The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 18, 1852, Image 4
- POEtjtYT*
A Bachelor's^al en tine.
Returning, home at close of day,
Who gently elides tjjy long delay,
And by thy side delights io stay ?
Nobody.
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Who sets for thee, the 'old arm chair.'?3_._
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sseis oui me room witti neatest care,
And lays thy dippers ready there ?
Nobody.
WhoVegulates the cheerful fire,
And piles the blazing fuel higher,
And bids thee draw thy chair still niglier?
Nobody.
' When plunged in dire and deep distress,
And anxious cafes thy thoughts oppress;
Who whispers Iiojk-s of happiness ?
Nolnxly.
When anxious thoughts within thee rise,
And in dismay thy spirit dies,
Who soothes thee with her kind replies?
Nobody.
SllMM RKABIKC.
Telling Jesis,?"Things always go
smoothly with yom" said a complaining
disciple to Mr. v. "I nov r hear you
make any complaints." " I have found
out an effectual way of gua.-ding again, t
that fault," said Mr. i?. "I did not knowthat
yoi%cr had any reason to complain."
"I don't know thai 1 ever had ; hut I
used to find myself doing it, until one day,
in reading the liible, I came across this
passage:? The apostles gathered themselves
unto Jesus, and told him all things,
both what they had taught.' It occurred
# to me, that, when I had any trouble, before
I told anyone, I should first tell Jesus.
And 1 found, on trial, that, if I told him
firsts I seldom bad an oceasion to tell any
body else. I often find the burden entirely
removed, while I am in the act of
telling him of it, and trouble which has its
burden removed is no longer trouble."
" We ought to ivuy lor deliverance from
our trials ; but Jesus needs no information
respecting them. He is onuii]K>tei<t, and
has no need that any thing 1m; told him."
" That is true, and vet he listened
with complacency and Undnss when his
discijdes told him all things. In his sympathizing
condescension, he permits us to
repent to him our troubles, cures, and joys
though lie knows tlicm all. lie listens
tn '?* * - * '
? T.tin inir^-si: jnsi as the tender
father listens to the narrative of his
cliihl. though it conveys no information.
And he has connected great blessings with
this exercise of filial confidence. If iesseiv
one'a sorrows, ard doubles joys, and
increases faith and love. The more assiduously
we cultivate an intimate acquaintance
with the Saviour, the greater will
l?e our hawpiness. and more rlpid onr progress
to wards heaven. If up should
make it a rule to go to Jesus every night,
and tell him all the events of the day, all
that we have pur]>osed, and felt, and said,
and done, and suffered, would it not have
influence on our conduct during the day ?
It certainly would. The thought that we
should have to tell Jesus about it,would
restrain ns from many an unholy act we
could not wilfully indulge ?n what eauseb
the agonies of the garden and the cross, if
we were to make it the subject of conversation
with hiaf1 before committing our.
selves to slumber." "It seems to me, that
for ma to tell him all my ex}?efience
would be aecupying his attention with
trifles : I should have nothing but sin and !
folly to tell him." |
44 Siu and folly are no trifles; and the I
way to get a right, evil of si^is, to stcok '
it out before him in our confidential inter
course with him. You may depend upon
it, may brother, that if you will go to
Jesus every night, and tell him things that j
have occurred during the day, it will j
speedily lift you above the world. It will !
do much towards making the will of Christ
your guiding, governing principle. It j
will enable von to hear your crosses with- i
out repining. It will make you in iniudnnd j
temper like him with whom you hold this i
most intimate communion. O, that all
Christians were in the habit of closing the '
day by going to Jesus, and tolling him all |
the things that they have done, and omitted
to do during the day ?"
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Little Thorns.?The thorns of a rose
or blackharry bush are very little, things,
but they will teiryotir hands, and irritate
your flesh, and make you feel very uncomfortable.
Thistles are smaller still, but
if you get them in your flesh, the pain will
"be dreadful until they are removed Nettles
are so small that, you cant hardly we them
with the imked eye; hut if you tuch them
they will torment you. No matter how
joyous and full of glee you may be one- of
the least of thorns is enough to turn your
joy into grief, and your laughter to crying.
A nettle in your finger is enough to spoil
pleasure, and bring down your highest gl"e.
So the sweetest the most (paging aff.xv
tion, is often shaken by the slightest breath
of unkindnem. An unkind word from a i
beloved one, is a thorn tda sensitive mild, i
that sends a pang to the h -art. A cross ,
look is a thistle in the eye. A cold expression
from a friend is a i^ttlc in the finger.
Those little tilings aliennte affection and
ril friendship. Theae are the "little foxes
t spoil the vines." The delicate rang*
and tendrils of the vines are agitated by
running over the vines break off those
tender cords that bind then* to the trellis,
and, leave thorn at the mercy of the winds.
If children and youth would l?e happy,
they must pluek out the thorns of ill-teinj?er
fhe 1 *
......... env v^iiki u?e netues of jealousy
,and drive away all the littl?|foxeH that
walk rudeta over and break tlie tendril* of
affection that ding around the heart.?
*" york Obterver.
The real object of creation i? to givo
children resource* that will endure aa hmg
an life endures; habit* that will ameliorate,
not destroy; that will render sickness
tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable,
fife more dignified and useful, and daaCh
less terriMe. . '
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For the Women.
