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Telegraphed for the Charleston Papers.
WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Baltimore, June 10, 9.40 P. M.
first day evf.mnu session.
The Convention, pursuant to adjournment
re-assembled at six o'clock this evening,when
the Committee on Organization reported the
following gentlemen as suitable persons to
act as permanent officers during the session
ol* the Convention:
for'president :
JOHN <J. CHAPMAN, Maryland.
for vice presidents:
William L. Gogoin, Virginia.
William WiialeY, South Carolina.
J. C. Van Winkle, Louisiana.
r?*i * >i* ii.? r'.x 1.....i l.
J ik* ri'iiurt ?u uiu vvuiiimu'u uuMiig wt'ii
adopted, the above named gentleman were
conducted to tbe Platform, and the Prosident,
having previously addressed the delegates
present, in a few appropriate remarks,
i nnounecd, that now, having been duly organized,
the Convention was ready to proceed
to business; but it appearing that the
Committee on Credentials had not eoneluded
their labors, an adjournment was agreed
to until noon the following day, when it was
anticipated that they would be ready to re
port.
The following is the Compromise Rcso
lulicn agreed to by the Southern Delegates
in their caucus this morning;
' * Resolved, That the series of measure!
commonly known as tho compromise, incln
ding the fugitive slave law, are received am
acquiesced in by the Whig party of the Uni
nited States as a statement?in principle r.m
substance a final settlement?of the dange
rous lihd exciting questions which they em
brace: and so far as tho fugitive slave lav
is concerned, we will maintain the same, am
insist on its strict enforcement, until tinu
and experienco shall demonstrate the neces
sity of further legislation, to guard agains
evasion or abuse?not, however, to iinpai
its present eflici ev ; nud we deprecate nil fui
tlier agitation of the slavery question a
dangerous to our peace, and will discounte
* nance all efforts at the renewal or continu
mice of such agitation in Congress, or nut o
it whenever, wherever, and however the at
tempt may ho made ; and we will inainh ii
this system of measures as a policy assent in
to the nationalitv of the Whig pariy, nnd th<
integrity of the Union."
si.c om) day's l'l'.ocetdings?morning session
The Convention assembled on Thursday
at noon, pursuant to adjournment. Tin
Committee on Credentials announced thn
they were still unprepared to report. Rose
lotions were then proposed in favor of tin
' '(invention adopting a platform, and appoin
ting a Committee to prepare one, which, nf
tor some considerable diseusaion, were adopt
cd by a vote of 190 to 07. An nmendmen
was subsequently proposed to the effect thn
the Committee t.? prepare the platform shouli
consist of one delegate froin each Stnte.wh
should be authorised to east the full electn
ral vote of his State in said Committee. Thi
was adopted by three majority only, the gen
end impression being that it had an advers
tendency towards the interests of the Sontl
The Convention then took a recess until
o'clock in the evening.
EVENING SESSION.
On the Convention re-assembling in th
evening, it was ngain announced that th
Committee on Credentials had not yet dcci
dftd on tile el.-litll* <>!' tlm nimt.-llnn ...hG..
from New York and Vermont. An anirna
tod discussion then arose on the nmcndmcn
adopted at the morning session, giving tin
members of the Committee on the l'latforin
power to east the electoral vote of their res
poctive States. The lion. William C. Daw
son, of Georgia, denounced it in the mos
omphalic terms as an attempt on the part o
the large States to strangle 'he small one?
and characterized it ns a most unprccedent
od course, and one diametrically in opposi
lion to the established doctrine of State sovereignty.
Without, however,any conclusioi
having been arrived at relativo to the mattci
at issue, the Convention adjourned until tin
following morning.
The Pennsylvania Delegation, it is cur
ran'ly reported, will in tfic course of the day
to-morrow, introduce a platform of theii
own. the resolutions of which, it is said, wil
be even more stringent in relation to the ft
nnlitv ?of the compromise measures, that
those adopted by the Southern Delegates it
their caucus on Wednesday morning, in order
to secure if possible the Southern Delegates
in their e meus on Wednesday morning,
in order to secure if possible the Southern
votes for General Scott. The Webster
men, however, nothing cowed by this threatened
movement, confidently predict Unit
their candidate will certainly be nominated
on the fifth ballot. The balloting, it is expected,
w ilLuommeneo to-morrow ovoninir
third d.\y*s proceedings.
Baltimore, June 18, O.-to P. M.
morning session.
On the Convention re-assembling tliii
morning tlio Committee on Credentials re.
q, ported in favor of all the Fillmore contcs
trint-s from New Vork r.nd Vermont beinj
admitted to scats as delegates, and the reporl
having boon adopted they were accordingly
admitted. The amendment giving the members
of the Committee on the Platform power
to cast the electoral votes of their respective
States in the Committee, which whs
under re-consideration nt the timo the. Convention
adjourned on Thursday evening.was
withdrawn by its mover, A committee ol
one delegate from each State was then appointed
in accordance with the original resolution
to prepare a Platform, and various series
of resolutions were referred to it.
evening session.
