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f « DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, MORALM, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. JAMES H. NORWOW, EDITOR.] VOL. 1. To thine ownsef be true; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man.—Hamlet. DARLINGTON C. ML S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 18. 1851. THE DARLINGTON fLAG, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, AT DARLINGTON, C. H., 8. C., BY JOHN F. DE JLORilIE. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : In advance, (per annum,) - - At the expiration of six months At the end of the year - - - - 00 50 00 ment to that property or section as pers could not be offensive to the most would any act of legislative hostility. ! furious abolitionist. What objection “7. Resolved, That the principles ] could an abolitionist have to patroni- of constitutional equality enunciated zing a paper that but denounces sepa- in the two immediately foregoing reso- rate State action, and however it may lutious, were violated in the several denounce our wrongs, proposes no acts of the last session of Congress remedy—does nothing towards effect- fur the admission of California into the ing a remedyf Union as a State, for the formation of Let those who oppose separate State Territorial Governments for i action, hut propose no practical reme- that you will act nobly, and that she can confide in your judgment. AGrKICDMOKE:. How |)iest the farmer’s simple life. fivtv pure the joy it yields! Far from the world’s tempestuous strife, Free’mid the scented fields.—Everett. ADVERTISING : Advertisements, inserted at 75 cents a square (thirteen lines or less,) for the first, and 37i cts. for each subsequent insertion. Business Cards, notexceeding ten lines, inserted at #5, a year. ico and Utah, and in the bill abolish ing the slave trade in the District of Columbia. “ 8. Resolved, That as some redress for past grievances, and in pursuance of the spirit of the Missouri Compro mise, Congress should obtain the con dy, reflect upon this. Let the people reflect upon this before they follow’ their advice. Opposition to separate Stale action leads to submission. Peo ple of South Carolina, are you w illing to submit ? Are you base and cow ardly enough to submit, and suffer sent of California t<^ghe extension of your own past denunciations of sub- TRANSPLANTING COTTON. At the last meeting of the Agricultu ral Society, the subject of transplanting cotton came up, and an intelligent and practical planter stated that he had transplanted the cotton plant with as much success as any other plant. We why it canuot he Of see no good reason on horses shoulders if nibbed on repea tedly. Alumn Whey.—Made by boiling a quarter of an ounce of alumn in a pint of milk, and strained, is a good medi cine for bowel complaints of children. Give a w ine-glassful three or four times a day. A Valuable Cement i ou House hold Use.—Take new milk, half a pint, and curdle with sharp vinegar; separate I the whey, and mix with the curd, the gentlemen send to our ladies, w hites of five eggs, beat well; add fine ! nl %> de libry stable folks when quick lime, and mix till you have a ductile paste or putty. It will stop cracks, and is fire and water proof. POIXTIGAIi. F lingtoa law Qffice 1 Explicitly acknowledged and secured. “0. Resolved, That the obstruction by the people of the North to the en- «»■ - - —^forcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, GEORGIA SOUTHERNAUGIITS PLATFORM. I SO as to destroy its value to the South, , ,, 't> . . . , and to make it a loss instead of a ben- Fhe following IS the report and res- ^ u equa H v a defeat of our consti- olutions of the Southern Rights ( on- tutional rights, as would be its repeal vention which recently convened in or essential modification. Georgia, for the purpose of nomina- “ Id- Resolved, That the harmony ting a candidate for Governor: and safct 3’ of this Unio »’ de P end u l ,ou REPORT. “ The country is passing through an alarming crisis, in which the Govern ment of the Union has undergone, and is in danger of still undergoing funda mental changes in its federative char- a strict construction of of the Consti tution, and the salvation ef the South now’ hangs upon it And because we are for the Constitution as it is, we op pose a United States Rank, all protec tive tariffs for pampering one section at the expense of another, all internal acter. By the acts oi the late Con- improvements by the General Govern gress, known as the compromise mea- ment, and all legislation by Congress with crumpled horn that tossed sure.;, the Southern States, being a mi- no t strictly and cloavly allowed by the ‘log that worried the cat that nority in federal numbers, have been j Constitution of the Union deprived, by high hand, of all their in terests in the Territories