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Traly Eloquent. We .know not where or when we have mot with anything in proee more striking than the burst of eloquence we are rK.tt, to copy. One Paul l)cnton, of Texas, a Methodist preacher, it appears lia?l advertised a barbneue with Wetter liquors than are generally furnished. When the people were assembled a desperado in the crowd cried out. "Mr. Paul Denton your reverence has lied. You promised not only a good haihaeue, but better liquor. Wliar's the liquor ?" "There !" answered tho missionary, in a tone of thunder, and. pointing his molinnlofia l?? flm ...,.11.. ...........IV ...vrw 1VUHIC springs, gusfcing up in two strong c -lumus witli a sou ml like a shout of jov from the bosom of the earth. "Here!" he repeated, with a look terrible as lightning, while his encnty actually trembled at his feet ; "there is the liquor which God, the Kternal, brews for all his children. Not in the simering still, over smoky fires, choked with the poisonous gases, suvrounded with the stench of sickening odors and corruptions, doth yoar Father in Heaven pvepare the precious essence of life?the pure cold water; but in the green glade a grassy dell, where the red deer wanders, and the child loves to play, there Hod brews it; and down in the deepest valleys where the fountain murmurs and the rills sing, and high upon the mountain tops, where the naked granite glitters like gold in the sun, where the storm cloud broods and the thunder storms crash, and away far out on the wild wide sea, where the hurricane howls music, nr.d the big wave roils, the chorus, sweeping the march of God?there he brows it, thai beverage of life, health giving water. And every where it is a thing of life and beauty, gleaming in the dew drop, singing in the summer rain ; shining in the ice gem till the trees all seem turned to living jewels spreading n golden veil over the setting sun or white gauze ar nnd the moon; sporting in the cataract; dancing in the hail shower; sleeping in the glacier, l?>ld ing its bright snow curtains softly about the wintry world, and waving the many wivttsu mkv, niiii svron, w110*0 warp is Hit* rain drop of the earth, whoso r<>of ;s iht sunbeam of heaven, all checked over with celestial flowers by the inistic hand of reft Action. Still away it is lieautiful?that Messed life water! no poison bubbles on its brink; its foam brings no madness and murder; no blood strains its liquid gla-s: pale widows and orphans weep not hum iug tears in its depths, no drunkar Is shrinking ghost from the grave, curses it in words of eternal despair ! Speak out my friends, would you exchange it for the demon's drink Alcohol!" A shout like the roar of a tempest answered, "NO!" Stnr.ter County, riot ida. Tue new county of Sumter lately ml off from Marion, as about G m les square containing 1 .*>00 square miles of territory, ft h bmrndeit by Miwwh, IC-^i l.v Orange, South by Hernando and Wist by the Withlacoochcc river which separates it from Ilernande and by part of Marion. Its Rivera are the Ochiwaha and tingreat and little Witblacoochee's its other streams the Palatlakaha a large cicck, and 15ug Sp:ings>rua,navig d.!v for Laig(u, both emptying into the Oclawalia from my wesi uirougil llie lakes, ami negro town creek emptying into lake gritlin from tho cast,and nil reaching the Allan tic through the Oclawaha and ilje St. Johns. Warm Spring creek on which there is a fine mill, and the outlet of Panasof ka lake navigable f ?r barges both emptying into the \\ ithlacoochee and thence into the (JuIf of Mexico. 1(3 L'tLss are the Opopka at the head of the Oclawaha, lakes lirockcnbrough. Eustace and G riffle, coiiucetcd by the Oclawaha river; Lake Harris emptying into the grand chain by mi outlet of I 1-2 or 2 miles in length. Lake Yale emptying into lake Orrtin by negro-town creek. This cluster of lakes lies in the southeastern portion of the county, most of them are quite extensive atnl most lovely sheets of water. Lake Deacon, without outlet, and about 10 miles in length, is within two miles of Adamsvillc, the place appointed by the act incorporating the county for holding the courts, ami Lake Panasofka emptying into the YViihlacoochee within 2 1- f or ii miles of Sumtei tho county site established by the Commissioners. Warm Spring is of sufficient size to afford a creek large enough for a mill, and Bug Spring covers more than 2 acres of surface, and looks to be bottomless the stream is deep enough for barges, upon the whole Sumter is perhaps the best watered region in South And East Florida. All the waters are perfecrly clear and mostly freestone though the county is litt^atcac, or ruther there a great amount of lime contained in the soils. Face or the Country. ?Tim country generally is ro ling, except in the southwoalhrn portion, on the head of the Palatelacabn/frhfcre it is flat an-l mostly priiiies cr Savannahs. On the Lakes it is in many places inclined to be hilly, especial ly a little back from the margins, and a major portion of the land is pine and as _ii - s i _i * .1 111 hii r iuriuH a great aeni 01 urn is poor, though there is no little very fine p'n land scattered all over tlio country, mid there iitBOino ofas good hammocks as are to he found in the State. , On Ltkes Gri.fi i an I Vale and r.ogrotown