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Work for the month. MAY. No month known to the calender, if we are to credit the descriptions of poesy and of >ong, is so delightful as this. Influenced by those cuanning pictures of its beauties, and of the sources ol ruetitai enjoyments which it is represented to bring with it, most young hearts bound wiili joy and gladness at its advent, and anticipated its coming, for weeks in advance, .-is a u?i bUfli is to develop countless pleasures. Parties are formed, in anticipation, to hie to the wood-1 to gather flowers but alas! owing to the change ol seasons, for many years past the woods have, failed to yield their floral tre:isures, until long after the day for Maying aad come and gone and the maidens and their gallants, after miles expended in searching for the flowers which the wiuds of March, and the showers of April, were to have brought, forth, have had to return to their homes travel worn and disappointed, reaping no other harvest than the realization of the ? ?!... nil s>ulm)L-iti(i)1s truth ol the proposition?mat ?... ^ ..v.. based on the past, looking to the enjoyineuts ot the future, are predicated on a frail and uncertain tenure. But notwithstanding the seasons have changed, and are likely to change still more, torso long as the axe shall be employed in levelling the forest, so long will changes go on and the seasons be later and later, still it is always best to get our crops in as soon as the nature of circum stances will permit; for other things being equal, the early planted crops generally prove the most prolific. Let us, then, turn our attention to those things which demand immediate attention. On the Farm.? Corn Planting.?The time has come over a broad surface of States, when the corn crop should be gotteu in; and we trust that every corn- grower, where such is the case, will feel it to be his duty sis it assuredly is his inteiest, to begin to plant his comas near the first of the month as possible, audso make his arrangements, as that the whole will be completed before the tenth of the mouth, at farthest. Seasons may, and sometimes do occur, where a few days' delay do not operate as a serious evil; but such occurrences are rare, it we laae uie resalts of any series of years as our guide, it will be fouud, that the early pitched crop is general ly the most productive. Whenever the earth it warm enough to produce germination, bo tht location where it may, may be said tobethepropei time to plant corn. Speaking from u ir own experience, we feel justified in saying, that slighl frosts do not materially affect the yield, even though they may nip the plant after it shows itself above the ground, for, from the vigorounature of the roois, in the incipient stage of theii growth, they possess that recuperative power wnich enables them to overcome the disadvan tage of such blights. If caught bv frosts, tht effect will be, to occasion a teruj/ora'-y susja-nsioi or stunting; but not to destioy. il*.wcver, aftei the first of May it is but rart ly, indeed, that wt have visitations of frost, of sufficient intensity tc do injury to vegetation, and, therefore, it may Ik Considered safe, on, and after that p- r; d t - gel our corn, as well as almo-t every other crop, ii the ground, and it -Lould be our policy .0 do so as we have before suggested, as near the be ginning of the month as j?o-.s:bl \ As we advised our friend- last month, a- wel as the previous one, to provide ample supplies 01 manure for their coi n crop, we are wilhngt ? liopt that they have done so, and that most of th<?n fields have been generously manured, ploughed deeplv as well as neatly, harrowed throughly, s<j as to bring th<? soil ton fine tilth, and that theii work of preparation was completed, by rolling: for the faithful execution of all these processes we believe to be necessary to success. The perfect preparation of the soil, we hold to fx4 intimately connected with prolificacy in any crop? with corn indispensable. When we speak of generous manuring, we mean broadcast manuring', for, af er the corn plant gets to be 8 or 12 inches h;gh, all the food it derives from the earth, is from beyond the limits of the hill. While we are the advocate of general manuring?the application of manuring throughout th" entire surface,?we are also favorable to an application of a small quantity of some enriching com past to the hill. This brings us, naturall, to the subject of Top-dressing, ok Manuring