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The Cultivaiios of Ccrn.
The cultivation of Corn should ly> considered
un?i:-f two divisions?upland and low ground.?
I nland, lor corn planting,should be listed, it very
litiht and clean, and turned uver, if stubble <>t
fall.wv land, as early in the la-i case in the winter
as possible. The object in the latter ea-e, ifit
rnvA timo t*r?r t V? o Vhifn t;ihl.> to rot.
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and the freezes of winter to disintegrate and pu?
verize the furrow slice or clods, if any there In', and j
further to destroy the cut worm, which isgener
ally worse on on stubble or fallow land. The land 1
should be as deeply plowed a- tic d-pth of the. I
soil will admit,'or its character indicate. Thus j
a stiff soil, or one that has a hard subsoil of
tight clay beneath a good soil, should be penetrated
as deeply as possible with a plow, so as
not to turn up much of the subsoil. A peril ct
tilth should b*? secured, if possible, by ] lowing
when the land is in proper order. No land '
should be plowed at any time when so wet it j
will not crumble after the plow, or so dry that it i
will even break up into clods.
Upland corn may be planted in this section '
from the first to the middle of March. Low
ground, from the middle of March to the first of
May. The distance of corn will depend upon
the strength of the soil, number of stalks to the ,
hill, if checked, mid manund. A good general;
nileis, twelve to sixteen square fivt to the stalk 1
on upland. Low ground may he j lanted from
nine to twelve square feet to the stalk. Manure J
should be put on with listing or bedding up,
mid covered into prevent loss by exposure to I
sun and rain?or covered in with the corn at |
planting for the same reason. Upland, if bedded,
should always be planted as low as possible
not to go below the soil, to enable it to bear
drought. Corn may be covered on upland, if
very light, with a board; but if still"or inclined to
bake, two furrows with a small scooter plow are !
preferable to any method, as a small harrow
i an be run over the ridge covering the corn, j
which otherwise might never get through.?
Plenty of soul, from four to eight grains, should
be put in, as it is easier to pull -out five stalks
than to replant one. It is better "to*transplant
than to replant, for the latter never make well!
among old corn, unless the replant is numerous.
If the stand is very bad, it is better to plow up
and plant over. Birds will injure a stand loss
when plenty ot seed is used, and may be entirely
baffled by taring the seed. The rows should
be laid of with a scooter, (both wayc, if cheeck-;
ed,) followed one way by a large shovel to re-'
open planting furrow, the seed dropped and cov- 1
ered. If early planted, very lightly, say one inch '
if with board or hoc, but three, if with scooter
plow, and scrape off when the sprout begins to
push up. It may be covered deeper later in the
season. The first plowing should be done when
the com has four leave-, or sooner if stunted by
0' .Id or growing slowly. Plow its deeply as possible
next to the corn, with a small scooter or
coulter, following with a large scooter and plow-'
ing out the row with a shovel as deeply as the
soil will admit. The hoe hands should follow
the blows as closely its possible, to thin if uunio
lcsted by cut worm; uncover ami draw tbo dht
well u|> around the stalks. The second plowing
should follow in twenty uavs, and be a deep one
near the corn and tin <mahout the row; next the
corn with a large sooou-r or shovel, plowing out
the row with a turning plow tu hill the corn well,
the last furrow in each row should he run with a
shovel so as not to tear up too much of the subsoil.
The third plowing should follow at the [
same interval with a turning plow, but shallow .
near the com, and a little deeper to the centre,
in which and exactly between the cheeks, if liili
corn, the peas should lie dropped and covered
with a shovel shallow. 1'cas in drill corn should
be in the first furrow next to thecoru. The fouth
](lowing should be done at same interval, and always
with sweeps to lay thecoru by fiat, and plow
the peas. Low ground corn varies from upland
only in the greater depth of plowing in the pre-.
paration to issue perfict drainage in tin-so colder
and wetter soils. It should always be phnitcd
on a level, but as low down as possible not to get;
through the soil; plant after a large shovel with '
two small scoot-r furrows, ana scrape off with a
hoard or harrow, if baked by hoavy rain or wind.
