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-L I If r.. r t - -1- - - - it- 1 -r it 1 { " ' V X]I O S WD DN AGl8 INO. 8 THE F AI I RP I It 11 D IlI l1 1 )11 13 PUR1.UL8tD KEKLY BV SY I L. I. I A M1 . & D A V 1 S. 7.rms.--The 18l1 .. lI,) i pualished Wet k y in the Towi of Winnsboro, ut, $3.00 P.Jariably in cdvance. Arld- All ea-Ieitt nil ve brtseents to be Jil'1.1 /) IN A3 .-D V.- NC N. O liontry Notiuus uad Tributes $1.01 per : quire. Communioatlon. 'Oh ! nInny it alaaf mitt.r nuldoti senit, Finas nmurk I4ae nrcher little inenlnt:a And uty a word at random ispokena, May soohte or wound a heart that's broken" Mr. D. R. Feaster is aggrieved and charges that I made an "un, kind and unwarrantable attack" 11pon "pudding-heads" in a recent article signed "Loyal Rob." There is notlng in that communiention which canl be intorpretecl as an "at tack" upon anybody, and the as s5umption that I intended the obnox ious epithet to apply to hima, is as gratuitous upon his part, as his charge of unkindness is untrue-for he knows that I esteem himt person. ally, and would be far from perpe trating an imkindness upon him. He should have studied the article more closely, and have inquired for its author before he put on the "Caip.' Nor would I even now diagnose the malady which I was fearful had possessed hin, ats "judding- h(,a1 ism :" it seniel to be a far more dangerous disease. When I saw him sever his conneetion with us, and announ 11c111ee publicly that his seat in the County Convention had been vacated because we had placed our - selves in hai may with the State, an(haaid complied with the wishes of the gJ'eentive (omuittee, by adopt ing the const.itu tion reconunended, and assign as ia reason that it con fieted with his personal relations towards, and his intention of voting for, m llbers of the Rtadical party, I said in nmy heart, "Here is another iodlerate e- eiubli'can,' " but when lie auiioiun ed in a loud voice that he did not intend to vote for Tilden 1)eeualse he "lhad sent money to Ohio to defeat old Bill Allen," I said out. of my mouth, "If thesw are the Demnocraits that are being enrolled, the sooner we s1.op operations the better." It is dlue to Mr. ]"eister to say that, his course in returning to duty atd to his place in Lthe Club, has en tirely elanged mlly opilliol of his acts, and I heartily rejoice at his re turin and at the thorough endorse ment which he gave to the Eigh th Ar tiele, and1( to TIiI(den, by his active oplerationas, andio sprighitly speeches, as5 well as5 by' alliowinig his~ nameI to be placd in coampetitioin withi otheris for the honors of the bhdy, and whicha prVoved to e~very inidividua~ll presen1t that lhe wats "hand in glove" with us5 and hiad upon01 reflection conoclud f ed that "hot heads," and "swell head(1," were eafer leadern thanii "pudd~hinlg-heasds." If I haave been instrumnental in 1iftin t~ehea ruet llon to wayward brother from the "niry clay," by lifin tehpe elluof thioa pud ding- heads," i am sure that lie will harbor no0 resenitmenot, wheni I say that I shallh hae no11 regr'ets for' my Phiiladelphia aruib, atnd tha~t I would even write ainothior, were I assured that it wouildl be0 ade the innocent means of br'inging all the '"pudding heads'' to that reflectionl wich they only3 ineed, to mlake themii as ab~le aind -.as faithiful co .laborers iln the great work befoae us8, as5 any1 iln our parity. And when thait happ~hy time, niow rapid(1ly app)~roacin~ig, does comeC wont you1, friend "Dave," ignoring for a timie youri1 temaperance pro.-livi - ties, join me in a good, old fashion <xl pu// at that "pocket demnijohn of (corn'inil tokeni of our joy at the deliv' forancee of thle coiuntry, and as evi. (lLnceo of the. faict, that althou)1gh thur'e miay haive been "'puldding heads"1 and1( 'sw~eliead1s," we all alt last Shaive come1) to be "leveh.heads.'' Very resp~ectfully, TI. W,. WIoonw11Ann. Ah wYankde adi risn for a wife, cessivernca ofo 011cident1' be a cre forburns By layngs demonsi1trated oni sv l OCenman IC Successful Farming. The first ain and pir pCRO of overy bulliniess 11n11n, w:0eth1r Ilie is at fainil or or a meroh-tnt, is t.) mn ike m:>noy. There may '>c, of courAo, other