The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, July 28, 1841, Image 1

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' r ' .IK--.-*-, y .J-v.-.. ^.? - ? O * ' '>, . f * Pf -v. -<-" w * rSSS^'" * t-?^BWB9S8> ** *./ 7 ** 'V* % v' ." , Xr THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. i ' ? ' . ' ' " '' - - jft,'f'r.jr .i-X.".,'- ? S-SSjl&X ' '4 .... ; ' 1 ?wrg???? [NEW SERIES.] VOL.11. CAWDE^, SOUTH CAROLIHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1841. - NO.34. ^ ' " i_i v. , .".:^v/ I" M" d I %-i Published every Wednesday Morning, THOMAS W. PEGUES, At three dollars in advance, ihree dollars and fifty cents in six months; or four dollars at the expiration of the year. ' Advertisements inserted at 75 conts per square for i the first, and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insertion.? i The number of insertions to bo noted on all advertise i .??*" monts, or they will be published until ordered to be I ^ J-11? , discontinued, and charged accordingly, one uuuui < per square will be charged for a single insertion. Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertise- i raents will be charged the same as new ones each in- 1 scrtion. i All Obituary Notices exceeding sue lines, and i Communications recommending Candidates for pub- i lie Offices of profit or t-ust?or puffing exhibitions, I will bo charged as advertisements. I Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be ( presented for payment quarterly. i D* All Letters by mail must be post paid to in- I sure punctual attention. I AGRICULTURAL. ' - i OUGHT MANURE TO BE PLOUGHED UN- 1 tm?i> with as T.TTTLE EXPOSURE AS j' JL/Ui% !* &?* POSSIBLE? |? We find in the Amorican Farmer on article on ' this subject by Mr. J. M. Garnet of Virginia from 1 which we extract the following paragraphs: ! I began penning my cattle late in the spring, and ( continued it until frost, in pens of the same size, 1 moved at regular intevals of time, and containing ' the same number of cattle during the whole period. 1 These pens were alternately ploughed, and left un- * ploughed, until the following spring, when all wore 4 planted in corn immediately followed by wheat.? 4 The superiority of both crops of all the pens which * had remained unploughed for so many months, after ^ ?h? on tile had manured them, was just as distinctly ' marked as if the dividing fences had continued standnig, it was too plain to admit even of the slightest 1 doubt. A near neighbor, a young fanner, had ' made the same experiment, on a somewhat different 4 soil, the year before, but with results precisely the eamc. Similar trials I myself hare made and seen 1 mado by others with dry straw, alternately ploughed in as soon as spread, and left on the surface until ; the next spring. In every case the last method t proved best, as far as the following crop would s prove it. The same experiment has been made by ' myself and othors of my acquaintance, with manure from the horse stables and winter-farm pens, ,| consisting of much unrotted corn offal; and without I a solitary exception, cither seen by me, or heard of, the ourface application, after the corn was planted, / produced most manifestlj', the best crop, Upon ( these numerous, concurrent, and undeniable facts, f my opinion has been founded, that it ia beat to op. ? ply manures on the surface of lands; and "I guess," r las brother Jonathan would say.) that it is not likely \ to change unless indeed, I should hear a still greater 7 number, equ illy well authentic ited, on the opposite ^ side; although I must say, that up to the present j; time, I have not heard a solitary one. True it is, ( that I havo read many ingenious, fine spun argu. * inents in opposition to the opinion which I hold in < common with nutnaious other agriculturists, but no | proofs whatever havo accompanied thein, and there- 1 foro I must remain an infidel, until they are sustain- ' 0 ed and corroborated, hy such ficts, as should al. r ways ba deemed indispensable to establish any prac- ' lice whatever, in any of the various branches of S husbandry. All these results undeniably prove, that thesurfaro application was best; although the kinds t of manure diifered considrably. And what have c we in opposition, any facts whatever? Not one; a and only the conjccturo, that the evaporation from c the surface spread manure must carry off the great. ^ cr and best portion of the food of plants therein contained. But that such cvaperation cannot thus act, seems to me to be unquestionably proved by 0 every fact I have mentioned: