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40 -.. We will clinge tho Pillars of doe Temple of our LibewiltO, Ismt "0f we wWU per"s and" 9h" Rus." FI.- A Court louseC, V., Itme i is4 . JBION&MIIELD ADVEIITISE19, 3Y W. F. DURSOL. PROPRIETO . T E R .1 S . Three Dollars per annum, If paid ip advance-Tore Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid before the exr iraton of Six Months from the date of Subscripion and Four Dollars if not paid within twelve Months. Subscribers out of the State are r uired to pay in adance. o subseription received for less than one year, apd no paper -liscontinued until all arre s are paid. -xcept at tbe op tion of lisher. All su ,,on,4 will he continued un less otherwtwordered before the expira tion of the year. Any person procuring five-Subscribers and becoming responsible for the samse, shall receive the sixth copy gratis. ..dvertisements conspicuovely inserted at 621 cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the frst insertion, and 43) ets. for each continuance. Those published monthly. or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each insertion. Advertisements not having the nurmher of insertion' marked on them, will be continued until ordered out,04 charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will ho promptly and strictlv attended to. 'The friends of Capt. J. J. S ENTEL L. annotuncehim as a caindidate for the office of Sheritf. nmarch 28 9 070 The friends of xcar BOROUGH BiOADWATER, aniounice him as a candidate for the office of Tax .ol lector. march 9 6 070 The frienils of Col. W. 11. MOSS, .unounce ham as a caudidate for the office of Ordiuri EdgfieJd Dis trict. 07The friends of Shubel ATIAWA Y, annonnee him an a candidate lor the Oice of Tax Collector. of Edgefield Dis trict. 0? The rie x o'f Capt. W. L COLEMAN. annotwnce hm as a candidate k Ordinary of Edgetield Dis. trdct. 4 Jan 1 f 51 VThe friends of WM. J. SINIKINS. Esq.. announce him as a candidate JorAhe ofice of OAdinary, of Edgeteld District. HLE: ansee b5le as a cadidate for die ot See of ordinary, of Edgefield District. August26 tf 30 ~~ OFFATT's VEGETABLE LIFE PILLS AND PncENIX BiTTERs. ORIGIN OF THE LIFE MEDICINES. T HE reader may not perhaps he aware that the origi of tofiat'st Life Modicine wasthe result of a protracted asn paiinil ill. nes of the'r oiinater. Mr John %l,,at Whens taken ill, Mr. . was a prospers.u4 and flnur i-thin- merchant in the lower part of she city of New York; and having conssultd and employed a number of our must skilful physiciats he, after muonths of suffering. wais prevailed upjono to urchase tihe recipe of tie invaluable reg. table preparation now offered to the public. Tihe ed'ect of ihe Life blediciers is hs owit case was so singular and remarkable. that he immediately detennined to offer ts th. worlil a tued-cio tie whici he0 not 0nV owedh Iis life but hsis happinenn. Th.- uniform ouec. a hich hias since attended their adntastrassoan in eve instance. where a flair trial hai been giva n then, has beeni attesti-d by thousandi. and Im conteitibly proven their imtriasic nerit. TuE Lx Misatjs-GCV91tA. RKaaRxs. These mehlcis a, are indotated or their name < to their manifest amd snsible ation is puny- I ing the sprinig-and channel ot life. and endanisg them with renewed tooe and vig r, aand to ihe unadoubted fact slant at a very earh~ period mr their history they had re.