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(Original ^oetrg. [For the Lkdobr. To Miss A. A. S .... (of frovidercf, r. c.) How sweet to me, Each thought of thee, When roving o'er these hills, Whore dancing streams, In silver beams Glide down the mountain nils. The deep blue sky, From mountains high, Doth charm my lunquid heart, While memory, Still true to the, Will oft a pang impart. Had fate been kind, And I less blind, Our joys had known no blight; And fortune's frown, Would not thus drown The hopes of my delight. If thou my dear, VVert with me here, Upon these lofty spires, Where breezes blow, In murmurs low, Like notes from fairy lyres. One truant thought Could not bo brought Within our soeial realm. Hut day and night. With ceaseless llight, Would pain with bliss o'orwhelm. f? r..Ml Where Nature yields* Her crops of grateful grain, Wo might repose, Unknown to woes, Nor wish to part again. Our leisure hours, '.Mid blooming bowers, Would pass so free nnd gay ; While peace and health, Instead of wealth, Would drive dull care awav. Ktiwas. Watauga, N. C., August 2d 1H52. From the Illustrated Family Friend. Annie's Prayer. ny o. a. rmcE. I knew her home by a distant sea. Where the waves were running wild and freeAs they died upon the rocky shore, And waked wild music evermore. ruio was softer, sweeter, brighter, far, Than nature's gem?the evening star ; And her voice rang o'er the pchhlcd lea. Like the mermaid's song on a southern sen. 1 saw one come from a foreign land? Armies hnd moved at his command, And ho swore such an oath, I think, as this, That " A crown and her hand were equal ldiss." At first she was shy, but at last they strayed On the bench, by her arbor, where she prayed In bygone days at sunset hour. When the sky was bright with a starry shower. I know not why, but I could not stay, And I roamed o'ur distant lands away ; Hut 1 often thought, I'd like to know If he still loved little Annie so. One night, when the winter's winds were high, And fitful clouds llcw o'er the sky, A vessel anchored oil'that shore. And I was at Annie's home once more. She wns lying on her cottage bed, And when I came her pale lips said? "I thought ho was true, but deception was there, But Heaven forgive hint, is Annie's last prayer." She but waited a moment for the tide to get low, With the prayer on her lips like the wave did she go; I wept?she was lying on her cottage bed, For oh! it was sad to think, poor Annie was dead. ? - I ilgrintltuml. Farmers. Adam was a farmer while in Paradise, and , after his fall was commanded to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. Job, the honest, upright, and patient, was n farmer, nnd his stern endurance has passed into n proverb. Socrates was a farmer, nnd yet wedded to his calling the glory of his immortal philo-1 sophy. Cincinnntus was a farmer, and one of the ' noblest Romans. Burns was a farmer, and the Muse found him at his plow, and filled his soul with poetry. Washington was a farmer; he retired from the highest earthly station, to enjoy the quiet of rural life, nnd presents to the world a SDCctiU'ln of !? ? ?? ? # V. MMUIW. glCMUICOti Cow Pea*. Thin is another valuable vegetable much cultivated at the South ; tlicy are generally i planted among the corn, the third, and noma- 1 timoM the laat ploughing of the com : vield ing abundantly, they form an important food for a took of all kind*. It ia usual to gather hh many an convenient, and then put the ntock into tho fields to feed on what remains. Sometimes the Cow l'ea Is planted by itself, when its yield is very groat, but it is most commonly planted among tho corn, as sufficient is ossily made in this way and with but little labor. When planted to themselves and the vine cut before the leaf falls it affords an excellent fodder when properly driod. This method is not usually resorted to, as the blade of the com generally gives a % sufficient quantity for plantation purposes. The negroes say that the pea keeps up theii strength longer than the potato, and is very good to work on. As a green manure, th< pea vino is exceedingly valuable, and nol surpassed by anything that is used in thii way to enrich the soil.?Camden Journal. t rrnn the Noil of the South. A Retrospective Sketch. We havo now passed through the pc?io< of work in the crop, and may profitably re view the labors and operations of the pas season, that the experience thus gained ina not be lost, but carefully noted and remem be red, making us wiser for the future, b tho recollection cf our successes or our fai lures, and the causes which produced then Tho peculiarity of the seasons and their ir tlnenccs upon the crops, all go to mnke n the sum of practical knowledge, and have i them lesson** of instruction for the futun Our methods of culture, and the effect