motives connected with .this, but undoubtedly the leauling object aid inentive to action is ioney. This may seem like taking t low or sordid view of the subject, but if rightly considered, it is not. The law of Onr nature that impels every 111mn to make his business a source of gain, 1 iNuquestionably sountd and wise, adul all that remains for na.1 is to regulate our Conduct in harmony with that law. The man who pursues faring for any other purpose) than to make it pay is simply an esleption to it gel oral rule, and his success or failure is of little conseq1uence to tho world. But the intelligent farner w ho por ceives that under all the doubts and difliculties of his vocation, there still remains t clear Nisi'agin of proilt, who steadily works out his convictions to a tangible result, and tho conquer or's final sutcce's, proVes his good sense ats well as his e-apacity, and by developing the posibilflities of his business iieds light npot it, that gives a new value, not only to his own farm, but to every farm in the Country. The world never grudges to sul it man the Honest fruits of his labor, for his examilple is it public heritae beyond price. He shows that the o(elpattio)n whiclh feeds the human race is able to r(lemnilerate those% who engage ill it : that the successful farmer, while gradhilily accuntihting it honorable ildepecten'e, is help ing to redueo the pri('e of )re' t( to the lutngr'y. An .1 this, he it ob served, is not ia mere asa1)51 ction, } but, at great rg ictlttratl fact. The farmeri, for exmaitple, who sne 'eweds in getting; at larger yield of corn. fi 01m an acre. aind at at ho)wer cost per blshel thian ever before, thereby conttributes to diminish the )market price, as well as to ilcreise the abunidancte, not only of this cereal, but of netrlv all the products of husbandry. If lie has been ate clnsto1e'd to got thirty bushels of ctrn froma an are, at it cost of lifty cents per lmshl551, which hans bueen the exporieice of many farmers, ansd if by persistent eilbri1"s. he works out a lethod that gives sixty ibushels at forty ('nts, which has tlso been lthe expeienlce of so11e, then his not profit. on a market price of seventy cents pur bushel, is :300 per entt. greater Ilan before. But this is not' all. A sLtving in the cost of corn in. dientes coi cirrespolling ru(tltictiton in the (ost of heef'i aml pork, of nmit1 ton and wo( ol, of aiilk. but; ter antde beese, poultry and egs.-1;echia /ew . A TR.nrrlo or .ut.ir'ao. Lxt:. T1here' is an Ind1i.1n sutperstit.ioni att t:tched to this lake which probably hand its stouriee in its rimarl.k.ble loi' liness aund trlatnllility. The Mo hawks believed that. It stillness was sacred to the Great Spirit, and that; if a Linan voice: ittered at sound upon its waters, tfhe ttnol of tile oflender wotild inst.anmtly sink. A ttory is told) of an Engt~lei's womane iln tile early da~ys of (lao (irst iiettlers, whlo had1( otcasion to cross this lake wi th a party of Indiansl, wiho, be0 fo.'e emba iirkiing, wrtaned hier miios ilm)relssi vely of tht spelli . It wvas a silenit, bre-tihless day, am11 the tamoe shot over tuhe s~urface oIf t~hbo lhtke hike an1 atrrow. About hialf a m1ile from1 the0 shore, nearW tho cete o(f the lake, the womantl, wiishinug to con1 vincee the In~dian~s of thie ('rroncouts ness5 of their siiursti tiolm, u ttered a Iiloudn c h omeacso h gInn 11l instanty Lto tie deetpest how1iever,. thiey'i'i r iloule i thiri ex'erI. tionis, and1( iln a ftrowniing .Silnce' idrove the lighlt bark swiftly over thle waters. They reacheccl the shiore ill afety, and1( drew up theO (nn1oe. when the woma~n r'thlied thle chIief onl his' creC dulhity. "The Great Spirit is mer~ci fiul," atnswered thlesconful Mohawk; "hle knowvs thi it ai wh1ite wI nnn a canot hold1( 11er togue !"'