for, if it did, then the land of summer cow-pens ploughed up as soon ^ as removed, would, in every case, have produced better crops, than that of tho unploughed, instead of doing it in none. Similar results too must have followed in the other cases I have 6tated, although I * J'ran rA of th??ir Hninrr it in nnv. nave ocvw ?v?u v? uwu.u b ? v In connection with these facts we state tho fol- 1 lowing: Two brothers held different opinions on * this subject; the one supposing that manure is injur ' ed by exposure to the sun, the othor that it is 1 not. The latter in manuring a field for oat? in c 1840, spread the manure from the wagons as if was y hauled out. Two or three weeks after this part of ' the work wus commenced another set of hands ^ was employed in sowing the oats and ploughing ' them in with the manure. These overtook tho 1 hands engaged in spreading the manure before that c operation had been finished. Of course the part of tho manure carried out last was ploughed in immc. r diately aflor it was spread, whilst that first carried * out lay two or three weeks exposed to sun and wind ' before-it was ploughed under. The poorest of the * land was that sown and ploughed last. Late in the spring tho two brothers wore crossing the field to- * gether, when the owner perceiving the youngest c oats and in the poorest land to be the largest end ' most flourishing, expressed his surprize at the fact. 1 The other reminded him of the manner in which ' his manure had been managed, remarking that ho ' observed it at the time, and thought it might test tho nf thair rnanpftira nnininnu Tlio oat CUunuutuvicM v. ?i ~ VJ/IUIWUP. *..v field of courso was watched with interest by the 1 brothers through its progress to maturity, and the 1 part on the poorest bud, where the manure was ' turned in as soon as spread, continued to gain upon 1 the other. These facts were related to us by the 1 owner of the field, who is determined henceforth to 1 expose his manure to the sun and air as little as pos- 1 - sibla. But how is the result of this experiment to bo reconciled with the result of those made by Mr. Garnett and his neighbors? The reader must judge for himselfi Nature is not inconsistent Her laws and operation we always the same in the same circumstances. It' either is or not injured by exposure. If injured in Virginia; it is injured in South Carolina; and if injured at ono time, it is at all Limes. One solution occurs to us of the apparent discrepancy in the eases before us. May it not bo lhat the solid manure in all Mr. Garnett's cowpens, seen those which were ploughed soonest, was materiilly injured by exposure so to the sun before it was turn* d in, and that the improvement of the land is ascribable chiefly to the liquid manure, or urine?? If so, may not the pens which were ploughed as soon as the cows were removed, have been injured by turning up and exposing the soil which had absorbed the urine, and thus allowing this fertilizing ingredient to be evaporated by exposure to the winds md the heat of a summer's sun? If this supposition be correct, the fact that cow-pens are injured 3y| pluoughmg when the cows are removed makes Xgainsi, ana n?)i iur9 me uieurjr umi uiaituic is nut injured by exposure; Further experiments are per. haps still needed to settle the question. VVe suggest the following. 1. That the solid manure be ill carefully removed eveiy morning from a cow-pcn Lo a compost heap, and that the pen be ploughed when the cows are removed. 2. That the samo sows with the same treatment, be continued on an idjoining pen, of the same size, for the same lengtii if time; that the manure be care&illy removed from :his also every morning to a compost heap, and that lie pen be not ploughed till planting time. 3. Let :hcn tho solid manure stand on two pens, rnd the >ne be ploughed and the other not; which is only a epctition of Mr. Gurnett's experiment. 4. Let the nanurc bo gathered from two other pens every mornng and thrown into holes, covered to shelter them rom sun and rain. Let that gathered from one of he pens be evenly spred on the ground as soon as he cows are removed, and ploughed in. Let that rom the othor be protected as mu :l> as possible from 10th sun and wind till the time of planting and then >0 spread and ploughed in. If these experiments were carefully conducted hey would show the relative value of solid and iquid manure of cowpens, as well as the effect of ixposure upon manure.?Cheraw Gazette. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF THE XT. STATES. A tabular statement has been prepared at the st ite Department exhibiting the agricultural statisics of the United Stales as returned by the Marhals appointed to take the fifih census. They arc tot complete, the States of Kentucky and North Carolina, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Flotda not lieiiig given. The aggregate annual proluctsof agriculture and the domestic animals in the Jnion with the above exceptions, are as follows A' heat bush. 74.174,849 tve " 17.037.000 7orn . ? 297^55,058 Jats ? 106,375.192 luck wheat . " 6,952,326 larJx " 3,848,149 'otatoes 3 101,981,439 Jottou* ll,s. 1,004.560,375 Vool ? 20,939,340 robacco '? 78,080,806 iugar " 281,265.116 >ilk Cocoons " 328,483 lairy value of, ?23,959,581 Irchnrda << 7.259.076 -,um!>er, " 10,655,646 *oultiy, ? 10,9:12,711 Vine gals. 316,626 demp and Flax tons, 813.049 4,iy ? 9,641,225 rurpentine, rosin & tar, bbls. 31,689 dorses and Mules 3,489,150 *Jeat Cattle 13,438,383 Sheep 19.085,662 swine 20,745,898 The value of an annual crop of grain and potatoes, ven at the present low prices, is probably not less hah three hundred millions ol dollars; and if we indude other agricultural productions, among which ire cotton and tobacro, with a fair al owance for the :attle, horses, sheep, swine &c , which belong to the ear, we shall have an annual product of tnoro than ive hundred millions of dollars in value. Some of the Marshals have returned ginned ottop; others in the seed. )N THE VALUE OF PEAS AS A CROP, AND TO PREVET INJURY TO STOCK FEED. ING THEREON. Hancock County, Ga. April 13, 1840. 10 ine i^aitor oj itte farmers Kegtsler: I have for several years placed a high value on he pea crop, as poculiarly adapted to our agriculure and wants in this section. It appears to me nore fertilizing than any green crop we grow, grows allor on poor land, is easily planted, does not binler us much during the busy season, and in every vay, is a fine accompaniment to a corn crop, and urnishes a fine amount of fall and winter proevnder or stock, (which wc are generally much wanting;) >ut I have heretofore thought it left my stock, par. icularly my hogs, in an unhealthy condition, and >n that account loss valuable than it at fir6t promised. I have used much inquiry and thought to find a emcdy for this defect, and hope I have succeeded; >ut it will be necessary to tost the remedy more fuly, and on that account I send it to you, if you hink it worthy, for the use of your subscribers. Last fall I was conversing on that subject with a lonest practical farmer. He told me for a number >f years he had used the pea crop in fattening the nostof his stock, that they throve as kindly on hat as on corn, and that none wero injurod by it; ind he gave me his plan. He prepared in the pea acid a large tight trough, and kept it at all times ivell supplied with salt ashes, disiolvcd in water.? He never turned hungry stock into the field, only turning iu his horses, cows and fattening hogs. I tried it last season, and the result was precisely as lie informed me; they all appeared fond of drinking aut of the trough, and were healthy, and did woll ifier they wcro turned off on other food. I used the precaution to turn my horses and cows off two or three days each week, and I would suggest that horses or oxen should never be put to hard work while filled with peas. Nor would I suffer my stock hogs to feed on them; they are, I think, more unhealthy for young t,han older hogs. I cannot close this without giving a hearty "well done" for your bank comments in the Farmer's Ro gister for March, and the political essays in the at cond number of tho "Southern Magazine." 4* J. S. Whitte.v. CIRCULAR LETTER TO PLANTERS ANI FARMERS. We would respectfully call the attention of thosi interested in Agriculture, to the change which w< have made in the SOUTH CAROLINA TEM PERANCE ADVOCATE, the present Volume the gentlemen who have the control of this paper, having determined to enlarge it, so as to afford more room for Agricultural intcligence, and thus make il a more valuable paper to Planters and Farmers. We think every intelligent Planter will admit, that an Agricultunal paper is needed in Columbia; being a central point in tho.