-cuedl hnie-rera frisns the very veign of an usanseiy grave, after nl the deceptive instronea of the day. piresen~hed by phayscivi:. hard utterly failee, in, whichs ca sen they also penananlently secured that sasifosrms enjoymenat of health, without whieni lill- atseat is but 'a partial besing. So ereat aaJeeid had their efficacy invariablh proved. that it was scarcely less than mairacsuloujs to those w ho aere unacquainted with the beautifully phailosoph:i cal principles upon which they were comnpeund ed, and up on which thecy conusequenatly art THI E PHIIENlX BITrERS atreao called, because they psses thei power of restoring the expiring embers of he-alth, to a glowinr vsgar throughbout the constatsons. as the Phamnix in said to he restured to liife (rons the. ashen of its own dinsolutiona. The hiix Djitters are en tirely vegetable. comnpanwd ot rootsL found iin certain parts of the weuterns couniry. whbich will inafalliblv cure FEVIdt AMN) AGUES .osf all kind'; 'will never fail to erutiieste entirely all the etfect of Miercury. in:stiitly asuner thasnshe most powerful Prprau~tionsa ..f Nar-nsinardlin. and wall iuisraeiey cure ti. le tersiantaenf BLOOD TO) TIlE l .-w; eever sail ms she uickaess incidtent to young4 fessals ; nu wi Ih round as certini remedsy int all -anes ti arrrs debiy antd wsekn s o thei mnns' impaired cons stittnions. As a remndyi tsar Chronu-i and lea -Rhlenaisa. thse ctlicascy sat the baar tr will b.' demnonstrarted by die usae , - '' in the oportunity af .dW of the press, for placing CINES wish 'ndividual In to coleet:a the convolutions oftiesmall intestines!. Other medicines only partially cleanse these; and leave such collected wasses behind as to ptoduce habitual costiveness, with all its train of'evils. or sudden diarrhwa. with its itnitient dangers. The tact is well knmown toall regular anatomsists, who examnine the human bowels aler death; and hence the prejudice of these well informed anon against the quack medicines of the e. The second effect of the VEGE TABL LIFE PILLS is to cleanse the kid noys and the bladder. and by this means the liverand the lungs. the health'ul action of which entirel. depends upuon the regularity of' tie uinary organs. The blood, which takes its red color from the ageticy of the lives and the lunga betore it pases into the heart. beia- thus purtied by them, and nourished by foo coi itg 'rou aclean stomach, courses freely through the vetus. renews every part of thesystemn. mad triumphautly mounts the banner of health in the bloominitg cheek. The following ate among the distreiig va riety of hu...an diseases. to which the Vegeta ble Ltfe Pills am well known to be infallible: )YSPEPSIA. by tuoroughly cleansing the first and second stoumachs, and creating a fliow of pure iealthy bile, instead of the staie and acnd kind:--Flatulency. Palpitation of the Heart. Loss of .,1peite. ilcart-bmrn and 11usd sche, Restiessness. Ill-emper. Anzicty. Langor ad Aldancholy, '.abich are tihe gesneral stymp tons alf vyspepsia. will vanish, as a unatual tonsequence Ut its cure. f'astareness, by cleans ig tile whlhe length of the intestames with a solvent process, and wdastut violence: all vim. lent purges le.ves de bwel, costive witisin wo days. Diarrhexa and Cholera, by resovin'g he sharp acrid duids by % hich these comaplantus tre occasioned. asd by pirototing tihe Inbrica ive secretions ait tihe mucous mneubriane. Fe ersojallkads. by mestoring tihe blood to a egamiar circulattn throagh the poroces of per pariatiosn tu sonei cases. and time thorouih solu. oll ol all sutmtianal ob .trctioan1 in others. lMe Life .leuacime. have been ksn.ussn tu cure .heamuaiism perusaentily in three weaks. and :aat in halt the tine. by reuovting kival iaslam. nat1111 froum the wuscles and lgaments ot' the uita. Dropsis ot all kinds. b) reeing and trcngthenmasg the kidne)s and blaildei; they perate umost -o thumer ap. rtant ar. au, a..s banet' -evW been Wound a cer itl remsiedy tr er'pIAtciesOf Grarel Alo forms. by driludoitgfruo the rtum ngats it the owels the simm mattaideitm in which tale-e crea ures eierc; Asthiii a'id ctinssmption. by re maig the air v-seaeseol time In ga. trimim time lull an. wlmh even slight coal n. Il Occasion, Inch af nsmt renoved becomes irrdened, and ,roduces those dreadiul diseases. Scurey. Ul. ers. and Jareterate Sores, b% time pertect purIy mhich theeLife l'ills give tothe blood. unial l he bu..nors: Mereutic Ersplions and Baid Com. Aziens, by their alaernative etlect upon the noiieh' occsions all Eleptice e rists. Sia no. .Oadv. ad other disagreaMP Compleions. he use of these PIls fr a ei ve mlithm 5 1tam"-. wll Itect ana entire cute ot Salt Rheum. Erysipelas. mad astrakiaig improveumenit m the Clearness of he Skin. Common Clds and lnfluenza. will ways be .. sared by one dose. or 1.y twol. Cvenmm i thi worst ca.'se. Piles.