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VOL. Iv.~.."NO. 4,
Pcwdor Mill Explosion near Wilmington
Loss of Life. Ply

The Wilmington, (Del.) Gazette Of Friday
has tho following particulars Of the explosion
near that city.
About ten o'clock yesterday morning our
city was startled by a tremendous explosion.
The houses, many Of them, were shaken to
their foundations. Alargs pane Of pIate glars
in the store of Mrs. Ferris & Garrett, on
Market street above Fifth, which had been
cracked a week or two, before by the tstep Of Q
carriage that was dashed against it when the
carriage horse of VIM. NJ. Kep1ard ran away
was completely ruined by the conclusion. "a
large pane of glass in tho window of the
apothecary store in the Institute was also bro.
Ken, and doubtless much other damage was
done in various parts Of the city. The heavy
explosion was followed by a lighter one, and
it is said that two mills exploded and two men
were killed. The Messrs. Dupont prohibit
al. persons from going into their works on
such occasions. Mr.. j. NJ. Peoples received
the following telegram about an hour after the
explosion:
DupoNr's MILLS, July 1.-The grinding
mill, 'ioining the lower Hagley works. 'ex.
plodcc I morning, about $50 by which
two men lost their lives. Amount of dam.
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From the Southern Oulsivator,

From the Southern Cnltivator, (
How Much Does a Bushel Of Wheat Yield
Did YOU, ever consider how muohoo of a bush.
el of wheat sown on an acre Of land, produces
fruit Thrust DO a low estimate to give
two stalks to every grain that brings fruit.
many sYo or three times that number. 1t is
a sorry crop of wheat that does not give thirty
grainsto tho head, sotthat in a poor crop you
have SIXTY fold for ovory grain that comes to
anything, and consequently sixty busnols for
every bushol. Now whom you make ten
bushels per acre, you arc getting only one
sixth of what you ought to get-a poor yield,
if every grain produces fruit. The conclu-
sion is irresistible that where you SOW q bush
oi to the acre, and reap ten, not more than
one-sixth of the seed sown produces fruit, aud
a.ten not one tenth.
This conclusion would seem to indiocte
that wo waste a vast amount Of wheat in seed.
ing our crops. OF this, there can be no
doubt. But it mag be said, if we SOW less
than a bushcl per acre, VIC shall have not
enough to germinate and produce a fair stand.
This may be true, but tho necessity of such
waste grows out Of tho careless manner of
seeding, both in the preparation of the land,
and blowing i'll tho seed. DR.. James Lump
kin, I an, tod, sowcd about two bushels on
an acre we'll brokiea, deeply plowed land, and
covered. it with a two horse Diinly pillow, and
his aore is among the most b d ebtaf3R Ct our
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From.tho Detroit Free Press.
How it feels to Drown
A SAILORS EXPERIENCE.

A sailor named George Forbes, who arrived
here on board the scow Kate, loaded with
wood, from Georgian Bay, gave our reporter
the particulars Of a perilous adventure which
occurred to him on Thursday night last while
the vessel was beating about in u squall about
twenty miles off Port Huron. His escape
from death was 50 truly marvellous, and his
sensation while drowning so curious aud we'll
defined, that the narrative will be read with
interest.
"Whcn the squall struck the scow," says
Mr.. Forbes, 'I was on the look out ahead ;
we have only three men and a boy, aud ~ ono
was at the wheel, Of course two were off watch
and below. The gust set everything to rat.
ting; it seemed for a moment as if every
stitch Of canvass was going into the lake.
Yelling out to the watch, | had first jumped
on the rail to mount the shrouds, when the
wheclsman gave her one too much, her head
come spinning up into tho gales eye, and !
had not time to heed his cry Of alarm before
tho jibing boom struck me full in tho back.
The next instant [ was going down, down,
the surging chilly waters of the lake swasling
aud g~urgling round my head. 1 felt the full
nature and extent of the calamity, and real
'i-e1 even .hnfean~T~oame to the surface, that
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~ "a r. / II II
The: Good Time Coming in the South
Tho New York Commercial Advertiser for

