The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, May 12, 1847, Image 4

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(written for tiie banner.) Oh! sing not c Niiy native Land. Oh ! sing not of my untivo land, Italia's starry skies; It 'minds mo of au abeent land, That mournfully I prizo. Each note as caroleeely it falls, Upon my list'ning oar; Somo sweet familiar sound recalls, That I no moro Bhall h^ar. And yot a holior tone it takes, When with those acconts clear; Methinks in solemn music wakes, My mother's parting prayor. Another too onco broath'd the strain, Whoso voice to me is muto? As melody that no'er again, Can thrill from broken lute. Then Lady, cooso, no longer now Can- my roving spirit bear, The mask of pride, and from my brow, Its mockery I tear. Erekine College. The Luckless Student. (written for the banner.) They deem me even strangely cold, And think my youth's bright morning, I'd sacrifice at shrino of gold? Affection's ireasuro scorning: Yet 'tis not so, though gaily I Some heartlebs talo am telling, My spirit could m mockery sigh O'or all it then was quelling. Still would I thus forevor hide, From all savo one oach dreaming Of radiant hue, with mask of prido And wildly joyous seeming: For who would to this false world show, Ono ray of hallow'd feoling Within the soul, or let it know Lovo deep beyond revealing. Erskine College. Conrad. j To Cultivate Indian Corn. The land should be a loamy sand, very rich. In the beginning of April, the grains should be set like hops, at two feet distance, six or eight grains in a hill, each grain about sn inoh deep in the ground. Tho seed from Now England is the bost. In the beginning of May, the alleys should bo hoed, and the hills weeded and earthed up higher. At the lattor end of that month all the superfluous stalks should lie taken, and only thrco stems of corn lefl in each hill. By the middle of June it will cover the alley. It ? ... L 1M__ 1.1 1 il . 1 1 grows iiiuuii utte uuirusues, me lower leaves being like broad flags, three or four inches wide and as many feet in length ; the stems shooting upwards, from seven to ten feet in height, with many joints casting off flagleaves at every joint. Under these leaves, and close to the stem, grovVs the corn, covered over by many coats of sedgy leaves,and so closed in by them to the stem, that it does not show itself easily, tili there burst out at end of the ear a number of strings that look like tufts of horse-hair, at first of a beautiful green, and afterwards red or yellow, the stem ending in a flower. The corn will ripen in September; but the sun at that season not having strength enough tn JrV if it miiat Virt 1oirl nnnn i*ar?lra ai* tl?An upon floors, in dry rooms, and frequently turned, to avoid moulding : the grains are ' about as big as peas, and adhere in regular rows round a white pithy substance, which forms the ear. An ear contains from two to four hundred grains, and is from six to ten inches in length. They are of various col ors, blue, red, white, and yellow. The manner ol gathering them is by cutting down the stems and breaking off the ears. The stems are as big a man's wrist, and look like bamboo cane ; the pith is full of a juice that tastes as sweet as sugar, and the joints are about a foot and a half distant. The increase is upwards of five hundred ibid, Upon a large scale the seed may be drilled in allevs like peas : and liarrowRfl. which will answer very well. It will grow upon all kinds of land. The ears which Srow upon dry sandy land are less, but hater and riper. The grains is taken from the husk by hand, and when ground upon French stones, makes an excellent flour, of which it yields much more, with much less rfatav than wheat does, and exceeds it in crust, pancakes, puddings, and all other uses except bread, but a sweetness peculiar to it, which in all other cases makes it agreeable, is here nauseous* It is excellent for feeding poultry' and hogs, and . fattens both much Better and sooner than peas and barley. The atems make abetter hedges for kitchen Sard en than reeds do, It clears the ground om weeds, and makes a good season for any other kind: of corn. Piso, and other Spanish