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i ^ - - ?.? 94 , :4V * <V. ... * BY W. A. LEE AND H U^H WH?X. ' VOLUME XIV. NO. 49. SUPPLEMENTARY BILL. Tlie following i? a correct copy of tlie bill Mipplemeiitary ?o the military government bill, which is now in force in the Southern Stxien ; lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uriitcd States of Amcricuin Congress assembled, That before the first Jay of September, eighteen hundred and' sixty-seven, the commanding general in each district defined l>y an act . -entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel Slates," apJ |>roved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, shall cause a registration to be made of the male citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age and unwardft- r??hid??iit. in nupli onnnln ni- rvo.i-l. _ * ? J " I"*' ?" in (lie State or States included in his district, which registration shall include only those persons who are qualified to vote for delegates by the act aforesaid, and who 6hall have taken and subscribed the follow ing : " I do solemnly swear or affirm in the presence of Almighty God, tlial I am a citizen of the State of , that 1 have resided in said State for twelve months next preceding this day, and now reside iu the county of ? or the parish of in said State (as the case m*y be); that I . am twenty-one years old ; tlial I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the laws of any Suite or of the United Stales ; that I have never taken an oath as a member ol Congress or liie United States or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or . an executive or judicial officer of any State to suppoit tLe Constitution of tlie United States, and afterward engnged in insurrection or rebellion against tlie United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey llie laws of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, encourage others so to do. So help ine God which oath or affirmation may be administered by any registering officer. Si c. - shitl b il further ourrftd, Ti.al after the completion o! I ho registration hereby ]nc\iued foi in any Slate, .'it such time and places therein as the commanding general shall appoint and direct, of which at least thirty days' public notice shall be friveti. nil ?lectiun shall hp IihM nf il?-l?nrai<?~ C* ? " " " to n convention for tlie purpose of establishing a constitution and civil government for such Slate loyal to the Union, said con vention in each Stale, except Virginia, to consist of the same nnmhrr of members lis the most numerous branch of the State Legislature of such State in the year <ighteen hundred ?nd sixty, to be apportioned among the several districts, counties or parishes of such State by the commanding general, giving to each representation ir. th* ratio of- voters registered as aforesaid as nearly an may be. The convention in Vii giitiu shall consiht of the snme number o) lutinbejB as reprenented the territory nowconstituting Virginia in the most numerous branch of the Legislature of said State in tl.e vear eighteen hundred mwl civii? f?-? l.n ? o ! ? ? apportioned as Hforssaid. Sgp. 3. And be it farther enacted, ThHt at said election the registered voterc of eacli State shall vote for or against a convention to form a constitution therefor under this act. Those voting in favor of such a contention shall have written or printed on the ballots by which they vote for delegates, as aforesaid, the words "For a Convention," and'those voting against 6Uch a convention shall have written or printed on such ballots the word# " Against a Convention." The persons appointed" to superintend said election, and to make return of the volee given thereat, as herein provided, shall count and make return of the voles given for' and against a oo.ivention ; and the commanding general'to whom the-same shall have been returned shall ascertain and deelare the total vote in such State foi and against a convention. If a majority of tb* votes given