The Good Time Coming In the South
Tho New York Commercial Advertiser for
chilly remarks:
The condition of the Southern States at the
present time is full Of promise. They seem
20 have fairly ,tided over their industrial and
political troubles, andsthe future is bright with
the promise of a high, and, we trust, endur-
ing prosperity. Another good cotton crop,
Of whichythe indications appear to be the most
favorable, will place them ina position which
oven the Northern States may envy. The
Southern people, fortunately for themselves
have had no credit for several years past,
and have therefore no debts at the present
time. They have been forced to live ccono-
mically, and depend entirely upon their W
resources, whilo the Northcrners, MS q rule,
hayelbcen extrayagant and w%astcful. 1t is
i probable that in the event Of the occurrence
of the financial panic which some persons re-
gard as imminent, the Southern people would
feel tho shock much less kecnly, and recover
from it much moro rapidly than some Of the
more wealthy and apparently more prosperous
Northern States.
The condition of the cotton market at the
present time indicates that no material rcduc.
zion is likely to occur in tho present prices Of
the great staple. The supply of cotton in
80. -ag- ~%--r - -s-a -.
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hEpELL1Na Files FROM HoRsEs. 1T is
an act of humility to come to the ard Of the

kEpELL1Na FLIES RI HoRsEs 1T is
an act of humility to come to the aid Of tho
horse, powerful as he is, against his nimble
assailant, the fly. Here a. a recipe which
is said to DO an excellent defence against. it;
at all events a trial Of it will not involve much
expense, nor will it do harm should it prove
nnayailing as q defence to the horse:
Take two or three small handouts OF wal
nut leaves, upon which pour two or three
quarts of cold water; let t~infuso one night,
and pour the whole next moring into a kettle
and let it boil for a quarter of an hour when
cold it will be It for use. No more is requir.
ed than to moisten q sponge, and before the
horse goes out Of the stable, let those PAY IS
which are most irritablebe smeased over with
tho liquor, namely, between and upon the cars,
the nook, flank, etc. Not only the lady or
gentleman who rides out for pleasure will do.
rive the benefit from walnut leaves thus pre
pared, bAs the coachman, tho WAGNER and all
others who use horses during the hot months.
The fly, insignificant as it is in size, end
devoid ofsthc power Of doing any great harm,
is one Of the most annoying of the insect,
stride. a nuisanco to man, the fly is a terror
to tho horse, whose flesh is made to culver,
whenever tho foot Of one touches him.
4" .... ...t ----~ ..s..'.
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"ofS"etWo - vi - manifest that no
more than a peck Of the two bushels sown b,
the Doctor, ever came up; for doubtless thre
%fourtlls of it was covered beyond the reach o
the warmth necessary to sprout it, and hal
that did sprout, pcrished--cuough seed ap
pcninS to be covered at tho proper depth t,
give a gooderop. The quantity of seed sown
where wheatSfs two dollars and q half a bush
ei, is matter for consideration.
[ am looking to the result Of DR.. Hamil
tons experiment with great interest. 1 be
lieve it will succeed. I mean the planting
in drills, eighteen inches apart. Tho advan.
tages ares LIST. Tho small quantity of seed
needed I'd. The concentrating the manure
and lastly, and moro important, the ~oultiya-
ting of the land during the growth of the
crop. The experience of the past few days
confirms me in a theory I have long entertain.
ed, of the rust on the stem of wheat, and
that is, that it is the effect Of the hot weather
on the wheat at a particular stage Of its growth,
and that stage is on and after the formation
of milk in the grain. Perhaps tho injury is
attributable to the great change of tempera.
ture for | suppose it to DO true that yegeta.
BILE life is as sensitive to violent changes of
atmospheric, temperature as is animal life. It
is not tho frost only which destroys fruit, but
tho sun which shines on it before the frost
melts. We have had an unusually cool May
till the last of it, when the weather became
suddenly very hot--not merely compar atively,
but absolutely. The effect was the appear.
ance of rust on tho stem of the wheat, ten or
twelve days earlier than usual. We have
heretofore considered wheat safe from injury
by rust, if it were harvested by the 10Th Of
June The purport of all this is, to show
that we can find no preventive Of rust. I
hold tito bo produced by atmospheric causes
whether it be animal or vegetable
Our only remedy is to procure car.
Ter varieties or TO SOW earlier; and then VIC
are in danger of 'fy&ond spring frost, so that
N avoiding tho rock Soylla, we rush into
he whirlpool tCharybdis, But "many shall
and fro, and knowledge shall be in.
,reased." 8q
I sincerely congratulate you on the. rapidly
popularity of the aCultivator." IL
ojoi9o to see tho great interest felt by almost
II Glasses Of .oul people in the su ccess Of agri.
and particularly tho increasing mod. &
sly Of some of our farmers, in relation to
ook-farmers, as the lei Of understanding I
ave been snceringly called. d
/ think, the time is not distant, when men, /
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WALHALLA, s; G., FRIDAY, JULY %, 1869

