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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL j
VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1854. . NUMBER 21. |
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THOMAS J. WARREN.
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From the Rural New Yorker.
The Object of Plowing.
The object of plowing is not fully understood
and considered by the majority of those
who perform the work ; if it were, it would be
done more faithfully and thoroughly. It is
not alone to kill the weeds and grass, nor even
to furnish a seed bed of fresh turned soil lor
planting or sowing?nor anything which looks
merely to the inversion of the sod?which constitutes
good plowing. Large plows, turning a
wide and shallow furrow, will show a large
day's work?but the work is imperfectly ac- ,
complished, when the true object of plowing is
the preparation it gives the soil for producing
vegetation?for giving to the plants sown or
planted, the elements of growth and fruitfulness.
It should thoroughly pulverize and loosen
the texture of the soil, and thus admit a free
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ical action, disentegrates or breaks down the
stony or mineral portions of the same, so tiiat
they may be more readily dissolved and taaen
up by the roots.
In a soil thus plowed?thus prepared for
yielding its support to vegetable life?plants
can appropriate from far and near, the nutriment
needed for their growth. It is dissolved
and ready for their use?not hidden in unbroken
clods, or slumbering in an undisturbed
sub-soil?but awaits their action in a friable
and penetrable state, where every hungry rootlet,
sent on to gather nourishment for its parent
plant, may find and appropriate it. It is
truly wonderful how full of minute roots the
soil of corn fields become, and if that soil is
fine and deep the deeper and closer together
will the fibres permeate and intersect it. This
is true of all other crops and while the leaves
and fruit depend so ultimately on the vigor and
extent of the roots, these facts should always
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of plowing.
Fineness an<l depth of soil are requisite in
order to perceive the full benefit of the manures
applied. It is not fertilizing food in its
crude state which assists vegetation?it must
first become intimately mixed with in fact, a
part of the so"'l. Barn ) ard, manure especially
seems of little worth, while forming visible
layers between the clods of a half plowed soil
it is often a dry and coarse?and rather shunned
than sought by the roots sent out to forage
for suitable food. If a well prepared soil lias
any strength and'virtue, it win yield u reaoin;
and poor land in good tilth is often more productive
than better soils le>s perfectly prepared.
The influences of air and moisture, have
freedom to work, and they are no sluggards in
gathering means to suppl) the wants of vegetation.
With these hints on the subject of plowing
we might connect others on the process?the
best means of accomplishing that object?but
prefer to leave it for other pens. Will our
practical farmers, who have thought and experimented
upon the subject tell us what plow, and
what depth and width of furrow, taking also
soil, season, team, and time into consideration
most thoroughly loosens, pulverizes, and in
verts the soil ? This information would be of
much value to every farmer, and is expecially
needed in the present state of agricultural pro
gress?for taking the country at large into account,
plowing is more imperfectly performed
than any other part of farm husbandry.
From, the Northern Cultivator.
Importance of method.
No greater element of success can be introduced
into the habits of the agriculturist, than
strict, methodical manner of conducting the
business of the farm, and no deficiency will
more largely detract from his prospect of success,
than a lack of method. The contrast between
the man of method and the man without,
is vivid in the extreme. The business affairs
of the one are in all manner of forms and conditions,
save in a prosperous form, while those
of the other are, in sailor parlance, ' snug, trim
and all ataut.' The contrast in prosperity and
general enjoyment of life is fully as great as
in the externals of business affairs. The sue
cessful management of a farm requires a vast
amount of care and attention, a close oversight;
in short, an incessant watchfulness. There
mnst be brought to the task no insignificant
quantity of the most multifarious talents, and
they must be steadily and sturdily exercised.
The details of farm management are of the
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ran be fully and successfully compassed, but
by the active exertion of a disciplined aod educated
mind, which must call out its full resources,
not forgettiog the systematic arrangement,
and prompt execution of all requirements
for labor and skill.
That is a trite old maxim which sayeth, " A
place for every thing, and everything in its
place." Were it added, that the place be un-der
a shelter, the addition would be an emendation.
