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VOLUME 6.
ROME. GrA.. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1851.
NUMBER 27
THE ROME COURIER
II PUBLISHED EVEHY THU USD AY MORNING
BY A. M. EDDLEMAN,
TERMS.
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months' j pr Throe
Batil si AdTsillsIai
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stript attention to tho requirements of the law, at
Aho followlng'rates i
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. Notice to Debtors aud 0 redltors,
Sale ol Personal Property, by Exoeu-
, tars, Administrators, «o.
Sales of Land or Negroes, 00 days,
, por square,
».’Letters of Oittvtion, * * •
'Notice (at Letters of Dismission,
<M oo
3 25
3 25
5 (10
tiandidatps announcing tlielr names, will be
charged 85 00, which will be required In advance,
•CiWa.iSJ 1.d“ftttil ■- ••* * - 1
Husbands advertising their wives, will be oharged
05 00, whloli must always be paid in advance.
All othor advertisements will be Inserted at Ono
Dollar por square, of twelve lines or less, for tho
first, and Filly Cents, for each subsequent Insor-
Liberal deduatlons will bo made in favor of those
who advertlso by the year.
B. VV. BOSS,
DENTIST.
.Home, Georgia... .. Office over N. J, Omberg'i
Clothing Store.
January 16,1851.
FANCIS M. ALLEN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Dealer in Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS AND GROCDRIES.
(jty, Receives uew goods every week. *£$
Romo, Ga., January 2, 1651.
ROME COURIER.
UN & BRANTLY.
WARE HOUSE, COMMISSION'* PRODUCE
MERCHANTS,
Atlanta, Ga.
(^Liberal advances made bn any article
in Store.
Nov. 28,1650, ly
A. D. UING dc CO.
t'OTTO V GIN MANUFACTURE RS
Rome, Georgia.
Mayo. 1S50.
For tho Courier.
Mr. Editor-A few weeks since, one
jf the mountain-boys visited Gariersville for
the purpose of taking his first ride on' the
Kail Road. When the cars arrived,at that
placo, our hero was there impatiently waiting,
and much excited and elated in Anticipating
his intended ride. As the cars approached,
he stood gazing at the engine, puffing and
smoking with wonder'nnd awe. Following
the exempie of others, ns soon as the cats
stopped he hurried aboard with his saddle
bags on'his arm, and seated himself near a
window. . Then looking round at the passen
gers, manifestly much surprised, he put his
head out At the window to see i‘ the critter
start.” While in this position watching with
intense inrerest the engine whistled. Our
hero, much surprised and evidently a little
alarmed, drew back his head with a motion
that might be called a jerk, and turning to a
gentleman sitting near him said, “ I golly!
stranger, did you hear it snort ? It beats dad
dy’s Jack and he’s some-” The bell rang,
the eugine moved ofT, away went the cars at
rapid speed, and before our hero hnd recov
ered from the shuck which the ,( snort” pro
duced, the cars were moving slowly over the
Etowah bridge. Discovering a “ change in
its gait,” he pupped his head out at the win
dow again “ to see how it moved,” saw that
he was some distance from the earth, and
supposed “ the critter” was flying, swooned
and fell from his seat speechless. Several
gentlemen sitting near him, caught hold of
him, raised him up. shook him and rubbed
him until he revived a little. He opened his
eyes, saw several gentlemen standing round
him, he looked up most beseechingly into the
face of them and said, “ elronger,hae it lit ?”
The above, Mr. Editor, is no fiction. I am
assured it is literally true.
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BXANDEn At TRAMMELL.
ORNEYS AT LAW,
Nov. 28. 1850.
HOME, GA.
iy.
oiom.s iiaaoKMAN. H ciuaiM r iiauiltuh
HAMILTON At IIADKMA5.
& Cttinmissioii Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Oot. 3, 1850, I I 21 "
Cilia LX t r HAMILTON H THOMAS (UBDSM.N
IK AIIDEAI AN Ac HAMILTON,
urehouse & Commission Merchants,
macon, qeohqia: ^
at 3, 1550. 1 l*m.
A.K. HATTON,
TTOllNET AT LAW,
Rome, Geoigia.
ILL Pro.-.ico in all the Counties of tho Chero
„ Circuit 48 Sept. 0. I 850 -
WILKINS.
attorney at law,
Rome, Georgia. s
KK TO
Hon. B F. POUTER, CHARLESTON, S. O , Of
AT OAVK8PKIN0, OIU
1 Hon w, h.vnokbwood, komb, a a.
Hon. WILLIAM HAZARD, DECATUR, OA.
