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NiVERSJT? CF GEORGIA LIBRARY 1 .fnmili) jQ mspaprr—3Dtnattb hi jfiatumal anil Itote politics, litatort, 3mnstnitnt5, ffinrkrte, ^orrigit trail Jtomtstir ihm, fa. W. T. WOFFORD, Editor and Proprietor. “BE JUST AND FEAR NOT.” TERMS—92 00 a-year, in advance. YOL. IV. CASSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1853. NO. 49. THE STANDARD, 18 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT OASSVILLE. OA. BY JOHN A. REYNOLDS. Office.—8. W. Corner of the Public Square. ^artnj. Terms.—Two dollars a-year, in advance, or three dollars if delayed. No paper discontinued, except at the op tion of the editor, until all arrearages are paid. Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at $1 per square, for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usual rates. Advertisements not marked, will be pub- lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on business must be addressed, post paid, to the Publisher. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. CHASTAIN & YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ellxjay, OA., Will practice in the counties of the Cher okee circuit. April 2*. 12—ly- ROBERT H. TATUM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TRENTON, OEO. Business entrusted to his care in any of the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will meet with prompt attention. Nov. 21. A3—if JAMES MILNER, ATTORNEY AT LA W, CASSVILLE, ga. March, 4, 18.52. 4—tf. MARCUS A. HIGGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CASSVILLE, OA. Will attend promptly to all business con fided to his care. Mav 29. 1852. 7—tf- CHISOLM & WOFFORD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, E. D. Chisolm, Cedar Town. Sept. 2. W. T. Wofford, Cassville. DAWSON A. WALKER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Spring Place, Geo. Refers to Kerbs & Hope, Augusta, Ga., Wiley, Banks, & co., Charleston, S. C. A. Wells & co., Savannah, Ga. April 24. 12—1 y. “Hallowed be thy Name/’ List to the dreamy tounge that dwells, In rippling wave or sighing tree, Go, hearken to the old church bells, The whistling bird, the whizzing bee, Interpret right, and ye will find ’Tis power and glory they proclaim : The chimes, creatures, waters, wind, All publish .< Hallowed be Thy name !” The pilgrim journeys till lie bleeds, To gain the altars of his sires; The hermit pores above his beads, With zeal that never wanes nor tires; But holiest right or longest prayer That soul can yield or wisdom frame, What better import can it bear Than, « Father ! hallowed be Thy name!’ The savage, kneeling to the sun, To give his thanks, or ask a boom ; The raptures of the idiot one Who laughs to see the clear round moon ! The saint well taught in Christian lore; The Moslem prostrate at his flame— All worship, wonder, and adore ; All end in <* Hallowed be Thy name.” H'liate'er may be man’s faith or creed, Those precious words comprise it still; IVe trace them on the blooming mead, We hear them in the flowing rill; The chorus hails in great supreme ; Each varid breathing is the same. The strains may differ ; but the theme Is,««Father! hallowed be Thy name!” JONES & CRAWFORD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CALHOUN, OA. April 24. 12 —ly. John A. Crawford, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CASSVILLK, OEO- Business entrusted to their care in any of the counties of the Cherokee circuit, will meet with faithful attention. April 8. riieirfulntss. I think we are too ready with complaint tins lair'worid of God's. Had we no hope Indeed beyond the zenith and the scope Of yon gray blank of sky% we might be fain To muse upon eternity's restraint Round our aspirant souls. But since the scope Must widen early, is it well to droop For a few days consumed in loss and faint ? O downcast Heart, be comforted ; And,like a ckecrfull traveller, take the road, S'nging beside the hedge. What if the bread Be bitter in tliinc inn, and tbou unshod To meet the flints ? At least it may be said, *. Because the way is short, 1 thank, thee, God!” 311 3liout 31kn. I. It. PARROTT, ATTORNEY A T LAW, (PAWMSYIlILiE, March 11. 5—ly. and i dHue basin. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CASSVILLE, GEO Is engaged in the practice of the Law in the counties of Cass, Floyd, Gordon, Whit field and Walker, in Hie Cherokee Circuit, and in Cobb. Cherokee and Gilmer of the Ridge Circuit. Particular attention giten tc the collecting business. [May 6, 1852. mmMMt (cai&Ds Old Queen Bess is said to have died of melancholy from having sacrificed Essex to his enemies. James the First died of drinking, and of the effects of a nameless vice. Charles the First died a righteous death on the scaffold, and Charles the Second died suddenly, it is said of apoplexy. William the Third died from a eonsump tive habit of the body, and from the stumb ling of his horse. Quecne Anne died from her attachment to «strong water,” or in other words from drunkenness, which the physicians politely call the dropsy. George the First died of drunkenness, which his physicians as politely called an apoplectic fit. George the Second died by a rupture of the heart, which the periodicals of that day termed a visitation from God. It is the on ly instance in which God ever touched his heart. George the Third died as he had lived—a madman. Throughout life he was at least a consistent monarch. George the Fourth died of gluttony and drunkenness. William the Fourth died amidst the sym pathies of his subjects. 3n Snipnrfant letter. DR. ROBERT 0. WORD OAce : —-X. East 1.of the Court Honse. Un ft, IR5I 50 -ly. W. H. MAt-TDIE. I. M. DAVIDSON MALTBIE & DAVIDSON, DEA1.ER9 IN STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Drugs, Medicines, PAINTS, OILS. WINDOW GLASS. &u. Ac. Cartersville, Ga. July 22—24—-3m. J. *. SIMPSON. J. T. GARDINLR SIMPSON & GARDINER, WAREHOUSE Commission JHercfyants, MehUath St., Jlugmata, Ga. j W LL continue the Warehouse and Com-! mission Business in their Fire Proof! Building on M’lntnsh Street, in all ite, branches, mad hope by strict personal atten- ; taoa to the interests of aU who place business, in their hands, to merit public favor. 0T Orders for Bagging, Hope and Fami-, ty supplies filled at the lowest market rates, i Cash adaantes made tries required am produce n* at are. July 22—24—8m Dentil of Kings. William the Conqueror, died from enof- mous fat, from driuk, and from the violence of Ills passions. William Rufus died the death of these poor stags whom he hunted. Henry the First died of gluttony, having eaten too much of a disk of lampreys. Stephen died in a few days of what was called iliac passion, which, we suppose, may be a royal word for prussic acid, or some thing like it. Henry the Second died of a broken heart, occasioned by the bad conduct of bis chil dren. A broken heart is a very odd com plaint for a monarch to die with. Perhaps <. rat’s-banc in his porridge,” meant the same thing as a broken heart. Richard Crecur de Lion died like the ani mal from which bis heart was named, by an arrow from an archer. John died nobody knows how, but it is said, of chagrin, which, wc suppose, is an other term for a dose of hellebore. Henry the Third is said to have died a *« natural death," which, with kings and in palaces, means the most unnatural death by which a mortal can shuffle off his « mor tal coil.” Edward the First is likewise said to have died of a « natural sickness," which it would have puzzled all the college of physicians to denominate. Edward the Second was most barbarously and indecently murdered by ruffians, em ployed by his owu mother and her paramour. Edward the Third died of dotage, and Richard the Second of starvation, the very reverse of George the Fourth. Henry the Fifth is said to have died ..of a painful affliction, prematurely.” This is a courtly phrase for getting rid of a King. Henry the Sixth died in prison, by means then known only to his jailor, and known ouly by heaven. Edward the Fifth was strangled in the tower by his uncle, Richard the Third, whom Hume declares to have possessed every qual ity for government. This Richard the Third was lulled in battle, fairly, of course, for all; kings wore either killed fair, or died natu rally, according to the cowrt circulars of these days. Henry the Seventh wasItJjjmy, as a mi ser ought to do, sod Henry the Eighth died of carbuncles, fat and liny, whilst Edward the Sixth died of a decline. Queen Mary is said to have died of « a broken heart,” whereas she died of a sur feit, from eating ton much of blaek pud dings, her sanguinary nature bring prone to bog’s blood, or blood of any sort. Unpublished Letter from John Randolph of Roanoke. We have much pleasure in laying before our readers this morning the following let ter from the celebrated orator and states man, John Randolph of Roanoke. The let ter of the Rev. Mr. Tustin explains the cir cumstances under which Mr. Randolph’s letter was written. Washington City, D. C. ) Dec. 14,1852. > To the editor of the Union : Dear Sir : Not satisfied to partake a- loue of the mingled emotions of pleasure and sadness which have been awakened in read ing tlie following letter from the brilliant and eccentric orator of Roanoke, I send it to you for publication, that the readers of the Union and the public generally may share in the sorrowful gratification which I have experienced in its perusal. It proves be yond question, that whilst, from disease and other causes, Mr. Randolph exhibited on some occasions an irascible and peevish dis- pcs'tion, his heart was nevertheless the de pository of some of the finest and n blest