The farmer who lacks method ha9 many
places for every thing, and far too frequently
places of full exposure to the vicissitudes of
weather. The lo!.s r.onseauent unon such
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exposure is no small item in the year's account,
and the loss of time, though too little heeded,
will often engulf the year's profits.
The orderly arrangement and systematic
conduct of ail matters pertaining to the farm
establishment is not only indispensable to the
profitable management of the same, but is also
a sine qua non, with regard to the pleasure
which is to be derived from rural life.
Orderly arrangement leads to neat arrange*
ment and therefrom springs the sure beginnings
of refinement and rural taste, which is a way
mark in the direct road to intellectual culture,
honor, usefulness, true gentility, and a happy
life. J. G. K.
Dryden, N. Y.
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The Sabbath a Friend.
1. To Education. Compare countries with
and without the Sabbath. Its ministration
powerfully quickens and invigorates the hu
man intellect, while a vast amount of knowledge
is accumulated.
2. To Government. Where are the honored
Sabbath and despotism co-existent.<' It
shows the nature of human rights?adapts
laws to the actual wants and circumstances of
men?creates a conscience, that sustains law,
and qualifies men to make, as well as to obey
laws.
8. To Health. By promoting cleanliness, by
I furnishiner needful rest for the body and mind,
by promoting cheerfulness ami elasticity of
spirits through its power to produce a peace
ful conscience, and by its sublime influence
over the hateful passions of men.
4. 'I o Good Morals. By keeping in sight
the character of God, by unfolding the claims
of his holy law, by creating a distaste for un
lawful pleasure, by creating a public sentiment
that frowns on immorality, and through that,
suffering, causing wise and effectual laws for
the suppression of vice and crime.
5. To Piety. By causing a right view of
God to prevail, by constantly pouring on men's
minds those great elements of piety, the divine
truths of Revelation, by thus generating
all right affection towards God and man sha,
do wing forth and pointing men to the Sabbath
of Heaven.
Therefore the Sabbath is the friend of the
nation, the family, everybody's fiiend and neve-fails
to repay tiue and devoted friendship
for it w ith the most precious blessings for time
and eternity.?Boston Traveller.
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Tlie Land Beyond the River.
It was a lovely day. The balmy breath of
June wafted the rich fragrance of the summer
(lowers, while the warbling songsters of the
grove chanted sweetest melodies to their Creator
God; and in their most nielodius strains, vied
with all created Nature in rendering praise to
the Fountain of all blessings. The golden orb
of day was just sinking behind the western
wave, and its last lingering rays, as though loath
to leave the scene, still shed their halo of mellow
light upon it lighting up the arch of heaven
and gilding the fleecy clouds with the tints of
Paradise. The whole scene is one ofsurpasPot
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heart is filled with praise and love to the bountiful
Giver of all good, go with me and.learn to
adore his richer love.
Litilc Ella was dying. Pain 110 longer racked
her weary li cbs. Under the touch of th-?
icy hand of death, the fever that for days had
been drying the blood in her veins was rapidly
cooling and the Hush was fading from her
thin cheek. The dying little one was dear to
many hearts; theirs was the giief too deep for
utterance, and in the silence of bitter, tearless
agony, they stood around her dying couch, for
they knew that she was departing. The father
and the mother and the kind physician
stood bending o.er the form of the lovely child
watching her labored breathing. In apparent
sleep, she had for some time been silent, and
they thought that it might he lhn> she would
pass away. But suddenly her blue eyes opened,
and a smile of heavenly sweetness rested
upon her features. She looked eagerly for
ward at first, then turning her eyes upon her
unither'?j fnn?. said in a sweet voice?".Mother.
see that beautiful country, beyond those dark,
rushing waters. Oh, how beautiful! What is
the name of that country, mother?"
