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fßi Hi€oi Ammon, A:%sl A.U .111 CULTURAL. AND MERCANTILE OTELLI6ESCER. printed and published on Tuesdays and I todays, by •Harmadukc J. Slade , at Five Hollars per an nump ay able in advance, VOL I. PHOSPECTVS OF THE jgjLOflsr ?,,(/ Agricultural and Mercantile Intelligencer. •a §Y fecc.nt relinquishment cf a participation VI in the editorial labors of an Aid ami well ttaldished journal, would seem to require but L. preliminary remarks, in the proposed under were it not, that tlu y arc usually deman- V] bv public expectation, and sanctioned by rLrm ‘ As there is no good reason why this ‘“ L ime-l'"COrc(l observance'’ should he disregard , j ) {]•!■ present instance, I shall submit an epit ‘ frv principles, and the course which shall observed in conducting anew journal, ihe object ef the proposed publication being purely what its title implies, supercedes the necessity of that political commentary which the doctrines of the day have usually demanded; yet, as my former professions are held with unabated at tachment, and there being no neutral ground, in the conflicting and varied sentiments, which dai lv arise, as to both men and measures— it follows, that 1 should not only make an exposition of my political tenets, but also, that they should be boldly set fortli, and fearlessly defended. 1 have ever indulged an ardent devotion to Republican mm, as the term was understood by its advocates in ’9B a sacred regard to the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and a determined and fixed hos tility to every thing like constructive or implied powers— an extension of equal justice to all par ties—that all power is inherent in and derived from the people, as the original source and ulti mate tribunal—the independence and distinct so vereignty of the .States, and their confederacy as a Union, under a government limited and actual .y defined in its powers. These are the promi nent articles of my political faith, and believing in their correctness, shall abide by them in every trial. Among the many topics of deep interest that agitate the people of all classes, is the exercise of unwarrantable governmental influence on the industry and resources of the country, and the unconstitutional expenditure of the public treas ure to objects of Internal Improvement—measures too frequently destitute of general benefit, and of tentimes marked by a spirit of partiality, selfish ness and injustice. It would be criminal for one “seated on the watch-tower,” and in the exercise cf the duties which belong to the I’ress, to ob serve, with callous indifference, the pauses which have produced, and the effects which have re suited from the latitudinary construction of the Constitution. The dangeron ; consequences which may ensue, are already indicated by the excited feelings of the country. lam deeply impressed j that wrong has been done, and evil tolerated — , vet, with a spirit of forbearance, it would be bet- j ter tor the oppressed to bear their evils whilst they are tolerable, than “fly to those they know i net of.” ILc prcsrtu is an ora in the history of onr <roV rrnnu'iit, distinguished lor improvement. The lover of his country beholds it on its “return ’Mirk to its original purity and principles.