like the discharge Of a cannon, thenfI drop
ped to Sleep" I'LL
Forbes had Aoated all of a mile to lceward
of the scow, which lowered her boot as soon
as tho squall- abated and pulled away, not,
however, with the slightest hope Of rescuiug
theS lost sailor. The boats Grew kept up a
continual shouting, pulling hither and thith-
er, until, last onfSlhe' point Of returning, the
bow struck the %aossing body in tho head, and
it was discovered Esd, hauled inward. On
board the scow, tho drowned man was rolled
onra barrel, given hot whiskey, and the cap.
tain ayers that it was ut least a good half hour
before Forbes showed signs Of returning ami
nation, When tho latter narrated his adj
venture to our reporter, on Saturday, noon,
he wsststill too weak to do moro than crawl
about the cabin, and had e set hatred of any
kind of food.
A FRONTIER RoMANcE.-Tho est. Paul
minnesota Press relates that some months,
since o gentleman who resides in the frontier
town of Little Falls wrote to a banker
in st. Paul for a competent female teacher
for a school at Little Falls, stating also that
the boys were somewhat unruly, and that a
"school murm'' who could lick the uhruly
would be acceptable. The banker, other
means failing, advertised for teacher, wheu
nearly u score of applicants presented them
selves for the situation. Many Of them wero
girls of from fifteen to eighteen years Of ae9
| 90 'fr h-'.. -, - IT. - q n ~
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DsspoNs1BIIrrY DE- SuaErIEs.-In the
United States Court there were tried yyester
day. number Of cases which involve tho
question Of the responsibility OF suretics on
official bonds. As the question is one of a
public interest, we give the facts. After the
close Of the war, G. L. Reach was appointed
postmaster at Aiken, S. O., aand NJ essars. WIN.
Gregg and Nathaniel O. TiIton wore ~sureties
ION his Official bond. In December, 1865,
tho isaufsstitts notified the Government that the
,postpGiastsr was .~mnisspplying the funds, aud
fhhaatt ,ithhlasy would no longer DO responsible for
bis afiSial good Conduct. Koaoh was how
ever, not removed until some time after, whsp
~ vas discovered that he was In default TO
&he amount. of $G70. Action was brought
: y tho G9~oyoypment against him and against
ga sdretics, Under tho charge Of tho Judge
he jpry returned q. verdict against tho sure.
iss forlS200, With interest from the s8lst Of
eeenlb cry, 1886 upon stho ground that(tho
.odtSfficcati6n3 of the defendants aud the fact that
4l88Goyerhment took no ntootiee Of il at the
tuao, released, tAe anreties from responsibility
SteEE thhatt ttiimo, HIho. District attorney gave,
stcoss Of az appeal - Charleston Courier.
JJoilH 4 AtsxANpHn,s40,pO acre farm
DadglaBs Champaign mud Ford counties,
:. Il aois iaolsd 900 sdseaS II. oorn,,, tsihroe
high, and 5000 acres Ii wheat, harvest.
twenty i've bushels u thsaSrc:
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Cole Fluting Machine.
Peter9ENNETT, JOHNSON G. Cor
LA: Manufacturers Of the So
poison M.E ELUTING MACHINES

