student; the settler on the fron:o %, of civil
lizaion; the toiler, cooped up in crowded city tel.ments.
the convalescent, needing an invigorant; the sh -er;rr
victim Of ague, and the nervous of both sexes cav
where, would learn with greet. too deep for words, .,,
the most celebrated corrective, invigorant and altera.i .
of the age he'd been blotted out of existence. AS a PRE-
PARAToEY ANT1DoTE to epidemic disease, q genial stimu
liant, a promoter Of constitutional vigor, an appetizer, {
stomachic, and q remedy for nervous debility, no medi
cinal preparation has ever attained the reputation O
HosTETTER'S TIERS 1t h the HOUSEHOLD
TONIC of the AMERICAN PEoP1E-has been so 70,
twenty years, and in all human probability will be so fol
centuries to come. The magnates of icience recognize
its merits; and that it is emphadcally thtmedicine Of the
masses is provedb by its vast and ever incrssing sales.
December 80 6
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A GOOD INvEsrMENr-FNE VEGETABLE FARMS
NEAR THE CITY FOB SAE.-Messrs. Smith & Nc
Gillivray will sell at auction, on the 7th, several
fine farms, within three and four miles from this
city. These farms are extremely valuable, and
before tho war would have brought New York
prices. They will be offered to the highest bidder,
and those in want ofreal estate can find few better
opportunities for an investment. These lands
were always valuable, and though now somewhat
deprecated, by careful cultivation, they will soon
command their former price.
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LOCAL " S.
AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.

JOHN G. MINOR & Co. will sell this day, at the.
auction salesrooms, No. 1876 Meeting-street, at II
O'Clock, lot of seasonable dry goods.
W. Y. LEITCH & R. S. BRUINS will sell TINS day, al
residence No. 4S Society-street, at IL O'Clock, FUR
niture of q family declining Housekeeping.
j. A. ENsLow & Co. will sell this day, before then
store, No. III East Bay, at 1O3 o'clock, patent
medicines.
G. w. STEFFENs & Co. will sell this day, in front
of their store, No. 2S yendue Range, at 93 o'clock,
sides. shoulders, coffee, &c. .
T. NJ. CATER will sell this day, on Browns wharf,
at 81 o'clock, butter, lard, sides, &c.
r. \. P. CALDWELL will sell this day, before
their stor., at 90 O'Clock, butter, lard, hams, &c.
LAUREY 4 ALEXANDER will sell this day, before
their store, No, 1877 East Bay, at 10 O'Clock, should
ers, hams, sides, tobacco, &c.
JEFFoRDs & Co. will sell this day, in front OF
their store. at 81 o'clock, hams, sides, shoulders.
MILES DRAKE will sell this day, at their store,
corner King and Liberty streets, at 10 o'clock, dry
goods, clothing, &c.
Bowers & S1Lcox will sell this day, in front OF
old postof6ce, at 10t o'clock, three fine work mules.
HENRY CoBIA 4 Co. will sell this day at half
past nine O'Clock, in front of their store, hams,
sides, shoulders, coffee, &c.
MLLIaAN & Son will sell this day at 10 O'Clock,
in front of their store, two sewing machines, bed
steads, dry and fancy goods, clothing, &c; also,
one batteau, with masts, sails and jib, all IN good
order.
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THE FLORENCE GAZETTE.

DUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT FLORENCE,
L s. c., offers an excellent medium to Merchants and
others VINO wish TO extend their business in the Pee
Dec scction OF the State. Rates OF advertising very res
sona0ie. september 10
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REDUCTION OF EUROPEAN PosTAGE.-On and
after the 1st of January, 1865, the postage on let
tiers to any part of Great Britain and Ireland will
be reduced to twelve cents for a half-ounce and
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FUN FOR ALI!