Corn should l>e kept j effect ly clean until laid by,
frequently stirred and constantly wowing,
J. W. !
Bounty Lands.
We publish, for general information, the following
attract of the provisions of a bill lately
introduced in the House of llepresentatives by
Mr. Bell, of Ohio, and now in the hands of the '
?committee on Public Lands, which proposes to
^iatnend the act of Congress granting Bounty Land
to certain officers and soldiers who had been 1
engaged in the* military service of the 1. States,
passed September 28th, 1800. The substance j
of this new bill is as follows:
Section 1 provides for granting forty acres to
all who engaged to serve, and did actually serve,
in any of said wars enumerated in said act any 1
length of time less than thirty day-.
Section 2 provides that in cases arising under
said act where the deceased officer or soldier left j
no widow or minor child living at the passage of
said act, then the other childr< u of heir?atdaw
shall b" entitled to receive the same <|uantjtv of
' Mid that such deceased officer or soldier would
.f living.
Section 3 provides that when a warrant shall
issue in the name of a deceased officer or soldier,1
the same shall inure to the benefit of the widow i
or heirs entitled to the same, without requiring j
any new application on behalf of such widow or j
heirs, as is now the case by tic present, law.
The Editor of the Springfield Republican in the
course of an article upon the Chinese, says that
their cues are worn for two reasons: One i- tI ml
if the owner shouhl run away from tin* battle,
tliey may ho pulled hack, and the other, that
when life's tale is ended, they may he pulled up
to lite Celestial regions.
T lie veto message of Governor Johnston, to the
hill throwing open the jails of the State tor the
confinement of fugitive slaves, wa- returned to the j
Senate of iV nsdvania, oti Thursday week. The I
hill was then put upon its passage and lost, yctis |
10. nays 14, two-thirds not approving.
A Si'iki'r-n.vitkii on tiik IlKxrnr.?The N.
Y. Journal of Commerce has an article of some
length devoted to the singular case of a Judge
on the hench in that city, who professes to de
Tr.i ^ T*r*~rx>&e<;K
rive instructions from the spirits of other worlds,
and is guided by what they say. The learned
judge.avers that li is in daily communications !
j with tin* spirit??t" it <looc-;i-od connexion, ami so
highly does In* vain the opinion of his -pint relative,
that he makes memoranda of topicsof convcrsarion
to 1>* inlrodiuad, which he places next ,
his heart, and then gets a response from the.spirit. .
He is in the constant habit of seeking guidance in
tin-discharge of his judicial duties, through the
advice of departed spirits.
Tht> Fai;iiic<; of Trade.
The friends of a high tariff profs* to be greatly
alarmed, in consequence of the large export of
specie from the United States, during the kist ti- 1
nancial year. Heavy commercial embarrass- (
inent, the ruin of the manufacturers, and a gene- 1
ral impoverkhn cat < f the country, are evils ]?rcdicted,
unless tho present revenue system I e
changed, and the producers of our exports and ^
consumers of the imports, shall consent to a spe- |
eific tariff. The iron producers say their coal and i )
ore so far apart, and their mills so distant from |'
market, that a duty of thirty per nut. on foreign j'
/,onii..t cfun.t tlm And I 1
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yet they would have us to believe, that an in- '
tere?t requiring such props to sustain it, should
be aided by a still heavier tariff, else the eoun- 1
try will be ruined. 1
It seems to be the fashion of the day, for eve- 1
rv man, who finds himself involved in an unfor- (
tunate speculation, to look to the Government
of the Union to help him ont of it. Our Northern
fciends think the products of cotton, rice, tobacco,
llour, pork and other articles, which make (
up the exports of th'e country, are fair game? '
that they must not only pay the whole revenue '
of the government, but must also submit to a t
little extra taxation in favor of the manufacturer, | l
who has made a miss and imagines that he is j
about to be ruined. We have never heard of
the government extending its aid to the sinking
agriculturalists. Thousands engage in thatbusi- 1
ntss who know nothing about it, and in the course 1
of time, their estates are brought to the ham- 1
iner; but in their day of difficulty they do not
dream of crying to the government for aid, or
imagine that their ruin must necessarily impoverish
the country. Ihit the manufacturer, who,
in successful times, pockets profits greater than 1
the agriculturalist can ever hope for, so soon as j y
lie meets with reverses, begins to cry out for help ! *
and to predict wo for the couutry if he is not M
helped.
