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m fmtmitx ?2 PER ANNUM SST^L'SSs&'S'SSJEMS* IN ADVANCE 3 /ainilg aui) ^nlitiral Utinaimpct?Ptuulti In ttic Arts, stientta, Eittrntnct, igiwtntina, Agrunltnrt, 3attrnnl Sinptoutuimta, ,#nrrigit nab Jlimitslic A'rina, anil tjjt Blarktta. VOLUME Vll . LANCASTER. C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT- 13, 1858. NUMRRRss tflfct ]\w\n\. 3 From the Philadelphia Evening Argtts. , rt*i Be a Woman ; jy Oft I've, heard a gentle mother, j ,ll( Ah the twilight hours began, | foi Pleading with a son, on duty, I co .Urging liitn to be a man j ne Hot unto her blue-eyed daughter, I ?t Though with love's words quite unready, 8,< . IfQiuts ehe out the other duty ? {Strive, m> deur. to be u I ad v." ; r?i What's n lady ? Is it something ^ Made of hoops, and Milks and airs, 1 pn Used to decorate the parlor, J ^ Like the fancy rugs and chairs ? Is it one thut wastes on novels | Kvcry feeling that is human ? pH 'If 'tis this to bo u lady,? ' ge "I'is not this to be a woman. j el Mother, then, unto your daughter j ? Speak of something higher far. j lei Than to he mere fashion's itidy? ' M" "Woman" is the brighter star. I "J Ir I,. i>, tai - J -?ii.wu, Urge your son to ben true man, Urge your daughter no lens strongly i To arise ami b> a woman. j pr lie i'ch, a w oman?brightest model j qf ()f that high and perfect beauty, j Where the mind, and soul and body , ){ lib lid to work ollt life's great duty. I wi Me a woman?naught is higher oil < )*. Hi.. gil>1..?| list of fame; | W1 I ! ._ ue of \ iri ue j *! ' I tir. .'liter. holier II.Illie. II it ?I III to ililt\ , | iSlI ?? ' i world from that'* low, j go I I ei iiigi. in the social heaven |'r V ir'ii? s I ir ami radieiit bow ; ! l.eiul iIt> iilliienee to each effort Thai shall rai-e our nature human ; j . lie not fashion's tgi'ded lady, ! , 1 lie He a brave, whole souled, true woman, j j( .frlrrtrii Ihirij. t THE JluKElhN YUliMi h.ihV.i"' ' g'1 Tint jiulilie are experiencing a vast null)- | ,s , her of sei.s tiions now a days on theiiltleli ,|e agitated subject of Woman. Her rights. j |||( Iter wrongs, tier troubles slid Iter trials, I H|| are being sounded forth from the brazen ||(J lungs nt semes ot \V inneii's Associations, ' Aiiiomoisting Conventions. and 1 foliating , ||4, tji'cieiies. Now, is ii not right lli.it some- a, body shihilj baud down 10 pn&teriiy an j , i ilagvieiiei?lV lio ol '.he ia.r creaiuie V(I| lor w ..ion a ! the revolution is being | .gin I We are not going to porti iy llio ideal w 0111:111 u* ew?vi>h and poets?nor the angelic woman lo whom i.i\m*-ts address nl' floret effusion* in execrable verse? l<)( nor the rotl Woman, whose pine and uii ,?( wearying devotion burn* unheralded be- H( hi<te (lie health ol Home? but simply I lie ( mixlern youm/ lui/y, whom you may e(|| in nearly every dwelling in New York?aye, hiuI throughout the whole j ec< United Slates, too, it you choose to seek i tr| for her. fu(. One might think, from the frequent m allusion* to "ros\ cheeks" in our national literature, that we abound in such natu t , ,thI advhiitsges, but that isn't (lie case.? j H(|( The complexion of lite modern young f/f-s lady is a dull lead white?like tallow or wj, discolored wax ? liei eyes like as though Hn, lliet had been boiled, and are about as 1 ^ d? void of expression as the optica o( any j,,,, wax do* in a shop window. iler hair, jK>| which she generally we?rs in a profusion |i|s of bushy ringlet*, is screwed up in bits of ) .)rt old newspaper all inglit mid half the next |(] day. Her hps aie pale, and her teeih uVv black and decaying?the result ol eating too imicn candy, cloves, and card anion ' jlol see is, ot which the modern young !adv ' a|M keeps a good supply in her poc.et Her i p|e shape "exquisite"?so all her female friends sat?bv which w? understand that pH| she is isll ami slim, like ail overgrown , celery aialk, and almut as large around ,.-ori the excruciating little waist as the diaiue | (I)|) ,it-r ot a moderately sized beau pole. j She is 'extravagantly fond ot reading;' Hp(, 1 a. _ li K. I 'I' VI k. I mi IMIUII HIMI IUIII .nuio uy IJ( ( .heart, and all the yellow coveted | e(|) literature as fast n? it issue* from the pre**. Indeed, she ouiet'ines write* poetry her eelt, of which we can devise no better < comparison than a quantity of thrice di qut billed milk. {She considers Shakespeare a low 'bore,' an J rational reading 'makes her red Lead ache !' | Prt Her health is extremely delicate ;? I altt strange to ray, she nt almost martyrised wa with those h<?r?id headaches in the morn slic mg, whenever she ha* danced and Mp|te<l am water ices until midnight the evening I mi- for fore. She I* afflicted Willi ' strange feel as 1 ing*" anil unaccountable fl tillering* of din the heait, >nd any lutle excitement throws j the her im.u strong hysterica. Ol cour*e, the tar moiiern young I tdy d< n't believe tit daily inc exercise?it would l>e I he <iealh ?? Iter to con walk h.df a block, unless iln-re is tt pro* ttai Iiect of meeting Theodora K\ipii*ne ?