-- /O-pr'J)'s' Magafqzine. It is said they live longest. wh'lo hatve mloderate ambiiitions. Th'ie man11 wilt qpiits work andl connneneells to whlittle iln front (of Itgroceory st ore at thae age of tirily as likely to whiittle anid be a blessing to his family for fifty years. A i tness5 was milter (exainlat in ill at Torotnto court in the caise of an nid atccont, wheni the judge dtid not seem to nudetlrst andl tilt andio anuswered with 'Eli ?" The1 Judilge atsked, "Wha'lt dot. you dot for' wife is at dressmau~ker." Even Br'O1owlow admiiits - iln his Kn loxville paperlC thiat "the very name Replulican has~ become1) (iin'is with thoultsandls oIf the adtherlentsi of tile party,'' and thlat therte is nto possible chancelt' for thle Repulican partlty in Tienntessee. Het. shut ld havt~e atddled, "o in hecounltr'y att large."r It is dilicuilt to conlceive aniythiing more'0(111 beuifuil than1 the r'epl~y givetn by~ (onlt inl ailliet ion w-hen hie was asked~ howi lie b)0re it so wvel: ''It, lightells tile strioke," he said, 4"Ito draw ne(arerl to lHim who handles i hn cod." The Address of the .o1o-e4' donfer ence: The "Address to the people of the United States, idoptod at a eon forence of colored citizens, held at (Columiia, S. C., July 20 and 21st," is published in pamphlet form. It deails almost exclusively with the reeont.riot at Hamburg, and is. not nearly as temperate and moderate as tAs reported, although to such of the signers as .Representative Tom Davis it may seem mildness and1c truth itogolf. The Address asserts that the4 (comlplny which was disarmed AC Hamburg is "not only at part of tlie legally constituted militia of the State, but is an mi pornted ;body, having boon duly ch:rtered by an Act of the General Assembly." This had been denied, and, if the stateomnts made in the Address Oh this point are correct, they will affect, in some degree, the final result. A very olaborato account of the origin, progress and ternnnation of the irot is then given. It is found ed entirely on c.x pare . testimony, and includes the statement that theo bodies of two of the killed were mutilated. This statement was sworn to at the -inquest, but is con. tradieted and1( lisproved by the evidenco taken by our special cor.. respon dent One error of the Con - fem once lies in going into particu hari. Until both sides shall have boen heard it is irupossible to give ant impartial account of the alTsir. It wits suflicient for the Conference to know that the whites who' de mn1nudel the surrender of the arms hadl no right to make such a de.. m15anid ; that, in Consequence of the 1emuand1, there was at collision i that twLo negrues wore killed by the whites during or after the fight,} Lndl that three of the negroes who had surrendered, and were under .;uard as prisoners, were shot to loath. These are the paramount facts upon which the condemnation )f the whole af'air, by the respecta [l>i white citizons, is founded, and Lw' which that condemnation is ustiflied. But when the Conference pass beyond the incontrovertible facts, and give what purports to be t detailed history of the aflair, they lAy themselves Open to the charge Lhat they are thinking more of ainking political capital than of Lolling the truth attic nothing else, This view is conlirmed by the -oimiemts Of the Address upon the s;o-called "narraive of facts." It, is cot true, is stated in the Address that such outbreaks "invariably >eirr on the eve of elections and n Counties conutainiig etopublican najorities!" It is not true that 1ihieats and mences have b.een made that such lawless and cruel lieads as the Hamburg affair will (ii )t st.op till November I It is not ,rue t.hat this Hamburg atil'air was a p:irt of a deliberate plaa1 ! And we have no-ithinug but unqualified Con :lemnation for what is said in the Address concerning "the stupon li'us wrongs and gross outrages hlaily and hourly iihetet upon the p~ersonils anid commiilitted aginst the prloperty" of the colore~d citizenls of S~ouith Carolinia. TIhecre are no such wron1gH anud 11o such Onltraiges upon he cooed citizenls. TIhcse for cighst years' have con1triol the Stte( Gkovernmecnt, have levied and collected thle t axes, and have elected lhe publ)ic OlicerS. TIhey have had compillete imlstery over tihe State, iid he <mly 01 conspicuous wrongs lind outrasges ini Hou)ith Carolina are tionse whlichi the wihite citizens have been cnlled on to endare. TIhie whites have bleen "peaceable andi latw-aidning, docile and forbear ing--forbering to such1 a do. greet thalt in the preeneo of! stuipenidousi wrongs and gross outrages