wm DEVOiil) TO MOHALITY. AGRICULTURE LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Tofhijwownselfbe true; And U musifoibw as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man.—Hamlet. VOL. i. THE DARLINGTON FLAG, . 'is published EVERY WEDNESDAY MilRXIY!, AT DARLINGTON, C. II., S. V., BY JOHN F. Di: LORMF. TERMS OF subscription: In advance, (i><*r annum,) - - - IjlJ 00 At the expiration of Fix months - 2 bO At the end of the year 3 40 ADVERTISING : Advertisements, inserled at 75 cents a square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first, and 37| cts. for each subsequent insertion. Business Cards, not exceeding ten lines, inserted at #5, a year. All business connected with the Flag, will be transacted with the Proprie tor at his Office, one door a#>ve the Dar lington Hotel, or with the Editor at his law Office ts DARLINGTON C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 5, 1851. : ('onventions of the |>A>pU of the States; the limits to its powers supposed to have been fixed in the nu»t sacred and •binding form, were onl; suggestions iddresaed to its disereton, and the whole mass of right suppised to have been reserved absolutely tatho States, ve no existence save ftun its grace d will. If, however, thcStates have IV virture of their Sovereignty—and if Ijo historically true hat at the tine A FACT IN DEEP PLOWING. Having been for a long time an at tentive reader of the Newspaper, espe cially the fanuer’s department, and having seen many articles on the culti vation of corn, I haVt concluded to give you my exjierience for the last two years. Previous to that 1 had followed the old plan of shallow plowing and high hilling. Now for the other w ay. In the spring of 1849, >f the compact, caci State was 1 took five acres of ground that had teWirnWly sovereign and Amain* so w heat on it the year before, and had till,—then, if each State hi* a right to for a number of years been rather hard idge in Convention, of infections of run by sowing in wheat one year and V Constitution, it followswith equal planted to corn the next, until the sur- dktainty, that such State mist deter- face soil w, .A- r-* !• ■ • *' POLITICAL. = i%e for itself the mode ant measure ofesistancc to be applied b such in- fr4ion, or else the right iUelfis a n ifty. Two modes only of esistance ai'^o be found. The om, to with drw altogether to nullify tie uncon- Bti&rmal act and compel tin Federal CoJhment to repeal it, ordbtain a ncwAfht of power from anotier Con- venifi of the States. The Federal SOITH CAROLINA AND Nl LLIFICATION. [Wf. extract the following piece from the Oration of Ex-Governor Hammond, ^ ,0 'xlinent, ortw'othirdsoftlaStates, recently delivered in Charleston, at the n,n .Vll| a Convention for that airpose. nipiest of the City Council on the life, - V ^'^Stato cannot. It mist there- character and services of John Cald- . r f/T Ki . pr , no I on b' its espned right>.|| its entire Sovereiyity, or ed he singly and vdepen- South-Caralina did. resist f dentlyj In rn State to Stce was aln State ha Calhoun imending Nullificatiosto the inth-Carolina in prearcnce , which at that ime it universally agreed tlmt a clear right to resort a, Mr. I mainly influenced y that well Calhoun.] Gen. Jackson had immediately after the passage of the Ordinance issued his famous Piocliu mtion denounc ing the proceedings of South-Cnrolina as treasonable, nullification as unconstitu tional and revolutionary, and even deny ing for the first time, I believe, in the his tory of the country, the right of a State , . . . * to aeeede. In fact, Lis doctrins went 111 P’ "‘ Cherished, and I mi|jt al- the full length of negativing all State 1 tflerstitious attaclnunt to Righto, and consolidating despotic pov- ' lu 11 ’which marked ever erin the hands of the Federal Govern ment. And this w as followed by a message to Congress, demanding to be clothed with almost unlimited power to carry his views into effect by force of arms. The crisis was perilous. We were apparantly on the verge of civil wa^ tor Smuth-Carolinn on these hostile demonstrations tlew to arms. It was expected generally that Mr. Calhoun and most of the South-Carolinn Delega tion w T ttiild be arrested at Washing ton. But this was not done. A debate, however, arose in the Senate on the Bill embracing the recommendations of The l '< >*lill was passed, hut wis the President—commonly called the immediate ifltficd by South-Caroi- Force Bill—which will go down to na. ahd « dead letter in od future times and livi nn impnshable i State. Ixln nnnjettt of the p:\troti-m an i conr the ^ni'which ntarlicU ever act of his oat* from its counnencment to its vertoL'. 