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nVOLUMK IV LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21,1355 NUMBER 0 . *
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" NOT A FICTION.
'SKETCH OF EDO Alt A. POE.
It it ft weary tale to tell how ofteu he
tepented and was forgiven ; how he passed
from the editorship of one magazine
lo another; how he went froin city to city
and State to State?an energetic, aspiring,
sanguine, brilliant man?bearing
the curse of irresolution?never constant
but to the dangerous besetments of dissipation
and profligacy; how friends ad vised
hint and publishers remonstrated; how, at
t>ne time he had :
II IO |/IU|?Vll9la
ty so as to chII himself in a letter to a
friend, ? model ol temperance ami virtue;
and how, At nnotber, he forfeited the high
occupation (editor) which was the ao!e
dependence of his fiw.ily, by frequent relapses
into hiit former dissolute habits; how
he committed under the excilemuot of intoxication,faults
and excesses that were un- |
pardonable, how he forfeited the eetei m
of the public, even whilst his talents commanded
admiration; how he succeeded in
bringing many literary speculations into
life, which his vicious habits and inattention
to business murdered in their youth;
bow be became a continued inebriate,
with only now a..d then a fitful hour or
o with which to throw oft* on paper the
vagaries of a mind rich with learning and
imaginative fancies; how his young and
beautiful wile died, broken-hearied, and
bow he became so reduced in ap|a>arance
m no longer to be able to make bis appearance
among bis friends; how his wife's
mother, constant to his fallen fortunes,
and anxious to concenl his vices, went
with his manuscript from office to office,
and from publisher to publisher, in search
of means to suitKWt limit bow. fur a little
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while lie shook off the lethargy of intuxicatiou.and
appeared in the guy, aristocnttic
wealthy citizens of New-York city ;
liow be was caressed and admired, feted
and congratulated by the ( entity, fadiion
and elite; how the efforts of his magic
pen and toworing genius were sought by
fir a! publishers; how he waa engaged
to be mtrried the second time to an accomplished,
wealthy, and tMrniitifnl young
lady; and how the engagement was Una'ly
broken off through his return to !.i*
pernicious habits. It was a weary, melancholy
tale indued.
The versatile, unhappy, scones of Edgar
A. Poo's life were soon to close?
snapped rudely asunder by his own hand!
He had partly recovered from his dangerous
course, and was engaged in delivering
lectures in different town*. They
were unanimously attended ; and it w??
with something like renewed confidence
(bet Uie ardent friend# of the distinguished
lecturer watched hi* conduct, which wm
now distinguished hy extreme sobriety.
He even appeared to hare renewed hi#
rigor and youth, and it w#? with pleasure
and delight that hie friend# and ac
qtiaiutam-e* received him into their aoci<cty
and home# again. At the brilliant
paitiee given at the house# of hi# generous
acqnaintan-je#?at which he was tl.e
lion of the evening?Mr. Poe met with a
refine*) and lovely woman, whom lie had
formerly known. Their friendship was
reuownd, an attachment waa reciprocal,
and they were engaged to be married.?
Everything seemed to promise well; the
dawn of the better day appeared, and the
wistful reformation so long coming, seemed
to come at last! But it was not to be.
On a sunny afternoon in October, 1840,
he started to fulfill a literary engagement,
and prepare for hi# marriage. lie arrired
At Baltimore, where ho gave liia luggage
to a porter, with instruction* to cAiry it
lo til* railroad depot. In an hour he
would Mt out for Philadelphia. But be
would juat take A glare before he started,
fur refreshment# aakr, that's all. OI?, fatal
hour I In the gorgeous drinking reloon
Its met some of hi? old acquaintance*
And asaociatea, a ho itirfted him to join
them In a social glare. In a moment all
Ida good resolutions?home, duty, honor
.nil UlunM ? t
nwn wrnw *n? wrywn; ere
tlw night had mantled thoearth'a canopy,
ha >m ia a ?UtU of baaatly intoxlctlion.
