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• • DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, MORALITY. AGRICULTURE. LITERATURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. JAMES I. N0KW00D, EDITOR.] To thine oxrntelfhe true; And it must follow a* the night the day; Thou const not then be false to any man.—Hamlet. VOL. 1. THE DAELUTOTON FLAG, U PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AT DARLINGTON, C. II., K C., BT NORWOOD * DC LOKHK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: In advance, (per annum.) - • - $2 00 At the expiration of six months • 2 60 At the end of the year 3 00 ADVERTTSISC : Advertisements, inserted at 75 cents a square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first, and 374 cts. for each subsequent insertion. Business Cards, notexceeding ten lines, nserted at •a. a year. DARLINGTON C. H., S. C., THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 6, 1851. [MimoD t HE LARUE, PI RUSHERS NO. 86, From the Farmer and Planter. AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT. It is cheering to obsoervo the chan ges that are taking place in the minds of those whose occupation is the soil upon the subject of manures. The sun of hope brightens, and the clouds begin to break away. The time has passed by when he who had the hardi hood to defy public opinion, by apply ing manures to his lands was consider ed a monomaniac, or by the more charitable a simpleton. The change in public sentiment is obvious and will bo followed more and more every year by a corresponding change in practice. That such is tiie ease appears from almost every newspaper we take up. The columns of every journal that comes forth from the press are graced vritharticles designed to show the digni ty of the pursuit of agriculture the prac ticability and necessity of the applica tion of manures to our lands. Nor is this all a matter merely existing on paper. There is cause for these tilings. Journals have a doable character.— Sometimes they originate and give tone are only begiuing to perceive that some thing may be done and even probably done. Planters of large means have to take the lead in the march, lliey have to demonstrate that one dollar may be so expended in improvements that two may with a moral certain ty hayot back, and when farmers are convuieed beyond doubt of this, like other classes they will suit their con duct to their interest, Men of smaller estates are prone to look upon improve ments as suited only to those of large means and altogether out of their reach hut this is wholly erroneous. It is as fully within the power of him who works a few hands or lives by the sweat of his own brow to drain and hill-side ditch bis lands, to plow deep and manurs as of him who directs a force. He may profit as much by rea ding reflection observation and experi ment as the millionaire. Agricultural periodicals, as well adapted to his wants. There is no royal road to suc cess in husbandry. The avenues to intelligence are wide open to all. The practiced economy in the use of manu res must be exercised by an intelligent industry. The richest lands, as well as those of less fertility will in time become unproductive under a a system of unva ried cropping. Not a month since an an extensive planter in one of the ol dest and best counties in the State of Alabama, said to us “our lands are worn out in the culture of cotton, and we shall be driven to a regular system of manuring or abandon its culture.— Of this the most of us are convinced.— But com we can make forever without trouble. Our lands many of them at least are inexhhustible for the produc tion of coni.” We asked why in the lapse of time they might not be worn potash) is Iiis review not washing here. And in review let him ask himself the ques tion whether or not he pressed into his service the great renovator of South- ejn worn out lands the Cow-pea.— These points being attended to and found all things right, he may confident ly expect prosperity in the pursuit of agriculture. HARVEST BAYS. Of the three hundred and sixty-five, these are, to the I'anne,', the most de lightful—we mean now the Fall Har vest The incoming of the Stammer Harvest is agreeable enough to the sight—but the intolerable heat of the June and July sun, greatly diminishes the real enjoyment of the occasion. Bra cing old October’s Harvest has no such draw-hack. Then, the healthful frosts have begun to come, to destroy the foul malaria of Summer. 'Hie winds are changing round from South to North. 