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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21
A Little Better Cultivation;

CUImap's Rural World Of the 18th
gives The, farmers some good advice
Poor farming is curse 10 any country.
Colman says: .r.- - =
Let the farmer, determine now that
he will put his crops in better order the
coming spring than he has ever done.
before. Lei him prepare his land bet
ter by plowmg.a liule deeper-and he
would also be well paid by cross plow
ing it. Tie greater the amount of mel
low, thoroughly disihlegruted soil pre-
pared for the roots of the plant. the
more food there will be for the plant it.
self, and consequently, the thriflier the
plant will grow aid. the greater will be
the yield. This applies to all crops.
Generally speaking, land is very ill,
prepared for seed !! Ii is broken but a
few inches deep, and left in lumpy con
dItion. But little food for the plant is
made available. This is one Of the great
defects in farming. with many. Every
farmer should endeav.or 10 remedy thar
defect the coming season. lie should
obtain the best patterns Of plows !; he
shonld have enough Of. these SO that if
one breaks he will not be compelled to
stop his team. 49,. ...
+ 4 poor plow that will run but few
inches deep, is curse 10. any farmer. If
it.were given TO him, ii would be very
dear implement. Invest moneyin good
plows-the very best. II is better than
An investment in bank stock !. in lai d
;hat YOU cannot or DO not cultivate or
in any other Investment you can make.
Good plows are as necessary to good
farming as knowledge of the alphabet
is 10 good education. .... f.
Good harrows are just as despensable
to good farming as are good piows,--
Many excellent patterns of harrows are
now made. So that you have plenty Of
I strong, long teeth to loosen and pulvels
ize the soil, you can gel along. A mere
light scratching of pIowed land will rot
do; The harrow must stir deeply and
thoroughly, II must prepare a soft mel,
low bed for the seed, in, which il will
.germipate and start forth vigorously.
- To plow well, and to- harrow well.
there must. be a strong team. Poor,
lighthouses, viii moi do Large, strong
teams; ore reqnired:to do .theswork Elf
.ciently .andI 81 is. wise economy FOR al
Farmers to. have such teams They can
do more. work in a giseR lime; draw
heavier loads, and{ilus economize time.
.lhe.nex importsbi step is, to have
5.Is,Sl NAy., 49, * rln.a -.
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IThe Lesson TEaught by Georgia.

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! If South Carolina had lax Ken the ad ).
lyice of John g. Calhoun and built q cop
tti0ental railroad westward to Kuoxyille,,..
lSharlestonwould have become The great
seaport of the Atlantic for the Southern
States. What, South Carolina ,.lost by
lfsiiing TO take the advice Of the old man
Calhoun Georgia gained by taking the
advice Of the young man Alex. H.vSts..
tphens. Georgia became the empire
State Of The South, and South Carolina
became the cauldron Of politicians. 1t
Is q notable fact that when preacher.
a lawyer or a doctor 'failsiu Gis profes-
sion, he turns politician aud Keeps his
friends in a,stewstili he dies. So when
a State drops internals Improvements
and turns old fogy, We may expect. to
find a political conservatism which holds
'on to old things Without learning new.
SO it Was with South Carolina. =. :,
Neglecting the advice Of Calhoun, she
hung on to a dead, theory, instead Of
reaching forward 10 live fact. She
argued that internal improvements by
a State would, under any circumstances,
ruin the people, and persislently shut
her eyes 10 the fact that Boston, with
her Western railroad to Albany; New
York, with her Central railroad and ca.
nal Baltimore, With her Ohio road !;
Pennsylvania, with her Pittsburg road,
and Georgia, with her State road, all
prove that State aid to railroads, under
some circumstances, would not only ruin
the people, but build up metr opolises
and empires. And SO South Carolina,
and, perhaps, Alabama, talked politics,
while Georgia dug dirt. The result has
been, what ? Atlanta, which was wood
station when Montgomery, was a town,
is now city, willis, Montgomeryjs still
a town. BY a recent census, Atlanta
is found TO have population of 90, ,22S,
being about 1000 more than Mont.
! g0mery.
I How do we account for the grow!h Of
Atlanta and the other towns upon the
State Road, wlnch can boast Of no ma
mral 'sd@anlages2, The solution Of the
enigma stares US in the face Boston,
New York. Baltimore, and every large
Western city has solved H.. Ii is The
completion, by Stale assistance, of a
grea, continentairaiIroa connecting the
seaport of the State with the great liy>
iug-laboring, throbLing heart of the
FNorthwe.I - B. -
Let the Legislature Of Alabama see to
| it-that what Calhoun saw in his old
age, and Whit Stephens, saw in his
! youth-that wealth, enterprise, State
stability and State independence must
draw their sinews Fl ION the great West
may lie made, the purpose of Alabama.
| :. p Montgomery Null. ~,
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Emigration to Texas.