-n lei fro tdw??y, and then she will walk half tin: war down to tlte buttery without a mur- cell mor! j cidi She thinks it vulgar to know anything her aliotil household dunes ; never was in the j of i kitchen hut once, and then saw a spider, fnu and nearlv fainted away ! She don't bsf know whether soup it made in a frying i am pan or a tea-kettle; can't make bsoad i*-wh slnn't know the nse of a d>?h pan.?4MfiMK|| uldnVroaet n turkev if lier lift on it. It is so refined to be these subjects ! She ne?er sews-iliis part of l' >ld economy, together with tin sponsibililies, rests upon the irmg scolders of her tire other, who never coin plains, r "Arabella is so genteel ?' It mes off the parental garmei ver thinks of asking Arabella i. If I'eiers toes make a brei jcking rlepartinent, lie never < [jiiiring Ins sister's aid ', and il liore the muiher is, you are it pairing Arabella's clothes! She dotes on music ; spends nr hours every day in struinmii ano, and warbling sentimental e draw? divinely, and there a onstrosines in crayon and yva uiging up, framed and glaze< irlor walls, in everlasting evidm aims. She makes wax flowers and do work. She yyas finished1 at s fashionable seminary,' <rned to speak ungramtnavic id to dance 'sweetly.1 There" ing that she has received 'evei Sf. She canH bear the country, it id stupid ; she abominates a estie evening at home, becan osy : ? lien ner wenry ?i<l in r io play a tune for liiin, sin llie subject summarily ami he is too tired hut when Mr rainless comes in a few initio ird, redolent of Franginanni I, and repeats the reque t, she th smiling alacrity, and s ijms until you would think erallv coming to pieces. She goes to church repulhi unlay, (tearing a prayer hook Id and velvet, and whiie 106 I caching, she takes an inventor1 nnet, dress and color in the m e; she sliold think Mrs Jenki ashamed to come, week after at old Leghorn honnet ; is su i lather was ,s rich as the M is' papa, she wouldn't wear t i old silks to church ; wotu mi Seaw .<d don't had; this v lorced to lis\e recourse to iter I tie when the two poor Miss l>\ her pew in neat guighat > w v it I oar ! She never thanks any genilo >es lip In-, seat to her in a raih very iingiv because the infirm man wl.osits next to her don1 nseli' up into a fraction of no , to give liei ciinohne a fairoi is Iter pel fumed handkerchief ocraliu nose if simple calico a| r rustling silks and gossante lores children whenever she ci ricturesiiue ellcet by so doin, iv croas lo Iit liule brothers a home. The modern young lady alw.i lie He as the Saratoga season i and talks about rnelancliol il early ib-aihs. Whereup iks incredulous- lie's been ue than once in /hut imp! length mi boiled l>\ a skillfull series of liv sletic#, vapors, i irealies, and Miss Arabella g ratoga, while the rest of tin motnize pitifully at home, hi wiir.kle grows hy degrees < ehead. down in Ins little dus f room on Fulton street! Here she meets it young g< jally well slocked with senlii i silliness. She hills in love fini/ue g?aees and hyacintbe h his quotations of Alcxandt I hit agreeable coriversntioi i moonlight, music. &<*; aim ' aptitude at the rcdown, and ing smiles with which she li< whispered nothings. After a iluninary softness, he falls on a romantic manner, and dei rinsing passion, l'heti follows an episode of v i, shopping, snow-colored kit i orange blossoms, and the yo ?both of whom pul l >getli? at as much as an intelligent < id in hand on the journey of li y'll gel along together as I npamons, we will leave the tgiie. Header, this is an accurate del tched from real life ;?don't *e the exquisite character of c Young Lady f?Life Illuetr Currant Wink.? In answer t st of a correspondent, we give ing recipe. ilruise eight g. currants with onequartof ras as out the juice, and to (he r it pressure, add eleven gallon ter. Add two pounds of b< ed as thin as possible, to gi I let them infuse, with frequen twelve hour*; then pre** out tl before, and add it to the jam tolve twenty pound* of raw mixed liquor, ami three mine in powder. In some boors illation will commence; wh? iiplc-tc, add