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V' * ? ? I _ ' : . u n ft ; (iJ T?> /A'WWfT?f^) ci? uQ.lt 1.!-} dsAi^iLs^iiij Vj UJJaikila sLs^ZsLa-ilLl dlLi ii_iiLsi? TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] '' T11E pniou op libe n t y is btehnaij viguxjA-istoe." [.PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & IIOLLINGSWORTM. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1856. * VOL. XIII NO. 10. mug'gisifaiin&irjsffissu From the N- Sjiirit of the Times. A HAND-AHOTJND PARTY IN ALABAMA. Among the most perplexing of the small calamities to which civilized humanity is \ heir, none, for the time being, are hotter calculated to <ii>lurb good liumor, and up- j set equanimity, and radically take the conceit out of a man, than to find himself placed iu a situation, in a drawing-room or at an evening party, where prompt decision is indispensable, and neither guide or precedent is at hand to indicate the course to l>o pursued. There petty annoyance are sometimes magnified by circumstances into posimm. ? -i : ?,.?? viiaiivaal-s. llll-su 11IC tilings njOl'Cj comforting in life, there arc situations more j to bo envied, than that of the man groping ' in the 4 terra incognita1 of fashionable so ciety, compelled to act without previous ae- j quaintance with its usages, and painfully conscious that the slightest ignorance or inadvertence will l?e duly heralded as the 'best joke of the season.' And little sympathy or disposition to relieve from embarrassment is felt or r.iair fested by the generality of man or woman- | kind towards a si . ring victim. There is , only ??ne instance on the record of courtesy j ?iwl ti'll/. * I t .v.. 1 - ? - ' 1 ...v. ...'V f.wmi-in;"S n ui'if il gl.'IUICIllitll, III j liis dining table, drank oil unhesitatingly j the finger bowl i>f tepid water, in order to keep in countenance an unfortunate guest, whose obliviousness of that " institution " i had led him to despatch at a gulp a similar ' bowl to appease his thirst. This exception, j coniinniiig the g'-u.-ral rule, adJs this gen oral trutli as another argument in support <>f the theory of innate cruelty. Ami j hence, many an unhappy soul is allowed to j flounder about in all the mazes of i/attchc- J : rie, enduring agony the most pitiable, until j lie is slowly and tenderly drawn ashore by some fiendish Chester field, who, in liis mis$ ion of mercy, takes good care that every- I UO'ly present shall liave a ftir view of all the points of the ' animal or, until the poor devil, disencumbered of all remaining senso, with n desperation of resolution adequate to the most forlorn hop, cuts the Gordian knot, and relieves himself from his dilemma ly incontinently taking to his heels?v> musing. The latter was the inglorious expedient adopted l>y Bill Biisson at the memorable " to.i flight " that cam< ' off at Gt.u. Junes' on the. tii>t of May, An no Domini 1S4-. But we nni-t permit j Bill to relate his " hairdueadih 'scape*' in his own language, as he narrated it last winter to an Jul miring crowd assembled in tli> ?...n -e .. n7 - - -- ?,v wiiu uaii ui it \ritiTiur liver steam- i boat. "Speaking of awful fixes, gentlemen, 1 was iti once; but as long as my bead's bot, I'll never be bo caught again?never. You are all acquainted with Miss Angelina Jones?General Jone's second daughter; about fifteen years ago, you know, blie was a beauty, and no mistake? "The most peerless piece of enrth, I think, That e'er the run shone brighten." "I was jist sixteen years old ? Angy, as j I endearingly called her in mv heart of. hearts, was twenty-ftigbl; still, Byron-like, : 1 loved her, and with a devoted uess that ! had no parallel outside of fashionable nov- j els. I fei-l yuecr when I think of her now. ; The spell this paragon had over me was wondrous; an accidental look transfixed me, and set a watery vapor floating before my eyes; a word seta hundred jewsharps a playing in my ears; her touch gave me < absolutely a bt'ck ague. In short, I was heels overhead many fat boats deep in love ?encountering, in imagination, multitudinous perils for her sake; had saved her, in ?ny walking dreams, at the lowest calculation, from the sinking wrecks of thirteen steamboats, three hundred runaway scrapes in carriages and on horseback, fought and billed twenty-seven ' men in buckram,' in 1 duels, on her account, took to ' rhyme and melancholy' and whisky, and to cap the climax, I engraved her initials, 4 A. J.,' on cvery.jfbeechen tree within a circuit of five miles?an operation by which I was fast acquiring notoriety, in a political way, some wig having made people believe tlmt * A. J.' stood for the liero of ibe Ilermitnge, until AO evil-disposed person, much to my detriment, interpreted them to signify A J . 