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THE WIFE.
How ready she is to adapt herself to all
his ways! and with whims, sometimes as
many as the stars, yet for every one has she
her own sweet spell. And then the thousand
capacities never called out before! And
how well pleased she is to fiud that, as the
task is sent, so is the strength sent with it.
How ready is she to unlearn courtship and
to learn content, perhaps the hardest and
least ready of her task, but she docs learn it.
And the work day of life comes, which, cling
to it as she will, must make her give up the
angel and take to the woman. She has to
“box the compass” of domestic cares—
“ Nor’-nor’-east, and Nor’-nor’-west,” and
God speed her if she do it conscientiously;
no point must be passed; the drawing-room,
the nursery, and good lack! the larder, all
must, as by magic, be the result of her clear
steady rule. She knows, that unless she
manages, all will go wrong, and she knows
as sureiy, that if she seems to manage, all
will not go right.
“She who ne'er answers till the husband calls,
And if she rules him, never shows the rules ;
Charms by accepting, by submitting sways,
Yet as her humor, most when she obeys.”
A sensible woman knows all this. And
she knows more, she knows how to have
smiles ready in the midst of her toil, and
almost all that she can well nigh call her
own; for a woman will cry at things that
men will pass by with indifference, and if
she keep her tears to herself surely they are
her perquisites—her privilege. All these
capabilities and soothing powers arc expect
ed—aye, found in woman. Women ever
have, and ever will have, if they do their
duty, these duties to perform; and to do
them with cheerful patience and smiling face
is the best charm sot constancy. Can we
fancy man, only for one day, in their posi
tion] The servants would all be discharg
ed; the children whipped and sent to bed,
and himself, by nightfall, just fit for Bedlam.
From the Natchez Free Trader.
THE FAIR IMPOSTER.
Early last summer a lady calling herself
Mrs. B„ attended by two servants, arrived
in a very elegant carriage, in a town not one
hundred miles from this place. She drove
up to the best hotel, secured lodgings, and
shortly afterwards handed the landlord a
card; (announcing that her dwelling, and
three storehouses in New Orleans would be
for rent in a month,) and requested him to
place it in a conspicuous part of his bar
room. ’ She professed to be a widow and in
bad health. From this Hotel she removed
to a furnished house, which she rented for
six months. She soon selected fionr the
merchants and market people a chosen few,
whom she honoredpvitli her patronage. She
had a number of very rich dresses made
up, bought jewelry, gave a soiree once a
week; lived generously on veal, mockturtle-j
and young chickens, and bought up all the
old wine in town. Things went on merri
ly; two merchants she dealt with were des
perately smitten, and each had reason to
believe himself the favored swain. The
farmer’s daughter, who supplied her with
fowls, cream, and vegetables, was invited to
spend the winter with her in New Orleans,
and his eldest son engaged to oversee her
sugar',plantation at asalary of $4,. r >oo. N.
one thought of presenting her a bill. Thus
passed the summer. One fine Sunday
morning, however, at about 11 o clock, the
two lovers, dressed in their best, glowing
with hope and rivalry, called to escort Ma
dame to a Camp meeting in the neighbor
hood. She had offered them a seat in her
carriage. To their summons at the door
no answer was returned. They knocked
aaain. Still no answer. They became alarm
ed, but soon concluded, that the lady piqued
at their delay, (they did delay a little too
long over their toilette) had driven off solus,
to tlie camp-ground. What were they to
do? They had loaned their horses on the
promise of a seat in the carriage, and not
another was to be had. Indeed, scarcely’ a
human being remained in the town. Half
angry and ashamed, they skulked back to
their respective counting rooms, and spent
the day in mumbling cheese and crackers
and swallowing brandy, as all crusty bachel
ors do, when disappointed. At breakfast,
however, next morning, it was whispered
that Madam B. had not been at the meeting.
The lovers looked up. A feeling of alarm,
perhaps a dim idea that they had been bam
boozled, came over them, and accompanied
by the crowd, they rushed to her house.—
The doors and Venetians were carefully
closed, and for a moment the group paused,
until the question of forcible entry could be
decided. The two lawyers of the place
were summoned, differed in opinion, grew
warm, cited a dozen cases on each side di
rectly in point, and finally flew at each other
with great fury. The constable and magis
trate interfered, and during the melee the
door was hurst open and in the crowd went.
