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m.... i % 'S **? ' **: 'v* f; 4$:,. w r;^!-:.;^#: :3?8 i v. ' _ " :' ;'V ' . i *., '' . * * il '". ' 7." # *4 ^9 pttp a 'mmttivt "chained to no party's .? *vt m trp ; n. wiikrf/er t"\t 4 tw ampi? x xjjxy ^xlnllultx. arbitrary sway, \?jJ ' "' JRw' she leads the way.m il> Ji\?J > xlx^ 1^. _ NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRKILTURIL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME II. LANCASTER, 0. H, 'SOUTII CAROLINA^slSSs! WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 13.1854 NUMBER 10 ct ~ 7a ?: * i ~ i - - ~ ^iu uuni) [WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FC Man's Weakness a Woman's Weaknes A Tilt of Thl BY R. CIIAI'TKII I. 44 Swear it, 1 tell you. Swear to mcc the book, ami not till vou swear can I d in peace!" The wimi blew in< tirnfullv, the nigl w?s dark, and brightly, as if to slum the darkneaa, ahonc the light from tl room in which the conversation hinted i was taking place. Solitary stood a house in the up]>er pa lion of one of our Southern cities. Id gossip circulated tho report that it w haunted. Strange noises were he a] from time to time there, besides lighlaunnatural lights?gossip further adde were seen there at unusual times. A go< * <lesl more was said in relation to the houa and children and timid women were vei loath for night to ov?rtak? them iu lb vicinity. The house wai somewhat isol ted to itself and U?e last in the ou skirts of tho city. (lossip, aa is so often the case, was i error; the house was not haunted by nr super-natural beings, but was the nlxx of aa h md*oine a young- lady as can I found reared under the genial influence a Southern Sun. Besides the young I dy, one, and only one other person rci d'ed in the house?her mother. Strang to say, no one knew anything about tliei people. They hail been living in tin house for two years, and yet they had r acquaintances?no friends. They did n< see* company, and very naturally no 01 sought theirs. Tho old ladv was know by The name of Brown, and the your lady, her daughter, was Miss Sarah Brow An unromantic name, most certainly, b why may not beauty extend its rare g to a Miss Brown as well at to a Missanytliing else f Tall, but not regally ta with a fair complexion, and light-brov hair, which hung in clustering ringlets < her alabaster neck, her mild blue cy beaiv"?g with intelligence and love, a yea, every sex, wore forced to style h beautiful. But more than all, the ra gift of beauty was accompanied by torn thing of more estimable valuable. Tl v good seed which was planted, took ror and the yield was n solid understandin unbiased by prejudices, but cornprelienhi and extensive. This was in part to be a triouied to tlie kind and judicious tone ingaofher mother, but inottly to tho of her father who had died tome eig yearn previously. Thin city wan not h bir'h place. Her father had been a j?r<: peroua merchant in another section country, but adverse cireumstancea in li induced hhn to leave a place where, i stead of the apparent kind friendship I had been accustomed to receive, his am ciates were cold and uncharitable. T1 change of circumstances wan too mix * for the sensitive mind of Mr. Ilrown bear, and at a oomparitivelv early ai he was consigned to tlie tomb. With this preliminary history, we pi ceed to give our story. Like it is in i cities, in 8 there were a great ma jiwwpi? hikj a (rreat many bad p< pie; a great many rich people, and a grt jnany poor people ; a great many prof aing cbrtetawa who were like the paint aepnlcbre, and a great many who did v ,profce? Christianity who wore a great d< letter; a great many aid people, auc .great many young people, and a gn many of everything alae. But Mk* Brcfc and bar mother did not appear W ca about this, Thay knew no ono aoaree and nobody knew them. "Swear it, my ehild. awear it; Ilea* ie in anger at your disobedience?aw< on the llible and I will die in peaee; I | cannot if yon refuse to 1" The daughter answered not, aeitl would aba Viae the book. L "8*7. tbte, you will do as I aek