-ams a rammoedy lair Mis mal.t distUe.a.g :sad .bsmtamte a1ma1lad%. tle! legtable Lmie Pitls deserve a dtstanct aid em mttsae re commendataw.. It is well kinownm to undreds in this city. that the ori aiatior mt -e valuable 1111. wa luim. if iallhled % ith l- comuplamt olir upwards oft/uarty-tire years. u.. that ie tried mn want every reumediy precrl ed wiiman tih- mmlsole eaan1.ngw lothe .laieta led:ca. lie however. nt length. tried tlas, 31c. leis.e which he n.w oters to the public. tad e was cured in a very Am..rt tamm. nfa-'r his re every lied been pron unceod n.otl% itmohlnm le. bat absoluiely maupusaible. by anay humaln nm'ass. All that Mr. M11offat require: of his patients i to ie amticular in tlaking: the Life .ledicmes rictly acc- irding to a .e directsoni-i. It I5 ot by i ew-ssl. r a,tivee. or b% ni sthing that lie ilself maay say am ihear savor. tawa hol-eitamgnina e.Jit. It is alone by the resiulta- of a fair tral. Adecce to Females.-Feiales whov alm- _ood e.tih ,.houl. neve' .- withioit tIhe' Life .- im. -ia-,' it the% parify the bIsmI. remo I th-ta ia ii'ns .d gi the *kim u beautiful, clear. h-.. Im. anai bimomaminig .maapeur.ice. To Parents and uthers. - I'rsoam of a pletho -ir habat. ti lao are sublject1 to aits. heo'adachae. gad I.naests. msimla ot sight mm' dromwsine-a. iroim ome s ront a lisw of Imhaamd t.o thme head, shol.1m ask a trequaently. 'i ldrem.a na~ pemr~smons l' I agses. numas takm the' :: sat any~ tunea, as thaey dlu mat conitaam m'merem, o r stl anymteredien't that re psaires conitinmenmt mar 5re'trictm.,a iuf diat. To Elderly Persons.-.3luny halsthy' ngedm in-. livdaals. ti Iho knsow'' thmo valueao' il3otfat'. Life I edic ianes. maaake' is a rumle to take ilheam tywo mr harem, tames sa week, by~ whiactm they~ resmove~ thea omses thm.at pv.iiao'ee diseo'ase, prserve thaeir salt. an.t. keep otf she iantir'mmitie's of::ge. IIadsof'as'milies ,.hoauld salways keepo m gnass iay oin that Life . ilie me. m thme bmusa. ac a ruem dv isa cases of sauddent ihauaNa; for bay thaeir r'mpt noaadmmitaata. Chmmler- i ortaim", timon n m the stomasach, Caramips. pmasams. t'evers. and ithmer larmin:: coaamlainmt. wlinch too ol'eni naovm' liatal. amlay be speedil ensroid mr preteLd. ats for Motahers and Nurses-It it a fshe' ?tablsed by thme anammmml balls oat'mnosialty. ilsat ame half'uf daae chilmirens bursi are cus ourbeflore atainng; mev. nl years ofl as". eadie 'ru-tI'ul o.c" f thism maoraaty is founm;d to. exist ms that roul state osf the ctoma-ch anda hoaweLs m hich pro ics thse :enerations of W losrm. A. thme scafe restri'r fluafasntinae Illnth,. mai thais'itiensi astt the- Life 3.licianes ha.*vm hlaag held . diatiangamish ad repmutatmon; iad for fol'nmess ofi ala.- sotomach itad hoaweL'. asnd convutalsanlas. althoughsd ormims nay antotuist, it imi allowed to be sujseriar to any other. Fo.r sale by C. A. MIEIGS. Agenct. marh 23 ly 8 IN TIlE COMMON PL.E AS. l obert WV. Mathims, Asmst - Foreign Auachmaent. E Phlaintilt'havig this day filed his de-' .ation in may ,fe .and the deafenanta wilis or antoumiey, known to bet with ans whmoma copy of the sasme. with couldhme saerved. It isordhereda. ml plead toa the said declaration .itda), or final and absolute meint him. .PQ1PE, c. c. p. 184). c. ago 47 : IDLE WORDS. BY MAJ. CALVKx CAMPBErLL. "The strnngest lowse hath yet. 4t time, A weakness in its power; And latent sicknes's ollen sends The madness of an hour. To her I loved, in hitterness i sai.! a crue thing Alh nie! how much of misery Fjoi idle words may spring! "1 loved her then-I loved her stil!. But there wnas in my blood A growing frover tlhat did give its frenlcv to MV mood. I sneered beculs~- anothwr's sneer.. lad power my le'art to wring Ali me! hoiw much of misery From idle words may spriog! And when, with tears of wonder, sho Looked tp into my face, I coldly turned away mine eyes. Avoiding her enlrace: Idly I spaks' of ille donits. Anid mnny an idler thing; Alh one! how nontich of inisery Fromt idle word.. may spring! 