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. 190 *" a% will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it must fail, we will Perish amidst the Esius." - L b VOLUMEII IX Edg idou'rt~ouse, S. t., Io 2 , X844. O S... EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER BY W. F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. NEWV TERMS. Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, per annum If paid in advance-Three Dollars if not pai before the expiration of Six Months from th date of Sbscription-and Four Dollars if no paid within twelve Months. Subscribers ou of the State are requited to pay in adrance. No subscription received for less than on< jcar, and no paper discontinued until al ar ?rearages arc paid, except at the option of tih Publisher. All subscriptions will. be continued unless ot'herwise ordered before the expiration of the year. Any person procuring five Subscribers anc becoiing responsible for the same, shall re ceive the sixth copy gratis. Adocrtisements conspicuously inserted al 621 cents per square, (12 lines,orless,) for the first insertion, and 431 cents, for each continu ance. Those published Monthly, or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each inser tion. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be contin nod until ordered out, and charged accord ingly. All Job work done for persons living at a distance, must be paid for at the ti me the work is done, or the paymentsecured in the village. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attend ed to. MY NATIVE 11OME. We find the following beautiful and spirited a postrophe to the South in the " American Museum," written by Alexander B. Sleek, Esq. of TuscaloosaFAlabama. Land of the South !-Imperial land! How proud thy mountains rise, How fair thy scenes on every hand; How fair thy covered skies ! But not for this-oh, not for thee, I love thy fields to roam Thou hast a dearer spell to me, Thou art my native home! . Thy rivers roll their liquid wealth, Unequalled to the seas Thy hills and valleys bloom with health, And green with verdure lie ; But not for thy proud oceans streams, Nor for thine azure dome Sweet sunny South !-I cling to thee Thou art my native home! I've stood beneath Italia's clime, Betoved of tale and sons - On tielvyn's hills, proud and sublime', Where Nature's wonders throng ; By Tempe's classic sunlightstreams, Where God's, of old, did roam But ne'er found so fiar a land As thou my native home ! And thou hast prouder glories too, Than Nature ever gave Peace sheds o'er thee, lief genial dew, And freedom's pinions wave Fair science flings her pearls around. Religion lifts her dome, These, these endear thee to my heart, My owzr; loved native home ! And "heaven's best gift to man" is thine God bless thy ros) girls ! Like sylvan flowers they sweetly shine Their hearts as pure a pearls ! And grae and goodness circle them, Where'er thy footsteps roam, How can I then, whilst loving them, Not love rmy native home! Land of the South-imperial land ! Then here's a health to thee Long as thy mountaiti barrier stand, May'st thou be blessed and free! * May dark dissention's banner ne'er Wave o'er thy fertile loam But should it come here's one will die LTU save his native home. THE AWAKENING. Thmou'st waked me from a pleasant dream, And with a single word hast still'd, Of happy thoughts, the fairest stream, That o'er through boyish fancy thrill'd ; I dream-alas! I sleep-no more, ilut with a phrenzied memory, Otill destined idly to deplore, ,I turn in hoperes pain to thee. J turn to thee, but turn in vain, Thou hear'st me not-thou can'st not bear Nor heed, the darling hope again, Though idle, yet to me how dear; Ah! could'st thou but one hour restore, That hour would make me more than free, Andyet,though dt.stined to deplore, And cur-se the past, I curse not thee. BETA. The following is an extract of an Apri poem fronm the pen of Willis: " Take ofrmy violets. I fotind themi where The liquid south stole o'er them, on a hank That leaned to running wvater. .There's to mi A daintiness about these early flowers That touches me like poetry. They blow With such a simple loveliness, among The common herde of pasture, and breathe Oat their lives so unobtrusively, like hearts 'Whose beatings are too gentle for the world. I love-to go in the capricious days Of April, and hunt violets, when the rain Is in the blue cups trembling, and they nod So gracernly to he kisses of the wind. Jmay be deemed too idle, but the young end nature like the manuscript of [Heaven TEMPERANCE. From the Temperance A dvocate. Is IT DISHONORABLE 'o BREAK THE PLEDGE? We should be ashamed to put the agvoe interrogatory in print, were it not for cir cumstances which have recently come- to our knowledge. That it should be ques tioned by any man of sense, whether or no it is dishonorable 'o violate a pledge of honor, is indeed strange.