tnl J i Editor and Propbihtor. frrnt'tf Subscription Thbii i Doixaks, in advance. THE Western. Democrat WILMAM J- TTES, Editor and Proprietor. . i TlITtrce Dollars per annum in advance. nrt;fm"nt twill be inserted at reasonable I I ! notices of over fire lines in length will pj'for at advertising rates Dr. W. H. Hoffman, DENTIST, 'v informs the citizens 4 of Charlotte and nraE' oPJJ;: . . ' f 1(a ta fiillv nrttiu r til Attonil . i . i A v t v mil np una nt riiiBiitriii i v iuca , . t i .i i... He is fillj j c! rrl atingito his profession. ...sfnl practice for more than 10 years in a ol outiiry anu in mc viiir11'"15 " j durinr the late war. warrants tin iu i.mjr entire satisfaction to all parties who may .roll r - . ...... I I ' .jiSe over Smith & Hammond's Drugstore. junri-from KA. M. to -r P..M-! t,ttrr M-! I. Pegram. Cafcbier 1st National r .s t fhrltte:! Dr. Win Sloan, ,Jr. J. II. Me- &n, I . mc J'lliUl luiiiiviiv - - !; ! ly i. . .DENTISTRY Tien!! firm of ALEXANDER BLAND is here x rrrit'l. at il- tormrr stand in Brown's building, tho t'li.-l lie Hotel. Entire satisfaction ia '-.im Land teeth can be extracted without pain. 1 ' . .- m ....... ...... ;.. - . r..n 1.- r lri:iZ oi uur ui m.iiuiunii in ircjFtvnun; -.I 17". Robert- Gibbon, M.D., I'll Yj l f I AN' AND SURtiKOX. ' lf Ollicp over Smith 4 Hammond's Drug Store 5--itBce on College Stieet. J4a-'l. lrTO. : M j J. P. ElcCombs, M.! D.t n-rr bi" pror.ion.il wrTicfs to the citizens of 1'UrI .:te ai I Mirroun-liug country. ; All calls, both .! ar.l uiv. t rot!:pt',y altendtnl to. . . :if ia Hruwii'sihaitdiag, up btairs, opposite the l'jri..::e ll-tl. j Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail! Druggist, i VUAULOTTt:, A. Cm ,. fctn l a l.rpe aud well select el stock of TCRE ICUtlS. t'he.miral.i Tatrnt MMicinrs. Family Medi Taints Oil. S'ari'-lies. Dye Stuff. Fancy and T. r-t Article!. h'cu he is utterunned to sell at the f.,-T iovrcst prices I. 1870. . W. T. DAVIDSON, attorS e: y at! - l. a Charlotte Nt ;C, 0(Ti over B. Koopmaxx's iiore. DR. E. C. ALEXANDER, Charlotto, N. C, T rii.- feiTii"e- as rnvsician to tlie citizens of l"jjr!jti and Mirrpnndiiifc country. ;! i.T nearly ojpif e Charlotte Hotel. f.r Dr. .r-xmid-T make a good Couch Mixture, lrfrthrn anyl'aCeut .Med.ctue. Try it Kth 7. I70- Watch and-Clock IIi!t3r, AND I.KALl K IX j JE WEI.UYm FIXE WliTCIir.S. CLOCKS, M'd.vA Jfulrrittlr, SpeCtaclffliiC. .1!1n;7. I CHARLOTTE, N. C. MANSION HOUSE, j Charlotte, N- C. Thi well-known !Houe having been newly fitr niflI and fcStt-1 in every department, is now optn fr th j accotiiinodiktion of I lie 1 ' t):a i'Sllyg ruBTJC. C-1!k.tl"nibusscji at tne Deot on srriral of Trains. J-.u M. i?J:o. IUJ. ECt'LES. Bj R. SMITH & CO, General Commission Merchants, 60 A'V.y Street, licTON, MASS., For the tU of Cotton, Cotton Yarn. 'Naval Stores, c cj the purchase of Gunny Cloths and Merchan dise ?tnerMil v. L.il-r--tl (.AU a'lTfincs m.flf on u. and all u-ual facilities offered. -. ... . . consignments to We IiMp by Uir and honejt deulirvp. and our best r.f.irts to to reeeie from our friends that c,n- :uragftiicni which it uliall be our aim to merit. tJjfltfrs mjHc it ed and prompily filled fwr Gunny Egging, F:.-h, Boots and Shoes, ic.j Sic. r ' "Refer, bt Tramssios ro Uhn Demerritt, Ei.. Tres. BliutNat. Bank, Boston. Unngi Keynol tat, 110 Pearl St., Bton. Mrchion &. Co., 2u7 Pearl St..""Ne,w York." I Y Bryce .t Co., Charlotte, N C. !i Y McAien. K.-i . Prt,.. lt Nat. Bank. Charlotte. 1 W Dewey & Co., Bankers, Chrloiie, N C. Ii. M thtfsfc t'o., Clir'uttf. N C. j IViHiams Murc!iion, V. iln.ington,' N C. ,'ol Wiu J'u.;ou. Pn,.. J'harlotiv and Augusta Rail road. Cnarloite, N C ! f Sfpt 0, 1U.. t Charlotte Female Institute, ; ciiai:lottk, N.jp. .The next SfUMon of tint Institution will commence on the first dy of OCTOBER, IMil, and continue until 3HhfJUne following. It A full corp of Tearuers in all branches usually aught in tirai class Female Schools, has been em ploye I for the enduing Svsion. . ' For Catalogue containing full particulars as to xpenses, cuur of !u.!y, regulations, fic, apply to Ucv. u. BL It WELL & SON, July 19, 1 SCO t Charlotte, N. C. I LARGE STOCK Wiftkowsky & Ilintcls . 