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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
. VOLUME 9 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 1, 1848. NUMBER 43
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From the American Farmer.
r PRIZE ESSAY ON THE RENOVATION
OF WORN-OUT LANDS.
HY EDWARD STABLER.
Of Sandy Spring, Montgomery County,
Maryland.
CONTINUED.
Lime.? This, next to the proper draining
(when necessary: for even lime will not
enable us to dispense with it) and deep tillage,
1 consider the most certain and permanent
agent in "renovating wornout la ids."
. ?>f any other substance with which I am acquainted,
whether mineral, animal, or vegi
ctable; and when it can be obtained at a
^ reasonable cost, even with some miles, hauling
in addition, it is generally to be preferred,
if only onctkind of "bought manure" is
to be used. It may however be used frcelv
in conjunction with all other manures, and
with decided advantage, if done with judgement.
After many years, experience in the use
of lime, ] would advise in all cases where it
could be accomplished, to spread it on the
surface from 1 to 3 or 4 years, before the
land is broken up. The effect of a single
winter's frpsts and rains, will more effectually
dissolve and bring it into action, and
benefit the succeeding crop, as also the land
itself, than is attained m a longer period, by
ploughing it in as soon as it is applied. In
iliis way also, a much larger quantity may
r be safely applied -to the same land ai a sinI
gle dressing. As there is no loss to lime
from atmospheric influence, it should be
kept near ihe surface: and the piojtrr quantity
to use to the best advantage can only be
determined by the price, and the state the
Ian I inav be in, at the time. With a good
sod of grass roots to receive it. 100 or even
150 bushels to the acre, will do no harm;
but on stiff clays, with little soil or mould on
the surface, 50 bushels would bo a very liberal
application as a first dressing, if put on
immediately after ploughiuj. It would be
hotter to apply a less quantity at first, ami
renew it tws?w?n as an increased growth of"
vegetation could be obtained.
Httjft When lime is applied in very large qnan
tities, and immediately incorporated with a
i^H^wonr soil, having little or no vegetable matHfl^Vter
in it, the effect is to combine with the siMH
dicious particles, abounding more or less in
HE^r all clay soils, and form hard compact mas>acs.
that nre not separated l>v years of after
tillage. This mode therefore to say the least,
V is IHte "burying the talent;" for so much enpwP
ital lies dormant, and neither benefits the firmer
or his land. Twenty-five or thirty bushels
as a first application, particularly if aided
by even a light dressing of vegetable manure
will tnakc a much quicker return for the outr
lay.
As to the modus operandi of lirne much
j has been written; and various, if not confiic
ting theories put forth; nor do all agree
as to the most judicious mode of application.
1 consider it altogether unnecessary here,
to attempt any explanation of the chemical
changes produced in the soil by its use, or
to give my own opinion on the subject,though
formed after careful observation and from
vears, experience. To the inexperienced
however, it is of mucli more importance to be
informed/tote to use it to the best advantage.
And as previously remarked, it is of sliil less
consequence,how, or applied, so that
it is DONE.
Lime will act very beneficially, as 1 know
from experience, on still*tenacious clays, and
so irear a state of sterility, as scarcely to reproduce
the seed sown on them. lint it
4ised under such circumstances, and without
the aid of any kind of manure, considerable
lime must elapse before much amelioration of
it he soil need be expected.