^tate, the Seat of Go. vernment, and the place where the State Agricultural Society holds its Aftnual Meeting. There should be an organ here, for the State Society. It is how. ever, a very difficult matter to get up a paper, devo. ted exclusively to Agaiculture, with a sufficient number of subscribers to sustain it. This has been clearly shown, by the brief existence of the Carolina Planter, though under an Editor of talents and learning, and enriched as it was, by communicalions of numerous and intelligent correspondents.? But the proposed change in the Temperance Advo cate will meet at the threshold this difficulty, as we bring to the aid of those who desire an Agricultural paper in Columbia, a ready furnished list of at least twenty-five hundred subscribers. We offer, too, to enlarge our paper, and devote half of it to the interest of Planters and Farmers: and the amount of Agricultural intelligence contained in one half of a weekly paper of the size we have made the Advocate, will, we think, be quite sufficient to meet the wants and wishes of those interested in Agriculture. In thus offering our paper as ar. Agricultural or. gan, there is one ground of appeal in its behalf, which, though we should urge it with modesty, it is not proper we should pnss unnoticed. This paper, from tlio time it was first issued until the present, has devoted ev.ry week a larger portion of its columns to Agriculture, than any other paper in the State. In fact, it has been from the first, in part, an Agricultural paper, and we think on this account is not without some claims to tho support of those interested in Agriculture. With these remarks, wc leave it to our fellow citi. xens to decide, whether we shall be sustained in out cnterprize. The expenses of publication will be ol course increased by enlarging the paper, but the sub. Bcription price will remain the same as heretofore ? 82 50, if paid within six months; or $3, if pay. mcnt is delayed longer than that time. JULIUS J. DU DOSE, Editor. ~ -MISCELLANEOUS. ? ? ~I Queen Victoria, the Persecuted. Il there is any one thing more ridiculous thar all others, it is the seven-day's wonder made by the American press, of any thin" & every thing pertaining to British Royalty. Poor Victoria, from the day she ascended the Throne, to the day the Baby was "laid on the table," she had a dog's time of it, with the penny-a-line scribblers, and miserable gossipping Editors, who filled their papers from week to week, about her private affairs. If she happened to take a walk, to get a mouthful of fresh air and an appetite for dinner, the astounding fact was not only lormally "gazetted," copied and re-copied, that she was a bona fide biped and put one foot before the other in walking, but her very gait and carriage were accurately described. Whether she walked parrow-toed or straight ahead, or turned her toes out. It was not only definitely known in England, Scotland and Irelaad, but freely gossipped from Maine to the Texas line, whether Victori ate biscuit or buckwheat cakes for breakfast; and if the latter, whether with or without molasses. It was known to a fraction when Prince Albert "popped the question," and the newspapers had settled the wedding day long before Albert found out whether there was to be any wedding at all. As the Queen was fairly married, it as formally announced in the newspapers I that shi> was nrruwirvr a litllc Cn boil Doiflt. . i, r " ; and half the Editors straightway seemed to imagine themselves ex-officio Professors of a particular branch of medical science, and gave forth, from week to week, oracular intimations touching certain tipies and seasons. At last a child was born sure enough, and for the life of us, we can see no great matter of wonder in it poor little thing, like its mother, it has had very little peace since its birth; and we thought never would, unless its daddy should take his gun to go to shooting Editors. "Rock-a-byBaby" you may now take a little nap, for your scribbling persecutors have started a new game, that will keep them going until '-the fall." Among the items of Foreign intelligence, i 1 .... i .1 _ Tl.tii n ? -i urougn oui oy me joniianiu, we naa me following published: "Her Majesty of England, is now openly gazetted, as likely in the autumn to give the nation a rival to the Princess Royal. Should it be a boy, there will be great reioicing?Temperance Advocate. Filial Affection.?I -was forcibly struck with an interesting instance of filial affection which met my observation in the i-l person of a little boy, who perished on 'ooard of the brig Sine, which was ship-1 wrecked in the month of September, 1817,1 on her passage from Liverpool to Boston. ) The vessel in the early part of her voyage had the misfortune to run down the brig 3 Dash, which was sunk in the encounter. 