acquired from Mexico; have been degraded from their condition of equality in the Un ion ; have been forced to surrender ter ritory, unquestionably and legitimately their own, to the uso*4iid enjoyment “11 Resolved, That we yield to none in our attachment to the Union, form ed to “ establish justice, insure domes tic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity that W’e of the hireling States,thereby increas* venerate such a Union and the Consti- iug the preponderance of votes already tution established by our fathers to in- arrayed against them; and have been sure these blessings to themselves, and compelled to witness and endure the insidious act of the abolition of the slave trace in the District of Co lumbia, which can only be regarded as THE HDISE THAT JACK BLILT. A NEW PARAI'HRASI. The Constitution of the United States. —This is the house hat Jack huilf The Public Treasury.—This is 4bc malt that lay in the house that Jack built. The Tariff.—That is the rat thabeat malt that lay in the house that Jack built. J. C. Calhoun.—This is the cat that caught the rat that eat the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. Abolitionism.—This is the dog that worried the cat that caught the rat that eat the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. The clay compromise.—This the cow the caught the rat that eat the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. m South Carolina.—This is the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow w ith the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that oat the malt that lay in the house that Jack- Luilt. Stale Rights.—This is tho man, all Littered and torn, that kissed the mai den all forlorn that I roots. Pleasures ok Home.—The benefi cent ordination of Divine Providence is that home should form our character. ’File first object of parents should be Three hands to the row would to make home interesting. It is a bad [JOHN F. PE LIIRME. PROPRIETOR. NO. 16. A Definition.—‘I say, you Peter, w ill ydu hab de graeiousuess as jes to open your uiHleritandiii’ box, and gib me de definition obde big word belle- lettres P ‘Sartin, Cato—1 wont do nuftiii else ; De fac am, you unlettered colored man, dcrc be one, two, free ’terpritashuns to dat double and twistificated word. De fust signmnfies de ’scriptions on do eight bells at de Nort eend church. Den derc am de letters dat we fashion- Fi- dey lets out de sleigh lu'lls, am called hell- letters! Ain dcre any ting else dat I can do to enlighten your dark, thick an’ obtuse cocoa nut, di* morning, (Tito V—Boston Post. do it admirably; let one go ahead with a hoe, and make a hole for the missing plants, and the third to plant. In this ; way a field would soen he gone over, i aim there would be very little difterence in the maturity of the stalks. In a sea- sign whenever children have to wan der from the parental roof for amuse- ment. Provide pleasures for them around their own fireside, and among themselves. The excellent Leigh Richmond pursued this plan, had a son like the present, when the stand is museum in his house, and exerted cv- yjjaor, it is worth the trial, cry nerve to interest his little flock.— i> can universally If tobacco ertn be transplanted profita bly, surely cotton can. We shall not be surprised to see cotton plants started in hot beds, and transplanted in the open fields. What an immense advan tage if it does succeed; it can lie done in less time than it takes to chop out, and may secure the early maturity of the plant. Try it, planters, and we shall hear no more talk of half a stand of cotton.—Columbus Enquirer. HOW T!) GET nITw* VARIETIES OF PO TATOES, When the vines are done growing and are turned brown, the seed is ripe: then take the balls and string with a largo needle ami strong thread; hang thcm^i a dry place, w here they w ill gradually dry and mature, without dan- !/i>r or i'liiirv from front In tlx. mnnlli Napoleon’s Opinion of the Press. —“ A journalist,” said the great Napo leon, “ is a grumbler, a eonsurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a hundred thousand bayonets.” A newsboy was heard to say that he had given up selling papers, and had gone into the mesmerizing business. “1 get five dollars per week, said he, “ for playing.” “ Playing w hat ?” asked one of his comrades. “ Possum,” replied the boy. THE TIES OP KINDRED. Are you a brother? In what man ner do you treat this relation ? Have the voices that were once pleasant to you lost their tone? Have the cold and pitfiless storms of the world frozen the current of yonr kindred feelings within yon; or have they lost their power, and wasted in selfish cares, and hollow, heartless formalities? * • Oh! cherish, at home, or they can get for a few shillings in any abroad, the dear ties of kindred, and village; but rather let the stranger see amid all the turmoil, and all the change in your looks, accents and behavior, of eaifhly ‘pilgrimage, never, never for- your heart and earnestness, your get the obligations which they entail (bought and will, which ho cannot buy upon you. .Summon back the bright \ love of home is one of the greatest safeguards in the world to man. Do you ever see men who delight in their own firesides, lolling about in taverns and saloons? Implant this sentiment early in the child—it is a mighty pre servation against vice.