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''za' d''" '''' VOLUME sXIX~N0. 9

,'1 THe following is a brief synop.
sis of the statement of area and
condition of the present cotton
crop, which will appear in the
June report of the department of
Agriculture. An increase in the
cotton area is reported in everv
otate. a very small proportion
OF the country returns show a do.
crease of acreage. PLANTING waa
generally retarded by a protract.
ed season, of drought, and fields
that were planted late oceasionsS
some trouble in obtaining perfect
stands; but the recent rains and
renewed efforts in replanting have
finally secured stands of AVERAGE
completeness. The per centags Of
increase in area, last years crop
being the basis of comparison. Is
as follows: North Carolina i6.
South s. Carolina 8; Georgia 12:
Florida 10; Alabama IL; Missis,
s.,pPi 10; Louisiana IL; Texas IS:
Arkansas 16; Tennessee 12. The
average increase throughout the
cotton States will approximate
thirteen per cent. Texas has natu.
rally made the largest relative in.
crease; not only having enjoyed a
favorable season for planting, but
also, during the past year, Having
received accessions of immierantss'
who are cotton planters. The
condition of the plant throughout
the ! cotton section is very nearly a
fnll average. Separating the AT.
S.,.- lantlc from the more Western
States, the former stand a little
below an average. The latter arc
fully up to the standard of fair
condition. The drought which
prevailed in April and the first
halt of May delayed growth, and
cold nights in the more Northern
belt had a further retarding eff.
feet; but the abundant rains and
genial temperature which follow.
cd, have wonderfully invigorated
and. advanced the crop. The fol.
loving figures represeu. the con.
aitlon OF cotton in the several
States, 100 standing for an aver.
age: North Carolina 96: South
Carolina 90; Georgia 90; Florida
30; Alabama 1O5; Mississippi
100; Louisiana 104; Texas 100 :
Arkansas %; Tennessee 1O1.
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"REMINISCENCES
aa snrs a5s OF .r' 81 .s '.
PUBLIC B: j MEN.
BY Ex GOVERNOR b. +. PERRY. f..
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK
JAMES III. ADAMS.


Governor Adams and myself
became acquainted with each 9th
er as members of the Legislature
when we were both young men,
We were the antipodes of each
other in politics, and continued SO
throughout our after lives. He
was a Wing and was Democrat.
He believed notification the right.
tul remedy for all unconstitutional
legislation on the part of Congress.
l did not acknowledge tue right OF
a State to veto Acts OF Congress,
and believed the Supreme Court of
the United States, the proper tri-
bunal to try the constitnionalitv
of all legislation. he believed in
the constitutional right of a State
to secede from the Federal com.
pact. | denied the constitutional
right OF State to break up the
Cover nment when she pleased, but
admitted the right oil revolution
when a Government became intol.
lerably oppressive. Gov. Adams
was 10 favor of opening the Afri.
can slave trade. | regarded such
step disgraceiul to our national
character, and nefarious i'm moral
point of view, as we'll as being
unwise and against the true inter.
ests of the Southern Statcs. But
Notwithstanding ibis difference in
politics, toto oOelo,) We became
warm, cordial and intimate friends
personally, and remained 50 up to
his lamented death. Every spring,
for number of years, during my
attendance ON the Court of APP
peals, Iwas in the habit of visiting
his handsome residence fourteen
or fifteen miles below Columbia
with a party of gentlemen, and
spending three or lour days most
pleasantly with him, his charming
wife and lovely daughters. We
always had a fine time, and enjoy.
ed ourselves most delightfully."-
His entertainment was elegant,
and his hospitality nnbounded.-
We We're eamused, one morning in
May, in having sent up to us, be-
fore we were dressed, q magnificent
bowl of mint julip. we'll iced.--
Whilst slipping it, Judge Aldrich
remarked: "What a glorious wife
Adams has! / once asked nv
wife to make me a brandy toddy,
and she coolly replied, that if |
waited till she made one, / would
have to wait a long timer" a
Governor Adams lost both Of
his parents whilst he. was an infant.
and, bis old grandfather took him
and brought hims'up. This old
gentleman bad moved to South
Carolina in the early settlement Of
the mp country, from Virginia,
and arnaseed q very large fortune
He could only write his name and
nothing more, shut he gave all his
sons and grandsons6 colIeeiate
education: The 3overno,srF ,sFaSH,sus was sent
to YaleaC College, wheye' he erads
mated. John @. CALHOUN was a
graduate ofsths same institution.
and q great many Southern Young
men were sent there to be educas
ted in those daya~aAfter gradual.
ing, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and devoted himself to the anahl
agement Of biz large planting in
terest in Richiand District. He
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proa,e11lent..nfs the