1t receive I one of the larpest Stocks of Goods 'er offereil in this market, and are receiving week y aMitionj no that they are prepared to Mipply any im-unt of patronage they may bo fkvored with lin ing the full and Winter. ! ! ftsT Conatry Merchants are especinlly invited to ''.l nd exaiiiiiie this Slock of Goods, as they can 'id anything wanted for stocking a: country Store at very -eajnooable wholesale prices. Give u4cU and see. our Goods and . hear our prices before making your purchases. i i WITTKOWSKY ;s RINTELS. ! .1 na- Ji 21. I In t rizzrzl ii: or i N . I PRACTICAL ' I i ' ' ' 1 : CTV , SST' The firs -old mine in the United States was discovered in Meadow Creek, Cabarros county, N. C in 1790, by Conrad Reed. The California gold mines were discovered by Wm. .Marshall, on the 9th dayjof Febrnary,.1848, at Sutter's mill upon the Ai&erican fork, a tributa ry to the Sacramento, and extended from 34 to 49 degrees of north latitude.; Their product since their discovery to the present time has amounted to fourteen hundred millions of dol lirs. .Salisbury Examiner. Land foi Sale. By virne of .aj Decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg couaty, I will iell, at public auction to the highest bidder, at the Court House door in the City of Charlotte, on Saturday the 9th day of July, 1870, that valuable Tract of j. AND belonging to Wm. Wallace, deceased, lying onhe Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, about 8 miles from Charlotte, con taining about ICO Acres. lAbout one-half of the Land ia under cultivation. . Tbe above Land will be sold eubject to thq widow's ower; it .Terms Nine months crQHt with? interest from date, with bond and good security, i , 1 MAZE WALLACE, Administratrix of Wm. Wallace, dee'd May 30, 170 i Cwpdj i I 1 I 1870. HARRIS & PHARR, I AT? r 1870. . Old ;Chin?a Hall, BetKttn Tate $ " Dexceyi aiid Firtt National Bank, CHARLOTTE, W, C, Wholesale and Retail dealers in Cbinai Glass, Crock eryaud'all other House P.urnihing Goods to be found in any first-class Croc&ery House. Our Goods having been selected with care and with the intention on our part on meeting; to the fullest . . . I . ' r mm I . I : . I riicni, iuc wants vi .i ercuJinm maKiuz purcussen for retailing, and alo for the wants of families, all of which we offer for Cash, f i We "solicit orders by mail or otherwise, and a call from buyers, when they visitbur City, before making tueir Sprinir purchases. Jan 31, 1870. HARRIS i& PHARR. Just Redeivedj Fine lot of Fulton Market Corned Beef, fine lot of Spiced and Tickled Tig's Feet. This is something' attractive to all epicures, vesy fine. ! : Twenty-five cases CHAM PAGNE CIDER, a summer beveraze ued exclusirely in! large cities. Trice 50 cents per bottle or $10 a casof twenty-four bottles, (pints.) ! f Large lot of strictly Family FIour country mills, best brands, which we warrant. 1 A very large lot of W1J1SKEYS and ATTLE BRANDY, which we offer especially td the wholesale trade. Also, Chatiipagne ot fvanous brands. Qt) Sacks SALT, just arriyed and for sale. ;o Barrels New Crop Muscovado MOLASSES. 20 Boxes Extra ami Common brands CHEWING TOBACCO, for sale bv : ,'f - f ' GREGORY & WILLIAMSON. June'6, 1870. I l I King's Mountain Military School, 1UKKV IL liiu, is. U T li SAnnil ncatin nf K o .lii-wnl vfar nt 1 RTO will begin on the FIRST OF JUL.Y and end on the 30th of November. ' Y Tkrvs For School Expends, i. uition, Books, Maiionerv. Oic . ioHruinir. r hci, ,ir:ua nu n osu- iii?r.- si;;- in currency, cer session oi ne monins. For circulars containing full-particulars, apply to tlbL. A. uowahu. June 0, 1870 1m Trlncipal and Troprietor. Sparkling Catawba Springs, CATAWBA COtpTV, N. C. This celebrated Watering f'lace, formerly called North Carolina White fciulphu)- Spring?, will be open for visitors on W'eduesday. thj 1st dayjof June. Bein situated in the Northwestern part of the State, in a section remarkable lor its delightful climate, beauty and healthiness, thesetogether with the virtue of the waters, make it one of the most de eirable Watering Places to bd found, "i ' ' The Mineral Waters of t&ese bpnngs are, the White and Blue Sulphur, anp Chalytbcate or Iron, and they possess all the finest qualities of these waters, an I are sovereign remedies For all k emale Diseases, diseases of long sAmding, diseases of the lirer, bowels, stomach, kiduers. Pulmonary diseases, Eruptions of the. skin, Scrofula, JVeakness, Debility, Dyspepsia, Kheiiuiatism, SidJlSsc. 