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Decratic 3*0ea~tvteb tov iy Svut) anb Stlyxrn iiots poIA is Catet Rus, Ciiatur 1&tait L petane, AgxcuIxi & "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Runs. SEIN, DURDGEFIELD,S. QFEBRUARY 23,L. II TEE TLL IM They tell me that this world of ours, That seems so bright and fair, Is full of woe and bitterness, Sorrow, and blighting care; And that this cup of life Is filled With many a bitter draught That mingles with each sip of joy That weary mortals quaff. They tell me that a smilling face Ofthides a troubled soul, O'er which the floods of sorrow In angry billows roll; They tell me that this heart of mine, That boats so gaily now, May break with grief, and shadows fall Upon my sunny brow. But oh ! I will not hoed their tales, SI will be gay and free; And then, if sorrow ever comes, If it mlut como to me, I will bear it very bravely, And put my trust in God, And though he smite me sorely, I'll kiss the chastening rod. For there is ,nuch that's lovely In this fair world of ours; The sunshine, birds, the running streams, The trees, the grasp, and flowers; And if there was a woo or grief, To mar life's happy hours, We might forget to seek a homo In Heaven's immortal bowers. CoRA MAy. T949OPER KID OF TREES Ta MINT OUT. A gentleman, originally from New York, but now a valuable citizen of South Carolina, who bids fair to become emihent as a pomologist, and who has instituted experigments in various fruits, far in advanco of general practice, thus sensibly writes to us: "I desire trees of uniform size, one year old, from the graft or bud, as the came may be, and fitted, as regards the conditions of the roots, for immediate and vigorous growth. I am quite averse to buying large fruit trees. 1st. They cannot be systematically trained; and 2d, 'They require to be shortened in so much, to compen sate for mutilation of roots, as to present a wide surface of wounds. Trees, too, should be of Southern 'pagation, and thus, in some meas oai di -~We Ash ne have ,, t merits, until we cease to buy orthern trees. Maiden trees of one year old, we always pre fer; from the reasons given so clearly by our. friend. But how different is the habit of per sons ordering trees, and how much fallacy ex ists in notions which prevail in this matter! Some person% wish an orchard in full bearing the next year after they plant, and accordingly order large trees, with spurs and buds, all ready formed for the immediate producion of fruit. For these men disappointment lies stored up, and their labors are never to be rewarded. A tree is like an infant, it must be taken young; nurtured and trained by the proper rules: in fact, it must be educated by proper culture to fit it for bearing perfect fruit. If left to the uncertain results of natural action, it will be come wild and rampant in its form, and degen eracy in the size an.d flavor of its fruit is certain. We say this in order more clearly to fix the idea in the minds of our r eaders, that too much attention cannot be paid to the preservation of the roots in transplanting trees. We may as well stop up tbe mouth of a child with cement and expect it to live, as to plant out a large-. topped bean-pole looking tree, with a lank body, exposed to the sun's rays, and suppose it would~ fiourish. When the tree planted has the prod pr kind of roots, then feed it-yes, feed buntifully, and our word for it, your labor will be rewarded. ABOUT SPREADING MANURE. As the time for top-dressing mow lands is at hand, we have a word to say on the subject. As to the question of fall or spring, we do1 not believe any body can answer it for all cases. If~the manure is old and well composted with muck or other decayed vegetable matter; if the ground is such, that there is no danger of hard washing from it; and further, if you will work the manure down finely and evenly to the sor face, we have no objection to fall top-dressing. It has its advantages. The effect on the first year's crop will probably be greater, and the permanent eff'ect may not be less. For spring top-dressing we prefer the follow ing mode, having often practiced it and found the little extra labor implied, well paid, as we believe. It is, to carry out the mnanure, (stable or barn yard) early, te lay it in soinewhat lar ger heaps than would be most easily spread, say six or seven to th'e large load; then to carry and throw over each heap a few shovels full of well cured muck, or, in want of this, of any rich soil; and to let it lie in this condition till a good time for spreading it. That time is, when along, coldl northeaster is brewing. Whn the indications of such a storm are strong, wi would spread the manure, but not before. . Let It be spread evenly, and worked in among thz gasroots. A bush barrow may in some cam bused to a-lvantage, and we would comment its use, provided you will go after it with mnany-tinted lork, or a rake, and. regulate thi inequalities which the harrow may have left drawing the manure from place ; that have rq: ceived too much to others that have received none. The muck or soil with which the lbeaps wern covered, will render the manure more crumbly will enable you to spread it more evenly, anl will help to retain the ammonma, if your pre calculations of the weather should fail, and yoi should have sunny iustead of rainy weather af ter spreading. To see manure carried on to mow land, -thrp about in lumps, and left in that -state successive sunny and windy days;f~lzI~ with its odor for miles, is suggestive o5Y! .stt economy. If 20 loads of manure aphe in 4at way would give two tons of hay thm first a4 second year over no manure, we be lieve it "'uld give more than three tonls, ap plied as weiave suggested ; and the whole es tra labor for s- applying it, need nut be imor than from one ttwo dollars. ' With regard to ,qeaing manure on field to be plowed in, mueamay -be saved ias'simi lar way. It shuld. not be -thrown about I lumps to lie a week or a furtnighit polluting th air. If for any reason it is La be carted Ion before being plowed under, it is well worth tb labor to cover the heaps over with'aoil, and the let themn beoplowed or harrowed *iire soun a apread. ,:Would it not pay well to harrow it in first, then plow, and then barrow again? We believe it would. Much is lost by nct incorporating manures sufficiently with the soil.