DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, MORALITY, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NWS. JIHES 1. NORWOOD, EDITOR.] To thin? otrourf be trur; And it must fttlloir as the night the day ; Thou const not then he false to any man.—H amlrt. VOL. 1. DARLINGTON C. H., S. C M THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 27, 1851. [NORWOOD i DE LORRE, ITBLISHEIS T“!r*'^r!r——~ — — i i ,,« NO. 39 THE DARLINGTON FLAG. is rrsusiiBw EVERY THURSDAY' MORNING, AT DARLINGTON, C. II., K. C., 1»Y NORWOOD * DE LORJIE. TERMS OF SHHSCRIPTION: Iii mlvance, (per annum,) - - - 00 . .. - ■* 50 00 iiHilion are in denisiul, uml we should ing down the turnpike. It was my select tliose with limbs longer, less clum- only chance to reach the city that day. sy and to the eyo more muscular, with I bolted my bread, gulphed dowp my eyes quick and bright^ ears slender, bo- coffee till my throat was scalded, jnm- dy more rotund and smaller in sue.— med my hat on my head, and Imbed At tlm expiration of six months - 2 At the end of the year ... - - 3 In a word more like the horse. We I tel i eve if planters were to select their mules when purchasing upon these principles they would be much the gainers.—Farmer Planter. ADVERTISING ! Advertisements, inserted nt75 cents a square (fourteen lines or less,) for the tirst, and 374- cts. for each subsequent insertion. mcsiness Cards, not exceeding ten lines, nserted at $5, a year. AGRICULTURE. ^ ; - vt—■r—r-r-y-f— - ; WHEAT III WING, ECT. There is, in my opinion, an error generally entertained in relation to wheat cultuiv, and the sowing of wheat in a tlat, level, prairie country. By some it is supposed that such land can not be profitably employed in wheat culture, and it it be employed at all that it must be thrown up into beds or highlands by ploughing, to prevent the water from standing on die wheat in winter or spiing. Strict observation of die different mcdiods of sowing, re sults in the selection of the following, lands subject to heaving or throwin out roots during the alternate frosts and thaws of winter, or drowning during, the wet season. Prepare the ground Potato Bukad.—Take potatoes, boil them until thouroughly done peal or skin them and then mash diem up ns fine ns diey*x*an be made* Arid a sufficient quantity to your yeast and flour, make into dough and hake.— 'I bis is not only more economical than the bread made of all flour, as it takes less flour but it makes suptn ior bread, and one that continues soft much lon ger. The sweet potatoes makes a most delicious bread when thus used, and superior to that made by the com mon potato. The toast made from this bread is much softer, sweeter, and su perior to that made from bread in the ordinary manner. Sweet potato bis- 1 cuits are excellent; but not so healthy ns bread. dirougb the door. 'Hie driver did not see me, but cracked his whip with a flourish and went on. 1 shouted—still the ok! villain would not notice me, but with another flourish of his whip set his four-in-hand in a brisker trot, and rattled duwu the bill. Desperate with the fear of being lelt, I pushed after him, spattering the mud around at every step, and shouting at the top of my lungs. But I might have mu on, and should till doomsday, had not a passenger seen me and stopjied the deaf old sinner. Out of breath. Net to the skin, covered with mud from head to foot, and not in the liest hu mor from the loss of my breakfast, 1 mounted into the coach; hut the in stant I placer! my foot inside the ve hicle, all my sulkiness vanished; for one of the loveliest angels that ever blessed an old rickety coach, or warm ed the soul of a sour, breakfastless bachelor with her presence, sat upon the hack seat. Did you ever fall in love ? Of course. And the lady was the loveliest of her sex! To be sure. Then this stage coach beauty was twice as handsome as your sweetheart, and if, after this. by ploughing, and leave it as level as possible. Late in August, or early in .September, sow the grain broadcast and plough or harrow in, ploughing is generally considered best then, with a common two-horse roller, roll the field until it is quite compact. Note the best course for draining, and plough a furrow every two roods trough the field. These should In* cleared with the hoe, after which they will settle and remain clear and will answer every purpose for draining, without the evils consequent upon the long-practiced plan of throw ing into high lands or ridges. I have seen fields where one-half the next to t a* ditches had become so clayey by continual turning in the same direction, that nothing hut weedsnnd chess would grow, %!iile on the ridges, wheat would lodge, so that the whole was almost entirely woithlos. If the ground should be bare of snow, and dry on the face at anytime during the u inter, is frequently the case in the west, roller should be used without, fail, may l»e used at any time when ground is dry; hut the kind oflnnds of which I speak should never be tramped when wet By following the above directions, wheat may he profitably raised on common pru^ie, or any laud suitable for corn or other grain. An early variety, with n stiff straw, as the Kentucky red chaff, should lie selected the Mediterranean and other varieties being liable to hvlge before the grain is perfect on the prairie. These same rules will apply to rate sowed wheat; but early sowing is preferable.