Tlio Convention re-assemlded nt five o'.
clock this evening, when the Comijiitteo on
framing the Platform reported tho resohi
tions adopted on Wcrtneaday hy the South
em Delegates in Caucus, with hut w.i^ht verbal
changes in tho first and seventh. The
eighth was altered to rend as follows:
" Rrsnlvffi, That the series of acts of the
forty-first Congress?tho Act known as the
fugitive slave law included?are received and
acquiesced in hy the Whig party of the
United States as a settlement in principle
aad mbstaiwc of the dangerous and exciting
questions which tlwjf-emor.ieo, and so far as
they are concerned, will maintain them and
insist upon their strict reinforcement, until
time and experience shall demonstrate the
necessity of further legislation to guard
against the invasion of tho laws on the one
hand, and tho abilso of thoir powers on the
other, not imparting thoir efficiency ; and we
deprecate alt further agitation of the question
thus "settled ns dangerous to our pence, and
will discountenance all effort* to continue or
renew such agitation, wherever the attempt
may oe maae ; nna wo win maintain Una aya.
tem U eaaentinl to the nationality of the
whig party, and the integrity of the Union."
The au?ation of adopting the Platform an
reported by the Committee, having been pat,
it wan adopted l#y a rote ef 277 vena againat
naya.
At a quarter post seven o'clock the balloting
couiincncdd. witli the following result?:
% FIRST BALLOT.
Scott 133
Fillmore 132
Webster 29
second ballot.
Scott 133
Fillmore 131
Webster 29
third ballot.
Scott 133
Fillmore 131
Webster 29
i fourth ballot
Scott . 134
Fillmore 130
Webster 29
fifth ballot,
i Fillmore 159
Scott 130
Webster 30
SIXTH BALLOT.
Fillmore 133
Seott 131
Webster 29
The Convention nt the conclusion of the
sixth ballot, it being half past nine o'clock,
adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
From the Charleston Evening iN'cirs. ^
Baltimore, June 19, 10.30 A. M.
i Saturday.?The Convention re-assem.
bled at 10 o'clock this morning. The fob
! lowing is the risult of the 7th ballot :
| Webster 28
ij Fillmore 133
j Scott 131
4 i Bates 1
- | Up to the 18th ballot no change.
_ |
11 From Washington.
_ I Correspondence of Charleston Mercury.
Washington June 14.
' I The Whig delegates to Baltimore art
I pouring in and buzzing about as their Denv
t i cratie brethren did a week ago. Thc'noist
r! and confusion' among them seems to b<
" greater than ever, and it is doubted by mnnj
_ of the knowing ones whether their eohosivi
. ) power w ill be as strong as that which tie<
f | into one faggot the various crooked sticki
* | of the other Convc. -ion. As preliminary t<
I ! the proceedings, conference of the delegntei
B I have been held here and and nt New York
J by the Southern and Northern Whigs res
j [icciivi'iy. vii doiii meeungs ominous symp
' j turns manifested themselves. Tho majority
't of the Northern Delegates go in for Gen
t Scott untrammelled by resolutions of anj
- kind, and in this they are backed up b]
B Southern men of the Mangum, Botts an<
r Stanley stripe. Whereas the great body o
_ j Southern delegates are obstinately bent
t and some of them bound by instructions, 01
' having the platfonn laid down in advance o
the nomination. This will open the ball a
, once in that body, and show what the chan
* i es are. Such are the Georgia instruction;
i- and they will he backed by their Southcri
c Constitutional Union brethren from Alabama
Mississippi, &.C. In the meantime the friend
of Mr. Webster, few but firm and faithful
are watching the strife between Scottitei
and Filliuoreittcs, with a hope of appropri
nting the s'rength of the former, and a por
. j tion of tho latter, and thus securing the Ex
s I pounder the nomination. Financial and ma
" ' terial aid will not be wanting to effect thii
' result, for Mr. VVnlwter, more fortunate thai
most political exponents, has friends w hos?
- pockets can he relied on as well as theii
" tongues. He will havo a prodigious out
'. side inducnce from New York and Boston ii
k attendance; and the fulcrum on which t<
- rest his lover will not bo wanting. As be
- tween the two, however, the changes an
greatly in favor of Gen. Scott. His notnina
r tion may cause n schism if the South standi
. up to her threats, and in that event the sece
dcrswill possible adopt the democratic noin
incc, and thus make the real division of par
' lies a sectional one after all. For should thii
1 tick ho taken, the supporters of Scott woulc
he compelled to throw him on the North
1 for support, and to do this Sewardism would
' have to rise in the ascendant. This result is
. seriously contemplated and anticipated by
many astute politicans and it would bo the
strongest po isible practical commentary on
the sagacity of those who have predicted
that to this complexion things must come il
I last. In the Southern Press of Saturdaj
appeared an editorial, giving daguerroetype!
