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v |j- ( f- (A l\ TO W^WTFTf If Toj[A WWTFid) M uSJisLS uSLauS^sL^sLSl u/ sLLukjsLklsl^3 TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. "The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance." PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & HOLLINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1856. VOL. XII NO. 45. , u M ^ ^ ^ r* ri /\ rrvt rr\ yrv nrt I * ? * ' 1 J'\o)n ihr A nr ) ?ri Citizen. PEACE. The financial crisis of Napoleon and Eng- 1 land lias apparently borno its fruit?that of j a limniliiitinic :,m' p'tched up peace?a I "peace that leaves die prestige of military i 1 I .1 . I. /if I) llor>:., 'I' 1 I , giory arounu me i?v" ?hum-v < as defenceless as over at her feet, and llie 1 E ist more than heretofore impressed with lier power and greatness. Should the present peace rumors ripen %nto realities?should no "slip" mar the slippery negotiations?what do they amount to? Humiliating concession on the part of the Allies, and a serious injury to one of them?England. It must l>c recollected that the Western PrtWAr.Q on llic war with the onen ! < declaration of humbling Russia, and ma- 1 king Iter sue for peace*. I It is the. Allies who sued for peace, and | Russia that has granted it after repeated I applications. j Lord John Russell staled that the libera- r lion of the Danube was a sine qua non. n The liberation of the Danube remains more, far more, than a questionable contin- j t'cncy- . 11 Lord Palmorston proclaimed that Russia . c must be annihilated in the Black Sea as a , , d naval power. Instead of that, it is Turkey that has 1-- ? ;i m . i T....1 ?i.?# i i I 'I UL'l'll HIIIlllinUK'U?i ill i\' y mat tin* UUUI1 .driven out of its own waters! for the Sultan 5,1 iis to have in the Ktixine only ?i sufficient ( number of nrmed vessels to eliastise pirates, and all his largo naval stations are to lie commercial ones: l?nt, not so on tlie side ,l '1 of Russia: Nielio)ai>lV is not to be embraced in the stipulations. What is this, " virtually, but a complete surrendering of the 11 lilack Sea to Russia? All foreign armed vessels are to be excluded?the Turks are, '' 1 ll practically, to have none?but Russia is to retain its chief arsenal. This amounts, we ' report, to a surrender of the Euxine to the 01 *) Czar. For what |iur|io?e does liussia want 11 war fleet*? To ki*ep out hostile navies, to crush the Turkish lied, to land an armv in ' Turkey, lint the very treaty keeps out " hostile fleets?and before they could arrive and break through the treaty, Russia might 11 have crossed the Black Sea with floating armies from end to en<l; the treaty crushes j C1 .the Turkish navy; the treaty leaves an in- ,l' exhaustible naval arsenal to Russia, whose j1,' armies can be securely wafted across the sea in transport ships since no Turkish navy would be there, no foreign navy could enter 'll in time, and the great three-deckers lying " in NicholaielT ducks could be launched and 11 manned before any one could provide against the contingency. Xo wonder that tho Czar should agree to such terms. ^ The Baltic oilers as favorable an aspect as the Kuxinc; the Aland isles, the standing menace to Stockholm; Bomarsund, whose cannon can be heard in the Swedish ? vajiiiui, arc iu remain m liussias Keeping and the Czar is at liberty to restore the for- c< rtifieations, ami make (hum stronger than I" "Cronstadt or Sehastopol. Vet, the Aland c( isles were to have been wrested from Rus- 1,1 sia, and, at any rate, Boinarsund was not ^ to have heefi Rebuilt. Such was the boast ei of the Allies?*> !, tlvy have receded from 1 their position like defeated braggarts. Hl Russia was to have borne the expenses of ^ the war. Docs it ? No! not one word of ';l this does the Western Powers venture to whisper. Yet, I'alnicrston and Russell, firoy and Clarendon, alike proclaimed it as an indispensable condition of peace ! On the other hand, Uussia said : No terms w will be listened to that do not stipulate an 'c immediate evacuation of Russian territory by the Allies. Tlie Allies evacuate it.? ?'