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'' |S$i * ^jfrV ... _ ' * *' $2 PER ANNUM. 2TS1Zuk.W.t. IN ADVA NC I' NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARV. COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL. SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ' VOLUME III. LANCASTER. C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING,OCTOBER 18,1854 NUMBER 35 J ,? flflf [JVpRp I|l 4 T PO I ??' ^t','N,',OIM' 'I'll go on | The Life-Time of Man. i ??*%*?*** mi-tr^ ?? , -?? ?J | guard Tor you to morrow." "And 1 go on your next turn," say: [ anotlier. | "And you needn't put in anything, am I can have the largest share," suggested i I third. Tai's countenance hrightvd at thii las inducement. It wan hard to resist. "Whose guard is it to day," he inquir ed. "Lieutenant Brown's," answered one o the party. , "Brown's is it? faith, I can ooine it ore him beautifully. But are yeeaall agree* boys," continued he; "two guards?I'n to pay not a cint?and have the biggea swig of the lot;?are yees all agreed ?? Say the word, jist, and I'm off like a inus tang colt." All agreed, and Bat, after depositing ii the breast of his jacket a huge black bol lie, and taking a pail in one hand left hi: companions. Anxious to seo the denottrmtnt, I kepi my eyes upon him till he left thcgarrisoi and then took a |>os>tion at the gate, t< await his return. After the laps of abou a quarter of nn hour, I espied Pat on hi: way to the garrison. The pail which In OMjEIUI IftLCiu. PAT B00JHH8 "DODOB." Like the rest of mankind, soldiers gen 'erally have their little weaknesses?one of which is--and most prominent among the rest?a strong attachment for the animated liquid. But that is one of the many luxuries that Uncle Sam's "men of war" are not .permitted to indulge in largely?their fi nwnces seldom being in a condition to warrant it, and the rules and regulations" strictly forbidding it. But an tafrinre* meat upon the latter occasionally lakes place? at "pay day," for instance, the onIv time when a soldier is supposed to have tny money. About these times, the garrison generally presents a pretty lively npponrance, and the guard-house a more jQnrUtJ one I Shall never forget the first "pay day;" knt) probably hundreds of others who participated in "the grand "plug muss" with Mexico, still retain as vivid a recollection of it us I do. It occurred at Puebla, four or Ave months niter our enlistment; and of course each man hail a pretty considerable "pile" due liiin ; and in the expectancy of receiving "pay in full to date." many of the men indulged in anticipations of * ugay old tiinBut soldiers, like all other |*eople, are not free froth disappointment?as was evidenced on this occasion. When the men were called up to the desk of the pay master, they were informed by the ulticinl, that in consequence of the small amount of funds in his posseas.on?and for various other reasons? but ?**e dollar could be allow ed each man and that it wits the desire of thecomman i i-chief that that amount though small, should lie invested ill vegetables and other eatables that did not come under the hem I of ononis* try stores, and w hit-h wo-ihl eondltec to the heiiilh of the It . Hips. ' * One Hf'ititri/ dniiutl \Vuew I <lraj?-1 i?.g ir.tKTIgetl in uNiiit tios time?not, | until tl??-y lj.nl I?*ft hi-' hliSrni">' I o' 'he |?.?Ym 4?'.r.. TV u.'i . , I' .*>? S.?u>. IVt in tn'if'. | i i A*r\ ? e eUettere ?w?? ar#?ihy dmnn ! ed ; i j i ti. ' !{. :?, *nl" l'. fi H.iia I 'V. i' \va? ;.rt?: l . c. i?!vn. thai th- men !i:ui <i; ii)u g^cotHlv d I to d.^iwu llicir ' appointment in tvpipU* Hint tV?*qii? i I ' ?iI. ! ;ln- nt ?/"* / /?. n(r. TI,nii ? I- i? tin iiit jxi'Htlt.ijf beverage mnii.fi inn* I hi Mexico? .onilar, in inlnr panic n i rl , i?? <mr chcap-atf a hi key?but ten i in ? worn- .u it# ellee'*. Ii would vert :ift:>?opri- te'y come* un^r the head "I :R* ii eg nun," ffiMU the'H'ilijfereut effect i i pr.id.toe* unai those \v!i, iut'rbc it; in li- r . .? the I .n? ng of it f.iceliotH cam ti , it would "J? I . tmu.lri' l jarjt<rn li j# .iiurcner. h vert i ln' .jt liquor, and con nfijii'iillv it U?.?k tunic two ii three ilurt 10 I'XlitiiiM each in.in'# dollar. And ?uch ~>t lliwe iluv#t tiiiiiiil houses fill's! lo overflowing, skclrtmi companies on rade men bucked hicI gagged;" in short, the git. risen h.t'I more the appearance of l'andemon.mo, iIihu the quarters of a dis< ip lined regimen'. After the greatest vigilance on the part of the officer* to prevent liquor being brought into tlie garrison, Uiey bad suecet?d?