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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. J " i* ix e itlice of liberty x si etexikt al. vighlanoe." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. SljSS BY DAVIS & HOLLINGS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1(3, 185C. VOL. XIII NO. 2G. "IB EiflsigsiLiL&ias???. COFFINED ALIVE. That persons, during the raging of a pestilenco and the hurry of burials, have sometimes been earthed alive, there is very little doubt. "We havo not, however, heard of any well attested case of this kind, since the commencement of the present epidemic iu our city, and the story we aro about to relate, avouches for no more than the confining a mau, who, as will appear in tho sequel, couiu not ue persuaded lliat lie was a proper subject fur burial. In llio course of tho disease, it lias sometimes occurred that a man, being found dead druuk in the street, has been mistaken for a cholera patient, lifted upon a litter and carried to the hospitals. It has been customary in these eases, for tho medical attendants, on ascertaining tlie mistake, to order the drunken man to bo placed in the room used for that purpose, until he .shall have slept oil' the fumes of liquor, and then dismiss him to take care of himself. Two or three weeks since, a patient of this description was oiu: evening brought to the Hospital, supposed to bo nearly in the last stage of cholera asphyxia. Certain it is, that he was prodigiously blue.? : The doctor examined him ; shook his head, j and ordered him to the drunkard's room. j n?ct.l..f I lii*.* niv.i lm o.l llwicn llw.? ! were merely dead drunk, there was another ' wherein it was cu-l?.?mary to lay such as | Iiad actually died dining tho night, from ! whence they were to be canned away and ; buried the next morning. It so happened i that the above mentioned patient, was by i mistake, conveyed t<i iho?/'.(f'^-ruuni, instead of llio drunkard's. There lie lay, unconscious of his situation cither personal or local, until the morning, 1 when the burial cart came, and two Hibernians proceeded to the dead-room to take away the corpses. They found no other but the drunken man, w being still locked fiist in the arms Jeep, thev forthwith proceeded to coflin and nail up. They had him in his narrrow house, and began to drive the nails, when the noiso awoke him. lie started up, thrust of the lid, and asked them what they were about! " We're going to bury ye, sure," said one of tho Hibernians, endeavoring to make the inau lie uuWii again and bo daccn'Jy tiailed up. ' To bury me," exclaimed the astonished drunkard. "Ay, sure," returned tho Irishman,coolly: " it's wo that buries all lliat die with tho cholera." "But I am not dead," said tlic patient. "Not dead," exclaimed the Irishman; "aiut that a pretty extravagant assertion for a corpse to make? Not dead ! And sure you cannot he in your right mind lo say so. Come, lie down, if you please, and we'll nail ye up and bury ye daoently.'' 41 Duccntlif " Ah, sure, as dacenlly as the times will admit of. It isn't ivcrv man now, that can get a coflin like yutirself, to be buried up . H I a i). "15ut I tell you, I'm liolJcail!" persisthe drunken man, struggling to get out of the coflin. <l Not dead again!" exclaimed tlie Hibcraiian, endeavoring to keep him in, " that assertion won't do here. AVo fetched you out of the dead-room, where they put all the corpses ; and if so be, you ain't dead, there's no confidence at all to be placed in the doctor's stuff." " Have I been under the hands of tho doctor, then." ? Ain't ?...? " - e i I i/ limb *b 1'iuiiv iur ii ut'iiu man to nx?" " I tell you I'm not dead." ""Who knows bettor than the doctor?? Come Jemmy, (addressing his lirotlicr Irishman,) you liold him down while 1 nail him up. We cau't he bothering here all day, no how." As the conOncd man saw there was no such thing as resoning tho honest oflicials out of their duty, and that lie must resort to main force to save himself, lie made one desperate effort, shook of the dead-enrt-men, sprang from the cofliti and took to his heels* . -?N. Y. Constellation.. lifodcl Ccrlificatc.?Tlio following certificate speaks for itself. It is going the rounds, and wo should like to have it " located, M in order to advise the owner to take out a " patent": <* Dear Doctor:?I will he one hundred And seventy-five years old next October. For ninety-four years I