The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, October 15, 1857, Image 4
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; Cvt til* br.KttUt of the onion t o comp< t>eJ of
. K0lfi|W)0 Taltt of a I'iinot.
; * h'8 idolatry. It was a Tutkisli sadf
?tfhor dny4; wbtn lie, young, Hrdent, ontliuAT
defenco of liis country, first drew
j," titfeeMu&ftgiuqst its enemies.
? ? . iiv^na i/wi ujfjivM-u in lullllu in '.lie
Ei "V - hosu(fc iuvpfjoM-of iiis nativo Hungary, ami
fftjtbfelieving ilog had his good saR
to Jtl/e onrlli. Various Inn) been
vvar- Hm' l"? (| o?iui-1111 v
r * WKt tnc'g^ry-of the Iluly Cross dimmed
Ay <h.O lil9tr*of llio triumphant Current.
5 * \8uoh ?aji 4l?ft5 toys were seldom alluded to I
v j^yhd hfrHVe hutoar, but he loved to dwell
motions in which he hud
f It was in one. of these fierco combats
' tb^ACUt off suddenly from his party, he
?, fquuu hilt)self surrounded by four iiiluriuted
f Turk"? "but the recollection ol you and your
, Hugol mother," would Xudovic say to his
* daughter, ^nerved my arm. I was assailed
r- by nit my opponent", ilow three fell I
knew hot; but soVoro and long was tho conflict
with the last of my foe-, whoso powerful
arm was raised against me. Already I
saw my tyife a mournful widow, and my
t. child fatherless, and those dieadful thoughts
*,infusing fresh vigor into my arm, 1 smote
tho inlidel dog to death, hurled him from
his stood, nnd rifled him as ho lay. At this
moment several of tho enemy npjfearod in
sight; but I was too much exhausted to renew
the perilous conflict. My gallant horse
v*- lay wounded and in the agonies of death.
1 threw myself on the Turkish confer, and
forced him on hI his utmost speed until I
rogained tivy squadron. The saddle was
steeped ill llio blood of my foe, and mine
mingled with it. When a cessation
of hostilities permilie I the troops to rest fur
ii space froin tlio horrors of war, I hastened
with the treasure which, during the cam
pnign, I had Acquired, to my homo?pur
chased these fertile fields around my dwol
ling, and forgot fur n season the miseries
of war."
The good Ludovic would hero pause. lie
still retained a lively recollection of his lost
wife; and ho could not bear to relate the circumstances
of her illness and death. After
that sad OTetit, his homo became hateful to
him, and ho rosolvod again to engage in
tliQ arduous dulios of a soldier. The little
Theresa was kindly adopted into the family
of his only brother, and there after a lapse
of some years our good huoar found his
daughter blooming in youthful beauty.
Ludovic arrived only in time to clos ) his
brother's eyes, who, on his death bed, en
treated him to bestow Theresa on his only
son when they should have attained a prop
ur age. Grateful for his almost parental
care-of his child,'aud moved by the situa
tion of his brother, whose whole heart seemed
to be bent on this union, Ludovic prom
isod that when his daughter should have
attained the age of eighteen she should be
tiome liio wifo of Karl, provided Kail him?clf
dofiired the connection at that time; and
satisfied with this promise, tho old in in
died in peace.
This engagement was concealed from
Theresa, hut it was known to Karl, who ex
ulted in tho thought that this rich prize
would ono daj bo his. With low habits
and a coarse turn of mind, the delicate
graces of Theresa had no charms for him;
he loved her not, but ho loved tho wealth
which ono day would be hers, and which
ho looked upon with a greedy eye. The ,
thousand soft.and nameless feelings which '
accompany a generous passion were unknown
to Karl. It was a hard task to him
to uttond^his gentle mistress; nor did he
ever appear disposed to play the part of a
lover, except when some other seemed inclined
to supply his place.
It was a rural foto given by Ludovic to
his neighbors nt the termination of an abundant
harvest, that Karl first chose openly to
?xssert his right. Ho had taken it for granted
that ho should open thodanco with The
rcaa. What, then, was his indignation,
when, on entering the apartment where the
guests were assembled, ho 6aw Theresa, her
slender waist encircled hy the arm of a
young hussar, and raoviug in the graceful
waltz.
The evident superiority of his rival, whose
well-knit limbs, firm atop, free and martial
air, formed a strong contrast to his own
clownish figure and awkward gait, only increased
hia ire, and in violent wrath he advanced
to Theresa, insisting on his right to
open the danco with her. Thoresa pleaded
tier engagement; he persistod; aho refus
ed hia request, and laughed at his anger,
lie became violent and rude. The hussar
interfered, and tho quarrel rose so high as
to draw Ludovic to the spot.
Karl, in a voice almost choked with passion,
faid his grievances before him. Therosn,
in a lone of indignation, complained to
her father of his insolence, and appealed to
hiin whether she were not at hheity to *e
lect any partner for tho dance sho thought
proper.
"You have up such liberty," thundered
forth Karl; "you are my betrothed wife, and
as such belong to me alone."
Theresa cast on him a smile full of scorn
1 _ _ ? ? 4 ? - * g
aim contempt, l?ut tt tailed a>. alio looked to
her father; and a pnlcnoss overspread her
countenance as alio inquired, "Father, doe*
this Juan apeak the 1 !!!?"
"lie does, iny child," was the reply; and
she dropped insousiblo Ml his feet.
The young hussar now knelt down be ,
side her, passionately kissod her fair fore
head, and raising her in his arms, bore Iter
to an adjoining apartment, followed by the
father hud Karl. Theresa slowly rovived.
At first shesaw no one, and breathing adcop
sigh, sho murinureil, "It wa9 all a horrid
<lrenm;" an anguished groan startled hor
into perception nnd agon^'. Bho looked up
and saw Iter father standing before hor with
a countenance clouded with griof; Karl also
stood near with nit exulting smile; a.nd the
hussar knoll beside Iter, hut his fact; una
buiicd in bis hands. She then found it was
no dream. She looked to Tier father.
"Father, is .there no honci" . ' .... t |||fT
"None, my honor is pledged!"
