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Those published monthly. or quarterly will be charged Si per sl unre for ~each iuertion. Advertisements not haviij the number of insertion" matrked on them, will be continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All' communications addressed to the 14diter, post paid, will he promptly and strictly attended to. FOUR AUTUMNAL SONNETS. No. I. DOTROOD THOCOHTS. Season of ripening (ruiti and rusding grain. Melodious Autumn, with thy birds and bees, Bright lingering flowers and chenutit laden trees' Thou canjures careless boy'hond back agan: Mnot pleasant 'ti-, when all the woods are still ' And but the blackbird hynmns the Evening Star, WhereMedreire gentsthe south afa~, mbltrathead hedgaroaunid And peep 'neth prickly leave' rite bet ries red: Hark, doe free wind with beech-nuto stre it the ground; Ye answer not, the vanished, and the dead! NO. It. TOUTHrUL MEMOtas. Yes! 'tis the gill) flower that blossoms here Its perfume wafts &se to the mellow eves, When Love unfolded leis celestial sphere, Making earth paradise.-?till memory wenves Enchantinent round the tkAo where, by the tower Tims-worn, and rent, and ivy overgrown, I lingered 'neath the elm for lleauty's flower. And pressed the yieling woft baud i any own. 'Twas life's bright essence-bliss. Jy.ian bhie.. Enrobing valtey and wood ,ansd bore and tla. .ugha; It may have been an ignis fatuus glenm, Yet is its light redlected back in 1.1., And though such bloom nu prouised friit hath brought, We guess what Eden may be by such dream. NO. lit. MATUax aE:ALtTt~s. How beautiful the mun-et-yet how sad ! That crimson light which nuverfl..ods the- gr ov. 'Tinging-the vales below, the clouds above, And rock and ril, nd ruin ixy-clatd, Seems like funeral suantbeu-s. hiark ! the crow Witha a lone scream wings its far inland w:ay ! And to the field, beneath yon wnountain's brow, The partridge thus, at the calm close day Pipes in her scatter'd brood-a tune or yore ! Life is allusiont else iny heurt had borne The feelings at this wooment, which it bore In youth's warm noon, and boyhood's cloudess morn; Care's scythe the Blowers of Joy's demesne hath shorti. And Sorrow' wavesbeathollow round her shore. NO. ir. axoaErs AND ANTietP'ATtoNS. Ripe-droppinig fruits, shozn Gields, and cloudy --skies, Ye tell us that the year is oti the wane, That silenit Time irrevnenbly. flies, And that the past never conmes back again. Fix not Hope's anchor in the sands oft Earth, For Siorrow's i-torms shall dish thy bark afar Over the howling nanin, which show.sno star, Nought, save black clouds, and desolation's dearth Tears bring not back the dead: deaf is the ear Of stubborn tate, he humable, be resigun'd, And with unwavering heairt thme issue wraiL; S. tith will lead thee throngh Death', vale of tear. And, entering with thee :ho eternal gate, Bid the free spirit all tue pleasuses find, Tobacco is a narcotic poisoti, and by its etion upon the nerves and, stagnach, it de stroys thme appetite, prevents the perfect dipesrion ofthea food. creates an unnatural thirst, andl renders the individlual w~hn uses it nervons and otherwiso diseased-Thoap jenien Recordr. the 10th to thIe 00th of August. Ifi t is not seasonable do tinit top. The'cotou crop should be gatheted as speedily as possible; to leave cotton in the field after Christmas is to sustain a heavy loss in both quantity, and quality. After tha time. a iand cannot make more than haff a day's work. Ttios. MoTGooxzr.Y. Springfield, July 20. 