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ZS^BiWEiriiiiiFTWO DOLLABi PER ANNUM ] 17 ===== ^ <.* U^LjLjCl THB OP X.IBX:rtv t? TOm_ = - ? ? _ ^ "A" 1*1 JtrC. 2XT A T "XT' 3" <"^1- TT *1" /% L . ^ ? BY DAVIS & HOLLINGS WORTH. "n .7.T.7." /Tr""^ rPAVA^r ? AMEVLLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, ' ?JSSiSg.*22^ - VOL. XIII NO. 5. Uil ll *3 s 13 lb iti ja a in si THE BALANCES OF LIFE. From the Pennsylvania Inqniror, wc take the following suggestive article : We have often thought, in examining calmly and carefully into the various phases ' <of human existence, in analysing the bills of mortality, ami comparing the changes 7?nd chances that occur in the fortunes of the rich and the poor, the proud and the - Smirtliln. that desnite the broad contrasts that appear on the surface of tilings?despite the faet that the many seem miserable, atlfl'tile few happy, comparatively speaking, <tbo enjoyments of this world arc more nicety balanced, more wisely and equitably divided, than the superficial are apt to imagine. We now speak in a general sense, and Hot with reference to individual cases. The position, too, as it seems to us, is rational. Why should the few be favored at the ex* pense of the many ? Why should a handful of human beings be selected out as the recipients of the high favors of fortune, of iiealth and happiness, to the iwglect of the millions? Why should the rich by inheritance, or by some sudden turn of prosperity, be eminently contented in mind, and exempt from the ordinary cares to which flesli is heir, and the multitude, equally upright, intelligent and virtuous, be subjected to every species of anxiety and anguish ? It is not sn. Suc.h a law would conflict with the beneficent principles of the Author of our being, and the Ruler of the World.? It would chill the heart of philanthropy, and deaden the incentives to virtue. It would discourage the lover of this, and retard the onward march of humanity. But, we repeat, it is not so. The enjoyments of life arc nicely distributed and wisely balanced. However desirable wealth may be, however power and place may be coveted, it by no means follows that either is inevitably associated with happiness. And assuredly not, when the means of attainment have been tortuous, unfair, unmanly or dishonest. Wo arc among those who believe that while virtue has its own reward, vice is sure to be accompanied or followed by an adequate punishment And thus, we hold the doctrine that, however dizzy the elevation, or however Croesus-like the wealth, there cannot be ease of mind, calm of spirit and repose of conscience, if fraud and treachery and crime have formed " the rungs of the ladder," through which the elevation has been attained. Nay, in the very supposed hour of enjoyment and of triumph, some uuseen, some unexpected calamity will be suro to track the fnotstr-m of ilw? nmliitinns and the avaricious. Sickness will come with its debilitating and paralyzing influence, the loved ones of the soul will be borne away in the arms of death, a sudden expose will darken and overshadow rcputa? tion, and thus life, although apparently golden and glittering, will bo hollow, empty and vain. On tl*e other hand, the moderate in circumstances, but the pure in heart, the individual who is of a cheerful and contented spirit, who is in the full enjoyment of health, and of all his faculties, who is regular in his habit?, and correct in hi* social disciplines, who lias no gnawing adder of remorse eating away at his conscience, whose 6leep is deep and tranquil, iind whose making moments arc free from self reproach?surely such a person, and there are thousands and tens of thousands of 6ncli in all the walks of humble life, is, comparatively npeaking, a happy and an envied being. lie appreciates his position, is grateful for the blessings he enjoys, nnd while prompted by a laudable desire to attain an independent position, he does not <> ' fret his soul away in bitter jealousy at the ? success of other*, and would not, for the mines of Goicomla, wrong a friend, malign a neighbor, defraud a fellow creature, or darken his memory in all time to come, by the perpetration of any base or unworthy True, ho may live for