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"W* whIz cling u thw Pillat of sbo Tempi. of *up Llbemik., ma" if R4s al ewnpe~ UMteRj VOIAJIIE VIO lEtfffiX& 3oit Uo S,%. 7., QtWub ~, 184A. N. EDjGEIFIELD ADVERTISER, W. F. DU RISOE, PROPRIETOR. - -TERMS. Three Dollars per- annpm, If paid in adeance-.Three Dollars and Fily Cents if not paid- before' the expiration, of Six Months'frnm the date of Subscription and Four Dollars ifnot paid within tiwelve rontbs. Subscribers ont of the'State are to pay in advance. cription received ror less than o , and no paper discontinued until all art rags are paid. except at the op tion of-the Publisher. LAil'subscription4 will he continued un. Is otherwise ordered before the expira tion ofthe year. Any person procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsible for the some, shall receive the sixth copy g-rats. Advertisernents conspicuously inserted ai 621 tents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertin.a, and 431 cts. for each continuance: Those published monthly. or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each insertion. Advertisements not haviui the number of insertion" marked on them, will be continued until ordered ont, and charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attended to. sittMces FOUR AUTUMNAL SONNETS: No. i. OTiHOOD THOIUOTS. Season of ripening frits and rnstling grain, 0 Melodious Autumn, with thy birds and ltees. 1 Bright lingering flowers and clesnut laden trees' Thou cnnjurest careless boa bond back agaltn: r Met pleasant 'tis, when all the woods are still. c And bs the blackbird hymns the Evening Star, Whose-gMed-eireht genw he South ag yor.boib I sdbieao~ in~crawl the wayside hedge? arounid -Ir And pe ath prickly leaveo rire berttie red jjark,.se free wind with beecl-nut-4 strewi the' atunnd t3 y answer not, the vanished, and the dead! I h NO. II. YOUTHFUL MlEX0tis- ( a Yes! 'tis the gill% Bower that blossos herc its ierfune wafts mie to the mellow eves, l When Love unfolded hiis celestial sphere, Making earth paradise.-till nmenory weaves C Enchantinciat round the Aomo where. by the r tower Tinne.worns, and rent. and ivy overgrowi. I lingered 'neath the elin for Beauty'% flower. And pres-ed the yielding -oft haud ila any own. 'Twas life's bright esence-blss. Lly m bha-k.. Enrobing valley and wo<',,andhioreiadthi'nrhul It May haive been :n ignis faitnus glemin, Yet is its light redected taack it mi-t. And though such blouom nu promnined fruit hath brought, We guem what Eden may be by such dream. No. lIt. MATURE REALITIEs. How beautiful the sun-et-yet how ad ! That crimseon light which overf.,ods the grove. 'Tinging the vales below, the chauds above, And roack anad rill, and rut' ivy-c.lad. Seemshke fnraml sunbaulihark ! the crow Willi a loue screawngas s fa.r irrland way And to the faeld. benenith yonta toutnttans brow, The partridge thus, a: the calm close day Pipes in her sentter'd brood-a tone of yore! Life is allusiont else 'my heart had borne.. The feelings at this nomnent. which it bore In youth's warmt noon, and bayhuood's cloudlems morn; Care's scythe the flowers of Joy's demesne lhath shorn. And Sorrow' wavesbeat hollow routnd her shore. aEoRETs AND ANTICIPATIONS. Ripe-dropping rruits, shot a fields, and cloudy skies, Te tell us that the year is on the wane, That silenat Timne irrevocably. flies, And that the past niever comae" back again Fix not Hope's anchor in the. aads of Earth., For tiorrow's storms shall dasha thy hark afiar Over the howling aint, which shows no star. Nougbt, save black clouds, and desolation's - dearth Tears britg not back the dead: deaf is the ear - Ofstubborn fae, he humble, ho resign'd, And-*ith unwavering heart thme issue wait ; So F'aith will lead thee through Death's -vale oar fear. And, entering with thmes :he eternal gate, Bid the free spirit all true pheaansee find. Tobacco is a tnarctic poisoton and by its action upon the ner'ves andisto;ach, i, de stroys the appaetitw, prevents the perfect dieston of febec food, creates an unnatural thirst, and renders Ibe intdividhuni nwho uses it nervous andi othcrwise diseased-Thoaap 1eniarn Reorder From the Plough Boy. REMARES ON IUZ NATONAL ADVASTAOES OF AB BKVILL DISTRICT. &C. Mr. Editor.