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come on- this t-cnYciiiug errand were
present KO'^ 1 If-there'were anything
o. .manhood jet left, in his nature, this
■svoukI awaken it from its palsied sleep.
‘l apa, .O, j:.:ipa ".. u. ; v cried, the
cln xdj stretch} ng forth L-er. hands. In
the next-.moment she was clinging to
the ..breast of flier- father, who,' with, his
arms clasped tightl v -around' her, stood
weeping and mihglihg-liis team V;;a
tltose how raising from,the ixtefe one’s
eves. . ' ". . . . ■ -.
^ /What an oppressi ve stillness-peryas
.Hjed-the room ! Jenks stood, subdued
harm bewildered, his state of mental
, confussion scarcely enabling him to
comprehend the full import of the scene
the stranger looked on wondering! y,
jet deeply -affected. Quietelj, and.
with moist eyes, the two op,. three
drinking customers, who had beer
lounging in the bar, • went stealthily
put, and the landlord, the stranger and
the farther arid his child, were left the
onl v i inmates 6f the robin.
‘Some, Lizze diear l
Titos
J s tie
place for us., said Leslie, breakijyor.th e
deep silence. ‘Wen! :go home;’ °
And the unhappy meh-nate look his
child by the hand and led her -towards
■.he.dooi-. But the kttle-onehddback
V ait, papa, wait!’ she said. ‘He
hasnt promised y<y c „ O, I wish he'
wouId.promise ”
^Promise her, in Heaven’s name!’
said the stranger.
Promise I’ said Leslie, in. a stern,' yet*
sol omn .voice, as he.turned and fixed
his eyes.upon the landlord.
■IfL do promise, I’ll Jceep.it !’ return
ed Jenks, in a threatening tone, as lie
returned the gaze ol Leslie.
.-■Then, for God’s sake, Promise !’
exclaimed Leslie, in a haif-desparing
voice, Promise and.I'm safe !’
‘JJc it so ] May I be cursed, ii ever
I sell you a drop ;.pT drink at this
bar, while I am the landlord of the
Stag- and Hounds-P . _
Jenks sjDoke with an angry empha
sis! . - 1 ’ ;
- ‘God be. thanked P murmured the
poor drunfeed ! There-isrhope for me
yet. ; - - i.
■Hardly had the mother of Lizzy
missed her-child, ere she entered, lead
ing lier father by the hand. .
CV mother !’ she exclaimed, with a
joy-1 it'conntenaiiee and a voice of ex
ultation, ‘Mr. Jenks hits promised.—
Promised what P Hope sprang up in
her heart on wild and fluttering wings,
her facet!ushed, and then grew deadly
pale. She sat panting for a reply.
‘That he would never sell me an
other glass of liquor,’said her husband,
pair of thin,, white bands were
clasped quickly together, an ashen- face
was-turned upward, tearless eves look
ed their thankfulness.' to Heaven,
Toero is hope vet,- Ellen, said Les
lie/'' • ' * '
‘Hope, hope ! And O, Edward,
you have said the word.’
Hope, through our child. Innocence
ce has prevailed over, vice and cruel
ty. She came to the strong, evil,
passionate man, and in her weakness
and/innoecnee, prevailed over him.—.
Go^made hor fearless ail# eloquent.”
quotation must end here. But
the sequel anti.ci.pateQ,
Leslie was saved—but not without a
fearful struggle with his old. appetite,
goaded by which lie importuned Jenks J
for liqu'qr ; but the memory of his fear
ful imprecation upon himself-—“May
I becurspd if I ever sell you a drop”—
restrained the greedy man, and- his'
victim remained, sober. Gradual:v lie-
gathered- around hini the eom'orts of
horrui.TxgLadually his better manhood
lived again—and he was “saved as by
fire”—bbt an Angel of'bis. Deliverance
was r; ‘JittleLizzy ) ” who, in the strength
of her-child-faith, prevailed.'
THE CULTIVATION OF CORN,
The cultivation of corn should be
considered Under two divisions—up
land and low ground-. ' Upland lor
( corn planting, should be listed, if very
light and clean,- or turned over, if s'tub-
bte-orfoiiow land, as early in the last
cause, in tiie winter ns possible.- The
object iii the latter, case, is to give time
for the vegetable substancest-o rot, and
the freezes of winter, to ' disintegrate
and pulverize the fiirrow slice or clods
if any there b*e, mud further to ‘destroy
die cut,worm, which is generally Worse
on stubble or fallow laud. Tlib. land
.should be as deeply ploughed as the
depeh of the soil, wfii admit, or its
character iildh wifew^-Thns a stiff soil or
one that has a hard pan subsoil of
clay beneath a good soil, .should
penetrated as deeply as possible with
•t rdopgh, so as not to turn up much of
xhe subsoil. A perfect tilthshonld be
secured, if possible, by ploughing when,
the'hold is in proper order. No land
should be ploughed at any time when
so wet it will not crumble after the
plow, or so dry that it will-even break
up into clods.