'Hie words are bright and beautiful with the varied hues of Autumn. The sun set glow is rich and mellow. The flut tering Partridge startles the husband man in every dingle of of his pleasant farm. The Doves arc collecting in flocks, and are winging their graceful, whistling flight to find lietimos th^nost abundant feeding places. The Cows come lowing up at evening-tide from their newly-opened pastures, with ud ders wen distended. All the brute creation is growing fat and merry. The contented farmer sees it and rejoices with the rest. He looks back upon a well-spent summer. He is gratefully watching the return of his labor. He is happy to see his well-fed servants “dri- 1 viug their jocund teams afield” to gather in the remnant of his crop. At twi- , light, a blazing fire crackles upon his hearth-stone—his all are leathered us beyond the pale of every honest man’s sympathy and consideration. Another difficulty in the way of such a movement, is the position it would Itlace us in with respect to the Union Democrats at home. Our denuncia tions of these men have been unmea sured. From the stump to the press we hare held them up to the finger of senm, until the names of their leaders has become by-words of reproach. For their Cobbs, Footes, and Clemenses, no epithets have been too harsh, no lan guage too degrading. Altd can we now turn to them, with tli®M#*-t curse still quivering u|>on our lips, and with a bended knee and suppliant tongue, crave their forgiveness, and ask the re newal of their former fellowship! Can we say to them that not they, but we have labored to deceive the South, and place her people in a falsi* position— that consolidation and State rights, sub mission and resistance are but different names for the same thing, and of far less value than the unity of the great Democratic family? If we can, politi cal principles are indeed tilings of w ax, and |>oiitieal honesty and consistency, the worst of humbugs. For our own part, when we hoisted i the banner of Southern Rights at our refuse a friend, so undoubtedly resyrrUt- "’ere &|ieedily obtained. The jeweler Mr, and lent her jewels, with thenecom- took the rings, removtd the paste, put pauying request that they should he re turned the next day, us she herself w as going to a hall tiie next evening. But the next day came, and the next—and the next—But uo ear-rings. At length, grown weary at the delay, she sent a servant to her friend's house for tlicm, and they w ere accordingly returned.— Casting on them a look of affectionate welcome, sin* put them away in her cas ket, and thought no more of the matter. AImmiI a week after the occurrence, her father came to her house (for sin* ro P® for her health. was a married lady) and asked to see her diamond ear-rings. They were soon produced. Heexamined^ and returned them w ith a smile. Her curiosity w as excited, and site enquired the reason of his strange desire to look at his hand- ! some gilt. “Have these rings been out of your keeping?” he asked. “Y-e-s. I loaned them, for a single evening to a lady of undoubted fashion and respectability, and—” “And how long did she keep them?” interrupted her father, “Oh, she promised to return them di rectly, but kept them a week at least.” “Do you observe the large centre- mast-head, we did so with a detemiina- stones in these trinkets ?” tiou to stand by it through weal or w’o; and come what may, we shall not strike until the South is independent, or her |)coplc sunk so low in the sea of submission as to lie forever beyond the hope of resurrection. AN ABSTRACTION BRILLIANTS. They are very valuable, are They certainly are beauti- to public sentiment and appropriate > 00 ? * n *his crop as in the cotton, but in ,a ‘ ,rth ' e . t<,IK . I,l,, ‘^! 1 ‘ 111 8 at ‘ ,c it. They imbibe then radiate the right, answer received onlv the affimation around in a pleasant circle—from with The equilibrium connot long be unset- i ^at they were inexhaustible and would o«t tomes tie joy ous sound ot the corn tied. The press as a mirror reflects »ot w ear out. How by any scale of shucking chorus—and anon, a respon the agricultural as well as the moral, reason or the lessons which every days religions and literary condition of the experience teaches us. we can take I ample. Again—if we take our seat such *» answer as satisfactory or look as a quiet listener upon the piazzas of upon the opinion ns worthy ot respect public houses wdiere planters emigre- we are unable to perceive. It is the gate during the session of tiie court or ignis futuns that has tolled thousands sive shout reaches the ear from some neighboring