feelings of which our fallen nature is capa ble I do not accord fully with all the sen timents he lias here expressed, but in its general tenor and spirit, the letter has my most hearty approbation. It is a beautiful specimen of fraternal sympathy and affec tion, expressed in terms of tenderness and propriety which I have never seen excelled. It was written to his half-brother, the Hon. Henry St. George Tucker, on the occasion of the demise of his eldest son, a yonth of sin gular promise, possessing largely the person al and intellectual attractions of his ac complished father. It is proper to remark that the letter was found among the private papers of the distinguished gentleman to whom it was addressed, by his sou, John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia. Having been long associated with the family of Judge Tucker in terms of intimate friendship, I have obtained permission from Mr. Beverly Tucker, of this city, to dispose of the com munication as uiy judgment and sense of propriety might dictate. I therefore send it to you for publication, awl bespeak for it especially the attention of these who, in the days of other years, were" associated with its distinguished author in the relations of personal and political friendship. Very respectfully, your friend and obe- diant servant, Septimus Tustin. TflE LETTER. May He who has the power, and always the will, when earnestly, humbly, and de votedly entreated, support and comfort you, my brother! I shall not point to the treas ures that remain to you in your surviving children, and their mother, dearer than all of these put together. No; I have felt too deeply how little power have words'that play round the head fo reach the heart when it is sorely wounded. The common-places of consolation are At the tongue’s end of all the self-complacent and satisfied, from the pedant priest to the washermoman. (They who don’t feel can talk.) I abjure them all, the father of Lord Russel, when condoled with according to form, by the boric, re plied, <« I would not give my dead son for any other man's living.” May this thought come home to your bosom, toe; but not on the same occasion. May the spirit of God, which is not the chimera of heated brains, nor a devise of artfiri men to frighten and cajole the credulous, but is as much an ex istence that can be felt and understood as the whisperings of your own heart, or the love you bore to him that you have loot— may that Spirit, which is the comforter, shed j His influence upon your eoul, and incline your heart and understanding to the only right way, which is that of life eternal !— Did you ever rea l Bishop Battler's Analogy: If not, I win send it to jam. Have you read the Book ! What I say upon this subject I not only believe, but I know to be true—that the Bible, studied with an hum- j ble and contrite heart, never yet failed to I do its work, even with those who from idios- j yncracy or disordered minds have conceived that they were tut off from its promises of a life to come. « Ask and ye shall rect ive; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened un to you.” This was my only support and stay daring years of misery and darkness; and just as 1 had almost begun to despair, after more than ten years of penitence and prayer, it pleased God to enable me to see the troth, to which until then my eyes had been sealed. To this vouebsafement I have made the most ungrateful returns. But I would not give up my slender portion of the price paid for our redemption—yes, my bro ther, our redemption—the ransom of sinners —of all who do not hug their chains and re fuse to come out from the house of bondage —I say that I would not exchange my little portion in the Son of David for the power and glory of the Parthian or Roman em pires as described by Milton in the tempta tion of our Lord and Savior—not for all with which the enemy tempted the Savior of man. This is the secret of the change of my spirits, which all who know me must have observed within a few years prist. After years spent in humble and contrite entreaty that the tremendeous sacrifice on Mount Cal vary might not have been made in vain for me—the cliiefest of sinners—it pleased God to speak his peace unto my heart—that peace of God which passeth all understan ding to them that do. And although I have now, as then, to reproach myself with time mis-spent and faculties misemployed; al though my condition has on more than one occasion resembled that of him who, hav ing one evil spirit cast out, was taken pos session of by seven other spirits more wick ed than the first, and the first also; yet I trust that they too, by the power and mercy of God, may be, if they are not vanquish ed. But where am I running to ? On this subject more hereafter. Meanwhile, assure yourself of what is of small value com pared