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0*At* We wii cling to Mhe 1Pillarg of the temple of our Liberdes, ad it is mit fan, we win Perish amist she. be -VOLUME VIII. EAgetiel our t Ionse, 8. C., september , 848. NO.S EDOIEFELD ADVERTISERC - . JI k I_ W. F. DURISOE.PROPRIETOR. TIi%" sOUuzpaaW... if paid in admsee ...iibolma and FiftV Cents. if not paid before the epiaioAft Months fram tihe date at Sphseription--nd Ponr Dolars if axt pa' wilbi twelve Mgths. Subscribers out - orte Sat: are requitadst pay in dams. M ubscriptdos receved for les tan ene sladaso gaperdiaantinued until allarrear Ipai, cept ae option of the Pub All uubscriptions will be contned unless saherwise ordered before the expiration of the r101 procuing five.Sabcuiberu and * bep~h~gresposiblefothamew,Uhllreceive i"Monali inserted at G24 ml..gaare. nos orls.) for thegirat Emnikand, a43tcents, for each coatinuance. 'The pblished Month ,or quartealy will be ?r 81 per qar cu insertion. Ad not having the number of. imer pit .,wIll be condnued ntil Wfor perse living at a esa@~it be pai for at thu tnue the work - d:pajeneenred in the village. n arddsS4 to she Editor, jw ampdliy andstrictly attend ~ZAGL1CLTVRAL 5eA i8 MAnfre.-n reply to several g ea aking enquiries as to the bWctensee ,ilformation may be ob tained asto thisimetbod ofmaking ma aure, we refer. them to the advertisement eMAses. AbbeuA -Co. of Baltimore, aWbkiwe have transferred to iurPOlum.DL W-knaow,.eLo otheragency in the outh 6etgte~and presme there is not a as e have ot seen a notice of any. We would, however. most respect- 1 fully suggest toMers. A. & Co. the pro priety 'ofesablishini one in Georgia, for the ecoainnodationeof those of our planters who desire to avail themseves of its ad vantages. Some of our correspondents have propeunded. to as many enquiries with regardo the method. as to its cost, whebthet a man who.is not a chemist can use it. 'and irhat substances it will convert into manure, &c. &a.. none of which can we aswer as definitely as we should de hir We have no doubt however that the materials employed are cheap. and cah be'ned- by any man who can cotz preh ea Plainest preseriptioi. and we lake la forgranted it will convert all sub stances 1sto ianure which- ire usually bas yea n tan bark. In eel we nestr remark to our cot res pondants, that they can form as defnite meoluslos as o its ments-as we can, if bhave-carefully read all the extracts we we copied'ioto the "Southern Culti vator," for we have regarded is a subject of vital importance, and have given them whatever. information we could obtain from ourecbhage papers. We-subjoin aletter from Messrs. Abben &Co., in reply to the remarks of our cor respondent "HR.," in which he alludes to Biommes. method.. Messrs. A. & Co. will perceive on reference to the commu nication of "-." that they have fallen ow error as to his datt-probably they have.been led into-it by the typographical error of-%be per which coiled the article from the "othern Cultivator." '-H." sesak~tbat it woold require "1500 to ISgalJansof water.to -every 1000 lbs. 4ttratsf" and ist 100 -lb. of stvai as quitseax.Mesris. A & Co. This fact mahs shear approximate nearer in their viewabs they are evidently yet far apart as to the quaauty of water necessary to be used is' -process. -. BALrmXaa, Aug. 8, 1843, 2h L&s Edibr (A auenera cuaicuter Sir-As the proprietors of the patent righat for the "Bommer Manure Method." an-arsicle has bseen shown to us, copied from your paperIm which a correspondent of yours, signing himself *'H.," states that *'the method -requires from 1500 so 1800 glons ef water to every 100 lbs. of . straw. As your eorrespondnt evidently holds a 'tight." we thlak btat it will be easy to convince him that in this respect he has fallen ino error. -lathe at place he wi-l acknowledge thatthageatbulk of water which is used Isitined In th'sheap; that great earo is takem to prevont loss either by filtration or era 'o;. tha&Iif it Is not retained in th awater, the elements into which it ilmust stIR remain there ineen -form,. and whatever furm themelmedia may assume, their aggro ~saew~ghtlldeOet the amount of wa tefei tiemp has absorbed and de Iwwe hare she testimony of the New York State Agricultural Society. that the straw e ig'ig this process quadruples its assuming water to weiab abhet the gallon, (near enough feesw t purpose.) we have sow" data is wijb to found an estimate of the ainounstauer consumed in