There is much clamor, in these days o
progress, resjxvt9?g a new "ghti
! or an extension o? privileges to our sex.?
J A .powerful moralist has said, that ,lii
I contentions for power, both, tho philosophy
I and poetry of life are dropped attil tnxl
den down " Would not a still greatc
J K^eaSi/vnlfl to ilnmpRlip lionnin oca *.. nrwl it
f the interests of well-balanced society
should] the' Ihtnato' delicacy and prcroga
tive of woroan^W teoman be* forfeited o
smcrificiS"? V
"I have given her as a helpmeet" *ai<
he voice of that cannot err, when it spak
unto Adam, in the cool of the day, amii
: the trees of Paradise. Not as a toy, a clrtfi
! a wrestler, a prize fighter. No! a help
I meet, such as was fitting for man to dt
I sire, andtfbr woman to liecome.
J Since the Creator has assigned differen
j spheres of action for the different sex s, i
I is to be presumed, from this unerring wit
| dom, that there is work enough in C.ic!
j department to employ them, niul that th
I faithful jterformanee of that work will b
for the benefit of both. If I10 has inad<
j one of the priestess of the inner tcinpk
I committing to her charge it sacred shrim
I its unrevealed sanctities, why should slit
! seek to mingle with the warfare 'nut inaj
thunder at its gates or re k it* turrets
Need she be tempted lo priite, or curiosi
llf ?)/,?<!?? ?.n?lo 1 ......
Vl iv unuci IIC1 V?l
Eden '. #
The true nobility of woman is to keeji
' her own sphere, and to adorn it, not lik?
' the comet, daunting and perplexing othei
j systems, but as the ptire star, which is firsi
to light the day^and hist to leave it. T
j she share not the fame of the ruler am
I blood-shedder, her good works, such tu
"become those who profess godliness,''
though they leave no deep "footprints 01
the sands of time," may find record in tin
"Lambs Book of Life."
Mothers! are not our rights sufficient!}
j ctensive?the sanctuary of home, tin
j throne of the hearty the "moulding of tlx
, whole mass of mind in its formation V
llave we not power enough in all tin
ream of sorrow and suftcrink?over al!
forms of ignorance and want amid al!
ministrations of love, from the cradle
I dream to the sepulchre ?
So let us be content ;uul diligent; ayt
grateful and joyful, making this brief lift
a hvm of praises, until called to that choii
j which knows no discord, and whose melody
is eternal.?Mrs. If hittlesrys Mayazinc.
Influence of the Bible.
In the early sctlemcnt of the West, a
j merchant was travelling cast for goods,
lie had three thousand dollars in his saddle-tmgs.
Not reaching the village he
expected, after travelling all day, he made,
at the approach of dark, for light at a distance.
On arriiingat the house, ho enquired
if he could day all night, and was
answered in the affirmative. Ho had no
, -.mall anxiety al>out his money, and
watched very closely the inmates of die
dwelling. After some time, the head ol
the family remarked, it was time foa die
j children to retire to rest, and wished his
j wife to reach him the Bible for worship.
| The traveller in narrating the circumstance,
afterwards stated, that the mere mention
j of the Bible removed all his anxiety in a
moment. He knew his money was safe
?a believer in the Bible would not steal.
(Vwld any other book in the world produced
sncli an instaneons effect ? Blessed
volume !?may its holy influence be shed
over all lands!
How Lucky 1
What a lucky circumstance it is that
we do not hear but little of what oiy
kuul friends say about us behind our
backs. The birds of the air do not always
tell the secret whisperings of those
who are interested in dilating on our
characters. Our ears are suffered to ring
without being any the wiser in regard to
the cause. That is all well, for if we only
knew what was said, how wretched
we should be. And what a "blowing up"
we should feel called upon to give the
gossip when we meet him. " I hold it as
a fact," said Pascal, " that if all persons
knew what they said of each other, there
would not lie four friends, in the world.
This is manifest from the disputes to which
indiscreet rejwrts froin one to another give
i rise."
But so long as wo are lucky enmigh
not U> know what is said, we get along
very well, ami meet the tattler with a
good shake of the hand. On the whole,
the bargain l>eoomes pretty equal, as there
are not many who are not quite ready to
cast the first atone in this business. A
man who is always cautious not to speak
a word which wotfld be to the dieparsgement
of another, is a jewel, ami should
be sought out by the lamp with which
I >iogenes looked after an honest man.?
We may often say, however, M Blessed be
ignorance."?Olive Brttnfh.
Since the liquortaw warf a adopfod in
Maine, cocktails have lo appear in disguise.
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man jump* are DOUglB M UM Mdn^ggw r
under the Wad of "veffetaM? ton**,"
whil^NlMny eobhiera are only known iB
inspired wdrttiiMW. The people of Maine
mwr not consume aa much ^ardent speriul
aa fonnertyt?but the way they indulge ^
tSiiaiHitina* L a aa?a?Ua ^
towiciw I caution,
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. PROSPECTUS
A OF TIIE
^LANCASTER LEDGER!