with that of those who are a piece of yourself—of the unchanged regard and sympathy of your mother's son. Ah ! my God ! I remember to have seen her die, to have followed her to the grave, to have won dered that the snn continued to rise and set and the order of Nature to go on. Igno rant of true religion, but not yet an athe ist, I remember with horror my impions ex postulations with God upon this bereavment —■« but not yet an atheist.” T1 e existence of atheism has been denied ; bnt I was an honest one. Home began and Hobbes fin ished me. I read Spinoza and all the tribe. Surely I fell by no ignoble hand. And tlie very man ( ) who gave me Hume's •« Es say upon Human Nature** to read, adminis tered «4 Beattie upon Truth” as the antidote —Venice treacle against arsenic and the es sential oil of bitter almonds—a bread and milk poultice for the bite of the cobra capel- lo. Had I remained a successful pci tical lead er I might never have been a Christian.— But it pleased God that my pride should be mortified; that by death and desertion I should lose my friends ; that, except m the veins of a maniac, and he, too, possessed 44 of a child by a deaf and dumb spirit,” there should not run one drop of my father’s blood in any living creature besides myself. The death of Tudor finished my bnmilitation. I had tried all things but the refuge to Christ, and to that, with parental stripes, was I driven. Often did I cry ont with the fath er of that wretched boy, <4 Lord! I believe —help tbon mine unbeliefand the gra cious mercy of our Lord to this wavering faith, staggering under the force of the hard heart of unbelief, I humbly hoped would, in his good time, be extended to me also.—St. Mark, vii., 17—29. Throw Revelation aside, and I can drive any man by irresistible induction to atheism. John Marshall could not resist me. When I say any man, I mean a man capable of logical and consequential reasoning. Deism is the refuge of those that startle at atheism, and can't believe Revelation; and my -• (may God have forgiven us both,) and my self used, with Diderot & Co., to laugh at the deistical bigots who must have milk, not Revelation that of the laws confessedly. Our own is fibril the same source—so is the false revelation of Maboment; and I can't much blame the Turks for considering the Franks and Greeks to be idolaters. Every other idea of one God that floats in the world is derived from theTradition ot the sons of Noah handed down to their posterity. i But enough—and more than enough—11 can scarcely guide my pen. 1 will, howev er, add that no lukewarm seeker ever be came a real Christian.; for 44 from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force”—a text which I read 500 tunes before I had the slightest conception of its true applicstim. Tour brother, J. R., of Roanoke. To H. St. G. Tucker, Esq. 44 From old Virginny, I ’spose ?” said the Sucker. 44 Yes, sir, old Virginia,” was the reply. 44 Von are pooty high up in the pictures, thar, I ’spose r” continued the first. 441 don’t know what you mean by that re mark, sir,” says the Virginian. 44 Oh, nuthin’,” says the Sucker, 44 but that you are desp'rate rich, and have been brought up right nice /” 44 If the information will gratify you in any way,” says the gent, patronizingly, smoothing down his hair, 44 I belong to one of the first families !” 44 Oh, of course,” answered the Sucker. 44 Well, stranger, bein’ as you belong to the fnst, I’ll jest give you two of the fattest shoats in all Illinois, ef you’ll only find me a feller that belongs to one of the second Virginny families.” 44 You want to quarrel with me, sir,” says the Virginian. «4 No, stranger, not an atom,” answered the Sucker, 44 hut I never seed one of the second family, and I'd giv something to get a sight at one on 'em. I know you are one of the fust, canse you look just like John Randolph /” This mollified the Virginian; tlie hint of a resemblance to the great statesmen was flattering to his feelings, and he acknowl edged relationship to the orator. 44 He, you know,” continued the Sncker, 44 was a (/e-scendant of the Ingin gal, Poka- huntas!” .4 You are right, sir,” answered the other. 44 Well, stranger,” says the Sucker, 44 do you know there is another queer thing that puzzles me, and it's this : I never seed a Vir- ginnyan that didn’t claim to be either de scended from an Injin, John Randolph, or a niggarU We need not odd that the Sucker rolled off his chair suddenly ! They were separated, and kept apart until the Sucker got off at a landing near his home. As he stepped a- shore, he caught sight of the Virginian on the upper deck, and hailed him at once with: 441 say, old Virginny, remember—two fat shoats for the first feller you find that be longs to the second Virginny family !" Any one famishing an occasional original contribution to this Department, will notonly place ‘The Stardard’ under obligations, but wdl receive it rtgularly, tree of charge. A Successful Cultivator.