years, and only live. Ho may find it difficult to save anything for a rainy day; and at times?for such is the human lot?lie mnv have his triuls. bis S-^ N ,T " J "" " ' temptations, his anxieties and his pangs, with a due reliance upon self and upon * ' Providence, with a consciousness that ail is right within?with the proud satisfaction tUt tf the grave should claim him to-morrrow, he would pass away without a dark pot upon Iris character, a perpetual sunshine may be said to play around his heart, & ethenaHze his mind auil spirit, and to ifob even pnre oT its frown. It Ys tlius, we that the hope* and the pleasures of Mi. ars * nicely and wisely balanced. On Use other hand, how many temptations is wealth subjected to, from which poverty is ?Mflkgtfo?tjUdnptaCiOM in a thousand forms, fQt^MAd^'tba Affluent tlieafsdves^do not L ranlix* uuvil too Isle. There U no greater in thk -world than jdfene^^hiard J? ^ t>9? j^y^* ???4- a<-t?ye, he;?acoffl(os JW1S fltoMf 4Mwuwi<iM?fc: Tb? tm? pW lum! > ropy MM"> "P* t? yoDi/cwoaab.cbooj^s. ifir^Iook voiund I -Ac.. '. us, we win uiiu uiai mere are owiers rar les9 favorably circumstanced than ourselves, and who yet aro cheerful, contcntcd nnd grateful. There are certain laws which govern human society, either of which if violated constantly and hnhitunlly will be attended with bitter consequences. This, all should remember when examining their own cases, and complaining of their own misfortunes. Thus ho who is habitually treacherous or false, cannot look for confidence and respect on the part of his friends and associates. And thus again, he who is idle and dissolute, will bo sure, sooner or later, to pay the adequate penalties. And so too ho who i? careless and neglectful, may look for carelessness and neglcct, with regard to his family, his friends, his business and his fortune. Each should act according to his position, his menus and his responsibilities, and with reference, not only to self and to times, but to society, and a higher, holier and happier condition in the life to come. "Act well your part. There all the honor li?s." 8H0RT GUTTA PERCHA TECTURE TO YOUNG MEN. text: ger mosey. The voynge of life if you would sail, Invokf Daino Fortune'* Miriiri-ht ?mln With golden treasure freight your bnrk. The way is long anil dim llie churt; Else, us you gaily float along, With little care if right or wrong. Some sunken rock with jealous fsiioul, May bpill yourself and cargo out! Its a fact youug man?you must get money. That cute old chap, Solomon, said get wisdom?get understanding; but the old cock didn't know anything about these times. If he had, he would have hurt himself hollering, " get money !" I)o you rich young chaps imagine that anybody would stop to tell you good morning, and enquire after the state of your liver, if they had heard it whispered around that you was "cleaned up," broke all to smash?nary red! Not a bit of it. Three pair of shoe.1 a week wouldn't bring you within hait of enough acquaintances to take the rough off your tongue. That " nice young man," who used to be gh?d to hail you when you was "somebody," now tries to look a hole through a brick wall where there ain't any, when you are passing. Take my advice: if you can't get the rhino, get the name of having it. Tell people who want to borrow that you reckon it can be found if it is badly wanted?shut one eye?look sort of know ing?tap your pocket significantly like? j and when they insist upon having it, ask an interest you know they won't pay with security you know they can't get. They'll think you'v? got it then, only you're tolerable tight. So shall you flourish like a bear up a persimmon tree.?Sun Antonio Reporter^ Fivepercent. grip. A Beautiful Sentiment.?Shortly before the departure of the lamented Heher for India, he preached a sermon which contained this beautiful illustration : w Life bears us on like a stream of a mighty river. Our boat at first glides down the narrow channel?through the playful murmuring of the little brook and the winding of its gras>y borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our voting heads, the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands ; we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the