The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, October 15, 1857, Image 4
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Cm the bracelet of' tho union l>o compos,] of
uueqyal gcrtm? Tale* of a I'w at. h
.y>Stt#udoyio H?ru always regarded bis
" ^fisaUiUo wllh the deepest veneration, and yet |
% t^ere appeared nothing about il capable of
exciting hia idolatry. It was a Turkish sad- j }
<JI?K x>tcl and deeply stained with blood; yet j (
m lo the brave Ludovic it recalled a tale of \
other days, when he, young, ardent, ontliu- ! j
siaMtpIn defence of his country, first drew ,
his bwurd' against its enemies.
fcJb . lie had been opposed in battle to the ,
f * ? hostile invader* of his native Hungary, and
k * rallbelieving dog had liia good sa
' br.o smitten to life earth. Various had been
"dthe {prtuno^iho war, and too frequently y
widtlhe gldry of the Holy Cross dimmed
.by lh,b lustc*of tho triutnphanl Orescent. (
Such, and disasters were seldom alluded to (
* --- * by the brnve hussar, hut ho loved to dwell ^
;; . T,oit,t|iO:^nccosaful actions in which ho had
been engaged.
\ It1#as in ono of these fierce combats
' that, cut off suddotilv from t?i* iinrlw ! >
found himself surrounded by four infuriated
Turks; "but the recollection ot you and your
angel mother," would .Ludovic sav to his
daughter, "nervnj my arm. 1 was assailed
by all my opponents. How tlirco fell I
-knew not; but sovoro and long was the cunlVict
with the last of my foe*, whose power
ful arm was raised against me. Already I
haw my Wife a mournful widow, and my
? child fatherless, and these dreadful thoughts
'infusing fro?h vigor into uiy arm, I smote
tko iniidel dog to death, hurled him from
(lis steed, and rilled him as ho lay. At this
moment several of (Ire enemy npjrearcd in
sight; hut I was too much exhausted to renew
tho perilous conflict. My gallant home
lay wounded and in the agonies of death.
- I threw myself on the Turkish courser, and
forced him on at his utmost speed until I
regained my squadron. The saddle was
steeped in the hlood of my foe, and mine
mingled with it. When a cessation
of hostilities permitte I the troops to re.-t for
a space from the horrors of war, 1 hastened
with tho treasure which, during tho campaign,
I had acquired, to my homo?pur
chased these fertile fields around my dwol
ling, and forgot for a season tho miseries
oi war."
The good Ludovic would hero pause. 11o (
Mill retained a lively recollection of his lost
wife; and ho could not bear to relate theeir- (
cunistanccs of hor illness and death. After
that sad OTent, his homo became hateful to j
iiim, and ho resolved again to engage in
the arduous dutios of a soldier. Tho little
Theresa was kindly adopted into the family '
of his only brother, and there after a lap^e
of soma years our good linear found his
daughter blooming in youthful beauty.
Ludovic arrived only in time to clos hi-,
brother's eye*, who, on his death bed, en J
treated him to bestow Theresa on his only (
son when thuy should have attained a prop
cr age. lirateful for hia almost parental
care of his child, aud moved by the sitna '
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 become
tho wife of Karl, provided Kail him
self desired the connection at that lime; and (
satisfied with this promise, the old m m
died in peace. j
This engagement was concealed from |
Theresa, hut it was known to Karl, who ox |
nltod in tho thought that this rich prize
would one day ho his. With low habits
ftlhl n nrmreA ' -??-n - '
vuxiuv ?win VI IUIUU, lilt' nunc.lie*
graces of Theresa had no charms for him; (
he lured her not, but ho loved the wealth ,
which one day would be hers, and which ,
ho loolted upou with a greedy eye. The
thousand soft.aod nameless feelings which -
accompany a generous passion were un- a
known to lvnrl. It was a hard task to him |
to attend, his gentle mistress; nor did he c
ever appear disposed to play the part of a H
lover, except when some other seemed it>.
clined to supply his place.
It was n rural foto given by Ludoric to y
bis neighbors nt the termination of an abun- j
(lant harvest, that Karl first chose openly to ^
. assett his right, lie had taken it for grant- j
ed that he should open the dance with The
rcsa. What, then, was his indignation, {
when, on entering the apartment w here the ^
guests were assembled, ho saw Theresa, her
slender waist encircled by the arm of a [
young hussar, and moving in the graceful
waltz.
The evident superiority of his rival, whose
well knit limbs, firm step, free and martial ?
air, formed a strong contrast to his own
clownish figure and awkward gait, only increased
his ire, nnd in violent wrath he advanced
to Theresa, insisting on his right to t
open the danco with her. Thoresa pleadcd
her engagement; he persistod; she refus
ed his request, and laughed at his anger.
lTo became violent and rude. The hussar
interfered, and tUo quarrel rose so high ai 'j
lo draw Ludovic to the spot. v
Karl, in a voico almost choked with pas- ^
nioo, laid his grievances before him. '1 herosn,
in a tone of indignation, complained to ^
her father of h'13 insolence, and appealed to
him whether sho were not at hbeily to se
lect any partner for tho dance sho thought ^
proper. j
' Von have np such liberty," tbundored
forth Karl; "you arc my betrothed wife, and j
as such belong to me alone."
Theresa cast on him a smile full of scorn
and contempt, but it faded as sho looked to ?
her father; and a palenoss overspread her t
countenance as sho inquirod, "bather, does ^
this man speak the truth?"
"Ho does, my child," was Ilie reply; and v
she dropped insensible at bis feet.
The young hussar now knelt down be r
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nua uci, piMnuiiMioijr Kissufi iier rair lore ^
head, hii'1 raining her in hi* arms, horo her j
lo an adjoining apartment, followed by I he w
father,And Karl. Theresa slowly revived.
At first shesaw no ono, and breathing adco|>
sigh, she murmured, "It was all a horrid n
il/eam;" hii anguished groan slarilod her ^
into perception and agony. She looked up
and saw her father standing before hor with (
a countenance clouded with grief; Karl ulso p
stood near with an exulting smile; and the J(,
hussar knell beside her, but his face was ^
buried in his hands. She then found it was J
no dream. She looked to hor father.
"Father, is there no hope!" v ....