To one knowing the facts of the case, the wail
which the tnrifiites have raised over the dreadful
drain of sj.ecie from the country, excites no '
sympathy whatever. A part of our specie goes
abroad to pay for articles consumed by the gold
diggers of California?nothing else than couSd
have been expected; and yet this most natural (
result of the California acquisition, is mourned '
over as a sure sign of coming poverty. Tltous- 1
amis and tens of thousands i.f foreigners rush in- 1
to California, and to supply their need foreign c
goods were import'd. lint limy produced ncith- 1
er cotton, ll'?ur, pork. < -' 1 eo lbr export?liotli- 1
iug but gold dust. wonderful, that a part t
of their produce s! '-e exported to pay for 1
the foreign articles winch they consumed And 1
l* our country impoverish"!, because its extraor- i
dinary productions t'.?r <\jioit are not equal to i
the extraordinary demand- The idea is utterly t
nonsensical. We consume foreign go-,d.?and t
pay fur tin in in our staple production, and the t
Calilbrnians do the same. We ] ay cotton and t
rice, and they in gold dust.
Whence, then, the impoverishment of the 0
country? IIow does it appear from this, that x
the balance <?f trade is against us? Jt is not so;
the only uili'ereiiee, is that gold has become one j.
of the productions our country, and is as much a
legitimate article of export as iron, lead or cutton.
A i k
But, it is .?aid, that our production of iron 1
has greatly diminished, and, is inferred that a
from " this, the result :ce> of tin* country are diminished,
aho. This dues not follow. The pro-j r
duction of iron may he profitable, and yet some
other husiiiess may he more so; and, if the labor
which might otherwise be expended in the manufacture
of iron, be now more profitably employ- r
ed, the resources of the country are thereby in J(
increased, not diminished. But why waste our 1
time reasoning on the subject? All these pre- u
teiices arc but the efforts of men who desire to s
grow rich at the exports of the country. They 11therefore,
struggle to u>c the Government fur
the advancement of their ends. For this, they 1
plan, organize, and combine, and their opposes *
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which maybe pitied over them in the Held of | I
argument, will leave them victories in the end, j
unless we manage to destroy the inHucnc: of1
lobby mcmbcr-hiji.?Soul/urn tSkiuthi.nl.
Free \e;,rroes in I'emisylvniiiu.
The following is the copy of a bill read in the ^
1 'ennsyl vaniu House of Kepresentatives uii the
9th iust., by Mr. lilair of Centre county:
Ah act In /irohihil l/t cm'>j nil Ion of An/roes am/
Jf a/allocs iulo this Common wealth. t
See. I. l?e it enacted by the Senate and House t
of Representatives of the commonwealth of J Villi- v
sylvaiiia, in (jeiteral Assembly met,and it is here- ^
by enacted by the authority of the same. That; 1
from and after the pa-sage of this act it shall not; f'
be lawful for any negro or mulatto to eoine into J c
or settle in this commonwealth ; and any negro . 1
or negroes, mulatto or luulattocs so coining, im-1 '
migrating or moving into this State, for the jiur-J
jio.se of settling therein, shall be liable to an im- 'J
jirisoimn nt of not less than two or more than '
nine months upon conviction thereof.