on that question shall bt for a convention; Ulrtn nol? ?nnin?n?inn Aim I be held, na hereinafter provided ; bat if t majority of said votes shall be against f convention, then do such convention shai ' be held under this act: Provided, Thai such convention sball not be held unless t jpajority of alfouch registered voters sb'nl jiavs voted on the question of holding sue! conveotion. Sitp. 4. Arid be' it further enacted, Tliai tb$ commanding. general of each distrie hall ip^oiot aucbjoykl officers or persef>j as-TO ay bo nectary, not exceeding tbrej in each -election distrfet in - any State, t< make and compleU-'itte registration; ?u'f>er intend tljetflectipo.and njjCke,return >o bio pertons elected a? d?leeale? by plurality o - ti^53??* ' receiving ftjjl return# he bIihII open 4 anrfe, aic eriafo the parflpna efected as 'dole gate* a^oidh^g |i t(^Mtttrni?f ^ie 'offi 09TB -wlio eoird?)otod ?4:'d of?Qtion, andmnfc proclamation thereof, and wUUin sixty day the delegflte?^U) aweinble i? -coaventlofi, * notification^ jR0^ ;?ai4, qpty<0oni wbe organized, ahull fii?(^rtaiinl^^a.jgj mh&wc iLMM wi^tfm.pewif ofWS S^ali frfttoS ajw^^gg* p *f* I eminent according to the provisions of thu i act, hikI (lie act to which this is supplement-1 ary, and if so, shall proceed to frame such constitution; and when tbe same shall * have been so framed, said constitution shall be submitted by the convention for ratification to the persons registered under tho provisions of this act at an election to he conducted by the oflicers or persons appointed hy the commanding general, as | ImrA'tilwifAra nrnvi/lo/1 tuirl a Ko 1??U ! l"~-? " ?'? llie expiration of thirty Hays from the date of notice tliereof, to be given by said convention ; and the returns thereof sl.all be made to the commanding general of tlse district. Seo. 5. And be it further enne'ed, That if, according to said returns, the Constitution diall be ratified by a majority of ttie votes of the electors qualified ns htjrc'n specified cast at said election (at least one-half of all the registered voters voting upon the question erf such ratification), the president of the convention shall transmit a copy of the same duly certified, to the President of the United States, who shall forthwith transmit the same to Congress, if then in session, and if not in session, then immediately upon its next as- I sembling ; and if the Constitution shall I ? declared by Congress to be in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this i i t .1 - I is au| fin.'111 i'iiiiiry, mm iiie oiucr provisions of said act shall havo been complied wiili, and if Congress shall be satisfied tlial the registered voters had the unrestrained lib erty to vole, and that the Constitution so ratified meets with the approval of a majority of the qualified electors in said Slate, and if the Constitution shall lie approved by Congress, the State shall be declared entitled to representation, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom as therein provided. Skc.6. And be it further enacted. That all elections iu the States mentioned in the said ''Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel Slates," shall during the operation of snid net, be by ballot ; and all < fib-ci s making llie snid reg i i. '.ration of voters and conducting taid | elections shall, before entering upon the j discharge of llieir duties, tnke and M?b- ! j scribe an onth faithfully to perform the du i j ties of the mid ofli-e, mid the oath pre- j scribed by the act Approved July second,! eighteen hundred and sixty-two entitled "An act to prescribe hd oath of office." Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That all expenses incurred by the several commanding generals, or by virtue of any orders issued or Appointments made by them under or by viilue of thin net, Mali be paid ! out of any monies in the Treasury not i otherwise appropriated. j Sec. 8. And he it further enuctcd. That the convention for each Stale (-11811 pre- ' scribe the fees, salary, and coinpi*nsafion to he paid to delegates and other officers and agents herein authorized or necessary to car ry into effect the purposes of this act not herein otherwise provided for, and shall provide for the levy and collection of such taxes on the properly in such Slate as may he necessary to pay the same. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the word article, in the sixth section of the act to which this is supplementary, shall be construed to mean section. FL0W8 Alii) PLOWING Editors Southern Cultivator:? Let me give a suggestion in regard to plows and plowing. Many planters I aro led .to believe all that is needed id, that a dIow should bo nf a i shape, to plow well in any soil. True, ' iL is very ri'ccoasary thai a plow should have a good shape or turn, in order s to invert the soil, and run oasily to i the team, but some of the best plows in the country have been condemned ' for want of a little patience. Thore j are soils that are very, sticky, and ad, here to the mold board. Thus, often a i new plow, fresh from the grind-stono, I which in many instances is left rougher 1 than if ft hud never, been ground, is | put into thiB sticky soil, and if the , dirt does not slip. at once, the planter at once becomes disheartened, and the \ ?? :thrown, aeide. flavinghad t experience in the matte?, I would ud( vise every planter who has such soils, f before'ueing the .plow, to rub the face ? of the moI<t-board wi^h a stone, in yi, the direction./.to wEich the dirt, i should slip. ^Fbn? -you obtain the ground poj?$]i on the fade of the mold' f; board, word for, it,., if jthe shape j.4 i*jjaof^? yon have j> a- goM plow/ wfi^b 6\W*'v* might bo - thrown aaido, $ ; "1.*' _ r Again, .In man* ir,?Ur>o??, plowf .ar?.{mt iii the gro'Dnd'when .too v?t, 0 tfrbicb is not only injurious !o I he run Ft om the I tome (6V) Courier. BILL AKP ON THE SITUATION. Home, Uio Shanty Teumtoky, No. 3. March 8lli, 1867. Mu. Kditor: Mv interti<>11 wns to Imve . . 1 remained in <!ignilied oltscmity the small j remnant of my mi?erstl?le ilnvs, l>?il my! friends Holi Hide, Ram M? Craekiu,Ti|>, and j oilier respectable g?-nil?.iiH*n, c>f tt 11 sex-s j and both colors, t-eem to be disheveled ' about the tinn-n, and insist fin ihv views about tlie inotuenlotia slate of our suft'etin ! country. Tlte good people in Alburn have got slinky in tlie knees, and iis tlie duty of every good citizcn lo keep the disease from fpieadin if lie can. I havent been | lo Washington, nor been play in sentinel ] on n watch lower, but my obsei viition con viiu-es me there is a power of fuss on hand j about something. Politics look squally and alnrmin. Bill Sherman overrun the country and debt roved and carried away our propeity, and now his brother John is finihbin tip the job by robbio us of the rights ami liberies our forefathers won. General Thomas is play in Vantoun with his 21 orders? putlin harmless boys in the barracks for talileauin with an old rebel flag?rccusin us of all the ciimes in thu decalogue; such as murder, larceny, rape, arson, burglary. bigamy, peijury and suicide, ihrowin up in our teeth the magnanimity oj our conquerors, as hein our safely valve from death and Beelzi-bub. Gicd gracious! wh it an awful jicople wo are. And now comes Joseph, the sentinel, with his longwinded message of consolation, lelliu us how we may flee from tho wrath to come ?skeeiin the people to death, and gettin everything in a stew. What made him in such a hurry f why dideut he keep silence for a few days, until the veto was signed, aiul the bill was passed ? Why dident he nivii Mr .luitl'ine o nlinnnn i Tf *!?? ? . . V V ><? >' ? VHMHUV i XI llio LiUIUIt wjip so perilous, why dident he go and fee Mr. Jenkins, nnd give him Lis opinion in private, nnd save all this excitement ? Mr* Jenkins in the Governor ; he is (he sentinel on the watch lower; lies the pilot, of the old ship; lie's the people's choice. lie can cull the Legislature when its necessary. It j he is in doubt about it, he can consult with , Luinkin and Cobb, and Hill and Cooper, I and Hardeman nnd Gibson, and Brown, I and decide what onglit to he done, atnl the i peop!e will l-e satisfied. But while the I ship is in a storm let all the deck bands I Kf?