44 About fifteen years ngo, I was invited, the latest impoitcd method, to tuke tea at Gen. Jones1. That w;is an epoch in my life; it was the first public acknowledgment of my sixteen-year-old manhood, and I resolved to go. Now, ono word about ttjr'fRising, and the position of the Joncc family in society. My parents, you know, Vetoing to the plain, substantial, respectable, unhifaTuting class, and regulated their 'Household economy accordingly; and when ** *fcpt we slept in beds, and when we ate I OnHftfeals we sat down to a table on which tl? *a&iblee were placed, with a servant bc^d us to administer to our wants ;-Lrfit Qfa lfotiea' being descended from the first ftnrtftos of South Carolina, which is a kick bftte the F: F. V.'s, connected things on high pressure, patentXnek- . feeltch ' principle, e In Francais nnd fiddleirapro?erRats, and' all that; 1 <*ebt to th? tea forgi.v? ffl? I Afffr&grttbedoor , I wna salaamed in by ( ?pfl*?fe dt?M nigger I *ife|?ir#?bden' mtfihe drawing >*oom, firoufld wbkb the gUfMp wpr# arranged, every other *t>ne a I I . - ' .* y.?W> gentleman, mid every other one :? lady, I dropped, in a state of collapse and embarrassment, into a seat tiear tbe door. I was I was not suffered to remain long in repose ; a nigger, holding in bis hands a huge waiter, covered with soiuo empty plates, entered the door and marched right up to me, frst man. Tlio brilliant idea flashed on my mind that this maneuver was only a prelude to setting the table, and tho i pantomime poking the machine with empty plates on it towards mo was quickly in lerpreted by mo to signify thai lie desired little assistance, or, in other words, that he expected me to hold the concern, whilst ho brought in the table, spread the cloth, ?fcc. On this hint I acted. Springing up hurriedly, for fear of exposing my ignorance of huut ton, I seized the 'institution' which ho held out to me with both hands, aud strove to disengage it from the servant. " Now came a scene?the servant backed I forwarded, shook the waiter, until the plates thereon jingled again, to satisfy him | that 1 had good grip on it, and that he might safely givo it up; whispering, by " ay of quieting his apprehensions, 'I've got it?let go But the black rascal hung on manfully. Up to this point my eyes had been directed to the water, now I looked up in the servant's face; it was in a broad grin, ivory all exposed, as he said, ; "Let go, nsassa." " A hasty glance around the room assured mo that I had played "the divil," audi committed some horrible breach of etiquette, j I let go the waiter as if it had been red ; hut, and, at that instant, would have been delighted to let go all hold on existence and all mundane appurtenances, and would have been willing, in the bargain, to have signed a deed of relinquishment to every iliing I expected the old man, my father, | would bequeath me, for the happy privi- j lego of "ahufling off this mortal coil'' 011 the spot. 1 fell back into my scat, feeling worse than anv criminal. But my trials ha?l nut yet ended?the infernal servant again approached me ; again I was at a loss to divine what he wanted ine (o do ; I a moment ago, it was clear that ho did not ' desire my assistance in supporting the i waiter of plates; low, it occurred to me, ; as 110 one else came forward to relieve him, lie had changed his mind, and had con- : eluded to accept "aid and comfort" from me, ?\) <:!!! In- 1 jid l"Mtr?rr><! l>v sti"!i Haltering prefeieneo, on !:rst enterii:? the mum 1 _ _ - o as to single out as his first assistant waiteiholder in ordinary. "Just as 1 was reaching out inv hand lo clutch the waiter again, I overheard angel Angelina say to that dandy, Dob Sutton, whom I intend to whip if I ever catch liiui j tpiit of Mobile, Tray, dear, Mr. Sutton, j d>?n't move or say a word, but wait and j only see what it will do next.' At the j moment these words conveyed no mean- j ing to my mind, as the servant was just i then making a communication to ine of j an interesting character. In obedience to his instructions, I nervously took an empty ! plate from the waiter. The other guests ; likewise helped themsoles to empty plates. 