upo the growing crop, are all to bo rcmeniberc< if wo would grow wiser as we grow oldei In these reflections wo imagine not a few c our friends will find that they would hav done better to havo plantod less, and cult voted more perfectly. Wo have been on th lookout a little, to see how our instruction havo been obeyee. and how tho business c culture has proceeded. Some fields whie we have noticed have exhibited a liberality c feeling on tho part of their owners whic made it hard to say on which side tliev hi ? J ~. longed, whether they were for the grass o tho crop, so equal was the contest. W had not expected any such neutrality, an though the signs seemed to point that wai yet our charity had not allowed us to cor nlude that there was indeed any such war of preference. We recollect tho anecdot of our friend A , the butcher, nnd suj pose in his case wo may perhaps find th cxplanotion. A was an eneagctic, bus ncss sort of a man. nnd had gone out o horseback into the country to seek supplici lie bought a pig nt one place and a calf n another, ami undertook to carry them hot home. Accordingly lie tied each with a I'm and mounted his horse to lead them, it s happened that the horse, (who was a mettle some steed.) the pig nnd the calf, nil took notion at the same time to run away. Wit a line iu each hand.and the bridle in bis teetl he resolved to run the race. lie soon foudi however, that he was overtasked, and tha the rider must be sacrificed or somethin, given up. We do cot recollect his dccisioi but you can guess at the balance of llie storj If any bod) has been in a strait, nnd fell along in June, when the days were hot an the showers frequent, and the grass grew a well upside as down, that they had undct taken too much, I leave them to tnako th application, and correct all errors nnd mia calculations for the future. We saw, in ou examination, some corn which showed sign of maltreatment. That and the irrass luu for many weeks grown as quietly ami peace ably together as if in "Eden's Garden," whel just after the wet spell in June, the stronges mule and best plowman were act to worl with the large turning plow, to do the dou hie work of killing and burying at the sain operation. The corn laoked distressed am seemed to have put oh yellow, as a badge o mourning for the sudden loss of n com pan ion with which it had lived in such intimah association for to long a lime. Wo fear i never recovered from its afflictions again.? Hut we hope no blame may be attached t< the master; wo doubt not he was doing hit U st, and holding on with both hands am his teeth all the time. Wc advise the record ing in the farm jourm 1 just woat were hii faelings, and especially all relcntings abou over cropping, which may have come uj just then. Our memory is treacherous, ant w ill not do to be trusted until next planting time ; and unless we have some record of tin contlis's and the difficulties, and the rcaolvei of the past, we will be sure to forget again Sickbed repentances are rarely to be trusted We have taken some notes for ourtclret for though wo wero not quite run to tlu teeth, we had both hands full. The mora of the whole story is, thut we attempt toe much. We may stsuggle tnrough with these large crops, but it is a debatable qucs tion w hether our immediate gains are great er, while there can In; no doubt about thos? that are ultimate. We will tind most gene rauy mm some interest lias to be sac ri licet ntul given up in the yield of the growing crop, withont saying anything of the weai and tear of the land and operatives, and tin loss of that ?]uiel and peace which belong peculiarly to a snug and well managed busi ness, and which wo esteem to be of grcal value. Printers and the art of Printing, J. T. Buckingham, in his "Keiiiiiiiseen ccs," in the course of publication in the Ho*ton Courier, speaks of the importance of printers to authors, as follows:? "Many who condescend to illuminaU the dark world with the Are of their gen ius, through the columns of a newspaper little think of the lot of the printer, who almost suffocated by the smoke of a isinp sits up till midnight to correct their falst grammar, bad orthography, and worst punctuation. 