in tiif. hill. There is no plant that grows, which is more benefitted than is the corn, by slight application? of fertilizing matter to the hill. Such applications may be made at the time of dropping the corn?after it is dropped and covered, and befon it comes up,?or after it is come up, at the tinu of the first working. Better, however, to do if at the time of planting; but be it done at either of the periods named by us, the corn plants will make an economical appropriation of tin enriching?of the organic, nnd inorganic, sub stances?of which such composts may be made tXr tlioro ;? no ulant cultivated, that is inor? thankful for good fare, or which make a bettei use of it than does that of the corn, at ever) stage of its growth, and particularly when in its infancy. And by the bye, it is only in that stag* that it can derive material benefit from hill man uring; as the moment the roots extend beyond the range of the hill, they have to itnbide tlieii food from the soil between the rows, as tlicit feeders are at the extreme points of lie la* ra roots, which extend, at nil distances froiti tin stalk, from one foot to four: and it is not reason able to think, that these roots can participate ir food which is behind them, far moved from tin reach of their mouths. Hill Compost.?As good a compost as en ! formed to manure in the hill, we have found be 10 bushels of rotten dung, or rich mould?01 both?5 bushels of ashes, and 1 bu>h<l >,( plaster the whole to be thoroughly mixed together, and a handful applied to each hill of corn, at th tinn of dropping1, or at either of the other period* w? have designated. The quantities we have na med will answer for an acre. and. if applied in. o: to the hill, would be found gr*:itlv to aeeel.-rat' the early growth cf th?* plants a in Uorofve ry great importance, f >r rrinnv reasons. As we were very copious in our remark* la?; month, as well as the preceding one. upon man ures the eultue of tlii* crop, its wants, and it! ncces?it;e?, we will not recapitulate th tn here but refer our renders to V e March, and Aj ri numbers, fur our views in cxfen*o. Aw-ic>n Farmer. Do not wa*tn your soap suds. H >e n C!iSl or barrel to save them in, and empty theua arounc vour grope vines. Report of BKaxcy Gregg, ONE OF 1HE COHSilTTKE OF TWENTY-ONE. ' The uudersigued, a member of the Committee, | to which w?s referred for consideration the Act . I of the Geueral Assembly calling together this I Convention, being dissatisfied with the Report of J the Committee, not on account of what is con| taim-d in it, but of what is omitted, respectfully asks leave to state his reasons. The position ot'South Carolina at this time is a most d.fticult and embarrassing one. Suffer. ing under injuries which render a continuance in the present Union incompatible with honor or safety; but deserted by other States, suffering under the same injuries, and whose solemn pledges of resistance gave South Carolina a right to 1 * - - ? - - ? - ? * U ?KA I expect very ainereiu action uom mnu ,?im citizens of the State became divided in opinion as to the course proper to be taken. One portion of then) believed that all hope being lost of any other States' seceding from the Confederacy by a concerted movement, it was nocessa1 ry tor Sou ill Carolina to virdicatc herself from intolerable wrong- by seceding alone. Another portion regarded this course as unwise, and thought it iieees.-ary to wait for the support of oilier Sisues. The prospect of suchsupport has grown fainter day by day, until it has receded to an indetiiiit' d .-lance ; and that portion of our citizens who h-t?.\ placed their oniy hope in it, now find themselves powerless to elieet their object. But by the popular majority which they have exhibited, opposed to exercising the right of secession at tins time, they have also paralyzed the power of their fellow-citizens who de sir.d to adopt that course. Under those circumstances this Convention meets, charged with the duty of seeing that the ' Commonwealth receive no detriment. To se1 cede under such circumstances is impracticable. | To obtain the aid of any oilier State in resisting .I... ..a.;..K li.n-.i Itnnn <>. iinmir I ell hv tin. "IIIVII .....v ~j . the Northern States and ihe Federal Government is hopeless. Unless some effective mode i of action could be ad->( ted, which, while stopping short of secession, might place and preserve the State in a position of readiness to take advantage of the earliest opportunity