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Prom the Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle.
THE LADY OF the dance.
mi ZE POEM—BY MISS 11. L. BEASLEY.
“But you, 0 you
So perfect and so peerless, are created
Os every creature's best
The festal hour had come—The wide hall glowed
Withilght intcnser than the glare of day,
Music—the harp and song, or Viol timed
To sway the light and labyrinthine dance—
Floated along its mirrored walls, and crept
With a strange power into the buoyant hearts
The viands and the fed Wine passed around ;
Whilst radiant forms glittering in starry gems
And robes of rainbow hue—with their soft eyes
And silvery accents, in low cadence, breathed —
Imaged the eastern tale, where Beauty, Love,
Joy, and the gay enchantress, Hope, were met,
Presiding genii over some gala eve.
I was a dreamer, and I stood alone,
Lost in th’ entrancementof the glowing scene ;
My fancy yielding to the sirenglance
Os some deep eye, or my whole spirit stirred
With the glad melody of some ringing laugh.
A train of graceful sylphs swept by me : each
Yet lovelier seeming, till my gaze became
To one bright, beautiful being, rivetted.
'Twas scarce her form i—that, in A snowy robe,
As a white wave, went floating down the dance ;
Nor the slight foot, so delicately formed,
The stolen sandal, it eould well have worn,
Os Rhodobe, which by the eagle brought
To the dark Memphian king, won half his crown, —
Nor was it even the fresh spirit of youth.
Enthroned with such sweet grace upon her brow.
That chained my adoration; but the look,
So strangely pensive ; which, at internal
Across that brow would steel, gently, as though
Deep thoughts were at her heart; and that heart peace,
It was a gay serenity of air
That spoke 'midst all the witcheries of the hour
A tempered bliss, such as alone the soul
Wore in first innocence, and the Magian gave
To the wierd dwellers of those kindly stars,
O’er swaying earthly things.
The music ceased;
That delicate girl was lost amid the throng;
But the bright vision of her loveliness,
Had called anto my lips a sybil’s voice :
It is not here, as in an orient clime
Where, in one ulistful dream of painted toys.
Is woman's all of happiness insphered.
Soon shall this maiden, with a lightsome heart,
Hide on one trusted bosom from the world:
Her care to watch and sweetest hope to charm.
With a mild eye and winning voice of joyance,
Its every troubled beating into test.
Whilst, with her native graces and the gloss
That gilds the ornamented mind, her home
Shall be enriched; round the pale sufferer's couch
Her form shall flit, and her known footstep be
The gentlest music of the lonely poor:
Slander a stranger, but just praise, low-voiced
But deep, companion of her name; its sound
A joy and watchword at her children’s heart
The stream of years shall gently bear away
Her beauty’s bloom, but the unwithered look
Os heavenly-chastuned purity of thought,
And calm expectancy of holier things,
Shall rest with virtue’s‘glory round herbrow,’—
The lingering messenger of the grave shall come
Softly, in likeness of a bird of night,
Closing his icy wings upon his breast,
Vet pouring in her ear, so sweet a strain,
She leaves earth's ruder harmony with a smile.
Elizabethtown, N. J. 1837.
[From The American Ladies' Magazine.]
The First Meed of Fame.
‘I was a dull boy’ said Judge B , in
answer to some remarks of Mrs. Wentworth,
deferring to the usual precocity of genius, and
hinting the display which the learned and
Celebrated Judge must have made in his ju
venile studies —‘I was a very dull boy. Till
I was full nine years old I dreaded the name
bf book and school. It is true I had made
some progress in the first rudiments of English,
and had begun tho Latin Grammar ; but this
was wholly owing to the constant instruction
and personal influence of my mother. It was
only in obedience to her that I attended school.
I would have preferred a severe whipping
eVefy day of my life, if by that means I might
have been exempted from the task of study.
I was the drone of the school.’
Impossible! I should exclaim if any other
pefson had told me this,’ said Mrs. Blanford.
‘lt seems impossible that Judge B. should
ever have been averse to study.’
‘I presume you must have grown very fast,’
observed Mrs. Wentworth. ’I have observed
that the healthy, active, growing boys are of
ten loath to be confined in school.’
‘No—it was not that; I disliked study.
My intellect was slow. I could not seize on
an idea till I had, as it were, gone round it and
surveyed it on every side ; and then I had no
Varbai memory. I can recollect my feelings
when my school-mates were reciting their
lessons apparently with the ease and rapidity
with which a wild bird sings his notes. It
seemed to me that all they repeated was in my
own head, but I could not bring it out. I
could not find the clue, and .then I rubbed my
fore head, (my invariable practice) over my
book, till I was the jest of the boys. I suppose
a phrenologist might have prophesied from
that motion, that brain was not wholly inert;
-—but oh, he could never imagine the sensation
when the hot blood first rushed through it with
the throb of hope and ambition.’
The eyes of the speaker flashed with triumph
as though some bright memory of the past had
come over his mind ; and then a shade of sor
row contracted, for a moment, the usual placid
expression of his broad brow.
The ladies did not interrupt his train of
thought—they felt that he was communing with
his own heart; and what a blessing it is to be
indulged in our silence in such moments.
I n a short time he resumed the conversation.
•I never think of my childhood, without regret
that my mother was called away to her rest
in heaven befoi-e I had fulfilled in some degree
those hopes, which, she notwithstanding my
dulness, persisted in cherishing. She was so
happy When I feteived my first meed offame.’
The ladies looked at each other ; at last
Mrs. Wentworth Ventiited to request that he
would give them the history of his first success.