—Col- Wil der stated in his address before the New Hampshire Agricultural Society, that a gen tleman who makes the culture of the straw berry his special business, raised on five eights of an acre more than three -thousand boxes. These he sold by contract for tlie season at twenty-five cents per box, or about twelve hundred dollars per acre. Boose Ripening Pears. The practice of gathering pears while hard, and ripening them in suitable places nnder cover, is well understood and often resorted to by persons who make the culture of fruit a profession, but is not known to many who may chance to have more or less of this kind of fruit, which they would learn to prize more highly if it were rightly managed. The following is from Thomas’ work on Fruits: 44 Nearly all pears ripen with a much finer flavor, if picked and matured. The excep tions are very few. Some, which prove to be only second or third rate when allowed to remain till they soften on the tree, become rich, melting, and delicious, if house-ripen ed. Gathering the frnit while yet hard, will, in nearly all cases, prevent or greatly diminish the rotting at the core, which oth erwise nearly destroys the value of many early sorts. Winter pears should hang up on the trees as late as safety will allow, and when gathered, should be kept in'a cool room till near their usual period of maturity, when the ripening is to be completed in a warm room, at a temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees. They should be covered to prevent shriveling. Some cultivators have wholly repudiated winter pears, merely from a want of skill in the management of their ripening, or the want of a good cellar to keep them in. Some sorts, however, as the Buerre d'Anremberg, require but little care; others, as the Vicar of Wakefield, need par ticular attention. Bnt the transfer from the cool to the-warm room is of great impor tance to most, and will convert tough and hard specimens into those which are juicy, melting, and excellent. the squirrels ate off it. This looks small by I ground fine, or coarse Virginia, and to cve- the side of the rich prairie and river bottom j ry 100 lbs. of salt, add 1 lb. of saltpetre in lands ; but it must be remembered that it is j large troughs. Place tlie joints used on (said to be) 4. worn-out land,” and the first ! clean plank over the troughs; salt the sides, experiment. What satisfies me that the sub- ! using the salt bountifully, for what the meat soiling is what made my corn, is, that one of 1 does not absorb will be left in the trough for the very neighbors that ridiculed my 44 fancy [ st<Jck hereafter. The saltpetre will give tlie notion,” mndc an entire failure on the same bacon a rich claret color, and is otherwise kind of land, where nothing but a lane di- 1 seasoning. Let the meat now lie undisturb- vides us. ed for about forty days; if very mild weatli- My mode of farming differs from every one cr, thirty-five days will do. The meat is in my neighborhood; therefore I am the gen- . then to be taken tip, and with a brush clean- eral laughing-stock for all; but I think the eil of salt, the sides first, and to be hnng smiles are vanishing, and turning to aston- highest up in the smoke house, which should ishmeut and wonder. Last year my farm be no little squatty affair, but at least eigli- was visited from several quarters, and it was teen feet high. On the under joist hang the given up by all that my crops could not be joints ; the day after hanging commence to surpassed. ; smoke witii green hickory wood, keeping a m dense smoke night and day, which may be Saving Seed Corn, done without danger by digging a pit in the Mr. Holbrook, one of the editors of the N. j fl ' J0r ! this l‘ roce9s nmst ** carried on until England Farmer, and a very successful far- | tl,e bacou bec0,,,es dr y and firm * anJ ° f nn mcrofBrattleboro, Vermont, in an article orange color, which will be in some twelve on the cultivation of corn, says: While upon my present subject, I will say a word about saving seed corn. All expe- enne pepper, the whole ham, except thepart days. The hams are now to be taken down, and with a duster of finely pulverized Caj- rienced farmers are aware that the produc tiveness and early ripening of any kind of corn depend very much upon the manner of selecting the seed. I have a long-eared va riety, which I have been planting and im proving for some ten ten or twelve years; and although during that time I have tried, 1 presume, a dozen other sorts, I give the pre ference to the first-named sort. Whatever may be said in favor'of a change of seed, us regards other crops, there is no need of changing seed corn, provided proper care is used in the