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fOLl'M XVI. LANCASTER C. II., S. C,, MAY 15, 1867. MflBBR 14. SELECT POETRY. THE MEffDOW BEOOK: Iteside the meadow brook she strayed, A happy child with luughing eyes; Above hor smiled the soft blue skies. Around her there the sunbeams played. The brook went bubbling on its-way A down the meadow bright with flowers, (), early spring and through the hours Made inctry with' her all the day. She set beside the meadow Uionk, A maiden fair in summer time. When the sweet year was ill its prime, And in lie- hands she held n book, | -w - v? ?The same blue sky einiled I right above ; The brook it ?mig a tender soup Of love to her the whole duv long ; The bock *he read was all of love. ITeidde the mr.vlnw brook she stood, A matron hi tin* noon of life, A happy mother and a wife, Who loitered there in pensive inood. Around her (ell the autumn leaves; The meadow hrook almost dry, And hi tfie harvest fields hard by The reapers found the vcar'a last sheave*. Once more beside the brook she stands? The willow's branches round her there 1 fnng leafless in the winter air? An aged dame with folded hands. . OH mciiioiic* her tlu>uj;liL-i Whose every link she cannot trace ; And fiMiii o'er, tt e biook'i* 11 luce Ia wrinkled like the face of ?>;?' SKLECTE!) .ST oil Y." A Miscliovlous Widow. A umsijueiadt would not lie much of : nn alVi'r if t!ioi? were not noma ludicrous I B'.'ene* attached to it, or connected with it. f. i + [ PVQlt i n if th ~t of the Musical Solely was no txc^iiioo to* the general rule, Htnl hi.v number ol fanny incidents ! transpired. * No person failed to notice a conspuu j o is cos nine |>ie*t*iit, a g cnlietiian diessed as h Sj> %iii?ii c..\ii'iar? a Verv neat and tasty dres?, set itf on a well built ami i Milt It- lie frame. '1'lie gen t ? in a n felmtn svo siihi! es'.l x , jirid |>iiticuUr? indeed, most devoted attention to a junk d"minOi enshrouding a rv'jdi like form, acting hs her escoit at all times, and jilting no at tantion vorih no.icing to ITnyhody else. I Tit j>!? linn.adiug ol in reving they ?ere in earnmt conversation, and the ladies, who con'J not f *iI to notice them, thought ho innil he n duck of I? fellow to j?av so innrh attention, whfle (ho penile men thought she unlit he a divine little angel t? I'sten so devotedly to all his soft things. Peril ijii both of tliein were jest what thev had the credit pf beln^j. Tile cavidier was a legal gentleman of j our oitv, and the pink dotuifio was?no j matter who jest now. 'I tie gentleman is married and lias a small family. He loves his wife, ten paaple d > whisper that sometimes he loves o her people's jest as much The cavalier proposed sometime since to go to the hall, hut his wITe insist, d that Iter ha<?-1It waa nnt v^r? good, nnd a? t would he something ?f * crowd present he won*! li>1 go? lo her masquerades* were v.-ry tedioya jtifairs at beat. That X- wet delighted with the determination there i^ro doubt. Me did not tuv so, however, hut the day his wfe decide ) not to go ha met in company a voting and pretty widow, and in the heat of the ex element ho ashed her to accompany him to the* tna?qnerade. Ttw widow waa possessed of a bosom full of Inn, and aha Consented to go. X fitted her out with a costume and a rink domino, and a* every body saw, who noticed it, very pretty and very expensive. Now, in concluding to go the widow had aome olject in /iew, evidently,for yesterday,>o runs the atorv, ahe aaw X.'go aw :?y from home, when he sought the presence of Ida wife and told her tLe whole story, and in conelusion she said: "Now xoti've heard the whole liking. That pood for ao'blnp husband of vonra haulms lajen paying loo many attentions to mA of lute, unci f Jo not like it. If *on are ft woman of spirit wilt play a-trick ot^bim for tfria, ami if yno are liOt, why ni-urit-j'ist 70 with him lo thn maeqtierade, ar.J I will flirt, wi'h him nil tb 1 ev/niug jual as hnrJ a* ever