" I can see nothing, my cbiid," said the mother.
u Look there, dear mother," said the child,
pointing again, '"can you not see it now ?" See
how those angry waves dash along those ro<ks;
and oh! what a beautiful country beyond?ihe
sun shines so pleasantly, and I see such beauf.jI
flowers, and the birds sing so ^weutly ; <>b !
they are so near me now, I can almost touch
them with my band, and the people all look so
happy there. Oh! papa, can you not see beyond
the river ? Tell me the name of that
laud."
The parents exchanged glances, and replied
together, "the land you see is Heaven; is it not
my child ?\
"Uli, lei me go. But how shall I cross that
deep, dark river ? Father, carry me ; will you
not ? See, the angels are waiting for me. Oh,
father, tike me in your amis, and carry me
across the river. I must go."
A solemn awe pervaded the room, as if they
stood upon the very verge of eternity?as it
the eurtain was about to be withdrawn that
concealed the unknown glories of the eternal
world.
"i\ly child, will you not wait with us a little
longer," said the father; ''stronger arms than
mine will soon bear you cross the river. Stay
with your mother a little longer, see how she
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weeps at me mougnu ui losmg you.
"Dear mother, do not cry, but come with me
and cross the stream. Come, father, coine?
angels are whispering in my ears, and I see a
being standing upon the other shore who is
smiling upon me, and stretching out his arms
to take me. Now he is coming down into the
river to carry me across. I must go?come
with me!" and stretching out her little arms for
a last embrace, she said, "good-bye, father?
good-bye, mother. Don't you be afraid; he has
come to carry me safely across the river."
And these were her last words. Gentle did
they lay the fair form back again upon the pillow,
and kneeling at the bedside, those griefstricken
hearts thanked God for this lesson of
love, and prayed for resignation saying, "The
Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away,
blessed be the name of the Lord."
Graphs.?A great drinker being at table
they offered him grapes at desert. 'Thank
you !' said he, pushing back the 'plate; 'I don't
take my wine in pills.!'
Sunlight and Lamplight,
OR, WE ALL ATTEMPT TO RULE.
BY MARY J. SMITH.
" I would darken my parlors and light them
with lamps during the day, if I were wealthy.1'
remarked one lady to another.
"I," replied the other," value more highly
the immediate izift of the Creator, and there
torn 1 would fl.iod my mansion with the glad
sunlight; even the timid moonbeam should find
quiet entrance there. It seems sinful to pervert
the appointed use of girts so gracious."
44 Nay, do not misunderstand me," was the
response. 441 do not disregard those favors
coming from a benificent source, neither would
I thanklessly seclude them from the drawingrooms
of my home, but my preference for the
soft, shaded light of lamps amounts to a passion.
Nothing is more inspiring to me than
tastefully furnished rooms illumined with a
subdued radiance, through which moving forms
pass with a waving motion, as if borne through i
molten brilliance. Nor do I consider devotioii.
to this species of beauty at all inconsistent
with the requirements of the Divine I'uler. Is
not love for the beautiful, wherever it is found,
an inherent principle of our nature?"
44It is; but our knowledge of what constitutes
the true beautiful, may be very much at
fault; it may be influenced by a misguided
fancy, by early habit and indulgence, by error
of the judgment, &c. L think your partiality
the result of a morbid taste induced by frequently
reading of splendid entertainments
where natural lights were superseded by artificial,
so that the extravagance of personal
adornment, and the gilded show arOund might
be blended in dazzling indistinctness, thus confusing
the senses and producing a dreamy state
of mind any thing hut consistent with thai
clear perception which accompanies an unclouded
intellect. Such indulgences are exerting
a baleful influence upon the general society of
our day, and unless a mighty re action is accomplished,
I see no rescue for the youthful
mind from the effects of luxury and indolent
ease. Many ruined nations date their decline,
from periods in which wealth flooded their
limits, and its Circean draughts, Syren songs
and wild revelry so bewildered the senses, that
iu.ic nr,,cfrsOorl liufm-o its nStt'flP. aild the
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shadows of desolation soon gathered over thoso
lands whose mental suns were extinguished.?
