Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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me mMmm mmm. " TWO DOLLARS PEE ANNUM.] 4' thie: prioe op i :q e n. t -sr x s etehn^ij vigiijanoh." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & HOLLINGSWORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1856. VOL. XIII NO. 3 IfflaSigBtLiLA 0 ? ??s. MR. PADCORN'S FIRST PARTY. Scene First. The third story front room of a Fifth avsnUe palace?tadcorn surrounded l?y stiff young men all shirt collars and hair, putting on white gloves and staring at every new comer who entered tho room. Padcorn Vol I'd ^rS their example, and to his astonishment, notices that the human beings, who 'ent9r} looking like calm boys, are transFnrmA'l it* oltAiit f h*a tninntna iiiIa iitnnrnnt men of stiff leisure, beautiful boots nml white gloves, and smiling autl beneficent. lie goes down stairs in a sort of dream, enters tfie parlor, and is immediately stunned by the confused chattering on all sides, his remaining senses take flight; finds himself mechanically following others, led through a combination of hemispheres, out of the top of which arises the forms of women from the waist upwards. Ilad heard before of mermaids?half woman, half fish ?but never of hemispherical females. At length brought to a full stop by the gentleman, whose lead he follows, stopping and savincr a few words to hemisuherical wo men, lie passes on, and Padcorn in his turn, finds himself in front of the portentious object, mechanically utters a few passing words, but not being heard attempts to get in speaking distance; but is repelled by the hemisphere, and which he now discovers is bound with a series of liar J ridges, as his shins abundantly testify, on subsequent examination ; being unable to speak to the lady, is obliged to content himself with making telegraphic signal and nodding his head gravely and mysteriously.? Then passing on, lie next finds himself adrift, in a sea of hemispheres, and experiences constant and indefinable longings to go up stairs?indulges in painful retrospection. and iroes through a mental cate ' o a cliism. Query?Padcorn ! what are you doing here ? Padcorn?Standing on my pins and looking around. Query?Why did you come here ? Padcorn?I don't know, I'm sure; I received a card on which was printed in beautiful italics, "Mrs. Shaw at Home," and beneath, in Roman letters, " Wednesday night, January 13tli, 185G." Why Mrs. Shaw should have taken tho trouble to have this important information, tliat she was at home on Wednesday, January, 1856, printed on a card, and then sent to me was a mystery. I thought it exceedingly kind of her to let me know this fact, but nevertheless couldu'l explain it until a j menu loriunateiy solved it tor me m the following expressive manner: "Why, you stupid fellow, you're invited to a party and must go," and so here I am (pinching liirajself,) at least I believe I'm here. Query?Well, what are you going to do ? Padcorn?I don't know ; stand and look on, I suppose, and wish I was at home. Query?But, why don't you do as the rest do ; talk ? Padcorn?Come now, that's all nonsense. In the first place, nobody can hear me in such a noise ; and in the second, I've got nobody to talk to. (Just then the soliloque was interrupted by a man with a white ribbon on his coat, who came up and said, "Oh, Mr-er-er,? what did you say your name was ?" Padcorn?I didn't say anything, hut mv name, sir, is Padcorn, and I'd like to know what the d?1 you mean by asking such a question ? White Ribbon?T beg your pardon, sir; dou't say d?1 so loud, but allow me ?o introduce you to some of the young ladies. Padcorn, (mollified) CJJi, my dear Kir, I beg your pardon! Certainly, sir, shuuid be most happy. White Ribbon?Miss Pork, allow me to introduce you to Mr. Padcorn. (All three bowed and man in white ribbon disappears.) Miss Pork?Have you been very gay this winter ? Padcorn?No, I can't say I have. I don't think 1 ever was very gay ; I'vo never seen anything yet to be gay about. (Undertone) I wonder what she means ? Miss Pork?(flirting her fan about,) Oh,' you strange creature you ! (Undertone,) I .W..UVI IllVttlltt 1 Padcorn?Ycb, I suppose I am, and this is a Btrange place for mc. In fact, I never was at a party before to-night; (undertone) and I never will be again. I wonder what wakes her fiddlo about so, I wish she'd keep still. Miss Pork?Ho, lie, he ; what, do you mean to say you've never been to a party before; but you dance I suppose! Padcorn?