?i Russia, it is true, gives up its reccnt con- b quests in Asia, but then it never announced g; its intention to retain them, and leaves the P Principalities?hut it proclaimed at the ol outset that it occupied tlicm merely as a c< ^ strategic measure, and voluntarily yielded tl <heir occupation?not to Turks, French or r< English, but to a friendly power?Austria, tc Kussia stands territorially just as it did ; ol jnorallv. on a far hiirlier eWntSnn ii?n a fore, since the Allies have abandoned their n< terms to nccept those of tlieir antagonist; ti strategically, it is stronger, fur the capture F r V <of Kara and Herat, even should the former ti jjf jbe restored to Turkey, have secured the al- b ' B* jegiajice of almost all Asiatic powers; mor- ft S ally, it is not weakened, for in the Baltic it b has not lost a ship, but built new ones; in a a tne l>iacK ?ea 11 nas lost a fleet, but so lias ft ' the enemy, Turkey, and the Euxine is more d completely at its mercy than it was before; o commercially, it has gained, for its trade n has increased, while that of England has o diminished, and that of France shows every o jpymptom of artificial forcing and real inse- o Jlfcurity; and financially, it is relatively n stronger than its opponents, having suffered p by the war far less than they, while it must d be remembered in addition to all this, that b St bas resisted, single-handed, England, g > France, Sardinia, Turkey, Egypt, Tunis, a Circassia, and a host of Polish and Hunga- ft rian volunteers, banded to erusli it, besides I ~u foreign legions " scraped together from all t the corners of the earth. ii Such is the result of the war?such its ? 'end, for the present, if peace really bo con- il ^joded. Wo say "if," because even now r tie entire statement must l>e taken with * oaosidcrable caution, though in London, \ *ben our last advices left, a moat cowardly i I % joy was dominant, meat res were ducked c with transparencies, people were cheering li in the streets, delight and content ran at a w high pitch?a sign how weak Britain feels ii herself, how unequal to cope with her gigantic foe?a practical proof that she suf- ( t* fered from the war, and felt herself sinking si rapidly in the contest. In Russia, on the Ii contrary, we are told, that the peace move- si inent is eminently unpopular. fi Hut is peace?a durable peacc?really concluded ? Napoleon's financial embar- cc rasstnents forced him to make peace with hi Ifussia on any terms; and he could afford i tc O lllllL'O it. lu'l ti-r t lliltl Kliirlmiil /us roups, at least, had been partially victoii>us, while those of England liad been dis- cr gracefully repulsed. The defeat of England i j*a vas victory to France, and tlie French can cr olerate tlie peace, not because the Russians so lave been defeated, but because the English lave, and the supremacy of French arms w las been proclaimed to Europe. Rut if Napoleon's financial embarrassments com el him to make peace, his political embar- p assments will compel him to renew war? j, ot with Russia; oh, no ! he knows better w| -he has had enough of that?but with jir Vussia, and England. The. disbanded ar- fal lies of the French despot will become dis- or ontentcd mutineers?the retained soldiers, . . . ..... I issatislied with inactive but rigid discipline J en ?and the necessity for war is obvious. er hat war must be conducted near home, to i y, :?ve expense; and, for the same reason, in ' m, i>untries that arc rich enough to support j |ll( is armies. In no other way can he hope vj. i nnv fl?n MtioiiliAn nf nfintr niuMilit . ...~ v,. ......J ...... , JU1 ixl stave oil" ilie terrible hour of revolution. jK> here are, indeed, many symptoms that rj, lay well alarm him. Several represent:!- us ons have heen given at the grand op'-ra at i,e 'aris, in aid and honor of the returned jn, oops from the Crimea. At one of these le Emperor's reception was so bad, that aj, e has deeided on not being present again 0jii a similar occasion. Another incident on ;veals the public feeling. A certain Nis- j rd, a democratic republican of 1848, had r (. en bought over by Napoleon with the libe of a professorship at the Sorbonne, ic Parisian University. As soon as he lw lade his appearance to deliver his inangu- ,u.( d address, the students greeted him with j rics of "traitor," "renegade," "oil"! off!" cf nd forced him to leave tlie building. The ? an olicc were called in, and a conflict endued. jjf( lie students in ihe evening assembled be- f()I >re Nisard's house, and endeavored to force j a ii entrance. A strong body of police were j a larchcd to the spot, and another struggle ^ isued, in which two police sergeants were uugerously wounded, and several arrests ere made. The affair caused great excite- ^ lent, and a very uneasy feeling reigns in j-|0 aris. The Emperor hardly ever shows jes iinsclf abroad, except when reviewing oops, and surrounded by a vast stall*, and j0 reat bodies of soldiers. Meanwhile, every effort is made to restore jj jnfulence in the public mind. For this pe urpose a financial report lias been con- <T;l icted, which, despite every eflf?rt of tlie Wt ivenlive art, lias little that is reasuring on r^f ie face of it. It .admits the existence of |js lormous deficits in the year 1804 and 0|.