"None, my honor is pledged!"
She turned to the hussar, and placed for
a moment her cold hand" on hi-; then lis- P
ing quickly, she threw hcrsolf at tho feet of
Karl! j.'
"Oh, Karl, havo mercy! I love anotlior? 'J
you do not love nt??have pity on us!" "
"Uv all the power* of heaven and hell,
you shall be mine, Theresa!" <1'
"I appeal to my father." "
"Will your father violate his promise lo d
the deadf" ol
"I will not,'"said Ludovic with solemn it
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"Then, Theresa,' exclaimed Kxrt, with I;
ieud-likc exultation, no poveron earth shall 1
avo you from being miner1 and saying thus
ie left the house.
Theresa rose from her knees and threw I
leraelf into the arms of her lover. The '
trescuce of her father was .no reslraiut ou c
ler pure tenderness. Her tears fell fast up- 1
it his countenance, but his agony was too
great for thai relief. Ludovic was deeply '
novcd. He approached thorn, and ho rein- s
o?l under what circumstances his promise *
tad been givon; hut his concluding words, 11
'that he must liold it sacred," threw them
uto a new paroxysm of grief.
"Wo must part, then, Ariibold.'^snid the ^
.veoping Theresa, "we-lonsl part?-ah! can '
ivo Mirvivo this cruel blow?"
"No," said Arnliold, "no, 1 cannot live 1
iviiliout you; let us onoo more entreat your 1
atlier to have pity on us;'" and the youth- :I
ill lovers threw themselves at his feel. ^
"Artihold," said Ludovic sternly, "thou h 1
loltlier, and ask inn to tarnish my honor!'' '
Arnliold felt the appeal; he slatted up, "
aise l the weeping Theresa, cnl off with his ^
uibre one long It ess, embraced and kissed 1
iur, placed her in the arms of her father, v
uxl tied.
I ivory passing day carried wills it some x
Kirtion of the fortitude of Theresa, as she 4
taw (lie near approach of the period which c
.vas to consign Imr to a fate so dreadful. r
I'lirce little weeks were all that lay hotwoen
icr and misery. Ludovic endeavored to *
ootlie her, bill die would not ho comforted. )
I'lvcn ha<l her aHa-clious been disengaged, *
varl would have been distasteful to her; but, ^
ivitli aflectioiis placed on another, the idea f
>f a union with him appeared insupporla- '
ile. '
"My dear chihl," would Ludovic say, in- 1
.errupting a passionate hurst of griof, "by '
what magic lias Arnliold gained irussussion '
?f your heart?"
"llo is a hussar," replied Theresa. '
There was something in this reply which 1
noted Ludovic. Ho locollectcd thai he
litnsclf had imbued llto tnind of his daugli.cr
wiih sentiments of rosjicct and esteem
"or llie character of a good soldier; and con- '
science reminded liitn that !io had too often
jxultcd in tho profession of arms over the
peaceful and unohtru.sivo occupations of ^
lie husbaiidmnn. \Va? it wonderful, tlion,
that Theresa should have emhihed sotno c
tiling of this spirit, or that she should have ^
fielded her licait to one wlio possessed comigc
to defend her, and tenderness to soothe
bor under tlio uHlirlions of life? Arnhold '
I well near llioin, ho had boon (ho oarly (
playmate of Theresa, ami together I hey had
jfion wiill glowing chocks and sparkling J
vo.?, listened lo the warlike exploits which
.ho good Ludovic delighted lo narrate to j
.hem; and to those conversations inav he
ittrihuled the passionate desire of Arnhold (
.0 adopt the profession of arms. A ecus ^
oined to see them play togotnT as cliillion,
and liking the society of the generous -j
iml spirited boy, Ludovic forgot tho danger, (
when their childhood passed away, of their j
itleclions assuming a totally different char- ^
icter. It was so, Ludovic now saw, with ^
loep grief, that his daughter was uualtcfn- ^
bly attached to the youthful soldier.
If Theresa was unhappy, her father was |
carcoly less so. lie blamed his own im
prudenco; and on contrasting the characters {|
:>f the two youths, a violent conflict between -j
bis feelings and his duty arose in his breast; ()
but the stern honor <>f tho soldier triumph- j,
2J, and ho deemed himself boun j to com^leto
the sacrifice. Unable, however, to en- |
Jure the sight of her griof, ho carried lior '
.o tho abode of a youthful female friend.
>\ lio formerly resided near lliern, but on lior jt
nairingo bad removed to n villago about
.ixty miles from (lie dwelling of Ludovic.
I'ixcrc lie loft Theresa, aftor receiving her rJ
loleran protniso that she would return with (.
tim the day before that on which she should j'
totnploLc her eighteenth year. "Father,"
laid she with streaming eyos, "I have never y
icceived you. If I live, I will return; but p
lo not grieve too deeply should my heart IT
jroak in this foarful struggle." Tho old ^
iu<sar dashed away a tear which strayed
lown his scarred and sun-burnt cheek, cm ^
rincod his child and departed. Cl
Tiino wore gradually away, and at last j
ho day arrived which was to seal Theresa's v
ate. It found lior in a stato of tor pi 1 des- u
>air. Exhausted by nor previous struggles,
dl feeling seemed to he dead, but her mind ,
vas awakened to new suffering. A friend tj
trrived to conduct ber to her father. Tho
jood Ludovic apparently lay on the bed of ;i
leatli, and with breathless impatience 'J'her j
usa pursued her journoy.
On her arrival, her father's sick room _
vas not solitary. The detested Karl was bj
here, and there, too, was the youthful bus- ?
ar' p
"My child," said Ludovic, "my days are
lumbered; my fate must Soon be decided, .]
ind, alas! yours also. To my dying brother r.
solemnly promised that on this day i f
vould offer you to his son for his bride. t)|
iVithoui fulfilling my engagement, I could
lot die ill peace?even the grave would af {j
ord no rest. Can you sacrifice yourselffui .j
ny future repose.
"1 can ? 1 will," cried the unfortunate p
Theresa, sinking on.hor knees, "so help me (|
leaveu."
"Heaven will bless a dutiful child!" said
uidovic with fervor. "Karl, draw near." i
Karl obeyed?Theresa shuddered. U]
"j'hat, llOWCVCr." ColltintluJ Llldovic
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which I l-?ok upon a* my grcalo.it earthly
rt'MMire, I giro jou with my daughter.