Will you not be warned t>y these precedents,
and avoid the rock on which nations as well
as individuals have been wrecked V'
"I do not advocate ungoverned indulgence,"
was the reply. "You have altogether mistaken
the spirit of my words. I am equally aware,
with yourself, of the injury, both physical and
mental, arising from abandonment to selfish
gratifications of any kind. Very possibly, indeed,
my substitution of luminous matter for
the purer radiance flowing from distant orbs,
might bear too much of the ' earth earthy,'to
insure me against, the mishaps incident to this
lower sphere, but many explanatoiy reasons
luight l>e hi ought forward in tho'formation of
a defence which would shield me from your
imputation of error, and also show that the
path of safety is a narrow one, lying just between
the two great oceans of truth and error.
I shall, however. nersi>t in mv determination to
reject the glarish light of day for those softer
and more subdued rays which are so grateful
to a happy imagination. And let me assure
you that 1 am not alone in my preference?
many of our friends cherish the same preference."
"Quite probable, but that does not weaken
my conviction of its error, and I shall continue
to oppose it until some of l hem are disabused."
Such were some of the rennrks we heard
lately, originating between two ladies, who
were each absorbed in the attempt to bring
the other over to her side; and it aroused a
train of reflections perhaps little complimentary
to the general tendency of human efforts in
themselves, however laudable an exterior they
may wear. Let them come in whatever rorm
they may, a careful analysis will detect many
of their motives to spring from a secret desire
to rule; to sway the actions and opinions of
the multitude, and to gather a host in whose
numbers there mav be a fancied assurance of
security. It is to be feared that the unanswered
question, coming from ope- of old, ''What is
truth?" is riot the lever arousing our powers
into action; if it were, there would bc'less rushing
over to the popular side, and little dread
of being found with the minority. The impetuosity
and thoughtlessness of the present age
render it extremely difficult for a careful observer
to to receive that as truth which comes
with the acclamations of the crowd, because
impulse and the fever of popular favor are the
motive principles impelling it, and what is exalted
to-day, may, to-morrow, fall into implied
disgiace. Rather than be classed with the
few, who, in their adherence to right, maintain
a firm silence when exciting topics are intro
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forsake their position and unite with the swelling
throng, which, in its headlong career, will
ultimately he split into numberless factions,
and end in final ruin.
Selfish argument and contention cannot result
in good, as they issue from an evil source,
and like the fruit of an evil tree they retain
the parent nature. Neither is it wise to unite
tacitly with the multitude for the sake of peace
and with the hope of future rescue from its
toils. Will and judgment will thus be sacriced,
and the unfortunate beings will become
little better than living vanes, at the mercy of
every change in the breath of human passions.
Sages have ever retired from the jostling crowd
and resigned themselves to calm, unitnpassion*
ed thought, when events of a momentous nature
demanded action, ana they have thus mar
sballed expedients equal to any emergency,
and stood as to vers of strength and order in
the midst of factious dissention. \s with the
great, so with the small matters of our life.?
Contending, restless spirits will ever mar the
etimmotrv nf Roeinl existence, and introduce
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confusion with their presence, merely for the
sake of attaining that control over others to
which they in turn refuse to yield obedience.
Alas, that this principle should be so cherished
in every heart! A little calm, philosophic
reflection, would discover its futility, and open
a way for the introduction of high nnd holy as1
pirations.?Arthur's Home Gazette.
Mrs. Tattle on a Visit.
There's Mrs. Tattle, again, over at our next
door ueighhor's. Just listen how she rattles it
-off about her neighbors.
"Who is Mrs. Peace?do you know her?
She called on me the other day, and sai'l she
was collecting money for some benevolent
cause, and asked me if I would put down five
dollars. 1 just told her no. I had my Own
friends to look after, and I wouldn't give a
cent. She told me, with quite a dignified air.
that she was Mrs. Peace. La me! who is Mrs,
Peace ? "
" Not long ago I called on Mrs. Love, and
-she didn't return my call for several weeks. I
only went to see her because Mrs. Goodnature
said she was a stranger and I ought to call. I
guess she will return my call sooner the next
lime I visit her, I'll be bound.