creek there is perhaps not less than 30,000 acres of go?d land, there is some of this rich Prairies th it might app ir rather low, but a liule d t hing at ?i:n. 1 coat might reclaim 10 th>u<a id acres of land. On Like Eu-tace, oily 4 utilefrom Lake Griffin, thare nro hohio bo lies of good land. L ike llarra is n lovely sheet of witter; it* w???urn ct ast a nvetly n bluff. Mr. E. J. Harris live* on an ol?vatiou of mora than 100 fool wiiliiu ."00 yarja of tlio lako, which is 23 or 30 loilos in circuit. There is som* very gootl hammock on this lake. On Hug spring run, l'slatUha creek, nil near enough for one neighborhood, not far from tins and in the neighborhood of Adamsvill'i, are Oakhumk* hammock nnd warm -Spring, in these two neighborhood* perhaps ihcre are not lean then 25,000 scree of hamffi mock besides much good pine Isnd. On* the Psneeof km Lake end in the Wshoo ^**'th!aoo-;hee [ there is a largo amount of the best of 1 hammock, beanies much good pine land. In the aouih of the county there is but ii tie good hammock. On the Double ; Ktins mi l Lake Opopka tbcro are some tftousands of acres of liamtnock. On the j Leads ot the l'ahukuiia creek the country | J is mostly tial ami covered with prairie*, ' ; iutvrsperced wi Ii small tracts of good I j land. 'I his is perhaps us good a cow j I range ns is to be found in the State, and ' | with the fields-of 1'aiut Hoot and Oompti, I is an excellent range for hogs. The Barge run to Silver Spring, by Mr. ! Porter, has been earried up into Lake Harris, and with proper energy the river | might be made boatable, and thousands | | of acres of the very best lands reclaimed, j I The same might l>c done with the Willi- ; Incoochce. Hut if the Hail Hoad to Tampa , from Hose's Bluff if ever completed, it j must pass not a great ways from the i county site of Sumter, when it will bo as convenient to market as anv county in the Stale. Some may think this an unlikely contingency, but we tlii.ik it most likely. At the worst, it u only about 30 or 3o miles from Siiinf..r ?r? itm Sf river. The number of inlinbitcM* is tVom 1200 j to 1500, the voters something like 120 to 130. The population is in creasing rapidly anil must increase much faster when the inducements to settlers becomes more generally known.? Oca/a Minor. Bayard Taylor. This young man is fast making himself n solid and brilliant reputation as a traveller and writer. He is now in Asia, on his way I to penetrate il possible, the inner provinces j j of Japan. The following beautiful and | j touching incident in his lite is not generally I known. It is ci pied from i biographical { sketch of him by It. 11. Stoddard. Taylor j | was born at Kennel's Square, Pennsylvania j on the 11th of January, lb*22, and is now { only 31 years of age. After speaking of his j lour to California, his biographer says: < hi his return to the United States, Tay- j j loy resumed his desk and duties in the Tri' bunu otlice, w here lie remained till the summer of I8,r?l. But in the meantime a change came over the spirit of his dreams: the! ' friend" of his early poeins, the "luUl.n of li s Rhymes of Travel." died. Years before they had betro lied themselves in sincerity and truth, ami it was their only wish in life i I to call each other by the endearing names of Wife and husband, two of the sweetest and most holy words ever uttered on earth. For years the marriage was deferred, perhaps. s.i\s Dr. Ciriswohl. in an affectionate allusion to the circumstances, for the poet j to in kc his w as through the world : and when he came Iv.ck from California there | was perceived another eitti.se for deferring it?she was in ill health, and all that could be done for her was of no avail; and the suggestion came, the doubt, and finally the terrible conviction that she had the consumption and wasoying. He watched her offering day by day and when hope was quite dead, that he might make litt!e journeys w ith her and minister to her gently, as none could but one whose light came from her eyes, he married Iter; while her sun was setting lie placed liis hand in tier's that he might go down with her into the night. There arc not im iiv such marriages; there were never a holier since the f .titer of tuanI i,:.. i i....l....I .i ? . ..I.i.i i..1.1X1.-11 iitiif mi* i xe oi our mother.? j She lived u few days, :i few weeks, perhaps, i and then he e.ime b.ek to his ucciipitionx, and it was never mentioned that there had been any such events in his life. Could the stnetity of private letters be exposed to the public eye, his grief and manliness on the | occasion would shed new lustre upon his : character. JJut why allude to these things? it is the old and sad story, the beloved have | been dying, '?fid the bereaved have been weeping for them ever since time began. From the Southern Standard. Plymouth Celebration. We arc. assured through many sources, that the late* celebration at Plymouth, was of a character musually spirited and imposing. Mr. Everett, has, doubtless,the speech of the occasion, but it would seem that our estimable fellow-town, Mr. Richard Yeadon, also occupied a conspicuous position.? Speaking of this affair, tho New York Journal <>i Comtnerce, remarks that the speeches of lion. Edward Everett and Hon. Richard Yeadon, delivered r.t the Plymouth celebration on