our natures, We were abashsd, ;,
ashamed, and put ppr ,face in our
hands. y He closed shis !, sermen
with the same train nofsrsmarks
with which he began, ,sinsseadsof
yielding his place to the preacher
who was in the pulpit to exhort,
he took the hymn book. gave out
'an lynn and rsaidS'" any per-
sons present desire to fofsake their
sins and seek forgiveness, lett them
approach the alters What was
Our 'surpfise,H to see an Unusually
handsome gentleman, from a re.
mote part Of, the congregation,
come rushing, into the altar. a
i number ngdm young men. following
after, ! all deeply Affected. q We
desired TO, knox -p,oSe.. about the
caase, so observing where this
handsome gentleman went for
dinner, we went also. We found
him to be a physician of intelli.
gence and large practice. We in.
-terrogated him, with regard toIthe
sermon. /" Why see," said he,
"that was the greatest sermon
ever heard in my life. 1t laid my
heart open, as no sermon ever did
before" ID This incident made us
very charitable in judging of his
corrpnn offo,,ro,lg 40 -, ..,.
v u".aH' nHENRYEM. MOOD. q
SO Cokesbury,, S.'C.aio' o''t b., 'f'''.
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Hurrah for Polly Knees I

If | ONLY HAD CAtrrAt.-"If I
only had CAPITAL" a young man
said, as he puffed a ten cent cigar,
" / would do something"
"lf l only had capital" said
another, as be walked away from
a dramshop, 81 would 60 into
business"
fonng man with the cigar, you
are smoking away your capital
You from the dramshop are drink.
ing yours and destroying your
body at the same time. Dimes
make dollars. Time is money!.
Don't wait for fortune to begin
with Our men of power and in
tlnence did not start with fortunes.
fon, too, can make your mark, if
yon will: But you must stop
sqnandering your money, and
spending yonr time in idleness.
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4 John C. BAILEY EDITOR & PRo'R q 'lss's Fs

= tsuss osrPrfoS Two Dollars psr annuna. 8
= -sApxsas4spHsnsssi si0serted at thesufates Of
one dollar per square of Twelve MinioaSlines
(tbis sisei typel or less for the hrst insertion,
ifty cents each for the second and third inser-
tions, snd twenty -five cents for subsequent
insertions. Yearly oontsacts win be made
All advertisements must have tho number
inserted till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements
will invariably be "displsyed." - sat
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to
to the benefit Of any one, are regarded as
ertisements % > o
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The New Postal Code. =