for successful resistance, guai ding, as far as practicable, in the mean time, against the many corrupting in' riuences of a longer connection with the Government which oppresses us, nothing remains but submission?a submission likely to be fatal. ' j If any such mode of action could be devised ' and proposed by those who are opposed to sep1 crate secession, it would beyond doubt be accept ! ed and supported by those who have been in " | favor of that measure. ' The Report of the Committee is uusatisfacto' ry to the undersigned, because it> mtains no recommendation of any actum whatever beyond a mere declaration of the right of secession, and ' of the injuries which have been sutlercd, justifying its exercise by Solid) Carolina. ! If a protestation in favor of our rights, made ' at a time when in fact we are deprived of them, can be of any avail towards preserving them in " n collection and recovering them at a future day, 1 it is wise and proper to make such protestation. ' But actions oinweigh word-, and one step in advance towards practical resistance wouid be worth more than the strongest declarations. If the . majority of the Committee had devised any I M1..I-III/., well n character of nmctical resistance. however m.nl Tate imjirc.-^c-cl upon them. the | imd-rsigned would have greatly preferred, fur ' the sake of that harmony which is oj such high 1 importance if over the State is to be rescued fioni it.) present condition, to acquiesce in their Report. He believes that such measures might be devised ' by those who have opposed sepcrate secession, and that, if adopted with unanimity by the people of the State, they would alibrd - me reasoti, able hope of ultimate d '!iv<?raiic?\ Hut seeing no prospect that tlie introduction of any such measures under present circumstances, and against the determined opposition of those who 1 have d"foalcd Secession, could result in any good to the State, he has, as a member of the Committee, nothing to recommend, lie is willing to vote for the declaration of principle* contain' ed in the Resolution and accompanying Ordi1 nance; but he desires at the same time to leave ' on the record of the proceedings of this Convention his distinct declaration, that it is not in accordance with his wishes that nothing more should I be done to prevent detriment to the Common; I weal h. Ma.ycv Gki:gg. Report of B. F. Perry. ONE 0I-" tHi. COMMITTEE OF TWK.VJV-ONE. ! The und TMjjfned, a member of the Com mi t. tee of Twenty-one, d.llermo from the committee j in their report oil tne act referred to them, call? iiijjf this Convention, be-^N leave to submit the . Vjllowint; Preamble and Resolutions, as express; iug his views in regard to the important matters , contained in said report, and as to the true poli r cv t > bo pursui d by tlie State of South Caroli na in relation to her dilliculties with the Federal j j Government. i j April 2'J, 1852. B. F. Perrit. WktreuXs the Le<( slaturo of South Carolina I in consequence of the agressions of Congn*? r i and the Northern States on the domestic iustir; tutiotis of the South, deeim d it necessary toemI oody the sovereign power of the State in Con I ventioii. in ord'-r that th"' commonwealthshould -1 siitl' r uo detrini-iii," a (1 t'..r "die purpose of i ' considering iin* prove ?1 ;iinJ rec ?inmeiida . ii<iii> of a Congress ol uie davcholding States i And whereas the ???h<T sl.iwhuldnig SiHt.es have ; <J ciinetl meeting S.#utb Car liiut in a Southern Congress, lor llie purpose of considering the j?ast r aggressions of the federal (Jovermucnt on an : institution in which they all have; a common 1 and an equal interest: /!;?/ whereas it would ' be unwise and imprudent, and wanting in rc S;>ect to the other Southern States, for Soutli Carolina, under existing circumstances, to take r any d- cisive seperate action in a cause which equally belongs to them all: And whereas there - have been recent mamfestatiotis on the j>art of the Fed-ral Government and a large portion of 1 the Northern people to reuse their aggressions on the institutions of the South, and carry out in g H?d faith the guarrantees ot the Federal Con: stitiKion : And whereas a deep-rooted and longI c K'.i h< d regard for the union of these States, as " the palladium of our independence,"44 tranquility," "peace," "safety," "prosperity," and "lib: crty," makes it right and proper, honorable and | j atriotic, that we should "suffer whilst evils are Mjfferable," ra'hcr "than right ourselves