lieauties around us?but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty.? Our course in youth and manhood is along a wilder and deeper flood, amid objects more striking and magnifkent. We are animated at the moving pictures und enjoyment and industry passing us; we are excited at some short lived disappointment. The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs aro alike left behind us. Wo may | be shipwrecked, we cannot be delayed; I whether rough or smooth, the river hastens ' to its home, till the roar of the ocean is in | our ears, nnd tlie tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, nnd the land lessens from our eyes, and the floods nre lificd up around us, and we take our leave of earth nnd its inhabitants, until of our further voyhgc there is no witness save the infinite nnd eternal 1" *i m Capital for Young Men. ?It is a consolation for alt right-minded young inen, that though they may not be able to com mand as much pecuniary capital as they would wish, to commence business themselves, yet there is a moral capital which they can have that will weigh as much lii money with |>er80Tirf whose opinion is worth having. And it does not take a great while tO accumulate * respectable Amount of thi*. capital. It consists of truth, honesty ^^and integrity; to -which may l>o added ueQieion.coumge.nrmneisnnd p^nwrerftnce. With SrlSfow. obstapmeMsmm pnng up and mrrguaa *nca a young nun ?i n** u> Mvzm:. short year* iuch j^yeung ra*Q k fiir in vd* wnos af **:tojrwb?aUr%ed\wUh htaft B**? inff equal .talent* Mid lAr**r pecaniery UHJSKKfcULNESB. There is no one quality that so much endears man to his fellow-men as cheerful- p ness. Talents may excite more respect, and virtues more esteem. lint the respect t; is apt to he distant and the esteem cold.? b Tint it is otherwise with cheerfulness. It h endears a man to the heart?not the intel- h iect or the imagination. There is a kind c of reciprocal diffusiveness about this qual- fi itv that recommends its possessor by the r; very effect it produces. There is a mel- c; lowed radiancc in the light it sheds on all ci social intercourse, which pervades the soul w to a depth that the blaze of the intellect g can never reach. il Tho cheerful man is a double blessing? ti a blessing to himself and to tho world n around him In his own character, his tc good nalm-t clear, blue shy of his si own heart, on 'i every star of talent ? shines out : nearly. To others, he ? carries an atmosphere of joy and hope and encouragement wherever he moves, llis C! own luipnmi'O ...-.I Iiis associates lose their moroseness anil their gloom in the amber colored light of tl the benevolence he casta around him. ft Tt is tine that cheerfulness in not always :i happiness. The face may glow in smiles n while the heart " runs in coldness ami dark- 1, ness," but cheerfulness is the best external b indication of happiness that we have, and Ii it enjoys this advantage over almost every tl oil er quality, that the counterfeit is as a valuable to society a? the reality. It an- tl swers as a medium of public circulation, c; full as well as true coin. tl A man is worthy of all praise, whatever u may he his private griefs, who docs not in- k tnule them on the happiness of his friends, p but constantly contributes his quota of h cheerfulness to the general public enjoy- A mcnt. " Every heart knows its own bitter- a ness," but let the possessor of that heart tJ take heed that he does not distii it into his nl neighbor's cup, and thus poison his felicity. There is uo light more commendable and v more agreeable than to Fee a man, whom u we know fortune has dealt with badly, J smother his peculiar griefs in his own bo- 0 soin, and do his duty in the society in f] which l'rovideuee has placed him, with an i, unruffled brow and a cheerful mien. It is ;l .1. i r-j . i a mud tiiui ii auvjui\ u?ia a MgUl lO (iOinaiHl ?:i portion of that great chain which tl binds humanity together, the links of which n, every one should preserve bright and tin- 0 sullied. 