daily and hourly in fuled against onr propertly, although con Retolls of our rights, we haive mi-~l fested at spirit of patience and enldnrance nnfheasrd of anid un. known ini the history of the mo~st servile popnulat~in." This is said of the blacks in the~ AddresR ; it is tiue to th!e letter of the whites. As at body 1he blacks have been cjniet andi p(eacaible, we granlt, but11 their leaders, some of the very men who sign the Address, nieglect no opp)ortuinity to make them turbulent. and lawless. Swails, Davis, MaX otheiors, belokng to thies (lass. They tie thle meni wvho thlreaten the whites with fire and rapine. Such as they have stolenl or stpianiidered the last dollar in the publlic treasury, and aure thin cause of every public grief thact 50outh Caroilinai of late years lhas known. And the one0 thing for wiihi w~ bilame the colored 1)eop10o as a body is that, year after year they' elect such mnh to ofhiecs wVhose profit remi~ss wile tile honor is gone. Theoir untitness for any phat of responsibility cannot bettor be shsowni then by the way in which they haveo treattedI the Hamm' affiit. Thel Conference, in their Address, mppeal to the people of the country for help and pr'otctionf. Is not the whole powver of tile State Glovernment Ruflicient ? They ask that they be ntot. goadedi ''to mnitess andI des pieration by sucth unholy burdens as are implosed upon"11 thenm. Are not these buridons placed upon01 themi, if at all, by their own law--makers of their own race and1( nonmiann They apyealt& )thoe liw abi d ) h ace loving cItikoeis of tie ate to render their assistance in the -ndirit9ianc bf peace, and they. call "upon every order of citizens to discotuhenancek policy of bloodshed and :riot.;: Doe 'not this Hamburg age4r stjpd along. is it not a purely locol disturbpnce, and has it not been coidotinned With out stint from the A'tlantic' to 'the Blue Ridge ? They call upon Gov. ernor Chauberlain to see that.ilthe law is fai,thfully exo;ted, apd ap'peal to President Grant "t9 enforce the eoiistitu'tianal gui ntce by AftoVdin the national protction to the citi 'zens of the United States domiciled in South Caroline .ngainst 'domestic :t red violence," 4nd - to oid the Executive in bringing to plmuishmont those guilty of the riot' at anibhrg. Is it not a 'fi'ee t'o 'hay that 'thb South Carolina colored' people nod the National aid, and to treat a riot in one corner of the Stie as 'rdo mestig violence" within, th meaning of the constitution' 'Tho Address' is thoibughly mia chievous in charneter, becoase of its exaggerations and palpable iissy ter mnents. It can do no j uod ; it will very likely do harm. The Confer ence was not necessary' in the first place. The colored people in South Carolina are in no danger, unless through the haran ues and inflan matory speeches of their own lead ers. The object of the white citi zens of South Carolina ito maintain peace, if they can. And they can have peace, for themselves and the blacks, if th Cains and Elliotts keep quiet and cease to fan .the fast failing fires of hatred and revenge. rhe killing of the )risonors at Hami burg has no defenders in South Carolina ; the riot itself is condemn ad evc ywhere. The law will take its course. And, for the very reason that the people at large denounce violence and lawlessness, they have nothing but censure for "the insini ous efforts of Elliott and his col leagues to secure, through the Hamburg affair, a new le>se of inso lent power and public -plinder. News and ('ouricr. India Rubber. India Rubber is collected in a peculiar way in Africa. The plant which furnishes it is a gigantic creeper, reaching to the tops of the highest trees, and with a stein as large as a man's thigh. It has large bright, dark green leaves, somnowhat like those of the magnolia, and is thickly studded with beautiful bunches of pure white star like flowers, which have a powerful bitter almond perfume that is very attractive to insects, the fruit is the size of a large o-ange, yellow when fully ripe, and round, but with quite a hard shell. This is filled with a reddish pulp, which has an agreeable acid taiste. Every part of Ihe creeper, says Mir. Menteiro, ex udes a milky