15,1850. 41 ly
The Three Cent Com.—The Ph'-lidel-
pliia Ledger of the 28th ult., says:
The die for the three cent piece, orderd to
b. coined by the last Congress, has been
finished, ana the coinage would be proceeded
with at once at our mint, hut tor a defect in
the law, which makes no provision for procur
ing the silver and copper in commence with.
In consequence, the coinage will be delayed
until the proper steps are taken by the aullt-
rities at Wbnshinglon to remedy the defi
ciency. The new coin is decidedly neat nnd
tnsly, and w- ; ll he in a measure n convenient
subslitutue for coppers. It is one-fourth cop
per nnd three.fourths silver, so thnl the baser
metnl affects the color bu' slightly. In size
it is between the gold dollar and the five cent
piece, hut it is so much, thinner than either
that a blind/ man can soon distinguish
them apart by the touch. The face of the
coin has a capital C, with 3 in numerals in
dicating the value of the coin embraced with
in it. Around the edge are the thirteen stars
for the original States. On the reverse is a
star having in its centre an American shield,
and around the edge United States of'Ameri-
ca, 1851.”
Jaly
W. HE AL L,
IRAPER AND TAILOR,
Broad Street Rome, Ga.
October 10, 1850.
. DICKIM NON,
DRUGGIST—ROME. GEORGIA.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEH IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, 011,6, DYE-
T ! • . STUFFS, PERFUMERY, &o.
October 10, 1850. Broad Street.
Condition of Europe.—The London
Times, reviewing the present slate of Eu
rope, acknowledges its fears that the exist
ing calm in political elements is likely to he
hut temporary. The revolutionary principle
hns been checked, but neither subdued nor
conciliated; nnd the two parties, the one of
established institutions, seems to pause from
■a contest in which neither was exactly cer-
tnin of its real position.
In allusion to the popular outbreaks in ’48,
in France. Germany and Ilniv, and to the
measures of repression resorted to, the Time*
sayi
COULTER A COLLIER,
r iOIliN liiYS AT LAW,
b. 13,1851.
Rome, Georgia.
DICE'S HOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
MRS. MARY CHOICE
nerly of Dahlonega, has taken charge of the
IOTEL, and made extensive preparations
omfott and convenjenoe of those who may
r with a call. From her long experience,
„„fiduntly hopes to give entire satisfaction to
dent Visitors and Permanent Boarders,
ember 5, 1850. ,4S 12m
. Persons will be carried to and from
ot to the Hotel, free of charge.
“Every Government of the Continent hna
been from that time forth under arms. Ev
ery Sovereign hns prepared for personal de
fence, and the Courts of Europe are'like
places fortified against no enemy m (he field.
Military armaments, hardly eqonlled in (he
greatest wars, cover the most civilized coun
tries and exhaust the energies ot the people.
Authority has assumed the arms nnd accept
ed the alliance of despotism, since freedom
descended to violence, nnd appealed to the
passions of a revolution. Between such ex
tremes there is little to choose, for both are
equally remote from that standard of liberty
and order to w-hich this country happily sd-
EXCHAKGE HOTEL,
Rente, Goo rut a,
JAMES S. GRIFFIN,
. FORMERLY of auousta.
gG sold out my entlro interest in the EX-
ANGE HOTEL in this place to Mr. Jahes
t take pleasure In recommending the for<
itfif
heres. But the deepest disgrace rests, in
our opinion, upon those who first degraded
the liberal cause bv the abuse they made of
it, and then exposed it to a conflict in which
it hns been inevitably, worsted: while the dnn-
ger now pressing most heavily on the future
is that, as nothing hns been done since the
restoration of tranquility to regain the confi
dence nnd gratitude nflhe people, the strug
gle will one day bo renewed, and the world
is threatened bv a long alternation of popular
license and military oppression.”
IPOttPfi.
The following linos by M, F, Turrsa, tho Eng
lish poet, are to be transited into many languages,
including the Greek and Turkish; for the great gath
ering at London In May i
The Great Exhibition—AHymnforallNatiow
1801
BY mi AUTHOR OF “ PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.”
Glorious God ! on The® wo call,
Father, Friend and Judge of all;
Holy Saviour, Heavenly King,
Homage to Thy throne we bring.