* Theory without practice, does not often
carry much weight with it; and on the mind
with less force perhaps than withol the farmer,
generally speaking it acts most other
classes in the community; for unless an array
of facts, or good evidence, is adduced ro inspire
confidence, he is slow to change; the
more so, when he knows that even a partial
fjilure in a single crop, from experimenting,
will be sensibly felt in his slender income,
and perhaps for a new year income. The
feeling, to n certain extent at least, is all riglii
~ and proper: fot experiments, to test any new
theory, are best undertaken on a limited
scale: time may be lost thereby, but wo/re;
may be saved in the end,
? ...in h,,vt> Krioftv- mvo some account o
J Villi IIVM W? v.. I ~
the.practical operation of my theory. M\
first application of lime to any extent, \va
200 bushels, mostly air slacked, hauled (
miles, and applied to 4 acres; just broken uf
for a crop, and harrowed in. This portim
of the field particularly, was so thorough!}
exhausted by previous bad managemcnl
<that the yield of corn was only some 5 or f
| bushels to the acre; nor was the crop sensibly
increased by the lime. As the main obI
jeet in cultivation was to set the field in grass,
the corn was followed by a crop of small
grain, and liberal supply of clover and timothy
seed and plaster: the latter producing
no visible effect whatever; and nearly all the
grass seed perished, leaving the surface as
I bare as before. But before the field again
I came in course for cultivation, the good cffeet
of the lime was so evident by the growth
- . ?/>? n -v?r>in ? id flint vi. i
Ul YVJI11U U /a?/ Ml uiut . .
cinity?thai I was encouraged to lime the
whole field containing about 12 acres, and
also including this 4 acres; put on as before,
just after breaking up for corn. The crop i
i on this portion, was increased fully 5 to G |
1 fold, over that adjoining, and but recently i
! limed; thus liberally paying all expenses, and i
has continued ever since to produce profita- 1
ble crops. Piaster now acts on it with t
marked effect. The first application was I
made some 18 or 19 years since; and to test
the dm ability of lime, these 4 acres have .<
been kept for experiment, and without the I
additition of other manure, except a portion i
intended for still further experiment. About i
2 acres were sown in broadcast corn, with :
200 pounds Peruvian Guano, thenwfollowed
wheat on the 4 acres, an 1 with 200 lbs. Gu- i
auo to the acre, leaving 2 lands without Gu- i
a no.
The corn was materially benefitted by the i
Guano; but the wheat was not benefitted by <
the previous appf cation of it, though it was ?
nearly or quite doubled, over the two lands <
left without any Guano: the wheat was hur- |
vested two years since: and no one could 1
now point out by the growth of the clover, I
uniformly good on the whole, and equally
limed, which portion had and which had no {
Guano: the conclusion is, that the "renova- 1
ting" effects of lime, arc thus far ten times t
as durable as Guano; how much longer re- <
mains to be seen. i
Some nine or ten years since, I deter- i
mined to reclaim an adjoining field, at what- ?r
ever cost. 1 was told long previous by one t
of my neighbors who sold Ins farm, and re- |
moved to the west, in order settle on bet- i
ler lanJ, that the attempt would be futile; or j I
if it ever was made productive, it would ; I
cost a great deal more than the land was ; ?
worth. The prospect was forbidding; for
the larger poition was as much reduced as
could be, bv shallow tillage, no manure,
no grass seed sown, and producing little else
than running briars. It was broken up in
the fall and winter, to a much greater depth
than it was ever ploughed before; sixty bushels
of quick liine to the acre, were applied
m the spring, the ground well harrowed and !
planted in corn; such portions as required it J
having been well under drained some 2 to 3
acres, an I which were about the amount that
produced anything of a crop, or diat more
than paid the expense of ploughing. A crop
of oats and grass seed followed; as it was
not considered worth the trouble and cxpcnsejtopui
in a crop of wheat, on two-thirds
of the Held. After 0 or 7 years, the same
Held again coming in course exactly the same
plan was pursued, as to ploughing and lime:
but rather increasing the depth than other-j
wise. I
The crop of corn, though injured by the J
bud worm, was good: enabling me to do, I
what 1 had rarely, or never done before, soil
Irom a quarter to a third ol the crop. Oats j
f 'Mowed, on about two-thirds of the field;
with some 5 or G bushels of bones to the I
acre, and wheat on the balance, with Guano: |
Dolli Heavy crops, ana louging over me greater
pari ofilie field. Thou followed a wheal
crop on liio whole manured as much as possi- '
hie from the barn yard, and on the balance, '
a light dressing of guano of some 80 lo 100 ,
c? o o \
pounds to the acre. The average yield of
ihe lield was over thirty-three bushels to iho
acre. I
These results are attained with certainty; r
for every lield and lot are accurately sur j
veyed, and the contents noted on the plat of t
the farm; and the product of this lield was |
kept separate, threshed and measured by |
itself. The greater portion suffered from ,
the drought carlv last year; and the haivcst- t
ing was badly done; ow ng to the fallen and j ]
tangled stale of the grain from a storm, ?