' of the three hoods of the Whig party. The)
have been pronounced very just, and th*
characteristics of each one well portrayec
in them. The Press has not yet pronounced
It probably will after the Whig Convention
, The correspondent of the New York Horalc
- says that the silence arises from a difference
between the Editors as to the proper polic)
j to he pursued. There never has been an)
. difference of opinion on questions of prince
pie between its conductors, hut the recent
course of the States Rights representative!
has opened a new vista. Before a sentinel
fires he must hail the person approaching
i and await his answer. In these times it it
difiicult to distinguish political friends from
foes. The Press acts wisely in not moving
precipitately. The course of South Cnrolina
is looked to with interest It is generally
supposed thnt sho will go in, and such
seems to be the opinion of the delegation
though no member of it cxceept Mr. On
has ratified publicly the action of the Convention,
or authoritatively expressed his opinion.
The impression was general that the
support of the nomination would bo enthusiastic
in your State, until tho Mercury came
out, and was followed by the Newbery Sentinel
and Greenville Mountaineer. Still,
when one sido is-active, and tho other passive,
it is usually easy to predict which will
go to the wall. At the North symptom* of
discontent are manifesting themselves, and
the Abolitionists are organizing for a new
an/I mom Ii-tli'A nriimnAt* An.',-*!'.-* 1
been called, addresses issued, funds raised,
and every engino have been put in motion,
to make the storm rise higher still. They
will not consent even to an armistice, but intend
to "let slip the doga of war." Mrs.
Beechcr Stowe's anti slavery novel "Uncle
Tom's Cabin," has finned np the Are. Not
lees than 200,000 copies have been disposed
of in the last ten weeks and H goes to the
firesides of the poor, and into the hearts of
the women. The National Krs Is increasing
Its vuhsrription list of I7/WW> i"1isi|ftns1
( It pay in advance.) every day, and defies
and deti OUnccs all parties. Through the
Naw York Tribune, the moat powerful appeal
to the anti-slavery Christiana has been
put forth by a Committee from each State
in the North, down to Kentucky. While the
wolf is thus ramping and ruging, the South
sits like a patient lamb ready for the shambles.
While religion, fanaticism, ambition,
are all invoked, and money poured out lite
water, to advance the cause; while its organ
the Era 4a munificently endowed and sustained,
and funds supplied as well as resolutions,
how fare the special champions of the
1 Southern cause T What their position, what I
j their rewards? Jeff. Davis. Onitm?n tt?_ I
| Donald, Rhett, Trouadale, are they the an- |
ointod victors of the stem strife, but well
commenced?not 'over? Tho Southern
Press, is it sustained, or hns it ever been
sustained as it should have been? It has
been stated on the best authority, that of its
editors?that it subscribers have been most
culpably remiss and negligent in doing their
duty; and that they have been worse crippled
by their friends than by their foes,
i Throughout the whole of this stem strife
of sections, that press has been the oriflam
me of the fight, oven as was the plume of
Henry of Navarre, when his standard bearer
fell. If that banner sink the South is left
once more to the mercy of the old organs of
party and the partizans, who scent the
I spoils of victory as the vulture does his banquet
on tho battlo field afar off. Strange,
indeed, would it be for the South if her
seven millions of whites had not the intelligence
to perceive the importance, and the liberality
practically, to aid in upholding an organ
of its interests, at the seat of Govcrn>
ment, when a handful of Northern fanatics
" sustains theirs so effecturally and so liberally.
* Why, one hundred men could effect this ob}
ject, as tho other was effected by a few.
f But this is a diversion and yet one well
8 worthy of being promptly considered on,
1 and acted upon by the leading spirits of your
? State, who know how to act, and are nble
> to do it, in any great emergency. This
s suggestion is not withont a grave significance.
? There are some who must understand it in
- all its bearings. The question of party- or
gaiiauijf suit remains undecided. Gen. Armf
strong is still the nominal head of the Union,
and Major Donelson prowls around its purf
lieus, but has not yet been able to get bock,
r" Burke, it is supposed, will not like it, for two
1 reasons,?firstly, ho wants to bo Sonator
f from New Hampshire ; secondly, he wants
'i largo pay and largo prospective perquisites
s out of the Public Printing. He is a very
1 practical man, and the main chance he does
t not despise. Other matters stand still.
i, Fatal Affray.?Our citv was yesterday
tj the scene of a serious and ftital affray, bot
tweenMr. Robert Leckie, proprietor of the
' Umbrella Manufactory, No. 179 King-street,
s and Mr. Augustus Hall, book-keeper at the
l? Dry Goods establishment of Mr. Bancroft,
* the affair resulting in the death of the former.
The circumstances leading to this sad
result were as follows: On the previous day
(Sunday) a party of gentlemen, among whom
- was 1 icckic, were engaged in a game of quoit#
- at one oi the popular resorts near the city.
? Mr. Hsll refused to join the parly upon the
ground that Mr. I?eckie was no gentlemen.