, ? fnaaniiy cn*ued; ha *M taken to iba hor'*
"phal. and tha next mocaing ha died a mi**
eeabla rating maniac. Poor, nttfortUAate,
-H ihfaklad evaatara! Ha waa thirty fiva
jreaw oM whan tbw laat rcena of bia lif?>
JLm^y -H-stiZi
JRnd ran dire, this no fancy ketah, or
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here recorded, but happened lo Edgar
Allen Poe, the Editor, Critic and Poet?
one of the most popular and brilliant writers
of America.
From the Portland State of Maine of 8d i net.)
Increase of Drinking.
The Prohibitory Liquor Law of Maine
was passed June 2, 1851. Similar laws
were passed in Massachusetts, Vermont,
Rhode Island,and other States, in the following
year.
It-is a matter of the gravest inquiry
ohg all classes of men as to the effect
of prohibitory statutes upon the p ublic
morals.
We do not propose in this paper to
| discuss the principle of prohibition hn?
simply to give certain facts furnished us
by the Reports on Commerce nnd Navigation,
by the Secretary of the Treasury,
showing the comparative consumption of
I liquors before anil sir.ee the passage of the
Liquor Law of Maine, and the correspon'
ding enactments in other States.
We give below a table showing the
value of the imports of wine, spirit*, ale,
<kc., for 1852, 1853 and 1854 :
Wines. Distilled Spirits. Ale, dtc.
1852 *2,203,321 *2.220,473 *257,440
1853 2.995.032 3.827,708 305,492
1854 3.370,002 2.000,262 507,009
In 1853, the importation ot It randy
was 3,747,378 gallons, Valued at *3,143,607.
In 1834, tho importation was only
2,029,570 gallons, valued at *2,083,105.
The value of brandy imjairted in 1853,
was 83 cents per gallon. In 1854. it was
102 cents per gallon. This fact serves
in part to explain tho falling off in the imp
>rts of brandy ?n 1864. There was a
*''?l\\e Tmp!orfTother descriptions ot
drinks increased largely in 1854 over
1853, as will be seen by examination of
tho above figures.
The scarcity of brandy in France has
caused an increase in the manufacture of
domestic spirits in lira country the past
year, which has been extremely profitable.
According to the census of 1850, (see
Compendium page 182,) there was an
annual production in the United States
of 41,? 04,224 gallons of whiskey and
high wines, 0,500,000 gallons of ruin,
and 2.179,405 barrels of ale.
The wine manufacture was not reported
in 1850, but it has since grown into *"inportance
at the West.
In 1852, we ?xported the follow ing distilled
spirits of doinerlic or home manufacture,
as follows?
In 1852?
Gallons. Value.
Of Grain 136,347 *48.737
Of Molases 1,102,690 323,940
In 1853?
Of Grain 30OG33 *141,173
Of Molnses 1,065,390 329,381
In 1354?
I Of Grain 780,056 *280,648
Of Mo!;.** 2,120,020 800,005
The exj>or'* of foreign ?|?irits in the same
yenr, were a* follows?
In 1852?
Gallon*. Value.
Brnn.lv 48 48* $51,507
Manufacture* of drain 10 801 0,012
u of oilier material* 0 ,009 25,505
In 1858?
Brandy 51.110 $72,590
Manufacture*of Grain 20,401 10,352
" of other material* 78,553 39,447
In 1854 ?
Brandy 88.913 $130,018
Manufacture* of Grain 38.835 28,429
u of other material* 118,831 01,207
It will Ihj perceivejl by li.e above tig
lire U"H IIIV ummij r*|w?noi nu?nnv^i
from 104 >nlt per gallon, in 1(52, to
164 cents per gallon in 1854.
American rum inamifacturtd from Mi
I??? *, advance*! from 20 cenU per gallon
in 1862, to 80 rente |*?r gallon, in 1854
while the price of molasses did not adv.incc
in price at all. The price of tnolasee
was a trifle leae in 1854 than in 1852.
The increase in the manufacture of ?li?
tilled spirits and vine has been vastly in*
ereaaed during the year 1854.