about the time ol ripening; bull have no ,
doubt, several contiguous acres might have <
been selected on the lowest ground (the por- (
lion under drained) on which the yield was
over 40 bushels lo the acre.* This season |
the same lield yielded the heaviest crop of ;
grass 1 ever harvested; and even on what j
was originally the poorest part, there is now ,
a luxuriant crop of second growth clover,
and intended for seed, that is lodged over |
the whole extent. We will estimate the
profit and loss by figures:
To 00 bushels of lime, cost at tho kiln, 10c ?9.60
7 years' interest, (though it paid in J
pasture hi less time,) 4 03
CO bushels of lime, costal the kiln,
12 1.2 cents, 759
3 years' interest, 1 .35
GO bushels ground bone, at 50c. 3.00
100 j> unds Ciuano (African) 2.00
?27.-18
CO NT It A.
Ily 113 bushels of wheat, average
price sold at 1.31 813.23
Estimate increase of corn crop, at
least G barrels, at ?3, (and entirely
o wing to the lime, 12.00
Estimate increase of Oat crop, "
20 bushels, a. K)c- " 8.00
Estimate increase o! hay, "
1 ton, ' 10.00
' Estimate value of clover seed
(for there would have been
none without the lime,) 1 1-2
I bush, at 81, 6,00 79.23
| 83175
! Making in round numbers 850 per acre in
favor of "renovating," nor is the estimate a
f forced one. The actual increase of the
l crops is greater than the amounts assumed;
; and if a fair average was made of the wheat
J in the joint crop of oats and wheat, the ag>
gregate result would be increased some 85
i to 80 per acre.
There should perhaps in the view of some,
, | be a charge for draining, and for hauling
J | and spreading the lime; also fur the manure
for l!ie crop of wheat, and for the expense
of harvesting the increased crops.
The (wo former are paid for in the increased
pasture; and the manure was no
more than the actual yield of the land itself,
after the use of lime, &c., which are charged
in the account; and at more than the cost:
and it is believed the increased product in
straw and fodder, fully repays the expense
nf harvest iim: to snv nothing of the nresenf
slate of the land, as compared to what it was
originally. It is now radically and permanently
improved.
When lime has been frsehly used, plaster
will generally, if not always act promptly
find efficiently; and thus at very small expenses,
materially aid in perpetuating the
improvement. Previous to its application
in this case, plaster was liberally used; but
with no visible effect whatever; now, its action
is as marked on the same land, as 1
lave ever seen any where.
Wherever lime can be obtained at a reasonable
pi ice, say from 12 to 20 cents per
jus he I in a caustic state (or at half price if
air slaked) with even 5 to 10 miles hauling.
I may be used to advantage on most, if not
ill stiff clay soilsIn
some sections these prices are paid, and
t is hauled 15 to 20 miles; and by a class of
ncn unsurpassed for industry an thrift.?
Phe writer has known no instance where its
lse was persevered in, under whatever disidvantagc
it might be, in which success, to
t greater or less extent, did not crown the
;lfort; and many who borrowed money to
procure it, in the first instance, have mainly
>y its use, become independent, and money
enders themselves.
Bones?composed principally of phosphate
of lime, and gelatinous animal matter
when crushed or ground, form one of the
icl.cst manures. It acts well either alone,
>r with other manures; and is particularly
. aluable to aid the growth ?>f clover; for this
cason, 1 class it decidedly before Guano, at
in equal expenditure of money, for "renov fling
worn out lands." Although not so
prompt in acting, it is far more durable, and
mire likidv lo nrminre n ooud cn>0 o! clover
"""V "I D I
o Itirn under. Clover being almost I lie uny
green cmp" that I have ever found much
tdvanlagc from turning in1
prefer its use, following the lime, and
>n the oat ciop; at the rale of from G to 10
jushcls, or as much more as the renovator
nay please, for an increased quantity will
lo no injury. On the wheat, succeeding
he oats, my paictice is to apply a light drcssng
of Gu ino, say 80 to 100 pounds to the
icre, to mature and perfect the grain, and
inly on such portions of the field, as the maHire
from the barn yard will not extend to.
iy the time the clover requires liic aid of
he bone, it will have become sufficiently disntcgrated
and incorporated with the soil, to
five the clover a vigorous start; and its cfect
on the grass crops is generally more
(arable than the vegetable manures.