She turned to the hussar, and placed for
a moment her cold hands on hi*; then rising
quickly, she threw herself at the feet of
Karl.
"Ob, Karl, have mercy! I love another?
you do not love me?have pity on us!"
all tho powers of heaven and hell,
you sIiaII be mine^ Thorosa!M
"I appeal to mr father."
"Will your father violate his promiso to
tho dead!"
"I will not" said Lmlovic with auicmtii- j
t*.
W * *
""""Then/Th!^ le.
Genddiko exultation, n6 power ope*rlh<tmll pt
savo you from being minel" arid sayiqg tbut
lie lefl the house. v "I
Theresa rose from her kiteeaadd' thre# hi
herself into the arms of her [over. The
presence of her father was .no reetraiot ou ?(
Iter pure tenderness. Her tears fell fast up-' *h
tin his countenance, but his agony was too
great for ll at relief. Ludovie was deeply hi
inured, lie approached them-, and lia^rolu- Rn
toil under what circumstances his promise Wt
had been giron; hut his concluding words, u'
"that he must hold it sacred," threw them
into a new paroxysm of grief. ^v
"Wo must part, then, Arnhold,'^said the
weeping Theresa, "we must part?-h?h! can
we survivo this cruel blow!'-'
"No," said Arnhold, "no, I cnnuot Jive
without you; let us onoo more entreat your hi
father to hare pity on us;'" and the youth'. nr
ful lovers threw themselves at his feot. hj
"Arnhold," said Ludoric sternly, "thou a
soldier, and ask ?ne to tarnish my honor!" "
Arnhold fell tlio appoal; ho stArtod up, *T
raised the weeping Theresa, cut off with his hr
sabre one long tress, embraced and kissed
Iter, placed her in (ho arms of lier father, w
anil lied.
Krery passing day carried with it some w
poition of the fortitude of Theresa, as she ^
saw the near approach of the period which c''
was to consign I v to a fate so dreadful. rc
Three little weok^ were all that lay between
her and misery. Lndovic endeavored to
soothe her, hut she would not ho comforted.
Kven had her affections been disengaged, w
Karl would have boon distasteful to ' or; hut, be
with affections placed on another, the idea 01
of a union with him appeared insupnortnhie.
11 H Hi
"My dear child," would Lndovic say, in- v
lerrupting a passionate hurst of grief, "by "J
what magic hai Arnhold gained jmssossion ^
of your heart?" , A.
"Ho is a hussar," replied Therosa.
I Imrn ?na nillAltilnx it. .-"I" ...1.1-1. OI
. ..v. v " ? ' oviiivviiiii^ in una ivfij w f 11VII '
moved Ludovic. Ho lecpllectod tliat he
himself had imbued iho mind of hi* daughter
with sentiments of respect and esteem
for (lie character of a good Koldior;aml eon- q
science reminded liiin tliat bo bad too often
exulted in tho profession of arms over tbo
peaceful and unobtrusive occupations of
tbo husbandman. \V?* it wotidorful, then, '
that Theresa should have ombibed some
thing of this spirit, or that she should have ^
yielded her heart toono who possessed cour- p
age to defend her, and tenderness to soothe '
her under tho afflictions of life? Arnliold R
dwelt near tlioin, ho had boon tho early ^
playmate of Theresa, and together they had ^
often with glowing chocks and sparkling l(j
cyos, listened to the warlike exploits which C(
the good Ludovic delighted to narrate to j
them; and to these conversations inay he w
attributed tho pn&siouate desire of Artthold (o
to adopt tho profession of arms. Accus- ^
touted to see thorn play iogothcr as chil- .
dion, and liking tho society of the generous .j'
and spirited boy, Ludotic forgot the danger,
when their childhood passed away, of their ^
aiTeclions assuming a totally diflerent char- ?|
acter. It was so, Ludovic now saw, with ^
doep grief, that his daughter was uualtcfa- p'
hlv attached to the youthful soldier. ^
If Theresa was unhappy, her father was p
scarcely less so. lie blamed his own im UJ
prudence; and on contrasting the characters {|
of the two youths, a violent conflict between p
his feelings and his duty arose in his hroast; ni
hut the stern honor of the soldier trinmnh
?I " H~|
cJ, and ho doomed himself bound to completo
the sacrifice. Unable, however, to en- ^
dure the sight of her grief, lie carried lior Q
to tho abode of a youthful female friend,
who formerly resided near them, but on hor
marriage had removed to a village about
sixty milos from the dwelling of Ludovic.
There he left Theresa, after receiving hor
solemn promise that 6he would return with c
him the day before that on which she should yj
complete her eighteenth year. "Father,"
said she with streaming oyoa, "I have never ^
deceived you. If I live, I will return; but j(1
do not grieve too deeply should my heart ?
broak in this foarfui struggle." Tho old
hussar dashed away a tear which strayed Cl]
down his scarred and sun-burnt cheek, embraced
his cli'dd and departed. j,r
Tiino wore gradually away, and at last j
j tho day arrived which was to seal Theresa's Vi
fate. It found her in a stato of torpid Jes- m
pair. Exhausted by ner previous struggles, ..j
i all feeling seemed to be dead, but her mind *
was awakened to new sutVoring. A friend (j?
arrived to conduct hor to licr father. The
good Ludovic apparently lay on the bed of ft
death, aud with breathless impatience Ther j
sa pursued lror journey. jt
On her arrival, her father's sick room _
was not solitary. The detested Karl was ^
there, and there, too, was the youthful liU9*ar'
. >1
"My child," said Ludovic, "my days are 'V(
numbered; my fate must soon be decided, ^
and, alas! yours also. To my dying brother ro
i Hoirmmy promised that on 1liis day I fn
would offer you to liis son for his brido. un
Without fulfilling my engagement, I could to
not die in pence?even the grave would nf t|i
ford no rest. Can yon sacrifice yourself for
my future repose. d,
"I can?1 will," cried the unfortunate fui
Tln/rosa, sinking on/her knees, "so help mo lj1)
Jleareu." ln
"Heaven will bloss a dutiful child!" said
Ludoric with fervor. "Karl, draw near."
