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11 THE C ASHMEN JOI RML J . [KEWSEKIES.] TOE. U. CAtlPEiV, SQ1.TH CAROM,tA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1841 ^^^Publishcd every Wednesday Morning, hj i THOMAS W. PfiGUES, I ' Publisher of the Laws of the Union." At three dotTara u? aav&..er, ti.reo dollars snd fifty cents in six m?ntlis: or fmr dollars at the expi- ! * ' ration of the year. Advdrtisomonts inserted at 75 cents per square fo' j , the first, and 37 1-2 for oaoh subsequent insertion.? j The number of insertions .o ho noted on all advertise j j^Lncnls, or they will be pu blished until ordered to be , ^^dKcontinuod, and charged accordingly. One doll.ti | * will Kn Miirrrrwl n ftUlfrla inSOrtiOH. s ? L ? Somi-m^vply, Monthly and Qurterly advertise mcnts will be^birgod the same as new ones each in sertion. All Obituary Noticos oxcocding six lines, and ' Communications recommending Candidates for pub- ( ie Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, ' will bo cliarged as advertisements. ' "" Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be l presented for payment, quarterly. . 0".A3i Letters by mail must be post paid to insure | / punctual attention. I mamBoapan??buijui \w*%\ in j 11?obb ? ? 1 i AGRICULTURAL. , - - ; * ( From the Southern Cabivet. ( OF SUCKERS ON CORN. Mr. Editor: In the last number of the j Cabinet, in your article on the "Agricul- ( tural Survey" of the country about Pe- ( ' dee, you seem to regard the fact, of Suckers'on Com bearing Ears at their proper "places, as before unknown to you; and you ask, if it is not one of the peculiarities of the Corn cultivated by Col. Wil- ( liams, in producing suckers bearing ears? j I can tiasily answer that question bv ob- , serving, that it is not peculiar to Col. ^ Williams' species of Corn, unless his and j mine are the same, which I think scarce- f p. Jy probable; and it has been my settled j conviction from several years close ob- , scrvauon, trim itiwiuu ii, nuuu v>w.v.u L, a superfluity of strength in the soil for its c own wants, will send out suckers, which, ? if suffered to remain, will not only do no j injury to the parent stalk, but w=ll, in corn t and blades, produce more than the origi- |, ,< nal stalk without them. That this is no c newly formed opinion of mine, you can, a by referring to the June number of the v 1 '.Southern Agriculturist for 183S, and in an c article on this subject, see that I came to j the same conclusion from my first year's j, observation. - r Corn highly manured, when not planted c too thick, will begin to send out suckers r when about from six inches to knee high, L . and if those early suckers are suffered to x - remain, and if the field is well cultivated, r they will grow off rapidly; detach roots of ^ their own, though they adhere still to the j| parent stalk, tassel, shoot, and ripen, at the j. . time; and if the suckers appear very jj, . early on the corn, there is often some dif- f ficulty in discovering which is the parent I ? and which the offspring. If In 1833, 1 made the fairest experiment 'a that could be, with suckers. It was a dry t > Spring, and a great many appeared orrr my. manured Corn. In a field of thirtyfive acres, 1 left eight rows lengthwise] throughout the field with the suckers on;' ^ from the rest of the field I had them taken h t away; and I was so fully satisfied withfj the result of that trial," that I have never it taken them away from my Corn since.? s The quantity of fodder was so much r greater than upon the'adjoining rows, that |< there could be no doubt of the propriety t of leaving suckers to produce a large yield r ]. of fodder, and that nothing was lost in the !-v produce of grain, the following extracts ; from my Agricultural Journal of that year r will show. The Corn was planted four s and a half feet each way, one stalk in t each hill, was well manured with cotton ; seed, stable and yard manure, in nearly i equal proportions, and was carefully cul- | tivated. . , "August 1st. I counted nineteen ears , i of Corn upon eight hills in ??'s field, hi i i -one place; upon which the suckers had ;; been left.. On the sarne row adjoining, I j, counted sixteen ears, upon eight hills, from j, which the suckers had been taken awav. i \ "In'another place, I counted upon eight < hills : nineteen ears on the stalks with j ^ suckers, and thirteen ears on the same . row, on eight hills upon the stalks without. m. "I" nn.