1 A personal uttack was threatened by Mr.
5 leckie, who threw off his coat, Mr. Hsll scir
zing a loaded whip to repel the assault. The
. affair was, however, interrupted by parties
present, when Mr. Ilall informed Mr. I .eckie
that he could have any satisfaction he want1
ed by calling at his store the next day. On
- the following morning, (yesterday,) s friend
u of Mr. Luckie called upon Mr. Hall, who refiisptl
nrtu filUfuiiti/vw ?k?yv..~u 1
~ ^...tui.u tiuu iiuuu^ii a persona i oncounter
; whereupon that gentleman refused
4 any further connection with the affair, telling
- Mr. Leek its that he must be prepared for hos
tile measures iu the event of any determination
on his part to push the matter further.
Mr. Ix?ckie thereupon armed himself with
1 one of Allen's revolvers, and called at the
I store in which Mr. Hall was employed, who
i being armed with one of Colt's six-barrelled
I revolvers, accompanied him until they reached
Bcauf.iin-strect, down which they turned
1 about twenty yards, taking position on opposite
sides. When about five or six paces
apart they both immediately drew, and commenced
firing. At the second round the ball
, of Mr. Hall took effect in the right side of
his adversary, inflicting a mortal wound. Mr,
t Iziekiu staggered into the store of Mr. Der
land, at the corner proclaiming himself woun,
ded, but went again to the door and fired an,
other shot at Mr. Hall, who ineffectually returned
it, the ball atriking the brick edgo of
' the door. Mr. IsTkie warn conveved. into
I the store of Mr. Del?nd, where, in the course
, of fifteen minutes, he expired.
A Coroner's Jury was held by Magistrate
J Khett, the decision of which was aa follows:
1 "That, in Dcaufuin-st, on the 14th, fjom a
' wound inflicted in the right aide of {he abdor
men by a ball discharged from a revolver in
. the hands of Augustus Hall, the aaid R. P.
I,eckle died immediately."
Thus has our city again been made the
t scene ?f one of those disgraceful proceedi
ings so calculated to affect Its general repu
i uuod ior order and quietness. Independent
of the influence of such examples, the seem
' rity of the citizen calls for some active uieo
surcs on the part of those entrusted with its
i welfare against nneh unwarrantable and law.
less proceedings.? Charlrtton Standard.
Robbfry.?Mr. J. A. lailane, who keeps
s segar store st No. 46 East Bay, on his re1
turn to the same on Sunday night, found
i that some one had made free with his till,
containing about #16 in change. They for.
Innately did not discover a larger amount of I
$300 in a box, also in the same apartment.
It is supposed that they procured access to
1 the premises by climbing under the wall of
n building now in the progress of erection
at the comer of Boyca'a wharf, adjoining
Mr. IiSlaue's store. He had also left his
trunk open in his chamber containing a
quantity of jewelry.?Ib.
Tho democracy appear to be on their high
' heels. The Baltimore Argue raises the
Pierce flag, with the following loconic announcement
to the whigs?
'We "Polk-ed" them in '44 T
Well "Pierce" them in 'MP
Coffee.-?The production of Coffee in
Brazil the peet year, hea been 1,7000,000 bnos,
or 371,000,000, of pound*. In 1830 the
production wae 15,000,000 of pounde.
Great Mir or Nbw Hampshire.?If Virginia
ia the mother of Praaidenta, New
Hampshire ia the mother of presidential
candidatae. No lea than Are of the
prominent candidates for that office are natires
of Near Hampahira Case, Wehater, i
nUhlna iHr PWrce and OstgiW
9*
Comrairatrom j
? I 4- ...? *. j
[For the Ledger. h
On and Abont Corn.
Mr. Editor:?In a number of your paper a
a few weeks since, you requested some arti- f
cles on Agriculture; I propose to give your
readers a few ideas on the preparation and
cultivation of th-it indispensable article of
life?Indian Ccrn?believing that any sug
gestions on this subject, at this particular
tliue, owing to the scarcity thereof, will induce
farmers and planters to read, aud probably
be profited, although those ideas may
emonatefrom one,who has gained no celebrity
in the corn making world, and who is himself
an obscure farmer.
In the suggestions I shall make, I refer to
<1.? _i? -_m l.. l i i .
iiiv v?ay buiib viiiii vi > , ?iiv| iu puui uuiu , iui i
it is the poor and exhausted lands we should i
nurse, and endeavor to enrich and reclaim, i
and is the most difficult of cultivation. Upon i
the rich, loose and loomy soil, corn may be I
made with almost any kind of cultivation, i
It is like the Yankee's mill?fit grows by the <
" force of circumstancesbut not so upon
thin, poor soil?a helter-skelter scattering
cultivation is labor lost, and "won't win."
If possible, turn over your land in the
fall of the year with a two horse plow or
largo twister, plow close nnd dfeep. The
advantage of this is the soil derives great
and invigorating properties from the action of
the atmosphere, the ruin, snows and freezes
during the winter months, nnd is disintegrated
and pulverized thereby, and becomes mellow
and loose for spring plowing. The
clods and compact earth which baa been
turned over, are broken up and mellowed '<
allowing this to have been done, then in the
latter part of February, or first days of
March, break with a long, deep grab plow
across the full plowing. In this plowing go
as deep as your horse powei will nllow; and
remember the size of your corn pile at gathering
time in n great measure depends upon
the depth of your plowing in the spring; and
if, from gathering your cotton crop iu the
fall, you cannot give the full plowing, (although
it is highly preferable and greatly to
be desired.) you should then break up as
early as possible in January or February
with a grab plow, as deep as you can go,
and the horse is nble to stand without injury
; and then before you plant?a week or
ten days?cross this plowing with the ferab
plow, again, nnd do not be afraid of going
too deep?the deep grub plow ing (which is
more than tea days or tw.i weeks at furl heat;
I then plow no?way with the grab, and
deep and aa nonr an yon can get to the corn
without corering or injuring it, the middle
farrow mart be plowed eat thin time.