Karl obeyed?Theresa shuddered. ,
"That, however," continued Ludovic, ca|
"which I look upon as my greatest earthly n
treasure, I give you with my daughter. )1(.
You, Karl, holievo mc to have some viiluVea. #oc
Alas! alasl you know not the secret sins j (
which lifivo millin.l ni fr 4if^ - * *' "
? .UM.vm ...J HIV IIIC IHJIIIIU IIIU
murder?bul enough of this. I liuvo con- [ f
festtod to my ehostly father, and havo ob |nj
tnined absolution for tbo dark catalogue, u||
but on tlid condition that I loave nil my (j|(
wealth to (lie church as an Bloneriient for j (
my transgressions. I could not forgot I l||C
was a father?I pleaded the destitute stato j()V
of my child; I implored, 1 onlreated. At t|1(,
length I wrung for the pious father his con- y<J,
sent that I should retain my greatest Irons- j '
uro for my Therosa. I choso toy saddle, j (1
Keop it, dear child, in romombrnnco of an 0| ~
affectionate father. And you, Karl, are you or 1
satisfied (o relinquish worldly goods for my )|((|
soul's health? Arc you content to tnke my pr
daughter with thjs portion?" |;||J
^' "Fhdir cfelfllined Karl, "doling idiot! 9 L
how dare you purchase exemption from ] t,
puuishmont at my cxponsc? Your woalth juai
is mine?your possessions should ho the hot
portion of my biide. 1 will reclaim them CuI,
from those avaricious monks and toar thorn i,rt.
from the allarP ?.,!
u 11
"You caanol?you dare not!" replied Lu dor
dovic, raising his roico in anger; "my agree- ?\
mailt with your father had reference to my the
daughter only?my wealth formed no part ncn
of it A' the
"Driveller?dotard!" vociferated Karl? arc
"think you that I will accept of a portion .eo?
v * * ? " - '
. 1
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irpoee^-1 renounce her."
"Glvo t)lr to mo, father," crted Arnbold; f
bwear to cherish and protect Iter while I
iu iny bodyl Giro her-to me, dear i
tb'ef; and when the shall be the loved wife I
my bosom, I wflfiiW to ber-*ny, nod i
e for her!'*
Karl laughed in mockery. "You value t
0 but lightly,* taid M,' "when jrou talk of i
crifleing it for a woinnu'V'1 never knew on& t
oHli the trouble of winning, nod least of I
ITUOreSa." ' c
Tho young hussar laid bit band on bis c
bro. Theresa throw herself botwecn thcru. I
t lite same inomeut LuJovio sprang from i
s couch ? toro tho covering from bit head
-snatched, hiataaddla from the wall where 1
hung?suited the sabre?with one stroke j
id it opon, and a stream of golden bes- J
its, oriental pearls, and sparkling jewels ?
(I on the earth. -Wretch! worml vilb cfod I
tho enrth! art thou uot justlypunished I .1
encc, reptile! 11 y beforo 1 forget that thou i
t of my blood!" Xudoyic raised bis sa- f
o, and tho dastardly Karl (led, without 1
tring to givo utterance to the imprecation <
Inch hung on bis colorless lips. j
Trampling undor foot the costly jewels j
hiuh lay slrewod around, Theresa rush- i
1 forward and oiubracod hof father, ox- i
aiming, "is this a dream? are you indeed ]
stored to rue? can this bliss be real?"
Forgive inc. my child," exclaimed Ludo t
c, "the pain J bavo boon obliged to give <
>ur gentle heart. My' effort to inako that t
retell resign bis clniru to your band lias i
;on successful. Grudge not that a part of t
L? .1. I I 9 m % ?
ir nmru line ueon appropriated lo IUO Holy
liurcli; not to purchase tho forgiveuoss of
0 sins 1 enumerated, and of which, thank
oavon, 1 am guiltless, but to be the blessed
eans of saving you from a misorablo futo.
ncel down, my childrou?ay, support her,
rnhold?lay her innocent head upon your
rsom, nud roceivo tho fervent benediction
' an old hussar."
[From the Wins! or<> Register ]
Uiuoewa.it, S. C., Oct., 1857
t? the members nf the Fair field Agricultural
Sorictij.
Gknti.kmen: Ah there Rooms to be <juito
1 intorcst taken in our District in tho do
ilopincitls of the properties of the Holeus
*charatus, Sorgho Sucre or Chinese Sugar
ane, as l're-idont of your Society, I tako
io privilege of addressing lo you this coin
lUnication, containing a synopsis of tho re*
ills of a series of experiments made by mo
lis fall, with this recently imported plant,
nd as it is probable that it will for the fuiiq
prove to bo a useful auxiliary in tho
iohpmy of n plantation, it may not bo untcres'.ing
to give such facts connected
ith the history of its first introduction ini
Europe and this country, as are to he
mid in a work entitled, "Sorgho and Im*
ice, or the Sugar Canes," bv II. S. Olcott.
i,. :..r.... ?. - " -
.... nui?vi iKiuiq ui uiiifc u was ursi in- 1
oduced into Franco in 1851, by tho Count
) Monligny, llio then consul of Franco at
'langai, China?who sent with other
cds and plants a f.?\v seeds under tho
e namo of "Tho Sugar Cane of the North
China" to the Geographical Society of
aris; of these only one seed germinated,
id the seed from this one plant woro dia
ibuted by the Agricultural Cornice vt
onion, and the second year after, M. Vnl
orin, the distinguished Agriculturist of
ranee, purchased eight hundred seed for
many francs?and from him Mr. J. I>.
rovrno, Agent of the Patent Office, obtain
I the seed which wore distributed through
it tho Guilcd States from that olHce
1859.
Mr. Wray, a sugnr plantor from Calcut
, introduced, at the same time, into Faipe,
from Natal, Africa, tho seo I "f a plant
lied by the natives Impbee or sweet reed,
liia is represented to be a much liclier su
tr yielding cane than the Sorgho. .Mr.
fray?as 1 am informed?has grown the
apheo in our State this yoar. IJoth Sor
io and Imphee yield very profitable re
rns of Alcohol aud syrup, and under peliar
methods of treatment?patented by
r. Wray?the juice yields a beautiful
ystalized sugar. From the experiments
mado last yoar with tho Sorgho, I was
tisfied tli.'it if rtnlirl hi* ?.