1 Briskly on the heels of the first servant | came another, whoso waiter was covered i with empty cups and saucers. He, also, j made a break at me first. I beiran to I feel tliat I knew all about matters. With J commendable sang froid I provided myself with an empty cup and saucer; the other guests ditto. I saw another waiter with eatables and another with drinkables approaching, and having both hands entirely occupied, one in holding my plate, and the oilier my cup and saucer, I began to discern breakers in the distance. As I had but two hands, and they both engaged, it was demonstrated that if I got anything to eat or drink, somebody would have to help me, and once helped, if 1 got any njiiig in my moult) besides the lea, somebody would have to ]>ut it there. The imps of darkness caiue to me as usual, first. " llavo some lea, Mr. Brisson ? His bauds were boih required to sustain the waiter ; mine, to support my plala, cup and saucer. I really wanted some ten, but to get it was manifestly out of the question, so I answered, ' "No, 1 thank you, wouldn't choose any.'' " Do take some tea," urged Mrs. General Jones, from the other side of the room ; "you'll fimi it very nice, Mr. Brisson," " No, I thank you, mam," says I, seeing no possible way to get myself helped if I said yes; "Iain not fond of teat" wbi.li was ns big a lie a* ever was told, but wbat wan a fellow to do ? 44 The tea passed along, and next came a waiter groaning under a bountiful supply of cold turkey, col ham, chipped venison, cakcs, <kc. Although I was very hungry, I inwardly prayed to be skipped?that this cup might pass. Bijt ho, tljip waiter stops before, mq. I felt a .nervous jerking and twitching all oyer, as I replied to an invitation to myself; j- i ' Mlfo, I tii*nk: yot*-4*MlduV choose -Hi -WO'- *. ! 6 .u H'iU-Jiif '"'"'H-w - -My of tb? house, qotu inspecting the causoofmj refusal, " are you uoweH- V' j M No, meto,w 51 Wtitiy' ?it 1,1 "Let me ?&??% Ww? iome of th>e wild-turkey ; it u Very deli. cat?.'* - * ' "**- ' i "" * ^ 1 .* ^ .?>- t - T *? ff * A* . . Sw * > ? W * " Don't doubt it, main" says I, 44 but I wouldn't choose any." All this tiino tbo waiter remained in front of me, the other guests looking, wondering, and wailing. My presence of inind, like Bob Acres' courage, was fast oozing nut at my fingers' ends ; a film was forming over my eyes. "General," said Mrs. Jones, "I declare I believe tbere is something tbo matter with Mr. Brisson." " These were the last words I heard at that tea party. My brain was on fire, my head reeled, and springing like a wild pan?1. - 1? ? ? uier lonvani, I upset the servant with the tea serviee, sent plates spinning in every direction, performed feats of agility that wound have astounded Gabriel Raphael, made my exit, God knows how, and never recovered consciousness until I found myself on the back of my favorite huntcrf many miles on my way home. "This was my first introduction to, and, God granting, will be my last acquaintance with, ha nil-it ron nd-suppers" THE AGE OF A MAN. lint few men die of age. Almost all die of disappointment, passion, mental or bodily toil, or accident. The passions kill men sometimes, even suddenly. The com moii expression, " choked with passion," lias little exaggeration in it; for even though not suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life. Strong bodied men often die young? weak men live longer than the strong, for the strong use their strength, and the weak have none to use. The latter take care of themselves; the former do not. As it is with the body, so it is with the mint! and temper. The strong are apt to break, or like the candle run; the weak burn out. The inferior animals which live, in general, temperate lives, live generally their prescribed term of years. The horse lives twenty-five years; the ox fifteen or twenty ; the lion about twenty; the dosr ten or twelve; tlio rabbit eight; the guinea pig six to seven. These numbers a!! bear a similar proportion to the time the takes to attain to i!.s full size. But man, of all the animal*, is the one that seldom eomcs up to his average, lie ought to live