I know how," ? It i? presumed the wife was not a woman of spirit, for laat errning about nino .o'clock * Ppani*b ravaljer, verv gentlemanly, eery de.votedly, and very love like, ???i?lol a domino into a narrate and drove ta Music flail. At the hall the couple paid little attery lion to the funny scenes ahout them. If tbey laughed at all il was 'at (heir own wit. Pryinjj^eyes tried hard to find out 1 who they wfre. They sauntered about until tired Th?y took refreshments and occasionally ft glass of wine. Tliev made no attempts to peep beneath each others j i masques, for it was evident they knew | : each other well. At all times ths cavalier i | seemed* whispering the softest things to the domino, snd a clo*e observer might J i have seen that occasionally the words ( i weye very s^ft. for they made the fair j i domino start and tremble just a little, i ; hut she seemed to have gsod control of j herself, hut tliero is no .louht tliat could ; * 9 I i her face have b^n seen, tbere would Iih'-c been traces of blushes. It was not a very late hour when the i ca*alier and the domino had disappeared from tli*? acene. AVIien the niaaonen were removod hi 12 o'clock, anxiou* one# were ! looking to see who tlie couple were, but they were cone, nnd h'I were diaappoinh d. i Let us /ollow tUeni to tbe homo of tlio wklnw, where tliev drove in haste, the J ( cavalier very happy, very talkative, and j i aim out besi.lo binmelf with j >v?the 1 i domino very quiet and very foserved. i Tbey were whown into the drawing room, i wh?r? the doininp tjirows herse'f upon a | lotince The cavalier atep* forward to turn up the gas * little, hut a pienanttf I | voice aara, '*1 will do It f >r you, Mr. X " j i and the ro<vn is ablaze with the light. I ( The voice waa that of the youngr widow, , and the liluzo of the lii?l.t aboard the i lawver leaning iipon a chair, peifert'v acha-t with n*tonirhn>ont, looking from , the widow to the domino, jet unable to ( <n i er a wor ]. j | "Wliv, ?likt is the matter with Mr. !, X P asked the widow,, "you lo.>k \ astonished I expected }'<>u, and have | been waiting for you some time. Your i wife told tr>? she wOuld come here." My wife 1' gasped the cafaliur. "Ye*, jour wife. Why, what i* the ' tnnlter with you I Are you unwell T!io cavalier scarce seemed to know I whelfier he w?s unwell or not. He turned j to iho domino. Site had removed her inafij ie, and lie saw In* wife Killing he . ; fore hiin. His astonishment was greater than hVfore. Still lf? could svv no-hing j The wifq was too indignant lo speak. ; The widow came to the rfdief of Loth. "I tell you what it is, Mr. X , she said, ; "You've one of ib?? best \y>men in thw world f>r n wife, aixhyon abuse her wor?o j than any man I ever knew. I j ot wi*h j I was in her place for about five minu'es.'' j The cavalier looked as if he wished | nothing of tho kind. 'The widow went I on. "Van insulted me in asking me lo c1^ with you. If Miad a Idg hr,other able to whip you he should have donu.it. and j if ft had not heen litnt n woman cannot do those tiling.*, I would Ithvo done it | injseif. You dfestrved it any way. you i ugly tnouajer. Aa I could r.<4 do it, I P?ld four wife, and we determined to punish vnu, and I guees vpti have had a | pretty good lesson, arid one which will I last you sometime, I know, V?v the way i your poor wife blushes, you have said a!' aorta of lusiliuog lliinga to her, thinking > it wwa tog; hut il wasn't, and L gue*| ' yon have found :! all out. You've life! I | your lesson ; now go home, an I if f ever | ! )?. ar of your negleeting your wife again, ' ; or running off after women, J'H tell tlie whole story, and published in the paper*, with your name in great big type ?oh 1 you log monster, von ! Poor X was suffering terribly. He had never been caught so fairly before. The perspiration was pouring down h'S f irelead, and tbA Xir of the room seemed* : terribly Confined, lie mentally cursed i nssrquorados, domino*, bewitching wij oes, and his own stupidity, and it was a relief when his wife, who evidently felt that be ha ! been ^vinUhed shflfbuently, intimated that they had beper go borne, and the poor cavalier slunk away, I'ko a wbipp.fl school boy.?Mihoaykte IPiv! cousin. Tsar r?r.M Orr.?A cmblieaded hoy having been brought before the court as 1 a witnaa*. tha following collootiv pmiiriI ' ' - "1 / * * I # "W htr? Ho you li?e I" ?