— Already has the distinguished head of the gov ernment, said “The successful operation of the federal system can only be. preserved by confin ing it to the few and simple, but yet important objects for which it was designed.’” This is a guarantee, that the purpose of the present Exe ! uti\e of the Lnion aud his supporters, is an ef fort to restore the Constitution to its oricrinal healthy and unimpaired condition. lam happy to accord with the Administration and its friends ■ft die wise and well directed course which is pursued by them. 1 lie lime was, when to dissV-nt from the mea > ires <>l any of the proy input parties of our .State, y < n attachment to any of the others, or to their .en distinguished organs, implied an hostility ;■*' acr; j“ o, 7 which frequently had no bounds, flhedom, Justice, and Moderation” ■ n enipiy and absurd profession. The times and umstancts have- new become more congenial I; ’‘j U! , r fl;elln S s: the perplexing difficulties ,1 i surrounded us —those emanating d>r id, and fostered at home, have subsided, f’cce-sf * c towledgment of our rights, and the vi.i a.- accomplishment of nearly all the ends. .‘. l " e ‘. ave contended for. 1 can review mv m ,' ur h m relation to State affairs, with cheer- a a,loD ’i my f,l,ure efforts will be inti v'ithont T** WUl ‘ ,hp P nst; and il is ho P e(l bout offence to an adverse party. The writer " the infallibility 0 f man, nor ," ,lf 25 eClonas a mi it "ill therefore be i/ ov n r. ° f UI> I ,ort worthy men, and ap 'om Jus„ 0 p ll °^ X - mßOS " ros as ma J' emanate Uhlicfnb. Ine l )at L nu,lsm an, l unadulterated re ■• e S ®r SUC c mcasl,res as Will best answer ,n ■ v 1 T lrt ‘° 6 0V °rnnieiit, and of onr i‘ffits\flhi St: ir SU ? !l nion :is will “defend the tit If® 1 the Sovereignty of the i J , C: ‘" lhnf!/ authoiity of the ui,:?. St al] enr roachments-” stn . d 1n " s endeavor to render the k-V~ (a ,<r „ Agricultural and Mercantile vc-j AMT”’ lsha,lha *™ to possess mv-1 rnjile subiri Z CC -T Ty ,naU;rials which the se | f intV.T- l. ct>s hirmsh, to unfold cverv soceies I n h , crest 110 " ' vl ; ioh will be thought to instruct', j he m3 Z- l ° P lcas ?'. 11 is believed, that Etchant and li nC ! lon <Jt ’ ll,erosf > between the 'l'tablc to one wi eannot ftil ™l-r ao l.v efforts shall ?„ hatev ’ CT ma y benefit the other. • ul most usefi 1 !ir," Sei -, to T ,roc,lrc the earliest 1 before the „,.v r * rcantl i° information, and lay °into I?S P i l, - C; an, l it will be my desire to ei >toflcrinirs ’ and .ff ari 'er the clioieest and ° for |ny Agricultural readers. J^innuary\ RA !^ UKE J ‘ SLADJ ’' % c r- ** :>r **& tzi A. Jli.il i‘° , ( ' a ' ,< ’i'ii Jones, Adrn'r and - ".ro sr o’* X ° f C h Uil!cck, dcc’U. i L me, but fm “ ot >"* r papoMin the book, use ■:vt t!. t. 1,1 Tbo finder v. ill please ! -nf,C wi-'h.tlie sub. • iber, or the' AJ>crUßcra,;J u re ' varJ v.as Ji.ro 7 U. J* BULLOCK, " Hflaiily ot'im iVv 11 ulK,l,l l ii,e Or the sho l “' lie n] M ) • OU ™V’ !it tho ensuing elf'C ‘Vdtcdoßo m'‘o fto IU ftit ttds that hew :-Om * mi "A frcin t!,e office ti-'e ) l; a , h / ISI -# c< 1;y 1:11 n cauJi * ' me import unify ,j friend*. •' v ' i. ji -. 4u■ 1N STO N T . _ ’ JTOTtCE. W E V° un<le reigned, Merchants of the town ” of Macon, viewing the practice of sending | out parcels of goods by servants, for examination, | as prejudicial to our own interest—affording as it I certainly does, an opportunity to those servants ] of appropriating many articles to their own use, without detection— Do Resolve t Ihut we will in future entirely decline the custom; believing, at the same time, that our alleged reasons will be a suiheient excuse for adopting this iSeasure. HUNGER FORDS & STODDARD, COOKE & COWLES, 11. BLAIR & CO. A. SIIOTWKLL & J. J. SMITH, JOB MAGIE, CHARLES CAMPBELL, N. B. & A. THOMPSON, WM. H. BURDSALL, T. L, & .1. P. SMITH, M. FELTON & CO. JOHN C. 11ELVENSTOV, - GEORGE JEWETT, KIMBERLY & CHISOLM, RALSTON & JONES, G. D. YOUNG, E. GRAVES & SON, J. B. WICK £4 CO. E. L. YOUNG & CO. A. R. FREHMAN £4 CO. Macon, May 19, 1831. iq For Salt*, or EScnt, /SAHE Property recently owned