_ The licdger is the title ofa new paper,
j published ever)- Thursday Morning, nt 1 -nncaster,
O. 1!., S. ('. This paper is neutral
in Politics {.advocating the eacse of no party;
but devoted to the propagation and ndvanecr
! ent of all moamrcH which will provo of
3 j benefit to the District and State. The follow
, | ing extract from our Salutatory in our first
. number will explain more fully our position:
r " The Ledger will lie an independent paper,
devoted' to News, Commf.roe, Literature,
&c.; advocating all measures which
' ; wo conceive will bo of benefit to the District;
e j disclaiming nil connection with any party
;j ' oi'clique?firmly and zealously dovoting our
energies to those matters which serve to prob
I mote the welfare and happiness of our peoh
j pie.
Several years ago, the two prominent poli!
tieal parties of the State were Whig nnd I)em|
ocrnt?now Secessionists and Co-optrntiont
ists. The former advocating the separate
^ nationality of South Carolina; the latter, in
case of a division of the Union, to have the
k I co-operation of all, or some of the slave-hold[?
i ntr States. Besides these two great parties,
e ! we iiuVC in the State, aitiiou^h In !!* ' miuor'
ity, the Union party, wiio are opposed to
e Secession under any circumstances, bclicve
ing our wrongs are exaggerated, that wo
. have no cause to complain or the Federal
Government, and that we had hotter remain
e | as wo are. Then, again, we have a party,
' j (though, we arc glad to say, their number is
' small.) who nre vioirnt Secessionists; 4heir
} I creed is Secession nmler any cir .instances;
' they say they are tired of the Union, and
- never mind what concessions the General
, j Government might ma':e, tlie.y would rathe..j
be out of the Union than in it?'hat once
South Carolina becomes a separate and ini
' duticndcnt government, at onee commences
,! her prosperity, her greatness. nnd her power.
i A beautiful lawof Political Koonomy is. that
r j according to the supply of an article, so will
t be the dc.niaud; id according to the labor
f i so will be t/io cost; thus, by a nice distribu|
tion, each one who labors, never mind what
1 ! his labor may be npp'ed to, so will be his
s remuneration; directly as the remuneration
, | is not sufficient for the labor, the laborer
seeks some other branch of industry to api
| ply his labor to.
, It is impossible for man to regulate the
! price to be paid for the labor of a blacksmith,
i a carpenter, or a field hand?it is also nb
surca that any man can say what the price
, i of corn will be next your. No monopoly
1 can place a fixed price upon the productions
i ; of the earth. Now, we. are inclined to think
' ! that so imu'li that is said in relation to the
, ' withdrawing of South Carolina from tl c
Union, and rice versa, does but little jjood,
I and i;> productive of ucli hariu. \\v are
| an excitable people, an heredit ary gift derived
from our Anglo-Saxon ?. costers: and in
matters involving so much as this does,
j should be left to the calin. sober, reflecting
> mind, unaided by the excitable anathema*
of hot-headed politicians.- Our people
know if they ^are wronged?if tliev
feel that they are?seek redress, and if satisfaction
is not gi.Vn, then consider well the
next stop. Cut tlii miming blindly into any
' course which paity -spirit would induce other.,
to lead you into, is worse than foulish, ami
! sueh impetuosity is always attended wi.h
irreparable injury. Patience i* not submis!
sion : enthusiasm is not patriotism.
It is hut right nnd proper that the people
should htVcall the inform .ti<>u w hich can 'xgiven
iti relation to our national matters ?
: this we will do. All the light we can give,
! shell be given. Nothing will be withheld
which can in any wrfy instruct our people in
political affairs. Prejudiced in favor of i ?*1
t ler party, we will carefully lay before our
readers all matters peit ining to our Feder*
grievances, and let them judge for therrsclves.
If they believe it ' otter to remain as
i we are, fouling we may 'n ke lud worse, :,o
be it: if, on tlfr other hand, they find we
| should secede from the Union, then let them
so decide.
i Although the ngiUtion which has existed
j for the past year between the two parties
' has now subsided, and although it is the general
opinion that the forthcoming Convention |
j will not recommend secession in direct oppo- j
: sition to the declared voice of the people in |
! October lost, when the election for members !
I to tin- Southern Congress w as held rlrnounr(
itiff secession : .itill, it is not our purposo to
.-ulvocutffthc policy of either party, and we
mention this that in case the Convention doas
j recommend S?-cession, do not mean to '
! diet-te to the people what course they had I
better adopt, bnt merely recommend them to j
I be calm and watchful. These party strifes.
; alienate friend from friend, brother from |
brother, and father from son, and so far we !
sec nothing it lots accomplished towards se- .
cession. We have much to do besides en- I
gaging in political strifes, the elevation of >
i that which lead* to our social, physical and ,
j moral advancement, should bo our chief j
thought, and let us exemplify by our actions I
that firmness which is the base of patriotism,
j .Although the ledger has hnt just commenced
its career we are rapidly obtaining
' subscribers from all parts ; nut only in dif- <
J ferent Mictions of our own State, but in
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Florida, Tex- ;
< *, Si c. Thus affording to advertisements
1 . its columns, nn extensive circulation in j
many of the Southern States.
No paper will be sent out of the limits of
the State unless the price of subscription is
paid first or some person here tab as the res- .
