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[ VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 13, 1852. NUMBER 65. 'V *
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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_ THOMAS J. WARREN.
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LINES.
And lie said, who art thou? And she answered. I
am Ruth, thy liand-maid; spread therefore thy skirt
over thy liand-maid; for thou art a near kinsman.?
Ruth 3c. 9v.
If for me thou hast prepared,
A resting place in heaven;
If for my soul hast ever cared,
And all iny sins forgiven ;
I pray thee spread thy skirt o'er me,
For 1 am near 01 :cin 10 mee.
Should strong temptation ever lead
My feet from heaven away,
Stand by me in the hour of need,
My erring steps to stay;
^ And Father spread thy skirt o'er me,
And own me near of kin to thee.
Should friends forsake advancing age,
^ And sorrows multiply,
Let mercies still my heart engage,
And all my wants supply ;
Then Father spread thy skirt o'er me,
For 1 am near of kin to thee.
Oh! when I yield my fleeting breath,
And death stands victor by,
Stand thou beside my bed of death,
And calm my latest sigh ;
And Father.spread thy skirt o'er me,
And kindly own me kin to thee.
R. R C.
THE GOBLET OF LIFE.
BV H. \V. LONGFELLOW.
Filled is Life's Goblet to the brim ;
And though my eyes with tears are dim,
I see its sparkling bubbles swi.n,
And chant a melencholy hymn
. With a solemn voice and slow.
No purple flowers?no garlands green,
Conceal the goblet's shade or sheen,
For maddening draughts of Hippocrene,
Like gleams of sunshine, flash between
Thick leaves of mistletoe.
?. This goblet, wrought with curious art,
Is filled with waters, that upstart,
When the deep fountains ot the heart,
By strong convulsions rent apart,
Are running all to waste.
And as it mantling passes round,
With fennel it is wreathed and crowned,
Whose seed and foliage sun embrowned,
Are in its waters steeped and drowned,
And give a bitter taste.
A Urttm llio IawIv n! n 111 it
iiuut v; iuv. iw.i .j !' ? .? ? ,
The fennel with its yellow flowers,
And in an earlier age than ours
Was suited with the wondrous powers
Lost vision to restore.
It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; J
And gladiators, fierce and rude,
Mingled it in their daily food ;
And he who battled and subdued,
A wreathe of fennel wore.
Then in Life's goblet freely press
The leaves that give it bitterness;
Nor prize the colored waters less,
| For in thy darkness and distress,
1 New light and strength they give.
^ And he who has not learned to know
llow false its sparkling bubbles show,
How bitter are the drops of woe,
' > Which from its brim may overflow?
He has not learned to live.
The prayer of Ajax was tor light:
Through all that dark and desperate fight,
The blackness of that noonday night,
lit; a.-kt.-d hut the return ofsight,
To see his foeman's face.
* Let our unceasing, earnest prayer
Hp, too, for light?for strength to hear
Our portion of the weight of care
That crushes into dumb despair
One half the human race.
O suffering, sad humanity !
0 ye afflicted ones who lie
Steeped to the lips in misery,
Longing, and jet afraid to die,
l'atient, though sorely tried!
I plcrl no you iu the cup of grief,
F Where floats the funnel's bitter icaf?
The Battle of our Life is brief
.The alarm?the struggle?the relief?
Then sleep wo eric by side.
From the Americun Fur titer.
Collect Materials for manure, and
Compost Them.
The day is fast approaching, when necessity,
if not reason, will force all who cultivate the
earth tor a living. to economise every tiling on
their several farms that can he converted into
manure: for unless thev do so, it will bo imi?ossi!?le
; carry on their cultivation, because loss, instead to
of |>rulit will be the result of all such attempts.
There is no mystery about this matter. The
resison must be obvious to every one who rollects.
At least a moiety of all that com prises the loud j
of every plant grown, is derived directly from j
the soil. Hence, then, as the continuing to i
grow annual crops, creates an iiicessait dram;
upon the natural resources of tlie earth, and the
supply is from year to year decreased, it follows
as a natural consequence, that unless artificial
supplies of manure be periodically applied, an I
exhaustion of the food-yielding powers of the I
earth must take place.