physicians* ^re fijll of the medicinal virtue* ;pf this grain. It was the only bre^-odin ifenown in ;'Amorica when first ' How Vo :i;R?VIVE CUT FlQWHHS.? quets of favorite flowers in winter, and with wild plants lor botonical specimens in summer, and always successfully except where, like the rose and a few others, the flower is naturally short-lived, and falls to pieces as soons as it feels the effects of heater! nlr Corn vised for Fodder.?D. S. Beers, Knox County, Ohio, in the Ohio Cultivator says:?MI plowed about three acres of swamp ground that had become dry, but was overrun with weeds, and sowed four bushels of corn on it. From this I cut ten tons of most valuable fodder, and it has proved the most valuable crop I raised this year." Triple the amount of seed would probably have greatly addod to the crop. Weanino Lambs.?If Lambs arc weaned the last of August or first of September, as they can then get soft green food, they will triinrl tlin /*li?uurn lnec liAtf will at a later period, when the herbage lias j become dry and hard, and lost its sweetness, j The ewes will also gain by this manage- I ment, as they will get in good condition to ' endure the hardships incident to our long ; wintors. Plough Deep.?If you would perma- j nently, increase the productiveness and fer- ; tility of your fields, plough deep, and bring | to the surfacc a portion of the soil never he- j fore stirred that it may receive the fructify- | itig influence of the sun and air. By so do- j ing and filling the soil with invigorating ^ manures, you will provido a bod iu which the roots of vegetables will find a healthy and salutary medium. Austcrlitz?After the Battle.* In fact from one wing to the other of the Russian army, no part of it was in order but the corps of Prince Bagration. which Lanneshad not ventured to pursue, being ignorant of what was passing on the right of ; the army. All the rest was in a state of j frightful disorder, setting up wild shouts, j and plundering the villager scattered upoq j its route, to procure provisions. Th; two j sorvereigns of Russia and Austria fled from j the field of battle upon which they heard | the French crying, Vive V Empcreur/" j Alexander was deeply dejected. The Em- S pet'or r rarjcis, more tranquil, bore the dis- j aster with great composure. Under the i common misfortune, he had at least one j consolation; the Russians could no longer allege that the cowardice of the Austrians constituted it the glory ofNapcleon. The two princes retreated precipitately over the plains of Moravia, amidst profound darkness, separated from their house-hold, and liable to be insulted, through the barbarity of their own soldiers. The Emperor Francis seeing that all was lost, took it upon himself to send Prince John of Lichtenstein to Napoleon, to solicit an armistice, with a promise to sign a piece in a few days. He commissioned him, moreover, to express to Napole on his wish to have an interview vvicn him at the advanced posts, Prince John, who had well performed his duty in the engagement, could appear with honor before the conqueror. He repaired with the utmost expedition to the French j head quarters. The victorious Napoleon ' was engaged in going over the field of bat- j tie, to have the wounded picked up. He j would not take rest himself till he had paid j to his soldiers those attentions to which thev I y i had such good right. In obedience to his | orders, none of them had quit the ranks to j carry away the wounded Theground was, ; in consequence, strewed with them for a space of more than three leagues. It was covered more especially with Russian corpse. The field of battle was an awful spectacle. But this sight affected our old soldiers of the Revolution very slightly. Accustomed to the horrors of war, they regarded wounds, i death, as a natural consequence of battles, j aud as trifles in the bosom of victory? j They were intoxicated with joy, and raised boisterous acclamations, when they perftpiirnfl thr? rrmti r? of o nuillicu the presence of Napoleon. His return to the head quarters, which had been established at the post house of Posoriti;. had the appearance of a triumphal procession. The results of the battle