_ .. .v?u WW I1HHIU n null lie Ul I
ucli usefulness to tho plantur, us a syrup
olding and forago crop, and therefore
vod my aeed with care, to test lite jtrac- ^
:nl properties of this plant.
1 selected ground of different qualities |
id soils for trial?and as 6ecd wore scarce, ,
did not plant until May?at which time ^
was bedded up in rows three feel apart
tho beds were opened with a narrow ^
oit bull tongue plough ? the seed dropd
evory 12 inches, three or four iu a '
nco and covered with a board-r-a harrow
>tild bo apt to misplace the seed. When I
e plants could ho distinctly seen iu the j
w, they were "sided"?the earth thrown J
oil them?and thinned, with a hoo, to |
e in a hill, and when tho plants had gotten
bo 18 inches or 2 feel high, tho earth J
rown back, and they we;e hoed a second
uc; and when waist high, the "middles"
rown out with a large shovel plough, one p
rrow, and llioy were "laid by," making c
a cultivation fivo furrows to tho row and t
0 hoeings
1 first triod the cane, when it was just
ginning to head ? made one quai l of syrto
18 quarts of juice. 2d. When tho
no had headed out, but still'perfectly
jen?made 1 to 12. 3d. Whon tho _
mis or panicles had become dark, and tho !
d on the upper part fully formed ? made
lo 9. 4th. When tl ii> seed rui tho lower
it. of the head or panicle had matured, |
?., firm and had onliroly passed from the '
Ik to tho dough state?(the seed on the
per pari of tho panicle, matures some
to before those on the lower put) made .
oC 12. I think, for syrup purposes,
i cane should bo cut at this age, as the 1
rer joints at this stage begin io lose! u
r Avrcemcss. rrom 1-10 of an acre, first '
ir'r* now ground, r'.dgo land, mado 5 gal k
s syrup?yield of syrup to juice 1 to (i u
From 1 4 of an aero?old land ?red ikl
y?that would probably have made 10 0
12 bushels of corn to the aero, no ma "
o?made 20 1-4 gallons, to 0 12. r
>in 7 8 of an aero of thin gravelly gray
d?manured would have made perhaps
aishols of com- made 05 gallons syrup, ?"
[> G. From led clay land, I got in one
lance 1 i?? .V From low land on branch
loin?measured by a surveyor, with hi
ipftsa and chain, 2 A. 1 Tl 25 I'.?exssetl
2420 gallons juico, made 320 1-2 ?<
Ions syrup?\iold 1 to 7 12. The fod- fo,
atrippod from the above mentioned cane ?"o
vcighod, aft i having been exposed to a'
sun throo days, 1192 pounds to the to
a. The seed, after having been cut from
panicles or stalks two weeks, mensd
out 40 bushel* to the acre, ami the If
1 weighed 42 pounds to the bushel. o*
v ( A d" ' _
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*mmmammmm\ n .
rhU piece of land ?M manured from * the
table?*n4 would beve yieldod, a* II bos
lone for (be last seven years, from 18 to 20
lusbelt of corn to (be acre. 1 No account
vas taken of M?d ud fodder that (be up*
and made, but I suppose it ripuld bare
uade one fourth a* much. Mr
opinion?baaed on (be results of
bete expert men te-~ia, (bat (be cane grown
W upland is richer to saccharine matter,
ban cane grown on j&ottoms?but a much
greater quantity of syrup, seed and fodder
;*n be made from botiom^as the yield of
:ane to the space ia so much greater. 1
tare made in all, this season, Gt6 gallons
if good thick syrup. '
I treated the Cold juice with the flour of.
itue?one teaapoonful to fire gallons of
uice?also with super oarli. soda?same pro>oi
lions, I also treated the juice in the j
latne way?when it bed been boiled ,
(While; both invariably made the syrup dark.
r. used the white of eggs, bone black and
singlass, and could see no beneficial effects
rom the use of either The syrup made
'rout the juico, treated thus with lime or so
la, would change tho color ef Litmus pater
nearly as much as that made from
uice troated with neither?sugar bouse sy>up?Florida
syrup, New Orleans ntid W. I.
no)asses, will change thee olor of Litmus
tnner more or
I therefore prefer defecating or purifying
.lie juico by heat Mono, without tbo aid of
lither alkali or albuminous substances?and
.he syrup thus made is clearer than Stewut's
sugar bouse syrup, and is the color of
.bick honey.
The juice from caue grown on upland, at
\ temperature 78 deg. Karnht., forced the
inccharometer up to 15?the juico from low
and cane only to 14 dcg. The nacclutrometer
usod was oco made by l'uilock <fc
Jionsbaw, Philadelphia, and graduated from
) deg. to 00 deg. I have been informed
by a gentleman from Florida, that the sac:haroraeter
rises to only 0 dog. in the juice
>f Louisiana cano, 10 in Florida, and 12 in
Cuban. And the juice of tbo Florida caue
requires 0 gallons to make one of syrup.
In making (he syrup, I strained the juice
ihrough a blankot, and wiiou in the kettle
ipplied a gentle heat to make the scum
riso so us to bo skimmed off?it must be
permitted to boil until dofeculiou or puriti:ation
bus been accomplished?as souu as
this has been attniued, boil as rapidly as
possible until done. The time for removing
it from the kettle, is when it is of the
;olor of boiling sugar candy?and emits a
puffing bubble?hut tbo knowledge of the
proper time for liking it otf can be '"*TToh
more easily learnt tbau do-ciibett. a.ld
oust be acquired by experimenting with
itnall qunuVies befoto commencing-opera
.ions regu'^r'y. Tlio longer the juice i?
boiled, the thicker will be tho syrup. 1
nado from 40 to 60 gallons per day.
1 used a cast iron tuiil, of the vertical
rollers, purchased of Wni. Glaze, Palmetto
Works, Columbia, lor #75; two kettles, witb
lie capacity ot 120 gallons, purchased o'
Messrs. Fisher & Agnew, Columbia, for
M2 each. A mill with three rollers is
nuch belter, as it presses the cane much
norc thoroughly. I am confident 1 d'd
lot gel uioie than 4 5lhs of the juico from
he cane.