*id llie JiuTgp. | j "Livee with mother." "Where doc* tour mother lire "She livwi wiili in? father." * "Where in ihi ilmhder is their hornet" roar* lh? Judgo " Dial's where I'm from," earn the bo?, fttirk'OGT hia tongue iq h corner of-h e t-eh?ek, And elowl? oloaing one eyoon the J udge. "Hera, Mr. Conatable.** ha?* tho eonrf, take the witiieaa out And tell him to trnvi I he evidently doea out underatau I the ! riAlnre of Ah oath." "You would think different," aaya the ' | boy, going toward the doorway, "if I we* once to give you ? eoaein' !' ' 3?ii'i;ewo> ,>CvvY *> '/ ii ? n *i .r no; POLITICAL. V Letter from Ex-Oov- Perry. To the A'/it or* of the Columbia Phoenix: The people of South Carolina were persuaded six or *oven years ago, that ifceii only hope of maintaining? African slavery wsa in the destruction ot the American Union and the formation of*a Southern Confederacy. I did not think so, and raised my warning voice against this fa tal delusion. I said to them that slavery wns-snfer in tllO Union than it m.ii .1 l.n in a separate confederacy. I tol.l them that th? extinction of Uto Union would ho tho* death kntfll of slavery. They spurned my counsel, and rnadiy rushed inio a bloody civil war, which ended in the abolition of slavery. Now tlmy are being persuaded, again, that the only way to save their.lands from the confiscai Lion of Congress, is in adopting the provision* of'the military bill, giving ttniver oil stifl>ag? to the negro, nnt| dtsfranehis ing their leading public men. It is with a sad heart that I aeo indications, al! over the State, ol a preparation to adopt this second debjsion, which will prove more fstal to the State than the lirst has beer, [i is trite, they lost, Ivy the fits', their property in slaves, and involved their count try in a long and bloody war, which de?. Muted the State and sacrificed thousands f their most gallant son* ; it is true, also, Lhal they w'ere conquered, and f%ive been placet under a military government. But now they are going to sacrifice their hon? or as a people and loso theit lands into the bargain ! Thev Are going to enfran rlii?o 00.000 blhc1\ vott-s ant! surrender the political power#o^tbe Statu into the hau ls of ti.? negroes ! Thn inevitable le^nlt of lltia -delusion and criminal folly wtll bfl' tho estahlisbmeiit of the moat atrocious government and horrible sla^e of society that a civilized people were evi rr mil jacted to. A'readv tl?e negro watch cry in Virgin i\ and elsewhere fc, '"L*t da for tb? land less 'Iloiuea for the homelesa!" ''I'o litiral equality to all men, regard lees o caste or color J" What avail will 40^)0C white vote* baaro in S?mtli Carolina, will thia wutoh cry ringing at tbu poll* f It ii against nature arid reason to suppose tbal jin ignotant add debased majority wil not pursue their own intercut, regardless i>f t'ght, and carry out th ??r wicked piy, poses, whatever they rnav be. It is poa?'l>'o to nstrain tneni at firs', before they acquire Concert of action. Hence the iin portance of defeating the call of a c>n ven I ion at the first electgsn, before thii maj >ritv is organized and erulmidened by agnation jnd evil counsels. It cannot h< controlled afterwards, bnt'wilVrrSaka Sou.