tho first instant, are both able and eloquent productions, worthy alike ot the men who delivered them, and the occasion that called them forth ; and the Washington Republic Rays, by way of preface to the speech of Mr. Yeadon, "that the following philosophical and patriot c tribute to the services of northern statesmen was pronounced at the Plymouth celebration. For its truth, eloquence, and liberality, it deserves perusal. This is all pleasant to tho friends of that gentleman, and to none more pleasant than to himself. He delights in expressions of approbation, and verily, we believe, not so much from any selfish feeling as from a conviction of the pleasure which inspires thorn. Thore is something exceedingly commendable in the exact attention with which our i New England friends regard the times and places made famous by their fathers. Jt is an evidence that there vibrates yet amongst them,some little of their early impulse, some little of that earnest energy of purpose which sublimes the duties of common life. And while wo commend thetn, therefore, we cannot but regret the contrast presented by ourselves. Their battle-grounds arc shrines of pious pilgrimages, and shafts and spires attest the spots of their occurrence, and impress upon the minds of the people the moral of their teaching. But with us Fort Moultrie is scarcely celebrated ; King's Mountain stands in solitary grandeur, i s own monument, the forest o.iks, which spring from its own breast, are the only wari shippers about its lonely and secluded ! shrine ; and while we listen to th; story of tin) landing of the Pilgrims, and watch the gorgeous ceremonies in honor of their coming, we are rviuainded that they were anticipated bv the Kuglisli colony of Jamestown, whieh commenced the settlement of Vir. gini.i?thence exiled the "Ancient Dominion"?more than thirteen yours before the Pilgrims of Now Knglmid set their feet on the shores at Plymouth, and vet about their coming nothing li.is been said, and their descend ints never come together to do them honor. It tnny be true that citizens of Now Kngl.ind hove enhcrtted mo# from their father* than has desocnrioH from chivxlric Cavaliers to their descendant* of Virginia I may be that the Virginians ha?o not inherited the prudent diameter.*, the resistless tendency to progress, rosults of industry, and tiie material wealth wSieli have descended to New Knglanders; but does it follow that they have nothing to bo proud oft or to be thankful for? Is it nothing Ihst they have the flaest climate, the most fruitful soil, and a land robed in richsr varieties of l?udkuape than any the sun has over shone upon ? pit is nothing that her history is gvroed with tnfae*, whoa* brighnaaa ia eternal aa the illiaCrtto ? Tbero is co reason app' * 4 why the Cavaliers of Jamestown should not ho honored?why tlu-ir trials and their triumphs should not bo celebrated. They differed from the Puritans of New England ; but sons, with such a heritage as has fallen upon the people of Virginia, can never look with disrespect upon the fathers through! \\ lioso sacrifices it has Ik-cu purchased. Thrilling Inoidcnt. About a week ago n party of young gentlemen went tint bathing. The spot selected was a large mill-pond, in the county of lldcford. The pond was about fifteen feet deep. After swimming .- bout awhile, four of the party got into a rickety old boat and attempted to paddle across the pond. Of | these four two ! adjust learned to swim; the third could not swim at all: the fourth Mr, I., was an excellent swimmer. They j had gotten about fifty yards from shore, " lien then boat began to sink, and then oc- I curred the most thrilling scene it was ever | our lot to record. .Mr I... in hopes that the boat might sustain one. jumped, out and told those who could swim to do the same, j They did so. and made for the shore, leaving air. 1.. alone with the young man who could no! swint. Seeing that the boat must sink, Mr. I,., said, "\V,, keep perfectly cool, do just as 1 bid you: I am n good swimmer anJ can save you; but if you suffer yourself to become frightened, we will both he drow ned, fori will never leave you,*' Hardly had I he spoken the words when down went the boat, and Mr. L. seizing his companion, w ho displayed almost as much coolness as himself, by the hair, commenced sw imming w ith one hand for the shore. He had proceeded but a short distance when he became fatigued, and attempted to relieve himself by changing his position. In doing so he had to let go his companion, who instinctively clasped him, and both instantly sank to the bottom, Perfectly self-possessed, Mr. !<. inflated his lungs before going, and, as they arose, renewed his grasp upon \V. and again struck < ut for shore, lie had gotten about half way when he. again became fatigued, and down they both went a second time, Mr. L. inflating his lungs as before. Still per- | feetly cool, as they reached the surface, lu* j for the third time renewed his efforts to I reach the bank, and for the third time they | both sank to the bottom. Finding that he | had no 1 anger strength to swim, Mr. L.. | while under the w ater, his lungs still full of air and his intellect undisturbed, attempted to push \V? to the shore. As he did so he striu-h a stump, and from this stump a sandj bar led to the edge of the pond, just where j the other members of the party were stand| ing. paralyzed with fear. Tn gel upon the stump to raise VV. out of the water, ami to call for assistance, was the work of a moment. They were saved. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr? I* for the cool courage and mngnnniiiibv displayed on this occasion : nor is \V. undeserving of credit, j for although completely strangled with wit| tor and barely conscious, he still resolutely obeyed the instructions of his preserver; and thus, owing to the self-possession of the one and the obedience of tne other, they were enabled to save themselves front an untimely death.?I.yiichljiiry (to.) JJxpress. Reading' the Bihle in the Pulpit. Home thirty-years ago, a stranger in the I city of New York attended Dr. Mason's Church, having hoard of his remarkable elo. j cutionarv powers, and desiring to judge for himself, lie took his seat near tlie door.? The introductory prayer and reading of the hymn led him to suppose that the Doctor had a substitute that day. "When he read the Bible," adds the narrator, "1 discovered the man. I never heard it read so before or since. Such solemnity, such enunciation, such a realizing .' pprehciisiod of 1 he meaning of the truth, that I was satisfied it was D .Mason. No hing in the sermon impressed mc so much us I is simple reading of the I ihlc." Can it be so affirmed of min!a?r, ? -- day ? In the reading ?>f the Oihle as much a matter of preparation beforehand a* it ought to be ? Ought it not to he ? Is there any excuse for thu apparent listlcssncs-t with which this important part of the sanctuary is often performed, when new lite and becoming energy characterize the delivery of human composition. The Stream of Life. I.ifk bears us on like the stream of a mighty river Our boat sit first glides swiftly down the narrow ehannel, through the playful murmuringst of the little hrook. and winding along its grassy borders, the trees shed their blossoms over our heads, and the flow ers on the brink seem to oflTer tliciuselvs to our hands; we are in hope, smd we grasp eagerly at the beauties .".round us but the stream hnrries us en. and still our hands are empty. Our eourso in youth and manhood is along a wider end deeper flood, and amid objects more striking and inagnjjjei lit. We are animated by the moving picture of enjoyment and industry that is passing Ix-fore us; we are excited by sln.rt lived disappointment. But our e'H-rgy and dependence arc both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys nnd griefs are left behind us; We mav be shipwrecked, but w e cannot anchor: our voyage may he hastened but it cannot be delayed: whether rough or smooth, the i river hastens towards its home ; the roaring of waves i? beneath our keel, the land lessens froin our eyes; the floods are lifted up around us, and we take our last leave of earth and its inhabitants ; and of our future voyage, there is no witness but the Infinite and ttornnl. The Society o?Ladiei. The following pertinent remarks occur at the close of an article ? n the dangers of College Life, from the I'cn of a Sew York Clergyman, which appeared in the New York Times : The society of Indies has done much for mo all mv lifu long; and it was the saluta>y, softening influence of such associations that ; with God's bleating, restrained me from ninny j an excess into w liich I might otherwise have ! bsen led while receiving my education. It is a kid sign when a youflg man has no relish for sueh company. Whatever be a man's station in Life,? whether higher or lower, public or private, he will become a better man, and cat-ape many a disaster, if he will listen in due ssason to the voce of the intelligent and the refined among the other sex. Not onlv do they generally excel ua In their nice per c.-ption of the proprieties of life, and in their tender sense of duty, both to God and man, but they art- equally before us in tlieir instinctive faculty of foreseeing evil before it is upon ns. and of wisely discerning the character and motives of (Dsn. It was not all a dream which made the wife of Julius Caesar, so snxious that ho should nst go to the Henate Uhsmbaj, on the fatal "idea of March ; " and had he complied with her entreaties, hu might have escaped the dagger of Brutus. Disaster followed disaster in the caraer of Napolean, from the time that he sensed to feel the ballsnce-wheel of Josephine's influence An his impetuous spirit Oar own Washington, when important questions wars submitted to him, often has j said that ha should Ilka to carry the subject | to his chamber before he had formed his decision : and those who knew the clear judgment and elevated purposes of Mrs, Washington. thought nil the better of him for wishing to make her n confidential counsellor. Indeed the great majority of men who have acquired for themselves a good and great name, were not only married men, but happily married?both "paired and matched." Can raster 1Ci%r. LANCASTERVILLE. S. C. W EI>NESMY.AlliiuST 21.185:} Dcrisiu my absence from the State, J. W. Cookk, Esq. will net as my Attorney. He j may be found at the Rook Store, where he will take pleasure in receipting for nnv j monies paid for subscriptions. Advertising or Job Work. K. S. BAIbKY. L. K. Home, should bare In-en credited till