- The very ques tion involves an absurdity in its terms; yet, such is the perversity of public opin ion, on the subject of the violation of the Temperance Pledge, that manty are dis posed to regard tld olfeuce as venial ; and we are sorry to say we have heard of men of standing and influence in the commun ity, aye, even those who have held them selves up to the public, as "burning and shining lights" in the cause of Temper ance, who have entirely disregarded the sacred obligations imposed by the pledge they have taken, by publicly drinking wine. What is stranger still, these men have not been denounced and disgraced as they deserved, by that enlightened public opinion, the intelligence of which we have heard so much, but are still received and acknowledged as gentlemen ! This either argues a strange obliquity of moral feel ing on the part of the public, or else that there is something in the nature of the obligation imposed by the pledge, very diflerent from other obligations of honor. But is it difierent? If so, in what does -the difherenee consist ? Is it not a volun tary obligation, deliberately entered into by persons of "sound mind and memory," and capable of binding themselves by any promise they may choose to make ? Is it an improper obligation ? Is it contra bonus mores ? Is it opposed to good gov ernment or social happiness ? Surely not. On the contrary, does it riot contributkto promote all these ? Yes, must be the res ponse of every candid man. Then, wherein does it dil'r from other pledges of honor ? Why is it, that it alone, tmay he violated with impunity, whilst all oth ers are regarded as sacred ? In the most trivial matters among gentlemen. the pledge of bonor is looked upon as one of the most binding obligations that can lie given or received, and any violation of it, is regarded as entitling the guilty party to the scorn and contempt of all honorable men ; yet strange to say, the man who, in his proper seuses, coolly and deliberately violates a solemn promise, to the obser vance of which lie has pledged his honor as a gentleman, is still looked upon as such.by many, because forsootlh it was only a Teuterancc Pledge. We cannot under stand this sort of morality. We canl never subscribe to such a code of honor. If these be gentlemen, then we not covet the title. The gentleman whose notions of morality, vary with the ever changing current of popular opinion, whose ideas of propriety, are regulated by the voice of the mob, whose code of honor is one thing in 1842. and another in 184-. is not the sort of gentlenen for us. We are led to these r,-lections, by having bieard it re marked recently, that the Temperance Pledge was very little regarded now, in certain parts of the country, among the higher classes of socidty, and that among gentlemen it was no longer received as an excuse, fur refusing to take wine. And can it he true, that there is any respectable so ciety inl this country, where one who has disregarded the obligations of honor, is re ceived as a gentleman ? We fear it is but tob true: We are sorry to say we have seen some evidences of the exisience of such a feeling even here. But is this right? Ought this state of thinigs -to be tolerated 7 Is not the whole community, s well as Tfemplerantce men, as others, in serested in preserving a higher and more c orrect tonte of moral feeling!? What may i not lead to!? The man wh~o disregards his obligation of honor in otne thing, may do so in another, and the Temperatnce man whlo deliberately and wilfully violates the solemn pledge be huis taken, if public opinion would tolerate it, might not hesi tate to steal your watch or your purse. Perhaps we ought to qualify this remark, by excepting the poor' unfortunate drunk ard, who htas become enislaved by the vile habit, wvhose faculties are weakened, and whose powers of re::istancee are im paired, by a long course of dissipation. WVe can readily conceive how such an one,with every disposition to do right, may be led astray, abd seduced by tile allurements which the enemies of