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Advertisements will be inserted at acv- ll<? entjr-five cents per square for the first inscr- W1 tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per t<M square for each additional insertion. tlx > Single insertion, one dollar per square. ex| mmmmammammmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmrnm?? ha $ flf ft tl lllP5.5 Erom Arthur a Home Gazette. pr< LIFE'S SUNBEAMS- ft, ? ins THE WORD OF PRAISE. of ?li{ dt mrs. 8. r. dofoiitt. *?ot int (A little thing is a sunbeam?a very the little tiling. It streams through our case- ne' ment, making the cheerful room still more cheerful, and yet so accustomed are we to aw ^ its presence, that we notice it not, and heed Ms not its exhilarating effect. Prt But its absent* u-otiLl I*? -? "" MX-II "vl and felt. The unfortunate prisoner in his dimly-lighted cell would hail with rapturo *"< that blessed stream of light, and the f?rt scarcely less imprisoned inmates of the hui more obscure streets of our crowded cities tioi would welcome it as a messenger from len Heaven. hni It h even thus with the sunbeams of ' the human heart. Trifling things they ry. are in themselves, for the heart is wonder- *?l fully constituted, and it vibrates to the for' f Itgluesi wucu; out witnout tnem lite is a mn blank?m a*ems cold and lifeless as the mH marble slab which marks the spot where the departed love ono lies. mo A gloomy homo was that of Henry hat Howard, and yet all the elements of hu- ent unan happiness seemed to be there. Wealth 4 sufficient to secure all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life, wns theirs, tici and both husband and wife were regarded old Iby their numerous acquaintances as ex- P" <ecdin<rlv intelliirent and estimable monle vet ?and so indeed they were. The light tre.nl ol childhood was not wasting in no .their home, although its merry laugh was to I M^lUom heard, for the little children seem- *" ed to possess a gravity beyond their year, dot and that glad joyousiiess w hich it is so de- of ( Mightful to witness in infancy, was with < .them seldom or never visible. ove Life's sunbeams seemed strangely wan- to i ting, yet the why and wherefore was to ' the casual observer an unfathomable tnys- dut tery. mo Years before that wife and mother had low left the home of her childhood a happy froi and trusting bride. Scarcely seventeen, not the love which she had larstowcd upon sun him who was uow her husband, was the jng first pure affections of her virgin heart, and the .in many respects he was worthy of her ing lore, and, as far as was in his nature, re- j turned it. Her senior by many years, he but was possessed of high moral principles, am good intellectual endowments, and an lunblemishod reputation among his fellow- er ( men. llni But there was a cold, repulsive manner, ar0 at variance sometimes with his more in- ^ tenor feehngs, which could ill meet the ^ warm, affectionate disposition of his young wife, who, cherished an<i petted in her j1H, father's house, looked for the sAme found endearments from him to whom she had u* , , . th< I'rowi 01 u?r i**ui? ?iid fetelhgence, |0|| charmed with sprightiineaa and wit, tlie man wm for a time lost in the lorer, and . enough of fondness and affection were ^ manifested to satisfy the confiding Mary, r5 who had invested her earthly idol with .u every attribute of perfection. But as " months passed on, and he again became / immersed.in bis business, bis true dune- 1 <er, or mora properly speaking, hi# habit- j *i*l manner* were again resumed, and the lioart of the wife was often pained by an appearance of coldness and indifference, which aaemed to cliill and repulse the best affections of her nature. Tears and rerooostrance were useless, K?1 for the husband was himself unaware of nf the change. Was not every comfort am- *' ply provided,over* request complied witli f What more could any reasonable woman ^ <dc*ire I bu Alas! he knew but little of a woman's heart; of that fountain of love which is perpetually gushing forth toward him "J1 who first caused its waters to flow, and h?j still less did he know of the fearful effect |*j of the constant repressing of each warm affection. He dreamed not that the lor- P" ing heart oould become cold and dead, n* ( nod that his own icy nature would soon to he reflected In the denoted being whd now stout 16 him so hs deficient, mens Iriflsi, hot s*iH they eocwti- wt mted the happiness or wee ofthewffhof w bis beeons. 