-Farmers' Magazine. WHEN AND WHERE DEEP PLOWING 18 BENE FICIAL. An English paper discusses this subject at some length, and the points brought out will interest and instruct American readers. We condense them in the paragraphs bel w: "Deep plowing is most effectual tiautumn, exposing the soil to the influence of frost, rain and air, during the winter, which act upon the mineral ingredients of the soil, rendering them available for succeeding crops ; also, pulverizing the soil, and thus facilitating the passage of the roots into the subsoil. As regards the period I of the rotation, it should precede root crops, r '(or, in this country, Indian corn,) or may be t the first plowing for fallowing preparatory to I the wheat crop. "Deep plowing is most beneficial to stiff clays, t and as a rule, we may plow deep when the sub- 1 'oi! is of the same character as the surface, if t both are tenacious, or when the subsoil is comn- a of good clay, only requiring atmospheric k fluences to sweeten it. Deep cultivation should a avoided in nearly all very light soils, and in c lowing for crops after large applications of ma- n hire, us burying it too deeply; or in turning u der clover or other green crops. Deep plo*- c Ig in autumn, on most clays, is equal to half- if dessing of manure. Clay from which the air tl is excluded exhibits a blueish color. After j dreaning, it is not advisable to bring to the sur- n face more than 2 inches of clay subsoil ata time, ni otherwise more is brought tip than the frost, hi &c., can fit for growing good crops. fj n< . Honsrs STIFFN.ED AND Ioor-Bouxn.-A iI horse that is driven on a hard road is liable to get stiffened. I have seen valuable horses driven ci on our plank roads a few days get quite lame. I I reasoned to myself of the cause, and produced hL a remedy which proved effectual. I have since i: tried it on foundered, or boof-bonnd horses, and in with good results. I made a solution of salt, and water, and applied it three times a day, by as washing the legs and pouring upon the bottom an of his feet, and holding them up a few minutes of to let it strike in, and saw the wonderful effect in a few day. I account for it in this way: an Salt will extract moisture from the atmosphere, fo which keeps the feet moist all the while ; it acts ca nearly like melted grease upon the foot. The hoof becomes tough, but yet pliable. Like a an :hunk of wood saturated with salt or brine, it ho is tough, yet moist; and so with a horse's foot. hi, And here let me add, the habit of rasping the racked hoof to toughen it is all folly. Apply i rour bripe, and it will effect a cure. Try it, s Ld blame me if it does not.-Ohio Cultivator. Foi 'dLARIFYING iLAqKBERar WisE.-To no gallon of the Wine, dregs and all, add a i tap lgpbrw ogr e white 0l-taking care not to stir it after it is put on tra The fire. lJoil a few minutes; then pour into ne' ily-bags---puring it back into the bags repeat )dly, uztilperfectly clear, as in making jolly. see The '"inen I send you wis made iron Veqt the lgs of all my bottles, after pouring )ff the-clear Wine. I think it important for he ladies to know thiS, for we have always had o throw it away.-Farmer & Planter. Tr. Maine Farmer says, (what can hardly t be said too often, and what there is some time sti -et left in the Southern States for reducing to practice the present winter:) big "It is impossible to keep animals in good no :ondition, unprotected frim the cold, especially to oung and growing ones. It is well known that s" nimals in cold countries require more hearty ha bood than those of warm climates. A certain o anount of food being necessaary to keep up the natural beat of the system, the greater the cold tm the more food required, which tiot being sup plied, the animal lives upon itself, or grows poor, much less food being required when the amimal is protected from storms and cold. When pro tected,. all food not required to maintain the " natural waste of the system goes towards in- y7 easin the animal. To obtain perfect form, of animl should be kept continually growing un til they arrive at maturity. They are often n~ turne oat an the spring so poor that it requires half the suimer to make them as good as they were the fall before.,-a loss of three quarters of growth of the animal." w / THE TEXA BIIAuW.A asny years ago there lived near San Antonio de a ily by the name of West. Emigrating to m T as from North Carolina, just previous to thec sv olution, by which Texas had gained her n, dom, they had 'gonie through all the trials o. iident to the stormy period, and were, by ac-, y C mation, conceded to be the bravest among' tt brave. Shortly after the conchlu-ion of the a ,John West, the youngest of the three ther's, returned to Notth Caroliana, taking se th him on his retursi to Texa, one of the a t beautiful womien of that state, rendwiied d< and wide for beauty. For sonme three yoars n West seems to have realized that ideal of r< Ippiness dwelt upon so muchi yet' so seldom fr ised-in this world. Ihis vine clad cottage, t< ak<, his huble but honorable avocattons, his ir set wife and inifanst daughter were his world, L d he sIj~hed for no other. Thjere can be noU a radise n earth without the 'slime of tihe scr- d peit being visible on its flowers, awl ttis one I wsinot exception to the commoln'n lot. The y :B&volution ha.I indleed gaine.l for Tes xm freedom *, fnn~u biexic-m tyr'anny, but had left hes.r soverram a with scoundrels of every dye, who reveled ii Ie rimeasof all kinds, uncehecked's eithesr by law' or I batthing stronger than law--public opsnnofli imbands of these "Free Conmpamions. I 4owplace to place levying black mnail dod wowere able to pay it, not unfrequenit- .j 'y qgaiittig the most wanton murders.