Temperance are so ready to throw before him ; but that a matt who has never conitracted the fatal habit, who has full cotmmand of all his faculties, whose position in society is such an one as to cause him to be looked up) to as an ex ample of virtue and propriety, that lhe, merely for the sake of complying wvith a foolish custom of saciety, should disregard so sacred a promise-as that which he made, when tie signed the Total Abs'inence Pledge, is to us something passing strange; we cani only aecotunt for it by the suppo sition, that there is utter want of tmoral pler ceptibility in the~ man. -Rest assured, there is something wrong-in vulgar par lance "a screw loose" somewhere, itn thie moral constitut-ion of the man, who could act thtus. We hnve thus far considered this subject, merely as a questioin of honor:; of the other obligation it imposes, we have forborne to speak to-day. They may form the subject of future remarks. We alio propose in a futture number to throw~ out some suggestions as to the course te he pursued biy Temperance metn and So cieties on this subject, Our itmpre-ssion is t-at thnere hah,,een tno little attention Dab to it. If men can only be restrained by the fear of public opinion, then it becomes a matter of in nrtance, that public men should be kepc right. Let no man be trusted, who deliberately and wilfully breaks his Pledge, without even the excuse of the cravings of appetite, or the influ ence of long habit. You have no security that such a man, if an opportunity occurs, will not pick your pocket, or cut your throat. AGRICIULTURAL. From the Southern Cultivator. PLOUGHING CORN--TOPPING COTTON In tendering our acknowledgements to Mr. McKee, 'for an uccount of his last years crop, with whieb we have been quite interested, we desire to'of'er a few re marks.in plowing in the preparation of land for a crop, and as to the advantages of topping cotton, and its propriety. The experience of scientific and practi cal men, attests most conclusively the ad vantages of subsoil plowing in the prepar ation of land for a crop, both as a preven tive against the prejudicial influence of a drouth, and an excess of rain. The rea soning for this system of culture, is bated upon the plainest prnciples of philosophy and common sense, and is thoroughly sus tained by actual results. Thesubsoil plow, which %%e believe is scarcely, if at all, used at the South, is constructed for breaking the subsoil thoroughly, without mixing it with the soil. When thus prepared, the soil becomes an absorbant of the extra quantity of water that may fall, which it retains to be given out by the process of evaporation whenever the absence of rain shall, in the economy of nature, render such evaporation neces sary to the sustenance of vegetation. By this process, then, the plant converts the subsoil into a reservoir, which serves the double purpose of withdrawing the excess of water from vegetation in wet seasons, and from which nature will drawher sup plies to sustain vegetation during the exis tence of a drouth. It is indeed a beautiful theory. and one % hich we are quite aston ished has not obtained to a greater extent among Agriculturists. But the progress in improvement is onward, and we hope the day is not far distant, when the South will boast as high a state of Agricultural improvements as any section of the Union. To do this, however, one of the first sub jects which should engage the atteptiou of planters, is, hot they can cultivate less land? This is a very important question, upon the successful solution of which, depends the progress of improvement, because it strikes at the root of the evil of which we complaiu- The effort to cultivate a great quantity of land, not only forbids, but pos itively prevents, the thorough preparation of land for the culture of a crop: and hence, a system which is begun in iniper fections is carried out, resulting in immne diate lossto the cultivator himself, and prejudicially to the general prosperity of the country. It is because of this hurry and confusion in the culture of so much land, that our lands are so imperfectly prepared : hence, few, if any, can obtain their consent to make the experiment of cultivating less land, and doing that in a proper manner. In our opinion, when the lard is thor oughlybroken as we have suggested, with thu subsoil plow, (which should be begun. and, if possible, completed, prior to plant ing; though the breaking between the rows might, in an emergency, be-done