*I ift re*4oring comparative order? tbo men t>ogiin to get sobered, and of <our* appeared mure like soldier*. Ily an order iutued by the Colonel, no man tvaa permitted to leave the garrison after Itotreal," and at any time of day, ??orv man, as he enteral the garrison, was i ft i .. .ft. dfi 'e ti.. i ?_ i?y uie oniwr ui uic |(uuiuf u> that he had no contraband good* kos*?eted about hi* person. Of Course, vritki (ins precaution, it required hii immense |>l;inti(j of iiigcnuily to smuggle any liquor in gar ram. M> ny, ihitiwinv were iott -icvus--. r<~wivS'? io ?t!f that IlK) SO tl< IMW WUii) SUCCUS -fill. '\V.? w?re (minrreil, mI this tune, in an ? gmrUou formerly (xvtijiirj by the Mexican irtaips. Knoll company occupnM a ?ep.-rai? rooui. While passing one of t.itMe isMtms one day?the d??or of which t -od aj.ir?my attention was attracted by soma ootivcrseUoo that was being in -d'llgr i in hy ila occupant*. ,ly?rn/?rete. * mm bi*Mr struggle n quMitit) <>f I. into tlie garrison, w.u the subject. There were sotihi ais or right men in the room?*uuie iplaying cards, one or two stretched nut , upon limb blankets luxuriating iu a little "balmy sleep,*1 while others were busy , |'dpe elwjriiig their holts twd bu'mahmg heir iiiuskete, Ac., Ac. I t?e.k a |msuimms where I could hear ell that was said. "C.nii??, hty*," MJ* W, uplfc*? :* Mtiltiifif n|m<v*^lh4lv fill-gt* ?ll we V.7.. bni lio? 11 mi <U?il nr? ?? i? 4,1 it ru .i{|inr-.l amxbur. .? "1 ?ri 11," t x? 11 ?lnr?l. ; A rViuV < < il*f* i?- n/t-i vj??r?i ? .?.! ? iS'ii-c, (Wilw 4l 11 -,,-4fkpt:rnt?\n V"*1- 4 I _ ?. Hit oihnr, - V '1*" vj> 'fU I a I4? *^1 i <).? i?. ir- v . >1 t in **yu.i ...vii -?>* IV. " j I'ii N.^Mtth sJpjm toll* mi .'.i <-v,a* 1 'i*i,lit :it: -*{^ryit ?r. i4p put 11 i ov MrUe win* 1 *..nM f*J? *! fWom V # I hail taken with him was uow apparently full of water; and in the centre of it, sal the bottle that he hail secreted under hit jacket previous to bin leaving the garrison flow he was to succeed in gett'tig tin l>ottle into the garrison?exposed as i was?was now a mystery to me. Cer tainly, thought I the officer of the guard will discover it, and in that event, Pat wil run a good chance of passing the ensuing week in the guard house. I certainly gave l?at more credit for stupidity thai llO deserved, as will hereafter nppear evi den!. Pat entered the garrison as unconcern tally as though he was engaged in iw mischief whatever; hut tieforo he eouii pass the officer of the guard, that individ ual had espied the Isittle. ' Here, sir," savs he to Pat, "what ban you got in that bottle f" mSkWSN** '!*" * " "A hit of something strong, vottr Iton or: and I thought I* . put it ill the watei to \apc t coo , stir* "P I give you something strong." snvi the'offieei; and seizing the bottle, he or 'ere! P.. t to his tviarteri?-nri'i'rder sh'tel !t? hcS!ta'i?d U01'a nt.' nun) funln-y, anp'i ren'U iloflgnled th.it he lutil got o!T si e . -y. Anxious to sec wi? it >art of a re ep lion Pal's f.ti-ure met with among his coin roll's, 1 started for his couij) my A Quartvrs; and when I peeped in at the itnlidoor, I was considerably astonished W *Cv Pal dealing out out to bis comrades, in . < half pin*. measure. the contents of t!?c pail which was nothing o!m? th \\\ realayurrJ'icalf. At the same lime lie was rehi tng t.? the party how lie had eomo it over the nlHivr i?f the guard. 'You see. I filled the liottle full of wa fer and the pail full of the liquor?the of Heer of the guar.l has got tho one and wc have got the other. Now yees know all about if, and aie yees satisfied f" A universal ha! ha ! was the response ; after which the officers of the guard'* health was prn]nised. 'I'll? host part of the joke occurred in the quarters of the officer of the guard, after the aeizeuro of the bottle. "thorite says that individual to some ol his brother officers there assembled, "let'# tr? Pat's liquor. That was a pretty Imld gatnn of hi?." Saying which, he raised the liottle to his lips. One swallow was enough to test fts contents "Water! bv O?!" he suddenly ex claimed. "Sold r *hi?MltMi*eou*ly exclaimed (lit party, arid Itmwn had to ktund treat dial night?1*? lo-en Otc'i?fr>iir mutn. IxyuiKKOK or a NtwapAvntt.?A vliutii teacher who Int.I buen eugageo a lung nine in hi* prokutaion, mid ??