"Bill, dhl you ever go to sea I"
4?V/? Kill T rlAuiiltii] Ana r\f tKn 68IWM nf
Florida onc?.n
-Pu^ibUi r
"Whkb ona F*
Tina o?? thai bekmg* to Lilly Jom<
of IblhthtMto. i fi -*4
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It is a mistake to think that children
love the parent* less who maintain a prop- 0
er a authority over them. On the con- r
trarv, they respect them more. It is a a
cruel and unnatural selfishness that in- jj
dulges children in a foolish and hurtful t<
way. Parents are guides and counsellors f,
to their children. As a guide in a foreign e
land, they undertake to pilot them safely
through the shoals and quicksands of in- y
? '
?*|r*-nciirc. ii me guide allows bis fo'lowers
all the liberty they please ; if be- y,
cause they dislike the constraint of the fc
narrow path of safety, be allows thcin to b
stray into holes and precipices that destroy
them, to slake their thirst in brooks that It
poisen them, to loiter in woods full of wild
beasts or deadly herbs, can he be called w
a sure guide i And is it not the same ?C
with our children? They are as yet? nly in
I the preface, or, as it were, in the first n(
I chapter of the book of life. VVc have
nearly finished it, or are far advanced*? t|.
We must open the pages fur these young- u
ei minds. If children see that their pat* je
ents act from principle?that they do not m
find fault with >ul reason?tliHt they do
not punish because personal offence is giv- n(
en, but because the thing in itself is w rung ]0
?if they see that while they are resolute- w
ly but affectionately refused what is not j|,
good for them, there is a willingness to
oblige them in all innocent matters?they
will soon appreciate such conduc;. If no fo
attention is paid to the rational wishes?if w,
no allow ance is made for youthful spiritB re
?if they are dealt with in a hard and a
unsympathising manner, the proud spirit nc
will rebel, and the ineek spirit be broken. ^
Our stooping to amuse them, our cot descending
to make ourselves one in their or
plays and pleasures at suitable limes, will g|,
!S8iHf?R Wto'V'ir.eAi, At otlit r cu
times we refuse to do so. A jairt or im?
proi?er way of speaking ought never to be
be allowed. Clever children are very
apt, to lie pert, and if too much admired
for, and laughed at, become eccentric and [f
disagreeable. It is often very difficult to j co
check our own amusements, but their fu- ' U!)
turc welfare should he regarded more than '
our present entertainment. It should ; Qf
never l>o forgotten tliHt they are tender ! ^i,
plants committed to our fostering can? 0j
that every thoughtless word or careless* j,,
neglect may destroy a germ of immorta ity?"that
foolishness is bound up in the j(j
heart of a child"?and that we must ever, C>1
like watchful husbandmen, be on our ! jr
guanl against it. It is indeed little we 1 |r)
can do in our strength, hut if we are con- l(,
scivntious performers of our part?if wo q
earnestly commend them in faith an I ni
prayer to the fostering care of their Fath p|
er in Heaven?to the tender love of Him, jfl
the Angel of whose presence goes l?efore e(
them( and who carries the>e laml>s in his
Itosmn?we may then go on our way re- j
joieoing?for "He will never leave nor
forsake those who trust in Him." n
The Latk Lkoacy to Davidson Col* '
I I'Ott ? TtlA ^Alllll^vn
| a fiv VVHM*KIII A IV9UJ ICIIPH| "I
this week, aaj *:
Tlio statements made in our public
journals with regart to the amount of Mr. |,
Chaintwrs' munificent l>eque*t to David- ' b
son College have l?een so VMrioiia that wo ; |,
are gratified in having received a full tl
statement of the matter from the lips of w
one of the Trustees of the College, who U
is also Pastor of the Church of which Mr. w
C. died a uiemlwr. The exact amount of ct
the legacy cannot bo ascertained at prcs- ai
ent, inasmuch as special (requests are to d<
bo pa hi out of the estate of which the ir
College stands as the residuary legatee, it
No dot:tit, however, ia entertained that C
the College will rcceivw the sum of two at
hundred thousand dollars, ami |reiha|?s a , o|
larger sum. j It
Mr. Chambers also left property and J e:
money, amounting to $.10,000, or mote,
t > the Presbyterian Church at SalisbuJ 0|
ry* . oi
We do not remember a similar instance u
of liberality toward the Church and her
institution* in our country.