1 have seeu the argument? of lawyers in high repute as scholars, to the printer, in their own handwriting with many words, and especially technical and foreign terms, abbreviated, words misspelled, and few or no points. I hart seen the. sermons of divines, sent to the press, withotit points or capitals to designate the divisions of sentences?sermon? which, if published with tho imperfection? of the manuscript, would disgrace tli* printer's devil, if he were tho author.? Suppose they had been printed! The printer would have been treated with n>n? and contempt, as an illiterate blockhead, a a fellow better fitted to bo a wood sawyer, than a professor of the art of printing. Nobody would have believed that such gross and palpable faults were owing to the ignorance and carelessness of the author. And nobody but the practical printer, knows how many hours the coinjHisitor, and after him the proof-reader, are compelled to spcud in redncing to a readable condition manuscript* that tb? author himself would be pouted to read.' ' 93)it nnb Hkiiror. ! r i t Tale of a Shirt Collar. I "Wo find the following rich story in a lato number of the Now York Spirit of ' I ?i.?T:? *- ?? ' wc iiiuvo. /vs uiu wuBincr is very warm, we recommend it to bo read in a cool corner, or in a shady grove, at some of our 1 J summer retreats or watering places: H I will give you an adventure of a hash' ful lover. His name was Damphuto, but y wo used to call him "Jackass" for short.? 1 Heaven help r.io, if ho should ever 1 car , this story; 1 hope he don't take the >pirit. , Among his many misfortunes, for ho was cock-evcd, red-haired and knockp kneed, he numbered that incoin enient one n of baslifulness; nevertheless he was fond of the ladies, although when in their presn enco ho never opened his mouth if ho ' could help it, and when ho did speak lie used both hands to help him to talk; in fact, ho was a young man of "great aet tions." 0 Jack, ono warm day, fell in love. Ho 8 had just graduated at college, ami began pf to think lie must seek the ladies' society; h he was getting to bo a man, and it looked 'f manly to have a "penchant." " So Jack fell in love with the sweetest' ?" liveliest, most hoydenish girl in the sipiaro r ?but how to tell his love. There was the j rub. Ho had heard a good deal of the f "language of tho eyes," and ho accordi tried that; but when ho looked par,t ticularly hard at the window in which c Mi?s Emily whs in the habit of sitting, ?- some person on tlio other side of the c street would in variably bow to him, thinkl* ing he was endeavoring to catch their eye. n lie has despised expressive eyes ever i. since. I At length Jack obtained an introduc0 tion through his sister, and with her ho ? called several times, but she was obliged i_ to leave the city for a season, and as each a interview had only increased his ardor he h finally determined upon going it alone." ' Long la-fore tho hour fixed upon by custom for an evening visit, he found liimself arrayed in his best, Blue coat, metal buttons, black cassimerc pants, (said pants being a lectio tighter than the skin,) and t a spotless vest. The journals of the day state, as an item of intelligence, that the a thermometer ranged from 7o to HO ileg. - Jack swears it was a hundred. As the a hour gradually grew near, Jack found his k perspiration and courage oozing out tor gether, and he almost determined to pull ofi' and stay at home. He concluded however, he'd take a walk past the house |( and see how he felt, t By tho timo he reached the mansion ho It firmlj* concluded not to go in, hut on cast. ing his eyes towards the parlor window, 0 and perceiving no signs of life there, ho i 1 thojlfrlit if nrnl>nl>ln ll.nt .... ...... ... ' o I 1,1 f homo, and since he had proceeded so far, lie would proceed farther and leave hi* card. No sooner determined than concluded. ( In a reckless moment lie pulled the bell; , the darn'd thing needn't make such a 1 "cussed" noise. The door was opened as - if by magic, and the servant girl politely ? asked him in. Miss Kmily was alone in 1 the parlor, and would be delighted to see ' him. ^ O Lord! here was a fix! f?o in a dark , parlor with a pretty girl alone! It was , too late to retreat; tho girl had closed the . front door and was pointing to the parlor . where "Miss Kmily was sitting all alone." >' Heing perfectly convinced that no choice 5 was left him, into the dark room he walked, or rather slided. > All was perfoct chaos to his eyes for a . moment, but only for a moment, then . from the deepest gloom camo forth an an- ' ' gelv ee, "bidding him welcome ami draw I ti tr i .? I iicnr. 10 ouey tiifi order was the work 1 r of a moment, as ho supposed; hut he lit- j r tie drenmpt of the obstacle which fate had j thrown in his way. Ho knew full well . the stream of love had many ripples, hut 1 full grown snngos entered not into his calculation. Judge then of his Astonishment on bc ing tripped up almost nt the fair one's feet ? by a fat stool with plethoric legs, which ' chance or a cureless servant hnd placed , exactly on his road to huppinesa. Over , he went, and as the tailor had not ailow, od for an extra tension of muscles and i sinews, ho not only "procured a tumble, but aiso a "compound fracture" of the , black pants aforesaid; said frac ture ex, tending all across that point which comes L in closest contact with tho chair. Having picked himself up