'j From the numerous wonderful cures that have come immediately uuderniy;fwn observation within the last four years (by the ue of these waters) I am satisfied that this is the placeJor all whose condition can be improved by the salubrious character of any water that flows from the eiith, and the medicinal qualities of the same are net fcxcelled.i , U'ir rooms, iu both cottage ana otLer builuings, . . . . . j r- arc largo auu pleasant; cottages comaining 1 1 on. two to six rooms each, suitable . for large or small families. Many rooms havinz been already applied for, arrangements will be t.tuie to accommodate a large number of visitors, anit is to be hoped that our Sonthern people will p:iaronixe the Sparkling Cataw ba, which ought to be the pride of North Caro- ina, as well as the South, fori no watering place can offer greater inducements; lor either health or pleasure. The Bar will be supplied v?"th choice liqnors and sugars. Good Ten Pin Alleys. Bilhard lublcs, one of w hich will be of the most approved style. Good Bath Houses, for Tqol, Plunge, or Shower Bath, and Sulphur Baths, hot or cold, A good Band of Music, isfx or more performers, has beeu-engaged for the sealon, and a good Physi ciau permanently located for 4he benefit of invalids, who will Lave good attention j The Sparkling Catawba thij season jjwill be under the management of Mr John L. Eubuiiik. (who. for the last three years, has been mana&rer of the Heal- ing Springs in Virginia) a isted by Mrs. M. A. W rcun, and visitors may rt :tly u I i ... pou finding a good table. The cars, on the Western and Moreanton Railroad, leave SaKbhury every uiornipg. Sundays excepted, tor Hickory Station, the Springs Depot, where hacks w ith good drivers will be.rei dy to take pasengers to the Springs, a distance of six miles; over a beau tiful, well shaded road.1 A good Laundry connected; with the Springs, and wasung cone at reasonable ionics. UOAIII). For four weeks, $48. Peri week, $15. Tor day, S3. Children under ten years of age and colored servants half price. No charge' for infants, or children under two years of age. Reasonable deduc tion mtOe for large families who spend the season. Tickets at reduced rates. J- return tickets, can be had on the different Railroads to the Sparkling J. GOLDFJt WYATT 4 CO., Sparkling Catawba Springs, Catawba Co., N. C. June 0.1870 2m ! j ." I' Tutt'segetable Liver Pills, Cures Diseases of-the Lijrer and Stomach. Tutt'S ExTJGCtnvnTlt pleasant cure for Cojighs, 'Colds, etc. ! - ' I "i Tntt's; Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delfeht "c auciunua uioou j unner. 3 . it Tutt s Improved Hair! Dv Warrauied the best Dye in juse. tgi- These valuable preparations are for sale by I Druggists everywhere. i ' I CHARLOTTE, N. C, Wine Making. r : Columbus county, N. C, on the Wil. & Man Chester Railroad, makes more pure Wine than any other county in this State. A correspondent of the Wilmington Star writes from Whiteville, the county scat of Columbus, as follows . . t . . -- .,..(. ! "Columbus is undoubtedly the greatest wine- making county in the ctate. in fact Whitevule presents the appearance of one extensive vine- vara. ; Here tue native ocuppernong ana blow w t I . wi ers vines, trained upon neat and substantial arbors, grow in the luxuriance of beauty and healthful vigor. Uld'prohnc vineyards scarcely outnumber new ones that are in rapid growth. ana tne planting oi vines is suit extensively carried on in, the proper seasons. 1 he wine pressed from these grapes and the brandy which is also distilled! are pure and unadulterated, possessing a strength and delicious flavor which at once delight the palate and please the senses. Upon the ground of merit alone, the essential features of which are purity and excellence mf quality, they should be introduced; into general use. Prominent among wine manufactures here is that of the 'Whiteville Wine Company," which carries on extensive business I have tasted their wine of the vintage of 1868, which I regard superior to the majority of j the stuflF called Sherry and held in such favor. I hafe also tastea tneirj r lowers wine, ricner in coior than Claret, anq which a few years will render superior in quality. The brandy, distilled by them from the bcuppernong, will excel the yclept French, now so much spurious article .80uirht after, in a few vears. Mr. Butner. in i - - . ,.c .v experienced wine-maker and scientific gentfe man, ana jit. D. P.. High, also one of the pro prietors, and experienced iu wine-making, give their personal attention to the business. Both their wines and brandy are endorsed as pure bjy many leading physicians in the State, who re commend them both for medicinal purposes and general use.! 1" iner table wines cannot De pur chased anywhere1, and when our people discon tinue the pract ice of drinking the abominable, aduueratea, poisonous ana intoxicating wnisuy winca is ia sucn general iisag-e, men win we enjoy better neaitn, ana not until tnen To Mothers. Bow-legs and knock-knes are anions the common deformities of humanit ntyj sjo and wise mothers assert that the crookedness either case arises from the afflicted one bavins: been put upon bis or her feet too early 5iri babjr- hood. ' But a Manchester physician. Dr. tJromp- ton, who has watched for the true cause, thinks differently. 