Sec. 2. That any person employing or otherwise
encouraging any such negro or mulatto to j p
emigrate into,settle, or remain within the hounds I n
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UI III IS f (11111 ]' Iinvi-an II, Mian ne iiiiuie in a 11111- III II
not loss than fifty or mom than one hundred d
dollars, to ho recoverad as other lines of like ainotmt
are recoverable.
Skc. d. That such lino or titles so recovered,
shall he paid info the treasury of the proper conn- ,]
ty until demanded hy the overseers of the jnior j j
of the township to which the olfences eiiiliuera- j
toil in tin-t'u) eooimr sect inns of this act shall have .j,
hoen coiniiiitt?d. who shall apply it to the use w
and comfort of the poor in their charge.
Skc. 4. It shall he the duty of the overseers
of the poor in the different townships, wards or
Iiaki .iw*lic fliic / / iinnuiii u on It li tit lntiLii in fin*
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mation and prosecute to conviction all persons | "
violating the second and tliinl sections of this j tl
act: and any overseers of tlv poor who shall | v
knowingly neglect, or refuse so to make information
as aforesaid, shall le liable to the fine imposed
by the second section of this act.
tsama*ma*ma*i+mam<r; tut ??
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1852.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
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The Cotton Market, since our Inst, lias been dull,
ivith a falling ofl" in receipts. Extremes, 5 3-4 to 1 3-4.
Cii.uii.ESTON", Feb. 2.
There was no change on Saturday in the dull state
jf the cotton market reported on Friday, and prices
X'litinued in favor of buyers. The sales footed up 800
talcs at from C 3-4 to 8 1-8.
Mr. White's Lecture.
This gentleman lectured last Evening, to one of the
argest and most intelligent audiences, which our town
?fiords. He is a remarkably interesting speaker, and
s certainly entitled to all the credit and praiso which
las been given him. We arc happy to learn that lie
a ill lecture again on this (Tuesday) and to-morrow .
Wednesday) Evenings.
We are satisfied that his audiences will continue to be
,'cry largo, and will not regret in the slightest degree,
my inconvenience to which they may be subjected in
tearing bin). The opportunity of hearing such a speaker
does not occur often.
The Bell Ringers,
Gave one one of their Concerts at Temperance Ilall,
m Saturday evening last, to the largest andieucc we
jelieve, over yet assembled in this Hall. Their pcrbrmnnces
were novel, and we believe the crowd were
generally pleased with the entertainment, llerr Stoc?.l
in o..r. tl./v ,.l
Fire.
We regret to learn that the Barns on the plantation
if our fellow-citizen, Major John Rosscr, about twelve
iiiles below Camden, were destroyed by lire on Sunday
ast, together with a large quantity of corn, fodder, ic.
rhc particulars we have not learned.
Sale of Negroes.
On yesterday a large number of Negroes were disjoscd
of at auction. Judging from the high rates at
vliieli they were sold, we should infer that our people
ire not yet tired ol them, and are still wjlling to invest
heir money in this sort of property.
At Odd Fellows Hall.
Call and see the pretty things?no eharge for lookug,
even if you do not buy.
Sunday Work.
Our frieuds and cotemporariesof the Republican and
Carolinian in Columbia, have at last determined, ifposliblo,
not to work on the Sabbath day. Wo arc glad
o see, that they have made this wise decision. We
aruestly hope their example may be followed by oth:rs
in our State. It is unbecoming the age of eivilizaion
and morals in which we live, to desecrate a day,
inllowed by Jehovah himself, as a day of rest With
he same authority, as when he said '"Thou shalt not
iill;" lie commands: "Remember the Sabbath day to
;eep it holy; in it thou shalt not do an}' work." Is it
lot then presumptuous, and wicked, to violate with
mpunity one of the most sacred an.1 plainest ootnmatnls
if Heaven? If we pretend to recognize the obligations
if religion and morality, wc should give some evidence
ifour belief, of the faith that is in us, by observing oue
if the plainest rales of the decalogue.