* witn-muiig tin* nitbieiicc of * newnpaiier upon lite imiiiiI* of h (amity of children. writer to the editor of the Oydmabur>jk viifiWi ?I have found Unit thoeeechOMta, of hoi 11 aexc* mimI Mil age*. who have IimiI huvm to tie?v?pn|a?rH at liouio, when Compare-1 to llm-m who have not, are better render* excellent in prunouueintion mii.I etnpliiui*, and conse<|Uently read inore andemtaud iuijly, belter ?p*dhrr*, Mini d<-liue word* with can;* nn I accuracy. Tnoy obtain n practical knowledge of geography in al in ml half (lie time it rcouirea inhere *. the newspaper* have ma<le them ncquainl?-d with the location of the important pia ??*, nation*, their governmen|, ami fining* o?i itie globe. They are lieiur gramma nun*, for having heroine mo familiar with evury-variety of ntyle in the newspapeia, from the common place Advertisement i? the finished an<l classical oration of tin statesman. tliev more rea-lily eotnprehe <1 the meaning of the (ext. They write le t er coiO|>o*ilioiiM. lining larth-r language containing more thoiighia nmrerie <r>v an< leilly e\|)re**e I. ^'fhueu )oa?U men who haw for malty year* larn fen ?ler? of tint iren*p*jH-ra have always takei he l.*ail (n the debating exhibit ing a more <\r?m?iv? gnowH upon i greater v.inaty{v ojf nybjecU. ami expo ? ing th-ir view* with greater llityurv, exit* u<ws. and jocrmw** i&, )? u^of la* S < * . '*> <t)! A .'-,h m. . m Sc&aKr.* i : TirlMMi mi f i ' Jt - * y - j*'' " ! ? ' ' " When the world whs created, mid nil ' creatures assembled to have their life-lime a|i|>uii?ted, the ass flrat advanced and ask- . ' ed l.ow long he would have to live. 1 "Thirty years," replied nature; will that he agreeable to thee 1 "Alas I" answered the ass, "it is a long while. Remember what a wearisome ex- P' isience will be mine ; from morning until night 1 shall have to bear heavy burdens ^0 f dragging eorn sacks to the mill, that otli- Mn ers may eat bread, while 1 shall Imve no r encouragement, nor be refreshed by any or 1 thing, but blows aud kicks. Give but a 811 1 portion of that time, I pray 1" cu ' Nature was moved with compassion, ,rL " and presented but eighteen years. The ,n * ass went away comforted, and the dog l',: caino forward. 1 -How long dost thou require to live I" * asked Nature. "Thirty yearn werv, too * tnany for the ass, but wilt thou be con- 861 tented with them ?" 601 "Is it thy will that I should !" replied n,< 1 tbo 'log. "Think how much I shall have *r > to run about ; my feet will uol last for 1 so long a time, and when I shall have 'y * lost my voice for harking, and mv teeth r,B - f >r biting, what else shall I tie fit for but l1" i" 11 lie in the corner an 1 growl f* un 1 Nature thought he wan right and gave 8,1 ' twelve years. 448 The ape ihen appeared. f? 4 "Thou will doubtless willingly live the '* 1 thirty years," said Nature; "Uiou wilt not H< liave to labor as the ass and the dog. - lw I Life will be pleasant to lliee." 08 ' "All, no ! cried he, "ho it may seem J*4 > 10 outers, nut it win not tie ! Should pud uu ! ding# ever rain down, I shall excite laugh- H" 1 ler by my grimace#, end then Iw reward * c?i with * sour apple. How often aor- ro row lie* concealed behind h j.nt ! I hIihII l'! not t?o able to eudure tor thirty years." H* > Nature w.i# gr.tciou#, i.nd he received I bin ten. At Im?i ca tie innn, health v nod strong, p" Hit'I asked the measure of hi* days. w* * " il! lliiitv ye.tr* en em thee |" * ? How short a time !" exclaimed m?n: - m ?? ?wvw xnert- iixmi* w h*?' <vt??i ~ k le I? I til . lit. il I , wTTen hM i tr?*e# I na e planted are tiiioiit to l?|. o.o il r and !? .r trun *h>n tile sit <il -eem o , me in #t d?tita'tiv. I {.bah tie It Na | tlt-o. u-.fl tile icllger period !" ' ''I * Jiott slltll tot e toe eig It \ of i ! the a # b side-.." B r "Th i * not enoitjlt' ny i <1 nitttt. , ' 1'ak like* *. tin- tw.it. \**.< ?. the OI' : dog.". * oil "It i-* not v-: Mttji. ii ,t," i. nor i an 4" "give in more." *w "I give ilim: then, the leu V e.i|> >1 ii6 1 ftpe . ill vain wilt ittouc aou ino.e." * M?n departed unsatisfied. Tints inau live* seventy vrnr*. The * '< I first thirty ate Irs litt iittt v af#, tin) pa-s c" swiftly *>y. lli*in then liealtny mid h ?,i 3"* py. l!n hiUira'checrfully, ftltd rejoiee* in J*1 i lit* I'Nhti'iim*, The eighteen of the >* ' ?' j itniiM licit ; burden u|k>ii burden i.? hea; r,N ed upon nim ; lieearnesthe cttrn tliwt t* 11"* t<t fed other*; blow# and kick* are the Pi( reward# of hi# fnithfnl #ervie?. The P<J twelve of the dog follow, anil he haw# hi* teeth; and lies down in the c rtter ami growl*. When these are gone, the ape's ,rJ \ ten year# foim the conclusion. Then V? man, weak and nilly, becomes the spoil *0 of children.?Translated frotn the Ger Mi man. Me f PaovKRba on Women.? Wlten cat* Me i i wash their facet, had weather is at hand; tr< | when woman ?