responding will b? important, apd is
urged upon all, as a part of the plan
is not to commence tho publication of
The Farmer until the whole amount
necessary for tho purpose has been
realized. The Farmer will contain
sixteen pages 12.1-2 by 10 inches.
Though local in name, it is by no
means designed that it shall be local
in its sphre of usefulness. On the
contrary, it is intended for any and
overy part of the State. Ono dollar
will be tho subscription price of The
Farmer for one year. Names of sub
scribers can be forwarded through
the mail to the undersigned, or left
with Capt. Hamilton at his store.
Single hints or receipts in an agricul
tural journal not unfrcqucntly prove
of much greater value to a subscriber
than the co3t of the paper.
We once saw in the Southern Culti
vator a communication from a Geor
gia farmer, detailing his plan of cur
ing meat. Impressed with it as
being a good one, wc adopted it, and 1
arc satisfied it ? has saved us many
times over the subsciption price of
the Cultivator. Had this plan been
generally known and prucliced
at the comnenccmcet of the last
butchering season, the demand for
Western bacou would not be quite so
great as it is.
Arrangements have already been
perfected with the well-known estab
lishment of Walker, Evans & Cogs
well, printers, of Charleston, for the
getting up of The Farmer. The
name of these gentlemen is a suffi
cient guarantee that thelf part of the
contrast will be carried out to the let
ter.
Our aim has been to get up a paper
at as small cost as possible, in order
that wo could a fiord to furnish it to
our subscribers at a coiresponding!}'
lO'iY J?gurp, AH that we can hope to
realize oVo? tH$ W'.Z expeuscs
of publication, &c, will hardly
amount to moro than a reasonable
compensation for our services. With
this however, we will be content; and
will labor as faithfully and as earn
estly in the discharge of our duty to
our patrons, as if it amounted to a
small fortune. AH wo ask of our
brother farmers is their liberal patron
agc. With this promptly exteuded,
the plan for establishing The Farmer
on a permanent basis, will certainly
prove, as it is designed a safeguard
against a failure of the en.crprise,
und consequent loss to subscribers.
Give us a trial, and if at the end
of twelve mouths we can Gnd a sub
scriber who can hold up his right
hand and say that he had not receiv
ed the full value of tho amount in
vested, wc will not only return him
his money, but will make him a pre
sent of as fine a pair of pigs as the
county can afford.
We want three thousand subscrib
ers, and as many more as we can get.
Our friends throughout tho country,
(and we hope their name is legion,)
are earnestly solicited, not only to
send in their own names, but to en
deavor to obtain and forward at the
same time scores of others.
We want canvassing ngonts to op
erate from the mountains to the sea
board. If our enterprise is success
ful, and they will certainly have it in
their power lo make it smincnlly so,
?Lhey will be well paid for their ser
vices. Besides, as their labors will
be amongst a people renowned for
their hospitality, they will be at little
j or no expense. Thero are doubtless
I those who from ill health, the loss of
I an arm, or some other misfortuuc can
I not well engago in any of the ordina
I ry pursuits of life, but would find no
! difficulty in acting in the capacity of
an agent. An extensive tour through
the country, would doubtless, in some
cases be far moro beneficial to ono in
poor health, than all the medicine he
cotdd take in twelve months. Agen
cies with patties desiring it will be
' made permanent, as it will bo impor
! taut to canvass from year to year for
j new subscribers, and at the same time
I to collect subscriptions when due.
Particular as to terms will be fur
jnished upon application.
A word in conclusion to our fair
friends tho ladies. We have un
bounded confidence in the influence
and power of woman to accomplish
whatever she undertakes. It is scl-i
dorn that a causo in which she is en
listed fails. With the influence and
kindly offices of the ladies in bohalf
of The Farmer we would feel assur
ed of its success. Their aid in mak
ing the enterprise a success will en
title them not only to tho heartfelt
thanks and lasting gratitude of the
writer, but also to a claim upon The
Farmer, which he will lake great
pleasure in recognizing by setting
apart certain of its pagc3 under the
head of "Ladies Department," for
their special benefit and pleasure.
A. C.SALLEY.
Orangeburg, August Cth, 1880.
Boys.
Get hold of tho boy's heart. Y on
der locomotive with its thunder train
comes like a whirlwind down the
track, and a regiment of armed men
might seek to arrest in in vain. It
would crush them and plunge unheed
ed on. But there is a little lever in
its mechanism that, at the pressure of
a man's baud, will slacken its speed,
and in a moment or two bring it pan
ting and still, like a whipped spaniel,
at your feet. By tho snme little lev
er the steamship is guided bitber and
yon, upon tho sea, in spite of adverse
wind or current. That sensitive and
responsive spot by which a boy's life
is controlled is his heart. With your
grasp gentle and firm on that helm,
you may pilot him whither you will.