In the wonders all around,
Ever Is Thy spirit found,
And of ouch good thing wo soo
All the good is born of Theo !
Thino the beauteous skill that lurks
Every where in Nature's works—
Thine in Art, with all its worth,
Thine each masterpiece on enrth !
Yea,—and, foremost In the van,
Springs from theo the Mind of Man ;
On its light, for this is Thine,
Shed abroad the divine love)
Lo, our God ! Thy Children here
From all realms are gathered near,
Wisely gathered, gathering still,—
For“ peace on earth, towards men good will l M
May we with frnternal mind,
Bless our Brothers of mankind t
May we through redeeming love,
Be the blest of God vbove !
SUfBtrllanroua,
The secret ol Happiness.
BY FELIX.
‘•Oh,-dear 1 I am so miserable I” said
lady, throwing aside a book she had been
reading. “Life grows more and more a bur
den every day. "What would I not give for
flu
ind the travelling public generally, to
tronage, as I Teel confident that the
_ indsof Mr. Griffin will be well kept
,not turpassedby any House in the City.
m
.16,1850.
A. E. REEVES.
BODfc J. W.n, UNDERWOOD,
h PRAC'l ICE LAW
ties of the Cherokee. Circuit, (ex
fhey will both personally intend all
8 PI
H.I
will attend
ber^tm counties of the
y 00K ;at«l°»> Of the
A Flirt—O, ! would not be a flirt..
Many a bright and happy girl, by putting on
unatural airs, has eventually become a co
quettish hateful being, whom none could re-
sped, much less love. “If there were not'
another female in the world, I would not
have that girl.” hns often been remarked of
ono who has made herself ridiculous by her
foolish airs. Besides, by such a course, you
gain the ill will of your female friends; who,
although, they mav pretend to show respect
to you, nrp nevertheless disgusted wjth you*
course. There—t»e will stop short—for we
do not wish to gain the ill will of any; but
vou know, whpn wpsfte otipVtfog as strange
ly as vou do that wp must, iq -imitation of
the gentler sex'sppak right opt,’ »nf} fop our
mind. ■'
oho
the secret of happiness 1’’
The ledy sat half buried in cushions, in
a luxuriantly furnished apartment. She was
in the possession of everything that wealth
could purchase ; yet she was uot happy.—
Leaping back in her cushioned chair, she
closed her eyes and remained in a listless,
fretful state of mind for many minutes All
at once she became conscious of the presence
of a stranger who had entered and stood
looking upon her. The.intiuder was a plain
ly-attired young woman : but there was
something in her calm featuies and steady,
penetrating eye., that inspired a feeling of
respect ana difference.
“You are unhappy,” said the stranger,
addressing the lady.
*' I am wretched,” was the reply.
“You have weallh, nnd all that wealth
can procure.”
“But thero is here,” and she laid Iter hand
upon her breast, “an aching void ; aud wealth
cannot fill it."
“One thing thou lackest yet,” said the vis
itor.
“Ah ! if I but knew whot it was 1 If I
could but learn the secret of happiness I”
“You may easily learn the secret. I will
impart it."
“Speak ! What would I not give to know!”
“It lies in human sympathy,” said the
visitor.
The words sounded strangely in the lady’s
ears. She did not comprehend them.
“Self-love corrodes the heart. When our
thoughts and afieclions are turned inward,
they lie upon the spirit os an oppressh'c
burden. God made us for mutual sympathy
and affection. This is the true order of oui
hoin fi , amt a perversion of this oraer brings a
consequence of pain. If you would he hap
py, you must think beyond yourself. You
must engage in things tiseiul to others.'l'here
is no other way to purchase the blessing of
contentment.”
And snying this, the visitor turned and
slowly retired. There was a moment of
confusion in the mind of the Indy, and then
she w«s conscious of having passed through a
vivid dream The words of her visitor re
mained as distinctly in her memory as if they
had been heard in wakefulness ; yet they
were far from beirg entirely comprehended.
The incident aroused the lady’s mind and
rendered it more active, and in this very ac
tivity there was a sense of pleasure.
“It lies in'human sympathy.” Thus Bhe
mused. “What does it mean ? How will
this bring happiness
As she thought thus, her eyes rested upon
an open letter, which had been hurriedly pe
rused and tossed aside some hours before.
