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wra?iiih.i m ??? ?I>e sEfxington Jjisimtclu WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1874. W. D. M. HARMAN, Editor. Logout for APRIL-FOOLS. We call attention to the sale of the. property of Lctheu Fulmer, deceased, on the 13th instant. See notice. ?1 In Florida they are buying butter by the quart; in Maine they are selling milk by the pound; in South Carolina pay certificates are going off by the yard. *- ? ? Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes goinjr off at cost, at Harman* o ' wjrt's. Give them a call soon, for they mean business in the way of quick sales and no profits. There is a new issue of ten cent bills, and owing to their large size is sometimes mistaken for a fifty cent stamp. They are said to be the prettiest made since the "unpleasantness.'' We had an occasion to pass over n portion of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, a short time since, and found the trains well filled with passengers. There appears to be a great deal of travel over this road. Arms and ball cartridge are being distributed to the militia of Edgefield County, preparatory to the Fall Campaign. From report Lexington County \rill have use for a/etc, in order to put down "insurrection." "We see it announced that round x-'- A-?t-n ov?/l fi-nm Charles il'ijj Ut'&CIO, W UUU - ton, will be furnished by the Greenville and Columbia and the South Carolina Railroad officials, for one fare, good until the 1st and 10th of May next. See notice in another column. Col. Thomas Dodamead, Superintendent of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, has been mentioned as a man well qualified to fill the gubernatorial chair for the next term. The Colonel is spoken of as beiug no politician, but a shrewd, energetic Railroad man, who could af d would run the State proceeds from the taxes thus lev-! ied are reqyured by law to be kept by the State Treasurer separate and apart/and to be applied for the purposes for which they are respectively levied and none others. ? A., . ? A second edition of the History of the Soutti Carolina College, by !Dr. LaBorde,^mbracing'additionnl sketches and a life of the author^ by Kev. J. L. Reynolds, E>. D., will be published by subscription during the ensuing Summer, by Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. C. The price of the volume will be $2.50, payable upon publication. ?A true balsam. Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry is truly a balsam. It contains the balsamic principle of the Wild Cherry, the balsamic properties of tar and of pine. Its ingredients are ell balsamic. Coughs, colds, sore throats, bronchitis, and consumption speedily disappear under its balsamic influence. m It is stated that one C. A. Trotter has trotted eighty dollars out of the citizens of Anderson?he claiming to be an agent for a Boston paper, and he is trotting around under an assumed name as one of the fast /rollers of Boston. He must be a pretty fast trailer but ae can be teat, so 3*011 had better not oei your money on him. He is still trotting on around the course-. The Edgefield Advertiser says: ''Judge Carpenter, when asked to order the publication of the Grand Jury's Presentment at the recent term of our Court, said that he was willing so to do, but that he disliked to impose a heavy* expense upon the County of Edgefield for printing. We tnen agreed to puolish said document for half price. "Will other parties follow in the same direction for the sake of reducing taxes nud getting out of debt?" "We have never charged or received a cent for publishing the Presentment of the Grand Jury of our County, and expect to continue to do so1 free of charge, as we consider this document as general news to our readers. Now, what other newspapers will do likewise, "for the sake of reducing taxes and getting out of debt ?' j \ Some time since a case from | Georgia?Guxs vs. Barry?involv! ing the constitutionality of the: i Homestead law, was decided by i the Supreme Court of the United States adversely in this: That ' ja judgment obtained before the ; : adoption of the Homestead law i could be enforced. So we take it ; as a fixed fact that judgments ob- ! : tained prior to the lGth of April, 11808, can be enforced without regard to the Homestead law. i I Mr. Dcxx, Senator from Horrv County, shows that $1,756,000 of i the people's money have not been ; accounted for by Mr. Iyimptox, Fi: nancial Agent of the State of i '~ ' " ?r*;*., i SOUtQ uarouua, m Hio w : New York. Of the $9,514,000 of j "new bonds" issued during the : late administration, the Financial | I Agent appears to have received only ^ $8i472,000, and of these only $7,i 757,500 nppear to have been sold, leaving $1,756,000 entirely unaccounted for. A committee has been appointed to look after these ; self-appropriated bonds. We do not wonder at the grum; bling noise made about the attachj ees, or "snatchees" as some call 1 them, at the last General Assembly, for it is said that there were one ; hundred and twenty-five. This is , far beyond the number that this i economical body voted to employ, i They thought that they had cur! tailed the amount of expenses in : this line, but by some hocus-pocus i movement it has amounted to a I nice pile and reaches$51,000?