Every thing was in perfect order; flowers
bloomed on the mantle; a little slipper lay
in one corner—e delicate glove in another—
and on a table was found the following note,
written on musk-scented paper, coulcur de
rose, in the smallest Italian hand.
“Adieu, my dear friends. The first frost
warns me away. I could not bear to say
farewell. I will be with you next summer.
When you visit the Rue d’Royale, make my
home your home. For your bills, draw on
my agents, Messieurs & ,
Camp street. Adieu! adieu!”
It is impossible to say, precisely, what
was the feeling of the company. The most
of them were her creditors, some for rent,
others for supplies, and for considerable
amounts of cash loaned. A few swore
roundly—others slunk off silently, while the
two lovers grew absolutely angry. He who
had loaned the money declared her an im
poster; but the other insisted on her inno
cence, and treasured up the abandoned slip
per and glove as memorials to be cherished
forever. He that night drew upon her
bankers, and enclosed a letter full of vows
to the lady herself. In ten days his draft
was protested, and his letter returned, with
a polite note from Messieurs &
that they had not the honor of knowing any
such personage. Since then, not a word
has been heard from the fair widow, and the
whole town has voted her an imposter, save
the one faithful lover, who insists that she
will return next summer. Such is the spell
of beauty on man’s imagination.
SPARKS THAT MAY KINDLE.
The scholar’s inheritance. —Not gold and
gems;—not meadows and pastures, fat flocks
and waving grain; not deed3, bonds, mort
gages and stock—such things seldom fall to
the scholar’s lot. If he have a thatched cot
tage, a shady elVn, a musical brook, a maple
dislywith his books and a clear mind, he
may well be content, and deem himself rich
withal. Often is he poorer than this, but
weighs not a scanty wardrobe and the un
certain meal, in comparison with knowledge.
Yet is the scholar heir to a worthier inheri
tance, measured out by no metes and
bounds, weighed in no earthly balances, and
of a value assignable by no ordinary calcu
lus. It embraces every pebble, every spire
of grass, every flashing wave, the depth of
the sea, the caverns of the earth—it com
passes the circuit of the stars, and he weighs
and measures them as his rightful posses
sions. Wherever aught may be known,
there is his realm. Every thought, feeling,
act of man in the long reach of his history,
past and to come, is his. The spirit of
earth and air arc his; the soul of the flower,
and the demon of the mine, the invisible
agencies of the wind, and the melodies of
the spheres. With reverent awe he passes
into the society of celestial hierarchies, not
as a stranger, but as one of them. Lowly
and humble in his temper, the shining laws
and orders of the universe, are his, as he is
duly subject to them. The unseen messen
gers that pass to and fro between heaven and
earth visit him too, in his meekness and in
tegrity.
To this inheritance he is always welcome.
In the regions of thought no one will hinder
his entrance. There are no hiring clauses,
no writs of ejectment. Nature receives her
child heartily, and with good cheer. The
heart of the world is open to him who car
ries a true heart within him. Science throws
open all her stores to him who would enjoy
them; his own rudeness only, and want
of skill, detain him from the complete frui
tion.
This inheritance is everlasting. Ilia title
it lies in no bond nor lease, but deep in his
own immortal being. No earthly law can
divest it, no ordinance of prices abate its
worth, nothing hut his own recreancy and
baseness. Ho who made the eye for light,
made also the soul for truth ; and the sight
of the soul which fails not through age, is
evidence that the perception shall hereafter
grow clearer forever.— South. Lit. Messen
ger.
CURIOUS CIVILITY.
The Foreign Quarterly, in a review of
Koh’l spirited and exceedingly interesting
sketches of the capital Russia, says that cu
rious scenes take place in the streets of S'.
Petersburg on a cold day.