havo been an invalid, unablo to move, cxcept when stirred with a lever; but a year ago last Thursday, I heard of the Granicular Syrup. I bought a bottle, smelt of the cork, and found myself a new man. I cap now run twelve and a half miles an hour, and throw nineteen .double-summersets without stopping, P. 8.?A little of your Aljcumstontum Salve applied to a wooden leg reduced a compound fracture in fifteen minutes, and is^ow covering the limb with a fresh cuticle pf wjiitp gum pine bark, 'Exceedingly mod eat young lady?" Isn't tyis'a very pretty buby, Mr. B. f Brown?"Yes, my dear; is it A boy or g?rir . Young lady?"It belongs to the ferpalo * persuasion, air.'' I RAILROADS IN EUROPE. Tlic great railroad lino from Paris to Marseilles, u distance of 535 miles, is now coin[iletod, except the bridges at Lyons across the two rivers, the Sonne and the Rhone, at tlio junction of which the city stands. These bridges, when finished, will bo as lino specimens of workmanship as can anywhere be found. The one across tho Rhone is already nearly done?built of cast iron?and it presents a beautiful and picturesque view, as seen from a point about half-a-milti above it. The piers of the bridge across the Soaue are now buildiii" O O in water that is 40 or 50 feet deep. Great cylinders of cast iron are first planted 011 tlio bottom of the river?by sonic means I know not how?which reach above the surface of the water. From these tho water is pumped out, and the workmen decern! in them as in a well, and carry on the woik of rearing the piers from , the bottom of the river. This bridge across (ho Soane is approached by a tunnel five or six miles in length, llow far it is below j the surface of the earth 1 cannot tell. ]>ut ! it is no uncommon thing in this country to ! travel fur a mile or two at a time through [ a tunnel, and that, too, at the rale of ^bout forty miles per hour. ]?ut the railroads in lltW illtif l*tr !? *-? c/\ ili.lijvKlCitl 'PI..-.? v-TM.n. J CUV cv 1 IICIU 13 hardly any perceptible motion. Tho roads arc beautifully graded, and then covered willi pebbles or small fragments of rock pounded in, so as to make them firm. The sides of the embankments arc. tmfed. The tracks arc always double, so thai there is no danger of a collision.? The coaches are elegant, and tho whole j m.^iagcmenl of the roads i?> conducted with I the strictest reference to the convenience,, comlbil and safely of the passengers.?' Traveling by rail in England, and especially on the continent, is much more pleasant and vastly safer than in the United States. The express and the direct trains, as they are called, make but few stoppages on the long routes, and ordinarily not more than one tJI iwu ilb <1 Lcll 11 HI? J 11 <_* 11 everything is so quiet. There is no bustle or noise :il the station. In obtaining ticket*, but one person er.n approach at the same time, ami he must get his change and retire before another can apply. In a word, there is a perfect system about everything. The coaches are not like ours. They arc divided into apartments that resemble elegantly furnished private carriages. On the continent there J are eight seats in these apartments, in England only six. The first class on the continent is far superior in point of comfort to the firat class in England. In England they have no means of warming the coaches in col J weather. In Franco thev warm them j by means of cylinders of hot wal<-r, which I are clumped two or iinv< <l*u-iiwr | night or da}'. They keep tho coach very comfortable. THE LITTLE MONSTER IN YOUR SUGAR. The sugar .'teams approaches somewhat, in organization and habits, to tho louse and the itch-insect ils>elf, which arc also included in the genus Acurus. Tho sugar mite is in size so considerable, that it is plainly visible to tho unaided sight. When present in sugar it may be delected by the following proceeding: Two or three spoonsful of sugar should be dissolved in a large wine-glass of tepid water, and the solution allowed to remain at rest for an hour or so ; at the end of that time tho animalcules will bo found, some 011 the surface of the liquid, soino adhering to the sides of tho glass, and others at the bottom, mixed up with the dark and copious sediment. Tlio body is oval, or rather somewhat ovate, being broader behind than before. From its posterior part proceed four long and stiff bristles, two together on each side, and some eight or ten