The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 17, 1867, Image 1
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TOLGXB XVI. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., APRIL 17, 1867. NUMBER 10.
CO ill M II N ICATKD.
{cumMOHICATED.')
Masses Eiutobb : ?Tlje year 1800
will h-hg he remembered on account of
ill* severe drought, and in consequence
the almoet total failure of the crop*. It
*11 evideat^l the harvesting, that there
had not hem suflh-ient m*de*Yo sustain
human life, without considering the en
orrnoiy quantity required to keep the
atock in the country alive.
The situation of our domestic, a# well
n hAltiloul ? f 1 ' *?
? numo, Hi (niR nine, em crit? |
ical. In fact, no aabjact demanded more
lariou* ennrideratton, and il?e people with
distracted fears caat fn e?i-rT direction to j
secure dome faint hope of rebel. The
meeting of the Legislature nut looked 1
forward to with anxietr ; and the menu j
tern of that liodv haiotf personally %p ^
quainled with the condition of the coun- |
try, it mi confident? expected that aoma
measure of relief would be adopted.
The inhabitant* wailed patiently, and j
eagerly watched the journal* for, at laaat,
tha promise of aa*i*tatice ; hut the rn?t? I
Isr term expired and nothing was done.
There hsing business, to them, ef mere
vitsl interest, such as lewing taxes, e?
tahHsliiog bureaus, new offices, peniten
tier?, enormous appropriations tor the
South Caroline College. In fact, they j
endeavored ^o hni'd up e broken down
government upon the ruina of a starving j
population, and thinking they had not j
quite completed it. to cap the climax, re j
enacted the District Court hill. It these |
be friends. Heaven deliver na I A fear
more such effort* to aupport aristocratic i
notions and we perish. .
After all the efforts put on foot had j
failed, the people became more alarmed j
and a gr?*t many have emigrated to other j
parts. Tins we must regard a* fatal to ,
the prosperity of the counlrv \ the scar
city of lahor lint herom* a matrwr of ?
r?*>n? reflection. *"d it teema, tut to eon1
aidered bv our L,?u!'*'hmire, whan it pat*
d *lh# ' Emigration An." TliAct, |
though regarded hy torn* at wraa, in mv j
judgment, it jutt to ih? contrary, at thia |
lim?. Tli* it'**, tliat emigrant* will flock
to an fmpnverlahed country, under any I
iailtimirmtr, it a:inp!fr ridicji'niit ; and ,
if the L*g5*l*tMre had donate*^ ihe ap
propriation of $10 000 that they gave)
thi* fiiti'w enterpri*. to tha tmall indut J
troii* farmer* already tattled heVe, Ir j
wnnM not nr.lv have materially enhanced |
our protpect*. but would have coma to .
oiti* account.
Rnt ?e am thankful ^hat (fie rriee of ;
tl?e nee?]r have aroused tl.a sympathy of
?nen of irfloenre and h >manitT ; ?ho
have exercised themselves to a ronsfdera)>U
extent in behalf of the suffering.?
Their efforts have not proved in vain, for
many are now waiving the crnm of com
Tort from the hands of eharitv held out i
by kind donora in distant lands, and
whose arts of kindne?e taill (rrr ha re
tgrmhrrrd hr o*.
Amongst the foramost of those who '
have exerted themselves in this partir i* {
lar. the efforts of Pa Mittao will ever
endear him to our memory for the extra '
ordinary success he has, hy his undivided
. *.
attention, accomplished. And not only
the people of I,*ncaater District, hut th?
State, are ur.jfhr the strongest obligations
to him for his timely assistance. lie has I
not on'v emrdnved his mind a?d ns? '
hat *i?ited the Nortjiern Suin and mad* j"
per?nn*l appeal* for our relief. Thnujh
wo cannot hold him up a* a teennd Jo
aeph, ret w* cannot forget the man that
ha? don* mora ffcr u* than our w;?i* .
turo. FLINT RIDGE.
April II. 1807.
Who wot'i.t) not in am Editor!?An
editor wna ehaved i* a barier'a ?hop re
eontlf, and offered the barher a dime, i
which *al refused, 'Jtecaeae," aaid he,
"T understand dot 'you i* an editor."?