1 kept three negro rueu and throe boys,
10 or 12 years old,employed about the mill
itid boilers, and used two male* to work
he mill. I consumed in iuak. g the G26
jallons syrup seven cords of pine wood,,
tnd one pint uf oil about (he mill.
lloi?s are food of the seer), and eat the
jugassor cane that h ? > been pressed through
he mill with considerable relish?mine
hrive on :t. Horses eat both the fodder
uid seed. I feed my nnile* and horses i.,i
t week on it, runi <\?ii flisr.iv?-r no iiijuiiou
>r del?'leiion> elFcie* itieiefioru.
llopiug that th'* | in ?y 1"* of
isc t<> thi???> who inav wuli |<> plant the
:Hiie and make ?yiu|> ti e ?nMiing )e.w,
1 remain, gentlemen, very rev peel fully,
four obedient servant,
IIKNiJY <J. DAVIS.
. I should think the propur tituo for plant
ng is latu in March or earlv in Apul, *o a*
o commence making syrup just after tho
:roj s are "laid by" and before cotton pickng
commence*. My cane this year was
iot ready until about 10th September.
Mannkiis in tjik Mikui k Auls.? h'ude
Tcre the manners then: inan and wife ale
>(T tho same trencher; and n few wooden
i.andled knives, with blade of rugged iron,
vero a luxury for the groat; candles untliown.
A scrrant girl held a torch at sup>er;
ono, or at moat loo, inugs of coarse
>rown earthenware formed all tho dunking
ipparalus in *i house. llieli gentlemen
vore clothes of unlined leather. Ordinary
ft-rsons scarcely crer touched flesh meat,
s'ohlc mansions drunk little or no w ino in
umtner?a little corn seemed wealth. Wo- '
nan had trivial marriage-portions?even
ndies dressed extremely plain. The chief
?nrt of a family's expense v\as what the
nales spout in arms and horses, none of
rliich, however, were either verv good or
ery showy; and grandees had to lay out
noncv on their lofty towers. In 1 tante's
oinpnrntively polished times, ladies bogau
o paint their cheeks by way of linerv, j*ong
to the theatre, and to use less nsaiduity
ii spinning and plying their distall".
[Hislory of the Ordtr of St. John.
Qi itl a Cow, anij "Somb" Tigs.?The
alem Cazctte tells the following: "A friend
iforms us that there is a cow pastured in
jo vicinity of Ifridgo street, tiiai will eleale
her head into a pear tree until her
orns aro entangled in the branches, shake
II the fruit falls, and then deliberately unisten
herself and eat the pears from lire
round, lie slates that he saw the oparaou
performed nearly a dozen times a few
avs siricft. !>v?VM;?l
as called to a aituiiar performance bv two
igs, in whose stv a worthless, plum tree
row. One or the other of these animals
ould lako the blender trunk in his mouth
ml shake, and then listen to hear if a plum !
II, and when that result was accomplished, '
ould make a tumultuous scramble for the 1
uit. This latter sight wc saw personally.*' |
The Nowbu-yport Herald tells the follow j
g post office anecdote:
A rap at the delivery.
Postmaster?Well, iny lad, what will you
ivel
lioy?Here's a letter, she wants it to |
> along as fast as it can, cause there's a
Her wants to have her hero, and she's
nrted by another feller what aint hero,
el she wants to know w bother he's going
have her or not.
Woman. -The last and best of all sotics.
we may have her for a toast, we won't 1
k for any but her. p
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SwKtr PotaYojch.?This crop should ba
bodied toward* the closs of this month. j
There i* nn old notion prevalent among ,
.planter*, of Indian origin, we suppose, that
."frost ehoold kill the vine* first. It i* im- ,
material in .what way you put op your po- t
tatoea; jou bnva no guarantee that they j
will keep sound, if the vines be killed by ,
i froet before you dig them. Frost, aafficieot- t
ly bard to kill tbo vines,yrill frees* tbe suv|
(ace of the earth to a sufficient depth to
| chill and seriously iojure many of the roots. '
i Do not delay digging beyond the 20th in .
this latitude.
Bwbbt Potato Vines ah Hat.?It is re- <
markable that planters will allow their po- \
teto vines to be killed by frost, to the eeri-,
ous injury of the root, and total loss of the ,
vines, previous to gathering, and yet they \
will spend time in saving pea vine* that are |
done growing and partially dry, and fodder
(corn bladesy after the corn is mature; |
neither or both together are worth a* much
as the potato vine for stock food by 25 per i
cent. On the 20th of this month, and oar- ]
lior, in proportion n* you go northward in
the cotlou region, the potatoe vine is in a i
a state of luxuriant growth, having shed t
none of its leaves, full of saocharine matter |
and starch. They may ho gathered with
great rapidity, and easily cured, as there i* i
rarely raiu about tbo 20lb of Octobor. '
There is no forage in the class of hays, for i
lock-cattle and rabies, to l>e compared to i
well-cured sweet potato vines.
Stock.?The slock of the plantation, and <
especially y*ui porkers, and those of every J
vurioty intouded for exhibition at oar State
Fair, should he receiving extra attention
this month. Kverv facility afforded them ']
uow for putting on fat will ; id greatly to I
their comfort and well-doirig through the
winter. The stock, both cattle and hogs, i
should he allowed to g>*au the corn fields 'I
after gathering?they receive much benefit i
from it; in and during this month, before
the rains and frost commence, they do the
laud uo injury by gleaning nnd walkiug 1
over the land iu dry weathor, but they <
should be kept off the fields in rainy <
weather. <
onmnn U " HSaSHI
I vu.iv.i or-wiou nre now ginning, (
and jour cotton seed intended for mauuro 1
! should bo kept from tbo weather and under
cover, Iu no item of the same value dees 1
the plantation lose so much u? it) its cot- '
ton need intended for manure, v. uich nre 1
thrown in heaps ngaip?t ttio side pt* the gin '
house, to lie through tho winter, decaying
and exposed to the sun, w'nd and ruin, in 4
this condition, a heap ?>i d.on s???- I :.*>? 1
till to 60 |?er rent. o{ i(^ .al'ij. i?~ titr '
die of February \Vr sln'^ < .iH ittuli<< -r '
to tl.is subject agn n in rvuY/vt < <>* work 1
^or January, vrhen w? ?.ia ; * fu n
(be subject of applying ution . or.i a-- ;
euro lor Uo li ' ?> n d ix- ibeif u?.