Viewing the subject in this light, we have lbr
many years been endeavoring to impress upon '
tlie agricultural mind, (he propriety of acting
upon the principle, thut manure mak'tuy, was the
first duty of the farmer: that it was his business
not only to carefully husband, but to up j
pro) >riatc, every thing on his land towards it.>
fertility, that contained the elements of nutri-1
tion, or which, by its affinities, and powers of!
assimilation, could be made to subserve the pur-!
poses of vegetation. Time after time, we have j
named the various substances to be found on
most farms, which could be tints appropriated.!
J ime, nfter tune, we have pointed out the means ;
l?v which they could be rendered available, and ,
wo have frequently had the gratification to know, |
that by following our advice, agriculturists had 1
improved their lands, increased their productive !
capacities, and, as a natural consequence, better-j
ed their own conditions. The knowledge of;
such results, while it has been flattering to our I
pride, and grateful to our feelings, has served to '
increase our energies, and render our toils the {
less irksome, lint while <uch evidences have >
come to our knowledge to eheor us on in our
course, we have soinvtiines had to encounter the
prejudices of those who, wedded to those old
customs, handed down from father to son. f >rj
ages, fooked upon every improvement as an in-novation,
and therefore rojected it. liotwithstan
ding they had the unerring evidences before their j
eyes, in the form of worn-out old fields, that the |
customs of their forefathers must have been found- j
ed upon erroneous principles, or such results I
could not have occurred.
We have sometimes asked the owners of such '
farms, w hy they did not make an eflbrt to restore !
fertility to th-ir lands, wliv th.-y Jul !.? ? <* '!
and coiupo-t the various refuse sulistance- which j
ahoumh'd on every hand? To this question, the i
sten-otvped aiiswx-r, was,?" tlev had not time i
?as if time thus spent, was not. as it is in reality.
the most lucrative part of farm economy? i
as if the detaching a part of a force, to collect j
i!'.' r..n<eli in:iteri:ils to b.* wr.iiirdit m> into ma- i
utire, would nut prove to thorn the- t;inii< [
mint?as if the eti'ect ?>f ;ij'pn?j>riatinir such
time to such purpose, would n-.t o?i;il?!?- them t"
produce liiori* oil oiK* acre than they now -t
fn?m litre.?:iinl. :iv if they \voui?l not thereby j
actual iv s:tv?* both labor and tinn;: Ibr it takV- '
no more force to cultivate ati acre of rich, than !
it d<>cs one of jioor hm<l: wliilc there is tiiisdil'-.
fcrcncc in the results, the first i< sure to etui in
profit. the latter in disappointment and loss.
If 1 lie necessity uf :tj"j vitlO llialiure. t.? rest.CV
the aletiactions uf cultivation, was a new tiling. ;
there mi^lit be some exett-v fur tlie indifference ,
litanifcste.l by those who are otherwise int -lli-!
oeiit wen. I tut it is no new thin^: for d/mr/.'*
Cit'o, the earliest Roman agricultural author.!
who flourished a hundred ami fifty years In-fur.the
christian era?who was distinguished alike j
for his eloijueticc in the Ibntin, f.>r his enli^tem-d
statesmanship as Conanl and ('< uxor, in the administration
of government. as lie was f. r his
skill and ''.-niiis in leading arniics, or as a tiller !
I - .. , , .... . , (
01 I ii?* son, ineoi j?or:iu u iins \n.v ;uiu suuuin
advice in lii> work on aorieulttuv:?
" Study to It'ti'ia buy wniitrc hcup; hup
i/oui' coin/tost canli't///.''