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Although we lire anxious to get as many I
subscribers us w e can, still the publishing of '
a newspaper reouires no little outlav jind i
I terms will be strictly olJserved in every ease. ,
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(^AKHrlX MDCU.
AFRESH supply just received andfiir
snle hi the Lnncastcr Grocery.
| Also one bushel Ked (Clover Seed.
liAKSKLTINh A 1IAGINS.
Feb 12 tf 1
NOTICE.
The subscriber has forty
bushels of HEED OATS, of the Irest
Roughcl Hoed Oats, which lie will sell at a
I reasonable price. I'eraona wanting to purchase
will please call nt
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Feb M 3t 8
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PROSPECTUS OP THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
? i 1
Volume X, tor 1862.
DR. DAXIRL LEE, D. RHDMLNP,
Editor. Assistant Editor.
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Domestic nnd Farm Economy, Tillage
nnd Husbandry, the Breeding nnd Rnising
of Domestic; Animals, Poultry and Bees,
nnd the generate routine of Southern Planting
nnd Farming.
The new volume for 1853, will be issued
on a royal octavo sheet of 32 pages, with
AVte fiuc Pajmr and Beautiful Hlusiratm*!
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a greater variety of topics, nnd will be
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and Long; Saws.
THE Subscribers manufacture from the
best Cast Steel, CIRCULAR SAWS,
from two inches to five feet in duiuc-er.
These Saws ore carefully hardened and tempered
and are grouud and finished by machinery
designed expressly for the purpose,
and are therefore much superior in truth and
uniform^ of surface to those ground in the
usual imffner. They require less set, less
Cwcr to drive them, and are not so liable to
come heated, and produce a saving in the
timber.
They also manufacture Cast Steel MI 1.1.
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of the principal Hardware .Merchants
in the United State*.
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Printing Press, Machine and Saw makers,
SO and 31 Gold street.
The following ettract is from a repeat
made by a committee of scientific and practical
gentlemen, appointed by the American
Institute:
" Your committee arc of unanimous opinion
that in the apparatus invented by Mr. R.
M. lloe, for grinding Saws, he has displayed
great ingenuity and tact in the adaptation of
machinery to the production of results in the
manufacture of Saws, which may with propriety
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the art."
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this advertisement
New York. 1.3
FOR BAIaF,
A First rate two horse W Af ?OON as
good as new, has been I ait little
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NOTICE
ALL Persons indebted to Paddus A
Copelnnd, fbr the serrloot of the
(Unlit,... I> 1 At.- J
W.....WU ifiiiuK, irj uiv imuninrOtlMiion
or nthorwiMe, while kept by Win. Council,
are hereby notified nfit to make
payment to naid Qonnell, m he haa failed
t?> keep the etntftMi He hnn made no
return for the aeaaou, and legal payment
<*n only he made te John T. Coiteland or
JAMER BA8KIW*.
Unoaater that, Feb 1ft, 186ft. 1-tf
LKG Al< RATT58 OF ^TKttifeT. f""
1M TUB ^IfFURKNT HTATKS A TKRMT+RIK8. 1 >|
Maine, 0 per cent; forfeit of the claim.
Near Maapahire, 6 per cent; forfeit of
thrice the amuont unlawfully tnkfri. 9
Vormoiit, fl per cent; recovery in ac- g
tion and coat*. 3
Massachusetts, 6 fpGt" eent\ forfeit of
thrice tlie usury. w ? >,
' Rhode Islaud, 0 per cent ;.Jbt^tU3?,tho a'
Usury and interest on the debt, *?jjrr *
Connecticut, 0 per cent; forfeit^S the^
whole debt. ?
New York, 7 per oent; usurious coil- &
; tracts void. ^?PHL ^
New Jersey, 7 per cent; fotfeit.Sjfr.tKe I 8
I whole debt ' 31
i Pennaylvanid, 6 per cent; forfeit oftlftl*]
whole debt. 4 . |
Delaware; 6 per cent; forfeit of the ^
? hole debt C
I Maryland, 0 per -cent, on tobacco con- ?
[ tmct 8 ; usurious contracts void. ^
Virginia, (1 per cent; forfeit double the, t
usury. C"
North Carolina, 0 per cent; contracts t<
. ! for usury void ; forfeit double the usury. tl
South Carolina, 7 jht cent; forfeit of ^
ntcrest and premium taken, with costs. ^
Georgia, 8 per cent; forfeit thrice the a|
' Usury. , . II
Alabama, 8 per cent; forfeit interest Hi
, qyd usuiy. ' d
I Mississippi, 8 j>ercent; by contract 10; 5
' ! usury recoverable in action for debt.
Louisiana, 5 per CCtit I Bank interest 0; j>
I ' contract 8; bMnnul contract, interest void..
t, Tennessee, w per cent; usurious contracts
void. R
Kentucky, 0 j>er cent; usury rccovera- ']
I ble with costs. (|
Ohio, 0 j>er cent; usurious contracts .
void. ci
Indiana, 0 per cent; a tine of double. 2
1 the excess.