were immense: 15,000 killed or wounded, about 20.000 prisoners, among whom were 10 colonels and 8 generals, 180 pieces of canntfn, an immense quantity ol artillery and baggage ivrt rrnna?snr?W \vPfO iho ln??p? fif lli<? pnumu ?o ~ - j nnd the trophies of the French. The latter had to regret about 7,000 men killed and wounded. Napoleon, having returned to his head quarters at Posoritz, there received Prince John of Lichtenstein. He treated him as a conqueror full of courtesy, and agreed to an interview with the Emperor of Austria on the day after the next, at the advanced posts of the two armies; but an armistice was not to be granted till the two Emperors of France and Austria had met and explained themselves, .1? ? tvt 1 i r .1 l:_ v-mi iihj inui iuvy, puicuii uuusiurrcu ills head quarters to Austerlitz, a mansion belonging to the family of Kaunitsj. There he established himself, and determined to give the name of that mansion to the brittle which the soldiers already called the battle of the three Emperors. It has borne and will bear for ages the name which it received from the immortal captain who won it.-;?Theirs. Gentle Hints.?I was amused the last rnoniing watch I kept. We were lowing ^y;hanjmaofcs in the quarter deck nettings, when one of the boys pamo with his hammock" on his shoulder, and as he passed, the first Lieutenant perceived that j / iffe . / lie had a quid of tobacco in his check.? "What have you got there, my good lad? a gu:n-bile ? your chcck is much swelled." "No sir," replied the boy? "there's nothing at all the matter. " O, there must be ; it is a bad tooth then?open your mouth .and let me see." Very reluctantly the boy i opened his mouth and discovered a large roll of tobacco leaf. " I see, I seo," said the Lieutenant, "your moth wants overhauling, and your teeth cleaning, I wish we had a dentist 011 board, but as wo have not, ' I will operate as well as I can. Send the armorer up here with his tongs." When the armorer made his appearance, the boy was made to open his mouth while the chew of tobacco was extracted with this rough instrument. "There now," said the Lieutenant, "I'm sure that you must feel better already, you nev.cr could have any appetite. Now, captain of the after-guard, bring a piecc of old canvass and some sand here, and clean his teeth nicely." The captain of the after-guard came forward, and putting the boy's head between his knees, scrubbed his teeth well with the sand and canvass, for two or three minutes. "There, that-will do, said the Lieutenant. " i\ow, my little fellow, your mouth is nice and clean, and you will enjoy your breakfast. It was impossible for you to have eaten any thing with your mouth in such a nasty state. Whoa it's dirty again, come to me, and I'll be your dentist.? Peter Simple. Stuffing ?Mothers, don't stuff your children. We have seen children actually stuffed to death and sometimes those that live arc worse than dead ; cross crabbed, yes, really snappish\ How can it be otherwise? their little ,stomach's are distended, streched, puffcrl out enormously. The truth is, the poor things are miserable, suffering the keenest of pain ! Speek we at random ? study the best of authors; we could quote volumes on this point. Reason herself, snanlrs. Rfi plastic, cheerful, hannv. while ~ V 1 ; 7 \ v j / stuffed and puffid with digestables and tindijrestables? Are your organs India-rubber? Why is our world a world of gormandizers, consuming at every meal twice or thrice the amount of food called for by nature ? Why does disease or death, premature, stare us full in the face, at every step, from childhood to threescore and ten? Stuffing is the prime cause, excess'*"^ alimentation. And this over-eating mmences in early infancy, at the mothe? s breast, and is carried on with mighty force. Mothers, one word more. Feed your little oues; give them what nature demands, but never stuff* them ; let their meals be regular ; keep your eye on this point ; health, happiness, peace and long life depend much on go verning the appetite. Seek not for fierce or fiery stimulants, That mix galvanic lightening with the Nor base narcotics, only fit to lull [blood. The lazy Turk upon his ottoman, Goiden