(indignant at her hilarity): No, I don't, I nevor took a dancing lesson liiftnt/ lift* 5r?V Miss Pork?(loosing her breath,) Ob, what, Dover danccd?Ob, I shall faint ! Padcorn?(alarmed,)?Wbat shall I dot Where shall,! go? Yon want air?oh, please don't faint. You can't lie down, you know, in tbeso hemispheres. Miss Porfe^b, no,;Its nothing; but ye* terrified me; don't you polk really t ' I ^44corn?(undertone.) "PokeriwonJw^A^the d?I she means I (aloud)? Poke Too, I ncter poke. & r*. Miss Pork?What! you liavo never known the delights of the polkn ? Padcoru?(undertone) Delights of the Poker! She's mad?mad as a March haro? (aloud) No, my servant has charge of that department, and it never struck mo that lie was vcrv much delighted about it. Miss Pork?(not hearing him, but apparently absorbed in pleasant dreams? murmuring,)?Oh, tho dear polka, tho delightful polka, the charming poika! (The music strike! un.) Oh, there's to be a 'lance?what is it? Listen! a quadrille! 1 Well, you can dance that; you have only I to do as the others do ; come, we must get 1 a vis avis. Fadcorn?(terribly frightened,) But I assure you, I never danced in my life. Miss Pork?Yes, but a quadrille, you only walk in this, and do as the others do. Sceno Second. A quadrille, dancers in their places, Padcorn and Miss Pork together; Padcorn sees a column advancing towards him ; wishes to beat a rapid retreat, but Miss Pork seizes his hand, and both advanced t,wV..r.U ?1.A TTa <v.vnc .. Bvvq " ""h" J, series ef evolutions, and at length finds himself ill a dreadful perspiration, back in his j former position. At the " right hand across,'' t Padcorn advances to meet the coming gentleinan, who holds out his hand, which >j Padcorn cordially shakes, and next finds the opposite lady's left hand extended, which he also shakes very cordially, and c finally tells Miss Pork that u they ought to ^ cull that a shake hand all around." The s quadrille breaks up, and Padcorn is de- , lighted with himself and Miss Pork. And now tho polka commences. Padcorn and Miss Pork look on. To his virtuous as- c tonishmenl and indignation, he sees n man, v in the garb of a gentleman, before all the 2 guests, deliberately put his arm around a lady's waist, who, so far from resenting c it, lovingly places one of her own hands 1 on his shoulder, while with the other she 1 clasps the gentleman's left hand, and then 5 both whirl around the room together, ^e- 1 fore he can give vent to his feelings, several v others follow suit, until finding it universal, ? Padcorn himself becomes infected with the c bad example and places his arm (as he had i 1 seen the others do) around Miss Pork's j -s waist, who indignantly repels him, and says, 1 "Why, Mr. J?adcorn, what do you mean, s sir ?" * Padcorn?I was onlv doing as you said f .. i:..i i.:i . un.. ?i _ -.i tv mil<j IIIIC ??^U IJU ?u? U.C UUlCrS j do.*' I Miss Pork?" Yes, but this is very im- ; proper conduct?tlicy are dancing and we *' are not." Padcorn?But if I knew bow to dance, 0 would you go out witb me in the middle of | the room and let me put my arm around your waist ? 1 Miss Pork?(delighted)?Oh, yes ! you do then, really dance! how charming ! let 1 us go out instantly. ( Padcorn?(severely) Miss Pork, I do not 1 dance ! But do you mean to tell me that to 1 put iny arms around your waist here, where 1 but very few people would see us, is more * improper than to do so out there, where the 3 whole world is the spectator, and there c make teetotums of ourselves, till we both c soein but ono object whirling around c .i i. uiiuu??ji hpauu. Ilero an apparent combination of Iiair and neck-ties interrupted the conversation t by asking Mias Pork if lie can have ilie s pleasure of poking with her, who drops a courtesy to Mr. Padcorn, and is next seen whirling around in answer to the last question. Padcorn much recruited by supper, feels ready for anything, cordially accosts an old j friend wfcom he seen standing absorbed in . deep thought, but receives, to his astonish- 1 inent, a very cold and constrained reply, . and the next moment, finds