*e washes to their Com-' c? plexeiu, it is a true sign thai the beauty ? ' i of tlieir day ia gone. c*? Many powder their fac<# tha their skin * I may seem, white; il is a# a poulterer in flour# an old lien, that it may pats for a 11,1 ten.ler chicken. I1'1 ' The stepping stone to fortune is not io ?>e louwi in a jeu?iMtra snop. i'? How many women have Iwrn ruined *' by diamond**; a* Stt>1 catchers entice ilie w' lark Iroin heaven., lu earth with sparkling H" glass. Li e lh<> oiliirml l*>tlle* in * hernial'* t!Hi wimlow, is tli?* rouge on the cheek* of n iia maiden ; it attract* I ho passer* l?y, hut '?> nil know tin* drug they alvertiae. Choose not your wire*, * yon do grapes ro from tho hlooin on l!o*m. or He who marries n pretty face, only, in ?> like H huyer of cheap furniliire?the v?rnislt that caught the eve will not endure the Hre-aitlo blaze. va The girdle of beauty in not a *t?y-lac?. Thla i* not the only excuae for tight la |w cing ;?A good house-wife altould ItAvn no "" wante, do Wneu n maid taken to apaiiieU ate] th narrot* it nunix iluo liar liainiu 1. ? ?h I I " ~?* """ J ' gone (? III* <log?, ami iIihi henceforth Iter ??' life w 4 birden to li?r. ** 1 The inoutli of a wi*? women is Ilk n th money box which k wmhnn opeinxl, mi b* ' i lint much treanure i-omw h>rth from it. p* Store up the truth, O, woninu 1 Be to ' charitable unto thy fallen ?i?UT, Inmate jf not the *tngt that eh nee troin their henl S itiAr woinujeil companion. The wine wife opponeih wrath with ni kiiitfitwa A ?nnd beg will atoo a can th ' imn bill b> its yielding. A goo*i woman " 1 i? tike n eomtnon fkiiilu, age o?iy ma ken w i. tone* we*tor. lh "Kiggt r- voe't .? . .M> iliwy f UMttt t- ^ V ed neacdht fvU un. lexttlaa on to a lamp M - poet. **V#li, infrlmii-they roii'l; i?ut I'm k a tgp r rn ICS t stand, nny hoW * I f MiKlKULTUHAL. rboricultur#?Treatment of the Soil. Nurserymen hafe H good opportunity ! H.-0<riaining,the iniiuetice ot deep and J spent loosening of Or? soil. The usua' act ice in this country ia to plow between I e row* ot trees, as deeply as a one- I >rse plow can go with safety to the roots, d then to follow with a cultivator or | Tse-hoe. The plow ia used two, three, /our times a year, according to the tineas or looseness of the soil, and the liivator as often as once a fortnight, say to October. This is not only 1 ecdttumical mode of caiture, but, in is ctwTniry, the very best that could t>e lowed. It protect* the trees against a etlccts ot' our long und severe oughts. It is very c-SKi) 11.011 to see nurry trees, thus treate?l in a tine growing ndition ; while others, that have been i*rely surface dressed willi a hand-hoe, s completely at a stand still. If we m over giound that has U*en kept tincand deeply pulverized by Ircqucut slirig, we tind moisture even in the driest ues ; while grouud that has been left stirred until it has beeoinu hard on the rface, wiHtuin up as dry and as warm though it had been bake I in an oven, our grounds, a plot of Norway Spruce planted in beds of six rows each, w ith balance of about eight, en inches be eeti the rows ; the plow and cultivutor nnol pass l?lween them, and they have be band-hoed. Between the beds, iwever, there is a space of three or three d a half feet, which is regularly dreaawiih the plow and horse-hoe ; and the I we on euuer stue ol tins space have in ? ree years grown nearly twice an large ? those dressed with the hand hoe only. < ic year we took it into our head to i ow a crop of Carrot* among some ' ws of young apple trees. The rows > re three and a hal feet apart, and we wed one row of Carrots in the center. I tm prevent) d the use of the plow and 1 ??Hr ?w Wy me __ iffirHtie'. riilwi tal we observed dial |a*rtiou ol the plot of appie trees not i ?|>}?*?l wiihcunota, Ion wmkcd in the ual way with plow and cultivator, were xoit twice as large as the others, and l e\ wi-ni leaiiv in irket-ihie two Years ' oner. ?* tin<11liii <le> |> cult me has the same l net on root uro|M H*e Carrots, Tur- ' l??. Ac.?H.-> it has on trees ; the frccim us)' p! 