one gallon of bran nd for one week and then mcl it stand two titonihs. It n illy lie racked of)', and placed | sr. where it will keep for yeai tr while wine is a pleasant hi e U 11119 recipe. Mix eixieen tpple juice, MXleen |M>un<U ??l r ounce* of while urtnr, ei?cl< t one ounce eaoli of cinnamon 1 mere, nn?l Mm|>cn<l llieni in iie fermenlinjf. When litis f? feu complete, nrid one gallon < 3 depend- From the Ijoutmilte Journal. ignorant Terrific Adventure in the Mammoth Cave. be liotife- I At the supposed er.d of what has al a kitciieii Ways been considered the longest avenue much en- uf (||e Mammoth Cave, nine iniles from d looking jls ,.mran,.e, ihere is a pit, dark and deep however, (eniiile. known as die Maelstorm.? a bin ion 0f thousands have gazed into it ills, 211 pa with awe while 1 lengal lights were to sew ii ; ||irown down it to make it fearfully visisell in ilie |jUl ,10?e ever had the daring to ex lieains of plore it. The celebrated guide, Stephen, you ask wj1D was deemed insensible to fear, was ild she is offered six hundred dollars by the propri i etors ot the Cave if lie would descend to three "r the bottom of it, but lie shrank from the ng on ihe A few years ago. a Tennessee pro ballads; |4.SM,r, ii learned and bold man, resolved re several it( |lo 0ne before him had dared ler colors, ,|a!,,l making liia arrangements wiili [|, on the | oaru anil precaution, lie had himnce of her self lowered down bv a strong rope a hundred feet, but at that poiat Ins courts ciolcn- i n,,(. |aj|e,| |lim? ami lie ended aloud to he Madame drawn out No human power could ever where she |,ave induced him to repeat the appallal 1'reach j?g experiment. s no de ^ couple of weeks ago, however, a rv ad van- y01,ng gentleman of Louisville, whose nerves never trembled at mortal peril, heis so dull jag at the Mammoth Cave, with Profess quiet, do or Wright of this city, and others, deter>*i n is so mined, no matter what the dangers ami illier asks , jus tnijgli( he, to exploie the depths b disposes MuHlstrotn. Mr. Proctor, the cnshal'ply ; i. I,.r ..? . , - . I t -> I 1 ?. ... ...v N/.1.. , I \ l>eveiiy N.,>||\ilU; an.I piocured a long rope ol les nl'er giec.t siimiutli i-xpiessly for the purpose, and rose |-0pe and some nuce<sary timber* worn complies borne In* ilie guides :trd ollifl* 'o ll:u ings and point of propceed exploration. J he nrthe piano ,angeineni.s being soon completed, the iope, wi.h a heavy fragment of rock afrly every jjxed to it, was iel down and swung to hound hi and fro to dislodgo any loose roeks th.it ninistei is would he like'v to I.ill at the touch. Sev v ot o1'' fv j.fil were thus dislodijed, and the longicred edi coniiii.t?'! iev?'tIteration*, rising up like us would .ji.fini ihuiuler liouj helow, pioclaiined week, in ||)u depth of tliu horrid chasm. Then ire tli.it it |||(> young hero of the occasion, with sevliases' Ai ,.ral hats drawn over Ins head to piotect hose lior ji .4S f,u possible against any masses lers why falling from above, and iviih a light in ray; and |,j? hand and rope fastened round lii> smelling- lajdi.took Ins place over the awful pit I trow iih ;ind directed the half dozen men, who it dresses. end of the rope, to let him down 1 into the Cimmerian gloom, man who ' >? e ii.ivo iieniij Iroin Ins own lips an ?ft| i ' ! iC(ouni of ins descent. Occasionally 01 iri n masses of earth and lock went whizzing i Kjiiccze Ixat none struck liiin. Thirty or room at forlv from the lop lie saw a ledge le , an tn>tn which, lie judged from appearnnces, to jer ar , ^Wo or ^|,r,.u avenues led oil in different >proadies directions. About a hundred feet from r 1144 ' j the top a cataract from the side of the m ge up WcI1, ru?;,mjr down the abyss, and as ,J> lie descended by the side of the falling in sisiers Water and in the midst of the spray, he felt some apprehension that Ins lipid \s prows would |,0 extinguished ; but his care preipproac i- v,.?l0(j ^||jR< l|,. Was landed at the Ih>1\ t noma i ?/ini 0f j|ie H )] and red and ninety on Mpa j Irom the top. He found it almost otugj circular, about eighteen feet in diameter, u u is a umail opening alone point leading \ potten j l() H c|,,.|nj,c.r 0f no great extent.? so >s hiii i{j ionnd on the floor beautiful .specimens 4X8 ? . ? of black silex inniienso size, vastly larger 0 la m y than were over discovered in any other 1 an ex of the Mammoth Cave, and also a >ii papa s |?u|ij{Ul)e of exninsite formations which tv count* i Hre !4H white as the virgin snow. Making ! himself heard with great etldrt by Ins '?4 ,n?.