} Caieiina a political and social pandemo ilium. Is there an instance in the woihi'i hisrorv of a class of men invested witi po'itical power, who did not Unite to pro mote (hair ?svr. interest* f Just as sure as genera! suffrage is giv en to the negro, in Soutli Carolina, In will feel hie numerical strength, and soon *if or later, under tliA vile lend of Blacl Itepuoftcan ^nmaries, seize the politico |i(in;nr of the Stsio, and exercise it to op press Ami plunder the white race. Then are thousands of unprincipled ^lii'e mei amongst u?,'who will unite llfeir destini with the negro for the* sake of spoil* am plunder. They will easily bo persuaded end persuade .thetiue'ves, that it is ri^;i> nn>l proper that the lands of the Btati should hejie'ded out fqnallv amongst al of her citizen*. Kvery one should havi a homo?-the poor freed man as well a his former rioh master. Having the pnw er in their hands, with this belief, it i folly snd stupidity to suppose they wii pot execute it. They must serve on ju ries sod hold office, ride with you am your w ives and daughters in the cars, am eat wait you at the hotel, and sit wt'l vnu In the chbrch. All this, and tei thro* more*you must endure from you black political masters. And can it b that the prole of Carolina has sunk s low, and been so degraded, as to vote fo a'l this voluntary, fl?rthe purpose of gel t'ng beck into that \:nion which ber cil ixens pr ft'seed to hate and despise so ox dial I v a few years since! Are they wil ling to go to the poH* and cast their vot for a convention, with this destiny starim flieru irf tiie face, in ordey to aave lliei Unda from congestion f No. Tltoy wil b? tho ultimate confiscation 0 their landa and their political riirhia a nu'a aa ihcy are voting away their bono a men and Carolinians. There are in the fttnta only tan Dm trioie out ol the thirty in which the whir votera a-e in tha majority, and these Dit tricta are the smallest?conaeqoently twc third* and mora of tha Convention ma be nejjfooa or Black Republican*. Th Legislature will be similarly composed.te -'a ?. M5"||?,< *uj i n Do the people of Souih Carolina really . think of these consequences, or are they prepared to accept them I lleiter a thou sand times let Congress confiscate your . Unda. than entail such a Government and such degradation and misery on yoursali ves anJ posterity. Do your dntv and leave thf consequences to God. Act like tnnn and Carolinians. Declare by voting against a convention, that you will never Voluntarily yield tlio right of self governl meat, tir [dace yoursflvps under the con ijtrol of your former slaves. Defter?far netier to remain as yon' are, under the ; military rule of your conqueror*, and a wail their returning reuse of justice, i feel a?sured that nothing but a,mistaken appeal to base fear, and that dastardly ; i virtue, railed prudence, could have wrought so wonderful a change in the J public seot^' cnt of South Carolina. And J , it is melancholy to see the people?a I proud, gallant people?scarej iuto their 1 own ruin ar?J degradation bv tbe fa'se cry of confi-oation, like the consumptive | lunatic, who had such a terror of death I tlint he biittfd his brains out against the j w'alls of his cell to avoid it. In order to j save our lands from Congressional confisi j cs'ion, we are persuaded to letthenegros parrel them out amongst themselves. Let t.o oti^charge nie with disloyalty i to the American Wnion, or infer from t what I have said, that I am?not in favor of rccnrfMruoiing the Union of the States. \fv whole political life has been spent in fighting f ir the Union, and trying to ward off that fell spirit of disunion which has brought all these unnumbered woes on South Carolina. I wish to see the Union i restored under the Constitution, i know i the American people never can be free and bapny, great and prosperous, without the Federal Union ; but I will never de ..... ? -1" ^in ? ^ci, v/# in? yi nurrtinirr i mv constitutional rights or Republican principles, to got back into the Union. 