-- g &*mone the few who were opiposedl to these t aI Wlee.roceed~fings John WVest stood contspicu- I lanouncing themi openly withosut fear of bhe csieque~nces. As ust be expected, lias iunay-onduct brought to fim the threats of ~Ven 15from the vicious for miles aroand his a - :Thaconhl5 not long remaiN) thus in 'Ut comn:ng to a crisis, aindl tormn 'iught a band of anon knockedv oor. re'.i tisg admaittance. His wife y *tq~ hist sunng the door, but the soul of - ki fea-, andi, withiout knowing 1 f th haracter of his nocturnail vit admit them. Somse tent or twelve of the neost repulsive stamnp enteredii thee anmd with loid curses demnandeid liqnor We4t, still not suspectinig anyting aaI,.t before them what the house afl'orded, I I e tusrning to go into the other apart-i, i e fedeod senislss to the grounad by a eem behinad, aid immsediatehy gagged and I The sickening sceines wich tollowed I not attempt to depict. The:,unl which I I bu b. morning before on a scene1 Df primeval happiness, now lit up, with his first rays, smoldering ruins, blackened walls, two ,harred and grinning skeletons, sad memorials Af yesterday's happiness, two flowers breathed apon by death ere they were faded or soiled by he simoons of a hot and pestilent world. Ten years have flown by since that night of, iorrors. Ten years of sorrow, pain, joy; ten rears of stupendous change. In that time have ieen enacted some of the most sublime dramas >f Time; -the Lone Star of Texas still shines rightly in the firmament; but ominous clouds ;eem to threaten its brillancy. Mexico again sserts her right to that beautiful province vrested from her grasp by the heroes of San Facinto. The tocsin of war again resounds over he rich praries; and everywhere the people re eager to " whip Mexico." Recruiting offices re everywhere opened; and into one of these et us stop for a moment, reader, and study the ich variety of originals which we shall find here. As we enter, a fine manly voice is trol ing some fine old ballad, commemorative of a huerican prowess by sea and land. Here, sit. i ing on the bare floor is a party of hunters, 1 aking on at the strange doings-to themn-of t heir more civilized companions. Suddenly all re hushed still as deatli, for they instinctively :now that some deed of blood and violence is bout to be perpetrated. " Liar !" shouts a tall unmmanding man to a co*ering and frightened ian at his feet; "y ou are one of the villains rho burnt my house, murdered my wifo and a d hild, and would have serveit me the same way I I had not got out of your clutches; you are ie last of 'em. but it shall never be said that ack West ever'took the life of his bitterest foe -ithout a chance; your mustang is a good one; ount him, and if you can get away you can lve your life, but if I can catch you, no mercy, r you infernal gang showed ine and mine ne. Go, fire minutes. start, and the Lord ire mercy on you if the mustang fails you." he speaker turned, and walking up to the light, s immenced putting fresh caps on his revolver, Ad arranging his arms. The man to whom he h( d been speaking arose, and casting a look of d Atred and fear at West, rushed precipitately )m the room. " What do you intend to do to him, Colonel 7" c ked a pompous, portly individual coming Up, e 4 laying his hand familiarly on the shoulders West.at "Send him to hell," was the instant reply, d the large man shrunk back into the crowd, all knew the character of West, and none lic red te arou-e him. Without a word to anyone, he left the room, th d in a moment the furious beat of his horse's ofs told' that the avenger was on the track of ;victim. For miles and miles the prairie - etched out like an undulatingsea, terminating waves of verdure in an immense cypress amp; and toward this swampthe wretch who ho .s then strangely allhrded a chance of his life ha s now hastening with frantic speed. It was strange race. The. moon, full orbed, rode h 'n the heavens shedding a flood of silvery da '..omn all,o*jeqa n aAm pned around, broken onTil5 y LHU raulp, ' mp of the pursued and pursuer. Nearer and ti rer does he draw to the loomed wretch, and his th a shriek of despair does the hopeless man cla i that it is impossible for him to reach that or( ce of refuge. Even now the breath of his my's steed cinues like lire into his face, and th one nore bolmed they are side by side. go "Spare, me! 0, for .Goi's sake, mercy!n frc lied the terror stricken fugitive. WO The only answer was a sharp, quick flash ; a to inning report, and the murderer stood in the pe sence of that God whom he had outraged by st crime on earzth. Gone! unaneled, unan- g inted, with his white, ghastly face unturned in the sky, and the red blood dabbling the ea ect white flowers, the last of that murderous nil which had maired forever the happine.s thl the cold stern man sitting on his horse, look- th ; impassively on the face of the dead man, inking dreamily, perhap<, of the dear home d its dearer inmates, lost to him in this world ex -ever. Reader, this is no fancy sketch. John WVest not the name of the man, onme incident oftr iose varied life we ha.:e endeavored to give h u; but his name is inwcribed high on the rolls l fame. Shoaild this ever meet the eye of a ixan Ranger he will, peCrhaps, remember the i :ht before the walls of Monterey, where he id this story to his companions, andi a stripling an Lao formed one of the group of