>?Rn)>.n1iici. fiffppn pnr? iinnn fhp w ' , All auuuivi I^iwvw fc4?v stalks with suckers, and twelve on those without. | "The fodder on the eight rows through- < out the field must have been treble as j much as upon any other eight rows >n the I same field. , "November 17.?Measured the Corn taken from thirty hills (four rows of eight ' hills each,) upon which the suckers had been left, and thirty-two hills adjoining I (four rows of eight hills,) from whieh the i suckers had been taken away, and the re suit vras as follows: The stalks with suck- i ers made sixteen quarts and a half pint, i of shelled Corn, arid the stalks without fuckers made even sixteen quarts." f, \ In the same field that year, I remarked a i ^ ' 1 * Anrl fklctXA fltowa ~ ?V'; stalk that naa i\yo suctveia, ohm. WIW W WCJO.L, six goOd_ sized ears to the hill?two off i toe parent stalk and two on each sucker. ) | showed it. to several of ray neighbors, i and they thought the produce not only of :hat hill, but of the whole eight rows upon ;r ivhich suckers had been left, so remarka- it pie, that some of them thought it was a c< peculiarity of my Corn, as they said they in ia l never observed more than the worth- e< ess efforts to produce a few gra ins among ai he tassel in their own Corn. I was able, th lowever, to satisfy them that that was hi nving to their having taken away the ol lrst suckers, and the second growth was di no late to produce any thing more. w In the following year. 1839, a great fl< nany suckers appeared on the Com in in he same field, which we manured and hi cultivated in the same manner as the year pcfore, all of which were suffered to renain, and I made a larger crop than ever ~ ipon that field. This year, 15-40, but few suckers ap- m peared on any of my Corn. I have attri- v* puled it to the unfavorable nature of the A Spring for Corn, which has confirmed my hi * tUnt tlpA nnnolronco V2 previous Iill|jrc^iuii9) uiai nig uj^j^v>uiuiiw jf suckers is an effort to relieve the plant hi jf any superabundance of nutriment. st In conclusion, I would remark, that I as lave yet to see Corn that has been well di cultivated at all injured, by the early suckers being left upon them. Cotton. hi Orange Parish, Oct. 22, 1840. ti< 01 DEEP PLANTING. oi A patron of ours informed us a few se lays since, that while taking his fodder, T ic discovered a great difference In the el ippcarance between two pieces of corn y< -L!-L j ....i jin; fViiicn were piiiuieu m tue samu iune9 uuu n the same kind of soil. The fodder on'gc >ne piece of ground dried up so fast that re le could scarcely get through with strip- f > >ing it, before it was entirely burnt up, to in isc the common phrase. Ongoing to the w ither piece, he found it green to the IT ground, and in good plight for stripping, is le was struck with the difference in the er wo lots of corn, and on reflection, rccolected that on getting ready to plant his ar :orn in the spring, he ran a furrow with: tic i large shovel or barshare plough, after tri vhich he followed with a small plough th called a bull tongue, running it pretty deep ar n the same furrow, till he got perhaps si< inlf over the piece, when he concluded to gi riant the balance in the furrow, and dis- w ;ontinucd the use of the bull tongue. The ac esult was, that the part planted deep, in gi he opening made by the small plough, ar vhere the large one had previously been m un, produced a third more fodder, of a ni tetter quality than that planted in the shal- nc :rw mark made by the large plough alone; :w resides the great difference there must be I ar a the weight of the corn, drying up too j In ast of course to make a proper article for c? iread.' This should be remembered by lil armers, and the evil of shallow planting e> ivoided. especially, since all seem to think th he seasons are becoming shorter, and th nuch-drier than formerly.?Southern (Jul- g? ivaior. v: ?"?. Ic Important to Horsemen?A Secret th vorth knowing.?The day before yester- ni lay we happened to be passing m front of hi he United States Hotel, when we ob- hi erved a large crowd attracted by an omlibus laden with passengers, which the inrses refused to draw. The driver had cs ried every expedient to urge on the ani- of nals?such as the ordinary modes of ot vhipping, coaxing, &c.,* but all in vain, of vhen our townsman, John C. Montgome- hi y, Esq., suggested the plan of tying a gearing tightly round the horse's ear close pt othe head?the driver apprehending that sh Mr. M. was disposed to quiz him, refused ac o make the trial, but Mr. M's tying the to twine around the horse's ear?having re- m quested the driver to resume his seat and st to give his horses a loose rein, without ap- m plying the whip?it operated like a charm, bi and the animals started off without further o; l.fflmillvi In llio infinite amiicnmont anrl rv gratification of the bystanders. Mr. M. T stated to 'he crowd, that he had tried the p experiment more than a hundred times, n and had never known it to fail but once, tl Phila. Standard. r( "MILKING." d Messrs. Cay lord fy Tucker: In answer st to Mr. Freeman, your Indiana correspon- ni lent, who asks, "is