This not the advice of a mere theorist, hut
the counsel of an enlightened. practical. Inisl\
man, who though wielding th?* civil affairs of:
Rome in her days of greatness?of one who we;
find at one time,electrifying her senate (Volatile ,
forum, hy iiis elofjuence?an eloquence that i
caused him to be called the Roman Ikiiiosthe- j
ncs?ail eloquence that enabled him to tind the
! way to t lie hearts of the pen],|e, through their
' jiul'/nii nthough hellattejvd them let?though
I he relinked their passions?and who, at another, j
| we find leading her legions to battle, to victory. j
I and to triumph. Mil! /act tunc, and derived pleasure,
from cultivating the earth with his own j
hands,?and who, in giving the above advice,]
spoke from the results of his own rich experience
?an oxpeii.-nce which had enabled him to lake
a broad, comprehensive, philosoj hie view of the
constitution and nature of soils?which had enabled
him to study and fathom their nlivsical
wants. :tiiil in t?.*n >li<?rt words, t<?jt!?>n<mu< i- how
those wants collld be sii] >| di ed. A in 1 1 !i<
two thousand years have revolved since t li? v w?-re
uttered, tln-v aiv. as true to day, as tln-v were
when tir-t pronounced; for the fanner who does
not tak<- these precautions, will, in a f-w wars,
realize the sad truth,that, tile fertility of lis land
has departed, as the soil, like human boiiies, and
other animals, reijuiiv to be fed, to preserve the
integrity of its strength, and eontinue its productive
t lowers.
1 Host
HoIImxIof Applying Hiiuno.
I am satisfied iVoitt experience and oleervalion
in the use of (J u a no, for the past twvive years,
that the best, method, decidedly, of applying it
to crops in our dry climate, is to plow or spade
it into the ground, and autumn is the hest season
for doing this, as it gives time for the pun
j geut'saltscontained m tlio hii.-iiim(<?<;<'! lmi^uly
iiiixo?l with lho soil holore spring pi listing.?
rz^r.-zzzr ??3ddr
Do not tear t?j lose tlio guano by plowing it in
us deep as you please?It will nut i tin. away, depend
upon it. At (lie South, it loses half its
virtue's if nut plowed in at least llnoe inches
deep: six to twelve inches would he still belter.
Spread broaden*: on gra*s land, late in detail
or very early in the spring, if not plowed
in before sowing buckwheat, rye, or wheat, then
spread it broadcast after sowing the grain, and
harrow well and roll the laud. This last opera
lion is quite important.
Caution.?Never put (Itinno in I he liill with
corn, n<> matter if covered twu ur throe inchesdeep;
fur the root will l?e certain to find it. and
so sure as they touch the guano, <<> caustic is it.
that it will certainly kill the corn; the same with
peas, beans, melon vines, in fact must vegetable
eroj?s. Wheat and other small grains have so
many roots and tiller so well, there is no danger
of guano killing them when sown directly with
the seed. Still, as before remarked, it is better
to plow it in before sowing the seeds.
After corn has come up, the only safe way of
applying guano to this crop is to take about a
table spoonful, at the first time hoeing, and dig
it. in an inch or two deep, around the corn, six
inches at least from each stalk. A table-spoutil'nl
i- sufficient unlets the land be vorv noor; and t
with this quantity it will take 2oO to 350 Ihs. per
acre according to tlie ?listancotlioliills are planted
apart. If the soil be Either j?oor. a second dose
administered in the same manner, at the time, j
the corn tirst shows its silk, will add considerably
to the yield in grain it'followed by rains but
little or nothing to the growth of stalk, (inano
iticrcases the size and growth of the grain more
than it Joes that of the stalk; hence one must be
content to wait till the grain is fully matured j
before giving an opinion of the virtue of guano.
1 Mi>re applving the guano it is better to mix ;
it well with an equal quantity of planter of Paris
or chareoal dust. Either of those substances
help to retain the ammonia and prevent its ovap- !
orating.
'l ire genuine, unadulterated Peruvian guano. ;
is so much -m ?i-t.. anv other kind, tliat it is |
really t'i <7, " V collider- :
ably 11iu! r than . . li.
As era i- v. ry i. t!;is y ar, farm-rs will : >
well apply giiat;.. to it This will accelerate (
its growth, giv.- a !a:g-r crop, and caii*e it to j
mature at !< at on- w-.-k earlier.?C-illn' i/oi'.
TlIK SfiiOOI.M\ST!U: AMI HIS Ps i ii.s.?" llob- i
ert. which is the longest day in the year!"
' Sunday, sir."'
' Joseph, where is Africa?"
"On the map,sir.".