"Well, what'of it f" Why, w* neher t
charge editor* Qtiffin." "But anch lihe j
cality will rui* tou." ,-0. n^her mind,
Wa make it off de f em men."
Wjio worm n* art Editor !*? A mamj
stopping lit* paper, wrote In the editor :
*i think fn^k> otten to tpend their inunny
for paper* ; my dad didn't, and aaeerybo
dy t*ri lit.au (ha intelligyntiai man-in
the r?iin.irV, and had lha emaitlet 'amily
of boye that aaar dug tature." ?
A great d?a| might l?a laid on both
aidaa of lha question.
A man who ad?eriiaed *o give tha i
'bett of tnuhtT, practical adrica for Afiy
canta,'that aoiilifbt applicable at any
tirr.a, and to all peranna and eondit'ona of '
lift,* on application of a victim, 'per mail,' 1
tent the following : *N??ar give a hny a
dime to walcb your ah?dow while r<u
i
aitMib a lr?e to look into tha middle of |
ne*t weak. It don't pay.*
| SELECTED STOKY.
JESSIE?THE FLOWER OF DUMBLANE
?<>?
Tun poet Thiin"rliill i* justly celebrated
for hi* many ?*ftt Scottish aongs. His
ahort life of poverty a nrHln fortunate death
J ere probably known only to the peasantry
of hie own couqtrv end the curious it)
biography P?x?r Tannahill. etung with
indignation trom e aenae of mortified
pride, end as lie conreived hopes bleated
I irrnmfRii?KU - * 1
?,u?im Hum ? merry crcie
where lie had spent the evening, .and
rashly put an end t* hi* earthlv troupes
by drowning himself near the piece ef l|>s
nativity.
Many month# previous to his death, he
liad become gloomy and abstracted, and
contemplated self destruction with a fearful
composure. The following words solemnly
addressed, and written bv a brother on
the eve of committing a similar act, were
wer oo his tongue :
. ADcasi.rM.
"Good Hesvcns! the misery eflife eiplsln,
Nor let me think I hear the load in vtiin,
I.e?' with thecheei less journey tedious grown,
Urged by despair, 1 throw the hurdau down." j
'Tannahill* long had been the sport of I
wny ward fate, occasioned, in some degree I
bv fauUa within himself; hut mfne'l
particularly hy tire apathy aad remissness
of his conntrvmen, who with all their i
etiossied penerosity, neg'ec'ed-him. Like
most poets, he whs sensitive to aicess, and I
dead'y jealous t?f his faiV fame ; alwavs I
suspicions of the motives of his patrons,
he was reserved and 1
tham" Thai tltay aliouM lo?lc dnwit on !
him *? an olj?cf tor th?*ir commiaaration, |
or antar'ain him an thav wou'd a p?id
etaatnra for Qteit amuomrnt, oa* to h'?
hatifrhty apirii m?rt'f> inc in theaj'rema;
and raihar than rnhmit to Mia humiliating
e-prica of palrona^a krnadlv aaaiim-d ha
*hh?a to cla?p noterty to hi* nrhi' e haari,
and, in tha rairga.l a hod* of miaarr, wa?
p'aarad to ollar thoaa brilliant alraint ol
imagery and aantiinant, which h|v*
hagtiilad m?ny a wear? hour, and yat
?haII enliven tii* aocial circle* in hi* nativa
(if thera ha anything in morality)
to ili? "crack of doom.**
Tli? canse' for irritation which immediately
preceded hi* act of self destruction
was a supposed insult given bv one of his
as-ociete* on the fatal evening Talent
will atwav* create gnvv. And <*tin*fq<ieuiI?
beget enemies, who will *eige oprortune
moments to mortify and annoy. Tin* ia
according to human nature, and poor
Tannahill ought to hav? estimated it with
tb* tnTed o( a philosopher 7 but unfor
tunately for himself, he carried within his
bosom the heart of a poet, tremblingly
"alive all o'er" with a high eense of hon.
or able feeling, rendered still more intense
by vivid imagination
Ol bis songs, nons have been mo*#
universally esteemed than his "Jeaaie. lbs
Flower ol Dnrch|anen The beautiful
ima.rerv of the v*r?s, and the plaintiva
swsetne*a of theVr gained it an immedi
at# p polarity, which promisee to lie as
lasting as the language in* which it was
written.