the Bomn mer process. Thus 190 lbs. of straw produces 400 lbs. saanure, having incremead-in the process 300 lbs., whbich at 8 lbsa pei gallon mseqti ralent to 374 gallons. whIch inast he very the amount absorbed. "'jwn opinion is, that the straje more reI~ples its weight, but th'at ir ennet qinatapte lt from teater, is eviden ~dI!the fact- that the i~tmost absorbent - yof 100 lbs. straw in water is 48 3 qarts~which yoar correspondent nal espsrusent. * Very I. ulyodiob't. serv'ts. sanwror Ic Co. Fran the SaMten Pleater. BOMMER'S MANURE. Mr. Editor -The following conmnuni cation I am sure will be read with Wa:or est by wnost of your subscribers, and as I Oave received recently. so niany interru gataries concerning --Biomsmer's laure." I have concluded to send it for publiCa tion in the Planter, with such remarks as I many make upon it : Kin"" William July 6, 1843. Ma. WooDns : Dear Sir,-I have seen the result of your experiment with Bommer's parent monure. in the last Planter, and while I believe every w ord you have said abota it. I am not entirely satisfied that it w ill be-to the interest of every one to purchase 'the right to make and use it. Virginians have been so often humbugged with pa tent'inventions, that I am very slow to re ceive any notion that comes secreted un der a patent right. I will, therefore. he ol-liged to you to answer the following questions : Ist Can the materials of which the ma nure is composed, and also those required to produce such speedy decomposiuion. be procured iu sullicieun quantities on a poor, forestfarma to make it nt object on soch a frn: or is it only adapted to the neigh. borhood of towns, where mineral. aninal, and other substances can be readily pro cured at little cost ? 2d. From the experiment you have made, do you think that labor may ie profitably employed sin maieking tsnis ma nure on large tarms. or is it nerely ineen ded for experimenters on truck patches. gardens. &c. ! 3d. As the decomposiion is iso rapidly produced, does not the ammons (As, n hai ever you chelmikts cull it. I nue.1. the strength of the manure.) as spe--iih pass i8. and The manure. becuome romparative ly wortbless. as you have seen farims vard manure become b1. being kept too loing 4th. You say it is not costly. but ir-ts balesome; how much, aund what knd f trouble is it ? Is it that kitifn of tramnble with which every usecessfuLlarmer is ac quainsed. and for which ie gets rewarded, more or less, or is is Wie the Indian's gun. Cost more than it comes to? 5th. Taking every thiu connected wih it in consideration, would you advise a armer owning seme five or six hundred acres of poor land, situated twelve miles rom navigation and thirty miles from any town, employing the labor of twelve bands. and with a large and growint film iy, and not a cent to spend in huo.bmugs Dr costly experiments. to purchase Ine right to make and use this nanure ? You will please pardois the lib.-rty I have taken in addressing thi-i comm;-ni cations to you ; my only apulogy is my great desire to use all the mnomts itn iy power, for the improvement lf our usother earth and I should like to becomtne sir quainted with this process of Mr. Boom wet's, but do not like the idea tof bo3 in; a big in a bag. Should you think it weorth while to re ply to this, you can do it through the Planter. if you prefr it. (as I bfapole it probable you will receive other cuunsu nicansn on this subject,) or by let ter pri vately. by mail, as you may choose. Yours. most respectlfully. W.M. S. R YLAND. In answering the foregoing querit'* I shall take them tap in the corder they ne propounded, without any fart,ber pielinii nary remark. 1st. "Can the materials of which sbe manure is composed, and also thn61se re quired to produce such speedy dromipo sition be procured iu suficienst quanttier o a poor forest farm 1" &c. &c. I as swe'r yes-thsey catn be proc~uredl in abun dance, bosh for making she nenoure, and also for their speedy dgemposition, withn the exception of somec arsic~os tnecssar to make the lees.