smaller ones are arranged nearly at equal distances around tho circumference of the tody *, from its anterior part a proboscus of complex organization proceeds, and froin its inferior surface eight legs, joined and furnislied with spines or hairs at each articulation : the spine, which issues from the last joint but one of each leg, is very long, and extends much beyond the termination of tho leg itself. Lastly, each leg is armed at tho extremity with a formidable hook. Tho acarus sacchari clings to life with great tenacity, for warm water does not always kill it. llcnce, thoso who sweeten their drinks with brown sugar must swallow several of these disgusting insects in a living state, for tho heat of tho beverage is not sufficient to liV- * 1- P mv.w.vj UIVIIII rur IIIU CUIi?OJ2lllOVI uI our readers, wo arc happy to announce that this insect is never found in purified, ?. e. lump sugar. It owes its existence and nutriment to tho albumen, which, as wo said before, is always present in inferior sugars. It is well known that grocers are subject to an affection of the skin, denominated, "grocer's itch," of which one of the symptoms is extreme irritation and itching. To this disease all groccrs are not equally liable, but those particularly who are engaged in the u ban* dling" of sugars, as tho warehousemen' Now the acarus naccliari belongs to the same genus as tho acorns scaliei, or itchinsect, than which it is larger, and possessed of an organization still more formidable and forbidding.?JEnglUh paper. Religion is the best armor a man can have; but it b the worst, cloak. I I - _ - I . I ~ , ? r till I I i - -^* -%' r>>. 1 . - , WEALTH OF BRITISH ARISTOCRACY. In evidence of tlio wealth amassed by ancient families, llie traveler is shown the palaces in Piccadilly, Burlington House* Devonshire House, Lansdowno IIoiiso in Berkshire Square, and lower down in the city a few noble houses which still withstand, in all their amplitude, the encroachment of streets. The l.>uko of Bedford includes or included a mile square in the heart of Loudon, where the I British Museum, once Montague House, now stands, and the land occupied by "NVobuin Square, lied Ion I Square, and Kussel .Square. The Marquis of Westminster built within a few years the series of squares callcd 15elgr:?via. Stafford House is the noblest palace in London. Northumberland House, holds its place by Charing Cross. Chesterfield Ifouso remains in Autlley street. Sion IIouso and Holland House arc in the suburbs. Hut most of the historical houses are masked or lost in (ho modern uses to which trade or charity has converted them. A multitude of town palaces contain inestimable galleries of art. T.? i 1. ~ ~ il - ' hi 11it- i.-wuiiiry mo size 01 private esiaies is more impressive. From Barnard Castle, I rode on lo the highway, twenty-three miles from High Force, a fall of the trees, toward Darlington, past llaby Castle, through the estate of the Duke of Cleveland. The Marquis of Breadalbano rides out of his house a hundred miles in a straight line lo the sea on his own property. The Duke of Sutherland owns the county of Sutherland, stretching across Scotland from sea to sea. The Duke of Devonshire, ' besides his other estates, owns 1)0,000 acres j in the county of Derby. The Duke of Richmond has -10,000 acres at Goodwood, and 300,000 at Gordon Castle. The Duke of Norfolk's park in Sussex, is fif*"en miles in circuit. An agriculturist bought . . h the island of Lewes, in Hebrides, containing 500,000 acrcs. The possessions of the 17....l -r T l-i - * * * jjiin in j-iaiiMiaii; gave nun eignt seats 1:1 Parliament. This is the Heptarchy again; and before the reform of 1802, one hundred and fifty-four persons sent three hundred and seven members to parliament.? The borough moii-T-rs governed England. These largo dominions are growing larger. The great estates are absorbing the small freeholds. In 178U, the soil of England was owned by 200,000 corporations and proprietors; and in 1822 by 32,000. These broad estates find room on this narrow island. All over England, scattered at short intervals among ship-yards, miles, mines and forges, are the paradises of the nnliliv \v!imv> 111o...l ?-* , V..~ ...V, .^..3 .