'he cu.nvpior will produce ice the bilk oil lie aiu.o ground na ' n>i oeing ine. ij . Ii.s is our cxperi- I ce at least. Bin we will la* l>>ht thai it is itnpossi ' s to use ihe plow and cultivator in or- ' ar>is and gardens, and >>n lawns, door- 1 rda, Ac. Wo know this ; and our oh 1 it in ailu-iiiig to them is to show the 1 lueiice of deep endure around the 1 ata of trer**. Where ti ey cannot !* I S)l. we tmui substitute some other iiu- ' anient* mat will serve the same pur 1 me. The common lu?e will not ; it is a 1 or implement, useful in a few instances ' ly,and far more popular :n this conn- 1 t than it deserve* to l>e. In the case of ' ling orchards, ve would by all means 1 [vise cropping the ground w ith soiv.enig that would require coustanl oulliva- 1 in?Potatoes, Carrot*, ljeets. Turnip*. ' ? I rraiti ( * rucu dtr/1 Pivm - k - 1 ' w.?.,?w w. ii ? rvjn, Minimi j avoided an utterly rtiiuous to young ?es. Com is losa solium tlie others, lajumj il is plowed auj hood ; but it lolherw the iree*. if young, and puts a inpielv Stop to their growth. Where grain wop may he absolutely necessary an orchard, a strip should las left in ie with the row? of trees, so that the r?w and cultivator might be used. In plowing nesr tree?, a slow and gent horse should be used, with long traces, neb give steadines* to the plow. The nfHo trees should In- as short a* possible, d nave mi eaoh end a piece of Cloth or die. mblter, so as to prevent injury in se il strikes the tree. In this way a retul handy man can plow within a v inches of the trunk of the tree. In i>wing directly over the roots, the fur w should lie regulated so as not to cut tear them, and the plowing should ah iys extend at least two or three feet bend the roots. Where the use of the plow and cultitor is impracticable, a fomkiA Ao* ?r??L iff ind nt<>ut pro ?g* should Ihi used te- 1 ntedly during the season. This imple 1 out is mui li heller than a spade, aa it 1 tut not tut the root* ; and it is better an the .Htinmon hoe, because it enters 1 e ground deeply, and gives its tborigli stirring up. Puoh an implement this is extendrely usetl in France. In e nurseries it is in general use, the rows ring generally so rlonely planted as to event the passage of a plow or eultivarhetween them. The latter implements knhtlrml by Kuropean nursery met) ^Hewhat barbarous at auy rate. Hp have known people to ha so (earnest they should disfigure their lawn, at they would endearor to plant trees ' the smallest p<*sib!e openings, ami i?uld immediately replace the turnaround iem. Is it not evident that a tree so lasted must either die or grow feebly I o plant a true on a lawn properly ami iwesnfuHv, a wide holeshouWf he cut for. tre Jkvj/I, bicau auu UW'piy pillVcriZeU It several yvsars, until the tree bus sent 01 numerous and powerful roots in all d rections. No matter when or how tret are planted, this after culture is absolute ly necessary and we will say to those ah have planted recently; that Unless the bestow such labor on their trees, bette for them now to pull them up and buri them, and thus save all further expense Mulching?which means covering tb ground with half decayed manure, de Sayed leaves, or some such material?is i :ommeudable practice in the manage ineot of young trees, and of dwarf frui trees, and all others whose roots are nea .lie surface, and confined to a small space It not only keeps down a growth c weeds, but guards the roots against fre juent changes and the ill effects of a dry rig atmosphere. This, however, will no ender cultivation unnecessary ; for will til the mulching the grouud will setth Jown and become compact, unless of ar ixtremely sandy or porous nature. In s|teakiiig of transplanting, we ob ected to the application of manure aroum he roots, because they were not in > itate to make use of it; and we advise* ts being furnished as a top-dressinix aftei he trees had liecome established and tin oota aclive. This top-drewing shouk never be applied as long as the trees show lutticient vigor and luxuriance; but whei fieeesaary, it should always be applied it .he fall, so that during winter and sprinj t ma) be dissolved and converted into i state in which it may be taken up by tin roots. This applies to all sorts of natu ral and artificial manures or composts.? When applied in spring, they have n< lime to tan dissolved before the heat atu Jrought of summer comes and they an Jried up, becoming an injury rathe than a benefit. Liquid manure, however may he applied during the growing sea mn, and will be particularly beneficial ii