In about three week*, or a few dny lea*,
plow with " Twisters,? not ao deep, but ao (
close, throwing or sifting the dirt upon the
eorn, whieh is by t)ila time able to bear it,
and be benefitted thereby. In abc ut 3 weeks .
agnin plew with the M Twister" plows. Your ,
com then is hegiantng to bunch to teeesl and f
should bo plowed for the last time, and ?
which wfll be the fourth plowing, twice |,
each wayplow this time much shallower
than in the previous plowing, and do not run
ao near the corn. With thle calculation, 1
two hoeiag* will be sufficient, the first lot* g
mediately after the first plowing, so as to put o
a little dirt to the cora, cut away any small si
gmea which assy be starting about the hill, a
to ran^ee tny ?M or 4rt which the pie we ?
our substitute and approximation to suhsoil
plowing) prevents the land from washing,
because it opens the earth, snd makes
it become spongy, and the water goes down
and Is absorbed, instead of running off, carrying
Vith it a part of the soil. The action
of the atmosphere and rains upon that portion
of the clay which before had never been
touched by a plow, fertilizes and gives to it
a producing propcity. In proof of this, see
the ofllects and results of poor red clay which
has been taken trotn wella and deep cuts on
rail road a, after it has bean exposed to the
rain and utmospherc.
When the foregoing is done, it in time to
prepare for planting. The ground now hns
been in either case broV en twice. Then with
a Isnri'r frrab or atnnll ulrninht ilinvnl l?o nff
your roWH 4 feet, (or 4^ feet, if the soil is
very thin,) aud afterwards cross with the
same plow 4 feet, plant or drop your corn
two grains, and no more, in the cheek ; go
deep with those furrows, so as the grain
shall rest on the water furrow, or as low as
the ground has been broken.
Now for the ^Manure?for this is a tine
qua ntmo?and is in the power and reach of
every farmer to procure and have. It can be
obtnjind from the cotton seed pile, the stables,
the cattle yards, the hog pens, the ash
pits the chicken house, the sweepings of the
I house and kitchen, and the yard; in fact,every
thing which is removed for the sake of clcanliness
and health.m.vy be thrown on the manure
pile, and will tell when rotted and taken to
the field, I should have observed th?t after
the second plowing (or before, if it suits
both) all the manure you have saved and
accumulated since your last planting, and
which, with a little care and attention, will be
considerable, should )>e hauled out and sent*
4 J- Is ? l.l ? -! J -4 - -
u rni in auiuiijio pues, uiiu ni convenient
distances. Across then, as before stated
drop your com in the chock,and follow with
the manure in every hill, dropping it on the
com, but equally over the check, so that the
grain will not be obstructed in coming up,
then cover by running a grab on each aide,
so as to sift the dirt gently on the grain, (or
cover with the hoe, if the horac power is
needed elsewere,) but the grab is prufcrable,
as it distributes the dirt equally, and besides,
pulverize* the soil on each aide of the
grain, for the young roota to enter by the
time #ou are ready to plow over the first
time. After the com is up sufficiently, and
yon are through with your pLating, then
plow, run next the corn with small gratis,
go deep and plow ont the middles with a
larger grab; orif you have not time to plow
out the whole furrow, run two furrows on
eaek side with the grab, this will give the
young roots pulverized soil to operate in
until #1 ^ no nlr.u/inrr tl/kli?K nliAiil/l not ko
it
fll
n
lay have thrown upon the yorinfftmfe and
o thin it out to one stallL and to replant 0
he dhaeinptiilU with cither $onis?r pea*.? $
le certain to thiaio one stalk. Tho second c
oeing should be a week or ten days after y
he last plowing; this invigorates the stalk, y
ioes not injure the roots, removes all grass f
nd weeds aaout the hill, nnd adds fresh dirt j
or the descending roots to enter and feed ,
ipoo, and fornts a substance to retain the | j
noisture until the ear is matured. This .
node of preparation and cultivation is belie- |
red to be adopted to either upland or hot- j
:om ; if upland, plant as early aa possible,
)ven against the omen of the " seven stars"
ind at the risk of having the blades nipped
i little with the frost If Bottom Land, as
Mirly as the state of the weather will admit of |
the necessary and requisite preparation. The
street of early planting is an early finishing
working, and of the laying by, ao that
the Earth and roots will not be disturbed
lifter the dry snd parching sun of July
and August sets in, but retains the
moisture at the laying by, and afterwards
received and imparts the same to tho stalk ,
and oar. If asked whioh is the best plowing
or which plowing does tho corn most good,
I would answer at the risk of on agricultural
Bull, by saying, 'it is the deep plowing given
to the soil before the grain is planted.