juice when cut or wotnded ; but unlike the India Rubber trec'of America this milky sap will not ran into a vessel placed to receive it, as it dries so quickly as to form a ridge on the wound, wvhich stops its further flow. The blacks collect it by making Jong cuts in the bar~k with a knife, and as the milky juice gushes out it is wiped off cintinually 'with thmeir fingers and sumeared on their airms, shoulders and brIeasts until a thick covering' is for'med. This is peeled off their bodhies and cut into squares which are saidl to be.then boiled in' water. No less than four hundred t~ms of Itulber wvere collected -in this way in 1874 in the province of. Ambriz alone. A farmer states that he planted livo rows of corn with seed taken from the cob three inches bolh~w the t'p of the eair, rbjecting the imper fect grains at ,thme extrbnme yoints; then five rows taken frokin the mid (110 amld base of the ear, rejectinig the imperfect grains at the butt. The result was that the five rows lan~mted from the mi~hle and butt pf the cam' ripened kiboit itwo and am lf weeks be fore the bther rows, tihe corn' of the forme~r being bettor eared and filled to' the end of the cob.' Tugim RsPrm'. -There came near being a row in Abbeville, last Fri day, Wvhen the announcement of -th~d respite of the colored mulrcere'c Colemani wias announced. '1 hore were fully '0,000 negroes from the snrrounding countr'y pr'eschnt, wh6 in thme evening, disappointed at not seeing the show, roaimed about the town armed, making threats against the whites, while a perfect fusilade fr'om gmiusttcd'pistos 5was kept up until a late hour. If it was an electioneeoring dodge, it didnt win with thme Abbeville darkeysu. ~ome me tritlemnen recently addrvessed a d mnmunication to a~ m nister wvell known for his wvit, re quiesting hjon to p reach a sermon to tehen). $e replije4 that he would, and stated1 giat he woud take fox 1is text : "3 hins disease Asa. sought'not to the Itord but to , tge physicians - amnd Asa slept 'with Vmi fathers an4 die." A merchant went home the other night and said cheerfully to his wife: "Well, my dear, I've failed at -last." "Oh, that's good !", exclaimued his wife, with a radiant face ; "now wo can o to thn Cer tennia1." South Carolina News. t, o - ~'bughelY worth forty Ave cents ,a n enwood. ' Six c i weie baptized ait Wal's rop b, Sunday before t t d' ' are in pro les at several C . ;1os in PickeIs .otthtft. * 1gs are ton cents a u a "frying chickens" twelve an" a haI cents apiece in (Greenville. Refreshing i rains have viHsd1+ Aulerson , and the crap prospect ,J secoiraging. Bilious fevers arc reported ii portions of the county, the reeult'of miasma prodneed by the recent fresliets. I The suinmier - mcoting of the pState Agricpitural Society will t4 e place at Anderson on the opund 'r.'ueslay in August. Frank Crow and Jospph O'Brian, aged 18 years, attending school near 11ol1 il's Store, in Anderson 1 Cotihty, b'ecarnd engaged in a tight over a game of marbles, last Friday, and Crow struck O'Brian on the head with a stone, fracturing the skull and inflicting a dangerous wound Crow then went to nGeorgia. The parties had been . firm friends, and sons of respectable parents. The Sunday School Convention, f composed of superintendent.i and 1 delegates from the Sunday-schools ' in the South Carolina, Presbytery,, organized in (1_eenwood on 'Tues iday, 18th inst., by electing Re'v. D. E. .Frierson, of Anderson, president, n and Mr. Templeton, of Abbeville, e secretary. About forty' mnembers i were present. A Siday-school address was delivered by Col. Thomas Thomson, of Abboville. e On T.mursday a Sunday school t mass meeting was held, before ( which addresses were delivered by t Rev. C. B. Stowairt and Rev. R. A. Fair to a large audience. I A Community's .Uu.y to its Press. The true merchant will be a liberal ( but disorininaiting supporter of the 1! press in his locality. He will not t feel an obligation to patronize any I and everything that wears the form i of a newspaper, but will carefully H scan the intellectual ability and f moral fitness of those who assumne the lofty responsibility of toaching 1 through the press. He will not