1 , will live.under a niiHtary government, no . matter Ifhw absolute and druBMtc it may he. and hequea'.b it to my cHttMionm j- er than vote a negro for ) South Carolina, which every man will do , who voted for a convention. ! It i* a source of proud satisfaction (o t mo to roe such Union mm a* Governor I Sharkey of Mississippi, Governor Jenkins, ? ?of Georgia, Gov. Worth of North Caro. , lina, and Gov. Marvin, of Florida, who . neaer eea??d their opposition to the spirit of diaunion till the Union reared to exist, standing firmlv, and breadline the storm i of tyran'nv, oppression and degradation r which has been hurled at them, whilst * lead in cr secession's'* and disnnionisls are 1 counselling the people to their own dear t radation and destrnc.ion, for thn purpose of getting hack into tlie Union ; and, in # order to accomplish their purposes, hold i I i?r~v .i.~ I'-- ? laj ?i . | ..J> iw kiini T in n um inw nemj ' bloody bones" of confiscation. counsel comes with a bad ct/ce from those who hosste.l, at thw beginning of * our civil ?-.r sectional war, that '.hoy had . drawn their sword* and thrown away the c. scabbards, determined to die or lt*a sapa 1 rate from the rile, accursed Yankee ba, lion. i Let no one charge me, either, with urn i kindness to the African race. I ha?t t always been their friend and protector, 1 i^td, as Uicv. show themaeires capable ol , exercising the right of suffrage, by 4heir t infellivjenre and property, I am willing to a cpncede the ri dit to them. Hut I am not I ' w i! 1 in if, in their present dehaaed and da ft ' graded condition,.to throw the politics fl . power of the State into their bands, ] i j know the result will he d:?aatroun, Botl h | to them and the white race, 'it will end II I in o - - , . ... .. vi ivuj tuiurav Ml T Air f I1IIU MUUII 11 1 one raco or the other. In Tory few<of th? I Northern States, are the negrcea allowe< ! t<3 rote, where ti.ey have only a fgw, anr thev f.tr superior to tbote in the Sou then a * i, Si#ttrs. It ia monafroua, that the repre r ?ti.o( thoaa Staioi, in Con^roR* ? ahou'ul attempt to force o? to yield tin p right cf universe' suffrage to ?tbe negro r when they refuse it to him thetn*4lve* Tli. re is r.o danger of confiscation hi #mi?rosa. The menthols of that bod] r?v*v not he superior to tke negro ii I -honesty, hut they ha?e not the aanu o Jiiotire to v<r*e a divaiou of the lands z They will gut none of tbein. A man i r rot ao likely to r?fb or ileal for another a II for Himself. Hut ia it not Letter * to b< f robbed and pluderud by Con^ree* (Iihd Im * a convention of South Carolina f A r wicked a* Cou^ieae i?, the members maj hare eome regard for the opinion of th< i world. Thf-y may, loo, here eome ep * prehenrfon of a^rarianis*! At home. j I ^mally f^Mr there ere meoy white ,, persons in South Carolina who will rots v for ?> convention, under the hope of iti A repudiating the indebtedness of the State. _ Tlii? class nr. ay influence the negro rote to unite with them, and then, in return, they can umto with the negro in parcelling out the 'ami* of the State. One step leads to another. Stay laws first ? repudiation next; and then follows adivision < f lands and hii crpial apportion ment of property amongst ail persons. And last of all, the honest, hardworking, industrious and prudent class must support the idle, dissipated, extravagant aud | roguish class. Who cares to lie rr>nrr>?..n?o/t !.? gre?s hy negroes, l>la?k lb-publicans or perjured Southerner* t All others are ex eluded by "the ironclad oath." And . ibis is the great boon fj>uiu Carolina is I to receive for her voluntary abandonment I of honor, and principle, and constitutional liberty ! Wo aro to he represented in Congress by men wliotn we despise, and who will only increase the black republican majority in that body ; whilst at home we shsi! have a Legislature compose I of negroes apd their vile reprei senlntives! Congress has left it discretionary with the p-op'o of South Carolina whether to j call a convention or not. They have I ordered a registration ot voters and an election, and authorized every one to endorse on his ticket "Convention" or "No Convention." Therefore, let