-Ifm My late coinmmunication to yoar papem under-the above iend. I spoke of two enterprizes as being necessary tit a proper acility of transportation to inarket, of tihe we. tern piart of our State. One ofmthoseenterpriz. es(a rrd from Aiken to Abbeville C. U., and which I preferred.) I oegarded as Leing likely ti ciomt about twelve hundred thon-ttnd dlolinrs. I ami glow satistied. tipon enqmiirv aid a r.ough etimtmation. that the! whle cost to put the riad into complete oiperation, would not be uver. and probably uinder, even hundred thou. SaWud dollars. A- to tihe road. lhowe-ver. I shall at presient only remam k. that considering what would be it:s advattages i saving tie present rpensol and labor of waoningk produce, and keeping h oe for the saime; in giving new va. lie to eal property thriongliont rje, section to which it woitd be a covvenience; in brin;ing he market to the door of the pin'ter. amid ena tWing hin (Imy hi4 lutimmdiate o utinand over theI imarket. nid the fcilrties of tratisportation. and herelby cittiig oifltie series of profit, made by :initine'.ial speci.tor-c uponmi the prodctiions of tiA iumidt.ry.) to olain.t readyand hizlber price! ror all his punhictimi, and pmionrinlg his sup piet at a cheaper io-It nd better quality: in rivin:: ni ine d to thmre acti ve levelopemne of Agricut.url resiource,.undto nore sulbstatitatl invet inenrt ntid itmprovements. told that. comtevidri.ig al-io. that the imoney ne epenry :o its being carried inito operation cold o t aiel f1romi. utid wiild tie (:I greater portioni f it) c2pcnddf in the section ofeonntry tiarough rhich it would p-t-im. I hope. that ere long. ion iedi-trly upon the restoratiin of a tmund and et ample enrrency. aidt of the pro-perity of mc otuntry, it will be coimenced and activelv eni jupleted, and dhmt South Caroihna will-exhibit a her western portion. a egeme of A::ricultiral I old itertal luiproiveincnt, cuiimuensurate with 11 ia satural admcs naitagcs. - II Bltt. .Mr. l'dmtm.r, I wi'l now coime to time o -Ct of this contnnniiintionim li oi-crviig the rius subj.It.. or heads. pronpoed to be- cogn. idered hy the ddifflremt A- rictilmal Socieie.I I this State. I ltur e been soirytieid to see that te mj.-etofhealth has not been sig:e-ted. It wen< ;o ine. that one of time :ravest ublijectn of I ittnideration to a plaister, Whould Ie the imneam-e I r'beat cocducing to tle healthi of his fasuily and c eruvc. We hiear Of some pl.:uters rat-sing I ie c:ropq. and of tle sanite oin-iig mativ te roes, and of others being rerv mIccmesful it i iing mtiv negroe<. und lalme gomodcrops. Or rsi, in thie lnm riti, the I:iter (imr n pectllia li::lt alone) are gainmr. Every Agricniti 3I Society iabouiild snake time nmieans of ensuiringi mneral health~n matter *"a pil ' Il ithe swamjpi. br.mntiet., creeks or rivers. a? imnin tu, ve any is.fli.-nce at poli hik. pill ntmtiits.i .idenre' or in. ':hmtorhemid. As anothier. let m n ,im4e atm .daintlv in the Spring! stnd immnyer. i whitwa-in ' i negro hon-me". Sothier piare.- inl whir.. filth ciilctc. . io:ri. ltute hei cirefsi! ti ifie! il. negroe-. r;;iinlar tmiio . w',s mald keep cieim their (1 itn'. per-'t and clithmi::. t pro veit thmr C miol4ar. unid rittiug amlmii it iigi. to Ie Jtl- r rin.mil 'a to the timime and gianiilly odfteir itio. ud to give then comfirtabple plakmces amid inan sleep. nid a .utliciency of i holesine food roperly cooked. It ,-trikes ino. Mr. t'ditor. th-it it would hi- a :pital thiinmc. if the Legivdainre w4mili1 abloli.i om wuiiin hihouri of time raik :a d file. (it iigl : t:inl thn miihtia organmization, anim :d re--l:hhi' b it! brig le oI. or othie encaimpmiiient f r t. 4.h- V er.) id thirect time title thu , coimiteod, mt-did wir lalmr, tit cle-iring out .amd k'eeping e.., n% lee iei the i mar. the breanche-1. criek. and riv. r-4. ami ki-eepiig tier riad,!