" Who is Mrs. D., your next door neighbor?
Do you know her ? Oh, yes ! I believe she is
a.good woman. La! I am sure 1 wouldn't
viol her. Her husband is nothing but a mechanic."
"Some people think I must be made of money
because my husband is a popular merchant,
and they are calling on me continually.
" Don't you think 1 have been quite intimate
u'irh IVfpa Pnwhinn flip flip List two fir three
years, and the other day their daughter got
married and I never knew anything about it;
and then they had the impudence, after it was'
all over to invite.ine to a private party. I
guess I did'nt go, however.
" How I do hate those folks who think themselves
better than others because they happen
to have a little money."
And on she w.-nt, slurring this one, axid finding
fault with that one, speaking in the most
disrespectful terms of those who were welcome
visitors of the lady to whom she was talking.
All the Mrs. Tattles are not dead yet. These
are the ones who'set themselves up as the
pinks of perfection, and with upturned eyes
cry out, "La me! there's so much vice and
corruption in the world."
" Didn't our minister rebuke those upstarts
fust Sunday? I wish he would give us anoth
or sermon like that one. I'vo no patience with
such creatures.
"Look there! There goes Mrs. Philips;
well, don't she put on airs? What a proud,
good for nothing thing. Listen, O my ! that's
the bell for church. I must go home and dress.
Good bye; come over soon."
And off tripped Mrs. Tattle with a mincing
gait and a proud air.
Music at Home.?Music serves to make a
home pleasant, by engaging many of its inmates
in a delightful recreation, and thus dis
polling the sourness and gloom which frequent
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ity, from discontent and envy. It prevents,
for the time at least, evil thoughts and evil
speaking, and tends to relievo the minds of
bwtli performers and hearers from the depres"bmg
effects of care and melmcholy. Young
people need and will have amusements. If an
innocent and improving kind be not provided
at home, they will seek some kind elsewhere.
If they find places more agreeable than their
hotues, those home will be deserted; and thus
the gentle and holy influences which ought to
encircle the family fireside will be, in a great
measure lost.
"For surely melody from Heaven was sent,
To cheer the heart, when tired with human strife;
To soothe the wayward heart, by 60tow rent,
And soften down the rugged road of life I"
Lot parents, therefore, take pains to encourage
and gratify a taste for music in their children
and it will amply repay them for so doing.
Dkatif from Ropf Jumping.?A bright and
interesting little girl about 8 years of age, died
on Monday of last week in the village of New
ark, from convulsions, brought on by excessive
exertions in "jumping the rope." She was
competing with several of her school companions
in this exercise, who were endeavoring to
out d'? ea^h other in endurance. She jumped
four hundred times in succession, and until entirely
overcome bv the long continued exer
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tion. The child was taken up insensible, but
the movement of the muscles of the limbs, as
in jumping, continued without cessation forty
eight hours, until the sufferer was released from
painful exercise by death.
"Seeing it's You.?"I don't drink anything j
veiy often, but seeing it's you, I don't care if
I do, now;" so replied a young man to a friend
who invited him into the bar-room. In a multitude
of cases social feeling is perverted to forming
habits of intemperance. The young man
would not drink but he joins the glee-club,
and they cannot resist. The young lady ou
festal days, to show hospitality, invites the
young man to drink, whose hard fist may yet
? A
bruise her own person us uie martyr iu ?uiuuken
husbund. The head of the family would
be sober ut home, but he forms associations in
clubs or the beer shop, where, "seeing it's you,"
he must drink.
'Ah !' said Seraphina Angelica, speaking of
some subject in which her feelings were warm
ly enlisted' 'how gladly I would embrace an
opportunity'?'Would I were an opportunity,'
interrupted her bashful lover.