2 . ed unfolt, the constant effect t? please re- ne main uanotWd. One wwsd nf profcu, one bo I ndly look, was all that was desired, it these were withheld, and the charm of wa 0 was gone. ft > Gradual was the change. Bitter tears for ;re shed and earnest endeavors to pro- clii ice a happier state of things were some- of nes made, but in vain. Oh 1 could the the isband but have known how wistfully car at young creature often gazed upon him bio he sat at the evening meal upon his re- but rn from business, and partook of luxu- ' s which her hand had prepared in the boi pe of eliciting some token of approba- 0f >n?could he have seen the anxious care |y t th which domestic duties were superin- car ided, the attentiou paid to the toilette, the b constant regard to his most casually cl?i! [>ressed wishes, surely, surely he would prc ve renounced for ever that cold,repulsive fraj inner, and clasped to his bosom the SpJi title being whom ho had so lately vow- its to love and cherish. waJ But he saw it not?felt it not. Still |jnj; jud of her beauty and talents, ho loved cl,t exhibit her to nn admiring world, but j 5 fond endearments of homo were want- eri9 j. lie knew nothing of the yearnings that devoted heart; and while the CQn ;htest deviation from his wishes was unc liced and reprimanded, the eager and jon ense desire to please was unheeded? wjjj > earnestly desired word of praise was ^ rer spoken. BUk The first year of wedded lifo passed ay, and a new chord was awakened, iry had become a mother; and as she ,?IK) issed the babe to her bosom, new hopes 1 j. ro aroused. Tho clouds which bad jOV liered around her seemed passing away, nnj 1 the cheering sunl>eains again broke lb. 'Hie manifest solicitude of her wal ibnnd in the hour of danger, the aflec- Qnc l with which he had gnwwfon the counance of his first born, wero promises of wag ripy days to come. lha( But, alasl these hopes were but illus#All that a father could do for the w|,j Ifare of an infant was scrupulously per- jn a ued, but ita expanding intellect, its .? ocelli piajiuiueM, MwtiniciiiMa?j i uir* | soft rkod?apparently uncared for. ? 'Is he not lovely !'' exclaimed the fond j;U|( ther. as the babe stretched his little ji ids and crowed a welcome as the father anj ered. ?? He seems to be a good, healthy child," ]{ut * the <piiet reply. "I see nothing par- yol) ilarly lovely in an infant six months , and if I did I would not tell it so.? tj10 lise is very injurious to children, and |10r i should sckool yourself from the first, rv, to restrain your feelings, and utter (>nc expressions which will bavo a tendency |^ai foster the self-esteem enmrnn ?n - Teach your children to perform their iea from a higher motive tlian the hope u >rfti*e'1 . . the \ chill like that of raid-winter came t|0 r the heart of the wife as she listened y the grave rebuke. Diore waa truth in the words. Our mot .ies should be performed from higher but lives than the approbation of our fel- the r-men; but that little word of praise Bpet m those we love?surely, surely it can- jn. , be hurtful. It is one of life's brightest j ibeams, encouraging the weak, sooththe long suffering, bringing rest to wol] i weary and hope to the despond- a something of this Mary longed to urge, {j",! ; her husband had already turned away t|)CM 1 the words died on her lips. p Time passed on. Anotlier and anoth- j child had been added to the number, 8Ujy til four bright little faces were seen und the family table. The father seemunchanged. Increasing years had al- Hj101 ftd neither the outer or tho inner man, , L in the wife and mother few would .. ' re recognised the warm-hearted, irapul* 64 e girl, who ten years before had left her ea^ her's home, with bright visions of , i future floating before her youthful aukl Whence came that perfect calmness of meanor, that almoat stoical indifference ?. all that waa passing around her! To sband, children and servants she was > same. Their comfort was cared for, An( ) routine of daily duties strictly perform- ^ j , but always with that cold, lifeless man- eAr r, strangely at variance with her natu- <] disposition. Ler Hut the change had