.Upland corn may be planted in this
section from the first to the middle of
March. Low ground, from the middle
of March to the first of May. The
distances cf corn will depend upon the
strength of tiiesoil, number of stalks
to the hill, if checked, and whether
manured. A good general rule is,
twelve to sixteen square feet to'the
stalk on upland. Low ground may
be planted from nine to twelve square
■ieet Jo.the stalk. Manure should be
put on with listing or heeding up, and
covered in to prevent loss by exposure
to the sun and rain—or covered in
with-the corn at planting for the same
reason. Upland, if bedded, should
always be planted as lew as possible,
not to grow below the soil, to enable
it to bear drought. Corn may be co
vered on upland, if very light -with a
board ; . but if stiff'or inclined to bake,
two furrows with a small s-cooter plow
are preferable to any method, as a
small furrow can be run over the ridge
covering the corn which otherwise
might never get through. Plenty of
seed, from four to eight grains, should
be put in, as it is easier to pull out
five stalks than to replant one. It is
better to transplant than to replant,
for the latter never makes well among
old corn, unless the replant is numerous
If the stand is very bad, it is better to
plow up and plant over. Birds will
injure a stand less when plenty of
sued is used, and may be entirely
battled by tarring the seed. The rows
should be laid ott'with a scooter, (both
ways if checked,) followed one way
by a large shovel, to re-open planting
iurrow, tfie seed dropped and covered.
If early planted, very lightly, say one
inch, k'witli board or hoe, but three,
if with scooter, plow, and scrape- off
when the sprout begins to push up.—
It may be covered deeper.later in the
season. The first plowing should be
done when.the corn ha£ four leaves, or
sooner-if stunted by cold or growing
iry June i, 1S05.
ihee our last issue - we. have
had a -fine rain-. Crops ate -quite
promising-. ’ -
We saw on Saturday week the 2Gth
lilt., on the farm of Mr. J. F. North
ing-ton in this county a cotton stalk
about knee high, with 7 or 8 forms up
on it. It is quite-probable by this time
it is flowering: There were a num
ber of others near; by with forms.
jgBsgsmm
We Jove the Ur.ioh,. we .delight to -
contempiute the glory, of our-republic,
to tell of the dctdS'of-qur : £**&&*&*• -■
afimire and. poiirt with 1 prider'.®o the
'strong ahd beautiful, fabric .-of gov.ern-
ment'f-estfed for themselves and forju-
tufe generations. TH& Xbpsfitutipii- fe.
that gloripus - fabric, the. f-Wyn but^a
result. If the one be despoiled of its
strength and beauty, tilfe oth«,r iq wbrtlyr
'ess. Nay riot only so-, but 'the means'
“One of our trio is handsome."
We were not a little surprised the
other day, at being-accosted by a gen
tlemen as Squire Turner. We. hasfily
infqrmed the gentleman of lus mistake;'
Says he, ‘Squire; ain’t you the Geor
gian and Press man.?’
We informed him we were connect
ed with that -very interesting paper,
of rppreSsiou and tyrally, by which
a mad fanaticiSrti; that for/a time.rules-
the ascendant, may strike down and
trample in the‘dust our dearest rights.
Tne Union without the Constitution is
the worst foe the South can have. The
-North has yet to be.iau'gktta jeffiqn she.
is loth to learii. We have almostcome
to the. conclusion that every lesson will
be lost; upon her that - is not. enforced
jjv bayonets and- bloodshed. God
grant that it mjiy be otherwise.
Hi view of-these considerations the
necessity dor unity‘ of action beeoifies
paramount,-, that if possible the evils wo
leaf iiia.> be avoided.; How important"
then that everything should be exclu-
but we belonged to the Home Depart 1
ment. Squire Turner was one of our ! ded winch may in any manner impair
very able editors and resided in Put- ! that unity. ■ If the spirit of the resol u-
nam, a man of marked ability, a good j tidns fful of universal adoption, it will
writer, with a good stock of joking, 1 ■be lor t e reasons we. have, suggested,-
fun and frolic, (and all ether -matters ne- I and not for want of unanimity upon
cessarv to make a paper interesting,) on tne priuupies involved. &> will nol
board. Therefore, in reading under . Uie Aortft construe U. They will fegakl
the Eatonton head, he might expect to ! itas evidence -'that we 'are not united'
jv'Enjrn^Uiiir j t;ve e, ms.