"1 mean. Josenh. in what continent?the Eas
? * ' ' I
f Hi Of ( ijtfiiv'"?
" Well, lii<- land of Africa is in tin; Eastorn
continent : l'tit tin- people, sir, arc all of 'cm
l]o\V!l Solllh."
" What arc its products ?"
" Africa, sir, or down South i'"
" Africa, _v-.it blockhead!"
" Well, sir, it hasn't tjol any: it never had
any."
llu\v do the African ]>eo]>lelivc?*'
" I ?v drawing."
" 1 >ra\\iiiif what?water?"
" No sir; by drawing their hrcatli ?"
" Sit down Joseph !"
" ihotnas, what is th jtiat<>r.'"
" Why. sir. it's a horizontal pole running perpendicularly
through the imaginations of as- I
troiiomers, and old ^. o^raj?her>."
" Go to your scat, Thomas. William Slig^s. j
what <1* vott mean !>v an eclipse ?"
"An o'l.l race horse, sir."
"Silence. Next, .lack what is an eclipse ?" j
" An eclii-sc is a tiling as appears when the
moon o-h-. ia a httst. and ninsajjin the sun; consei|iiently
th.* sttn Macks the moon's face!,'
" (,'la-s is di :iiii>s,.d."
Well I >iu.ah, said a would l>c Indie, to a Mack
trill they xiy tli.at heautvsoon fades, hut do you
see any of my Iv! >0111 fadim;.'?n<>w I want yon ;
to say plainly without any compliments.
< ?h! no. missus, but me kinder link?
Think what, hinali ? voii'r bashful,
Oh! no. me tin bashful; but d?-ii. tne kinder
links a> how. yoim-y nii-.-es don't retain ali el. her j
color so well as do Cltllef. d ladies.
"Who made voititi<|uire.l a lady teacher of I
Itthherly l???v. who lately joined her class.
"I don't know.'' said In*.
"Not know Vou otnrltt t<? 1 ashamed o}'
yourself. A l??v fourteen years old ! Why there's
little hiek'-y l-'iltotl?lie's < 'Illy three lie ean till j
I dare say. Come liere, 1 >iekey?who made
\ oil
'"I >il!" lis])ed the infant pfodi.-ry.
"There," said the teacher. Iriitini'hanlly, "1
I titleW lie WolIM IVIIlflllli r.
"Well, lii* oii^lner," said til.; stupid boy.
I'lit a lit11*- while ?-inc.- In- wa^ made.
"< tciill* uii'ii of the jury," s:i!<1 a western lawyer,
"I i|ci!i.| iii' an to insinuate dial. i!u> man i>
a coVi to'.i-i j i? *r>? iti ; I lit t I wilt I'ft live to one
tlinl if vim was to bail a steel trap with a new
three eiiit piece atnl place it wit bin six inches
of his liioiith. you would caldi hi.-* suit!."
"lKm't tin* clouds Iw^in to break in< piired
j Harriet, during a rain. She was impatient |??r !
j an opportiinit v to e'ii shopping. '<?in\ss so,' wa1
the an>ui-r. and the speaker yd an I Iroui the
I window, gll'-S llie"re bloke; they I* ilk bad
enough to he.'
A voiin^ u:. I* iinanded
by hi - m ;!i*-r!--i- - . r uieinbered the
eiriti and u ! he follow ii;o'Sabbath W hell
! th inim-:- r u i ;li word, lie leaped up and
1 .1
j ?,wi.i:ni. ij, T'V fill.' I i! V?'U II*I lll\ in*?i m i iw
IitiI wit 11 \.>ii \\i.l Iii'iil >\\t ;.r t li::t wn\ without
U'itiiiiU' licl.' <1 !
l'l'liticiuiis m i!. :' >!- ??f*IIi?*iii^?1 v< .jwtIif???rin:i!i<*
t'-'l-. ? !' >'! ! juvltv i(irU make
' fii"!- el i!i.
rar i.rzrrx^s* jui^j^jinrrr.Tgi^^cru^Ji.L---Ay.v waawaai
CoMKOUTS OK AN KbMOIt.? It' lie does Hut til!
his paper with news of importance, wiietln'i* t!u-r?be
any or liut, it is condemned fur nut being
what it purport tu he?a newspaper.