himself alone J in the centre of the room, having been disII.T K.r l.io f-- I ^ itvviuiijr vuv i/jr uid viu it iuuu* rui* ~ gives liiui afterwards, on seeing him engaged in what he finds on inquiry, to bo C tlio " German Cotillon." The party finally ( breaks up, and Padcorn, in somo unac- ' countable way, reaches home?wake* up 9 in the morning with a dreadful headache, and resolves that his first party shall be his last. Petrified Ship.?Tbo lieurdslown Illinoisian says: " Wliile visiting a friend in Snr.garaon Bottom, in this county, a short timo since, we were (Jailed to examino a specimen of stono which he had lately taken from a neighboring quarry. The curiosty consisted of two sandstODe rocks, which were found joining each other in contectual form, which, When separated, the face of one presented the appcarance of having beon a part of the aide of a vessel, near the gunwale. There seems to have honn an m'Arlantiin/v a? iUa i .... Vi I>ug III tlio \ form of moulding, Around tho vessel. Tho I work, of - art is ns plain to be seem on the i stone as on the floating vessel. The holes , formed by the nails are very distinct, as . well as the'ibssiliied texture of .lli'o wood. < There are also pieces of iron with the speci- | men, which seem - to have been used, instead of oftulkilJg/betwbeTt' the strips <# plank." T'I/r Tir' r* < twenty-five lines of omnibuses, and belong ing to them five hundred and sixty^even ' coaches. ' A BHiUiWli J^DITUK. At a Welsh celebration in New York, Dr. Jones toKl the following amusing aneclole: Tlio speaker sa'ul that editors were like itlier shrewd men, who had to live with heir eyes and ears open. He related asto y of an editor who started a paper in a new tillage at tlie West. The town was infest;d by gamblers, whose presence was a source of annoyance to the citizens, who old the.editor that if he did not come out igainst them they would not patronize his japer; he replied that he would crive them i "smasher" next day. Sure enough, his lext issue contained the promised "smash?rand, on the following morning, the edoubtablc editor, with scissors in hand, was seated in his sanctum, cutting out news, vlien in walked a large man with a club in land, and demanded to know if the editor vas in. "No, sir," was the reply ; "he has itepped out; take a scat and read the paicrs?he will return in a minute." Down ;at the indignant man of cards, crossed his egs, with his club between them, and comncnced reading a p:iper. In the meantime, lie editor quietly vamosed down stairs, and it the landing below lie met another excited nan with a cudgel in his hand, who asked iim if the editor was in. "Yes, sir," was lie prompt response; "you will find him eated up stairs reading a newspaper."? I'lie latter, on entering the room, with a fuioiis oath, commenced .1 violent assault ipon the former, which was resisted with ipial ferocity. The light was continued mtil they had both rolled to the foot of the tairs, and pounded each other to their 1 earth' content. Mr. Fill more s Jtccrplion in Hume.?Tho orrespondeiit of the Independence Beige, mling from Rome under date of March :0, says: "The Americans in Rome have just wclonied in a very strange way tho arrival of heir fellow-citizen, Mr. Fillmore, in the Sternal City. They resuscitated one of Zero's fetes, as described by Suetonius, and Humiliated the Colliseum ? not, however, villi vast numbers of little lamps, ns is II.. *1 t -? - ? 1 ? jcuvriiiiv me ease, urn wiiii a grand display f fire-works. Bengal liglits, disposed in he dormitories, under the arcades, 011 the teps in the arena, all over the ruins in fine, 00k the form of volcanoes in eruption, pectres and wild beasts vomiting out lames of a thousand colors. It was really iUitastie." A High Sense of Honor.?An English loblcman ran away with a married woman, lid after she was divorced from her linstand, married her. Some time having hipscd, his lordship was surprised at not ec.eiving a challenge from her former bus and, and being anxious to make reparaion, sent the following offer of satisfaction: 1 Sir : Having done you the greatest injury hat one man can do another, I think it injumbent upon me to offer 3-011 the satisfacion which one gentleman owes to another n such circumstances." The husband redied: "My Lord, in taking off my hands ...1. - 1 " ? ?