$23,' 000 for the Senate and $28,000 for : the House. We suppose that some of the sable members thought that the public bowl held enough "pap" for every one to help himself to it. ; | By an Ordinance passed by the ; City Council of Columbia, last week, we see that the bar-rcoms are to be closed on Sundays. Now, what will a fellow do for a phlegm | culler Sunday mornings, or his j ice-cold Lager during the heat of ! the day this Summer? We fear that some of the members of the last Legislature have whispered ; something in the ears of the Council in relation to the-matter, for we hjHard one say, a few weeks ; since,ithat out of the many be true, we don't blam? any - memI ber fdr this act, but wh think that he ought to have caused ?h"? Legislature to have looked into this matter, before its adjournment, for j ' its own protection. The Columbia Daily Union says: i "Messrs. Haitian & Morels, Photographed, No. 75 Assembly Street, have succeeded iu getting ar\n\a nrnrwl views nf the State House i o- -- . and grounds, and of the Palmetto l j Monnment. Also, among their coP-! i lection is a photograph of one of j the sand hill teams, a copy of which j has been forwarded to make glad j the heart of Dr. Redfield, of the j j Cincinnati Commercial.' j Give them a call and examine i : their latest specimens, and you will j i be sure to have your likeuess put \ | in a frame, and one that will please j i you so much that you will not leave j | dissatisfied as some have done at j other establishments of this kiud. I ; "We had them to take our phiz and ! it pleased us so much, we had it | placed in a frame and brought it away. Go and try your hand. i Pitman's Phonography has hith- 1 erto been considered the shortest, most perfect and rapid system of Short-Hand Writing. It, bow! ever, has several and important ! defects: being difficult to learn on ! account of its numerous rules, with : ! an array of exceptions to them, 1 ; and from the fact that several 1 sounds have a multiplicity of signs, I which are apt to delay and confuse ! , even an unexperienced writer, who ! has to think which form he should |1 'use when he ought to be free 3 i ; from all thought except as to what j the speaker is saying. The de- 1 j fccts, and the necessity of a more ! simple and uniform system, have ' : led to the perfection of a new sys tem known as Edeography (de- j ' rived from two Greek words mean j ing pleasant writing,) which is free | Tfrom all irregularities, and is much i; j easier, and thirty per cent, shorterp ' than Pitman's. The whole princi- i j pie of this new art may be acquired ! in a few days, and a month's pracj tice of one hour daily in reading I and writing will enable any one to ' i use it with facility. The "Manual 1 J of Edeography" is published by j I Messrs. T. W. Evans & Co., of j | Philadelphia, a responsible lirm, who will promptly fulfill the ofter they make in our advertising col umns. . i ? * For the Lexington Dispatch. Mr. Editor:?The Republicans, J and True Republicans, having had j a good deal to say in the Dirpatch,I not long since, I now propose that i they all drop politics for a while,: and join us and say something! about establishing a few more Cot-1 ton Factories in. Lexington County, j So far, as I have been informed, j . . | those in operation are doing a profitable business, and, as there is no danger of over doing the business, I would suggest a plan by which oue or two more might be put up without the aid of foreign capital, or seriously embarrassing those interested in it. There is water-power enough on Twelve Mile Creek to spin all the cotton raised in Lexington and Edgefield Counties, and money enough could be raised in Lexington County, within five years, to put up the Factories to do the work. I do not propose to go in on quite so extensive a scale, but start by putting up one good one, capable of manufacturing one thousand bales of cotton a year, and enlarge upon it as circumstances would permit I am. not much acquainted with manufacturing, but it is my opinion that it' would require less capital to spin one thousand bales of cotton than it would to raise it, and if I am right, the profit is certainly greater, because a pound of spun cotton is worth more than two pounds of raw cotton. Mv idea would be to ----- ?V -1- ? lorra a company aim juiuc hundred dollars a share in the stock; and allow no stockholder to subscribe less than one share, but as much more as he pleased. In