there any remedy to <>i keep a cow from holding up her milk?" 1 th t>eg leave to say, I think there is a very oi simple and sure remedy I have for many " i s i i j. years occasionally usea 11, anu imve u? u?? u< instance known it to fail. When a child, cr I noticed with surprise, that a calf, when to beginning to suck, would frequently of change from one teat to another, and butt v< with considerable force the udder of its lis dam; and V enquired of-' a person near M me, why the calf did this? The answer ht wa$, "to make the cow give down her pi milk." This answer was undoubtedly cor- pi re^t. Since then, when milking, and the cow retained her milk, by imitating with iny hand this action of the calf, she would n< immediately cease to withhold it, and the milk would flow freely, . In every instance that has fallen under] iy observation of a cow's retaining her! lilk, I have noticed circumstances that invinced me that it was not wholly an ivoluntary act, as, for instance the strong intraction of the abdominal muscles, id her ceasing to chow the cud. Under isse circumstances, by imitating with the and the butting of the calf, the careful iserver will not fail to notice an immeate relaxation of these muscles; and hen the milk is permitted by the cow to nv unrestained, she will rarely fail to ^mediately recommence the chewing ir cud. miscellaneous! Value of Cuaracter.?No young ian who has a just sense of his own ilup will sDort with his own character.! watchful regard to his character in s early youth will be of inconceivable due to him in all the remaining years of s life. When tempted to deviate from rict propriety of deportment, he should sk himself, can I afford this? Can I enjre hereafter to look back upon this? It is of amazing worth to a youth, to ive a pure mind, for this is the founda^n of a pure character. The mind, in -der to he kept pure, must be employed 1 topics of thought, which are them-j lives lovely, chastened and elevating.? I hus the mind ha-.h in its own power the I u. .1 iri, ection OI lis uiciucs ui iiiuuiutuwij. 11 mth only knew how durable and how smal is the injury produced by the induljnce of degrading thoughts, if they only J alize how fruitful were the moral de-,i rmities which a cherished habit of loose j lagination produces on the soul; they j ould shun them as the bite of a' serpent, ji he power of books to excite imagination a fearful clement of moral death, when i nployed in the service of vice. The cultivation of an amiable, elevated id glowing heart, alive to all the beau- i is of nature, and all the sublimities ofj uth, invigorates the intellect, gives to e will independence of baser passions, I id to the affections the power of adhe- j in to whatever is pure, and good, and j and, which is adapted to lead out the hole natuie of man into those scenes of ition and impression by which its ener- j cs may be most appropriately employed,! id by which its high distinction may be ost effectually reached. The opportu-1 tics of exciting these faculties in beivolent and seif-denjong efforts, for the elfare of our fellow men, are so many id great, that it is really worth while to re. The heart which is truly evangeliilly benevolent, may luxuriate in an age j te this. The promises of God are in- j :pressly rich; the main tendencies of ings so manifestly in accordance with cm, the extent of moral influence is so eat, and the effects of employment so stble, that whoever aspires after benevont. action and reaches forth to those ings that remain for us in the true digty of his nature, can find free scope for s intellect, and all inspiring themes for s heart. Profanity.?There is nothing in our timation so degrading to the character, ' a man as the habitual use of profane , eras. It lessens his dignity in the eyes ' all who may come in contact withi m, and is indicative of a coarse and vulir mind. "To swear is neither brave, >lite, nor wise;" is a true adage; and muld be borne in mind by such as are Idicted to profanity. It is heart-rending > the virtuous and moral part of our comlunity to hear the blasphemous cxpresons that emanate from the mouths of len who wear thcexterior of gentlemen, jt more withering is it to hear the horrid aths that spring from the tongues of may of the lads who perambulate the streets, 'here is a want of care somewhere, and arents and guardians should be admoished to look well after the morals of icir children and apprentices. If mild mrnof will have no effect in checking le formation of the evil habit, let it be' one by austerity, but at any rate put a op to it by some efficient means. Let ot our ears be assailed and insulted, and jr feelings shocked, by the oaths of lose who have not yet arrived at the age f puberty. > And if these views be correct as to this, ^grading practice, with the youth of our )untry, how deeply it is to be deplored hear profane language from the heads * those who grey hairs invite respect and jneration, but who yet seem not to rea'.e that they are blossoming for eternity, [ost of all is it a source of grief that '.ads of Fathers ofFend in this way in the esence of their families.?Exchange iper. "Well, John, how do you like miscella;ous boarding?" 