Illinois, 0 per cent; !>y contract 12;
beyond forfeits thrice the interest. ra
Missouri, 0 j>er cent; by contract 10; a(
if beyond, forfeit of interest and usury. y<
Michigan, 7 percent; forfeit of tuurv oi
J 1-4 of debt. " el
ATKimwi*, u per cent, l?y agreement iu; j "
> i nsnrv recoverable, but contact void. ^
district of Columbia, 0 jmt cent; usu- |n
rious contracts void. hi
| Florida, 8 per cent; forfeit interest and te
excess. sc
Wisconsin, 7 percent; by contract 1'2; pi
forfeit thrice the excess.
Iowa, by agrwinent, and enforced by j!
. ,RW- y<
On debts of judgment in favor of the
lJnite<l States, interest is computed at 0 w
j>er cent per annum. in
The Soil of the South for | ?j
% 1852. ;in
I 1,1
, TN May, I860, avunbcr of 1'hmtcre living , U
X in Georgia unfflltlMiiui. met in Colum- n<
' bus, Ga., and formed themselves into an Ag- . le
- rieultural Society. The advantages of such 1 e<
: nn association were at once npparent, and ' o1
I with the view to eontrbuto As much as pos- , |X
I sible to agricultural improvement, it was do- | f;i
teruiined, at a mcetin-' of Uie Society in Jan- p,
uary, lflftf, to establish an Agricultural Jour- j
nal. As the result of that action, i pi
44 THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH," | J
i made its appearance in the month of March J c<
last It was hailed with universal npproha- &'
' lion, 2?tp ifOin that day to thin, it has stead- | |x
i ily and rapidly increased iu circulation and ; ci
public favor. At the recent gftat Fair In j tt
Macon. (>a., it wna by a unanimous. Mte of "><
the members recommended to the pafFSnage j hi
of Southern Agriculturists, and elected to ! m
be the
ORGAN OF THE SOUTHERN (TEN-1 v?
TRAI, AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION , f
It will hereafter be published under the > ^
auspices of that association, and will be the ;
uuslium of communicating otlici.Jly, all in- V4
telligcncc pertaining to Its interests and oh- '
j jects, by a resolution of the Executive Com- ; ril
j niittec, the publisher is authorised to semi ; .,]
I a copy of the paper urntuilmmty to all Agri- j 0|
j cultural Societies in the South that will send |
i their addict te the ottice of tmblication. |
The eolutnns of Uie Soil of the South will | V
an heretofore, 1m devoted to tlie discussion
of nil si.bj cts pcrtainin ; to the interests of V
Agriculture and Horticulture, J domestic and ! 1
Rural Economy It is intended to make the '/
i |mi|ht e**rnlutliPfracl\<nl, ami at the niic 1
j thuo emuuiuly prvtfrruue, in its character, J
embodying ?a far as possible, all that is valuable,
as well in the practice r.a the science j
of Agriculture. In it* iustruc 'una, it will
be the constant aim of those who write for '
i its columns, to adapt, themselves to the pe- it
i culiar climate, soil* and crops of the Sonth. 1 H(
I In short, no elfortund no rcasonahle expense
; will Ik' spared, to make Tlie Soil of the South
a worthv ad instm<>tiv? Jn?r.i..i ,.r
i ocn Agriculture. J- J ?
I Tekm*.?The S til of the South in pul>- ;
. luihed monthly, each number cont lining aix- t
{ teen largo and hundaoincly printed l>igw?, t;
j and in furnished to Muhacril>era promptly and F
regularly at the low price of
ONE DOLLAR PEll ANNUM. ' <j
Five oopie* will beacnt IJ month* for #4. ol
The money niuat in all caaoa accompany 0
: the nameM, or the paper will not be aetit.
Jdlf All communications must be addroa*- ' q
ed (po*t paid) to the Publisher of the Soil \ .
of South, ColumhuH, Ga.
JAMES M. CIAMBRIUJ,
Agricultural Editor. , _
CHARLES A. PEADODV,
Horticultural i hit tor. ' ^
WILLIAM 11. CIIAMLERS, tr
Publisher. i 1
Potatoes. i:
Real pink eye potatoes, for Jj
Mile by
| _ inarch I CURETON de MASSEY. h
FOR SALE. js
TWO SETTS OF CARRIAGE II AltNKSS,
an extra fine article, ronde ' JJ
1 by an experienced workman ill tlii* Slate. ^
; Anv one wanting llnrnc*a, will <lo well to i jj
| look at the*e, a* they are finer than any '
i hanietM that hn* ever beeu brought to ^
tliia place. y
IIASLELTINE ?k IIAOINS.
Feb 12 1
WOOD SHOP. '
TIIESuhecriber ha* moved near the l jj
Prenbyteriaa Church ami'will d<>4#
all work in hie line on moderate t?nftc,and ^
I would he thankful for the public patron
i age. TIM KoUiElW. 2
Feb 19 flt
Corn Me&l, *
TpOR ul? by . V j "I
JP Ah 99 CUKETON M4?8ffY ^
J V *v? ,1
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" ' lMWJlH'A'Hl " Hill'MMA*"?
STAT18TIO&t> ** X.
jftuCULTl'RE, I'orui-ATION, AND MaIUu.-tukev
-The Report of J. C. G. KsSjfly,
Est^.. the Superintendent oftheOnsue,
one of the most valuable documents of
10 dnjt *It abounds with Let* end figures
i important sgbjept?, derived from the most
ithentir sources. W? procood to notice
>me of the most interesting:
The Popuiation of the Union.?Assuming
u tvnmilntinn nf f nllforniii to be lfiA.000.
ivli?oh we do partly by estimate,) fuid o itng
thnt of Utah, cstiinarcd at 12,000, the
nkl nuinbar of inhabitant* in the United
kites wan, oil the 1st of June. 1850,23,246.01.