- . m hitter order. ' 'to e1ki.- thuit votli lie oiol itid and tie titte n. .. ie . th dilotilitioni i n:th-.. :ui the ii mbor nd prmbiemmlim. thn,..as ed. the ii. Iii'l, thi.. re.il-re tilhiale. thme -masing toie i cu - mit' d mt1.. 4 hill.. anid then 1-i1h.1ble .. e . . th- r..md. ani. tranm.miortationi. imlti in oi inm.-tc- 1dvantage ti: th' pople ite State. ishtm:di:mily aiil colpeti-elv. A ."I:Vim CARoLtIA.T. f'rumi th S. C. Temperance Advocate. :nwn~ v. iUCU TRAL~~ soct t.TT - 1Hrpmut on CLlonm~ NoJ. DYT Tilim. 3to'TriioMttY Ti mbedi,-miie,. tim %mur tiappim to ineit. I atme he mmdme iof phin:imim mmnd enhivaitmn Ciii mit, whieh I p~mnsuw, andii :h-nk tin lie diem w..t. Theii grondii is fimrin to be~ p. I mi ommmundre r. I fit hasm not been~u ini Comtimn hem prev ion, yeamr, it mhumid be1 wiell brokei It i.. thmen lidi mli'ni fullowms: inm olmland. f..e h em mt weenq* tihe r..w,, andu ini tre-ti hand I teit: the hed'i i. formed'm by thrin :ntoi currowsi wiih am tl i ser mci :hei tla-tin;:: abtft imamke, am htm.'h ridlge. The semed isi then wemlI rubbedmm iin cmom mnnarthI. nnd is pilan-m mo he'el andii too frmi 12 tom 16 inmchtm ai piart. Tme piantliing hmeel andl ti. i'm accmom m~idmhed biy mmakimng the inmresiion oun thie ridlge for the ceedl wim h thme lheel, andi cmiverinig it wiath theC foot. This mmade ofni planting~ leaves the ridlge high nmtdlsitmothi. It taikes mmeh lss eredI.unimd is, in my jsudlremnit, the besat :ind ..afest way oif piluaig a comton ermp. Whemn thnus planitedi the eitton cornmies til p trimng int hnehes. mstd thme groundim i. less broike up by the comiing tip oft thme piant. thamn ini drillinig, nmid there is imrec earth lefm ahouit the roommt. andim ther'e me. th-refomre, le-s dantger ofi its dying; omit: thme standi is alwnym better. WVhen thme cotton conies tip, I throw onet then iniddlle bhrmweeni the rows with a iswister, and that mamkes the namrrmmw planitig hedi a nine wsiide onie for the groth of the ph~smt. wih is ptrecisely in the iniddlile. The,' next buine-ta~ is himeig, andm thinini to twtm stalks in a yee, w~hiich mmpke am stmndm. The nemxt time it ik wo'rkect. I cidle it with am -~hmvel phinmgh, mm animhe it the third tm. I ..ide andli pjdughi the rows ott ad if' it is clear, it i.. nminec'essairy 'tin is the hoe. .Cml. tmn,'1 thimnk, outght to lie ptlmughed' five. time'-the lait miime shouldl he time last oif Jily or the first of Auguist. Thme hoe shmuid lmisv the two last ploughings, sit tis to havise it perfe'ctly clemir when Imail hy. If the cot tout is welt groswn, antd the sea on is a good one,!i prefer opping it f'mrom the 10th to the 20th of August. if it is no seasonable do unt top. The-cotton crop should be gatheied it speedily as possible; to leave cotton in th field after Christmas is to sustain a heav loss in both quantity- and quality. Afie that time, a hand cannot make more tba haf a day's work. Tunos. MoSTooszr.y. Springfield, July 20. 1840. Report on Corn No. 2. AT NATHAN wVHITSKR The first thiiag reg aisite to raise a gona crop 4f Corn. I consider, is, early in the year, say in January. to Iay ini a good sup ply of farmine uitisils; fur instance, say a ftarmner runs ten ploughs, let him have at least fifteen good plough stocks, in order; Put oflte surplus number, to supply thie place of tiny which may be brokeu. with. nt los ofrtimie: also, he should have ihr those tea ploughs thirty shovels and as mliany scuoters, tid a good supply of twis ers, if used, The uext thing necessary, i, to prelire your ground well. Have it :laned of sprouts, hillen trees, &c. Break i up deep and close. [I' the soil ie a light alluvialone. with cnsiderable litter on it, I wnuld prefer tie-twister, but if a chose, :oiact otte. I nould choose the scouter. iroiund preptared in this way. is sure to vurk maellow all Ihe year. i the next datc. the selection of seed Corn, is a maut er ofiuiportance. I think all the new Airs ofCorn. to it:iprovemtent. but nm ol opinion our conino Corn can be impro red; in which apimoi I an