Never doubt that he lias a heart.
Bad and willful boys very often have
the tendercst heart hidden away some
where beneath incrustations of sin, or
fcchind barricades of pride, And it
is youj" kuaUlfiSP at that heart,
lieep hold of it by sympathy, H'1"
ing in bim, manifestly working ouly
for his good, by little indirect kind
nesses to Iiis mother or sistor, or even
his pet dog. See bim at bis home, or
invite him to yours. Provide bim
some little pleasure, set him to some
iittle service of trust for yon ; love
him?love him practically. Any way
and every way rule bim through bis
heart.?Sunday Shool Timrs.
Laughing Off a Duel.
"Speaking of tho Cash Shannon
duel,'' said the Exchange fiend, put
ting bis feet in the waste basket, "wo
need a few nicn liko Judge Dooly.
lie laughed out of duels with an au
dacious wit that compelled even- the
admiration of his enemies. You re
memborhe said, when they threatened
that if he didn't fight his name would
fill the columns of a newspaper, that
be had rather fill ten newspapers than
one coffin, Once be went on the field
with a man who bad St. Vitus' dance.
His opponent was standing at bis
post, his whole frame jerking nervous
ly from his malady. Dooly, in the
soberest manner, left his post and
cutting a forked slick, stuck it in the
ground in front of his opponent.
'"What docs this mean ?' naked his
opponent.
'"Why,' says Dooly, lI want you to
rest yonr pistol in that fork bo that
you can steady your aim. If you
sboot at me with that band shaking
so you'll pepper me full of holes the
first fire."
"Then there was a laugh nil around
and the duel was put off without a
day."--Atlanta Constitution.
The following, which we clip from
the Camden Journal t certainly claps
the climax: "Un Sunday last A. J.
Clinton, colored, of liberty Hill, sent
a letter to Horace White, also color
ed, by his son. The letter was of an
offensive nature, and ended by chal
lenging him to a duel with pistols, at
ten paces; and said ho only wanted
a chance to put two bullets through
his darned heart. Now, Horace did
not want the bullets put through his
heart in that manner, so to prevent it
he came to Camden on Monday and
bad a warrant issued for Clinton's
airesl for sending a challenge."
A Harmless Letter.
The following letter, recently pub
lished; in the Washing con Natianal
Republican, explains itself:
Qasu's Duvot, S. C., July IS.
Gen. M. (J. Butler, Edgrfidd, S. G.
General: I have seen your letter
j of the 13th published in the Newa and
Courier, and I believe every friend
you have must blush for shaino at
your conduct. It is the first time in
the history of this State) and proba-1
bly the first, in any civilized land,)
that one occupying tho exalted posi
tion iu which the people of South
Carolina have (unfortunately) placed
you, has disgraced and degraded that
position by making an unprovoked,
uncalled-for, basely-falso and cow
ardly attack upon a "private citizen,
who has tamely and willingly sub
mitted to the laws, awaits and courts
a full investigation of his conduct
and asks for nothing moro from his
countrymen than a fair trial and
even-handed justice. You, sir, have
prostituted your high office to array
public opinion against me and to
have judgment passed upon me with
out a hearing. Your course was "un
provoked" and "uncalled-for," as 1
had never expressed* to any one the
unbounded contempt I had for you.
Your attack is cowardly, for you as
sail me now when I am in the fetters
of the.law. Your attack is basely
and maliciously false,"1'for while' you
profess to know nothing of the merits
of the case, you carefully misrepre
sent (and to my injury) the'facts you
do know, and you have Hie brazen ef
frontery to use the words "swash
buckler" and "border ruffianism."
Your.past record should severely ad
monish you against the uso of such
expressions. In addition to your
othor qualities of heart and soul, ybtr
may add that of tbc basest iugrali
I'usaZ. A short time after you had
completed your campaign as a ped
dler of j bogus lottery tickets, you pit
eously appealed to me to aid you in
removing the barnacles and filth you
had collected upon you in the foul
wallow. You had no claims npon
me, but in pity for you I generously
urged my injured friends to give you
a fair hearing before you were con
demned. They await that "hearing"
now, General, but doubtless will wait
in vain. Subsequent to this you cun
ningly, adroitly and very politely so
licited the privilego of inserting your
hands into my pockets, hut I politely
declined tho distinguished honor.