When the nose freezes, the suffer is whol
ly unconscious of a fact, which to all who
see him is made apparent by the chalky
whiteness of that important appendage to
the human face divine. Nature for such
occasions has always provided, in profuse
abundance, the most efficacious remedy.—
All that is necessary is, to rub the patient’s
nose well with snow, and the circulation
tt.iu.dly returns in a'few minutes. If thisis
no’ done in time the nose is lost. It has
therefore come to he considered an act of
com non civility, in the streets of St. Peters
burg, lor every body to look to the noses of
his neighbors, trusting that his neighbors
will keep an eye upon his in return. If you
meet a man and see that his nose is turned
white, courtesy requires that you should
take up a handful of snow and rub his face
as briskly as you can, till the rosy blush re
turn. Sometimes you may see two Rus
sians on meeting, stop simultaneously, and
fall to rubbing each other’s face for dear
iife. A newly imported Englishman has
been known to resent rather roughly so un
ceremonious an act of kindness, of the im
portance of which he has not become aware,
but the usage is one with which the stranger
seldom remains long unacquainted. The
eyes also are liable to become inconveni
enced by the severe cold. Idles form about
the eye lashes, and gradually become large
enough to prevent the sufferer from seeing
with any comfort to himself. In such cases,
it is considered allowable the first
house at hand and demand permission to
thaw oneself, leaving a tear of gratitude on
the hospitable floor in acknowledgement of
the favor received.
Conversations in Philosophy, Geography,
Astronomy, Chemistry, Metaphysics, Phys
ics, ifc. —‘ Now, Nimrod, you sit over in that
ere corner, there, and I’ll sit in this ere cor
nel, here. I’ll ask you some scientific ques
tions, and see how many on ’em you can
answer.’
4 Well, Solomon,try it on. Wait, though
till I get that pesky gravel stone out o’ my
boot. There, fire away.’
4 In the first place, Nimrod, what makes
the magic needle always point to the north V
4 Most philosophers say it is owing to some
peculiar attraction—hut I am inclined to
think its a way it's got!’
4 How long is it since the corner stone of
the Tower of Babel was laid V
4 About as long as a piece of string, if not
longer.’
4 At what pitch will mankind in general
arrive, at the end of the world, if they con
tinue improving in scientific knowledge as
they have since its beginning V
4 Yellow pine pitch, probably. I meant
to say, a pitch into eternity.’
4 How often do comets make their appear
ance upon an average V
4 Frequently.’
4 When may we expect another V
4 Immediately, if not sooner.’
4 Why is the sun called he V
4 Because it isn’t a Woman.’
4 If a person get wet in a rain, is he liable
to take cold i’
4 He can, if he likes—especially if it be a
damp rain.’
4 Who was the king of the Cannibal Isl
ands !’
4 lf we can place any reliance on ancient
history, I should say that—he was one of
‘em.’
4 Why is it that two rivers so often unite
and form one, while one seldom or never
separates and forms two I’
* Its because cold-water meetings arc
prevalent all over the country.’
* If a man travel forty miles a day in fair
weather, how far can he travel when the
weather is bad V
4 Let’s see —four times five is five times
four—consequently it will take him an hour
to travel a mile in fifteen minutes.’
‘ What is the difference between carbon
and hydrogen V
4 One kills people and the other destroys
life.*
‘ What are fogs ?’
* Volumes of mist-e ries.’
* What effect can medicine have on a tight
pair of boots?’
4 If the boots are costive, a dose of Dr.
Brandretb’s pills will operate as a moral ca
thartic on the anterior superior spinus pro
ds of the illium.’
‘ Look here, Nimrod !—you’ll do to trav
el—you’ve seen enough of these parts.’
‘ Why, Jonathan, what are you going to
do with that load of bran down in York ?’
said a pretty Yankee girl to her sweetheart,
as she saw him driving his team down to
the sloop.
4 Well, I guess I shouldn’t like tew tell.’
‘Well now, dew tell,’ said the curious
girl.
* Well, its to make woman things of.’
‘ W oman things of ?’ said Sally, blushing
a little.
4 Wall, I guess so —that’s what I call ’em.
The ladies down in York have got a crazy
notion of loohin fat in an odd part of the bo
dy, and brail’s ris in consequence.’
Sally blushed still more, and went away
thinking bran was a strange article for wo
men to get fat on. So we think.
A D riser ini inatin” Preceptor. —A school
master in Cornwall, advertising his estab
lishment, says, “ Every boarder must be
supplied with a Bible and a Prayer Book, a
knife and fork, three towels, and a silver
dessert spoon ; all of which, except the
books,become the proprietor’s perquisite on
the pupil’s quitting school.”
AQTOMLTTOALp
From the Spartanburg Journal.
THE FARMING INTEREST.