The absolute increase from the 1st of
une, 1840, has been 6,170,848, end the acini
increase per cent, is 36.18. But it lias
oen shown that tho probable nmount of
opulntion ncouired by ndditions of territory
tioufd be deducted in making a comparison
ete een the results of "the present and last
snsus. These reductions diminish the toil
population of the country, as a basis of J
amp-idson, to 23,074,301, und the increr.se !
? 6,00-i The ^dative increase, after !
.is allowance,is ^'id be 35.17 per cent :
'he aggregate Ji limber 0! whites !1 I860 j
(1,610.366, exhibiting a g.iin upon th?5 numer
of the Hame class in 1840 of 6,423,371, '
ad n relative increase of 39.211 |?er cent,
iut excluding tiic 153,000 free population
apposed to have been acquired by the ndition
of territory since 1810, the gain is
i""i an ntl J ?ho increase iwr niwil i* SI la. I
i? a *',vi a | til It* ... . M . .
The Skies?The umnber of slaves by tiic !
resent Ccnau8; Is 310,298, which shows nn !
U i ease of 711,085, equal to 29.59 per cect. '
rwe deduct 19,000 for the probable slave i
rqmlation of Texas in 1840, tho result of
le comparison will Ik- slightly different, i
'lie absolute increase will be <>92,086, and
le rate per cent 37.83.
The Free Colored.?The number of free
>lorcd in 1850 was 528.637; in 1810,386,.
15; The increase in this close has been
2.392, or 10.515 per cent.
The increase.?From 1830 to 1940 the in ease
of the whole population was at the
itc of 32.67 per cent At the same rate of
Ivnnceinent, the absolute gain for the ten
Bars lost past would have been 6,678,333,
r 426,515 less than it has been, without inuding
the increase consequent upon addi- '
ons of territory.
Area iif the Stales.?'Taking the thirty-one
kites together, their area is 1,485,870 sipiarc I
lies, and the average mini her of their inihitants
is 1,549 to the square mile. The
ital area of the Stnt... I. 1 04Qana
|iinrc miles, and the average density of po- I
illation iH7,i4lit to the square mile.
The Mortality of the Union.?The slati lies
of mortality in the census year represent
ic number of deaths occurring within the
Kir ns 3*20,194 ; the ratio being as one to
Mi of the living population, or as ten to
ich 726 of the population. The ratio of
lortality in this statement, taken ns a whole,
iems so much less than that of any portion
T Europe, that it must, at present, bo resived
with some degree of allowance.
Thr Manufacturers.?The entire capital
ivestedin the various manufacturers in the
nited States, on the 1st of J ".'.*,3, 1800? j
at to include any cjjt '.Viishinent producing I
ss than the annual value of $500?amount1
in. round Ubinhcrs to ft530,00o.000: value !
f the raw material 06.'<*000.000; amount
lid for labor $240.000,000 ; value of manu- ,
ctured articles $1,020,300,000 numlterof
rsona employed 1,050.000.
The Agriculture.?Value of fanning imtements
$1.M,H*20,'J73 ; live stuck 552,7u?i,18;
buHbels wheat 104,799,236; Indian
>m 691 ,586.053; pounds of tobacco 199,32,494;
ginned cotton, bales, 2,474,214;
uunds of butter 412,20'2,*JH<i; pounds of
Sr orhomp 69,182; mis!:3S f
,749; pounds of maple sugar 32,759,263; ]
Ink. of ciura sugar 319 641; home-made
Aim for turns ?27,625,545.
QgUon Goods if the Union.-- Capita! inwtefl
$74,501,031; value of raw materials ;
34,835,056; male hands emploved 33.I&0 ;
male ditto 59,136; value oI entire products
1,869,184.
Woolen (roods of the. I 'nion.?Capital in- |
inted ?28,118,650 ; pounds of w ool feted
>,862,829. tons of coal 46.870; value of the
iw material ?25,755,989: male hands emnycd
*22.678; female ditto 16,574; value
f entire fiodnets $13,207,555.
The Iron Trade if the Union.?-Capital in**ted
in pig iron $17,346,425: value of enre
products 19,748,777; capitol invested in
istings 17,416.361; value of entire promts
25,108,155;capital invested in wrought
on 14,495,220; value of the entire products
1,747.074.
The Traveller's <* ua?lc.
HOUTVS L'U< >u ('linn ...
From Charleston to Nem York?Leav?*i
ig daily at 8 1-2 o'clock, I'. M. By
earner to Wilmington, 180 miles; l?v
.ailroad to Wei don, 102 mile*; to Petfeburg,
00 ; to Richmond, 22. to Acquia
reek, 70; by Steamer to Washington,
5; by Railroad to Baltimore, 10; to
'liiladelphki, 92; to New York, ft7. To- ;
d distant j, 771 mile*. Time 00 hours,
are $'20,
The Southerner, Steam*)tip, leaves j
harleston every tenth day after the 27th I
f April, at 4 o'clock, I'. M. Through in I
0 hours. Fare, w ith state room, $25.
