Facts for Furmers. There are some things that farmers AllfrHt In L*rtriwr It is an error to plant seeds from a state further south. In a cold season only the seed of a colder climate will ripen well. Often breaking up a surface keeps a soil in health ; for when it lies in a hard, bound state, enriching showers run off, and the salubrious air cannot enter. Weeds exhaust the strength of the ground, and if suffered to grow, may be called garden sins. The hand and the hoe are the instruments for eradicating weeds, yet if there is room between the rows for the spade it is well to use it. Never keep your cattle short; few farmers can afford it. If you starve them, they will atarve you. It will not do to hoe a great field for a little crop, as to mow twenty acres for five loads of hny. Enrich the land and it will pay you for it. Better farm 36 acres well, than 50 acres by halves. Drive your business before you, and it will go easily. Cut bushes that you wish to destroy in the lummer and with a sharp instrument; they will bleed freely and die. Sow clover deep; it secures it against the drought. Never plow in bad weather, or when the ground is very wet. It is better to cut grain just before it is fully or dead ripe. When the straw imme chately below the grain is so dry that on twisting it no juice is expressed, it should be cut, for then there is no further circulation of juices to the ear. Ever}* hour that it stands uncut after this stage is attended with loss. When an implement is no longer wanted for the season, lay it carefully aside, but first let it be well cleaned. Obtain good seed, prepare your ground well, sow early, and pay very little attention to the moon. Do not begin farming by building an extensive house, nor a spacious barn, till you have something to store in it. Avoid a low and damp site of a dwelling honse. Build sufficiently distant from your V _ . ..1.1 1 . 1 1 . 1 Darn ana stocK-yara 10 avoia accidents Dy fire. Keep notes of all remarkable events on your farm. Recording even your errors will be of benefit. Good fences make good neighbors. Experiments are highly commendable, but do not become an habitual experimenter. The depredations of birds are fully com? pensated by the services they render in preying upon insects. One animal well fed is of more value than two poorly kept. The better animals can be fed, and the more comfortabl^they can be kept, the mure proiuaDie mey are; ana all larmers work tor profit. Ground once well plowed is better than thrice poorly. Bountiful crops are mQre profitable than poor ones. Make, the soil rich, pulverize it well and keep it clean, and it generally will be productive. Weeds that grow unmolested around the fences, stumps and stones, scatter their seeds over the farm, and they are likely to grow. Cows well fed in winter give more milk in summer. What ou?ht to bo done to-dav. do it. for W . I> / J to-morrow it may rain. A strong horse will work all day without food, but keep him at it and he will not last long. A rich soil will produce good crops with' out manure, but keep at it and it will tire. Farmers' sons had better learn to hold the plow and feed the pigs, 4han measure tape and count buttons. Young ladies who h&ve the good fortune to become farmers' wives, will find it more profitable to know how to make Johnny cake, butter and cheese, than to play the piano. All. who wish to be rich, must spend les3 than they earn. Tending Cattle. Water your cattle in the yard, by all means, if you would not loose half their manure. He who lets his cattle run at large through the winter, and runs in debt 'in the spring for guano, poudrette, saltpetre, and lime, to enrich his farm, may need a guardian within a year, if prices continue y as low as they now are. r v'M^ny. farmers suffer their cattle to go to a distant brook to find water" through the printer when a bucket or a pump would yield enough in the yard, warmer and better than rivulqt supply. Keep your cattle un. and you will have as much manure as your farm wiilneedyoras you will have time to cart but and use. A good cow, tvell fed -ittd kept up through the y6ar; will yi*td Aore'manure thart is often uaed on an acre f k }f too bow up your cattle in ieantos they stolid all stand on platforms raised fonr or L < five .inches higher thatt th# floor on which 4h. dropped. In thisway yon can, keep yoor ;S'M^rfafmo^anJ\tin?^? he ihrown manure. Saw-dust is used here to advantage, for though there is but little virtue in that material when applied alone as a dressing, yet it readily absorbs other matter and retains it till the more powerful absorbent, nnil cm I rim tvc fnrth tlmt mottni* an/I nnmroirc """ OVJ") WW ?..?v it to the roots of plants. ft Some farmers will have no raor under their cows and oxen : they clear out their leantos annually to the depth of one or two feet and fill in loam or sand to form a new bed and to be treated in the same manner. Cattle lie more comfortably on such a bed than on plank floors, let them be littered ever so well. One or two planks may be placed behind them for convenience of hovelling the manure away?and the planks should always lie lower than the catties platform. Night Feeding.?Is it proper to disturb cattle that have not labored through the day, by giving them food late at night?? Many make a constant practice of going to the barn at nine in the evening, waking up their cows and inviting them to eat a little more. One object is to avoid placing a large quantity of fodder before them at a time ; and it is said that the winter nights