* Tlhe method is nt adapted to the neighborhood of tow ni, ex-i cept whenr. large quantities of vegeta Ible! substances can be had, k."From the experiment you hnve made, des you think shbat labor, may he profitably employed in making tIts ma nure on lmrge far-msP" &c. Aaswer. I do. Is isequally well adapted --nosruck panech es gardens, &c," if they htave an abuu dance of vegetable substances, not ot her - wnse 3d. "As the decomposition is so speed ily produced, does nots he amiunonian (or whatever you chemists call in, 1 me-au thel strensgth of the manure,) as speedily pass off ?" &c. T1o this question I answer'. nus consequeuce of the great heat produced in the process of lornmentation, in is g mite probable that a portion of thne amnn may escape. Awmsonsin. honwevecr, hasq great alfinity for waiter, undt as a qunsi ty of water, is necessary in maktsg then manure, I should think the e-scape' of am-i monia would not be very greatn. Mr. Bommer says "the snilts p'reoduced in te, process of rermensasion. -are as quanitity of snitr-ate of lime anda caustic po'tashn, anm mmnnins, and sahspetn'-fnour subsstan.ce-s winich modernv chemnistsry has fosindi to cous tain sche st fecunsdatig prop'e'c wIsus sible."' 4th. "Yous say in is nt costly, bus tron blesome-Isow mnuch mand what kind of tmulsle is it ?"' &c-. I alluded so the tail ble of collectisng nne mater-ial-, taukinsg the comspost heaps. mnakng the '"Ies," aind the several applications and waterings *The articles alluded to in thne exception, whek )tr-. Woodin did not cmsider- hnmself at herty to spneciy. ate hnt and lf ; about Gity pysnds of nlne fuse nr and a couple of postnds.t the latter being required to ass ordi nary- henan or nsnur. -.n with the same. necessary to complete the decoumpsamimon of the materials. The la bor thus expeuded I am sure would result in a rich reward, to a skillul and perse veriug farnmer. I must most respectfully ask to be excused fmurm answering the 5th qgULUtIOU. I will not aic Ise any one 90 buy the right. lest fin naut of proper en erg.-. Sr.d kill ou tihe part of the purchaser, is usight c'il ci auacer lois purpose, and I should have the blatue; I will hotever, 9a ibis mouch. that from what I have heard of Mdr. Ryland's zeal and energy in doing what he can to improve our "-mother earth." that Bommer's patent could hardls fail of success in such hands. With iaim it would neither be like the "Iludian's gun," nor the "pig in the bag." In conclusion, lei ae remark, that I am no way interested in the sale of these pa tents-I own only an individual right. and should There not be another sold in thei State it would be a matter of perfect in diderence to me. Very truly, yours, GEO. WOODFIN From the Southern 4riculturist. To destroy lice on Pcack Trees.- Mr. Editor.-The lice described by your cor resrondetms "I.." as infestina his Peach bmui -.e: trees, ,aro the oflspring,. I be lie'e, (I. uug. I am no entiomnlo.isi.) (of thee lady bug. Timh are moic destructive than a:y insects I isave eser had to con tend wiL ; tout I% aile the trecs are yet of semeall iZe-. their deprenamisons may be rea ily chaecke.d. After trying iany experi nius, I have fouid the use of ambier* to le the atmosi effectual means of detroying themls hlakie a strong decoction of tinc co. and apply is by eans of a cloth.which %houild te pmued upwards along ite brancien. enclsiug them completely dur ing the operammn. A portion of flour of ..ulphor ainy be added. as I have some tmes done. It cannot be injurious, and may contribute to the efficacy oft he remic dy; but I regard the ambier as all-suffi cient. With this application I have fro quently saved my young peach trees,wlen the tender leaves were covered with the lice ; but when the tress have attained a larger size, a:nd the branches grown (jut of reach, some other mode must be resorted t1). In such cases, I would recommend boring a smooth hole, with a centre-bil.in the trunk of abe tree near the ground; and then filling it with flour of sulphur and plugging it up. I have seldosm had tny tree's inrated is ith I hese lice, after I le be coul year's growit h; but oil a fetv ocea siou-i I hoave tried the sulphur in the man nier I suiggest. and Found the insects to dis:ppear in the course of a few days. It also appecared to Ie a protection against the grub. Tie recipe vou have publish ed will not desiroy tie insects whiehl prev upon the fulinge, but it is nao doubtt gool teo promote the general health of the tree. No tree. however. not constitutionally af ftiet, will t.eeme, diseased,il the ground be well eultivred; especially, if a small portio-r of lime or mnarl be chopped in around sme roots it is good to guard aminst inerse'Ct, to impart vigor to the growth, and o c'ontritiuge -o the perfection and ear!y :aturity Otftbe fruit. T. S. P. Pctersburg, Va. Juno 2, 184). e We are unacqiained with this term. per. iups it is ,Ine gitei to the decoction above de cribed ;-i'se. it is a oew Virgima name for Tobcojuire.