0 It may be asked, what shail that man do ft, whose hiirden of griefs are heavy, nnd p made still heavier l>y the tears he has shed a over ihem in private ; shall he leave society? Q Certainly, until he has learnt to hear his ^ own burden. Shall ho not seek for the sympathy of his friends ? lie had better 'j not. Sympathy would only weaken the masculine strength of mind which enables (V u* to endure. Besides, sympathy nnsought fur is much more readily given, and w sinks deeper in its healing effects into the heart. No, uo! cheerfulness is a duty which every in.-in owes to the world. Lot liiin faithfully discharge the debt. ? Sugncity.?We hear, says the Columbus C (Ohio) Capital City Fact, of an instance of v sagacity practiced by the elephant attached it to Ilorr Dricsbaeh's menagerie, which de- a serves record. Coming into Newark, Ohio, S hist Saturday, the elephant's keeper fell in a fit from his horse. The whole menagerie g immediately came to n halt, and tome h members of the company went forward to li pick up the man. Hut the elephant would ri not allow any person to approach the senseless form of his keeper. Taking him up e with his trunk, softly, he would place him a on his horse, but finding that the man was r senseless, he laid him on tho ground, and p kept watch over him. Many members of the mennererie tried to soothe the faithful v elephant, who had now become furious at n the supposed death of his master, hut to no ii purpose, and there the man lay watched by t the sagacious animal. After laying in this f< condition for some time, a physician, who v had been sent for, arrived, and yet tho elephant would allow no one to approach. At \ length the keeper became so far conscious e as to command the elephant to let the pliy- ji siciun come neaf, and the animal was do- e cile and obedient in a moment, and the I keeper was properly cared for, the elephant c all the while expressing the utmost anxiety t for tho $ick man. c . . i ^ ? Random Genu.?A wise man will stay * for a convenient season and will , bend a ^ little, rather th^n be tory by the roots. \ When once infidelity can persuade men ^ tli flint* /ISa 1?l?a ?.111 i? ^ ...... ...v; UIB MBV U1VJT Vfil| DO brought to live like bensU also. Heaven ttaU immortality are themes for I profitable jdispnsao?; but, unfortunately, many pereons think more, of new. drones 1 and late fashions tb*u tfjey .do gif U*e)r. 1 (utl?fe 1v . ui: i<> t. :,.!m ?. Whaler d)il,4rw h<*r rod spoken ! otin^rme,^ |fligyen* 1 ^M^efMtjioB.ip /am*' ] pepfoija. tip* to *, t**4w> 4p tin* | A a'^it xauu . LIFE IN A POWDElt-HIIX. Dickens thus describes a visit to the owder-mill of Hounslow, near London : "In this silent region, amid whose nine- i f-seven work places no human voico ever I reaks upon the car, and where, indeed, no i uinan form is seen, except in the isolated < ouse in which his alloted task is perform- ' il, there aro upward of two hundred and ' fly work people. They aro a peculiar 1 ice, not of course by nature, in most ] ises, but by the habit of years. The cir- i LiiuaiHiiccs ui momentary destruction in I hicli they live, added to the most strin- < ent and necessary regulations, have sub- < ued their minds and feelings to tho condi- ] on of their hire. Thero is seldom any < eed to enforce these regulations. Some i :riilic explosion here, or in works of n i milar sort elsewhere, leaves a fixed mark i 1 their memories, and acts us a contsant 1 a ruing. i " Here no shadow of a practical joke or i fiper of animal spirits ever tianspircs?no ; itticism, no chafing, or slang. A laugh l i never heard, a smile never seen. Even ( ic work is carried on by tho men with as i :w words as possible, and these uttered in i low tone. Not that anybody fancies that I lore sound will awaken the spirit of com- i ustion or cause an explosion to take place, It. lll.-M- ol - I .1?1 I ..v ...... .wv..M^.7 IMV oi'Mija auuuucu. I f one in:in wishes to comimiuicatc any- 1 ting to another, or nsk for miything from nybody at a short distance, he must go tere?lie is never permitted to shout or ill out. There is a particular reason for lis last regulation. Amid all this silence, henever a shout does occur, everybody nows that some imminent danger is exected the next moment, and all rush away eadlong from the direction of the shout. ,s to running toward it to offer any assistuce, as common in all other cases, it is loroughly understood that notio can be fforded. " An accident here is immediate and he ^.,-1 ?