1840. Report on Corn No. 2. Br NATHAN Wt-ITNIK The first thinigi reqisito to raise a good crop -.f Corn. I conaider. is, early in mite year, say itt January, to Iay in a good sup ply of farmine utensils; for insiance, say a flarner runs ton piloughs, let him have at least fifteen good plough sitocks, in order; out oftihe surplus numnber, to supply the place of any which nmy be broken. with out lo.s of titne: also, lie should have fair those ten ploughs thirty shovels anid as tmany scooters, and at good supply of twis ters, if used. The uext thing tecessary. it to prepre your -round well. Have it cleaned of sprouts, lidlen trees. &c. Break is t) deep aund close. If the still lie a light alluvial one. with considerable litter on it, I would prefer the twister, but if a close, cla mpact one. I %%ould choose the scouter. Ground prepmared ira ibiis way. is sure to work mmellow all the year. lin tae next plame. m he selectumon of seeda Corn, is a amait er ofiuaportance. I think all the new smrts of Cairnt. ao imiprmovemtiit, but umia of opiniun our comimion Corn can be inpro. ved; in which opinion I nan supported. by a very able planier, Capt. Dckeit; that if the farmer will bn at tie snmall trouble of ing throut li, Corn lields. afmer the ears ire full) muaturel. and sel-etoig his smed fron twin ears, that is, takimg itn every, in saance the upper ear, in three cears, lie may iave lis w% holu crop I t ears; but cuinmmaued longer, the stalks have tma anany shoots, and coneaquently, the ears too smamll As reg;ards plntitng. early plant in; is much tile surest. Corn, except slew ground, should be sure to be planted sulli ciently early in larch. to lie ip, sided. led und ahinued. hmelibre the Coiton crop reluires work. Corn cannot be thiiined tooeiarly. and at thi, ua-e. maiay he thm ned and hued, neaurly as easy us thinned amaline, when smore advanced. The prm lice of suffering Cairo tot remiaiu until ku i-h, before thininmg, nud ltem Wi urns ) ot e an ulan crop. 'he emmmd pljoughing you maay lefer itree week, niiihmmt r;k. excepa your grind ge-ts Trh.,. The third p1mghaag ,hould take phe. wit ia hifilleen shs f'imime -ec n . iid iI a .,ea-mm Ie am the ;"sond, a shore 411h lie t-ure to le imadle. lt- plouhing dee-p, therehy puiting a goaod bed to the Cori. ait coiverin;; a he rotus well. I would repeat it, at Iais time, it is of great impor tuniic tat be industrimus. for I an certain, in, caso of munch drought entning. Corn pilt1u-hed at this inc, dieep,. ih. ml I a g'oud camn. will make nearly double the qaminmi ity if nexlected until the senson is oult of lie mroumnd. At the fourh ploighinit. ws hih oliuld lie perliormedl withiii wo we-eka fromi the third. rul somei distaniei Iromii the Corn, mndil time Iwo first fiaruras shaillw, imh aiior %hiivul. It is mll.u mf amimnt ti pI'h at ahi-, aimme, if n se la,im ..amiilh lam! ama mite groind. Ii mi-- groimin is -troa;:. I waou1,11I ldrefeer a hoem tle fouaram nao'kmai', inairad of a he lugh,; a Iemem, I thiu1k it 'e wuilld phoait a little Ie'. en'i weli. and rely amamre mi thle! hoe than 14 pruiised, it wo auli! lie an vell forour craops, anil minch better for our lands. I mthiik our hilly lands s!ould lie planted horizon ially. is the cultivat or is mummch easier. lithah for aman asid horse. atial dische'd ssi dha not nat any water Ie- allawed tat e-cape frommm a le faIl. A goomd atnd experienmcedm hmiad ennm airmp imn ho'ran:mal fuarrawa<. waith ainam inchi or m wom iite .iai~m iasmitice eve ry jime,- by~ gmain a sibart mar lonti strimde. ma, thme inalya oifaah- lemu amamy ra-quir-, timen droimhgaa t wta gramina. thm .eby makhing ihbm ning eni-y iad regniaar mit thle fims hoiein.. Ananu bmer mdaningetimmf in lantting Cairn inm iii waay is, pra.is immay be~ planted att any woilrin. heaaweer te smnelks of Ciurn imn the dril. I thinmk miie hest itime tam pnt new~a groauamd. i-a bemtwe the-aa am lith a mnmai dit m .