-Etj. So. Ana. Value of A4gritultural products of the U. States in 1842. -The American Farmer pub1ihes ite ollowing estimate of the value - F.-.actiltural products of the Uni ted Sitates, wich is says is based upom the "trahuuber estimate of the crops of 1d42." ma.e by 'tne E.ommissionier of Patents in hwa Annual Report commnunicated to Con gross. The parices set duwnm are those which :isrevail in this matrket, or such as are supposed to 'be a fair average as other places. Tlhe actual prices here are de'sig nated by the letter a, those supposed by mihe let ter a. Atiele ar credaer. Quanttie .of 'r.e.e. Mnny vatu. what, ih02,374 is. at 7s t. a 7saia/5l age, "sL iskad. at Si eta. a mt.Uit,4W tas r s,t iet, d i. at iS eta, a .78 cetsmea iztasr.sts . at O e t. a 11.7ma S se-, SSJ)).5 s., at i si . a Ua.ia.5 niase ep .~JI5 - t 15) a 75e. 5 wa5e, 11>.7 g.F5 . at 514 etc. a 15,74 rA ove i cvaue is. se estimatepro Die.offfte ar.tc.es aoSins, ahe gran t s C8 ser~n untngA . at ie hundre amilo wosf dlai ad ei as ati peple ae are2 Sppesed toin ste aae arthenith peur cei tire valu morad. tuch esiae pro of~e thing fifem naraicles only the hi-s t t w8o:r, ndtit i ues to b de likoehe qsueinu lunder. ashr a pee we dnrb merppres.t o inothe deran:'.l eenti rl ete currenevcuie, and lrotrtio wfindim frd ath orne ond anting Scae hlac beai parayis -d.p-aledi te. sor thFwrld~ sit sh ues tof blrnktime Slwl'remov luui. as r andb isn mour from tn. mandmg I cot urMsen ith rumo ,oiedte. wthecld t the rngeodien oe thas beenti ai the rsaitratim thf humha vmnlie ami goo'd etre-cthe o restl Iruit the rmgamide paem thelower he h.tg and. nd.Bl. mr P-m dhe Soafhcr 4Aricutunst. Fruit Tiees.-Mr. Editor,-ln looking over your, Gardener's Calender in the May Number of-the Agriculturist, I find under the bead of Fruit Garden, the following directieons. siz.--Eiamine carefully your Peach. Nectarine, and Apricot trees. See that they are not infested by insects and ,caterpillars." I have done so, and indeed, -I had aoen using every means I could think of, to rid my trees of these little ver- I min before I saw your directions. But, a Mr Editor, you should give us the reme dy slier pointing out to us the diseae. Thosq which have done the most injury to my treeare a small brown (nearly black,) insect,' resembling in shape the cabage lice, they seem to be of all sizes, from the egg whichis a mere upeck on the lear, to that of a large pin's head. As I am no entomologist, I am unacquainted with I their habits, and the means of riding my self of them ; nor do I know which of the g numerous larger insects I see climbing about the tree, is the cause of all this nmis- 0 chief. Will you he good enough, Mr. Editor to I brow some light on the subject, or re quest some tof your subscribcrs to do so. Thcy have already destroyed all my plums, and the trees have a sickly appear- E a' cC. They appear t. be busily occupied in drawing out the juice of the tree, as it a rises on the lcaf. Yours &c. L. We hs,e st-lecied from she Baltimore i .Imcricua Farmr, thc following preventa I tive i.ninst thze increase of insects on trees whien i :srplied, may answer our corres- t Ipideunt's purpose atnd nsc his trees. We P tiabould he !lad if SOMe friend, who, has a knowledge of F-namology, w ould answer I live qu1le-ion ahove. in n satisfactory man ner But we nre in haopes tho late rahis P :sd coloi thinge have had the de-ired ef. f-et of driving away the destroyer. En. So. Ana. b Fruit Trees -"Give them speedily a washing with a solution of potash.all over the trunk, as fir a you can reach the large limbs. Make the solution thus: dissolve I lbs. of potash in 10 gallons of water,and put it on with a large sized painter's brush; fGrt rubbing the bark with a hard horse or scrubbing Lrusb. In twovweeks after hav ing done this, give your trees another painting with the following :-Buil 2 lbs. of tobacco, or tobacco stems, in a gallon of water, until one hatlf the quantity is evapo rated ; then take 5 gallons of good thick soafa-aoap,iia with this.2 lbs. of sulphur. and thetr stir in the tobacco decoction un til the whole is thoroughly mixed together I -give to your trees a coat of this." Summer Falltes-Sowang Rcat.