*n friends, lie at length asked thein to pull 1 | ? * I bun partly up, intending to stop on the , | 1 Wfty and explore a cave be had observed 4 opening about forty feet froiu tbe bottom r ' ' of the pit. Reaching the inouiii of the * . cave lie swung himself with much exer I io wit i t|on ,nlo n0,j liolding ilie end of the t 'n ' rol,4J ,n '''* ''and, he incautiously let it go 4 " 4 and it swung out apparently bevotid his series of reMCi. one knee * , , , lares his situation was a fearful one, and his friends ebove could do nothing for rhile rib ''tin. Soon, however, lie made a hook of I glove* '',e <MK' ''i? lamp, and, by extending mngeou- i himself a* far over tbe verge as possible *r know without falling, ho succeeded in securing If start l',tt rope. Fastening it to ? rock, ho folic Llow 'owed the avenue one hundred and fifty traveling or ,wo hundred yards to a point where Dublic to b'tmd it blocked by an impassable " avalanche of rock and earth. Returning ineation to '',u moul'1 '',e avenue, lie l>eliold ad* nn "'most exactly similar mouth of an nir Mod other on the opposite siile of the pit, but, nted nul being ahlo to swiing himself into it, he relantened the rope around his l?ody. suspended himself again over the abyss, 0 the re- and shouted to Ins friends to raise him to 1 the fol the top The pull was an exceedingly dlons of severe one, and tho rope, being illy ad pberries. justed around his lawly gave him the esiiiuum ino-t exerutialing pam. But noon the a ol cold pain wan foi gotten in a new and dreadful ?et root peril. When he wan about ninety feet ve color, trom the mouth of the pit and one hull* (stirring died from the lioUoin,swaying and swing helinttor nig in mid air, lie heard rapid and exci?. Next led words of horror and alarm, and soon sugar in learned that the rope by which he was esoftar i upheld had taken lire fioiu the friction of the far- ! the timber over whkh it parsed. >n this is ftevi ra! moments of awful suspense to dv, let it those above and still more awful to bin) kotVand . below ensued. To them and him an in any now stunt and faial eatiistrophe seemed irievj in a cool table. Hill the tire was extinguished with r*. The a Ian lie of water belonging to himself, average; ' and tlien the party above, although al Rillnns 1 most exhausted by their labors, succeed* honey, i ed lit drawing him to the top. Fie was >se in a as calm and self possessed as upon his , cloves entrace into the pit, but all of his com the wine p inions, overcome by fatigue, sank down Armenia- upon the ground, and his friend, l'rofoM>f rum. [ or Wright, from over exertion and excite0 1 ment, fainted, and remained for a time insensible. The young adventurer left his name j carved in the depths of ihe Maelstrom? the name of the first and only person Hj(0 that ever gazed upon its mysteries, ? ^ I WOI Gen Jackson's Duel With Dickenson per Editors of the iV. Y~. Daily News : ",o1 Some time ago I saw in your paper a 'l c statement about the duel between Gene- 8?n ral Jacuson and Dickenson, fought before . the year 1800, which account was erro. 1,1 1 neous in several particulars. Desirous of "a!| correcting these errors, I ofi'ereil loluruish | you an account of ihe duel, told me by j General Jackson's biographer and inlimate friend, John 11. Eaton, lie and I r. were once traveling together,and I iiujuir ^,V( I ed how lie obtained such accurate infor- * uiaiion about General Jackson, for that H'" I many circumstances contained in his book I knew myself to be true, lie Baid he ?ro, iVequendy visited General Jackson, and : H i hey used to Hit up late talking over ,Ua events, and on his return to his bedroom I Pf." he romuiitted to paper what the General I , 1 i said concerning himself. 1 !iX The following is General Jackson's owu ! account of the duel told to Gen. Eaton, l!Cli who related the same to me : *' Jackson settled at Nashville between ! the years 1*790 and 1800, an 1 began the ! !er [iraciice of hiw. Dickinson was already j . s liiete, lollowing the same profession. lie I was a gnat duelist, having ki'led sevuial l.lul in duets, ami almost cerin'm to kiU si t'n? 