'ou, Kurt, bolievo mc to have some viilutcs.
Uas! ala*! you know not the secret siin
rhicli have aulliod my life---the rapine the
lurdur?hut enough of thi*. I have con- J '
U??od to toy ghostly fathor, ami have oh (J|
lined absolution for tho dark catalogue, .
ut on the cyqdition that I leave nil my (l
ealth to (he church an an atonement for |
?y transgressions. I cottjd not forget I ^
'as n hither - I pleaded the destituto slato |((
f my child; I implorod, 1 onlrealcd. At
nigth I wrung for the pious father his con'ml
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v mm J oii'/iilU HIV HrOJllCSl lltMH"
re fur inj Thoro<a. I choso my raddle. j
!eop it, dear child, in remembrance of an j
flcctionnlo father. And you, Karl, are you ()|!
itfofied to relinquish worldly guodsforiny t||
miI'h health? Areyou content to lake my j.>(
atighter with thjs portion]" I (|
nFfifiT!n exclaimed Kail, "doting idiot! a
ow dare you purchase exemption from i
nnidimenl at my expoiifioJ Vour wealth lh
mine?your possesions should ho the li(l
oriion of my hiide. I wili roclaim ilium eo
oin thofto arnricious monks and loar lliom j?
om the altar!"' ,T-,
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"Vou cannot?you dare not!" replied Lu do
uric, raising his voico in angei; "my agree- ?
tout with your father had reference l<? my lh
aoghtcr only?my wealth formed no part nci
F it.'.' . th<
"Driveller?dotard!" vociferated Karl? un
ihink you that ' will accept of a portion | set
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ess bride! you must seolfsomo other for jour
impose?1 renounce her."
"Giro her to mo, father," cried Aruhold;
I swear to cherish and protect her while
ifo is in my body! Give her to me, dear
atbor; aud when she shall be the loved wife
f my bosom, I will live for her??-ny, nnd
lie for her!"
Karl laughed in tuockery. "You value
ifo hut lightly,1" mid ho, "when you talk of
Aciificing ii for a woman; I never kvew one
vorlh tho trouble of winning, uud leant of
ill Thore&a."
Tho youug hussar laid his hand on his
abrc. Theresa throw herself between them.
U the same moment Ludovic spraug from
lis couch?tore tho covering from his head
?snatched his saddle from tho wail where
t hung?seized the sabre?with one stroke
aid it upon, and a stroaru of golden bezinti,
oriental pearls, nnd sparkling jewels
ell on the earth. Wretch! worml vile clod
>f the earth! art thou not justly punished!
fence, reptile! lly beforo I forgot that thou
rt of my blood!" Ludovic raised his sa> j
>ro. and tho dastardly Kurl fled, without
Inring to givo ulterauco to tho imprecation
vhich hung ou his colprloss lips.
Trampling undor foot tho costly jewels
vhioli lay strewed arouud, Thoresa ruslrd
forward aud oiubrncod hof father, oxburning,
"is this a dream? are you indoed
chlv>red to mo? can this bliss be real!"
Forgive mo, my child," oxclaimod Ludo
'ic, "the pain .1 bavo boon obliged to givo
our gentle heart. My effort to inako that
vrotch resign his claim to your hand has
>eon successful. Cirudgo not that a part of
>ur htoro has been appropriated to tbo Holy
Church; not to purcha-w tho forgiveness of
ho wins 1 enumerated, and of which, thnuk
lemon, I am guiltless, but to bo the blessed
iieans of saving yon from a misorablo futo.
\ncol down, my cliildrou?ay, support her,
\rnliold?lay her innocent head upon your
losom, and roceivo Llio fervent boncdiction
>f an old hussar."
[Frosn tlie \Viii>) or?Itrsatif ]
Kiuui.way, S. C., Oct., 1857
tl.r J.trml.vr* /J...
nowii 0111 with a large shovel plough, one
irrow, and lliov woro "laid by,' unking
10 cultivation five furrows to the row and
so hocings.
I first tried the cane, sshen it was just
[ ginning to bead?made one quart otsyr|>
to 18 quarts of juice. 'id. When ttio
tno had beaded out, hut still perfectly
recti?made 1 to 10. 3d. When tinjft.U
or panicles bad become dark, and tho
ed on the upper part fully formed?made
to 0. 4 th. When tint seed on the lower
til. of the bead or piuicle bad matured,
o., iirm and had ontiroly passed from the
ilk to the d.iiif?li ?/.l.~ ? --- *>..
p.. .miv ^UIU Oil II1C
>j?or pur! of the panicle, matures souie
mo before thoso on the l?>wer pmt) made
lo 0 12. 1 think, for syrup purposes,
o ciino should l?c cut at this ngo, as the
wer joints at this stage begin 'o lose
cir sweetness. From 1-10 of an acre, tirs!
inr'a new ground, r.dgo land, made f? gal
ns syrup?y icld of syrup to juice J to (i
2. From 1 4 of an aero?old land -rod
ly?that would probably have made It)
12 bushels of com to the acre, no ma
ire?made 29 1-4 gallons, to 0 1 2.
oiii 7 8 of an acio of thin gravelly g/ay
ud -manured wnuld have made perhaps
husheU of corn made Go gallons syrup,
to G. From red clay laud, I got in one
stance I to .V From low land on branch
atom -measured by a surveyor, with
mpass and chain, 2 A. 1 1*. 25 I*.?ex
e?>sed 2420 gallons juice, tnado 920 1-2 I
lions syrup?yield 1 to 7 1 2. The fodr
stripped from the above mentioned oanu 1
'Weighed, aft i having been exposed to i
j sun tlneo days, 1192 pounds to the 1
re. l h seed, after having boon cut fi mii
a panicles ??r stalks two weeks, meased
out 40 bushels to the aero, and the <
id weighed 12 pounds t<> the bushel. '
* ^ I^v^v/bro "l l?c M' U f flllU StyrtCliltUrat
Society.