From Charleston to Phitti'S'lphia?The
fcprey leaves Charleston every other Sairdny,
at 4 o clock, P. M. 'Through in
0 hours. Fare $20.
From Charleston to New Orleans?
caving daily at 10 o'clock, A. M. By
nuth Carolina Railroad to Augusta, 186
iles; by Georgia Railroad to Atlanta, j
71; by Macon and Western Railroad to j
rifftn, 42; by Stsige to ' 'jw laka, 95: by .
ailrorul to Montgomery, 66 ; by steamer i
? Mol?ile, 381; to New (Means, 166.? I
otal distance, 1,006 miles. Time,1?3 i
ours. Fjhv $39,50.
From Charleston to New Orleans, via
avntuuih, daily ?t t) o'dm-k, A. M. By i
earner to Savannah, 140 miles; by Cen- I
wl Railroad to Macmi, 190; by Macon
nd Western Railroad to llarnesvillc, 40; I
v stage to Opclakn, 100; by Kail road to
lontgoincry, 05; by steamer to Mobile,
31; to New Orleans, 100. Total di?mcc,
1,032 miles. Time, 77 hours.?
are $30,60.
Biaoksmithing.
rIE subscribers have opened aSmkhs' ,
Simp in the village of Lancaster,
|Jfte comer back of the Jail, formerly
nM by Scott, (free boy)and they i?ro9c
to bate work doivo in the best of
tie, na their smith U a N'<> ! at all kinds
[work in his line, having had two years
rpcrience in rharieaton. VHces will lie j
Kris to suit the timesi The subeniHLwiU
be Uiankful for tbe public patronEj*
, - James scott,
" * b t h<k;khs.
? II
- nw "TrrrT "jOf , , JWIMM M
The following tabic, from the Newr- ,"-T BB
leans Price Current, pvoamoit in\ ^
eating statement of the cotton expprtif V
the t uion for the DftHt thirty yeart.* V V HH
crop of 1861, it will to scon, was MB
more than 40,000,000 over the # !*
valuable crop ever rais***! before: ^ B
Statement showinfteein<>'int, value at .
average price perWb: of cotton expofh IB
from the United States from 1821 \ |H
1861 inclusive: I ^B
Total Av'ge pric hj ^B
Yoora. lbs. Value. peril fa H|
18*21 124,898,401? 21,167,480 !<W
1822 144,676,096 23,036,068 16.8
* ?*1? 160 likO 4l1/? A.ifL nOfi J Ttt
IOau A lv mr
1824. 142,369,663 a 1,941,401 16.4 3|
182 6 178,449,207 36,846,649 20.0 &
1828 20fs536?415 25,0264114 13.2 Ml H
182 7 294*310,1)6 26,369,646 10 13
182 8 2104)901*463 22,487,229 10.7 ,* V
182 9 264,837,188 26,675,311 10 "f
1830 298,450,102 29,874,882 9.2 PP E?
183 1 216,979,794 254199,492 9.1 t
183 2 3224115, lW 31,724,683 98 til
183 3 323,798,404 36,101,106 II.) f ! '
183 4 384,717,907 49,448,403 19.8 r '
1835 397,858,992 64,961,302 10.8 <
1836 428,631,307 71,284,995*18.8
183 7 444,212,537 03,9103#, U# ,
183 8 595,952,397 61,55?<811 *0.?-'
183 9 413,621,312 01,228.961 16.1'
1810 743,941,061 03.870,307 8.5. ,
1841 ..530,204.100 MJKlMI lO^r
1812 584,711,017 47.592,164
1 ^ 13- . .. .793,297,105 49,119,806 &2
1844 663.033,155 51,063,601 8.1
18J5 872,906.996 61*789,643 6.98
>846 6474)58,055 42,767.311 ,7.81 '
184 7 527,219,958 53,115 848 10.M
184 8 811,274.431 61,998.993 ?.? '
184 9 1,026,602.269 67,89<M)67 6.4
I860 635,381,604 71.964,816 11.8
1851 9274137.089 112,3164117 12.11
Rank of the United State*,
ACCOItOIXti TO THEIR rOlirLATION, WITH THE
CATITOL OF EACH STATE.
Stole* tf-Rrtnk Pirp. I860.; (Utpitmls.
New York. . .1 3,079,000 Albany.
I'onn^lvnnlA, 2,412,0001Inrrisburjf. ,. I
1,977,0004 -oluiubu*. . ? I ^
Virginia 1,481,000 Atichiuoad. i ?.
Tennessee... 1,003,000 Nuahville.
Kentucky .. .] l,002,iK)o'Fniakfnri. ^
Massachusetts' 99S,(KKnfo*ton.
Indiana + 989,000lmHRn*poH?- "
Georgia. ; 879,000< M illedjjeTille.
V'tl, 4'nrnlinn Ui;iliuui ll..l..i,.l.
, ? mmm v>a,ia<f i%<> inj; lit
Illinois ' 862,000|Fpringfield.
Alabama ! 172.000-Montgomery.
Missouri I 684,000 Jetlerson Cflf.
S*lh Carolina. 656.000 Columbia.