; ; ;S. M/PiiNIfLSTSN, ELiTOft.
Address of Rev- T- G Stott
We are pleased-;tb find that -the
Knights of Jericho, nave requested,
from, the author, by resolution, to have
a copy of this fine address for publica
tion. It will certainly accomplish
good for the cause of temperance. We
haye-jicard but one opinion as to its
merits: and hope the author may be
induced to grant their request. It is
a bold, manly defence of the princi
pies' of the Order, and takes high
ground against those abominable sinks
of'vice; (now shunned by all right-
thinking people,) where liquid ruin is
dispensed by th'e half pint.
be both amnsed and instructed.
Says he, “well, Squire, I see in your
paper one of his pieces which said one
of you was handsome, so I thought
it was you. If he is handsomer than
you, he’ll do to take along. So you
may put my name down and send me
your paper, and here’s the change.”
The Meeting at Columbus-
m sentiment, but are ready tamely to
su bmff to any law that Congress may '
be brought toqiass, whether' iff viola
tion ol'-Gonstitutional pnileipl'es or not.
If will-never do lor the State to re
cede from the position «hodias heretq-
iore taken solemnly , in convention.
And this move of tile people at this
tinie and before the meeting .of the
next'Cotigi’ess; meets''with' our hearty
We - would direct the attention of j eoncufreffee and approval: -Our anx-
our readers to the call of the committee j iet-y. fbrils entire success, and no spir
appointed for that purpose, by the
meeting of the citizens'of Muscogee,
to the resolutions adopted on that.oc
casion and to the remarks of the En
quirer, all of which, will be founl in
it-ofcavil br objection, iias : caused .Us-tb
make. , the suggestion we lia\ ; e. ; -If
however we are mistaken, and tlie"4th
mid oth resoliiiions arc.practieable and
can be carried out, we shall rejoice, as
if wiould certainly^be the highest pos-
our. columns this week. For ourselves j si Lie evidence .ol unity and-purpose-on
we heartily endorse the preamble and ! J 0 of tins State, on
.. , . o- J „ , , • a i i the all absorbing questions at issue biff
the 1st,2nd, and 3rd resolutions. And j Uvw , n t he North'aud South; ,
Prof. J. R. Thomas-
Tliis gentleman, after a long ab
sence, lias recent 1}' been on a visit to
his old and early friends in this coun
ty. . We.; are glad to perceive that his
health, which for several yeare has un
fitted him for active duty, is now bet
ter. We-are also pleased to find that
he has accepted t!ie.editoriai chair of a
campaign paper,/to be published in
Macon, advocating the -claims of the
prohibition candidate for Governor,
and sustaining legislative action for the
suppression of grog-shops. This great
interest could not have, fallen into abler
hands,/and if the friends of temper
ance ever. hope to accomplish-anything
through the press, they should sustain
this paper. ' ' \ ,
JVESiJrESItAX’ J UJ^E 6, 1855.
L A. SUITOR.
• v.i • Corn Tassels.
The first corn tassels were seen by us
upon the first day of June. Corn gen
erally is backward in Putnam, and
nine-tenths of'it have not yet contem
plated the process of tasseling. The
stalks and blades generally look heal
thy, however, and if we continue to
have rain as wb have had) it up to this
time good crops of maize will be
made.
Accident-
A few days ago, after one of the hea
vy rains which had fallen.here, the,
buggy of Mr. Robert Lazenby Was
foun-d iff Tittle Glady Creek, drifted
against a large raft- It was learedthat
he-had been drowned, but upon en
quiry it was learned that both he and
hia horse had made their escape from
a watery grave. Mr. Lazenby lost
some ploughs, however, which he was
carrying home in the foot of his buggy.
A Glorious Rain
We had on Thursday night and Fri
day last a fall of more than two iach-
esqfrain. The sub-soil is now thor
oughly wet, and as-it seems to have
kfien general,.much of the prospective
fear .of the farmer is relieved as to the
chan cos. of-tlie corn crop in - this* re-
•gfon of the'country.
the stream of life'. :
Lifj bears on like the stream of a
mighty .river.- -Our boat-at first, glides
swifil v-dowYi' .the narrow cliannel,
through ;tue playful .niurmurings of
the little.brook, and ivhiding along -its
grassy borders, the trees she'd there-'
blbssomkover our yo.ung-heads, and
the. fib-yeas on the brink seem -to offer
themselves to onr young hands; we
are in hope, and we grasp eagerly at
the beauties around us, but the stream
hurries us oil; and still our hands are
empty. -.. ■ / '’/.'.