*p suence. ino word will come Iruin | lite captain Boon enough. May be ibat j Jii?cph f.-els sorter responsible for the fix lie's got us in. May be he'ti repentin for I the didos be cut up and the Reeds of discoid he fcowed durin the war ; but I doubt it. f don't ll.i: k his ambition or I.is vanity fires anything but his own importance. It looks like he thought the Capital was I moved to Atlanta, and he was Governor still. He's afraid the people will think he's dead, and jn*l as son as a big lliing happens, and u Iilift before, lie clutches the occasion ?seizes the opportunity, delivers his message, stirs up the people, sets the G.ite City in a ferment, gets his name in the Ilcrald and the Tribune. Joe Brown, n whale, big lender, conspicuous, fame, his lory, Mr. Ji-nkins nowhere, Milledgeville gone up, Joseph E. runnin the machine, in Atlanta ! 1 Well, I don't know what id at the bot-^ torn of all this, hill I am afraid that while JoBepli waft in Washington somebody car? i tied him up onto a high mountain, and showed him a kingdom or two, nod he | fell down and worshipped. These little i kingdoms that a man sometimes sees from the top of a mountain are mighty demoralizing. But I notice that all this fuss which Joseph has kicked up is confined to the towns and cities, where a heap of folks live, who havent got much of anything to do. The farmers don't know much about it, and care less?the whole concern is a god-send to some folks. I know an old worn-out politician who has been poking around for six months, tryin to revive the Pemocratic party for 9 livin, and now he's in his eled ?- < - a m11icb Hr? lormin, and (ho old hack is in bis glory. He's sorter like the Ntio E)'u as yet?be wont tnke a side, be wont .join i?sue, he wont commit himself he's beepin an open rtari as the Era says. (I with that paper would tate. an astringent.). J3uV my friends ww'vegot notbin to be <ub<imed of .'Since the traridur pursuits have been peaceful nod honorable. needent humiliate ouraeWes through fear of whi^t humankind can do to us. If ibfl ^adioalfl intend to confiscate us, they ?riH do H, and no acceptance of $b*rmau'? [ Wfl wflr prevent jit. Ifjhsjr want ourcabr , onge?, HHJ nre goin'.to bavo '?m. 1Hlwy will ride Over om 1hw, Uiey will over anotiiar. .If'.they gtarrgisitT "Mr. JohocrfnV great BrgbmeWt^tbeyrS kvj Ihinfc I'fton'I fe n iff* lit>V'U fi genArtUy, bill tlere I ~ I manhood, don't lick the hand that's raised j to Mrtkc the blow. J..o Urown's banner says all is lost nave honor, and (bat is only tolerable I ibank yon, it prows puny anil weak." He says we can have representation in Cimgrws. Who by? A man wbo can take the tent oath, and can control the : iiij??j<ir votfc. Wbo wants such a roprcsen- i tatinii ? H..W 1< jjr bffon* be would jine the R'idic.'il.s and fso in for confiscation. II j he controlled the ni^cer vole he'd promise I * ?!> land or anything else. Demagogues | have always eont lolled the ignorant whites demagogues will control the ignorant Murk*. Wlio controls the nigger influence in Tennessee??why, BiouiiIoat ami Imr party. Tennessee lias 'lone just what Joe Browtt wants us to do, and now look nt lier and weep !?a nigger caudida'.e runniti for Governor. But suppose we had representation, and had elected all good men, fair men, just men, what could they do for us? Just I nothing at all. Willi the present Radical I majority all our vote# wonld'nt undo any ming iiihi nas been (lone, and with a Radical President they could do as much more as they pleased. Just let Yin all alone, give 'em rope, more rope; history id repeating itself, the crisis will come some time, tyranny and oppression must run its course Joe Brown's programme wont stop it. One of his resolutions made my head swim ; I felt like taking