y< U ie true, my ehild, it doe* look atran that I with you to kit* the Bible, but i It would be * greater eatMaetiou > i you vow in this solemn roan nor, but if y will not?promise mo. Promise f \ rah T Hut Parah anawered not, I) llie wind Wow, and the thunder peal in the Heavens, and there in that lo I . house ley the mother on her bed, h?? c ing bed, begging, ye*, supplicating } | only child to give her a promise, but t \ fhild would not. Again and again, w |L $<&,' . mai Ubaif. > R THE L A N* C A S T E R LEDGER.] ?OWs OR, ad Woman's Strength, \ N D s and Man's Strength. Ings as thej Are. S. BAILEY. the eflbrt miulr, but the daughter empliat>ti ically cried cut? ie 14 Spare me, mother, I cannot!" Mrs. lirown had been ill for some time lit with that slow but eventually fatal disease ie ?Consumption, and for several days it ie apjiearod that she would not live to see at the next hour, it was only tlio excitement occasioned in the interview recorded with r- her daughter, that gave her such unnwtuie ral strength, and thus enabled her to urge as her do uand with such enthusiasm. So rd soon as she found that her daughter ? would not yield she relapsed into a state d, of utter exhaustion. The daughter, by m! using the restoratives proper in such cases, e, aroused her mother partially, but it was ry palpably plain that death had set his seal, at and soon her mother would cease to live, a- The daughter saw it?th- ?*o?her kn?*r t- it? M l.ittle?lilgti?cr there P in Her head was raised to assist her reaiv piration. Soon the daaghter would be le an orphan thrown upon the cold charities >e of the world. The mother knew it?the of dauoditer- so slw.nrtu.it with ?.. a- could not realize it. li- 44 You?will?not?" {e The (laughter shook her head slowly ?c and mournfully, but resolutely, at Silence reigned in that chamber, and 10 well it may, for thcro was only one living ot being to disturb it. The l?ody of the othle , cr was there, but the spirit bad departed. w 1 Ig CnAPTERII. n* 44 Come, boys, let us go nnd get a drink," .. and the trio walked arm iu arm to tho 1 cufr near by. 77 hid ward It. wan a handsome young 4 man, but proud nnd aristocratic. Ilia paFn rents were rich, and Kdward and his sis>n ter Jane, were the only children, llis fa?* ther was proud of him, and his mother 4 thought there waa none such iu this wide er world of ours. M 44 I tell you what, boys, I am tired of !*" living this bachelor life, and believe 1 will get married, my good mother knows a ) 4 young lady in the country, who is handsome and wealthy, and my wise parent* ^ have knocked their heads together, and , concluded she is tho woman to b? the * wife of their son Kdward." j. 44 You are joking, Ned," replied one of his companions, " you hare no idea of getting married." 44 W ell, I don't know, It is true, it sounds funny to say wife, but I'll make up my e mind when I see the beauty. As regards i tho tenancies, my most venerable and wise * father will see that that is 44 0. A'." 44 Pray, tell us who is the lady," said ' * one. .1 44 Why, her name is Miss Clementina to \VaU*jn. Mi.* CI?m-?q-ti-na WaL^in," wm echoed back by the other two. U 44 You will have name enough at all events, Ned," said one jocosely. 44 Yes, but 1 will see the fair lady, and then make up my mind." . 44 But," replied ooe, 44 suppose the lady ^ does not fancy yo*, bow then !" ... u Never eon ?*ar till! K.larnr.1 n (In*. Bp ^ " "" ^ >p^0'vwo I Ml not often fail to win fair lady." I a M Hut come, let us adjourn, and they mt taiinierod up the principal promenade, fern Kdward's sister was a pretty, but very we simple looking girl. 8ho was about sovly, en teen years of age, just four years younger than her brother, and as may be suren niised, she had a number of admirers, but Mir as the young lady was already an adept >ut in the art or flirting, she was as yet free from any bona fid* engagement. ?er Miss Wesson and Jane B. had been school mates, but as Rdward bed been >u. from home at College, be had not as yet Rmade Miss W's acquaintance. M Birds of | a feather flock together" and