on-; courage the dissemnin:tting or countenance of journals edite1 by the incompetent and unworthy ; but ' if there be none other alredy in c existence in his county, lie will com Hine with men like himself to pro- 1 cure the establishment of such a l journal as is needed, or the transfer of the one already existing :nto the ! hands of some one qu:il'fied to guide opinion and dispel mcmntal darkness. Such a journal he will liberally and t steadily encourage by advertising in its columns r't a good price, by urg- t ing upon other business men the duty of doing likewise, by ro'i -iting his customerrs and neighbors, to 1 give it at least their subscriptions regularly continued, uniformly paid in advance. By pursuing this 1 course, the mnerchamnt may do very much towvards the diffusion of intel ligence, the predominance of sound t pr'inciples amnd thte putrificationl of f morals. He need not be a politicalt brawler or habitual agitator, on any subject-thecre iS a miore~ excellent 1 wvay. He miay give an apjprovedl in fluential journal in his county from two to five hundredl dollars worth of if advertising per~ annum, and priocuret from others by the poweir of his so.. licitations, and examn>le, five times 1 asi much more ; while each name tidded to the list of its subscribers, extends the publicity of hi~s' an-- ' nounemnents, and, their p)otencey in enlarging his business. I SEiNsImILE 4mviE.--ou are asked every clay through the coliugmn or newpapers andi by your druggist to use somnethin gfor Dyspupsia and Liver CIoruplaint that you know - nothing about. Ydu g. discouraged spending money witlb but little ~uccess.. Now to give you satis aetory proof t GREEN's AUGIJSTL F.owani will cure you of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with all their effects, suich as Sour Stomach, Hick Headache, Habitual CostivenessI palpitationl of the Heart, Hjeart burn, Water brash, coming upl of t food after eating, low spirits &e , we ask you to go to your Druggists, McMAsWian & lBaroE and get a Sam' ple Bottle of GREEN s ArmoUs'r Fm.o\VER for 10 cents and try it, or a Regular Size for 75 cents. Two doses will relievo you. * :1 'WomDhirFUL SU~toE5s!--4.It is re piorted that Bloso~nESs GrmAN 6 Stnelr haii, since its inltroductionm int the Uhitedl States, reached the im,-e nzenl~e sale of 40,000 doizen per yin;. Over 6,000 Drugglsth havet ordered thisa Medicine direct from a the Factor'y, rit Woodbury N. J1.,.e and n'ot one hias teported a sirglei fajire, but e'very letter speaks of 1 it~'tr~n 'icteens in curing< iev' dObhheColds settled on thea Breast, dlondhurkptio~n, or any dliseaseo of tle Th'ro~t And L~ings. We ad insi inf son thnt htt ariy prcdis- < pthio to weak Lungs, to go to their Druggist, McMAsTmn & BRIGEr, * awl get this Medicinc, or inqnire, ab~out it. Rtegular size, 75 cents ; N sample bottle, 10 cents. Two doses i -will i'elieve any case. Don't noglec vour cough. ' THE MISSIBSIPPI JETTIES. 'he Diffculties and Triumphs of the ork as Performed by Captain Eads The greatest difficulty that had It >0 solved in building the channel t the mouth of the M ississippi iver was how to control the waters >f the groat river, and so Compel heml to cut out the mnuch veodedl hainnel. A. hundred cubtic yards of owing water, spread ov er a wator ourso of one hundred yards wide, ould give only a yard of depth. 'Io problom was, speaking lolative to conlino that one liundred a*.olrds into at chann1]]el which ompel it to scoop out at 1001) cat al. Masonry had been 1nntd at htA outl of the Danube, vut fasoxu. for sueieh gigantic work bYonlid far OXO h.,c in~ (3xJ)ClSC aniy )osibility that ias within tn >owers of the wa itlun ofn~o Mississippi. At thisinee of tme )1e suggested that ' lows had >een used to direct the , of tr umis and to confine their - Cls. Captain Euds and Col indrews consulted, and the resat vas that they hit upon CL plan foi itilizing the trees which grow in groat hickets on the alluvial soil of thc )elta to help thei in their work. )a bar, or rather an island, whieh 1010 into existeneo in the river orty years ago in front of a erevasse nown as the "Juinp," there is a illow thicket covering somiae thirty quare miles of