chloroform, lie would make the whole yankee nation helieve we loved 'cm like brothers, and wanted 'cm to come out South, nnd let us hug 'em. Well, nil that sorter stuff is played out. There aint a hundred men in the Suite that has ; ny more respect for n Radical than a hyena, and Joe Brown knows it. But the gooci lciiu kuows our hearts. nn<! how tumlly wc cling to those moderate men of the mighty North who would save it* from the humiliation that awaits us. Let a kind word be spoken to a subjugated reb, and the warm blood quickens in the veins. Oh, but are here, the Union Leagues, somebody mivf, v^hat are they goi to do with us ? Never mind my r .ds; the Union Leagues hint agoin to hutl nobody. They are made of flesh and blood like we arc, and th'y arc citizens, and their fate will?l<e our fale. They are as much disgusted at Sherman's bill as anybody. They are our neighbors and our friends, and if there is some bad men among Yin, there is enough of the pood to make 'cm do right. So keep quiet and he eisy, and the Union Leagues are not going lo trouble you. If they want to save their own, it don't follow that they waul to steal yours. But Joseph is afraid we can't sUnd a military government. Well, I know its humihiting, withering, crushing, but we have stood it, and can try it awhile linger. We can do it till we can do better. Military Government aint the cause of our poverty and distress. Its a government higher than Thomas, or SLrrman or Sheridan. Its the lo?s of crops, the want of rain. The military never stopped the corn from growin, and there's just as much rain in one platform as another. If the Good Lord will only l>lrss us with abundant harvests, everything will go on smooth enougts with the humble nnd honest people who drive the plow tind hoe the corn. If they prosper, everybody elso will too, if they mind their own business. We will have to quit talking eo much, and quit writing altogether?muzzled lips ami-a gagged press. Ive done took warnin myself, and quit. Had my life insured in the Knickerbocker, and the policy won', allow mo to expose myself, to jump into unnecessary peril. i ue iiJiijiitrjr uiiu uui wrne us nuyiiuw. Folks say the pen is migliiier thnri (he sword, but you put em both together, and they'll flank a man out of. his liberty, and may be his life, in double-quick. The Mayor of this town had a little billet d?in with General Thomas the o'her day", and only come out second best, though it wasent an open field nor a fair fi^ht. I thought myself that 21 order must be a hoax, got up by Brick Pomery, or somebody, and was looking for the General to come out in a card, denyin of it, 'but I soon found that it was a genuine Robespereap . document. I "still think his posterity will deny it some 20 years hence. Well, I was mighty mad; I would have -given a hundred dollars to l.ave played Vantoun with him one hopr^just "to": have been turned loose in ihe ftuner*. all free. no grig, no j*il, do bftrr/u.|:ji, no bnrouet*, . noguHtd. I w<?uM linVo got ?ucl> a grin on bim For ilM nmt ik-montlrt na would i>Avt nrnde everybody excrpi Bjrick Pomo. rojr forget tli*V Umii liutlar ?toletpout>s. "Lltjp on their mHgnHnimity I" I'lell jrtju tb?t got' me, (lint*burnt' ms/wheo-1 Icnev tliere w<u*t>l enough ?psgiu? lenity in ijtyp load of *11 ?ucb to support * .pOor r^)twen-, ty-four hoore. -M?ghi?mTnimilv 1 opin ion m *1^*9 Loat tlte Metfy and don't know . now wtoal the commodity ?. X was as lull imoK I think I should have gone up with spontaneous combustion if my wife hadcut broke the spell with her comick scenes. She is ar. nmusin and intereMin woman, hut much given to music in these (lays of numerous nnd lively offspring, hut jest as soon as order 21 come out, sho hunted up llio "gray jacket" and the "eon quired bannerai.d jest MH'h a solo soiree as I have i i Mini's ? wvi'K, was never heard in Uig ) Shanty before. Slie seems to lake a deliglit in leltiii tlie rel<el flag on llie title page "see the light,,? and "flaunts it about" in niv fnee