FUN FOR ALL!
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male or female, can master the great art OF VEN
triIoouism by Il few hours practice, making 4 world OF
fun, and after becoming experts themselves, can teach
others, thereby making it q source OF income. Full IN
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THE New YORK LIFE Insurance CoMPANY-CoM
MENDABLE LrBERALIrY.-Although persons are
continually dying, yet few expect they will soon be
called, and therefore are little inclined, by a pres
ent sacrifice, to provide against an evil which,
though they know to be certain, they yet suppose
to be distant. The benefits to be derived from Life
Insurance are, however, becoming daily better ap-
preciated; and the fair dealing and prompt pay
ment made by companies, even on losses for which
they might not be legally liable. has inspired gen.
eral confidence in their system and practice. As
an instance, we publish, by permission, the fol-
lowing interesting letter:
OWEN SOUND. CANADA WEST
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8. All that LOT OF LAND situate on East B~ay-street,
known formerly in the plan thereof by the number z, and
also three feet OF land adjoining thereto. being part of an
alley or passage of six feet, lying between this Lot and
the Lot next south thereto lthe owners OF which III COM
mon with tho owners OF this Lot being entitled to the use
thereof, measuring in tho whole SO feet in front and 100
feet in depth wcstwardly; bounding east on Fast Bay
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4. AL tHat o. OIL LAM al the southeast corner Of
Elliott-street and Bedon's Alley, designated on the same
plat by the otter y, measuring on Eliott-street 80 feet,
>eu the so,< line 81 feet . inches. on the east line "a feet
AnShrl[ AM on EcdonN AlcYI2 feet 10 inches.
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FJXRK~IINU UI IlNI1H . +NHNI U ICNN ~ EHSHS"
~ ALSO,
D. SaT OF LAND next cast of the above, and
d1s ~ ll,.r Z, \ i tns ' anG P fa depth n'a on ting
east line on the west line IA feet 4
inches.

G.. All that TONS>SSh next east of the above, des-
igpated o. the same plat Ny the letter F. measuring on
the trout ana back lines SO feet, and in depth on the east
line II ieet 4 inchts. and on the west line rs feet 10
llnc.ts. mere or less.
Y Ihc Pat OF the above Lo to be seen at tho office of tho
undersigned.
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10. LOT OF LAND situate in the town Of WATERFORD,
in the District OF Colleion, and known as Lot No. IS on
the plat OF said town, and having such quantity, outings
and b~oundin2s rs are represented on said plat
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q. All that LOT OF LAND situate on the northeast COR
ner OF East Bay and Elliott streets, measuring in fronton
East Bay.street 81 feet 6 inches5 and 81 feet on the back
on lands new or late Of S. N. Bailey, east on East Bay
street, south on Elliott-street, and west on lands Of O.
PRESLEY.
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WIN. G. OK,
Book and Job Printer.
nLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PRINTING, IN ENG
LISH, GERMAN, FRENCH OR SPANISH, e1ecu
ted in the finest style and at rates which will
DEFY COMPETITION.

Orders left at the CHARLESTON LIBRARY BUILD.
ING. corner Broad and Church streets, or sent through
P%OSTOFFICE o NO. $40. will receive immediate at
tenton. ~ Decemocr "
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Fancy tn, ,,,a~.-

fof feso'4ns sUe@gA and appetite, use the great
southern iomc' FAsASN's HEPArIc BrrrEns and you
WIZ U'"pponNo. far sale by all druggists. tn
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/ SOUND, CANADA WEST,
December, 1867.

