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SAGRICULTURAL,
We hav C'xLracted the following article
ro the'Charleston Courier of. Marsh
hopi -that it may exciteIo inquiry
1ind re iion upon the importint 'subject
i.titatu It coeon' a re
spectatale sourceand merits consideration.
Su In answer to your ciquiry as to.
My knowleige of planting and its profits,
da'* y. idledge is very limited,,but it is
- - suffl~e= tto ihdce me to be0Mdethat plan
tiig is dbt:so' bad a business i' it is oten
r eeantedl. If only 2 or 3 per cent is
Midon the ca)itl, why do so. m1anly bre.
comneplanterdt I have thoufh t much on
sidaubject, and have come to the conclu
sw6zz, that bectause tbjo Is rracettainty of
making ailiving aidlfthan I at aoaher bu
-inues1; that it is sfe, healthy d i' sure
mode to increzseothe capital, -ae most
omfortable mode of-livin'g gnild well.
-do not pretend t say that rhioydo not
fall, as they will do-no matter ' at putirsuit
they may be engaged in, nor st, necessa
ry to enumerate the causes of suich failure,
which I could do. -To satisfy you that
Is a profitable-businels; 1 "w01 il-I
capital-of, say ten, ti::v l waia'ri., Io sup.
port himself and family. If pu outi at in
terest, it will bring him, say seVe per cent,
]lut when he comes to calco lte, he must
either purchase a house. furt?'i6 arnd ser
vants, which will lessein his jadi t, or ifWhe
; repits and hire, his ilcome of1 rest will
not be endugh, he e.onclud~pt.gieit his
funds- ika plantaiton,Say cre,,about
20 negrees, st'oek , provision f huture,
and a carriage ind horse for hi ni'y.
6t the endof -the year he c up his
plantation expenses, also, - te has
made fromili planao tapal
*fde is, to ay i e inome ded.
9 his cotton, 'sp o dne hifn tp Va -n
anteri) .a en wo
MR'e3Q bg t each; "clotd
SA ,bf i isSWD; bl bill,
tedlcal an totlfi'e peaties 16a6li
il hayonIy m 0le ? 'Ah:. I
se xhig porrect,.and I woid the pro
IW' to be vgry different. I I sd Sb'e
th- tb be
ore Csdn 00ihra~e'
he use
ho u00
~Tb~ra~e ~84r,00
*, ~ ho~q~oet #a6' 00 00
- 945 00
D etlc * bd e poseq -
-- 5 00
I . nters or 0OO 700 00
G htpaylhg iene bn
-interest - 05 00
-Thus till lia~ea'tl at It'iq not so p'our
Abpsiness as t is said Lu & Some will say
l iave given the plantation crei.. .1 what
i ought not, to have. I would ask why
usrould not.be'so? I do not think the oc-.
timate to large) Th'e only way to. judge
accuratoly, Is for a planter to keep such I
an account with his planiation-a his factor
e rimerchant keeps with him. D~o not say
Ieannot keep an account; a chaild may say
so, but a' planten shouild never say so. II
will state to you what has beun my proc
tieel When I turned my attention to plan-..
* ~t ng, I opcned an account with my planta
tion, charged itwith sil expenditures and l
iniefest yearly; and ciredhited l! F got from
it sor byvehe use of t, all I sold ad n al I
sold and ali Igave to'.n children. I e~)
plainting intefest'stands me ini indl if i sl
* t the market price, whether C shall loobe
Sor gain. I am satisfied to sell at the (pre- i
".161iti-ered 1I v...,
Mtle iv often Iees'
ened-hf? ~ ce by dividing with
nyahifti-en ta life, I own tod
nucli latud all wev& V but- bad crops,
do4 d gi' i . eite controver
y; but reflectioii'ad enciry, that you
nay come, ifyou can to tle same or oppo
itot onelasI6fi on hl verg iportant sub.
oct. The''60se why so man'ny have be
!ome insolvent, &o., by-plnting, I could
'tate if you required.