The fhir subject Whs a "bonnie lassie"*
in Dumblanta II?r family ?u of poor
rilrietioo and Jeaain waa ronUnlal with
a pe*?anl*k lot. Whir. TannaliHI became
acquainted with her ?he ?n in War "teene,'
i /light, dimpl# cheeked, bappr laeaie;
her liair yello?^colored and luiuriant;
her^yea le'ge and full, overflowing with
lha voloptuoua langor which ia an ho*
eojninjj in voting, hlua area, with golden
laahaa The tinge which lit upon bar
oral cheek, waa delicate and evenearent,
and hat pnlpr lipa huhlded with hliaa, at
aha gave utterance to her heart.
Tannahill waa atruck with her.be anty,
and. a* in aM thing# be waa enthn*i*atical.
became forthwith her ardent war>ffpp?r
lief her voeng heart waa not to ha won
Young, thoughtlene, panting 'o krnw and.
a<*w the world, aha left her poor amorante
4 to eon mug* to hie mie'reea' evakrowa.**
while ahe reckleaal? reovhled among the
flowery meada o? Dunihlane, or of an
evening, aang h*a inspired vtmea to him
with the utmoet nonchalance. Thia waa
a two fr.'d miaerv to the a*oftitiv* poet.?
A creature art aweetly elegant, an dear to
uim.w ??? ?)??r?nn and fat ;
taiihah an ancaaad in inaan?dnlit? at ap
parantl? aaithar to ha eonaainua of tha
?frm trembling - nn liar dnleat tongue, '
nor canny for it* eaieaeea of her lorrr ? j
11 loo winch to mark all Uiia, and to
foal ii with (tin akneaiiona of aj>oat, ant
the arm# of miear?.
But tha '-F'nwar of Dnmhlana1* att
not thai nnfca'inr. animairiaetiae being
which Tannah II pictured her, alia waa a
creator* all fealt;/, all imagination. ai
(hough tl?a hard had not that in hia pan
ton or manscra to arraat bar fane?. Tb?
folinhtirg Castle from the "faarf despt"
> reared her gref bulwarks io ihe ?ir ; *n<1
Arthur's Saat hugely and darkly in the i
background. Tim cheruss*sof tlm fi?h?n
j men, like hjrmns to the great Spirit ol the
Vetera, ascended over New Haven; and
down from Griiusmouib, lightly bootnieg
' over the tide, floated the tall hark. The
I world eeemed steeped in happiness. But I
j there was one, an outcast, wretched and |
j despairing amidst all this loveliness; her ;
young affections are not to he eontrolled.
Li??, almighty Love, mutt ha free, else
it cesses to be love. Tettnahill wasjilain
in his person ami uncoii'h in liis manners,
j and fell anil expressed discontentments
which it had been his unhappy fate ah
most invariably to enccnmer. Jessie on
the contrary, looked upon (he world as a
brilliant spectacle yet to he seen and en
jovej?-as a vast paradise lull of the
beautv of heaven and earth, where men
walked forth in the image of (heir Crea
tor, inveeted with his attribute*, and where
?roman trod proudly amidst tha lovely
, creation an angel venerated and adored.
jToexpre*a dissatisfaction under all these
| circumstances was to bar mind extrava
, gance of a misanthrope,.the madness of a
I real lover of misery, and a ati(Tic'ont cause
for her not to respect liiin. Ifnlh viewed
the world through a false medium, and
i their deduction*, although at variance,
ga?a color to their minda, and accelerated
their fate. .
Jessie could not comprehend what ap
peared to her the foMv of har suitor. She
rehahed not hia amldy sentiment ; and an
all woolen kind ever did ao, rha ecorned a
cooling lover. The bard nan driven to
despair, summoning up all unwonted
energy of mind. departed and left hia
adored to her.youthful alterations.