af ter planting,) the subsequent. culture. of the crop should he almost exclusively a mere surface dressing-which, while it would ell'eetually eradicate thegrass and weeds, should by no tneans disturb the la teral roots of the crop. This surface-dres sitng also serves, by levelling the land, to diminish the exposure to the sun, and con sequently lessens evaporation, which is a! so very itmportat. Late ploughitng, par ticularly if deep, we regard as a danger ous experiment always, and rarely, or never necessary, when the land. had been properly prepared in the otstaof the crop. It is true, as in the ease mentioned by Mr. McKee, it sometimes succeeds well,ibe cause the rain came at a proper period ; but, in the absence of rain, we appydhend no one will question that it would have proved disastrous. Thme comparisotnthere fore, between Mr. McKee's dropand his neighbors, is, we think, not a just (or fair one, for theirs wattted the proper prepar ation of the land in the colmencement of the crop. The subject is however replete with in terest, and should engage theearnest con sideration of Agriculturists at -the South, where improvement'is so much needed ; but as our limits will not permit usn to day, to enter more fully upon the subject, wve must pass to the contsideration of the pro priety of topping cotton-upon whtich there are,,we are well aware, very.oppostt opinions. -l Without any opportunity of testing the truth of our own views upon this subject, by actual experiments, we incline to the opinion that its pr-opriety should alwvayt he determined in reference both to the character of the land for richness, and alsc to the 'season, whether it be wei or dry. facts upon which the planter must deter. mine at the time. In very rich lanids, oi wet seasons, inhere the growtth is Very Io: uriant, runtting "retty .tmueh into stalk, withoutsendingout laternal binanches, we regard topping as a very necessary pro cess ; but on the other hand in poorer soili and- a dry season, we think it do'abtfu whether it is ever needed. Of the neces. styof fthe proess therefore, the nlrncticn planter will of course always determine and in our opinion what might be very ad vantageous in one season, evould be prej udicial another, even in the same land Upon both these subjects however, wi should he much pleased to have the view, of our friends, and hope they will not with hold them. JASPER COUNTY, Ga., April 8, 1844 Mr. Editor:-1 submit to you a historj of my crop last year, which I desire yot to give a place in the Southern Cultiva tor, if you think it worthy. I cultivated 150 acres of land, all fresh except 25 acres, which was worn, Thert were ten hands employed in its cultiva Lion. The mode of culture and the result I will give you in detail, and are as fol lows : I was so late in the commencement of my crop, that 1 had only 8 acres broken on the 18th of March, my object being to manure as much as possible. I was com .pelled, for want of time, to manure in the drill as I planted, though but little was ap plied to the corn. I planted my corn by running furrows each way, three feet dis tance, dropping two grains in a hill, and covered by running tiwo furrows, one on each side, with a very small plow, and inmediately broke the land between the rows. I then planted my cotton in drills three feet distance In the drills I strewed my manure, whichconsistod of killed cot ton seed and manure from my lot. I worked the corn and cotton successively once in three weeks, with the plow and hoe. The first and second working of my cotton, I only run round the plant; but, in chopping out, or thinning, I was care ful not to chap so deep as to disturb the manure. My last thinning, which follow ed my second plowing, was done princi pally by hand. My corn received the last plowing and hoeing about the middle and last of June, when it was in theeshoot. This last plow ing was more shallow than those preceed ing, and more distant from the corn. After ibis plowing, 1 had some dirt drawn to the plaut to kill the young grass which had escaped the plow. The result of the corn crop was, a fine crop of fodder, and 420 barrels of corn, most of which was measured. The cotton received its last working about the 5th of August. I put no dirt to the cotton, except to cover young grass, and to replace the dirt which had been ta ken away in reinoving the grass or weeds. I topped all -ny cotton, except a small part which was accidentally left, which gave a striking