It would be such a favor. He could not fe
sist the request df the ladies—few men can
resist them when they make their petition vi
va voce. If the ladies who send petitions to
Congress would take this hint, and when they
have another subject to bring before the nation
go themselves to Washington, and fill the hall
of Congress with their sweet voices, then, if
they are not successful, let them assert their
dignity in expressive silence. What is the
use of wasting good sentences on those who
are determined not to give heed ?
‘I have said I was a dull boy/ proceeded
Judge B . ‘but that does not convey a true
idea of my character. It was not So much
stupidity as a stupor, which kept me constant
ly at the foot of my class. I recollect that 1
was often reasoning in my own w'ay, on the
various subjects of study presented by the
higher classes, and yet I could not learn the
given lessons in lhe lowest. And so I was
called a complete dunce. Nor would this have
moved me in the least, for 1 had not one kind
ling of ambition ; yet I wished to know my
lesson because I felt, my mother would so re
joice to see me a good scholar, though the ef
fort to be one now was beyond my ability.
‘My faithful monitress often set before me
examples of great aud good men. I recollect
she one evening told me of Patrick Henry, that
man whose eloquence shook the foundations
of British power in the American Colonies;
-and my mother added, ‘he was an idle dream
ing boy’—and then site bowed her face to mine
and I heard her pray that 1 too might be a
worthy son of my redeemed country.
‘The earnest, fervent prayers of a good moth
er are never lost. If I have been what the
world calls an useful man, it is to the instruc
tion and prayers of my mother that my coun
try is indebted. Would that her life might
have been spared to this day /’
The voice of the Judge trembled ; his firm
tones that had often hushed the clamorous
multitude, had awed the boldest criminal, had
swayed the proud mind of his brothersenators’,
now trembled with the emotions of love and
grief that thronged on his memory at the
thought of his mother. True it is that the
noblest minds are the most deeply susceptible
of the sacred domestic affections. Do you
know a good great man ? He is a good son,
a good husband, a good father—there is little
trust to be reposed in the talents, the patriotism
or religion of any man who is Cold in his do
mestic affections, who has no heart.
‘I am often astonished,’ resumed the Judge
—, when I reflect on the apathy of my o' n
sex with regard to female education. 11 is the
influence of lhe mother that fashioneth the
character of the sun. This we know and
feel when we are men. Why then, you will
inquire, do we not exert our influence in legis
lation and in private life, to give to our females
that knowledge which will qualify them for
their important duties ? To women God has,
in an especial manner, committed the guar
dianship of the young immortal.- the heart is,
we may say, almost of her forming, for she
first awakes aud directs its affections, the
soul from her smile receives its first impulse
of intelligence—God has endowed her for her
ask with moral sensibilities ofthe highest and
purest order ; but man, to whom she was phys
ically made subject, refuses her that participa
tion in mental pursuits which is necessary to
inform her reason, strengthen her judgment,
and thus endow her w ith the dignity of know
ledge which will command respect. Till
this is done we shall in vain look for the mor
al improvement of society. But lam making
my story a lecture.
‘And one to which no woman can listen un
moved,’ said Mrs. Wentworth, as she dried
the tears from her bright eyes. ‘How I wish
all our countrymen held your principles.’
•They will in time, if the ladies are but
true to thettiselvcs. Allow me to say, madam,
that part of the blame rests on the fair sex.—
The proverbial weakness of females is made
a matier of belief with men; more from the
reports of women respecting their sex, than
from their own observation. You are not true
to your own order, as Lord Brougham would
express it. Women will betray the weakness
of women, and this to men. You do not often
find our sex thus unguarded. I have heard
ladies, (even voung ladies, w hose hearts should
be overflowing with kindness towards their
associates,) when an absent lady was named,
at once begin some disparaging observations,
usually respecting such faults or foibles as a
man would never, from her appearance, sus
pect. Perhaps, if the individual named has a
fine complexion, it will be hinted that she
paints ; —if she had a beautiful form—that it
is artificial; —if she is praised for her taste
in dress—ah, she devotes all her time at that!
—if her accomplishments are the theme, some
rivil will whisper, yes. she is accomplished—
how I wish she was amiable ! But should
a man praise the mind and intellectual graces
of a woman; hes own sex are instantly armed
against her on every side. We hear of her
oddity, her sluttishuess, want of taste, ill tem
per, bad domestic management; in short, eve
ry disagreeable, if not evil association is link
ed in our imagination with the name of‘learn
ed women,’ a ‘blue’—and this has been done,
in a great measure, by female agency. Be
lieve me, the ladies will never be respected by
men, till they claim cur esteem for the sex as
well as the individual. Woman must betrue
to the interest of women ; she must seek to ele
vate the standard.of female education ; she
must dwell with pride on the genius of those
women who have done honor to the sex ;
she must encourage female talent; she must
repel with indignant scorn the pretensions and
sarcasms of those shallow coxcombs.
‘Who puff off themselves, as they talk with proud air
Os man’s mental ascendancy over the fair.’
Let woman do this, and good men will uphold
her upw'ard aud onward course. She will rise.
Her superior moral endowments will be more
and better appreciated as the divine precepts
of Christianity become better understood.
And when aided by mental culture, her pow
ers shall be directed to domestic, social, moral
aud religious improvement j then will all ge
nius be confessed as among the brightest gifts
of God to our race.’
‘Oh! how I wish every woman in our land
could hear you,’ exclaimed Miss Blandford—
‘they surely w'ould practice what you recom
mend.’
‘You pay me a great compliment. Such an
effect would be a mightier victory than a mere
mortal can evei hope to achieve. It requires
the agency of him who brought ‘Peace and
good will on earth,’ to bind together the hearts
of women in the bonds of charity with each
other. There is a natural rivalry among you,
which reason and even Christian precepts,
find it hard to combat.