supported. by very able plnnter, Capt. Dockeit; that if lie furner will bi- at the siall trouble of ping thirougia his Corti ield. allier the ears ire (tit stmtured. and selecting his seed rome win earb, ihiat is. taking an every. in tance the tulper ear, in three years, he uay have his ihole crop Itin ears; but omittaued longer. the stalks have ton many hoots, and coaequently, the ears too miall As regards plantnug. early plant a; is much the otnrest. Curin, except new round, should he sure to be planted auti ieutly early in March, to tie tip, sided. tied uild chinued. lbctire the Ctton crop tlluires work. Curi cannot be thinned ts early, and at ii- stage, may lie thin ed and hued, ne.arlv us easy as thinedI litte, when mwore advanced. The pord cc of suffering Corn ten rena ir s t ot e flit ain crop. 'he amd ploughng you maay defer three weeks, itieaoat rn-k. exeti your grndIaial .;rts ru-v. The third lonighing should take ae,. wi fit liftren day P1itmt ha secaaonl, 1i1 it a ,e.1,1111 lie t the "- nd. It shovtc 101ald be sure tit- lie atatile. the plouughiing l rp therey pu tIting a good bed to the orn, und covering the roots well. I would .plet it, at this titme?, it is of great impor mnco t be industrious, fir I am certain, I casei of much drought nncoting. Corn laighaled at this sinaCe deep. with a good nsor. Will make nearly double he ian ty if ieglecied tntiI the scasot is out of ie grunld. At the fourth plonaghing. hichi huld tie perlloried within two aieks front the third, run siiae distance rom tle Corn. atil the t wo firsti farr;vs ha1lov. %% ith a ,borh slaovl. It is ilO of1 n 41aienit to push at Ii. a tite, if a sea-,a bioild e. itt tile grouid. If ithe grininl is trli i I lit refer a hoemina ila furibh --i', int.ead of the platoigh; indeed. I bik i atwe would plaii little les. tendh vell. and rely moaure on a hef hue than is aractised. it womaul! lie as well for our crojas, ml ii much better far onur lands. I thitnik oir hillv lainds s!inould he planted horizuin ally. as tie eultivation is muatach easier. mtl far man and horsa. atnd ditched so I.-at nia itany water lit- aliliwed io escape roim tihe field. A goiod anl experienced amad can draip ini hoarizon.'al f(arroaws, with ii lin inch or twao aal'ae samie dial 'mce eve. y tiate. lby gaiig na shairt oar lontg striate. -- lie quaahlii oft~ lie lad oimaiy requtir,-, thena triopping t wo graints. ith. e'by mnhakina aim ainag easy .aand regnbotar tat athe tirst haoeinag Anatihaer tillvanata;ge in palati ing Corn ini his way is. pEois ay lbe lantaed at any woarkinig, hetween the stalks oh' Corn ini the trill. I thlinak thle hiei timre ti plaint new, ~roiund, is tactweean a le llth Ianad 2~5ah ot \ av, drilledl anid dropped lby stepp1aing. wit h pei's hetaween the corna. Keep i he bu->he tut. Break the miidadles wshen the Cora i half, leg hi..h; hoe at the stime tite:e withii io neaeks, haie and plaiaghl again. andl lay bv. It' thle seaasoin i. ftiaiorzable, ithe Cain w"ill lie goodl. As to mannimrinag, I thitnk every hilt af wvorit laud should lbe thoroiugh ly maanureda. Re port on Shere p. af M . Haoi'O:s. Mr. Preuident: Si:aee I have been tap pointedl lby the S icaety, itt mtake a iepom ani the best mananer aif rearinig Sheep lbeg leave intmanke tihe following brief state tmanlt. I have owned Sheep for die last toc years. atnd know that ito rear themn, iso the least expenise of anty kinda of stock. haave ever aempted to raise. I thita they shaould he kept confinecd in somne en clisatre. In the spring I let themt run i tarm pare, for three maonats, which pam litre is aranchi swampt lfromi ilaence I turi Shaeam inato aly wyhait field anti oat field tandl so on, as I ga tier my crop. I find.a .iiaan as I let iheim ot, ahey stray olf. anr ii is wviih mauach dilietilty that I ca ge theta ngaina. I find. the gentler that the ennr h~e kept, the mairr easily they are mnae. Thesie, sir, are the larief' statements of mr own experien"e ini rearinag ofl Sheep: an as I probaly-havie not devoted as much a t.a in tea.nn the ermafh~ kind af' ene r as some oliher one of the Committee, shall say no mora at present, but hope t gain more information from their ..