-In a large part of our country where wheat is grown, summer following. or the previous I separation of that crop by plowing, bar- c rowing. &c., is indispensable to the suc- I cess of a crop; and as cubivation is ex- I tended and continued, the practice muti I more widely prevail. The necessiry of c summer fallows seems to arise at present. from the necessity of the course,for clean- a ing the soil; as owing to imperfect farm- i ing, and careless culture. most farms are i so overrun with weeds, that unless some a thorough measures ate talen for their de- 1 struction, the crop of grain appears to be r considered by ithem as an intruder, and a stands but a poor chance of success. A- I noiher benefit is undoubtedly derived from a the'pulverization and aeration of the soil, i which offords the roots of plants a much r better opportunity of seeking their food, 1 and receiving those oupplies through the s medium of attnospheric agency. which are E essential to their growth. Now and then. i indeed, an individual who manages better c than his neighbors ; who has guarded a gainst the iuoductiounand spread of weeds, or by skilful culture has eradicated them; who by a proper rotation and mannuring, has made his whole farm capia-I ble of the production of any crop ; and who by draining or deep ploughing has gtven a fiteness, dryness, and depthr, that renders summer fallowing utnnecessary, dispenses with this laborio'us process, and potting in his wheat after corn, peas, or roots, gives 'hese the first benefit of his Imanures. andl fids the crop produced in the place of a fallow, a clear gain. Bu: such farina are rare, and otnly serve to show what we have a right to expect, when a better and more rational system of treating the soil shall prevail. At present it must be conceded, that in general sum mer fallow. are necessary, and that unless every part of the farm submttted to crop ping is occasionally fallowed, It will soon become so fuul as to bo unfit for the pro duction of grain. The man who has a clean farm, at'd on which following is unnecessary, either draws his manure in the full or spring upon the land he intends to plant, which is gen erally in meadow or pasture, spreads it, andt then skilfully tories it with the plow. On this his, corn is planted or his roots sown, wvhich require'little labor to keep them clean, but keeps all weeds away, and the soil light and (it for the succeed ing crop. The corn is cut ini season and aremoved from the field, whten a single thorough plowing, with suitable harrow ings, is all that is necessary for pulttng in the wheat ; and the same may be said, awhere on such ihrms, peas or roots are Isubstituted for the corn crop. Now whsen it is recollected that but little more labor is required to grow the corn crop titan to summer fallow the same ground pro rly; for unless this process is well and e ectu ally done, ir does mere hurt than good, unIv serving the purpose of cultivating fweeds it should destroy ; the advantages Iof placing hand in such a state as to ren ,dcr a fallow trnnecessary. will be apparent to all. Not less than three plowings should be given to a fallow,and these must be increased in number as the condition )f the soil demands. There should not be at the close, or when the ground is fitted ror the seed, a single green thing in the toil ; the repeated plowiugs will turn up rhat seeds former growths of weeds may mve deposited; aond if the successive plow egs are judiciously distributed. the youug >lants or sprouting roots will be destroyed is fast as they appear. Whatever may be the condition or stata of the soil at the outcast, calcula tion should ie made to have all the labor done by the irst of September, that the seeding may ie completed by the middleof that mouth. Ln examination of the wheat crop for a uccession of years shows that the liest rops are produced when the sceding takes lace between the Gfirb and fifteenth of bat month, the plant escaping out two reat enemies. the fly and the frost, is bet er ifsown a those periods than at any ther. If earlier, the danger is froin the iy ; if later. fron the effects of the win :r. The diff'ereuce between sowing at he proper time. amt at too late a one,has eceived a striking illustration at the north is year. During the latter part of Au ust, and the fore part of September of at yea. we perfornied a journey of some xtent. part of it through s.'me of the finest wbeat districts of the State. Very few irmers had sown their wheat, thoughi iaty had about completed their prelara U,. when about the ifib of the month iat pructrated raiu