'Twas over sona the cause-not soon 1e saa. eferts pma .sOed by; Tjpy rulte- me 'nth :the suminer in, a And 'neath the winter'is sk)! I ssoglt 'or:! ivenses-: 4he rave, Bu.t k.-pot the lurking viting Al me! how isuch ofisaixery Fiot idle words may sprg ! ".Mionth afic tmonth. year after year, I strove to w in aain0 Tite heart nit idle word lied lost, C But str'ove alas ! its vain. ' Oht! ye who love biware lest tlhrns Acroa !orve's spatil ye fling; Ye iittle kiow what itmsery From idle words may spring " TilE FL'W EtOQF THE FIELD. ar RENLE. b Sweet unr.lings s-f the irrnal sikies, aith'd in softi ais. and fed with dow, Mhnt tome than imA ' in on lies. n, esports, upan gay, n1 sorrow on lir's downward way, lIw .ootsing! in our last decay, alesinu1ia0 prompt and true. etees ye are of Eden's bowers. U As pure. as fragrant, and as fair, d As whs ye criewn'd the sunshine houril a 1y llapy wandercr-s there. Fall'tn all beside-the worid of life. flow ts it siai'd with fear and strife! in I'Reimoato - world what storms ate rfe, Wiat paotons rage antd glare! Bit chiecfuil und unchang'd the while Your tirist and perfect forim ye show, The sanne that avon Eve's matron smilo s In t. % orld's opening glow. r The stars al lleaven a coutirse are taught En-o tgs abave our thought: c misy bef' iound if'ye aresought, And as we gazo we know. o.. dwell tIeiside fur paths and homes, Ouir patlhs o ,.i:. our homes o'sorrow, and uilty man. where'er ie roams, Yienr ininocent Mirth tiny borrow. 0 Tls bards ofair belfore us fleet, Tlhey catinot brook our ,haetti to meet- r int w,- mtay ta--te sour sol-ace sweet r And coie again1 t-tuorrowY. e frearliss in vour nests abide Now mjay we scorn. too proudly wise, .tir tilent les.ons. unlescried if all b. ut ly eyes: ror ~ye cssslsd draw the. admiring gatzo (f litim whoi worlds and hearts surveyt: a 'autr order w ildl. your fragranat ma~ze,r lIe tasu;:ht us how to prize. e felt yosur Maker's smtile ltat hour, A., whieanI 1. ans'd and ownt'd yu gotod; li, bl.'sintg ons earth's primal bower Ye felt it all renew'd. What c'are ve' utnw, if winier'is storm Sweep'1 ruathh-..e o'er eacti silken, form! a1 .'risi's hah.'.iig at y'our he'ari is warm, Ye' fear tno vexing mood. .la.'.! of thousaind hoantiis kiind, Th:it daily cota yon atnd caress, lsow few thes happy isecret find By )onir caltm tov elinehi! -Live'fear in-day ! to-mnorrow'is light. omsrrow'.' cares shlsl bring to .ight, (Jo lee'p likse clo~cOg flower~s at n;:hlt, Ansd Ilseaveni thty mornfl will bless." ?I ixcellanaeous. From thes Temprac A dcocate. Lim di B.secon sime where retuhaks, that 1titman .. lii staris a plaintatiot, mtu-il elpecl to liose for StJ yars, andu get his gains af Mr Eduior:-l am ant ex-planter, ansd wubl ask nt cortner in ysaur coluninas, io lay before the rendler the results of my ex perence. I canno'Sst boast o: success, huut yet I tmay serve to aomec extent tmy day andl generattioni. I pecev thast muust, ml not alloh' your enrrespsiuhenis, htave beein favorites of fortune, but I can testify Ihat o nim at success, is not always to attain it, We are short sighttedh mortauls, ansd the most matured lanst nt unf'rcajuently bring diuenppointt and ruin. I too, have plut my bark iupon the ocean, andl the mionitaint i ave .,tove her into a ihonasand fragments. T he pilot may have b.een un skilful, but I selected hitm. because of his reputedl experience. Somec account of the shipwreck many be intesrstsing, and pre ent others from risking their all upon a datfual and-dangerons asperiment. [ Carolinian by nativity, and ha -my lire in ter borders. I wish ho to tell the whole truth, and tons make the hontest conftsion. th in t