farm. The hour of rest finds all in the enjoyment of balmy, refreshing slumber. The nights are growing long—and at daylight, all are aroused from their sleepy couches, and A STORY OF FASHIONABLE LIFE. BY “PHILO DELTA.” If a true book oi gossip could bo written concerning the many strange j events which happen in this metropolis, I under the title of “Revelations of Fash ionable Life,” it w ould excite more w on der than the w ild fictions of the hour. Deeds are done that are scarcely cred itable to their perpetrators, albeit they move unsuspected among that gay and gaudy moh, which has been designated as “the Upper Ten Thousand.” Some years since, a lady of dazzling ‘Yes. they not. ful.” “Not very valuable. They arc paste.” “Paste! You certainly did not give your daughter false gems.” “By no means. 1 gave you dia monds; hut they have been removed and paste substituted.” “Impossible! and by whom<” | “By your very particular, very fash ionable, and undoubtedly respectable friend, Miss ” “You amaze me, lather!” At this moment there was a ring at the street door. The servant ushered I in Mr. T , the celebrated jeweller. By him the £tory was soon told, how a lady w ith whom he was not acquainted came to his shop, and handing him these ear-rings, requested him to remove the four large centre stones and put join the throng that daily passes along our railroads or up and down our navi gable rivers we observe the change.— In times past, we heard in these places of little else than the cotton bags—the number of cotton bales. They monop olized all the thoughts all the conversa tion. They were the golden calf, and men built their altars before it, rose early in the morning and toiled late to make offerings to this idol. They con- tinned to make sacrifices to this (iod, un til their lands became wasted their sub stance gone and themselves without a home. It is yet too much the case, but it is not now wholly so. Men now some times discourse upon the subject of ag riculture rationally. They discuss the various modes of improvement in their lands, and the best mode of preserving | what is left of them. The number of bags of cotton to the hand, is not the only measure of merit to a planter waste and improvements are elements that enter the computation. With ju dicious men a balance sheet annually, and the wear and tear of capital is made a deduction from the sum of the pofits too into the mire of inextricable poverty.— It must not he heeded. Plants will not grow unless thny are fed. To be sure nature’s storehouse of food for plants is large, and it is impossible to an nihilate a single elementary particle,yet that apartment which any individuals claims as his own, may by want of care, be made empty and barren no matter how rich. The same is true of w hole re gions of country. If there are not exam ples enough in tiie United States there are abroad. Sicily was once prolific in her grains and other provisions but retri bution has overtaken her for her im providence and she is now the very op posite. It is, then a matter of the highest importance for planters to in stitute a rigid system first of saving, and afterwards of manufacturing fer- tilluers. Waste in these is the ruin- i ous consequence of carelessness in pail, and in part of want of knowledge of their value. An instance has just come under our view in which woodashes seem to have been regarded as a burden if not a nuisance. Two large sinks in the ground were found filled with these ‘ been the happy day’s work is again l^gun, { pretensions, extensively known, and* paste in their stead. He instantly re liefore the “russet mantle” of morn has been superseded by the glorious upward march of Hyperion. But,Uey-day! we are growing terribly grandiloquent.— Let us pause in time. And yet it is a happy season ! Would that we could all lie morally purified by its genial in fluences !—Etlgrjield Advertiser. connected with the “first families,” whs detected in sundry small felonies, in which she hud l>een indulging, for a con siderable period. Shop keepers, whose establishments she had been honoring with her patronage, were bereft of sun dry articles—such as lace, gloves, hand kerchiefs, and other like appurtenances of a lady’s wardrob. Their clerks were (froni the Dallas (Alab.) Gazette.) firstnccused, and then their poor chance- REV1UL HI 1 OLD PARTIES. customers; hut nothing could be proved, From the tone of some of our ex- till one day the accomplished and fash- changes which have heretofore stood I tollable Mrs. was observed to shoulder to shoulder with us in