tiro beings ? resembling each other so closely, could ise not, have Ml foundflthan Clementina and on Jane. The former was a proud, haughty I.? girl, and yet simple minded and indolent. Would endeavor to ridicule any body and ed everything but what belonged to hw Pa, me and Jane was jaat so ha Perverse and ly- self-willed, she already ewsreised a will ler which had been allowed to be u neon trollhe ed, and therefore what Miss Clementina I as | aaid had to 1* done. Jane P. would have ' liked to bo so too, but some how or other she could never get the upper hand of m-r Ma, who was determined to exercise the right of Mistress as long as she lived. CIIAITKIl III. A week after Mrs. Drown's hodv had beeu committed to the tomb. Sarah began : to prepare herself for the trials before ln-r. ! Of course the grief experienced for tinloss of her mother, was not of that poignancy which one would experience who had lost a beloved parent suddenly. Sarah was partially prepared for the event, for weeks and days the event was looked for. Now that it. was over, her destitute situation, her utter loneliness and forlornness stimulated her to action. Sho was young, only eighteen; she possessed qualifieations, having had a most thorough literary and musical education, and now there was no alternative, but to set to work to make a livelihood. " It is true," said she. u I could not grant my mother's request, hut God knows whether I was wrong. I would have promised most anything, buttluit [could not. Oh, iny Father, leach me my duty, sustain mc by thy hand, and in all things may I put my trust in tliec !" Mis. Iirown's father had left a certain amount in a banking company, tiro interest of which was to go to the stipjrort of his two daughters, this amount their litis nanus ha<I no control over, ami when one died it was to go to the other. Mrs. 11 lown's sister lived iti New Orleans. I hey hail each always drawn their proportionate share of this money, anil Sarah well knew that the source from which a support hail heen derived, was now dried up; anil she knew too well that her Aunt was not the woman to extend the arm of sympathy to her. It is of no use to tin* tea der to know why Mrs. llrown's father h-l't his projierty in this manner. We will state, though, that ho was a man whose mind could have been put into a nut shell; he hacked sp far and no farther; in m? event nia daughters married, he clearly saw their husbands could not use their money, and he also very clearly saw that when one died the other would inherit all. This was all though which lie did see and this was all he cared to sec. Mrs. llrown's sister who was a chip of the old block, had all along thought her sister took a long time to die. She had heard time and again, that she collld liot live long, and therefore when the news reached her she very calmly adjusted her spectacles to lake a sure look at the letter, and finding it so, sho turned to her only child, Jimmy, a great big luherly boy of twenty? " Ah, Jimmy, it is so. She has a Itcou a long tiine agoing, but she lias gone now, and that is certain. I will see my lawyer and have that money fixed at once. And as a business like widow, it was settled to her satisfaction that very day. Sarah knew what kind of heart her aunt possessed, and therefore she knew it was vain to look for assistance from that quarter. She had no resources to depend u|>on, but herself. She was fullv aware of this, and with a determined spirit she nerved up her strength for the conflict: With the little furniture, Arc., her mother left, she had one hundred dollars in money, a balance remaining from ah instalment her mother had received trout the Bank. This would enable her to pay twoquartera rent of the house, yet, thought she, I may board out cheaper. Willi this determination she at once started out to hunt a boarding house. She knocked at the door of a very respectable house, and was admitted by the servant into the pnrior. The iandiauy, a widow lady, soon appeared, " I wish to engage boarding Madam," said Sarah. " Married lady, main," said the