"noh Patented MARcn 81, 1896. 5
powder. osure in presenting to the pubic the a
ing mill. ICHINE in the market. + ~.
been in th6ers nle regulated by Q seAInennR
~ VANS NDWER." conforming to anyana aa
y o'a' TX, without tho aid OF the hana'Gr
just coming Ser Machine can claim this Prlaol.
yards from them having tho scREw PowEs q
driver and the h, took tho only DlrleMA and
Jured. Their estat the American Institute 81
r%aculous. The in the fall of ls6l. 64sf
throa -. I,ould have this machine.
'nree hundred yardse and Retailby
was terribly shatte.T, JOHNSON g CO.,
sound window in it. 4BaoApwAr, New Foak'N
@ratives in it were sligiHa n ulre9 ;n shs e;ty. s
ing glass and other thi' 81 tf0 :
against them by the foin1, xvtys,Nrs.
The dwelling houses, Ts1 isgS
yards below the var .faorUREn ny s8sM&a
walls sprung and > BROWN & CO.,
placed, Burea II oEIIss
set, breaking dit. sao,o now NE article q So q
In confusion. Thy sap 'wxafriage and M
the ceilings, a burcau>sSs knos,
the back Of a woman, and a
ner lace /; she said she thought sorSv eyrors. nj
a woman and four men wcressions. 20 regain
about ffiy yards from the g~rana,. stop ths waste gaaa.s .
rubbish feilall around them, buttssoos be- treated sSEfs
with very triaing injury. The 4 ) private, nature
back OF the mill was completed ~. Nh 9 tsrDss
number of houses back of this fsSsy
almost to pieces. . The glass i nrSe ItLLIAMs.
OF many OF tho farm houses for sntsP aos, n1'na 4
is broken and shattered. Some Of tRtx1
pie in the neighborhood say the oo a cSA CAV
was the greatest they have ever heard; al an,dids hags
is astonishing that the damage to life a an} pa n.
limb was not much grestsr. s5ssa&9 srssSi
$50 81 30
0roops LITrLRs@-The following story n
related by DR., franklin in a ~letetrto Dr, Matb@
er, lies been often told, aud is well worth Y, l,{ In. q sg.F
ling again: I
"Ihe last time 1 saw.your father,' says DR..
franklin, twas in 1874. In taking myleavah he:
showed me short way out of thehouse, throuoh
. narrow passage, which was crossed byubosnr
oyor,head. We were still talking "a wIth.
drew, he accompanying me behind. and
urping toward him, he said hastly q Sso0a
StoopP' | did not understand him tijII IN
ny head hit against the beam. He ,gasl ].
nan who never missed an accession Of giving
Instruction, and upon this no said so me-
y are young and have the world before
o'uij; ssoop g 1ftHs as you go through I'll. aaaK
on will aayoid lnany hard thampsp8 Tbf#
dyice thus beat into my head, has freaauuenativ
cen Of use TO ME; and ofcn think 81 III
hen 4 SEQ pride mortified, and misfortune
roaghs upon 4 people ~ carrying theirlesis
sHusfILITY.s-Prriiddo and Humility are ths
,ry OPPOSITE of each othe. yKhatever AIN Il
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sSsess,- @eek IN July, Wien they We,
fed to pigs and ,stt other feed given until Il
last week in September. No lot of pips coul
have done better growing and keeping !
ID good condition all the while. He doe
not advocate cooking white ~turnips for mic
under any circumstances. They arc only +
tof them raw in warm weather. Steame
owedes are a good mixed With plenty o
meal but potatoes are so much better tina
half the meal mixed with them would feed a
fast.
a WARNINa.-An Illinois paper utters
Warming "People at this season should loo)
out for the large worm Which infests the toms
to vines. Its stingis deadly poison. 1t is o
a green color, two or three inches long, nnt
as large as q mans finger. AT Red Greek
Wayne county, a few days ago, a seryent Girl
while gathering tomatoes, received a puncture
from one of these worms, which createdya sen.
sation similar to that Of a bee sting. Tn .
short time the poison penetrated to ever,
part Of her system, and. she was thrown into
spasms which ended in death"
BLEEDING X TIE NosE.-Put a piece