a hundred years, according to this physiological law, for five times twenty are one hundred; but instead of that, he scarcely reaches, on the average, for times his grow ing period ; the cat six times, and the rabb:t even eight time* the standard ot' the measurement. The reason is obvious?man is not only the most irregular, and the most intemperate, hut the most laborious and hard worked ..e ..11 i- " ? .? .in mi.u^. iic is also tuc must imtalilc of all animals; ami there is reason to believe, though we cannot tell what an animal secretly feels, that more than any other animal, man cherishes wrath to ke?p it warm, and consumes himself with the Grc of his own secret reflections. Labor in South America.? A correspondent of a city paper, in writing from ltiu Janeiro, gives a very interesting account of the ctlorts now making there, in order to supply the want of laborers produced in the empire by the abolition of the slave trade in the year 1850. Previous to that time, fifty thousand slaves performed the field work, and the price of produce was kept at a pretty steady standard. Since the traffic ceased, the native colored population have died off at the ratio of about 15 per cent., and the cost of slaves has gone lip nearly two hundred per cent. As the proprietors at home and consumers in all parts of the world are affected, the very difficult question of where an ample supply of hands is to come from arises. Some thousands of Chinese coolies have been imported. They can endure the climate well enough, but the people aro prejudiced against them, and demand from the government a plan for tho encouragement of European immigration. Tho Ilio Journal of Commcrcc contains many arguments on both bides of the question, as to whether European or Celestial emigration ought to be encournged. One writer thinks that coffee will become a costly bevenure unless f o Chinese are obtained in large numbers.? N. Y. Day Book. How to Oet Letters from. Home.?A young merchant's clerk, who bad been in California since 1840, without bis fortune, found it a very difficult matter to get auy letters from* home, and particularly from a young lady to whom he was engaged when be started round the Horn. About six months Bince ho entered into a small mercantile speculation, and it resulted very fon tunatelv, and ho was very much elated.? lie felt confident that in a month or so his wages would rise so that he would have a snug little sum to live on ; and thinking he would like to retire upon a farm, he wrote home..to an acquaintance, asking the price of a certain fine farm not far from Davtoni Ohib. A rM? oj?ma iti ?i??' a ^ ?"-V IM nvyu? thf-eerrionths time, ntt<l with it, very muclf c^ne a fthilfrof iyrn^ bi? intended that j***, .ftOdjfrow a miftiW of^aAcr .young Indie* &ttd their friendsfwiio apparent!* b*d tofcrri ?ASk* fflPffWfc ? #* M-W wife in the vicinity ofD/vpton,?California <@Hrbwttr PERUVIAN GUANO. Legation ok tiie United States, Lima, April 18, 1850. Sir:?In reply to despatch No. 45, dated tho 18th ultimo, I have the honor to inform you that neither the Governments of Spanish America, nor their citizens, have the privilege of purchasing guano from the Chinchas or any other islands belonging to Peru at a certain stipulated price, by treaty, through municipal regulations or sufferance. All the guano exported from Peru is sliinnpil f??r !K>i>niint nf ..?-I L-J V? buu VAVICIIilllCIJO illiu sold in foreign markets, under special contracts, by agents, who receive a commission for chartering vessels ami on the sale of tho article. No exception is made in favor of any foreign nation or its citizens. Peruvian citizens are permitted to take from the Chincha Islands and "Pabcllon . Pica," without charge, a sufficient quantity ' for the agriculture of the country; but the Government is very careful to prevent any | portion of it being exported. The following is a translation of the provisions of the "commercial regulations" of Teru in relation to this subject. (See despatch No. 98, April 18, 1852:) Chapter 1, article 14th. "It is not permitted to anchor in any of the anchorages at the islands the property of the Republic, without a written license fiom the Government." Art. 15. " Vessels which loud with cruano for abroad will do so only at the Islands of Chincha. Those loading it for the agriculture of the country