( B")5?trying to diminish the veritable p mount of the latter by vague probabilities. , will he noticed that these deficits are, as ir as they are admitted, genuine ones? st;) L'ficits in the customs and permanent reve- ,|(J lies of the country. They plainly cvi- la] Mice the necessity there for making peace -as does also the project of a third loan, hich Napoleon hoped to raise?in Eiigirid ! de In the latter country, curious movements tui re transpring, one of which wc mention of! ecause of the peculiar character of its or- tlx nnization. It is based on the following bu Ian: a man gets the names and addresses f three friends willing to join him, and is cr< instituted their " captain," by the executive th lat directs thi3 movement. Each of the in< jmaining three docs the same, with regard up > four others, and is thus also a " captain dy f four," the original captain of four helming a leader of sixteen. Each of the te< Ided twelve go through the same process, yo II each becomes a leadet of sixteen in turn, inj our bodies of sixteen, are under the con th ol of a commander, and four of these dy odics constitute the battalion of a chief; mr chiefs with their detachment form a st( rigade, under a brigadier, and four brigades lie division. Now, the peculiarity in the th (fair is this, tliat cach man knows the ad- mi ress of four other members, each captain in; f four, that of four captains, each com- go lander, that of four commanders, and so to, n. By this means, without public placards r advertisements of any kind, at two r three boun notice only, half a million of eF len may be brought together on any given Wl oint in Loudon, with the most perfect tw iscipline and order. The affair appears to ? e still in its infancy, but is said to be pro- I* ressing rapidly. If properly developed, P1 . Wi ucli a movement may provo irrusisuuie, ince the most terrible secresy envelopes it. ** f there is a traitor in the ranks, he has no M ime to make the treason tell. The direct- ^ ng head gives the word for assembling, ind it pasnes like fire from place to place; ^ f a traitor wants to denounce to governnent the intended gathering, the gathering 111 vould actually have taken place by the 81 rory time he would have denounced it? P' while the entire plans of management and 9 ontrol, is, as far as we can learn, in tlx ands of an Executive of two persons only dio can move without being seen or known i the matter. We regard this as a striking symptom ol le revolutionary element in England. Tin jciety has no name?and no public office L will be, if widely spread, one of tilt wrongest, and bo one of the most successd confederacies of modern times. With such things afoot, the Allios may include a humiliating peace with llussia? ut it is pretty plain they will not be able > maintain a peace at home. A Fine Farm. A correspondent ol the St. Louis Pemoat gives tlie following description of the rm of Messrs John Singerson and Broth's, of Missouri. It is situated sixty miles mill of St. Louis, and h;?s been in eultiva>11 less than ten years. Very few farmers ill cotnu up to the description here given : " Statistics will better show its propor>ns than elaborate descriptions of scenery, jur hundred acres of pasture?one hulled and fifty acres meadow, eighty of lieat, sixty-five of oats and rye, corn and itatoes, enough to supply tbe numerous uiily and stock?nine miles of osage ango hedge, trimmed, add much to the L'ture-que beauty of the rolling prairies, closing pastures, orchards, nurseries, flowgardens and fields, a verdant net-work uding all together, protecting and ornacniing at tbe same time. There are two iii< 1 red acres of orchard jnst coining into l\.l. ! .1 . .1 I 1 ^uiuus useiuiness?eigm uiousanu peacn d appricot trees, and, from present aparance, some of tliein will give many a ! treat ere i!*e wintry wind sweap over again, l'ear, apple, plum and cherry, ar swift witness of the "good time comr." r> Twenty-five acres of Strawberries have cadv given our St. Louisians a foretaste the future, and dozens of men are now gaged in replacing the old beds, enlarg% them by the acre ; three hundred grapu tlings have been set out this spring, and ist of them are doing well; forty thouud evergreens in fine and fresh condition; o bundled and ten thousand quince trees 3 ready for the budding of pears; twenty shels of peach stones and seven bushels apple seed have this season been planted, .1 _ 1 _ u jicics nrs covered mill uprising i. A great variety of trees are cultivated the market, and it would lie