OF paper in your mouth, chew it rapidly, and
1t will stop your nose from bleeding. This
remedy has been tried frequently, /. is stated
and always with success.
Physicians say that placing a small roll Of
papcror muslin above the front teeth, uni DER tbe
lip, and pressing hard on the anne viii arrest
bleeding from tho nose, checking the passage
OF blood through tho arteries leading to the
nose.
SUMMER REcREArIoN.-It is sometimes
said that the American people are suohsa ma.
ton OF workers, that they allow themselves
too.littlo recreation. But if we observe tho
habits of tho people, we shall find that this
statement is to be received with a large allow.
ance. We have certainly fewer legal and
general holidays. But, at their own
convenience, the people do enjoy themselves
--or might, if they wtald. The summer
escorts arc always crowded with transient VS.,
tors and permanent boarders. One might
'lmost fancy that life is a perpetual holiday.
~ the throngs who frequent tho spots which
has designated as the proper places
There TO find summer amusement. dt Is now
no mode with many persons to deride the
fashionable resorts, and to set forth their In.
on~aniences. But if some people enjoy in.
oaveniences, others may leave them to their |.
fao o,,r n - nal. kLns.t.... s-As4s IHgg 2tHI sIs
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SNS hitS oNNtSo 40 Ss-p''- n
y adequate to the requirements Of consumers
during tho interval that elapses before the
new crop beginss to come forward. The cublc
quotations of l22d. for middling upland at
Liverpool, is fortune for the Southern plan
ter. That there will be no important rcduc-
ton from this price is apparent from the evil
dent inadequacy Of all the cotton fields in the
world to supply tho demands for consumption.
The supply is fallen off from India in spite Of
allthe efforts of England to stimulate produc-
s'on in that region. The South, for q series
ofycars to come, will be thc'grcat source of
cotton s pply for the world. King cotton is
rccoveFtdg his lost throne, but he will reigu
hcnceforth as a constitutional monarch over
%free'nen. not MS a despot over slaves. Free
labor will ultimately vindicatc its superiority
even in the cotton field.
Nothing, then, but the contingency of un-
expected and unlocked for disasters to the
new crop can prevent the South taking a new
start. At present no accounts Of the cotton
and corn crops arc favorable, and the Weld of
both these products win be largely in excess
OF last year. With tho prospect of plenty Of
money, and with no debts on hand to absorb
It, the South at the close Of another success.
ful harvest will possess the means and CAPT
tai required to stimulate tho great railroad
and other Industrial enterprises that arc dos
Ssuod to inapaft to it a new impulse on the
road to prosperity.
7 n, n =, Fl 81 ... .#.eB.. |
The following circular has been issued to
the Sherifls Of tho various Counties THROUGH.
out the State:
3.. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, y
1 Land Commissioners Office,
Columbia, S. G., July }13, 1862.
10 ne SherW e. County:
SIR :--You arc hereby requested to report
70 this office all lands in your County BUR.
chased bythe State at tax sales, date Of bur.
chase, by whom occupied, undertwhat author.
ny the party holds possession, whether undc,
ornot, and what disposition should 5
be made of all such lands tosenure the croat. ,
cst benefit to the State. A full and early !
report, together with your recommendation s
ND Suggestions, and a statement of your OK. I.
penses incurred, will oblige, very, respectful. :
y. afs 5ak ~ ~, :.
C,P. LESLIE. Land commissioner. 4
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-sAcu, - 49, Nofofc 1 %.
l should have a swim for life.N.
l have sailed the lakos for cleeyts,,
, 1869-07-30