—Dol lar Plctrspaper. Plum Cake.—Nine pounds of flour nine eggs, three pounds of sugar, one |»iut of yeast, one 8|iooiiful of rose wa ter ; to your taste, and as much milk | ** wet it ^ ^ ^ i you don’t think my fellow-passenger a Ri sk,—One pint ^Fn.ifk, one tea- 1 Up L H ! 1 ''T., 0 * cupful of yeast mix it thin ; when light, add twelve ounces of sugar, ten ounces of butter, lour eggs flour sufficient to make it as stiff as bread: when risen again mould and s|»onge on tin. I,et no man bo too proud to work.— Let no man be ashamed of a hart! fist or a sunburnt countenance. Let him be ashamed only of ignorance and sloth. Let no man be ashamed of poverty.— Let him only be ashamed of dishonesty and idleness. Wamiinu Wool ex Clothes.— Woolen goods should be washed in very hot suds, but never rinsed. Te- pid water causes them to shink. king you appreciate her. Such eyes, such teeth, amt then lips—egad, it al most makes me crazy to think of them. I put myself down for theluckliestdog in the world. She was dressed in a plain staaw cottage bonnet with a green veil—-just such a costume, said 1, ns a real lady wears when travel- i ling—nod then she gave me such a sweet, but half roguish smile, as I tumbled into the coach in the plight I have described, that I knew hernt once to be a paragon, in the way of educa tion, taste, fortune, and all that; and I resolved—what knowing one wouldut ; —to make the agreeable off-hand, for there’s nothing like meeting an heiress turning home from a court at night to meet n beef-steak ready broiled, or a bowl of the richest turtle soup, served up by the fair hand of the angel at my side. I resolved, if there was virtue in a pair of whiskers, in an eloquent tongue, or in my new blue coat, to win this seraph of pie-bakers. There is no place like a stage-coach for making love. It cornea natural! You do it, egad, in a sort of easy, dnu’t-care-for>any-thing style, that yon can’t for the life of yon assume in any other place. W hat betwixt sitting on the same seat to talk more convenient ly, and putting your arm around her waist to keep her from jolting oft', yon soon get to be wonderful coiv, and ten to one if you don’t catch yourself squeezing her hand, or varying the en- teitainmeuts in some other wav before you are aware of it. 1 metre is suited to. If he is wanted for heavy If for the plow, the purcheser should turn his eye to the peculiarties of the laud to be worked. Stiff cl#y lauds offer great resistance to plow and re quire great strength in the animal used for plowing. The mule for service in these should be selected for his power of endurance and strength. These qualities are generally found in the male that most resembles in form aud appearance the Jack. The guiding rule then, in a purchaser woulu seem to lie, take those most unseemly to tin- eye, laving large h-gs, a stout body, long heavy ears a large nod bony head, and sleepy eyes. These are l>cst able to endure the hardships of severe and continued labor, also the abuse and neglect they have to receive from foe negroes. If the land is light and sandy such as prevails to a great extent in the South quite different qaulitics are in reqnsiti^u. Speed and .moro rapid iiieuts and my extraordinary good looks, I soon got as cozy with my un known beauty, and she with me, as if we had been acquainted since the days of Noah. We talked of the wedding, for she too had been there, of the scenery of the rain, and of whatever came uppermost; and there was such a charming frankness in all she •‘.aid, that I reajly thought her tin- most win- ! ning little witch that I had ever seen, and I verily believe, if the floor had been softer, and I had known the ac curate nuinlicr of houses of which I would be tenant, in courtesy, I should hang-gone down on my knees to her at once. I hate showing one’s learn ing off in public, so I avoided anything like literature, though I saw hy the in- n-llie* eye of the charmer, that she lfi«4a ipul alive to all the finer sens!- bifitit#Tlf nature. At length we got on flic tubject of house-keeping. Now, if there is anything I hate, it is a wo man that-enn’t keep house, and I trem bled at evesv word, lest my angel should con fees Iter ignorance of these ma ,lpr \ Shade of Auspices! how my heart leaped when site told me that barely a day passed in which she did’nt make bread, pies, or spnugo-cake, or some other of those shim-shaws that delight foe heart of man, and in ex patiating on such delicacies, she rose to a pitch of eloquence that I never beard surpassed. I couldn’t resist my feel ings, but snatched her hand to my lips and kissed it. , Yes! I felt that she was destined to be mine, for if there is anything n wile ought to know, it is this: I come of a race of enters. My grandfather was lunched on half-a-dozen rahlnts. aud died at last of a surfeit produced by eating two young pigs. My father can