The supply of ground bones is a limited
>nc; but when l<> lie had at a reasonable
iriec (usually selling at 40 to 50 cents the
nishel) it may lie used to advantage on all
:rops and on all soils;but with decidedly I'.ss
idvanlage, alter passing through the ateinitc/c
of the glue manufacturer, (as I have
iroved, at least to my satisfaction;) thus deriving
it of much of its fertilizing properly.
; -ii.. i- .....i ... .....I. 11... i
I I!? lJ^Uilli\ lidi I <7w<;w in mill inst
loses less by exposure to the atmosphere,
hau most kinds ol putrescent manures.
[To be continuedJ
* It was gleaned with the liorse rake, and by the
togs, yet Miiiicicnt seed was iclt oil the land,to
Jioducc tliis year a volatile:r crop of wheat with
he grass, estimated by many who saw it, as well
vorlh harvesting.
European Affairs.?The foreign inleligeuce
assumes so many phases, with the
trrival of each steamer, that the mind is pcr>!excd
by contradictory appearances and alernalcs
between opposite conclusions. European
politics, leave nothing on which can
>c written, as the experience oflhc past,
serving as a guide to the I'murc, but what
.he next wave of revolution will obliterate.
In the tempest that is sweeping over the
whole domain of European politics, the mcnorials
of wisdom and the triumphs of
statesmanship, as exhibited in the councils
d cabinets and the records of diplomacy,
would appear to have lost all value as historical
lessons. In the chaotic confusion of
tHairs?in the struggle of conflicting opinions
the judgement is confounded by the
cross lights which a>e thrown over the
whole picture. If armies change from hostile
array to an altitude ol peace, there is
no assurance that some sinister agency may
not suddenly reverse llioir position. 11' an
armistice is eon-luded giving atone moment
the presage of peace, it is aim >si the next
instant threatened with subversion, through
some countervailing influence. If the diplomacy
of the "t eat powers appears now to
be undci the control of cabinets, it is next
to a miracle if immediately after .t is not
submitted to the action of popular bodies.
The National Assembly at Paris, and the
Parliament at Frankfort, may at any moment
snap the thread of the most delicate negotiation,
and disconcert the most skillful arrangements.
Diplomacy and the work/if the
sword no longer do the bidding of Aulic councils
and imperial edicts. Clubs have taken the
place of cabinets. Associations have become
the organs of political power. The poptilai
orator, within his sphere, silences the voice ol
policy. The tribune echoes back the public
call for hostile demonstration or the inarel
of armies.
There appears, in fact, to be two autago
nist forces at work throughout Kuropo?na
lional jealousy and popular disquiet?tin
fust making itself known through the move
incuts ol armed men?the last counteract
ing tendency to hostility, through the fca
which negotiates armistices, made to bebro
ken. The external pressure is thus held ii
eouilibrium bv an eoual pressure from will
I a II
in. Austria would lonjj since have regain
cd her ciomiiiion over Lombardv, if the ecu
tral authority at Vienna had not been check
: cd by insurgent power. The North stands
in this respect in contrast to the South of Italy.
The King of Naples bombards Messina.
while Radctsky crowns his victories bv
a truce. The rule of the Neapolalitar. is
worse than that of the Austrian; 'yet Ferdinand
the Seventh conquers liberty in Naples,
and reduces to Sicily by the forces
with which he annihilates a free constitution
in his continental possessions. So involved
are the politics of the other hemisphere, that
while prerogative falls before popular privilnrro
noOflt- oil oi-nr* l?nr/?i\n tlm mnd mn.