every man who is not disfranchised,as he values his life, and honor, and property, and the ponce of society, go forward and register his name, and then vote at the electjon, endorsing on h's^icket "No Convention.'' In this way a'ofle can we maintain our honor, preserve tha^ peace of society, pre vent black sniff ago and a divieion of * . lauds amongst the negroes , 1). F. PFUliY. Speeches of (Jolored Man. James II. Ilurr.s addressed a large concourse of the colored people of Halifax, N. C., a few days since- Ilia speech io ir|iiCBrmru l?) 111V OIHIO lO I1UV0 l?6^T of H conciliatory and conservative character. We C'?pv from the State "IIo said he felt it his especial duty t( tell therm that congestion was or.ly i trap sot to cMch their vot-s. [Ex citement.J That the Dutch and Irisl boys in blue fought for tlieir pay, and nol f>r negro emancipation. "Who tells yon tf.at the government is going to give joti the lands of your, former masters is a knave and a liar, If you think I am de ceivtng you, the illusion will !o very scot dispelled." [Here tho most intense ex cite merit prevailed ? voices crying out "We want you to teil us the start bare footed truth."] "I cntr.a here to speal the truth, and I have spoken it. I ba*< offended some, T ain aware, and to too i is a matter of indifference." The speake concluded by advising his hearerj t< 1 pledge thur votetyo no one." Sil. Barnes, another colored man.alsi spoke, and the same paper furnishes ai abstract of his remarks : J. "lis said (among other things) tha j me negroes' duly is to labor. 1'olitw J wk> the rock.on which the Uuion wa I dissolved, and I advice my race to stee i aloof from it. Ho raid nr. man who hm I j been kind to him should evwfcbavo an , I hut hie heat w:shes. An ! his boat friendi r llio?0" tried beloro end since the war, ar ' those with whom he had heen raiser i j and in whose service lie had spent th ; j hnppieat days of his life, (iivo me, sai i ' he.jlm ednca'ed gentleman-; he is on I I friend by instinct. K<>r himself, he woul [ ! not give Col. N*. M. Long for any Ileet i i he cared not on what murky slough I | had grown. Hie former he could rel > upon Tho latter he had no confident i in He loved his old master, and fe ! 1 towards him as if lie had hetn I:in fathe i 1 lie would light f>r him ? Though h i never worked for him while a slave, h would labor for him now. lie defied an , i wliitfl tuan to exceed him in politenr* He thought politeness the sweetest *n [ cheapest potato ever offered in any ma he'. He only asked credit for what h had done. He had waited on Confederat soldiers wliile sick and wounded. H did so because he loved them. (Her the speaker whs interrupted hy the houi and cio'aed V Ji'bt Twknty Four.?Judge who is now a Tory ahle Judge of th % Supreme Court of one of th^ great StaM I of this Union, when he "first came to th bar," was a very blundering speaker. O 1 one occasion, when he was trying a cas of replevin, involving the right to a lot c bogs, he addressed the jury as follows I "frentlemen of thejnry?there was jui i | twenty four hops in that drove; j?? i j twenty-four, gentlemen; jnet twice a Imany n? are in that jury box!" The el fact can Le imagined. AURIC U LT URAL. From the Southern Cultivator. Farm Work for May. The leading crops, corn and cotton are all planted, and it is woll to look careful* ! ly over our farm nnd garden, and attend at once to any needful and important work that you have been unable to do, before tbe acorching heats of summer come and it is too late. CoTn that is jstst well up, must ho ! wnrk?