/?.!? Tf ?t._ ..i? uiiu iviuvn. 11 urn aiiouiui^ u? UOIlllIlcd for some time, (for a man might lie i rowning in ? river.) lliat miglit cause some i 11c or two of the boldest to return; but I lis would be a very rare occurrence. It is I y no means to be inferred that tho men I re scllish ami insensible to the peril of s ah other; on tho contrary, they have 1 jc greatest consideration for each other, s well as for their employers, and think f the danger to the lives of others, ami 1 f property at stake at all times, ami more specially in the dangerous houses. The roprietors of the various gunpowder mills II display the same consideration to each ther. and whenever anv iinmovomnni i I - I Hiding to lessen danger is made in one. it . immediately communicated to all others. . he wages of-the men arc good, and the ours very short; no artificial lights are ver used in the work. Thev leave the lill at half-past three in the afternoon, rinter and summer." A PALPABLE Hrr.~ In some pnrls of the country preachers , ccasionally spe:ik from a home-made text. l preacher of this sort, in the State of >hio, arose before his congregation, at a reek clay appointment, and stated, that istead of preaching as usual, lie would ddress them on the subject of " currying." aid he: 1 "I havo three horses to currv?have a ood crrry-cotnh?and I am a first-rate and at the business. The first horse is Episcopalianism ; the second is Preshyteiauisin; the third is Methodistism." He proceeded to the process of currying ach separably, which he did with quite n air of triumph; and in concluding his emarks, extended an invitation to any resent, who saw fit, to reply. A Mothodiiit preacher?something of a 1 :? i? ? > ii?mtppuning 10 ue in aiienuance, was ot A little amused at the affair, and walk* ug from his 6eat to the neighborhood of he pulpit, he thanked the worthy brother i>r his courtesy, find a?id lie should like ery much to make a few remarks. " But my situation," said he, " is somevhnt embarrassing. I do not stand on qual grounds with my friend who bos ust spoken. In the first place, I am not ised to the business of currying?bo is.? n fhe next place, my curry-comb is a dull me?his is sharp and pointed. Id the l* 1 _1 * 1 il ' * - mru piace, no linn imu i/iree norses lo urr}', while I aid under the pleasant nee*s5ty of currying, not a horse, hot?a achats / As nriy curry-comb is dull, it will ?e necessary for me to bear on pretty hard, luring which I hope the aforesaid animal rill neither kick nor run awny." lie had not proceeded far before his >redec$sspr ro^eto Interrupt him. "Woa! woaP ^aid the speaker?and urning,.to his audience, added, "I was kfmid he would^kk.^ Presently, unable to $and it longer, the took a* bipbat wiignap|&*?4kft.* .M tL'.-w apJd ibe witiT Method*, *1 ( .. . . 14^ Wfefc . JLM <- M . rf/uf Jtfrttta n* wwwwwwr f xl! t7> jui qp-.f ji'nf ? ^ ?"r"' mo ? t >!#TV "' "WHAT IS HE WORTHT' If. is an everyday question, 44 whnt is lie . worth 1" Yet how fow who ask it, ask it in the right spirit! For men havo como lo restrict tho phrase to the amount of r money that has been amassed, departing c from the good old meaning, which implied t rather tho virtues that one possessed.? li " What is ho worth," should be the question ?' nntv tliot !q 41 tulmi la M ^ 9 ? >?| "MUM la IIU HUllll, UX- v grossed originally. Mere intellectual quid- s ities, often mere constitutional energy, may r lead to fort line, without cither refinement f jr goodness, and frequently even because I :>f tho absence of either, or both. The ' possession of wealth is, therefore, no criterion ^ of worth. It does not, indeed, prove a ' man, as some would assert, to be inferior 1 morally to his race in general; but neither 4 is it a guarantee that he is better. There 6 have been virtuous men on thrones as well ' us private life. There have been heroes, 8 saints and martyrs among the poor, as well 7 l.? ti.~ ?:? iu oiauuiio. 