will take it from ' Pabcllon Pica' or from the said islands." Chap. 14. u Exportation." Art. 114. " Guano can only be exported in vessels chartered by tlie Government or its agents." Chap. 23. " Confiscations, fines, and other penalties." Art. 210. "Vessels anchoring at the anchorages of the islands the property of the Republic, shall be confiscated, and if besides guano should be found on board, their captains and crews shall be delivered over to justice, to be tried as guilty of robbery." See also the decree of Don Manuel Mcnendez, Acting President of Peru, of the 21st of March, 1852, for the stringent formalities to be observed by Peruvian vessels going to the Chinchas or "Pabellon Pica" | to load with guano for the agriculture of j the country. (Documents to despatch No. j'l 14, dated October 25, 1852.) A ief-ivi.ee to my despatches, Nos. 150, : 1C4, 1 "72, 187,218, 240, and 255, will show i still further that no favors are granted in the exportation of guano from Peru to other nation?, not enjoyed by the United : States. You will perceive, therefore, that I the representation made to the Department i mentioned in despatch No. 45, is entirely vnvucuua, miu must nave originated in mere tumor. I enclose .1 copy of a letter from a gentleman in Arequipa to a friend in Lima, showing the manner of using guano in the agriculture of that district. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, j J. RANDOLPH CLAY. To lion. Wm. L. Marcy, Sec. of State. J The Price of Success.?Effort is the price of success in every department of human nelion. From attainment of rudiinental knowledge, to the salvation of the soul, every step in progress is made by undaunted toil. The boy who drones over his book, a slave to listless laziness, thereby secures himself a place at the foot of society. Tho v/iirisiiau wno, like liunyan's Timorous Mistrust, flees at the voice of lions, is undone. The man who shrinks from difficulty in his business or profession, who refuses to climb because the rock is sharp and the way steep, must make up his mind to slide Lack and to lie in the shadow bciow, while others use him as a stepping stone to their own rising. For this?such is the constitution of society?there is no help. The poet wroto truly who said : Thou must either soar or stoop; Fall or Uiumph, stand or stoop. Thou mtist either serve or govern ; Must be sluvo or must bo sovereign; Must in fact be block or wedge ; Must be anvil or be sledge." American Husbands.?New York Society is curious enough. It is entirely under the control of the women. The men work themselves to death that their wives and daughters may enjoy themselves, and u.. .?i. * wut3 iruii. is cimrHcieriBiic 01 American husbands. A fine bouse and fine furniture are the first sought;. Fiue clothes are always on hand?tbo&e are never wanting. The streots arsswept by the trains of our fashionable females; Next, a good visiting liftt is to be secured,, and every artifice is resorted to to secure it. . A grand party is given, anc( cards of invitation by the hundred are sent out righji and left, and the ]ioat and hostess at first do, not, feaow-their own gueeta. - Mr. Brown, ^ &cxtoo . of Gr^sce.Qiurtih, who gtBe^i>w^,byvA^p#nfenue^ *o supply them with gwesU-^HaftpJ are<iba young men wh(? pupd weH on hie boote. j ?*?: t$ **i& A* THE BRITISH BOYAL FAMILY. The education of tho royal children being a matter in which all must feel interested, a few details of tho manner in which the day of the royal scholars is divided, may perhaps bo entertaining to our readers. " 'ij^se children are eight in number, from fifteen to two years of age, viz : A daughter?a son?a daughter?a son?two daughters?and two sons. A primary regard is paid to moral and religious duties. They rise early, breakfast at eight, and dine at one. Their various occupations are allotted out with almost military exactness. One hour finds ihcm engaged in the study j of the ancient, another of the modern au! thors; their acquaintanceship with lauguai ges first founded on a thorough knowledge of their grammatical construction, and afterwards familiarized and perfected by conversation. Next they are trained in those military exercises which give dignity and bearing. Another hour is agreeably fill up with the lighter accomplishments of music atid dancing. Again the happy little party assemi bio in the riding school, where they may i be seen deeply interested in the various evolutions of the mi?n:itr?