These suggestions are offered, Mr. Edilor,
with the hope that it may stimulate our far.
mors vnd planters to make "two ears of
corn grow where only one before grew," and
if followed will tend to make corn plenty ;
sn event devoutly wished for by all, and especially
by
ONE WHO KEVER DESIRKS A SCARCITY OF CORN.'
June22, 1862. .
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Xmirnster % fbgrr.
Lauraatervillc, N. t'.
WEDNESDAY,*JUNE 23, 1852.
ur It is suggested that a Public Meeting
be held in the Court House oil tho first
Monday in July, (sale day,) for the purpose
of taking some action in relation to tho
proposed Rail Road from this place to
Chosterville.
To Correspondents.
Several communications have been received
within the last week, but too late to be
inserted in this number. Correspondents
should hand in their favors at latest byMonday
morning, as our paper is "made up*1
early Tuesday evening.
M A Son of IvmcnHter"?Yonr favor is laid
by for the revision of the Editor; but will
doubtless receive a place ne.xt week.
' Cosmopolite"?We cannot find time to
givo your letter that close inspection it re
quires before it can be put into the compositor's
hands. It we can do so before our
next, you shall have a hearing. Write again,
but only on one aide of the sheet, and let us
hear more about your village.
Good Wheat.
Mr. Allen Morrow, of this District, on bottom
land, on 12 mile Creek, which has been
in cultivation for eighty y.oars. made 36
bushels Wheat on one acre, and this without
manure. Some gentlemen, on viewing the
wheat, gave it as their opinion that it would
make 25 bushels per acre ; and this induced
him to measure one acre, cut it, and thrash
it out next day, and the result was 36 bushels.
Mr. Morrow supposes 5 acres, out of
the field which contained 20 acres, would
have averaged 36 bushels, and the remaining
15 seres, from 12 to 15 bushels per acre.
It was the Alab:uns spri ig wheat.
YW We were shown by a friend on
Saturday last, a stalk of eotton from the
' Cuntson" plant ition of Mr. Joseph A.
Cunningham, of this Distriot, measuring two
feet six inches in length, of a luxuriant
growth, and very full of sqnares. We were
informed, upon inquiry, that it was planted
bout the tOth April last
W" *V? r?ia?t the <>f farmer* 1
and all other* interested in the cultivation
of that ipdispensable, but juat now scarce ,
and high-priced attiele of home eonaumption,
Cork, (and who is not T) to the rommunieation
in another column, on ita cultivation.?
Our correspondent apeak* from experience,
*a he has tried the plan reoommended.
wr a correspondent writing from Moo. 1
roe, N. C., give* the following account of '
I hat village: 1
"This is a thriving UtUe village?-young '
ind small yet, but ha* room to grow. There 1
i* at present six dry good* store*, on* drug
itorc, ard one fine hotel in It, beside a va> \
riety of other business carried on."
fW We acknowledge the receipt of oev- \
iral Pamphlets and Magazines? among i
which are Graham's and Godoy's Magazine a
or July?ell of whisk will be mote fully u
lotieed next week under the appropriate
* <*. I
? " 9
We leant from the Gelveetoo, Texas,
oumal, that the corn crop this year will be
Tester than was erer raised In Texas. The *
nly fear new seems to be that if the heavy ?
bowers eontuana throughout the asasna.that l
rtton may aaifer from too meek rtda. The ?
>ru crop in considered beyond deogcr.
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|dF We (the printer) beg the indulgence
t our reader* thin week for the lack of orU
insl matter. We|ev? wrote fbr public
riticiam, and if we Were ao disposed, we
tave not the time at our disposal to do ao.?
rVo have jual aaked our devil to drop into
hat vaeant chair, and indite a leader; but
10 declines the honor, the horrid grim maces
)f the Editor as he comes with his overlast*
ng ctv of "More copy!* has made him afraid
>f the .very sight of it. But here he comes
to us, when the following dialogue takes
place:
Dovil?"Copy out! boys all waiting."
uWhcre is the Baltimore Convention T*
? All net, air."
"Those items of news I hunted for through
tomo tilt) papers, till daylight this morning!"
"All up long ago."
"No Advertisements f
"No sir; people hereabouts are too wise
to believe in the advantages of advertising.
I heard a feller say, who sdvertised in the
Ledger a few weeks ago, that he expected
to have five hundred applicants for his land
the day after the paper came out; and just
because nobody wants to bay land just now,
he thinks it must be the fault of the printer."
" That will do; tike this and have it set
inslanter ; and if you show your dirty phis
here again before you bring me n proof that
no more copy is wanting, I will leave a pretty
good copy of my boot on your unmentionables."
Exit devil to the composing room, with
a broad grin.
Summary of Vowa.
From all accounts, it appears that the present
prospect of an abundant crap are very
flattering. There are, however, some complaint
from one or two sections, that the
rust is making headway in the wheat crop.