‘Yet why should I limit this rivalry to your
sex? Neither men nor women have yet learn
cd the first principles of happiness and great
ness—that we must seek to make others happy
—that we must raise ourselves by elevating
our mind. Men pursue their ends more by
associating with each other ; and hence it is
that they succeed in engrossing wealth and
knowledge. Let women therefore, 1 reiterate,
be true to their sex, and to the duties of their
sex, and they will eventually, gam that full
companionship with man which they were
created to hold.’
‘Thank you, sir, most gratefully, for your
opinion of women,’ said Mrs. Wentworth,
earnestly, ‘you see I am beginning to practise
on your maxim of being true to my own order.’
She paused, but he understood her appealing
look, and again resumed his story :
! My inQthar began my education very early ;
I WaSlier only child, aud she a widow, (my
father dying before I was born) therefore you
niay easily imagine how eager she must have
been for my improvement.—She tried every
means that love, faith and patience could sug
gest, to instruct me in my lessons and my du
ties. 1 n the latter she was not disappointed.
1 may say, without boasting, that I was an
obedient boy, for I loved my mother so well
that it was a pleasure to do her bidding. But
I cculd not learn my book; the fountain of
knowledge was, to my taste, bitter waters, and
all the devices which ingenuity has invented
to make learning easy failed in my case; I
; had to wear the dunce cap at school, and so
1 sluggish was my mind, that I did not care a
> str iw for the disgrace; till I found it made
i my mother weep when she heard of it; Indeed,
s I preferred to be at the foot of my class, for
then I had no trouble about trying to keep my
station, and even at the opening of the school,
I always took my place at the foot it. seemed
So natural to me ; I was contented as Diogenes
in his tub.
‘ 1 hus the time passed till the winter I enter
ed my tenth year. The schoolmaster was
preparing for u famous exhibition ; and as he
knew how solicitous my mother was for my
improvement he called on her to ascertain if
she thought it possible I could take a part.
She did think it possible ; what, mother would
despair of her only child ! she undertook to
teach me the piece I was to speak. The
teacher had selected that pithy little poem so
appropriate for the young tyro, beginning :
‘You’d scarce expect one of my age,
To speak in public on the stage ;
And if I chance to fall below
Demosthenes or Cicero,
Don’t view me with a critic eye,
But pass my imperfections by,’ &<■-
Those six lines were my first lesson, and
after tea my mother sat down to the task of
teaching it, telling me that I must learn to re
cite those six lines during that and lhe follow
ing evening. You smile, ladies, but it seemed
an Herculean task to me, and it was only my
strong affection for my mother that would have
induced me to undertake it. The teacher had
promised, that if I spoke my piece well, he
would give me a silver medal. I cared noth
ing for that, till my mother drew me to her,
and as she put back my hair and kissed my
forehead in her loving manner, said, ‘O Rob
ert ! how happy shall I be to see you come
home with that medal on !’ I thought then I
' would try to obtain it. So I sat down cheer
-1 fully to my task.
I ‘I recollect the scene as though it were but
yesterday. My mother read the six lines to
’ me several times over, and then she explained
the meaning ofthe words. She then told me
’ of Demosthenes,'and the efforts lie made to
■ overcome his natural defects. I remember
’ asking her if I should get some pebbles to hold
in my mouth, whether it would do me any
: good—and how happy her laugh rang out at
my witticism! Then she told me of Cicero,
and of the great services iie rendered his coun
try by his oratory and learning—ihus endea
voring to awaken my mind to some effort of
imitation. I liked to listen to stories, and it
’ was in this manner that I have been taught
’ what little I know; for I could not compre
hend words. I wanted images, and these,
my mother, by her manner, and the compari
sons she would draw from familiar things,
> could succeed in picturing to my imagination.
In books I found nothing but words, and these
■ I could not remember. But I am growing
tedious, I fear, as that evening was to my
1 mother and myself. For two long hours she
patiently taught me. I read over the lines a
1 hundred times. I recited them after her—
’ sometimes I would repeat two or three conse
cutive words; and I could see her face bright
’ en with hope ; but when she took the book
’ for the last recitation, after I had been study
-1 ing most intently for some minutes, I could
’ not repeat a single word. I can recollect
• now my sensations at that time. It seemed
to mo that I knew all my mother wished me
1 to say; but there was a kind of wavering
• shadow would come between me and my les-
I son, and make all the words indistinct, and my
will had no power to control these fancies.
» ‘When my mother had vainly tried every
> possible method to make me recollect the two
1 first lines, she was quite overcome. I believe
her hope of my intellect was extinguished,
1 and that she felt, for the first time, when all
■ who knew me had predicted; that I would be
1 a dunce. It must be a terrible trial for a sen
-3 sible mother to think that her only child is a
1 fool. She burst into a passion of tears; cov
-3 ered her face with her hands, and sunk on her
■ knees beside the sofa where we were sitting.
1 I started up in amazement at her grief, for I
3 had never before seen her so moved ; she was
• habitually calm as a summer morning; but
r her sobs and groans seemed bursting her heart.
- My knees trembled and a burning heat rushed
■ over my frame. At that moment something
• seemed to open in my head, and a light, I can
■ compare it to nothing else, was let into my
, brain. I saw, or felt perhaps, would be more
proper, every word of the lesson I had been
' learning, as though it were graven with a pen
3 of fire—l knew that I could repeat my lesson;
3 and many other lessons that I had vainly tried
• to learn, now all were present to my memory
■ in perfect arrangement. I stood in a state
’ of enhancement, almost, as these new and
j clear ideas came thronging on my mind, till my
t) dear mother arose from her kneeling posture,
I and stretched out her hand to draw me to her.