Our course inyouth' and manhood
•is along a wider and deoper flood, and
amid objeeis more striking and mag
nificent, We are animated by the
moving picture of enjoyment and in
dnstry -that is. passing before us we
are exerted, by short-lived success, or
depressed-ahd rendered miserable by
some short-lived-disappointment. ..Buf
our enei'gy and dependence are both
in vain. The .stream bears us on/our
joys.-and. griefs are left.behind ifst -we
may be, shipwrecked, but we canntff
anchor; bur voyage may bo hastened)
}>ut vve cannot be/delayed 4 vy-hather.
rough or smooth, the river hastens, to
wards its home; the roaring, of- the
waves is beneath our keei, and the land
lessens from - our. eyes; the floods are
lifted up around us,, and vve take our
hist leave of-earth, and- its inhabitants,
and of our future, voyage there, is no
witness' bnt the infinite and the. eternal
—-BishopHebeK .
we may add the 4th also if it were
practicable. It is expecting too much
of party, organization, or we 'are'grea -
ly mistaken, to suppose that it will
so readily give up its ciierished plans
and objects, or its favorite candi
dates,. unless in such an emergency
as threatens imminently and immedi-
ateTy the well being and very existence
of the State. That that emergency lias,
happened the people are not. prepared
to believe. They have acquiesced—i»-
lowly. Plow as deeply as jjQssibh>-4j 1<1 " f ' > ' ZI ' ?ua y«mprom*se of a previous j
nev't. to t-he corn yvith -"--mil scooter Congress. While that remains the law L . - . ..." • .
or couiTi/y’wing fi'ith a large scoo- of .the land, though bad men may some-
Give us the Constitaiion .as itr.is, and
the practice tif. oui- fathers.’ under’it,
then we are willing to lauMV no North,,
no South, no East, no Wesf.
We suggest that a call be made for
a meeting to take into consideration
these resolutions on- Wednesday the
:20th inst.., Court will then be in -ses
sion and it is als-o tlieday, Mr. Overbv
is expected to .address the ifeople of
Washington countv in Saiitlersville/
Decline in Price3-
Srnce the recent rains, the country
mills are. offering meal pretty freely
at $1,00 per bushel. Indeed we under
stand Mr. M. G. Harris never asked
more.wbftir he bad. it to spare, and
perhaps others. At the Factory -it
has. sold at $1,40 cts. cash, for the last
few weeks.
We have most encouraging reports
of the crops in flits' paTt 'ar Greorgta
ter and plowing out the row with
a shovel as deeply-as the-soil will ad
mit. ■ The' hoe iiands should follow
the plows' as closely as possible, to
thin, if unmolested bv cutworms ; un
cover and draw the dirt up close to
the-staiks. The second plowingshould
be. ini twenty days, anu be-a deep one,
near tlie corn and. throughout the
row ; next the corn with a large scoo
ter or shovel, plowing the row with a
turning plow to hill the corn well
the last-furrow in each row should be
run with a shovel so as not to tear up
too -much of the subsoil. The third
plowing ■ should follow at the same
inteA fii with a turniugplow, butshal-
io'w near the corn, and little deeper
to the centre,- in which and exactly
between'the checks,..if hill corn, the
peas should be dropped and covered
with a shovel shallow. Teas in drill
corn should be in the first furrow next
to th'e corn. The . fourth plowing
should be done at the same interval,
and always with sweeps to’ lay . the
corn by flat, and plow* the peas.*—Low
ground cor varies from upland only
iii greater depth' pf.-plowing in. .the
prejiaration to insure perfect drainge
in these colder . arid wetter soils. ; It
shouid always be planted on a level,
but as low down as. possible not to get
through the soil; plant after' a * large
slmy.ej with- two scooter furrows, and
gerape off' with a board or harrow ii
baked by. heavy rain or wind. Corn
sjb.onld be kept-i perfectly -clean until
•laid by, frequently stirred and con
stantly grow mg. - i /..
adtfresri the. citizens of Sandersville
and Washington county on Wcdnes-
ne. / •
The recent- rains have re-invigorated
themjaild brightened the coantenanees
of buf -planting friends. - We think
•'there, is not the least fear* of a failure-
in the crops with the present prospect
before us.- The fruit crop will-be/ an
excellent;orie.—Albany Courier.
When Dr. Rush was a young man,
he was invited to dine in company
with Robert Morris, a tiian celebrated
for the part lie took in the ^American
Revolution, It so liappened that the
company hod waited for Mr. Morris,'
who, on) his appearance, .apologized for
detaining them, by saying hehad been
engaged in reading a sermon of a cler
gyman who had just gone .to England
to receive brdfeis.