easier, perps, to tell what the Messrs. Singersons ve not, that is indigenous to this climate, in to enumerate what they have. "The whole stock of tiees, shrubs, vines d evergreens, numbcis two millions.? tr. Singerson says it is nearly three milns, and he put it down at two millions, ,1 the incredulous should be frightened at vastness of number, and sot the whole wn as a fable. " We spent two and a half hours riding rough the grounds and examining the Ids, pastures, orchards, lawns, meadows, rdens, shrubbery?looked down into the :11s, examined the spring, the stone quar, saw the fine Durhams, the good horses, Letied and laughed at the proud gutteral >w of Monsieur Shanghi, beard Madame (land cackle, and returned convinced that : had nui seen all, and that no ono can dize the extent of the farm, or its high ite of culture, and the labor and expense cessary to keep in progress, thnt has not ien a ride through its shady drives, its rdered avenues and hedged lanes. Advice to all who Dye.?To dye a madr red, get mad with one party and then rn know-nothing in hope of getting an ice. When the disappointment comes 3 redress of the original anger will be t a faint blush compared there with. To dye a fine scarlet red, cheat your jditors by four or five times failing, or a ousancl ot credulous stockholders l>y ruinf a corporation, and by holding the acts i before the fire of conscience a scarlet e is the result that never will fade. To dye a permanent blue, begin at sevenMi to think you cannot get along without ur beer ; continue as begun, strtngtlien5 your potations as you go on. By fifty e blue will be permanently fixed, and the e will be cast. To djea green invest money in fancy >cks, give freely to organ grinders, hove all you hear, including the story of e sufferers by Vessuvius, take patent edicines, attend auctions, and go largely to gift entejprises, and you prospect is . -c /lai!n/? n m ao? sl ani/Iu/1 ivruan o_ iuu vi uj 111^ n uivob ucviu^u x/i/fln Post. m ? JCST During the late prevalence of tbe lidemic at Norfolk, a gentleman and Lis ife were both removed by death, leaving ro fine little boys who were taken into the oward Asylum. The family were very >or. Some articles of old furniture, apai?ed at $30, belonging to Mrs. Beekely, ere ordered by the Court to be sold for tbe snefit of tbe children, and were accordingly nt to tbe auctioneers, to be sold.. Among ie articles was an old bureau with a desk -awer at tbe top, and for want of the key ie desk was forced open previous to putting up for sale, upon tbe suggestion that it light contain something of value; and ich was the fact?'for on opening it. tbe leasant discovery was made of ft 150 in old, neatly tied up in * little bag 1 > jpQiSTtrrir. > * ? " ^ , The Mobs Rote. The moss rose that she gare in?, f When we were both At school, "When slio wns like a singing-bird, And I was liko a?fool! The moss rose that elm gave me, ! Alas! for ine antl her, Too lute I learned the language Of the little messenger. The moss rose that she gave mc, I folded in my hook, . And years from then, I saw it all I The meaning and the look ; But, uh ! the days had long gone by, When we were both at school, \VI ol,? I:I.~ - L!-l .. ..v.. ..nc <? xiiiKMig-uiru, Anil L was like u?fool I The moss roso that she pave me, That in my txmk I thrust, The stem is white and broken, And the leaves are blushing dust; About my temples I can trace The gathering threads of snow, And the singing-bird, from sorrow, Flew to I leu Ten, years ago. Some Shaking. Tom is a queer genius, and lets off some tall ones occasionally, lie visited us the other day in our sanctum, with a " IIow do you do, old fellow ?" "Hallow, Tom, said we, "where have you been so long?" " Why, sir, I have been down on Seven River, in Anne Arundel county, Inking Shangbne notes on the chills and fever." " Ah, indeed," said we, " are they very bad down there ?" " leather 'bad,'" said Tom, drily. There is one place, where they have been attempting to build a brick house for cltrht weeks ?well, the other day, as the hands were putting up the bricks preparatory to finishing it, they were taken with a chill, and shook the whole building completely down, and kept on shaking till the bricks were dust of the finest quality! Just at this juncture, the chills came on with renewed force, and they commenced shaking up the dust with such gusto that they were entirely obscured for two hours, and the people of the neighborhood thought the suu was in an eclipse." '* Can't believe anything like that, Tom." 41 It's a fact," said Tom, and resumed : " There's a fanner down there, who, in apple picking season, hauls