Can that be the sore that chafes you
now, Geueral? or has your intuitive
sharpness enabled you to read my
unexpressed thoughts, and that you
are now my enemy, for the reason
that you know I believe yon to be
unscrupulous, heartless, totally sei
fish, cruel and'eowardly ? I could not
expect or wish, General, that a man
of your soulless character could un
derstand or in any manner appreciate
the motives that actuate and sustain
me in my present difficulties, nor
would I hope for sympathy from a
man who has recently boon branded
in i ublic as a liar and who only
sought redress by returning the of
fensive epithet. As yon havcMiere
tofore on ail occasions been for sale
to friend or foe, Radical or Demo
crat, the idea occurs to roe as to tho
propriety of buying you for the pre
sent occasion. Pleas'.', General name
your price? E. B. C, Gas?.
?
Gen. Butler's Rbply.
A reporter of the Neivs and Cou
rier called on Gen. Butler nt Edge
field, and the following conversation
occurred :
Reporter, Uavo you anything to
suy, General, in reply to tho charges
which Col. Cosh brings against ycu?
Gen. Butler. No, except to say
that"they arc purely imaginary. Not
a word of truth in any of them. Of
course, I do not say whether his
charge, that I am a coward, is true or
not. It is never safe to pass judg
ment on any man's courage. 1 have
seen some peoplo terribly diappoint
cd in that regard, and Col. Cash may
And it so in this case, but we cannot
always tell. ,
Reporter. Have you ever bad any
moneyed transactions with him?
What does ho mean by "tho privilege
of inserting your hands. j# his pock
ets," &c., &c.
Gen. Butler. Why, it means that
the man is erazy or something worse.
I nover had a moneyed transaction,
or endeavored to have one with him
in my life, our kany other business
transaction. So he bns drawn entire
ly on bis imagination for this state
ment. Nor did J ever "piteously ap?
ply to him about the "lottery," as he
calls it. My {own and Gen. Gary's
connection with that business has
been explained again and again, and
was about tho same as that of Gcno.
Bcauregard and Early with the Loui
siana Lottery. The difference is, that
theirs has been a success, ours was a
stupendous failure. Our attempting
such an enterprise, under the circum
stances was a piece of ineffable stu
pidity, but I had no occasion to ap
ply pitcously to Col. Cash or anybody
else nbcut it, and, therefore, his .state
ment iu regard to it is without foun
dation iu fact. Like every man who
makes such a mistake, I felt disgust
ed with myself about it, but I am not
in the habit of complaining of sympa
thy being withheld ns Col. Cash docs
iu my case.
Reporter. Ho says that you had
"recently bden branded in public as a
liar, and only sought, redress by re
tnrniug the offensive epithet." Did
such un occurrence ever take place?
Gen. Butler. Never. There is not
a word of truth in it. And I have
only this to say as to that. If Col.
Cash wiR produce one rcspeotablo or
reputable man who will say that such
a thing happened, if I do not., pr.oye
that he lies I will make to him the
most abject apology .for any grievance
real or imaginary, that was ever made
to man. And if be docs not do so,
wlicro" will ho be? Oh, no, I have no
objection to tho publicatiorrof the
letter. Very hard things have been
said about mo before, and J have sur
vived them and trust I wili survive
this. There are some thingB that 1
might say about the publication of
my letter, but I shall not do so now ;
nor shall I indulge in recriminations
with Col. Cash, or throw mud at him
but leave him to his own conscience,
which I hope will cause him to feel
ashamed of his letter. He was not
in the "fetters of the law" when my
letter was written, to my knowledge,
and they do not appear to chafe much
now. I have nothing to retract of
my letter, but cannot sec why Col.
Cash should fcol specially aggrieved,
as no more mention is made of him
than others con nee tied width tho duel
unless the "cap fits bim" better than
others, for which I am not to blame.
I only expiessed my opinion about a
public- transaction in which a number
of persona were engaged. Why, have
I not the right, to do that,
It is suggested, in the light of
George Eliot's recent singular mar
riage, and the announcement of the
Baroness Burdctt Contta's engage,
meat to a man twenty-seven years her
junior, that it is getting to be roally
fashionable for women in tho "best
society"?which sometimes means
tho 'poorest?to marry men younger
than thomselves. We sespeot that
the possession of a substantial amount
of cash by the lady is rather essential
in a match of this kind, if the differ
ence in years is very marked, And
oven I hen tho young man is quite liko
ly to repent ut leisure for bis folly.