5 This accident, so disastrous to the latter, wasjalmost equally deleterious to the Sine, ' for the injury she sustained was so impor-1 ' tant that the captain deemed it necessary to return to Liverpool to repair. This ob' ject she was not, however, permitted to effect; for, shortly after, she struck on the ! Platters, off the Welsh coast, near to the Skerries light-house. The water rushed iin with great rapidity, and sue uegsm iu I sink. The scene that ensued was dreadful. The vessel, besides her crew, carried thirty two passengers, and she had but ; two boats attached, one a long boat, and the other a very small one, consequently, some of the unfortunates on board must inevitably perish. In this state of affairs, amidst the agonizing shrieks of dispair and terror, the boats were tilled, and were about to put off, while the boy I have mentioned and his mother yet remained on . the wreck. The mother was refused admittance, but it was agreed to receive the child into the boat. But the mind of the infant was of no common mould;?the hope of self-preservation was not sufficient to induce him to desert a motneriri nisiruss, and to the hand that was stretched to save him a firm denial. "No," said he "I will remain and die with my mother!" He did remain, and, clasped in the reciprocated embrace of filial and maternal affection, . they sunk together in the bosom of the unre lenting deep. TIIE PARTING KISS. 1 A FRAGMENT. "I was five years old when my mother : died; but her image is as distinct to my 1 recollections now that twelve years have elapsed, as it was at the time of her death. I remember her as a pale beautiful, gentle being, with a sweet smile, and a voice that was soft and cheerful when she praised me; and when I erred, though I was ! a wild, thoughtless child, there was a trembling mildness about it, that always went to my little heart. And then she was so kind, so patient; methin^s I can now I I LI iiiitk S66 I1LT Icir^U UIUC IIIUIOI VT mi ovi i v TI ) ." because of my childless waywardness, f and hear her repeat: 4i\ly child, how can i you grieve me so?" 1 recollect she had for ( a long time been pale and feeble, and that ; sometimes there would come a bright spot , on h r cheek, which made her look so . lovely, 1 hat I thought she must be well, i But then she sonetimes spoke of dying, i and pn ssetf me to her bosom, and told me | "to be good when -he was gone, and to I love my father a great deal, and be kind to him, for he would have no one else to love." , I recollect she wasv^ry sick all day, and my little hobby horse and whip were r laid aside, and 1 tried to be very quiet.? ' I did not see her for the whole day, and , it seemed very long. At night they told , me mother was too sick to kiss me, as she always used to do before 1 went to bed, , and 1 must go without it. But I could not?I stole into the room, and laying my lips close to hers whispered, "Mother, mother, won't you kiss me?"?her lips were very cold: and when she pot her . arin around me, laid my head upon her boso and one hand upon my c eek, I f It a cold shuddering creep all over me. My father carried me from the room; he could not speak. After they put me in bed I lay a long while thinking. I feared mv mother would indeed die, for her cheek felt os bold as my little sister's did when she died, and they laid her in the ground. But the impression of mortality are always indistinct in childhood, and I soon fell asleep. In the morning I hasten- ! ed to my mother's room. A white napkin covered her face, I removed it?it was 1 just as I feared. Her eyes were closed; 1 her cheek was cold and hard, and .only 1 the lovely expression that always rested 1 upon her lips remained. In an instant all 1 the little faults for which she had so often 1 reproved me, rushed into my mind. I j ' ?' *~ liux limit iniiirl I wntlld al- ' iUIJgeU IU ICII lltl II\jr, gwu - ways be if she would remain with me.? ' She was burried; but my remembrance ! of the funeral is indistinct, I only retain the impression which her precepts and exam- 1 pie left upon my mind. 1 was a passion ' ate headstrong boy; but I never yielded to I this turn of my disposition, with >ut fancy- ' ing I saw her mild, tearful eye fixed upon ' me, just as she used to in life. And then l when 1 succeeded in overcoming it, her ' sweet smile of approbation beamed upon f me, and I was happy. My whole charac- ' J * -- ...... aifnn friwil till. acter unoerweiu u ....... moment of her death. Her spirit wa.