listeners. de Cova.n TF NOT wATCH wITH ME oxE HOUR 7 g .Night had enwrapped the lofty mountains ith mist-wreaths, and gathered its sparkling ante around the vallies. It was night on e Mount of Olives, and the silver sailing moon, an oking down inito the garden of Gethsemane, t ile.1 softly on a picture whose limner was the in lmighty. The Son of God was praying. And' fo ho-what mortal shall attempt to conceive the n :ep) earnest godlike fervor of that prayer? What a ortal ever prayed thus? Great drops of J, reat stood quivering on that noble brow; that a eek form bending like a bruised reed in agony P spirit; that face turned upward to heaven, a hue those sacred Iips breathed the sweet, o rilling words of humble submission: "Father, p it my will, but Tfhine be done." ni Repeat that pryr feeble, erring, sinful man, 0: hoot your heart to such submission, and you ws may well say,-" I am perfect." You cannot nu it ; there is no such feeling; in your heart. -ti Exhausted, weary, spirit-wrorn, the Saviour ti sas from his knees andl slowly turned away u -o that spot forever hallowed by his presencq, , n >where lhe bad lef t his hummble disciples watch-1 ig and waiting~ for him. Tuey are sleeping!. 'ht was huminan iim hen ihis heart wan sad dened II 4 heu stood anid linokedl uponr thmose slumbering | iciples, What a gentile, tuiniuing rebuke was Last: "'Jould ye :jot.wamtch with nae onehourn7" C mie hour-while their fniemi, their beloved p atr, wrcel with Godu, they'3 couldl not Ii ath, but t,>rgettinag tiwir sympathy, their it f~eion, everyting, their heavy eyelids droop- I 1 and they lept-slepit while lie was but a c t:Ie way 'oir pouring, out his whole human a .*ul in agonizinig prayer.t " Could ye not watch with mue one hour ?" d 'ie immaculate Ubrist-the Son of God was y r~ieved; and, perchance, there were tears in t hse eyes, beaminag with heaven's own lustre, a low much of pain, anxiety, and silent reproach I hoee few words contained. Did not those lI e~ay~, fasting disciples feel howv por how eak, were all their attempts, wvhen they could ut watch one-hour with him who had led them z o drink of the water of everlastinig life ?" a Do re not feel rebuked, poor, feeble man, for c rho among you has ever watched one hour with our Saviour ? J. 11. EL~mr-r. A enIAL..RNGE to skate was given by Miss I --, of Salem, a Di Vernon young lady, who aucily gave out that if any of the male gender ' cold catch her, she would forfeit a kiss. The ostona Ierald -says .lhat an athletic negro, 1 mearing of thle challenge, gave chase, and soon t mis arm encircled her wvaist. 11er brother, how ver, averted the impending smack by presen ing the fellow with a five dollar bill, telling aim to "slide." The African started on a hender" with thb funds, remarking audibly, I 'that he wouldn't give live dollars to kiss, any hit0 gal libin."1 OBLE SENTIMENTS. The Governor of Georgia embodies the fol owing in his Annual Medaige:. No monarch rules here. I And it is the pride >f our system, of our g ernment, that each :itizen at the ballot-box jossesses equal rights t )f sovereignty with every! other one.. Thanks t )> to our ieavenly FatheA the popular voice I, annot here be hushed in the silence of despo- 1 ism, but the popular will ditates the law. May t t thus ever remain! How-isportant it is, thero- b ore, that the masses of the people be educated, o each may be able-to red and understand for a iimself the Constitution.-:iand history of his t ountry,- and to judge and decide for himself h rhat are the true principlek and policy of his ;overnment. But how m&ch more important o t is, in my opinion, that .every person in the tj itate be enabled to reaf:.for himself in the ti 1oly Bible, and to comprolgend the great prin- tl iples of Christianity, in-ile eternal truths of n rhich, I am a firm, thopgh humble believer. Ii 'ducate the masses, and .inculcaje virtue and cl iorality, and you.lay brodd and deep, in the earts of our people, the t ue basis of our fu- A are progress. - n oTCl i AUD. An old, plain-looking and plain-spoken Dutch tt ,rmer, from the vicinity oI the Helderburg, in il arsuit of a dinner the otl r day, dropped in tc ,a restaurant. Taking dAeat alongside of a A andy-lissimo sort of a fellow-all perfume, at oustaches aud shirt colla#:our honest Myn- ni mer ordered up his dinneir. P "What shall it be, sirt?" asked white apron. -th "You got corned beef, hby ?" says Dutchmy. Ia "Yes.") ar "You got sourkrout, hey ?" cc "0 yes." "Vell, gif me some boti." Ua Off starts white apronon a keen jump, and to -esently returns with tlhdesired fodder. The to urkrout was smoking hot and sent forth its on culiar flavor, evidently *atifactory to Myn- St er's nasal organ, and vicerverxvu to that of our th ndy friend, who. after the'dish had been de- Ei sited'on the table, and"fynheer was about be mmencing an attack upon'it, exclaimed: dil "I-a-say, my friend,: a-are you going to tri t that stuff?" tb Mynheer turned slowlyliround, and looking tb his Interrogator with 4Cnih.ment, says he, 58 Mat it ? Vy, of course eats it." on " Well," says the dav, "I-a-ould as Fe f devour a plate of gua u!" SU "Ah, veli," replied M nheer, pitching into rui D sonrkrout with an evident relish, " dat (le in uds altogeddcr on how ran ras prought up." $1 Dandy looked kinder caved in, and we left Ad Lh the opinion that Dutchy was one ahead. val WiEi DID THAT MANN;!( TO ?--If a certain tel in a village in Alabrnia, there is employed a rtender, who is in the hit of taking his "tod" th tty freely, but always ni's it a point never to is k in the presence o employer. A few s ago, whil he drawi his Ming ime caight i the act, as ubler and its contents on the counter he cast pu eyes a ound with a look of surprise and ex- of He imed : " Where. in creation did that man that de ered that drink go to r" 1ov BA.