>fl nl nncd hnfrro t tio "1 al.irol , ~ I are thrown out, running. arouryl it closa | and deep with a loop, sharp,narrow'bull' t tonpue', or rooter plow ; nfter which, the middles may bo broken out, and the spaces between the hills and plants kept I clean with the bflo. That which is more advanced, is ready for second workinp, or soon will he. The surface should ho kept j mellow, frequently stirred, entirely free j from weeds, and as nearly level ac po*siJ ble. No hilling up is necessary?no tur? I ninp plow should he used in the late cul* tUre of corn. It is never neccessary, exr cept in cases where the weeds have ob? tained such a foothold that they must be buried or turned under?but wo hope none of our readers allow their crops to pet into that condition. In breaking up for corn, we cannot plow fro deep?but in cultivating the crop after the first worki inp, the barrow and sweep are the proper tools; for, as far as can be avoided, no roots of shortilrred annual crops should ever he broken or wouryled. The corn I needs all ils roots, and requires rich, mel? low ground, to extend them in ; nnd so I . . - - we Hiram repeal?vlo not l>renk llio roots by plowing deep; but keep llie surface open, freely pulverized nr.l frequently stirred. This system wii! give you a good crop almost any setfmn. Corn mav ba planted on "new grounds" and favorable 1 I spots, and should b? put in every square 1 I rood of land. It is one of our "great 5 staples" and no possible efforts should bo ?pared to produce an a^>pndance. Cotton is now ready to scrape, mould k and bring to a stand, liegin the work as soon ss tba seed leaves fully expanded, 4 and while the land is fresh and clenn.? ^ After scraping your cotton, mould as soon t as possible, so that tho young rootlets ? ; may nol be exposed to the scorching tfk fects of the sun. Tn this working, clean off all the old surface, says Dr. Phillips ( for it is this Hast grass that gives trouble. | Be careful at this working not to break I down the bed or to bruise or injure lliQ | young plants, for rough us&ge at this tim? c ! often causes the young plants to die out, 3 ! weeks henoe from injuries needlessly re t i ceived. vv bare, from bad seed or otb^r ! cauM*, there is a failure in procurng a J stand, the planter roust use his judgment, in regard to what shall be planted inatead. Chinese Sugar Cane, Cot^ Peas, ? and Sweet Potato slips aro those which n j are most 1 ikely to succeed. Ground aa , thoroughly prepared as is necpssary for 1 | Catton, should be made to yield a return * of some kind, in case of a bad stand. 9 'Oats, Rve, Wheat, and oilier small r grains, in some places, inufct be cut the ' last of this month, or early in June, and y | the ground afterwarda manured, deeply '? | broken up, and planted in corn, cow peas, 0 J or sweet potatoe "dra wa." ' j Early in the month, in the best of your e j corn, plant between the h'.ils the Cornd j field bean, which will afford snaps all Ir I summer, and the .while snri* when drt I 4 "" 0 T are a good winter vegetable. ^ | Pumpkins an<] winter squashes may be II | planted on any unoccupied ground. It y must be of good quality, or hills prsparj :e | ed for them by digging deeply add pro't vidjng * rich compost. r- Cow^'eaa, to make hay, may now ba e aown broadcast or drilled, in well manuri e e'd and well plowed land. Corn should 7 also be^lrilted, to cut green for forage.? * It will require about three bushels of seed per acre?sow thickly in broad, deep r drills, three and a half feet apart?u?p ? all the manure you ca.i spare, and cut the * corn foe your stork as soon as it tassels. 9 Lay off your patch in rows, and sow at 6 intervals of a week or ten days, so that A it may he cut in succession. Millet and Chinese Sugar Cane may he sown in tba , i # same way; and in the present scarcity of forage, (forage is always scarce,) will b? * found of the greatest value. ? A great many seem disposed to glv? e ' up Sorghum culture, but it is a mistaken n poliof. The prices of cane sugar and ? moiasses ura so bigh At present, and like>r, I, to continue to, that it will l>e fouc4 : | sound economy to continue to manufaci it tore enough ayrup for home use. Cool's 1 ' Evaporator and the new modes o( defecs ation now employed at the West, produce ' | a syrup superior in quality to what we j supposed possible.