set in. which coin elled f..rmers to suspend all their f.rim. ig operations, and prevenicl the greater art of the seeding until alter the 20th. Ve have within a few- weeks had an op oftuutty of going over a part of the %ame round, and with a few exceptionl, the elds sown previous to the rniis.are much etter than those sown during them. or (ter they icrc over. This may ie, it is ruc. partly accounted for by the more un ivorablo condition of tie soil. owing to be rains, of the latest sowius. but more e think is owing to the lateness of thei unson when the seed A as put in. We ar arry to say that so far as our observation as extended. the prosent prospect of the fheat crop is any thing hut flattering; nud t is now too lato for any improvement to ske place. In other parts of the country. owever, appearances are more favorable; nd such iste ement of our territory, and he variety of our soils and climates. that ve have little reason to apprehend any reat annual variation in the actual quan ity of wheat produced within our limits. -Cullirator. The Gentlcman Farmer.-It is worse han idle for any man to expect to hetter is condition in a pecuniary pain of view y turning gentleman farmer. If a person inve a fortune already, be may lay out leasure grounds. fence in parks, make xperinients in crops. try crosses in breeds if cattle, set out trees for shade scenery, iid thus gratify his taste. and possibly nake discovery for others to profit by; but u his own case he w ill lose money-prob bly he expectrit What would any one hink of a gentlemna warrior or gentleman oe?-that is. of a man who should hire ill his fighting done,o r all his verses made. f success only crowos individual personal xertion ic all other matters, how is it that a this alone, the primitive occupation of nankind, men expect it, without putting beir hand to the plough and girding them elves for the labor? It is a common re nark among huishandmen that lie who works with hand.," gets double the amount f work out of them, compared with him who only gives his orders, and waits until hey are accomplished. The general Dust lead his troops to victory; he most mdanger his own life if lie would infuse ravery into the hearts of his soliers; and his principle is not inapplicable to the 'boss" of the farm. Ruta Bagus in South Carolina.-A let er from Alfred Huger. Esq. Londwood. St. Thomas' Parish, South-.Carolina, to bhe editors of "The Cultivator1" says-"I have raised the ruta baga, weighiog ten pounds without the leaves or tops, taken promiscuously from the patch; and I have a friend near me,.who has hid them-weigh bnere~ pounds-. The same land would have produced 300 bushels sweet potatoes to the acre." We look upon a good' hook on agricul tre, as something more than a lucky ape eulation for tbe publisher, or a profitable cenpam ion of his time, for the author. It is a pain to the community at large-a new tnstrumaent of national weath. The first honor or praise, in referencee to every uch inutrumeot, is-, no doubt, due to ma ker or inventr-but he who brings it ipto general use1 merits also no little approba tion. It is to the more general diffusion of sound agricultural literature among our farmers, that we look for that mere rapid developmenut of the resources of our variedl soils, which the times are imperatively de mand.-Blackucood's Mag. Ou~r time is like money. When we change a guinea, the shillings es cape a., things of small account-when we break a day by idleness in the morning, the res of the hoao lose their importance in our eye.- Walter Scott. Christianity is the easiest and the hard est thing in the world. Itis. like a secret in arithm~etic-ininuitely hard till it be found out by a Tight operation; and then it is so plain, we wonder we did not under .tand it earlier..meJreay Taylor. MISCELLANEOWeJ; Country Netospapers.