*.j/wr.w ?IIU IUfincments :ire heightened l?y the contrast with the roar of industry ami necessity, out of which you have stopped aside.?Ji. Mr. Ktitvrsoits J'Jit'/lis/i 1'rar; MARRIAGE. One of the most remarkable features of this extraordinary institution is, the successive changes it undergoes in the course of its history. When the young husband and wife first enter upon their new relation, how little do they foresee what is before them. As they lake possession, for the first time, of their new house, and enjoy its cheering aspect, its regularity and quiet, and its expression of domestic peace and joy, how little do tlicy anticipate the trials and vicissitudes, the deep and yet nnseen fountains of joy and sorrow, which lio in their future way! In a few years, how changed! One after another has been added in various ways to the company which began only with two, until at length they find themselves presiding over a numerous 1 1 > VIIU1V VI V/Ui?UIUIl clliu IUIULIVUS 5U1U UOITICS" tics; the father and mother both involved in responsibilities, from which they would have altogether shrunk, had the)' anticipated them at the beginning. In a few years, this happy circle must be broken in upon and scattered. Death comes in and makes one and another his prey; others gradually arrive at maturity, and Icavo their father's roof to seek other homes, and to return no more to the ark which sheltered them at first; and, at last, the father and mother arc left alone, to spend their declining years at their solitary fireside, to look back upon scenes of activity, and trial, and enjoyment, - . U1\,1I wiu never leiliril. DUCIl is me outlino of the history of thousatidn of families. Queer Names.?What queer names somo unforlunato mortals are blessed with ! "Wo heard of a family in Detroit whose sons were named Ono Stiekney, Two Stickney, Three Stickney, and whose daughters wero named l;irat Stickney, Second Stiekney, and so on. The three elder children of another family wero named Joseph, And, and Another, and it has been supposed that should they have any more, they might have named them Also, Moreover, Nevertheless, and Notwithstanding. Another family actually named their child Finis, supposing it was their last* but they happened afterward to have a daughter and two sons, whom they called Addenda, Appeudix, and Supplement. Another parent set out to perpetuate the Twelve Apostles, and named the fifth child Acts. A man in Pennsylvania called his second son James Also, and the third William Likewise. 27kt Old. Connecticut Charter*?The old original charter, which was deposited in the trunk of the Charter Oak,-has b3en inoloeftd in the frame of wood of the ti-ee which' preserved it one hundred and sixty-nine yours ago. MY MOTHER S BIBLE. 1 UV G. P. MOItlttS. Thin book w all that's left mo now? I Tours will unbidden start; Willi faltering lips and Ihrobbiug brow, I press it to my heart. For lunny generations past, i Ilere is our family tree ; ] My mother's l;;in<l tliis lliMe clasped, | She, clyiiijf, gave it mo. All, well do I remember those "Whose names these r -cord* bear ; ? WU 1 ?!.. I ' ' ii ii" iuiiiki HIV IK'UI'lll-vl?IIU USCU 10 ctosc Alter llio evening prayer. And speak of wluil these pages said, 111 tones my heart would thrill ; ' Though they are with tlio silent dead, ' Here they are living .still. < < My fittln-r read this holy hook, To lnothers, sisters dear; ! How calm was my poor mother's look, 2 Who learned CJ oil's word to hear! | Her mi gel face, I see it yet! | What, thrilling memories eoino t Again that little group is met ' Within the walls of home ! I Thou truest friend man ever knew. Thy constancy I've tried; When all were false I found thee true, My counsellor and guide. ' The mines of earth no treasure give, ( That could this volume buy; | In teaching mo tlio way to live, It taught me how to die. WASHINGTON LOVED HIS MOTHER. Immediately after the organization of llio ' present government, (Jen. Washington rc- ' [tailed to Fredericksburg, to pay his hum- ( l?le duty to his mollier, preparatory to his departure to Xcw York. An allotting scene ( ensued. The son feelingly remarked tho ' ravages which a tottering disease had mado ( ... 1 iipou t!io aged frame of liis motlier, and Lhus addrc^.s..*u her: E "The people, madam, have been pleased, with the most flattering unanimity, to elect *' me to the chief magistracy of the United 1 States, but before I can assume tho tunc- ( Lions of that office, I have comu to bid you 1 an adectionalo farewell. So soon as tho 1 public business, which must necessarily bo 1 encountered in arranging a new govern- ' !