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Tfc Pride of Indiajas a Manure, being Replies to Letters of the Editor on the subject. Mr. Editor\?With pleasure, I comply with your request to furnish you with die result of my experiments on the " Prido.pf India as a Manure." I have tried it as such for three or four years back, and can, with confidence* speak, as to its g$eot usefulness j My mode of collecting it is somewhat Vlo.y^ ciSy. I suffer the leaves and berries of the. tre^to Jrop.off in the fall, when I -gatfcl| them and'throw them as a litter in my cowv pen. I find" that the cattle cat Jh'e "leaves with great uppetite. This , manure when well laid upon the land and listed in, drives urnrmc nnrl inswvrts; ' I urr uj uu ouiuu v? IF V? .wfv..-. ? have tried it on a small piece of my cottonland for four years, and while, at all times my other plants were cut down mid destroyed by insects, 1 -never kn$w. one plant growing upon the Pride of India manure, td be touched* I consider the tree an invaluable one, and have accordingly planted it nil around my dwelling and negro 'houses. I should, perhaps, have said, that in collecting this manure, I mix the leaves and berries together. The latter contain'a great deal of rich oil, which may be discovered by mashing one of them upon tlie floor. If this hasty letter can in any way serve you, vou can use it as you think best. Respectfully, yours, A SEA-ISLANDER. _ - V V>, v ' TjyVv , . . ? Letter from afriertd Hi Darnteelt. i f' **..- " .Mr* E$tor,?-You ask rfie to say what haa been the result 'of my experiment on the Pride of India a? a manure. I am no writer, and must bog you to excuse me if f express myself v^y imperfectly in tgfchis matter. I have never tried the Pride oflfcdiu upon, any tiling, but corn, and'sow plants in my vegetable garden. I>hali tell you bow 1 have triedfc with my cornr"a?* ' what was my success. I alwaysutrlfif ?iy L trees, as your correspondent of the January Numbaradvises, analhcn collect 4bele?yes and berries frowtheliipbs thus loppod off. These;! put together into toy manure peff to-rot?which titty wilt-pretty efleciUaHy tlo before spring*- Wherever threymamire has been put, I have never had any trouble with grubs j my com has never been cut do\rh by them, and I belcive that yo? can get >oi insoct whatever to live wherever it cato be smdt. As an evidence of: this,.wben I wish to get rid of bugs hi my bedsteads ! make a decoction of the roots or leaves oftlus tree, and by saturating tlie same with die mb#tge, I totally destroy or drive them away.' I have frequently had the cabbages in my gardep. dreadfully eaten by worms?by throwing the leaves of this tree 'oyer them, I hayfi invariably totally destroyed them. I have never seen the caterpillar; on my place ; bul I hesitate not in saying that where vdr ^hey are to be met with, the Pride oflndia leaves will destroy them. The late Mr. Reynolds of St. Johu's, Colleton, oi\co told .me, thai one yew: hie whole plantation, on Wadma. law, was infested with'these insects, wkb the exception of a small spot. This spot was near where several Pirlde India trees grew, And he never found the traces of ;?r insect near the cotton. If I lived on the ?> landr and planted cotton, I would, ere,this, manure as much a? possible. I consider il in richness, superior to any Cotton-seed ever u5?d.* There itf-some little trouble in using the seed frr nim^m* ter the cotton has arrived at a w^Jtv v90d* height, and it can be as eaeiljr cat down, As the sprouts fiompotton-seed manure. The corn which f xgtoured with it, produced, me 28 bushels to the acre; before, the saim lnnrl Knrl hppn vielditU* orfv 15 8^ '"""I T?? . jjmwi"wraKair..! 5. bushels, and this, too, with the ordmarj cowpen manure. F. ; Barnwell District, (S. C.) ' - * - . _ \ y" : CARE OF FARMING TOOtSr a . A topic not yet sufficient^ enforced or the attention of farmers, is the wasteful .peg. ligencc evinced in the Exposure'ofjhgricui tural implements to tlie injuries of tne;p0k sons. The sled curling and cracking, _bj the side of the wall in summer, and the car half buried in snow, and seasoning ift th< winter storms,are symptoms ofwaste ah* extravagance, which will ripen into acop sumption, to be hastened to prematotf termination by the visits of the sheriffs,? ( The whole secret of wealth, consists in eco nomv, and the prudent care of those sma] rills, which without great vigilence, are slip ping through the chinks of the best wovei purse; and it may be considered quite a safe to predict that none of these sloven!; gentlemen will be prosperous, as to writ in the style of the calender soothsayers through the priuted page of the month c January, "expect snow about these days. The price of the time lost when it is mos valuable, in ruittint? the exposed articles ii L . proper repair, not speaking of the cost of the^Qpals and the interruption of busij^?