landlady. "No, never was married." " Well. von can't Isiurd in niv house. Wo don't board hII, and every body here, yon must apply somewhere else," and up she bounced and left the room. Sarah dispirited but not yet despairing went once inure into the street to hunt a boarding house. She was determined either to board in a first class boarding bouse, or otherwise live in the same manner as she had before. According to locality, the boarding houses were classified, i. o., in a certain locality you find the first class houses, in another second, and so on. As Sarah went along, she came to one with privato boarding on the door.? ' Surely," said she, 141 can got boarding here," and tingleing went the bell. Again was she carried to the parlor, and again tho widow landlady appeared. The Mine question asked, and tho same answer returned. * I am not married main, and never waa, am) it is true, I am not rich, but 1 am respectable, I am a poor orphan girl, compound to earn my living, but I will pay nay board in advance, aa long as I can, and when f cannot, you can turn me out" HOb ft will do very well for you to my lady, but I M* In an assignation house, and cannot board you " Ok** who bad just tho Sabbath lumrw^liken tho holy sacrament, abruptly left thanMpi, and Sarah again h$d to leave.* the toar stood in her cyo. mWt ~ " And will ths^crld always use me so! } Oli ! my mother, I wish I could have m with you!" Sarah retraced her stops, undctcrmii what, to do. She had n<> disposition try any otlier house, so she w?it< hack her oiiiet home. Once >cai?i! n in r n room she considered what >n< and ltd do; for certain reasons it woii.d lie In I for her to hoard out, hut at the same ti rather than hoard in a di-ivpi:. 1 >e ' i she would abide the const nuein < . main where she was. She Concluded do so, and once she came to thi* com sion, she Considered what woul 1 he her tnre plans to obtain a living. Sh. h i.I father or mother to direct Iter. m. hnn to cling to, nor even friend to advise, sole dependence was upon herself, a with :i tirin reliance upon Him who I promised to provide for the orphan, committed herself to his Iliscare. Slie li thought she would take in sewing, I upon farther consideration determined, she was perfectly and thoroughly aopui ted with music, and in every way able teach it, to give music lessons. < hire 1 mind was made up she was more coin sed. Site had all alone taken her tea. a with her head resting on her hand, oi eooting plans for her future action, wl some one tapped at the door. The d< was opened, and in walked Mr. Ii?rd< who at once, without invitation, escont himself into a chair, " <^nit?* cozily fixed. Miss Sarah. Si pose you will continue to liv?- nere, tit you make up y??nr mind to take chat ?>t a more elegant and extensive c?t ?hli mont Kh, Miss Sarah f" '1 li<k l.?.I?? ..... 1 iii'iv >i 1111 % * w li;il ? ?! ishod, hut nut confounded. " Mr. Hardott, I must request v>u cc:isc vour visits, when mv mother v alive, there was more propriotv in \< visiting u> than then* i> now. I am > you must sco, yourself, how vcrv im|> |>cr it is for you to come here. I uni h alone, a huio woman, art'I therefore iie upon w ii,<i . (to iik costim i:i>) Presence of mind. It is recorded ot tin1 Lord Ih-rklv, tl he was suddenly awakened it night in I carriage, l?y ;i highwayman, who, ra initio a pistol through the window a presenting it close to his lordship's lire, demanded his money, exclaiming at I same time that lie had heard that his lo ship had hoasted ilia* he iic\er Would rohhed hy it single highw ax matt, hat ll he should now he taught the eoiitra llts lordship putting Ins hand in his p" et, replied? 'Neither would I he rohhed if it v not for that fellow who is looking o VOIir shoulder ' J - * Tlio highway man turned round head, when hi* lordship. wlm hud din a pistol from his jkk k<-t instead of Ins pui shot liiin oil the spot. An Abolitionist Quizzed. I'mdkk this caption a lloll\ Sprii (Miss.) corresjtondent ot tin- .1/ hi/Jus j ylt und Iwjuirtr relan > the >ulij.