this way I think a large number of shares could be obtained in the County. Hundreds of people in the County would take one share each, and many would take more. I have not the least doubt that the good citizens, owning the waterpower ou Twelve Mile Creek, would| willingly take the amount of a reasonable price for the water-power in stock, and glad to do so to forward the enterprise. I would lik-e to hear the opinion of others upcyi Ahis plan of establishing Factories throughout the coun-c try and I may say more upon the' iHJfiwpt another time if .the plan who will subscrib*^*^^^ ONE SHARE? For the Lexington Dispatch. The I>ol>ut oi'.T. W. L. Artlnn*. Mr. Editor:?1 bad at first concluded to pay no attention to that tyingtrficle which appeared in your issue of the 25th instant, over the signature of that Congam* tchrlp, but since he has attempted to deceive the good readers of your valuable paper I feel it a duty, which devolves upon me, to show him up in his true light and awaken within him a feeling of surprise to his sad condition. There are three counts in the case of this false and frivolous aw tiior: 1st. That he has attempted to make it appear that he?the said "J. W. L. Arthur"?is wealthy, and must ever protect and defend the aristocracy of his County. 2d. That he, the said Conyarce "J. W. L. Arthur," is intelligent and educated, inspired with great { wisdom to detect the en^* in the ! dent. 3rd. That he, the said "J. W. L. | Awthur," is a polished gentleman, j In answer to the first count I j must say that the inspired writer, j "J. W. L. Arthur," has lied, for; by\ referring to the Tax-books you will' 6nd that he onb* pays one dollar j tax on his empty gourd. I In answer to the second count I i am sorry to say that the said "J.! YT. L. Arthur" has lied again, for j the article over his signature was! not his own production, but was : written by a man who is a base cow- j ard and using the said "J. W. L. I Arthur" as a tool for its publica- j tion. In answer to the last count I am j truly sorry to make this exhibit, for j it will deprive the said "J. W. L. I A-rthur" of ever}' principle belong- j ing or in anywise appertaining to j that which constitutes a gentleman.! "J. W. L. Arthur" thou stands j charged with having stopped, for i the night, with an honest, hard- j working gentleman, who resides on j the Augusta wagon road 8 miles; from Lexington Court House, and! that you, the said "J. W. L. Ar- ; rnrR," sneaked off without- paying i for your night's lodging. mra-irr i A 1 I am sorry tlmUs have been forced : by my own feelings to be so severe j upon you, biit^perhaps, it may be ; instrumental in making a man of | yon. And now, # my good fellow, | let me say a few .words to you o'c. I bid you an affectionate farewell, and before doing so let me inform j you that I am 4fo scholar; that I have never been to school; never j studied grammar? but I do know a | little about arithmetic and can i some times ciphar-out a fool, which I have done, in your case, with your assistance. I would say to you. for your own good, that mugfc depends upon your future courgji and actions to sustain yourselflts a gentleman. You have attempted a mammoth undertaking. Ate you not aware that you should be well heeled before you step iato the political arena ? "Why m j friend, if I am permitted to ealhyou thus, you are entirely too younir. You will do very w^Illo be tlife boss dog in a Temperance Lodtt, but stay out of politics, ^th^Tls one thing which is muchUa^our favor, and that is you are oung. I would suggest that yotPj t? to your friend, who wrote that a? icle for you, and demand of him one year free tuition, you are entitled to it, and he has lips enough t&teach you?provided that empty gourd will keep it?at any rate he can learn you to lie, which, in your ease, if you continue in politics^yon will need. There is nothing like being a good liar, and for one ^ young as you are, you have made a pretty fair start. \ Ar.TircK, if yon knew Iho sentiments of the peoji Lexington County you wonli not hesilate^oi one moment to do what I herewitl ! suggest: 1 IMml', Tliutj . "J. v.*. L. Ar thur," having l>eei dn/^d by an in fernal coward \ylio is acting behinc the curtain, that * n consideratior for the injury1 ha tarfweived, anc the impression tluS^as been mad< upon me, by a dcjmf that I will 01 ! next "Wednesday, fthrough the col J nms of the I)i?pajch, expose thi incognito friend. * Now, my good fx)//, uuless yoi do as snggesteibnAwre you are for ever lost, stigmntu&Lfo* 705U* owl acts, and unless jtjf S it I shal never take aDT-Jp|NfoffhV ~'?rai I ttSncle Ibv yor that I have an eyc3eartne directioj ! whence it came, a? just as sooi | us I get evidence^^ufficient to sat j isfv my mind thatHf^'rote it I wil ! attest his pluck, q^B@) pared witl i his writing, by which I wil ) put upon- his bJP? and that h( j must either prov^T him.self a mar j or show the //andejfeather. nanitai ftTT^BEiondcnce. Columbia, - *? 