Soon af'er thia period, the so'ng of
"Jessie, the Flower of !>Hotblaue," togeth
er with the tnuaic. ya* published, and
u.chiih n pumic ixvofitu; it wm *h"CT
everywhere in the tbaatre* and at partiea;
a world of praiea wan abowt-red ttpnn it
bv jromen's flattering lip?, and man ba
c*m? mad to k n >w the adored mi|>j*rt of
tba day. In h abort period it waa die*
corered. J-aaie Monteith, 'the pmltv
paaaant of Dnmhlane, wm tba favored
one. From all quarter* v<?nng man and
bachelor* fl?* kad to nan her and bar own
I ?ex warn curt'til* and criti--al. Many
! proini?injr youth* pa'd their addre?e?e to
1 bar. and experienced the aama recaption
j aa her firal lover Nev*rth*le*a, *t I At
| poor Je<ein l>ecame really enamored. A
1 rak'th *park frvm Mid Lothian, adorned
with education, being of poliahed man
nera. mid confident from wee'th end en
periority of rnn|(, gain?d 1t?r young afTVc
tiona Sn# toe preduio'ualv truated in bia
ukballo?*ed ?j>rofea*ieni. The ardor of
firat loan overcame her betier judgment,
and abandoning b'erae'f to her lore of
paaaion, ?ba made an imprudent escape
imin me proteuon of her parent*, end
soon found b*r?*lf in e'egant apnr'meniB
near llie city of Kdinhurg,
The song of the neglected Tannahill
wee to hie Jessie, both s glory and a
curse; while it brought her into notice
end enhanced her beauty, it laid the
foundation for her final destruction.?
Popularity is a dangerous elevation,
dhe-her the object of u |p a peasant or a
prince ; temptations crowd around it, and
snares are laid on every hand. Who
would be eminent, said a distinguished
chdd/?f popularity, if the* knew the peril,
the madness and distraction of mind to
which the creature of tbe popular braatb
is exposed t
I When the poet hesrd the fate of his
beloved Jessie, hit heart almost burst with
mental agony, and working himself into
the enthusiastic freiive of
_ r VIJ|
[ poured forth a torrent of aoog ?nore glow
I ing and energetic than ever before drop
ped in burning accent* from hia tongue."-?
! It ia to be lamented that in a ft oCdiaguat,
he afterward* destroyed tboae poetical
| record* of hie paaeioo and resentment.
Ere three re> ra had reroleed theii
; trip1# circuit after .J*?si? bad left hei
( father'* home, she was a chan gad woman
fler paramour bad forsaken her. Six
was deadline i i her splendid habitation
Her blue ejea lo- ked pitiful on all thirtgi
around her ; oral cheeks were indented
hv the hand nf nncerr, and her fare and
person pr-e#nt?<J the picture of an unhappy
being. ||..w changed wa%tbe figure
clothed tn silk, winch niored on the banki
of the Forth, fnnn the h ppy. I.itely girl
11....11 j ? 1 - - -
... vuiiimiur, Iirirri ? ma rutuc
of a pmsmit 1 Bui thin it m tu(>j*?i too
painful to dwwll on ; Iti ut hMieo to tl;t
ewlatiroph*
It rfti no kii tfttrnonn in July, * httu
tifu! tunny tfitrnnon,?tiit tir ?iw rnltn
ml pur*. lb- twin itUndt of iha Fort).,
Iiko *t?t amtrtiilt tat in * Ink* of tiUtr,
ro?a tplondtdly ovtr th? thimnp wt tr,
_L! -i. _ t 4 ... -
wpiqfi now and thengargled and mantled
round their bates Kifashira waa spread
(onh like a m*f. her hundred of inland
villages and cots tranquilly sleeping in
lha suafhine Tbe dm of 'he artisan's
hammer* in ffirkaldf end Q isensUrrr
smo?a the fill air ; 1 ViasfsrmIfue's apron
Ml iiilialntaiite mattered forth lh?>r wbil
ned a^b? beneath the noon tide sun.
On the apposite ?h"fe, L-i'b d?eflf?>cged
her black smoke in solum en to the sea.?
v Doaotn w*a cold and dark, no ray could '
| penetrate its depths; the sun shone not 1
for, nor did nature smile around hut to !
?
Inflict more exquisite pang on the unfor I
tumtte. Her steps were broken and bur* !
I ried. She now approached the water's
j edge and then receded. No human
creature was n??r to cfisturh her purpose
! >11 - '
-rru, ?n(l prtvacv f l>Ut
I there an Eve.frrm above who watch' ;
I ed all. Jesse Mooteith ? how mournfully !
sounds that name at this crisis ! Hut i
| Jessie sat herself down, and removing a
I shawl and bonnet from her person, and
J taking a string of pearls from her u1arhle?