because I call myself n Union man. She says that part of llie order about , General llanso.i's remains was founded on scrip l ii re, and so was Pliil. Sheridan's about General Johnston's; for Solomon says in Kcelesiasles, " tbat a living dog is botter than a dead lion." My opinion is that it will be impossible tn liurmiinivo ill" u>r._ men cluiin this century. Such orders as 21 will cut i ft' all hope of it. I think if General Thomas hadent been a Virginian, lie wculdent have issued it. Ive noticed tliat when a Virginian falls, he falls heavy and fur. lie gets further over on the aide agin us than anybody. Ive heard that the General and Edward Jolinson were bulli powerful secenli, and got mighty im- I patient because the Old Dominion was so slow in moviu. The General xaid all tlui good officers would be cobbled up before filio seceded. Well, they s;iid old General Scoti got hold of 'em ahoul this time, and took 'em up into a high mountain, and allowed 'em n kingdom or two, and the General fell down and whoiBhipped, an J Edward Johnson wouldent. I tell you my friends, a man ought to l>e careful about going up onto these dangerous mountains ; and this lends me to remark we ought to petition Mr. Johnson to put over Big Shan ty a General who stood square to his State. llope for the best, my friend*. Don't immagine you see panters and injuns, because we are iu a Territory. Don't mistake a Bureau track for a Lear sign. Don't rear u win no BicKiy, because Florida is hitched on to our diggins. Attend to your business, keep off of a bigli mountain, and ull will be well. I would say more, but my wife's music has begun. Your*, lespectfullv, BILL ARP. P. S.? I date my letter from Big Shanty, as 1 Inar these three "diggins" are to have that name. Let us all bo thankful we know where we are. For two years its been doubtful whether we were in or out. Mv oninion now ia /In/ ??/> <>" ' ?" ' * heard a female vo:ce say whoopee! B. A. MB. PEABODY'S GIFTSThere have been mapy inquiries lulely inado as to tbe amount of Mr. Peab..dy's gifts for varioue charitablo purposes. Tho following is believed to bo a correct list of the donations made by the bet cvolent millionaire during the las'. f?.w years : The Lond n poor, - 81,800,000 Baltimore, fur Instiiuto, 1,000,000 Haiti more Historical Societ}', 20,000 Boston Historical Society, 20,000 South Danvcrs, 160,000 Danvers, 50,000 Newburyport, 15,000 Georgetown, (Msus.,) for church and library, 50,000 Georgetown (D. C.,) 15,000 Library in Vermont, 6,000 Yale College, * 150,000 Harvard College, 150,000. Kenyon College, 25,000 Pitiltna'- A nnHamtr ' Ot^ AAA a. A M. Vft*** V??*1 j | wtljVUV Sulom East India Company, leoture room and muaeum, * 10,000 Grinncl expedition, . 140,000 Recent donation to the South, which may be increased by the^ Mis. % < iasippi bonds, 1.000:000 His family relations in trust, 1,500,000 Total, , 86,135,000 The Grinnel Expedition was the memorably voyage of Dp. Kane to the Arctic Sea, for which-Mr. Grinnel, of New York, furnished the vessel, and Mr. Peabody con trih(i ted 810,000 to-" ward the expenses. The'donation to tl\e poof of jjondon is converted at the: current rate of exchange at the time it was'made Into' American currency. The value of the Mississippi . benda.given to the South Ja opt here set down j but lheir par value, with .Annual interest, i? $1",000,000. The to%0l of the donation# in tbo above lift iif0,185,000, which lh? Mmsisnippi bonds ma) Increase to &7,285,QOO. Of this sum all but ,600,000 baa been octottibut$d. for puhliO parpqaaa. I& is -vnderatoodtb^t Mr.