demonstration that the topping did no grod;.for that which was left bowled equally as well as that which was topped. The result of thel cotton crop was 48 bags, averaging 429 lbs-the weights of which I have new before me. There was about an equal portion of land in cotton and corn-say from 70 to 75 acres each. There are two circumstances which I wish to mention. They are these : Never cease plowing in dry weather, and not to risk thi-ck corn, if planted late. There commenced a drought on the last of April, which lasted six weeks; the unbroke ground became hard ; even that which had been broken was dry as ashes, and seemed to threaten devastation to the famishing corn. Many of my neighbors desisted, for the two reasons, that they did not wish their lands broken in clods, or the roots of the corn broken while the ground was se dry. Though being firm to my purpose, I continued to plow as effectually as ry feeble means. would permit: the conse quence was, that when the rain came, il found my ground well pulverized, ,and clear of grass and weeds, and a most flour ishing growth ensued. As regards the third case, after I had planted all my crop; e* cept six acres which lay im'mediately ad joining the first planted. correponvding, i~ every respect, with the other land, the omission or delay being on account of've weather for the length of about twenty' days; it wa's all treated alike as to work and each grew alike well utntil the time o earing, when there came a drought o three weeks. The older corn remained green, whil the other fired some four or five blade high. There was only four or five fee distance tbetweetn the two plantings ; and being alike in all other respects, excep that some of the latter contained two stalki to the hill, (though the principal pa'rta my crop was thinned to one stalk,) I im puted the prime cause of the firing t6d 'i late plantitng. If the drought' hand contin ned, It would have proved a failure; bui as the -rain came in abnidance, it earei very well. Yours, &c. LE'VIS McKSE. -.Bouchterics ntethod of hardening Wood --Among other curious things ib. the an nal report of the Patent Oflice,:is a Ion, description translated from the Freach,c the process discovered by M. B3oucheri for impregntatiug wood with various'salin solutions, both for the purpose of col~orinl as well as preserving the wood. In thb operation, the inventor has availed himss of the capillary (or rather vascular) actir of the living plant to carry liquids ini every minute pore, and efects the impret nation in a most rapid and thorough mai ner. In the older processes the impregn: tion was facilitated by various devices, using the force pumpor atmospheric pre sure ;-but in Mi. .Bollherie's method, m ture is made to p.iuy a singular .part cheated as it were-and the living plant made to absorb chemical preparations i s tead of its owvn sap. For instance: large poplar tree, soon after it' was e Inlwn, was nlacrd with its foot in a aol i, tion'of the pyrolignite of iron; (the liquid - selected by the inventor after seven years - of experiment,) and in a short time the . whole tree was penetrated with the solu. s tion. The position of the tree, whether s horizontal or vertical, is of no consequence - as to its absorbing power; and the inven tor, moreover, found that it was not ne cessary to cut the tree down, but that, by boring holes in the tree, and forming a trough around these, the absorptioui im mediately took place. Some singular facts were also developed in his expertments. He found that all kinds of trees refused entirely to take up any vegetable solution, while neutral metalic solutions were ab sorbed with avidity. He found,.also, that branches of trees, as soon as cut, begia to absorb the air, and by a simple contrivance, ascertained that a fresher cut branch will absorb five times its own volume of air. Among the results of this process are, first -that the wood is preserved from decay and the attacks from insects; that wood may be prevented from shrinking ; that it is rendered almost incombustible; and that it may- be, with great facility, dyed to the very heart in a perfect manner. A most singular experiment was made, in which dyeing was effected with the wood itself. A magnificent blue wood was produced, by causing a tree to absorb successively a salt of iron and the prussiate of potash the elements Prussian blue. Mll. Arago exhibited to the Academy 6f Sciences a column of pear tree wood, impregnated with pyrolignite of iron, a. black and hard as ebony,-N. Y. Evening Post. Dutch Butter.