Her face was deadly pale but perfectly calm
and resigned. I have her countenance now
before me, mild and beautiful is an angel’s.
| She had given up her hope of my mind, but
. her love was deeper and tenderer, perhaps,
i for that her pride m me had been utterly hum
; bled. Oh, there is no earthly passion so dis
, interested as a mother’s love. She thought,
. from my countenance, that I was frightened,
I and drawing me to her, she caressed me, and
. murmurred, ‘my son. my dear son.’
; ‘I can say my lesson, mother, I can say my
lesson now—l broke out, and instantly repeated
1 not only the six lines, but the whole poem
. which I had heard her read, but had never
. read myself. She was astonished ; but when
I went on to repeat hymns and poems she had
i in vain tried to learn me for months and years,
j her joyful exclamations were raised in thanks
; to God ; and her tears again flowed like rain.
] 1 do not think she retired that night at all ;
3 for she was kneeling beside my bed when I
i went to sleep, and when I opened my eyes in
, the morning she was bending over me. Prob
, ably she feared I might lose my memory, and
watched my first awakening to confirm her
r hopes. She was gratified, I recollected more
. clearly that morning than the previous even
. ing. My whole being seemed changed.
,• Every object looked brighter, ‘every word
r sounded with a new meaning.’
‘Do you believe that any new faculty of
s mind was given you?’ asked Mrs. Wentworth.
I ‘No—surely not —but my intellect was
, aroused and enlightened. How, this was ef
r tected, I do not pretend to say, but it appeared
1 to me at the time, that something in my head
- had enlarged or opened. However that may
be, I have never since found any difficulty in
r literary pursuits ; the exercise of my mind is
, my most pleasurable employment. I gamed
b the medal with great applause, aud was sweet
ly rewarded by the praises and kisses of mv
r mother. How happy she was—too happy
for this world. I fear the alternations of grief
; and joy had an injurious effect on her health,
f She passed away in a few months, and left me
j an orphan indeed. But her memory can nev
b er pass from me while my reason remains.
f 1 o her am I indebted for all my enjoyments of
. intellect. I have no doubt that had a severe
. and chilling discipline been pursued with me
. at home, as it was at school, that I should id
i ways have been a dull and ignorant being,
| perhaps an idiot. To a good, faithful, intelli
t gent mother, what gratitude and respect do
f not her childfen owe? I shall always vindi
-1 cate the cause of women.
1
1 months after date application will be
> made to the honorable the Inferior Court
of Madison county, sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, for leave to sell the real estate of James
3 Sanders, Jun. late of said county, deceased
’ A ■> , SANDERS, Adm’r.
r April I—4B—4ni.
Southern Whig
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Sericultural.
brom Loudon's (London) Gardener's Magazine.
HORTICULTURE.
On the Systems of cropping Kitchen Gaadens
adopted by the best private and commercial
gardeners ; with an attempt to reduce them
to fixed principles. By W. D. S.
The subject of cropping the ground in kitch
en gardens embraces the preparation of the
soil, the insertion of the seeds or plants, their
after-culture, the gathering of the crop, and
the system according to which one crop is
made to succeed another. As the discussion
of all these points, however, would involve the
repetition of what is already well known to
every gardener, the article now submitted to
the reader, and lor which his indulgence is en
treated, is limited to what is properly called
cropping, or the succession of crops. Crops
in kitchen gardens, are put in the ground ac
cording to three distinct plans or systems,
which may be termed successtonal cropping,
simultaneous cropping, and permanent crop
ping,
Successional cropping is that, in which the
ground is wholly occupied with one crop at
one time, to be succeeded by another crop,
al so wholly of one kind: for example, onions
to be followed by winter turnips, or potatoes to
be followed by borecole.
Simultaneous cropping, is that in which
several crops are ail coming forward in the
ground at the same time: for example, onions,
lettuce, and radishes, sown broadcast; or peas,
potatoes, brocolo, and spinach, sown in rows.
Permanent cropping is where a crop re
mains on the ground several years ; such as
sea-kale, rhubarb, asparagus, strawberries, &c.
To these modes might be added, mixed lig
neous and herbaceous cropping, such as grow
ing herbaceous crops among gooseberries,
currants, raspberries, and other fruit shrubs,
and among fruit trees. The practice of grow
ing culinary crops among fruit shrubs is, how
ever, nearly exploded in the best gardens, on
account ofthe injury done to the shrubs when
they are young and small, by the roots and
shade ofthe culinary crops, and ofthe injury
done to the culinary crops when the shrubs
are grown up, by the shade and confinement
which they produce. For the same reasons,
cropping between frees is by no means desira
ble in small gardens, where the trees must
necessarily be at no great distance from each
other; but in the case of very large gardens,
such as those of commercial gardeners, where
trees are planted in close rows at 20, 30, or 40
yards apart, so as to shelter the ground, the
cropping may be carried on in the spaces be
tween rows of trees, on the principles which
regulate successional, simultannous, or perma
nent cropping, in ground where there are
neither trees or shrubs.
Ihe object to be attained by a svstem of
cropping is thatef procuring the greatest quan
tity and the best quality of the desired kind of
produce, at the least possible expense of labor,
time, and manure; and, in order that this ob
ject may be effectually obtained, there are cer
tain principles which ought to be adopted as
guides. The chief of these is to be derived
from a knowledge of what specific benefit or
injury every culinary plant does to the soil,
with reference to any other culinary plant.