'J-1' hist iire. His modeof tiring was iincotn inoii. Instead of raising liis pistol from 1 1 Ins sale to lire at the word, lie would ; ,.,V' bling it down from above until lie got it J 1 to tlie proper level and tlicn lire. All , . of lh? merchants in Nashville had Dick ' inson lelained in their behalf, and he be- *"!' ling the only lawyer there until Jackson M came, no redress could he obtained by the "ru opposite side. General Jackson refused I ^ i to bu retained by th<*se merchants to the j excht. i"n of all other parties. Tito con- j 8 sequence was |hat he issued sixty writs to ^' the first term of linS co'dft Hi Nashville. Lie issued writs against ii?e luercuait!', [ ( ^ who until then had gone scot free. This . . _ irritated them, and they being desirous ' .l'^ of getting Gen. Jackson out of the way, .' incited Dickinson to piovoke a duel, li" i began by acting on trials ofl'ensiva to the ; i f! .. I ven (icnei ah lie remount i a ted with Dickinson, and ' plainly told liiin that he would not sub- < . i mil to such disrespectful treatment. j Dickinson persisted, and Gen. Jackson I ,. , challenged linn. '1 lie time and place f<>r | : the coiub.it were fixed upon, and the I news spread for miles around. There | . were at least two thousand persons on | ground, and bels were made as if it were i "\h . i i die at a liorse race. l>ickinsoii himself bet Jackson that ho j ^ ^ would kill Jackson at the first fire.? J Dickinson tired first, and bis ball hit Jack- ' son on the right pap and peeled his breast, j', ^ He bad a callous lump there until the ' dav of his death. As soon as the smoke 1 ' of Dickinson's pistol blew away, he saw ! I"' Gen. Jackson siill standing, and exclaim | ' ed : 'Haven't I killed the damned rascal I "u yet ?' Gen. Jackson told Gen. Eaton that until then lie meant to give him his life, but on bearing tliese words lie raised | bis pistol, fired and killed Dickinson in- 1 ! st anil v. 0. ',rr wei hat The Fever in New Orleans. hi The N. O. Delta publishes several touch- ' stro ing incidents of the Yellow Fever in that j l',la city. The one print below will, we know bring tears to the eyes of more than one ,j,1M of our readers. The De'ta says, what a j Tlo lesson of trust it teaches, and how this ; Hit incident shows the etl'ect of "never de- ; """ Ceiving children with idle tales." A touching case was presented jester- |IHS day to the consideration and charity of ,|ie one of the Good Samaritans who now exej lakes care of the sick, relieves the desli- | ure tute, and feeds the starving. A hoy was discovered in the morning, lying in the j grass of Claiborne street, evidently bright , t|j| and intelligent, but sick. A man who j one has the feeling of kindness strongly de ?|,jr veloped, went to hint, shook him by the rj ,| shoulder, and s>ked him what he was do- i ing there. Waiting for God to come lor ur,? me.' said ho. 'What do vou mean,' said tho gentleman, touched by the pathetic 1 (|) |( nine m hid answer aim mo conatlion 01 , (| (| ) the boy, in whose eye and (lushed face lie . ^ saw the evidence* of the fever. 'Oo?l J'?| sent for mother and father, and little hro- .j ther,' raid he, 'and look them away to hie |( home in the sky, and mother told me . " < when she was sick that God would lake " care of me. I have no home, nobody to give me anything, and so 1 caine out here and have been looking ao long up in the ' , sky for God to come and take care of me i ^ as mother said he would, lie will come, ^ won't he} Mother never told mo a lie ' 'Yes, my lad,' said the man overcome with ^ ^ emotion, 'he has sent ine to lake care of ,j you.' You should have seen bis eyes I llash, and the smile of triumph break over j his face ba he said, 'Mother never told me . a lie, sir, but you've been to long on the ' f way.' 1 exc< - ot m tm ? m f A paper giving an account of Toulouse VH'' Franco, My.: JJ 'It is a large town, containing sixty , app thousand inhabitants built entirely of do brick !' | not This is equalled only by a known de- hut seription of Albanv, which runs thus: j tak 'Albany is a city of eight thousand to v bouses, and twenty thousand inhabitants cha with most of their ??ble ends to tho wh ! street 1* I (an from the Cotton J'lantrr ami Soit. Health of Negroes. >u. Cloid?Dear Sir:?I propose tc r a tew practical observations on the ve subject, and it is one to wlJcli, I , many planters and managers are it to bestow too little attention. I am maded that they can do much to pro tc the health of their negroes by time tare and attentiou, and thus avoid, in le measures, what I have often heard in say gives them the greatest trouble he management of their plantations, nely, the sickness aenony net/roes. heir food should be sound, ofsulllcient intitv, well cooked, and served at reg r intervals.?li is better as a general 5, to have it cooked for theiu, than to b them their allowances to be Cook^i! themselves, as is frequently done. 1 aware ihat they prefer to cook for mselves, but there are always some nees on every place who are loo careless I indolent to cool their food in a proper nner, consequently they eat it but im feet IV cooked, if not entirely raw.? th their meat and bread they should 'e vegetables of some kind at least re times a week, and where it is practice it were better that diet have tbeui !y. lie next thing in importance is the wawhich they drink. Tiio purest and t is cistern w ater. I will here stale, as result of my experience and o'oservai as a physician in the low lands o uisiana during the cholera epidemic! 