by Col. Joel j A Baley, and known as the Mountain Spout Retreat, In Uutti County* This Property is too Well known to require de scription. J. T. ROWLAND. April *23 3 I JCo* Jul y it ption Safes. : 11 til be *oL ' :ii the fowl-: ousc In the tolon of Tho maston, on the firs t Tuesday in July next, JOT of land, No. 23 in the 15th district of ori- J ginally Monroe now Upson, levied on as the | property of Joseph B. Arvfh, to satisfy sundry li las: Lot of land No. 32, in the lflth district of for merly Houston now llpsen, also, n negro fellow by the name of Abb, taken as the property of Hen ! ry Kendall and Elizabeth P. Kcnd-J’, ex’rs. of j Henry Kendall, dec. to satisfy Eaton Bass. ! L. G. DAWSON, D. Sl.'ff, JtKoiarcc Salt':-'. ;It fit be fold at the Court-house in the . •> of For syth, un the fust Tuesday in Jut: ;? .C, (>NE negro m.Vn Tuft. v;c years obi. levied on ! Jas the property of Lewis 8.'.-vvn, . ■ to sa ! tisfy Win S. Miller fort! • u:e cf G iard A Mur- '■ i docle. One house and l. t . ;fe or. t! south-west I j corner of the square < f *he t. vvn of Fnr.-:j*th, known as the Swan Hotel the. t re- < i juhnand Pitt j S. Milner to satisfy J. & U. : > ,n. A. COCHRAN, D. Sj . r: ;• ST.rci IVIII he ' • i hi the town of Knox *• : 'T: • edoy in July next, V|V;iE < m n . Ivr. \ ville Academy and i. thesa 1 ay and appurtenances, levied bn to satisfy' ;■ :f 3 „ ver of J. Stone. Lot of land No :he property of Sampson Smith to satisfy a fi favor of John O. Grant. WILLIAM 11. ITi.lhS SVjf. BiLJ *a’<‘s. IVill be sold a! the Court-boose in the town of Ma con, on the fist Tuesday in July next , lIfATKR lot No. 10, and improvements, occu- TANARUS pled by Day & Butts, and negro boy Ed mund, all levied on as the property of Nathaniel Cornwell, or his interest in sain property, to sa tisfy a fi fa from Mclntosh Superior Court. 2 negroes, Simon a boy and Missouri a girl, sold as the property of Ehud Harris, to Satisfy a fi fa in favor of Francis Bacon. Will be sold M above, ?p\VO negro girls, Missouri about 5 years old £ and Loretto about 3 years old, taken aa the property of William P. Harris, one negro girl named Mary about Id years old, 2‘>2A acres of Land No. 11l in the third district originally Houston now Bibb county—levied on as the prop erty cf Joshua Jordan, to satisfy sundry fieri fa cias in favor of John S. Hunter bearer vs. said Harris and Jordan —property pointed out by the. defendants—levy returned to me by Burwell M’- Lendon constable. Abner Cherry’s interest in ten acres of Land and improvements, w hereon said Cherry now lives, known by No. 2—levied on to satisfy one fieri facias in favor of Kimberly & Chisholm vs. G. W. Jackson, and Abner Cherry and others— levy returned to me by John Smith constable. 11. H. HOWARD, Dtp. Sk'ff. .?/ the same place, on the first Tuesday in July, Throe negroes, Simon a boy about ten years old, Missouri a girl about 8 years old ; sold as the property of William P. Harris to satisfy a mortgage fieri facias from the Inferior Court of Bibb County in favor of Kimberly & Chisholm vs said Harris. WM. B. CON?’, Sheriff. Wales. lVill be sole] at the Court-House in the. foivn of Perry on the first Tuesday in July. K and one half Lots Pine Land in the ten'll dist. of Houston county, well improved, whereon John Billips now lives, on Mess Creek, adjoin ing Tull,Jirnerson and others—all levied on as property of Abner Wimberly and \V illium Ham ilton, executors of Richard Smith, dec. to sarisly a fieri facias in favor of Zaclihariah Lamar. Al o, u:'l! hr sold eis above. i-q acres of I.and, more orlcss, known 9.C i-.is by Lot No. 10 in the first district formerly lieary now Butts county —levied on us the property of