1'or if there if one feature nij iroininent in NuLlca- tion as a i^lial measure, it is URt it as wont so low', that twelve bushels of wheat and forty or fifty of corn were an average crop. On the five acres, I put eighty-seven loads of barnyard manure, the greater juirt of it straw only partially rotted, and plow ed it as follows: Taking two teams and two plows, I began by a furrow seven inches deep with the first plow, then followed in the same furrow with the other plow, turning another furrow six inches deep making thirteen in ches of soil turned. I then harrow ed and marked it making the rows four feet apart both ways, and planted on the 22d of May. As soon as the com was large enough to follow the row', I cul tivated it both ways, and had a man to follow with a hoe to set up the hills that were partially covered up. I went through it twice afterw ards w ith the cultivator, hut made no hills, leav ing the surface as level as possible. I cut it up the 17th of September, and from the five acres, husked seven hun dred and six bushels of ears. Now, I don’t call this a brag crop, for I am well aw r are that it can be boat; but it shows the difference between half doing work and doing it well. 'I'lie corn was hauled off and the ground or tar, and lay them upon the inner soles before putting on the outer soles of the boots. 'Inis simple process will insure’dry feet without making the boot clumsy. We have tried the ex periment, and would advise all whose soles are afflicted with cold or damp ness, to dit the same. MAKE A BEGINING uVvoi' WILL NEVER HAVE AN END. The first weed pulled up in the gar den, the first seed put in the ground, the first dollar put in the saving’-bank, and the first mile traveled in a journey, are all very important things; they make a beginning; and thereby a hope, a promise, a pledge, an assurance are held out that you arc in earnest with what you have undertaken. How' many a poor, idle, hesitating, erring outcast is now creeping and crawling his way through the world, who might have held up his head and prospered, if, instead of (Hitting off his resolutions of amendment and industry he had only made a begiuing. A hegining, and a good Itegining too, is necessary; Had not the base been laid by builders wise. The Pyramids had never reach the skies. 0 — ...m. waMB ur wiui uem< is consort e , of the Union of That 1 BOwet * wheat, being plowed ns deep forever. When sin presents its daii CoiistitutiJ yUnion, which is the a pair of horses could plow it: and when your associates urge you i: only UnugL patriot can desire to * rom the same ground 1 have this pathsofvice and follv. and all around preserve. \ was atso rvrrm»m«»ik»d : Y6&E harvested and threshed one hun- by the of the leaders dal ! ‘ 1U T° ly I,u ^d.s-U.irtv ««kt founders oXreat Republican 1‘t- bushels to the acre I have managed my tv Mr. Jidfei and Mr. Madiwo, cori ‘ g rou ' , « the same manner this who had ,.o*d this identical me«- ! 8 f a «>n and from Pf«* nt »Ppe»rMce ure4o V ira and Kentucky in t.» sha11 have as good a crop as I had ■ ■ last.