1^74. The adjournment of the Legis| lature and retireitpnt^of the incnij hers thereof has-?B^?ast a gloom ; upon o\uv fair The world j till moves, ev?i^^B|^|li^*4iot at"the helm of .Sfl^^^Bregnlate i the movements finan| cially) of the grai^^H' ship. It I has been corcedt^^Pto the session jist iertainabeen the most corrupt our ?l3:t have been called upon to w#*^s. Bribery has existed to anTCjfming extent, and it is a fact ^^S'tby of-note, that whenever jflSeasure which failed to pass \vm subsequently brought to the attention of some of the members, /B would invariably reply: "TVkJno .offer was made for a djvisimAnd of course we could not 'se^B THK CLOfii^BfcfES Of the General A^fcbly surpass { description. ^PayJfcpiium could : not have been ^^Bdepicted by! the greatest artr^Kkill.' Mem-1 bers abused an^ftcused each other for every dnjpiable sliortnr?min<*. It was dorinc one of1 these scenes that^ two members ; from Orangebtfr^T'imccl Dannek- j; ly and Riley, wer^ummarily ex- j j pelled. They we^so boisterous i< and loud in deuBiifcition of other j j members of the iagislature, that j patience was exh^Sged, and they J f were thrown oveiwth J, AX ixJB In connection w^TOiis adjourn-! ( ment I will menl%. It was du- j ( ring a general disown of nothing,n when nearly e'^J^kember con- j v sidered it his di^^B his n feet, 16 licHy'pi^aeW his right j t] to be heard by ifal^Bsidipg of- j p ficer, that a coart^B&a arose, j g doubtless feelin^^nWnity of the a position which he a^Bd, and ad- i tl dressing the , " 3Ir.' C Speaker, I rise to state that I made j that motion." His. voice, being more stentorian, could be heard , above the others, and he accord- j I ingly convinced those who heard I him that he very well vii<trpre ' ! sealed his County. A few days after the adjourn ment of our grand Legislature A MEETING Or THE ATT.VCIIEES , Took place, because they had been | deprived of their pay. This meet! ing included all those who had been employed by the Legislature as a body. Of course every one desired to have his " say " concerning the question involved?namely, I I ?? nmumn Kir flm T.p.risla ; me ?ioiuu kjj ?~o j ture for those who filled its suborj dinate offices. Daring these very serious deliberations, one of the j speakers was interrupted by a col| ored attachee with the remark, "He ain't no attachee! he ain't no j attachee!" Upon application to I Treasurer Caudo^ they were? informed that, as usual, "there was no money in the Treasury." He also assured them that as soon as funds were placed at his disposal, he would compensate them for services rendered. -There being no other resort, they were content | to fold their hands until the Treas: urer should be enabled to imburse - n.irl to i mem iur Liicii iutuojjvuUi.v.v our Legislature. a very curious ; And unaccountable proceeding j (from an honed standpoint) is inI volved in the loss of a resolution ! passed by the General Assembly, | and which only awaited the Gov| ernor's sanction to become a law, directing the Attorney-General tc i institute proceedings against Niles G. Parker, former State Treasi urer, for over-issuing conversion bonds. It appears that the suil - would involve various State offi - j cials,^md consequently it was ven I j convenient to lose the original cop] 1 j of the resolution. The Governoi 1! and Maxwell, of Horry, Chairmar 21 of Committee on Engrossed Acts i i are each charged with complicity - j in this transaction and subdrartion s and neither has as yet made ; satisfactory statement of the dis .i appearance of the objectionabl - measure which only awaited th a signature of his Excellency to be ^bcom^^law^ypur readers will re - the bonds whic^^^ctjV^i^g^i i, j All who understood the question a : at the time considered the neces 11 sitj for a vu'ula'.ing Act as an ach - bowledgement that tEey wen I j fraudulently issued, for the reasoi i; that, if genuine, they would no II require such bolstering. As th< i! .Legislature succeeded in valida i . i i ting the conversion bonds over I issued, the Governor and his allies ! arc making a desperate attempt tc "validate" Parker. AN* IMPORTANT BODY Met here on "Wednesday last, emj bracing the corporators and stockj holders of the Spartanburg and Ashville Railroad. The meeting i was held for the purpose of organizing a company under the charter | granted by the Legislature. A committee was appointed to ! examine and report the amount of , capital stock subsciibed?a certain 'amount being required by the j charter. Hon. C. G. Memmixger j was chosen President of the Company, and an efficient Board of Directors was also chosen. The Directors have since held a meeting in Charleston, and transacted j the business entrusted to them, j This road will connect our State j directly with the great Northwest, giving us through commu- j nication with that productive part j of the country. This line, when ' v.i, ?