It was from an old friend, who, breaking
through a silence of years, had written and
opened her bosom to one who laid long ago
sympathized with her as a sister. But its
detail of heart-trials.since the parting came
with no interest to the lady who hnd grown
selfish in her issolntion. Now she took the
letter and rend it again With new emotions.
Human sympathy was awakened from its
long sleep. Bhe felt the trials of bet friend,
and her heart ynrned with a desire to relieve
them. Sitting dow» under this impulse, she
wrote n long and tender letter. When she
arose, it was with a calmness of spirit un
known for months.
While in this state, she remembered a
friend who was in sore affliction ; and with
the remembrance came a strong desiie to
comfort hexwiih sympathy Actiug from
this feeling she visited this friend, and in
doing so felt a pleasure that was pure and
' Refreshing.
“It lies in human sympathy,” said she, on
returning home, and recurring again to the
sentiment ol her dream. And now she un
derstood its meaning more clearly. Acting
' in this new light, Bhe comprehended daily
more ana more intensely the words she - had
heard in a vision. She is happy, because
she has human sympathies. She is blessed,
because she seeks a blessing for others.
Brilliant Repartee.
the dexterous leap of thought, by which
the mind.escitpes from a seemingly hopeless
dilemma, is worth nil the vestments of digni
ty which the world holds. It was this read
iness 'in repartoe which continually saved
Voltaire from social overturn. He ouce
praised another writer very heartily to a
third pet-sou. “It is very strange,” was the
reply, “that you speak so well of him, for
be says that you are a charlatan.” “Oh,”
replied Voltaire, “I think it very likely that
both of us may be mistaken.” .
Again, you must all have heatd the anec
dote of the young gentlemen who was dis
coursing very dogmatically about the appro
priate sphere of women, “And pray, sir,”
screamed out an old lady; “what is the ap
propriate sphere of Woman ?’* “A celestial
sphere, madam.”
Robert Hall did not lose his power of re
tort, even in madness. A hypocritical con-
doler with his misfortunes once visited him
in the mod-house, and said, in a whining
tone, “What brought you here, Mr, Hall ?”
Hall significantly touched his brow with his
finger, and replied, “What’ll never bring you,
sir—too much brain 1”
A rapid change from enthusiasm to non
chalance is often necessnry in society. Thus,
a person once eloquently rnlogizing the an
gelic qualities of Joan of Arc, was suddenly
met by the ’petulant- question, “What was
Joan of Arc made of ?" “She was Maid of
Orleans.”
Sheridon never was without a reoson, nev
er failed to extricate himself in any emergen
cy by his wit. At a country-house, where
be was once on a visit, an elderly maiden
lady desired to be his companion in a walk.
He excused himself at first on the ground of
the badness of the weather. Bhe soon af
terwards, however, intercepted him in nn
attempt to escape without her. “Well,”
she said, “it has cleared up, I see.” "Why,
yes,” he answered, “it has cleared up
enough for one but not for (too.”
It was this readiness which made John
Randolph so terrible in retort. He was the
Tliersites of CoAgreas, a tongue-slabber.—
No hyperbole of contempt or scorn could be
launched against him, but he could overtop
it with something more scornful and con
temptuous. Opposition only maddened him
into more brilliant bitterness. “Isn’t it a
shatne, Mr. President,” said he, one day, in
the Senate, “that the noble bull-dogs of the
administration should he wasting their pre
cious time in worrying the rats olthe opposi
tion ” Immediately the Senate was in an up
roar, and he was riainorously colled to order.
The presiding officer, however, sustained
him; niid ^ Rointing skinny finger at
his opponent, Randolph screamed out,
“Rats, did I say ?—mice, mice/”—Whipple.
It is an ascertained fact that powdered
charcoal, placed around rose-bushes,and other
flowers, has th’n effect of adding greatly to
the richness of tho flower. ' We find in a Into
number of the New England Farmer, very
strong evidence ofthe truth of this statement.
The ladies, and overy. lover lira flower, will
doubtlcs receive this iuformation with de--
llght.
fltSr* “II Secretaiuo”—ot' the Rlchmound
Whig, gives the following account oi an in
terview of John P. Hale, tho N. H. Senator,
with a Virginian, both parties beiug at tho
Richmond Hotel,
“Good morning,sir! Fino weather."
“The same to you, sir!. The wcuthol- is in
deed, fine.' 1
“Allow mo to ask, air, if your name is
Hale?”