wh, Ijourneyed far in quest of s ho Believing myself to be cut out foi S r tity energies took that direction meid ratify my taste, I roamed througi P - and Ilammocks, and Rive w o d Pine harrens, until i saw a1l variety of soil which our Cein, ry hits. Circumstances porevenet I taiont, but may spirit was inviorI a plantation be-catme a sine guj my peace and contentent-l. d Iract of land. stockei it witl to. ows, hu:.,. &c. and ani Ov'rseer 3ein r, I proceeled on a small scale kfy was not without its be-aurtis. I iog rivulet, which from it-4 many md ful meandern4.. was aptiy call 4 ked lu," foarmetud iiI Southeru ad.. tern benudaztriets. At one point, he t was precipitous. .id at the sinm nits overbeer and *han.s," perched he es in prounul defiance. I say e for every thing took wings and lew y before the year was spent. tear , gushed ai stram of pure water, ad and anon they made their way 0 1 to q'.saff the delicmots beverage, ly o er, Mr. Editor. was very fond of 'oh1. , and commendis hinself to your pec' card. At all tist I think toe prin' ourdI was a greater favorite with isa, n the handle of the plough. ' 11sti, &c." The burning sun hal . t taons otir him. it may he lion;ght y , that in this lie howed true phil pl' our summer heat is a psohilic so f disease. IIe did not believe tat t was sober sense in exposiig no' i'4ins to the roasting cffects or the w, merely for the sake of making a little orn and Cotton. tie was an admirer of to shy grove, and without iht feeling f se lness ahictn often operates on tird From the oper.inA of the wvari rea to the chilly winds of Autumn, e ted often overy day with all the han W to the wide-spreadinge oak, and xte g himself at full length, fixed his yps4alm philosophic gaze at the rich r" I aopy over him, until sweet seel ro oblivion o-his cares and anxieties. a happy fellow! What a pity at old ever be roused from hit I " ut s to _artake gtin of the 3memy story. Armed at every point, comienced with the highest expecta on. I had a fo.rce of six "hands" and yoverser "thtown in"-four horses n old woman to make poultry-anu abuti anca of provisions-and every imple ent of husbandry which niodern ari furn bes. I had read the hest books ton Ag. culture. and enjoyed the advautages o( reign travel. I swapped ideas with the tost knowing planters o my vicinity, and ded to tny stock whatever I supposed aluable. Justice requires that I should ere make special metntion of ny Over ?er, who, at all titues laid before ne the ch treasures of his experieure. and was ever at a luss in solve the mtst hastruse roblem in agricultural science. Well.sir, had been a corn buyer tip it) this lime. ad now resolved by the bles&ing If Ira cn, that I would lbe a cur: setter the rest f my life. Oh. who can ineasure smy igh hopes! With what delight I walked ver my grounds. and how the dleceitful iionsofplenty and wealth littel before e! I did helieve that tmy rortune was tde; that I had the plantaion of plant. ons, the placo of place-. The earth on ;hich I trod -coined to) ic to have a pre iosness far above all mnortal desert. That earth seeued like to leaven, a eat where Gods might dwell, or wandetr -ih delight, tand loive. to htaunt her sacredi ade."' E~xcuse my poetics, I pleasd ty theme. T'he Overaeer anud I comn teced operations in January. I thtinkl artera in trade should lie otn good terms, ndl I therefoire cultivated his acquaitntance. his I took to be a sountd pirinceiple. I haad een taught in icy childhood, ''united we tand, divided we full," or to give the ver ion of a Dutchman of my acquaintance, ho on a4th of Juhy occasion, gave asa entimeni~t, ''unitedl we stand, provided we ll." I was cot long in mnaking his ac uaintance, I foundu him a tmant appa entlylearnied in the science of Agricul nre, and soon began to pay him the re peet due to a superior. I agreed to give tim his provisicaas anel a fourth, and ht tpulated to wcork like a horse. We walk d uvertt thield. anti he ismidoa progra m s of operations for the yMar. 