IIV?CI?|* ail Ultl JLJlll WII^J lliu IllV/Ub uwii'
temptiblo of kings decimates Ins subjects
and bombards their towns with the impunity
that belongs to unmitigated tyranny.
Europe is thus held in the bonds of peace
by the apprehension in some quarters, and
the realization in others, of intestine commo.
tion. The pride of her governments has
been long since inflamed to the point of war
and constantly culminates towards it, but
the passions of the people do not take this
direction. The external conflicts which
would consume ilicir resources would reestablish
authority. Ail wars strengthen
the arin of power, and postpone indefinitely
the advent of improvement, There is then
no apprehension that Europe will he involved
in general war while the fires are burning
so fiercely within. They must cease to
be fed from domestic sources before they
are kindled into national hostility.
Ece. News.
Canada and the United States.?The
New York Herald contain? a letter from
Canada, which, if the writer's opinions arc
reliable, shows that a great change is coming
over the political sentiments of the people of
that province. We have no doubt that the
policy of Great Britain for the last ten years
lias alienated a large number of her best
iriends in Canada, but we doubt whether the
disaflection has yet gone as far as the letter
writer supposes. Time may, however, work
wonders. But to the epistle:
1 have been for (many years in the habit
of visiting this city, and 1 never remember a
period when business was so dull. Every
i 1
thing appears lo ne cnnngeu. iwuyuuis
ago you would see a crowded harbor and
wharves alive wii.Ii business?now there
is scarcely a ship to be seen, and the streets
arc almost dcsciied. This is iricatIv owing
to the illiberal policy of the British navigation
laws, and the liberal policy pursued by
the Slate nLN. York in permitting the Western
( anal merchants to import their goods
through tier canal free of duly. But if there
is a change, in the busines appearance of
Montreal, there is a still greater change in j
public opinion. This place was celebrated I
for its loyalty lo Britain?now, however,
those who were loudest in their praise of
British institutions, have changed their tunc,
and declare that there is but one remedy
for their distress?a union with the United
States; and in taking this view of the case,
11 icy use arguments which cannot be con.
trovcrtcd. They say that be business of the
great West is divided by nature at the sum- j
in it of the Illinois; one great river, the Mis
sissippi, to the South, and the chain of lakes I
and river St. Lawrence to the North.? j
These are the natural outlets of all the vast
trade of the West and Northwest; but the
illiberal policy of England drives from the
St. Lawrence, and down the Erie canal, all
the business that a bouniiliil Providence intended
should go by the natural outlet lo
the sea. England, however, holJs on to
Iter navigation laws, and the Canadians despair
of ever having them repealed, unless
the union is also severed. They think that if
i lu'ic minpil initio TJoiiod Stales, the
""- J*? -
St. Law:cure would then be to the North
what the Mississippi is to the South; and
Montreal and New Orleans would hold rel.
aiive positions. These arc only a few of
the arguments they urge, but as they dare
not move publicly in the matter, and the
press is muzzled, it is probable they will eonlinuc
to pine on with the yoke bearing them
down, and destroying no only the benefits
which nature has placed within their reach,
hut also their energies. That the spirit Ibr
change pervades all parties, no man at all
conversant with public opinion hero, will attempt
to deny; but, unless sonic unforeseen
circumstance should arise, nothing will conic
out of it.
"This I set down as a positive truth: a
woman with fair opportunities, and without
an absolute bump, may marry whom she
likes. Onlv let us be thankful that the dar
?*.l - 1- I I I
! niLrs arc like tlie uoastsoi me iiciu, mm uuu i
t\11c>sv their own power!"
Distressing Casualty*.?John R. Scml
ie son of James Scinple, esq., of Essex
county, was killed on Friday, by the accident
discharge of his gun.
lie arose very early in the morning and
went with one of the servants in the woods
(about a half a mile from the house) to get
some squirrels from a hollow tree. Alter
getting to the tree he made the boy climb up
with Ins assistance until lie got out ol reach
of his arms, and then put the but of the gun
under h;s foot, and while holding on the gun
went oil", and discharged the whole of the
contents in his thigh just below the groin,
cutting the large artery ami several veins.