\lavi. adrilledl anmmd draopped liv .'teppinmg. w imth piem's between lhe cairn. Keepm ah han->athes nom,. lirenk the middimles whena te Ciarn is half. leze high;: home am the samae ti mem; witin So aweeaks, hoae andmm pluih a:ain, mamd hay bv. IfI thle se-;on i,. fmavoriia.lie Coirn ' ill lie goodl. As rt namnring,. I thmink evrery hill maf wvorn laud ..homuld bie thoromugh ly hmanuredi. Rreport on Shep. nv a st. NuGCtza. .Mr. Preaidenti: Smta eI hamve been ap pointted hiv ime S iccyaiv t ake a epatrt mum time best manamner auf reainmg Sheep-I bieg leave ltamake the fullowing; brieftmate' amomnt. I have ownedl Sheep foir mthe last tea years. atal kntowtat tam renr ahemrn is of the keast expmenme af any kind oif smock, I htave ever na-empted to ruFhe. I think mhaay alhowk bo .kepit confinedi ina some eni closure. In the spring I let them runa ini may pature, fair m hreo monihthms, which. pam matre is a bruanhl sawamp:lm f'rm a iiencae I turmn thiem into mym whtett faild and omit famld, amma yn on, as Iimathr tmy crop. I famnd.n*a woontm ats I lea mhe'mt, i hey tmray oll, antI it is wti t much dhiainty albar I cman get thema againa. I find, the genaler that they ean be kept, aihe rmore easily ahey are ao man age. These, sir, are the. brif staemenlts of my own expe-rien--e imn rening rif Sheep: and as I probably-hmave not devoted as much at - - .lgricetural. from se Plough Bay.. atxiaxas on RtZ NATRAL ADVANTAOLS Or AB XVmLLM DIStaRICT, &C. Mr. Editor.-Ifr my late conmunication to your papera u'tier-the abmove hend. I aspoke of two enterprzeos an being necessary to a pioper racility of transportation to market. of the wel tern part of our State. One ol thoase eeaterpriz es (a rail road fromi Aiken to Abeville C. ii., and which I preferred.) I egnirded a.4 Leing likely to coasi about twelve hundred thmoand doltersa. I am stow satistiei. upon eniquiry and a r.oagh emiiamiation. that lt whole cost to plat the rond into complete operation, would inot be over. and prmbably under -even hinmlred thon. smaso dollars. As too the road. however. I shall at preealt only reflantk, that oniiderinmg whaat would be its advantages in ,aving the present expense and labor of wra'oniui: produce, and keeping horses for the satn--; in giing new va lie to real property thragolout rigt section to which it would be a coapvenience; in tbrin:itag the market to the door of the plantter. anld ena b him (biy is inni-, sdiate connan d over the atnrket. and the fiailities of tran-portatio1n. :and thereby cittiag oti' thae series of profit?, made by comaltne.'ial secuatolr.: u paa the productiton 4f hi- inaala'.ry.) to ob:tain.a readyaid ii;ior price for all his p11amh1Cti1n1., ad paen.clrinag his P.up pio-. at a cheaper .-o-i anal ietter gnality it ;.ivinr l ni increaIed ianplaaa10se to the more aictive levelospemaent ot Ariularal resaouarce,. anf to amre naatii ituiaseit aanad iaprovemtaeat. and At, ctaaiering also. that thlae anonev ne besonry to its bool; carried. into itperaanato could be raii4 r-mn.a wia %vuidal h (-I greater portion of it) rrpndel in the section ulfcofeontry through which it would paas. I hope, that ere loing, il ned-tely upron the reatoratioin of a sound and yet aniple cirreny. uand or the promperity of ihe cauntry. it will be comnaenced and nctively conijletud, and that South Carolina will exhibt in. her wezstern portion. aadegree of A:ricaetiral and [aaterntal uisproaveiact, cuua:Iensurate Wilih its natural adInIstages. Blit. Mr. I'.datar, I wi'l now emne ta time ob ;ect of this continaannieaatin .u [in ot>-erving ahe varin su bect, or hada, pro;naead to be- con -.idered hy th liff.-rent A;:ricnitalg Socieies iaa this S:ate, I laoue been v.nrpr ised to see that the uubje-eofhealth has not taeen suegeaited. It acwtn<i ;o me. shat one ofthe ,a r avest aubjects of camnideration to a platter, shoulal Ie the meana ofbe.st conaducint- to tle lealdt of ais fauily and aegroea. We Iaear of Paome pl.inters ratsing tine craops. ana of thae Atuie ao,ianog naanv ale groee, and of othiers being very saices-faul in raitinag tuy niegaroe. and aist- plaodcrops. Ofi coirse, im theia loig- rin, the laiter (in-t recunma. rv lhihit :aloae) iae ganers. Evary Agricitt rail Society shmald amake the amenano of etsiring general heahih,a iatter of #pecial cnfkation. r. trie Mwampaa, brianchmem, creeks or rivers. that 1ay have aay inflan.