nj Some of the more important
changes in the postal arrange-
ments of the country made by this
bill, are;tA b.71b.au . ygisi9oG bns
The most important is the an an
therization of ope.cent postal cards
for correspondence oro for, printed
circulars, similar TO those, which
were introduced into Great Britain
snearly"two years ago, ahdaare now
IN use, in nearly all European
countries. The j ouse provided in
the bill for the paperfsp tocover
and conceal the writing. The
Senate changed this to an open
card. In conference committee the
style of the, card was left to the
discretion, of the Possmaster,G Gen-
eral, who prefers the oper card,
and will order that kind only to
belmannfactured. The faeeof the
card will bear q one-cent. stamp,
and will be provided with lines
for the address, and the back win
be ruled for the letter. The price
of the card and stamp will be only
one cent. 1t will probably be
three or four weeks before they
will be ready for sale, as the plates
for printing have yet to- be pre-.
pared. 'a'arsz S-ssa Sd rs7a"sa FT-s1aos
... a Ill F..H g.
The law by which married wo-
men have heretofore been inhibi-
ted from being postmasters is re-
pealed.g .aassa So .8a,ssyr oszgaaa S7sta
The Act authorizes the estab.
lishment of money order offices at
the branch post -,offices of large
cities, ten such being authorized
for New York and three for Bos-
ton.s Until now no branch office
had power TO issue money orders.
Assistant postmasters may also be
designated TO sign money orders.
The Act authorizes the Post.
master General to determine that
between post offices not three miles
apart, as in the case Of Washing
ton and Georgetown, New York
Brooklyn, letters dropped in paid,
by stamps less than a full rate,
may be forwarded to their destina.
tion, and the additional postage
required on delivery. ,~..''
Until. however, the Postmaster,
General makes this designation,
letters partially prepaid, as we'll
as those unpaid, go to the dead.
letter Office.
Packages containing the Smith.
sonian exchanges are added to
matter free of postage.
Private individuals are allowed
to place boxes for their mail mat.
ter in any post Office, but the boxes
so placed become the property of
the United States.
A change in the fees for money
orders is made. Formerly the fee
was ten cents for all sums of $50
or hhder. Now it Is fixed at five
cents for $40 or under, and at ten
cents for sums from S1O to 500.
rackages Of clothing for non.
commissioned officers or priyates
in the army and navy may be sent
at one cent an ounce. The rate is
now eight cents for four onnces.
The rate on packages of news
papers, &c, now two cents on
four ounces, is fixed at one cent,
on two ounces. Books, samples,
OF ore, and merchandise to be,
charged double rates. 5g- aasa asa
~ tssI i.aa-L--4. ...-Il---- s1sg sbl 81 rsiv
AN illustration of tha sharni
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THE LAST OF Dolly VARbEN-
Miss Dolly Warden, whose name
has several times been mentioned
in connection with the curtain cal.
leo fashions, has at last played out.
and another young lady claims the
honor of being the leader of the
gay and festive circles of tbe
fashionable. Her name is Miss
Polly Knees. The name of this
fashion is eminehtly appropriate,
for two or three reasons. Now.
Miss Polly was the daughter of a
Dutch Baker, who was one of the
earliest settlers of this Country. In
the course of time, her father was
attacked with rheumatism and had
to give up his work. But Polly
was a noble, brave, sensible girl
and insisted that the sign should
not be taken down, Aand that she
should become head bakist of the
establishment. The old man
Knees (tbis is pronounced Navy
was very indnlgent parent and
assefted to his daughters wishes.
She came to be so much accustom.
ed to wearing her skirts. tucked
up while tramring the dough in a
trough used for the purpose, that
she just had her Sunday dresses
and al made to tuck up about
knee high.
The "oldest inhabitants of
New York, who will be 176 years
old. II he lives long enough, rcla.
ted this circumstance a few weeks
ago to the fashion circle, and the
idea of snpplanting Dolly Warden
with the immortal Polly Knees
took like wiidfire, as q matter of
course.
Hurrah for Polly Knees I!
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6tntE; .aarn Com1,tru
. FARM oANDaHOME.