(ifclNTI.KMUN:- As tllPHJ Rooms to bo <|iiito
in interest taken in our District in tlio do
olopinctita of the [>ropertios of the Uoletis
iacharatus, Sorgho Sucre or Chinese Sugar
Jane, as 1'reMrlcnt of your Society, I take
lie privilege of addressing to you this coin
nunicalion, containing a synopsis of theretilts
of a series of experiments tnndo by mo
liis fall, with this recently imported plant,
did as it is probable that it will for the funic
prove to bo a useful auxiliary in the
conomy of a plantation, it may not bo unnlcresting
to give such facta counocted
rith the history of its first introduction inn
Europe atid this country, as are to be
jund in a work entitled, "Sorgho and Imilice,
or the Sugar Canes," by II. S. Oloott.
lie author informs us that it was first inroduced
into Franco in 1851, by tlio Count
0 Montigny, the then consul of France at
ihnngni, China?who Bent with other
scds and plants a few seeds uuder the
10 namo of "The Sugar Cane of the North
f China" to the Geographical Society of
'aris; of tlicso only one seed germinated,
nd the seed from this one plant were dis
ributed by the Agricultural Cornice of
oulon, and the second year after, M. Vnl
lorin, the distinguished Agriculturist of
'ranee, purchased eight hundred seed fur
s many francs?and froin him Mr. J. I >,
Irowno, Agent of the Patent (?lTice, obtain j
J the seed which were distributed through
lit the fTiitcd States from that office
1 1855.
Mr. \Vray, a sugar plantor from Calcut
i, introduced, at the same time, into F.u)pe,
from Natal, Africa, the seed ?>f a plant
died by the natives Impbec or sweet reed,
his is represented to he a much licher
ar yielding cane than the Sorgho. Mr.
v ray?as I am informed--lias grown thempheo
in our State this year. I'.oth Sor
ho and Imphee yield very profitable re !
irns of Alcohol and syrup, and under peiliar
methods of treatment?patented by
Ir. Wray?tiro juice yiolda a beautiful
rystalized sugar. From the experiments
made last yoar with the Sorgho, I was
rtisficJ that it could bo made a source of
1 ucli usefulness to the planter, as a syrup
iohling and forago crop, and therefor*ivod
my seed with care, to test the praccal
properties of this plant.
1 selected ground of different ?pialilies
nd soils for trial?and as seed were scarce,
did not plant until May?at which time
was bedded up in rows threo feet apart
-the beds were opened with a narrow
rott bull tongue plough?the seed droped
cvorv 12 inches, three or four in a
laco and covered with a hoard?a hnirow
otild bo apt to misplace thu seed. When
io plants could bo distinctly seen in tbo
>w, they were "sided"?the earth thrown
din them?and thinned, with a lex*, to
nc in a hill, and when the plants had gotten
> bo 18 inchox or 2 feet high, thy earth
irown hack, and they wc-ie hoed a second
rue; and when waist high, the "middles"
rr piece of laud km manured from the I
; stable?and would have yielded, a* it has (
done for the last seven years, from 18 to 20
bushels of corn to the acre. No account
whs taken of seed and fodder that the up' .
laud made, but I suppose it would have !,fr
made one fourth as much.
My opiuion?based on tho results of I lHl
these experiments?is, tlmt the cane grown W|]
on upland is rioher in saccharine matter fro
than cane grown on bottoms?but a much j
greater quantity of syrup, seed and fodder
can be made from bottom, as the yield of ^
cane to the space is so much greater. 1 j)f
have made in all, this season, GtO gallons
of good thick syrup.
1 treated the cold juice with the Hour of
lime?one tenspoonful to fivo gallons of in*
juice?also with super carb. soda?same pro- "
poitions. I also treated the juice in the ?!1
same way?when it had been boiled V1!
awhile; both invariably mudo the syrup dark. V1
1 usod the white of eggs, bone black and (?
isinglass, and could see no boneficiul effects ^cc
from the use of either. The syrup made ne
from tho juico, treated thus with lime or so ,ls
da, would change tho color of Litmus pa- ?ei
per nearly as much as that made from 1,0
juice treated with neither?sugar house sy- "
rup?Florida syrup, New Orleans and W. I. tt '
molasses, will chance tlicc oloi of Litmus 110
un
paper inQro or lesa.
I therefore prefer defecating or purifying
the juice by heat alone, without tho aid of
either alkali or albuminous substances?aud
tho syrup thus made i9 clearer than Stew- ,lc
art's sugar house syrup, aud is tho color of w<
thick honey.
The juice from cane grown on upland, at ?S1
a temperature 78 deg. Farnht., forced the va
succbarorneter up to 15?the jnice* from low I*h
land cane only to 14 deg. Tlio sacclmro- th1
meter usod was one made by llullock 110
Cionahaw, Philadelphia, and graduated from lb'
0 deg. to 00 deg. I have been iutormed w>
by a gontlcnmn from Florida, thut the sac- sin
charompter rites to only 0 deg. in the juice
of Louisiana cano, 10 iu Florida, and 12 in ,r<Cuban.
And the juice, of the Florida caue lh'
requires 0 gallons to make one of syrup. lftl
In making tho syrup, 1 strained the juice ov
through a blanket, and whon in the kettle "h
applied a gentle beat to make the scum
riso so as to be' kitnmed off?it must be
porinittcd to boil until Jufecatiou or puritl- an
cation Iiuh been arcomplisbcd?as soon as sb
this lias been attained, boil us rapidly as co
possible until done 'I be time f >r rcinov- thi
ing it from tho ketlio, is when it i-. of the toi
color of boiling sugar candy?and emits a tit
puffing bubble?but fuo knowledge of the ho
proper time for taking it off can be v"~ck an
more easily learnt than de-ciibetf. aftd tb
must b? acquired by experimenting with do
small quantities befoio commenting opera ah
linns regularly. The longer the juice b to
boiled, the thicker will be the syrup. 1 X"
roado from 40 to 50 gallons per day. tb
1 used a cast iron tuiii, ?.t" the vertical i u
rollers, purchased of Wni. (daze, Pulinello ic
Works, Columbia, f>r #75; two Kettles. with ap
the capacity ot 120 gallons, purchased o' is
Messrs. Fisher & Agrtew, Columbia, for co
?42 each. A null with three roller* b ve
much bolter, as it pre-s?-> iito cane much th
more thoroughly. I am confident I d'd th
not got moie than t O'.hs ?.f the iuico from fui
the cane. co
I kept lliree negro men unJ three boys. w>
10 or 1'J years old, employed about the mill ev
and boilers, and used two m to work tin
the mill. 1 CMiMiin.td in it.ak uie 020
gallons syrup seven cords of pit # wood,
and one pint of oil about the mill. ,<tl
Il.rgs ar? food of Uio seed, and r at the (j(1
b;.g:i<soit ou: that b ?- In n press. .I through t.t,
too mill with considerable rcl.dr? mine
thrive on :t. lloi?e* eat hotlr the fo.ldei ;s
and seed. I feed mv ninh an 1 hor?e- i i lc)
a Meek on 11, an : can discover no injur; <u , v
or deleterioi.N ?.;i c'- lueiafi.'iu. jj1(
llopiug that tb s parte ui ?y l?* of -??tr , al
us. t.- those who tuay wish to | util l:i?