1 lie attributes the first-imentioned distortion to a habit some youngsters delight id? of rubbing the sole of one foot against that of the other j somej will go to sleep with the soles pressed torether.K They appear to enjoy the conl- tact" only when" he feet are naked; they don.t attempt to ' make it when they are socked or 6lippered. So tb remedy is obvious1; keep the bnbv's soles covered. Knock-knees the doctor ascribes to a different childish habit, that qf bleeping on the side, with one knee j tucked intp the hollow behind the other. He has found that where one lez has been bowed inward mo:e than the other, the patient has always slept o t one side, and the uppermost member has bee that mat deformed. Here the preventive is to pad the inside of the knees so as to keep them apart, and let the limbs grow ireely their ow r way.'-' i ; -1 . " . . . . ' ! Executor's Sale, j ? As Executor of the last Will and Testament of Jonathan Held, dec d, I will sell at ttie uourt- House in Charlotte, at 12 o'clock, on Thursday,! the 23d cif June, 1870, the Tract of LAND on which the deceased resided, known as the HOME PLACE, ; containing 316 Acres, lying 13 miles 'from Charlotte, in Steel Creek neighborhood, on Beaver Dam Creek, neair the Catawba River, adjoining the Lands of; C. A. Hoover, Jas. S. Collins and others. 1 1 ' L i . Persons wishing to look at the Land may apply tjo the undersigned at W hue Hall, or to A. J. vvyatt on the premises. ' ' ! i Terms made known on the day of tale.; , . S. W.. REID, May 31, 1870 3w . Executor Notice against Trespassing. All persons, without regard to color, are warned against passing through or visiting my orchards, on- throwing down the iences around my premises Especially are they warned agaiust going on the Martin place or interfering with the tencing. Aiy own laborers, as well as other persons, 'are forbid den from trespassing in the way mentioned, as the law will be enforced against all alike. I will divide my fruit with those in want when it ripens. J. M. fllAilllliHO June fi. 1870. 3w 1 i 1 Notice- i We hereby forbid all persons, white or black, from . . .... i l going tnrougn our enclosures eitner on iooior oiutF- wise, hunting on our Lands with or without uogs op guns, or putting fish baskets! in the Creek which runs through our fields, or fishing: with hooks or trespassing in any other way, as we will enforce the law against "such persons. ' 1 ! ! ; w. ii'. nui5i:sMj. ; -i :'i C. O. ALEXANDER, Mas. MANERVA BARNETTJ ! June 6, 1870 ' - Swpd Save two big Profits. LEATHER! LEATHER!! i Buy your Leather from the manufactory at Peter Brown's Tan lard on Irade atreet, Luarlotte, Kj,. just below the N. C. Railroad. j Harness Leather at 40 cents per pqutid ; Upper : Leather at 60 " " - - ) Kip and Calf Skins erua!1y low. l jgcg- Xan Bark and Hides wanted. May 23, 1870 3m WcALPINE & CO ; j Woman's NBEST FRIEND To relieve the aching heart of woman and bring joy where sorrow reigned supreme, is a mission be fore which the smiles of Kings dwindle into utter insienificance. To do this is the peculiar provincje of DR. J IBRADFIELD S FEMALE REGULATOR: which from the numberless cores it has accomplished is appropriately styled WOMAN'S BEST FUIENDj. It purifies the blood and braces the nervous eysteni. U curea-Constipation and clarifies the skiu. It never fails as thousands of ladies testify. It is ased by tha most emiueut Physicians in Georgia in their private practice. t t For full particulars, history of diseases, and cer tificates of its wonderful cures, the reader is referred to the wrapper around each botile. J For sale by J. u. Jicdxi anu n roggiei Charlotb ; Princi pal Depot, BRADFIELLJ & CO., Atlanta, u- TUESDAY, JUNE 21!, 1070, ! Capital Punishment Abolished . in Holland. The Dutch iChambera have abolished the penalty of death by a majority of eighteen votes in tha TJprer House the record standing 43 yeas to $0 nays. ;. Toe struggle j that preceded this decision was however, long and determined, ger likely to result to society from abolishing it and the principle of rightful self-defence on which communities of men have hitherto r based the infliction of the death penalty. .But his reasoning and! eloquence his good sense, we may add were idisplayed in vain, , j