-The Cleveland Herald says:, h eitizens of a country are too apt to rail in givg a proper s port to local papers. It should be Zh pride. as it is the interest, of every eitisen of a county to take some paper pulished in it. The weekly Visitatons of a good paper arc like the regular appearnoce of an old friend-.he shole country willgive it a welcome, and hold converse with its intelligent page. We say a good news paper. is to give it liberal support. A badly paid publisher can no more cater for his readers, than he can from an empty larder for his own empty stomach. The times are hard it is true but this is no good excuse, for that man who neglects ;o take a paper. and pay for is too. Most publish ers have families, (printers are too sensible to live bachelors,) and the products of the farm and she mechanic's shop seldom fail to coime mn play to keep the press in mo tion. Sending east for your newspapers, insiead of encouraging your own, is like sendiu- abroad for manufactures which the atizans in your midst stand ready to furnish. The foreign paper cost the cash and the cash oinly, and when obtained, very oftcn lacks the real interest and tility of the sheet issued in your neighborhood. The very advertisements and weekly re cord of marriages and deaths possess an interest in the home paper, worth to a family more than the pittance the sheet costs, and the contrast in families where ihey are not. is ever the subject of remark by intelbigent and observing travellers. The Y aukees know too well the value of newspnpers as mediums of intelligence and useful knowledge, to require sermoni ring on the subject of "types and sha dows." Still. a jog, in regard to interest and duty touching the press of their re slective countries, may not be out of place. It is a good motto to Encourage your own." An Editor in the Suds.-Mr. E. Perry llowe.editor of the **Dullar Dcmocrat,'' publited at Oxford, Mississippi, thus humorously decribes some of his labors and the result of ms aife's. We have been particularly.engaged during most of this week in, the baby line; cutiug up doinestics into slips of a suit able size and shape; preparing lard and beeswax, pap, &c.; washing dishes; keepiug a small army of young Howes from raising the devit and otherwse douestically amusing ourself in conse quence of this interesting. philosophical. philanthropical. and physiological diver tisenmeut. we are unable to issue but half a sheet to day. Fine boy; fat 'and saucy; very imageof his pappy; weight 12 pounds; a'stnishiug bahe; ate a quart bowl of mush first day and then squalled for more; lively as a colt; gro-vs a pound a minute; doing tolerably well; so's his mammy; had a fine time on't. hlope our subscribers will excuse us. Don't happen but once a year." E'recution.-A correspondent who was present, furnishes us with the the follow ing account of the execution of two No groes in Laurens Distret on Friday last, fur the murder of their mistress: Alfceably to the bentence of she Court, tihe two Negroes who recently murdered Mrs. Garrett (near Young's Store Laurens District) were executed near that place an Friday last, in the presence of a large concourse of people, say from 3-fo 4.000. Every thing was in readiness, and the prisoners brough upon the ground abut I1 o'clock, when they were questioned by their master and others 'Ihe woman confessed her guzilt,- wasplonitent, said she deserved death, and that she was istig: ted to,and assisted it'commhuing he d d, by the negro man. Randall, all of which lhe positively denied, and was as stubbora as a mule so the lass. It wasju. -ffc ting so see four little-childsie jgto the guilty woman, two pair of'V roe of them gid4enaough aouwak8lk ,tMher husband, children andb rue~e to take warning from befa s tend to the advice of evil de azpre cisely one o'clock the pll~w~aul oeked from under sheam, they Were laisaclied'in to eternity. Alter they had haap about five minusos, from sothe cause there seem med to be a panic in the crtowd, when the cry of' mad-dog," "earthquake," bce. was rased by seome mischistons persns, and a general rush ofahe spectators took place, running in every direction~andsoyer one another, horses breakogIeas ddash ing through she crowd,.upslgwomen and children, and' severao. .the ihtrv separated and lost from their parenis, but providentially ,nolives lost.-The -writer describes she scene as swful and sablime in the exsreme,reminding him eof a rrile tornado, In 15or 20 mintes, order was uegain restored, and the criminals were cut Our correspondeal states that Aleobol was present on the occasion, . andswards nighi exerted his baneful inlaeese over many of his infatuated sal#etsk-Green ville Mlomtise-" Methsodisn in Fraac.~-A ieuter frot Rev. Mr. Toss, *Superintendmneof the Wesieymn Missions io Fanee,' published in the Wetstern Christian Advocate states that there are now in France, 41 Metho. dlist chapels, and 83 other preaching pla ces, 21 missionaries, 1237 chnrch.omm hers, 1100- Sunday sce~hlara, and 10,000 hearers. In 1816 there were only 3 pneachers and 27 miemberir.