>n anecdote: The following am ising scene aclun occured last summer between a citizen our town and a Yankee on hoard of ? of the northern steamboats, perhaps n* the Hudson. Our southern frieud discov red t . position in a very genteel looking u on board the boat to open a elinl a I him, and nothing loth to hear what friend wished to say, indicated i?y bis m ner that bo was approachable, whereii] the following dialogue in sued: Yankee; Well, sir, I wish to ask yo question; I Iiojkj it will be of no offence Southener: Certainly not; I will li you with pleasure. Yankee: Well, sir is it true that tl work negroes in the plough at the Sou Southerner: I will answer you in favorite method of your own countrym by asking you a question or two. Yankee: 1 admit ihe right, sir. Southerner: llow many negro felh do you supjH>se it would require t<> di a good large one-horse plough? Yankee: Well, I suppose six or ?e\ way seven. Southener: What are they worth head? X* f 11 I 1 Hiict wen, 1 trjuu. Southerner: That w<??li] Ik? $5, 6 Now what would one large strong In COHtf Yankee: I guess aliout $100. Upon this the southerner looked a li i quizzically at his neighbor, who with waiting to hear the conclusion, Htuite , and stammered? "Well, I?I?I knew it wa* ad?i , lie! , 'Jim, do you ever take anything}1 inq ' ed a wag, of his cousin from the count > 4Y-e-s, certainly?ahem I1 replied Jan smacking his lips in anticipation of an istocratic brandy-smash. *Of course I t something ooeneionally ; a yes. certain 'Well,! only asked for informaii* ( said the wag, 'because I noticed that police had their eyes on you, and if nave taker anything that donl belong JOtl, I'ii'J had better give il^j? as mkx posawle, or you will bo jugged." Igrirulturul Is sloth indulgence ? 'tis a toil, Enervates man and damns the soil. Young. Salt as A Manure. Salt lias been used extensively in Knj land, and we believe it to be, when jud eioiislv applied, excellent manure, bti like many other good things, may be use to excess. We have used it 011 three d< seriptions i?f crops, and as we had cam to believe, with decidedly good effects. We applied it to corn outs and turnip To the corn we applied 2 bushels to th acre broadcast, just after the corn wa planted; the season proved a very dr jne. The piece of ground on which th salt was sown, was all manured alike wit! itable and cow-yard manure?to on lalf was applied salt in the proportio tatcd?on the other half no salt appliec Now as to the result. The corn on th part salted, remained of a dark grecr lealthy until the fodder was pulled?th jlades on the other part were early burr tnd twisted up so badly as to yield com paralively little fodder?the yield of grai ivas also considerably less. We sowed oats on xi piece of groun nucli infested with worms, and after hai h\\\h\\ IWniiiiig, | l" Skiivants of (ion in jnvftil lays, (< > Xing ye tin* l.onl Jehovah's praise, w n .V'mlifomrry. ,''1 Is Religion Beautiful 1 iter iin- Always! In the child, the maiden, the i \? iif. tin* mother, religion shines with a j ! I I ??: \ . I ; :!i' i ; ??* . f i! - < ?? |i. wt;iell I" liot >1 i-.ifi!i *. ;; it. N. \. r \ ! m as 'In III"' It-til.it?* h.,v.i . ! I i ; w ;t!;i>111 lilt* lii- steady fault ??l piety. lleatilv, intellect, j ii" wealth ! they are like pit-lalls. .1 irk in the j her brightest 11 a v, niiie? i lie !.vine light, nn I.n |i*>? / <(/'/ion tbiow her -nit Ueaiiis around i iii*I tin-in, t*> purify ami exalt, making twice !ias glorious that which seemed all loveliness i -lie hofo|V. | r-t Ib-ligion is very heautiful?in health or j < in sickness, hi wealth or poverty. We never a as enter the sick chamber of the good, but f iin soft music seems to tlunt on the air, and I I to the burden of their song is, *'Lo! peace j? Iter is here." j 1 po Could we look into thousands of fauii-! ] lies today, where discontent *its fighting I ml sullenly with life, we should find the chief I an- cause of unhnpnincss, want <>f rclii/ion i icti in wmi'in. j ?or A'?l in ?.