Ruie. Startling Occurrence.?The Dubuque (Iowa) Republican pubishes an account of aerolites in that neighbourhood. In one instance, a large stone, some six feet in dia ui: ? :? uiuLci, auu u. uitJ&s ui auiuuci, in its descent went through a large tree, crushed it to atoms, and entered the earth to the depth of about twelve feet, whence it was afterwards recovered by those who saw it fall. The traces of several smaller bodies of the nature have been discovered in that vicinity within a short time, and are creating considerable alarm ; and no wonder! these ajreolties arc now thought by the scientific to be fragments of some old shitter'd shivered planet, whose splinters have got entangled in our atmosphere; and if Dubuque happens to be the mathematicnl point upon which the majority of them are to strike the earth in their last gyrations. the may there be well alarmed at the risk of being thus peppered with stones from a dismembered planet, until the whole of it is used up. Yanrcl: Boarding. "What do vou charge for board?" asked a tall Green Mountain boy, as he walked up to the bar of a^ecopd rate hotel, in New York.? "What do you ask a week for board and logings?" c,Five dollars." "Five dollars! that's too much; but I s'pose you'll allow for the times I am absent from dinner and supper?" "Certainly-?thirty^seven and a half ccnts each." Here the conversation ended, and the Yankee took up his quarters for two weeks. During this time, he lodged and breakfasted at the hotel, but did not take either dinner or supper, saying his business detained him in another part of the town. At the expiration of the two weeks, he again walked up to the bar, and said, ...n ?Un? T o |juac wu d' uic mat au^uuui-'?nuw 1 am going in a few minutes." The landlord handed him his bill.?"Two weeks board, at $5?$10." "Here stranger," this bill is wrong?-you've made a mistake ; you've not deducted the times I was absent from dinner and supper??14 days, 2 meals per day?r28 meals at 37 1-2 centy each?ft 10 50. If you've not got the fifty cents change that's due me, Til lake a drink and the balance in cigars. Next move.?/The next move of Gen. Scott's victorious army will probably be to. .. ,?T II. ./V. M . 1 waras tne "nans 01 tne iviontezumas"?tne magnificent city of mexico itself-?unless a suit for peace on the part of the Government of that country shall immediately intervene. Robert Burns paid very little respect to the artificial distinctions qf ?qciety. On his way to Leith one morning, he met a country farmer ; he shook him earnestly by tho *4 . ' SbPM .> [ rL^. '*\*J ~ r W*?!? y. r _ v V. hand and stopped to converse. A young Edinburgh blood took the poet to task for his defect of taste. Why, you fantastic gomeral!" said Burns, "it was not the great coat, the sconce bonnet, and the sorry boot hose, I spoke to, but the man that was in | them ;and the man, sir, for true worth, wouiu wuigu uuvvn you uuu me, uuu iuu more such any day." Puntuation.?I remember a school boy theme, which strongly illustrates the necessity of putting slops in their proper places. Thus it proceeded : 'Caosaj entered on his head, his helmet on his feet, armed sandals upon his brow, there was a cloud in his right hand, his faithful sword in his eye, an angry glare ' saying nothing he sai down." All told.?Gen,. Taylor's official desI patches give 4,759 as the number of men : under his command at the battle of B*iena ! Vista?of whom 267 were killed, 45G j wounded, and 23 missing. ; Good.?The friends of Gen. Worth have I opened a subscription of five thousand dol ; lars to pny on the mortgage to that amount | on the country resibence of the gallant sol: dier. I Of 39 persons enlisted in one company at BufTilo, one fourth were shoemakers. Judge Conrad is engaged in writing a ? , o% o o biography of the hero of Buena Visla. The Presidency. The Washington Union says that "Mr. Polk positively disclaims, as he has formerly done, every idea of the succession." Cor,. Benton.? In a letter to the Missouri Bdletin. declines a nomination for the Presidency. The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, Notice To the Creditors and Heirs of Richmond Harris, deceased. All persons having demands against the Estate will present them >o D. Lesly, Administrator ot said Estate as Derelict, on or be?. fore the 20th May 1847, at which lime said Estato will be apportioned, and closed : And as the personal Estate is insufficient to pay the debts?and the following heirs and legatees reside without the limits of tins State, viz: 17 TJo..;.