his niggers out to the orchard, and sets one up against each tree, in a short time the chill comes on, and every apple in the orchard is shaken off the trees on to the ground." " Incredible!" said we, holding our sides with both hands. " Fiict," said Tom, ''they keep a man alongside of each negro, to take him away as soon as the fruit is off, for fear he will shake the tree down." Tom continued : "Mr. S , a friend of mine, and a house carpenter, was engaged a few days ago in covering the roof of a house with shingles. Just as he was 'finishing,' the chill came on and he shook every shingle off the roof. Some of them are supposed to be flying about yet." " Another gentleman near the same place, was taken with a chill the other day at dinner, and shook his knife and fork down his throat, besides breaking all the 1 .1 _ i l I TTV urucKery ware on me uiuie. ills lime SOI), who was sitting at the table at tlie same, time, was taken with a chill and shook all the buttons off his inexpressibles, and then shook himself clear of them !" We th?*n prevailed upon Tom to desist, who did so, with the understanding that he was to give us the balance at some other time. Persons who think of emigrating to Anne Arundel county will please take notice. Strange Mail Matter.?An entirely new article of transmission in the mails was received at the Post Office of this city a few days Bince. On opening one of the western mails, what should bounce out of the bag but a small dog, properly addressed to the owner and marked paid, according to the rules of the department.. The little fellow seemed glad to get his liberty again, and to breathe the fresh nir once more. He arrived at his destination apparently safe and arnl 1 Qa fn ? na tun orn ntunrn ftiia 10 #Iia nun. uv mi nv aiu v^| uuo 10 tuu first instance of the transportation of live animals by mails. But there is no telling to what use such a convenient moans of public conveyance may be put, when it is once in successful operation, and no other way presents itself. We do not know as this is a worse perversion of the design of our postal system, than occasional practices of members of Congress in sending their washing thousands of miles to their homes, under the mark of public documents, and with their frank of postage free.? Watertown Democrat. ?3T Speaking against long prayers, Y3M.1 TT jc-iuer ivnapp ; 14 When Peter was endeavoring to walk on the water to meet his master, and was about sinking, had hts supplication been as long as the introduction to some of our modern prayers, before he got through he would have been fifty fttt under xoaUr,n tcy a man in California, under the sentence of death by hanging, asked the sheriff the evening previous to his execution, "I say, sheriff, at what hoar is that little affnir jff mine to come off." Row to Commonce Business. "Well, boys, we doubt not that you would ? like to rise high in the world and become good fanners, merchants, &c. Here is a Pl good motto for you, begin at ilie lowest round on the ladder and keep climbing; Ir) and here is a story which will illustrate just what we want to say. One of tho most wealthy merchants of New York city 1,1 tells us how he commenced business. lie co says: l'c " I entered a store and asked if a clerk l'1 was not wanted. 4 No,' in a rough tone, sei was the answer, all being too busy to both- Pr er with me; when I reflected that if they to did not want a clerk they might want a cn laborer, but I was dressed too fine for that. I went to my lodgings, put on a rough garb, and tlie next day went into the same store and demanded if they did not want a ,n porter, and " No, sir,' was the response ; co when I exclaimed, in despair almost, 'a la- 011 borer? Sir, I will work at any wages. mWages is not my object; I must have em- f ' ploy, and I want to be useful in business.' in' These last remarks attracted their attention c" and in the end I was hired as a laborer in the basement and sub-cellar, in very low pay scarcely enough to keep body and soul together. In the basement and sub-cellar ro I soon attracted the attention of the count- ^ 0 ing house and chief clerks. I saved Co enough for my employers in little things to l'r pay my wages ten times over, and they an soon found it out. I did not let any person co about commit petty larcenies without re- l'" monstrance and threats of exposure if remonstrance would not do. I did not ask ? *' for any ten hour law. If I was wanted at ,s 3 a. m., I never growled, but told every body to go home, 'and I would see everything right.' I loaded off at daybreak Wl nackacres for the morning boats, or carried n" " ' I them myself. Tn short, I soon became indispensable to my employers, awl I rose and rose until I became the head of the VCI house, with money enough, as you see, to ,n give me any luxury or any position a mer- an cantile man may desire for himself and ^r< children in this great city."