Latinity.?A student of Latin, being confined
to his room by sickness, was called upon
by a friend. 'What, John,' said the visitor,
'sick, eh?' 'Yes answered John 'sic sum!'
?A
Lost Son.?"I will tell you," said a gentleman
not long since, when conversing with a
friend on temperance, "how much, it cost me
to open my eyes on this subject. I commenced
house-keeping with a beautiful supply of liquors;
I continued in this way until my son became
a drunkard. Then my eves were opened."
A great many have paid a larger price, and
yet gone on blindly to ruin. Not one 60n only?but
two?three, and even more have been
sacrificed in a single family, to the bountiful
~i.. in?ri-?Jiw>?fivviihhiinsa.keoninir.
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Young house keepers beware !?Wiuo is a
mocker,'
The MoNsmoos Regiment of Women.?
The New York Tribune has the follow notice
of an extraordinary "Woman's rights" demonstration
in that city, which was to come off last
Tuesclay :
"Our city is to be visited on Tuesday next
by three uniform companies of organized and
disciplined Female Infantry (Lancers) from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, known as the
Fairy Light Guard, commanded as a battalion
by a masculine Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel
; but the several companies will be officered
throughout by ladies, including captains on
horseback. The battalion will be met at the
Jersey City Ferry, at 10 o'clock, by n compaI
ny of our National Guards, and escorted to
me rarK, wnere our iair visicors win give evi
dence of their prohcieticy in military evolutions
and exercises, repairing thence at an early
hour to the Astor House fur dinner, visiting the
American Museum in the afternoon, and spending
the evening at the Crystal Palace, whence
they* will take up their hofhetvard march."
The Express pathetically inquires what all
the children of these women are to do at home,
whilst their mothers are parading; which is rather
an ungenerous insinuation in the face of
the assurance which the Tribune gives "that
the 4Pairy Light Guard' is composed of some
of the best educated and most estimable young
ladies of Paterson and Elizabethtown, N. J.,
and ot Harrisburg, Pa.?all between 14 and
18 years of age?a daughter of a late Governor
of New Jersey being among them." The
parade of these women is supposed to be totally
unconnected with Barnum's effort to revive
the Crystal Palace.
P. S. White.
The Lynchburg Virginian contains a series
of notes which recently passed between Mr.
Charles Irving, of the Lynchburg Republican,
and Mr. Philio S. White, the temoerance lectu
rer, Mr. VV. P. McCorkle as the friend of Mr.
Irving; the difficulty arose from rumors that
Mr. W. had'so reflected on Mr. I's course in
regard to the temperance question as to injure
his character as a gentleman. An explanation
was solicited. Mr. White replied that he expressed
in his speech his disgust for the oppo
silion of diunken editors to the temperance
reform. Said he?
" My remarks were intended to apply to that
class of the community. If you or Mr.
take upon yourselves to appropriate the allusion,
which was general, to yourself, it is your
matter, not mine."
Mr. McCorkle then informed Mr. White that
he could not say what course Mr. Irving would
pursue, but suggested that Mr. W. be prepared
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lo meet mm at any moment, mr. irving suusequently
addressed Mr. White, inviting the
designation of some place, outside the limits of
the State, where a more definite communication
could be delivered. To this Mr. White
replied that he was under engagements until
the 10th of June, but would be happy to meet
Mr. Irving on the 12th of June at the U. S.
Hotel, Philadelphia! Air. Ifviug considered
this reply in effect a rejection of his request,
and ag-iin repeated the demand, stating that he
expected a definite reply. This last note of
Mr. Irving's is dated April 20. Following it is
a card, bearing the same date, addressed to the
people of Amherst, and signed by Mr. Irving.
This card, which was posted at one of the hotels
in Amherst, after a copy of it had been
delivered to Mr. White, announces Mr. Irving's
intention to publish the correspondence, in order,
as it is stated, to prove Mr. White " as
great a coward as he is a liar and slanderer."
Thus the mutter remained at last accounts.
? ?