-The Dutch Butter is eelebrated for its excellance. The follow ing is said to be the mode in which it is prepared: . After having milked their cows, the Dutch leave thir milk to get cold, before thef' put it into their pans. When placed therein, they do not permit it to stand for the cream to rise more than about four hours. They then stir it together more intimate to combine the milk and cream, and continue thus to do at least two or three times a day. If it be agitated in this manner, as occasionally happeus, till the whole be quite thick, the butter thus obtained is the mere highly esteemed. As soon as it requires the usual consistency, it is churned commonly about an hour, till the.butter begins to form; cold water is then added,- proportioned to the quantity of milk, for the purpose of facilitating the the separation of the butter-milk. The butter being properly conic, it is taken rom the churn, and repeadtedly washed, and kneaded in fresh water, till the butter milk is all expressed, and it no longer re tains any tinge of white. By this simple mode, not only far more butter is obtained from the same quantity of milk, than in any other way; but the butter itself is firmer, sweeter, and continues longer fresh than the generality of butter; while the buttermilk is infinitely more agreeable to the palate.-Boston Mer. Journal. Table Butter.-Cist's Advertiser has ar. article'in relation: to butter, both novel an., new-and in large daries we should sttlp pose it might be a successful method. Th. want of good butter is a-grievance we al' feel, and we shall rejoice if any remed can be introduced by which we may bi enabled to have that luxury in a perfec - state at all seasons of the year. Mr. Cis says: ' My remedy would be to take butter i. May or June, when it is in the higher' state of perfection, and subject it to t-o same process which lard goes through is the manufacture of oil. We all know that lard divested of elaine can be kept fresh and sweet any needed length of time. Both the lard and oil are improved in tht' process'of separating one from the other. If butter be subjected tn hydraulic pres sure, we shall then be able to expel frota, the mass the oil which renders it rancid. and the buttermilk wihcorrupts it : and there is no reason why the butter, who,, r originally fresh and good, should not al r ways femnain so. " Hash for Dinner."-A few wveek' ago, a wealthy family in Philadeclphiu. (says the T'imes) having hired a cook who: had been highly recommodnded to them.. tshe wans ordered one day to'prepare among Sothter things a 'hash' for dinner. The hash f came1, and it wvas charming; all eagerly .partaking of it uniil the dish was scraped out. So popular after this did the hqshe, .of' the new cook becoms, that it was noth ,ing but hash every day. .it last the poor y cook, brtnginrg in a large dish oif it, the perspiraiton-pouring down her-face, which was as9 rgd as coal on fire, she he it dowen. and turning to her mistress and' drawitng .herself up. said-- ..-. 'Madlam, f strikes !' 'Strikes! why, what is the tratter Bet f ty ?' e'Cause ma'am, I can't give you hash e every dlay - and forever-me jaws is all bi'oke down, atnd me teeth is all wore out, s cherving it up for ye's!' n Grapes.-Texas ts said to be one of the .o finest grape growing country in the world - We see it stated, that a gentleman of Cin. t- ctnatt received lately 500 cuitings of the t- Port Oak Grape of Texas-& purple grape n of fair size free from pulp, and of excelletnt m- fl'avor, either' as fruit or for making wvine. s- They came from 1i. Perkins, at Houstotn is, who has a vineyafrd containtg 10,000 is rooted vines. They have a splendid wyhite I- grape whichibounds at the base of thehill a betwveen San Antonio and Austin, which t has large berries of a delicious flavor, free n- from nunin with a n skin, thebrancaheht large, scarce 14 inches in length.-Specta tor. POLITICAL. [B'r REqU'T.] From the Hambwgg ournaL TO "CAROLINA." My Dear Sit.