“ Well, Mr. Morris,” said' the 'Ited-
tor, “ howdid \ t ou like the sefmon /“I
have heard it highly extolled/!'
“'V\ r .liy, Doctor,” said lie, ‘/I did not
like it all. It’s too smooth arid/tame
for me.”- . ; ..
“Mr.-MorriSj” replied the Doctor,'
“ whaUsortiof a sermon do you like?”.
#j *like, sir,” replied Mr- Morris,
'vfnakkind 6f preaching which drives a
mac iiho the corner of his pew, and
makes .him think the devil’s after
■ * :
Crop ffEAR ■ Giupfin.—Notwith
standing- the extreme warm and dry
w'eather-fbr - a few weeks .past, pur
formers speak of the crop prospects as
generally favorable. Wheat, though
of short stalk, is said to' be. full headed
and of good quality. ' Horn has not
suffered materially, and with seasonable*
rains, promises an abundant crop.—
Cotton is also said to be doing well,—
Tliere.are exceptions to this geaerally
favorable prospect, -and- Some, farmers
'will not probably "realisze more, than
efipugh for. home eonsumption.-rrAr
Viierican Uhion, June 2, • / - //*■
fC'A'jj.'fe. -■ViV --
times succeed in evading it, the people
will be loth to take any step that may
lead to a dissolution of the Union.
We would ask, if the people are likely
to regard that the object of the Colum
bus meeting as embodied in their les-
° * . ....
olutions is to be obtained only by ig
noring all old party organizations, and
by nominating a candidate for Govern
or of the State; who is to be a candidate
of the people, not of a party. Verily no
one would rejoice more than ourselves i
ifitcould be done. But we repeat, it is
expecting. too much of party to sup
Large Cabbages-
We tender our aeknowltdgment to
Mrs. Rich aril Strange for lire hansome
present from' lier.garden; For this lat
itude we-h'avc never seen them excell
ed. One .a-beautiful.spcciinen-of. the
Dutch Cabbage, anotlier'the finest Ear
ly York*wo have ever seen at thissea-
Son ; and last though not least a col-
lard which measured 4 feet aeross as it
stood. The seed was sowii in Janua
ry. Can any of our farmers in this or
adjoining county beat this? If so we
would like .fo.clirOuiele the fact.
The Crops-
We have never known such a.com-
.bination of good crops as now present
themselves in tliis vicinity. The vr/ie.i/ t
now nearly harvested, has a fine plump
grain, and is free from every kind of
disease; the oats will be a good aver
age crop, while the horn and cotton
seems to be* luxuriating in the gentle
showers and the genial sunshine. “The
lines have truly fallen in pleasant
-places.”.
-. [Frum the New Gileans Picayune.]
NoX-IXTERQ.eURSE WITH Mass.I-
. . . ....... , r , j cnusETTs—“Massachi-ssetts . NuIm
pose that it will yield its plans, objects fyiFlCATlOff/’—Under this head, the
and .candidates unless the emergency to I Bulletin of tliis morning called the at-
'which the resolutions look, had al] tention 'Ofits readers to art-act recent-
ready-taken place.
We dislike to bail,
in question what so many prominent
citizens 'have put forth, backed by
so large and influential a meeting,
especially on. a question upon- which
the South should be a unit. But .we
would respectfully suggest, -believi g
that the 4th resolution embodies an
impracticable idea, that meetings every
where be called to adopt this preamble
and resolutions substituting for the4th
and 5th,that we will support no party
whatever that does not sanction them,
and that publicly and authoritatively
by the conventions that represent .the
several party organizations. We sub.
init if this course is not. most likely to
meet.the. wishes.of .tiie.ffe.QxiIe_aml as mi,.to bnv a. yard of cotton or other
The wheat crop in Genesee ah abun
dant yield. The Le Roy Gazette says
it never looked filler; * / ; j ;; ..//
The. Boston Post says : ‘f Mr. Fill
more has: not gone to. Europe tp.’act,as
mediatbF-betwffen ihe ’
ers, buTjtbi' 'initiate , ,
mysteries .off k now'no(h0|ism
her niiiiistors arc »amr«4hembexs.!-’
effectually obtain the object wh.cli
Southern men have in view. We. un
hesitatingly declare it as oQr judgment
that the State—-the South—ought to
resist, ought to disrupt- the ties that,
bind us to the Union if Congress should '
repeal existing laws, or do away-with
long existing regulations as regards
slavery in the District of Columbia,'or
in places subject to the jurisdiction ol
Congress within the territory of slave
States, or if they refuse the admission
of a territory, simply because of tfic 'ex-
istence 6f slavery therein,-/qr hn^ act
suppressing the slave trade between
slave holding States, or any act inhibi
ting the. introduction of. Slaves into
any territory. Of this-Union where the
people of said territory may desire 'it
or repealing tlie fugitive siave law'^
it: now exists upon-qthe statute-book.