> j drawing and the further exorcises of music, ! and the lighter accomplishments call oil" the i attention of their sisters?the younger princes proceed to busily engage themselves in a carpenter's shop, Titled up expressly for them, at the wish of the royal consort, with a turning lathe and tools essential to a perfect knowledge of the craft. Thus they early become not only theoretically, but practically acquainted with the useful arts of life. A small laboratory is occasionally brought into requisition, at the instance also of then royal father, and the minds of the children are thus led up frotn a contemplation oi the curiosities of chemical science and the wonders of nature, to an inquiry into their causes. This done, the young carpenters and students throw down their saws and axes, unbuckle their philosophy, and :>houlder their miniature percussion guns, which they handle with the dexterity of practised sportsmen, for a shooting stroll through the royal y.-udens. The evening meal, the preparation for the morning lessons, and brief religious instruction closes the day.? London Court Journal. TO KEEP BILK. Siik a: tides should not be kept foidce in white paper, as the chloride of Iim< used in bleaching the paper will probably j impair the color of silk. Brown or blut paper is better, the yellowish, smooth In <Ii;i paper is licst of nil. Silk intended foi dress should not bo kept long in the house before the)' are made up, as laying in the folds will havo a tendency to impair its durability, by causing it to split, particularly if tiio silk has been thickened by gum, Thread lace veils aio very easily cut. But dresses of velvet should not be laid by with any weight above them; if the uap of a thin velvet is laid down, it is not possible to raise it up again. Ilard silk should uever be wrinkled, because the thread i9 easily broken in the creases, and it uever can be rectified. The way to take wrinkles out of silk scarfs and handkerchiefs, is to moisten the surface evenly with a sponge anil some weak glue, and then pin the silk with some toilet pins around the shelves, or on .'i mattress or feather bed, taking pains to draw out the silk as tight as possible.? When dry, the wrinkles will have disappeared. The reason of this is obvious to every person. It is a nice job to dress light colored silk, and few should try it.? Some articles should be moistened with weak glud water, ftnd the wrinkles ironed out by a flat iron on the wrong side. Women are some on Vituperation.?In a recent colloouv between Mrs. Smithera and Miss Bender, the other day, llie former lady told the latter that she was a skeleton man-trap, a remark which the party addressed reciprocated by calling hor antagonist a locomotive lying machine, dpessed in cotton batting. This was a clincher, and converted the verbal skirmish into a digital tussle, which resulted in the loss of eight artificial teeth and a sorrel wig. Jt3T It is said that a Yankeo has invented a plague which kills o(T all wbu do not pay the printer. If it bo true, and an application of it bo made to each case, wo fear there will bo a considerable decrease in the population of the world. We know some Hint will bo goners. ^ ? J?&" " Father, did you ever Lavo another wife besides mother ?" " No, my boy; wlrtit possessed you to ask such a question f" " J^cnuse I saw in the old family Bible where you married Anna Dominy, 1838, and that isn't mother?her name is SalijP Smith." ' * J . am JtST" Whenever' I hiar a married man Bay' that lie can't save money,-I am sure *j;d v ,.afl*r. the. ' iiyim&iL.1 Fiom the Soil of the {South. PLANTATION WOEK FOR JUNE THE CORN CHOI' is "laid by" this month; that is, it receives its last working, which should be as much confined to the surface as possible. We generally accomplish this operation with threo solid sweep furrows to the row. If peas have not been planted at the second working, they may bo sown now, in fresh or strong land, broad cast at about the rate of a neck to tlin ncrp T.?? tl?? f-.u the plows, thoroughly cleaning the rows of all grass, so that the crop, uiay be left perfectly clean. THE COTTON* CROP. Keep tho hoes and plows steadily moving. Tho crop has now been brought to a stand, and should be in