—Dollar Newspaper. momorahh 4* ©11708. ftir patro! ism o:n air! fore TO VBING MEN. On every hand you will be beset with vices and seductions. At such times, remember the claims of God and rea son. Let tiie fact that you are immortal and accountable—that you are not to perish in the grave, but are to live on after the destruction ofmatter and the 8mooU>tl over her whito brow> . world s grea wreck and flunk and act ^ ^ & ^ c tigh , ance at ^ in the vast future—admonish you. Coo-, ha j £ its n b Mrow frame template yourself as a young man, crea- inftt ^ ^ ^ if gUe looked ted by God for a noble purpose placinl ^ at and ^ fore ghe came out _ in tins w'orld as a probationer for the ^ ^, ams brightly with love, her next, to live with angels or with demons . *. . . , J , , ’ dress is as tastefully arrayed as in her early girlhood days, and—what! why! he forgets his trials in s moment as he light of heaven shall burst upon you fill ing your wondering soul with unspeak able rapture.” There should be no gloom in the home, the shadows of dark discontent and wasting fretfulness should never cross the threshold, throwing their huge, black shapes, like funeral palls over the happy spirits gathered there. Let the husband strive to forget his cares, as he winds around the long nar row street, and beholds the soft light that illumes his little parlor, spreading its tiny lieams on the red pave before it The night is cheerless, to be sure ; the September gust battles with the wom skirtsof his old overcoat, and snatches, with a rude hand and wailing cry, at the rusty hat that has served him many a year. He has been harassed, perplex ed, persecuted, perhaps insulted; but he has had to bear it all, and nerve himself up to an energy so desperate, that his frame and spirits are weakened and depressed; ami now his limbs ache with weariness, his temples throb with the pain-beat caused by too constant appli cation. He hardly knows how to meet his wife with a pleasant smile, or sit down cheerfully to their little meal, which she has provided with so much care. But the door is closed and the over coat thrown hastily off. A sweet voice, singing, falls upon his car, and the tones are so soft and pleasant that the little winged angel, hope, flies right into his bosom and nestles close down to his heart Soon the latch is quickly lifted, and the glad face of the wife smiles an earnest welcome. The soft hair is indeed age—nu- Wisikun air 1 , lore ig!it, the genius-and eloquence of Mr. ("Vlhonn, 1 Hi* fpeech i J not surpassed by nuv rei-ortled in modem or in ancient times, rmt even blf that of-the great Atbi-rrifto on (he Crown. Tin* debate can never be re el with- I out Its being seen and felt that Mr. Webster, hi* only opponent. xvoilhy i to be named, gifted a- be is. universally '•red to 1" with talents of the *r, and remarkable even power of reasoning thr.n aeknow! . highest m *•• more tor his A* 1 • 1 A __ I for liis lofty dcrlninalion, was on tins memorable, occasion a dwarf in- a giant’s gra*p.- He was pro-irated ou evert Ground that he assumed. Auu.it logic, building on unn( lender of tin IViteiimbtf.riind as accepted bt hik {Mhoi nl o tsotolMJarolii • It vuie a law ami setoc/tb.ls f ilous >fr©' er«v. By thii/t 11 cot d.-rati<.i fto clve year ix-iT allowei lor a g' aH redueiio.j for L> duties the pnitUfelkf p/otec lionfwa* to; er surr. nju, an( i j wasLovidel tliat at tfend of tha |>eti4l no n:w revenue sid<$< ever b» collated tin was nece wants of aieconomical No painsilVe been spal majority tofetract from tU the signal tunph achieved Carolina a Mr. Calhoun in ons and nijVaWe contest douhtedly ttht have been. > The term* the reduction wa the FATTENING HUGS. For several years, I have paid some attention to fattening hogs, and they find tiiat w ill thrive much faster on corn and sweet potatoes, or on peas and sweet potatoc., than they will on any one of these alone. I am well satisfied, also, that they w ill fatten much faster on boiled and raw food mixed than they will on ekhcr separate. last, I •u, turned my and even- one promise (woven, Force I the sul enforcement of ti not, as was iently secured; ai s passed—a monum 0 f* ncy and degradation ,, I _ Congress The triu, uiijrljUa# been more complete; sha "ft 1 MHW/f less glorious,! C/olina been sustained by 1 The year before into potatoc pat evening ted tbem with corn. Under tills ticatm- '.t, the old hogs soon got very fiitj but in llie lot there were twp lotnr-legged piss not a year old, whit-h, at the (Ibk- 1 killed the oM ones, were in as good order f<>c rut.mug races, per haps, as hogs could be put in for tiiat purpose. 