I am, resperifullyi-yours, A. B.
REPORT ON SII EEP.
A DY TG1R cMRITTEE TO TnB
UpaON ..) AnicULlUnALstCISTY.
The conmitteeto whom 'vas- tererred
he stieject of Sheep .lusbandry, beg leave
o(terthe following reports
It is amatter of history, that the wool.
rOWing inteie6f of tleUnited States, has
e'omo one otie most important branches
iFtAgriculturei 'The liest.varieties ofsheep
yee antinllyiniported from the old world,
ind greatly sought after by the wool grow
ers of the new. Immense flocks of sheep
are raised. upoi the prairies of the north
west, in New England and the Middle
States, yielding large profits tovwool grow.
ers, for the labor and care bestowed.
Ir is cvident to every one that some
change must be mate in our industrial pur.
uits.;We cannot longer grow cotton up.,
on our exhausted lands, in competition with
te. weatern planters. We must begin to
live wvithin.ourselves, to 'diiert our capital
from old channels, and seek new invest
ments.
At all events, we shouil snjply our own
markets with domestic mutton (-and wool.
We rhould manufacture our own newro
linseys, blankets, rugs, &c. This can 'be
done with a great saving to the latter, if
attended to. Thoiusantds of acres of land
lre now thrown out in every seetion of the
back country, up'n which sheep would
subsist well in the aunner months. .1n
the winter they may be kept .at a' trifling
cost.
In the outset, we may say, that thcro is
nothing so important to sheep husbandry
as the 11ASTERn's EY1. An ounce of pre
vention with them is always worth more
than a pound of cure. They thrive best
upon high dry lands,.and short pasturage.
Rich food is always dangerous to sheep,
and the grass which grows uporr low
-Krnflu d ravapy. olacrz is apt t9.pro
dUoo 1b ! :cours 'iilt t'e rot',twa: befit4re'
!"ei;ve of whjch,' In our~ knowledge,.. Is
frequent salting. D.:.g. h winter ea'
son the wetheis and rams should be sepa.
raied from the ewes, and particular attc'n
tion paid to the young lambs. If the ewe,
after yeaning, be. turned upon a clover or
rye lot, tand fed on turnips, peas, or cotton
seed, for a 'fortnight, it will make an as
tonishing improvement in the lamb. All
lambshouldfbe marked and castrated, when
a few'days old, they will never cease grow.
ing. and will be fat enough for motton, any
time during the full.
W know no better or cheaper winter
food for'"sheep, than cotton seed; they
1ihrive awellupon itand are fond of it. Tur.
nips'areexcellent, but we have heard some
experienced farineri agree that thev: will
mdake the ewes love their lambs. if rye
pastures cannot he sown for them, they
will live very well upon the cotton fields
rluring the -wtinter, vitt the addition of a
little fodder now andithen, ond cotton seed.
ig should never be neglocted, it
lihou. e donteonce or twice a week. We
Wafs O:dgest,'s '4 heap a nl . pltii!e pl'n
to flatfoei' hog, bore arge'irtiges hbhles ai,
inch'trjnch and a half deep.six' iniches a.
past ;:ub tar around the holes and then put
In your' sl:: they 3vill get the f ar around
the .nose anid ena;gme df it from necessity,
wicel act 'al aziomedy ..: 'he snuifles, 'and
aftern prevent 'titinfly from'depos!'ng his
a~g-during the seummer season.
.We have of.ten experienced benefit from
iAding' a little hickory ashes ntd sulphur
to the salt. Sheep should always bo al
owved'access to pine bushes, the pine lear
s cerninly a preventive of' many diseases
tmongst.bema
And now a' word or'two, in regard to the
rarie ties best'ida15ued to our soil anti cli.
ntate.
Trhestock of sheep gencras!y to be found,
broug~hout the conhtry, is miserably pour,
cveragong noLtumore than two pounda of
veol, and the carcass not exce.eding tifty
>otundls, net.