“It is, sir, at yqur service.”
“John P. Hale,sir ?”
“Yes, sirAirecisoly ”
“Are yotRf New Hampsiro, sir."
“Yes, air, that is my State.”
“Are you Senator dale of New Hamp
shire, sir ?’’
“I am, sir, just that individual.”
“Well, sir, did it not occur to you this was
no safe place for you ?’’
“Why, really, sir, it did not. 1 saw that
it was safe far your Senators, Mason and
Hunter, who have been voting with me all
the session on the Compromise lull; as did,
indeed, in tho other House, nil the rest of
your Democratic delegation, except one. If
you don’t mob them why should you mob
me ?”
Truth is Power.—Wise sentiments, elo
quently expressed, are often to he met with
in the'fugilive literature ofthe day, and are
generally suffered to perish. Years since,
the following scrap from an anonymous pen,
was published in some of the newspaper*,
and will bear to be agaiu sent abroad:
“Some men sa) that 'weallh is power,,
and some that knowledge is power; nbve them
all 1 would assert that 'Truth is Power”
Weallh cannot purchase—talent cannot re
fute—knowledge cannot overreach—author
ity cannot silence her. They nil, like Felix,
tremble at her presence. Fling her in the
most tremendous billows of popular commo
tion; cast her in the seven-fold healed fur-
nnceof the tyrant’s wrath—she mounlB aloft
in the ark upon the summit of the deluge.—
*!»♦ -»rnir 11ro-ouH j tirtjumniwuciiDir
through the conflagration. She is the minis-
...rough the conflagration
tering spit it which sheds on man that bright
in&tesiiti -table principle of light and glory,
which is given by its mighty Author, to ani
mate, to illuminate, and to inspire the immort
al soul; and which, like himself, is the same
yesterday, to-day and forever! When weallh
and talent and knowledge and authority;
when earth and heaven itself shall have pas
sed awny, truth thall tiee, like the angels of
Manoah’s sacrifice, Upon the flame ofnature’a
funeral pyle, and ascend lo her source, her
heaven, her home—the bosom of the mighty
and eternal God 1”
A World’s Fair in 1852.—We are to
have a world’s Fair hete—on Governor’s Is
land—in 1852. The matter is in good hands,
and is quietly, but not the less surely, walk
ing toward completion. The Astor House
has subscribed $5,000 towards the expenses
of it, the Irving House $6,000, the New
York Hotel $5,000 nnd other hotels in pro
portion to their means. A number of our
wealthy merchants have nlreudy subscribed,nr
have signified their willingness to suherihe
whenever the money is absolutely wanted.-
N. Y. Sunday Mercury.
There is an independent cilzen in Vermont,
who spells sheep and uxeti thus : sheep and
Ockion. This is the same individual in a pub
lic place remarked:—“A* fur having ortho
graphy and other sich high branches taughi
in common schools, As went ogin it.” He is
no relation to the boy, the first line.of whose
school essay was, “Edycation is the best
thing ever a man get himself into!”
In very large sharks, the teeth have been
forked nearly two inches in bieadth. They
are placed in rows sometimes to the number of
six, one within another, lying nearly flat'
when not in use, but erected in a moment to
seize prey, and, as the power of the jaws is
enormous, they form one of the most terrific
and formidable apparatus existing, for. the
supply of Carnivorous appetite.
Press vs. SquEp&R.-^A
the i
, Reprieve —Brinkley Bishop, fcu
0 f the murder of Turner Smith, at th* l»»'t
ter 1 " °f Bibb Superior Court, andseni
be hung oo
__ mqn from
country, gbjng to pall on some musical
young Indies the other pvgnipg, he wn* told
that hD must nsle them to. siqg, and should
they refuse, ha ought to preiw th*m- Accord
ingly, he commenced py requesting Miss
Mary to favor him with a
card
Matrimony.—“You ought, to marry,”
said a father to his son*
“Never.”
“I know a good girl for you !”
“Let me alone.”
“But perhaps you—pshaw, you don’t
know her, she is young.”
“Then she is sly.”
“Beautiful.”
“The more dangerous.”
“Of good family.”
“Then she is proud.”
“Tender hearted ”
“Then she is jealous.”
“She has talents.”
“To kill me.”
“And $100,000.”
“I will take her."