are too long for them to go without food, and "little and often" is the watchword. On the other hand it is contended that by disturbingcattle after they have gone to rest, you do them more harm than good?that if ihpv ivprc nr?t a'f.l/o nn tlioir \until/1 Hat fipl ...wj -i' ? hungry, and would not think of eating before morning light. We think much depends on the habit; if we use children to eat half a dozen times in a day, they will as many times be hungry. What person ever arises in morning on account of hunger? Would children rest better by beingaroused at midnight and made to eat? If it is proper to wake up cattle late at night and giv^them food, is it not equally proper to wake up pigs that are fattening to feed them in the night ? A Cure for Consumption.?A Scotch paper relates an instance of a young lady who was lately restored to health, though in the last stages of consumption, by the following means. It is truly remarked that the case is singular if true. The victim believing her dissolution approaching retired to a quiet summer residence to dip. While in that situation it was her custom to rise as early as her malady would permit to contemplate alone the wonderful works of God from her Chamber window, from which she observed a dog be*1? l ?:ii 1 ? lunging iu iuu uuuau, >viin scarcely any nesn upon his bone3, constantly go and lick the dew off a camomile brd in the garden, iu doing which the animal was noticed to alter in appearance, to recover strength and to look plump and well. The singularity of the circumstance was impressed strongly on the lady's mind, and induced her to try what effect might be produced from following the dog's example. She accordingly produced the dew from the same bed of camomile, drank a small quantity each morning, and after continuing it some time, experienced some relief, her appetite became regular, and she found a return of spirits and in the end was completely cured. Heaves.?Do you know any effectual cure for heaves in horses? If not, perhaps you may consider what follows as worth noticing. I have a valuable horse, one of a pair, which threatened, more than a year ago to become utterly useless, m consequence of this complaint. At the expiration of the last grass season, I was induced to try top stalks of corn instead of hay, and the result has been that the animal is entirely relieved. Permit me to add, that 1 have for years been in the practice of giving my horses each an ounce of fine salt every other day, and have good reasons for believing that their health is greatly promoted by it.?Alb. Cull. Age of Animals.?A bear rarely exceeds twentv Vp.nw n Hnrr liimc tivnnl" ? J J j - -"fcj ?*va '"tinjf y cuio, a wolf twenty; a fox fifteen or sixteen; lions are long lived. Pompey lived to the age of seventy. The average of cats is fifteen years; a squirrel or hare seven or eight years?rabbits-seven. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of 400 years. When Alexander theGreat had conquered one Phorus, King of India, he took a great elephant, which had fought valiantly lor the king, and naming him Ajax, dedicated him to the Sun, and let him go with this inscription : "Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedicated Ajux to the Sun." This elephant was found with this inscription 350 years afterwards. Pigs have been known to live to the age of j 5ft irnoro T1 V*? *- A ji tic iiuiiuut'ius 10 twenty. A horse has been known to live to the age of 62. but averages 25 to 30. Camels sometimes live to the age of 100. Stags are long lived. Sheep seldom exceed the age of 10. Cows live about 15 years. Cuvier thinks 1 it probable that whales sometimes live 1000 years. Mr. Mallerton has the skeleton of a swan that attained the age of 200 years. Pelicans are long lived. A tortoise has been known to live to the ago of 107. The Deaf and Dumb.?The number of j deaf and dumb in the world is estimated by i an Edinburgh Reviewer at 540,000-enough tnpnflililnto o ??e granted. Gtvenjinder mvband this mhlSicfe TMT 0. LESIjY* Otfdy. March 31. 5 2# 'v* f' * ? The Young Jack, DON JUAN, will stand this Spring Season at the following places, viz; At Robt, C Richey's, commencing on Monday the 8th of March. At Joseph Lyon's on Wednesday the tenth, and at Francis Clink** scales' on Friday twelfth, and visit the stands every ninth day (Sundays excepted,) throughout the season, which will end the tenth of Jane next, and be let to Mares at Three Dollars the single Visit, four Dollars the Season, and six Dollars insurance, lwenty-hve cents to the Groom in all cases. Any person putting by the leap, and the Mare not standing, j may full into the season or Insurance, and not be charged for the leap. Tne leap and season ; money, will be considered due at the expira. | lion of the season ; the Insurance, aosoon as {it is ascertained that the Mare is in foal. Any i person trading a Mare before it is ascertained | whether she is in foal or no. will be held re? | sponsible for the Insurance. All possible care will be taken to prevent accidents, but no liability will be incurred for any that may haps pen. Don Juan's Sire, was the celebrated Don ; Juan, unporled from Italy ; the largest Jack j that has ever been in this section of country, j and can show the best Colts. His Dam is a | first rate Jinny, of the Don Sancho blood. ' References for the Colts of Young Don \ Juan : To James B Richey, Wm Rir.hey jr j and Robert Ellis. JOHN DONALD, Sr, j Feb. 11th, 1847. 