A sentimen- til ism, perhaps mistaken, as the . consequences iuaj oiiuw, uvCTUore lue cpcricuv ui aua auu the i votes or both Uatholics and Frotestants of tha twd othaidox schools, who aUke!aimed the necessity of the scaffold to restrain the god less and ferocious passions of the time. I ! v, U4 w well known beforehand that the supporters of capital punishment confined their eflforts to attempting to maintain it for regicide, parracide, assassination ana poisoning- oeverai oi me Liberals went Sol far as to claim the abolition of the penalty for the army and navy only, but uu auieuuuieuif were rejecwu, uu.uuu iur murder is. literally, 'played out ' in Holland. I It may e that, under a different clime and different circumstances, it is a safe experiment to relieve our human tigers of the jfear of axe and rope ; andj Germany, too, would seem to think so: for the new" , Prussian criminal code proposes the abolition : ot the deatn penalty excepting for dear cases ; of ; assassination :but we are still vert doubtful indeed whether such a cnaDLre on iuis kiub oi tne i Atlantic -con iu ue ried with safety for a week. The beer and light j wines ot iNortnern viermanyand the low Countries, operating upon phlegmatic constitu tions, have no such effects as the fiery fluids consumed in such quantities by our quick. nervous and excitable populace produce j and it is more than j probable that within thirty days after the abolition of capital ; punishment in this country were so rasn a measure attemptea, there would bea universal outcry to restore it. Hemp has its uses as well as soothing syrup. rd to Young Men. The most reprehensible, in fact, one of the meanest things that a man can do, and it is not aH uncommon occurrence, is to monopolize the time and attention of a young girl for a year or more, without !any "definite object, and to the exclusion of any other gentlemeu, who supposing him to have matrimonial intentions, absent them selves from her society.- lit prevents the recep tion of eligible'offers of marriage, and fastens uponthe young lady, when the acquaintance is finally dissolved, the unenviable and uumerited appellation of "flirt." ; j Let all your dealings with women, young men, be frank, honesp'and noble. ! That many whose J education, and position would seem to wan ant our looking for better things in them, are culpa- bly criminal on short 'cotuincs. tho.se points, is no excuse for That woman is often injured or wfonsred through her holiest , feelings, adds but a blacker dve Co your meanness, n uoe rule is m V always safe: Treat every i woman you meet as you would wish another man to treat your iuno- . i i. i. ii i .. -ij. . cent confidin sister ; !. A Relic of - Barbarism. Time out ! of mind lawyers have been allowed a wide latitude of expression, and they have used the privilege without stint, ilt has beeri fashionable to brow beat witnesses aind blackguard litigants. In the progress of the McFarland trial we I and as have seen the attorneys as unspanu reckless of i their epithets aa usual. ' But the question arises. is it not time to nave an end to this sort of thincr? Lonr ago the press was obliged, by the pressure ofpuhlic opinion, to give jover its senseless per sonalities and it willful misrepresentations.1 No journal can flourish at present that makes a habit and a merit of its -violence. ! Headers .do not wish their iqtelligeneefaffronted or their good taste set at defiance by falsehoods excused by party zeal and jbillingsgae sprung from party spleen. The courts are proverbially slow. They 3'et retain many things that have no merit, ex- cent that they Lave come down covered -with the moss of the middle a " . t . ases Much of this is positively absurd,' whilst hot a little of it is pal- pahly wicked.; Of the atter class is the bad the quicker they re- manners of counsel, and form this altogether the better both for decency and justice. Jjovisvite Journal.. ... - The entire alphabet is found in these four lines: I . - . - . W . I '! I-'- God gives the grazing ox nis meat. He quickly hears thej sheep's low cry, i But man, wfco tastes his finest wheat, i Should joy to lift his 'praises high. Notice to Contractors. : 1 ".. - I ' ' i Proposals will be received by the undersigned for the grading, masonry and bridging of GO miles, or . i m . i T " I , any portion tnereot, oi tne Air i.me nauroau ex tending from this City to Spartanburg, and npon which work will be immediately commenced.; Profiles of the first ten miles are now ready, and others will be soon furnished to those who niayj