land. lere was the Titerial if it could onily Ib u*tiiizc1. lfter long and anxiosls discussion. plan was igreed upon d111(1 patelit d in the ntames of the iniveitois by Shi ich willow ii)attresses wero rouight int) uase. The mode of eCms':ruction and ulb&sequenlt 1anlin(lllg of these mat ress's is l11-ticulrly ingelious. )n the b:ik of the pass there is, rst of all, consti uetled a "launch y,"con sistitg of a luiiiher -built Lclined pl:tf 11 1, six feet above the 3vel to t he landward a111 graduatlly tiding lowni to the water's edge. )n the platform areJ two rihhanlds I well greased pine which serve as he "ways," to use shiipwrights' arlance. On these ways are laid, rst of all, Strips of pine, three by ix imehes in dimensions and five Let apart.. till the total width re uired is reached. These strips are ocoed on en(1 till at total length of bout one lundlid feet is achieved. .he miun*ber of strips is deteioiniied 'y the 1 eiquired width of the hat. resses, which vary, according to irc1um1st:ales, from fifteen to fifty Lot. The ripi is being placed in 0osition, it nulber of holes are 1Jred in (0eh, into which are iln criel hickory pegs at short inter als, which, whcin bolted in with oak edges, * t :md out thirty inches 0111 t he platform. On the found t ion thus made are laid the willows ; he first layer is laid crosswise of he strips for abont six inches, andit hen lenigtlwise, an1d so on the Iyers keep aIltei nat ing till the iops if the pegs are coivicd. When his point is reached other strips are lid crosswise- on the whole 1mass, i which hiolescorrespondinig to2 he hickory pegs have beeni bored T1heni, teh peg having been titled o the supJerincum~bcint hole, powe~r uli leverage is brought to bear and hie binding eross stripis are forced own on to the pegs andio seentely oled with oak wedges. Th~lis ozmplotes the m1amf(actuire of the iattress, which is then slid down r'olui the 'ways" and floaitedl on to be water. A steam tug then taikes hie floating mass in tow, and tugs to the positioni where it is to lbe uink. The ma)fttresses vary ill width romi ti fly to fifteen feet, and su p osinig a dep1th of twent v feet hais o be tilled up1, en of' the malit resses atre sunk in the spot, the iwer one being of full widhth and lhe upper oneCs graduaitting1 down to) lhe inior dimiensioii:. each of them ieing abloult two feet in thiickness~ nd a huindred feet long. lIn plac ig them ini position* they are first oated on the spot and attached to uide pots when a stonio [barge is owed alongside nnd rocks thrown n the mattress till it sinks. In his mannier thme jetty is mabde. An Iternate layer of wvill ow~ mattre'ss nd0 ro)ck, broadl at the base andli radu-d ly narrowving toward the top) iakes ai wal*l wvhich is imp~regnableo o) the aissauilts of th waitcer, and so0, s- the jetties stretch out, the cur enit bieomes; conine~id and its force onieenitratemd. Not only is the trenn thus dleopened, 1but by a urious11 reflex' aetion the jetty wvalls ie strengthened. The littoral oturrenit of the gulf un31 fromi west to east, andiu the 'ebiri3 thrust. out into the gulf by he concentrated streamn, becingr .ught b~y the littoral current , hie omes filled up on the outside of he westwvard jetty, miaking a Iirmn vall against all1 the inroads of the cai. So maflrked is this eee that n the bay to the wezt of the Southi ~ass, where a year ago a steimuier lrawing nine feet of wvater would nove with ease, now a skiff wvould >c grounlded at high tide. The >resen)t indications are that the omumerce between the Mississippi 'alley and Euurop)e will pass throul~gh he miouith of the MliHsissippi iniside~ lie niext I wolvye mloinths, aind if the amie maitttress system can be 1.doptcd for the river genierally, a lepth of water suficient to elm y weavv tonaa'n can an made pe-ma Gulf. Political Nutes. 