The White and Irving Difficulty.?A
long reply to the statements of Mr. Charles Irving
has been published in the Scottsville Ga
zette by Philip S. White. The circumstances
detailed do not differ materially from those given
by Mr. Irving, except that Mr. White maintains
that he acted in good faith, in his selection
of the time and place of meeting, that the
same course had been pursued on more occasions
than one, and was in accordance with
the code of honor. In conclusion, Mr. White
accuses Mr. Irving with "backing out, under a
flimsy and miserable pretence," charges him
with a want of courage, and applies to him
epithets which it is unnecessary to copy. The
affair now wears a very serious aspect.
The Norfolk Argus states that about 30 bbls.
of fish of various kinds are daily shipped from
Norfolk to Baltimore by one dealer alone.?
Another, ships on an average 20 bbls. of hard
crabs. Later in the season, the quantity will
be much larger, 50 bbls. of eggs, (sometimes
a hundred,) are sent twice a week to New
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lorK ny me regular steam pactier. wne man
ships 6,000 to 8,000 bunches of radishes daily
to Baltimore. A dealer has sent hence to the
New York market, within the last three weeks,
600 bbls. of sweet potatoes; and his clear
profit is about one dollar on each barrel.?
Quite a large business is also done in dried
apples and peanuts. Three hundred bushels
of the latter article are weekly shipped to New
York, one person, who, within the last four or
five months has also shipped upwards of 20,000
bushels of dried apples.
The American Bible Society.? The t wen
ty-eighth anniversary of the American Bible
Society was celebrated at the Tabernacle, iNew
York, on Thursday.* Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen,
the, president, Rev. Geo. W. Cummins,
of Va., Rev. Philip Kent, of London, and others,
delivered addresses. During the year, 82
new auxiliary societies have been recognised ;
and 98 life directors and 1,774 life members
added to the society. Receipts of the year
$394,340, being an increase over the last year
of 847,798. The number of Bibles printed
during the year is 306,000, and of Testaments
556,000; making a total of 862,000. The
number of volumes issued is 815.399, being
an increase of 16,029. The entire number of
volumes issued since the formation of the society
is 9,903,751. The society has at pre
sent 34 agents employed, including two in
Texas, one in California, and one in Oregon
The library contains 2,000 volumes. Besides
the grants of books, $28,189 have been grant
ed by the Board, in money, to aid in publishing
the Scriptures in foreign lands,
Cuban Transactions
There is a rumor in Washington that the
President, in his message to Congress, may J
ask for power to blockade Cnbft and Porto' jfl
Rico. ?
The Herald makes the following cnumera- M
tion of a few, and but a feW, of the outrages SB
which have been Deroetrafed by the authorities
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of Cuba upon American citizens and American
property within the last four years i
On the 22d of January, 1850, Charles Pe- a
ter V. Esnard, an American citizen, was arrested
by the Cuban authorities, and incarcer. 1
ated in the prison of Havana; no charge having
ever been advanced against bim. In May
of the same year, two American vessels, the 1
Georgians and the Susan Loud, were captured
at Contoy by the Spanish General of Marines
and brought as prizes into the port of Havana; their
crews were imprisoned. On the 25th of
March, 1851, John Siiinero, an American citi'
zen, was arrested by the Spanish authorities
no accusation being made against him. On
the 16th of August, 1851, the United States
steamer Falcon was fired into and boarded by
a Spanish man of war s without any excuse of
pretext. On,the 16th of February, 1852, the
American schooner Lamartine was fired into
by a Spanish vessel, also withoat assignable
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motive or pretext. v/u mo uu v? wv^w.,
1852, the Crescent City was driven from
vana, and prohibited from landing her mails on
the childish and frivolous pretext that the par*
ser spoke and wrote ill of the Cuban authori*
ties on his visits to New York.