Ifle; does not tiil at least one column evenweek
with .something laughable his folio is pro
liouiieeil uninteresting.
If a public nuisance should exbt, notice of it
would oll'etid; and not to notice it would be censured.
If he does not publish all the marriage* and
doMtb^ ttint 'in 5i!! thi' world fur tweiiiv miles
round,' whether ho hears ul them or not, hois i:ot
fit fur an Kditor.
If every paper does nut contain a goodly portion
..f Suicide, llorrid Murder and melancholy
Accident it is dull and an unwelcome visitor.
if halt'the gloomy transactions which occur
are recorded, it is a vehicle only of calamities.
if the paper contain advertisements, the general
reader murmurs; if it docs not, the business
men will not patronize it.
If he publishes the laws of the State, old and
young maids grumble; if he docs not, civilians
frown.
il IK' Sll'l'l'S .'III III! I CIllKIl COlll'sO, III,' IS .-.'till lO
lie on tin' 1'i'iico, it'lie jumps uli*, lie is sure to Ik:
besmeared.
Jf a dozen kind friends call on him while lie icorrect
i 110 his proof sheet, and one error escapes
detectii.a, ho is the greatest blunder head in the
world.
?
Ci'ije kon Dki.kking Sfinnrors Ljqlous.?
Take two ounces nf tin* Hour consideration. 1 >issolve
it m a pint of the spirit of self-denial: then
add one ipiart ofthe juice of resolution to it.?
Shake it w-ll together?then put it into the golden
howl, (memory)?if the golden bowl be not
broken?then sweeten it with the sugar of high
rej utation. A dram of these bitters mav be taken
as often as the appetite crave strong drink.
A larger portion of juice mav be added, if necessary:
and ifoiie bowlful .-hould not perfect a
cure, it must be tilled up again with the same
kind. The longer one takes the-e bitters, the
lev bitter they will taste.
Our Country.
In ITU-', the corner-stone of the present Capitol
at W.a hiugtoM was laid. At that time,
(Jeneral Washington, in whose honor the new
srai ?if Government was named, olliciated. liftv-riifht
vrar< afterward, namelv.oil iln- (tii dav
of .Inly, 18.71. the c mcr?tone of an extrusion
of tlic- building was laid, and the Secretary of
Stat<? made an ad-lress, in the course of which
ho presented a sketch of the comparative condition
of our country at the two periods.
Mi !! it-,. <?:?.,fA5 11,- w; '1
ty-oue.
Then our whole population was three millions,
now it is tweiitv-three.
Then lu?ton had 18,000 people, now it has
197.O0O.
Philadelphia had 42,000, now it has 109,000.
X. w York had 0.9,000. now it has .715,000.
Then our imports wore 821,0004000, now they
are 81 78.000.Ood.
Then our exports wore 820.000,000, they are
now 81.71,000.000.
The area of our territory was then soo.uoo
Sipiare miles, it is now 3,900.000.
Th-u we had 110 railroads, now we have 8.500
mil's ,,f railroads.
Then we had 200 post offices, now we have
- I?uu.
< Mir revenue liven postage then was *100,000,
now it i- *.j,00o.0uo.
These arc only a lew facts to show the rapid
ijr??wi!i of the country ; and what we auJ our
children have In <! > to secure the continuance of
it> ]?r?M-rity, i> to low, fear, and ohev the Cod
if our latheis: to avoid i!itein|ierancc, prid". eoiit
iiiioi!. and greediness of ^ain, and cherish in
all <u;r hearts a trite patriotism, and a ju-tseiise
of our obligation to those that shall conic after
Its. ,
Tin-: I'Yn ui: or Canada.? Louis Joseph I'apineau,
in a r. cent address to tlie electors of the
Montreal I >i>trict. lias the following views upon
the dest:n\ of Canada, in connection with the
I'liiU'il States:
"' >ur social i-'.inliii ?n i> very anala^uiis t< I hut
of ill'* Aim rican, bill. Very lillon-lit to lliat ?>t"
Kn^land. < >ur interests arc inucli ici<-ator aiul
more nuim-rous in America than in Duirlatid.
t 'oloniai inlerioiily cannot and should nut last
I'uivvcr. The separation is a (juestioii of time.