Truth.?'iruth alone mar not conrti u
lute ? great man, but it it the inoet im
portent ingredient in (reel character il ?
exalts and extends its own qualities, it u
give* confidence to those who serve en- *
der him, security to those who employ 4
him; and, in the worlds! large, H inspires C
a solid snd permanent admiration, which u
maintains, end at lest eerpeaaee and out- *
Uvea, the enthusiasm excited by the tern- *
poeaty enemis. <
"No, I won't! 80 now there's an end
fit!" You won't? Whether you arc
ight or wrong depends on what it is you
re asked to do. If a bad or unworthy
hing, the sooner "I won't" is said the bet3r.
But there is a way of communion*
ng the same idea,far more emphatically
ven without using the angry words.
If it be a good thing be carcfu! how
ou commit yourself by saying "I won't"
>0 soon. Once said you feel pledged to
our word. And, even if you relent, you
iel half ashamed at having to contradict
y your acts your uttered resolve.
But "t n't" is an angry expression, I
, savours of doggedness?determination
? take one's own course whether right or
long. If not uttered in anger, it is apt
> excite ange- and resistance in the one
? whom it is addressed. The words are
it of mildness, but of stubbornness.
Yet not always so. "I won't!" says
le careless mother to her fretful child.?
ut the very next minute the mother rent*,
and the child learns that "I won't"
cans nothing but temporary anger.?
cxt time, the child will teaze longer,
;ver heeding the "I won't" which, it has
tirned, means nothing. The pledged
ord has not l?een kept to the child, and
e child soon learus to disregard the litre
r.
Those wh) have a disregard for the
clings of others, will be careful of giving
ay to their angry "I won't." A good
solution may be expressed as firmly in
kind tone as in an unkind one. It is
>t necessary to bristle up, in order to reive
firmly.
One need not be namby-pamby either
doubl-faced, pulling on an assumed
loothness, with the claws clutched l?eItivate
the habit of gentleness in words
well as in acts, and yet be full of un nding
resolution.
"Cultivate the habit of gentlenes I" you
claim. Ye*, we reply. It can be done,
lias often been done. It is imposiltle to
>mmand one's temper; it is possible to
e gentle words instead of ungentle ones;
is possible to he inihl and firm, instead
' fretful and tierce. The habit of genmess
may be cultivated as well at that
peevishness, the habit of amicability
stead of that of anger.
"Happy is"the mail whose habits are
is friends,," says the maxim. A in in
in cultivate his habits as he does his
it-nds. He can choose for himself. A
inn can govern his thoughts, control his
mjicr, elevate his aspiration, if he will,
n every side there are helps to iiappicess,which
any man may make use of to
romotc his personal well being, and to
nprovc his inner life, if he determines to
i.... .1
Il|?l??> IIICIII.
if such a temper and disposition he so- |
uiously cultivated, the irritnl>le-t>ro<litcig
exclamation "I won't" would Iks much
lore rarely heard in social and domestic
lie than it now is.
The Court of Claims.
One of the most important bills which
a* passed Congress within our reinemracc
received the filial sanction of the
g slative branch yesterday. We refer to
le bill to establish a 'Court of Claims,' to
hich we ventured not long since to invoke
le favor of the House of Representatives,
itli which it then rested. This bill was
tiled up yesterday at a favorable moment
nd the friends of it witely abstaining from
ebate, it was forthwith passed by a large
lajority. We should not l>? surprised if
saves one fourth part of the session of
ongrvsa now spent in the examination
ad discussion of claims. It will however
[ crate beneficently in a variety of way*.
. will not only secure to just claims an
irly hearing and prompt settlement, but
> will g-t rkl of the interminable renewal
f unfounded ones, and thus save the lime
f Congress from being wasted year aftr
year in the re-examinaliou of rejected
iaims.
The bill gives jurisdiction to the Court
> bear and determine all claims founded
pon any law of Congrrsa, or upon any
$gulation of Executive Department, or
pon any contract, express or implied,
ttb the Govern meat of the United States
nd ail claims referred by either llouse of
longreaa. The testimony in ell cases is
> be reported to Congress, md all upon
rhich favorable decision* are given sre
> be accompanied with a bill or bills to
arty them into effect, and with briefs
V. %..V wvaiu nuu IIOIU I
the chiimnnt.