by abol ishing the forma to which we have been accu tomod Be it therefore resolved, That this Conventic will forbear at present to exercise that highe arid most sacred of all rights which can belon to a free and brave people?a rigl t secured 1 them by nature and nature's God, and par mount to all constitutions and political coinpac or agreements?the right " to alter or abolisl their government when it becomes destructive the ends for which it was instituted, and ceas to protect them in the enjoymcntof their "live property, and pursuit of happiness." Resolved, That the Union of the sever States of this Confederacy was formed for tl nuroose of nrotectiiiff eouallv the interests of f 1 r " "" 1 1. . the States; their domestic institutions, propert and industrial pursuits; and the existence African slavery in the Southern States, at tl formation of the Federal Union, was not on recognized in the Constitution, hut guarantee and made the basis, in part, of their represent tion in the Congress of the United Staes. Resolved, That this domestic institution of tl South is not only moral and correct in the opi ion of this Convention, but a great blessing the African race; and absolutely necessary f the continued peace and prosperity of the slav holding States ; and as such will be forever d fended and maintained by them at any and i hazards, and to the last extremity of their ex toncn as a people. Resoled, That South Carolina, through h sovereign Convcuti n, now. pledges herself to h sister Southern States to resist, in company wi them, or alone if need be, by all the means whi< nature and God have given her, any and eve attempt on the part of Congress to interfere wi slavery in the States, or the slave trade betwc* the States, or to abolish slavery in the District Columbia without the consent of the owners, to exclude slavery from the Southern territori of the United States, or the forts, navy yarc and other public places in the slaveholding Stat belonging to the Federal Government, or refu the admission of a State into the Union on a count of slavery, or refuse to enforce and car out the existing constitutional provisions on t subject of rendition of fugitive slaves, or alter change the Federal Constitution in any respc touching slavery. Southern Editor* and Bookseller ABOLITION LITERATURE. The prevalence in the Southern States of ; uncommon social organization has at once co stiiuted a distinction between them and oth States, and produced an identity of interest whi< i .,11 1 1 1 UIHKTiyillg illl iut.il iinu |Wii uiiiiivxuw) |.vados the whole community. An attack up Soutliern institutions, particularly if it be of political or religious character, will set all t newspapers in commotion, ana through these il turb tbe equanimity of the quiet public. B there is, in reference to abolition literature strange negligence. Why is this ? Is it or the political hack that can inlluence public opi ion, or have an effect upon the destinies of t commonwealth ? Are we forgetful that the b lad-maker of a people has influence as well the law-maker 1 Or are we to be compelled the belief that party drill and promotion are nr. active motives and more powerful agents th patriotism and truth ? While we but do u duty in opposing political abolitionists, arc ' not highly criminal or grossly negligent when > welcome to our firesides and home the prodi tions of our literary abolitionists ? Our newspapers have made us all familiar wi the name and opinions and conduct of thati political back, the notorious Joshua (tiddine but bis name is a name of contempt. Are the not some just as decided in their sentiments a just, as deadly in their hatred to every interest the South, whose names arc names of hum And by whose faultWe answer, by the fin ofSouthern booksellers. 'J'he puffs of the fi niul the advertisements of the last give repii tiun and introduce the writing of abolition! to our people. Thus Longfellow's poems slavery have been introduced, inculcating fa views and sickly sentimentality, instead of tr poetic feeling. The most influential newspaper in the Xuri ern States, out of question, is the New Yt Tribune, and the most deadly enemy of Soul orn Institutions is its editor, Horace (treeley. free soiler in national politics, an agrarian ai vote yourself- farm-man, a Fou-ierite, an an slavery man in every respect is Mr. Greeley. 