$?ujd defi*ay the expense of erecting j - tefcsuch cheap sheds as would cover them i from the storms, protect them from decay, < it: ahd keep them ready for immediate use.? < i, National JEgies.. | S < ' I 71 r. CALHOl'N'S Report in the Senate, i on tbe subject of circulating iucendia* ry publications through the mail. 3 -* -? : . t February 4, 183CV - t Mr. Calhoun made the following Report-: L i Tiie Select Committee to whom was referred * ' that portion of -the -President's Message which relates to the attempts to circulate, '* throughthe mail, inflammatory rippeals, ] to incite the slaves to insurrection, submit :c the following report: X. f The conim tt e fully concur^with thc Pre* 5 sident as to the character and tendency of the papers which^ have been, attempted to 1 . be circulated in tfyo Soutb,thix>ught]te msu.i, Kc and participate with him in th^ indignant're- ' grct which he expresses at. co'odoct-po de- t structive" of the poace^ and harmony'-of the 11 country, and so repugnant to theConstihw tion and the dictates of humanity and reli- f gion. ,;They also- concur in .the hope that, >if-tiicr strong which * 1 exercise their power to suppress them, as P far as their authority oxtends. "But, whiley * they agree withithe .President as to-tjKi evil * nniifc'higWydMgqrous taiidoncy^p3^ ^ able' to assent^to the measure of redijjss f which v he recommends?that; Congress d ^oidd j)^ a Jaw pi^hi" | jgateJhe^lttVcs io iitsizrrectioa? J 0 After the most careful * V^ions * h . j>TQvisioo to protect a them, ?ou!d, .t?y tl?e ppwerpf constmciioh, s be undermki^^pi^ted- ^vstropg -; " rate in tl& Cdft&itution varies artifclpf, ?s' ;t amendment^' mteaded to remove this cje!) f-cf. gaaifl against'..Xh'e <Jan?cr ofm^; tt iitiiiBfcaii it I i. w *-* v bended, .by placing these important rig! beyond the possible encroachment of Cc gross.. One of the most importanfrof the is that which stands at the bead of the 1 of amended articles, andwhich, arnong ^l or things, as has been, stated, prohibits t passage of any law abridging the-' freedc of the pressed which left that important be ricr against power under, the .exclusive a ,bo% and control . rC That if- Vvas the object of this provisu 'o fkeeJhe freedom ^of.thc .pres^yoi he possible interference of-Congre$s, is loctrine not now advahced Ifor-the fit irrie. _ ^ tlvr ?^hV p^^.* The elrnblishmcnt of rtJ ^iopiple not opiy overthrew the seditioptji HJt>os the' leading cause of the grejtt p iticnl rdyolutipa. which, dn l8^brpug !SSESS urn to the sedition acVin prder to shdwt tieffed punishment on all persons who'shoi luyistany false, scandalous, or malicio rmwg qgainst the Gpypfqmentr;vv^ ihte A1 "e !^to c.? ; * ^fto articleis in ''KJongress shall make no law respecting establishment of religion, or prohibiting the 1 exorcise thereof; or abridging ihe/fr&dom speech, or of the press; or-the right of- the j pic peaceably to assemble, and to petitrpnthe 1 its the press/ -The pfo^bitiou of any publicaVit ?n- tion, on the "ground of. its being immoral, ? so irreligious, of intended fo excite rebellion or ri ist. insurrection, would have been equally un- n ;h?. constitutional ; and, from parity of reason, d< Ijc the^supprcssiqn. of the^vcirculation through o; 2$ ^ ro\ fcehXi^pty.usel^3>t^^^f \ >60 jMit^ltfs'iLfld duties are reciprocal, the ox- ? -of Jstohcet)!' a - right hlways implying the cor- > ISO. -.. : *;' V So-. I ^ "' * ' ^ ' ' I I I jsponding duty. If, consequently; th ght to protect her internal peace ana sect tyWongs to a State, the General Govern leutXbound to respect the measures a opted basher for that purpose, and lio Co perate in thair execution, as far as its dele ated powers rW admit, or the measur ?ay require. TrV^ in the present case ie slaveholding Stat^^ave the unquestion hip right to pass all sufcyjaws as may h ecesfeary to maintain the^^sting rela'ioi stween master and slave inXnse States icir right, of course, to prohibiN^ circu tion of any publication, or any intetymrs< ilculated to disturb ot destroy that rdafcon incontrovertible. ' In the execution*of tn lasures which may be adopted by' tl\ Sgles for this purpose, the powers of Coin fcs?, pver the mail, and of regulating com ercie with foreign nations a/ld between tin mft* rwtnirfl rAWiwalinn nn flu irt q? the General Government; and it ij )und, in qonformity to tho principle estab so to modify its acts ai seat, whether the end^**sggrdcd, OTtje ! means by which it is Ik ' /[tllWWVMjr"A?',f},W . . k. - ?i .A lyjQ^ ^CC^CfWIoii xrpHxr ?. ^J^3S3j8BBfc^. I n i^^HflifjfacMIWWBliWiBIW^ Afiflf HmBHBIijP^ QflQ, H IJwKr j y . |f, . ^-A^^^iuflMlHKlHl' *' s?l ;. ' /t a-A"*.. i 2* * HUhR* tit' L QISlu? vw