-Since you have taken a peep from behind the. press, and-nothav ing the fear of the "printer's devil"before, your eyes, we will endeavdr to humor yout propensitei for asking qestions' et cetera, although' we do not know of what sex you belong to. Our reasons for- d knowledge of youk name, are cogent. ani powerful, not-that we demand it is a dernier resort-not.that we love Caesar lees, bui our pride more Assuming the plain, tiough high respon sibility, you profess, you should know, that inquisitive and 'peevish corespondents; can make a Judy of, ai ieditor, provided. the said editor is slIf 'e.nough to :biteat every bait thrown out. You perhaps havd read the story of the man that the dog barked at? If not, the first litte rat catcher that annoys you in the street,juso kick at the creatue, and it will dodge and bark ; and make a fuss generally,- and e' you cannot place either of your under standings on its bac; ridor give a sound' poke in the ribs, though :one aalf .of 'the village folks were laugbinf at your "pre jicament. In such a situation we soight be placed, especially when every Carolin' locofoco feels at libetty to poke his nose in )ur way. - You have, however, given us a hope of consolation, by stating, last week, thia you "are a constant reader of the Jour nal." If so, you must be one of our pat rons at Edgefield, among all of whom, wee recognize a list of intelligent and worthy friends, as well as true-hearted Caroli niaus, either of whom ieohave no objec tion of telling all we snow in asthort time, respecting Clay, or any one else of the big politicians.. , But, on the other land, if you are "a constant reade,':as you say, and not a subscriber, you will please fork over some ten dollars for value re-i ceived, before we ack'na'wledge a relation- . ship. You'will be so kind as' not to be quite so fast in questions. We have a few ques tions to propound to your noble self before we proceed any farther. We wish (o haye . one end of the string too, and:i' we can not pull as hard, we will out grin you. We wish to know if Mr. Calhoun has' any thing to do with the present Texas: speculation, or if he holds any land script in that country? Do the locofocos possess - any princi : ies ? If yea; be so good as to state thsmt_ Is there a difference between democracy and locofocoism ? And does SouitkCaro 'i liua profess either? Did Clay and Van Buren vote or .he Tariff of 1842? or either of them ? Will there be a "grease spot" left of locofocoib'tn in South Caiolina on th. 4th 'lay of next March? Is not the preseut excitement of annex :tion got up for the beneGt of holders o Texas land script and financial matters.. mu that country . , D)id not .Mr. Calh'oun voie for the pro-. Aetion of our sugar growers; also for a~ > U. States -Bank ?. If yea, by what ule;>pt .:an.an tuellangeable politician throw aside' - ipinions when convinced of error? By what process do;the "dear people" make a pot-o; soup with a stone ? Should all i-nportant elections go before the people ? If yea, why should a few I fading mer'in the legislature control the vote of the State? Is the agr'culture of this State impro "ing, or on the decrease ?. Please state a -emedy for emijration,-and the-best em p'oyment for those wrho have nothidg..to~ -10, - -. Why should Souith.3Card~liga votefo John Tyffr, as bd' has tutud' a jdliticai somerset, so bold, ihat the Whigs will niot have liim ; the Demkocrats' turn iip: the whites of their eyes at him,'and the loco. cos-a, a last resc ri take- hidi' fdr a hang their fortunes ont? Whatis the antidote for bottr in hor -If a coal of fir will Eause a urtle to !rawl. bow many cobswih it takse-togive Lhe Vanit'es the dry gripes ? Is sof this a' great countrj? And are' niot E'dgefi'eid, A bbeville end Charleston' mighty, places, giving tone to the whole State ? . Should Edgefield Isdivid'ed towoo t'bre diiitriets . 'Are not the ,majoritf of~li ,hQed p' of this Stnte Clay-Whigsf ?K nay a e.thd facts ? - * - -''~ * - -td What' hai aiod hdG t tachmentt ofrlheorodo lirincipds;fabd where are their beacon: lights: of- democracy? *Will thei'r Ihobb, "ANNrEx&Tra oi TEE. AS," safe thsm tioth'ainliind. - Are ltustlda: iondttUtionat? If so,di - they need jotctiof, s'nd to what: extent ? An apt Illustration.-The pblished ac count of the proceedings ofthe "Whig'ret ification meeting at New '.'on theth~' inst. has the followi$ lia. ph. "Mir. Spark's of Louisiana, made'seme pleasant remarks, which h'e concluded with a euloginm on thecdharanterand prin' ciples or Henry Clay and Frelinghluyseti: the Whig party liave a Moses antan.Aron and that they'areinoteo n'thewamit oi~ gaht looking ovter into Canoarsn here one 4eff'ort more w.ould assuredly hring them in to-the land of promise. [Grit:Chee'h~ Mr. Sparks has omitted bemhieniti' ,it part of the illuistraitibi.thit'Mobis never reached the promilled lian'd. Hld was only ,permiuta to "lonk:oner inrto Cataat'"