1 has lately published a book about his savin and doings in Europe, and tit once the Southc press and Southern book merchants advert and sell Mr. Greeley's lucubrations, putting n noy in bis pocket to enable him to fight us im I successfully. Mr. Dana, of Charleston, has pi ! fished a better book of travels, and Southern ( i itorsdo not puff and Southern merchants do r advertise it. Mrs. Harriet DeeeherStowe,sister of Mr. H< ry Ward Bcecher, has lately published an Al lition Novel, called Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ave [ convenient substitute for talent and genius i: miserable conformity to a bad popular passu And mediocre writers can get up a toleral share of notoriety and pocket some money pandering to the public taste. Be it so. If t Northern people are siuj>uuu IU launo Slaver)- diatribes as a substitute for genius, < have no objection ; but v,-e do object to Soul ern critics taking abolition works on the cre< of Northern puffs. We hope our brethren the press will examine Mrs. Stowe's book bef< they puff it, and we trust that Longfellow's j ems and Greely's book may long continue adorn the shelves of the Southern book-in chants who have them on sale. ? Tcmpcrcu Banner. Travel.?Mr. R. W. Emerson said in his l ture at New York : "I am not much of an advocate for travelli? I observed that the men who go abroa J are i thing at home and come home because thev: nobody abroad. Only the light man is the tn eller. Yet I will not be unjust. Travelling good for many. Some are made to travel, farmers, and to a man of sense, travel is an a vantage. So many languages as he has, so rr ny men is he. Moreover, in constitution the is some solstice when the stars stand still in o souls, and then travel is medical and good." A quarter of corn ia a fourth of a ton, and oight bu: ols or two Back?. * - THE SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, .HAY 7, 1852. St V THO. J. WARREN, Editor. to . a" OUR MARKET. fc 5) Transansactions in our Cotton market have been 1 quite active tor the past few days. We quote at 6 to 8 of 3-8. es !S> Mr. Rhett's Successor. i We see it stated that Ex-Governor Jonx F. Rich HI ie ardsox, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the lj| Senate of the United States, from South Carolina, occa.. sioned by the resignation of Hon. R. Barxwell Riiett. of _ 1 Our Advertisements. We invite attention to the sale of Machinery at the (j Charleston Cotton Factory, on Tuesday, 18th inst. Also, to the sale of Furniture by Mr. C. M. Wiexges, and to the several advertisements of H. Levy, Esq.. and ie H. Levy h, Sox. Purchasers will have opportunities ii. to buy at these sales which do not often occur. Interest Tables. e. We have another supply of Interest Tables: By W. H, Clarksov, of Sumter District. Several errors ocill j curred in the printing of these Tables, and to the copies [g. wo have now, an Errata is attached, correcting the same. Copies may bo had at the Post Office, Worker man's and Dellay's Drug-Store, and at this Office.? er , Prico 25 cts. Those persons who purchased any of the th | first copies sent us, will receive a corrected copy in ex. -U i -i i 1?:? ,u. Ill ' (JUUllgU uv ajjpi > ui? ai but uuicv ui uiv ?/vu*u?*j. tli Health of Mr. Clay. en It is stated that Mr. Clay is rapidly sinking. It is of not believed that he can live many days longer, or Since writing the above we see by a Telegraphic decs spatch in the Charleston papers, that Mr. Clay's health Is) is better, and thero is no danger of his speedy dissolues tion. ic- The School-Fellow. ry This interesting little monthly for boys and girls is he | before us. The May number appeara to be a good one, or maintaining its high juvenile character. Every family ct should take it. "The Child's Paper."?Is a beautiful little sheet for children. It contains monthly, choice moral and re>8, ligious reading for them, and comes at the rate of Ten copies for one dollar per annum. No subscription roan ceived for icss than ten copies for one year. iu .or Rev. John Bachman, D. D. lh, On the first page of to-day's paper will be found an -t" interesting article from the pen of this venerable and on distinguished divine of the Lutheran Church. a The article is intended as a reply to Dr. Bellinger's jie course in refusing, as a member of the City Council, l'>" i protection to a Protestant Clergyman, who was threatlUt encd by a tnob. We commend it to the careful peru' a sal of our readers. ' '? oAiwft Ia tKSo +Ka+ PpAfoofonfo?nf , - I XI lb 11UO bUlUO VU kuio kliUk A iVvvukMuvw l" America, are to be threatened and intimidated by a I