come gradually, * d the husband noticed it not. To him, yoi try had only grown more matronly, * d, wisely laying aside the friyolity of ani Ibood, had acquired the sedateneas of wili ier years. True, there were momenta aD<j ten his indifference waa somewhat am ted ying. Although he never praised, he res en blamed, and his lightest word of re- 1 ke was st first always met with s gush W teara, but now there ?m no eign of omo- to r n;the placid countenance remained |jCv changed, and nuietly he waa told that wai i wiabea ahould be attended to. Ccr- wit inly tbia waa all that he could deaire, it he Would hare liked to feel that hi* *h weure or diapleaaure waa a matter of MW-eonceqnence than it now appeared go< be. And yet the warm afficotkma of the aln art were not all dead. They dumber- at ?-were eUlled, paralried starving for tat of their proper and natural nouriah- ext mt, but there waaatill life, and there 1*41 W% timet when the apWt again thrtffid 1* th rapture, aa the losing artna of child- My od were twined wound the motfxw'e atn ck, or the early head reeled upon her me eom. f. her ? w But to tlio little on es, as to others, there * the same cold uniformity of manner, vant of that endearing tenderness which ms so closo a tie between mother and ild. Their health, and the cultivation their minds, were never neglected, but > education of the heart remained lined for, and the spot which should have oined with good and tmo affection, was L a wilderness of weeds. The two eldest children were promising rs of seven and nine years old. Full health, and buoyant, although constantrepressed spirits, they thought not and d not for aught save the supply of ir bodily wants; but with the third Id, tuo gentle Eva, it was far otherwise. >m in'ancy her little frame had been so I and delicate, that it seemed as if the it was constantly struggling to leave earthly tenement; but her fifth year i rapidly approaching, and still she ;ered a blessed minister of love in that erless home. low wistfully she gazed upon the mothface as she unweariedly performed many little offices necessary for her ifort, but ever with that same frigid, banging manner, llow earnestly shu jjed for that manifestation of tenderness ch she had never loft. Even the stem ler spoke to her in gentler and more dued tones than was his wont, and ild sometimes stroke the silky hair ii uer wuue iorebead, and call her Lis or child." lut it was the fondness of a mother's i for which the little one yearned, with unerring instinct she felt that eath that calm and cold exterior, the ers of the fountain were still gushing. :e, when after a day of restless pain had sunk into an uneasy sluml>cr, she aroused by the fervent pressure of . mother's kindness, and through her '-opening eyelids she perceived the tears i-h were flowing over her pale face, n instant the arms of the affectionate ? v 1 | voice whispered,? Dearest mother, do you not love your 3 Eva?" lut all emotion was instantly repressed (juietly >is ever came the answer? Certainly, my child, I love you all.? lie down now, and tako some rest.? i have been dreutuing." Twassuch a happy dream," munnureJ patient liltle sufferer, as ol>cdient to mother's words she again closed her i, and lay motionless upon her pillow, e more she slept, and a sweet smiled mod upon her countenance, and her moved as if about to speak. The chful mother bent over her. Kiss me again, dear mother," lisped slumberer. "Call me vour dear litEva." tone could tell the woikings of that :ken heart, as hour after hour the her watched by her sleeping child; the dawn of morning found her still same; statue-like as marble, that once iking face reflected not the fires with)ay after day passed on, and it was lent that the spirit of theinnocet child ild soon rejoice in iis heavenly home, he could no longer raise her wasted u form from the bed of pain, but still deep bluo eyes gazed loviugly upon ?e around her, and her soft voice spoke atience and submission. i..? i.~.? a ?j .L uv iim, iiuui men near, unu Hie llllie ercr lay in her mother's nrms. The troyer claimed but tl>e frail earthly ering, and even now the immortal soul ne forth in its heavenly brightness. ,Ain I not going to my Father in ?ven!" she whispered, as she gazed neatly upon her mother's face. Yes, dearest, yes," was the almost inliblo reply. 