To Thomas Frost, Esq, agent for South Carolina
of The Nec York Life Insurance Company:
DEAR SIR hereby acknowledge payment in
full Of the policy of the New York Life Insurance.
Company, No. 40,115, for ten thousand dollars
(%$10,OOO), on the life Of my deceased husband,
Adam B.. Glover, insured December, 1867, and ter
minated May, 1867.
In view Of the questions which might have
arisen in the case, I regard the settlement as an
act ofnoble liberality, becoming the high rank ofthe
Company, as first in the order Of establishment
and assets of the Life Insurance Companies of the
State Of New York having agencies in South Caro-
lima. Its twenty-five years OF successful and dis
tinguished operation must undoubtedly have been
marked by many like acts Of enlarged and gene
roas conduct, to have won the confidence In its
skill and integrity, with which the public is now so
fully inspired.
So grateful is my realization of the benefit of
Life Insurance, i'll my present bereaved and re-
Iduced, from lately blessed and affluent condition,
hat 1 cannot forbear recommending its adoption
10 all in whatever circumstances. The affection l
SSe experienced was in no way anticipated either
nDHny lamented husband or myself; and it is due to
s,,%o say that it was only by your advice and per-
sspncSn that he was induced to effect the insur-
s,nno4 believe it an institution prOvidentially de-
91VV;tLh% the benefit Of women and children.
""n best wishes for the continued useful
n nrofot LII SSsses1J OF your Company, l am, most
si"'iu"9 S'~hE ANNIE B. GLOVER.
For restoring stresga and appetite. use the great
Il SO1rthQrn Tonic
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ncr, west Oh lands now or late OF Ms.
south on the said alley or passage way.