reckless foreign mob, it is time we should know it, and as Dr. Bachman says, ' Prepare either to enforce the ^ laws or seek an asylum to which they may retreat with their families when good old Protestant Charleston shall be :ubd by a mob, and Protestant ministers be ur warn0^ 10 observe a profound silence about the abuses ive of the Roman Hierarchy, lest a mob of foreigners, who rtV have fn>m time to time, come among us under the pre1(,. tence of seeking the protection of our laws and the ro wards of their honest industry, should suddenly burst (|, out from the bowels of their Trojan horse and deluge ,1J the city in blood." fs; ? ,n, The Methodist Church Case. nj Tlie New York Herald says that there is a prospect 0f of the settlement of the great Methodist Episcopal ,r) Church case. Tho references ordered by the Circuit ult Court, to take testimony and report the value of tho rst Book Concert:, in dispute betweeu tho Northern and la- Southern divisions of the Church, was brought to a sts hearing before Commissioner Nelson, in New York, on oil Wednesday. Tho only priucipal difference of opinion 1*0 appears to be in reference to tho value of the stereouc type plates. Tho General Conference of the Northern section was to have met in Boston yesterday, and tho ill- Herald anticipated that tho affair would be settled bo " a lore uc meeting. Lh" A Meteorological. Mcteorolojical Journal for April. j1" barometer. |(^ Greatest height, - - - 30,060in. .ru Attached Therniometor same time, 63deg. ise Least height, .... 29,240in. ,0* Attached Thcrinomctor same time, - 59dcg. ^ Average height for the month, - 29,738in. ,j_ detached thehmometor. tot Greatest height, 30th ult., - - 88deg. Least height, 2nd ult., ... 36deg. !n" Monthly mean, .... 60,35 " " Cloudy days, 12 ; "a Fairt 13 >n. Clear, - 5 ^Jc Rain, ------ 4,731in. Return of Missionaries.?We notice that *'* advices from Shangai state that Mrs. Taylor, rt'e wife of the Rev. Charles Taylor, one of the Metli-V odist missionaries to China from the South fcaralina Conference, has sailed from that port to New York. Ill health is the cause of Mrs. Tay)ro lor leaving China. Mrs. T. is the daughter of )0" the Rev. John Gamewcll, deceased, formerly of t0 the South Carolina Conference, and was married er- r,moK! am-, f r, l~)r Tvlnr when SOIUl' IUUI UI ll?C ivaio vv J .. .. lcc be was stationed in Camden, and after he had been appointed missionary to China. 5C Besides Mrs. Taylor and her two children, we notice that Mrs. Boone, wife of Bishop Boone, and two children, and a Chinese female attendant; Rev. Dr. Bridgman, Mrs. Bridginan, a son 10 of the Rev. E. W. Lyle, and a Chinese girl, have lre also sailed from Shangai for New York.?South ?y- Carolinian. as M. Lucien Murat, formerly of Bordentown, N. J., is 1(1' reported in tho last European papers to liavo received ,a" from the French government a peusion of 2,000,000 re francs?about $500,000. Soda is found in mineral seams, also in beds near ^ Alexandria. The manufacturing chemists make it from common salt. For the Journal. Temperance. There seems to be a systematic attempt to bring Temperance into disrepute, by many newspapers of the country; and it is as well that we should know the estimation in which we are held by those to whose support we contribute. I enclose you for publication the following slip from the Southern Press; a paper extensively supported in this vicinity by Temperance men : 'T'?T. ~ 1. i cmyAVM/nr. JLL 10 LATLLCI \aj lie u uiauiuau once in a while, than a rogue and a hypocrite all one's life. This is one of those " relic's of scraps," <i'c.T contributed regularly to that paper. It is not the first which has appeared in the same quarter, but it is the boldest attack made in any quarter. SECESSIONIST. For Vie Camden Journal. May Party. There is a great charm about sweet May that spreads its benign influence to all nature. May too is ushered in by the festivities of the season. It is as it were the breaking up-of nature's wini - n _ 1 t? i t ter quarters; ana gaiety, nowers, ana nnrin ciaim the season as their own. It is to the first of this month that we alway anticipate in immagination the pleasant glorious May party, with the numerous little girfe, Dressed in Floras mantle gay, Their beauty and joy to display. Our anticipations were fully realized a few evenings ago, when we attended the party in your ordinarily quiet town. "We arrived early, and found the room decorated in the most handsome style; beautiful