; seeming n? ?k, and a gold ring, which she
kiased eagerly, from her tapar fingers, she
cast up her streaming eves, meekly iin
ploring the forgiveness of Heavbn on him
| the cause of her ehnine and death.?
I Srarcn offering a prayer for herself, she
' breathe.1 forth the names of her discon
solute parents, and ere the eye Could follow
her, she disappeared in the blue
stream.
I The sun shone on ; the green of the
f??rtlt stirred not h. leaf, a t>a l did not toll,
nor did ? escape from the lips of h
limn ho heme, ond vet the spirit of the
loveliest of women passed awsy.
Brick Pomeroy?Hl? Talk in New
Orleans..
Bri. k I'omeroy lectured in New Or
leans on the night of the 14<h instant to 1
< a large audience. In lli* course of his
remarks lie said : "I tell you here, as a
> Northern man, that I come hsre not as a
Southerner, but aa a Northern man, as a
national man without prejudices (except
against spoons) [Laughter.] I come
to eee whether the storiee of these so call
ed Southern loyalists are true or false ;
and x.ou have mr word and honor that 1
intend to take none ef your niggers, your
carpets, or your ailvtr spoons. Before
, leaving home I settled ivy affairs, and
sent to Butler a wooden s|>oon. If.anr
thing can reach him, a spoon can. I hear,
to day he has received it. I got mr life
insured at five or six times its ralue, tup
uosintr thai I ?? ~ ?
_ u in * cuun?
; try of guerillas. [Laughter.] Were I
' to tell them ihAt here you attend churches,
j lecture*, and theatre*, they would answer
| that it is out of the question. They im
j Heine, since the war closed so prosperous!
j It as it has, [laughter] (tins is no joke ;)
j that you men have all long red hair, with
! belts around tour waists loaded with revolvert,
howie knives, and everylhin ? except
spoonsthat all vou do is to lay
around in the woods, looking for North
em men to roh and steal from ; and I
assure you 'lis a fact, they think you need
I reconstruction and amilitart government,
I (or no government, which is the same
.u: .\ .w? . t-L - - 1
I ?<?. .k ,j mmj illlOK TOU CUl pfop!*'*
1 throat*, *nd 'go through, (a* w? say in
> our country,) every on* not agreeing with
you in politic* and religioe; Tb*y think
j of you ladies a* h*ing what th?y call in
[ New England 'ah* (thel*;' th*y think |
, i you go around without hoop* or any of I
I thoa* attraction* which mal* ladi** now j
a data *o much what the? arc"
Aft*r telling hi* h*ar*r* Vnu truth*
r j in regard lo th* lata war," h* laid : "I
wiah that I were President for *nly fif 1
1 teen minute*. On* man aloa* could not
a'aod it for any greater length of tim*.?
' ([ hope no rediea'a ar* her* ; I don't
want thia to git *ut) I *bou!d ait down j
' and look iteadfaatlr ovar tha cooatitution ;
, I would write * proclamation 'attending
1 pardon to every man who fought for hia
1 country, and putting in the Stall priaon
ever* man who atol* from hia coelltry |
men ; and the* von would *** going to j
jail the Inngeat proceaaion you aver **w,
j at their head the cockieyed hero of Low.
I ?n. I wn?i<j par.lnn a*arv br??a man
who darad to fight for what ha though*
Waa right, and and to jail avary villain
who broka into houaar and maultad wo
man. I would bring ordar out of chap*. 1
I would taka than U>? k*f of Fart LaTay
atta or of Fortran Monro*, and I would
aaj ! "Jvflfvraon Davia, atap forth a fraa
t man " [4pplana*.] I ahould not b*
afraid of that old ma* going to hia grata
mr ?hil na tlmugbt km right. 1 would J i
aak him to coma with mo to W'tb'ng1
ton and rouatilt aa to th? hoft maana to ]
mko th?a nooi.trj aa proaporooa aa b?<
toi a ?ha war."