the cause slip a small parcel, w hich had neither of the South, w'e |»erceive a desire to been paid for nor ordered to be charged, abandon present issues, and return into her mull. Nothing was said at .,..., , like the dog to his vomit,” to j first, but the iniportant intelligence was diately proceeded to his daughters res cognised the trinkets, as having been sold by himself to a certain rich mer chant, to he presented to his daughter, whose full length name was even then conspicuous on the gold. Much as he marvelh-d, he deemed it Ids duty, how ever, to execute the order, as fashion able ladies are apt to be entravngaut, and sometimes find it convenient to dis pose of jewels, that are real. But after this strange lady-customer has called again and taken away both rings and the real removed jewels, the affair so disturbed him that he resolved to call on the merchant and state the cir cumstance. The merchant imme- often to be sure their entire extinction, ashes, where they had evidently It is discovered there is no increasing or deposited, years ago, as a convenient maintaining the produce of land where place ol getting rid of them. I icre it now is, without supplying from ' vas otost assuredly need enoug i again, the old issues of Whiggery and De mocracy. Why this is, we are unsMe to conjee tore, unless it be that they are mere time-servers, grasping at every jtolitical hobby to ride into power, or are summer soldiers, who have neither the constitution or nerve to endure the rigors of a winter campaign. Were there even a bare possibility that by such a course the South would recover her lost rights, and wipe from tier escutcheon the stain which now sullies it, we might feel inclined to re main silent and let the movement pro gress. But, convinced as we are, that privately circulated from shop to shop. Mrs. went abstracting and pilfer ing and “conveying” after the manner of ancient Pistol; still uo uugcutecl dis turbance was made by the polite shop keepers. Numerous bills, however, for all the articles “stolen” (that is the w orst word) were made out and sent quietly to her husband, who at first objected, but, on receiving a significant hint, af terwards paid, notwithstanding he was : charged with every article that had been missing from a dozen shops for a year idonee, with an understanding that the jeweller was soon to follow. Thus is explained the interview above narra ted. in a few minutes, the father, the jewel ler, (having left the fair lady in tears,) accompanied by one of those gentry who wear brass stars on their waistcoats, were seen swiftly approximating a cer tain elegant house, in s very fashronshle quarter. But before the trio reached its door, lliey held a brief consultation. On being ushered into the spacious hall, r or I mam silent and let the movement pro-> previous. In spite of the most studious by a footman in Livery, the merchant . - - , . ihn inmi »nii me nroiii ietor b rre88 - But, convinced as w e are, that efforts at concealment, the affair leaked wire that Miss must ie at lome a some source those fertilizing matorial* I “T‘‘“J’‘U / tl .„ v a return to old issues could bring to us out, and there was talk of an arrest an.I so eaarly ttu hour, told the servant that which every crop,and more than ail t whole c^t nothing but dishonor and shame, and a trial; but, while a poor servant maid lie would walk up into the drawing every washing rnm. bears T The that in tlie future contests of parties, the would have been arrested and summa- room but that these other gentlemen Some have found by experiment that -dogue ol stimulating manures. ^ „ i rito dUmuxl of bv inilummil and out- would remain in the hall. To the the crop during the late drought by at- manures. The it is within their power to manure their ; contents of tiie sinks were whole crops—albeit their plantation »“d applied to the coni in the field is large and their acres many. Others still knowing the right yet the wrong G rsee, and seem detenniued to muti- e desolate, and desecrate a heritage that was given to man for a better pur- pose. The number of these is we are confident from observation, gradually lessening. The conclusion forces it- s. If opon our mind, that men are be coming more contented and lietter sat isfied with home, and min e disposed to bear the HU they have than others they know not H# it U common to hear it by those that sacrifice the land of their fathers, after ten years search for the richer lands of the west, they left a country behind with the comforts of i refited society in exchange lor the