It will be thus seen that the Court is to !
perform the work now laboriously butiin* j
perfectly done by committees, ami Con ;
gress is to revise the whole and act upon
tho subjects presented, as at present. On st
many subjects an opinion well matured ol
by the Court will servo as the basis for ac- ?(
tion on all similar cases ; and there will e1
not perhaps bo so many inconsistencies in m
legislation as at present, when the success ai
or failure of a measure depends in a great fu
degree upon the mood in which one House w
or the other may happen to be found when 01
the vote is taken. At all events there is tli
the probability of a more mature investigation
than by lire present mode, and it ra
is to be hoped we shall hear but little more co
of what is deemed worse than the "Maw's fi'
delay," the pendency of claims before Con- hi
press of half a century's duration.?~Ara. of
Intelligencer. 13
m
From the Home Journal. f(|
MEMORY efl
of
"Nature established a beautiful law,
when she ordained that memory should tj
ever be a friendly power, bearing the joys,
but not the woes, of each epoch to the one
which succeeds it." be
What a wonderful faculty is this of re! ,n'
inenibrunce! and who shall conjecture its l,e
agency as an instrument of reward or
punishment hereafter, when action shall
hare ceased to be the element of our ex- k"
iatence, and reflection, redundant in vi- ha
tality, becomes all-powerful, not, as now, *r
to be postpoued to more convenient seas- h^1
ons by any of the expedients of employ- f?r
ment or of amusement wo have here at so'
our command; when memory shall wavj 'n
her creati\e wand, and conjure from the *at
cd on'tlio tablet wnefe'are nwwravon"|YH
incidents, intentions and transactions ot a "
life ? If to my feeble pen be given the *bi
power to overleap a life-time, and bring *'3
before me persons and events so little in ea
accordance with iny actual condition as 9ni
to make me almost doubt my own ident- ou
ity, what may not be the capacity of its r,M
motive, thought, hereafter, when present S?
and future no longer furnish materials for to
its exercise and diversion, and the past be ,n<
comes the alim<>nt of our pleasures and er
our pains 1 There is something start- a"
ling in the idea of a union of all our Pr
moral faculties into one, and that one to
be the minister of our weal or woe, not 3iv
for a season only, but for eternity. And
yet, we regard memory as rather an oc- I
casional companion, than as an associate ^
who is to be our frend or our foe forever. !:c
We close our senses to her admonitions
now, or steep them in forgetfulness, when
lil
she threatens to be obtrusive; or we welcome
her with smiles when she comes with Wl
flowers from the lost paradise of youth, m
to revive with their fragance the blunted
susceptibilities ot age. Such, however,
as this last, through the merciful dispell- |
saiion of a Providence who permits no evil
without its attendant alleviation, is .
most frequently her blessed vocation 011
earth; for unless bound by conscience to
some absorbing and harrowing reminiscence,
her's is a generous urpose that delights
to combine wiih fancy, and to till
the mind with pleasurable images?with ,
... fei
reflections in which innocence has had '
part, and intention been too pure to be !
or
faithfully represented by practice. F?.r , .
myself, I dearly love this benignant em- j
ploy men t of plastic potreis, and often 1
yield to it so entirely as to forget that my j ^
indulgence may not be equally agrcea- j'
ble to others, to whom the incidents, without
the emotions they recall, may be deficient
in what constitutes, to ine, their M
principal attractiveness. But the desire
to smuM is, in itself, a merit, when connected
with nothing from which delicacy
should shrink, or refinement take offence;
and, therefore, although it is beyond my
ability or my endeavor to lay down such
rules as may make memory an abiding
comfort hereafter, I venture to hope such
exercise of l.er influence as has beguiled
niv own solitude, will not have entirely
uii
failed of present gratification to others.
W. B. II.
^ m ^ M
A OemtU Hint.?Why don't you get P'
married f1 *aid a young lady, tbe oilier c*
day, to a bachelor friend. tfa
**1 have been trying for the la?t ten t?
year* to find come one who would be silly
enough to hare ma," wne the reply. ?