The scene as portrayed by a corrcspon[
dent was truly affecting. A wife naturally
delicate, with a constitution impaired by dis|
ease, heard the sad intelligence, and forgetting
her pains and weakness, regardless of
every restraint, hastened to the scene of affliction.
Her screams could he heard in the
woods calling lop her husdand, who though
within a few paces, was unable to answer.
' When found lie was perfectly conscious, but
?n exhausted from loss of blood that every
elfort t?? revive him was {fruitless.
~ Fredericksburg [1 A firs.
Fat I'kes.?Mr. Fro a nor, the correspon
1 dent <>f the New Orleans Delta, acted, as ii
is said, as one of the aclinnccrs in the sale ol
. government property at Vera Cruz, realiz
- in? $10,000 in commissions on the sale.
I'oetry run Iliad*
Wo have seen "machine poetry," and read "poclr
for the million," but the fellow who manufactured th
foilowing is entitled to "our hat." It excels anythin
in that line, wo have yet eocn.
Thcro is not in this wide world a valley bo sweet
As that whero they've lobsters and oysters to eat;
And down to that boach a poor exile of Erin,
One morning I spied with a hungry inaw stcerin'j
The dew on his thin robe hung heavy and chill,
And ho walked into the oysters and muscles to kill
Hail, Columbia, happy land!
For icorscr limes arc nigh at hand;
If I could read my title clear,
I would right off for Texas steer;
And thoso wlio met me on the way
I have no doubl to me would gay;
O, tell me, blue-eyed stranger,
Say, whither dost thou roain?
Through these cane brakes a ranger,
Hast though no settled home?
O, say, can you see by the dawn's early light
The musquito we heard at the twilight's last gleaming'
The musquito that bit us so fiercely all night,
That kept us the while from e'er sleeping or dreaming'
Loud roared the dreadful thunder,
The rum u deluge poured,
Tho clouds seemed rent assundcr,
Yet wife lay still and snored!
And then sung
With trembling tongue,
Iiush, my dear lie still and slumber,
Valiant urmicg guard thy bed,
Fleas and bed-bug* without number
Gently wander round thy head!
Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,
I feel the cursed bite
Of something crawling round me!
A gallant, somewhere?we forget where
?was asked how he succeeded in his attempts
upon the heart of Miss Smith? "Sc
well," said he, "that I have the refusal of hci
hand."
Dohbs, on being asked if he had overseer
the "Bridge of Sighs," replied, "Yes I've beer
travelling on it ever since 1 was married."
n ? Braverv
of Indian Women.?Sir G.
Simpson gives us the following instance ol
the bravery of Indian women: One of the
Indians whom he saw at Gull Lake had
been tracked into the valley, along with his
wife and family, by five youths of a hostile
tribe. On perceiving ttic odds that were
against him, the man gave himself up for
lost, observing to the woman, that as they
could die but once, thoy had better make
up their minds to submit to their present
fate without resistance. The wife however,
replied that, as they had but one life to lose,
they were the most decidedly bound to defend
it to the last, even under the most desperate
circumstances, adding that, as they
were young and by no means pitiful, they
had additional motive for preventing their
hearts from becoming small. Then, suiting
the action to the word, the heroine brought
the foremost warrior to the earth with a bul
let, whilst her husband, animated by a mixture
of shame and hope, disposed of two
of his enemy with iiis arrows. The fourth,
who had by this time come to close quarters.
was ready to lake vengeance on the
courageous woman, with the up-lifted tomahawk,
when the knife of Ins intended victim
was buried in his breast. Dismayed by the
death of his companions, the sole survivor
of the assailing parly saved himself by flight
alter wounding his male opponent by a ball
in the arm.?Lake Superior News.
/V Principle.?' ! hold," said a Western
editor with dignified emphasis, "1 hold it as
a self evident principle, that no man shoulc
lake a newspaper three consecutive yeari
without making at least an apology to the
editor for not paying for it."