?Prisonous ' Friend. lhl CiK Fours Truly.?Oliver Millikin is as ^ei much of a wag as a musician; and to ^r< make his waggery the more successful, " he P'c affects lite dress and manner of a clergy- OVl man." With his white cravat and sober ^ black coat he makes not a bad imitation. ^r0 lie was at one of the hotels in Springfield a few weeks ago, and his dccidedly clerical * ' appearance attracting the attention of the 001 company as they sat down to dinner, he lor was called upon to ask a blessing. lie did na not refuse, and got on very well for a sen- tul tence or two; but when he catnc toward 1K the conclusion, he found, as it was his first attempt, that ho was utterly unable to re- nimembcr the usual manner of closing such rui an exercise. After hesitating a moment, c'? he recollected the usual subscription of his tm letters, and he brought his petition to a P'c close by additig, with great solemnity, " Yours truly, Oliver Mitlikin !" tw P* A Grain of the " Assembled Wisdom'ro ?When the subject of the Pages' salaries a came up before the California House of UP Representatives, it was proposed to fix the >"01 same at a certain sum per diem, whereupon da; a member from the interior arose, and asked en< to " have the matter fully explained before ani going any furllmr. There had been a heap 18 of talk about retrenchitC and reform, and he desired to know whether so much per ??' diem meant by the week,or tho month, or for the term /" nt-'] ljK; It+T At a funeral service held recently bu! in Norfolk in respect to the memory of the wo husbands, wives and children of those who tlx had fallen the pestilence, it was observed' Jui that one of the bereaved husbands was lis- twi tening very complaccntly to the eulogies of ev< his deceased wife, while her supcessor, his in second " help-mate,* was sitting close to toe him. ? * wo JE37" "Sit down,** said a judge to an im- no' pertinent limb of the law, " I cannot enter- pci tain your ridiculous proposition." ihf 14 But my necessity."? up "Yes, yes, your necessity?I understand arc ?I admit you are a necessity yourself, or at least the next thing to it, for necessity rio knows no law." be: for A True Sentiment.?A correspondent says, crij " all right ends in literature are based upon j)fl| a desire to benefit mankind. I know this to be true and will try to act in accordance with the suggestion, for it is not in this field alone that the golden rule should be ?UI practiced, it is everywhere and in every Pul condition of life.** mc gr( JEST A painter having turned physician, ing was asked the reason. M Because, my for mc mer business exhibited my mistakes in too int planner a manner. I have now chosen one ua< ? O in which they will nil be buried." in m ? * . no1 A man who does not take a news- ^ paper is not only poor, but will always ejg remain so. The less men know, the less Wfl Uiey earn. Folks who labor for seventyfive cents a day^ always sign their names with an X. mi *?.>? on JOT Which can smell the rat quickest? ro< the man who knows the most, or he ul iffho has the piost nose f sic & sis a? ik? its & a. . From the Cotton Planter. reparation of Land?Cultivation of Corn. | Dr. Cloud?Dear Sir: Allow tnc to i ake you a very polite bow, for " the cor- j ill welcome of 'A Rustic' to the columns < the American Cotton Planter;" and per- ' it me. further, to thank you for your < nimoiwlsili/tiiu /?f ????? ?!? ? /xf >u. It is truly gratifying1 to know licit , o simple plan I have adopted for the pre- | rvation of my land, meets with the ap- | oval of one so well qualified as yourself i express an opinion in such matters. It j cou raged me to persevere and redouble ] y efforts; and, with the approving smiles ( Providence, I hope, in ten years, to be i le to show a little farm, as productive as | its virgin stale, worth double its original i st, and having produced a remunerative . ip every year for that space of time. In , y former communication, I promised you j detailed statement of my mode of prepar- | r land, planting and cultivating special j jps. I now seat myself to fulfill that j omise, and (although out of season) will i st cominenco with Corn. ( Von will Imnr in initl.l fltol nut iJ'in r\f . ? " ' '"j i""" ; i Lation is never to plant corn on hind two ] ars in succession; it invariably foliows i Iton. The method I have adopted, as < esenting fewer objectionable features than | y other I have ever tried?taking into \ usideration the nature and character of ( s soil, climate, latitude, ?Sie.?is tliis: j tor having threshed down all the cotton . ilks, breaking them to pieces as much as j possible, with stout, heavy sticks, I start ( ig, narrow and nearly square-pointed . 