"Why ought men to regard the opinion of the world
ir consult its wishes and convenience, when a plain
natter of duty, forbids a violation of divine law as
veil as conscience ? We liave no patience or regard
or those who would force a class of their fellow men,
o work day aud night, and ou the Sabbath, merely to
[ratify the cravings of curiosity, which requires, as the
larolinian remarks, a vi dati m of conscience. What
.dvautagc does the poor printer derive from living in
, religious community, where tin: Church going bell
alls the congregations of the respective persuasions together
to worship. It is next to practical atheism, and
hould be restrained bv the strong arm of law. We
,rc dealing in general terms, and make no personal apilication
of our text. Let every one examine the subret
for himself; it* the evil lieth at his own door, let
lim remove it speedily, or let it be done by the voice
if lhe iiconic- soeakiiitr in terms of condemnation- \\*n 1
ubscribe must heartily to the sentiment which fol- !
ows:
"Sunday Work.?God lias forbidden man and beast
o work on the Sabbath. The printer, loss liivored \
hau oilier men. and less fortnnate even than thedumb !
nimal, knows no day of rest. Unless the God of j
'rovidenee smiles upon disobedience to the God of
{ovulation, Sunday work cannot prosper."
Powder Magazine in Charleston Exploded.
We learn bv our Columbia cotemporaries, the Caroiniaii
and Itepubliean, that an explosion took place in
Charleston, oil the morning of tho Jlst January, in the
Juiced States Arsenal, hy which the l'owder Magazine
vns destroyed. The particulars are those:
' The explosion occurred in two brick buildings, !
wolvc by fifteen, used .'us Laboratories, and at- ;
ached to the Arsenal. John Halt/.or, a private, i
vho had recently been preparing fireworks for!
A'asliiiigtoii's birth-day, was killed. It is supios
-d that lie was ramming Human (dandles, the i
fiction occasioned the explosion which coinmuniated
to the next building, containing about tifv
pounds of powder, and entirely destroying it, .
ilowing out the sides of another, and doing dam- j
ge to a third, lialtzer tried to escajte, but was
mried under the ruins, being horribly mangled." |
The Lady's Bsok.
"Wo are indebted to Mr. Cio^cy, the enterprising pro- i
rictor of this excellent Magazine, for the February |
umber. It contains its usual it'" and quantity of
itcrcsting matter, and is a handsome book for the la- !
ics.
Democratic Review.
Wo liuvctiino only to acknowledge the reception of
lie January number. The book is now published by
>. W. I Jolly. This number contains a portrait of Maziui,
with a sketch of the life of this illustrious Italian, i
here is in the number before u?, considerable matter, j
liich wo shall endeavor to read as early as wo can !
rinveniently.
A New York pji|H?rsays that somebody, "sugests
an extra sermon to be furnished outside
Iio. city churches, for the coachman who stand
raiting in front.
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A bill has been introduced into the Pennsylvania
Legislature to exempt the homstead ofevery
family from levy and sale on execution. The
terms of the bill propose that the debtor shall
designate bis homestead, which shall not be sold}
of whatever jailuo.
Mem en is, Teiin. Jan. 24?AYe learn from
AVhite lliver that the steamer Pitser Miller, ex
ploded :it tlie mouth of that river, this morning. |
Several persons were killed and others badly
wounded.
A church difieulty at Loesbug, between
the II. E. Church and the M. E. Clirch South,
has been recently settled by compromise, the former
giving the latter *250 and the property involved,
to go entirely into its hands on the 1st
of September.
Hie Baptist State Convention of Mississippi
have resolved to raise *100,000 for endowing a
college in that State.