1841) and 'iiO, that those places oi it h cistern water alone was med, wei irly exempt from that dreadful disease e few cases lll.ll tint nni>nr <>n iI...^a ..I.. were attributable to s-jine imprudent-* ?aiing, or to the drinking of unw hole ue water. On ono plantation, when disease tuado I'eatiul havoc till the tie >es were removed to the woods ami en cistern water, it was ascertained i it was their, custom to make use o Lpianl w;iter from a higoon near tin ir'.er. Spring and well water, so mud d in many parts of the Southern and ?nUtii States, contuines salts wliich tirt (tholesonie, mid hi some instances posely deleterious. The water of litt .sissippi river, when tittered or settled, letter than litis hut not so good as em tenter. J'lie cost of cisterns pre* ts many planters from ltaviug them ; they would liu doulily remunerated Iniildmu them,iti that greatest ol hies ?s. health. Negioes generally drinfc much wider when they are in the J at woik; this they iliould not be til* ed to do, and uiore especially w hen eh heated. Svery one who hat seen much of the ro, knows how susceptible he is to the ets of cold and atmospheric vicissi* es. The sickness ami mortality from winter diseases, Pleurisy and I'tteu uiii, are distressing, besides being the se of a serious loss to the planters.? iilT impossible to e ?ri v on tin* u-nrlr of Imitation without come degree of ex ure of ilie hands {<> ilie rains and colds lie winter, it becomes .h matter of lIi iinpoitame tliat their clothini/ parlarlv attended to at this season. He s, the heavy limey clothing, the Imts I shoes given them, I would reeotnnd that each should wear '\ flannel "nshift. The beiielicial etlects from uing this garment are very great, and e been veriiied in many instances williiny knowledge, but in none more mgly than on a certain plantation in i country, where the hands are very fli exposed, being obliged to travel la) en two and tlireo miles from tlieir iters to get to a part of their work.? > past has been a very wet winter.? V were often out in the cold rains and tl, yet they seemed to sutler no inconieiice Iroin the exposure; as there was uaso of sickness amongst tlietn ; nor tliere been a case of Pneumonia on place in many years. I aserilre their mption from disease, in a great meas, to the wearing of llannel shirts,? should he put on as soon as the I weather begines in the fall, and worn the waiin weather in Spring. When is inclined to be sickly, besides the t, give him ilraaurs of the same mate The importance of giving their ne>s flannel, cannot be too strongly ed upon the attention of planters, n the summer, negroes should he le to wear hats to protect their heads a the rays of the sun ; this is very iinintil with unacclirfiated negroes, who inure apt to he sun-struck. 'heir houses should be good, their l?eds ifortahle ; with a plenty of comforts blankets for I he cold nights of Win A negro is until for a good days k if lie has past a large portion of the rioua night without sleep. Their houas weil as the ijuarter lot, should be t free from all filth. This matter will land the fierpient attention of the ier, 01 manager, as the negro is pro ^;n|i.- rtiii... i.:? -t i:_:? /milj IIUIM III IMP* IIIIMIC Ul living. 'lie free and unrestrained use of whin ami tobacco by negroes is highly in uuh to them, tliough they have an tie desire fur both. It is better nol ?How them to have the former at all, apt as a medicine, ana the latter only mail quantities and at regular interim When sick they require constant s and attention, and it ia very impor t to prevent them from indulging their iGtites for food, as they will frequently if not held in restraint. They should be allowed to remain in their houses, be placed in the hospital as soon as en sick. Here they can be attended villi much less inconvenience, and their nces for recovery are greater than en left at their own homes. Calomel excellent remedy in the hands of oue 6 *J m who knows its proper use) is in very many cases injurious to sick negroes, given ( as it is so indiscriminately. I am persuaded that many cases of fever can be