"Brick* than told lha atory ( a dog ?
giraa him by aa army chaplain? a poo- <
die do??'He "dog gondeet" dog ever
eea. He named him Bank*. That dog
wasn't much on fighting, but wee good
on paper collars, and sometimes Had a
wagon load at^a lime. Then lie chang.
ed Hie name to Reseller; but, inasmuch
as* the other doge around town had no
money, they couldn't pay him to bold
services for them. But on? d??
got mud with the Hog and called him
Ben Butler, he rather "wilted on the
turn," hut atill he stO"d it. That dog im
mediately had afonduess for silver spoons
and other "conquered property.*1 One
day he stole the contribution boxes out of
a church. The dog used to*want to become
an engraver. He would watch at
the engravers' windows to see the names
engraved on silver spoons, and then steal
spoons and all. He would look in the
jewelry stores for hour* at a t:me, add
would follow any- man with jewelry on
him. He had even known him to follow
a coffin for five or six miles to steal the
silver plate off it. So finally he got die
gu?ted with the dog, and turned him
loose, and, the next thing. "Brick" found
he was sent to Congress from Massacbu
setts. ,
PorPlNO 1?B- QfXSTIOtf IK r?RU.
The suitor appears on the appointed
evening, with a gaily dresiled troubadour,
under the balcony of his beloved. The
singer sounds before the flower bedeck* <1
window, aud sing* her bemilus iu the
name of her lover. H** compares her size
to that of a palm tree, her lips to two
hluthuig sose buds, and her womanly form
to that of a dove. YVi?h assumed harsh*
ness the lady asks her lover. 'Who are
yon, and what do you want!" .lie an-;
ewers with ardent confidence : 'the dove
I adore! The stars live in harmony of
love, and why should not we, too, love
each other!' Then '.he proud beauty
gives ^jrrself away; she takes her flower
wreath from ber hair And throws it down
to her lover, promising to be his forever.
- ^
It is a feet that many btethren seem
entirely to ignore, that profane swearing
is an oflfeace against the body of'Mason*
ry. If tlia lx>dge chooses, a brother
may he severely disciplined for the habit*
ual use of oaths; and he ought to be.?
Swearing is the fit expression of human
rage, and'the most .exact Interpreter of
its real meaning. Ha who utters the
fearful word of damnation* against his
fellow.man ie giving vent to a feeling,
wlrieh, had it the power, would really
consign him to hell. Anger is thus, not
onlv murder hut mnr<l?? 'I-- *
- J , ? ?? .?.W>UVI VI % 14 O
kind ; it would not only kill the body,
but would east both soul aud body into
bell. Swearing brother, see what jour
oath* me?n ! Angry brother, s?a what
your anijer means ! ? Masonic Tidingt,
Slzkpino With the Head to the
North?Ilerr Dr Julius too Faisch
weiler, an eccentric German physician,
recently died, leafing in bis will what is
considered a secret for increasing the years
of our life. His own age was 100, and
be attributed it to the fact that he always
slept with hit bead to tbe north, and the
rest of his body near as possible in a
meridians! position. By this means, be
thought the iron tn his body becama
magnetized, and thus increased tbe ener
OV of tilM villi nrini>ii.t?
?/ ? ? I
A wom?n in Hungary wm tried as
receiver of stolen good*. She hud beer
a Jews**, but a few daya before her ar
reet ehe bad been baptized ae a Catholic
The date of birth rune in Hungary from
the date of baptism. Therefore the woman
when on trial made the jnger/iou*
plea tljat she was an infant not come tc
year* of discretion, and could not legal
Iv be eonvictnd. The intelligent tribunal
after serious cogitation, heid her defence
to be a good one and ^rrpiitted her.
Coronet* VoTKaeia New Yohk?In
a review of the colored population ol New
York, the World states there are-about
300 ooh>red vofer^in that city. A negio
in New York who owns properly to the
amount of 1250 or over, on which be
pays tai, is entitled to vole. It is said
these colored people are net all republicans
but many have for years past voted
steadly the democratic ticket.
The North Carolina Uapliit ?{ate Convention
will hold its annual meeting in
Wilmington, commencing Wednesday he.
f<>M the 4th Ruoday in May. Introduc*
tor? aermon by Rev. W. VI. W.ngate,
L). D. If luioaary aermon, by Rev. J. H.
Phillip*.
Win. P. Jackeoo, colored, formerly
leff Davie'e coachman ie preparing for
sol lege, Vliddteboro, Uaae.
AGRICULTURAL,
Krot* the Southern Cultivator.