-, A . <->? ? T-Tn r\tn ! TT-; I. r lunvrd xAui 4 to, xr.i?ii?jo kj iiuu'.vif u i tan It. Harris, Louisa I. Heard, and A J Harris? and the creditors have petitioned for the proceeds of real Estate, tq pay debts. It is therefore ordered, that the said absentees do appearand show cause, why the proceeds of the real Estate of said Richmond Harris deceased. should not be so applied, on or before the 20th of May 1847, otherwise, their con* sent as confessed, will be entered of record Feb. 20, 1847. 1 3in D. LESLY, Ord'y. The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. Ttt / ?? -M.il/ J i L( l L ij . Thomas M. Finley, and fleuben J. Finley, Nancy A- Finley by next friend, T. M. Finley, v, Alexander Hunter, Nancy Finley, Granville H. Finlev and others, ?Bill for Account, Partition, Delivery of Slaves and Relief. It appearing to my satisfaction, that Nancy Finley, Granville H. Finley, Isaac N. Finley, Robt. Oakloy and Rhoda his wife, Ahi Dock and Polly Ann his wife, and Jano K. Finley, Defendants in this case, reside without the limits of this State: Ordored that the abovo named Defendants do appear and pload, answer or demur, to the said Bill within three mouths from tho publication of this ordor, or Judfrmont PRO CONFE6SO. will he rendered :i(rains them. H. A. JONES, c. e. a. i>. Commissioner's Oflico, March 6th, 1847. March 10. 2 3m The State of South Carolina. abbeville district, Li the Court of Ordinary. Sarah J. A. Wheaton, vs. Thomas Simmons and others.? Application of Creditors, for proceeds of Real Estate, to be paid to Administrator for payment of debts, on insufficiency oj personal Estate. It appearing to my satisfaction, that Thomas Simmons, Frances Simmons and Anna Simmons a minor, parties Defendants, reside without the limits of this State : It is there fore ord'-red that they do appear and show cause within the time, viz, <JOth May, 1847, why the proceeds of the Real Estate of Amelia Simmons dec'd, sold in Ordinary for Parti, tion, should not be applied to the payment of debts by the Adminisirator on deficit of per. sonal Estate?their cousent as confessed, will be enten-d of record. Feb 20. I 3m D. LESL.Y, Ord'y. The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. J. W, H. Johnson and wife, vs. T. R. Puckett,?Partition in Ordinary. It appearing to my satisfaction, by affidavit, that W. W. Puckot, R. L. PucKot, and Thomas Abercrombo, and children of Marv Aborcrombo dec'd, Parties Defendants in this case, reside beyond the limits of this State: It is therefore ordered that they do appear and object to the division or sal? of the Rosl Estate of Frances Long dee'd, on or before tho division, the 20th day of May 1847, or their consent to the same will be entered of Record. Feb. 20, 1847. 1 3m D- LESLY, Ord'y. The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In the Court of Ordinary. Smallwood Witts, vs. Franklin Witts and ^4.1 _ M * M* jr\ IV _ . oiuers.?fariuion m urainary. It appearing to my satisfaction that, Lucincja Weatherford, Susan McCture, Wrfl WH'f? Thomas Witts, Williamson W?tt8i snd William Jones and Mary hid' wife, parties Defendants reeide without the limits of ?he State. It is therefore ordered* that they do appear and object to the riivieiQn or sale of the real fistaie of StephepWitis dc'd, on. or before the gOth of May 1847, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. Feb 3 13m. D. LBStrY, I ^ " V The State of South Carolina. i ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. ^ Jesse Reagin, vs. Catherin Reagin and others.?Partition in Ordinary. It appearing that Nicholas Reagin, ono of the Defendants in this caso, resides without tho limitc of this State: It is ordered that ho do appear and object to tho salo or division of tho Real Estate of Young Reagin dee'd, on or boforo the 20th day of May 1847, or his consent to tho snmo will bo cnteI rod of Record. DAVID LESLY, Ordinary. Feb. 20th, 1847. - 13m 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 fa therefore onlered that he do appearand object to the division or Bole of the Real Estate of Betsy Roherts dec'd, on or before the 20t>/lay of May 1847, or his consent to th?? saihtlfwill be entered of record. D. LESLY, Ord'y. Feb. 24. 