- - i wuuiiiii wiiii iias proveu Herself a wretch, on have done ine the greatest favor that ?ne man can do another, anil T think it in' umbent upon ine to offer you the acknowlidgments which one gentleman owes to mother in such circumstances." IFcw Horse Shoe.?The Philadelphia :orrespondent of the Baltimore American iays that a new horse shoe, that icijuires 10 nails, and can he put on by any one witli>ut the aid of a blacksmith, is on exhibiion in that city. Attached to the shoe is i flange extending around the hoof, and at ho back of the shoe, which lies over the rog of the horse's foot, is a joint, held in is pmce i>y a screw, winch allows tlie kIioo 0 open and close, so as to accommodate tself to tlio size of tho hoof. Between the loof and tho pinto is placed a layer of jutta pcrcha, for the purpose of preventing njnry to tho hoof or leg of the horse by loncussion while passing over hard roads >r streets. These shoes aro also furnished it about ono half tho price of tho ordinary >hoc. Turning the Tables, Really.?There was 1 grand "row" lately at a lecture in Faris. Police agents in plain clothes were present; hey made a mark with chalk on tho backs >f the most uproarious of the students, so .hat they might bo known and arrested vhen they left the hall; the students doectcd the maneuver, and slvlv chalked the lolico agents; when tho officers left the )luce, the Sergens do Ville arrested them, oclged them in prison, and kept them there or a day and night. ^ > ? ? ?? An Auripedul Horse.?The recently sleeted representative for the mining district >f Woolshed, in Australia, Mr. Daniel Cameron, had the compliment paid to.him >y his supporters of having the horsobe -ode on at tho time of the contest, shod with shoes of solid gold, and wag also prelented with a sum of ?1,500. A few such )ld horae shoes would effectually koep away Jie wftclio* of poverty ! Dreadfuls***A Nelmwta ' .evfiiaimf A-wfbl I *w* ill!?iw^tjveightclegrwf* bSelo^ ^tOy%iftt arlmkjr, (hfM^lbn 5 gtllon'J."" .?9*-TM iuiKtfMd VAltae of' itl 'fl&T&WU of No wi?evrv, is $GD4\j?a&i -c^> j???!??:?. I WOULD NOT DEE AT ALL. I would not die in Spring time, When worms begin to crawl, When cabbage plants are shooting up, Ami frogB begin to squall; "1'is then the girls are full of charms, And smile upon the men ; When lambs and pcaso are in their piime; 1 would not perish then. I would not die in Summer, mien trees arc tilled with fruit, And every sportsman linn n gun, The little birds to choot. The girls then wear the bloomer drcsp, A nd half distract the men? It is tinio to sweat it out; I would not perish then. I would not die in Autumn, When new mown hay Bmell9 sweet, And the little pigs aro rooting round For something nice to eat; 'Tis then the huntsman's wild halloo Is hoard ulong the glen, And oysters 'gin to fultcn up; I would not perish then. I would not die ill Whiter, For one might freeze lo death, When blustering breezes sweep around, And take awny one's breuth ; AVhcn s'eigh bells jingle, horses snort, And buckwhcul enkes are lull? In faet, this is a right good world ; I would not die at all. II7?con?in Anjus. ; A RICH SERMON. "Where is the man with ii harp of a thousand strings? The following rich extract from a sermon J will be recognized at a glance by some of j our readers here at home. It loses much : of its humor, becauso we cannot put in 1 Dlillt lilt! siiur KOIXr slvlo ?iml I o o ..?<,? gestures that accompany it: My friends, sin makes tlie purtiest young man or oomati in the world ugly-ah. And I'll toll you how I know-ah ; as I was coming up to church to-day-all, I saw some yoting men in the road-ah. And I thought one of them the purtiest young man I ever saw in my life-all. And as I drew nigh unto them I discovered that they were playing ov marvels, and they all drew nigh unto a placc what they called taw-ah, and they marveled, he jumped up and flapped his hands like a rooster does his wings, and says lie, "I wish I may he d?d if I haint fat ah." And, oh my friends, then I tl.? - -i v.,u..s.n 11..iu iic was mo ugiicsi young man I ever saw in my life-ali. And I opened my month and spaku unto him thus-ali, says I, " young man, this is not the way to salvation." And says ho, "Old horse, if you had been salivated as bad as I