Our neutrality in politics is to have no in
fluence on our opinion as regards the farm
ing interest. This press is established and
is to be supported principally by the far
mers, and shall be devoted to their inthrests
as the permanent one to he considered by
us. We call the attention of our patrons
to the following interesting report from the
Committee on Agriculture, made at the last
session of our Legislature. It never has
been published in any of the papers of the
State, and it gives us great pleasure to call
public attention to the facts and arguments
therein stated. Why this measure, promis
ing so fairly to further the interests of our
farmers and intended exclusively for their
benefit, should have been defeated, passes
our understanding. The experiment of a
single year was surely, worth the trial, par
ticularly as it seems to have been crowned
with eminent success elsewhere.
We hope the time is not far distant when
the Legislature will order not only an agri
cultural hut a geological survey, and giving
the farming interest their fair proportion of
the public expenditures.
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom
was committed so much of the Governor’s
Message, No. 1, as relates to Agriculture,
have had the subject under consideration,
and beg leave respectfully to
REPORT:
That they coincide fully with his Excel
lency as to the importance of Agriculture to
our State, and consider its improvement the
essential care of the politician. Wise laws
and judicious encouragement, develope the
resources of a nation. Individual ingenui
ty sometimes originates and traces out many
useful but insulated experiments and what
ever their results, the circulation of them is
often limited. By a combination in socie
ties, important aids are oil'ered, emulation is
awakened, and information disseminated;
the practical benefits, however, still extend
only to particular sections of country and
demonstrate that no alternative but govern
mental patronage remains to secure perma
nent and extensive advantage. Success in
the cultivation of the earth is to supply most
of the wants and demands of life, and it be
comes policy of the State to aid in the ad
vancement of this most valuable of human
pursuits. #
The wide extent of our country, and con
sequent cheapness of land, produces a mi
gratory spirit among the population of the
tstate; and after exhausting the soil in one
spot, they roam to another, subject to all the
privation and expense of removal, and not
unfrequently return to the scenes of early
childhood impoverished and forlorn. This
restless propensity, the tesult in many in
stances of expectation of sudden wealth,
more often from ignorance of the resources
around them, and a proper method of im
proving their land, legislative care should
check. The effort will be attended with
beneficial consequences to the State. Every
new experiment among the population 1
have alluded to in clearing new fields, de
stroys a quantity of valuable timber, a defi-.
ciency of which in many places is beginning
to be seriously felt; and this devastation is i
committed while science and experience
teach that not the quantity of land planted,
but skill in culture, yield largest returns.
Nature, in the economy of her works, never
intended any of her bounties should be an
nihilated. What is consumed in one appli
cation, aids in new formations, and varied
and abundant pabulums are furnished to re
invigorate and restore a worn and exhaust
ed soil. The furrowed fields of Europe
attest this truth, and so beautifully is her
system adjusted, where deficiency appears
to exist, we may well suspect our own want
ot observation. Accident sometimes leads
to important discoveries, and invites to
further scrutiny, but science pursues the
clue which a kind Providence mav have pre
sented to unfold her favors. An enlighten
ed and liberal Government is the parent to
extend this care, to offer that nurture which
will promote the growth, vigor, end pros
perity of her people. South Carolina is not
wanting in affection to her children. The
Executive presses of this Legislature what
is so much needed, and your committee
recommend the adoption of his views.
If examples were required to enforce
their utility, your Committee might point to
the efforts of many of our sister States and
of foreign nations. Georgia has just com
pleted a geological and mineralogical survey
of her ninety counties, and can now esti
mate her resources and her wealth. In
Pennsylvania, the discovery of gypsum has
created a revolution in her agriculture, while
her coal mines bid fair to make a large por
tion of the U. S. tributaries. Massachusetts
has expended large sums in bounties on
grain, and geological and agricultural sur
veys. Her lime now quickens a cold and
sterile soil, which feeds a teeming popula
tion, and offers a surplus for exportation.
Maine, hy a bounty of ten cents on the pro
duction of every twenty bushels of wheat
recently expended 876.000. Lime with her
has become an article of exportation, and
from three small towns alone an amount of
twelve hundred thousand dollars is realized.
New York is carrying on an agricultural
and geological survey of that State, and
New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Michigan,
Indiana, and North Carolina, are all exam
ining and developing their own resources.
In no country in the world more than Eng
land is a fostering care of agriculture exhib
ited, both by Government and individuals.