/. >? i... I:. ?-i f r . i - ii i - a ' uxv, uui iiu ui.-jnj.nju <_>i, l .*>n;ui lJUSi.CH lO Virginia, ami"?1 lore tho mother inter- ' rupted liiin. " Yuu will see 1110 110 more. ' My great age, ami the disease that is fast 1 approaching iny vitals, warn me that I 1 shall not be long in this world. 1 trust in ] < iod, 1 am .somewhat prepared for a better. 1 But go, George, fulfil tho high destinies ' which heaven appears to assign you ; go, 1 my son, and may that heaven's and your mother's blessing bo with you always." TI10 president was deeply allected. His head rested upon tho shoulder of his parent, whoso aged arm feebly, yet fondly, encir- 1 cled !:!- neck. That brow, on which fame 1 had wreathed tho purest laurel virtno over trave to created man. relaxed from its lnfi.v J bearing. Thai look which coul J have awed a Roman Senate in its Fabrican day, was bunt in filial tenderness upon the time-worn features of this venerable matron. Tho great man wept. A thousand recollections crowded upon his mind, ns memory, retracing scenes long past, carried him back to his paternal mansion, and the days of youth ; and thero tho centre of attraction was his mother, whose care, instruction and discipline, had prepared him to reach the topmost height of laudable ambition ; yet how wero his glories forgotten while ho gazod upon her from whom, Wiisted bv time and maladv. 1?a mmt ~ - ?J > ??.ww MVWII part to meet no more ! The matron's predictions were true. The diseaso which liad so long preyed upon her frame, completed its triumph, and she expired at the ago of eighty-five, confiding in the promise of immortality to the humble believer. Remember his story, little children.? Washington, you know, was a great man. I shall never expect to soo any little boy become a great man, who does not love his mother. Improve your Moments.?Many people are in the habit of mourning over their ignorance and complaining bccanse they liavn no rinimi-fiitnlwm 1V.r T' ?' ? . ? -j.J?.?...ivu .vi obuuj. ii muy would 6pond tho time \vhich is consumed in making theso complaints, in studying useful books, they might become comparatively well educated. Ono of tho best informed men wo ever knew was a mechanic, who had devotod only twenty minutes a day to study, and had reflected over liis reading, as ho best could, while working at his trade. Any person who really wants to become well informed, will gain his wishes, no matter what difficulties may besot his path ; while those who only desiro to clutch tho honors which learning gives, but caro nothing fur knowledge itself, will remain in ignorance, though surrounded with abundant helps to education. A tall, slab sided Yaukee, who made bis appearance at Capo May last summer, strolled down to the beach during bathing time. On seeing tho bevy of beauties sporting in the waves, he burst into a fit of enthusiasm: u Jo reu-sa-lem! if that don't remind me of something good we have at home." ?WEW >it P m,pired i^fD?K( "!l"> .lood mtW . , ' "What is it 1 said JonatWn, smacking his lips,41 why it's last** and water." THE ERASIVE-SOAP MAN. Tlio itinerant follows who frequent our ^Hinges, timing the sessions of tho Courts, mil on all other occasions of popular assemblings?vending there small wnrcs, a a tlio Razor-Strop man?aro sometimes very amusing. We noticed one of'em last week, crying his erasivo soap to as simple i crowd as wo havo observed in some time, lie was a sharp-eyed fellow, with a sanctified look, black whiskers jlihI ;i still Mnplrm md enormous straw hat. " Gentlemen," ho said, or rather sang? ' gentlemen, I oftcr you a splendid article, i superb article, an incomparable article? liagical, radical, tragical article." (Hero ic displayed a cake of soap.) " Magical, adical, tragical erasivoSoap! Yes, in its - fleets upon its inventor most tragical!? Shall 1 tell you how ? It was invented by i celebrated French Chemist, after twenty peais of toil, labor and privation. In just iftecn minutes, two seconds and a half, afer the discovery, ho fell into the arms of .lenth, and his name bccamc immortal ! i'ou can draw your own conclusions, gen,1cm en !" " .Magical, radical tragical, ora-sivo Soap! Dime a cuke ! Hand mo the luoncv !? served mo right!?ther's the soap! Yes, .hat man has got a cake of the incomparable, inappreciable, magical, radical, tragical, i-ra-sivo soap. " Gentlemen, you'd open your eyes, if 1 .vcro to tell you half