Upon the'happeiiitigof either th j above
contingencies it wiil .be the duty .of the
Southto resbt. A sad necessity, but
ly passed by .! he Legislature of Massa
chusetts-,'. called the Personal Liberty
act. This act has been j^assed by tlie
eonstitiffional .iMiority, notwithstan
ding. tiie GOTeVnoys veto, and it nor
Uecoines the people of the whole South
•to express. their opinion of this outrage,
in a manner which shall nqt. only, be
heard but slial 1 be fek also. Let South
ern sentimelit be aroused. Let the
merchants, shippers and iniporters of-
goods from ;inU into every. Southern
'port at briee hold public meetings-and
oletnnly pledge themselves that.until
the repealot that nefarious law they
will in.every and all cases refuse to
ship a pound of freight by any vessel
belonging to a port in Massachussetts
provided a vessel from any other port
can be had. .
Let them further pledge themselves
manufactures made in MiShcFrussells,
whyn a similar article can be had from
any other S.aie.'
Let-the, citizens of the Whole South
abstain from entering tlie State of
Massachussetts or paying ' one. dollar
for the benefit of her railroads- or Ho
tels. This, sir,-is a method of retaltion
.legal in.all its bearings, and fine which
will bring the niad fona'tics of the
North ; to "■their seffses far sootrer- than
-all tie jiolitical associations' that can
ever be devised, Let it. not be said
this'would be unfair, as confounding
the giiiffy with the honest. Tt will
ffot/i/Dn tlie contrary, it will cause
the honest'to take hold of their legis-
ildtive affairs themselves, and consign'
the present, infamous inembei's of tile
Massach'uisetts Legislature to "that.iob-
As this is the Season for thnnder
storms, it may not be amiss to give
some general rules by'which persons
may avoid danger froni this potent flu
id. If abroad, it will be proper to
keep some distance from a tall tree,
building, or. stream of water. -N
groes should be instructed on this
point, and not allowed to sit in squads
under trees, or stand among the horses,
as animals are good conductors. An in
dividual traveling .in a carriage should
occupy the centre',.and avoid leaning
against tlie sides, as by this means the
iron wheels may attract the- lightning,
instead of his body, and he escape.-—
Umbrellas should never be hoisted du
ring a thunder-storm. To those per-
persons. who suffer so mueh alarm iff
thunder-storms, tlie following precau
tions may not be amiss:. ' .
Near-the centre of a room, on a mat-
rCss bed-or hearth-rug, is the safest po
sition in a house. A chair, with glass
knobs for the feet, would be a certain
preventive against lightning. Some
“would-be brave” people might pre
tend to laugh at such precautions, as
Widefloes'of great ..timidity • but such
is not the true philosophical view of
-the -subject. All flee from palpable
danger, as the falling of a tree; a,
burning house and-the like. The dis
charge of lightninpf is in. obedience to ;
the laW of equilibrium, the falling of
a tree to that of gravity, - Both may
be avoided by a proper and timely
cautiafl; * ' r
‘Father,’ said a boy to liis paternal
protector, a venerable Quaker, -I can
lick that chimneysweep..’ ' v
‘Thatmay all be-very true, my son;
bat ’ .if, ihee does, • thee will get thy.
ntlArfif lAD- ^ nrob
hands blacked in the operation,’ was
the wise counsel oftlie peaceful Friend:
livion'froni.'w-hidi'they have' sprudgy: ^ evei Y sagacious edi-
and will ass uredl v cause' the. laW im
^ .qaqse tne - law m for sees xreqnent occasion to follow,
question to be erased-from the statute ,* JL ' . '.-* * l ’ "■ •', -.
books-of the once honored • State .of invented, it is said.
by a Virginia editor, who having kissqd
a pretty gtej-.w ho bad Caten some mint,
Wsfo-isb intoxicated with .pleasure, that
Aff Constitution, to the existing laW of the Qi
** -.v- 1 ’/'•-- ..‘j i• 4
Southern Cultivator,
The number for June of this excel
lent agricultural Journal is before*'us.
No farmer’in Georgia should be with
out this publication. It points out the
necessity and means of an improved
system of tillage. We who live in
Central Georgia, have had this neces
sity pointed out to us by a severer
monitor, by times which have bordered
upon famine. We say this, because
if the year 1-85.5, had been such a one
as the year 1854, actual starvation
would, in many instances, be the re
sult. Thanks to a kind Heaven, its
windows have' been opened, the dry
earth Las bathed its fevered form in
cooling showers, and a bounteous har
vest is making fine promise to the re
joicing husbandman.