'This field ur Cotton. that for Corn and that for Oats, ec. We barginesd for 15 bales of Cot. 'n at least, arrd unt less titan 500 bushel f Corn. lieres we go-the fences art ghted-the logs piilod and burnt; thi roomedge, I dottt remember what wa' lone with it; a system is cntered upon ti nake manure--grubbing boos, axes, ilughi, &". &c'. all set itt mnution-the iversar and hands mo' ing to antl fro ovec te plantation -furor arma muinistra. Bit & eatn't write itt Latin.) WVolh. sir het ground-a wor,, brokeni up with a BulL onupaugh, which plough ' will inlforr het unscientifrc reader, wvas so named be -ns~ itWa-, first ttade by a imanwh capt ilull tongues fur stale, a hicht are nor ,.lled Beef-tonotues, as in atur modertn cont setional refinement, it is csimsiderelt vul tar t) an "Bull" before :a lady. It 'vs .red between the parties, thtaton t he lifti al March, the Corn shtould go ito tht grund, and thte Cotton on the 17th. La ihe mteun time we had to mnake arrange ments for the Oat erop; seed were to be -Iy overs-er would have contended wit (odafor the ihade. b procured, and the land put ir readincss. ,This was done. lMy overseer was no as i stologer. From long experience lie had a learut to look to the heavenly bodies for 1 direction, and certain portentous signs iu r di'ated % ith unerring certainty the time , and nature of his operation-s. The signs bein; favorable, the Odst were planted, r aud by previous calculation the perinds above neu:ioned wer, fixed for the Corn arid Cottion. A brush was used to cover I the Oats, but I think it probable that they were bruhed to sonme other region, as tre seed even were not restored to me. Our Coro rus were lail oil '- by .3. and ihe lth of March tihe memorable planting day, is upona us. By a clase calculation of chances we agreed to put 7 grains to a hill 2 riot to come up, 2 for the crows, I for comiilgencies and 2 to stand. The Corn bcing planited. the next in our progranme. te Cotton now attracted our attention. I goit my seed from ta neighboriig Gin, and it was ol the kind called Alverado. We planted secund, on aren. We had 80 acres in all, equally livided. The crop planted, tie overseer and hands for some days de voted themselves to jubilation and the val leys of Crooked Run were vocsl with the songs of trirniph which ever and anon sa luted the car of the passing traveller. What better. says he, can wo do! We have planted the crop, we must wait pa tiently until it comes up, aid then like brave fellows, we will go to work. I must confess. Sir. that though I had never an ticipated thii necessary festivity to kill time. I could not with all my book learn ing. get the better of the argumet, and I surrendered. In the mean time I devoted Irysclf to head-work. and comforted by the coifident tone of my Oversece, alreidy basked in the ung-shine of abundance. I would at this critical period have had many moinents of uncasine::, but for his all con soling itifucrce. The most dreadful ills of life are from apprehension, flow much do we suirer from anticipated evil! Words worth gives this great truth in a single line. ''All things are lest ereadful than they seem." flow keenly would I have sugfered, could I have now seen the result of my ex perinert, and bow grateful am I to my overseer for the efTective service thich he tenderdd me! He was certainly a man of talent in his way, and dispute it who will, I shall ever stand up for him. He did not assert his opinions with the dogmatism so W~5w5 ~ *.. % " i~.. m %, one's throat as you would load a piece of artIllery, but recommended them by a pe culiarmilduess of manner, and subdued opposition by the unosientatious display of sincerity. Like the true imaginative ge nius, he read the liast and the future better than the iresent, and could tell you how many bags of cotton you would make be fore the seed peeped out of the ground. Well. Sir. time seed soon began to show themselves, and my ravisied fancy picture od a field on the right with its sowsvwhiite curpet, and anutcr other on the l-ft with its -d!lstalks gracefully bendin-: under the precious load, which was soon to raise me to thme dignity of a Cum seller. The sum mer was fast advancing. and ol'l Sol now began to shoot his warning ray athwart the plantation of Crooked Run. The reign of icy wintier was over. The trees were putting oi their livery of green-the wild flowers springing inito life-ilhe birds chirp ing their notes of gladneci-the insect tribe straining their irry voices to their Maker's praise-the llorn .