Dr. March says the best cure for hysterics is
to discharge the servant girl. In his opoinioni
there is nothing like flying "around" to keep the
nervous system from becoming unstrung. Some
women think they want a physician, he says
when they only need a scrubbing brush.
Massachusetts Railkoads.?The number of
casualties, resulting in the loss of life or limb,
on all these roads during the year, wore 96, of
which GO were fatal. The a<rcrrocrate length of
tlio above roads is 120,747 miles, exclusive of
double track.
Politeness does much in business. An impudent
clerk can do more injury in a store than its
owner's neglect to advertise his goods.
A young man lately came to his death in Hall, (England)
through putting tallow on a pimple that was on
his face?mortification ensued, which ended in his
death, although the affected part was cut away. The
use of tallow, for such purposes, is mostly dangerous as
arsenic is much used by the tallow chandlers for the
urpose of improving the appearance of the candles.
Christiana Prisoners.?The bills against the Christiana
prisoners for murder and riot have been ignored
by the Grand Jury at Lancaster, and all the prisoners
were discharged.
A BACHELOR'S BREAKFAST.
The following amusing passage occurs in the second
chapter of the Golden Christmas, by Mr. Simms. None
but a bachelor once could discourse so eloquently and
knowingly:
" It is not often that our fair readers are admitted to
the mysterious domain which entertains a bachelor as
its sovereign. They fancy, the dear conceited little
creatures, that such a province is a very desolate one.
They delude themselves with the vain notion that,
without the presence of one or more of their miscltieviously
precious sex, a house, or garden, is scarcely ha
tillable; and tliat man, iu sucli an abode, is perpetually
sighing for soine such change as Iho tender sex
only can impart. They look upon, as quite orthodox,
the language of Mr. Thomas Campbell, who sings?
"The garden was a wild,
And man, the hermit, sighed, till woman smiled.
But this is all vanity and delusion. We no where
have any testimony that tiic condition of Adam was
thus disconsolate, before Eve was stolen from his side,
iu order that she should steal In his side. This is all a
mistako. Adam did very weil as a gardener, and quite
as well as a housekeeper, long before Eve was assigned
him as a helpmate, and was very comfortable iu his
sovereignty alone. We know what evil consequences
happened to his housekeeping after site came into it,
and what sort of counsellors she entertained. Let it
not, therefore, be supposed that we bachelors can not
got on, with our affairs exclusi vely under our own management.
I grant tiiat there is a difference; but the
question occurs. "Is this difference for the worse in our
case?-' Hardly! There is, confessedly, no such putting
to rights, as we always find going on in the house
hold of married men. lint that is because mere is no
su< li m'rit of imtliii.tr i<> rights. There is previously no
such putting lo wrongs, in sueli a* liousehuhl. There,
every thing goes on like clockwork. There is less
parade, I grant you; but there's no such Cuss! Less
neatness; but no jarrings with the servants. To the
uuiuitiatcd eye, things appear in exemplary confusion;
but the solitary head of the household can extract order
from this confusion at any moment. It is a maze,
but not without a plan. You will chafe, because there
is a want of neatness; but then our bachelor has quiet.
Ah! but you say. how lonesome it looks! 15ut
the answer is ready. The bachelor is nut, nevertheless,
the inhabitant of a solitude. His domain is peopled
with pleasant thoughts and sweet visitors, and, if lie be
a student, with sublime ones, lie converses with
great minds, unembarrassed by the voices of little ones.
Ho converses with master spirits in antique books.?