We say that actual experience has
demohstrated to us the necessity of im
proved tillage. . Our rich soil has
passed away with the things that were,
and where, smiling acres in days past
greeted our vision, each one with a
bag of cotton or-five barrels of corn
upon its shoulder, old red hill-sides
mock us in derision, and enter a formal
protest even if we require of them the
comparatively easy task of sprouting
a couple of cow peas. Had Georgia
farmers thanked their fertile acres for
the produce annually Lome them in
'days past, and rewarded them for their
efforts by way of a cart-loacf eu*. two of
food in tlie shade of compost, the fruits'
of black ingratitude would not now be
upon us. But it is not entirely too
late to begin now. It is never too
late tp begin a good deed. If we des
pise the monitions of the past, it may
be expected that the lessons of expe
rience will fall still more, heavily upon
us. Ins tead of waiting to be pressed
down by approximation, let the farm
ers of Georgia commence now to till
their soil upon an improved plan.—
This the Cultivator will teach them to
do, and its instructions w ill be impart
ed in a pleasant manner. It will be
agreeable to follow its teachings. We
believe there has been no drought yet
which would have prevented the Farm
er from making a sufficiency for home
consumption', and possibly something
to spare for the mechanic, merchant, or
lawyer, provided he had planted and
formed according to the exigency of
the times.' The farmers of Middle
Georgia have all along acted upon the
idea that their lands possessed the
same fertility now that they did
twenty years ago, and have farmed to
suit a virgin' soil, when, they should
have remembered that their fields
were in the condition of an aged crone,
who required rejuvenescence to make,
her appear as well as she did twenty-
years back in the lapse of age.
Of all people in the world, Southern
people ought to excel in the science of
agriculture. It is our on£ pursuit, to
the exclusion of all others, and our
chief staple gives us an importance
which does not attach to any other
portion of the globe. Deprive us of
our cotton, and we are like Sampson,
shorn of our strength. Every consid
eration appeals to the Southern fanner
to improve and preserve his land; to
adopt a scientifical and economical
system.of eukure. His duty to him
self, to his children, to his neighbor,
call upon him to mend his ways in his
agricultural pursuits. Our agriculture
is w hat. gi ves us. i rriportance. Cotton
■is king. He will- always command the
respect of the nations of the earth. He
is what gives .us consequence in this
Union, and is what will form for us
treaties of alliance offensive and de
fensive with other nations, should ab
olition fanaticism force us to. set up
for'ourselves. Any system of oultpfe
1 * '' 1 ■ a* tendency to seat King
bis throne,
patriotism
to our save
. finite Cool.
On tlie 3rd day of June, the eoff
ness of the weather compelled ns
pit- Gh ffur winter clothes, and sinW
by a fire which we-found quite coc,
fortable. We think that Dame 5 a
ture-must, from some cause best kn<j*n
to danies ); be in a capricious mood
We may expect something.
Rain
We have had large quantities of
rain lately. Much of tiie low prouJ
cotton and corn, with some wheat hav»
been ruiflec on account of the ov?-
flowing oftlie bottom land.
. / Wheat harvest.
Our farmers have generally fiaifl)<q
cutting their wheat. We learn tff.
the’e op is a good one, notwuh-tami.
ingthe injury it received from the
(Sold in the iSpriug months. Tii.r-q
ho crop which pays the farmer so x c ;’
according to the labor bestowed epon
it; as the wheat crop. We horn* t,
see much more of ff sown liereari--
than has been sown heretofore in Pat-
uam county. Our farmers bc-fin to
see the iuq>orta.nee of sk- - - ' *“
is a winter-crop, and is om-cqa,-
unaffected by the long drought of our
summers. If oar dvp ndaiiee for iff
were divided between the wheat an;’
corn crops, iiist :ud of leaning a.m
entirely upon the i. .ter, we sh-iuld
then have two chances to one f„ ra
bounteous supply* of bread. T'uis
may seein a tvuism unworthy of Solo
mon, but-still there- is force in it, if voa
would only act upon it.
pcnoiii-
Lot wea.
ii weatlier,
'A be VVenil cr,
Since Spring set in, we iiav
cally had spells of remr.rkabiv
ther, followed by more oi 1
We have generally been cry
heat fora week, then we iiave
then a week of quite cc
with two weeks or pleasan
ture, then the hot week aga
by rain, at the interval
month. It is probable tiiat
lar changes will continue t
year. Previous to the rain
had, tiiere has generally b
deal of wind. A considerable effort,
productive of a storm, has in nkr;--
stances been necessary on the pan of
Dame Nature before she could get up
a rain. The old lady has been quite
blustery.