Though that country is eminently manufac
turing, nay, the great workshop of the world,
and contains few more square miles than
South Carolina, she is enabled to support
twenty-five millions of inhabitants, and fur
nish enormous governmental resources. In
Scotland, agriculture is conducted exclu
sively on scientific principles, and the far
mer applies to the chemist to instruct him
in the peculiar nature of his soil, and stimu
lants best adapted to its improvements.—
Throughout the country, and in England,
not only in resources had for manure to salt,
clay, marl, lime and gypsum, but they also
import for that purpose fish, horn shavings,
woollen rags, and human bones from the
Continent of Europe. The great Freder
ick of Prussia made agriculture his peculiar
care, and annually appropriated a million
and a half dollars to its advancement. Not
withstanding the desolation of war, he left
at his death, twelve millions of pounds in
the coffers of the nation. By neglecting his
policy that country is now tributary to other
nations three millions of pounds for food.
So all important is an attention to agricul
ture considered in Europe, that schools are
established under most of the Governments
of that country, where the science is not
only theoretically but practically taught.
With these examples at home and abroad,
can South Carolina remain unconvinced, un
influenced ? Will she not awaken from her
apathy! Will she not perceive and im
prove the only means of arresting a down
fall in her fortunes? Will she not contem
plate the great odds against which she is
contending—a wide-spread extent of now
country, more fresh and congenial than her
own to the production of her great staple,
alluring away her citizens and causing,the
removal of numbers of her slaves? She
cannot continue a competition, and it is time
to see our own resources, and promulgate
them to our agriculturists; true economy
i dictates such a course.
Sixteen years ago, an appropriation was
granted by this State, for a Geological Sur
vey, and the effort was not without encour
agement; thirty species of Minerals were
discovered, and ten of Rock. Among these
were two species of Iron Ore; also, Marble,
Limestone, Pyrites, Gold end Oil Stones.
To renew that research, might at this time
Ire inexpedient, but your Committee were
unanimous in recommending an Agricultur
al survey of the State, and l will here briefly
mention its purport and advantages.
An Agricultural survey, relates to the na
ture of the soil, particularly in reference to
the crops cultivated; to the climate, with
reference to the crops grown; to the num
ber of acres cultivated; to the quantity of
land in wood, in pasture, in roads, or under
water; to the objects of culture, the modes
adopted, and the proceeds; to manures, to
live stock of all kinds, in their relative utili
ty, for pleasure, labor, food, and the dairy;
to dairy produce; to poultry, diseases of
domestic animals; to bees, orchards, gar
dens, farm buildings, farming implements,
to silk, and many miscellaneous subjects.—
The duty of an Agricultural Surveyor, is,
to visit every District and Parish in the
State; every principal farm or plantation,
the management of which promises to afford
useful information; to correspond and co
operate with practical men, or,-in the words
of the resolve of the Massachusetts Legis
lature, “to collect accurate information, of
the state and condition of the agriculture
of the Commonwealth, and every subject
connected with it, point out the means of
improvement, and make a detailed report
thereof, with as much exactness as circum
stances will admit.” Your Committee will
add nothing further to these details, than ad
vert to the fact, that every Executive Mes
sage, directs the attention of the Legisla
ture to this subject, but from a misguided
spirit of economy, the call has hitherto been
neglected. It becomes us now, to act witli
independence, and prop her waning fortunes;
policy requires it, patriotism demands it,
and our duty forbids us to neglect the wel
fare of our country. Your Committee con
sider their duty fulfilled in offering these
views, and pressing the adoption of the fol
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That an Agricultoral Survey of
the State of South Carolina, is highly ne
cessary and expedient; that it will be a
means of developing and improving her re
sources; retaining at home, her citizens and
slave labor, and counteracting, in same mea
sure, the effect of competition in her great
staple, from the fertility of new lands in
other States.
Resolved, That the result of each year’s
survey, be annually reported to this House,
and copies distributed to every Agricultural
Society throughout the State.
Resolved, That the sum of three thousand
dollars be appropriated for the ensuing
year, to said survey; and that the Gov
ernor be specially charged with the selec
tion of a capable person to execute the
same.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ROBERT W. ROPER, Ch’mn. ‘
THE CULTURE OF COTTON.