1111: miium CUI1UILions of men bring different temptations, ( from which tiono nre exempt. But each * station in life lias also its advantages, so c that no man is justified in doing wrong, on f the plea that his circumstanccs compelled f it. * The question should be, " is lie worthy," 1 not " is he rich." Wealth dies with its 1 possessor. Its iufiucnce on descendants is ^ us often for evil as for good. But a life of 1 probity is an example to one's children; 1 it moulds them to be good and noble also; 1 it is, with all true souls, a more cherished ( heritage tlian even lands and tenements. ' A community in which virtue is the standard, is always happy and prosperous. A 1 nation where r.ches are all in all, hns begun 1 already to decay. When Rome was proud of .t. . r. i uf. ! : ?i i- 1 i ? m?j irugui me ui uer ciuwus, wucu sue couiu ' point to a Ciucinnatus leavii g his plougli to become dictator, site was still full of ' youth and energy, she was still master of ' her own destiny. But when vast estates, ' Lroops of slaves, licciitiato banquets, and * tin; possession of millions became the ambi- ( tion of all men, then Rome was rotten to ' the core, because profligacy laughed down 1 honest worth, because men had ceased to ho heroic, and had become utterly selfish and sensual. And as it was with Rome it has been with every other nation which 1 has fallen af its own fault. Few. too, hflTO s been the people who liavo perished with- ' nut fault. The more " what is ho worth ?'' becomes tlie test, the worse for a country. Let it be asked rather, " in what is he worthy ?" From fourteen to twenty thousand tons of copper are annually used in France, principally in the manufacture of bronzes. This copper, which is of inferior quality, is brought from Russia by way of England. The Emperor Napoleon being anxious to release himself from tliis dependence upon England, recently caused a considerable quantity of Minnesota copper to be bought, and tested at the Strasbourg foundry, in comparison with tho best specimens of the Russian metal. The result of the experiment was, that the Ameri< an copper was declared far superior both in tenacity and delicacy of casts. Here's a Whopjwr.?Shanghai chickens grow to an enormous size in Kansas. The. are fed in stables in high troughs like horbgs. When this is neglected, they are apt to starve to death, as they grow bo high that it is utterly impossible to get their heads down to the ground. The crowing of these enormous fowls resembles the noise of distant thunder, and so natural does it sound, that in one or two instances it has been followed by a shower of rain. This is as true as?most of the Kansas stories published in the eastern papers. X3T In a shirt-store window, in New York, the notice " Hands wanted on bosoms," was displayed. This attracted the attention of a wag, who coolly walked in, and with an air of affected simplicity, in* . quired oi the lady in the store whose bo- j soma she wanted hands on f "Jane," cried j the lady, " bring tne the broom, and be ( quick Iw ? . JCJ* It is stilted In the newspapers that ' a new sort of shoe is now made at Andover ' (Mass.) out of leather, gutta perch a, and others things, without sewing. The sole ' can ba melted off and on again without ' damage. The shoe is water proof, more J durable than other shoes, and two hundred ' persons are employed in the inanufac* 1 ture.1 1 r l tW Mother Hopkins told me that she . heard Green's wife sny, that John Harm' j wife told her, Cranny Hopkins heard the widow Bashaw* say, that old life* Lomb reckoned, (hat abef heard John FlnkV wife , any, that her mother told her, old Miss Jfettlts KettdQrt^tij ?fj> tUltt Itffftfc , i'- ImiF' 'r"u rv ? ? ! -T^'-^y* j j, > ' j *3- Can't do wTlboat tfeo **?*? A 1 In U Iwm mW^ Jd? ft,.. 1 ifc aeisaiBisiL'ffisaii.. mLLET FOH bOILUrO AND FOR FODDEK. A pretty thorough examination of the ecorded experience of practical fanners luring the last twenty years, his led us to 1)0 conclusion, that in this climate no plant las given such general satisfaction for soilng purposes or for fodder as millet. In Jermany it is cultivated principally fur tho eed, which is frequently used instead of ice. In this country it is trenerallv raised or fodder, or for fodder and seed together, .large crops have been grown. In 1841, dr. G. Jones received n premium from the fompkins County Agricultural Society, for laving raised, on two acres, five and a