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_ 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
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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