'And will die good angels watch over , and be to me a? a mother}" agaiu cd the child. 'Far, far better than any earthly ent, my dear one." K radiant smile illumined tho con n tenc of the dying cliild. The fond words ler motlier were sweet music to her The father approached, and bent over 'My little Eva," lie whisjiered, "will i not sjieak to met" 'I love you, dear father," was the earnest wer, "and when I am in Heaven I I pray for you and for my poor mother," I again those speaking eyes were rivetupon the mother's face, as if she would d her inmost griefs. Tho physician entered, and, in the vain te of prolonging life, judged it necessary nake some external applications to re 0 the difficulty of (>roathing, which 1 fast increasing. The pain waa borne bout a murmur. 'Do I not try to be patient, mother!" ivpered that little voice. 'Yea, darling, you are a dear, patient, >d little girL" An expression of happineaa, amounting noat to rapture, beamed in Eva's face, thete words of unaualifled praise. "Ob? mother! dear, dear mother, "the Jahned, "will you not always call your It Era your dear, good, little girl! Oh, rfll try to be to very good if you wilb 'heart ia bo glad now," and with the K^H prodvted by the audden exciteat, she elaaped her feeblo arms about ' WWntwV neck. ? 111 i "Iler niiml begins to wander," whisper- as 1 ed the physician to the father, but there and was no reply. A sudden light had broken |<m upon that stern man, and motionless lie i stood, and listened'to tlio words of his gon dying child. T. revi Hut she had already sunk back in an and i apparent slunber, ami hour alter hour in tl those calm but iagonized parents sat Eva watching by her Mde, at times almost witl believing that die apirit had indeed gone, / I so deep was the repose of that last earthly cogi slumber. t I At length she aijaused, and with the The ' same beautiful smile which had played h< hi upon her features When she sunk to rest, the again exclaimed; Trit "1 am so very happy, dear mother; wili to tl you call me your good,littlc,Kva once more? In a voice almost suffocated w1111 emotion, the desired words were again breathed forth, and long and fervent kisses im- T printed upon the child's pale cheek. on t "My heart is so glad," she murmured. "Oh, mother, kiss my brothers w hen I am g ne, and smile upon tliein ami call them 'k,'a good. It is like the sunlight on a clomlv " day. swig "Put your face close to mine, dear father, us d and let me whisper in your ear. Call man poor mother good, sometimes, and kiss cess! her as you do me, now that I am dying, pers and she will never look so sad any more." fine "I will, iny precious child! I v ill!" And ined the head of the strong man bowed upon cans his breast, and he wept. was A change passed over the countenance was of the little one. loca "The angels will take me now," she l(whispcretl. The eyelids closed, kthere was was no struggle, but the parents saw that her mission on earth was ended, lletiee- torn forth she would rejoice in the world wheru pent all is light and love. I de The mother wept not as sho gazed upon my < that lifeless clay. She wept not as she brinj laid the little form upon the bed, and brim stiaiglitened the limbs already stiffening wliil iiusLaud clasped he* to h?? bosom, and to ei uttered words of endearing affection, a new wild scream burst from her lips, and she ?dv? sunk back in bis arms, apparently as un- cam eonscious as tho child who lay before aero them. m.N A long and alarming state of insensibil- wha ity was succeeded by weeks of fever arul men delirium. dryl How many bitler but useful lessons 'I did the husband leam as he watched by I su| her l>ed side. Often ill the still hours of or a the night, when all saved himself slum- I laired, she would gaze upon hitn with that tioiu earnest, loving, but reproachful look, which the r he well remembered to have seen in vears then gone by, and murmur: a fei "Just one kind glance, Henry, one ing little kiss, one word of love ami praise." new: And then as he bent fondly over her, tor i that cold, fixed expression, which she had j and so long worn, would again steal over her com countenance, and mournfully she added: ing! "Too late. The heart is seared and ed t dead. See, little Eva stands and beckons writ me to the lund of love. Yes dear one, 1 gent cotne." ,f my Uut the crisis came, and though feeble surt' as an infant, the physicians declared the c'os< danger past Careful nursing, and free- a,'vi doin from excitement would restore the vo'" wife and mother to her family. ',rtn With uneauallcd tenderness did her husband watcnjover her,but with returning *'!1 health turned also that unnatuial frigiditv ! , - T I ' I lOOh of manner. 