June, instead of January, as in acknow ledgments some time since. m kssrs. Tlionjns K. Cureton nnd Robert C. Potts, have been appointed by his Excellency the Governor, Notaries Public for the District of l<ancast?r. Who is in Fault ? \Vf. have been requested to call the attention of the members?of the elders pirticu. larly?of the Presbyterian C'hureh.to t he broker. condition of the fence around their grave yard. If those whose duty it is, will move in the matter, the liberal people of tl is village and vicinity, will soon supply the needful to build a good fence. This is a second time a notice of this sort has appeared in the ledger. Wc hope there will be no necessity for a third. Homioide at Sea. Wr. Jenrn from our Chnrles'on exchanges. that on the arrival lately of the ship Susan at Charleston fr?m Liverpool, it wss ascertained that Timothy Hiiro, one of the crew had, probably, b en murdered during tlio passage. The matter Was Investigated before John A. Gyles, Esq., and R. ('. Gilchrist, U. S. Commissioner : the result of, which was tl e committal of I). Tl. Norton first mate, nnd the issuing of a warrant for the second mate, Ucnjnniin Jinks. The captain also was charged ? being accessory and was recogni/cd in the sum of two thoiisjmi dollars, to appear at the next session of the District Court of the United States for S. C.. to answer that charge. Guano. A kew afternoon* since we had the pleasurc of a walk over the "Ifrnntilead? wilt our friend "l/?n|j Grubs." He has made this yoar, ns the attentive reader of the Ledgei will remember, several experiments with Guano. They arc successful; and establish the fact, that guano as a manure, will pay One field planted in corn, was but lest year an old firld, and perhups presents the fairest test of the merits of this fertilizer. On i part of the field, stable manure was applied on another chipa leaves and on" thing ant another, and on the third guano. That part to which stable manure was applied, will yield perh'ips am much ns that manured with guano ; and the latter will yield four or five times as mueh ns that'manured with leaver A:e. The yield of the guano part will be from 18 to 20 bushels per acre. One row | in the centre of the field was planted without manure of any kind. Its yield will scarcely |ciy for the trouble of gathering it. We advise our renders who arc not satis, fied of t-io utility of gunuoAS a fertilizer, It visit the ' Homestead," and sre for themselves. ur Our thanks are hereby tendered tc Thomas K. Cnreton. Kan., for n mnv ,.f ih. " ? - 1J ? ?V I-mcnster ihwicnn, a paper formerly owned ' nr.d published In fma place by Jumcii ; f). Cocke. The number before us is the first number, and wna issued on the 18th ol September, 1830. The contents are interesting, and by theii spivineaa of style,no less tb in the sentiment! they express, give evidence of the stirring I event* then passing. Among other thing* I of interest, we untice the account of s dinnei i given to (Jen. lllair, at which were present | Stephen D. Miller, then Governor ol the Stute.and llngh 8. I^gnre. Several speeches were mude and many toasts drunk, from which it ia very apparent, that then, wai brewing the atorin of nullification. That storm did come, but happily passed over without indicting upon the land the horron of civil war, which at one time seemed inevitable ; and *nw llifiere" and "Union men" have shaken hands. Indeed, we believe, w hen South ?Carolina "acted" and dung the Palmetto to the breeze, thoy shook hands and prepared shoulder to shoulder, to conquer or die for their beloved little state.? Oh may it ever be thus with oar people, to be, should they unfortunately differ among themselves, united against the rest of the world. If aoy of our readers wish to see the first peper published in Ismeaster District, they will find it at the Ls^?j office. HTNaomi, (he daaghter ad Enoch, was not married until eke was fire hundred and eight years old ! Don't despair, old gale, fee hope yet Profane Swearing. nn< ?ai There is no one of the ten command- ^ ^ ' tncnts so frequently and flagrantly violated ^ as tho third :?Thou thalt not take the nam' tu| of the Jjord thy Qod in vain, ?j-c. And this ^ , violation is constant and almost universal. ^ and in every instance entirely without palia- ou ting circumstances. Either of tho other laws is often violated, it is true, bnt in some, 8o, perhaps in most instances, there is a seeming shadow of excuse ; but there is nono in ^ this. A man may imbrue his hands in the 80j blood of his fellow-man, snd plead injury done hit.tself. That tho baser passions of pQ his naturo were aroused, and panting for re- |()i| venge, he struck the murderous blow ; snd n8 though by the law of man and (iod he is j guilty, wc cannot but sympathize with him. | He may steal; and plead urgent necessity? jj. the cravings of appetite and the cry of his ^ hungry children for bread ; and he will be looked upon as nlinost excusable. And thus we might go through tho whole decalogue, ^ and find, in most instances of offence, the t|K offender was directly prompted to sin by the ^ro| instincts of his fallen nature ; and in each find extenuating circumstances. Ilut not so in the case of the profane swearer. In vain Vej doea charity look for something in his case, cr(1 upon which to base a