AT request ofFrederiksted's Deal
ing Court in behalf Of the estate of
the late Overkrigscommissair Frede-
rik Wilhelm Didrichsen will be sold
at public Auction on Saturday the
7M Of .August mert IL o'clock noon
in the house No. 80 "Dronningens
Gade"
|EandEFFECTS
belonging to said estate.
Frederiksted's Vendue Office, July
Oath 1869.
C. SARAUW
, 1869-07-30
AUCTION.

5FTER Begjering afFrederiksteds
6 Skifteret som bchandIende af-
gangne Overkrigscommissair Frede-
rik Wilhelm Didrichsens 30, vii
yorde bortsoIgt we'd offentlig Auction
L0Uerdag den 7de August f0rstkOm-
memde Middag KA. - s1et i Huset
Mr.. 80 Dronningens Gade heri Byen
ENDEEL
MEUBLER og EFFECTER
tilh0rende nHvnte Bo.
Frederikstcds Auctions Contoir
den 24de JUL 1869.
C. SARAUW.
, 1869-07-30
BARBADOS Mutual Life Assurance Society.

w AAlU ASSu SAG 6VNAOSys
ESTABLISHED IN 1910.
INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT 1851.
CHIEF OFFICE:
No. 20, HIGH STREET, B~RlDGEToWN, BARBADOS
ggHIS Society, which confines its bust
a ness exclusively to assuring the lives
OF persons resident IN the West Indies,
presents advantages such as no other AS
Surance Company, %labouring in the same
field, can offer. lis scale of Premiums,
although considerably lower than that OF
any other Company, has nevertheless been
found quite adequate TO provide for the
risk of life in the West Indies, and suffi-
Gent 10 create large SURPRISES, out of
which Rever>iouary Bonuses, averaging
p per cent per amman upon the amour
assured have been distributed among Il G
Members Of The Society.
Its career, during a period of 80 years,
has clearly demonstrated the fact that the
lives of persons residing in this part of
the world, are, when carefully selected,
almost as valuable as those inhabiting
Europe, and that they do not demand
such excessive Premiums as are charged
by every other Company.
The following abridged Table shows
the Premiums required to assure 500,
for The whole term, upon a single llfe:-
, 1869-07-30

Assurances of every description on sim
Gle lives are granted by the Society for
anysum from 1OODollarst to 10000 Dollars.
Premiums are received Quarterly, Half
yearly, or Yearly, at the option of the
Assured.
Assurers wishing to discontinue the
payment of their premiums, may either
dispose of their Policies to the Society
upon equitable terms, or obtain a free
Policy for a reduced amount.
Loans are granted to Members on the
Security of their Policies.
All claims occurring by death are
promptly met within 3 months after salts
factory proof Of such death has been re-
ceived by the Society.
Strict Investigations into the position
of the Society are made qulnquennially,
and the surplus then existing is allotted to
the Members. after a sufficient sum has
been set aside for the purposes of the
Reserve Fund. The next investigation
and Division Of Profits, will take place at
the 31st December, 1870.
The Society has Agencies in nearly all
of the British West India Islands.
Actuary-ALEXR. S. BURNETT,
SecretQry-HENRY CRUMPTON.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS:
DIR. Won. BRETON. DR.. HOLM.
Forms of Proposal, Prospectuses, and
every information may be obtained from
F. B. GRIFFITH, agent.
, 1869-07-30
Total $318,7O4 81

Balance Of deposits S 42,677 o8
/ new deposit accounts, VIZ:
l Minor.
10 Withdrawals amounting to S 166 3d.
Receivers for Saturday, 31st July 1869.
In CHRISTIANSTED
J. Hutchison, Esq, Trustee.
J. K~nuthsen, Esq, Member.
In FR%EDERIKsTED
]. Jantzen, Esq, Trustee.
S. Wescott, Esq, Member.
GEO. BEHAGEN,
President.
St. Croix, 96th July 1869.