*iii kjxj LLimy,ii duui ici than any other by wbifh the pro- j ducts of that section can be i brought to our doors. The bene:: fits in store for us are incalculable,] if this movement is successful. \ the city election ; [s now engaging the attention of | s :hose interested, which, of course,: < jmbraces members of the Radical! i oartv, for our city, like the State,' i s wholly given over to them. Af- j < ,er considerable caucusing, the j t jresent incumbent, John Alexax- :] >er, was nominated for Mayor.? La )f the four wards constituting our't )ity, only four white persons are j I lominated on this ticket. Each j. rard is allowed three aldermen? J i: aaking a total of twelve. It will f bus be seen that the white peo- g le, who mainly support the City d overnment, in payment of taxes h nd licenses?have only a third of j p be representation in the Cityj si louucil; and this number rcceiv-, fi ing office from the source specified, I are not fit champions for their J race. The Conservatives have no voice | in this election, being largely in j the minority, and can only sit i with folded hands, waiting for; j "something to turn up." j COLUMBIA. i Georgia Correspondence. i In my last, I promised, at some future time, to give your readers i ( ray experience in farming, and as i it is, perhaps, more limited than 0 ' 1 " r-viVm* if oq some oi cueus, x ?u um uuv> a criterion for them, but rather "witli the view nf an exchange of j opinions and modes of farming, i With this brief explanation I now proceed to the self-imposed, but pleasant task:' In the first place, I will stfcte that farming, as much as any other profession, is an art, and to be made profitable, must be studied and practiced in a scientific manner. We live in a progressive age, and farming, to succeed and meet our demands for sustenance, must njove apace with the times?must discard all its old foggy notions and experiment and pi^fctice what experience teaches to be best. Because our fathers done so and so, planted this way and that way, and cultivated the other way, is uo reason why we should, provided we have learned a better way.? We once heard a story told of an old dutchman, >who, when lie went j to mill, always placed his grain in [ one end of his sack and a large j stone in the other, to balance it on ' ( his horse. He had followed this J plan from boyhood, simply because ' j his father had done" so. After a i while his son John- grew up to be '! a mill-boy, and he conceived the "; idea of throwing the stone-out and ! dividing the grain in the sack sc r | as to balance. The old man, bi r I * ? . j the force of habit, thought hi: 1 j way was right an^iis son's a ver ' | foolish idea, so to reinonstratec ' j with him, but all to no avail, anc ' finally, his little stock of patienci x being exhausted, he exclaimed "Slion, you be von porn fool! Yoi 0 | fadder and grand-fadder dake da 61 shtone to mill mit dem aud nov j yon dink you git shmart and trsw j" i it ava^Now, young farmed i ^e^carrviijg a stonnJ^rju ^pneWRo^^^tiy and see if v6i J can't conceive a better plan, f,u _ j throw thfct cumbrous stone uSdc 31 even the risk of being calle-. 'j smart. ( The first thinrr a n-nr.d 0 o a "does is to thoroughly prepare hi: ', lands for the crops be intend? i planting. My mode of doing this ; is by the use of the two-liors< '; plow. I use the fourteen inch j steel clipper, which turns the land ''entirely over, burying all vegetaj tion beneath. I am not alarmed j if I turn up the yellow clay if I j get the vegetable matter eight or j ten inches under it. I turn all my I land in this way. "When I comI menced this manner of plowing j my neighbors condemned it, and expressed the opinion that I wa?s j ruining my land?rendering ft j worthless. Now, since they have j seen the results, many are supplyi ing themselves with two-horse j plows, and are adopting the same ! plan. Turning stubble lands should ; be done in the fall before frost hills the vegetation, though if it cannot ; be done then it may be profitably done anytime during the winter j or spring, even up to planting; time. If land is rough or not thor- j oughly pulverized, I inn a heavy ' two-horse harrow, with iron teeth fourteen or fifteen inches in length, over it. If to be planted in corn this , generally puts it in pretty ; good fix for that purpose. I the^ check off my rows four feet each way, and drop my corn in the cross and cover with a small scouter nlow. If I annlv home made ma- ! Qure, I put a small quantity?say j a single handful?upon two sides 3f the hill before covering. If I lpply commercial fertilizers, I put ibout a tea-spoonful about three j ^ >r four inches from the <rrain in . 