The scarcity of corn makes this nai-tinnUrlv
distressing, as the farmers are looking forward
to the coming hon est with no small
degree of anxiety.
Statements from the South and West represent
the sugar and cotton crops as never
more promiaing.
Hist to Farmers.?Nitrate of 8odayK>wn
underneath trees, in showery wrathsr and in
small quantities, will produce most beautiful
verdure. The herbage in plantations so
treated becomes excellent food for kine, and
is in fact, preferred to the ordinary field
grasses.
A new journal, with peculiar recommendations
is about to be established in Circloville,
Ohio. The editor in his pros|icctus
says: *< )ur terms are two dollars a year.?
Gentlemen who pay in advance will receive
a first rate obituary notice in caee of.death."
Cold Weather.?A letter from Carlisle,
Schoharie Connty, N. Y., dated June ll,say*
that the weather there is very cold, and that
the mercury that moruing at sunrise was only
ons or two degrees above the freozing
point. At Boston the weather is also cool.
At half past two o'clock on Friday ths thermometer
indicated a temperature of 67" 30|,
nt ten o'clock of 59?, at which hour the Aurora
fhrrralis in the North and North-west
was very brilliant At sun rise on 8aturdsy
morning .the mercury was down to 49? 80'.
A mechanic at Maysville, Kentucky, h*s
invented a smoothing iron that la heated by
a few coals in the interior, having a damper
to regulate the heat from that of boiling water
to a red hot glow.
Col. George C. Washington, of Montgomery
county, Md., hns a field of rye which averages
seven feet in height.
CoSTL AO I ATK>!* AT WcTTTMKA, A LA.?
I>oss or $400,000.?A telegraphic despatch
to the Augusta, Ga. Constitutionalist, dated
June 14, furnishes accounts of a destructive
fire which occurred at about two o'clock on
Saturday morning, the 12th, at Wetumka,
Ala., in an old ware-house. In the short
space of two hours the entire business portion
of Eaat-Wetuinpka, involving a loos of
from three to four hundred thousand dollars,
of which only about ninety thousand was
covered by insurance, was destroyed. It is
strongly suspected that this drawlfe4) conflagration
was the act of an incendiary.
Fife if Savaffaii.?A Fire occurred in
Savannah on the 14th Inst, at five o'clock
thia morning, in the large carpenter's work
ahop belonging to Mr. Lopez Cohen, which
with ita contents waa doe troy ed. Mr. Cohen's
large brick dwelling on Jones-street,
waa also burnt, together with nearly all the
furniture therein. Mr. Coben'a loee la estimated
at about $10/100. The house waa
insured for $4000. The adjoining brick
house of Mrs. Jenett, likewise wis consumed,
and another injured. The loaa is about $7000.
They were occupied by J. 8. Watkina and
the Rev. Thomas Rambert. The furniture
sustained also considerable damage.
Rbvebbfce roa the Sabbath.?In the
year 1956, at Tewkesbury, a certain Jew,
one Saturday, fell Into n cesspool, and would
not allow himself to be drawn out on a Saturday
on account of his reverence for the
Sabbath. Richard de Clew, Earl of Gloucester
would not sllow him to bs drawn ont
on the following day, being Sunday > tee ansa
si ma reverence 6>r hit Sabbath. And ao
the Jew died.?CkronicUa of Lmdon.
Eaaly.?They have watermelons in New
tfurkt brought from Eleathaca.
Thk Btkamu AovtipCamuu.?The
Wilmington Dmiif Jamrmmi deeifta In knew,
vby the propeller Samtk Cmroiim ie to be
old, and the Charleston end Liverpool line
i to he abandoned.
We noderetaad that the line la not to he
l,.- -? a __j a- -a ?- -
ma ia iowoM, tnM?a> her rod?I don not
rit tto CWWo? bar.
Tkc fUwbary AiMtant ItiUjr, wilt
id Ma animal ninttaf ai-Nowborry C. IL
a Wodnaaday, Mtt Jaljr Mi
MT The Clattaaati Cnwaelal am
awdrada of harraia of wMakay inaitu 1
Uy, to ro forth as brandy and otlwr apWt. i
(t n?we?, 1
* , j*.y ; *??
The Alexandria Age of Saturday 11th instant
says:
We regret to loan that the cholera ha- i
broken out with great violence on the Kanawha
river, Va. Ita ravages have been so
for confined to the slaves, who are exposed S
to the weather, and^o persona of intemperate
habits. We learn thia from a friend
wlif has just received a letter dated the 1st I
instant, from that part of the State.
The California Mails Chanced.?The
United States Mail steamers, With the great '
California and Oregon malls, are to be despatched
from New York on the 0th and 10th
of each month, Hirtsl for AanlnwnH, instead
of the 9th u4 84th, as heretofore. When
these dates occur on Bunday, the sail is ?