*: iiis* eells?in places of crime, i ?tt. misery, destitution, ignorance?wo should d iH'hold in ail its most horrible deformity, t the fruit of irreligior. in woman. i ip* < Mi, religion ! benignant majesty, high i itb on thy throne thou sittest, glorious and I go xalled. Not. aliove the clouds, for earth- I -I - clouds come never between tliee and the i truly |eoiis soul?not beneath the clouds < n for aUive time is heaven, opening through a broad vista of exeeetling beauty. I" Us-gates in the splendor of jasper and vus precious s11ines, while with a dewy liglit ?nr ibat neither Mas' es imr blazes, but steadily nro pi,? ei'ile(It from tin* throne of (iixl. Its r<>- towers balle d in refulgent glory ten times re j i In* brightness often thousand suns, yet *i*t -oft, niida/./tilig to the eve. , I " \ flliill Wearv it w liispei's, "rest?Up then forever." Art tlioii sorrowing ? "eternal joy." Art t ou weighed down with unmerited iguoiiiinv t "kings ami priests in that holv ml Imine." Art tlioii p'Mir ? **hih ?er> wUvet 11is la-fore 111v mansion shall he gobf." Art in- tlioti friendless / "the angels shall be thy ml eouipanions, ami (?odtliy friend and Kath 1st, *-r." lie Is religion beautiful ? Wo answer, all ? . i- desolation and deformity where religion i be j Is not. 1 in! I lM- A* D* ' '* Flowers of Truth. ' (jetting is a chance, but keeping a k;,H virtue. v''' Make other nn-ns' shipwrecks seaiii irk- t?? yourself, hi" j \ 111a11 mist ask his wife's leave to wiij , V(. |'i . bgalitt is ever attended by injustice u-' toi.x. An inward p*-ace "t uiitid *loes more, than alone t"t the want of outward tcI ieifv. i<rs A life without rest is painful, like a fc?- | long way where tln-rc is no inn. ted Some men are so ambitious ot honor, I i ... ?.. i - .i _ ? i *i ? LI I ill IIIVV IlilU rrtlllVI IIOL IM- gOOU, LIIUIl ,11 v not great. ?it A rude ami morose l?ehavinr in eonvcr'iie sation is as absurd as n round quadrangle Mm in mathematics. The training of reputation is hut the h>. i- . iliiiif of voiir virtue and worth to the i in M >e>it adv ant age, nil I i i,-ale i .-"i i'f llici; wiiodilVel notii. Iii* * nit! 'i ?ii hi :* !! piteher*, winch call hold an- nothing, hut iel it iii.a out hv haiihiitig. j miii lie as>ured, lie that delights to s|ieak iniii-li and hear little, -hall inform others u a more than himself can learn. l.ove is the eliild of folly. It is the ear strongest of the passions, and often found in the weakest minds, lev If you have as many diseases in your ithf hodv us a hill of mortality contains, this the one recipe?Temperance, will euro them len, all. The Best Training. >\Vs . . . I r in not the man who haft seen the most, or read ihc moat who can do the most; such a one is in danger of being h rundown lik?- a beast of burthen, by nn overloaded tunas of other men's I hough tft. r Nor is it the man who can linast merely o! native vigor and capacity. The greatest of all warrior* who went to the seige of ' Tioy had not the pre-eminence because ' ' nature had given him strength, and he carries I the largest how; hut because selft||(i discipline had taught him how to bend it. y'j And it Ins been tho unhappy fate of '' many virtuous persons, like tho axe, after it >. has cut down the hard limber, to tahung "' up against the wall unregarded; or liko a top, which has been for a long time scourged, and run well, yet at last to be ,,,r" lodged up for a liohhler. i?- ;. ry. ?? v -, No #001:10 ever loved to the full extent Mr- of the passion, w ho did not venerate where like she loved, and who did not feci hmnl.Ied ily.' (delighted in that humility) b\ her Magun,' grated and overweening estimate of the the superiority of the object <4 her worship. ; .111 W1 a? ^ttste ronld fdl. what 'i???rfV deeav, r to 1 In* real <?f mnn'- noisy patriotism was 1 as 1 '* putv as llie vlfeni lovaltv of woman's lov.d Editoral Life. We referred a day or two since, to the _ courseof the J^r/tress as having been charac terised by a spirit of independence. We were not the less aware at the time, that men differ materially as to their conceptions severally, of a press claiming that title. r. Most people consider a press indepeni dent, or otherwise, according as it gives it, expression to their owu peculiar views,x] and so long as it advocates their sentiL> ments, none are so loud in praising its !C ''independence." For example: Mr. A. walks into the s. editor's room and says, e "Sir, 1 am one of your patrons (this is is a pet snob word); I want you to pubv lish this (handing a communication). "e It is all right?1 say it is all right, and I h want to know if there is any editor <?