-nce aipoaa hi, plalntatime. re-idlence or ain.aahblorhoad. As aanotlaer. let ail s.,e lime aaaana atly in the Sprinig and aummaer, an wiea.hiIk his negro honas. ;aid tither plaes ain Whic fiti co1lleCt<. As alnot tr. Iat hitm he carefuil it amake l-i negroes. at re;:nlar ttiaws. %%.A :aad keep cleaa their han e pernas and clothc.:. too jra vctal their expoanire. and rutning uhouPlit at maight. to bei jnl diciaama- n to the little and qaaaity otheir lahm. uid to give then coaainartaiae places naad tiean ta leep. and a.otliciectiy of whol?'soittne food properly cooked. It p-trikes one. .\Mr. tditor. that it would hse a capital thing. if the I.#- iatire wmpiall alboli-Ia tha niliitin Iahar of trank ad file, (it aialat retain thea mihtia organization. :anil re-stabli-lh the bripaitc or otlher enctam ;pmaaent- fmr lte eIh crs.) aid direct tila timae tin. routa.'nnad. naid their labor. tia cleiring oat :aand keeping ch-:aa. twice in them sear. the braanche.. crek and riv er. ad ke iaing athea radiau, it, better order. The ..rniw4 iha %votild aa, iaed and the lhte .1a.! - Led. the diiaamaation fat' aea:th-. .aral the mo-a* ael ihalr aal prothdaciiau tit ismed. tha fial#- ii-md ts real-rel tillable, thae avin;: t, :" clm - (If dctar's bill.. :al the pr11ob) ile Itn:,ni twai -t:t.-the rwa naid tranaportationa. wVanh1l b ao iw m-s. -4ds:ant:aa t,: thI pmwople of the Satw,. itamvidna:llv atidollctisely. A :aL'Tif CanoLaatr. 'ronm lte S. C. Temperance .rhdcocate. .EwtttR1iser AGAiCULTLuAL tMvoc .r fteport on Colln No0.. aY Tu". taaMTGiaME;tY. Inm alam'diciesm. lmian iiur liii acinttl. I astnte thle mmb-a maf pltaiing ad e't~hivatings Catm mitn, wvhichl I pomsneaa, anda :h:tik tom lie alhe be-.t. Thea groundaa i-a fia tam bec p a in gwmnl mrader. If1 it hianal iit-aeen ina Caatmn tae pirevi, ye ~-ar, I -ia hu hl he well bruoke up. Fa ia theni l a f'nm finllow<:~ ina s:l hand. :9 faeet hest wmien tihe raowa,, andl in ljra-h handma 4 feet: the ba-a i, fiarumaed i byhrow in t inom fturrmwm wilha tIwistear ona te huat.i;::a tins amtake,' a hih ridhge. The seedi is thlen well rubbeda-a ini commaaon -a rih, natd is pinnt uaed heel taind lt frouan 12 tm 1$ i nchie, ;ap1art. Thie pb~ain ing heel anal tamE is aanecomh,haed lay nmking; the eimprssion onm thin ridg~e fair the 'eed wit h the hee-al, i amB covernit wtiiith te fiot. Trhis amsde air patinig leas the ridgea Bhigh nndl smooat hi. It tanes itnehl less uaeed, ;andl ias, ini my 'tamigseent, alhe beast and asnmest vn f lanttinig a ct-ton eramp. Wheni ahne phuatited, the paton comeaiwnmp strong ini huncehes. qandl the grund ~i less birake' nyj by the comning up ur the planit. thani iudrillaig, and there ias miarc earth Ieli abouat the rots, tand there is, thaerefomre, legs danager of its dyiung out: the staind is always lIetfer. WVheaa thme cotton eacme up, I 'throw ouu th-e mniddale hetweeni thet rows wuth a t wister. anda that make; the nararor plantingai heal a nice wide one fair abhe growth of the phumit. 'which i-s precisely ini the ijiddale. Then next busiiness is hameing,. anda thinnmingz n twoi stalks in a plnce, wmhich mapke ta tatnd. Trhe inext time it i's woarkbtd, I adie it wiah ;a -rhaivel pliigh, anal hate it the thirdl tiaam. I sde tand plamughi the row ni, ad if it is clear, it i<s tunecessary 'tat se the- hoe. .Cam tama,'l thinik. onathii to lbe plo'ighed' fie timges-the lust tme shoulad be Blhe last oaf Jnty air the first aif Auisnet. -The host shmulal fimdlaw the two last plouhing~s, si as i toava' it perfectly clear w'hena laid by, If ahe cotton is well grown, and. the sea Of a no..,. p..r..e .t,.p:,.. it fro as some other one or' the Committee, I shall say no-more at present, bit hope to gain more information from their reports. M. M. Hieotss. July 21st, 1841. From the Maine Farier. E&Roas IN FAR34tNo. MWEditor:-Will you permit an oldl farmer to make known io the public through your useful periodical, the errors he has fallen into as a farmer on an old farm, so called, not on new or burnt land. First, anti gintest of all, I