as carefully as circumstances would allow, tho smothered laugh of MissKmily, "not setting him , forward any," ho nt last succeeded in reachincr a ehair. nnrl ilpmiinrt Ida ^ , ...tt 1 tails forward to prevent a disngreeablo ex i ' pose, ut himself down with as much < grace as a bear would be expected to ex- ' i hibit when re?picated to danco on need- ' \ lee. > The young lady was almost suffocated ( with laughter at the sad misfi rtune of tho ( , bashful lover, felt truly aorry for him, and i t used all her powers of fascination t? ) it from hie mind, and eventually succeed- 1 ' ed ao far m to induce him to make a remark. | On thia rock he split, for just at that > moment sho discovered tli.it she had loet 1 her handkerchief. What had become of . t? She was sure she had it when she 1 :amc in! It must certainly bo somewhere ' ibont. "Hav'nt got it under you, Mr. Damp nde?" Jack was sure that could'nt bo so, but poor Jack in venturing an answer, could not possibly get along without raising his hands, and of course ho must drop his coat-tail. Tn his anxiety to recover the missing viper, he even ventured to incline liis body so as to get a glance on the floor. As he did so the fracture opened, and heboid, there lay, us the lady supposed her property. It was the work of a moment to seizo tho corner and exclaim? "Ilere it is, sir, vou need'nt trouble yourself. Raise a little; it's under you!" at the same time giving it a long pull. Alas, the "tail" was told?no escape? nothing short of a special interposition of Providence could save his shirt. Rut what could he do! Another, ami another strong pull, evincing on tho part of the lady a praisworthy determination to obtain the "lost dry goods." coupled with the request? "Get up, sir, you're sitting on it, determined him, and, in the agony of the moment, grabbing with both hands a fast disappearing strip of linncn which encircled his neck, lie exclaimed in heart-broken accents, "for God's sake, Miss Kmilv, leave my shirt collar!" PROSPECTUS OF THE COTTON PLANT, AND Southern Advertiser. Published iree'dt/. to advocate Direct Trade, Manufacture*, A< riculturv, and the devclojwunt of So ithern Pe.sources. lit/ O. IIA VIjOR, Washiar/ton, I). C. The importance of such a Journal as the ahovc, needs no exposition. The material and substantial interest of the South have been too long neglected The ('at/on Plant is established to promote these interests, keeping entirely aloof front party polities. A complete foreign and domestic correspondence has been arranged. The best talent of the country will contribute to our columns, which will present a medium, of general communications, correspondence, and information for the friends of the measures we advocate. The proper steps have been taken in Europe and America to lay the foundation of a direct foreign trade rt the .South,.and to introduce our coarse manufactures into the continental European market. One object of the Cotton Plant will be, as the organ of direct trade, to stimulate the South to carry out this important mo .sure. Wo call upon the Southern merchants generally to send us their business cards, that we may lay them before the country, to enable the friends of southern commerce, manufactures, &c., to discriminate properly in their desires to promote southern enterprise, The importance of Washington Ci'v a point of locniion for such a Journal, especially in regard to opening foreign correspondence and promoting our foreign relations; is apparent. The opportunity of seeing hero, also, members of Congress from every district of the country, presents a means of general co-operation not to be found elsewhere. To the Cotton, Sugar, Rice, ami Tobacco Planters, we look confidently lor support; nnd to the friends of' Dire.at Trade" throughout the south we say?"show your faith by your works." The regular issue of the "Cotton Plant" will commence In June next. Advertisements are particularly requested to be forwarded early. Business letters addressed to C*. (?. Baylor, Washington, I). C. Correspondence from nil interested in the cause wo advocate is solicited, pariicalarly as to the crop, as we wish to give correct information on a subject which is of so much importance to the Planter, and in representing which ho has been so often injured. Postmasters are requested to actus agents for us, and to all who approve our cause we I look for good fee ing, kindness and support Terms. SeJ. in iiiiinn... PROSPECT IS OF TIIK SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT, A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, TO Ik; published ut Abbeville C. 