yearly selection of that for plant ing. By proper attention to this matter, a variety may be perfectly adapted in its hab its to a given climate and soil, and changed much for the better as to productiveness. The difference in product, between careful selection in the field, and taking tlie seed at random foom the crib, will, in a very few years, be much in favor of the former mode —the soil and cultivation being in both ca ses alike. As soon as the earliest years are thor oughly glazed, I go over the field myself, selecting from those stalks that are iistocky ’ and vigorous, and that produce two good ears. The selected arc taken immediately home, braided, add hung up in a dry, airy place. When I commenced with my favorite variety, it was difficult to find twin ears ; bat now they are abundant. My crops also that is covered with rind, is to l>e well dust ed, and, with any coarse cloth or good do mestic cotton, the ham is to be closely fitted and sewed up. Smear over this canvas with a brush of whitewash made of lime and wa ter, and hang up the hams again. The shoul ders may be saved by the same process with out the canvas; let the sides lioDg all the time undisturbed. The hain3 must be can vassed by the 25th of February. In this way hams will keep seven years, and retain all the sweetest juices of fresh bacon. I i ought perhaps to add that in very wet weath er, I make a smoke under the meat to keep it in a firm and dry condition. This plan is simple and easy, and if followed, will be a perfect guarantee against fly-bugs, skippers, or mould. ripen ten days earlier than at first, i will not mention the length of the ears that might be found in my fields, but will say to you Mr. Editor, come and see for youisclf. Agricultural Progress of tlie United Stater. The following letter, addressed to the ed itors of the National Intelligencer, Wash ington, and published in that journal, con tains facts interesting to the American peo ple : To the Editors of the jVat. intelligencer: The statistics of Agriculture, so far as they have been published from the Census Office, disclose many instructive facts. To. promote the farming interest, and bring some of the most prominent features of this branch of national industry under the eye of legislators and statesmen, I respectfully solicit a small space in your paper to call attention to the progress made by a nation of farmers. The Time for Pruning. i Maize is the most important crop grown The late Mr. Cole,.Author of several works ' > n the United States. It is one of the sta- on fruit, &c„ is excellent authority in this j pies of every State ana Territory, not ex department, and gives his opinion as to the ! cepting Oregon, whose climate is least friend- best time for pruning, as follows : j lji to this American cereal. The United Volumes have been written on this subject, I States census of 1840 makes the corn of the a great part is mere theory. Many prune I preceding year377,531,875 bushels, in the spring from custom, and others in j 1 he census of 1850 shows that the crop of June because the wound heals quickiy, not, 18-10 was 591,586,05-j. Increase 214,0o4,- reflecting that it is of more importance the j 278 bushels. These figures indicate a gain wound should heal soundly than quickly, ol lifty-scTen per cent.; while the increase of We give directions according to our experi- J population was not far trom thirty-four per ence for thirty years. | «ent. Corn being one of the most profitable Slight pruning, in which very small limbs, ' crops any where, I have studied its increase or dead limbs of any size, are removed, may and decrease in the several States with much be performed, when most convenient, in any !interest; but a due respect for the uurner- season. Moderate pruning should be done 011s claims on your columns forbids an ex in June, July or August, though it will an- tended notice of even the most abundant and. swer very well till December. If trees are I reu.uneruting products of our national in- pruned in July, August or September, the dusiry. Allow me however, to say^that wood will become hard, sound, and we.1 sea- New York produced in 1839, 10,975,286 soned, and commence healing over; and it is bushels, and in 1849, 17 ,.144,808 bushels, not material, otherwise than for appearance, This, lor an old State whose rural popula- whether it heals over the first, second, or . t on increased but little in the last decade, third year, as it will remain in a healthy is a large and creditable gain. It is one of state , the many good fruits of her excellent agri- We should prefer October, November, or cultural societies, known all over this ex even December, to the spring, which is the tended Republic, as well as in Europe, worst season. The trees then are full of sap, Pennsylvania has advancedJiercorn cul and it oozes