have erred in not -paying attention enough to manure, and the means of procuring it, without which it is idle to think of obtaining any considerable, property by farming. Nor have I cast abottt to see what kind of stock would aid most in making manure. I am now aware that swine are the things for dhnt, as thev soon manure for the mnr ket, I have erred that I have not kept niore of the rooters. I have also erred that I have not keik more sheep. althongh wool at timees has been low ; yet they double so often by the increase, !hat when compar ed with blac cattle they are much the most profitable. having due regard to the expense of keeping each. I have erred in not paying aitentioro enough to my fences. I have plantd. than I have well manured1, thougth I helleve that no cro:) is more profi table, highly'manured. if a proper variety is planted. I have not set a proper value upon asies tor farming. every bushel of which is woinh a bushel nocorn. At a dis tance from the se'. salt is a cheap and ex cellent dress4g for corn soil. t hich I have erred in noL qsing,. nor have I gypsum and litte as muc4 as I ought mixed with barn or compost lManure, they are exceedingly valuable ucq-rding to their cost, and here it tmay be pm er to observe, that I have erred in beialm fraid of cost, fhr manure top dressing &., dress land well, and it gives great urns generally, as well may we expect !boys, or hired men to lie able to per laiorwithout food. as for our soil to ,us any thing valauble from year to y . return to it no manure, or to have erred in not rais in o1i offhe various kindl ~m no fully convinced y are more than I used a.y.bushels canl erre ia . p eider in itead of gid4 x the'"prq!y stoick, fAr which .bea valulIn tian I us-d to be hive rrii. keepin intiore stock Ihant I hgVe twell, in the (all I ought :o have been more certain :hat I had redu Cel mv stuck to my knep, so that in the spring my stsk nigtht not go hungry.to the trying of my purse and feelings. As stock has generally been nearly as high in price in tlic fall as in the sp:inz, why did I not -ell off in the fall. so as to he certain I had the wherewithal to keep well n hat I retainrd ? if ..ock is starved like our soil, it will certainly make u,4 poor in the end. I hatve erred egreiously in being afraid to keep help to nssis' it mnkin iantre. Mlanitre i.' t-, the farner the beginnintg of hei aihabet, it* we fail hire. it we try it withhild more than is meet we shall cer inly come its poverty. But I nued in 'AOpprole asj I had not moniey onl hand too lay wit tr help. inanolre.&c.. I cold iot tru, my fiarm to r-pay mwe in the fiell. thoug~h I iTi2hi ha;tve pniired the tmeans on cred it. Na ,%%. in it s credit is really the %% here withal. I ought nit t hlave been afraid to p;.end soeHiticlng on miy farti. Capital is Ieedetdr; tmty Iahirs and wortl "as such, that monied ien would have assisted me in this. sonne- than to have used their moo ev in trade. or in the hands of Merchants. who somtetin's aS onte s::id, break ofT na short na a pit. stem. I have niot used the lon::h c..otdi liy far, and have mowedl itver t oo mnuri soil &c. W'iS :R. rntir AND FRitUT TRtEEs. T wo of the hiest farmters in the rnnge of outr knowl-d::e. one a resitdem of C2os couty. nad he other in Orange county, Vt.. hatvce nusinietd to tns the man ner in whtieb they seenre their fruit. It is ti:theiv i n at<some dlistance fromt the laoty oft ia forite tree. unt i t hey tiitd a joot, whichrtiy cut 00'. The part dii tonted fron--he tree is turned up so as to appear atbov the gr ound. Ii sends forth shonts the fhst season, atnd hears fruit pre tisely like 'hat upotn the pnreuti. Let thoseu whtos trees are dlecayimg, or who wish to incenise :toodl varieties, try the cx rimenctt.