have, you wouldn't want to hear talk of salivation." And now iny friends, when that ar young man said he was fat he told a lie-ah, for he was as lean as that hungry-looking sister over thar that's always praying so pious while the hat is a being passed around-ah. And my friends, if that young man hadn't been blinded by sin, ho never could a mistuk me for an old horse-ah. Privileged Members.?The Slate of Maine is responsible for the following: A gentleman on a visit to Washington, one day coolly opened the door of the Senate Chamber, and was about to pass in, vvl.r.n tlw. I ?i nvii bit\> uvwi iOlvCU " Arc you n privileged member?" " What do you mean by that ?" asked the stranger. The reply was: " A governor, an exmcinbcr of Congress, or a Foreign Minister." The stranger replied that be was a Minister. "From what court or country, if you plcaso?" asked the official. Very gravely pointing up, "From Heaven ! air." To this the door-keeper waggishly remarked, "This Government at nresent Imliln nn iutercourae with that foreign power !" mm ? B3T Wo oxtrnct tho following from Harper's Magazine, for April: "An ex-postmaster of Georgia, gave us also the following superscription of a letter which he copied with his own hand, and then sent the letter according to tho direction. Except the names, which aro altered, the copy is given verbatim et literatim et punetuatim : "Slait of grogy, jeffison poast offes, jaxsun kounty to Mr. Jones who lives about 6even or ate miles from Mr. ard, or did about fbar or five years ago?as i doant noe your given naim the postmastor at franklin please forrered the saitn and mediuntly if not simt-r an the postmaster at jeffison kounty the 6aim to Mr. Jones as sune as the male gits thar. ' ^ ^ ' Egr The Rev. Mr. Siinkins, who, by the way, has a holy horror of grammar and orthography, thus describes the "departure" of a " saint:" " When I arrow at the bouse of tba deseated friend, he was per* spiring his last. I stood by the bedside, and said, n* he was too far gone to talk,' " brpLher, if you feel bsppy now jut squeeze my hand, audhe tyuoxe iuf '! a'c >4'?ure, pf-Mw^fTfispt , f *ftrT Jei^r^ittk or swiu?, but I can't tell tffekh." THE PRLNTEit A printer is tlio most curious being liv ing: Lie may have n bunk and coins (quoins] and not be worth a cent; have small caps and have neither wife nor children; others may run fast, hut ho gets along swiftest In setting fast, lie may he making impressions without eloquence; may use the lyi without offending, and he telling tho truth: while others cannot stand while they set he can set standing, and do both at the same time; have to use furniture, and yel have no dwelling; may make and put away pic, and never see a pic, much less eat it, during his life; be a human being and a rat at the same time; may press a grcal deal, and not ask a favor; may handle a shooting iron, and know nothing about a cannon, gun or pistol; he may move the lever that moves the world, and yet be as far from moving the globe as a hog undei a mole hill; spread sheets without being .1 housewife; lie may lay his form on the bed and yet be obliged to sleep on the floor; lie may use uic uugger Wiuiout siicikling blood and from the earth he may handle stars, lie may be of a rolling disposition and yel never desire to travel; lie ma v have j sheep's foot, and not be defurmed ; nevei be without a case, and know nothing of law or physic; he is always correcting his er rors, and growing worse every day ; hav< embraces without having the arms of a las: tlirown around him; have his form lockco up, and at the same time be free from jail watch house, or any oilier confinement; hi: oflice may have a hell in it, and not be i bad place after all ; he might bo plaguei by the devil and be a Christian of the bes kind ; and what is stranger still, be he bon est or dishonest, rich or poor, drunk or so her, industrious or lazy, lie always standi up to hia business. Elopement.?A ..frs. Surah Coursot eloped recently from West Milford, Passat* county, with a Mr. Da. id White, of thai place, being tho third time she has figured as one of the parties of an elopement.? The woman is one of a family of six sisten named Ryerson, five of whom have lefl their husbands and eloped with other men All six have been married, and not one