9. Ali that HOUSE n Lof situate at the southwest
corner of Archdale and Magazine streets IN this city,
fronting east on Aichdale-strcet los feet. moro or less,
north on Magazinc-strect 30 feet, south on . Lo. now or
lato the property Of Walter Knox, and west on q lot now
or late the property OF William Aiken.
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Hams, Strips, ShOulders, Sides, &c.
JEFFORDS & co,
Will sell THIS DAY, in front Of their store, at half-past
9 o'clock,
400 CHOICE SUGAR CURED HANS
300 TBS Choice Sugar Cured Strlpa
Is bbls Pig Shoulders
600 Choice Bright New Should ers
hhds Ribbed Sides
25 kegs Pure Leaf Lard
so tubs Refined Lard
200 boxes Large Scaled Herrings
so boxes Tobacco
4 boxes Jowles, in Dry Salt
10 sacks Coffee.
ALSO,
A large lot of EARTHENWARE, consisting Of Jugs,
Pickle Jars, Butter Jars, Bowls, &c.
Conditions cash. December 81
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8. ALL that LOT OF LAND. with the large and commo.
dious Warehouse thereon, next east OF the above. and
designated gu the same plat by the letter Q, measuring
Oh thu north llc 1903 feet 8 inches, on the south line 1G2
feet, o. the easthno IL feet s inches, and on the west
line II let 10 su0lca.
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ADVANTAGES OF CHARLEsToN.-The Greenyille
Enterprise says: The Greenville and Columbia
Railroad is just now doing a large business in the
transportation of cotton, better than has been
known since the war. The freight charged is
reasonable, ami planters find it to their interest to
send BY the railroad to Charleston or Columbia,
instead of hauling to Augusta. The price OF cot
ton is now better in Charleston than Augusta, by
more than the difference of the freight. We learn
ed from an intelligent planter that the producer
cannot now, as formerly, consign his cotton to
+! Augusta, to a commission merchant, and after
wards sell. it himself, and that there is, therefore,
no advantage, in that respect, over Charleston, in
the Augusta market.
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A Cow THIEF CAUaHT.-Henry Henderson, q
colored boy, was arrested at the Uptown Guard
House for stealing a kettle, and, a quarter of teef
being found in his possession, he was sent to the
detective Office. On examination he confessed to
having been with a boy named Ned when he killed
q COW near the Four Mile House, Ned giving him
the two hind quarters as his share.
Parties keeping COWS cannot be too careful Of
them, as if they are allowed to roam in the streets
unnoticed they are Immediately taken in charge
by some vagrant negroes, and the owners seldom
see them again. A number Of COWS have been
butchered in this way, and as the thieves can
easily dispose of the meat, the temptation to
sequester the stray bovines is almost irresistible.
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furniture Of q Family removing from the STATE, al
No. As Society-sreet.
BY w. Y. LEITCH Il X. S. BRUINS,
AUCTIONEERS.
Will be sold q DAY, the 31st instant, at the resi-
dence No. 48 society street. ct 10 O'Clock,
A quantity Of HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNI-
TURE
CONSISTING IN PART OF:
MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD
Mahogany and Walnut Bureaus
Cottage ~Bedsteads, Mattresses, Chairs
Kitchen Utensils, and sundry other articles.
ALSO,
/ good DRAFT HORSE
Buggy and Harness
Straw Cutter.
Terms cash. fmtu3 December 81
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UNITED STATES COURT, Hon. GEo. S. BRYAN
p~REsD1Na.-The petition of Henry Summer, Esq,
to be appointed Register in Bankruptcy for the
Third Congressional District, uice Jas. IL. Rut-
land resigned, was read, and the petitioner was
appointed by the Judge.
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ALSO,
Q. AL that LOT OF LAND, adjoining the above on the
east, and designated on the same plat by the letter b,
measuring on the north and south lines 30 feet, and In
depth II feet 9 inches, more or less.
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MUN1F1CENT GIFT TO THE WIDOWS HOME
The ladies in charge of the Home for the wives,
mothers and daughters of deceased Confederate
soldiers in this city, have received $1,000 from W.
W. Corcoran, Esq, the great Washington banker.
Mr.. Corcoran is now in Paris, but, noticing an &C.
count of the Home in a Washington paper he,
with characteristic generosity, forwarded a draft
for the amount named.
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A MONUMENT TO COLONEL THos. NJ. WAGNER
The friends of Colonel Thos. NJ. Wagner. who
was killed at Fort Moultrie during the war by the
bursting of a gun, have placed a neat monument
over his grave in st. Michael's Churchyard. 1t is
of pure white marble with a plain base, from which
rises a Auted column, the top Of which, though
broken and jagged, is crowned with a laurel
wreath. The front panel of the base bears in
raised letters the following inscription:
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HOTEL ARRIvALs.-Mas HoaSe.-C. H. Andor'
son, Saratoga Springs, N. Y; H. P. De Graef anc
wife, N. Y; VIM. A. Gregory, N lis c. Peixotto
Columbia Il. D. F. Young, New Hampshire Gen
eral D. K. ~Jackman, Philadelphia; c. P. Morton
and lady, Pennsylvania A. Baker, California
Samuel E. Nelson, Clarendon Geo. Z. Pensrer
Darlington.
Charleston Hoie.-N. Moses, Sumter, S. g.; Jno
F. Riley, Orangeburg; S. H. Seeker, n. T.; l.
Seeker, Ny; Mrs. E. ]. Baker, Sumter; Major j
P. Roy, U. S. A; Ms. A. H. Welsh, N. y; MIS-;
Maggie Thompson, n. y; Vim. WEIGH, .; 5. A.
Colonel Garrett Maggie, u.S S; A. J. Newha1, lynn y
Mass; l.. Fl. Newhan, Co.; D. D; Lynn ana VIE = =
5. A.; DR.. S. $. Jessup and wife, .. 5. A.; ia
Williams, Virginia.
PauQton HohI.-T. s. Holton, Boston; L. .
o,Brien, City; H. Livingston, W. B.. L1v1ngSsscn
Orangeburg; q. NJ. Henry, SummervilIe; r. iaI y
Y. c. E. Berry, Marion, s.. c.
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AUCTION SALES.
Unreserved Sale of Secsona6k Dry Good.
nv LaHN G. MILNOR & co.