A Serisas Qaestion.
If the ditches through the low-groundi
of Putnam county bad been cut bv na
tive Citizens-instead of Irishmen, a it
not probable the growing crops would
have suffered less from the recent rains
than they did? Let the Know Nothings
discuss this question at their next
meeting, and iricorporate m their
platform another plank—“Americans
must cut our ditches.”
The Empire ui 1850 and 1855.—La
martine, in his Journal for February
1850, gave the state of parties at this
timein the French Assembly. He es
timated the Legitimists at two hundred;
Moderate Republicans, two hundred.
Imperialists, about a d zen. A propo
sition made in the assembly bv a friend
of Napoleon, culling uron the nation
to decide upon the form of govern
ment which it would choose, received
no support except from the man who
made it.
W hut a stable- and consistent coun
try is France. It would be difficult
now to find, within its boniersanv bn:
Iinpenali ts. Ftye.years her.ee. how
ever, it may all be Legkanist* a hered
itary instead of an' elective monarch,
may eontrol its destim-'s, and Louis Na
poleon, if he is so lucky as to preserve
.n is head, bb-again a wanderer and an
exile. He has Taken care, however, it
is said, to provide against jieeumary re
verses, by investing imperial spoils in
other countries. A precaution worthy
the prudence and sagacity <4 thew.an.
' '[IHch. DA
GEORGIA—Wiusiiii; ;on Comitv.
By IIA YWOOD BkUOEISA
nc auv
■yy-HEREASyeptlm B
>-. v app'*
ir. laic
,i*(t Bdnn
leilcra <vf Jla
of lae es;.nv of Harris Bui
ty, decc;ise.t.
These are lilt-ref>-rc to cil
singular the kimlred and cit-i :«r» of nit. Ueo
to lie- anj appear at my otBoe within ti.«
pteseribe-.i hy .aw. and show cause (if any
have) why sai l -ett-.-rs suooia :i- t he fr.
Given iiiwler my Imudat ofu-e in Santlcrs.ua
2S«h d»v of A1..V, 16-uk
. * 'ILIVWOOB BEOOK1XS, Or,
numstratioa
GEOuGiA, l uu.ain eonoty.
J/iiy Term, Court of Ordinary oj said
County.
T appearing to tl.o Cwnrt iVi-m tj-c_potifton of X*
am ._
JL than Bass, Ilsniiiiin buss _nd
Executors of .the last will aixl t«-
Busa, deteaaetl, that they have
S. IWeanivttr
dbs-haTftsl
their UuUt.-s as. smiAi i.»: ---otvrs, :a«i |-rayiu}r to ba
Uischargeti from tiit-ir* n-< I..-• u..-rsfip.
OrttercJ, that this theirapr>iiea::iHi he puhlrshei
ill terms of-the law, tikit alf ffrsyus iutt-r-ste.l mf?
have notice thereof ami titer'their nmrvtiom-. if *-">. T
they have, on or before the first S<aal*- in ffe-
e. ijiilcr ne*tt, t ' iVh 1 Cli-c.t u-: of “Uero ...i-arit
to saiu Executors at thatti&ie.
If*. 15. CARTBE. Ord*y-
May, 1855, IT—mwn
GEOKOlA, 1 nlnaui couatv.
WHERRAS, U’il.iam J'. Farrar applies to me &
letters Oi viuaniuHship of the jttr.-i-H *utd
of TbaddeUSv L. Peck, orpbmn oi John Fee*,,
These arc therefore fo efre and swiimmish all
singular, thi»e concerned to be and appear at i
tiw> ♦foul rv>esvjibed by laR 7 to mo't
office within the time p- _ ,
caui*e (it*any they marc; why letters of
should not be rnmted.
W. &. CARTES, Ordy.
.. May 22<5, IS-55. 1" K
Notice.
A lt JVrsons iudf-’oted to the ostwte of John
Curry, ta!« of biureiis county, dec’ll, are »»•
qUcsttai.to nhika kaiui-Jiato i sjment, «H b* T ~
iiig demands azaiust said estate, are nqaestea to
rendar them in duly authenticated, in terms of tt*
law/ - ELI F. ci*RET, Adm'r,
May 2Sd, J855.
NOTICE.
ns indebted to tin: estate of Aojfydao
toe fof Korku ewanty, dee d, »r»
^...c immediate pvyuani; and Uj**
ids ai-ainst said ectete, are desired w
within the time *3T
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