-A story is told of a doctor in the the adly town of D- , iot a hundred miles of m Vermont. The docier kebt missing his cou :)d, and set watch. As was expected it proved cor be the work of a near neighbor, who soon ap- an red and carefully cullirg o t all dry woodf, nie rted off with an armful. The doctor hastily frai Lhered up an armful of green wood, just as the If r n threw down his armfil, the doctor did the the ne, exclaiming. Go I There, you miust burn freen wood a part of I time--I have to," and separted, leaving the ent -.f to his own reflections ren the A OLD SoRY WITH A .iW. APmLICATION.- me0 e following we copy fros one of our western cur changes: ted A Yankee speculator mo had an immense by et of land iu the far Wet, used frequently to cera that a geut-eman wh< had been traveling bro re saw a very old man inting at the door of a mno: cabin, weeping bitterl) ap " My friend,' inquired 2e gentleman, " what dra the matter with you ?" .ted " Why," replied the o d aan, "daddy jist give the San awful lickin',' cos Ivouldn't rock grand- day ddy to sleep." eye The gentleman rode off fully satisfied with timi e s'alubrity and healthin's of the district to ur oduc such unparallelednstances of longevity. augi TnE PIL. TRADE.-WN could dream of the tud agitude of such an undeakingas the manufac- unti re of a Purgative Pill aumes when it conmes adu to general use ? And >W painfully do the cent Ilowmng numbers speak ' the amno:mnt of hu-i rec an sickness and sutferin that little morsel of are remedy goes forth to ccbat and subdue. Dr.L C. Ayer, of Lowell, nminfactures in his labo- abe tory forty gross per emn of his Cathartic for I ills, through all the yea This is eight boxes be minute, or one dose a sand. We thus find cens rer forty-three thousanqiersons swallow this and every day, or one mim two hundred and tuim nety-six thousand a mcoh! Physicians, think 'that ! forty-three thqand patients a day ,a ho seek relief from theanedical skill of one a an. Surely that man puld be, as he is.i C is case, one of the firdntelligence, and of me highest character. 3 occupation entails annc pen him a fearful responility for the weal or cege oe of his fellow man.-nsville Courier. ' t A H oUSE-GoIN M1I LThere is a charm . the wick-dai servlee f parish ministcr, tioi hich has not been dulsltimated, either by "" bilanthropists or patri liis uficial and ra-9 ignied chamiracter furni $Iim with a rcady Ik assrt to every habit; rand lhe ill soon 0 nd that a visit to tlie lBof a parishioner is I lnpe e surest way of findirkedess to his heart, estin en the hardiest and it hopliless in tice, beni m not altogether witljmd this influince; they rd at times, in their domestic history, proj mere are opportunities, her by sickness, opr To isaster, or death, wihicrord a weighty ad- 11eall antage to the Christian Iness that is brought show n bear upon them. Hileak-day attentions tion, nd their Sabbath attejide go hand in hand. rema is thus that a houscegr minister wins fur all en imslf a churchm-goinag le.-Dr. Chalmers. .t~i f REST AN D DlGxsT !-10 is no doubt that Pii oderate exercise promt digestion, but too treatp tive exercise retards i~.n experiment wasI nee tried by some .phpists in England tok ,s est this theory. Two hounds were fed ison rith a full meal. One bem was taken and; sixty st on the trail of a foil run for a few hours, here he other was left to em is leisure at home. an an t the same time, hot likilled and opened. each.~ Lhe food of the one tid at home wai|a mal early all digested-th~ the one thamt had negrc teen exercised violentl e chase, only par- bronin ally digested. A farmer on the Wal in ade four hun- ly, is Ired gallons of molassd'm the sugar cane retren ;rown on a single acre. ~'undI the past sea- lighte on. The molasses sell aily at fiftyteents fire si >er gallon, ives him th ndred dollars as the stranj eun or hi[s crop onuae acre. . I Bann IN APPEAL TO TIlE CITIZENS OF THE UITED STATES. It is well known to you, that on the 6th of Lpril, 1858, a contract was signed between John L. Washington, proprietor of Mt. Vernon, and h.e Regent of the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Associa ion, by which the Mansion and Tomb of Wash igton, and 200 acres, are to become the pro. erty of the nation. The title to be held by he Association, and the property to be trans ,rred on the payment of $200,000. All inter st on said sum to be remitted should the whole mount be paid on the 221 of February 1859. ie anniversary of the birth of the Father of is Country. The assumption, by woman, of so vast aire )onsibilisy as the collection of this sum, and ie additional one of $300,000, necessarry for ie repairs, improvements and preservation of ie Estate, was hailed with joy, not only by the illions of this great Republic, but by the mil uns across the sea, in tihe fatherland of the ildren of Washington. This solemn obligation was assumed when the ssociation had scarce extended beyond the authern States in which it had its origin, but oman hadfitth in the depth of love and rever ice felt for the illustrious Pa,ivjt and courage dedicate herself to the holy work of develop. g it to the height of the generosity required secure the possession of his sacred ushes. ad now, When that Anniversary approaches Anniversary td which others, than our own tion, turn as the fitting time for a grateful ople to reward her labrs-I place before you e result of the devotion of the women of the ad, and call upon you to judge between them d the nation in whose patriotism they nfided. By their exertions, the Association has en -ged from 9 States to 26. Its boundaries ex ad from Maine to Cabifornia, from Minnesota Florida. Twenty-four Vice Regents have tered upon their duties in their respective ates. Through their indefatigable efforts, and use of their generons ally-the lion. Edward erett-the Treasurer of the Association has en enabled to pay to Mr. Washington, in ad ion to the $18,000 paid on signing the con et, the first instalmefit of .