break bis fast on s couple of ca pons, or deveur a pair of turkeys with out picking his teeth ; and a brother of ■uiue can tuck in a hundred of pickled oysters aud dishes of chicken Ballad, which docs credit to foe family. My own exploits in this Hue. modesty for bids me to mention. No wonder I first loved this rosy little beauty who could lived up this very lane, not half a mile from the turnpike. “ Do you then live with him ?” Perhaps you’re a rel ative! Strange,” l muttered to my self, “ I never heard bin, s|H-ak of tins charming creature.” Before i could ' answer. Powell ap proached, and while he hailed me, mv fellow• passenger sprang to the gmnnd as if by magic, ami foe next minute was in my blend's vehicle. “For heaven’s sake!” said I, half mad that the ln-arly gripe of Powell prevented me from hastening to his ward’s assistance, “ who is that angel! Is she a relative, a ward, or what!— I’m dying for love of her!” Fortunate in many things—in the possession of an excellent ami estima ble father, the late Thomas Means, Esq., of Fairfield District, and in the companionship of six brothers, older I than himself, Governor Means was un- ftp lunate in being born foe inheritor of an estate sufficient to supply bis every waifo Ami, though many may think “ unfortunate” an odd ICnn to use in the above connection, we feel assured that, possessing the determined w ill, tin- clear intellect, foe kind heart ami generous disposition that Governor Means does, notiipig but tin- absence of opportunity, otfcasioucd by the lack ; of compulsory necesaitiss, lias pre- Powell burst into a laugh, and laugh- vented his name—sutlicicnfly known now to satisfy tbu ambition of most men—from being reco ' ‘ oven a much higher niche in the templo of renown. During the period of the nullification excitement. Governor Means was a student in the Mouth Carolina College. Having a natural taste for military af fairs, and being warmly interested in the success of foe nullitiers, immedi ately alter his graduation, in 1832— then in his twentieth year—he was elected Lieutenant of a company of in mute men in his native District.— Here bis military talents were so appa rent, and himself so popular, that very shortly afterwards he was made Gap ed on till tears came into his eyes.— Confound the fellow, what did hc uiean? I began to look angry. “ Come, my dear boy,” he said, “ don’t get angry, but consider how odd it is that you, of all men, should fall in love with my cook!” I never make acquaintance in a stage-coach now, until I have exchang ed cards. (From the Dlpstrah d Family Friend.) HUN. J. H. MIENS, GOVERNOR OK SO IT II CAROLINA. So familiar are a majority of the citizens of our State with the nnble and manly proportions mid command ing countenance of our popular Chief tain—and, at brief intervals, wa; isjuni- iftf/la how the parties deported themselves, how many new hats there were in the wedding companies, who drove the fi nest horses, and all other matters so in teresting to young misses and old bach elors like myself. The day passed off with a bright blue sky, until towards dusk, when a thunder fopwer came up, that lasted till lied-tinB; but I re tired, hilly resolved dial the morning would see a clear sky over my head. Bat morning hud come, and here it was pouring down, in one dark, splashy, continuous stream, for all the world like an old maid’s objurations when her tongue gets wagging ! Down I hurried to the breakfast tntde. 1 bad just buttered my and was q swallowing the _ f mouthful of coffee, when foe horn of get up such a choice fry, and bake such the coach to town was heard, and defleious cakes. Ah! whet a life of ' looking out of the window, I saw foe domestic happiness rose liefore my vi- ' vehicle, its four smoking horses dath- 1 sion, when I pictured to myself re ' Magistrate, and so faithfully has the looted from grade to grade, uiftn, in artist's skilful hand transferred these 1835, We find him Brigadier-General to paper, that he who but glances at of the titli Biignde—baivug, in Unee foe aiaivu excellent cut, will recoguiz^ years, passed through every oftiou from it as an admirable likeness of the Hon. Lieutenant to Brigadier. J. H. Means. r An early marriage with a very amin- Yet, though a most graphic ami hie mid gifted lady, the youngest daugh- creditable engraving, and capital por- ter of the late Robert Stark, Esq., of trait, it comes far short of doing Gov. Columbia—whose gallant deeds during Menus full justice; for, let the outlines the revolution will ever be remembered of the figure and the relative proper- by those who love foe brave and ad dons of the face be copied ever so ex- mire patriotism—caused Governor act, it sur|iasses the power of* foe most Means to abandon a design he had long potent engraver to mimic tlie feature’s entertained, of becoming a me oilier of magic play—the clinageful eye’s ex- foe legal profession. Alter his nup- pressive glance, or hi illiant flash—foe foils he devoted himself to the man- pleasant tons or urbane maimer; ami, agement of bis large planting interests unless these all could be presented to in Fairfield, where, with the exception