To the editors ot the Tennessee
State Agriculturist:
Gentlemen : —Being requested to do so,
I will state a few facts which have come un
der my observation, in relation to the culture
of this important article. Between fifty and
sixty years ago, I witnessed and participa
ted in the culture of Cotton in the State of
Kentucky, upon a very small, though useful
scale. The plant was topped and succour
ed with special care—otherwise ‘it would
not mature in that climate. ‘Cotton pick
ings’ was a common innocent amusement
for the young, during the fall and winter
seasons, taking the seed from the cotton.
The spinning wheel was an important ar
ticle of household furniture—and the young
lady considered herself well dressed in a
suit of her own manufacture. Between 40
and 50 years ago, I spent several years, and
traveled extensively in the States of Virgin
ia and North Carolina. Here the Cotton
plant was cultivated, more after the fashion
of a garden, than of a cotton field—topped
and succoured, as in Kentucky—and great
care was taken to secure the useful product.
In the long nights, the family hearth was
spread with cotton —and the circle enliven
ed with a busy scene of extracting the seed
from the staple with the nimble fingers —in
which old men and matrons —sons and
daughters, as well as young domestics, were
peacefully engaged. The music of the
cotton wheel, and the sound of the loom, far
more interesting and profitable, than that of
the Piano, give zest to the enjoyment of do
mestic life, and few if any complaints were
heard of ‘ hard times.’
In 1802, I saw for the first time, the cot
ton plant grown to full size, and ladened
with matured bolls, in Middle Tennessee,
then denominated Cumberland—but its
culture was then of very limited extent —
there being no settlement south of the Duck
River Ridge, the Indian title to those lands
not then extinguised. From this date until
ISI2, but little difficulty was experienced in
the culture of cotton —the seasons were
mild—its growth was seldom impeded by
cold in the spring, or injured by early fiost
in the fall. But from theJlate of that gloo
my season, which alarmed so many, com
monly termed “the shakes”—there appear
ed to be an evident change in the seasons —
and the culture of cotton was, for several
years, almost an entire failure. There was
considerable speculation among intelligent
men, relative to the cause of this change—
some were of opinion that we now occupied
a position, with regard to North and South
latitude, a little different from formerly. I
have, however, nothing to do with the caus
es, but only the facts. Many Tennesseans,
despairing of success in the culture of cot
ton in this region—the Alabama lands com
ing into market—and what has been termed
“the cotton fever,” being at its highest
grade—purchased lands in the cotton region
at the highest prices. But in the year 1824,
fine, crops of cotton were again realized In
Tennessee, yet this success was of short
duration. There are, however, certain sec
tions in Middle Tennessee—particularly in
Rutherford countv —in which the cotton
crop has seldom failed—but this has been
properly ascribed, more to the adaptation
of the soil to the growth of this plant, than
to the suitableness of the climate or seasons.
To say the least of it, the culture of cotton
in Middle Tennessee has been precarious
since ISI2, and by no means a source to be
relied on. Grazing and stock raising are
highly recommended—and properly so.—
This however requires some capital and time
—but the results will appear in due time—
and in fact, the effect is already perceptible.
But there are other branches of industry
that neither require much capital or much
time—l refer now particularly to the silk
culture. The uninformed, and those who
wish to profit by the sale of silk fabrics,
will cry out humbug. But actual experi
ments—facts—stubborn facts, and the testi
mony of numerous intelligent men, of un
questionable integrity—is sufficient to satis
fy the community, that the silk culture may
be pursued, upon a large or small scale, in
Tennessee, with much more ease, safety,
and profit than the culture of cotton.—
It is a light and pleasant employment, to
weak and otherwise unprofitable hands.—
The Morus Multicaulis, which yields abun
dant food for the worms, who, with instictive
skill, prepare the fabrics, is easily cultiva
ted, and very prolific—all that is wanting
is industry, enterprise, perseverance, and a
j market for cocoons, or reeled silk, to make
| Middle Tennessee equal to the valley of
j Peidmont, or any region in the Chinese
i Empire, where the silk culture has given
prosperity, wealth, and comfort.
L. GARRETT.
Davidson Cos., Ten., Feb. 1842.
FARMING.
Agriculture is the nursery of patriotism
and virtue.
Agriculture, aided hy science, will make a
little nation a great one.
Science must combine witli practice to
make a good farmer.
A wise Government will not be slow in
fostering the agricultural interest.