11 ought to be known whether particular plants
injure the soil by exhausting it of particular
principles; or whether, as has been lately con
jectured by De Condolle, and, as some think,
proved, the soil is rendered unfit for the growth
of the same or any allied species, by excre
tions from the roots of plants; while the same
excretions, acting in the way of manure, add
to the fitness ofthe soil for the production of
other species. The prevailing opinion, as
every one knows, has long been, that plants
exhaust the soil, generally, of vegetable food,
particularly of that kind of food which is pe
culiar to species growing on it for the time
being. For example: both potatoes and on
ions exhaust the soil generally, while the po
tato deprives it of something which is necessa
ry to insure the production of good crops of
potatoes, and the onion of something which is
necessary for the reproduction of large crops
of onions. According to the theory of De
Condolle, both crops exhaust the soil general
lj', and both render it unfit for the repetition of
the particular kind of crop; but this injury ac
cording to his hypothesis, is not effected by de
priving the soil ofthe particular kind of nutri
ment requisite for the particular kind of spe
cies: but by excreting into it substances pecu
liar to the species with which it has been
cropped, which substances render it unfit for
having these crops repeated. Both these the
ories, or rather, perhaps, hypotheses, are at
tended with some difficulty in the case of plants
which remain a great many years on the same
soil; as, for example, perennial-rooted herba
ceous plants and trees. The difficulty, how
ever, is got over in both systems: by the first,
or old theory, the annual dropping and decay
of the folliage is said to supply at once general
nourishment and particular nourishment; and
by the second, or new theory, the same drop
ping ofthe leaves, by the general nourishment
which it supplies, is said to neulralize the par
ticular excretions. It must be confessed that
it is not very obvious how general nourish
ment, dropped on the surface of the soil, can
neutralize the excrementitious matter deposi
ted many feet beneath the surface; as in the
case of long rooted herbaceous plants, like the
saintfoin, lucerne, tec.; and deep rooting trees,
such as the oak, &c. Nevertheless, we find
that these plants will remain a longer period
on the same soil than otheis. the roots of which
never go io any great depth beneath the sur
face; such as the fibrous-rooted grasses, the
strawberry, tec., and the pine and fir tribe.
We mention these things to show that, though
it is not yet determined which is the true the
ory, yet that the fact of plants injuring or di
minishing the fertility of the soil, both gener
ally and particularly, does not admit of a doubt.
In the absence of principles founded on
whichever of these hypotheses may be true,
recourse is obliged to be had to rules drawn
from the experience and observation of those
who believe in the old theory. These rules,
as adopted by the best gardeners, are as fol
lowsi
Crops of plants belonging to the same natur
al order or tribe, or to the natural order and
tribe most nearly allied to them, should not fol
low each other. Thus, turnips should not fol
low any of the cabbage tribe, sea-cale, or horse
radish.
Plants which draw their nourishment chief,
ly from the surface ofthe soil should not fol
low each other, but should alternate with
those which draw their nourishment in great
part from the subsoil. Hence, carrots and
beets should not follow each other; nor onions
and potatoes.
Plants which draw a great deal of nourish
ment from the soil should succeed, or be suc
ceeded by plants which draw less nourishment.
Hence, a crop grown for its fruit, such as the
pea; or for its roots or bulbs, such as the po
tato or the onion, should be followed by such
as arc grown solely for their leaves, such as
the common borecole, the celery, the lettuce,
&c.
Plants which remain lor several years on
the soil, such as strawberries, rhubarb, aspar
agus, &ic. should not be succeeded by other
plants which remain a long time on the soil,
but by crops of short duration; and lhe soil
should be continued under such crops for as
long a period as it remained under a perma
nent crop. Hence, in judiciously cropped
gardens, the strawberry compartment is chan
ged every three or four years, till it has gone
the circuit of all the compartments; and aspar
agus beds, sea.kale, &c., arc renewed on the
same principles.
Plants, the produce of which is collected
during summer, should be succeeded by those
of which the produce is chiefly gathered in
winter or spring. The object of this rule is,
to prevent too active and exhausting crops
from following each other in succession.
Plants in gardens are sometimes allowed to
ripen their seeds; in which case two seed
bearing crops should not follow each other in
succession.
These rules, and others of a like kind, apply
generally to the three different systems for the
succession of crops; and they are independ
ent altogether of other rules or principles which
may be drawn from the nature of the plants
themselves; such as some requiring an extra
ordinary proportion of air, light, shade, mois
ture, tec.; or from the nature of the changes
intended to be made on them by cultivation,
such as blanching, succulency, magnitude, Aic.
We shall now notice the different systems sep
arately.
Successional cropping.— The plants best cal
culated for this mode of cropping are such as
require, during almost every period of their
growth, the fullest exposure to the light and
air; and as remain, also, a considerable time
in the sail: these are, the turnip, the onion, the
potato, the beet, the carrot, &c. If any of
these crops are raised and brought forward
under the shade of others, they will be mate
rially injured both in quality and quantity;
though, at the same time time, while they are
merely germinating, shade will not injure
them. Hence, successional cropping may be
carried on in breadths of 20 feet or 30 feet,
between rows of tall-growing articles, without
injury; which approximates this manner of
cropping to the simultaneous mode, which,
wherever the soil is rich, is by far the most pro
fitable.