1 despaired of making tiiem fat enough for bacon, but, as I did not want to keep them another year, I J - A * » • . — laims, „. ^. a into paths of vice and folly, and ail around are conspiring to shu’l out the voice of God, and indm.r thee to destroy and wrong thy noble nature, do it not. Thou art immortal, .tccountable. Let this thought drive thee hack from every path of sin. God is thy sire; thou art his child! Let this send thee to thy arms. Remember, that ‘The stare shall fade away, the sun him self Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; Bui thou shalt flourish in immortal youth. Unhurt amidst the war of elements. The wreck of matter, and the ersuh of worlds.’ It is right that man sltould be happy; it is proper for him to seek amusement and enjoyment. There is nothing in na ture nothing in religion which in any way forbids the full and free enjoyment, to a reasonable extent, of all the facul- ti - which God has given us. But while enjoying we have no right to debase; when seeking pleasure, we have no ex cuse for plucking the poison flowers of sin. All within us, and around, utters impressively, ‘the way of the tranegres- sor is hard.’ While the way of life is r “‘y** “ J OJ * r ' 1 I (nil of precious tokens of Divine appro- determined to try what effect rooked va p ^h,, conrge 0 f the Almighty hangs food would have on them, as 1 w as well i a <■ > -* • r i convinced that they could not be made fat on raw corrt and potatoes; and, with this view, I put them into a close pen, with sufficient pine straw in it to keep the hogs from the dirt I then boiled sweet potatoes until they w ould mash up freely, into which I stired corn meal until the whole became mush ; and, after feeding them on this until they appeared A? H over the way of death; and thongh pl< sure may be found for a season, and the heart beat gaily in its own fancied but false security, the end will be as dread- full as the beginning was fair and dece itful. Every tree in Satan’s garden hangs laden with poisoned fruit, and wo to him who plucks and eats. WIFE AND HOME. Old fashioned words, to be sure, but position wi yiwWe *<111!! decisive in .Sates of the South, e Iijl denounced the Proteetir m ns unconstitutional and opn and pledged themselves to fith ns much show of itidig- itiou as South-Carolhia. But when \ satisfied, I gave them corn, then raw potatoes, and some- ; times t irnips, with the tops, on. Under i llow » we * t a" 11 comforting. Poetry and this treatment, they fattened faster | romance have bedi thrown about; one than I had ever seen hogs before. In or should be the en.boinulent of eve- two weeks after I put them in the T g 1 ' 110 © and virtue; the other, of everv cfese pen they were fat enough for any ! ©orofort ^hat can cluster around man a Most uA fatter than they ever could have ideal of heaven on earth. stei -stive, age, or the houi/of actual conflict came, they • tween those only that ratified it in shrunk fijpm her side, and repudiated ventions; ^if only certain enumera^f 1 (Jie remedy. She took her station do find (lowers were entrusted to ii * s in (In- breach alone, and singled-hand- variousNfalpartments, and allpow J T > . ot ed wm« g victory whose renown can granU-d it, explicit^ reserved* 41P ( never Me, when she Extorted from States entering into tlie coniijT a !". an overwlulming and arrogant majority if thoj compact np|H)inted iJr^j ia —hi the teeth of declarations hut a I tribunal to decide when ! few months olA_a full surrender of meat thus crested tran^T®. ,e | ‘he |H-culiarly solemn act of Congress, ^powers granted to it and 0,1 l hose raaerveo by tlie made on com at that otker one kind of food. (g ought never to be put on a »f plank or rails, if pine straw kad, because they cannot lie mfortable oo a floor of wood, ^jen two feet deep with pine irresistibly that the S must dneide such Federal Government its Departments as* sive right this 'hen is that Gover .those bv m bum 1 follows elves for if the ny or all of! as an exedu- j ndant (tower, t sovereign over as created—tin- An Infallible Remedy for Irk StaYns.