'What do you.mean by that, Ellick?" "Why, don't you know??eating in the ' _ . *- ?* . (market housej and.sleeping i.i the Park, to [be sure!" "Oh! I've quit that long ago, and taken boarding on the Canal street plan." "What plan is that?" "Why eating in the cellar and sleeping in the garret." "That's right, my boy,?so have I? can't we do the thing?" "Massa want to know if you can't settle dis small bill to day, kase he wants de money bad," said a darkey yesterday to a gentleman. - "No, I can't. This is the third time you have come for that money to-day.? Your master isn't afraid I am going to run away, is he?" "Not 'zackly?but look heea," said the darky slyly and mysteriously; "he's a gwom to fun away heself, and darfor wants to make a big raise." Brother Jonathan's Wife's Advice to her daughter on the day of her marriage." Now, Polly, as you are about to leave us, a few words seem appropriate to the occasion. Although I regret the separation, yet I am pleased that your prospects are good. You must not think that all before you are Elysian fields. Toil, care and trouble, arc the' companions of frail human nature. Old connexions will be dissolved by distance, by time and death. New ones are formed. Every tiling pertaining to this life is on the change. A well cultivated mind united with a pleasant, easy disposition, is the greatest accomplishment in a lady. I have endeavored, from the first to the last moment, to bring you up in such a manner as to form you for future usefulness in society. Woman was never made merely to see and be seen; but to fill an important space in the great chain of nature, ' * n 11 *l k I _ ? _L4._ 71^ planned ana rorraea Dy ine Aimigmy parent of the Universe. You have been educated in habits of industry, frugality, economy and neatness, and in these you have not disappointed me. It is for the man to provide, and for the wife to take care and see that every thing within her circle of movement, is done in order and season? therefore, let method and order be considered important. A place for every thing and every thing in time, are good family mottos. A thorough knowledge of every kind of business appropriate to the kitchen, is indispensable, for without such knowledge a lady is incapable of the management of her own business, and is liable to imposition by her servants eveiy day. But in those things you have been instructed. You will be mistress of your own house, and observe the rules in which you have been educated. You will endeavor above all things to make your fireside the most agreeable place for the man of your choice. Pleasantry and a happy disposition will ever be considered necessary to this important end, but a foolish fondness is disgusting to all. Let reason and common sense ever guide?these, aided by a pleasant, friendly disposition, render life haonv: and without these it is not desira / ' blc. Remember your cousin Eliza. She married with the highest prospects; but from a petulant, peevish, complaining disposition and negligence, every thing went wrong; and her home became a place of disquietude to her husband. To avoid this, he sought a place to pass away vacant time, where, associated with those more" wicked than himself, he contracted the habit of intemperance, and all was lost?and poor Eliza was thrown on the charity of her friends. Be pleasant and obliging to your neighbors?ready to grant assistance when necessary. Be careful of their characters and do not readily believe an ill report.? Throw the mantle of charity over their failings, knowing that we are human and liable to err. Abhor a tattler, and give no place to the reports of such. However strong a provocation may be, never contend for the last word. Let your Bible show that it is used.? Give no place to novels in your library. Let history, biography and travels be read, ? iicu uuiu auu upjmi iuiihj uuijul vrmiout interfering with the .important duties of the family. Be not ignorant of the events of the time being, therefore read some journal of the day. As to the friends who may call on you ?never be confused or in a hurry; treat them with hospitality and politeness, and endeavor to make them happy in their own way. Never teaze them to do this or that which they do not prefer. True politeness consists in an easy and pleasant deportment, and making our friends' easy, ouu peiiiiuuiig-uiuiji iu mcuiwjiYciy in that wiay which is most pleasing to them. 1 Speak with deliberation. The other sex tell us that "the fern ate tongue is never tired;" be it so: let it be regulated by reason. ' T' Z~\ t - 7? ~???