The Greenville Enterprise, 1870-03-30

?? ? uutci v? wiiu pleasure iusi tbe people of the Southern States are tnruing their attention to the cultivation of a free!: variety of products, instead of confining themselves, as heretofore, to a few great staples. It has not escaped their notice that among the most valuable of the vegetable creation is the Cinchona tree, of Peru and Bolivia, and it is now asserted, on excellent authority, that in the highlands of South Carcrtina, are regions of country perfectly adapted For the cultivation of a plant which furnishes the sole remedial agent in a large class of disenses. We refer to a letter from Lardner Gibbon, Esq., of Greenville county, South Carolina, to the United States Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. Gibbon was formerly a Lieutenant in the navy, and in tbe year 1851 crossed the the Andes from the Pacific, in company with Lieutenant Ilerndon and descended the AuoAxon Itiver to the Atlantic. The very interesting reports made by these officers were published at the time, and embodied valuable information on the snbject of the production of the Cinchona tree. From later researches we learn that in its native State tho tree it becoming almost extinct. Hie nu?t valuable variety (the Calisaya) has j

IKONOttA Thrilling Advent are of a Minnesota Girl with Indians. On the border of Green Lake, in Minnesota, there lived asturdy, white-haired frontiersman named Walter Brown. lie was one of th<?e adventurous spirits ever to be found iu-the van of advancing civilization?always courting the free, wild air of the prairie, and rejoicing in tlie profound depths of the nninhntiiited forests. But the country grew moro and more thickly NUled, and Walter Brown became uneasy. 11 is wife had homo bins daughter', the third or fourth, year of thair residence at the head waters of tlip St. proix, whom lie called Leonora. She wa? a good girl and the idol of her fltther. He purchased a rifle for her wpW she was.but twelve .v<>ars of age, and took the utmost pains in teaching her the use of it. She was brave, and steady of nerve, and soon acquired wonderful skill as a shot; and the number of prairie chickens, partridges, and wild weterfowle and other small game, , .would shoot a deer, and one eventful morning, bv a . lucky afiot r >h1roglr fWeje into the brain, she killed a bear.* . W '*rt? aleVwiue hbme with tlie i news, bar fbther Could hardly crcd it her ; but knowing her perfectly

v.vu>uh). juun.er is one of their fine arts, and the way in which they dispose of obnoxious Gentiles and apostates is as bloody as it is summary. There can be but little doubt that a state of affairs exists in Utah which calls for active aiul stringent legislation. The number of Gentiles murdered by the Mormons in one year is suflicient cause to outlaw them all. So long as their odious 44 religion" is winked at by our Government, Mormonism will remain a blot and a blister upon the name of the country, and these sanctimonious vagabonds should be handled without gloves. - - ? ?? ??Farmkks' - Farmkks' ??Farmkks' Clubs.?Farmers* clubs may be made eminently useful, aud now is the time to organl ize them in every neighborhood where one docs not now exist.? Their organization should be very simple. Too much formality in such societies detracts from their value. Don't fetter yoursejves with too many by laws and rules. Get together to talk in a free, offhand way about fanning. The most important thing is to have a good secretary, who can put into a readable shape the most % aluable I facts and experience drawn ont in | the meetings, and fu?n<*

M*v??iivwniO IUI 1IIU in* troduction and propagation of the Cinchona tree. OneJiundrcd acres of land would accommodate about 22,500 Cinchona treee. They can be planted as near together as peach trees. "In connection with the desire expressed by the Honorable Coin* miasioner to Congress, to " establish a Cinchona Plantation under the care of this Department," and if what I have said in favor of these mountains as the proper location within these United States, should meet, approval?as an experimental [Troof?so that the Cinchona tree may be fairly transplanted here, I would like to offer for the acceptance of the Department of Agriculture, oue hundred acres of land situated near Table Hock, at Marietta, free of charge." We trust this liberal and well timed offer of Mr. Gibbon may be accepted, and the experiment fairly tried. We have little doubt of its success, and the benefit to tho country would be simply incalculable. Professor Orton, in his recent work, the " Andes and the Ainaron," states " that Dr.Taylor, of Rio Bamba, found one tree which gave $3,600 worth of qni -

n naiy tuey looked in erery direction, to see from whence came the fatal shot, and the next instant bang went Leonora1* rifle again, and another of their jiotnber dropped dead. But they eaw the smoke of the last shot and caught a glimpse of the shooter. At once they comprehended their peril. They could not hide, and their only show for life was in rushing to the tree and tomahawking their presumptuous foe on the spot; instantly sounding the war-whoop, they bounded forward ; but with notes half nttered, another of their nnmbor bounded into the air, and fell back to rise no more. Leonora bad fired again. The remaining three rushed on, but again the brave girl's rifle rang out like the knell of gloom, and the fourth savage fell headlong to the ground. The terror of the remaining two was painful to behold. They stopped snort in their onward course, and, uttering the most fearful screams, discharg ed their rifles at the tree in the wildest and most unavailing man ner. Again that relentless rifle blazed, and another of the remain -

mm uiu Jiot seem to be the purpose of tbo Indiaits; for, lying the arms of the captives behind I them, they ^ook them to the ca, noes, where, taking the old man ' into one and the young man into i the other, they shoved boldly ont in the lake and paddled rapidly ; down towards where the honse i stood, Leonora divined their in tant instantlv. I ( 44 Ha I" she said to herself,44 they design capturing me, too. They r deem that an eaaV job!" and her ? eyes danced and her face flushed with anger. 14 Bee! there is a third I oanoc, which they no donbt supI pose will contain me. litis vil( lainotts work has been carefully , calculated; but yon bad savages, yon Itavo mistaken your girl this time! Nora Brown has been > taught more things thari to oook a t venison steak I Ob, dear, dear father, yonr Nora will soon show t you how bravely she can sucoor you, and bow yonr instructing her i in the use of the rifle bss saved yon i thisjday. And too, too, darling I Harry Watson, nave won a longer a . - ^ ? - m *"

as firm as steel. She had put fresh water proof cape upon each nipple of her rifle, and, resting the barrel upon the rati, she drew a sharp bead npon the foremost one ; but as her finger carved to press the trigger, she heard what actually seemed to bo a voice whisper : " Not jet, Nora." She pansed, and then, as by inspiration, flashed this thought into her mind: 44 Wait till they get nearer the house, then shoot the hindmost one first." She obeyed the impression, and let thein come on a few yards nearer. Suddenly, the thought came again : 44 Now's your time !" Clapping her face to the rifle breech, she trained the death telling tube steadily npon the chest ot the rearmost Indian for an instant, and fired. The bullet sued true to its mark, and the burly Indian merely threw up big arms and fell dead?the rifle ball having gone directly throngh bis heart. A clap of thunder from a clear sky could not have so utterly astounded the remaining Indians. *IT 1 11 . ? * *