$75,000, due on ) 1st of January, 1850, -with the interest !reon ; 10,000 on the 14th of December, the th Anniversary of Washington'& death; $5,000 the 5th of Feb., and $10,000 on the 11th of h., instant, making .$25,000 on the second in Inent of $41,666,60, due on the 22d of Feb try, 1860; which, in addition to the $15,000 ested by the Associntion, makes upwards of 17,000 reported to the Regent up to date. ditional sums are known to. be collected in ions parts of the country. fhe purity of their patriotism, the zeal, ener and self-sacrificing spirit, wkich actuates In and their co laborers, are best shown by moral influence already exerted, and which so eloquently described in the words of ther. "The present awakening of public feeling e andia u tl isuua.1 mgels. We may point to it as a mark of aven's favor-a sign that Providence has not erted us in punisiment of our national sins 6 timely revival of the religion of noble ughts-a blessed touch on the electric cbord sympathy which. ought oftener to thrill a ntry possessing such an origin and such a amon experience as ours. Let us hail it as auspicious omen, as the inauguration of a r telegraph of the heart, deep laid and love ight, like that new bond of humanity, which, i ot now, must ere long awaken the pulses of continents-and seeing things, let us bless I and take courage." I lut prosperous as the Association has been; C ring upon a new year with high hopes and ewed zeal, determined to press onward until goal is attained-it is evident from the state it now made, that Mlt. Verron cannot be se vd by it to the nation. on the day anticipa without immediate and simultaneous action the whole country. The appeals of the offi Sof the Association have been scattered ideast over the land. Official reports each I ith, have reminded my countrymen how f dly time was passing. And now the day S s-s nigh on which it is so confidently expec that the great American people will redeem t pledge made by confiding woman. But ten Sremain, before an Anniversary to which all are turned as the expected and appropriate t when she will reap her reward in tri ihantly vindic~uting a nation's honor, and in-a arating the birth-day of Republican grati- ha .Shall she fail ? Will a people possessing ld wealth, numbering over ten millions of t ts, from whomi the contribution of three ii s each, would bestow .300,000, consent to rd on the A nnaiersaryI of his Birth that we. anworthy to have received a Washi e.ton 7 it it men remember that the record they are it to make on the 22d3 of February, 1859, his mighty Republic, is one which cana only ufaced when the memory of Washington s to be revered among the sons of men, ri that will be-when it is proclaimed-" that shall ber no more !" m' ANN PAME LA CUNNINGIIAM, m~ Regeiit Mt. V. L. A. of the Union. sa 11r.ADElLPNIrA, Feb. 11th 1859-.e )aPrrrrED.-With pleasure we make the i uncezient that the " Keowee and Tuchas- s Turnpike Road" is completed. It connects iel Hill with Gashier's Valley, N. C. Here di anects with another road reaching as far as ster, N. C. There is in cour.<e of construc- th a third road, running from. Franklin, N. C, uterAecting with the firdt nanied1 road a nila ab~ovc the~ Tinnet, Tis l.atter turn-a passes llorne CJove and through them Dack of Ection. The ad vantages Uf openIng Up thesee rtant avenues of trade are nlot to be lightly ated; ansI, whilst they are of incalculable PS it to the people of these sectioml, we 1rent sit may prove profitable to the enterprisinmg nors,-Keowee Couricrm CUnE Coyssmvro.-Hall's Journal of :h, for February, hass an admirable article ing up seome of the new cuves for consumnp The article concludes with the sensible a' k, that the best things to take in any and Cdi ses of consumption are exercise, subatan >d, and out-door air in large but due pro- ga ms; and that without these no case of con.-f tive disease has ever been successfully d by any man living or dead..7 r5n or NEGaos.-On Tuesday Messrs. Har-.g Pitta sold at public auction in this city~ no live negroes, of all agh.-, and both sex, ient gr 'rom Charleston. The sixty-five brought in gregaite of $417,521-an average of $742,63 -Among them a family of 7 sold for $S,200, ; to 2, his wife and child 2 years old, $2,765;5 tri es in one family $4,560. T wo ordinary men ht $2,165.-CoJlumb Ius (Ga.) Enquirer- no0 -- ne mo.-Our village, which is growing rapid une of those pleasant, quiet and delicious ts that thie author of the Sketch Book de r to wvrite about, full of warm heart, pleaant 'th' lea,'and happy faces, wh'ere every well-bred tic cer in uie of a kind reception.--Clrendonm rel ar. . fas GATHERINGS. SWHoEvvt is open, loyal, true ; of h11 mane and affable demeanor; honorable hiaelf and in his judgmenltof others ;faithfi hil word as to law, and faithful alike to -and man-such a man is a true gentleman. ZE" A tall fellow persisted in standi ring the performances, much to the annoyan of an audience, and was repeatedly requested to sit down, but would not; when a voice from the upper gallery called out: " Let him alone, he's a tailor, and ho's resting himself I" le im mediately squatted. Jr IE who, with talents capable of being employed in the service of others, sits down with views that centre soleh in himself, and neglects to employ them further than his own necessities require, is guilty of a breach of trust, for which he must one day be accountable. Eg Or him that hopes to be forgiven, it is indispensably required that lie forgive. It ii therefore superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended; anfid to him that refuses to practice it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain.-Johnfon. "T Thomas lIodgson, a white man h-is set the colored gentry of New York almost crazy, by declaring that he has a patented discovery for taking the kinks out of their hair. f- Timber cut in the Spring, and exposed to the weather with the bark on, decays much sooner than if cut in the fall. E IIR an Sr.veim.-n advertisement lately appeared in the ])ublin Evening Post, headed, "Iron bedsteads and leddiug."1 We suj~pose, according to the latter term, that the linen is sheet-iron. 7 Goon Wr.En's Won.-J. C. Tlartnian, a conpositor in louisville, set up 90,100 ems lat week, for which he was paid $30.03. " Rrcu WmIDows.--The New Orleans Delta mentions under the head of "Rich Freight," the arrival of a steamboat from Red River with several passengegs, among them eight wridows, whose aggregate wealth amounted toS5,000,000. One of the ladies is the owner of 000 slaves and the others made a crop of 300,000 bales or cottonl. E' The most valuable span of horses in the United States is said to be owned by Com modore Vanderbilt of New York. They are matched horses. They cost him $7,000, and he has been offered $9,000 for them. Et"' Dcsry CoTTox.-Thic Memphis Eagle of the 20th uIt., says a bale of cotton was pur chased by a home manufacturer in that city a few days since from which 117 lbs. of dust was whipped in the attempt to clean it for spinning. - TnE END OF THE WonLD TO BE THIS YE.tRt.-Messrs. Abram Flavell and J. Decker, second adventiets, have issued a circular called ' The Time Messengers,' containing twenty .'gb plumns Of a - of a-coming. -Q % TuosE that are faithful in -well doing, iced not fear those that are spiteful in evil-do ing, for they have a God to trust to who has evil-do-rs under the hand of his restraint. Er HIG'l-PRICED IlonsE.-The English .horough-bred stallion " Flying Dutchman," has )cen sold to the French Government for $21,000. Ev Rev. Dr. Spring's new (Presbyterian) huren in New York has just received the fin shing touch. Its entire cost is $23,000. Z5 The several firm3 of De Rothschild iave a capital or sum at their instantaneous ommand amounting to 9200,000,000. Z'' A subscriber to a moral reform paper alled at the Northampton post-office the other lay, and inquired if the Friend of Virtue had :oimle? " No," replied the post-master, " there has ccii no such person here for a lung time." E-""PUTrout your tongue alittle further," aid a physician to a female patient, " a lit tle arthmer, mia'am, if you please-a liale furtitee till." "Why, doctor, do you think there is no end y a woman's tongue V' cried the fair invalid. r TH E LOnD's TAB.E.-In illustration of [eury Ward Beecher's liberal style of invitation , the communion, the anecdote is quoted of anI nglishi Judge, who, on being refused the breadt rid thme cup, because he was not a member of( is dispensing church, quietly remarked; "0O! I beg your pardon, I thought this wase ec Lord's table; I have nothing more to say ifc i~s only a private little supper of your own !" t ET " II~vE you any limb-horn'bonnets ?" qiried a very modest miss of a shop-keeper. " Any what '?" " Any limb-horn bonnets 71" " Any--you don't mean leghorn ?" The young lady was brought to by the proper ~storatives. s E A LADY sent her servant (we will not b~ enuion where he was fromm) for a new velvet S antilla which was at her dressmnaker's. "John," ti ys she, " if it ruins, take a coach ; I had rath- p pay the hack hize than have my muantilla ii ut. When the man handed her the mantilla u was ruined, the paper which covered it being ft turated with water. "Why, John," she said, [ told you to take a cab if it rained." "So 1 d, mum ; but sure you wouldn't have your A 3inen a ridin' imside. I got on the box with d e driver," i gg"A A rTAjoke took, place rcently, in ci MAIt-roo. A, Woman wML tifmil: (4-hlf her 8.o11, U~id nWure that he Worked on za fasummm er emec he *as bern. j 'The lawyer Who, csnuinedl her1 sad- Yo ie ;rt that your so~n has worked onm a far-m ever |ti cc lie w-as bormn 1" | 1' - do." i t. " What did lie do the hlit year -? " lIe milked." The lawyei evaporatedi UK A sAILIto dropped out of the rigging.4.$ hip of war, some fifteen or sixteen feet, and I plump upon the head of the first Lieutenant. hI ' Confounded wretch !" said the Lieutenant, hi thering himself up, " where did you come ' An sure I came from the north of Ireland, ou r honor." or EK A x editor downeast thinks children's ' nes arc becoming popular with older persons th~ w-aas as he has seen recently "several fulltl wny meni chasing hoops in our'streets." CT Mr. Prior, editor of the States, is said o be wvriting" a history of the Pierce Admainis- 11 ,tion. Mil In Dayton Ohio, a favorite actress an-P aneed her benefit, and promised to give a ,c av hat to the gentleman who brings the greatest mber of ladies. G~i " Taking the one with the other," said da Rev. Sydney Smith, I believe my congroga- bex n are the most exemplary observers of the igious ordinances: for the poor keepalh the . ts and the rich all the Innsti in By Request. - FACTS FOR THE PEPLE.-If slavery is gootl for the slaveholders, it is equally good for the non-slaveholders of the South. - If it is right for the few to have slaves to wait on them, and perform menial service, it is equal ly right that the laboring white man should njoy the same privilege. I'%- the Ias of Congress against the Slave Trade arrasight, then slavery is wrong, for these laws are bsed upon the assumption that elave.. trading, slave-holding, and slave labor. deserve alike the execration of mankind. If the Captains of the Echo and Wanderer are pirates, then our fathcra were pirate'. If it is a crime to bring slaves now from Africa, it was so at tie beginning, and the suoier ve give up the institution the better. If, under the doctrine of Free Trade, the citizen should be allowed to buy where he can buy cheapest, and sell where he can sell the dearest,-what right has the Federal Govern ment to forbid my going to Africa to buy cheap slaves ? Ii it right .that the few who own slaves sLould object to the importation ofnnore, upon the sel fish fear that the price of their own slaves un y be lowered? Will not the poor man who ows a slave, feel a deeper interest in the institution, than the poor man without one ? Is it not remarkable that the main opposition to the re-opening of the Trade co:nes from those who are our largest slave owners ? Does it come with a good grace from the dc scendants of those whose fathers formerly made money out of the Trade, to croak over t lie prc position to re-open it. NAKei TaU-ru. MoRE Trnus ]3zMs.