Will DC postponed until the following Men
? Ff
Augustus Hall, who had been com'
mitled to prison to Await his trail for the flft
homicide of Robert Lickie,was on Wednes- f
day last brought before Judge Fit*d on .
hubeas corpus, Mr. Petigru appearing as
his counsel. After taking time to consider,
Judge Frost delivered his decision
yesterday, admitting the Drisoner to bail
in the sum of $6000, witn two sureticsT
each in the sum of $2,500.
Murder.?Wo understand that a fracas
occurred at Cowayboro' on last Monday, \ j
between an individual by the name of
Oausway, and another by the name of *
Milicnn, in which the latter was stabbed
in the throat and killed. The brother of
the deceased was also badly stAbbed. We
did not learn theparticulars of the quarrel.
?Georgetown Republican.
Another Revolutionary Hero Gone.
?We regret to learn (says tho Anderson >
Gazette) that David Verner, one of tho
few Revolutionary Soldiers remaining
among us, died, at his residence in this i
District, on Thursday, 10th inst, in the 97 th JL
year of his age. ^
Stock of Cotton in XiYOopooL
The following estimate of the probable
SUDolv and conmimntinn nf fnttnm lUnn. ?l...
28th of Mav, to the 3lit December, 1842,
and the probable Jtftck remaining in Liverpool
Dec. 31st, 1869, is ffom a well-informed
Ameriuan gntleman, fuuDMr.with the subject,
now in Liverpool: i ,
Stock of American cotton In Liv.
erpool, May 98 400,000
Estimated quantity aliost^xport- '
ed from the U. S. previous to
May 19, and not arrived at Liverpool
May 98 181,000 i
Estimated export from U. 8.
from May 12 to Sept. 1 350,000 1
Estimated export from U. N.from
Wept 1, to arrive at Liverpool
prior to Dec. SI, 1869 150,000
1,080,000
Probable stock in Spinner's hands,
May 98 100,000 1
1,180,000 . r
Consumption from May %
98 toI)ec.S 1,31 weeks,
at3,000 per week. .. 930,000
Export from May 98 to
31st Dceetnber, SI S
weeks, at 3^K)0 per . 'W
week 93,000 \
1,023^)00 '4
Probable stock of American cotton
in Liverpool Dec. 31,1869 167,000
^ "My most deliberate judgment is, tliat the
unrptioi *un!K 01 Aoicricso cotton on th?
31nt December will not exceed 150/XK) a
175,000 bale*, nnleaa prices in the meantime
attain anch a height as to check conaamp- \
tion. This, however, will probably be the
case, and there will doubtleaa be enough
Cotton on the 1st January to supply the
world. But who can tell at whut (cice ? 1
calculate 7d. for Fair, with a crop of 2,800,000
bale*, or Id advance or decline for every
100,OOo bales below or above that quantity.
Charleston Mercury.
Important Invention*.-?The Scientific
American affords us the following intereating
intelligence in relation to recent T
and important inventions by a couple of
couple of enterprising and ingenious citizens
of our States:
Liomtnino Photrotor lOSTlLBSSAnU.
?H. C. Turner, of Cheraw, South Carolina, | '
has taken measures to secure a patent lor
an improvement in teiegraph apparatus ' '
U) protect the magnet of a telegraph instm- ' t
tnent from being destroyed or injured by
lightning, ss well a* to enable telegraph
operators to continue at work during the
prevalence of atmospheric electricity, which
often causes great trouble and delay in
the Southern latitude*. The principle of
the improvement consists in having a medium
connected with the ground and telegraph
line, which with oond-.'ct electricity v
of greet intensity, but not that of low
intensity, ss generated by the galvanic
battery, thus carrying off the atmosphcr- f .
ic efoctrictity without interrupting the cir- v 1
cuit. I
lie employs two small brass cylinders,
each of which has a wire running from a
connection screw at the middle, while the
circuit wire ran* through. Each cylinder
is separated at each end by a piece of
ivory, or other nonconducting subetgpoe,
end the only communication with the
ground b obtained by some partial oon- . ,
ducting substance, such as ground char- tAd
coal. With this, each cylinder ie tiled; X
I therefore an iuta?s slestfa discharge, ie
carried through this medium to the ground,
end the magnet is protected. The in- V
ventkm is simple end new to us, and we 4
understand it bar been used in the Tel- I
egreph Office, at Cheraw, for two moaths, J
with complete success. It is oonffirneted , i
? ? |?.we?pi~, |
Cotto* Pun.?A. M. Qlovar, ofWmU
tfrboro', 8. Cn Hm invented an igjeoveinept
In Cotton IVwm, for which fp luu ( (
taken meanurei to secure a patent The
nature ot the improvement coueiatia operating
the following by meaae of rack . ,
anl pinion, the rack being ? ediuatod
to ttfl follower m to ceweelhe pdA Bm
of the oofi to bo m neer m poeeible <mret
the centre of the bele,wbich i? to be praaeed, ,
^?b> jldrad of t^ WW^liJtl^ 1
Me opooeke to thot on which the rack k f
attached. By thk arrangement, a double r v
rack h dbptaeed wrth, *nd the follower a . i
raode to deoeeod rerUoeHy and prase eren* *
fy upon the beJe, .1
i