The simultaneous mode of cropping is found
ed on the principles, that most plants, when
germinating, and for some time afterwards,
thrive best in the shade ; and the tall-growing
plants, which require to receive the light on
each side, should be sown, or planted, at some
distance from each other. Hence, tall-grow
ing peas are sown in rows 10 feet or 12 feet
apart; and between them are planted rows of
the cabbage tribe; and again, between these
are sown rows of spinach, lettuce, or radishes,
&c. Hence, also, beans are planted in the
same rows with potatoes or with cabbages,
(an old practice in the cottage gardens of Scot
land;) and so on. The great object in this
kind of ctopping is, to have crops on the
ground, in different stages of growth; so that,
, the moment the soil and the surface arc re
leased from one crop, another may be in an
. advanced state, and ready, as it were, to supply
its place. For this purpose, whenever one
crop is removed, its place ought to be instantly
supplied by plants adapted for producing an
other crop of the proper nature to succeed it.
For example, where rows of tall marrowfat
peas have rows of broccoli between them,
then, the moment the peas are removed, a ;
trench for celery may be formed where each i
row of peas stood; and between the rows of
broccoli, in the places -where lettuces were j
produced early in the season, may be sown
drills of winter spinach.
PROSPECTUS.
AT the late meeting of the Alumni of Frank
lin College, it was unanimously resolved to
be expedient to make arrangements to issue a
Monthly Literary Magazine, to be called
THE ATHENIAN.
The undersigned were appointed by the So
ciety a committee of publication and joint Edi- \
tors of the work, until the next meeting of the
Society. We have no interest in the work, ex
cept that which we take in the welfare ofthe
country and honor of the State. We, ofthe |
South, have too long depended upon foreign
parts for our Literature, and neglected our own !
talents. We shall be weak so long as we think ;
we are weak: and dependent until we make ef
forts to be independent. We hope all the friends
of Literature m the State, and especially the
Alumni of Franklin College, will patronize the
enterprise both by word and deed. State pride
the love of Literature, our interest in the cause
of general Education, all call upon us to sustain
an enterprise so necessary to our improvement,
and the honor of the State.
A. S. CLAYTON,
JAMES JACKSON,
R. D. MOORE,
WM. L. MITCHELL,
C. F. McCAY,
SAMUEL P. PRESSLEY,
H. HULL.
Tme Athenian shall issue monthly, on fine
paper, stitched and covered in pamphlet form
and shall contain sixty-four pages royal octavo.
Nothing derogatory to religion, offensive to any
denomination of Christians, or of any political
party, shall appear in the Athenian. Its pages
shall be honestly devoted to general Literature,
the cause of Education, the Review of new
works, and notices of improvements in Science,
Arts and Agriculture. Price Five Dollars per
annum, payable on the delivery ofthe first num
ber.
T/OUR months after date application will be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court
of the county of Clark, when sitting for ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell, for the purpose of dis
tribution, the two following tracts of land, viz:
Lot No. fifty-seven, in the Bth district of origin
ally Troup, now Merriwether county; and Lot
No. three hundred and fifty-eight, in the seven
teenth district and third section of originally
Cherokee county, drawn by the orphans of
Timothy Vcasey, deceased.
GEORGE W. VE.ISEY,
FELIX D. WOODYARD,
,n r ’ght °.t his wife, Mariah.
THOMAS S 3 EX ENSO.V, Guardian of
Caroline Veasey, and Aty. of Julia Smith (widow.}
1 HOMAS GREEN, Guardian of
Benj. F. and Emily A. Veaseti.
JOHN JOHNSON, Administrator
of Issabella J easey, deceased.
April I—4B—4 m .
GEORCIA, MADISONCOU^TY?~
IIE RE AS. Augustus Crawford applies for
Letters of Administration on the Estate
ofßcnjainii l lliggenbotham, deceased. This is
therefore to cite and admonish all, and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law to shew cause (if any they have)
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 2Gth Mav, 1837
x WILLIAM SANDERS, o. c. o.
May 27,—4—1m
J/OUR months after date, application will b< '
made to the honorable the Inferior Court
Jackson county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell all the lands belon<nn<> t<
the estate of Ralph R. McNees, deceased?
8. B. McNEES, Adm’r,
4 MARGARET McNEES, Adm’x
April 8—49—4m.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, I
Athens, March, 23d, 1837.
AT the Commencement in the first week in
August next, the Trustees of this Institu
tion will elect a Professor of Moral Philosophy
and Belles Lettres, to fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the death of Professor Pressley. Salary
SI6OO per annum.
ASBURY HULL, Sec’ry.
March 25—47 mtlA.
’1 he Georgia Journal, Federal Union, Mil
ledgeville; Sentinel and Constitutionalist, Au
gusta, will insert the above once a month till
first of August.
T/OUR months after date application willl be
x made to the Inferior Court of Walton
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell Lot of land No. 251 in the fifth dis
trict of the fourth section of Cherokee county,
as the property of the orphans of Samuel H.
Watson, Deceased, for the benefit of said or
phans.
MARTHA WATSON, Guardian.
April I—4B—4m.
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the Inferior Court of Walton
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell the land and Negroes of William
Roberts late of said county.
DANIEL RAMEY ) .
PETERG. MORROW, f s ’
March 11, —45—4m
€OP¥DEEDS.