half ons of millet fodder and sixty-three bushils of seed. Twenty quarts of Beed were own per acre on the 8th of June on new and. T. B. Shepard, of Buffalo, N. Y., ays, in the last volume of tho Qcncsce Farner, page 181 : ''In 1851, I sowed four acres of millet four quarts per acre) the lGth of June, and tnd RC nu ...x, ?u uiuvii iwuuvi iwi ii win ttu^f rigiil utrts >f grass that year?ami it was a good year or hay. I have raised from four to eight icres every year since, and have invariably lad good crops of not only fodder or hay >r straw equal to as many tons of the best iinotliy hay, but from twenty to thirty wshels of seed to the acre, equal to as nany bushels of corn to feed to any kind >f domestic animals. I feed the most of ny seed, after having it ground, to milch :ows, preferring it to Indian meal, as mating more milk and of aa rich quality.? PU_ I 1 T 11 -< - nit] mm nciiBun 1 miu six acres ot nmiet, nrhich has been worth more than $50 per icre, or ?300 for the six acres. I have fed J5 cows on the straw 6ince the 25th of Jnnjary, and have enough left to last until the lBt of May. and got 120 bushels of seed from the lot. Tlie ripest of the seed, some lixty bushels, I have sold for seed, and the balance I am now feeding to my horses, and ind they do as well on the meal put on Hit hay and straw, as they did when ! fed an equal quantity of corn and oat neal.M The great German agricultuial writer, Vlbert D. Tliaer, says : 11 Millet requires a warm, rich, sandy, well >ulverized soil. It succeeds better when own nfter some crop which has been abunlantly manured, than it does when sown mmcdiaU-ly nfter an amelioration of undolomposed manure. "A soil must be tilled to a great depth or its reception, and plowed three times, ?esides being hariowed, rolled, and thor>uglily freed from weed*. Many farners dig their ground to a great depth pre iouB to sowing it witli this plant; but a jood plowing answers tho purpose equally well. Millet is, in general, very successful >n newly drained land, provided that it is n good condition, and also land which has >ecn left in rejKJse for several years; in tho atter case, a single plowing is sufficient, if he soil in subsequently harrowed, and well >roKi?n up wiiiit oner, nciore uie seed is >ut into it. When this class of soils arc oo dry for linseed, there is no more poifiu>le means of employiug them than by sowng them with millet. " Millet should be sown in May ; a banow is then passed lightly over the soil, and vhere the ground is dry, n roller must also >e used. The Eced must be thoroughly ipe, perfect, and free from disease. " As soon as weeds muke their appearince among millet which is just shooting tbove ground, they must be eradicated by weeding. This is absolutely necessary. k * * Tl.n I.K.I non In I r... <> ll.o . j - ^ ??? ?r veeds with liand rakes constructed for the mrpose. This mode of proceeding, an* uvers far better than hand-weeding, as by ts means, not only all the weeds may be iiadicated, but the supernumerary plants nay be thinned off. The effect of this culivation on the success and vegetation of he crop is wonderful; after it, the milM ihoots up so rapidly that the weeds seldom tave time to grow again, or, if they do, it s in vf.rv smull numUra. nnrl tlinv mnv - ? J - ' 'MV/ ?V lastly be pulled up." Mr. A. Y. Moore, of Schoolcraft, Mich? n a letter published in the Country O en tienan for Aprii 5th, 1856, say# : M Millet ban been a favorite crop with me or the lag. five or six years. There is no :ind of hiq^that my stock of all kinds preer to nJjUet; and if the land is rich, and pot in, and good seed, it produce iveR. X have, had as much as four tons to he acre. After it ia taken off in the fialb he land is in good otderfbr wheat, by bang once well plowed; not yielding quite so aeavy a erop as a summer fallow, but quite good," ,-Y . "3 -M'AUMr. L. M. Bartlett, of UeaJW, Mfaoh? in}* :- 1 . i . ^tV. *F?r b*y,(<?twhujseedi*iwKHpane^ U 1? A-?. 1# I/,a-V . ..14. * i? w wty/wp i w? gqr. Tiww [)n Hth toada H idaIS life nA4t,tojkSiti(AMk> ^4P^*N*.!**.?