fine growing condi tiou. It is a great thing for the cotton crop, to get it to growing and branching as early as possible. Keep the surface clean, and the only way to do this without injury i to the crop, is by repeated shallow workI ings. Never let tho grass get a rank hold ' in the crop, or it will be necessarily injured ! in cleaning it. Keep tho plow forco movi ing, no matter though there may not seem ' to llO mimll nni.nc^!l.. < -- - 1 ' ? iui uiu piow. otojt ' the plows, and the grass will got the start i of you. At each succeeding plowing, run | tho plows a little further oft* from the eotj ton. nnd run than no deeper than is barely : sufficient to clean the surface. tiie potato cr.or. Embrace every opportunity to plant out potato slips. A very slight rain is suflkient ' to ensure their living. Draw the slips from ' tho bed and soak the roots thoroughly in i water before planting them, and if the " weather should bo dry afterwards, water s them late in the evening for two or threo ' evenings. The unusual severity of the past winter, killed most of the seed potatoes in .1. ? ?i ? > * - .wu wuiui v, uiiu ?e tear uicrciore mat the crop this year will be a Binall one. We notice a suggestion of a correspondent fn the May number of the Southern Cultivator , which in the great scarcity of seed, may prove worthy of adoption. The writer in 1 question says: "On the 20th day of July last, I comtncnced planting potato vines in the following manner; the ground planted, was no . stubble, badly plowed and harrowed, and ( I very clayey 1 " I made furrows with a bull tongue plow j four feet apart; laid two vines along tliu . whole length in the furrow, then covered, wiiu h juow, aoout tnreo or lour inchts > deep, running a furrow on each bide. Tlicy soon began to come up, and, although the ground was dry and cloddy, made a very good stand, with the exception of two rows, which were planted with young and tender vines in the middle of the day, which were scorched by the sun before they could be covered by the plow. On the 18th of Aut gust, I bedded up three rows, (that is, broke out the middles,) but the ground being too dry and hard, I merely harrowed the balance to keep down the grass; a spell of wet weather setting in, causcd the vines to run over the ground and they were ; worked no more. " On the 16th of November, I commenced digging them ; they yielded at the rate of fifrv l.nclinlj ?">?- ti... .i - , - - |/WI UWICt JLilU 111 I CU rows plowed, yielding two to one of the others. "In tliia rnannci tliey may be planted in level land or in beds,and nt almost any time, unless the ground is very dry or loo wet to plow. Cattle and horses prefer tho dried viues to any other feed. ''J. F. ERNEST. " Fayette County, Texas, 1850. THE OAT CROP. June is the oat harvest. As soon as the crop is ready for the scythe, cut it, without waiting till you are ready ; that is, if you ? ? ? - kuu v.u?iiig iiiviii <ib mi. -vim auer nicy ' are cut, tliey should not be allowed to remain iu the field a day longer than id necessary to cure tbetn. Haul theib up and house them immediately. , # ? ? ? Garden Work for June.?The season has been so unpropitious for gardening, that much will yet havo to bo done over in the vegetable garden. Those who planted English peas in trenches, will havo realized the advantages of the moisture and shade at the bottom of the trench, in this dry and parching spring. It will now be too lato to replaut English "All the | varieties of beans may yet be planted.-? Plant melons, cucumbers,'squashes, egg plants, tomatoes, late cabbage, okra, corn for roasting ear*. Thin out tho growing ulunta; tliA rfmii dm 'L r-.,rj? * . ?** ? WWVU) UlUi iliurs OI" ten stir the soil around tho vegetables.? Now is tbo time to use soapsuds 5q tho garden; lipoid manures of ftny kjrtd, may be used with advantage now,, if fff>pUed m the evening. Bush the tomatoespolu, ihe running bc&ns; work the growing cabbages freoly wfti^^o look cat now for (Be * 4*M . /;. _ * CHEAP WAY OF UNDEBDBAINING. The following, from Gen. Harmon, of Wheatland, N. Y., we copy from tlie Now York Chronicle. It is practical, and to the point: Thcro is no ono subject that demands | more attention among farmeis, than the uui derdraining of low and swampy lands. In I passing through the farming districts, wo ! see many large plats of laud