-portL M. M. Htootss. July 21st, 1841. From the Maine Farmer. Eaioas I" FARMINo. MEditor:--Will you permit an ol former to mi.ge known to the publi through your useful periodical, the error he hae fallen iutoi as a farmner on an ol farm, so called. not on new aor burnt lnnd First, and greatest of all, I have erred it not -paying aitention enough to manure and the means of procuring it, withou which it is idle to think of obtaining an: conusiderable* properly by farming. No have I cast about to see what kind a stock would aid most in making manure I am now aware that swine are the thing for that, as -bey soon manure for the mar ket, I have e'red that I have not kept more of thn rooters. I haVe aso erred that have not keit more sheep. al'hough woo at tites ha4 been low; yet they dioubple sa often by the* increase, that i lien compar ed with lilac cattle ic they are much the most profitable. having due regard to the expense of kepitig each. I have erred it not paying attenutior, enough ta my fences I have planded, than I have well manure-d though I heltive that no crop is more profi. aibale, highlyAnanured. if a proper variei1 is planted. . have not set a proper valut uponashes for fNrming, every bushel o which is wonh a bushel orcorn. At a dis tance from le sei. salt is a cheap and ex cellent irgssI p for corn soil, which I have erred in not &sing, uor have I gypsum and little as muci as I ought mixed with barr or compost ifanure, they are excedingly valuable scwirding to their cost. naIl here it tany be pmaper to observe, that I have erred in beiiaf fraid of cost, ihr manure top dressinig*c., dress land well, and il gives great urns generally, as well may we expect i -bys, or hired men to lie able to per labor.without food. as fo our soil to us any thing valauble from year .to y a return to it no manure, or to Qave erred in not rais inll iof the various kiind4 M n -fully couvinced Y are mnore t.than .1 usedl rre i yapp s ont cider in stead oIttgg them-tWmy stock, for which they arme W valuiWe than I us-d to tie bteve iltavva erreiic keeping more stoek ohag, titave lfptVeIl. in the 1all 1 ought :o have been more cart ain that I had redu. cel myiV stick toa my keep, -i that in the spring my stak miight not go hungry.to the trying of my purse and feelings. As stock has generally been nearly as high in price in iba fall as in the spriln, why did I ont sell off in the fall, so as to be eritain I had the wherewithal in keep well %%hat I retained ? ifrtock is starved like our soil, it will certainly make u, poor in the end. I have erred egregiously in being afraid to keep help to a4sis' in minkin2 manitre. Mainsire iA tit the arner the heginning of i he alphiaet, iF we fail here, if we try to witllihlll moia1re than is meet we shall cer aicily comie !41 piaverty. But I used to 4if;ap'ie as I had not ioney on hand io lay nast for help. tinaure,&c., I cotild not trut iiv farm to repaiy tae iii thn fall. thoiteh I ;nizh, have priocured the ienn on erel it. Now. in ills creilit is really the %- here withal. I ousit not to have been afraid ao p lttiometlin: on nay farm. Capaitl is tieaeel; am1y abits and word %%as such, tat monied retin would have assisted mne in thik. sionne- than to have used their mon. ev ill traler ar in the iands of Merchants. whao someiines S otie sail, break ofT as hart n a pip- stem. I have tnt isead the pa-ah canmh lay far, and have mowed over too mucd soil &c. Wsr. FRtUS' AND PRUIT TIZF.F.s. Two of tI' haest fairmers in the rnnge of outr knmowl-dlge, one a residhent of Cs' caantv, atai lhe other in Orange coaunty, V t., hive eenmniiceale to ais thei man ner in whsic y se-cure their fruit. It is this: they alt at somie distance fromn the boady fC :a f(iarite tree, until they flid n jnot, whicho-~y cut off. The part dis oin iatedl froin-he tree is turned up sod as tO appear~ ahoy the gi ounid. It sends forth ehiaota the fist season, atnd bears frutit pre aisely like that upon the pareit. Let thaise whiise trees are decaying, or wlbc wish to inerase goaod valrieties, try tho ex ri menat.