The best variety we should think.for then
>an,. 'enntry, wonld be then South h.Jowns.
rhiey are a ,.--dv race, not too( large iin
arcass, to subsist ws't upon our short pas
uire, and yield a good flete
Freg'gent crossing, we bem..-- to be
iglrly important, andt great care s ...I
ic taken always to excludel fromr the fold,
a breeders, all sheep, that have hair inter
rixed wvitn their wool.
0O(1 ewes shotild alwvays be excluded
hey bring disease into the flock certainlv.
IBy strict attention to. stuch rules as one's
'ood .common sense wvill suggest, a flock
raheepi may hoeovery year greatly im.
.rovedl, both to' the interest andI gratifmca.
ion of tihe'breeder..
All oftwhich. ; most respectfulhly mub.
iiited. C Sn ai... r..-..a,
BUG
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A tiel thc s~ hat, reiw thau l
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Th iwiut'o'yofA flps a ieaId4
wiptanur C1fifne noh
kVh een sucih an it;i 42:
Isutee to smloe uponmher becs i
Go, seek the stem from w ente
Go, hide in yonder. garden tni
And tell the rses there, aind hp
Wou satoohiOgh -or tWiAE r
Spartauburg C. 11, June 8fh, 18s --
. HOME AND) FRIEND).
Oh there's a powerto make each
As sweet as Heaven designed ite
Nor oeftdwe roam to bring it ome,
Though few tirero be that fid Jr.< f
We seek too high for things cloea 6 ,
AnI lose what Nature found us
For life hath fero no charm so der
As horne and friends around tie. "
We oft destroy .the present joy,
For future hope-and praise them ,n6
Whil floweri as sweet bloom at our I
If we'd but stoop to rauec them -
For things aWe r still sweeter ore
Vhog youth's bright spell hath ho a
But soon we're taught the ftrtb hathatught
L ike home and friend. around us.
The friends thn speed in tirothtd
.W hen hopes last reed .ii shaken.
vill ihow u- still, tja come fehat y
We are not quite forsaken;
.Toughaallwre night,fbut thlt
-o ron Frlendship's,alar crowied
- T Vre h o eartih w
y MISCELLANEOUS.
A4 Sii'GULAR LwEES- ELi.
t aolnwing. singular circs, ' tances
ie copy from "Scott'#Rcojfeoqos o6" a
Naval Lire." A marine, ho C 41.
ed the ship,-and who as d
with the excelent qualimies Wgma jogi
deavoured while bathing to* nta~~J
from his station into the water . h
tion hs2Ue of t ' isr' iOv
So t as if in dist Ess, an'd ac nz ati; Y..'. I
the word, Mr. Jloatswiv ril
lobey-is sudunns. T e k the
hint, goriutdbf hesnil,,oi sulnat
the pert ofa i-owaiing titan i fi
The dog- istantly s'prutig intc tf vto
th his earn erect, his eyesy~fasti 'iire
from intehbse anlzictf; awvayhed s 6i(for
the soldier, who:on *thae pppbachhohin
canine friend, began to have sm'nisg'i
ing as to the wisdom of his opre digs.
tie now bearnei alarmed jqsthe'do
seize-him, which manwerd"Io .it
Peared resolved to exequid lii ar' -
creased t ilih the dog's endervyour io effect
his purpoie; amid finally he roaredout tnost
lustily for Jibep froto his shiprmats. The
louder the poor felQw. sunig out, ,14,snore
determined wasAthi.sagacious Jbrute to
seize him, and liediiiy soon accorbplished
his purpose, graps' him firmlv by the
hair, at~ tho badk - a nick, and $wisting
his face to'Urds the heavens, hrought him
along side, amiidst the convulsive roars of
laughlter of the whmole of the ship's comny
and the piteous cries of the jolly nrine.