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LIVER COMPLAINT, JAUNDICE,DYSPEPSIA,CHRONIC OR ' NERVOUS DEBILITY, DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, I and all diseases arising from a disordered Liver or Sto. mach, such as Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness, ok Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart-burn, Disgust for Food, fullness, or weight IN THE STOM/ch, SOUR ERUCTATIONS, SINKING OR FLUTTERING AT THE PIT OF THE STOMACH, SWIMMING of THE HEAD, HURRIED, AND DIFFICULT BREATHING, FLUTTERING AT THE HEART, CHOKING OR SUFFOCATING SENSATIONS WHEN IN a LYING rOSTU T, DIMNESS of vision, DOTS OR WEBS before THE SIGHT, Fevers and dull tain in tiie head,deficiency or perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes,pain in the side, back, chest, limbs, &c., sudden flushes of heat, burning in the flesh, constant imaginings of evil and great depression of spirits, can be ell ecu tally cured l>v 1>R. HOLLAND'S CLKBRA TED GERMAN HITTERS. prepared ny 1)11. c. in. JACKS ON, AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE, 120 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Their j>otrer orer the above diseases is not excelled?if equalled?by anu other jirc/taraliun in the Tinted Stales, as the cures attest, in many rases afltr skillful )>hysirians had failed. These Bitters arc worthy the attention of invalids. Possessing great virtues in the rectification of diseases ot' ti e Liver and lesser glands, cxere'sing the most searching powers in weakness and affections of the digestive organs, they are, withal, safe certain and pleasant. READ ASD RE CONVINCED. From the " Boston Bee.'' The editor said, Dec. 22d, Dr. Iloj'.niurs ('rlrhralcd (Irrman Hitters for tlie core of liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility, is deservedly one of the most popular mcdicincs of the day. These Hitters have been used by thousands, and a friend at our elbow says lie has himself received an effectual and permanent euro of Liver Complaint from the use of this remedy. We are convinced that, in the use of these Hitters, the patient constantly gains strength and vigor?a fact worthy of great consideration. They are pleasant in taste and smell, and can be used by persons with the most delicate stomachs with safety, under any circumstances. We are speaking fruui experience, and to the afffcted we advise their use. "Scott's Wee kly," one of the best literary papers published, said, Aug. 25 : 1 Dr. HnJtamV* (irrman Hitti,'s, manufactured by Dr. Jackson, are now recommended by some of the most prominent members of the faculty as an c iiclc of mneh efficacy in ca. es of female wcr' ness. As such is the case, we would advise all mothers to obtain a bottle, und thus save the nse'ves much sick.less. l'ersons of debilitated constitutions will find these Hitters rdvanta^cous to tiieir health, as we know from experience the salutary effects they have upon weak systems." MORE EVIDENCE. The Hon. C. I>. Hinelinc, Mayor of the City of Camden, N. J., says: " Houri.axd's Herman Bittf.rs.?We have seen many flattering notices of this medicine, and the source from which they came induced us to make inquiry respecting its merits. From inquiry we were persuaded to use it, and must say we found it specific in its action upon diseases of the liver and digestive organs, and the powerful influence it exerts upon nervous prostration is really surprising. It ca* ns and strengthens the ucrves, bringing them inio a state of renose, making sleep re "resiling. "If this medicine Was innr.. rrnni.fill.- n?r..t ?v j we are satisfied there wouV.be loss sickness as from the stomnoh, liver, and nervous ays- I tem the great majority of real and imnglua- | rv diseases emanate. Ilnvo them in a heal- j thy condition, i nd you can hid defiance to i epidemics generally. This extraordinary medicine we would adviso our friends who are at all indisposed to give it a trial?it will i recommend itself. It should, in fact, be in every family. No other medicine can pro- i duce such evidences of merit." Evidence upon evidence has been receiv- J cd (like the foregoing) from all sections of the Union, the last three years, the strongest testimony in its favor, is, that there is more of it used in the practice of the regular 1'hyslcians o f Philadelphia, than all other nostrums combined, nfuct that can easily be cstabl'shed, ami fully proving that a soientifc preparation will meet with their quiet np- ' provnl when presented oven in this form. I That this medicine will cure Liver Com- \ plaint and Dyspepsia, no one can doubt af- ' ter using it as directed. It acts specifically . upon the stomach ami liver; it is preferable to calomel in all bilious diseases?the effect is immediate. They can be administered to , female or infant with safety and reliable benelit at any time. hook veil to the marks of the genuine. They have the written signature of C. M. 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