* < was forever with me, strengthening my good resolutions, and weakening my pro- i pensity to do evil. I felt that it wduld grieve her gentle spirit to see me err, and I could not, would not do it. I whs the t child of Iter affection. Z knew she had t V-. ' ,?vi] 7% m- . - L- I prayed and wept over me, & that, even on the threshold of eternity, her affection for me caused her gentle spirit , to linger, . that she might pray for rae once. I resolv* ' ed to become all that she could desire. ^ This resolution I have never forgotten. It helped me to subdue the way wardness of childhood, protected me through the temptations of youth, and will comfort and support me through the busier scenes of manhood. Whatever there is that is estimable in my character, I owe to the impressions of goodness made upon my infant mind by the exemplary conduct and faithful instructions of my excellent mother. [Parent's Magazine.] Curiosities.?The Boston Transcript publishes a list of curiosities, any cie of which, wc think, would afford capital enough to "set up" a museum upon. The following is the inventory. . ^ It is a curiosity to find a stump orator who will not praise himself, and will not^;;. abuse his opponent. It is a curiosity to find a politician who will hold an argument with an. opponent for half an hour without getting angry.? It is a curiosity to find a politician who will be convinced by his opponent's arguments. It is a curiosit to see a person .. .. who does not think his chi'dren possessed"^' i)i mure luieinsaim accumpusnmenis umu. those of his neighbors. It is a curiosity to find an artist who does not think himself perfect in his profession. / It is a curiosity to find a candidate for ' an office who does not think he is fully Jentitled to the suffrages of his fellow-citi- 'T' zens. It is acuridsity to find a man who plricss _ to low an estimation on his own abilities It is a curiosity to find a Miss of fifteen who has not begun to think of getting a husband. It is a curiosity to find an old maid who does not wonder that she has not long before been married. It is a curiosity to find a fop who does not think he is the admiration of everyone he meets in the street. It is a curiosity to find a miser transfer med into a generous man and a benefac tor to society, so long as he can retain his riches in his own possession It is a curios ty to receive a letter from a lady which has not a P. S. attached to it. It is a curiosity to meet with a woman, who stammers in conversation. , It is a curiosity to find a lawyer who pleads a cause successfully for you, and then docks off a portion of his fees. It is a curiosity to find a physician who . having restored you to health, does not think he has performed a wonderful cure. It is a curiositv to find a dentist who . will not tell you he can extract a tooth and cause less pain than anyone else. It is a curiosity to find a schoolmaster .. who does not wish it to be understood 1 that he knows more than any body else. It is a curiosity to find an editor who does not know every thing, and more too; and it is a curiosity to meet with a man who thinks less of himself than other people think of him. Heels vs. Heads.?A very clever mixture of parody, parable, personification, pantomine and mythology, now doing at the Buwerp, merits more than a passing notice of the press. The character of the performance will be readily inferred from the title, but we think the reader will find a short sketch of its incidents, &c., amus- * ing. The first scene presents a man formerly well known as William Shakspeare, once considered immortal. The interlocutors with him are Mesdanes the Drama. Fame and the dialogue is cleverly managed by extracts from certain once highly esteemed dramas. The next scene is in the Hartz Mountains, where the presiding demon, at the instance of Folly, provides somebody to play the very demon with the :Jrama, The apparition which is invoked and produced to order, looks exceedingly like Fanny Elssler, and after a pusvanishas. Another scene represents a serenade, and another a theatre, on the stage of which the sprite from the Hartz mounains is literally covered with flowers, 'Wt ihowered down by baskets full. In one aart of the piece the Baltimore coachIrawing scene, where men made beasta jr burthens of themselves, is enacted. At i magic word, the heads of the men in harms* turn to asses' heads. This part of he performance, as indeed do all part?i * irins; down shouts of applause, ?v . wThe universal verdict is that this affair <rafe ofth i h??r and m >st wittv ever iroduced upon the Njw Y vrk stage. In & clever extravagance it convulses the muse with lauuhter or shakes it with ap. Su e. The true and only way to make he drama popular, is thus <o "paint folly is it flics" in local sketches. * ^ .