Napoleon used tcTsny “Strange as it may
appear, when 1 want any good head work
done, I choose a man, provided his education
has been suitable, witn a long nose. His
brealhtug is free and bold, and nis brain, as
his lungs and heart, cool nod clear. In my
observation of men, 1 have almost invariably
found a long nose and a long head to go to
gelhor.” .
Onions and Sinners.—A Paris correspon
dent of the Journal of Commerce suggests
that the low condition ot morals nmoune the
French is attributable to foundness for,and use
of, onions. This vegetable contains more
than any other, an amount of sulphur and
phosphorus. The writer contends that a
people moving in an atmosphere of sulphur,
and atmosphere in which the great father of
evil is supposed to be most at home, cannot
he ns susceptible to .moral impressions as
others. Just think of the morals of the com
munity rising and falling with ti e price of
onions, and the milder, and higher practices of
humnaity growing out of a short crop of
those infernal bulbs! Imagine the mistake
of astta't«ith unions! Think of sipping sin
withar — 1 r -
vith soup!—[Spr o field Rep.
Something of a Panther.—
„ .’anther^We have in
our reading room, where it may he seen by
the public, the stufled skin a of Panther of
very extensive dimensions. The'creetur’ or
insect,’to use the choice term of n Florida
friend, was killed February 16th, on Seven
teen Mile Creek, in Telfair county, by Mr.
C. P. Davisi It weighed 286 pounds, and
measured 8 feet from the lip of his nasal, to
the extremity of his caudal appendage. The
skin was sent by Mr. Washington Dyoll who
( death”to Mr. 9 ! ^
w"os “in at tliedeath’Mo Mr. % M. Turner
of this city, as a present.—.Sac. Georgian.
Work (or Childress.
There is no- greater defoct in educating
children, than neglecting to accustom them
to work. It is an evil that attaches mostly
to large towus and cities. Our children suf
fer much from it. The parent does not con
sider whether the child’* work is necessary
to the child. Nothing is more certain, thnn
(hat in their future independence and com
fort much depends on their being accustom
ed to work—accustomed to provide for the
thousand constantly recurring wants that na
ture entails on us. If this were not so, still
it preserves them from bad habits—it"secure*
their health—it strengthens both body and
mind—it enables them belter to hear the
confinement of theschonl-room—mid it lends
more than anything else to give them just
views of life. Growing up in the world
without a knowledge of its toils and cares,
they view it through a false qiedium. They
connot appreciate the favors you bestow,
ns they do not know tho toils they cost.—
Their bodies and minds are enervated, and
they are constantly exposed to whatever
:ious associations are within
jus ua^jixBiivii, -<u ......... their reach.'
i daughter probably becomes that pilia-
uib, helpless object, a novel-reading girl.—
The son, if he surmount the consequences of
your neglect, does it probably after his plans
and station for.life are fixed, nnd when know
ledge, so far as one ojffi* important objects
is concerned, comes late. No man or
woman is fully educated, if not accustomed
to manual labor; Whatever accomplishments
they possess, whatever their mental' training,
a deduction must be made for their ignorance
of that important chapter in the world’s great
book.
AGRICULTURAL.
In our lost issue we briefly referred to the
importance of keeping up’lhe fertility of our
lands, by affording them suitable and regular
nourishment, and promised to- resume - the
subject. The following articlofrotn the Pa
tent Office Hepurts, is commended to the
attention of our agricultural readers, as ex •
pression of our views upon this subject.—
It is front the pen of H. P. Burowyne, Esq.
of North Carolina.—Ed. Cour.
“ If the “ broom straw,’’, in which iha
waste lauds always grow up, retain* any sap
by which, when turued under, fermentation
will ensue, and causo the straw to rot, let
the land, as it is, he plowed with the largest
size plow, drawn by three or four horses,
running as deeply as possible—ay, not less
than ten inches—and turning every thing un
der. Jf the straw has no sap, it will not rot
in a year; end in fhut caso, burn it off, and
plow as before. If possible, follow each
plow with o subsoil plow, aud go six pr eight
fojW deeper. This will makelliestifl clay,
which almost every where underlies. out-
laud, more open to the general influence of
the sun and air, nr.d enable it to get rid of
the surplus waler ol winter, and heavy rains
in other periods of the year
“ About the middle ot June following,
when the weeds are about hulf growu, and
beforo they have formed their seeds, sow tho
land broadcast at the rate of a bushel per
acre, of any of the numerous, varieties of
peas among us, except the “. block-eyed,’’
tvhich, having very little vine; affords little
shade. In all cases, I prefer those which
have the most vine, and ripen enriiest.—
When the land has much jf weeds or gra.<s
upon it, turn under tho peas with any kind of
plow, running not over three inches deep.—
II the land is bare of weeds, I prefer covering
the peas with a large, heavy harrow, tunning
both ways—first lengthwise, and thon across
the beds. As it is important to give the peas
a start over ..ie weeds and grass, luoaktliem
six hours iu water, and rub them in plnister
of Paris; and, when they begin to leaf and
branch, sny, when twelve inches high, I sow
plaister at the rate ol a bushel per acre.. This .