in- coiiveniences of an inhospitable, wild, new conn try. These fact* and truths are getting to he better known and mor#i»eriously considered than former ly. Am matter of couree the ways and means of preservation and improve ment begin to excite attention. The ma jority however are not yet ready to ad vance rapidly. The great maea ia not yet sufficiently impressed with the magni tude of the subject to enlist actively in tlio cause of imprva DKnt. ITw mioda ciliate and secure the free-soil power of where they manifestly have been benefi- t * ,c * -''ortli, we can give it no counton- | rial to the soil as a stimulant and also to either by word or action aged justice, the fashionable lady was drawing room he accordingly procee- \ ew Oilcans. in th‘ diamonds, sent them to their owner, and a hill of expense, whicli was not small, to the young lady of undoubt ed character. The policeman was sent away with a five dollar gold piece for his hour's delay—a lork strong enough for his lips. The merchant returned to his counting room, In a very few days the brilliant circles of “upper tendom” were made sad with the intelligence that the j chain ling Miss was uoing to Ku- \nd thus the mat ter stands, a case* of highly fashionable misprison of felony! A SLlGirVlSTAkE. When T einpleton, the vocalist, was in this country, happening to be in Charleston, upon the eighth of January, he w as invited to lie present at an an- ni\ersaary dinner, and w ithout any defi- | nite reason why that particular day should bo celebrated over another, ac cepted “the horse,” and went in com- pany with a personal friend. The idea never entered the brain of the vocalist that he was participating in a festivity in which a victory over his countrymen was to be the theme of their jollification, nor would he have kept away, proba bly, had the fact been told him, so little did he care about tiie matters outzido his profession. There was to lie a good dinner, good wines, and good fellows, wit, mirth, and songs, and lie was at home in all surh gatherings, no matter 1 on what occasion. It is well known to most of those who have any acquaintance with the circumstances connected w it'u Mr. Tem pleton's early life that he iM-gnn in a choir at , over which Jackson, the or ganist, presided. Jackson was not long in discovering the talents of his pnpil, 1 and took active measures to bring him out. Templeton improved rapidly un- ilerthc teaching of Mr. Jackson, and never let pass an op|K>rtiimtv to say a word for his early friend and benefac tor. Tins noble disposition will ac count in part, for the mistake on the uciTMAsioa* of*tlxe CliArK^Lwii klimii.** ’Hie table was crowded w ith the chiv alry of the old South State, and ‘the rosy’ passed pretty freely around, and of course, Templeton was very frequently honored w ith an invitation to take a glass w ine w ith all sorts of people, for the of South is very hospitable in a rational way. At length tin pr sklent rose and opened the intellectual part of the bu- i siness with— “ Gentlemen, allow me to pro|>oaB ‘“The memory of Jackson.” The entire party rose ami drank the sentiment in silence, then resumed their seats, with the exception of Templeton, who began— “Mr. President—A*ou have taken me all aback by the suddenness of this compliment to my early friend—[friend at T's elbow grasps his coat tail, and tries to pull him dow n, hut T. perse- serves.]—I may say my best friend— [sensation all around the tal le, during which the friend ejaculates—“you are mistaking the tiling”]—“the friend, sir, who took me by the hand—)“For God’s sake sit down—-don’t make a fool of yourself’]—in my youth; who taught me to play—[here the sensa tion was so great that T’s friend man aged to get his ear for a second, and the following brief colloquy ensued :] “1 tell you, you arc making a fopl of vOurself.” “How ! I am bound to acknowledge the compliment to my old friend,” “Friend be hanged! The president referred to Andrew Jackson, the hero of The Democracy of the North arc as tracting moisture from the atmosphere '»“«h the advocates ol the compromise in consequence of the alkaline proper- fe the sabmiasiomsU of the South, ties they contain. This case is per- 1 *' a L «» are ' n " ,,,ca *' t0 ex - haps rather grosser than usual, hut tonsiou of slavery. If we, who claim to not a solitary one, probably, in this | neighborhood. How many are there j in Rery district in this state and in j every county in thecolton growing re gion guilty of the same mal-practico ? Let every tiller of the soil inspect and examine his premises, to see