floral wreaths hung in tasteful festoons across and around the Throne. But these were secondary objects?roseate ornaments to decorate the many lovely beings around them. The room was graced with such a galaxy of young ladies, as we have seldom, if ever, met before. The ceremonies of crowning the Queen were performed in the most tasteful and neat manner; indeed, nothing could be i more beautiful and touching than to sec these little girls, " Showering their Flowers gay, Upon their chosen Queen of May." After these ceremonies were closed, we were silently musing on the scenes around, and lost in dreamy reverie, when suddenly wild strains of music broke upon our ears, immediately followed by the command of M partners out for a cotillion," our musing dream instantly vanished, and starting from our observing position, we sought a partner from that bright throng of 1 eauty, and was soon whirling in the mazes of the gay, gid dy dance, uut " Of all that did happen, I could not tell, Of the dancers and dresses, and who was the Belle; But each was so happy, and all was so lair, That evening stole away, and midnight caught us there." ^ Wc reluctantly left this scene of inirth, andjoy, at the small hours of morning, enraptured with the many beautiful, gav, intelligent young ladies with whom we had passed such an agreeable evening. We observed one thing worthy of a passing remark, which was, that there were very few '^^B young men there, and was informed that Cam- ^B den could not afford enough for a large party. at this wc arc not surprised, for any man who will live n Benedict amid such a throng of lovelygirls, I must think, docs so, through necessity not choice. S. May 3d, 1852. Gen eral Lopez Still Alive.?The New Orleaus Crescent says:?One of the returned Cubatr prisoners states that he is credibly informed, and has reason to believe, that General Lopez was not garotcd. But that another individual, a nototorious criminal, who very, much resembled Lo pez, was the sutt.Ter iu ttie trag:c scene ar tuo Plaza de Arras. Our informant states that Lopez is confined in one of the dungeons of Havana, where, without light; without clothing, solitary, and scantily fed, he is daily subjected to the most excruciating tortures. Spanish invention, it is said has beca put to the rack to invent tortures sufficiently refined for this scourge of royalty in the Antilles. Without endorsing the story, we give it for what it is worth. Improvement.?There is, perhaps, not an individual class of persons in existence, in whichy as many people could be fouud, so deadly hostile to improvement as the farmer. The old way of plowing and reaping suits him so well that it has become stereotyped, and he thinks it the only right way to manage a farm. Talk to him of acquainting himself with the nature of the soil he occupies, and ascertaining what elements abound in it most freely, and! from that ^ to judge what crops it is l>est calculated to pro- ' duee, and perchance he will tell you it is all J moonshine, or diluted starlight, and thus con tent himself, that " whatever is, is light," and continues to plod on his dull way, groping in the dark ; perhaps euvious of his neighbor, who manages to raise more from fifty acres, than he cau from one hundred, simply having the news and experience of others as his guide, combined with a thorough and systematic course of labor. Speak to him of taking an Agricultural paper, and before your story is half told, he will tell you it's another way to pick up the people's money, devised by some one too lazy to work his way through life. But, I am happy that the veil is being re, moved, and that good agricultural papers are springing up it^every section, and finding, their way to die notice of farmers, hitherto unreached. Truly, a good practical Agricultural paper is a treasure, a beacon-light for all to follow.? Northern Fanner. Texas State Conventions.?The steamships West Wind, from Chagres, and the Yacht and Meteor, from Texas, arrived to-day. The dates from Texas are to the 2d. The Whig and Democratic i>tate Conventions both passed resolutions to adhere to the compromise measures. The former passed a resolution complimentary to the administration of Mr. Fillmore, and the latter resolved to support the Baltimore Convention nominee. The last number of the Westminster Review, one of the "great o uarterlies, sneaks of the "State of Baltimore," and says "eacn member of Congress represnts fifty thousand adult males!" "**1 I