cane arid mak. -t up tl ? n?n?tr r > * o,
1 icinain, gentlemen, .cry re jHsctfuliy, ,:n
your obedient servant, sl>l
IIKN'KY C. l>AVlh. pri
1 should think the proper tiiuo f?r plant ;u|
ing is laic in March <u early in Ap'd, >o a- (Jl
to commence making ?y nip just after the cX
crops are "laid by" and before cot' n pick co,
ing commences. My cane this year was ae,
not ready until about lUlh September. ,o(
Mannkus is tiiv: Miiidle Aats.? liude dri
were the manners then: man aud wife ate po
011 the same trencher; au.l a few woodt-n f.n
| handled knives, with blade of rugged iron, un
were a luxury for the great; candles un- wi
known. A servant girl held a torch at sup- alt
per; one, or at most too, mugs of coarse mj
brow n ear (Ironware formed all tho dunking wi
apparatus in a iiou-e. Itich gentlemen TL
woro clothes of unlined leather. Ordinary an
persons scarcely over touched llosh meat. >o
Nuhlc mansions drunk little or no wine in bit
summer?a little corn seemed wealth. Wo- tli<
man had trivial lOariiage-portions?even pjt
ladies dre-scd extremely plain. The chief crc
part of a family's expense was what the uit
males spent in arms and n, ?>.-> ?>t"!
? ? v? I uu
which, however, were either very good or | spi
very showy; and grandcea had to lay out j 0y]
money on their lofty towers. In dante's i ha
comparatively polished limes, luuies begun ! vai
to paint their cheeks by way of finery, go- ( *to
ing to the theatre, and to use le*s assiduity , |'4l
in spinning and pi} log thoir distaff. | bu
[ History of the Order of St. John. J .,ft
Q? itu a Cow, and "Somk" Pios.?The (see
Salem tiazctte tells tin: following: "A friend frit
informs lis that there is a cow pastured in Ag
the vicinity of Hrulgo slicet, that will elevate
her head into a pear tree until her nej
horns arc entangled in the branches, shake tur
till the fruit falls, and then deliberately un- Ion
fasten herself and eat the poars from the pre
ground. He state* that he saw the opera- of I
tion performed noatly a dozen times a few car
days since. Several years ago our attention fail
was called to a similar performance by two ho <
pigs, in whose stv a worthless^ plum tree wcl
grew. < hie or the othei of these animals tivt
would take tho sleuder trunk in his mouth uil
ami shake, and then listen to hear if a nlum llv.
- * i ;
foil, and when that result whs accomplinhoJ, I
would make n tumultuous scramble for the :
fruit. This t utor sight we saw personally.''
uiei
The Now bury port Herald tells die follow w
mg post ollice anecdote: . wj(|
A rap at the dclirery. : t|j|(
J'ostmaMer -Well, my lad. what will you ^
. sine
Hoy?Hero * a letter, hhe wants it to | for
n'ong as fa?t as it can, cause there's a .
feller wants t ? liavo her here, and s',e
['ourtcj l>v another feller what aint lucre,
tnd she wants to Ltiow whether he's going 1
lo have her or not. Coo
Woman The list aed best of fill series. Not
If wo may have he for a toast, we won't vers
vk for any hut her. will
BMMHnMBOMMI
Work for the Month. ,
Sweet Potatoes.?Ibis crop should be j
used towards the close of this month, j
ere is nn old notion prevalent among ,
tutors, of Indian origin, we suppose, that
ost should kill the vines first." It is im- ,
iterial in wbnt way you put up your po- t
oes; you have no guarantee that they j
II keep sound, if the viues be killed by (
st before you dig them. Frost, sufficient- (
bard to kill the vines, will freeze the aure
of the earth to a sufficient depth to t
ill and seriously injure many of the rjots. ;
> uot dolay digging beyond the 20tli iu ,
s latitude.
Sweet Potato Vines ab IIat.?It is re- 1
irknblo that planters will allow their po- \
o vines to be killed by frost, to the seris
injury of llio root, and total loss of the <
ics, previous to gathering, And yet they 1
11 spond time in saving pea vines thai are j
no growing and partially dry, and fodder
>rn blades) after the corn is mature; |
itlier or both together are worth as much
tbo potato vino for stock food by 25 per |
at. On tho 20th of thin month, and ear- |
r, in proportion as you go northward iu
9 cotton region, tho potatoo vino is in a (
late of luxuriant growth, having shed t
no of its leaves, full of saccharine matter (
d starch. They may bo gathered with
eat rapidity, and easily cured, as there is i
rely rain about tbo 20th of October. '
lore is no forage in the class of hays, for i
ick-cattlo and mules, to l>e compared to
ill-cured sweet potato vinos.
Stock.?Tho slock of the plantation, and <
socially your porkers, uud those of every
rioty intended for exhibition nt our State
iir, should ho receiving extra attention
is month. Kvory facilitv afforded them
w for putting on fat will . n! rreatlv i<?