In the March following, the Ohio was detain*
ed three days at Havana, under an unprecedented
and ridiculous plea that she ought to
perform quarantine. On the 14th of that month
the schooner Manchester was boarded by a
Spanish vessel of war, searched, and detained
twenty-four hours, without the shadow of any
pretext whatever. In February, 18^. and
subsequen ly, the United States mall bags
were broken opeu by the Cuban authorities, i
many of the seals broken, and the ptivacy of
American correspondence violated. On 5th
May, of the same year, three American seamen
belonging to the American bark Jasper,
were arrested, on vague suspicions^ of being
concerned in the slave trade, thrust into prison,
and subjected to inconceivable indignities and
cruelties. In November, Pedro Raices, a nat ?
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uraiizea citizen or tne unuea oiaies, was arrested
at Havana, tio crime being charged
against hira; was tried and sentenced to a
year's transportation. Shortly afterwards another
naturalized citizen of the United States,
Isidore Richoux, was forced to leave the Island
of Cuba, no motive being assigned for his
expulsion. The notorious case of the Black
Warrior completes an imperfect catalogue of
the affronts we have suffered at the hands of
Spain during the last four years.
Counterfeit Note.?Wo were shown yesterday
a counterfeit Ten Dollar note on the
Bank of Charleston, which had been passed to
a storekeeper of this city. A comparison with
u genuine note would enable any one to detect
the counterfeit. The central figure in the
genuine represents a female taking from an iron
chest with bags of specie near her. In the
counterfeit it is Ceres surrounded by Agricultural
emblems, and the head of the figure obliterates
the " A" in u Charleston," at the tbp
of the note. In the genuine note tnere are
two small medalions on the left with the figures
" 10in the counterfeit it occupies-the
entire width of the note, with "Ten" in large
let ters, and a large and dark looking medallion
near it representing Mars. The signatures of
" A. G. Rose, Cashier," and " Henry W. Conner,
President," are well executed, but seem to
have been stamped by a steel die. The person
who passed the note appeared to be a foreigner.?Charleston
Mercury.
The Calm of Death.?Clasp the hands
meekly over the still breast?they've no moro
work to do. Close the weary eyes?they have
no more tears to shed; part the damp locks?
there's no more pain to the heart. Closed is
the ear alike to love's kind voice, and calumny's
stinging whispers.
Oh, if in that still heart you have ruthlessly
planted a thorn ; if from that pleading eye you
have turned carelessly away; if your loving
glance and kindly word, and claspiug hand
have come all too late, then God forgive you.
No frown gathers on the marble brow as you
gaze, no scorn curls the chiselled lip, no flush
of wounded feeling mounts the blue-veined
temples.
God forgive you ! for your feet must shrink'
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aj'puucu IIUIJI X/cavu a vviu i w vi } J VII. * ??.
ing tongue ask "Can this be death ?" your fading
eye linger lovingly on the suuny earth ;
your clammy hand yield its last feeble flatter.
Oh, rapacious grave! yet another victim for
thy voiceless keeping! Why! not a word of
welcome from all thy houseless sleepers! no
warin greeting from a sister's lips ? no throb
of pleasure from the maternal bosom ? Silent
all!
Oh, if these broken limbs were never gathered
up. If beyond deuth'r swelling flood there
was no eternal shore ; if for the struggling bark
there was no port of peace; if athwart that
lowering cloud sprung no bright hope of promise?
Alas I tor Love, if this be all,
And nought beyond?ob, earth I
Fannt Fern.
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An Ingenious Riddle.?It was done when
it wns Immniii. it was done when it was half
done, and yet it wasn t done when it was fini>hed.
Now what whs it? Ot course you
can't guess. Will this do?
Answer.?Timothy Johnson courts Susannah
Dunn. It was Dunn when it was begun, it was
Dunn when it whs half done, and yet it wasn't
Dunn when it was done; it was Johnson.
Caution to Whiskey Drinkers.?Three
persons in Zanesville, Ohio, one Saturday evening,
a few weeks ago bought some whiskey,
and were all found dead on Monday morning.
Some of the whiskey that remained wasanalyz
ed, and found to contain a laiye portion of
strychnine?which deadly poison is said to be
used by distillers, in order to increase the
yield.
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