ilry weather, h should i>e applied weak however, and in sufficient quantity t< reach the roots ; a small portion thrown rm the surface evaporates immediate!) wnuout enccimg mo inwt gwo. 1.. ...j dressing" w?t>r snauu? a?d composts, sort ot forked spade should be user which is far better than a common ?pad< lw tig much less liable to injure the roots and'it stirs up and loosens the soil with out turning it over, just as a subsoil plot loosens and pulverizes the subsoil wiihou I blowing 'tup to the surface.?P. Baiir' in Ilorti. Savi.no Wukat.?Willi the presen tcarotty of wheal, and consequent liigl price of door, it would seem scarcely no jessary to urge the saving of a large crop [ lit we ot the cotton growing couuti) liave been so much accustomed to relj upon others to do tins tiling for us, tha it muy not be amiss, to remind our plan Lers, liow easily they may do it tor tliein reive*. it may be true, that ours is no peculiarly a wheat country, yet it is i crop, that very often succeeds, and ii quality, ours is the very heat wheat thai is raised, producing tuuro flour, and tha ut better quality, li.an (hat produced ii those countries upon which we are ne customed to rely tor oor supplies'. W< advise therefore, that our plana shall la made out, for a crop that shall at leas itippiy our wants, if we do not underlain to do more. On some plantations, wit! oil better suited for gram than cotton we doubt not, in the end, it would la louuU a profitable change, to make whea for market. Wo may not be siistamei in this position, by a comparison of eroix [ier acre, for a single year, but when tin Lime appropriated to the wheat crop ii compared with that necessary for the cul livation of cotton, the benefits to tin land, and the oppor unity afforded foi making manure and other improvements thai! ail be taken into the account, w< diould not doubt that the correctness o jur proposition will tie seen, aud w*> hop* adopted, at least to such an extent, as t< greatiy increase the wheat crop at th< South. This month is the time for sowing many of the varieties. In order to sue coed well, our preparations should Ik good. It is a.vain ho|*>, to expect gin* crop*, when the seed are scattered upoi unbroken, grassy, rough land, to be pu hi with a single plowing; yet this is al which is done on mo?t cotton plantation* No such expectations would be indulget in Virginia, or New York. The prepara lions tor wheat should be deep, ami llior ougli, and the pulverisation complete.? We onlv set before v?u what ourht to Is U 9 ? - O - - ] done, Nnd leave you to your own choio of mean* for it* accomplishment. Iloi many timea the land should lie plowed and what plow aliould lie used, must 1> determined by the circumstances of end cane, varied of course, by the charade and condition of tbe aoil. To atoid inul aoak the aeed wheat in a decoction < blue atone for aome twelve hours bef??? sowing. Tills we are quite sure is a goo remedy. it is vert confidently assert e< thai the same result may t>e prudweed, b soaking in strong brine, and then roilht in lime. Never sow wheat when the Ian ie muck wee?'Soii of the South. Look oct, fa km una.?wa team fro* Uie Clayton ltanner, (Harbour Co.) tk tlvere has been considerable eicitemft caueed iu that County, in consequence numerous suits which have been instil t; r 4 ->1. vtif /A.. - * , 7 ^ * '***?. . ,?, ' >r te<l agamRt a number of farmers, by one it Klias M. Keils, under Section 030 of the i- New Code, which reads: * "All owners of^ cotton pins must mark h upon each hale of cotton ginned at such 0 gins, the initials of their names, and the y county in .vliich such gin is situated; an>l T failing so to do are liable to a |>enaltv of n five dollars on each hale, to he recovered > by any person suing for the same." e The suits which have been brought hv this man Keils, the Banner says will a 1 mount to the nice little sum of about ~ #20,000. The citrons of that County sre holding meetings expressive of their r indignation, against the legal proceedings ^ just instituted aga nst a large number of the farmers of that County. We would advise our farmers to look out, there may he some Keils amongst us.?Alabama Standard. i ' "ISCELLANEODS" ( Macaulay r "Grace Greenwood" thus sketches Mai caulav the celebrated English llistori) an : 1 "I have met Maeaulay befo.e, but as i you have not, you will of course ask a lai dy's first question, "How does i.e look ?" X "Well, my dear, so far as relates to the