1 here wan no response to Ins wj. words or looks of love. . Was it, indeed, too late? Had Ins knowledge of the wants of a woman's heart come only when the heart, which once beat for him alone, had become as . . hop 8t0,,Ct , . . got It was the anniversary of their marriage, Eleven years before they had stood at the ,uer alter and taken those holy vows. WeU |?,0 did Henry Howard recollect that bridal |j,lo morning. And how hau he fulfilled the .,er trust reposed in hint! With bitter 41 remorse he gazed upon the wreck before ni him, and thought of that gentle being once so full of love anil joy. . anci An earnest oraver broke from his litis. a t * - 'I ' WIH and his arms were clasped around lier. r,.11( "Mary, dear Mary,' ho whispered, ft)jv "may not the past be forgotten? Grievous , ly have I erred hut believo ine, it has v,,rl been partly through ignorance. An |>ro orphan from my earliest childhood, knew not the blending of a mother's love. Cold * nnd stern in my nature, I comprehended .)re not the wanta of your gentle spirit. I see frje it all now, your constant self-denial, vour nar untiring efforts to please, until wearied and discourged, your very heart's-blood que *4 emed cl?ill?*<l within you, and you became the living image of that cold heartI ess 11 ess which had caused the fearful hnc change." the But may we not forget the past? Will Sur you not be once more my loving, joyous san bride, and the remainder of my life shall wh< be devoted to your happiness!"' by Almoet fearful was the agitation which colt shook that feeble frame, and it was long hav before there was a reply. den At lengvh, in the worda of little Eva, thai the whispered: aga "Oh, my husband! my own dear hits- lars band! My heart ise??lad? I had thought \ it oold and dead, hut now it again beats a hi responsive to your words of love. The disifl prayers of mf angehobild have bom an- He awered, and happinem * ill jet be o%n. aooi My dear, dear Eva, how often nave t wept reac [ thought of my coldness toward her, [ sini] I yet all power to show my earnest tiae i scetued gone forever." circi It slumbered, dearest, but it is not Wli e. The breath of affection will again for | ve your warmhearted, gencous nature, mac our remaining little ones will rejoice I w lie sunshine of a mother's love. Our in si , from her heavenly home, will gaze is m i joy upon those she held so dear." in tl mother year, and few would have re- its p ni/.ed that once dreary home. .ife's sunbeams shone brightly now.? so little messengers to the human rt,?the look of love, the gentle touch, ' word of praise,?all, all were there.? les in themselves, but ah, how essentia! ie spirit's life! Profitable Advertising. iik New \ ork Sun has a long article he subject of advertising, from which nake the follow ing interesting extract, me t< d it business men. The editor savs : king Our attention has been drawn to this "'Is ' ect by remarks incidentally made to houi uring the present week by a gentle- r?-'a"! i w ho has been one of the most sueful advertisers. lie was speaking of a l'10 1 on who had started in business with sloc* prospects, but soon broke down, a ru- f?res man, pecuniarily. We asked the )'ou e of his failure. 'He didn't advertise.' the curt reply. 'One good reason,' everJ our response,'but he had an excellent as 111 lion for his husiness,' we added. )ou ( >h, yes,' said our visitor,'the location as excellent, hut the best location, as I uru " reason to know, will not bring cus... ir. . i ? i -< > > > 11 iii i-ini<i up ;i tuisim ss do- al ling mi i?> i'\ii>tisi\<> puliiii- patronage. one I petnhil, tnr i while, hi iin< out.Hi'i nt' i-nre.-r, <>u tin- location 1 litul selected a,,d I pug me custom. 