-A saturated solution of Hydro- date of Potash lias been found to be a certain remedy for the removal of Ink Stains. It hais been known to remove the marks of indelible Ink so tlmt not the *ljghto«t irenreesion renmini-d. and| inn Wife and home—oh! they are holy, tender words, sacredly cherished in the temple of the heart; each in its shrine, each bowed down to, and reverently loved, by the roughtest natures. Do you say, “ dark will be the coming day, and hard my toil on the morrow, id when it becomes foul'put i for m J taskma8t< ' r i»a stem, proud man, straw. In this way, the hogs and 1 ,nn ' rt hp * r arrogance, liecause e comfortable, and no part I a™ P 00 ^’ not a bri ff ht vi8ion »ure lout.—Correspondence glidt'before your eyes t a face beautiful Agriculturist. with tender emotions, a form that you ^ » have often gaaed upon with pride! DRV FEET. Have you not a home? a little and a ve our readers a reeeipc for humble one to be sure, but then so quiet, ts water proof, which is so rich in heart, comfort, so ehoerful 1 than our subscription price whon kind smiles and bright eyes that A who will try it. Moisture watch fervour coming, fill it with sun betrates the soles of boots 1 slmne. Ah! you will work for wife and feather is not easily wet, liome—-work till the aggel of death Mod. To render the sole ; whispers von "the day draweth to a water, order your boot- ! clooe; night sliall be yours for a little a moment _ ... folds her in his amts and imprints a kiss upon her brow. Wife and home—oh! they console him for all his sorrow s the former Is an angel, the latter a paradise. He cannot lie unhappy ; there are yet some of the sweetest solaces left him, tiiat man can experience. By the blazing hearth he resolves to shake off dull care; he thinks calmly, perchance consults with the good little being at his side, and forms plans that promise more successful results. The man that can enter a pleasant home w ith a frown u|>on his brow, and return the sweetly spoken words of en dearment, w ith a silence more repulsive than harsh w ords, deserves neither bless ing nor comfort*. §luch a one w ill, in the selfishness of his discontented soul, bring curses upon his own head, and grief that cannot lie assuaged into the hearts of those he says be loves. And more, the man w’ho will enter liis home with the plague spot of intemperance upon his brow, a foul and blasted crea ture, his breath reeking with the sicken ing fumes of the deadly corruption he has imbibed, deserves no resting place, —if he tritf not break the chains which himself has forged,—but a fellon’a cell; for wife and home are w orse than thongh they were not, to him. But to many, oh! how many, those two little words are the sweetest in the English language. Are they so to you, dear reader ? If not, search your heart for the reason. Like a sweet and deli cate instrument, if one string has snap- lied by the pressure of a rude hand, the hannnnv of the whole is disarranged. Probe die wound and apply the remedy quickly for earth has too many children that lightly appreciate the sweet bless ings of wife and home. T9 fLEANSE THE HAIR. Half an ounce of ammonia to a pint of boiling water—let it stand till cold—put it into a bottle and cork it to keep it from evaporating. Rub it on the head in a piece of flannel, whon it will lath er like soap—rub dry afterwards with a towel Another.—It is recommended to use a little soda itM water instead of soap. Roaemery steeped in water cleanses the hair nicely or an egg well beaten arid mixed in water, lias the same offeoi. NO.l. GREATEST FISH STORY EXTANT. 'ITio Edingburgh Chronicle of the 18th June gives an account of one o! the most singular captures made off the coast of Scotland, that we ever re member to have read. It beats JonaL and the whale, Munchausen’s whalc exploring expedition, and the great Sea Serpent all hollow. The paper in question states that there was caught on the 15th June, off'the Island of May, in the turbot nets, a shark measuring five feet one inch in length, and weighing about four tons; in the mouth there are six rows of teeth. It was purchased by Messrs. Geo. Dickson, At Co., of Dun- das street, and -on cutting it up, i-- order to preserve it, found in its stom ach a small tin canister, containing :: seal with a beautifully engraved Romai head, thirty-four eoina, consisting o British, (diaries II and George II.)