-NII. lI'hig. SALT oN (tASs AND TtLt.Aa. LANDs. It any of ur readers have used salt this sealsont in thir gardens, or on their grass grouds.n toroy wotrms or to attract motisture frm the atmosphere they will mutch uhligetns by giving information of the effects ltuced. A gentletn from South Carolina has just informe us that he usedi sit ton some of his hilts cnirtn this stummer, by way of experineoton tune row he arppliedi one spoonful ofalt tnt each hill of corn-on the s econd~ rowe aptliedi half a spoonful to each hill-u the thirdl he' applied otte ten. spotinful to ich hill. The result was that Ihis t wo rtr..rnws soon diedh ; and that t he corn in his tirtd row grew more thriftily than that inny part of the 6eld where no salt Wats ud. We havrenensomnecnnms of salt sown npnrgrndbtntenough to satisfy nsf the economy of' using it in that way. )n hills or dry land it must have the efit of produeing moistuare, and this alonercould be servicenbe-but it help many pastures which are infested with them. It is well known that a large quantity orsalt will destroy vegetation; but p rhaps a small quantity will prove useful in many cases.-Boston Cudtivator. CHARACTERISTIC Or FARMERS. Farmers seldom affect a mystery of their agricultural operaiions, as is the case with most eother occupations. A farmer is al ways free, ready, and comnmunicative and this has been a characteristic of the husbandman fron time is.rmemorial. It is related of lschomachtsus. a complete hus bandmatn, described by Xrnephon in his economies, that "all other tradesmen are at great pains to conceal the chief parts of that art. But if a farmer has either sown or planted his fields with care atd proprie ty. he is happy having them insperted and when asked, will conceai nothin2 of the mnnier by which he brought his works to such perfection." TO WASII IRoX OR STEEL WITH COPPEn. itissolve -tullphase of opper itn water it, the proportion of to 3; wash iron or steel with it. and it will istianutly be covered with reduced copper. This is best performed by applying the solution with a brush, which must he followed directly with i sponsee of clear water. In this manner any let ters or figgers may be dra wn with a camel hair pencil or a pen. and if it he on polished steel. the letters or lovi ers will as sume the brilliancy ofthe steel. nnd appear like highly polished copper. It may some times be requisite to cleanse the iteal by wishing it with diluted murantic acid. iho' the copper mny adhere the more readily. If the steel thus oruamented he held over a charcoal fire, the copper figures become blue. thecopper takes a gold color, by dil uted mutriatic aiid. To GIVE IRON THlE WHITENEss OF stLVER. To nitre acid. dilited with an equal quantity of water, add as much moercury if, the acid will disolve; then add to the so histion three or four times as much water. and hsaving, givetn the iron a cast of roppier, as directed in she above experiment, brush itoverin the manner with the diluted ni trate of mercurv; its aplpearance will be elual, if not.saperior to that of real silver. In this manuer any coemtmon or rough irut, work may be apparently silvered at a most 9B~~pificaut ezpne AXKRIcAe TEA. ssdssn, N. H.. Joilv. 1741 To the Editor of the Farmer' Moutkly Visitor: As there are many itituiries re-pectig the gathering and drying our natise Ameri cats Tea. I would observe tlhnt this Tea has mostly been used for a iedicitte as a remedy fur pleurisy. which has given it the natte of Ribiweed; therefore the best mtond sf lrying it to Inae it patltatble has been little studied. My method has beent to strip the leaves from the stalk wilth the band itn the field as it stands pus them inl tist panss and set them inl a warm oven till wilted-thes dry them os, blbmkets in the shade. Great improve msentts may be made on this method, I have no duubr. Hlabtit has a strong hold ots man : thrre are those who htave taoken this ten at first as ttedicine. ansd whow prefer it to tle tc; imported from Chisna aftet usint it for a while. This plant nay he fosntd in al. most every part of New Entland-it hns all Ohe exhilerating ptnperties of fosrei.zn tea,and imsy be ,ecired with little