rot^lod state. Tbh inij to lu.r-' pdrtoii .
appear paradoxical at ti--1 v: ,.v> as to*.long '
is properly food f? * j-'ant- tr iis" umfenayoo '
condition; yet out experience ?f ?6ve'al
years has proved cuic!a-;? ?*iv hat such .s <
the solubility if cotton seed that )>Uc into I
the ground in January or February. the\
fuinish fo^J lor the Toung plant, either
coin or cotton, at soon as it is up. In this
w ay none of the valuable ga*es are lost by
evaporation, etc., in the case of rotting
the seed in the bulk.
War at;?The period for seeding ihiH <
iuo?l important eiop bm* again rolled
around. V* - have often called the at'.eution
of our planting friends to the minor
tance and economy of'raising thc;r own
wliu.il at l.onu, here nt tli>' South. There
i* no e?o|? more certain ?.r that pays a tatter
per edit. on the laud : sui i?l?- r Meet-.-..
iy to gio\? it. Yi e nro be nm.e ?d
the ' to say that I i- .? Ccltai . if' -^'I'TV
rating urop proper y mai.ugeu Th s V |
assert from |ii'- ..al oxpdience, -?ud . >
-?? ce-wfu' experuT.ee, and n?e i"U ?>t i , ,
tact ptedicatc upon mo follcrvin. 1
geutint conditions: Deep plowing in the
preparation of tlie !an.i, lh i_h miiiuriig 1
and early sowing. In thi- way. twentt ??r ?
thirty bushels per acre may be a? certainly
expected lYoiu our land as a fair yield of
coltou. The plauter that is satisfied with
be von to ten bushels per acre will very
.soon Ioa-: his eeed; and, tike the planter
who plants cotton from three to five hundred
pounds per acre in coutiuued disappointment,
laments the uncertain and unfavorable
seasons, and rails out upon the
unfavorable climate. Throe to tive acres
will produce ati ample supply of wheat for
almost any family in the country. This
may ta well prepared, when the produce
will be from sixty to one hundred bushels.
The true cause of failure iu wheat raising
amoug cotton planters consists mainly in
sowing twenty to forty acres on coiu stubble
annually, and that late in November or
tho lirst of l>ccember, and plow in with
plows worn out iu cultivating tho cotton
crop! Let every planter who can coiu!
uience now and prepare by deep and thor|
ough plowing some three to five acres, then
| spread on it 500 bushels per acie o! erood
compost manure, and theu if you havo no
| barrow, prepare your seed wheat, a good ,
vaiiely, by brining either with salt or blue- ,
stone, and drying with lime or plaster of ,
Paris, sow the seed, one to one and a half ?
bushel* per ncro. and plow in with a scooter, j
after which brush it over evenly. A good a
harrow supersedes the necessity of tho ,
scooter, plowing aud brush. Who of our j
I'rieuds will try this for the Alabama Stale .
Agricultural Society's premiums next year# ;i
Rvr., Barlky and WniAr.?If you have I v
negloctod sowing cither of the above for pasturage
through the winter, neglect it no
longer; as sown aftor October they will not *
I'lutiuce pasturage worm the trouble. Either
of these grains sown in September or tbo
early part of October will produce on good it
fair 6oil bettor pasturage than any of tbe b
so called " Winter Grasses." Grass does '!
well in summer?none better than our ua j,
live "Crab (trass" or tbo "Bermuda" 1 ut h
will not do to rely oo during winter, Hut \
live, Uarlev or Wheat will?try tboru. "
f Soil of the South. {*
tim Exri..vnation.?Ono or twogontle- j',1
men recently conversing about tbe Natural ol
bridge of Virginia, remarked that there ai
was an extraoidinary incident connected <v
with it, for that Oon. Washington once ' v'
tbiew a dollar completely over it, au i t)
achievement which has not boon performed i r.
since. "No w onder,*" replied his companion,
for n dollar in tlioso days could be inado to
go a great deal farther than at tin' present
time."' w
In a country paper, tbo marriage of a Mr. ^
Cooper to Miss Staves is announced. The in
result will probably be barrols. (Exchange.) *>
Not so; the result will he a lot of little Shxi- ,'f
rrrr, and if any of them be daughters, it
will eventuate in hoops. ft*)
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VOID Ml consider* m^r* Aphth#^
loto is mors ploarfng than iMtHnMi^Jli
is romance is mors entertaining lhs*4j!UBououkart.?IS
we speak ill V the %*x 1
generally tbsy will rise afamsl s?| ifwrd* j
lis same of soy individual women, tbef
sill el) agree with us. - ^
Charles Lemelsr,?Most of Uunr faults
women owe to. us, whilst we sit indebted j
,o thorn for most of our better qualities, ? '
Datjiel strenb?Most women are enlowed
with naturally endearing charms, .
;hat?vcu their proaeCee is gens**!!/fcsftsScial.
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Madams ob Stall.?Lore, in Ottoman's
ife, is a history;' in a raan'r, an episode.
Catalart.?Only he who baa nothing
to hope from a woman is truly sincere in
tier praise." , V>
Diderot.'?There exists among women A
>ecret tie! like that among the priests of the
iarao faith. They hate each other, yet protect
each others interests.
Staiil.?No woman, even the most intellectual,
believes herself decidedly homely.
This self deception is natural, for there are
some most charming women without a parlido
of beauty.
Qctavb fkuillrr.?Providence has ordained
the happiness of a man in but two
beings: his own mother and the mother of
his children. Besides these two legitimate
kinds of love, there is notbiog between tbo
two creatures exoept vain excitement, painful
and idle delusion.