out at the wound, which turns black and decays, like a tree cut in the spring, and allowed to retain the bark. But if limbs ever so large, are cut in August or September, tie wood will become hard, and remain so, if it never heals over. Thirty-two years ago, in September, we ture considerably, though less than New York. Her crop in 1839 was 14;240.022- • bushels; in 1849 it was 30,428,540. While Georgia has added to her annual harvest of Maize 9,5iS,418 bushels in tenyears, South Carolina has increased only 1,548,502. Ohio has seventy well organized agricul- •ld Tirniia v*. Soffernlom. An Illinois Sncker took a great dislike to a foppish young Virginian, who, a few weeks ! since, was fellow passenger with him on one i of our steamboats. The Virginian was eon- j tinoally combing his hair and brushing his boots—to nil which movements the Sucker j took exceptions, w being what he termed, j '« a litiie too denied nice, by half.” He fi- ; naUy took up his chair beside the Virginian and began:— » Whar aught yen be from, stranger r” .««I am from Virginia, sir,” politely an swered the gent. Sflbsoiiilg. A writer in the Southern Cultivator gives . the following as his own experience on this j important subject: Deep snbsoiling is the very thing for earn, \ in any and all kinds of sandy soils. Last j year 1 ploughed around my corn with a small; subsoil plough made at my shop, as near like | a genuine subsoil plough as I could remem- I ber; having never seen but one. It struck my fancy that my sandy lands could be , helped with such ; and as I bad no chance to . send for one, had to make them at home. 1 was very cautious not to allow them to lean . either way, as there was danger of cutting the corn roots, and I used them next to the last ploughing I gave my corn before laying by, just as close as they could be run to it, and just as the drought was beginning to do harm. The land is a very light sandy soil, which my neighbor! said was worn ont. This was my second crop on it, and I gathered a little the rise of twenty-one bushels measur- ’ ed '**e acre, besides peas, and what cut a very large branch from an apple tree, (tural societies, and an efficient board of ag on account of injuries by a gale. The tree ricuUnre. Her corn crop m 18o9 was 83,- was old, and it has never healed over; but! 008,14 buske.s; m 1843 it 1m**fff*- it is now sound, and almost hard as a horn, Gain iu the ten years ^->^4,649 bushels, and the tree perfectly sound around it. A These official statics speak volumes m few years before and after, large limbs were favor of agricultural societies, and legisla- cut from the same tree in spring; and where t:ve aid for. theJ support. kj ar. com they were cut off the tree has rotted, so that posed of practical reading farmers, and I a quart measure mj l ,ut into tbe cav ’ : ' • • IU ~ :: i ;Ut men , of th * an? tie * ’ leaking an efibrt to organize a national ag- j ricultural society Should they, in its fee ble infancy,ask a little assistance from Con- . Good Bacon in the South. j gress, it is to be hoped that sach small aid A correspondent of ..The Plough, the a* the State Legislatures grant to State so- Loom and the Anvil,” says I “ ot «* » ,U,heUL , To My n0th - 4. With your aid and consent, Mr. Editor, ing of tbe large increase in her groin crops, I will submit to the readers of your valuable New Vo. ri, by giving some forty-five some- journal, a fifteeen years experience in mat- , ** then *8,000 a year, La. greased ing and keeping good bacon. It is necessary the products of her dairies over filter that hogs intended for bacon should be close- cut. The recent census shows the .mmense ly confined in a clean pen for at least two product of over eighty-two millions peunds months before butchering, and should be fod ct butter, (82,044,828 •) eese, ,1 on wholesome grain feed. This is done tc j 996. In the production ol these articles, .be impart to tbe meat a firmness andjriieyso- gain from buttermilk snd whey -tu P- lidity which other methods of feeding are making amounts to millions ol dollars, not apt to produce. Kill as soon as the ’ Unlike the farmers of New V ork and O- weather will permit, say'fcirly in December, j hio, those of Virginia have failed to discover Cut out the meat the day it is killed, trim ! the advantage of united efforts lor the pro- the back and rib bohes with all loose pieces motion of agriculture. In 1889 the corn of lard or flesh, taking care to get the pieces erop of Virginia was 34.577,591 bushels—in of meat as smooth as possible. Let the meat 1849 it was only 85,588,583 bushels. Gain so cut ont-lie on the smoke house floor, or j in ten years but 900,991 bushels left till next morning, ard allow no piece to 1 With a view to correct what Icannot but lie on another. Then take good alum salt, regard ns an erroneous judgment in that