BY JOHN G.. MILNOR & co.
THIS DAy a1st NJ 10 o'clock viii be sold at our
Auction saiesroom, No. 135 Meetfngstreet
RICH BREAKFAST SHAwLS. Knit Hoods, Rich FANCY
Hair Nets, all Wool Black and Fancy Cassfmeres, onlo9
Cassimeres, Black Alpaca, Turkey Red. Madras ana
Nader Handkerchief, L. @. Handkerchief, Cahcoes'
White and Grey Merino Shirts. Red and White Fiennels,
Plaid Homespuns, Opera Flannels, Ladies, Whlte C9St11
Hose, Wool Half.Hose. Brown, Mixed and Grey Half
Hose, Huckaback Towels, Fancy Buttons. Felt Hat,
Fleecy Linen Gloves, Hooks and Eyes, Knives, Scfssors,
Pencils, &c.
On FRIDAY, Sd January. we will sell.
10 bundles CHOICE PEACH TREES, from celebrated
Nursery of Johu Perkins, Morr1stown. New Jersey. Many
Of the above viii be sold in bundles for transportation.
Conditions cash. December 81
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U,EIs PAPER CALCULATES THROUGHOUT THF
middle portion OF the State, andofers the best
facilities for ad~ .ertisers. February "a
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Sacred to the memory
Col. THOMAS NJ. WAGNER.
Died July II, 1862.
Aged 81 years and "a days.

Colonel Wagner was in command of Fort Moul-
tis at the time Of his death and was superintend-
ing the trial of the gun which burst and caused his
Jaafh
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A HEALTHY SUMMER RESIDENCE, on lot of
acres, with necessary outbuildings, adjoining the abo
tract.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-07-26
I From the New York Evening POst.l

We have had the advantage OF conversing
with a PAINTER from the Lower Mississippi, a
gentleman of intelligence and business habits,
who after trying fairly last year the wages
system upon a cotton plantation of several
thousand acres, has come to the conclusion that
system OF shares, rco operationbetween the
workmen and the capitalist, promises, if fairly
administered, the best AMI most certain re-
suits to both. The system he has adopted
the present year, and with satisfactory sue
cess so tar. ,[- os.irrt5oia. .ti 3. 5..ts3
He gives each workman house to live m,
a garden and small field for his own tlllage ;
he hauls the tirewood and furnishes the food
this much represents the monthly wages; then
he gives them one-tourth Of the crop besides.
I The worknen and women are divided into
gangs of twenty, each with negro foreman,
who is one OF the twenty. This foreman re-
ports to the general overseer the cases OF alb
sence or idleuess; and an account being Kept
of these faults, the idlers or absentees lose at
the end of the season certain proportion OF
their share OF the cotton; but this share is di-
vided among the remainder of the gang, so
that there is no temptation Tor the capitalist
to make wrong deductions. .9.t
This plan, our informant reports, works
very we'll in every way and he now proposes
to add to it another feature. 1t is k,iown
that the states of Louisiana and Mississippi
nave urgently pttluOneu CODSresS W repair
the levees, at the national expense. We have
opposed this; and are justified in this opposi-
tion by the planter we speak of, who asserts
that the levees can be much better and more
cheaply Kept IN repair by the private
efforts of planters. IT all the planters
in a berrd of the river win combine, the
cost ofmainting the levees will not be a neasy
charge upon them. He suggests that u Wou'u
be useful and profitable, if large estates,
which can now be purchased cneapiy, were
worked by companies of capitalists, as our
factories are with this difference, that the la
borers should be employed upon the co-opera
five nriuciple, as we have described it above
Stock companies, owning from fifteen to thir.
ty thousand acres OF land, could afford to keer
up the levees needed to protect them; and
would, he thinks, prove very profitable enter
prises. BY the cooperative system they
could secure an abundance of labor; which
under the wages system, already proves diffi'
cult on the lower Mississippi iI
We trust this experiment will be tried. IL
| is encouraging to see southern planters turn
ing their attention to system wh'ch WI
unite in common interest the laoorer ant
| the capitalist, and which must secure mor'
| faithful and intelligent workmen than the
cold-blooded wages system. "-