-head and Cat f6i indulging thcir innocent gamlils the Bull-frog throwing in, ever and antou. hiis deep base notes to enhance the general jov. But ah, there was one, who amid this festival of nature, was droopling and despondent. It was mny Overseer. Whfat', the matter my dear fcllow. says 1. "Why, says be, thre sun dos't agree siith mec. I i rnt stand thre lhnt weoathr. I begin teo feel sickish and puny." Now, for the farat time I begr~n to suspect his mrarveillous . rdnest for cull water anad the ady graive. My crop was growing rapidlly, and withI it rho grass. I saw tbat a hard ight was to lie made, and I felt it was my duty to visit rho plantation daily. The hot season was rapidly advancing. and my poor overseer was fatst sinkiarg itnto despon dency. I took to myself now some au thority, and from the heights of Crooked Run, like acother H annibal frrmn the Alps. issued tmy orders to my army of 6 hands. On one occasion with my overscer near by in a favorite shady retreat. I addressed them after this fashijon on horse-back Overseer atnd Hands. We have fought manifully. Let us coatiune the fighi, and victory will be ours. Shall the Grass of the fielid conquer us? No. If we are to fall, let it hre biy theo handl of men like on reelves. Surrender to a little Grass! Forbid ii Hien va-n. Far more glorious would it bo to fall dead at the plough-handle, than to survive defeat." I expected this rspeechl to he r eived with enrubusiasrm, but at the close of it the overseer remarked, "let's go now and take a dlrink of nice cool water, thre sun - ismostrous hot." Says I, overseer you . drink roe much cold water. It will be the , death of you. TIhe htanids must not take .it so freely. Bait his heart was on the spring-tgour-d, and down be goes to the - pring, while I march' the handt to the field. I put them to work as well as I -knew how, and at the hnur ofdinner marchr . d them tri the cabin. I directed that the horn shounld be bluiwed for the overseer , t w-is done. buthte cameo not, and I went , tire spring faor hrim. There I found him ,wth ih,- gouard by his sidlein one of those :Rip' Van Winkle sleeps, which, without disturhance, mrighat have la: .1 for- half a Sceatury, alike itnsensible to trc sound ofh Sbhr,. arnd the noise, and tumult of ho6 steero~us wet, 1 got him with some difficulty to the cabin, and at dinner we had a tete a Uete, which to ue was full of melancholy pro monitions. My overseer's favorite themo was the hot sun, the shady grove and cold water. I was fast becoiniug convinced that we should fail in our crop. and though determinued to the best of ny ability, I sct to work to console myself under the im pending calamity. The grass wa-s fast taking possessiou of the fair plantation of Crooked Run, and what was to he done to stay its onward march! ParadoxicaL as it may seem, the Corn and Cotton wero actually growing smaller. I called the atteniaou of my overseer to the fact, and said to him, that the grass must be exter mninated, or the battle was lost. He re pled that aftor much thought on the sub ect. h- was inclined to the opinion thet the Crooked Ulun grass had an unusual taount of vitality. and we could have the best grass plantation in the State of South Carolina. It was indeed a question, whether we should cultivate the grass, or the corn and cotton, but my pride revolted at the idea of abandoning my crop, and I resolved ou perscvering to the