Mississippi... 693,000 Jackson. |
Maine 583,000* Augusts.
Maryland. ...' 583,000 Annapolis.
I/Ouixinna .... 501,000 \f* Orleans.
New Jersey..! 400,000 Trenton. I
Michigan.... | 396,000 Detroit. J
Connecticut...| 371,00<> N.ITavun & Hi'fJ.
N. Mampahire 218,000 Concord. X
Vermont. | 314,000 M onipeKcr.
Wisconsin...! 304.utXh6l: dison. * V
Arkansas.... 208,000.Little Rock. H
California.... 200,000 San Jose! Vallajo; fl
Iowa 199,000 lowp City.
Texas 188,000 Austin.
Rhode Island.. 148,0<4p*rovidenco, Ate.
i a laware.... I 92,0oo Dover.
Florida 88.O00 Tullalisasoe.
Tenitor?es,4u; 161.0OO,
Indi'ns^jGtrbs 300.000 J
Total popul'n 23,495,000 . .
gey ^LATCHES OF THE STAGES.
Political complexion ami time of meet- fl
ing of the legislatures nt the scats of gov- I
eminent:
'Utatn Maj. ><f Left. Time Meertmfr. *1
Alabama*. .Uuion(Ifetn) Ud Monday in Nov ) J
Arkaussn* Dem lat | H ? jfcli
California Dum 1st " Jar * M
Connecticut Dem 1st Wedhea'y Ma> 9
I Mn ware* Dem 1 st Tuesday Jan'
Florida* Dvui 1?4 Monday Ko\ 9
(leorgia* Union 1st * u I
Illinois* Dem 2d Monday Janu' ' - fl
Indiana Dem 2d Thursday Jan' W
Iowa*" Dem 1st Monday Dec . 'A
Kentucky Whig 1st ?
Ixuiisiana*.... J)mn 8d Monday Janu' fl
Maine Dem 2d Wednwi'y Jan ?
Maryland Dent 1st Wednea y Jan %
Ma.Hsacliusetts.Dcm A F. M " 9
Mtehiimn .1W u?J? *?
0 ?. ? ?? i?vuuay J Mill ?
Mississippi*. . .Union 1st " J
Missouri* lK tn fast Monday D> t
Y I I.ttnpshire. .I)? ni' 1st Wfdiirii'v A
N w J. raoy. ...IVtn 'id Tuesday Jam. I
New York.... Whig 1st u * 9
NorthCuroiina* Dem 3d Monday No . ' I
Ohio* Rem 1st ** Jai %
Pennsylvania. .Rem 1st Tuesday Jam I
Rhode Island. . Rem May and Opto' I
SouthCnrolin*. Recess'n 4th Mon<$|y Nr Vj
Tennessee*.... Whig 1st
Texas* IKxn Dceembcr 1
Vermont.. ...WJiig 3d Thursday Oi A
Virginia* I Cm. 1st Monday I>. fl
Wisconsin. ..W. &. F. S. 1st " J ?. I
In the Status marked with asterisk, fl
Ix'gialutures meet biennially.
M
GOVERNORS OF 8TATES AM fl
TERRITORIES. fl
(Prmocratf in Roman; Whig* in M y 1
STATES. fiOYEBROBS. **LAf M H
Alabama ltonrj W. Collier...A.1
Arkansas John 8. Roa?e 1 I
California. John Bigier .. V1 R 0 * H
Cynneeticut.. .Thoa. H. ht ymoar...}' 0
Delaware Williaoi R<w?...,,v,| | 8S
Florida Tkomat Hrtncn 1 o*
Georgia Howell Cobb 8 c I
Illinois AuMR Frtneh 1 0
Indiana. Jos/W Wright.,.... 1 o
Iowa. fRejtbrn Hempstead.. I ?o
kfntoi>u v i w ^
I?ui?ixna jo*j^ Waika*...,*^jjp I
Maine John Hubbard J ,> !
Murylnnd Enoch J* Lowe B
MitaaachuactU . Geo. 8. floutwell fl
Michigan John H. Uorry O /
MitwiiMunpL.... llenry 8. Foot* o B
Minannri. Aouwn A. King o I
New ilainpahlia Wm'wUMhnot. j* .. OO I
Naw Jersey. ...Gcorue FT Fort/.,... ,KH) M
New York. A. . Waitinglmi Ifunt.... >00 ^
North Carolina. 1>?tM K Rcid OO mM
Ohio Reuben Wood MO
Pennsylvania . .William Rigler OA ^B
Rhode Inland.. .Philip Allen MO | | i
Houtli Carolina.John H. Maana t
Tenneaace Wm. ft. CampMi. A. k HMto
T, V.. o ii ?-i? ?1 *
... ........ OBI ....... fW ?, W? <
Vermont ( fun. K. 1 7?0^
Virginia. Joseph Johnson. $,
Deaocnta 96, Whig*
TERRITORIES. '* '' y*V 9T
WiM-otwio Lmrmrd J F?r?4k, / ',950
Oregon. Mm P.
%Z^:\gtfg?vrr. ?
Ut*h.. ... (40U ^
TV Qo wnai rfTKiW*W?9?? <V Wtf
ed hy the Prr-4det\t Rftd HsnRte, . 1
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