? P V ""
air comfoit and well-doing through the
ntcr. Tho stock, both cattle and hot;*, i
ould bo allowed to glean tbo corn fields
,er gathering?tlioj receive much benefit
>m it; in and during this mouth, before
a rains and frost commence, they do the
id uo injury by gleaning and walkiug
er the land iu dry weather, but tliuy >
ould bo kopt off the fields iu rainy i
lather. >
Cotton Hekd.?You are now ginning,
d your cotton seed intended for manuro
ould he kept from tho weather anil under
ver. Iu no item of the same value does
e plantatii n lose so uuich at in its cota
seed intended for manure, ebich are
rown in heaps ->gain-t ?!i?- -i 1 e ut the gin
use. to lit through tho winter, decaying
d exposed to the .sun. wind and rain, iu
is condition, a heap ?>i '..on mm- I lose
t to 50 per rent o( . ai>> i?" 4tie . '
i of Fehrua's- \Yc -.'1 , . t ittyu.: .
ll.is subj-M-t aga in rViT r< >) ">rt
t Junoarv yriicti \n i, - fuoj |
e subject oi iippUmg ,.?n i*
ire li?r bt h i >' : ltie.t U,
IU ' *'at-?. '! . ?s im:i . ' iu:? p>-is? .
pear paradox at at t > , us no h'tig
properly f -.! i< * ' ?> in it-, uudec-nyed
ii'liliou; vet onr experience rf several
ars has prove.I cine', i- - iv oat Mich i?
e solubility i f cotton 1 that pu. into
o ground iu J nuft'v or February. thes
inish fir .1 t? ; the v irg plant, either
in or cotton, as hdon as it a up. In this
?y none ot the valuable gases are lost by
iipor.ation, etc.. a. in ti ?? case of rotting
u wcu in ine i>tiik
WiifAr.-- The j'Cri ><} for seeding this
-s. important ci'?[> fin-. again rolled
>uii 1 We lijive of'on called lit. alien in
i?f our planting fiieii'U to ilie impor
ce ?ud eronuinv <?i raising tiicr own
lu.tl iti l.ouu, lirre at tin- Smith. Tliere
1. ciop rn ire eer';i i. <r I'oat pays a bo'.j>ef
cell t. mi !li? I a. ! : an ini?< r Hec?
to eio\> :t. \'? Mf, i |e un-.c. ?!
i1 l? ?:iv that i i* a celt u i:it*! n-?v
tine C'riij jr.tpei V lllill i^CIi t" I r- "
wit hot;. pci- .al L*x|>ei.?u?l .
cessfu! eipcnc:."d a--. 'i.?u i .
t we ptediCaiC Up in IbO frnlyA Us. s
itia! cuiiiinim-: !)e?j. plowing m i!.?
uparatioti of 'lie lanu, 11 _*li m muring
d oaily sowing In iltii way, twenty m
irtv bushels per acre ma\ b* as certainly
peeled from our land as a fai' yield of
itou. The planter that is satisfied with
ron to ten bushels per acre will very
m lose his *eed; and, like the planter
10 plants cotton from three to five buut)d
pounds per acre in continued disapinlment,
laments the uncertain and uurorable
seasons, and rails out upon the
favorable climate. Throe to tivu acres
11 produce an ample supply of wheal for
no>t any family in the country. This 1
ty be well prepared, when the produce
II be from sixty to one hundred bushels,
to true cause of failure in wheat raising
mug cotton planters consists mainly in
wing twenty to forty acres on corn stub!
annually, and that laie iti Nov umber or
> first of December, aud plow in with (
nvs irorn out in cultivating the cotton
?pl Let every planter who can corn- 1
nice now and prepare by deep aud ihorgh
plowing some three to five acres, then
uad on it 600 bushels per ncic of good
upost manure, and then if you have no
now, prepare your need wheat, a good
litty, by bnuing either with salt or bluene,
and drying with lime or plaster of \
lis, sow- the seed, one to one ana n half ; <
shoU per acre, and plow in with a scooter, i j
or which biuah it over evenly. A good | .
now supersedes the necessity of tho I ,
otor, plowing and brush. Who of our'j
>uds will try this for tho Alabama Stale j .
;ricultural Society's premiums next year; j ,
Uvi , 15ari.i v and Wheat.?If you Lave i ,
jlocted sowing citber of the above for pas- !
age through the winter, neglect it no
ger; as sown after October they will not 1
uluce pasturage worth tho trouble. Kitber
Ihcse grains sown in September or tbo i
ly part of October will produce on g?>o<l i
6oil bettor pasturage than any of tbe 1
railed " Winter Grasses(Jrass does i 1
II in summer?none belter than our na I j
5 *'C>?//> (trassor tbo "Jicrmuda" but! t
I not do to rely ou during winter. Uut! 1
c, liarK-v or Wheat will?try them.
[Soil of the South. {
1'iik Explanation.?One or twogontlo j
n recotilly conversing about the Natural 0
Ige of Virginia, icmarked that thero a
i an extraordinary incident connected v
li it, for that (Jon. Washington once v
sw a dollar completely ovor it, an j J
iwemoiil which has not beon performed j r
o. "No v ouder,'" replied his companion,
a dollar in thoso days could he luad ? to ''
i great de;.l farther than at the present "
n a countiy paper, tho marriage of a Mr. ^
>per to Mine Staves is announced. The it
ilt will probably he harrols. (Kxchanyc.) *
i so; the result will bo a lot of little Sha- ''
, and if any of them be daughters, it *]
eventuate in hoops i?
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Mil I
Idkab of WbiawV-jr^ett* woik pa
ished at Brussels ?onte*i)s,.among oth
ute resting matter, a boUfettf* of aj&orisE
>y various authors, mostly Prenob, of whir
ve append a few; ;,vv. Chamfot.?In
the choice of tlom
iroman considers more bow he apptMc
be eyes of other women then in her #f
Lovo is more pleating than matrimony, jt
m romance it more entertaining than lr
Bououkart.?If we speak ill of the ?
;euerally they will rise against oaf if we<
be same of any individual woman, th
uill all cg:c3 with us,
Chakleu Lemklsb.?Moat of their fan
women owe to ua, whilst we are indebt
o thorn for most of our better qualitiea.
Daxiel Stress.?:Moct women are ?
lowed with naturally endearing cbarn
ibat even tbeir presence is geuerelly bei
iicial.
Madame de Stake.?Love, in a wotna
life, is a history; in a man's, an episode.
Cataeart.?Only be who has nolbi
to hope from a woman is truly sincere
tier praise.