52 3in ?s The State of South Carolina,. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, / In the Couit 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, havingfiled his petition, with a schedule, on oath, of ins wnoie estate and ettect6, for t he purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly commonly called "the Insolvent Debtors Act?Public Notice is hereby given that the petition of the said 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 order; and all :he creditors of the said Benjamin 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 aforesaid should not be granted to the said Benjamin F Spikes, upon his taking the oath, and exeontinir tin* nssiiTii nent rnnnii-n/l K?r Hm A />?o aforesaid. "Tf lTvTNGSTON, 0^^ ? Clerk's OlTice, Dec 26, 1846 44 t3mO The State of South Carolina, ABBKVILLE D1STIIICTJolin Lipfoid, vs. Ann Lipford and others. ?Partition in Ordinary. ' It aspearing to my satisfaction, by the Petition o John Liplord, that James Lipford, Jackson Lindsoy and wife Mary, two of the Defendants in this case, i reside without tho limits of this State: Ordered that they do appear and object to tho division or tho Real Estato of Ldward Lipford doe'd, ? on or before tho 20th day of May 18-17, or their 1 conscnt to tho same will bo entered of Record. I f_1. C\C\ 1 O 4 to r\ r T-??r -?r /-w jc-uij. ?u, io4i. i am u. IjVj&jux, urti'y. To all Administrators, Exccutors and Guardians, Take JSo.ice. Those who are in default, and have not made your annual returns, are required to do so with J out fail, the commencement of the year.? *j There are a number of defaulters. I Jan 13th tf40 D. LESLY, Ord'y. 11 VUV^C IU viwiiuio* Estate of Elihu, Baird deceased. The creditors of Elihu Baird dee'd, will taku notice, that I will proceed to settle up the Estate on the third Monday in May next, t anil the creditors will present all their demands on or before that time, as the Estate will be insolvent, and only pay a part. On that Ha V it Will ho nnnnrtinnoil hnfnpn tlio fW/linnru of Abbeville District. Feb 10 518t JOHN BASKIN, Adm'r. Notice to Creditors. Estate of Win. Alexander deceased. Not ce is hereby given to tho Creditors and Debtors 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 first of May. ^ ARCH'D KENNEDY, Adm'r. r CD. 1 /. 51 dm Notice to absent Heirs. Alfred Mounce, Willis Manner, and Michael ' L,owery and Nancy his wife who reside without this State, and Distributees of W. D, Mounce d<-c'd, are hereby notified, that the Administrator R. G. Gouldinj; will be ready to settle their portion of the Estate on or before the 18th June 1847, and holding their money 'p in readiness at that time will not be accounta* ble for interest longer. March 18. R G. GOULDING, Adm'r March 31 5 tf To the People of Abbeville. The subscriber respectfully solicits all persons?I ? I? C* t : fl* n/^ctm inuiuicu iu nit; oueniia wince tor VjUOI, Plaintiffs or Defendant's,are earnestly requested to come forward and settle, as this is my last year in office, I shall be compelled to have all cost duft me in the office settled. You will ; find myself or Mr Tngjrart always in atten? * dance [April 15 7 tf] J. RAMEY. ;fe ^DR. JOHN W. McKELLAR, \ '? Having located at Winter Seat, Edgefield District, Respectfully offers his services to the cuizens 01 uie vicinity, in ino various orancns es of the profession. Jan. 6, 1847. 45 3m | * - , Medical Notice. SDR. W. J. BENH AM, would $ > ; # Respectfully inform the citizens of 1 .Vj,; svillo, that ho has legated at Mr. Saul AonewiJ' whero he may at all times be found, unless absent on professional duties; and hopes by strict attend tion to business, to merit a portion of public patron- . V age. \ April 7. ' . ' 0'S* *" . ? . r*once. I would ;?for my firjonds and oHentar to - John U. Wilson Esq., with whom I have left my whole bu-. M