These counsel and teach him. without ever disputing
what he savs or thinks. Tliey till, and instruct his j
soul, without vexing his self-esteem. They bring music
to lii.s chamber, without troubling his ears with
noise. But, you say, lie lias none of the pleasures which
spring from his communion with children. You say
that the association with the young keeps the heart j
young; and you say rightly. Hut the bachelor answers ,
and says?if he has no children of his own, lie sees i
enough of his neighbors. They climb his fences, pilfer !
his peaches, pelt his dog, and. as Master approaches, I 1
break into his fowl-yards and carry oil' his fresh eggs.j
Why should he seek for children of his own, when his ;
neighbor's houses are so prolific?- (
He could give you a long discourse, in respect to
pinglo-btessedncss?that is. in the case of the man. In |
that of the woman, the affair is nioro difficult and ;
doubtful. He is not prepared to deny that she ought j
to get married whenever site can find tho proper vie- j
tim. To sum up. in brief be goes aud comes when lie ' ]
pleases, without dreading a feminine authority. He I
takes his breakfast at his own hours, and dines when ,
in the humor, and takes his ease at his inn. His sleep '
is undisturbed by unpleasant fancies. lie is never re- ]
quired to rise tit night, no matter how cold the wcath- ]
cr, to see that the children are covcwd, or to warm the
baby's posset. [Delightful thought.] Never starts
with horror, mid a chilling sliivor, at every scream, lest | '
Young Hopeful, the boy, or Young Beauty, the girl, j I
has tumbled down stairs, bruizing nose, or breaking leg ]
or arm ; and, if he stays out late o'niglits, never sneuks
home, with unmanly terrors, dreading to hear no good ,
of himself wbon lie gets there. At night, purring, in j '
grateful reverie, by his fireside, he makes pictures | <
in his ignited coals, which cxilcrate his faucy. [Interesting
picture.] His eat sleeps on tho hearth rug, con- | .
lident of her master, and never dreading the broom- j '
stick of the always officious chambermaid; and tho an- i
eient woman who makes up his boil and prepares ins | 1
breakfast, appears before him like one of those seeming- c
ly old hags of tho thiry talo who turn out to be prim v
cesses and good spirits in homely disguise." ]
The Committee of Ways and Means of the Ala- j
bnma legislature has reported that it is inexpe- j
dient to legislate at this time on the recommendations
in the Governor's mcssag, in favor of a
discriminating tax to be imjtased by the State on \
the products ami manufactures of States which
shall persist in their aggressions upon the in?titu- m
tion of slaver}* in the Southern Sta'es. A minority
of the committee, not eontontnl with dcclaringthe
exp< diency of legislating "at this time"
on the subject, make a report going into the
constitutional question, a idcxpie sing their conclusion
that such a tax would be a palpable breach
of the constitution of tho United States, which
has the exclusive power for the regulation of
commerce: and that it would be not less so. lie
cause it is attempted to do by indirection what
i> directly forbidden. -4
Federal Office.
"The allurement? of ofllce, the blandishments of party
have hoodwinked large portions of our people, and
danger lowers in vaiq before blinded eyes.
JIoiu RAjcrt IV. Harwell"
True?lamentably true. Southern politicians
have, many of them, boen seduced by the sdlur
ments of federal office. They look to the great
central of despotism, enthroned at Washington
so much so, that at this very moment, if you
wish to know the politics of the South, you must
enquire not at New Orleans, Nashville, Richmond,
or Savannah, but at Boston, New York, Pliiladelpliia
and Washington.