foe view, it is imposihie to furnish a of a tour ot duty in foe Legislature— sketch tiiat would come up to the re- to which lie was elected in 1840—-he meinhrance ol tliose familiar with the remained in quiet, enjoying foe com- subject of this notice. For few men, forts of au elegant hoijK, and disjieu- cmiowed as is the Governor, with a sing the liberal bospitally of a Caro- clear, sound intellect to direct, and a lina gentleman, uutd be was called |K)Werful (ibysical organization to ear- from foe tranquil walks of private Hie ry out the diets of the mind, are also to foe Guberuatorml Chair, in ot). blessed in such an eminent degree with His course, as Chief Magistrate ot the air and manners that captivate, this Commonwealth, is so well known, j and foe courteous bearing that com* tluU ft would be useless for u» to refer 1 mands regard. to It; though wa cannot retrain from hoping that future Governors may bo as fortunate in reaping golden opinions from all sorts ol men, as was Govern or Means in his latu severe tour of du ty to the various encampments through out foe State. THE I IT! BOY MAN. Boys of the present age ; we con gratulate you on your extrarrdinnrv precocity ! We rejoice to see you so immeasurably above your degeuarate forefathers. Filling infants a> fhev were engaged in the despicable and un manly games of cricki t and marbles, you uitii far siihlimer ideas, look with disdain upon them, and stalking about with hat, enno and segnr, ape the man ners, and adopt the cotiven>nfoin of maturity. How rommendable! Boy- dom lias passed away in the city—and forever. Never again shall we hear the merry laugh the shrill whistle, ns engaged in some exciting sport, the boy gave vent to his joy. Not in boa ting not in squirrel hunting does bov- bood takes delight but an affected sim per, and with tightly strapped panta loons and kids ready to crack at the least muscular exertion,yon behold him a gallant escorting some little delicate Miss to her French school; or u ith tlio most perfect nonchalance amuse his leisure hours in enveloping his head Ins head in toliacn smoke, or imbibing draughts o* villainous fire water. It is an unanswerable fact that youths at the age of fi teen from the misrule——or no rule—ot parents or some other cause, labor under the the singular delusion, that in experience, ability, and general attainments thev fur excel their fathers. As lor their grand lathers—they were a sef of igno ramuses! So strongly is this idea im pressed upon their minds, that no op- portmiity is allowed (o escape without its being manifested. They give their opinions I Mildly upon every occasion aud denominate the inan whose judge ment unfortunately happens to eonflict uitli their own, as a fool. Their toilet is excessively elaborate, but in bad taste, and a swaggering air invariably assumed, which is easily subdued by any aUasion to it. The city Boy-Mail talks long and loudly about bis prow ess in pugilistic encounters aud is con tinually threatening to “punish” severe ly some mail double his age and size. A Sunday never passes without his be ing s.en upon the steps of some rhureh cane in hand, familiarly staring nt eve- lady that passes. His rouqnests with the sex are inumernble. In fact, his Iom'illations are irresistible. His presence—wherever he mn\ lie lie invariably makes known livlnve de moustrationa. Ho is the best enti* of the Drama probably in the eonntrv.-s- •Scldegel and Hazlitt arc nothing liini, His entire conversation consists in fin interesting enumeration of the number ol sherry cobblers be imiiilied tha pm- e.eeding night foe late lionr at he retired the headache w litfo >| now laboring under and his mination to give up all disip He is the greatest bore in He world thrusting himself u|ion you at the most uuseasonalde time aud place, and per- severingly adhering to you iu spite of the strongest hints and insimialious.— A scandalous story is a perfect god send to him, which he enthusiastical ly detained elaborately emhclished, a- moiig his companions. He under stands horses thoroughly, aud knows the pedigree aud “tiinu’’ of the fast hor- ses in the country. His taste in . liquors is uutiupvacnble. In fact, foe City Boy-Man is • (Misted up” in everything and is fully entitled to our most (irofmiud—no, not detesta, t tion, but esteem aud admiration. Ladies should remember that a small piece of linen, just moistened w ith tur- pentine, and put into the wardrobe or drawers for a single day, two or three times a year, is a suflicieut preserva tion against moths. Tor akk Ink ovt ok Linen.—'l ake ' a piece of tallow, melt it, and dip the ! spotted part into foe melujd tallirtv; the linen may be washed, and the spots will disappear w itliqpt^ injui ing the linen. A writer says that women require more sleep than men, and farmers less than those engaged in almost auy oth er occupation. Editors, and re|>orters and doctors need no sleep at all. l,awN yers can sleep as (nuch as tliey please, and thus keep out of mischief. Cler gymen can sk|0p twelve hours out of the twenty-four, and can |iut the whole parish to sleep once a week. NVantks.—A snare to catch brick-