live with a lawful husband at the present day, five having eloped and tho only remaining one deserting her husband, or refusing tc live with him. A case of equal singularity cannot probably be found anywhere in tlit Union.?Newark Advertiser. Parrots in loica.?It is said Ui.it num hers of parrots resort annually to Decatui count}', Iowa, anil arc sometimes seen ir flocks of twenty, and even more. Tbre< of these birds were shot one week during the late cold spell. They are about tb< size of the common lame pigeon, thougli not quite so large around; their tail: shorter, their plumage is green, tinged or the back with blue, their wing-feathers an red and yellow, and the bill and tongue an the same as in all parrots. It is rather sur prising to find these birds so far North am: feeling so much at home. g&T M. D'Alembcrt, a Frenchman, has just published a book of travels in the United States. lie is an extravagant ad ti. ~ i i r * : - - * v ujiiur ui mo liiuics ui ^\.iuuric:i, aim lias demonstrated liis sincerity by marrying one of them?a Miss Phillips, of Philadelphia. In dilating upon tho fearful fro quoncy of duels in iho United States, he asserts that tho following placard is to be seen over an cJitor'a oflico out West:? " Subscription received from 9 to 4 ; challenges from 11 to 12 only. Wipo youi feet, if you ploasc B3T Dr. Klipstein, whoso plantation is within a few miles of Mount Pleasant, the Parish of Christ Church, has lately discovered tho remains of a Mastodon imbedded in alluvium. A beautiful specimen of ouo of i's hugo grinders has been presented by by tho Doctor to Professor llolmes of the College of Charleston, and has been placed iu the Museum of Natural History of lhat Institution.? Courier. }I3= It was stated that the advertising columns of the Loudon Times aro estimated to yield the cstabliehinent tho enormous sum of $3,000,000 per annum. One firm atono pays the Titties as high as $150,000 a year for advertising, and there are several business establishments that pay it over $50,000 a year for advertising alone. A Lucky Shot.?During tho siege ol Sebastopol a Russian shell buried itself in the side a bill without tho city and opened a spring. A little fountain bubbled forth whero the cannon shot had fallen, and during the remainder of tho siege afforded tc the thirsty troops who wore stationed in mat vicitmy no anuoaant supply ot pure cold water. J9T" Have you said your prayers, John f u No, ma'am, it ain't roy work. Bill aayi the prayers and * theamen*."/; y * ! 'JSjfr" If chen wwh to be hold in esteem they ipofit" associate with those only, whe <;ve O.I 0' -i?'J v :.i " '* ' pt '. po*ndi was sold recently Hi Manchester, N, H. - a ? !&!!(? lBa7??&!L?_ | From the Soil of the South. , WORK FOE MAY. 5 Everything on the plantation is busy this - month. It is one of tlic best months in tho . calendar for plantation work, ami it is also . ono of the most important. Tlio crops j grow finely, and so does the grass, and if , the farmer is not iudustrious, the latter will i out grow tho former. It is tho May grass , that is most troublesome ] if that is extir pated, tho crop can be kept clean till it is ) laid by. Watch closely, therefore, that no l hand slights his work. The tender sprigs ; left around tho roots of the corn and coti ton, will become largo bunches by the next l working. > THE CORN CROI? i receives its second working this month.? Our onliimns Imvn lioon cn iwoll wltli l communications from our correspondents p on the subject of corn culture, that wo need . say but little on this head. This working ( is generally done entirely with the plow. The hoes arc constantly engaged in the cott ton, and if the first working of corn waa i faithfully done, they are not needed now. r The plowing which the corn should receive r at this time, depends, in a great measure, . upon the manner in which it was plowed > at the previous working. If the land is i light, and the baulks have been previously I well broken, the sweep will do all that is , required now. If a heavier plowing is dei nianded, wc use the turn plow, throwing i tlio earth to the corn. We do not advo I cato the policy, however, of heaping the L earth around the roots of the com, either - at this or any other working. Corn culti. vated in that manner is more