-Parody hae pK>vjJed for, gelation .pi hja now living*y> tti*1moat "distant receiving 850.000. And tihosA rearer each, and tUiok .it Ijitf be safely fcaid there ie not oij record ftn inataote *.;.', ; '.,A-aT1IVI' dtitm'u '*Ti&?Hwl'Sg^S5>'V >iiTi>'ii?rt ?it?v GARDEN WORK FOR APRIL. April with ber showers and sunshino, and days of general mildness j hor flowers and early fruits, is at hand, to gladden ub with the hopes of Spring, and oncourago us with a rieli prospect of erjoymont for our labors. Old mother Earth is ready to yield her increase, but wo must be ready with the fork, tho hoe, and tho rako, to prepare 4 Via unit oli? n~ ? -1 ? ? ??W uvii MOV* 01.11 Ctw/Ub VUU ivouur Vl'g otation. South of this tho principal crop of spring vegetables will have beon sown, and will now adv&nco rapidly, giving abundant returns. Still, sowing and planting aro requisite for a regular puccession of most garden crops. Early York, n?d all tho principal varieties of early cabbago will Jje ready for transplanting. Tho ground should be woll prepared and manured and it should be kt-pt in mind that the cabbago should nevor want for th< proper nutriinout, from the sowing o: ilio seed in tbe bod to tho full porfec tion of iho head ; and a cabbago thui grown is quite different from om wineu 13 suiuiou to sianU Dull lis lim< wanting the prr-por nutrition to britif I it to perfection. Sow Drum head ant Bergen's Flat Dutch lor the principa ! autumn and winter crops. Keep tin afcpuragud beds clean from weeds, a they are very injurious. Those whi have giveu it proper attention ma; now enjoy in perfection this deliciou and nu'ritious vegetable. Plant tin principal crops of 6quash es, cucumbers, and melons, tomatoes and beans. Melons will .-ooiliro the r?rrmnd I A O " bo well manured with good, decon posed manure. Preparo the holes b making the ground deep, rich, an light, by the addition of some goo vegetable mould, and, after preparin tho bed by a alight elevation, give light top dressing of leaf-moulJ or ol saw dust to prevent buking. JSotb ing is more injurious to these teodc plants than to permit the ground t bake about the young plants. Sii the soil alout them ufter every rain and should tho bugs affect the planti put, carcfully, a little Peruvian Guan around the plants. Plant succcssk^nal crops of bear frum the beginning to tho close of lb month. Be careful in selcctiag goo kinds, such as are tender and swee This, however, is to be found out b experience. Marrowfat peas and la*.e varietic should be well worked and mulchet by covering the *pace betweon tb i lt-aveB. roltpn Mlrnw. An Ar>?l?r ?V?i , ?. ?, -rrv ? j fier a good season, and the crop wj . continue much longer in bearing. Plant Okra nqw lor tbe rogular croj: Onions ?Keep tbem cloan and wol hoed, and thin them out if too thiol* according to the use' for which tb crop is intended. Pa^nipp, carrots, and beats, ma; still te planted this month. Tbe bcs boil is a .rich loam; incling to sand but if tbe ground foe well and tbor oughly manured, ploughed or trcnche deep, and pulverized finely, -they wil succeed in uny soil. We .wduld ' no only urge their cultivation upon th< gardoner, but all who* liavo need'fo litem sboulil not omit sowing them a iood for horse*, sheep, rind cattle. They tend greatly to improve tb quantity and quality of both the but tor and milk, and are healthy and nu tritiou??. , ' Lettuce.?This oxccllont vogotabl will soon be in great perfection, i grown upon soil previously made ricli We grow it abundantly, npt only fo table use, but feed large quantities ti i nup rticrn Hoiff unH ha trnnlH anivMO r ov ?'v 9 ? : to oar planters to grow a-BOppiy-fo this purpose, satisfied that that, the; would he well pleased witty ti e reiull . 9'he flower garden Wilt require cor atant oareand' attention this month See tbat nothing is left undone; lethal be neatness arid- order, for Ihe'ros . W(tll yield you Jts first' sweet floweri Dalhiad can ho transplanted/ 601 'China Ast&rs and othor choico annu . aie. % % ' In the Orchard' look to tb&troei and if any appearanoa. of tha <yf(erpl - la r, look early to their removal. Ti up grape viufes andra^pberri^a. Jjtole , the strawberry b^d-wivb clearviiVt^ 'to proteot' the fruity aa the Albaijj I ljing%prtb, and other early .kinds wi ripeh abpB^aDt^ itk Ihi8'.