1 found it was only three jing myself and family starvation, bcds. v a neighbor occupying not so good lurni npiirc tin: cause. In j<H>king over a uU spa per, 1 saw his name appended to an )*-'ar> irtiseiuent, and a glimmering of the moru ie flitted through my mind I went p'uW ss to my neighbor, with the paper in 1,1 *' hand, uud in a <juict way asked him t that paper charged for advertisets of that length i lie answered me }'our v cotto )o you think it pays ?' said I. Well, *:ir) ppose it does," lie remarked, in a rath- coim bstractod manner. open did not trouble him with more ques- i'lclu i, but went to my store, gathered up st001 silver and cop ers in my drawer? ? b was not univ.li left behind?and in lwo 1 ,v minutes after I found myself stand- lbut at the counter of the office of the p^,|1(i spapcr. There was behind the couni man in the prime of life, with a mild !U_'^ qniet but penetrating expression of ilenanee. He looked at me enquir shall y, as I hesitated, for I then remember- l>,ec< hat I had gi>ne to the otliee without out 1 ing my intended advertisement. The "lea. leman continued to look steadily in ^ face, hut spoke not, until having as- s^ini d myself of my errand, I advanced " 's ?r to the counter, and he seemed to bed mice closer at the same time, and in- w,t" utarily pulling out of my pocket the 11 W( d w hich all the lime grasped the mon- bo?' had gathered out of the drawer, I throi . 'I want to advertise.' I a r>l his mildest and quietest way lie again 1 v,-,ur :ed at me uttering soine monasylahle a" '' ch I do not remember ; but soon he | slan' I were in a friendly conversation a- Roon t the advertisement. It was written , "Hrr its place and form in the pajrer to ^ ded upon, and I went home in a most j row* etui mode. In the morning when I | * he paper, m v first look, instead of be- ne,?s for the news, was for mv advertise- croP it. Here it was! I read it, I don't J w how many times?indeed, I do not j 'ie w w that I rend anything else in the pa- i as a that day ; ?1U1 Before noon several customers had J } le in. By evening I found my cash ' n* tenting an unusually pleasing appear- .! e every time 1 opened my drawer ; and | PP1 ;n I was ready to revisit the office to "! ?w my advertisement,! found that my 9" . ertisement money was but a fraction a?r.' ny day's profits. 1 was a regular ad- '!' Liser from that day forward, until the ?ini fits of my business enabled me to enje in greater enterprises." ? , 1 And who do you think helped to . 11 pare my first advertisement I" said our | n s nd with a smile, as lie concluded the. ration of the above incident. We half , pected, but left liitn to answer his own etion. 8aid he, "it was Moses Y. tch, the former proprietor of the Sun." We could, from our own personal w ledge, fill columns with incidents like X above, regarding advertisers in the peri I. We know several inen worth thou- ber i ds and lens of thousands of dollars, men > laid the foundations of their fortunes whi< advertising judiciously in the Ban's then wins. Ifce gentleman wh<*e tlory we seed e taken the liberty < f telling our r6a men i, remarked in the same conversation, only I he would not fear to commence lvf.? ing in with only a good name, and ten dol- chat to expend in advertising. seed Ve hara asked our friend to write out | tiee rief statement of the benefits of advor- ootti ig drawn from hie own experience.? imp promised to do so, and we hope to Pou i have the pleasure of giving it to our Pitt ler*. 'But,' ssid he, 'the matter is rtry ties pie, I made it a rule to always adverin the papers which had the largest ilation among all classes of people.? en advertisements were begged of mo papers of trilling circulation, and offers le to insert i hem for a nominal price, ouhl say to myself, any money spent jch a way can bring little profit. It ore profitable to advertise a little more le widely circulated paper, and pay rices. agricultural. Is sloth indulgence ? 