'he Republicans are beginning to hao eseiotu doubts of their ability to ('arry M1*ichighnl this faill. General A H. Col(pIitt its- hon unaniminously nlomimtlted by the State Democratic Convention for governor of Georgia. .. . It. is believcd that ox--Postmaster. Gnuerial Jewell will be t,1 o 1epubli Caun cindidate for governor of Con, nectient. Domocracy i'n South Cavolin', whaintever it may, ;meau ol$owhere, I meanus honesty, cir/tue; and'1 truthi. Repulicanlisnl uim'alis' the roorse of these dttr~ibuites. General John 4. Phelps, the Democratic nominee for governor of Missonri, wa11 chairimian o4tthe 4on grossi.onal Ways. al iene Cu-. nittee while Jamoles uelhaiiu was president. , . - Another one of Grant's faiily is in trouble. Somretary Roboson 1as5 been caught in ste.aling, and articles i'machf hh1pllliment are to be' preforred at himt. Thu", one by one the sid. Grant is said to be con siderailly 'Hgslted at Hayes' letter accepting the 0 bi 3noiain for president ube lie doca not o('01e out H(quaryns hei arovad of in administration. ''he Cincinnlati om(70fl**'l eij say s ProsidflCIt Grant show1s Kig1lii of fatigue im holding the country ny by the tail. Snetines there are symi toms that he has a great notion ) lot the thing drop like a hot potato. IfTwo prominent colored mnen, who were ai()llted members of-tire to mblican Exoitivo ('omnittce inl ( arroll County, Tenn., refuso to serve, iniid (eclarO their iltlltiol of going with the Dtemocrits this time. G(nertl John 1!'. lF'trnsiiworth, of Illiiois, who s erved for several terms ias at lepublican memier of Con gress, has come out for Tilden and I Hen dricks, and made a strong speech im favor of their election, at Aurora, Illinois. I-Gov. Gaston iS sid to havo coinsented to ia renoItinatio bly the i)etiocrats of Massachtlusetts, and its is thought that the c"onvenition will name him. Gov. Rive will Undonh - edly he nominated by the Republi caln) Conventmin. Ex--Governor John M. Paner, of Illinois, doolareos hitaiself entireily Satisfied wvit~h the St. Louis ticket ; thinks it a strong tiekot ; and promis eis to support it.. Ex-Senator Liy n11111 'i'VTumbull i-s of similar mind a1 offers his serviees to tire Demo. erahlte mana1 gers. It. is .i Newt thing in American polities for a ('abinet officer to be at the hlead of it (umllaignl coimndliittee ; but, (lien, "the hit goveriuelit the world ever saw" is iftrodueing to u1s many now things. For'o instance, old Zach. Chandler, Secretary of the Iuterior, at the head of the Republi va1 R-mtil om, (f North Caoli naf, .indlepiieint lkpnublijenn candi (dite for Congress in the first district oIf t.hat State two years ago; and tuittinal conlvenitioni, anniouines is intention to suiport te D)emocratic nlominalhtion,4 both State and1( natoin at. He will take the stump)Ili imdi ately. Mr. lousom was a Grant elector in 18'72. One of thoe most gratifying acces. suonR to the raniks of the wVorkErsl for Tilden and1( Hendlrick is Mr. W. IH. Hernidon, of Illinois, for twerity -fivo years (the law lnartner and bosom friend of Abrahami lLineoln. Hoe declared~ at a ratitietiomn moieinig at Springfiel last week, thant ho was for Tildeni and -Hendrickf and re formi, and should11 lab)o- fi-omi nlow until November noxf,01on the stump11, through the Press an1d tahr$)ygli every channel by whl ch fthouaght .could reach thought fo'r 'their *election. Hfis speech wnW' rdeeived with' great Sapplause. -- A Virg ina ratihlroad was0 m~ade to pay twecnty fivo doellars for killing a Iviahle rooster. The eniginner saiid he blow the( whistle' as kindly an poible:lh but whenf ihe i oiste r droppedl one wing on the ground, roised his (eye heaLvenwarl~d, anud commifencedl whteting his spur on the rail. forboaranwe conised to be. a virtne, and lbe Jet dirive into hlimi with 4hiirtfen cais. Tlan HTiunwao1 AmnAtl --Tulr As.. 1*1-yi M.' : LA Vri TEll1.iY.-\YVe learn Shiat all the South CarolinA parties ( harged in the verdIuet of the jury of uinust mot the Sheriff' of Aiken C ountyb atl Co. A. P. Butler's es I (rdayii and1 were formaldly arrestedi. The y will proceod to Aikoni withi the Shuerifl to-da~y, anud will go at onen, ho~fore Judg(e Mahier. It is expcted tirt they will give haoil aond be re leased..-Ukroni. ac nd ,intinel, d. They haI acroswyo e cidjig bewA suits inl North Stim. liothi parltiesH are p'ut undi(er ('ohl( water, and tdle one sutaying the long es;t wins thle 1sui1t. In this counuitry water and then kept, there as long asH Tlhe niew~ postal law, now inl Opera 1in. 1 edu'es the poMal n~e l centi ner onnen.