plea for mercy. Ho ft9 stands forth a guilty man without the sembianco of an excuse?he stands forth daily Ut guilty of a sin, he would blush to commit in mj( the presence of a woman ; for common sense |an and his conscience tell him it is indecent? js), he stands forth habitually guilty of a sin l:c |jra will strive to conceal in the presence of the ju( greet and good, because he feels, to commit t|i:1 it, is derogatory to the character of a iron tie- a.. _ - O Villi man?ho .stand* forth dully guilty of an ac- fl?, quired sinful habit. The depravity of human me nature, may load a man to violate each of the vo, ten commandment*, nave the third alone?no instinct of his nature prompt* him to take sjs, the name of hi* laird in vain?he must Irarn caH it hy practice. pjc And yet strange as it may seem this vice |0 is more prevalent, than any other. Go into the highways and the l?ywnys; into the so- ^ci cial circle and around the domestic hearth, |ofl and you will find it : in various degree* of j ) hidcousncss it is true, but you will certainly find it. It is everywhere, insulting the ma more refined tastes of females, and instruct- [) ? ing the young in the same vile habit. Alnt, ;n thai it should be ao .' cro Wo have been led to make these remarks ?0j hy hearing, a few days since, a young man utter, without the excuse of excitement, mi C(M oalh on the street,while a most estimable lady jnn was within a few feet of hiin. lie was not aware of her presence, or he would not have (Xs done it, for tiic world?he could and would |)e, have restrained himself. Then why not he f|0| and men everywhere, not only restrain co( themselves in the presence of woman, hut |ltr at all times and in all places. All that is %v;| necessary to throw olT tho ungenllemanly ,.afl hahit is, to make n manly vfi'ort. ! tm. ? Bitot's ?E (I jj I f . mo " - ten Tit?. EotKBCKOll a>U WFSTKlXSTtR Hf.vtrws. for July, arc before us. Their conietila are varied and interesting, lie- oul published in America by laionard Scott *n? I A*. Co., Now York. wil i inn I uk Southkrh \hricui.tt'aj*t, and the , Faiimki: & I'lartfr, ever welcome, have come to hand. The former is published u* at l-aarens C. 11, and is edited by A. G nm & VVni. Summer, I'omnria, S. C. Tlie latter is published at Pendleton and is odited by Seaborn, Gilman, Simpson Al Hurt. ( Both arc excellent papers, and deaeive the 'lo patronage of planters and farmers. fro ? ed r Wk, also, have the Scientific American. See w i its Prospectus in another column. This t is a most excellent paper, and should be in un the hands of al 1 classes of individuals.? bei We recommend it to the attention of our ?h< reader*. ! (j'niitminiirntiiin "" If I 1 . For thr Ledger. ' Mr Editor,?The firwt thing farmers should do to Arrive nt a propter initio refunding of each otla-r in the Application of manurcs, is such a classification of soils that any fanner educated or uneducated, may,at a glance, H? w hether the cx|ieritnent wne ^ J made oil auch soil as he owns, and then he ^ e.;n arrive at a correct eonrlunion whether he can try the experiment with success or not. The following classification is offered ns suitable to the lands of Lancaster l)i*- r,n> ... the tnet. viz: . |j| p 1st. Pure clay (pipe clay) consisting of about CO parts silica and 40 of alumina, and '' oxide of iron. ^ 2nd. Strong clay (tlic clay or unctions J"* clay) consisting of pure clay and silicions ' sand. i ,J''" 3rd. Clay loam eontaing from io to 30 per cent, of fine a ind, this soil is freer ami dis of rinore friable nature. g'v 4th. A loamy anil deposits from 30 to 60 del per eent. of sand by washing. sot 6th. A sandy loam deposits from 60 to 90 pi* per cent, of sand. ani 6th. A sandy toil not more than 10 per iiff cent, of pure clay. Thia classification is thought sufficient ?d there is neither marly nor ealcarions soils in *id this District. pr? The next th'ng to be eonstdered is the ^ improvement of these different soils and their CO( adaptation to the crops at present raised in this District I a We bars bo pars elsy, or io such small , quaoitics that it ie deemed main? to treat fr? i of iu improvement aa it ia perfect]/ useleea ' for agriaoltoral parpoera. Oar strongest H* , clay soils may b? found in the Small settle- dot ment and on Gills and Bear Creek, this aoil ia not very prod active by nature, (see Maj. ato Clinton's bottom thia aide of Bear Creek,) wh unices the farmer tears it up deep and sloaa first with "Long Grabs," (a aobeoil plow * , would graotiy bene tit) to mix the surface lay and sebeoil together, for they m vary dIC fatl latent in tMo kind of hud, and it shea id be we well drained. Thia noil to prodaaa wall the should be limed bountifully with fanatic fir j Qrolinhii) Mmo, tho land should be thor- Br ooghly brofcp, the llote Mattered on top [ wai i lightly harrowed to, but aa lime ia not j A lily obtained, it would be more advisable ' ear 1 economicable to have ashes (unleashed) ^ way spread on these soils, or bam yard manure waj ned under with a turn-over plough during in liter, as the essential oils will have time won be absorbed by theelay as they am given of F t by Uie decomposition of the manures B i not evaporate as they would luler in the riehi ison when '.he sun's rays become hotter.? emii may here be asked when ought lime to \ ou applied! What are its effects on the boei I ? And how does it assist the grow th of fron ips? Lime should be applied as long as tiinn ssible before you plant the crop you wish chsi iiefitted, tor its action is necessarily slow seve it has not only to undergo a great chenii- repl ehange itself, but it has to produce chemi- " elianges in the soil to which it is applied, are you intend manuring your land it should o'er applied n year before or a year after the nuring. it opens and renders freer the fT clayey soils, (but it is often injurious to j ; light sandy soils,) thereby increasing no(c ir fertility. Such soil in this District arc tierolly deficient in lime, but it more espclly adds to the productiveness of these " Is when they are moist and contain most ^ * yc table matter. It assists tho growth of >ps by killing some sour plants, viz, such nre natural to ailicious soils and moist K rshy places, and promotes tho growtli of #orv h as arc sweet and tender, for it is an ad- j*'*1 ttcd fait that fodder or grass grow n on lime ,p ds is sweeter, sounder and more nour- ^ ing than that grown on lands deficient in (Jan le. Our largest crops of com aro pro- L ...1 in th? -..-5 ? I ?J- ?" - ... ...v vi t?n laims *? '? it nre well limed. Wheat is not only pro- t*"Jl cod in larger quantities, but will yield more .jnr to the bushel. Potatoes will bo more vine nly, nnd turnips larger and of better flu- A . Cotton matures faster on lime lands 'HM'' T in on those unlimed. For instance,on Mistippi lands in the same latitude with Lan- j,, tor, they commence picking sooner and pr(H k more to the acre than we do. It adds sltvi health by arresting the noxious effluvia, rornposes them nnd compels them to on- . go chemical combinations which arc no pi,,}, iger delitei ous to animal life. the I'he next two classes of soil may he treated '""C fether.i. e. clay loam and a loamy soil,these y be found almost anywhere in Lancaster , .. . . . c'nd itriet. llartiyard manure and the turning of green crops, together with rotation of (0f^ ips is the beat plan of improving these marl Is, they generally hnx-e a good clay foun- . ? N ion, consequently the manure shouid-be very rered deep as possible with a Isrge turnf plow during the winter, the green crops y >uld vc turned under in September and Fi tober. The pea vine is believed to be our it grocn c rop for this purpose, tho rotan b< st r.cfoptrd to improvement is corn. ! - ton, small graii.; the lands rrot to lw pascd, for a farmer bj following this plan Froi I make more off an sere than bis stock ,r?' i possibly get off his past on*, not calculi*; the deterioration of land thereby. Die next: a sandy loain a much freer and re easily cultivated soil, lwt is not so re. tivc of msnure, as the two fonner. In ? ) management of tbia soil, deep and thorIjli plowing is recessnry, to mix the upper tugr i sulmoil together, for n rkty subsoil mixed uiar1 III tho sand above is believed to be a food nil re of itself. The manuring of this soil >iihl be muvh lighter, than the st'rfTer soils, f tho subsoil is nut so retentive, but softer* j (,'uti wh of the best qualities of manure to pass l'K'> ivii through it by |>crrol*tu>n during ninv isons and during the hot dry season rxdian goes on ao very inpidly that mature, m these twoeausea. is generally exlnust- |y t the first season. Green vegetable inrntirc H tl ntld luueh lienefil this soil if well ttrned ro"^ der. Caustic lime will have no perceptible nefit on this soil. If liuio is applird, it jr.,v( mid lie well mixed with compost pr|?ious cdv its application. Tho last elassithation rr mdy soil,) is generally, worthless except *'|jnv heal ill, see our barren sand hills. The best soil for all agricultural ptrposc* inva i soil containing from 40 to GO per rent, of ')* ' id. ' J * improvement. u'j ? - ? ? I reus nTTfllT A T nno n Bon/iwixewsa I trarl vv??M(Vlll/iiJIV?A> I'll ii. a ii k i.r hi a. An;. II, na m I loft Ijincaater on Tuoadny the 9th of co?* a month. '> IV-rhnp* to record the im-idrlta of my A'^ vol may be inwo InU'reating to myaelf, ^ in to my reader*, but rieking thia, I will ftn,j leaver to give you a succinct account of yieh i moat striking incident* of tut journey no lialiko to any it, (but atill it b ao.) that in i Jine coach of McKwcn'a wldeh enrriea the il from binraalrr to CamdMi, the trawl -pjj| lot ouly unpleasant, but nlaioet intolcra- The I Tha Fhe only eireemsfttaee Hch orenrrcd to I A,M* turb the monotony, win, Ike gratification ~M to our dialetie propertiae by an abuti- ^ ico of aome of the fineat peaches I ever jo y ?for thia gift of the s<*aon which im- |?n, nted a moat *<a*onabU fecundity to the mal man, I am itidehted to the wry ob. I lug a Luge driver, Mr. Wiliheim. P 1 l'he cropa from I encasU* to Camden lookmuch better tiuui I expected. I was coo- _ ^ erably amuaed to hear im Camden, that a |/n iject wasentertained taeonnect the Month aaeif rolina Rail Road, with* new Road to Im to hi ial( acted from that (face, (Camden) to neord (N. C.) Io fact from ivttmi I heard, 'mcn' ?ay aim oat calculate U ride on thia now MXt id oo my return, and thna aava the Hi?. cable staging. Jamdbr.?What will bring out Camden, r R?d Flags 1 No t Her poor occommoions 1 (for Toril/A moot soy 1 almost L>' rved while thoro.) Vfo! 1 lor unoccupied * res and