s The -,emipTation io sTexas from, all
parts of the' country Nor,h and South
continues upabated Every boat from
this port To New, CJrleans boolss nea,Ir
Ifnot quite one tliifd Of her nsssen 90 ys
. en- route for. the lone Star slate Wa
a the iipolino of lie trna metal W. I" al
the sound that isSheard v in bns;r eSs @
transactions. MANY families. rendered.
dest;ln,e bv the 'vic;ss;i,,des, nf go s;,,d ~
anIpmerciful Copcre,s are seek;no = %s ns,s
homes in The f]ont;sbing SAT- of,5r.sns .em
, wlera land, ycan llrs aIta;noJ :" -, ISas 'iS,s
prices, and ;ba' IaborerS il ocnsidarsI - 'oT
! swortbyiof his hire We are sfS%eJ ;nfSt,neJ ! !
+, ON rood au,boI;,v- Inn, ,,nscIYsn;nsl G]T ~
nearly every branch sare; yese;S;os f,na,' -
= 60 10 90 i, speccia ner i ay rand s5"rat;.
no difficulty in obininips; snnni6 :, : !, =
! at these, figures Boats lsayins NJ
Orleans, for GalSeston are n,o ydsd .,;,h
ensigrsnts nom an ssei;onss &c % ,ha
county. rs may bo intefss,ib 3 10 NAM nv :
who contemplate cbapging ihuip base
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Nos.

lecting animals to breed ffom. The
laws which govern production in the
vegetable world are similar TO those
ai'ich govern productior in the animal
World. To obtain the best stock, we
breed from the best animals. So, also,
10. obtain the best crops, they must be-
sproduced from the best seed. In prspar-
ing seed for the ground; ali foul seed
,nust be rigidiy excluded also, all light,
immature, diseased seed, must, BY some
process, be got rid, of. 50
Then shall we have harvest which
will delight the eye, as well as gil the
purse: This is the time to prepare for
such harvest. Let the motto Of every
farmer be-" A little better culsivation."
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21
GREENvILLE, soU1,H CAROLINA. MARCH q, Slse7

dom, ssndto show the impatient land.
greed of she econqnetor and his follow.
,ers-,biss survey, which W IS ordered BY
William while keeping ohris,mas with
his Court al Gloucester, was completed
by Easter Of the following year. SO
minute was It that thee echronieler tells
US there was not one single. hide OF
land, no, not even yard Of land, which
was mol set down. He adds: - Not
even an OK or a COW, or a. swine, TINT
was on the land was left out Of the re-
cord.n Yet.the native population sur
yised this unexampled sutjngstion,
prospered, and became ID time incor,
porated with their conquerofs: Fhey
made the best of their deplofable Stu.
a,ion, aud, turned everything they could
TO- thsifs adsantage instead of surren;
dering themselves TO despair: That was
a revolution wrought by foreign dom
inafion. ~ .I>--' .....--,st. = ~ -
-: England has:since undergone inter
nal revolutions. accompanied by bloody,
cruel and long continued wars. The
revolution that eliminated in the exc
cution of the first Charles and the ele>
vation Of Cromwell TO kiugly power
under the modest tile of Lord Protect.
or, was one that established an unspar-
ing tyranny over one half Of The nation,
rendering their lives insecure and plac-
ing their liberty aud property in peril.
Cromwell died, and ;he commonw eallh
came to an end, The restoration. Of the
Stuarts involved another revolution, by
| WHICH the enemies Of Charles the Sec
ond and his house were punished and
lhumbIed.. '.f', .-,....,
'" 10 all these revolutions the full mea-
sure Of disaster, degradation, confsca>
ton and punishment was meted out to
the weaker. party. They, no doubt, felt
as>we feel, humiliated and desponden;.
Bat when they found that resistance
was pnevailing, and opposition only ex.
asperated the prevailing party, and in-
creased their. own burdens, they learned
toreconcile, ,themselve es TO hejr situation.
They conceded what they had no long
| er, the power TO deny aud conformed TO
the authority they, could not success
fully strive against. Their wives and
children could not, without criminalitv
be sacrificed to punctilios, and this Grim
inality they were not willing 10 incur.
The bulk, in ALI these instances, survived
the changes. Of government, land tbeir
posterity are, at this day, as much aDi
as prosperous a portion, Of these several
nations as if no such revolutions had
! occurred. -. * J., -.>,.s... -.
| .;"Let us profit BY these lessons from
history and philosophy, and not sur.
render ourselves 10 despair, and blindly
aud 1oolishly deprive our .posterity Of
blessings ro<which they have a claim,
by our Qdixotic refusal to make sacri
fees of pride. We will not he the frs,
or the last in history 10 put in the plea
Of all who act uhder duress or necessity
-'Ourpovetty, not our will, consents"
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21
The Drunkara,s Daughter.