A Terkiiile Lesson*.?One evening some
weeks since there came into our office, a man
of some thirty-five years of age, in a state o
almost helpless drtinkenneess. Seating himself
upon a stool, lie threw back his cap, which
in the ellbrl fell upon the floor, and 'striking at
attitude.' as we say of the players, sometimes
he asked it we had ever seen him uciore. .-u
terun examination, wo told him we did not re
member of ever having that honor. lie thet
said the last time, we met, was at Baltimore, a
the Great Whig Convention in 1814. We re
memhered him at once. He was then editing
a leading Whig paper in this State, with suecess,
and was an honored delegate to that Con
venlion, though he had seen strange vicissitude)
in his day, and had been much addicted to in
temperance.
lie now stood before us in a loathsome drun
kenness, and asked the privilege of sleeping
upon the office floor. We told him that w<
could not do that?that in spite of his condition
we could not be. content to give to u fellov
craftsman, whom we had known in better days
so poor accommodations us that, hut he utterh
refused to accept anything else. He was toi
drunk, he said, for anything else. Wo fitiallj
spread down a large lot of our old exchanges
and lixed him up as comfortable as we could
and left liiui for the night. In the morning w
found him sober and rational, and we eiiibr ce
the opportunity to talk to him of his habiti
though we had small hope of good from it, not
withstanding liis most solemn promises. H
wanted to borrow five dollars. We had no rno
ney to lend to such as he, but we gave him fier
ly a small stun of money?more than was fn
his good, we nppiehended?and he left us wit
the most heartfelt thanks for our kind deeds, an
kind words. We heard no more liorn him nut
last week, when we came across an item sty
. ling that a man named Thompson was fiuui
drowned in Lawrence. Though we had u
knowledge of his whereabouts, wo thought it
stuutlv that it was he. The truth realized ui
anticipations, li was Henry G. Thompson,
man connected with some of the best familit
in this Slate?of decided talent and geiiiu
wlio I.tit lor the lenihle habit of intemperanc
mipht Iiave 111Ifd a prominent place in Society
The lesson should not he lost. To our ret
ders he was unknown, hut there is hardly on
. ot them who does not know of parallel case
[ less distinguished, perhaps, and not so shoel
|- inplv fatal. Wc can name them by score
men possessing every natural qualification
adorn society, hut who instead of ornamcu
have become its pests. That man who <joi
reeling home to his family, night after nigbt|
y was once its ornament and its pride. The apo
petite for strong drink was indulged in, and now,
g instead of the intelligent and gentlemanly citi*
zen, he is at times little better than a drivelling
idiot; these things come from very small begin*
nings. The young men who indulge in even
an occasional glass of wine, on a festive occasion,
may escape this end, possibly?they think
(hey shall escape it?so did poor Thompson?
, so did every man, who now fills a drunkards
grave, or is reeling towards it, But they should
know that there is no safety but in abstinence.
J ?- "
The appetite grows with what it feeds on,"
and there is not one of them, who may not come
to as sad an end as his who has called forth this
article. Let the young men of this community
think of these things, and be warned!
Ncic Hampshire Telegraph.
Remarkable Attempt to Escape by a
Slave.?On Tuesday, as the steam ship Cof
lumbus was coming up the river, and when a .?
short distance above Newcastle, Del., on re-%
moving the hatches to get the goods in the hold *
in readiness for delivery, a black man was discovered,
storpd away among the boxes and
bales. He proved to be a slave named Moses,
the property of Miss Mary Brown, a wealthy
lady of Charleston. The ship immediately put
bark to Newcastle, where the fugitive was
lodged in prison.
The regular sailing day of the Columbus was
Thursday last; but she was delayed at Charleston
until Saturday, and her passage was prolonged
beyond the usual time by a heavy sea.
Just before the hour of sailing on Thursday, a
box marked 4,E Mishaw, Philadelphia," was
brought aboard, and the freight paid on it. It
was put below near the hatchway. The runaway
slave, incredible as it may seem, was tighti
|y confined in this bos, the dimensions of which
were two feet in depth, two feet four inches in
> width, and three feet five inches in length.