</<?e pcmUnt enough to publish it," n Such in substance, if not in words, iJ. Mr. A's speech, by which he means,c that if you publish and approve his i, rigmarole, commonly nonesense, you are o an independent editor.,t Do not forgcty iu the meantime, that Mr. A. is a warm advocate of the liberty ii of the press. No voice is louder than his at ward meetings, in eulogising that d "palladum of our liberties." r. Knowing this, you carefully and conit scientiously examine Mr. A's communi_ cation. YoU- find it grossly ungraui r- raatical,. filled with skis against on Ik's gr.iphy?vet these you can correct; but u you also find ia it ridiculous and contcii ptd ible personal abuse, slander and vitun peratioii, united to Mr. A's express deft maud that his name should not be given up?which means that lie shall use your re paper's columns to villify a uiau against whom you have no ill-will, and yet youint self bear the hatred and vengancc rightm fully due to Mr. A. 3. Of course yon hand the communication ic back to him, declining to print it, licwr ^ ie suqoeeting that so strenuous an advocate y- of independent odlmr< -.nj i)lo lihepiy ie the press will object to your showing "thai io you are one of the first and nre ready to ur? vindicate the last. Woful mistake ! "What, sir, w mt! not publish t?y comft ponaeuii8":J..lho-n?,lt you were : Stop iny paper, sir!" " n,!s!;dv. .-.i "Certainly! Jim, open the door : al show Mr. A. down stairs." "Sir, sir, I'll show von sii-i" rowing 111 me oats, broadcast salt over i xt the rate of two bushels to the aero? Llie injury froin worms wan- speedily ai rested. Oat plants Ifcft after a few day unharmed, manifested a healthful gree color throughout the season 7. mature a few days later than another patch sow about the same time?the yield was fair 0110. We applied C bushels of sale on 2 act of turnips with good effect. Its effects are said to be these: 1. Tin it acts as an absorbent of moisture froi the a mosphcre. 2. Destroys worms. Facilitates the decomposition of organ mutter, and thu? provides food for tl growing plants. \\ o know by the anal; sis of most plants, that soda and chlorit arc detected in them, and as these are tl chief elements of common salt, we inf that they aro essential ingredients in mo ?egeiaoic ; nnd tl not pre-enstm in the soil in sufficient quantities, thsr can be very advantageously employed. Its modes of application, are?1. B comj?oaiing with barn-yard and other mi rmte; and 2. By sowing broadcast aflt tho seed may be sow n, and the groun harrowed. Opinion varies as to the proj L*r quantity per :icrc, as 20 bushels, othei are content w ith 1, 2 and 3 bushels. Ot own opinion is, that 2-'bushels am abot the right quantity. It is but fair to r< mark, that, in Kngland, practico seems t have settled down to 2 bushels of salt t i?ne of seed.?Americun Farmer. Wintering Stock in Kentucky. The Kentucky Cultivator gives tli method of wintering stock in that Stat as follows: "The eourse usually pursued- iu Ket lucky, in wintering stock of most kind is to give them a range on the fields an pastures .scattering ooru and fodder fcrthei over the surface, with or without the car W en corn is thus fed to the cattle, mull or horses, hogs are allowed to follow thei to pick up their leavings. This system found peculiarly advantageous in lvei lucky. It is convenient in feeding larj numbers of stock, and it scatters at on< over the pastures and fields the manu 1 hat is made on the farm. An old at skillful fanner remarked to us once, th when he was about to break up a fie which ho had boon resting in grass, 1 turned all the stock on it he