" us cannot nna % words e express = our emo
inn verses. They stir the soul to lis very
them With q fearless eye. A young lady,
whose life had been made wretchcd by the
On, 81 ner iatnsr, is .he author anu
could wr,te such \ nogerfai % nisee. She wrct,
and sent il to a friend, who had told her that
she was . .monomsniae in bitter hatred
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Go, kneef as,I have kncls, y. ! .-
Implore, besescb and pray ~
Strive the bespottcd heart 10 melt, :. =. -,
Tho downward course to stay ..s.y.s-
Be cast with bitter tears, aside, = ; T. p.
Thy prayers burlesoued. Inv tears desed.
6 & v ~, - ,s7.yc -. g. y, =. = (.
60, stand where have stood "a. - S,fs
: !, And SEQ the strong man bow . -,
s With gnashine teeth, hPs, bathed in, blood, =
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There, mirror'd his SOULS misery. .. -.
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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21

THE GREAT FREsnET--THE HIaHEsr WATER
EVER kNowsN IN THE TESaEssEE RrySR. The
accounts Which reachSus from East Tennes-
see ere still meagre, but all concur In the
fact that the high water which began last
Tuesday hes continued to rise to the present
time, surpssses anything ever before known
There must have been a considerable body
OF snow in the mountains Of North Carolina
aud Virginia, which, being melted by ex-
eessiye and long continued rains, has pro-
diced volume of water aliog4ther unrfe.
eedented. Chattanooga has been cut III for
several days from all oommun nicatioa 6y rail
or telegraph - Chartesto" CO@-ies. :
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21

8 q HoAYsrE AD Laws. = We are pleased
70 see the general in etest manifested by
the Aegiast1re Of the Southern STATES.
in enactment of liberal, sHeaies; cad
Laws. Tire yiyginie Legislature has
bed s,eh "a Jaw Under, e6nsi.Ieratipu,
and boih North Carolina and AlabsIna
have ately pasted Homestead act, the
former rssetstnG 100 acres oflshdssi.b
bejIdipg ifs in ibs county, and EoBe
acre, with dwelling aud onthouses, ifin
a city sef ta@4ls lie q iabatua Bili rss
serves 81 200. Ssonti OF real estssetT IN
Guiding abe Iionaestead, aud 81, 600
Worth Of personal sproBsffy :, ~,
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21
THE MrsER AND his BAa.-The Lon.

, THE MIsER AND MS BAa.-The Lon
don Lancet says A good illustration
occurred few days since Of the strength
Of C. the ruling passion" even in death.
An old man in his last Illness WAS admit.
todinto one Of the metropolitan hospitals.
lis was without relatives, friends, or ap-
parent means Of subsis' ence but when
untrcs,ed- and put into bed, a bag OF
money p'asfound BY string round his
neck. To this he cIung with tenacily,
refusing to part with il 10 any one, and
wearing it about him by day and night.
AS his end approached it became mat:
ter of anxiety TO those tending him for
the sum was evidently large, ard il was
feared that it might offer temptations to
some patient in case the moment of his
| death should bennobserved. 4 length
the hour arrived, and when death had
apparently claimed him, muse gently
unfastenea the string and removed the
bag, Al the same moment the old man
opened his eyes and felt inslinctiveiy v
for his treasure, which was no longer in
itspIace. Heuttered the word" Cone
apG died. Tire money, which was
found to amount TO fl74,, was handed
over 10 the authorities.
:. A CORRESPONDENT Of The Philadelphia
Inquirer has; s;been visiting jeff Davis.
He found him enjoying the. most ex-
pensife luSuries, and growing richer by
doing nothing than lie could do by any
amount Of labor. Formerly his letters
were examined, and when Gen. Miles
was relieved from the comma and Of the
fort, over twenty five thousand dollars
had been received in contributions
These eyidenc were not, at the time
Of their receipt handed over 10 Mr..
Davis, but ATE, without doHb,, lreld as
his property, But however this'is for
a long time past he has received all
letters and packages without examiuas
lion, and as lheir nunberand bulk have
not diminished. it is probable that He Is
at this moment enjoying as good an
income as the. President Of the United
SJates" yQq Cipistmas day, there aFs
rived an amount of presents which
nearly broke down tbeTeSoutees Of Two
express companies. Il is cuiiopS facl
lhgt many Of these presents game from
Boston. 'Mr Davis, being only b6uaa
by parolssi Is quartefeds IN a yBd jof :he
fort ebsiopsis Insecure that heleesid' al
any time escape. -: ~. : =
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-03-21