i mere outward husk of .he soul, our eug gravers and daguerrotvpists have done . their work as well as they usually do ? - The engravings that you get in the best s editions of his works may be considered, I ] suppose, a fair representation of how he g looks when hi sits to have his picture tar ken, which is generally very different from ?t the way anybody looks at any other time. - People seem to forget, in taking likcuessD es, that ike features of the face are nothing but an alphabet, and that a dry, dead [> inap of a person gives no more idea how n one looks than the simple plcseutalion of r, an alphabet shows what there is in a - poem. a "Macau'.ay's whole physique gives you 1, the impression of great strength and stam>, ifm of constitution. He has the kind of ; name which we usually imagine as pecui* liar. English; short, stout, and firmly . r knit. There issonteiing hearty in all his t j demonstrations. He speaks in that full, r 1 round, rolling voice, deep from the chest, I which we also conceive of as being more ! common .n England than America. As I to his conversation, it is just like his writII ing: that is to say, it shows very strongly * the same qualities of mind. i "I am informed that lie was famous for r a most uncommon memory ; one of those f men to whom it seenm impossible lo forget 1 a thing once read ; and he has read all * sorts of things that can be thought of, in all languages. A gentleman told ine that 1 1 he could repeat all the Newgale literature 4 i hanging ballads, last speeches, and dying ? o nfessio is; while his knowledge of M.I- 1 [ , ton is so accute, that if his pocra^ were 1 blotted out of existence, they might he re 1 j stored simply froiu his inemery. This * same accurate knowledge extends t?> the J Latin and Greek olmaica and so inuch of i the literature of modern Europe. Had 1 nature been requ red to make a m in loot 3 dor, Tor a jierfect historian ; nothing el-e 4 could have been put together, especially ?1 since there is enough of the poetic fire in3 eluded in the composition, to fuse all the*e 1 multiplied materials together, and color i I the historical crystallization with them. | * "Macaulav is ?bout fifty. He lies nev91 er married ; yet there are unmistakeahle 1 9; evidences, in the breathings and aspects " 1 of the family circle by whom lie was ?ur9 ; rounded, thai the social part is not wantr ing in his conforinasion. Some very ? charming young lady relations seems to , 91 think quite as much of their gifted uncle ^ us you might have done had he been 8 i yours. 9 "Mac-inlay is celebrated as acontroverB sialist; and, like Coleiidge, Carlvle, and almost every one who onjoy* this reputa ( tion, he ha* eometimes lieen accused of not allowing people their fair share ill con3 venation 1 his might prove an objection I jtosslbly, to those who wish to talk; but 1 as I greatly preferred to hear, it would 1 prove none to me. I roust say, however, I J that on this oocation the matter was eqtiii L ably managed- T ere were, I should ' think, some twenty-five or thirty at the ' breakfast table, ami the conversation form , * ee itself into little eddies of two or three " around the table, now nud then swelling ft /vnt aiitix m. - > ft !><> if /wahasuI . - UUI. IIIW r* gioai vi ^uuciio UWtll^ 9 | lion. [ Ooihoto ('hi'hoh?Finer Timk.?The H Knickeibocker tells an amiHing anecdote ' of old Peter 0., halo, hoarly, hardT working, Muff, blunt, open hearted farm^ er, who thought more of looking after hi* " etock and farm, than of visiting a house ^ of worship on the Sabbath day. A near I' neighbor, who waa hia very opposite and ' thought it sacrilege to iniaa a regular 7 church meeting, called Peter one (lav, and ? asked him U? attend on the next Sabbath, " to hear parson ?- preach; who by the way had built op a large church in I the same village. So Pete* promised that ? he would be there on nest Sunday.? et Punctual to the time, an Peter thought, nt but a little la'e, he aimed at the door ? racnced. PetertnoSe^at the door.