tlio wonders performed jy this in-com-pa rablo article. It cleans >il spots, removes stains, hides dirt, briglit?ns good colors and obliterates ugly ones ! ?such is the virtue of (lies all-lie:iliii<r nfv. ;r-fadiiig, spot-removing, beauty-restoring lealth-giving, magical, radical, tragical, j ra-sivo soap!" The vender wiped his jrow, heaved a sigh, and re-cominenccd, standing at ease against the piazza post. " Why, gentlemen, when I first became tctpiainled with this inextolerablo gift of livino Providence to erring man, I had an obstruction of the vocal organs, impodineuts of speech, that bid fair to destroy .lie hopes of tlio fond parents who intended lie fur the pulpit. I was tom/uo tiod?but O ~ 1 L cain'e across litis precious compound and .wallowed just Jialf an uuncc, and over since .o tho satisfaction of my parents, myself, md assembled world, I have been valuably, rapidly, successfully, interminably, unintermittingly and most eloquently sounding llie praises of the incomparable, infallible, inimitable, inappreciable, ucvcr-failing, allhealing, spot-removing, beauty-restoring, tUHgieal, radical, tragical, c-ra-sivo soap ! " All, gentlemen, a world without it would be naught! It takes tho stains from your breeches, tho spots from your coat, removes tho dirt, restores tho gloss, and ditluses a general cheerfulness over tho character of the wholo outer man ! True, ?culleincn, l'vo worn the forefinger of my I'i'rllt. llilllil fl? lln> iircJ Iivin# 511..el O Ail I....M...UIIJJ tho eflicacy of tins ineffable compound ; but I bold that the fore-finger of 0110 man, yea, or the fore-lingers of tliu men are ns nothing when compared with the peaco and wcllaro of society and the world. " Oh ! magical soap! oh radical soap! oh tragical soap I What wonders thou dost perform ! The frightened locomotive leaves its track as it were, on the approach ! The telegraphic wires tremble and are dumb in thy presence! " Why, gentlemen, it clears the complexion of a nigger, and makes a curly-headed liiiir elrninlil I Tl il./? from your breeehe3 and tlio spot from your coats, in like manner, it purifies tho conscienco and brightens the character! If you nro a littlo dishonest, try it! If your reputation or clothing is a little smutted, I'll warrant it! For ladies whose slips?I mean these little, brown, yellow, white, blue and many-colored slij)/)crn?have become soiled, it is the only cure, panacea, medicamentum, vade mocum, iu all globular creation. Then como up, tumble up, run up, and jump up, likollung'ry patriots and buy my incomparable, itifalliblo, ineffable, inappreciable, coat-prescrviug, beauty-rostoring, dirt-removing, t.pccch-improving, character-polishing, virtue importing, allhealing, never-failing, magical, radical, trr.g-! icfil. ftomnmirnl- R-R.A.SIVR lloro Hard-cheeks' oratory was interrupted by a shower of dimes from hoy?, men and hobbledehoy, and tho "show" was considered " closed." An Old One.?Mr. Salomon I. Felkcr in cutting a stick of white oak timber, tho other day, opened upon a tree toad, that had 'come to us from former generations*,' as Webster said to his fish. Over hiin had grown sixty-seven grains or rings of the oak, indicating that that had been his homo for 67 years al least, where be had existed without air, without water, and without food. At first he nniil nn Attantinn l?n!nr* out in the world again, and remained in a torpid stato; but, after lying in the sun a few minutes, he marched off ' hopping na vigorous'aa a new one.'?Netoburyporl Htr- \ aid, S*pt. 2. i Hwo Women Veil th* TrutJt.-~When a woman says ??,another woman, " Sho haa | a good figflrW,? Jrou may be aup& that she j ?.^*^^d/or ?ha fcqtrfota, or that sh*! "8ha morally ocrUin that GORDON COUNTY M0LA8SES?IMPORTANT DIB* COVERY. AVe recently vi?te?.l the model farm in this neighborhood, and found the urbane proprietor, Mr. Peters, engaged in a novel enterprise. lie, with his hands, was employed in making superior molasses, or syrup from the stalks of sugar millet, or what most persons would call ehicken corn?it is of that genus, if not the same. lie had planted a quantity of it for fod tier, to feed his eattle upon, ami being of an enterprising turn, bo determined to experiment on this millet, and has succeeded in making an excellent article. The stalks being stripped of their fodder, aro crushed between two iron cylinders which arc turned by a crank drawn by two mules, the