"1 gueee you hara't been up o?r way,** 1 hi
| wm the insinuating aejeinder. p
L ? v,. . if H ? + j* t .ue -r? , 7 * NMb
MICULTURAL. !:
EARN BEFORE YOU SPEND. \ t
Bosweli, in his life of Johnson, tells a I
ory of a Mr. Langton, an acquaintance s
f the great lexicographer, who maintain- s
l a household in a style of elegance and I
ren luxury, apparently far beyond its <
leans, simply because ho never purchased |1
lything until he had the money to give j j
r it. The celebrated John Randolph is J <
oil Vn/Mv?v 1 '
?.. n.ivnu iu niitu smu, uiui mero was j
ic maxim worth more than all others, for t
le conduct of life, and that it. was, "pay j
i you go." As the experience of every t
an, who lias lived to the age of forty, ?
iucides with his opinion, it seems, at r
st, astonishing that so many people fall j
to pecuniary difficulties in consequence p
spending before they have earned.?
ut, in the flush of youth, present enjoy c
ent is nearly all that is thought of; the v
turn is dismissed with a shrug; every t
brt is made to forget the cold counsels t
wisdom. It requires, therefore, that j|
e great truth which we have placed at u
e head of this artiele, should he constant- h
obtruded on the public mind, and should
enforced again. Not only individuals, a
Joed, but States, nations and coinmuui n
s of every size, suffer by neglecting this a
Iden maxim. a
Why is so much specie now going to tl
irope? Because the country at largo h
s been spending money for French silks, i?
eneli wines, and other foreign luxuries, &:
foro it bad earned the solid cash to pay o
thorn. If we had waited until we had hi
d enough grain, cotton and provisions; w
other words, if we had kept ourimpor- a
ions within our probable exports, we ti
juld not now be compelled to sendsiuh ti
nrjnV.Y2 ouantitjes of "old nl.rnn.i _ <
it money is tight? Because they have
her been spending what they have not ft
rued, or have debtors, who having done i<
are unable to pay up. In short, all e
r existing evils can be traced back, di:tly
or indirectly, to the violation of this 1
Iden maxim. There is no touch-stone
prevent extravagance like that of pny*
cash for everything. If a housokeep- * '
divides her income into weekly sums,
d spends daily no more that that day's P
oportion, she is sure never to get behind c
nd. If the merchant, mechanic, opera- e
c, or retired gentleman, estimates what
can afford to spend annually, and rig- l'
ly pays cash, there is no danger of his J(
coming bankrupt through excessive exnditure.
What the safety-valve is to '
e steam engine, that is the maxim ; 1
am before you spend," to commence
o. If you "pay as you go," you will al- I
iys be independent, always \our own I
aster, because, never in debt.
[l'liil. Ledger. <3
MANURES. c
We bare a few words to say on a snb:t
which is generally admitted tobchn- i!
irtant, but which is two little understood; e
-wit, the absolute necessity of sustaining t
ils subject to tillage by tlie application a
appropriate fertilizing agents. Every a
aterial which, added to the soil tends to t
rtiiize it, is properly classed among ma- i
trrg. They are propcrallv divided into I
gaiiic and inorganic; the first cnibrang
aniin::I and vegetable substances t
hich have an appreciable quantity of ni- i
ogen; the last such as are puiely miner- t
or eurthlvf?nd which contain no nitro n.
A modern writer asserts that all i
rtile soils must have no less than lii'tecn, *
id more pr.bablv sixteen eleirtentary e
balances in various combinations. All ti
e ordinary cnllivnted plants contain pot
Ii, soda, magnesia, hIiiiiiim silea, oxide v
inaganuse, sulphuric acid, phosphoric li
id chlorine, frequently iodine; each of v
liich, except the last two, are in combi f
ilion with oxygen. In addition to these a
ey have xiao carlton, oxygen, nitrogen I
id hydrogen. It is therefore obvious
at such elements as all fertile soils furr.- f
sh to plants must be contained in ma* 0
ires. It is true that plants will grow in f
nd and water; and some atmosphere t
ants will exist in air; but lull maturity ?
in probably never be obtained without I
i? presence of every element which #n- <
en into the composition of plants. t
It is then a matter of the highest con- <
iquence to knew what substance* roey i
9 most useful as manures, and also hew <
? apply them in the beet mnnaNe^
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the inorganic manures, none is more e*tonti
I perhapi than aabe*. Although
he <|iiantity of ashes,^i comparison with
ho total weight of the vegetable is small.