-- Working Man’s Friend. True Hospitality.—I pray, O ex cellcnt w ife, cumber not yourself and me, to get a curiously rich dinner for this man or this woman, who has alighted at our gates; nor a bed cham ber made ready, at too great a cost ; these things, if they are curious in them the entering wedge to measures intend ed to end in the overthrow of her cher ished institutions. The Government is undergoing changes equally marked and momentous, in the assumption of powers touching finance and revenue, the collection and disbursement of the the public money, the schemes of in ternal improvements, and squandering of the public lands, tending directly to a corruption and consolidation of the those who come after them—that our with the crumpled hoi object is to preserve such a Union if d°g that worried the we can, but at all hazards to maintain the rat that eat the malt that lay in the the liberties and rights of the people of house that Jack built. Georgia. ' Southern Rights Associations.—This “ 12. Resolved, That this Conven- the Priest all shaven and shorn that lion, composed of Southern men, dem- miuned the man all tattered and torn ocrats and whigs, and meeting on the foregoing principles, necessary, as we believe, to the protection of the rights unto the maiden all forlorn, that milk ed the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the and liberties of tiie South, do nominate that killed the rat that eat the malt and recommend Charles J. McDonald, that hit lay in the house that Jack of the county of Cobb, as their Candi- built. date for Governor of the State of Geor- Secession.—This is the cock that gia, and tho exponent and standard. I crowed in the morn that awoke the sprout in a fortnight; they must be at tended to likp other vegetables. When about two inches high, they may be thinned and transplanted into rows. As they increase in size, they should be billed. In the autumn many of them will be of the size of a w alnut, and from that to a pea. In the follow ing spring, they should he planted in hills, placing the large ones together,—they will in the second season attain their full size, and will exhibit several varieties of [orm, and may then be selected to suit the Government, and utterly unknown to hearer of their principles in the ap- priest all shaven and shorn that mar- judgment of the cultivator. I would the Constitution, as understood by the preaching canvass.” ried the man all tattered and torn unto preaching makers of that instrument, and as here- ; —- —^ — tofore interpreted by all parlies. Be i’O-OPERATION. it therefore There are a few among us who vl- “ Resolved, That, in tho present olently denounce separate State action, eventful crisis, it is vitally important hut propose nothing in its stead but co- for the salviHon of the South, and the operation. What do people mean maintainance of the rights of the by this word? If we judge from their States, that tho republican doctrines of conduct, it must mean submission to ’98 and ’99, as embodied iu tho Vir- the past A co-operation in what ? gjnia and Kentucky resolutions, be In what are they actually co-operating I maintained with unflinching firmness, They are co-operating w ith the North, and that among them we recognize the to put down State resistance. They following: 1 are co-operating with the balance of “ 2 Resolved, That the States, as the Southern States that have already separate and equal sovereignties, form- submitted, to defeat separate State ac- ed the Constitution. tion. It is strange, indeed, that those “3. Resolved, That each State, by who agree with us that we have been its own Convention, deliberated upon wronged—most outrageously wrong- and determined for itself the question, ed, and who use all the powers of lan- of the ratification or rejection of that gunge to excite the indignation of the Constitution, and that it came into the people in opposition to those wrongs, Union by its own sovereign and volun- should propose no remedy, but labor tary act; and that therefore this is a to make popularity by denouncing the Union of consent and not of force. \ only one which remains for our griev prefer gathering the balls from potatoes the maiden all forlorn that milked the j of a good kind. The first crops from ances! They offer nothing but the again ask— “ 4stResolved, That each State, in view of the voluntary nature of the ! word