-We clip the followirg from the Savatinala Republican, of the 15th in stant. It will be seen that they are detennined to disclia-ge their dn4y: fi adlition to the bills found Saturday, the Grand Jury also reported a true bill against Reuben I. Ransom, of Irvin county, for trans mitting false paperi to the office of the Com misioner of Pensions. The Grand Jui'y in this Court seem deter mined to do thier part towards the punishment of infractions of the law against the slave trade. In addition to the Wanderer cases, they yester day returned true bills against Charles Mares & Joachin Selvas, a commercial firm of this city, and J. Jeranimo Casaerasq, charging them with fitting out the Spanish bark Angelita as a slaver. Da. A. G. MaCKEY--A TESTIMONUAL.-Tho Annual Convention of the Grand R.-. A.. Chap. ter of South Carolina furnished a atitable occa sion fur a Masonic presentation of an interest ing nature, and a token of continued and long tried esteem and affection towarda distinguidhed and active offi-er, from those who have enjoyed the fullest opportunities of testing his yorth and services. The presentation was made toiDr. Albert G. Mackey, whose Masoniork services and. credentials need no additions or titles from hi. brethrm and official associates of:the Chapte-. iddec P.e T:9 w S~~. "iTo r ~ iFl . , elo American Freem-sonry. From the Grand R al of Cardlin - ous devices, insignia and syrmbols, of its design and purpose, but these cannot be described without a view. The presentation was made for the associated donors, by G. C. Rev. B. Johnson, Grand Chkp lin of the Chapter, in an appropriate and elegant iddress. The recipient replied with expressive itterances of feeling and heartfelt emotion. It wras felt by all that the testimonial was merited, well bestowed and worthily received.-Char eston Courier. A Ncw TRIAL ORDERED.-The slave Jeff, .he property of John Weediman, lately con lemne1 to be hung for the murder of Rea'on, lave of J. J. Kibbeler, has been granted a new rial. The trial will take place on Tuesday the 5th inst. J. S. Reid, Magistrate, and five out f the following eight freoholders will compose he Court. E. S. Bailey, S. Merchant, J. Y. larris, S. Langford, W. G. Mayes, Z. L. W~hite, V. B. McKellar, and HI. H1. Blease.--Newborry. sonservatist. LoatsuAn ON THE STATE TRADE.-The follow ng bill, relative to the purchase of slaves by the ieople of Louisiana, has been introduced into he legislature of that State anid referred to the jommiittee on Federal Relations: Wh'Iereas, The Federal Governmenthasno pew. r to prohibit the buying of negro slaves by the itizens of this State ; and whereas the right of lie people of Louisiana to purchase slave pro. erty in any mnarke~t, wihether domestic or for ign, where3 negro slaves are sol, has never cen alienated t-rom her sovereignty, or gra:ited the control of the Federal Government: Therefore, be it enacted, &c., That any citizen r association of citizens of this State be and mey are hereby authorized to purchase negro iaves from Cuba, Brazil and Africa, and to ring the said slaves so purechased into this tate; and to hold the same in full right and hie. for their proper use, benefit and behoof vrided, said slaves, so purchased and imported to the State, shall be subject to the same reg Otions and tariff df duties as other species of reign property or imports. Dut. IHuEs Ai.UK.--Dr. D. T. Hines, alias liston, alias HI 'ne, reached Macon on Satun'. uy morning, at 91 o'clock, antI proceeding im. ediaitehy to the office of a gentlwimn in that ty, intreyduced himself as CAs. Pickenta, of ,'thu Canrtiirm, who thad served Witih the afore idi getieme lit himgeeu, ai~d siter cnver. mg foi aif an hour abotst Pjueli' contem;po..a. as in (onugreeA and prumnina'nt iidenats In cir publid1 service, asked and ultined the mn of lifteen dnll:ar.; to iivaet-fle his Journey C:ant'in.toni F~e niiailtDme.ft<ner thle doctor d lef4 a gintittman steppe.d into the ofile tu a copy of the Constitutionalist, containing iaragraph about him, which wrould have been ,rth fifteen dollars if it had been seen a little ner. The gentleman who was "sold" is nothing like the elder Carton, and a gooda :e Uncle Toby, and made no effort. toreor u money..-Augusta Constitutionalist. DESPERATE AFFa1AY.-TheO upper portion of r District was-a few days ago, the scene of e of the most horrible deeds that ha been rpetrated for ma-ny years. The following are e circumstances as near as.we can arrive at enm at the present~ time: H~illiards Young, ini mp.mry with Win. Sitbley and Win. McQuar n, repaired to the plantation of Mr. Grafton, whom the- victim of this bautal act, Mansel - silis; was overseer, and inflicted such severe munds upon Hlollis that his life is totally dis ired of. The impleme~nt ~ised,: was a stick, - t for-the damning deed for which it was used.. nog, together with the two 'others who ao. rapanied him, have fled, and havingeluded the eriff are now striving to make their way, go ubt, beyond the limits of the State.-.Winn:. ro' Register. ES" An objc"ohitert." AgfIwhose - .ome is three thandn dfrs.a yem.