11-tonguc plows to running in the old ( iter furrow, between the cotton beds, run- j lg three limes in each old water furrow, , eaking the ground for a space of 12 to j inches, atid six to eight inches deep, t ry effectually. After finishing the field j this manner, it is then crossed at right . I !.??/* f..?t il.~ - >pped in the intersections of the furrows, f jr 6 grains in the hill, and is covered l?v ( rowing two furrows upon it, one from j h side. As soon as the Held is finished < ing planted, the middles of the rows ate ( jken out with tlie same long bull-tongue f >ws, and a wooden-toothed harrow run j er the beds to clear it of clods and level t i ground. My corn is usually planted s m the first to the fifteenth of March, the t tance it stands apart in row and drill is ] i>y 3 feet, one stalk in a hill. When the , n is up to a prelty good stand, the bull- ; igues are started to running around it the { rrow way?and after finishing the field, j n back and run around it the wide way. , ah these runnings round is done close to ^ i corn, and deep. In ten or twelve days, ' f Lull-tongues are again started, this time t fining four furrows in a row, and still s sc to the corn, the hoes following, cut- j g up any weeds or grass that the t tft'd /tfllllint fnOAll fltul ilia />* *? * < V?I ? 'S-'-b ? ? ? t u stand. If, in the course of (en or t clve days, the ground should become eked by a heavy fall of rain, a triangular ( n-toolhed harrow should be run.once in , row, the narrow way. This will loosen i the ground and kill all the grass, unless ? u let it stand too long. In ten or fifteen j ys more, the corn will have attained s-i/.e | Dugh to receive its last thorough working, c il be laid by; and this work of laying by c the most important operation of the ole process of making corn ; upon its ^ od or careless performance, depend the ^ ure yield of the crop. My rule is to run n tt the corn, and not very near, with a i?w onw|rt uiiu pivf* vub mo iiiiuili^ mill jj II-tongues, deep and thorough. This t rking must be completed at furthest by tl 5 20th or 25th of May, and by the 5th of f] ne I sow my Peas in tho middles, be- y ecn. tho corn?drilling them thinly and jnly, and covering them by passing twice a row between the corn, with an iron- a )thed harrow. v This last operation completes all the d rkings of the corn crop; the ground is b w in a fine pulverulent state, and almost h rfectly level; nothing more is requisite L m to pass over it with the hoes, and cut s stray weeds and brandies of grass a >und stumps and the roots of trees. v I do not claim, for this simple plan, supe- v rity over overy other ; it has proved the a it I have ever tried, and I shall only ask ? it a careful trial* and if success does not ? iwn the efforts of the one trying it, he a tl better sell his land: and emigarte. n A RUSTIC. h How to do up Shirt Bosoms.>?Take two 11 nces of fine white gum arabic powder? ^ t it in n pitcher, and pour on a pint or >ro of boiling water, according to the do- F ;e of strength you desire?and tlitn liavj covered it, let it stand all night?in the 1 ruing, pour it carefully from the dregs ^ o a clean bott!e, cork it and keep it for 8 >. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred a pint of starch, made in the us.mil man- |< r, will give to lawn, either white or prin- f 1, a look of newness, when nothing p e can restore them after they have been c ished. t ^nt> Indian Loaf.?Two quarts of fine corn fl sal scalded dry, one tables poonfal salt, c e and a half pints of flour, one pint of * classes, one pint butter-milk, teaspoonful laratua; mix well, and bake iforee hours < wly, in an irop basin. ] J'rnm the Soil of //<< South. "Bo Sure you are Ready, then go Ahead." Years ago, we heard a successful planter remark, that he could easily cultivate all the land that he could plant. Extravagant is this may at first appear, yet when proparly understood, it is not at all unreasonable. I'liis gentleman's idea of planting did not consist simply in opening a furrow for tho seed and covering them, but it embraced, *s it should do, a thorough preparation of the soil for a crop, before a seed was ever [>ut in the ground, and thus understood, t will be very evident, that it is not so easy i matter to plant a larger crop than can bo iroperly cultivated. One