— French, Dutch, Roman, Brnrillian, am! others appai-antly Chinese or East In dian coin but so old as to be undecipher able; also an old map of Scotland, en graved by Jeffrey, in which so ok- o! the towns are spelt thus Sterling. Montross, Duns. Aire, portion o: the Kdingburg Evening Curant hearing. date Monday, Sept. 9th 1811,in whicL were wrapt two of the coins, (silver- one of them is Charles II, of the yem 1671, and is in excellent preservation, and a piece of the Courier of dat 10th May, 1811, in which the send was wrapt. keemiiTdown. Ay, keep him down, what businew has a |ioor man to attempt to rise, with out a name—without friends—without honorable blood in his veins ? We have known him ever since he was a boy— we knew his father liefore him, and h. was but a mechanic—and what tneri’ can there be in the young stripling? sue is the cry of the world, when a man < sterling character nttemps to brea! away from the cords of poverty an. ignorance and raise at a position oftnit and honor. The multitude are excite, by envy—they cannot endure to 1 outstripped by those who grew up wit:- them, or their children, side by side, ai.- hence the opposition a man encounU- in his native place. Despite of th; feeling, many noble minds Itave ris* -i from obscurity, and lived down tin opponents; but others have yielded t - discouragement lived in obscurity, an-7 “died and made no sign.” Let it m • be thus with you, young ipnn. Pers- vere—mount up, and startle tiie worl KEEP YOI rTtABLES CLEAN. Cleanliness in the stables and yards i as essential to the health, comfort an thrift of you stoc-k as to yoursdvt children, and servants. .Standing i i cold muddy yards, and lying down i - the filth of stables, especially durir severe weather, is a direct loss of fo< and condition. If dry and warm i j cold weather, animals will thrive lietn on one-half their accustomed foo< . than with all, if these conditions arc neglected.—N. Y. Agricidturist. A SOIL ABOYESTEALING. I’lie lofty magnanimity and Cato-lik stemoss of self-denial, altogetix abovetheir years, which boys sometirm . exhibit under circumstances of alme irresistible temptation, is strikingly w- lurt rated in the follow ing anecdote fro*/ the New York Miror. When young Bfliy Bottom lost or ofhis fingers a few evenings ago, “CRY Saratoga” overiwad a conversation between him and Sheericks (ibout tb--- loss. * - « Billy, how did you lose your finger “ Easy enough,” said Billy. “ I s’pose so, but how!” “ I guess you’d ha’ Idst youFn if it had been where mine was.” “ That don’t answer my question. ' “ Wall, if you must know,” sri t Billy “ I had to cut it off or else steal t j trap.” (iro|- I WIFE TO EDITORS. jfhe Bayon Sarah Ledger gives the folmwing terse advice to the editorial fraternity: “ No editor um^ expect to please ev ery body—it “ cfn’t fig did,” there fore let him please himself—-apeak his own luimi—see everything through his own eyes, and then, if he liappens to hit right, the iiooide will know that aL_ -JJa- *-- —i- —* * * •• • 1 O^T An exchange paper says the’giiLj in some parts of Pennsylvania are Pi hard up for husbands, that th sometimes take up with printers arJ lawyers. EDITOIIiTrOMPLIIENT. The Ckronotppe nominated the edit.-r of the Post “ head scavenger of Bo - ton-” TNiePost thus responded: “if we receive the appointment he u. I be the first shovelfttl of dirt we sh. ft throw into -©ur tarts, as it will be o: r duty to remove the greatest iiuisan- e at toe eonuneneeiueot of our sanat j- ry labors.” If you wish to get rich get man-L <1. - - - j win »IIUW uim m« Jim mtmi w ncn fjn Uiam tL <• pieces of canvass in the ' season, and then will 1 Hinu the gates of; the editor speaks what he believes to When was hooey ever ever Made wi©* pfWp them in mohed fiitrli immortnfitv wide open, win the rolden 1 Ko i 1 — *” 1 * golden 1 hn true one bee in the hive ?