'tis a toil, Enervates man and damns the soil. Young. Fr<>m the Southern Cultivator. lanting and Cultivating Cottonks8k3 Editors :?A friend called on 0 give him my plan, or mode of ma- 1 cotton; and 1 now do so without givny address, as he will understand wlience this article comes when he s it. I propose to be short. In the place, I recommeud you to make all nanurc you possibly can, by building 1 lots, and hauling into them from the t, cornfield and thresher, all the litter can, and spread it entirely over them i which, never fail to pen your stock f night, lu this way you can make ucb manure of the first quality, as can haul out. As early in January ii can, commence hauling your mau,nd dep< sit it in piles thick enough to be certain to have each row mauurike. As soon as you get as much on ield as you want, commence laying jur cotton rows with a scooter plow, put your manure in the furrow about inches deep, on which throw your with a one horse turning plow, or tig shovel or common *lmv..l 0...1 Ai Ultilf V??uS iU tOliUli UIC UlCtlUUQ as you can plow up the cotton stalks easily with them than any other I have tried. This should be done miliary or February, so as to givo beds time to settle before planting. Ii will prevent the tearing down of beds in opening and covering your n, besides other advantages unnccesto mention here. The loth of April nciice opening your beds, with an er made of a block of wood, twenty is long, triangular, with a small, short lei plow in front, with beam and hannever open your beds deeper than inches. I should have mentioned a side harrow should proceed the or, to clean the bed of trash and clods. >11 your seed in ashes, lime or plaster, strew them very regular, at the rate ilf a bushel per acre, and cover them ow with a block or coverer made of a i of wood, 24 by 16 inches, hollowed in front one inch, with beam and hans soon as there is enough cotton for a J commence running around it with a sissippi Scraper,"' which will leavo the in the shape of the roof of a house, the cotton standing on the ridge, as ;iv, oiruilb ifiiu llivll vt Hit", rtSMliy HIT Wie which follows, chopping lightly ugh, leaving from 1 to three stalks in ace. After you have gone over all cotton in this way, turn on it with ands, with the hoe, and put it to a d as soon as possible. Aft* r which, as as possible, run around it with side owa. The ballanee of the cultivation e done shallow, with sweep and harhave now given my friend and his hbors iny plan of managing a cotton . And 1 avow mo6t emphatically, if ho will manage as I have directed, ill never fail to make as much cotton, ny of his neighbors, other things being il. he above plan is not altogether origiwith me. 1 have been managing a >n crop but about six years in the caty of an overseer, during which time, ive studied agriculture as a physician lies medicine. Afler reading all the cultural works I could get, among ch the Southern Cultivator stands prenent, and writing p ivate letters to the , and most successful cotton growers lie South, together with my experience, tve fallen on the above plan, as the ll have tried, or seen tried. Yours, Ac., AN OVERSEER, .'odartown, (la., Feb. 1823. Ootton Bead. Iimrs. Editokm }?I have been exmenting with cotton need for a nutnof yours. The most vaiuable experiit that I ever made was in 1829, at sh time I was planting black seed. I i procured the petit Oulf or Mexican i, and found them a great improvet upon the black and green seed, the ' varieties 1 bad previously used, lltfrbeen so well remunerated (or that ige, T tried every variety of improved which has been brought to my nountil the present rime?such as silk cm, Okra or Twin Seed, soma direct ortations from Mexico, the Hogan or icgranato seed, the Ma* tadon, Brown, , Willow. Sugar Loaf, and othetfvariaof seed, none of which havh I found ei W r i > | ** a u M li Vj tt 8 3ua 1 to tho Mexican. The Mexican wil1 etcriorate if planted in thin land, but if ft sufficient quantity td make one's seed bo every year planted in fVesii ground and well cultivated, it will not degenerate ; on tho contrary it may be greatly improved. The secret of having good cotton seed, much better than any of tho COStly varieties, is to plant in rich fresh ground, cultivated well, and Select the best stalks; Ileitis stents, kt. Cure for Toothache.?Mr James liatson, of Aairdrie, says : Gum Copal when dissolved in chloroform, forms an excellent compound for stuffing the holes of decayed teeth. I have used it very frequently, and the benefits nv patients have derived from it have been truly astonishing. The application is simple and easy. I clean out the hole, and moisten a little piece of cotton with solution; I introduce this into the decayed part, and irt every instance tne relief has been almost instantaneous. The chloroform removes the pain, and the gum copal resists tho action of the saliva; and as the application is so agreeable, those who may labor under this dreadful malady would do well to make a trial of it. A Man Killed by a Runaway Slave. 