GEORGIA,
f | XHIS Indenture made this sixteenth day of
July, in the year of our Lord Eighteen hun
dred and twenty-seven, between William Coch
ran of the County of Madison, and State of Geor
gia, of the one prrt, and Allen Daniel of the same
County, and State of the other part, witnesseth
that the said William Cochran for and in con
sideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to
him in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, bath granted, bargained, sold,
released and confirmed, and by these presents
■ doth grant bargain, sell, release and confirm, un
to the said Allen Daniel, his heirs and assigns
forever, all that tract or parcel of Land, contain
ing two hundred two and one half Acres, be the
same more or less, situate lying and being in the
thirtieth district of the County of Lee, and
aud known and distinguished in the Plan of the
said district, by Lot Number two hundred and
three, drawn by the said William Cochran, and
granted to him by his Excellency George M.
on the sixteenth of July eighteen hund
red and twenty-seven, reference being had to the
said Grant will more fully and at large appear,
together with all and singular the rights, mem-
I bers and appertenances thereunto belonging, or
in any wise appertaining unto the said Allen
Daniel, his heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns, forever, with full and general warrantee
not only against him the said William Cochran,
his heirs, executors and administrators, but
against all and every other person or persons
whatever: In witness whereof the said William
Cochran hath hereunto set his hand and seal,
the day and year first above written.
WILLIAM COCHRAN, [l. s ]
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
. Jacob Albright, jr.
Solomon Strickland,
Elisha Ware, j. p.
GEORGIA, MADISON COUNTY,
To the Honorable the Inferior Court of said
County.
THE Petition of James Daniel, Guardian of
Allen Daniel, Lunatic, of said county,
sheweth, that the original Deed of which the
above is in substance a copy, is lost or destroyed
and has not been recorded, so that the same can
not be found.
JAMES DANIEL, Guard,
of Allen Daniel, Lunatic.
Isaac Culbertson, clk.
Madison Superior Court Sept. Term, 1336.
RULE NISI.
ON MOTION it is ordered, that the above
copy be established in lieu ofthe original
at our next term of this court, unless cause be
shewn to the contrary and that a copy of this
Rule be served on William Cochran if to be
found in the state, and if not, be published in
some public Gazette for the space of three
months.
A true extract from the minutes of said court.
ISAAC N. CULBERTSON, Clk.
May 6.—l—m3m.
GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes
May Term, 1837.
Rule Nisi.
IT appearing to the Court that Thomas B.
Thompson in his lifetime executed his bonds
for titles to Allen Barber, for two tracts of Land
lying in the Cherokee country, one known as
Number 1112, in the nineteenth District of the
2nd Section, the other known as No. 123, in the
fourth District of the second Section, the first
containing forty Acres, and the last one hundred
and sixty Acres—And it further appearing to
the Court, that, the conditions of said bonds have
been complied with by the said Allen Barber.
It is therefore ordered that the Administrator of
Thomas B. Thompson be directed to execute
titles to the said Allen Barber, for said tracts of
Land within the time prescribed by law, unless
cause be shewn to the contrary—and that a
copy of this Rule be published in one of the pub
lic Gazettes of this State once a month tor three
months.
A true extract from the minutes of said Court,
this 9th day of Mav, 1837.
GREEN B. HAYGOOD, n. c. c. o.
May 13, —2—m3m
GEORGIA MADISON COUNTY.
Inferior Court, sitting for ordinary purposes,
March adjourned Term, 1837.
WHEREAS Isaac Simmons Administrator
of Isaac Simmons, dec’d applies to this
Court for letters of dismission from the estate
of said deceased.
Ordered that after six months publication ot
this rule in one of the public gazettes of this
State, the said Isaac Simmons, Administrator
as aforesaid, will be dismissed, unless cause be
shewn to the contrary, of which all concerned
are hereby notified.
A true copy from the minutes of said Court, I
15th March 1837.
WILLIAM SANDERS, c. c. o. \
April I—4B—6m.
GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
WHEREAS Janies Jennings and John G.
Mayne, Executors of Reuben Ransom, j
dec’d. apply for Letters of Dismission. This |
is therefore to cite and admonish all and singu- |
lar the kindred and creditors ot said dece ised, 1
to be and appear at my office within the time !
prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they i
have) why said letters should not be granted
Given under mv hand at office this 10th Mav,
1837.
GREEN B. HAYGOOD, n. c. c. 0.
May 13, —2—6 m
GEORGIA. CLARK COUNTY.
L. NEWTON, Administrator on
J the Estate of Levi May, applies tbr Letters !
of Dismission on said Estate. This is there
fore to cite and admonish all, and singular the 1
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office within the time prescribed !
by law, to shew cause (if any they have)why !
said letters shouldnot be granted.
Given uuder my hand at office, ibis 2d Janua
ry, 1837.
G. B. IIAA GOOD, d. c. c. o.
Jan. 7.—36—Gm
GEORGIA, CLARK COUN7 Y.
IMniEREAS Robert Simonton Executor of
Theophilus Simonton dec’d.. applies for
Letters of Dismission on said estate. This is '
tnerelore to cite and admonish all and singular !
the kindred and creditors ot said deceased, to be
nid appear at mv office within the time pre
• ribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have)
vhy said letters shouldnot be granted.
GREEN B. HAYGOOD, d. c. c o
March 4, —11—6 m
Madison Sheriff’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in August next, will be
sold at the Court-house in the Town of
Danielsville, Madison county, within the usual
hours of sale,the following property, to wit:
The entire interest of Jatnes Maxwell in and
to 350 Acres of Land, adjoining Grove Hill; le
vied on as his property, to satisfy afi. fa. issued
tinder attachment from the Justice’s Court of the
382 dist. G.- M. in favor of Lindsey G. Colbert,
Ex’r. of P. P. Colbert dec’d., vs. said James
Maxwell. Levy made and returned to me by a
Constable,
JAMES M. WARE, Sh’tT.
July 1, 1837,
Clark Sheriff’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in August next, will be
sold before the Court-house door in the
Town of Watkinsville, in said County, within
he usual hours of sale, the following property,
to wit:
One hundred Acres of Land more or less, in
said County, on the waters ofßobertson’s Creek,
joining Jackson and others ; levied upon as the
property of Henry Burt, to satisfy a fl. fa. in fa
vor of A. & M. A. Sears, for the use of Albert
Sears, vs. Henry Burt, Linsey Sheats, and Nich
olas Sheats, property pointed out by said IL
Burt.