** ??iiji|iftgrlfr ltiM?M Alum vaK Auml < ILM ,tI hirfrffitrnii after oats are sowed, corn planted, and other work done up, say from the 1st to the 10th of Juno, plow the ground again, harrow well, and sow about twelve quarts seed per acre; barrow well again, and it should be rolled, in order to make a smooth surface for mowing. I; comes up*slow and fine, but grows very rapidly in hot weather, say? July and August. It is fit to cut in September, when the seed is out of the milk, or pretty solid. It does not hurt by standing, even till frost comes, except that it losee seed. Somo folks cradle and bind ii in T nrnf"? ? ~ ? !l 1 * ** ?... ?. |n viwa iv invw li, NI1U pill It in cock green; let it cure in cook; it mny want airing, but put it in cock ngain to undergo the curing process. If it should rain and wet the buy, open the cocks till dry, and put it up again. It is a very rich, nutritious feed, in consequt-nco of the abundance of seed, which all kinds of stock are fond of." There is some difference of opinion as to tho proper quantity of seed per acre.? Jesse Buel thought four quarts per aero sufficient, while others recommended as much as twenty-eight quarts per acre. If raisd for seed, and sown in drills two feet apart, as Judge 13uel recommended, probably a peck to the acre would be all the seed required ; while if sown broadcast for soiling purposes, as much as three pecks might be sown with advantage. The richer the soil, tho more seed should there be sown. Tf -V! ' * u sown mm on ncli land, the 6te?is are coarse and hard, and not so good for fodder. Millet is doubtless an exhausting crop on a wheat farm. It draws heavily on the soil for those elements most needed by wheat, barley, oats, corn, ?ke. We would uot advise its cultivation on land intended for wheat "When raised for fodder, or for soiling, a rich alluvial soil abounding in organic matter, and which will not grow wheat, is just the kind of land for it. Largo crops can be grown on such land in dry, hot summers, when all other forage crops nrn linrlif Sn ilm? tlm !? ? ' ?im*v uiu itiuu in IIVII CllUUgU, the weather cannot be too hot or the soil too dry for millet, DIGNITY OF LABOR. The time has probably pawed by when it was necessary to urge upon intelligent men the importance of industrious habits. There are, however, some of the spoiled children of fortune who imagine that personal labor is servile, and derogatory from tho dignity which belongs to them. This false notion of respectability is not peculiar to the South, hut owing to the character and relations of the different classes of the population in the slave States* adheres more permanently to certain families,and descends from onp generation to another with more regularity than in any other part ^of the country. This circumstance has given rise to the unjust misrepresentations prevalent in other States in regard to the hereditary characteristics of th? *? * __ ?-w ? UUli no impartial investigation would satisfy the candid inquirer that this species of prido is peculiar to no part of the Union, hut manifests itself wherever wealth is enjoyed by ignorant and indolent men. But the false dignity to which we refer, wherever it may be found, is one of those social evils which deserve universal rebuke. It exists in every community and everywhere insults honest labor with it* air of contempt. There are many persous who, taking every occasion to flatter the hardfisted commonalty, as they consider them, as "the bone and sinewn of the nation, nevertheless betray the truo measure nf their regard for them by social neglect and unwarranted distinctions. This spirit must be met and conquered by the farmers and mechanics with a dignity of Another bind. Tiiey must learn to illustrate in their own persons and character the true dignity of labor. This will evct depend upon the principles, manners, and accomplishment of those to whom it belongs. Let it be seen and felt that be who can demean himself at his o?o board with the manly l?earing of a cultivated gentleman, can also stoop to the humble labors of. the farmer and the mechanic artA 4hat miserable prejudice which prevails against labor will be mortified tftto To this end those who are accustomed i? toil, should carefully attend to thovefewfameale of .life, and prove totheworid tbattfraoue it by no mean* incompatfbje nMt tb other. In this way Uborinfiy be