de sire to examine fthem before contracting. jP. A. Welford is authorized to 'receive and conclude all contracts. f ' V- P- UlUKljiiSUiN. j Air Line R R. Office under National Bank. nne6, 1870 tf 1 " j I V Corn, 'Flour and Bacon- j A large lot In store and for sale at , , - -ay 2, 1870. I j W. J. BLACK;S. Mackerel 1 I Mackerel ! ! j A large lot of i Barrels, Barrela and Kit, fresh, at BJ MILLER & SONS. t Important to the Ladies.; take great pleasure in informing the Ladies that B.1KOOPMANN has now ott band tbe best selected andj assorted Stok of Millinery Goods in thia eity Special attention5given to our splendid assortment of Silk Illusion Hats and Bonnets, trimmed after tLe latest fashions; also, all kinds of Material suitable for tnaking Hals iand Bonnets, such as Silk Illusion, plain and dotted, French' Silks, Satins, French Flawersand Laces. Larre Stock of beautiful Sash Ribbons and Trimmines, Embroideries, Linen Laces, Collars and LuBa, Valencia ana inreaa utee. t - . ana a r Respectfully. M. KOri'tL. Jnne 6. 1870. AgriculturaL An Essay on the Management of the Farm- BY JA8. B. THIOPEIt, OP EDGECOMBE, N. C. Farming, as all othe:r professions, requires not as ony diligent attention, but a mind to conipro- AMin (hot man Should wear his muses out at hard labor, day by day, as thousands liave done and never be- I coma thriftv. hut nntt wh- will olonlafA .nd ioofc through the entire proceedinb of the farm; the man who has method and' order, who keens !up t0 time, calculates how long it will take to do !this and that job, what it costs and the probable i gt result. Tj ! ' ' 1 :J j kame neighborhood who commence under more . uniavoraDie circumstances, Dy proper manage- 1 bent, rise to orosDeritv and hrinp- hnnnineaa to themselves and all arolnd themi j Why is this ? Befeause the latter study to hrrmer w imrlorefjinrl vrv m nt rm tha Greatest to the least, fnertainino-! tn h farm. while the former make misapplication of their i iator bj bad management.; P W ! f ! ve do not intend a thinri nnon farmin oot because we obiecd to. the wisdom and exrje jience of the past as the teacher of man, but be cause it is our nurnosd to trive bur own nractice and experience : for when a man enquires of us how to do this or that about farming, we know, of no better way to in)rm him than to tell him how we do. v- -j' .j 'r h j Therefore, in order fto be understood, we shall advise the farmer to o as we do. We request you not to over-crop oy planting too mucn, since this will throw your business back, and the re sult will be a short crp, besides your land will pe injureaj -uiraer tnese circumstances you can not; have that order. which is needful'to produce success; tor you will be forced to hurry up ; con- I sequeutly your team will soon be tired down and your freedmen, or laborers, will be more likely to leave than if you fwere not over-taxed. In addition, to this, the famer who plants more than he can well cultivate cannot improve by that drainage, compostmg and deep jplowing that should be done to raise the fertility of the land. Management of laborep is a lesson a number of farmers.have yet to learn. i, j Farmers should, id the first place, barn to respect the negro as freedmen, deal honestly and promptly with him, rjquire nothing but what is reasonable, and reqaiire rigid obedience, pay iim a rfaSonrilft nricti anil ho will da nnifh hot ter than if you pursueta different course, 1 jit was necessary in ante-war iimes to have ohxi attended (to, o he ; j would, not do his duty. . Under the new order, emancipation has, not taught him his dijty to his employer, for it seemsj he is incapaeitaed to understand his true condition, for freedoms has made him less faith- Jul therefore, to succeed with him you must attend to him more stj-ictly than formerly.! 1 In t,he maBagementtof the farm it is absolutely E necessary to ; have a good 1 team, and that your i f: i,:.' - s t .i . t team way ut? auie wua goyu, sservice ana last years longer .every farmer should have four to every jthreelplows he intends to run; mules then if one should befgalled, as r i iuA .,tJP u:. is pft en the. case in- crop time, he could rest him J when if he had to continue to work, lje would-pe injured. ) Not only this, he Would not be ' compelled,' as some men are,i to commence plowing after rainy spell before the! -ground becomes in good order, or -hauling comost, for he could catch up by having these extra mules. f I Some might; suppose" they Jwould incur too much expense by plowing the fouHh mule: try it, and you will find j that it requires