It lias it^ indiscriminate time, hut it is as inevitable
and certain a- death to all men. Ami
when we ask ourselves what is better for ottr
11 i:1111-?the similes and tho rivalries of
ditler<ni nationalities, or their air^ivjjation in this
beautiful confederation?there can be no hesitation
in the J>! ? > nee of the -.pectacle which
Auierieati power ^ive> u-, who is already the
second anioiic- )||,. civilized nations of the earth,
and who. if she continues to progress ?lurinif
the 111 \ I h.lll Cr!||ltl\, will l? tile 11 lllo->| 1111tuerous
and powerful nation of t!ie?i\ili>vd race.
What pigmies would our children be near such
colossi! s!:illi>\s ! Musi wo allow tlictll to lie OX
|I I" |he danger of an ii!i*-.]M;il ;i!i< 1 ?ral?!o
contest ' It i> imi Im-u-t |o associate tli?*m to
:i I'murc .is o|,.rioii> :i> tli;it which will |>ivv:iil in
a st.'ilo s<?\.i>i. that many yotim; mcti of tin*
l?r??i-nt day will see ii |k <>|>|<1 with ."ift.OUo.MU')
"I' prosperous ,*iin| i'iiliolil' in -1 inhabitants."
The II in, IV.iliei- l.voii, commissioner athl
i triHee |i?r winding up the Alahatua Stale Hank
and I 'ranches, Ii is made a report oft lie collections
l made diirino ihe >i\ months up t?. the -:>t .Inly,
of the d' hts due under the old Stale Hank sysletn.
The aoorooalesum is NJ07.S!' b Thcsimi
I paid l?v the i|ej>toi>iit the Mobile braneh Is
>t1.12,01)0. Mr. I.voti litis managed I his business
| most, admirably, and litis e.anmeiided himself to
the warmest oral it tide of the puldic. llis trust
1 1- ! I tor there is not much
| I1UIM mm I" .11 >
| tinw ('> l>i' >:)! m! I ?I? I>;<!: ? ?J\ . (
/ ;, ' / ifr.
i>ivxraam*****
PkoOKIISS Of Sl'KANmOATIXG IN T IE WEST.
Thirty-eight years ago, there were but {bur small
steamboats naming on the Western waters.?
During last year, 1851, no loss than three hundred
and twi-nty steamboats were constructed; at "*
l'itt-sburg, 1 W Itolliug, 40, Cincinnati, 111;
Louisville, 01. The aggregate amount of tonnage
amounted to (i 1,207 tons. The total number
of passengers carried on those steamers during
the year, was 3,050,020. The marine insurnnee
elti.ctod on hulls and cargoes, amounted
fo:5.'52,Sl 1,440.
]-Y>r the ?ix moiitlis of the present year, there
are filty-niue steamboats built or in progress of
coiot Miction. Number of steamboats destroyed
in the course of the year 1S.31, belonging to the
four districts above named, 44: of this number,
10 were snagged and 13 burned. The number
ofiives lost, by these disasters, was 4S2.
A Mon<tcr Shark was caught, as wc- learn from
the Savannah Jt<publican, on Friday last oft Tehee.
It is said to have measured fifteen feet
from the end of its tail to the tip of the nose,.and
when opened that it was found to contain ten
king crabs, a sea gull, and a man's boot, with
any quantity of bones, resembling those of the human
body. It took six men, besides the informant,
of the Republican, to haul and lash it to
the gunnel of the pilotboat, from which it was
caught. The jaws contained eight rows of teeth.
Distress Among Immigrants.?The Board of
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lu'iiuu oi j\ow-iorK nave oruerca tnc sleeping
rooms at the emigrants1 offices in Canal and
Centre-streets, closed,and forbid the Commissionel's
of emigration from lodging any more destitute
emigrants there; the consequence is, that the
poor creatures are actually sleeping in the streets.
The police stations have no room for them, and
so the poor creatures have nowhere to lay their
heads.