All the energy of the hero and all the sci
ence of the philosopher may find scope in
the cultivation of one farm.
TKIIE
For the Southern Miscellany.
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA.
ACROSTIC AL.
I am composed of thirteen letters.
My 1,2, 7,9, 10 is a city in South America.
My 2,5, 7, 10, sis a county in Pennsylvania.
My 3, 11, 12, 4 is a canal in the United States.
My 4,9, 5, 13 is a mountain in Europe.
My 5, 7,8, 3is a town in Italy.
My 6, 12, 4,5, 5, 13 is a city in Europe.
My 7, G, 12,8,13 is an island in the Mediterranean sea.
My 8,10. 5,5, 4,8,9,12,8,2,9 is a lake in New Hamp
shire.
My 9,11,3, 5,9,10,5 is the capitolof one of the United
States.
My 10,5,7, 10, 5 is a river in New England.
My 11, 10, 2,4, sis a city in France.
My 12, 10, 5,7, 13 is a county in Michigan.
My 13, 11, 13, 11, 13, 9is a mountain in Asia.
My whole is the name ol a distinguished individual.
Madison, Georgia. S A. H.
OCr Answer next week.
AIWiIEYQSItMINm
SC/ 5 ’ Professional and. Business Cards, not
exceeding four lines, will he published one
year for Five Dollars, in advance.
American Hotel,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber, srateful for the patronage he has re-
J- ceived since the above establishment has been open
respectfully informs his friends, and the Travelling publ
lie, that he is prepared to accommodate all who may
give him a call. J. M. EVANS.
April 5, 1342. i
Alfred A. Overton, •
Attorney at Law,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
Office, one door north of the American Hotel.
April 5 lyl
11. D. Williams & Cos.
Auction and Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA,
HAVING taken the File proof Store, next below that
of Messrs. Rea & Cos ton, Commerce Row, j* now
prepared to offer every facility in their line Their de
voted attention will be given to all business entrusted
to their care, and correct returns made ns early aspos
sible. They solicit consignments, and a share of the
business generally.
April 5 lyl
A Curd—To tire Ladies !
MRS. C. HOFFMAN, at Augusta, respectfully in
forms the Ladies that she has returned from New-
York with a splendid assortment of French MILLIN
ERY, and other articles in her line, and invites them
to call and examine her Goods.
A full assortment of B O N N E T S can be found at
Madison at all times, at the Cheap Cash Store of C. K.
Hoffman, and all orders entrusted to his care will be
promptly attended to.
All kinds of Millinery, Dress-Making, altering and
Bleaching Straw Bonnets, done in the best manner, at
the shortest notice.
Augusta, April 12th, 1842. 4w2
Groceries and Staple Dry Goods,
At the Depot of the. Georgia Rail-Road!
TSTE offer for sale, for Cash, or in exchange for Cotton,
” Clarified and West India Sugars, all qualities,
Java, Cuba and Rio Coffee, a large assortment,
All sizes IRON, a large quantity,
Nnils, all sorts; Weeding Hoes; Trace Chains,
10,000 lbs. Geo. Bacon Hams, Sides and Shoulders,.
3,000 lbs superior Lard,
Castings, Black smith’s Tools, Mill Saws. <tc.
40 sacks Hopping's and Henderson’s and Wilson's
Flour, No. I,
Corn and Corn Meal, in any quantity,
Bagging of all kinds, and Bagging Twine,
Bale Rope, Molasses. Salt; Paints, assorted,
Linseed, Lamp and Train Oil.
Mackerel, Venison Hams, Irish Potatoes,
Hard-ware, Carpenter’s Tools, Axes, Files,
Locks of all kinds; Washing Tubs,
Buckets, and all sorts of Tin Ware,
Chairs, Spinning Wheels,
Candles, Soap and Tallow, &c. &c.
Also a line assortment of BROAD-CLOTHS and
SATTINETTS; Prints and Calicoes,
All kinds of bleached and unbleached Homespuns,
Jacconett Muslins, Bnbbinetts,
Leghorn, Straw and Willow Bonnets,
Mens’, Bovs’ and Ladies’ Shoes, assorted,
Factory Yarns and Coarse Cloths.
Our assortment of Goods—f >r Family use —both in
food and raiment, comprises every article usually kept
in a store, necessary for daily consumption. Ciill and
see us ! We pledge ourselves to put all our stock of
goods at prices to suit the times.