couicl durit tlie freezing weather of the precedii winter, to be foddered, and thus put tl soil in the best possible condition. Tl would be excellent treatment for any fie needing manure, care being observed put heavy stock upon it only when tl ground is frozen hard." Cotton Oil.?A few days ago, says tl Mobile Register, we published a telegrap ie dispatch, briefly stating that a chenti in Kgypt had discovered a method of e trading oil from cotton soed. We tlioug it a strange announcement at the time, i the process could not be attended wii much dfficulty. It uow appears, howov from fuller accounts, that the novelty ar utility of the discovery consists in clai fti/ina ths nil and rr>ml?rin? i? t f V V - VWMV. IMj| * liurmng fluid, for manufacturers' us* and fur making soap. For these purpor it is said to be well adapted. T Viceroy of Egypt has confer rod on t discoverer the exclusive right to clar and sell the oil for ten yean. Wo ah look with interest for further accounts thin discovery, and of tbe value and ih of the clarified cotton oil, as it may pro to he an invention of importance to Soeit em planters. Galls ok Horses.?A oWlespondc of the Spirit of tk$ Tit*** writing fro Fiance, says it ie the practice in oounti when horse* fiflftbeir hair rubbed off, tho skin scanned, to *pply Wistor to t! part at oucc. This, if applied as soon the injury is done, will it is said, INetQ the gTt>wtb?ot MHr. He states that it b never been known to fail when applied time. 0 * (1 ''Kick Mr. A. out of the room." v (Exit the heroic advocate of tlie liberty of the press ami of independent editor.-, ,r whose sole idea of the oik; was Mipportino ,l his party, and his conception of the latI ?,.r ...- ' .v., fuunwiuj iii.i wiiiiuumi.:iuons.) This is no fancy sketch. Many a narrow-hearted bigot has used his power to break down a press, because it? alitor' was not of his church, or in his sagaciousjudgment was "writer of infidel tender.* e cies," although, perhaps, a more onlightt. ened Christian than lie had ever heart or ' mind to be. i- For our part, we deal very summarily s, with such people. We simply despise id and hate them, and allow them to kuow. m it.?Memphis Express. '8. The Press Above All. in w Col. Perry, in a late letter, speaking "* of the Gardiner trail, and the elaborate >? reports which appear of the proceedings :c therein, says: r<T "When tlio case of Gardiner was first K commenced, it was thought proper on the '*1 part of tlio defence to order the witnesses to be excluded from the Court House, so lc that they should not hear what each other 'K swears. Hut thi# object ha# been entirely '*> defeated by the publication of the tcstimo* 10 ny every morning in the city papers. It w as complained of yeaterJ#)', out Judge Crawford said their was no mode of stop1to ping it. I suggested to his Honor that ,Vi they had a mode of lapping such tilings in Kiiglaud, by attaining the printers for ll0 a contempt of court, iu publishing tho jj. proceedings of a trail before it was over. |st The Judge said that might do in England ? but it would never do in the I'nited States, where the press was abovo tho 'M court, tho (ioveruuient, and everybody J, else."id MOT A young lady at an Odd Fellows' ri- festival ono evening, who was docorated 'or with several artificial' Ht>wcr? above ber K8, person, was approached by a voting man >cs whoso breath gave evidence of his liuving he imbibed a little too freefy. lie addressed bo her with. ify 'Mis*?*-? have not thee* (towers lost all their fragrance P of 'If they have not,* she leplied, they mm certainly' will, if tkoy come iu contact rp with yoor breath/ A day or two since a white acan met a negro, followed by ft dog, and .pwlpnaed nt to purchase the animal, teUtn^M^gr he would give him a doIla^|^^H?fe^ The negro i*ok tho mone^toN^H^Htafc^ "? ed id the dog. On corning vo tow m am>rtai?ad uuU tlWilt detlar Viigium ^?*5I ,re note wia ou tha eelehrfcted ' Batl of < ** Union,' mQ therefore worth hotbrnu iP?* ' i ,n . '0,1 dee* n't lose anything,' smdfTftvW _ * ^>i| gr<t; the dt?g wdt tj-uff nofti