<j3)<jn(h,/J <1 KA nWioAB- A+kt OIVA Wtdnr >wWorlng eyeoWgV^'tbo Blr'to - j^eny w^?? toopV^m. drought-^an .' ' yqxi abt&4<vnfc > plies of tbfo wbolosonp# afrdf>leaeiw :\fcjk;z$Xp& in tho roaoh of all. Do not pull off ho runnors at> this soason; they injure the plants |in our climate. Tie up raspborry plants, if has not been attended to; and in tho orchard removo any decoyed branches that you may observe. See that everything is in propor trim at this season of ver1 duro and beauty, and j?ou will be pro1 pared to approciato tho lovolinces of Spring.?Farmer and Planter. TAKE CAKE OF THE TOOLS. "Father! whoro is the auger?" cries out John Smith, Jr. "Don't | 'zaotly know, Bon ; lot me see, where did 1 use it Inst? Either in the barn, wood-shed, or down cellar, and . thero I loft it; look till you find it." I And so the boy runs till he is out of breath and patience, meanwhile think* 1 ing, if not speaking hard thoughts ( about his slack father. A half a dozen [. places have to be Boarcliod over before the tool iB found, and if haply it is 3 found, it i8 quite likely to bo broken, , or rusted, or much out of order. "Father ! whero is the hand saw ?" t inquires Jams Brown. "Why do you ] nolr TnmAQ 9 5# So ^??? * ?1? - ? J U ...uvu > IV I muoio lb uiways J8, I when not in use, banging on the hook 3 near the window, in the tool-room." James goos, whore ho should havo gone at first-, and he finds it in perfeot trimj and ho puts it back again in its place, when he is done with it, knowing that ho will got a sound reprimand if ho docs not return it to its j jilaco. ' Now, do but repeat what wo havo often said, that on the farm thero ? should be a place for everything, and everything in its place. There is no ^ uso in trying to carry on a farm or anything else well, without system and order. And the oare of tools is an ? imporftnt part of that system. One ^ nannnt, nonnmnlinli *v?ri/?V? * J MHVU IflVUUUV < set of tools, larger or smaller?as lor borrowing them unnecessarily, that r should bo regarded next to stealing 0 them. And the purchase of tools r should be followed up by a scrupu' loua use of them. A tool-room is a 9 *' ' great convenience. It may be an 0 apartment by itself in the carriage house or wood-house. Here let there IS be a row of pegs for saws; there is ? the bench for planes; yonder is a drawer with separate compartments L" for screws, washers, nuts, rivets, &c. y Hero is a place for bolts, there for chains. Tho hammers, chisels, screw18 1 driver, auger, broad axe, adze, files? ^ all have their appointed locality, and l8 are kept there and no where else.? n The law1 should be laid down and en forced, that whoever uses a tool must } put it back, so that it can always be lj found at a .moment's notice; bay/even if it be in the dark. ' And 1Mb care should always lead c and will lead to a system with regard * . to other 'things about the. premises. ^ -Here is a corner for extra plow hand1 dies, and there a box for plow points ; ' there are bolts of all.sizes, ready iu ~ .case of a break down; yonder, are i hooks with extra piece's of harness. Notice, too, the crowbar, beetle and 1 wedges, and log cbaine, the grindstone 0 always.in its place, and alvyays.in orr. derf the scythes, hoes, spades, shavels, 8'- forks,N rakes, and whatnot have so long b&en'kept in their respective pla* e 068 that they wouldalmosf cryouVif carolesbly jell in an unpcottstomed spot. . -V > '..... The time spent in. keeping such 0 a room in order is not lost. The time ? f spent' in carrying back* tools- after u nsing thorn is not lost. If tools Mro r. not cRrHed haok, t,hey wouldpmnyof a thorn be lost. And then the moral in- ; ?> flaepce' system and order is alf -most beyond computation.?'American . S 7 Agriculturist for Maroh^ , * "$ Br ' h O0BN AID;HOCffc $ f ,:3gs! . From oarefally concocted eipM-i- : jft n^enta, by different persons, it has been aBOortaio'.ad that one buahel of * ^ 'COn? ,wj|r make ft. little JCKftr%30i ; jf g; potinds of pork-~gros3. Taking this ', ^ roault $e ft basis, the followiOg deduce \tions are made, which all onr farmers "V" isM&wwMSk. -' b ' ?& *& cbrtjOo^n oeDtapjir bwii*