cured without it. If you deein the above practical remarks worthy of a place in your popular j and useful magazine, they are at your i service. Yours, RALPH BUTTEKFIELD. Near Natchez, Mis*., 1858. I ? Useful Receipts. Gimbo Sot'f.?Who has not heard of | the famous gumbo soup of the Southwest, I and who has ever visited New without luxuriating on it, and declaring it the very best soup ever conceived of?? i We have often wondered why it is not generally made throughout the South, where all the ingredients are easily ob, l laiuable. Here is a receipt for making it, furnished to the Mobile Mercury, by Mrs. I L. 11. Wright:? "After your chicken is prepared, fry it to a nice brown color; season it with black pepper and salt; have a large soup i plate lull of oJcra ; chop fine, throwing a( way the heads and lips of the same, as they are hard. Always use the long I white, it being more lender and better flu i vored than the other kinds; stir in this with the chicken, and it will partake of f . the taste and seasoning of the chicken.? s Fry it a little, and have ready some boil 1 ing water, pouring over, say three quarts, e and allow a sullicient quantity to boil a'. way ; let all boil down until the chicken - becomes perfectly tender, so that it may 2 easily be lorn to pieces with a fork, II fried, it requites more pepper and salt, : which should be added before it is thoroughly cooked. The gumbo thus I made will be very thick. If you do not I like it made in this way. do not boil so r -i. -- . -- i mucii, as it spoils ail Kinds of soups to s boil down and till up again, as many do i | with cold water, and besides' it is never so I rich. Have rice boiled tender, but be i ' careful that the grains are separate. Of course, it is both wholesome and rich." Essf.nck ok Lkmon.?Cut oil'very thin 1 the rinds of any number of lemons, put the pieces of peel in a phial nnd cover them with spirits of w:ne. After a day i or two ibis will have taken up all the oil of ilie lemon peel, and become far better in i|unlio ill mi iLim usually sold. : } How to no rr Sinai1 Dosoms.?When the clothes are ready to iron, take pearl starch, make it lather thick when boiled, (like thick jellv.) rub it into the clothes over n:ghl?next morning iron in the usual way 'lilf dnj. Have an ironing board I ?the size of the bosoms, with three or lour thicknesses of cloth sewed over it to I run under the bosoms?now take a linen cloth, wet it and wring it out as dry as you can, and with it just dampen by lightly rubbing it over I lie bosom. Take your polishing iron and rub it hard and , tpiickly over it?if you want an extra shine OI1. damlien and rei.eat the rnM.innr - I - - I ? ""'6' ? If you have not a pnjithing iron, any common round-pointed iron will do by using the point only. The polishing iron should have two slightly convex surfaces I ?one on the point and one on the heel. ? Lady Corrctr/K'ndent of Rural xSeio Vorkrr. To Kkniovk Dandruff.?Take a thimbleful of powdered relined borax, (can be had at any druggist or country store,) let : it dissolve in a teacup full of water; lirst | brush the head well, then wet a brush with ihe mixture and apply lo l'ie bead. 1 I >o this every day Tor a week, and twice ! a week after a few times, and you will ettectually remove the dandruff. So says a lady friend w ho has tried it. Uaisino Turkeys.?I propose giving my mode of raising turkeys. It is tny I opinion that farmers can raise a pound of | low I easier and cheaper than a pound of I pork. Heretofore I have been unfortu| nate in raising turkeys, but this season I I adopted a different mode?a plan of my | own invention?by which I have been very successful. Others may have adopted the same course, but not to my knowli edge. i Young turkeys are apt to die before I they attain the age of three weeks. I came to the conclusion that the fatality among them was caused by vermin, | heavy feed, and cold, damp weather.? I Mv method this season has been this:? ; Take the eggs of the lirst laying, and set under liens ; the second laying let the .ur1 keys hatch. Two or three days before hatching, sprinkle the nest and the fowls themselves with sulphur. When the ; young were hatched, I took a little sulphur, gunpowder and lard, mixed, and greased their heads and necks to keep off the vermin while the young brooded. If it does not remain on, in eight or ten i days put on another coat. Mope or Frkoiwo.?I took equal ' quantities of wheat bran and Indian meal, and wet with (tour milk, or lappered milk, ' with a good lot of fine cut schitrea once in two or three days in with it, and feed : them till a month or six weeks old , then ; lessen the bran. Feed them early in the morning to keep them from rambling in I the dew. Such has been my method of feeding and management, and I have lost only ' two out of forty hatched. Ducks managed in the same way?lost three by aoci dental causes out of thirty five hatched.? One, only, died while young. Chickens in like manner, with greased heads and sulphured nests?lost three In about sixty. Tins is my mode apd my success.?J'raii j We Farmer, imiphf. i The Might of others days,' is now supposed to have been a tallow candle. i Why is a lean dog like a man in medI itation ? Because he is a thin cur. 