Diderot.?There exists among wouei
secret tie*, liko that among tbc priests of t
lame faith. They hate each other, yet pi
loct each others interests.
Btaiil.?No woman, even the most
Lellcctual, believes herself decidedly home
This self deception is natural, for there i
some most charming women without a pi
licle of beauty.
Qctavk Fkiillit.?Providence has i
dained the happiness of a man in but b
beings; his own mother and the mother
his children. Besides these two legitim:
kinds of love, there is nothing between t
two creatures except vain excitement, pai
fnl and idle delusion.
Alimionbe Kark.?Say of a woman tl
sho is wicked, obstinate, frivolous, but &i
that she is beautiful, and be assured lb
she will ever think kindly of you. Says
is good, kind, virtuous, sensible, but?ve
homely, aud she will nevor forgive vou
l,?. I;E I e ?? ? -
u?. ouo U43 u lureneau 01 ivory, ey
of sapphire, eye brows and Lair of ebon
cheeks of damask roses, coral lips and tec
(if pearl." Such a description, and it is f
ijueotly made, might tempt a thief, but n
an honest man.
Madame pk Maiktsnos.?Tn everythii
that women write there will be a theusai
faults aguiust grammar, but to a certain
always a charm never 10 be tound in i
I. i?er? of nuh
1 V ci/Ts.?fit cat mo rare ofiorihg* ?
f >ut. 1 .i.iii' ? ext.fn?:, among v.in.
nt?oly an th" i -|>| arid mi In.
* 1 'cira . " 1 M*?rr crcjvt'ii" n
?< II ?Hld?h p; (. wi.?> *t t
? ?*% *
.i.sDA IK c?it \ i?orr??M 1
lr * !.? fi-cl*, .:iil l.r* r*V/>t t
iovi
J J. iiofi t.VL. M.'n c;.i better phi;
<>j -n tlie uoinane heart, Vint woto
c n '?:id u. bv.ier.
Mil ifKi '.r. ? It is a universal rule, wbi<
us tar ar I know, l.?i, no exception, tl
great rueu always rcMmbie their met he
who impress their mental and phyaii
mark upon their sou*.
A 'i'UKATRtCAL. CoMUKTEMl'S. A IDO
drama was some few years since played
a certain theatre, the chief actor in wki
had made himself, from his haughty a
overbearing conduct, disliked by one h
all In the last scene he was supposed
ri-it the toinhs of his ancestors, lu t
centre >t the stage, upon n marble pedes!
stood tlie statu** of ln? father. A lien
folu of v covetfJ the figure. Kn
Alfxtit?"1 tito Rgiin," lie -avs "to g.
on *n wnich ".I lifr w? oil
?r:?-e</ n*?*n .j. vf'? f ndor^vt aih-ci*
I*.. i r. i'?\ ninu n' j? vo*? iiO\t Cutties
l?i ".ie * .! r;?? hi. Lot n,e rr:n??ve t
?* ' Jui- ;n i ? H.'/a g.i*.- uir lUt
... *.| iiiiiji; ! l ? *l< C fh*ar p.v ?M... ' <
Wi*nt Hi' dfaperj , itui I*.-hold! ilia fit!
Ail /ifi?(/."1 'i he elle-'t cab
be ?h-scrtbed. it wn? ilectiic I ha shot
?*i laughter which followed the mistai't
the M*Mit.-.iue? ettectunllv put an end to t
scene, wuich changed to the next iu? qui
as povsible, amid tliebravos of the audien
the anger of the manager, and the uuco
trollable rage of the actor.
The Irish peasant's pig repays ibe kit
attentions of tho family by an afVeetioni
attachment. A gentleman who lately e
toiod a cottage after the hours of wo
were over, fouud the master of the hoi
walking briskly up and down in the rn
of tho se'tingBun, followed by an unwiel
pig, which turned with him as be paced
and fro. An inquiry elicited tho followii
1 ?plv, given with the quiet earnestness o
tuan who feels that he is simply porformii
cue of his daily dulie?, without a lltoug
of its being in any way a singular oi
'\Suie, v r honor, and the craytor doesi
hare his health without the exercise; a
. isn't all alone by himself that ho w
take bis walk and he's grown loo proud
walk with tho childer now.''
Agnes Amelia saw her grandmother pt
niij; u (micoi 01 metier nuuciiM in a sat<
much-box. "Damma, bow doca l>od sei
lbo matches way down bore from hearer
"Why, child, God doesn't send them frc
heaven?tbcy uro made here by peop
and not by God in heaven." "O, uo, Dai
ma, they nre made by Dot'; I hoard A
'ones say to Aunt Sally, last night, in l
parlor, Mot's tnako a match, Miss Sally,' ai
iur.l said, O, no! matches are made in h<
vcn.'"
Mrssrt. Eiliturn: Stop my paper, as> it is ine(
rcnieut t?? get it from tliu I'osl Office; besides, it dt
rot come regularly. Your*, truly, deo.,
".Stop my paper!" What right have you to c
t your pupor until you have paid for itT You ha
veil ;? subscriber ever since wo commenced t
>u!.!ic\ition of the Lnquircr, und nolwilh*t&nd>
rou have paid "nary r?<f' on your subscription, y
lave the bold rffroncry to call it yonr paper! V
iad nt k a"t supposed it w:ls ours until it was paid f<
it e ure at a loss which to admiro most, the ci
mpudtnou wub which you order us to stop your j
>er, or the more than niggardly meanness, rablim
i d to infinitude in the crucible of a wicked nnd v
on..us heart, in stopping the pupor without payu
lie price of the subscription. I1 we had anythii
n which to hung a hope, tiiat we could make y.
u honest man, wo would "without money ai
rilluml piieel' rsoiinso our weekly visits; but thr
ears' experience proves tlint they have been treoi
ndred 111 accomplishing such n purpose We ma
liere ore, give you over to hardoc* of heart nt
i probacy of mind.