51 6w The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. H. H. Towns applicant, vs. J. W. Prather and others.?Partition in Ordinary. It appearing to my satisfaction that Elijah Roberts, one of the Defendants in this case, resides beyond the limits of the State. It fs therefore ordered that he do appearand object to the division or sale of the Real Estate of | Betsy Roberts dee'd, on or before the 20th day ol^ May 1847, oi his consent to the same will i be entered bf record. D. LESLY, Ord'y. r eD. am The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the Court of Ordinary. Smallvvood Witts, vs. Franklin Witts and others,?Partition in Ordinary. It appearing1 to my satisfaction that, Lucinda Weatherford, Susan McClure, Wrn Witts, Thomas Witts, Williamson Witt3, and William Jones and Mary his wife, parties Dej fendantts reside without the limits of the State. It is therefore ordered, that they do appear and object to the division or sale of the real Estate of Stephen Witts de'd, on or before i the 20th of May 1847, or their consent to the | same will be entered of record. j Feb 3 1 3m D. LESLY, Ord'y. ! The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the matter of John Calvert1 s Will. Notice. Whereas, Silas Ray and wife, James Shillito and wife, and John Davis, some of the next of kin of the sr.id John Calvert dec'd, have this day filed their notice in Ordinary requiring the paper admitted to probate in common form in said Cour', to be proven in u due form of law." These are therefore, to cite Millv Patterson, and MasonCalvert, who are said to be ab-? sent and without the limits of this State, and may be entiled to distribution of said Estate, to be and appear before me in the Court of Ordinary to be held on or before the third Monday in April 1847, at Abbeville C. H? and plead thereto, at which time I shall hear and pronounce for or against the validity of the same. DAVID LESLY, Ord'y. Jan 12th' 1847. 47 3m Thp Stjrfp nf Smith Pnvnlino ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, In the Court of Common Pleas. Benjamin F. Spikes, who has been arrested, and is now confined within the bounds of the jail of Abbeville District, by virtue of a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, at the suit of Wade S Cothran and James Sproul, having filed his petition, with a schedule, on oath, of his whole estate and effects, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly commonly called Insolvent Debtors Act?Public Notice isriereby given that the petition of the Baid Benjamin F. Spikes will be heard and considered in the Court of Common Pleas to be holden for Abbeville District, at Abbeville Court House, on the third Monday of October next, or on such other day thereafter as the said Court may j _11 ?t 1.4 n - # - * -r> uiucr , uiiu un iiiu creuiLors 01 me sai'i cenjamin F. Spikes are hereby summoned person*, ally or by attorney to be and appear then and there, in the said Court, to shew cause, if any they can, why the Benefit of the Acts afore* said should not be granted to the said Benjamin F Spikes, upon his taking the oath, and executing the assignment required by the Acts aforesaid. J F LIVINGSTON, Clerk. Clerk's Office, Dec 20,1846 44 t3mO The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the Court of Common Pleas. William A. Cobb, vs. James Knox.? Foreign Attachment. The Plaintiff in the above case haying this day filed his Declaration m my office, ana the Defendant haying no wife or attorney known to be within the State, upon whom a copy thereof may be served : It is Ordered that the said Defendant do appear and plead thereto v^thin B Vfinr nrid n Hull (rnm fhia d??a - J -v., I ?/ yiitu MUVVf VI JUUglllCIH by default will be given against him. JNO. F. LIVINGSTON, Clerk. Clk's Office, March 14,1846. 3 ly Notice to Creditors. Estate of Wm. Alexander deceased. Notice is hereby given to the Creditors and tfebtors of the Estate of Wm Alexander dec'd, to present their demands and make payment to the Adminstrator, as the Estate will not be able to pay all the demands against it. It will be closed in Ordinary on the firat of May. ARGH'D KENNEDY, Adm'r. Feb. 17. 51 8m To Bll Adminlatrflfnw nnrf UnnrHlrvi Take Notice. Those who areirtdefault, and have not made your annual return?, afc required to do ?o with. r out fail/the commencement ot the year.?* There are a number of defaulters. tTW D. LESLY, Ord'y. .' v . . ' - T"- > , - . * . '5-# . ..... r"?, ' " :v v.. : . \ -.1, .: ' : . laced nil tbpjf. NOTES and A(X uuuivrs in our bands for collection, with, special instructions, those in-debtedby Note or Book Account,, would do well to call and] make payment aa. soon as convenient. Pay-, ment is not to be made to either of the^artr ners, but alone to.us. PERR1N &vMcGOWEN. July 22, 1846 21 tf House an.d|Lot for Sale. < a a The subscriber offers for *a)e his his HOJ(JSE and LOT, situate on * 2slfet',e main,street in the village of Ab? JrasBghowill*. The h?uso is in good repair,. wun an necessary out uuuamgs. * ' , Dee 9 4llf f J. A. HAMILTON. To the People of Abbeville. : * The subscriber respectfully solicits all persons,' indebted to the Sheriffs Officc for CQSHY, Plaintiffs or Defendant's,are earnestly re qu es *. . ted to come forward and settle, as this w myy last year in office, I shall be compelled to have all cost due me in the office Mettled. YoutfiBr find my?elf or Mr Taggpart dance {April 15 7 It] J. KAatgV; f I Attention McDuffie Rifle " You will appear at Deadfall on tt?rggg??.. turdaj in April next* irmedaad equipfrftdAr infection.and rfrjU. qoC^aAN^LLVqm., i I -vV- -* * \< . ' |X ?:fiP?&3k?v