'Gently the duos are o'er me stealing,' I as the man said when ho had live bills I presented to him at one time. Why was Pharaoh's daughter like a I broker ? JJecausesbe got a little prcxpb| et from the rushes on the batiks. | An Irishman caught a hornet in his hnnd, but dropping it, exclaimed : | 'lie jabers, what kind ot' teeth your j birds have in Ameriky ?' i 'Mister, I say, 1 suppose you don't know i of nobody who don't want to hire nobody j to do nothing, don't you?' The answer j was: 'Yes, 1 don't.' Think ok this Seihously.?No life j can be well ended that has not been well I spent; and what life has been well spent I that has had no purpose, that has accom| plished no object?that has realized no hope. 'There is a time to speak and a time to ' keep silence.'?Solomon. Isn't it a little uncommon to a woman | that appreciates more than half of that , wise maxim I The announcement of the marriage at I Auburn of Mr. Edward Straw to Miss I Eva Smiley suggests the probability that ; lie tickled her with a proposal, and that i she laughed a couseut A spendthrift who had wasted hi# pat1 riinony, rallying a frugal country geullei man, said, among other things: 'I'll warrant those buttons on your coat were your grandfather's.' I 'Yes,' said the other, 'and I have got I my grandfathers lands too.' The general opinion is, that the vainest j of all buds is the peacock. We think the goose is the vainest. A goose, when en[ lering a barn through the doorway, invariably bobs her head lo avoid hilling the top. Evidently every goose thinks her| self at least fifteen feet high. 'O, my friend,'said a doctor, to an Irish patient, 'be composed; we must all die once.' 'And it's that what vexes nie,' replied ) 1 'hi ; 'if I could die a half dozen times, j I'd not care a half-penny about this ; time.' I 'PomilBV. ttliv i* n innrn<iii >/? "<) world like a cat's tail ?' 'Well, Curt", 1 dosn'l 'zactly see any j semblance 'twixt de two cases.' Well, den, nigger, 1 spec I'll have to > tell you. liekaze it am fur to the end : of it.' A man greatly in debt, on his deathbed, said to his friends: 'I only wish to live till I have paid my debts.' Ilis friends commended the motive of I his prayer, and the sick man in a low | lone proceeded : And if heaven would grant mo this favor, 1 know my life would be very long ; iudeed.' Wilkins?'Really this is not to be borne, i Who are you, sir i aud who was your father V Homebred?'Who was my father!? My father was the first inventor of thresh{ ing machines. I am the first of his make and can be set in operation at a very lit. tie expense and at the shortest notice.? I So h?ok out.' Riddle.?It was done when it begun, I it was done when it was half done, and yet wasn't done when it was finished.? Now what was it ? Of course you can't guess. Will this do? Timothy Johnson courted Susannah Dunn. It w?b clone when it was lxgun,aml it was done when | it was half done, and yet it wasn't Dunn when it was finished?for it was Johnson. A kind hearted little spouse, bonneted and shawled, very recently appeared at the door of a room where her good-natured liege lord was about to indulge in a comfortable snooze. My dear, I am going shopping. What shall 1 t>ring you to comfort you 1' I don't know, love; 1 don't think of anything I want particularly, just now. Come and kiss me. I will tell you, bowever, what I don't want you to bring me.' What is it, tiray 1' '1'ray don't bring mo in debt I' At a negro celebration lately, an Irishman stood listening to a colored speaker, expatiating upon government and freedom; and as the orator came to a 'period' from the highest and most poetical flights, the Irishman said : 'Bedad, he speaks well for a nagur ; dain't he nowt' , Homebody said : 'lie isn't a negro, he is only a half negro.' 'Only a half nagur, is it f Well, if half a nagur can talk in that style, I'm thinking a whole nagut might bate the prophet Jeremiah.'