no more to keep lour good nrqies in order to do the work Of three, than it does jjfor three that are worked tikeja great njiany.are , : . j I .. I If you provide them with good qunrters and rood, when you start .hey will move briskly, and three of tht se, mules will do more work iu one day than four galled land jaded ;j consequently here is the savtoir of taie band. 1 Forming ' Implements. -Farmers, should use the very best farmingfimpfements; by these we mean wagons, carts, harness,: plows, &o., &c. be sides they should be Kept in good order at all times. When a fanaer ps weil provided with these, the laborers can have no excuse for the want of a good tool tqf work withv j We consider it impossible for a farmer to succeed well unless he adapts th is rule. I j. ;! '"j i Composting. -"If fyou.feed the land it will feed you." (Therefore, it is necessary to hus band up all the ina uies you can at home, and since but few can rafee a sufficiently, it will pay to use a liberal quantity of unadulterated im- ported fertilizers. I ! i il l I j We are satisfied taat three hundred pounds j oi jreruvian i guano win pay a larger percent than one or two hundred to the acre. t Our counsel is. to Imul vegetable; mould, ditch j bank, swamp muck aid mix upon every acre from 500 to 750 Bushels, ..With' marl, cotton seed, stable or barn yrd manure and ashes, then it you have not enough to compost an your land, of. Imrwirtpd ifcrtUizpi-a tn finish nnt j- .Ijjo not, because- Jome of your land is rich, uegfect to manure it ;f this is the very land that manure pays best on J bjesides if you wish this land to remain rich ypu most manure it. j - . .-1 . -: ; ( j,.;.;. ' j Ditch your La n . -I f y our land is not drained, the best mangement must prove failure to a certain extent, under Ihe moat favorable circum stances, for in dry seasons your soil will suffer more than if it was.well drained ; and all know ;what effect wet seasons have upon it. 1 1 To drain land well In Eastern North Carolina, von must ditch, not bne or two ! feet deep and stop, but all black soils- and a part of the fiat clay soils require the fwater to run bp the white sand in the bottom of the ditch j This sand, in !the ! black alluvial sdils, is generally from three !k-k1 ' a Vi 1 r 4Vina nl am V P Irot loan - 1 - AUU Vy BSAMi BUf IW IWV p. Flow Derp.--On all of your clay sub soil land, plow deep, and if youf plow in the fall and winter In tune lor it to treezc it would De better. With your, lands drained, ploweddeep. com- Ipoeted, seeded and cultivated well, success is cer tain, for then1 every jaere will yield you a good I dividend, and you wll not have any land, as is I hHo-ften.jb'itvWi8M'fgood, .honest, hard In 1871, cultivate B. and C, pursuing the WorMfimenwholabclr nnremhtingly and never ma course as ia X8U0.; - In 1872, cultivate C. accumulate but verv little, while others in the and A-, and thus continue the rotation: by ao EIGHTEENTH YQLHIEI? CUBE U 927 the case at present, to spend money on, to absorb the profits of the better lancL . Rotation of Crops.- While we have never practiced this as thoroughly as we intend to do. we have experimented sufficiently to say, that if ferme 0q11 practice it with a judicious fyBtem ui uiauuiiUKi tu lug L(VUUCUUa UI BOlia WOuivi our farms into threa n i70, take the same I uu huw uim ivu nvuiu rcuUlIW J cultivate all, as many do, (save a email section for PasturaS8 purposes,) and do all you can oa A- ana u. in thoroughly preparing them with comV an they will produce, without a doubt, more inaD lDe whole. , After theroP ia planted on A. and B., take the force an1 team u woul(1 uke to cultivate C. I u tcv.wuu iu tiupruTctnenk doing, we think your crops will be double in 1873. Application of CovnpotL We will here grve an outline of applying compost and our mode of cultivation. - ' Before we start to haul our compost to spread in the drill , for cotton, we run our field off into lands, the space of five rows; for instance: if our cotton rows are 3 feet wide, we run these rows off 17 j feet; we then check across the dis tance we suppose we will have the number of loads of compost to the acre. If we think wo have 150 loads to the acre, wo check this 1 feet across, which will make 144 loads to the acre. By doing this, we get our compost put regularly over the field. Then the rows are run, and when done there is two on each aide of the row that the compost is in, which make it very convenient for the shovelers 'to apread in -the drill, since there will be no necessity fjr them to leave the heap as they can