Wcrk forth? Month,
1 Corn.?Though the cotton planting
I aeaaon ia at band, do not fail to put in
plenty of corn. All lands intended for
cotton, that are imperfectly and roughly
| prepared, had better he devoted to corn
; and other crops. Corn will render labor
' cheaper and eaaier to obtain. Cotton ia
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a great crop, but we have yet to see the
. planter th/t frorft email beginnings hae
made himself a fortune, who hae confini
ed his agricultural operations to the production
of cotton. The thriving planters
of our acquaintance, while they made
cotton the main product, looked sharply
after other crops, and .somehow did it too
without seeming to make little if any
less of the staple than their neighbors.?
Iteeides cotton to eel!, they generally
managed to have plenty of corn, wheat,
p?as, potatoes and bacon, for home consumption,
and in their carefulness to make
a sure thing of this, ordinarily had something
over. We dout think it the present
interest of the* planting States to
make whoat, corn or bacon for export,
J but we do believe they should produce
enough for home consumption. The time
spent in hauling corn some miles from
the depot, would do a good deal towards
producing it at home. Add to tLi# the
fact that on most plantations, about corn
enou to run them can be made, wilh?
out any material interference with the
production of cotton, and then the other
Ifaet, that \he man who makes both corn
and cotton has, in a bad year, two chan?
ces to escape utter failure : for. if hi*
; com made a', home, he hat that sure,
j white, if a planter depends on cotton to
Ibuv bis corn, and tlie cotton crop fails, ha
is "dead broke" baling no resource?
| neither corn nor cotton. Make corn, tben
? produce everything needed to keep up
| your place, and let the cotton sold, above
what is required for the wages of the
hands, represent the net profit of the
estate.
Then manure heavily?plow deep?use
the best and heaviest seed you can obi
tain. Aud let your after culture be of the
most thorough character?working close
and deep at the eiydy stage of the crop,
hut very shallow when the roots extend,
so that tbey may he unbroken. Indeed,
these few things constitute the whole ejei
tein of corn growing ; deep breaking up,
^specially under the row?planting the
corn below the general level?plenty of
manure applied ? thoroughly early work,
| ing and frequent shallow etirrinar nf ?h?
surface, during the growth of tbe crop,
with scraper and sweep.
Cotton.?If you are aura you Lara
got enough of corn and other crops plantad,
to supply your wants?making a lib)
eral allowance for the uncertainty of the
seasons, then plant cotton. No other
crop produced for sale, if properly mane*
ged, will draw so little from mother earth.
TLsre are instances of level lands, which
with no oilier manuring than resting the
land every second or third year, and the
return of all the seed nnd plant tc the
soil, in which the last crops picked were
1 much better than the first. We bars Mr.
I Dickson's word and example, to prove
J the- a cotton plantation can be so rnana
ged tu at its productiveness will increase
each year, and the annual increase of the
crop will pay a heavy proGt on the mon?
( ey expended in fertilizers.
I In planting Cotton, it is a great thing
: to have the ground in proper order at
; first?the beifc straight, if the surface aj??
mils, or if not, without abrupt curves.?
t f Take time, then, to have the soil well
^ prepprt-d, even if you plant fewer acres.
1 The harrow will be found useful in put'
verizing the surface of the beds, when
rouirh and cloddy. While it is very ins,
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I portant to get tin early stand, it is better
| secured by a thoroughly prepared soil,
j than by hasty untimely planting.
I owesi i'otatoes, bedded last month,
will soon begio to furnish "draws," Good
fair, sandy soils, and plenty of manure,
ere tha prime requisites of success. Break
' your ground eery deep?open wide and
deep furrows?scatter good, well-rotted
i manure, or rotted chips, ashes, dec , thick*
I? along in this furrow, and throw on
that a broad and rather flat bed?run
over this bed lightly, with a.rake tc pulverise
sod level it, and you are ready
for planting
Chinese Sugar Cane, for syrup, should
be planted as soon as the weather bfcoasts
settled and warm?a little after
| corn planting time. The people of the
I W?. -U
.. -?< id* oiimmi 11 sot M Urorabit
for tbia plant aa wiih ut,ar? still plant
iag it Urg?ly* for tk? production of ayrup
and foddar?much mora ao iban oar*
aelva*. It paje wall.