juice runs in a rcservior beneath, and from thence into buckets, which are emptied into large boilers, and being reduced by boiling to about one fifth, becomes an excellent syrup fit for table use. Wo were informed by Mr. l'eters, that although but little attention had been paid to its cultivation, not intending to make such use of it, and it was raised upon inferior land, ycl from the experiments already made, he expected to average about U20 gallons of svrup per acre. This is doing a profitable business, lie intends another year to plant 100 acres, believing that upon good ground with proper cultivation it might yield from 400 to 000 gallons per acre" Sixteen stalks will yield one gallon of juice, and 5 gallons of juice one gallon of thick syrup. Two mules and two hands will press out juice enough for 100 gallons of syrup per day. We call the attention of farmers to this important and valuable discovery. Wo have seen the operation, and wo liave tasted the syrup, and know it is no humbug. Its manufacture is in the power of every farmer, and what a saving of expense, ,?|,An Jo >7 r> iimvu *?j ? vt|/ jo iivit cv?iiiit? at i c j'ci gallon. The syrup is that much extra, for you have tho fodder and the seed besides. Instead of importing, wo might export it in vast quantities.? Calhoun (G'n.) Statesman. SATAN A FISHJEKMAH. I was sometime since walking upon the wlmrf where a fishing boat lay, and as I was passing and repassing, the master was uttering tremendous oaths. At length T I iurnoii to Lint mid iitmiJin ~ bouidu liin boat, said : "Sir, I am unacquainted with 3'our business. AVhat kind of fish arc these V' "They are codfish," replied ho. " How long arc you usually out, in order to obtain your load 2" "Two or three weeks," lie answered. " At what price do you sell them lie informed me. 41 Well, have you had hard work to obtain n living in this way ?" " Yes, hard work," said he. " With what do you bait these fish ?" " With clams." " Did you ever catch mackcrel ?" " Yes." " Well, now did you ever catcli a fish without bait ?" " Yes," said he, " I was out last year, and ono day when I was a fixin' my line, tho bare hook fell into the water, and the fool took hold of it, and I drew him in." "Now, sir," said I, "I have often thought that Satan was verv miit-li liko ji fisherman -J - -- ' lie always baits bis book with that kind of bait which different sorts of sinners liko best, but when ho would catch a profane swearer, lie docs not take the trouble to put on bait at all, for the fool will always bite at tho bare hook." lie was silent. His couutcnanco was solemn; and after a pause, as I turned to go away, I heard him say to one standing by him, "I guess that's a minister."?Peoples Organ. Affection in Animals.?A gentleman in California had a fawn, which ho had raised with a lamb and two dogs, tho four being much attached. Tho fawn being missed, after searching for it, attended by tho three animals, ho found its body, it haying been shot. Tho lamb licked its face with every sign ofgrief, and kept up an incessant mournful bleating. If a small boll Lhat tho fawn had worn on its neck was rung, tho lamb .......i.i ?i.? -..I., i- i i; - 1IU1IIU lull IU mu bjiui, UIII| IU no U16:iJ>J)OIIltcd. From that time it took no nourishment until it died. ? m - - I A " Wine Man of Gotham" Sold.?A New York Alderman who had just marriod a couplo and received a $1 note for tbe job, asked a party of friends over to a neighboring saloon to "smile," when on paying-forthe, liquor he discovered that the bill given him by the bridegroom was counterfeit. A lady was asked : " When a lady and gentleman have quarrelled, and each consider* the other most at fault, which Of them onght to bo the first to advance towards a reconciliation I1' Her answer was: "The best hearted and the wisest of the two." . .27* London Time* on the PulpiL?>The JUondott; U'tmcii riv peaking of tb*, dsgwu* r*oy of t>j? p?lpi^ clow* We ..a* ~5~ WP~ wvrfjP^.J " ^-^trii 1M8MM a'Bii'JfrDLtf'DiiillLr | From (he Soil of the Soiilh. WORK FOR OCTOBER. October is generally the busiest month with cotton picking; but in this section, /?|| fi most of the cotton has been gathered beforo this time, in consequence of the unusual shoitucss of the crop. Thor.o who have SSwS been hickv riiomrli tf? ?