sroHErARr SEWARD has IL. .eelv ,naursd hi.
that long ago. ''"af'' u'n'
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-12
A Railroad Bridge and Freight Train
Destroyed by Fire.
From the Peoria (Ill.) Transcript, LIST ]

From the Peoria (Ill.) Transcript, LIST ]
Yesterday, a frightful accident oc-
Cured on the Toledo, Peoria & Wabash
twenty eight cars, including caboose
and pay car, was going east, an extra
locomotive pushing the train behind.
When within about fifty or one hun
bred feet of the bridge over Panther
creek, wheel on one of the cars broke,
throwing the remaining trucks off the
track. Ia this condition the train went
on the bridge. The forward locomo-
tive and eight cars went safely over
The disabled car fell into the bridge
when about half way across, crushing
the structure and precipitating the bal
ance of the train, with the rear loco
motive, some fifty feet to the ground.
There were about two hundred and fifty
barrels OF highwines on board, and,
the barrels bursting, the fire from the
cahoose communicated with the liquor,
setting the whole mass in flames and
destroying both bridge and train.
The conductor of the train, John Am
brose, sprang from the caboose Just as
it was going over, and saved himself by
clinging to the timbers of the bridge.
One of the brakemen, named William
Slade, leaped from the top of the car
on which he was standing, sixty feet to
the ice below. and was almost crushed
to jelly. He is probably not alive.
G. S. Whittlesey, Paymaster; John
Mckinney, Paymaster's clerk, and o.
car Bell, brakeman, went down with the
caDoose and pay car, the locomotive
behind falling after them. Mckinney
received only slight bruises. Whittle-
sey is injured internally. it is supposed
not dangerously. Bell had one leg
crushed, rendering amputation neces-
sary. The engineer and fireman on the
rear locomotive sprang off in time TO
escape uninjured.
The train is said to have been a val
liable one, being principally loaded
with highwines, flour and pork. 1t
was, with the exception of eight cars,
entirely destroyed. We heard, also,
that some OF the funds in the pay car
were lost. The bridge stood about fifty
feet above the water, and how those who
went down in the caboose and pay car
escaped instant death is a source of
wonder. We are unable to give an es-
innate of the loss, as the return train
from the scene of diaster did not ar
rive in the city till near midnight.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-12
The Fire at EImlra on Sunday Morning
Loss over Half q MhiiOn.
[From the Elmira Advertiser, Dec. 2s.l

TFrom the Elmira Advertiser, Dec %.
The most terrific and devastating
fire ever known in the history of Elmi-
IA broke out about l 80 Sunday A. NJ,
in the wholesale drugstore of w. ii.
Gregg & Co. No. IL Lake-street. When
first discovered, it was burning in the
cellar among chemicals and combusti-
BILE matter, with which the cellar
seemed to be we'll stocked, and it made
rapid Roadway, sending forth great
volumes of dense ,pungent smoke, which
quickly penetrated adjoining buildings.
and made approach difficult. Yet those
on the spot state that 1t seemed as II 1t
might be quickly subdued. ....-
Before the fire had fairly left the Gel
lar, steamer No. had a full stream
PLAYING upon il, but the first accessions
of inflammable matter rendered all
efforts hopeless, and breaking beyond
all bounds, it quickly had possession
of the best business portion OF Lake
street. The steamers were doing all IN
their power, No. 2 throwing two
streams, and No. / sending one; but
these avaiied but little in checking the
steady progress of the flames, until their
force had been somewhat expended up
on adjoining brick buildings The
prospect seemed SO ominous that 1T
was judged best to telegraph for help
to Oswego nd Corning.
The fire was finally checked, after
having destroyed twenty-four stores
and places of business on Lake street,
and damaging two more IN the Bundy
building, which necessitated the sudden
removal of stock. The confiagration
thus swept away in few hours one of
the most valuable business portions of
the city. Although the property was
generally insured. still the entire indi-
vidual loss foots mp heavy. The loss,
it is estimated, will amount to full
$500, 900, upon which there is an in
surance of 1913, 500. The citizens have
already commenced clearing away the
rubbish, and at the end of another sea-
sou the wooden buildings that We're
burned will be replaced 10y substantial
brick structures.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-12
Scene In a nenagerle-Fight between a
Nan ana a Lion,