stimulates their growth, aud tiicy overpower
the weeds and grass;
“ When about Half tho peas are ripe—not
‘ half ripe’—hogs should bo turned iu to tram
ple and cut up the .vibes, otherwise it is ex
tremely difficult to turn them under. So
soon os this can bo done, the hogs should be
tuken off, for tho peas ore useful for shading
the land from the summer’s sun—a most im-
perience in the use of botii, 1 think peas uut
inferior to clover, (to which family, indeed,
it belongs J as a specific manure for wheat
“ After this muss of vino has been turned
under, you have a ‘ pea lay,’ over which sow
a bushel and a half of whent per acre, and
six quarts of clover seed. Harrow both in
thoroughly, and let the work be finished by
the middle of October. The return will, of
course, depend somewhat on the quality of
the ‘ old field,’ hut 1 venture to aflirm, that
it will amply repay all labor and outlay, and
astonish by the great result apparently from
so trivial a cause.
“ 1 am familiar with the great increase of
crops from the use of lime and clover, and l
do not mean, from the use of lime and clov
er, to compare the two methods.of renuvut-
ing land as equal;;but,, where limej^pl.iftjUa-
The Devil to Pay.— Thurlow Weed
from Albany, Wm. H. Seward from Wash-
n, and Hi
from Aiuany, ”mi. u. t ”
ington, and Horace Greeley from-Gurtle Bay,
at e all in town to r day. No doubt some mis-
II It* MtWII A'Y
is n foot, and we advise that political
' n* It back kitchens he c’—’—
trill
pare for a moment, on well drained land,
(if it need draining^ with plaister, peas and
deep tillage. No gold mine is so valuable ■
as a good marl-pit. lam, however, confin
ing myself to interior districts, where neither
lime nor marl can be had.
“ After the wheat comes off .in June fol
lowing, the clover, if sown’ arly in' Octo
ber, will have grown so as to shade the land
pretty well, even on the waste lunds 1 speak
of. Jt should not be grazed the first par at
ail; in the February after, top-dress it with
all the manure to he had, not forgetting to
apply all the oldashce within reach. The
iimeof theyear (winterj is the best fur ap
plying manure in our country,' where the hot
sun nets so injuriously on a bare surface.—
The roots of the young clover being protect -
ed from hard frosts and sudden -changes, by
the manure, it shoots forward with the earli
est warmth of spring, and smolhers nil weeds.
When weeds mature their sei-ds, they draw
upon the fertility of land equal to most crops.
Clover gives n orop equal to any other, and-
is all returned to the land in droppings ofthe
stock while grazing upon it. As proof oi its
profit, lor three years I havo never fed my
working horses on grain or fodder, fiotn the
middle of May till the clovor fails. They
are turned on the clover-field after the day’s
wo.kis ovor,-»r.4 taken tip in the morning
in good condition for service. I have never
lost one by this. management; in fact,- they
improve from the time they are thus treat
ed, and work belter.
“Alter the clover has been on the land for '
two summers, during which period it has
dropped three crops of leaves and stocks,
and thereby greatly improved the land, either
turn it as before, in September or October,
for wheat, or later in the fail for corn tho
ensuing year. In the formei ense, you will
find your land as thickly set as before with
volunteer clover, which ought to lemaiti us a
pasture for the summer, after the second
crop of wheat comes off. It com instead of
wheat, be grqwn, sow peas broadcast among
the corn at the last plowing, soaking the
seed and rolling them in plaister sshefoie.
After t he corn crop, de not suffer the land to
‘lie out.’ ' No error can he more opposed to
good farming limn that which i
land can be improved by ‘lying c
milting a ctop of weeds to r
If we had duly reflected, '
long since have been