apt to fire? s stands a drought worse, than when the level culture is adopted, liun the plow at just that distance from the corn which will ' slightly lap the dirt, in the row ; and we *' adopt this mode, not because we have any L idea that the earth thus thrown to the corn ' improves it. but because we thereby destroy any young gras3 which may have sprung ' up since tho last working. At this plow' ing, if tho land is too old or thin to make " peas broadcast, they should tie planted in ( rows between the corn, ."v^e are decided advocates of the Bias. We prefer to have every cornfield covered with them. They 1 feed more largely upon the atmosphere than any other crop which we raise, and there: fore impoverish tho soil less; they shade tho earth, thus protecting from the hot . suns of our summers, and keeping down r the crab grass, thereby leaving the soil in , better condition for the next year's cultiva. tion ; they afford an excellent pasturage for r every description of stock ; and they arc , undoubtedly a renovator of the soil. t TIIE POTATO CROl*. 5 Make as heavy a planting of potato slips , this month as possible ; the earlier they can 5 be started off tho better. We prefer the ? ridcre culture. AVe have never tried tlio . level culturo which is so strongly recomI mended, because, iu the first place, we think we can make move potatoes on the old plan, and in tho next place, they are much more 1 easily cultivated in ridges. We make a good bed ; not a very high one, but a large one, thrown up with a turn plow in rows about four feet apart, and set out the slips after a rain, about eighteen inches apart iu the rows. Wo know this mode will mako good potatoes, and an abundance of them, if they are properly attended to. The inisfortuno on most cotton plantations is, that potatoes aro not regarded as a part of the crop to be worked regularly like other things, but an incidental appendage, to be attended to when time can be spared out of ( tho cotton field. SMALL GRAIN AND STOCK. Tho oat fields which aro not designed to be cut, are in prime condition, the latter part of this month, to bavo ho?i turned ( upon them. Where the pi .".liter has plenty fit' nn^n Infill tn RAW fur flua r>i???nr>cn it lo > -- -I ? - .. ? ono of tlio cheapest means in Lis power, for fattening hogs. Tho wheat harvest comes on about the middle of this month. . ni We have never been a wheat grower? (concluding, whether wisely or not, we can not say, that it is choape* for a cotton plan*I ter to buy his flour, than to make it,) and i cannot therefore tay much experimentally on this subject We know it is an opinion among wheat growers here, however,, that I the grain should to threshed out at toon as possible, after it is harvested. Last, hut by no means least, iu th# Estimation of ^ our readers, we come to ( THE COTTON caOP. I W? ?.l. 1 ?V? t.,4 ??? -e -1.1 ? [ ?? o uuiuinv.cu mu inaw wuiMll^j yi CUllUU i in. our remarks under this head for Inst . month, but the seasons have been so back, ward, and the crop was planted so late, that t we suspect we were in advance of the work , on most plantations in this latitude. This year, we commenced planting cotton about the time we ordinarily get through, and we ' think we were about even with oitt neigh do re. we snau uo;, uowever? repeat now, ? wbat \t? wiWNtf otfr " Wo irk for April.1* ^ great idea to be kepi con' stahtly in iu Ifco coUivirtion of the ' dolloifc plant is ibis; just that culture Will lefcp iha crop clean, with *ho \ of iu Topffcii Oio proper 1 ntfodo; (ho jadgtoeot of the cultivator tfcai mod* ?, If the sweep will answer, use the sweep'; if deeper plowing is demanded, use the turnplow. We have heard men very dogmatically assert that a turn plow should not go inside tlieir cotton fields after the crop was planted. Shallow culture, by general consent, is tho proper culture for cotton, but, at tho same time, if shallow culture will not keep the crop clean, common sense suggests that n different | mode must bu adopted. Inflexible rules for the culture of cotton, or indeed of anything else, are worthless. No man, no matter what his experience or judgment, can certainly prescribe exactly tho mode iu wliich a crop should be cultivated, and those plan j tcrs who boast most of their manner of culj tivation, are