A urn on be Kark.?Say of a woman 4b at'
aho is wicked, obstinate, frivolous, but add
lhat she is beautiful, and be assured that
she will ever think kindly of you. Say she
is good, kind, virtuous, sensible, but?very
homely, and she will never forgive you in
her life. "She has a forehead of ivory, eyes
of sapphire, eye brows and hair of ebouy,
cheeks of damask roses, coral lips and tooth
:>f pearl." Such a description, and H is frequently
made, might tempt a thief, but not
i|!i linnmit mnn
Madame dkMain-tsxos.?In everything
[hat women write there will be u thousand J
r.iuIts against grammar, but to a certainly
dways a charm never to be found tiv the
l. tters of n'nh
Hire nos.-?Great ami ma- ttflbruigs are
rooii i nimnsr exclusively among' \7<hti.?i?;
.srttly >ni the bapi'fi' jj and ?u *. ito *<rd
noiDt'oU r? ir? of .t?errc renting. nttr!
wf a iond-ddp. < ' J?e*.!um wi.*r? it M"
i.?? it. vv
Jjt Al>AMK A WOinA'Vfr^jMCDtly ?o *
ii -ir (hp I rf> tb? A.*I*, l?Ul .-OtUr" rc\i*t the
<S\t ,h<*. 'UtjUr*)*.., *
J j. Kw? muAMm cut better pVrto*
jp t?e 03 the immune h? art, hut wunKu
r 11 'earl a better.
.\lu uui.Ef.?It is n universal rule, which,
*s tar a? I know, h?io no exception, that,
groat tucu always resemble their mothers,
who impress their mental and phytiicrU
murk upon their sods.
A Tukairical Contretemps.?Amnio
Jratna was sonic few years since played in
a certain theatre, the chief actor in which
had made himself, from hi* haughty and ^
overrating conduct, disliked by one and (1
all. the h*t scene he was supposed to
visit the toinlt* u( his ancestors. In the
cetitre of the stage, upou n marble pedestal,
stood the status of Ids father. A Ilea y
fold of drape 1 y coveted the figure. Knu r
Albert?"t 'nee again," ii* -aVN "10
op >n *" 1 ,? ? * fcnti'rfa'" Vilitll 4 life <mi op. en
/i.-ed mn?n mo *v?i'. Vndot^t hds-otkai.
I'.. n r. thy .n.iU'n'. f w*? nOvV Cv.tne'. 1 ?
[?> lu .? . Hi. Lft it,e rrm>?v* ily<i
I. :..1 '< 111 . e II <:i ill- >t? ?'?/
: * ?! UVIUgu of I < 'U ivd'-nr . otr ?
went ii, -li.tjie'-, ?nd K-lioUi! iii? frilii??r
sttMfl ujmn hit Jteoil!'^ 'lUe eUect cam mi
t>0 described. it wni ileciric I l>? shouts
.?i laughter which followed tlie mittakt o? *
:h? *4ent.-siueii effectually put uti end to the '*
>? ? ue, which changed to the next ft* quick
is possible, nmid tliebravos of the audience. ?
ho anger of the manager, and the uncon ?'
tollable rage of the actor.
The Irish peasant's pig repays the kind 9
ittentions of tho family by an affectionate J,'
iltachinent. A genileroan who lately en- it
.01 cd a cottage after tiie hours of work I
were over, found the master of the house ?*
walking briskly up and down in the rays *
)f the setting sun, followed by an unwieldy 0|
[>ig, which turned with him as he pneed to
tnd fro. An inquiry elicited the following
eplv, given with tho quiet earnestness of a 1,1
nan who feels that ho is simply performing
:ne of his daily dulieq without a thought i?
:T its being in any way a singular one: ?i
Suie, y'r fionor, and the craytcr doesn't ''
rare his health without the exercise; and ^
i isn't all alone by himself that he will
uke his walk and lie's grown loo proud to Y
valk with the childer now.'' '/
Agnes Amelia saw her grandmother put- it
ing a parcel of lucifer matches in a safety
ua(cb-box. "Damuia, bow does L>od send
ho. matches way down here from heaven?" y
'Why, child, God doesn't send them from -j
icaven?they are made here by people, it
,nd uol by God in heaven." "O, do, Dana- '
na, they are made by Dod; 1 hoard Mr.
^ones say to Aunt Sally, last night, in the
>arlor, 'lot's make a match, Miss Sally,' and r
iunt said, O, no! matches are made in heaen.'"
n?
in
Messrs. Editor a: Stop my paper, *9 it is incon- di
enieDt to Ret It from tlio l'ost Office; besides, it does v<
ot come regularly. Yours, truly, drc., at
''Stop my paper!" Wbot right have you to eatl cii
your papor until you have paid for it? You have th
?. .. ?m wucv wo commenced Hie cr
obllc.ilion of the Enquirer, nod notwithstanding in
on have paid "nary r?J" on your subscription, you wl
nvo the bold rtfrooery to call it your paper! Wo Aa
ad at least anppoecd it was oars until it was paid for.
V'e uro at a loss which to admire most, the ifool
npudenoe wult which you order its to stop your pa
i?r, or lite ftiotv than niggardly meanness, rubhmad
to infinitude in the oritcible of o wicked nnd rillinotu
heart, in slopping the papor without paving
te prior of the subscription. It wv had any thin);
i w hich to hung a hope, that we could make you
? honest man, wo would ^without money and
iliuHU prion!' eoiMtuue our weekly *i*ii*? but three <v4
jrs' espomnc* provesthat they hare been iccoA/y t,n
deed in accomplishing such a purpose We ihom,
icrc ore, give you over te liar-loess of heurt and *|
probacy of mind. mi
In parting wi.h you, tvt it is natural fur meanness
want sympathy, wo mention the fact, that we hAv?
low more, th"U,-h very fe>, of "the **mo s>rt.M
fe hare one request to make, or rather tome
holoeoritt advice to impart, should y?ur c ?uscienor,
any lime uwakerad, ga'id you with ita scorpion
ng to a uorse uf hunV.y, and yoo sack to relieve
i burden, give the small amount you owe us - :
me Missionary or liible C ause, oud this one 1
ai#e-worthy action will cover a multitude of sins, _
d perhaps save others the pais ind anguish that
aura to overtoka tha perpetrators of wrong and
| oat lea.?YorkriU* Enquirtr,
^ ntow, _
rfe|(
f v' t?/. 'r * ^Jv?*>'.; ,o> ?
also ,bccn -^dimmfttcff44
with the *gM/sa*^*tt^- *
results to various ^Wfri?
subject to Wortos. \ ilj
K; The Liver Pills, fotc
the cure of Livfea Com- * *
plaint, aH blliou# Dirangements,
slcl hi adache,
&c.