-NI. Whig. SALT On RU55 AND TILLAOE LANDs. If any of ur readers have used salt this seasonis in thir gardens, or on their grasi a grousndls o -stroy wiarms or to attract I moiisture froa thec atmosphere they will mneah obligetti by giving information oi the elTeets icoduced. SA gentlean from South Carolina baa f utinom us thlat he used snalir onme iof hia hitlsa ctart this stummer, by way ii1 k experienton sane row he appliedl one .ispoonfual ofnlt to each hIll of coca-on the ri scondla riae npiieid half a spoonfttl in~ -each hill-' the third he applied otie tea. n apoanfuilt tch hill. TIhe resailt wvas that his t wi ftr.-ows son died i and thar the I coral ini hi-nirdl rowv ar more thriftily id than that iany part of the Geld where oc :t sala was ud y We haveseenf some accoants of salt 'o sown on pnaare grounds, buat tnt enough to satisfy ust the economy of usitng it in y that way. )n hills ear dry land it musi d have the efbt of producing moistutre, iad t- this alone rould be serviceable-hut ii rir.Aatrova n'esS also. ad ini th~, it woni, I help many pastures which are infestec a with them. It is well known that a largt quantity ofsalt will destroy vegetation; but p rhaps a small quantitv will prove useful in many cases.-Boston Cultivator CHARACTERISTIC OF TAR.V*RS. Farmers seldom affect a mystery of tieir agricultural operations, as is the case with most other occupations. A farmer is al ways free, ready. ani communicative and this has been a characteristc : f the husbandmna from time immemi -.:1. It I is related of Ischomachus. a cumi --le hus banodman, described by Xenephon in his t economies, that "all otber tradesmen are ut great pains to conceal the chier parts of that art. But ifu farmer has either sown or planted his fields with care Ritd proprie i and when asked, will conceal nothing of the mnnter by which be brought his works to such perfection." TO WASH 1RoN OR STEEL WITn COPPER. iissolve mulphae of -opper in water in the proportion of I to 3; wash iron or steel with it. and it will instantly be covered with reciuced copper. This is best performed by applying the solution with a bru~h. which must be followed directly with a sponge of clear water. In this manner any letters or figgers may he drawn with a camel hair pencil or a pen. and if it he on polished steel, the letters or flowers will as sume the brilliancy ofthe steel, and appear like highly polished copper. It may some limes be reqnisite to cleanse the metal by wanhing it with diluted muriatic acid, ihnt the copper may adhere the more readily. If the steel thus ornamented be held over a charcal fire, the copper figures beme blue, the copper takes a gold color, by dil uted mutriatic at-id. TO GIVE tRoX THE WutTK.tEss o0 SILVER. To nitre acid. dilted with an equal quantity of water, add as mitch tmercury a-, the acid will dis-olve; then add to t he so lution three or four times as much water. and having given the iron a cast of copper. as directed in the aove experiment, brush itoverin the manner with the diluted ni trate of mercury; its appearance will be rual, if not superior to that of real silver. In this manner any cwnmotn or rough iron Ltitidon, N. H.. July. 1741 To tu Editor of the Farmers &onthly VisUovr: As there are manay imiuiries r-pvecting thegathering and dryingournatie Ameri can Tea. I would observe that this Tea has mostly been used for a redicine na a remedy for pleurisy. which has given it the name of Riiweed: therefore the best method ordrying it to itake it palatablr has been little studied. My method lait been to strip the leaves from the stalk willh the laud in the field as it stands put them in tin pans and set them in a warm oven till wilted-then dry themin on blankets in the shade. Great improve melts may he made on this method, I have no doubt. Habit has a strong hold on man: there nre those n ho hatve tnken this ten at first as medicine, and