JOHN ROBSON & CO.
Madison, April 5,13-12. 1
.Hast Received
At the Cheap Cash Store of C. F. IloJ'man,
A” SPLENDID supply of Staple and Domestic Dry
-O- Goods—which will be sold low to suit die times—
coesisting of
London and American Prints, at 10 to 25 cents,
Bleached Shirtings, at 10 to 20 cents,
Brown Homespun, at 9 to 16 cents,
Black Italian Silk, Poalt de Sail, Grosdc Afignc, Lin
rn. Diaper, Table Cloths, Broad Cloths, (very cheap,>
Fancy Bags, Silk Cord, HATS, SHOES, &c. and a
great variety of other Goods too numerous to mention.
Call and see!
Madison, April 12 4w2
TCommiciiis Tomb & Lead Stones.
THE subscriber is prepared to furnish to order Mon
uments, Tomb Slones, Head Stones, and Slabs of
every description, carved and lettered to suit purchas
ers—all of which will be made of the best Marble, and
delivered in Madison at prices suited to the times.
Letters addressed ‘o the subscriber in relation to the
same, and left at the Post Office will meet with atten
tion. 11. PRESTON.
Madison, Aprils, 1842. sw*l
A List oi Letters
REMAINING in the Post Office at Madison, on the
Ist of April, 1842.
A.
Adams, Nipper Aldredge, James F.
Adair, William Allen, Nathaniel N.
Adair, Mary A. Autry, Philip
Adler, Julius
11.
Ball, James Boggess, Bcnnet
Benefield, Emily Brewer, Drury
Ball, Jeptha Boswell, Elijah
Ball, Eliza Brown, Henry
Butts Jacob C. Bogle, Tarbett & Cos.
Barmgton, John
C.
Crim, John Chamberlain, Charles V.
Coleman, Mrs. Chapman, Anderson
Cabiness, John C. Cushing, J. TANARUS., 2
Clark, Seaborn J. Cunningham, Jesse
Caldwell, James, 2
D.
Dewitt, A. 11. Daniel, John M ,2
Dcarmnnd, William Davis, Samuel P.
Douglass, Asa Davis, Ebenezer
Dawson, John E, 2
F.
Floyd, William IFielder, William
Foster, Mrs. Francis, 2 iFuiler, R. M.
G.
Garner, Samuel Gibbons, William
11.
Hendry, Sampson, 2 Holden, Kaly
Iladawav, Thomas L. Harris, E. L.
Hungerford, John F. Hearn, William
Hearn, Frances Head, J. J.
iianson, Richard
Jackson, Cavil, 6 Jay, Zack
Johnson, Martha Jackson, Daniel C.
K.
Kernodle, Richard, 2 |King, A. W.
L.
Lane, Henry B. iLong, Joseph
Lane, S. W. lLawrencc, Hugh
M.
Muslin, D. R. Moody, William L., 2
McNeal, John T. McCalpin, Alexander
Moody, John L., 3 McMayhand, Woodard
McCay, J. R.
N.
Nolan, Thomas
p
Pucket, Sarah R. (Pace, ElizalJeth
Pryor, Garland
R.
Reed, Hugh K., 2 Robey, Miss Jane
Robertson, M. M. Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ragland, A. M. Reason, Rebecca
Radsky, J. , Rogers, William P.
S.
Slaughter, Mrs Thursey Spruce, George
Sew-el, William Seats, Thomas
Stafford, Reuben Slaton, Elisha
Stanton, James Shaw, Robert J.
She, Mrs. Mary
r „ T.
Trotter, Hinson, 2 Tomlin, Hezekiah
Thomas, William R.
V.
Vason, Miss Martha E., 2 IVeats, A. P.
Vason, J. M.
W.
Ward, Mrs. Ann Watts, James J.
Wade, John W. Woods, James
Wright, John C. Woods, John
Weaver, Albon Woodley, William
Walker, Tabitha, (colored Wade, Mrs. Mary
woman,) Whitfield, ’William
Warring, N. E. Wilkins, Thornton Sc Co>
Wilson, James F. Wright, John S.
Persons applying for letters contained in the above
list, will please say that thev are advertised.
JOHN S. WALKER, P.M.
April 5 3tvl