Horrible Tragedy ix Texas.?Murders and
Suicide of the Murderer.?The lted Land Herald
published at San Augustine, Texas, of the
1 Ttli ult., gives the details of one of the most
heart rending tragedies we have ever been called
upon to record. It occurred a few days since in
the Southern part of Shelby county.
Aipiille and Jesse ballard, (brothers,) were
cultivating a plantation in partnership, and their
feelings towards each other had always been of
the most fraternal description. The whole family
consisted of Aijuilla Ballard, wife and child;
Mrs Haynes (sister to Mrs. IT) and child, and
Jesse W. Ballard.
On the lltli, (Sunday,) Aquilla Ballard rode
, over to his mother's, a distance of live miles, to
ill. Shortly alter he left home his brother Jesse
invited Mrs. Ballard to take a walk with him,
>aving lie had a secret to tell her. A short disi
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lance down the road they stopped some time in
deep and earnest conversation; Jesse exhibited
considerable excitement. When they returned
to the house Mrs. 1?. was pale and melancholy,
ami continued so during the rest of the evening.
Jesse Ballard, however, became unusually lively
and spirited. The Monday morning following,
Jesse inquired of a negro boy whether his gun
was loaded properly. Having discharged and
reloaded it he set it against the side of the house.
Soon after lie had another conference with Mrs.
B.. when tiie latter returned to the house and
told her sister that Jesse was going to kill the
negro boy and then kill her, (Mrs. 13.)
About this lime Jesse called up to Clara, (Mrs.
13.) to come to him, but she refused. He again,
in a manner wild with frenzy, called to her, and
commanded her to eoine, saying he had something
to ti ll her. Mrs. B. obeyed, approached
him and threw her arms about his neck. Some
words pa.-vs, d hurriedly between them, but what
those wools were will only be known at that day
when all things will be brought to light. Ashe
tore himself abruptly from her, she wav heard to
exclaim, "Oh, Jes-o, don't do it." Seizing his
gnu. he approached the kitchen, where the boy
Nelson was. and asked him how he felt. The
boy replied, "bettor, and would be able to work
in the morning."
Jesse told him that lie did not wish him to
work any more, that he was going to kill him?
and. suiting the action to the word, and telling
the negro woman to stand out of the way if she
did not wi.-h to g.-t hurt, he raised his gun and
shot the negro dead. At the tire of the gun,
Mis. II. caught up her child and ran out the opposite
side of the house and hid in the top of a
fallen tree. Mrs. Ballard also started to run,but
again returned to the house. After shooting
the negro man, Jesse, with one hand on his head
; and the other holding his gnu, turned rapidly
on his heel four or live times, when, coining to
| a halt, lie .-aw .Mrs. itallani passing uirougu mo
j ?ate nil the opposite -i.lc of the house. lie im
I mediateh pursued her. and when within a few
lee I, tiled the ootid barrel, lodjjhio the whole
| Inad in Iter hack, several shot passing entirely
! through her l?*??iy. She tell dead. His lie.xt
) nioveiiielit was to draw oil' one <>1' his hoots by
j her side, when suddenly turning, as if lecollee'j
ing that hoth barrels of his -yun were empty. ho
j returned to the house, and proeitriiij; the only
j load of buckslint left, lie hurried etl to a hran- h
:il>.mt -JOlt vanN distant, wli.-n. Having reioauou
..lie ul' tin- barrels ? !" hi* gmi, he oil* nearly
]lis entire head !-\ |ilaeiugthe muzzle oflheguii
itTi-l- r 11is right jaw ninl teaching the trigger
with his (< .
\ Ci Kim > I'" \rr. ? A modern |iliil.^.i|.her, ta
king the in* !:? mi < ! t liet?*i*rlh on its axis at seventeen
miles a second, says, that if von take oil
v >111 hat. in the street t*>bo\v to a friend, you go
Viociiteeii miles bareheaded, without taking cold.
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N niL*iu? Rtiinmit 1 >??i:isL(>i) linw m:inv ir^n
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I dcrs tin ro were,said tltivo: "masculine, feminine,
i ami neutral:" and defined tiiem a-follows: "Masculine,
men feminine worn- n m utral old l a"l,?'
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