co-operation. We Union, has the right, in virtue of its in- what do they mean by this word ? Let dependence and sovereignty, of scce- U8 examine ibr a moment. Those who ding from thfrUfion whenever the peo- advocate co-operation say that the pie thereof, in weir sovereign capacity, Southern States would not co-operate shall determine such a step to be ne- after we go out, but they may do so cessary to effect their safety or hap- before we go out This notion in- I )iii ess) and, of consequence, that the ' volves this absurdity: The other States GenoraTGovemment has no authority would furnish men and money to attempt, by military force or other wise, to restrain a Suite in the exer cise of such sovereign right. “5. Resolved, That whend^F the Government, by an exertioi#of the common force of all, or an application of the common funds of all, acquires S ritory, it is the di^Bgif that Govern- nt to secure-to alMhality of rights in such termory, and to remove all im pediments within its power to thtf eiu joyment of this equality of rights. “0. Resolved, Tiiat the Federal Gov ernment has no right to withhold its protection from any species of proper ty or section of the confederacy ; and that any attempt to do so will as clear- Iv 'rince the hostility of the Govern- to de feat the right of secession and endan ger their institutions to make eminent a consolidated one, are expected to co-operate wi fore we go out! Could a people so foolish arid so base, and should we confederate with such a people ? In reason, are npt those individuals in fa vor of submission? Let them then come out and tell the people so. If cow with the crumpled bom that toss ed the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that eat the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.—Colum bia Tile graph. uow toIueaTa WIFE. First, get a wife; secondly, be pa tient You may have great trials and jierplexities in your business with the world; but do not therefore carry to your home a clouded or contracted brow. Your wife may have many trials, which, though of less magnitude, may have been as hard to her. A kind, conciliating word, a tender look, will do wonders in chasing from her brow all clouds of gloom. You en counter your difficulties in the open air, fanned *>y heaven’s cool breezes; but your wife is is often shut in from these healthful influences, and her health fails, and her spirits loose their elasticieity. But, oh! bear with her; she has trials and sorrow’s to whidk you are a stranger, but which your tern derness can deprive of all their anguish. Notice kindly her little attentions and efforts to promote your comfort. Do not take them all as a matter of course, and pass them by, at the same time being very sure to observe any omis sion of what you may consider duty to you. Do not treat her with indif- secds thus obtained, will be productive, and will continue so for many years, gradually deteriorating, until tiny will need a renewal by tho above process. bed and board; but let truth, and love, and honor, and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. He has had his last Crow!—The "s Journal announces the death, in that city, on Friday night, of George A. Chapman, formerly one of the editors of the Indiana State Senti nel. All our readers are familiar with the remark, “Tell Chapman to crow.” 11 is remains were followed to the grave by the Masonic fraternity and the Printers of Indianapolis. Mr. Chap man possessed many qualities which served to endear him to a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He was generous and confiding, even to a fault. He leaves a wife, hut no children, to lament his loss. GRAFTING GRAPE VINES. In one of our agricultural papers, the following simple mode of grafting gra|>e vines is described:—Cut off tho vine below the surface of the earth; split the stock, as in cleft grafting; let the scion be of one year’s wood, with two or three buds; make it wedge shaped and insert it in the cleft; if the cleft does not hold it sufficiently firm, secure it by binding it tight; draw the earth over the whole, leaving the second hud from the top uncovered; take off all the sprouts from the stock and scion, ex cept one, and train that as usual. Wo think those who have unproductive, or wild vines, would do well to try this method. The time is after the vines cease to bleed. A Yankee’s Calculation.