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ret in a tew years the soil will become exinusteJ
?>f the principles necessary to
mstain luxuriant vegetation. Ashes ar<
iaiil to be to the earthly part of vegeta
>les, what milk is in the animal system.
>r barn yard manures to the entire crop:
I'lio question of the economy of the ap- y'-."1
>lication of ashes as a mtoiure, is one that
leservcs particular attention. They improve
ah soils not already saturated with
he j?riticiples which they contain. They
ire us?>d with decided advantage for pot.?oos,
turnips, and all roots, as well as for
>cas, hems, grain, and all grasses. Tliev
nay be drilled into the soil with mot and
jruiii, sown broadcast on meadows or
astnres, or mixed with muck heap.
The ashes of bituminous i ?i l anthraite
Coal have Ireen regarded by ?otne as
rorthlesa, but tiiough inferior in qnalitv
o those made from wood and vegeu.u.e?,
btv are as a manure, and may be used
u tlie. same manner. If tliev contain
nany cinders they arc better suited to ^
ieavy tlian to light soils.
Lime, next to ashes,either as a carbonte
or a sulphate, is useful in the improvtent
of the soil, and like ashes may be
pp'iid advantageously to every soil, not
Iready charged with it sufficiently. Says
je American Agriculturist, "It makes
euvy land lighter, and light land lieavir;
it glues adhesiveness to creeping
mds or leach}' gravel, and comparative
pennoas and porosity to tenacious clay*;
ud it lias a permanently beneficial effect
here generally used in disinfecting the
tinosphero of any noxious vapors exisng
in it. It not only condenses and relins
the volatile gases brought into conict
with it by the air and rains, but it
>lul>le ni alt ore in 111c son, iiiw
jod for plants. It has proved in many
lslances the wand of Midas, changing
vcrvthing it touched into gold."
COUNTRY PAPERS?THEIR USE.
Country p ipers are of much more use
linn people imagine.
They very materially aid in directing
ublic attention to matters in winch every
itizen of the county is mere or less intersted.
They contribute in a variety of ways,to
lie formation of public opinion, on sub?cts
of public interest.
They furnish very convenient mediums
or the discussion of questions of l .cal iuciest.
They aid in giving character and iin>ortance
to the country in which they are
ublished.
riiey stimulate a taste for reading, anil
lisrominatc, in the course of one year, a
ast amount of useful information, much
?f which would not reach a portion of their
eudera through any other channel.
They are of very essential use in a famly,
in fostering a taste for reading among
hihlren. County papers enjoy an ad vanage
in this respect, over paper* published
,t a distance, because many of their items
,re of a local interest, which naturally atract
the child's attention. The adverting
columns of these papers are particular
y attractive to this class of readers.
County papers by the h>eal information
hey contain, are often the mean* of drawng
new and valuable citizen* to the coonv
in which they are published.
They are of essentia! service in publishng
various items ?>f local intelligence in
vhioh tltc citizens are more or leas inter
sted, but of which many would remain
iuu>formed were it not for these paper*.
Ia short, county pap-rs add. in a orreat
- - - c*
imety of ways, to the chancier, intetigence
and prosperity of the county in
fhich they tiro puMiahod. And, thorn*
ore, hi'ivc strung claims for support upon
It who are thus directly or indirectly
benefitted by them.
As to the objection, which we not unreqnently
hear urged Against the Aopport gMta
>f county papers, that the prict clrargfodl
or them w too high. It may bo replied f*
hat the price at which the paper can t?
ifforded, depends mainly upon the num
tapr ?f ?U auUcribcr*. The chief expense v
>f the publication t ( a paper oonwet'mgra
Jne setting up of the mmu-r.one thoWad
vr even Wm thousand copte* een be fornahed
?U a eevy W"M addition to the ? * ^
>ver and above the coal of eompoeltkHfc
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