Bloatswvain would nut resign his hld-till thie
frightened man was assisted up tiae side;
the bite of a rope heing then piacol over.
board for his conductor, he placed his fore
legs in it up to his shoulders, and, hiolding
himself stilly oui, wvas hauledl up, and camn
.i-. resumed his wvatch as if nothwg had
hap pc nd.
JUDGE SPony.
We extract ilhe folloiwitng passage from
M1r. Webster's argulment before the Suz
preme Court of thme Untited States.- in th.e
case of the Steamer Lexiungtonj,s repor
ted in the Wazshing ton New Era: "It is ai
great truth, that England has never produ
cedi any eminent writer on) national or gen
erail public law.-no elementar" writer,
who has rmadel this subject hbr own, who
h reathed hik own breath into it, and
made it live, in English Judicature, Sir
William Sce:n has, it is trn, de'nn much to
enlightent the pubisc mind nyout 'ho subiject
of prire causes &c., ind in our day McIn.
tosh las written a paper -of so'ou merit;
but where is your English Groinali Where
is y our English Barbeyraol Has England
-juced one? .Not .one. Th? English
mind hgs net'r been~ turaoed to the discus.
sion' of gena'al put'a aw. Wp mutst g
the Conitinent fhr thme display pJ.d 6niulug
this department of human lowledgea
Whant have the courts of W .sdwsIster LHj1I
done, to jIllustraie the pyrinclpfR f public
l~aawi With the. y ceputio4 t~racty
Mansfield, .of co-siderabo, &it, &i~ oe
great principles of publl4ia' hveoie
dliscussed and setiled by this C~u t, withip
tho .las( twenty years.. than In althdbn
mon 1os courts of EiaglangLp h hs
W1)-W~t
* n an using incftd4t
t t
raen awvibai*as p
se, sfi 4hinanvtgi Jisi
us.-in how tnini..Po
ments have. theyjIpon i ob a
cing uIIwauich uor~,v
more gernfort ablei
to 4ksp.seith thes plng e irrita
4iishesittl aIs i not enough tilat
we havae suspenders, org 'gfloase'eur
juvenile tomenlaturedse4 to ae vit
and a verysuitable.. tinme it ' s-, bj,. fle
way-to s bind is dufr to.earth withtiii
pressure of the night a bot we must
also have.he upward reiaf the foot
straps, both drivin thc,
power ofa twent* .harse drujitdi-eslt
Irebel! For one, isd ied h
both straps aofd suspendeX; 'nnd'4 ddics
you.ir:KnickerbockiDr, ainan -4plain
common sense, dis"cretion and hgg to do
likewise. But all this i. nc; et1)gg
the object of my l'tiag to you ithepre
sent o.Ccasion. I ..wish to .te0l you of an
ncident that occurred to me some time
aiice, when coming froth Halifax toBos
tonson board the paclet brig- r- It
was all owing to thse unhappy
Onevfmllowpssengers -wass ~d
:ywi. lerd ryr)-:Mtich '
sick fiid'M.re.tbai twentys time. I.
day the olbdorwaufoud-ptt the good=
tnit afthe fteyai'dehwa~~wsajoly frish
inat, to te test, by waiuibng to be lugged
up'dWdeck, then below again: insomuch,
0 aktheifused tQoallhor '&MirTei-to-tumi"
Son $ijmes .she longed to reclinen .the
! J-ist then it was cold, and she hid-neo
tig .rap herself .sp with. I- ad&
mys.p fqgrea,t favorite.with her by spread
Ahwffalo-robe and y'kI he!
. t.,.0 iIn' ka n ij .."in
ergeedingly enatoilets 1hi P~~nemen
and Jadles macke (unV.( J2 gnk~qn .hiu.,
biquid.* Fullowing the geen . a tide,'I
aldally 1it{ pulling off' m y-,_f I#-shimiae1
unjg .tiqmupCothe. coiling of the *tatfj.