expelse. Respectfully yours. SIHADIRAUI CATE. AMRICAS SILVER. The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette says rhat Mr. F. Blackburn has placel in the E xchange a samssple esfeilver, cuitirely pure. from thse Washington mine. Datvidssn counstv. North Carsihnta. The mass weis 227 mincees. and~ is worth absout four huon. dred dollars. As we don not remember to hasve seens any silver fromt misnes in this 'ounttry before, we madle some insquiries as to she mnanner ofobtaitning it, snnd the chnu ces of getting mnore; aud thie fultlowing is the resuilt. Trhe comnpany wvent into operntion, utn der a very adlvantigeous charter fronm thte State of Norsth Carolinn. ahesus the first or eSpscember, 18410, the mine bein: thten lbut partially opensed, andl -howing ste heI sof ore so he of very Oresit extent, comtprismgs millioine of tons ofore, of the richest kinid. In the early part of 1641, one futrnace for smelsing was put imoss operation, which tup so the present time, has produced 25 tons of mixed mnetat. (least and silver:) thse early smnelting, from which this samnplais mrade, yednony about from ono to two hun dred assd fifty asunces silver to the son. nndc gradually improving nsp totrhis time. whcen it yields from five to six hundred ounces per ton of mixed metal, Within thse last few weeks, two more furaaces have tbeea put in operaition and three more, makintg ins all six, will r~n into operation vervshortly, whent the yield wilt equal from 1500 in 2000 pounds per day, valuing frssm 8525 to 880)0. The proceeds' of the one furnace hsave bseen sufficienst to: more thtan pay the expenses of the minse since going itso operatton, up to the first of September. from which period the di videnids of the company will commence. Nat. itl. C6RELE5SsES5 11N CDLTIVATINU Coae. Let us ecalculatse the cosi of a careless praetice in cultivatling eorn : we will take 20 ae;as and say, we place sho bilts tbree feet and aine inehes apart, whicht is a good distance. and will have fifty-five thousand seven hundred and-seventy-eigha hills. By tse .roeesa shat is cnmmnl egnetired. it is seldom these hills will average two good cars to the hill, owing to the careless.prac. tice ofselecting the seed, dropping, plough ing, &c. In the first place. we should break up the ground deep, furrow it out straight nd.1 drop plenty in the hill. and af ter it is up to the height of 18 inches or 2 feet. pull all out but three stalks, 'bot not like French's negro. who, when ie found but one or two in a hill pulled them also. because ie had been told to leave but three stiilks in a hill) by thi-, practice we will ob. tain 167,334 cars, and in a common sea ,ton to take the ears as they stand on the stalks 126 will make a bushel, which will he 1393 bushelb, or about 69 buzbels to the 1 acre. nuil, as remarked before, in a general way the farmter. of this country do not get more than two-third-' of this amount from an acre, or at most 49 bushels; where there i, one -nan that raises more, there is two that falls short. If this calculation is correct. and we be. lieve it will he found so in a general way, then each farmer is losing 34 hushels of cero; this at 25 cents i6 $116. Asum suf racacntly larce to pay for the culure of the crop. If our views are rot correct we hope some of our expeiienced fariiers will set iis right otn this subject.-Naicark Sea lint. Roman.