~~y " - .v"' - At the close of the if possible, . let your ;work, for this time, be clone; so . that on Sunday you may approve-your".; time in such a ,raafincr as will be appropriate to the day, and never, extraotdipa- ; rie3 excepted, let your scat be vacant at church.. As to dress; decency is becoming to all, ;; but. extravagance opens a door to want;' follow the fashions of the day as far as decency and good sense will approve, but 'v avoid singularity. Be not troubled for what you have not; be thankful fbr, and take care of what you have. A Leghorn hat loaded with fl<nversr will not cure the headache, nor a gold'watch prevent tit? consumption.?Anier. Far.' The Auk of the Gosper?Aw *?: . Richt.?The Ark of Noah was a type of * _ j" i. : _ n? . - v>iuru?i. j\nu ii was a ni rep reseniuuve? of the gospel; for it was divinely planned and exactly fitted for the great emergency. No vessel of. mere human invention cr structure, could have survived that, flood of waters. And so it is with the gospel arh. It is : no human invention,'but a divine construction, and no other can meet the emergencies of the soul. Humaninyen- * tions and systems may do for the rivers of /,'y time,,and men may_ float gaily in them; but they will not avail for the last, most important voyage. Nothing will do thera but the gospel ark. In this all is right!?- - For aithough men who arc wise in their own conceit, may find fault and; suggest an improvement here and there, they are like foolish children criticising the work* of some distinguished artificer. True, the structure is in some' respects mysterious. It has "some things which .are hard to be rl ~ understood," and men come and try to ' look into its dark chambers and- ask what . are these for? - And here and there we -:lind some curious and mysterious piece of workmanship, or some incomprehensible apparatus. And human philosophy proposes to dispense with them as useless^? nay, some even go so far as to find fault ' with the entire arrangement, as not ra-. tiomd. But still all is right! There is not a single apartment which is too small or too large, too dark or too light?not a single plank or nail which is out of place.? And when the flood of death shall come and sweep away every human invention ' and overrun the mountains of pride, this ark will be found precisely adapted to the wants of the soul. And when it rests on the heavenly Arrarat, and we review- it at - - our leisure, and remember the incidents of the voyage, and judge by. the better light . which we shall there have, we shall not only believe, but see that all was right! The following are the particulars of a most shocking murder, which was perpetrated in the vicinity of Sparta, Hancock county, within one mile and a half of that village. The murder occurred on Thurs-> day night last. After supper, Mr. Robert Petigre'w, the overseer of Maj. R. Mitchell, left home, as he stated, to gp to town for some, tobacco, at about 8 or 9 o'clock. Next morning Mr. Petigrew was found near the road side dead, evidently to have been murdered. A jury was immediately call?J mnnnnt UrtU tliA nxrnrvi 1 'ju, uuu ail iutjucdt uciu. vu uio vxaiiiv nation of the body, the skull was found to be fractured in two or three places. Suspicion soon rested upon Maj. Mitchell's negroes. A number of citizens were de? . tached to arrest the negroes, and other citizens to search the negro houses, boxes, trunks, &c. The club used by the mur-' derer was found within 40 or 50 feet of the dead body, with some of the hair, of Mr. P. on it. Three of the degrees were soon placed in jail; and about the same: time the watch of Mr. P. was found, by, the-party who had been directed to search*- f in the box of one of the negroes who,had been secured. Mr. P. had left home with j the watch in his pocket, The watch was shown to the negro in whose box it had been fouud, and he confessed his guilt,.. and now awaits his trial which is to take place this day. \ Manv starrpc havp. hn.Pn 'mhhprf. for some time past, of trunks, &c: in the very vicinity where this murder has been committed*. A genera! search" is now being made and progressing. Already many of the articles, known to have belonged to stage passeiujers who have been robbed, have been found; and it is now hoped / that the mystery which has so long hung over the depredations committed in that, neighborhood, will soon be developed, and that the villainies so long perpetrated "will be exposed, and the perpetrators brought to.;jU8tice.?Augusta Coik " ? Cause and Effect?"I ain't goin' to Ii7e.long, mammy." .. : i'Why not? jou sarpintr "Cause my trowsers is all tored ont b#hind."