throw it frcia seven toen feet. We then ridge up with a turn plow and t pit and middle with a double mould-board plow. e are then ready to plant. We do not know that it is necessary to state that the seed should be planted shallow, and that they should come un in a narrow line that in itmirht rw. aihlA . As soon as the plant shows Itself, we com- mence-'plowing by the side of it with a small pi0Wt a half shear or cultivator, After we have thus run over, we start our hoea to chopping. We are not particular this time, as we merely block out, striking but one time in a Dlace: where tha rotton ia hnahh w it chopped thinner than where it is puny, We then have the plow to follow and aide the j;rt back immediately behind the hoo: after getting over this time we have the hoe to go ahead again, and are very particular as we eu-' deavor, to put it to what is called a stand. We then have the plow to follow immediately after the hoe, in order to plow the dirt, back to the young plant ; ' for if there should come a heavy min It. trnn )A AtneA w1n A 1.1.,.' I - n VUIVI VUUCU IIJU Uldllb SMS UNl'rT. After getting over this time there is not mnch to.be done by the hoc, except to go over and take the bunches of grass and weeds out that were left and perfect the stand then rood I l : - i "ii. i. . . " plowing is nearly all that is needful. Our method of planting corn is to plant all one way, or what js called drilled corn ; the dis tance we give ourrows is from 5 to 6 feet. At the first plowing we plow the dirt to the middle; at the second we plow the dirt back to the corn, and at the third we sow peas broad cast, at the rate of one bushel to the acre, and lay it by aa clean as a garden. The result is, we make a fair crop of peas, besides we have very few nox ious weeds to go to seed, but we have a fine crop of pea-vines to furnish food for the coming crop. ' We will here remark, that we plant our corn before we do our cotton, we take our whole force into the corn and give it a good working. By pursuing this course, we have ample time to do justice to the cottou, consequently neither our cotton nor oux corn suffers for the want of work. Besides this, it requires less labor to cultivate the crop, as one grasay row will require twice aa long to work it. Care of Stock. We are satisfied that no branch of husbandry p iys better than kind atten tion to stock. Not only this, we have a moral duty to perform, and if we were to permit our" horse that lends us "his strength, the cow that gives us her milk," to stand in a lot of quagmire without shelter, on the leeward aide of an old house or stack, we should foel miserable during the storni8 of winter. By providing good quarters for stock, we sate not onlythe stock, but a vast deal of mi n are that would be otherwise lost. . When we clean our horse stalls out, the droppings are placed under a shelter. Every-nigbt our cattle are penned and in the norm rig we have the dropping taken np and pat in pens, over these pens are shelters. Aa for our hogs, we pen them every night near by. m order -to protect them from thieves. . Next mornin: we drive them to a pas tare we hare specially for them. We do not want houses for boss in the sum mcr. as thev are mor r.fc m tt th miincm than if allowed to run ut. In the winter, houses and shelters pay well for them. J t We expect to save this year at least fifteen hundred mule loads of compost from our hogs. Our advice to farmers is to plant more grain, for in our estimation, one barrel of corn made at home, is worth oearly or quite aa mnch aa two from home. When you produce a barrelof corn, you get the fodder and shucka, and sometimes peas; whereas, if you purchase it from a neigh Lor, you are troubled and perplexed in your business frequently in getting it, by having your business disjointed; and not only this, there ia not many farmers who.will feed their stock aa well, consequently they lose in this way. lot short, Where there is plenty of grain raised, yoa are apt to see fat horses and mules, and a pretty good supply of hogs. Meeting of Stockholders. A general meeting of tbe Stockholders of the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company" and of tha "Air Line Railroad Company ia South Carolina? will be held at the Office of tbe said Companies ia the City or Atlanta, Oa-. on Tuesday the 2Sth day et June, 1870, for the transaction of such business aa the interests of the Companies' may require. Jane 6, 1870. j 8. BUFOKD, PreldeW rcu l.V 1870. I Feb U, Cm June o, leiv-

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