who prefer it to the tea imported frtor Chin after usini it for a while. Thi plant may be fotid in al. most every part of New Engltind-it ias all the exhilerating ptoperties of f..reigni tea, and may be ecired with lit tle exipense. Respectfully yours. SiIADRAUII CATE. A:RICA$ SILVER. The Philadelphia U. S. Gnzette says that Mr. F. Blackburn has placed in the Exchange a anmple ufsilver, entirely pure. frmin the Wanshington mine, Datvidsotn Cotv, North Carolina. The mass w eighs :227 ontce, atnd is worth about four hutt dred diollatrs. As we don not renmembe'r to hatve 'een any silver frott mes tin this country before, we made some inquiries ais to thes manner ofobtaining it, iad the chnn ces of getting more ; and thte follow ing is the result. rThe company wrent into operation. tin der a very adivangeOus diarter fronm the State of North Carmilinn. about the farst or eSpiemnber, 1840, the mine bein:: then b lut partially opcned, and -hotwing thes be of ore so lie of very Rreat extent, cotmprising millitne of tonsof ore, of the richest kitnd. In the early part of I84l, oine furitace for smehting was put imio operation, which up to the present time, has produced 2.5 totns ofnmied tmetal, (leatd and silver:) thieearly smne'ting, from which this sample is made,. yieldina only about frorn one to two hun-. ired atid fifty onnees sihvcr to the ton, atnd gradually imaproving np to this time, wheni it yields frtom five to six hundred ounces per ton of mixed metal. Within the last few weeks. two more furnaces have been put in operation and three more, making itt -all six, will go into operation verv shortly. whbetn the yield will equal from 1500 to 20.00 pounds per day. valtning from 8525 to Se800. The proceedst of the otne furnace have been suffilcienat to more thtan pay the expenses of the minie .intce going itt opera-.ionn, up to the first of September. from which pteriodl the tdi videtnds of the company will commence. Nat. IntelL caRELF5SsYEss IiN CULTIVATING C0K. Let us calculate the cost of a careless practice in cultiivating corn : we will take 20 acres ad say, we place tho hills three feet and nine inehes apart, which is a good distance. and will have flfty.6lve thousand seven hundred andeeventy.eght hills. B the-proes that is commonly practised, at I is seldom these hill's will average two good cars to the hill, owing to the careless.prac. tice of selecting the seed, dropping, plough ing, &c. In the first place. we should break up the ground deep, furrow it out straight and drop plenty in the hill, and af tcr it is up to the height of 18 inches or 2 feet, pull all out but three stalks, ,bat not like Frenchj's uegro, who, when he found but one or two itn a hill pulled them also. because he had been told to leave but tiree stalks in a hill) by this practice we will ob tain 167.334 ears, and in a common ina son to take the ears us they stand on the stalks 126 will make a hu-hel, which will he 1393 bushel.. or about 69 buzhels to the acre. andl, as retnarked before, in a genera! way the farmters of this country do not get more than two-thirds of this amount from an acre, or at most 49 bushels; where there i, one -man that raises more, there is two that falls abort. If this calculation is correct, and we be lieve it will lie found so in a general way, ithen each farmer is losing 364 bushels of corm.: this at 25 cents is $ 16. A sum utf ficienil large to pay fur the cubure of the crop. If our views are rot correct we h'ape some of our experienced farmers weill set us right on this subject.