One tiling is certain :?we must look to the a
union of the South, for the salvation of the South. A
It is only in a determined spirit of union that wo
can be safe. The history of our national legislation
during the last twenty years and more,
proves incontestibly, that the Federal Government
is utterly impotent even in its most indispensable
duty?we refer to the preservation of
that political and social equality among its constituent
numbers, without which, a confeJera
tion 01 Mates, tneoreiicauy independent, is one
of the most odious, (we will not say intolerable)
forms of despotism. The people of our sister
States of the South, arc not, we trust, blind to
the alarming progress of this great evil, but the
predominating influence stands on a foundation
which it is most difficult to shake. At Washington,
corramperect corrumpi sccculurn uocatur;
but thanks be unto God, the infection has never
reached South Carolina. The example of our
great and fearless statesman, as displayed in his
lofty devotion to the South and her institutions
has been hero most signally illustrious and useful
; and it would almost seem that in the order
of Providence, lie had been given us, at once to
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and
to teach us humility by the reflection, that it was
allowed no other, even among ourselves, to follow
his course; a comet, hung in our sky to be
gazed on, and wondered at by us, in common A
with the rest of the world, but as far beyond our JB
reach, though blazing in our zenith, as he was '
to those, wlio only caught his more distant rays. i
In South Carolina, at least, he heard no sounds A
but those of eulogy and affection. The titled
of the earth were proud to be his companions;
less exalted men approached him with awe, as
tliev would a higher, purer spirit, and when he
was taken from us, the South lost the chief pillar
of her fame and support, and now, in the supreme
councils of our country, there is a vacant
throne. Such was the man who never sought
f-deral office; it always sought him.?Columbia
Banner.
Kicd Hair.?The Cinc'nnati Daily Tim s, a
\c y excellent paper by the way, ontains an interesting
article upon the ab we subject, which
we give bebw. There is nothing rea'ly detinite j
in the color of the hair or complexion which indicates
the feelings of the heart, or the cast and
disjx>sition of the mind. There is as much fire,
cruelty and destruction in a person of a nervous
and billions temperament with black hair, as there
are in the passions of a person who is so unfortunate
as to have brown, sandy, or ml hair, if you
will. The remarks are interesting, and we give
them to the reader:
IbnJey's Miscellany, in a recent number, has
an amusing article on "lied Hair," which, for
some reason or other, has always been .^isliked in
various parts of the world, though one of its
shades, the auburn color, running into brown, has
always been as much admired .as the bright red ^
has been contemned. Red hair has been consideicd
as betokening a cruel and liendlike disposi i
tion, andasappr >piate to exeeu tionors! Scott, in *
the "iaiism in, gives xucmira s ncaaman auuge
red board mingling with shaggy locks of the same
color, and on tho other hand, the Queen l>erengaria
is introduced with "golden trusses."
Red hair is also regarded as a mark of crftiuess
and treachery. In Spain it is called the
hair of Judas, and he is distinguished by it in
theSpanish paintings, Shakespeare makes Rosalind
say of her lover, "His very hair is of the
dissembling color," to which Celia replies, "Something
browner than Judas'."
Among the ancient nations, the Egyptains
arc most remarkable for their aversion to red
hair, and were accustomed annually to ofter a "
burnt sacrifice in honor of their devil, Typho, of
a red haired man; but it is humanely suggested,
of mitigation that they had long waged war
with a nation whose hair was of a reddish hue,
and the victim was only a prisoner of war.
The Chinese picture their devil as white with
read hair, and denominate the English "red-haired
devils or barbarians." A French traveller,
more lilxral than the Chinese, says: "I spik always
de trut, and I vil say dat I have seen English
vich had not red hair."
In the Highland clans in Scotland red hair is
regarded as deformity. A nobleman visiting a
rTinrlilninW inonired for one of bis sons, who *
ivas k?-j>t out of the way upon an excuse which
led to tlie supposition that he was infirm or daft.
I hit on the father's producing a fine, handsome ?"
roung man, the man exclaimed, "I see nothing
the matter with him;'" to which the father sorrowfully
replied, "Nothing the matter with him!
look at his hair!" It was red.
The ancient Romans and the modern Italians
lave been great admirers in woman of golden
wlored hair.
In the country, red locks are not looked upon
is contributing to beauty in either sex; but tho^
ed haired people are usually more than comnonly
endowed in ther mental constitution, and
an afford to offset brains against hair. Some
>f the greatest men have been crowned with red
lair, among thorn that vigorous old pirate, Wiliamthe
Conqueror of England, the blood of whose
bllowcrs still flows in the veins of New-England
nen.
Manners ok Yong Ladies.?In endeavoring
,o avoid everything like display, young ladies
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