*? which have belalleu the crop arc still engaged in picking, but most planters must employ their forces at something cl30.? There is, however, never any lack of some- - ^ thing to do on a col ton plantation. It is froipiently remarked that the cotton planter is forced to forego nil the advantages of fall plowing, because the constant employment of his force in cotton picking, leaves him 110 . time to devote much attention to that business. No such difliculty will be in his way this fall ; and those who have crops of pea vine or stubble to plow in, or stiff land to break for the benefit of the winter freezes, , /.fSS should lose no time now in that work.? This is also a fine season for ditching; and ' ' " " xuw.u siiu uui many plantations within our knowledge uu which a good deal of labor ajgj might bo very advantageously bestowed in this way. 11 is very heavy work ; and to hands unaccustomed to it, rather dangerous 4 <, in the hot mouths of summer ; and during the winter, the lands requiring ditching, nro f ; ':generally covered with water, which renders it exceedingly disagreeable work at that season of the year. Every day which *.' can be appropriated to it now, will repay the planter, and we advise those who have the time, to devote it to this very indispensable, but much neglccled operation.? Others, who have not enough open land. will Jiml time now to clear. We repeat however, what we have before said, that wo think it is poor economy to go into tlio woods to clear new fields, while those already opened and fenced have a number of acres within them which have not been reduced to profitable cultivation. Let the wet places and thoso which have been allowed tu grow up in briers and brushes within the field:; be thoroughly dried, cleaned up and reclaimed, before anything is doac towards making new clearings. This is also the month for putting in the wheat I Tim < ?l-. a vitrei iy or corn will probi ably iuducc many planters to turn tlioir I t itmtglilft l,i lliiv criin. Allow mo lu aiij.-giMt .. * to those who arc thinking of doing so, that it is better to sow a little patch well prepared, than to undertake to cover a largo field in a careless manner. Break the land well, manure it well, and sow it well, and the harvest will repay all the extra trouble. I Wo must not omit another subject of great and growing importance to the agriculture of this section, and which the leisure of thin season will allow the planter to attend to. | Wo allude to the preparation of homo made manures. Let the spare teams and as many hands as can bo spared, bo employed during the fall, in the collection of materials for composting. llavo theso hauled to somo convenient places near or within the fields which arc to be manured. i Do not wait for rainy days, or odd limns. I but separate a force specially for this work, and keep them systematically engaged.? Tlio amount of manure which will thus bo collected during the fall and winter will bo incrcdible, and the increased crops of next year will more than compensate for tho labor. The stock of fattening hogs must bo constantly attended to. Com and pea fields should bo opened fur them as soon as possible, and they should bo fattened during the pleasant weather of the fall, as rapidly as possible. I l-'rom the Ohio Valley Farmer. FATTENING HOG3. By giving special enro to the feeding nnd managing of hogs, I Jiavo been nblo to do uvu ? giim oi aa pur cent. Who shall say that by giving suitable attention not ouly to their feeding and management, but also to their breeding, \vc may not obtain a gain of 50 per cent ? | Five bushels of corn proporly fed to a | good hog, will produco from 7o to 100 lbs. increase in gross weight. In selecting hoga i fur fattening, wild or shy ones should be avoided. Hogs of good temperament, having a mild and gentlo disposition, lay I on fat tho fastest. ' If I can have my choice. I will neither select a black or white bog,. One having different colors I would always prefer.^ A sandy color combined with some other colur, generally denotes an anirnnl easily and rapidly fattened. I am not an ndvovate for griirdiqg grain, believing cooking tho same to be farprefer| able, both in bettering the food, apd in choapness. Cora properly aoo??d?&boti!d | be boiled 24 hours. I Agricultural Societies would do well to offer premiums for the beat essay upon this important subject. To *11 such Societies . who offer a premium of $100 on. the treeding, feeding, and fattening erf iiog*, I will give $10, if 1 am able to *tu?hd th.4 t%eet