He had a loaf of bread and a jug of water in
the box with hitn, which would have been sufficient
for his sustenance from Charleston to Phil*
i adelphia, had the vessel not been delayed. He
. burst out of the box, in which it is astonishing
how he could have had air enough to breathe,
cut his way through a bale of cotton, and finding
a box in which there was a nice lot of wine
and pound cake, sent by a newly married coupie
in Charleston to their friends in Philadelpia,
lie regaled himself upon these luxuries. He
next found his way into a box of pomegranates,
and thus managed to live finely, lie was near*
ly dead though when takpn out. No inquiry
has been yet made at the vessel for the L>x.
Phila. American.
Gen. Taylor at Home.?In the early part
o( last month a public discussion took place in
the town of Baton Rouge where Gen. Taylor
resides. One of the Democratic speakers, Mr.
Larue, charged upon Gen. Taylor a concealment
of his opinions on the Wilmot Proviso
question. Mr. Larue remarked that "Gen.
Taylor's residence was in sight of the scene of
that meeting, and in ten minutes, at any time,
if he would consent to tell them, his opinions
could be known." It is certainly a most remarkable
fact, that on a subject all important to
the South, and now agitating the public mind
all over the Union, Gen. Taylor should for so
long a lime, have refused to make known bis
views. This refusal on his part to give any
assurance to the South, is the more remarkable
as Gen. Taylor declared that he did not desire
any concealment of his opinions. What renders
the proceeding the more strange on his
part is the. further consideration that his sup
porters in the North are constantly engaged in
giving assurance that Gen. Taylor, if elected,
| will approve the Wilmot Proviso, and these assurances
are represented as being founded on
pledges contained in private letters from Gen,
( Taylor. Now, it is absurd, to suppose that Gen.
Taylor is not apprised of the course thus taken
j by his friends in the Northern States. And
yet, while he has written letter after letter on
' other subjects, he has not deigned to utter one
' word of assurance to the South m regard to thi\
exciting and important topic. What excuse is
there for this concealment? There can be none.
1 It can he considered in to other fight, than as it
1 has again and again been represented by the
' Democratic press; a device to catch votes?an
expedient to deceive and delude to the support
1 ol the Whig ticket, two classes of men diam?
1 etrically opposed to each other in sentiment,
' one or the. olher of which must inevitably be
the dupes of such a course if it has its intended
' e fleet.?Marietta Advocate.
i
1 Tim Slave repnf.sext.vnox.?That the
relative power ofthe South would lie greatly
' increased in the legislative department of the
government, ifcertain abstract rights for which
the North contend were practically adopted, w
s undeniable. Thus if the slaves had been view"
I'd exclusively as persons, in determining the
basis of representation, the South would be pla'
red on that nearer equality which would-have
? given it about twenty additional representatives.
* The New York Observer has The candour to
' call this a tax?a heavy grievance which the
' South would gladly escape. But what consti'
tales the singularity ofthe thing is, that while
^ o IaPiIia \Ia.?U ?1.i!a?b C,ir> itu ^nlnvorl nnn.
' u |H'i 111/11 ??i ? i rs iit'iui ttaium iui no wuiuivu j/vj/"
0 ulation lhi? right of Federal representation, it
) decimates that same population by not permit*
ting it to vote within , its limits. Thus New
'' Jersey does not permit slaves to vote. New
11 York allows them the privilege under a freehold
" qualification. The Observer says:?
!' "We soo it almost daily stated in the news '
papers, thai the South has the advantage in her
(> negro representation, while she degrade? those
'* negroes to the condition of property. Many
of the Northern States have a larger relative
r negro representation, while at the same time
'' they strike those negroes out of existence as
'' citizens, except as a basis of representation.
'' "l,et us not stultify ourselves in arguing a.
1 gainst the S<<u'h. Her slave representation
(' miller the Constitution is a grievance, and
? she has a riglit to complain that she has not as
many members of Congress in proportion to her
lr population as the North. If we retnse the
'4 b'ucks a vole, and yet count them man lor man,
's as Ilu? ba*is of leprespntation, they have as good
s* a right to count their blacks man for man, in.
stead of live for throe. At the North five black
>' men count jir<\ at the South five black men
4 count three. Ours is the gain, theirs is the
10 loss."?Ecc. yews.
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