how many deposits of valuable fertilizers there are that might easily be converted into gold how many drains there are that carry away his capital at the fall of every shower of rain. Let him with the fanner's instrument, the nose, as our correspondent J. P. B. has called it, visit be the State Rights and Southern Rights men, cannot even bear w ith patience the idea of affiliation with the latter, who, while they acquiesce iu the com promise, profess to bo in favor oi the extension of slavery, with wiuit degree of consistence can we reconcile it to our minds to coalesce with the former, who are not only supporters of the compro mise, but whose declared purpose is to confine us to our present limits, and thus, eventually, force upon us abolition, or what is worse, a war of extermination ? Would not such a coalition, lormed at the world undisturbed, and her propensity for un paid for goods was attributed to a mo nomania,—to be cured, not by the house of Correction, hut a flydropatide es tablishment Another little instance of a fashiona ble theft has recently come to my knowledge, though it is known to but a lew, and is “hushed up,” as usual.— The only daughter of a rich merchant, who u-as not long since made a w idow er, not by death, hut by the elopement of his spouse, was presented on one of her hirth-daya, by her fond father, with a pair of costly diamond ear-rings.— These ornaments she wore only on grand occasions, and kept w ith great care. A female friend of the most un doubted respectability, saw and admired these jewels. Indeed, so intense w as ded, found Miss delighted to see „ NVhnt , t , 1( , fe „ ow who firpd him, and very empresses herenquir.es (he c<mon b r after his daughters health. Hie mer- „ Tn ho sare _ ume man .” chant said nothing but putting his hand tl)e fe || 0W( j j on . t know into bis pocket, took oiit and suspended ^ nt | ( j ow|1 dropped the con- before the young lady b Hetoniiiheii eyes f use j vocalist into hi* chair and coat the ear rings that once were diamonds. C(| || Mrj |, 0 remained for the rest of lie plumply accused tier of tiie suhsti tution of the paste. She, with a face as red as the scarlet on the sofa on which she sat, denied the hard impeach ment. He reiterated the accusation. She grew angry, and threatened to turn him out. Butting Ids head out of the drawing room window door, he called to Mr. T., who immediately en tered. At the sight of tins witness, the undoubtedly respectable Miss did I not faint, but confessed where the real gems were, but refused 6 Ji , - - rryT. |i her admiration, that site desired to ex- ! „ ... , , hibit them pendant from her own ears. “I shall then, saw the rich merchant, — z..i neows ,ty ot man, who r" T, j . „ -.i, our instigation, convey to the world hibit them pendant Iroin her own ears. i som. Im stables and note whether a spring l(<} ^ ^ aU ponded love of She accordingly,oo a certain afternoon “be under the painful n* g t fMaTiLk ^^or^me our institutions S liLtred ol abolition last winter, ^ut over to the rich mer- ’ ee'Hng ^ * P?). ,ee coat of clay tan- >ar« is without foundation and that we are chant’# daughter, and requested the loan is even now in your hall. of the Of them fo^a single Gening, to wear Miji—altered her mmd, and re- not needed. Let him observe bow toe the suonression of the other? at a ball The fair owner, though won- vea edall. sun the rain, and the wn s a ec could soeak no other language. It dering at such a request, and very sd- 1 w0 ol tiie gems she g*"' "P content* of the * tock >^’^ ^ wou ld giTtho lie to all wo Lvc utter- verse to parting with her jewels even w ere m the hands of an accomp .ee Z ^ itiresTs t ^ cd abo?; Southern wrongs, and place for a short U„o, U,ought j^ld not •■qually fashionalikv From Imr thoy the evening, A Curious fight.—-A friend has furnished us the particulars of quite a novel fight which took place in our Town a few days since. A gentleman having a rartlesnnkc in a box with tin bars, pnt a rat in to see his suakeship give a specimen of swallowing. The snake struck at the rat and the rat fin ding himself in close quarters with a She was asked deadly enemy like all cow arils ; began to show fight when lie could do no better. He attacked his adversary with spirit and continued to bite him on the head and neck, until he gained a complete victory. The snake died of his w ounds in a few minutes v'aud the rat was killed by a dog but vr& are not informed what became of the dog tiiat killed the rat that whipped the snake that lay in thoboxthatGhar- ; lev built—Aivlersim (I'trHie-,