1 he furrow. The second time blowing the corn, after running j iround, I put down in the furrow, o each hill, a tea-spoonful more, c ! find that this is much better than c mtting the whole in when plant-jB ng'. "When the whole quantity is j u when the planting is done, I j ;et a fine stalk, but generally a g .isproportioned car, but when one : n alf is reserved for the second i lowing, I get a fine proportioned ! talk and ear. I plow corn the i u rst and second times with a scouter ei I ^11 1111?? plow, deep and thorough, and the " third time lay it by shallow* with a broad sweep. My way of preparing cotton land is the same as for corn?thorough de?p turning. I always alternate my crops, never plant two years in | succession, the same kind on tho^ I same land?always running in I small grain after corn and cotton. After nfy land is thoroughly turned, or broke, in the spring, I lay off my cotton rows, about three : feet apart with a long scouter plow. t. in mv jruano, I use what : ~ * -.? ?- I we call a guano horn?a tiu or sheet iron pipe an inch and a half in diameter, with a funnel at one end?which I fastened to the reaf | of my plow stock, letting the lower end of the spout down a little below the heel-screw of the plow. I then run this plow in the furrow I have laid off for the row, and have a hand walking by the side of the plow putting the guano in the funnel, and the constant motion of the plow causes it to run down through the spout very readily, and it is deposited at the bottom of the second furrow. In this o^ratlon I also use the scouter plow, about three inches wide, and the ground falls back in the furrow and covers the guano. I next throw two furrows on this with long scouter plows, running as deep as possible. I caught this idea from Mr. Dixo.v, the celebrated cotton raiser of this State, and find it an admirable one. * I next bed out with twisters, ' I lnornncr rmfi fuiTOW Still iH the | IVUMUjj j middle, to be thrown out after the | cotton is planted, which leaves the ; field all fresh. I then plant any '; time from the 12th of April to the , 1st of May. Of late, doubts have " j arisen in my mind as to the utility I cf putting fertilizers as deep in the |; ground as I have been in the habit | of doing. It has long been argued ' i in this country, that we could not 1 conveniently get our fertilizers in 3 j too deep, and I had held to that j j opinion. Now, my mind has so j j materially changed on the subject, ; that I am induced, this year, to " j try it on a more shallow plan.? 'jOne advantage to be gained, is . 1 that the top root of the plant will ^: reach it sooner and cause it to v | grow off quicker, enabling tho S ! farmer to work it with more epse and dispatch. This yoax I am ?i using a Am post of acid ^ ^ot>tton seed and ^stable /hiantfre, } : equal parts, and will p^ it in the , | rou' after the first furrow has been j!drawn, and then run a second j tunc in the furrow with a sm.ilT ^ , plow, to incorporate the compost ^ l witn tun soil before bedding on it. ^ j I plant my cotton by means of a _ ; planter, constructed so as to open ^. the bed, strow the seed and cover * i them at the same time?thus one hand and one mule doiDg the work | of three hands and two mules,, j when the old way is pursued.? .; "When the cotton is up, I use for 0 j siding it a small bell-tongue or scouter, with a protector, or board, j as commonly called, made of an : old saw blade, or stout sheet iron, | fastened on the side next to the cotton. By this means I am enabled to run very close to the row, ; leaving it not more than three or four inches wide, and lessening i the burden of chopping out and ' putting to a stand. After the first plowing, I cultivate entirely with | the sweep. Cotton should be plowed, at least every twelve or fifteen days until the middle of July. I know of Ranters who plow until picking commences, but I don't think it pays?at any rate I am satisfied that I can get mine plowed at the proper time until the middle of July. As a general thing we plant too much land. The consequence is, bad cultivation, short crops and * shjwt profits, if any. Fiftee%acres tis enough to the hand, ten in corn and five in cotton?and will make # i li* J *1 i* more, n properiv cultivated, man thirty will if but half cultivated. Let us manure more, plant less and cultivate better, and success will crown our efforts. Not long since, *in conversation with an old and experienced farming gentleman, from your State,* ipon the subject, he remarked, hat as long as the people persist 11 planting their broad acres in sotton, almost to the exclusion of ther crops, so long they will retiain noor. I am satisfied that he ras correct, and" I'believe the iaelligent reader will agi-ee with men conclusion, I will say, when you o to market, don't put your eggs 11 into one basket, but divide liem into several, and if a mishap efals one, you still have the othrs left?or that I may not be misnderstood, I say diversify your rops. FINK.