which art* ' enclosed and the owners are paving taxes ! on, which do not yield annually the cost of I keeping them. Now these useless acres could be made to pa}' the interest of ono hundred dollars for each, annually, while tho interest on the cost of improvement would not be one dollar an acre. Many have supposed, as their works show, that an open drain from twelve to eighteen i inches deep and wide, is all lliat is required to inaku wet land productive. In draining, the first step is to procure suitable tools fur tlio business. Common drains should be dug fifteen inches on tho top and three at the bottom, three feet deep ; on all soils free from stones. This size in ; the cheapest. If the banks are solid, tho ! cheapest tile that I have used, is to lay in ; cedar, pine, black-ash, or any green poles that will go down within six or eight inches of the bottom ; tliey should be stepped on and crowded down solid ; then fill in onethird full of earth, pound it down with it j paver's mallet; then fill the other third as i before, and finish otl". i One great dilficulty in filling drains is, that the earth is left too loose, so thnt mice make holes which let in the water from tho surface, which will soon, spoil a drain that ' is made of stone, poles or brick. Water is I carried under ground much cheaper than ! un the sjrface, and a field of several open j drains is not good economy. When covI ciod under ground, they may be plowed j over and rendered productive. Where ' drains are needed in stony soils, the bottom of tho ditch should be wide, so that ono could stand and work in it; and ^ncslaid so as to carry off tho water. T some sections tile would be cheapest. No farmer who lias wet lands should neglect to drum them because he cannot m-t tilo Q.,? *..V. Some plats of land are made dry L>y !i ditch around litem. Others will require several ditches through theiu. Such land, when mude dry, will be the most productive. Carrots and potatoes will do well ou I Sllcll SOi!C HUlfef nf fl\n 4M%Uiu , feU'.II ? ... ? - ! ^ j The grasses and hay froiu such soil will bo I worth twice as much as the same weight front lands that are too wet. It' the wet lands which are enclosed in this State could be made dry, they would add millions to our farming products and our commerce. The spades are used to make uarrow drains?one common oue, one blade five inches wide and fourteen long, and one five inchi'S nfc t)i? ?' 1 ~' ... ?..v fcV|/ WIIU Utnw Ob IUT3 V/'UU Ul tbo blade, handle fivo feet long, so that one can stand on the top of the ditch in taking out the lowest part of the earth. FRUIT BENEFICIAL TO HEALTH. A noted author, speaking of the utility of fruits for food and tho preservation ?f health, says : " Tho fuits of various climes should be regarded as one oi the moot valuable gifts which Divine Providence has bestowed upon man; and tho cultivation ! of ihein should on all accounts be promoted, ' not merely as a source of luxury, but as n : substitute for pernicious Medicine, and as a delicious, healthy, and most nutritious article of food." Another celebrated phy?ician says that " thoroughly ripe fruit, eaten ? :(>. i..~...i -i - -- I .tU uichu, ia mu must innocent of allincuts, and will even insure health and strength." Volumes of similar, extracts might bo adduced, but tlio following will suffice: "One of the best aliments, and the best adapted to different ages of life, is that which fruits afford. They present to man a light uourishmont, of easy digestion, and produce chyle adiuirably adapted to the functions of the human body." The writer of this has himself experienced, as he believes, much benefit from the use of good fruit, and is of the opinion that for the preservation of health, it.u?/of more benefit than any quantity of drugs a person may choose to consume. Calling, at one time, upon a physician for mediciu** to remove costiveness, he replied that hq knew of noue equal to good, ripe applgp.-? The prescription met with a cordial reception, and has been many times tried with good success.?Maine 'Parmcr, -<w.y pome,; Charcoal and Platter.?Glifircoal ditst is a powerful absorbent of atmospheric ammonia, and consequently a valuablejU tilizer. Powdered char?oalJs. perhaps bgst.thing that can be used to. ^a^orb Mopleasant odors arising. from^decjyring _ mat and vegetable matter*. A h'audful of