—“Well, it’s curious how we do git over the ground. Why the trees all look as if they was a dancin’ a jig to double quick time. I kin recollect, ten or twelve years ago, that if I started from Hosting on a Wednesday, I cud git in I’m in a fix nd whose hand at night warmly clcsp- cd in yours—call up her whose voice, like every sister’s voice, was around your sunny path like music—call up those who with yon “ played Beneath the same green tree, And every evening knelt and prayed Around one parent knee ’ And though they may be far or near, though the ocean may separate, or the grassy grave hide them from you— never, iu all the rush and shitting lights and shadows of existence, never for get that you arc a brother. Two Yankees were strolling in tho woods, without any arms in their pos session, and observing a bear ascend* ing a tree, with its paws clasped round the trunk, one of them ran forwaiil and caught the liear’s (laws one in each hand- He instantly called out to his comrade: “ Jonathan, I say, go home and bring me something as fast as you can, till 1 kill the varmint. Mind, dont stay, for A Secret for a Farmer’s Wife.— Whitethe milking of your .cows is go ing olrfeee that your pans are clean, mid let them be placed in a kettle of boiling water. Strain the milk into one of the pans taken hot from the kettle, and cover the same with another of the hot pans, and proceed in like manner with the whole mess of milk, and you will ferenee, if you would not sear and pal- find that you have double the quantity ly her heart, which, watered by kind- of good rich cream, andijet double the dPli Filedelphy on the next Saturday ma- kin’ jist three days. Now I kin git in from Hosting to Filedelphy in one day, and I been calculatin’ that if the pow er of steam increases for the next ten years as it lias been doin’ for the last ten years, I’d be in Filedelphy jist two days before I started from Hosting.” An Inveterate Joker.—Mathews’ attendant in bis last illness intended to give bis patient some medicine; but a few moments after, it was discovered that the medicine was nothing hut ink, which had been taken from the phial by mistake, and his friend exclaimed, ) “ Good heavens, Mathews, I have giv- i en you ink!” “ Never-never mind, my boy—nev er mind,” said Mathews, faintly, “ I’ll swallow a piece of blotting paper!”— This w as‘the last joke Mathews ever made. | Jonathan ran off as fast as he could, hut was an exceedingly long time re turning. During the interval the bear made several desperate attempts to bito the hand of him who held him. At length Jonathan came back. “ Helloo, Jonathan, what the deuoo has kept you ?” Jonathan replied: “ Well, I’ll tell you; when nt hgaie, breakfast was about ready, and I guess ed it w ould be as well to wait for it.” “Here, now, Jonathan,” snkl his companion, “come you and hold it, and I’ll kill the critter in a jilfy.” Jonathan seized the bear’s paws, and held the animal while the other could kiU it. „ + “ Well, Jonathan, have you got hold of him?” “I guess I have,” replied Jonathan. “Very well, hold him fast, I guess I’ll go to dinner.” A Lesson in Arithmetic.—Teach er—John, suppose I were to shoot at a tree, with five birds on it, -and kill three, how many would lie left ? L ' l.n—'Hireo sir.^ No, two Would lie left, you ig jus. » *<rNo they w'onld’nt tl ss, would, to tho latest day of your quantity of aweet and (Vicious*butter, existence, throb with sincere and con- This was given by a farmer friend. slant affection. Sometimes yield your gf wisher to hers. Sho has preferences To Traveller?.—A correspond as strong as yon, and it may be just as in Moor’s Rural Xcw Yorker, trying to yield her choice as to you. cellent agricultural journal publiaKPrt ln tell tne people so. n Do you find it hard to yieldsomelpgses l Rochester, N. \., says that alumn dis- . ,r.—mey wmmi m inuufin* wv they do mean resistance by co-opera- Think you it is not difficult for her to solved In whiskey will cure’ galls on | three shot would be left, and the other tion they should step aside for a mo- give up always ?* If you never jMd horses, caused by tho coller or other two wouldbe fied away' ment from the work of abuse on eepa- i to her wishes, there is danuer thfl*J$e pieces of thehamess. It will prevent T.—Talfr your seat, John, m-iti. artion and sliow works for will think that you are selfiaK, and cJrv galls from dfcing, or where they haye a-.itf ' . * j only for yourrelf; and will twiich feel- ’ occurred, c^fetant bathing will jecure j “Dan, Dan, what on earth (tr^ you ( o-opera ion. advocate ' ings she cannot love a» she might— the contiuuecMfce of the horse, arid ac- f doing up there “Nothing, sir, was Again, allow yonr** ma.lv. » that t„»ll.v Iwal «„■ woun.l whilo in »vi... fe wquMwAlwi atop <M.g ll,Er upon lh« fact lLu»ir|W. yonr wife can lon» up to von, anJ fool Froah nnStod batter will «n« gill, . Hglitolt.” A Very long ago tain wai crew, fore h Pahticula* Man.—Not of Africa, a cap- throw one of the overboard, be- doa^- Hn the man says, 1‘ You ain’t going to bnry me alive, are on ?” “ Oh,” says the capLiin, “you need’nt be so jolly particular to a few minute*” ^ ^ ^ Definition of a Row.—In a crim inal case io Columbus, Ga., a few days ago, the Mowing definition of a row waa given by a lad whwwas undergo ing a severe cross examination: “ All trying to cuss at the same time.”