Wombwell's menagerie is now at
Leeds, England, and the Yorkshire
Post, in giving an account of it, says:
g A strange and dangerous accident
happened last week, when Messrs.
Gross, naturalists, of Liverpool, under
took to forward a huge black named
Sahara hon to- Scarborough. On its
arrival there the animal was taken to
the menagerie. All went well till 1T
was attempted to shift this untamed
king of the forest from the cage In
which he had been forwarded into the
den built TO hold him at the exhibition.
After many unsuccessful attempts had
been made to move him out OF one
cage into the other, it was at last de-
termined to telegraph their difficulty,
and request the assistance of William
Gross, who, at once, on receipt OF the
telegram, took the train for Scarbo-
rough. Upon his arrival there another
trial was made, and after a severe strug-
Gle. that lasted some hours, the noble
brute was at length successfully and
safely denned. But, strange TO say,
whilst Mr.. Cross was receiving the con-
gratulations of the people about him
he inadvertently laid hold of one of the
bars of the den.
sin a moment the huge animal
sprang from his crOuching position, and
to the CONSERVATION of all beholders,
seized the hand of Mr.. Cross in his
mouth. 1t is impossible accurately to
describe the scene at this jucture-fear
seemed to possess every one present.
| Several strangers who had been spe-
cially invited to witness the shifting
magnified the accident to Mr.. Gross into
an escape of the lion out of his cage;
thus, filed with fear, they rushed out
of the menagerie in great trepidation.
The lion still held Mr.. Cross fast by the
hand, nor could he be entieed to let go
his hold, although tempting junks of
beef and cows hearts, were thrown in
to the cage; but the most surprising
part of all was that, during the whole
time each was trying to attract the at
tention of the lion from him, MIR. Cross
appeared the least undisturbed, as, with
his eye fixed upon his captor, he seem
ed to be watching and waiting patiently
for some expected opportunity.
Finding the lion determined to re-
train his hold, and the pain becoming
very severe, Mr.. Cross asked one OF
the keepers TO hand him a small bar
of iron he was hording ready Tor use.
With this Mr.. Gross succeeded i'll strik-
ing the brute terrific blow between
the eyes. The enraged animal sprang
back with a snort, tearing away the
flesh from the hand, and mutilating
one finger so seriously that at first ii
was thought amputation would be nec-
essary, and was recommended; but Mr..
Cross, with GOODNESS in him character
istic, refused all surgical aid-he
thought he was sufficiently cut up al
ready, and, wrapping up his mutilated
limb in wet cloths, walked out of the
menagerie as if no accident had hap
pened to him, and returned as soon as
possible to Liverpool"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The amount of gold in the treasury
is S99. 500 co., OF which SIS, 900 is per cent. ON
certificates; the balance belongs to the Gov
eminent.
The Treasury is now distributing the
ten million dollars for interest on debts due
Janu airy LIST, and the next statement will
therefore show a considerable reduction IN
tho amount of gold on hand.
A Washington special says that the
Sherman Campbell mission to Mexico has
been abandoned. Campbell has received
leave to visit his home in Ohio. and Sherman
will be in Washington next week.
Exceptions are taken to the decision
of the Chief Justice in the hGbeds corpus
case of DIR. Mudd, on the ground that the gu
preme Court decision in the case OF Mulllgan
was applicable to the prisoners at the Dry
Tortueus. The decision Is to be hnal.
The Commissioners of Agriculture
have received from Nebraska Territory sam
pie of very superior Mediterranean wheat
which was grown IN that country from seed
originally received from the Agricultural De-
paTtment. 1t is said to be very fine During
last season thirty Thousand bushels OF wheat
were raised in one county which has pOpu-
latiOn OF 500. Commits siOner Newton will OBJ
tain lot of the wheat for distribution.