An old darkey being asked if be
thought Gurfield would be elected)
said : "Well, yon see when wo used
to have so mucb fun, long ago, down
on tho river fishing we always flung
away all do Gar-Fish we cotcb, and 1
don't think you will hear much about
dat Qar-Fisb man artcr next Novem
ber, caso he'll be dun tho'd away too
by dat time,1nark what I say,"
uTi|k Republican party" says the
Tribune ^a. about to take oil its coat,"
Just so ; and tho Democratic party is
about to lay on the hickory gad.
)\4A sQpery ?n the Code.
" Me?sws. Kditqrs X am a strong ..
advocate of the code of honor, and
think ith-*be-propei^r?ie^nd-fplde-^jf-~
conduct' for' ^ntl?nfe?:' ? "regard' =
water and,cannot brook an insult.
"Now, I And* 'on inspection of 'l'he?J'
records (yes, it is .r^n-dea against
me) of a case ipe ^ten^ers' JSank
of Fairflet? against me.on a' no&wfir*
money loaned .me, and wt|ioh j? greater
defended, in what isjoailcd'tae.^4ej*iv ?
ation, the followiug vydrids'of 'me "<iiie''' '
defendant s fffl <Se ^{a^^ffi?0 *
not regarding: bis ft%W,ftevertf p?on?4tA j
sco and undertakings,- rpAdp In fpsni-j
aforesaid, but wmftivtog %ftd Jfratffli^,,,^
fcn?fy intending: cra/tily m$ u
to deceive and defrctjid the gajd )plain- 1
tiff, Ibas not as yet paid,the said j oev-,.
eral num.". of money, or. cither of JJgpV>j
or any part thereof, to lhe: eai^.plfdn-.. ,
tiff, although Often requested , do.. ,
"The question I wish to ask you
(for of course you will agree that tins''
was an insult of the most aggravated
character) is wliclueiv?twerity ! one
years having elapsed since 1 thhV Vile
slander was perpetrated?I can \\o\7
properly challenge the bank ; and, if
so, what particular officer shiil I chril-'
lenge? Again, if the proper officer bo
dead, can I challenge his admiuistra
tor? ? :' '' ?1i 'S u*m too II iJ liatw ?
"Youra truly^ B. Fueioso.
ii.VlV-S. and N. B.?This is a.private
a) noill Olli '?'..i .ui tr Juii
letter and not,for nublicatiou."
We can Und no information on this
point in onr'cyelopedia/f TTOJlf&tft^'
of limitation might be pleaded, unleee
the maxim "nulluni tempua ?courrit
regt" applies to the Code. ' A3 the
form in question was printed, the
printer might be held responsible.
The death of $p Planters' Bank is an
Obstacle, but the Receiver got its
assets and ho skoAld Staisfy all claims
certainly this one, it he make* him
self pvlvy* by collecting the moneys
Otherwise; the Winnsboro National
Bank, as scccessor, comes in. Wo
would not go for an administrator;
administrators have a rough enough
time anyhow.? TPwwisoorn tfeuja. and
Herald.
Garfleld on the Road.
Presidential combinations on the
road have hitherto been an unbroken
succession of politioal disasters, and
General Garfleld should have otudied
their history carefully before starting
out on his present starring tour. It
is true, that there was urgent necessi
ty for a general council of war by t^o
Republican chiefs. Chairman Jewell's
flank movement under Gen. Weaver
in Alabama, resulted in a most dis
graceful 1 out, and closed the cean
paign in tho South for the season.
Maine in now trembling in the bal
ance and is threatened with .Capture
by the same fusion that Jewell and
Weaver tried, in; Alabama, and if 1
Maine shall falter in September, it
will carry every doubtful. State with
it in Noveu.iber. |t was not expected
that Gon. Qurfleld could give valua
ble counsel to the national committco
about carrying the debatable States,
but tho critical nature of the entert
i'.enoy doubtless made the managers
feel anxious to have their Presiden
tial candidate take a full sha.ro ofin
dividual responsibility: for a battle,
that may bring irretrievable disaster.
It would have been vastly belter for
Gen. Garfleld and his cause if he bad
remained quietly at Mentor, Instead
of imitating tho many exhibitions of
the Presidency on tho road, ail of
which arc romerobcred wlth'regret,
No Presidential candidate of the last
half century or more, with the einplo
exception of Mr. Tilden, has been
ablo to manage or wisely direct the
p/dicy of his own campaign, and Gen.
Gnrlield is a pointed illustration of
the truth of the statement. h\
able, eloquent, scholarly and one Of
the moat experienced of our public,
men; but the Presidential nomina
tion has dwarfed him until ho is uri
ab'o to utter a bravo sentiment v?ith
o\d> qualifying it.?Phila. Times.