Hoas.-- Warm and
comfprtable, pens,q well bedded, (,
and q good suppl y OF charcoal, are
qniteuas essential as an abundance
of food, in promoting the ready
'fa.tening OF hogs whereyer-eeof.
.omy is conshlteda Experience has
'repeatedly demonstrated the fact,
chat all kinds Of stock, when
warmly housed, will fatten upon
|ohe!half the quantity that is re.
Eqnired by cattle exposed to the
rigors OF the winter. The process
Of fattening hogs should be com.
mehced early. They should be
put into their pens as soon as the
supply of mast begins to tail, and
from that time they should be sup.
piled, though without, waste, with
all the food they can eat. 1t is
the best plan to furnish them with
small quantities of food often, and
at regular hours, than to supply
them with large quantities at once.
AS hog manure is exceedingly
rich in nitrogen and the phos
kphates, every good farmer will en-.
dcavor to secure as large quan.
tity as he can, by keeping the
pens we'll bedded. n
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Conn SrALks. Where hay is
scarce or valuable, it may. be econ
omized by cutting up the corn
Stake in a cutting-box and supply.
ing 1.-The stock with this rough
provender. They should not, az q
rule, be given alcne, but the chaff
should be moistened. and corn.
meal, brownstnff, or shorts slight.
ly sprinkled over it.
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You say" said a Judge to a
witness, '"that the plaintiff resorts
to an ingenious use of circumstan-
tial evidence state just exactly
what yon near by that."-
=" Well" ,"said the witness, "my ex-
act meaning Is that he lied"
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A cow is said to have commit.
ted suicide by drowning, at Iowa
City, becansc n butcher Killed hey
calf
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,M1LoH Cows.-1f COWS are ex,
pected to be keptapp to their milk
during the winter season, they
should be well fed. Dry food is
not sufficient, however good it may
be in quantity. They require
roots occasionally, and slop and
succulent messcs, and with these
additions will not only produce
good quantities of milk, but also
an, extra quantity of butter -
BY free use of carrots the vel
low color, 30 much admired in
butter, may be preserved during
the whole winter.S~.
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sWEkOs.--Weeds will grow in
spite Of the heat and ds.yness, and
q constant warfare must be waeed
against them. When weeds are
hoed up and allowed to wilt under
the scorching July sun, there is
very little danger Of their grow
ing again, dhless there is plenty of
yellow docks. Never allow a
weed to run to seed If it can be
helped, as the garden can be kept
free OF, weeds, to a certain exteut,
if they are carefully pulled up
when small. -
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To PRESERVE ToMArots. Take
good ripe tomatoes, scald and
skin them, take out the seed care
fully, 30 as not to break your to-
matoes. Now boil them in gin
ger water until they are soft, take
them out, drain them, and weigh
them, and to every pound of fruit
add one pound of white loaf or
pulverized sugar and a half pint
of the ginger water they were
boiled in, add some strips of
fresh ginger boil carefully over
a slow fire until clear, take them
off, cool, and put in jars for use.
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>" To HARDEN PIcKLEs.-.Alum
will harden cucumbers. To a gal
lon of vinegar, add one ounce of
powdered g.alum.rzIt the vinegar
is put into bottles tightly corked,
and in. a kettle of cold water, with
hay or straw between them to
keep the bottles from knocking
together, and allowed to remain
over the fire until the water, boils,
then removed, and, kept I, in the
kottles until cool, and vinegar will
keep perfectly clear when used
for pickles but it should be ad.
ded to them cold. Shreds of
horse radish root will prevent al
pickles from moulding. saa Oh.
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90 RooTs FOX FoRAaE.-The Prac-
teal Farmer says 60" In view OF
the short hay crop, il will be well
for those farmers, who have put in
|plentifpD Of sown. corn and o
good supply of sugar beets. Fif-
teen to twenty, tons Of the former,
and thirtyvito forty tons of roots
per acre, will gosfarto, make up
eaaoss of the hay .'oa1f neither
ofotheseohavo been putin, the on.
lyaremedy now ais arcrop of sruta
ibaga OF common white tlrnips.
Tbeumiddie of tlie present month
will yet do for the former, and
two or three weeks later for the
latter. S'7TheseI latter should be
sown, besides other places, on the
headlands Of corn fields, previous.
ly well and deeply stirred with
the cnltivator, and fertilized with
snperphosphates.io. -. -, -, ',.,'
,Ruta bagas. from i. American
grown seed, are preferable /. to
foreign as they run much less to
what is called neck and make bet,
ter shapedasand ssmore regular
tubers. u This crop requires drill
culture. aeA 90 '.a esH'.- a.... .a-.' d
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[ooNTrNgEp Mex. .wEEK.l,o,
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.Denote IS - . 1lews, ID 1olities, 1,stelii

s1s I9iIIajs ElnH ysjs rae ,noq.i Of HiSsd n
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BY Ex. GOVERNOR b. +. PERRY.
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SPARKS FROM TIE WIRES.