last. But success wa< ut possible. The thirst of my overseer was hourly increasing, and the contagion had spread to my hands. The horscs too took an enormous amount of the precious libationi, and verily was there not some ground for the apprehension, thatt the very fountains of my beautiful ,,treanlct would be dried up? Mr. Edi tor, I ant a temperance mail, but do ex cuse me forexpressing the opinion, that there is such a thing as taking too much cold water. rbo richest gifts of Provi deuce may be abused, and it was so in this instance. I got on as well as I could du ring the working season, with little or no assistanco from my overseer. lIe had long since left off workitng, and but seldom per mitted the Stan to shine on him. His vis its to the fields. like the visits ofabe fabled Plutus to mortals, wete marked by weak ness and limping when he went to them, while lie was swift-fouoted and winged when he left them. The time for harvest is now at hand, and what nm I to reap! Oh the die is cast, and desolation is now to sweep over Crooked Run, as with the fury of the whirl-wind. Where are the teem iug fields which my imagination onco pictured! The dream of plenty has van ished, and the ghostl spectre of want and We made, Sir, 90 bushels of Corn, three bags of Cotton, Oats to last for one weeL. less than a dozen chickeus, and I had ti pay for hire ot' bands $iti--ly loss was not less than 50 per ceut oan my investment; a lo-is which my poverty made most one rous. I determined ott abandoning the place, and by the first of September, Crook ed Run was left desolate. But a s.:ale tncnt had tolbe mado with my overseer. One of my neighbors, a certain J. F. d j clared that he wa. entitle.1 to notiting; tar that lae work,,d 1iar afuurth, and as the re sult proved, that ie did not make a fourt;, of coure he got nothing. However spe cious the reasoning. I gave him enough to last him on his weary pilgrimage until the ht (if January, atnd ve parted in peace. And bcre in the conclusion of this sketch let tue say, that he was a good-natured honest tman. "wihose drink was only fron the liqjuid brook," and who would not in teutionally do wrong. But - What boots it at one gate to make defence Ani at another tu let itt the foe I" Though tot consulting his talent in thn vocation whichl he selected, he was by to means a had meamber of society, anal i' ho yet remnains it this world offrouble, I wish him from the buttom of ny heart. heater suc cess 'han we had at Crooked lIoun. And an.ow, Mr. lditor, you and th re dcr may ask, .' by tha lotng naarratijve aborut nuttitn., ! I wilt ta Irempat to answe r that aluestinoU, toti then I amt dlone. You may learn irmm at ate foaly ut emarkingi. any businiess, withaina sotmeL previous par::cttL kanuwledge-you see too', that an athe ~ ac.* titan of your overseer, it is danger,~ a, one whto is very foad of cool water .:rzt shady grove. Phaysic'ians tell aes ala. a.., report of unsutccessful cases is piraal of'the greatest good to thiacr sctetnce, .u surely there is no reason why this pr'incile should not obtain in Agriculture. I koo,.sv tihe parade of the humana heart, and thaou sands are prevented thtereby from diselhar ging this sacred duty to the public. I trust it will tnot be considlered indtecorous to say that I am made "of sterner stud'," and am willing to be offered tap as a sa crifice on the altar of my country. But there is another most important lessoti taught by it, which I shalil speak of' with modesty ; that is, "to overcome misfoirtune, by braring them." Under pirceisely simi lar cireninstances, many a mtan has cut his throat. .Although I was very Poor. and my embarrassmuents were much increa-- K sed by my agriculttrral experimnent, upon my honor, Sir, thme idea of' laying violent hands on myself anever crossed w mind. My grief was of short dora' not be astave to sucha as s where read "that to p ning, is to put on the servitude," and I though at my ow the school of.e and why learnt so pe ets o