0x Tuesday morning last, a negro man was seen prowling nbout the residenco of Thos. Moore, near this city, and upon being questioned, gave his name as Judge Ezzard's George, and made inquiries about the road. Mr. Moore, suspecting him to be a runaway, told him that ho would * take mm home, and attempting to cntch him, the negro drew a knive ind mado st thrust at him, cutting his clothes somewhat, but did not succeed in cutting him. n'afly Sllftf'Stifi An field. At tliis moment Mr. J. K. Thomas came out of his house near by, and tried to catch the negro, but as he approached,tho negro stabbed him. inflicting a fatal wound, of which ho died almost instantly. The negro then succeeded in making his escape. The next morniug, however, a negro man, supposed to be the same one, was arrested and lodged in the Calaboose. Atlanta Intelligencer. Society is like an army. The infantry, dragoons, and artillery all occupy separate squads; but yet in action, all act in unison. So in society, the hopeful, the impulsive, tho deliberate, the hasty, arc all needed. But love must unite them, and then we have a | perfect man. Let the weak points of ono tnan be placed to the strong points of another, and we shall then make society as it should he. In society, progress, growth, is now the moving spirit. Progress is the locomotive, progressives tho engineers, conservatism the brake, conservators the brakemen. All are needed In their proper place. Both elements should be recognized. Society presents the phenomena of the reproduction by themselves of progressives and conservatives. Bigots make infidelity, and infidelity makes bigots ; rashness breeds caution, too much goverment in family or state make lax government. Society is like" a ship which is never level in the sea, yet by her vibrations keeps her equilibrium. A cnlm portends a storm?a storm is a forerunner of a calm. Conservatives are not the main springs of society. They are merely the straps to hold tho baggage on the car of progress, as it goes thundering along. True progressives discriminate between institutions that have done their chief good, and those that will continue to do good. The true progressive bikes away no prop until he furnishes a substitution. * He discriminates between imperfections and wrongs. He knows activity is not always progress, and is willing to bear all imi>erfections, and will stand still if in lb* end il will advance him more than by constant movement. After long struggles for * desired end, he is content, like Moses, to seo another lend to tho promised land, while in the aionnt of Hope h? merely look* ever sndi beholds the result. Marriage or a Steamer.?We learn' that n young lndy and gentleman, (says the St Ixinis Intelligencer,) residing in the western part of the State, were married on the steamer Timour on her recent trip to this city, while she was lying at Liberty Landing,detained by a fog. It seems that the father of the young lady, desiring to prevent the match, placed his daughter on the boat at Parksville, to be taken to St. Charles, and left in tho Convent at schcol. The young man becoming cognizant of the oirenmstaocef went in pursuit of his intended by land, and the detention of the boat enabled him to overtake her. A priest waa called en board,, and the ceremony waa performed, and the happy couple, after travelling m far as Lexington, took their leave of tho boat to return boms. Bora Read This.?The Professor Stuart was a farmer's son, and nntil tho ags of fourteen intended t* lead a former's life. His e*ny education was agricultural. At tho nge of four, it ia said, he read a book of ballads, which developed a lifelong passion for the creations of imaginative genius; at tho age of twelve he read with great absorbing a , it.> . , ?l_" uttm . - ... , umaiui on trie will," an4 Jit the age of foorteen commenced fitting for eollege. In one evening, he loomed the Jbnr conjugations of i*tta verba, hi soother the sixty rule* of eywlaa, sad in throe day ?r?o master of gmoMMr. He graduated In 1799 ?a favorite pupil of President Dwigbt. Hie printed volumes aro not lose then twenty, and htwrexkya end essays fill more mm two thewumfloeUto page". ' jg A