The English papers announce the death of
Bishop DAILY, aged ninety-one.
The Grand Duke arrived at Havana on
Thursday. Big d0iDgs.
The ship Sussex, from London, has been
wrecked. Seven lives lost.
The stock raisers of Texas have resolved
TO appeal to the General Government for pro-
lection against the Mexican cattle Bic 'lers.
The Kansas Legislature has instructed lis
presiding officers to send the evidence in the
senatorial bribery case to the Vice. President.
The General Assembly Of New York bas
passed resolution expunglng the word white
from the military code.
1t ia stated that the tobacco business In
Virginia and North Carolina Is almost sus-
pended, awaiting the action of Congress on
the tax. The delay is said to throw thirty
thousand negroes in Virginia out of employ
ment. and much suffering is the consequence.
The ST. Johns Paris crew challenge any
four-oared crew in England or the United
States. ak miles three miles to stake boat
and r.turn-for $1,000 to $4,000 side, the race
to take place at Halifax, III June or July,
neither boat carrying q coxsTaln, and travel
ling expenses allowed.
The Spanish official statement OF the re-
suits of the war in Cuba in the last two weeks,
shows one hundred and twenty-one, Cu6ans
killed, thirty-six captured and five hunoreo
surrendered. The Spanish loss was twenty
four killed aud thirty wounded.
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THE TRIAL OF STOKES.
An Exciting Scene in Court.
NEW YORK, March l.

NEW YORK, March l.
The Stokes case was heard yesterday IN the
Court of Oyer and Termlner. Messrs. Bartlett
and Mexican addressed the jury in substantial
tion of the plea that the drawing and all the
proceedings in obtaining the grand jury against
Slokes were illegal and Irregular. Distrct
Attorney Garvin continued hi. remarks. during
which he said: 1T was said by Stokes's coun.
sci that the jury was packed. Who packed IL?
Not Colonel Fisk, for he did not know , ne was 10
to be shot," Graham Of Stokes's counsel, in-
terrupting: eNo, but he packed it because he
was going to shoot Stokes This SCI erea,ea ,asas
Dlstrict-Attorney GarvIn replied to Stvkes's
COUNSEL claiming that the indictment me t., was as
James Fisk was taken BY ward 8. Stokes
with pistol. He also reviewed the pro-
ceedlngs relative to obtaining the juries, argn'
Ing to prove that all was legal and correct.
Judge Cardozo said he would do either OF
TWO things-either let the jury find general
verdict, or instruct them 10 find 9 special YER
dict In favor Of the defence. He would In
struct them to find the board of commissioners
properly constituted, but all other facts for
nrisonpr
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TIE WEATHER THIS DAY.

WASHINGTON, March /.
The low barometer south Of Western Florida
will move northeastWardy into the South At
lantic States during the night, the area Of rain
extending by Saturday morning to Virginia,
badly the Ohio Valley, increasing to possibly
briek northwesterly winds along the South
Atlantic coast. Clearing weather, with the
wind veering to northwest erly, will extend
eastward from Texas into Alabama by Satur-
day morning, and Western Tennessee and
Georgia by evening" Pleasant weather will
prevail over the New England States, and In.
creasng cloudiness over the Middle States
with probably threatening weather from Penn
sylvania southwark. Dangerous winds are not
anticipated for this evening, except possibly
from the South Atlantic and GUlf coasts.
Yesterday's Weather Reports OF the
Signal Service, q. 8. A.-4.47 F. M.'
Local Tlmo.
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A PICKWICKIAN VETO.
GoHERNOR SCOTT PLAYING At Pa
TRIOTISM.
The House Wants More Light and
Passes the Original Appropriation
BfIi-A Strike Among the Laborers.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.]

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE EEws]
COLUMBIA, 8. c., March l.
The House was occupied all day in debating
the original appropriation bill, which bill con-
tains no appropriation for tax levy. 1t was
finally passed to third reading with sundry
amendments.
The veto of the Blue Ridge bill will not he
sent in until Monday, when it will, at once, be
passed over the veto in accordance with what
is understood to be the arrangement between
Governor Scott and the Ring.
The House Passed the following:
A bill to provide for the payment of certain
debts by the County of Aiken.
A bill to amend an act to renew and amend
the charter of Mount Pleasant.
"a Joint resolution authorizing the purchase
of building at Hamburg to be used as MILL
tia 'armory.
A bill to incorporate Townville in Anderson
County.
The Senate proceedings were unimportant.
The stonecutters on the new United States
building here, who were required to work ten
hours a day, struck this morning for eight
hours day. PICKET.