Purchasers will pleas*
be particular to ask for * *
Dr.* C. McLane's Celebrated
Vermifuge andLiver
Pills, prepared bjr
^L^uj & ?..
sole proprietors, Pittsburgh,
Pa., and take no '
other, as there are vafimw
other preparations now
before the public, purporting
to be Vermifuge * *
and Liver Pills. All .
others, in comparison
with Dr. McLane's, are *
worthless.
The genuine McLan^l
Vermifuge and Liver
Pills can now be had at
all respectable ?Drug
Stores.
FLEMING BRO S,
CO Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sole Proprlet?r?
I SCOVIL & >1 HAD, New Orkiw, General
Vlu>lc*alo A# ml* for the Roeth, to whom nil orcl
a ir?u>t Ue luMrtwfil.
bold by *
FIHUEU & IJEINlTSIt, SportnnbnTg,Bo. fit.
1>k.\n & goodgion. '* " "
\ tou.kson. m " n K
KflT'ItJU, OwrnTWe. ^ ^
kekx an A. norrhs, Crtioneille,' ? >? * *
dOTIV H 1I>NRY, UuKimftr, V*". n
Y. F PRATT -?.*>..*'* Wry,
I.. P. fiAiiMflTT *v c;0, it ('
' v.*. UAr rtl# & ro . .
VI ME T "
fleers' Liverwdxtl'! & Tar*
>u me coMri.r.Tt; ct r.e oi^cpciirn, ? ci d
IN r l.l .-> /.: . A*T?IMA, PllOKOH!?!'-. >IT,JISO
OP Bl,OO.l>, * AVL-Oint R LCM> C^i?- .?
i1 LAIST? HCNDMTC. *o cossvAiriios."'
j sj s, ? Si a n ^
This preparation is getting iute use all ori?r ?ti
ruuirv. The numerous IiTmr? wra? r**.< ive trwtn
ur varimu- agents, informing ua of cnrv? effected
i their immediate neighborhoods, warrant o? in
lying it is ouc of the best. If Lot the xtry it at
ough Medicine now before tlu pubUc. it altnpa *
i ear icily relittea,*nd wot unjrrr/urnllyt* rea the
rry irural cnxrn. When *11 other Cough prepfltwi>im?
have foiled, tltin hn* relieved the patient, a*
>roggirtts, dealers in Me-dii-im-s, and Physicians,
ur testify. Ark ibe Agent in yoor nearest town,
hat bna bceu hi* e*i>oricnre of the effects ot thin
icdioiite. fi he has l>een selling it for any length
' time he will tell Vt'O afe
IT 13 THE REST MKlMCINEEYTAJiT.
fie'oyv we give u few eM rafts (ro?>1 letters wrs *
i?ve received lately regarding the eirlo?s of this
edicinc. ,
Dr. S. 8. Oidin,ofKno*vi1le,fia ,s?y?: I km*a 2
eu using your Lire> icor/ and Tar rrry exlencehj
tit neij practice for three year a puat, and %
ieiritb pleoeurr J elate my belief in its ?j*B,
loatTT oreit all OTiirs abticlfh ici:h yhtek /
t>i acquaruUdt far ichich it it reco/nmenaedy
Messrs. Fitrjchld ^ Lk-Hhor*. w rttlrg from
i'aynesville, N. C- **)". "The Lirenrori and
'or ts becoming daily more popular in thieConny,
and we think justly so. All *che hitre triad
apeak in commendable terma af it, at d soy it
1 very beneficial in alleviating the complaint* fat ?
kieh it ia.recarnmendedy * ^ .'4
Mones. Kilsac.rnld & IWnncrs, writing from , -
rovnesrille. ~N f? to- * ?<- - -
, .,.j. 4 n? i.irrrwcri an< ?
<?r is becoming daily move papular mthie Coum
y, ano we think Jtrri-r so. All who heme
i>J it tpeak in camtnrndallt lermt of it, mud
ly it is very kentfieiat in aUttialing the com?
'ainl* for which tl it recommended."
Oar Agent In Pickens District, S. C., Mr. S. ? .
. MeF.iU, nuAurcn ?s "that he nuts it with groat
atfit in Ws own family, and recommends it to hi*
dghbors." lie given an instance of* Negro vre- "
nn, in hi* vicinity, who had bet a suffering with
wease of the Lungs for years. Attended with s*t ^
ire Cough, who was relieved by th* Ijteerwor
id Tar.
Such are the good report* w* hear of this Midfr ?
ne from all parts of the South. For * report at
e surprising euros it has performed in th* West K
n And Northern and Eastern State*, w* woald
site the suffering pntient (0 rend th* painphl?t
liich accompanies each bottle. To *11 w* say, ,VJ
ire hope, /tare hope.' 4 ,
TEY THE MEDICINE!!
IE warked kx seasoji
lew are of Counterfeits and Bast
imitations !
The genuine article is signed Andrew Rniu
the engraved wrapper around each bottle. j
Priie $ I per bottle, or six bottles for ?5. Sttfd
fli-s.:!*and retail by SCOVIL ft mkmr w vj \
11 I Charters St., bet. Oouti and St. Loi??f-N. O. T
Soba Aue.sr* tor the Sovtukmn Stats*, t* f (
iom nil orders and applications for Ag*9?it*
1st 1>e addressed.
?OLI> ALSO BY ; ,
KISIIERifc 11 KIMT>H, Spartanburg, 9S. C*.
ItK.VN & GoODOION, " *
>V. It. WATSON, (Irceuviil* ' u
R KtlUtCU. "
KBNNON di N0HKI?, pslosvHI*, &
9 R. HENRY, Lauretiavills * Md
0. L. HARRIS, ?fc CO , Ratherfordtss, IT. ft ?*
April 24 9 9m 9
Joto Prlnuni
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