-We have some or these pota toes now growinin onr garder, that are decidedly the most thrifty and flourishing for the season, we have ever seen. Ma nv orfthe tops have an appearance of con stitininal hardihorod thlant augurs well for ih, ir reputntion. which. hy the way. we are %ome what apprehensive has been gr'at ly undlervalu-d. - We have planted quite a large quantity of these potatoes thi' seeaon, and have-in atituted. a variety of experiments in order to test their cotmnparative valtie with other varieties, and of which we shall be happy hereafter to give a particular and detailed acertcont. So nr as nour experience enables us to decide concerning the meritsofrthe Roban. we have no hesitation in according to them a far more acuterous consideration thah has been usually entceiled. Our experiment' w ith them in 1840. the summer of which it wdir be recol!ected was one of exttsmp drought, and. consequently. vCy offavort. Mle to the ponte, were saseestw'6 sonnd reasons, we think, why they. not !e culivated in preference to any oth er vaietier which are now high in publie eteeln. Their eatinz qualities are supe rior, and for stock mid even swine, they are preferable, we tire confideut. to the Irish or Long Rels., To all who have been inducted to plant them, we would ,ay. ubesiratinaulv. cultivated the secan dum arlein, and shauld the 'eason he fa vorable, you wi:l doubtless he liberally anl amply ret-mneraied in the corp for-your labor and expens-.- Yankee Farmer. From the (S. C.) Temperance Adcorate. :1 A C rttso. A friend of onrm. who deservedly holda a high rank as a practical P!nnter. in all itm various de tails. gave ue, in coniversation. the plan be pur. suep in mnntcritg hiii lanud. He owns about a hundred and ifty heai of cattle. all of which are driven hiote' inl the evening and penned. IlIk cow pen is half anl ncre itn size. He-pens his cattle in one place, three nights, and then movaves it lorward. so as to cover hxaf an acre nore, nn ia plnotgh fallows immediately, and tcirn< ander thie nantare, on the half acre just oncenpivd. .,o that nothing is lost by evaporaion. lie oitinmes ti.t iroughou the year, at the cnd of which. he hahabout a hundred and twen tv ncres well mucareid. and the manucre all well turned neder, so th-it he has lost nune. The tr:aimble of mo, ing stch a womsll pen so ofltn, he tinks i- Ilasa thtan it would be to wa 'n out thi. sune :-acnt of mcantare. and seat. ter it; nndu then tby his systemn, he saves a vast amuntut, that wotauld he host by evaportiona, if peirtaitted tio lie lonag int a heap. But hc gain. t.o. in aunther important par. ticut~ar. Th~lis seena re, for has cattle greater at titntin, than i< ordinarily be-stowed on stock, and pre.vents his losir.,pa large anmber. We acskedl if be did not haul straw and leaves toa hi' pents I lie remarked that his land was a light, saandy, poroti< ,oil, that would not bear -hi.' kincd of'maantre: hut that after his. cattle hade remoained two nig/,ts in a pen, he hauled in a rich, elbyeev ceoil. (reom a large swamp near him, and sca'ttered tis ,cver the tcen, and the cartle was penned ccn this the third aight, which wvas. of courua, turnted uander teeo. H~e thtus not only etnrebhed hiis latd, but prioduced a perma naeit chnnge in the pchysical structutre of theseoi. We regret that wec are neot at liberty to use thec gentlem.rca' name, as athority fiar the ad 'nantages nftiais svstem, far he would be recog. naized by many of our readers as a .ece h tplanter.' A nd'in connectiorn with his aeecsiuhE planting. lhe remarked, ii is oariag tkelgtepisni ma, short to the haud. so as to .ford mueanops tunity to mnurae higidy. t?4FLUENYCE of TUE too.Y. Lunar Infiuence.--n considering the eli .mate or tropical countries, the iniducnce of t he moon seems t have been entirely over lookedl: iftlhe vast tides of the ocean aro raised from their fathomless beds by lunar poer it is not too mnech to assert that the tidles of the atmosphere are liable toaultn ular intfaence. The power of the moon is not only visible over the seasons, hut also over vegeitable and animal life. Itn Guyana, for itntnnee, as regards vegetation there are thirteen springs anad autumns, form no mny times does t he sup of trees as cend to the branches and tecend to the rootSl andl, as regards animal life, I bave seen, in A frien, the newly littered young, perisha in a few hours, at the mother's side. if exposed to the rays of the full moon;Isih become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left exposed. uneurable nor rsat,~ by at.