deserted ' {duels ? No! Well At f and scho respoM* to (lis enquiry? the ? tat f \ poor littlo boy Ini^in hi* bed, and aa ho ,hs called for help,?first he called to his .. lier?father help mdar I perish, but there B oo response; t lie (jtjg sailed to his too* f ' r, mother help, but there waa no response * ' en i than said ha jin meal pNVal terms trier witt poo br^ate, hut the nay rati i the same. Ai : l , i HL'Tflfc^fasc^sarti nd thou in the moat pitiful language tho ever heard, ha cried sister, yon have als hvlped me; you have been by nie airs?when in trouble yon befriended me> uccor you administered to me, and now, ild you desert in? ? What is the reply lister Lancaster to Camden her brother 1 rother, we have been the means of en* ing yon. Your great men have risen to icnce from the trado of our District? r Branch Railroad never would have i built hut from the trsdc you derived i l-ancister. We propose now to be in? itely connected. We wish to have a n of iron uniting us, which tnnnoi be red. Rut what is our brother Camden's y? Be away?we do not wish a road-?wo dead. All we wish is a requium sung our grvvo?let the words bo : Camden onee was rich and great But now ahe has but little weight, will write again to-morrow. I have some is from Charleston and Wilmington. a..?. B' : Sly love for thee never shall pass away.'' lie loafer said to the rum jug. by mon'day" kail. mf.utf. is the Island or Tortola.?A ile emmte has oecnrred in the British id of Tortola. 1 he inhnbitants arc flyto St. Thomas. uf. Gardiner Mines.?It is rumored that Gardiner Commission have discovered diner's mines. ater from Halifax.?Dates from Halito the 17th, say that a series of interments had passed between tho Princeton the authorities at Halifax, he potato rot has appeared ir. the Pro OS. number of American fishing vessels have i boarded bv the British cutters, ho Americans are not allowed to enter Bar of Chitleur*. ouitive Slave Cask is Ciscissati.? n Cineinnnti we learn that a fugitive phsd arrived at Piqun. He was brought re Judge Mcl.enn, who hearing the evi:o. remanded him to his master, a rc*iof Kentucky. Judge Mcls-an ff?ve an onto opinion, sustaining the rights ??f South, and tho constitutionality of lis* itive low. "nr. Kr.v? K is Nrw Oki.kass?-Urn hs for the prist *J4 hours were IW. i?ing 174 from tho epidrnik-. ew York Market.?750 halo of Cotwere sold In New York to-day. Tins ket declined \c. ew Oiu.r.Avs Markets.?The market b dull. .In two days, barely 200 bales of on were sold. obacco has declined a quarter of a cent, lour has declined half a dollar, reights arc firm. To Liverpool. Jd. COMMEiiri All. l.ATEST DATf.8. . n Livrurooi. Julv 15 u Havre I .July 13 n 1 i..\ iUi.i .July 89 *' I Charleston Markets. Saturday Mount mi, August 15. nr last weekly re\icw ci???ed upon * quiet, but i:l?o firm market. The actions of the week having coiintlaf' al ther Imlcs?the bulk for a Spanish ket at 11 cents?the quality ranging J.-n'y tun middling fair. Ir CoLUMRlA, Allff. ottos,?There was but little done in on yesterday ; the supply on sale'w as t. and the market dragged somewhat rily ; oiilp 24 bale* were sold, ut from H i rent*. . (illYSOxSt improved EXTRACT ?f YKLLO W DOCK if- S,\RS.\ IMj/iA, put up in the largest sixed bottles, aiiM more id* the jmrc //wnbir/ij Sirs ?lUi than sny other prepnr.ition extant, rh kdiemially combined with tho Kxl of Wild < "Ih-rry, thus making the rentmore thoroughly ctTk-ii-nl than any othSarapurtll* he fore the puMic. At the p timo it is pwftrtly freefmm all minexiisons, which cannot bo said of rny r of tho Ssrsapariils t-oavfxtunds. Tho Ii<l should hvwnrs of prdeons! Vercur?>n Quinine. Potash, I<?i!hh*, Sulphur, nit*, and tinny other mineral md tnoti.1m uhoiis, enter into and form the netivo a of must of the S.ira..|kirillM and 'ana* of the day. Guvsott ? <'?mpound Ki* i of Yellow Dock nod Sen* t p*i i Ila di?;s ronbiht a particle of these ; ny one can ascertain by appUin^flQ&* rt all poisonous SnrsapnrillfhBflSBiWh*.. and use Guyaotl's lm|>r4pMKwl& cllow Dock and S.ir?ip Oughly t.ffic.u lous, perfectly n1HnC$jj, rarely vegetable. All kinds of djgesse to its gonial influence. ?ld by T. R. Sc J. R MAGII.lt. J* dug. 34th IjR aO?T?n. Zl^?rATiEs7r7 Hymen bro't liis love delighted re dwelt no joy In Wen's rosy bower! world was sad!?the garden was aw lid; man, the hermit, *ijrhc\i?Uii soiimu smiled! CsfzplcU. : / v.li-. W r.'ir.rji r.'ut'j ?n.sr.r*-r ARRIKI), on the '/1th July by the Rev. Key. Mr T. R WILLIS, of WUkes co. lias LIZZIE f. MARSHALL of Eden* On. 1V m feRTTSMKWTS. . Notioe. hereby given to the Creditors of M. 0. lorrel, and M. H. Horn*I it Bro., that an pi meat of their sflircU have been made e, for the benefit of creditors. The Itnra are notified to some ill and Mgnify acceptance of the terms of the assign I, on or before the 15th of September J. W. COOKE, Assignee agust at, is&i. * j? *? Notiov, ERHON8 who owe notes for the hire of the negroes belonging to Batata of Mrs. * MrKrnhn. prtor th lit hf January 18im notified that too Court ban oadursd :oll?ctiue of too aune, J. H. WITHERS POON, C.S. LO. g. 84 89 4t priatsr Cm BS , - ?? iMl I * f " WpfiW* ' Notion VILLbe ibtMt thni w*rk?, 4?* log wWek Itma eUh?r John A. HUwuan , or Ooorfo M?0. WKhtrapooa, nr? ^torTrwT?ai5^. ag??tS3rltft3. ?C3t f # ' " ? \# JJj tQ ? r