sure to see failures sometimes. It is tho business of the intelligent cultivator of tho soil to study the principles which control the growth of his crop, and adapt his mode of cultivation to those principles. Diflerences of soil, climate, &c., must necessarily modify the manner of cultivating the crop. Just as the skillful physician modifies the treatment of a fever according ' to the constitutional peculiarities of his paJ limit, or the climate in which he lives, so I should the agriculturist suit his cultivation ' to the peculiarities of the soil and seasons, j There are general principles which govern I Lhf! snro^csflil miltnrw I>f ,?.>%%? V w. v\'WkVII) UIIUUUUICU* ly, and he is the best ]>l.-nitcr who thoroughly understands those principles, and knows best how to carry them out in tho operations of the farm. Garden Ifci/A- for ?Tlicro aro many seeds that may yet be planted. Sow Into cabbages. Cuiiliuuo to plant all thu varieties of beans, l'lant melons, squashes, and cucumbers; and il you would avoid u bill at tire tinner's, plant gourds. Sow marrowfat peas; sow peppeis, egg plants, to! niato, otra. Continue to plant corn for n I succession. Look well now to thinning out i ? the vegetables that are growing. Leave not more than three melons, squashes or cucumbers in a hill. Decls, parsnips, carrots, or salsify, should not stand within eight inches of each other. Keep tho ground around the Irish potatoes mellow, and clear of weeds; pinch off the hlooni buds as fast as they appear. Work the garden, morning and evening, and uso the hoe with judgment. Leached ashes and soap suds may be applied with great advantage to the growing vegetables. If the striped bug is troublesome to the vines, dust guano over the ground just under tho leaves of the plant, it will drive them away. Look among the cabbage plants; early in the morning for tho cut worm ; he is readily found by the destrnotion he leaves behind. Snap beans will bo greatly improved by mulching between the rows.?Soil of (ha South. Transplanting Veaetublcs.?Tho ivnril?.r? - ^ . D er is frequently disappointed in his expectations, not only from ihe failure of seeds to vegetate, but from chickcns, worm?, bugs, drought, &c. But as nil fegotablcs are invaribly planted too thick, there may yd bo a stand got by judicious transplanting.? Tap rooted plants, like tho beet, may be removed, if taken up. with earn and planted out immediately. All the cabbage tribo are easily transplanted ; so is corn, okra, peppers, tomatoes, egg plants; lettuce ; and even beans," melons, and cucumbers, may bo removed, if done with care. Those plants having surface roots, should betaken up so as not to disturb the little fibres from the main root, and put in the ground again before they have been exposed to tho sun and air; shade from {Tie sun a few day but give them all tho advantages of the dews at night. If it is necessary ta water the vegetables transplsWrfed, wate? oaly at night, and if watering; is oncer eorattvenced, keep it up uulil it of th* South. From the Souihtnt Farmer EEM5DY AGAINST THE BTBIFED BUG. Mkssus. Editors : As the time in near at hand when water-melons, cymlings, cantelopes, Jc., should l>u planted, you will confer a favor by publishing the following remedy against tbo ravages of tbo bug that s? frequently destroys them. As soon ns the vines are attacked by them, dust them over as often as necessary with the common black pepper, finely pulverized. This may be dbne when tho Jew (s on them without injury to the ?>JD68% ns I a*a informed by a gentlemjur wiwilkas tifed a it. May not the pepper l?r> also' a good remedy against the 9avagS1.eS the fly or bug so destructive to >ou?g tvuipa and tobacco plants? I intend1 to- try it,-and and if it is, may I not claim tho premium offered by the British Government for the discovery of a sure remedy .against tUe tur-> nip fly t v*ry respeclfblir, r J. H.DAVIS. Cartgville, March 18th, 185.6. ?^?-?? ? ?:. ? - Very Important to Farmers<k-**JSA* sotttb ahe11t<J corny ?rt*f toft a howfeftir through (Wcr grmft will a needto, j&ti t'fe f\ . j kitot in ih? bah ck>#e lo lU? j^rain, ajul*?w Jm . them fh tfc? cowfetdfe*4 i ?iek' ftp .thia gtaui it will tickle ilj^inand the won?t Lse. " ^ ^ ^''' 1:^ *.. .' : - ' ' ^ ' '3 ^ ,M -y ' . v .iM' t'- . .