-Netcark Sen tinel. Romans,-We have some of these poia toes now growing-in our gardeil, that nro decidedly the most thrifty and flourishing for the season, we have ever seen. Ma ny rfit he tops have an appearance or con stitatinnal hardihow l that augurs well for ih-ir reputatiot, wh;ch. ly t e way, we are -omewlaa apprehensive has been great ly undervalued. We have planted quite a lirge quantity of these potatoes this aeacon, and havemi stitated. a variety of experiments in order to test their comparative valtie with other varieties, and of which we shall he hitppy hereafter to give a particular and detailed accolinf. So far as our experience enables us to decide concerning the merits ofthe Rohan. we have tto hesitation in according to them a far more aeuerous consideration thaii has beenl u4uallv coneeded. Our experiments with them in 1840. the summer of whidh it wifl be recollected was one of.extremp drought, and consequently re y nof).ai Pound reasons, we thi-,. why they not he cultivated in preference to any ah er varieties which rare now high In public esteemn. Their entina qualities are supe reor, an.I fir stock and even swine, they are prefleralte, we tire confidenit. to the Irish or Lon2 Rels., To all who have bten inducted to plant them, we would ay, unhe,itin:l. culivated the secan dum arteia, and should the season he ia vorable, you wi:I doubtless he liberally ani amply remunerated in the corp for your labor and expens,.- Yankee Farmer. From the (S. C.) Temparancs Adeocate. XS.rUtttO. A friend of o:rs. who deservedly holda Wgh irank as a practical Planter.it all its various do tail,. gave its, in conversaion. the plain he pur. Sues in niantiring hivs land. He owns abou.a hundred and tiftv head orc.attle. all of which are driven home' in the evenitig and penned. lis cow pen is half ant acre in sizae. He-peas lis cattle in one place, three nigrht., and then I tmoves it forward. so as to cover htif an acre nmnre, nn n talonith fallows immediately, and tirni under the manire, on the half acre just occupiied. .so thn t nothing is lost by evaportaion. Ie cotiiues thic, throaughout the year. at the enod otwhich. be hab tiiut a hundread and twen tv acres well inatitred. and the anaire all well turted under, so that he hes lost tnne. The tr:!dahe of mwa, ing such a suotll pen no often. It thinks is 1.s thian it woild be to wa nat ont the samfe :iaout of meatnure, and seat ter it ; and theta hay his systetn, he saves a vast aimotunt, that wot'ddl he'Ioet by evaporatit, if pertitted tot lie lontg itt a heap. Bitt hte Cain... toon. in another imaportant par ticulair. This seciaret tir has cattle greater at taention,. thtan is tirdinarily be'stowved on stock, and praevetms his lasing ai large numaber. We :aked if he~ dial naot hai,, traw and leaves tao his peat. I Ile remarked that his land was a light. .andiav. poronti soil, that wonuld not bear 'his kind of inantnre: buit that after his cattle hal remaainaed tIco aiClats in a pen, he hauled in i riche, clavey aoil. framn a large swtap near him, andi wenttered this eaver the pien, and the cttle wais penned~a aon theisthe third might, which wvas. ofroueraae, titrated tuntder taat. Hie thus not only curiebedci his la:ad, butt praaducrcd a perma ncn't ch-nge~ in the phlyr'cal stru~cture of thesoil. Wec regret tat v:e are tnt at liberty to use thte gentlemaan's iinae. as authority foar the ad atates of tisis system, for he would be recog naized by many of our readers as a utice~~ platnter.' And in connectiona with his sufcesiff planting, lhe remarked, itis uowng sea~t~e pit tug short to the hand, so as to afcrd u sa oppars tity lo menure highly. t'SFL ',NC E 01F TUlE Moo. Lunar Ifltunce.--Ina considering the eli mnate of tropical countries, the indfuence of the moon seems: U bave been entirely over looked : if the vast titles or the ocean are raisedc from their fathomless beds by lunar power, it is not too mnteh to assert that the tidles of the a tmosphere are liable tora sim ular iitfltence. The power of the moon is not only visible over the seasons, but alio over veagetabtle and animal life. In Guvana, for inst ance, as regartds regetation there are thirteen springs antd autumns, for so many times does the sap of trees as cend to the branches anti descend to the rootSl and. a', rsegards animal life, I have seen, in A frica, the newly littered young. perish in a fe~w hours, at the mother's side, if exposed to the ruys of the full moon; Esh becom' rapidly puttridl, andl meat, If left exnmd. uneurable or nereervable by salt.