0o rn pitet with myboots
$angiltg iti them. ?Jeok4-lady's berth
wa-Iwmediateiyoppiosit !Q mine, id one
morning -he "ke muceia ies.. t ,an uaua
having bven- pe~efted from sleeping b4
dertain 4s6rigua gir.et# T dajoor o t
ofer ota to-roon s Iiappi del 9tezoj
atto Mrv..Yee to-terp. cast nhree
er i toivard mine. va* a'sighiih~i
madeeachpa riculir 1I tW
endt;' IV .she- iiidaadf Qf h dr ow eh
b,1ekeaIL. aut th'iktatfew) e]h eA
Lord. Oj1, Lord fCi ptin ifaWar dMateI
Oh! Lord ' r'. W-1---ha gun.igimshfr
He's dead!' he's deadi' -Out. rdshed. tbe
passengers froi every. llerth, and doi-n
tumbled the whole ship's crew; andauch
anoiher peal o-t laughter the broad AltAnice
never before echoed. And all ti waS
caused by my boots dangling ip thos 'pan
taloons by their unfo'rtenate straps!"
Knick.
A Prost~ale Exrperimnent.-Lady Adlren
complained of a toot id -All the remc
dies used on such occasions iveyE NpIii;
but still she found no relief. At. length
she decided on sendi, g to Edinburgh,na
distance of fifty miles from Clydesdale Case'
tue, for a Dentist to ex'ract the. suffering
tooth; and, whben he arrived, she decla'red
that her nerves were uteqnal to subumt,
tin~g to the operation, unless shte sawjt per.
formned on some one el.,e first.- Ti;d few
friends admitted to the sanctuary ofrhor
boudoir looked aghaFn at this declaration,
each cexpecting to be called on, but after
the'silence of a fe w minutend no one
ofleringi,shet ti.Ia Le Adren tifaLhe must
4.novr a tooth ot, that she mi ght judge
from his manner of supporting theo opera.
lion ifohe could go through it. . He ap
peared amiazingly disconcerted; buit a few
wry faces and serious expostuelations hav
;aag iiuied to mollify the lady, the obedient
hus band su~bmijtted, snd. a fin .*sound tooth
was extraeled from his jaw, ,dfrer which,
she declared "that shechaid seen enough to
convince her that she could not .udergo a
similar opcratlti." -
THE BATTLE-oF SAOItMENrO.-Amu
sing lneidents.--The St dLouis Reveill*
relates the followving incidents of the bat-.
tie of Sacramenito. They -ere characteria.
lie of tho brave spirits whio achieved thib
signal victory.
. Shile the.5Missourt forces were . dvati
eingg)pon th *o.oan entfenchineis*
Berurnmitole u4p11 .private im de of thi
#paniescallshott the C a~in tout h
nd the oflicor stlyposid ti t~was 4
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Ali LAf ' p% 9 fre '.
linre onltflste Wtji4i
0miv ni I- o-,-.p artof. Wi d'>
rr.~h 6etc IflrA 'Was'
edi tdattpr upn- 0 0si11 ah e;
qhos. .' -ee~1~~ - hIlr
that.f 16 e a n o16iiwdi'riig.40W"'i~tmd lre '-abt. r$t
as ll, wiutse noalo 060W. pe6-4iii400e
This mtictifigfro -lie-ep i..wM alnspist,,
ed L .olgp uiuh: nde't;4, ete
of VAXepta'e fpc dbpfg~'1eatl
Itgat W Ie't wer roligwniI hd
Apo cmir*pmqureA ;
th4 sa.he; Il wt* ~.st'ahgood up~ .
ias ay auey iiaeho otin w6*':Iy o.e)'setIr his'
had~~ ~~ kntlm eumpr~nyl
-p~~'Itoe 0~zi anbhi eol rs
Pde raiuy2.lia n_ arsgY(~tet
Andtoi iibntey>tote
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can~bt speakewW
bov s.o rlgid 6hsanrec i a" In