-^ * 'T^ 1 *&ty ** % , U . &. : Sr? . - V - I Some one sitting near o|>eiieJ it. In ' walked Peter w.th hie ever blunt "How do ye do ? how do ye do V and looking up at the minister, he said, ' Sir, how d' do ?" and walking the ai e 1 e spoke to every one, all of whom he knew. When his friend who invited hint tip to seat him in his pew, he grasped him by the hand and in a loud voice "How are you? and how are y?Ui> i" which made such an unusual commotion, that the whole congregation was in a titter during the whole sermon. This was his last visit to Parson D '* Church, he said said they w^re the most dry and unsociable people he hud ever seen, when they had got on their Sundav-go-to meeting faces. A Just Vbrdict.?A mercantile firm at Columbus, Miss., liave succeeded hi obtaining $5000 damages against Mr. Sheldon P. Church, proprietor of oucof those contemptible, liiielious coneeens in ihis .. ?:i- A ? i. V.VJ) vnuv\l C% mulVAIIUiU flUCIICt . it appears that in 184 ', this Bt-otirdu-l Church represented that two of the linn weie incompetent business men. and the other partner?a resident of this citywas an unprincipled character"?fals< hoods th it operated detrimentally to them at the time. The verdict was a just one, and \r.; trust that it will serve as a warning to those who make their living by disreputably trafficking in men's characters and private affairs. These "mercantile agencies," remarks the Albany Knickorbnvkei. are peculiar to N. York and Host n. They have grown np within the pa t few years and are well calculated to effect a great deal of mischief. For di tr qiv r confidence between man and man, wo can imagine no institution mure- adudi-..bly fitted. To keep those agencies j?u?U I up, each and every citv, village end town in the United States has a spy, i\ hose bu?: neasit is to pry into every man's busirushabits and preserve pots, and report the same to head quarters. Does Mr. Smith, a sioo k i .< t' Smithville, give a party th'it c*?u ling more ilian it sboul-.l, forth v illi. ,?,dr. Weasel the spy drops a I " r to th agency, stating Smith is tn' ' , e>;. travagnntly, and that his credi or? Innl h? i ter ask for an endorser to hi- j. j or. A few weeks after this, Smith coin??> ?<> NewYork to lay in "hi< fall sir v.* Ho calls on Silk, lhickram A Co.. the nier chants with whom he has formerly dealt, and is received with all the gva possible. Smith orders up hi* invoice.? Silk is happy to receive his order.-, but times aro so tight that they nnt i ask an endorser. Smith is five handled ini?es from home?knows no one of whom 1 could ask such a favor. The e >n--' ;;Knoi is, Smith gets the blues?returns homo? shuts up shop and blows his brain* oiit.? And why is all this ? Simp?v, he .-ause Weasel questioned his ability to have boiled salmon for dinner. We - oij *e in a while gels his foot in it?lie lie- about t te wrong man. When such is the ens , Weasel gets "pulled up" and put through h course of sprouts that costs from five to ten thousand dollars. Jurors ?r down on this sort of people, and we rejoice Ihnt they are. A few well directed veiji^s will tend greatly t.? the breaking up of this nnmanlv mode of securing debts.-4? Ma ttonal Mom tor, "Home Ao-ain " We have often ol>served that (hestrong feeling of attachment to the hon <o of their nativity, which seems most markedly to characterize South Carolininns, is never suffered to die out by those of them w!jo emigrate to other States. In a majority of instances, these emigrant* are possessed to the very last with tin- "animtis revcrtendi and sooner or later, many of them manage to get "home ngnir," where nothing absolutely bars that consummation We know of ?eveia] who have within the last year or two returned to old Edgefield. \Vc know of others 1'iut are lookiug this way with the same intention. And we can think of several ntOfUwhom we would delight to welcome back to their dear native land, krowing full well that it would "Fill their souls with joy. To meet their friends once inorc." Speaking upon thin subject the "Black Hirer Watchman" thruthfuJIy remarks that there "Are few South Carolinian* t\lm have travelled into other State*, who have not in time, cast "longing eyes" towards Ot "worn out soils" of the P.thp'tto Stan-, and we know that most of l!< m would rejoice if *hey could enteitsiti any asMirance that their bones would repc^e b?? ' neath thffchnde of the Palmetto l're?."-? 1 Edgefield Ad pert iter. The Quarterly Keview, <? nn auew. r to lite question, "What is mnti. says? * J I ')i.-ini<-?llv MionViiior. a roan is iivrJt-.ivo M pntimU of car Con an*l uitr five and a half paiUf'tl at wain*." ChtrJim m an*?*r to tlx* ijiioii. ,., What in woman I* *ar*?M< lvrmifnliv pealting, A wotnnn UonV> Inutd . poind * of fltah and blood, l*r?> i!le? U n pound*of cotton, ,c?? ppnndot -> Itorto, with an indefinite anr ; ?j>4.fMfeh?ia& J%nu?K goedia???**?,itn [to jndfA of tom?n, v.