One hundred Acres of Land in said County,
joining Duncan and others; levied upon as the
property of Daniel Craft, Sen’r. to satisfy sun
dry fl. fas. from a Magistrates Court, two in fa
vor of James Shepherd, and other fl. fas. vs,
Daniel Craft, Sen’r. and Edward Craft. Levy
made and returned to me by James Hooppari
Constable.
ISAAC S. VINCENT, Sh’ffi
July 1, 1837.
Administrator’s Sale.
PURSUANT to an order of the Inferior Court
of Chatham county, while sitting tor ordi
nary purposes,will Be sold on the first Tuesday in
September next,within the legal hours of sale, be
sold before the Court-house in Clarksville, Ha
bersham county, Georgia, all that Lot of Land,
known as number twenty-four, (24) in the se
cond district of Habersham county, forth* ben
efit ofthe heirs and creditors of the Estate of
Ann Sky, late of Chatham county deceased.
W. R. FRANKLIN, Adm’r.
I July 1, —9—tds
Administrator’s Sale.
BY virtue of an order of the Honorable the
Inferior Court of Columbia county, when
( sitting for Ordinary purposes,
Will be sold at Clarksville, Habersham eoun
• ty, on ’the first Tuesday in August next, be
-1 tween the usual hours,
[ Lot No. 171, in the 2d District of Habersham
. county, it being a part of the real Estate of Jo
, seph Barnes, dec’d. and to be sold for the pur
t pose of distribution among the heirs. Terms
; made known at the sale.
! GABRIEL JONES, Adm’r.
’ June 3, —s—tds5—tds
Administrators Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the honorable
the Inferior Court of Jackson county, when
sitting for ordinary purposes, will be sold, on
the first Tuesday in August next, to the high
est bidder, before the Court house door in Cobb
county, Lot No. 116116th district of said county
, —Sold as the property ofWm. M. Niblack dec’d.
SAMUEL J. NIBLACK ) ,
THOMAS SHOCKLEY j' rs ’
May 6—l—tds.
Debtors and Creditors’ Notice.
ALL persons having demands against the
Estate of David Stephens, late of Clark
county deceased, are hereby notified to present
them for payment duly authenticated, and all
persons indebted to said Estate are required to
make immediate payment in terms of the law
in such cases.
JOSHUA STEPHENS, ) - ,
HARRIS STEPHENS, < r ‘ xrs -
June 17, —7—4od
Notice to Creditors & Debtors.
A LL persons indebted to the Estate of Robert
Ligon late ofClatk county deceased, will
please call as early as convenient and make pay
ment. All those having demands against said
Estate, will present them within the time pre
scribed by law, duly authenticated for payment.
RICHARD RICHARDSON, ) . , .
ISAAC 8. VINCENT, < Admr s.
July 8,-10-40d
FOUR months after date application wi.l be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court
of Clark ceunty, when sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell all the real estate belong
ing to the Estate of Asel Greer late of said
County deceased.
WM. GREER,
Adm’r. de bonis non.
June 17,—7—4m
GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
JAMES PHILIPS and David Stevens Ex
ecutors of John Harris, late of Oglethorpe
county dec’d. will apply for letters of dismis
■ sion. These are therefore to cite and admon
ish all and singular the kindred are creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law to shew
cause (if any they have) why said letters shou<d
not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office, this Ist Dec.
1836.
HENRY BRITIAN, c. c. o.
Dec. 10,—32 —6m
GEORGIA MADISON COUNT}.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes
January adjourned Term, 1837.
W "ILLIAM Ballinger Administator of
John Hall dec’d, applies to this Court
for Letters of dismission..
Ordered that after six months publication of
this order in one of the public Gazetts of this
State, the said William Ballinger Administra.
tor as aforesaid, will be dismissed, unless causo
be shewn to the contrary, of which all concern,
ed are hereby notified.
A true copy from the minutes of said Court,
1 this 10th January, 1837 :
WILLIAM SANDERS, c. c. o.
Jan. 21,-i-38 —6m.
j GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
Rule Nisi.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes,
adjourned Term, l'2th June, 1837.
IT appearing to the Court that Howell Elder
in his life time executed his bond for titles to
William Appling, for one House and Lot in the
| Town of AV atkinsville, occupied by Mrs. Ste
phens, and a Lot fronting said lot joining Bar
nett, and the Land joining said Lots and bound
ed by Murray and Harden, now in possession
of Mrs. Stephens; and it further appearing to
the Court that said Bond has been regularly as
; signed to David Stephens deceased, and the "con
ditions ot said Bond having been complied with,
ft is therefore ordered that the Administrator of
the said Howell Elderdec’d. be directed to make
and execute titles to the said Honse and Lot,
and adjoining premises embraced in said Bond,
I within the time prescribed by law to the heirs
general of the said David Stephens deceased,
or shew cause to the contrary —And it is fur
ther ordered that this Rule be published once a
month, for three months m one of thp public
Gazetts of this State.
I certify that the foregoing is a true extract
from the minutes of said Court, this 13th June,
1837.
GREEN B. HAYGOOD, d. c. c. o.
J unc 17, —7—m3m
FOUR months afterdate application will be
made to the Inferior Court of Walton
\ county, for leave to sell tie Reni Estate of Ed.
mund Camp late of Coweta county deceased.
ABNER CAMP, Adm’r.
April 29 52—4 m
”law~blaSks
For Sale at this Office.