of the great se;rets of good and easy cultivation of a crop, s to have the land on which is to be planed, well prepared, before the work of plant} ng commences. No matter what the deicription of the soil may be, or what kind jf crop is to be cultivated, thorough preparation before hand, greatly facilitates the labor of making tho crop. If deep plow ng is 10 DC done now is tlie time to do it; f close plowing is to be done, now is the .imo to do it. Better be delayed for n week jr two in planting, if the bind can not bo thoroughly prepared in Jess time, than toliurry ttie planting before the fields are ready for it. The rapidity with which the ;rop will grow oil' afier it comes up, and the 'acility with which it can be cultivated afterwards, will more than compensate for tho lelay which has been incurred in planting t. The experienced plowman will readily ippreciatu the advantages of this system[ts chief recommendation is, that it throwshe hardest labor of plowing upon the muleind the hand, at a season of the year when< hey are both better able to stand it. Good' >lowing now will save, not only in the lumber of furrows, but the depth of tlioarrows, necessary hereafter in cultivating; lie con. We have frequently heard planers, after tho crop has been laid by, corntaring the amuiint of plowing which each* tas done in cultivating it. One has, inn iome instances done twice as much as theUher, and it not unfrequcutlv happens that ie who has done the least plowing in the uiutiiuiiu, nn* niauc ni? largest yield tolie acre. The difl'erence, upon enquiry, urns out that one iliil most of his work teforc lie put his seed in the gorund, while lie other has endeavored to repair the coniequonces of neglect in this particular, by a jreat deal of work in cultivating the crop., jet us therefore repaet and urge upon our-cader, if you intend to do any good plow? "o this year, do it before you commence o plant. Do not leave your land to be iroken afterwards, but have this ivell don* low, even though it throws you behind! rour neighbors in coinmcncing to plant.. They may seem in the beginning to have lie start of you, but you will find beforeiuminer comes on that their advantage wasllusory. Your crop will soon overtakeheirs, in its growth, and you will keep your ields clean of tho grass, with nearly half, ho Inbor which they find necessary. ti.? c. 1.? ?- ?? mo reiiiitrKS appiv niBO tO> ivery other species of preparation which is< lecessary in making the crop. Better talf-v ime now to do any and every job which ismticipated about the plantatiun, than post?one it for an idle day that may occurlercaftor. There are not many idle days>n a cotton plantation after the corp comesm, and anything which must be done at: ill, had better be done now, if possible^, ban defer it. When the work of cultivating the crop coinmcnccs. that dfetnnndft,. md should receive the undivided attention) if the planter. Make a good beginnig, andi I will be found crencrallv in prnn. mnbii* . a ?, o ensure a goo<l ending. Willi a slight; nodification of Davy Crockett's celebrated! naxiin, we ndvise our readers to " bo surej ou are ready, then go ahead." The Plantation Garden.?The same* mount of hind planted in anything else,. /ou!d not do so well, as an acie or twoj. evoted to a Plantation Garden. The numier of vegetables cultivated. need not be *rge, for ihere are not a great many veget-lcs of which negroes are fond. Cabbag*?> nap beans, squashes and onions, aregener-,liy relished by them, and ihey are raised* nth very little trouble. Wo have oftenj /aicnea mem as nicy sit down at-noon,. to? , large dish of good bncon and bread, and! , bountiful supply of these vegetables, and! lmost envied the appetite with which tfieyte, and felt a disposition to join in a frugal! neat. Our plan is to have dinner for all muds cooked together, and the cook hasristruction, to gather every day, an abu?lance of vegetables, which are seeved outt o them without limit. Besides being a. alatable, it is a healthy addition to the aljwance of bread, meat and molases, andi he cost of affording it* is a mere trifle Tow is the time to prepare the gnrden< poL Fly Poison without Arsenic.?The folk owing preparation is much used in Europeor the destruction of flies:?Quassia, eight tarts; water, five hundred parts ; molasses, >ne hundred and twenty-five parts. Boil be quassia and water ten tninutea; strain ind add the molasses. The preparation can lasily be made by any one, FHee are at* racted by this and toon killed. J9TFat pork is employed on some of the Dhio Railroada for lubricating axels. It i* placed, in thin slice.*, to the ajclo hose*,