In parting w.th yon, on it is uati.rai for monnne
i w ant synputli ,, w n?? :iii >n the fact, that we h.v
few nii>rr, t1 u, h ?wi v fe>, of "the anw s?r?,
Ye hare one request to make, or rather son
'huJoser.j advice to impart, shoald yoorcuuvcieuo
t tnv time uwuke;.ed, gwuu you with its saorpit
l<ng t i v rv ol I-. .?i. sty, m.i you seek t rv'.iet
? bur !cn, give the small amount you owe us
>nie Missionary or Hibie Cause, aud tbis or
roiee worthy action will cover a multitude of sin
ud perhaps ssvo others the pa n and anguish tin
ura to overtake the perpetrators of wrong an
tjasties.?Yo.dbnWs E%quirtr
' I v
^ ^ ^ ^ *"* #
0? Hw?Ctt! Wrt >ce?iTil *1 lillWII |y
1st- 1 "** -. // '. y- ., 4*
U-: They are not: rpeom?
mended at --.Universal
% Cure-alls, but simply for
what their name pur a
ports.
n The Vumifugi, for
expelling Worms from
^ human system, has ^
also been administered
15 with the most satisfactory ,
ia results to various animals
? subject to Worths.
ro. ?r
The Liver Pills, For.
'? the cure of Liver Com?
plaint, all Bilious Dirangements,
slck HEAD- * .
>r _
*o ACHE, &C.
ue Purchasers will pleas#
** be particular to ask for '
t Dr.' C. McLane's Ccleid
brated Vermifuge and
u Liver Pills, prepared bjr
th SC>LE proprietors, Pittsr?
burgh, Pa., and take no f
other, as there are various
uS 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 McLane's
fa Vermifuge and Liver
u Pills can now be had at
>?t- all respectable Drug
exi Stores.
FLEMING- BRO S, ^
lo 60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sole Proprietor*
SCOVIL & MBRD. New Orl.?w, General
\V luJoals Agents for the South, to ebi'iu nil or"
this mint We mldrcwcd.
:<y SOLD BY * ?
ho FISHER A, HKINlTSIt, Sportnnbnrf,S?>. Cn.
>*} 1?KAN A GOODGION. 44 " "
\ TGU.ESON, M " " '
> K Kia rCH.Grx my ills. " "
lcr KEENAN A NORRIS, rnionville, ? 44
tz* ,n>I?v M 1I?"NRY, Luoeenseille. 4 44
?? K IT.ATT 44 r.
1 ; O l';, Vokr r. .. (
? v.*. iiXr.ros A go . r t -ft.-hm 7?c. .
' ' May ~ "
It'- .
>,o Ripers' LiVer wortf1 & Tax
W or t ;i?. roHiM.KTU rrr.R r^cucoitn.? ci D'
*'r IS rlArkNXA, asthma, ruONflll J*. >?Ti ",l
JISG ot" blood, * ali.01t1i r lono cbjt'
tjla i'laintp i kttjbm"* jo oon&l mi'UOJv.
w s ?i h ? 3 H 'i 'i * \,
i'k This preparation is petting into use nil oeer <n?
e?. couutT) . Tlie iinnieroo* letters w?? receive trom
n our various agents, infotming us of cures effected
in tlteir immediate neighborhoods, warrant us iu
saving it is one of the best. If not tlie very best
aj Coo ,'h Medicine now before the pub!.C. It alms* 4
invariably relieves,and not unji eyuently cures tlie
l'e rery worst cases. NY hen nil other Cough prepnra>n
tionshave failed, tins lins relieved the patient, as
irk Drujjgi.iie, dealers in Mediriim, Slid I'htsieisns,
IS? c"" A?k the Apent in )<>ur nenrest town,
what has been his experience of the effects ol this
's medicine, fi he has been selling it for any Isngih
^T of time he will tell yc.o .V
to IT IS THE REST MEDICINE EYTAST.
ng JI< !o\v we give a ft w rtlraMn tuowT'letters w#
p linve received-lately regarding the virtu.* of this
medicine.
r,S I ?i-. S. S. < Mill, of Know i!le, Gn , says: I bars
Ut liren using your Ijieeiworl and Tur very extents',
sirely in my practice for three yews past, and
u*( 11 is trifh pleasure I state vnj belief in its srrE.
. kiokitv omr all dth?i artich s irith it lark I
atn acifuaruled,Jar irkirh it it rccoinrurndedV
Messrs. Fitr.gefnhl A licslterf. writ'rg from
to Wayncsville, N. C. rrty: "The I.ixervorl and
Tar is becoming daily wore popular in this Country,
and wt think justly so. All who hart triad
It it speak in commendable terms of it, at d cay it
,^T is m y beneficial in itllerialing the complaints/ >
which it it recommended." ?
jm Messrs. F'itnccrsld & Rentiers, writing from
' Waynesville, N. C.. say: The I.trerteorl and
>,n Tar is becoming tlaily utoie popular in this Ctun
!e, try, and we tiiink justly so. All who ass# "r
m. li ied it speak in commendable terms of it, and
j(. say it it very beneficial in alleviating the cuss*
I ^ plaints for which 11 is recommended
? our Agent in Pickens District, S. C., Mr. S.
ad rv. McFiilL nMures us "that he tints it with great
ia- benefit in Ws ow u firmly, and recommends it to hie
neighbors." lie gives an instance of a Negro woman,
in hii? vicinity, who had be< n unfit-ring with
,n- disease of the Lnrigt for ycxn, attended with set
yes v?re cough, who was relieved by tho Liverwor f
aud Tar.
Such are the good report* we hear of this Midi
all cine from all parts of the South. For a report ef
vt< the surprising cures it has performed in the West
he ern and Northern and Eastern States, we would
nj? invite tho seflering patient to rend the pamphlet
ou which accompanies each bottle. To ell we any,
V'e hare hope, hare hspe.' 6r:
TRY THE MEDICINE!!
2 BEWARlEDn Si: a 9 Oil
?- Beware of Counterfeits and Base
i?K imitations! g
>g The genuine article is signed Andrkw Rsgess I
an the cngrev^d w t jnd each bottle. I
id 1'ricc f I per bottle, or six bottles for fo. Seid I
oe wh'-tcsnleami retail bv 8COV11. & MEAD. ?
to I ?.ni i " ru?.~ -
m Uouti nn<1 St. Loo'?,N.O. ^
| Solk Aii'sr* lot the Southkr* Statcr, t* * ?
>J 1 nliom all I'r.lern and applioatious for Ag*n?i?? |
W A?l?lr? *?i J. jf* ?
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