Hugh Ilamil, to satisfy a fieri fa cias issued from the superior court of said county in favor of Elijah Budget vs. Hugh Hanoi and Simeon liamilnhd Bryant v". Ilamil. £OO A acres of land, more or less, known by Lot No. 150 in the third district tf formerly Monroe now Butts county—levied ones the property cl VY illiam Dennet to satisfy a fieri facias issued from a justices court cf Newton county iii taver of James Howard ve. L. 15. Hargroves ad’inr. C'-. of William Bonnet, deceased—property punted out by plaintitPs attornoy. J 1 W. H.MtKNESS, Drp. fibrff. MACON: FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1831. Rutts Sates. ’ * be sold at the Court-house in the town of Jack son, on the first Tuesday in July next, A negro girl about six or seven years old by the x name ol Kisiah, one yoke oxen and a cart, one cow and calf, 2 heiters about two or three years old, one steer yearling, two sows and twelve pigs and seven shoats, one patent clock, one folding table, four sitting chairs, one silver watch, one plank box, one mahogany dressing table, one pine chest—all levied on as the property of Palmer A. Higgins, to satisfy a fieri facias issued from Butts Inferior Court in favor of Simpson Bobo vs said Higgins— property pointed out by plaintiff’s attor ney and defendant. Lot No 1 in square No. 19, whereon is a dwell ing house, and Lot No. 4 in square No. 19 in the town ot Jackson, each being 205 feet square more or less; levied on as the property of Daniel M. Jackson to satisfy sundry fieri facias issued from Butts superior court, one in favor of Elisha W. Chester and two in favor of the officers of Butts Superior court by vs. Daniel M. Jackson: JOSEPH SUMMERLIN, Sheriff. One hundred acres Pine Land is the fourteenth district of Houston county, with a good gristmill known now as Dykes’ mill; levied on as the property of Jordan Dykes and Edward Welch, his security, to satisfy two fieri facias in favor of Benjamin Kent ■; levy made and returned to me by a constable. One small part of a Lot in the town of Perry, known in the plan of said town by No. 4 in square letter D. being 210 feet in length and 30in bredth with a store house thereon, fronting Broad street; levied on as the property of Keehmd Tyner, to satisfy afieri facias in favor of Isaiah Chapman. Smart, a negrg boy, ten or twelve years old; lev ied on as the property of James Finley principal, Solomon Simpson mid E. K. Hodges his secu rities, to satisfy two fieri facias vs. James Finley I —levy made and returned to me by a constable. One feather bed—levied on as the property of | John Tyner, tax-collector of Houston count}*, to satisfy two fieri facias, one in ;avor ofthe Justice:; of the Inferior Court for the use of the county of Houston. IIENRV W. RALEY, Sheriff. Hook Store. Where the Post-Office was lately kept* I?I. I>. J. SLADE fixS JEST RECEIVED A LARGE ASSORTMEKTf 0 1 SELECTED by himself, in Philadelpha, with particular reference to this market. He will continue to receive from time to time, the latest interesting publications of the day in the various departments of the Arts, the Sciences, and elegant Literature. The following articles, Comprise a part of which he has now on hand. A more General assortment.is daily expected. ° HISTORICAL. lllevereux Life of Marion, Disowned “ Washington, Dandy Marshalls do Denounced Robertsons America, Clovvdesly Modern Europe Breckei.bridge Hall Grimshaw’s England, Record of Woman Grim Shaw’s Rome, Rivals. Gibbon’s do Divixitv, Theology £A\ Scott’s Life of Napoleon Bibles and Testaments of Rollins History * sizes and qualities. Plutarch’s Lives, Family do. plain, extra Josephus and superfine Goldsmith’s Works Bible Questions Grirashaw’s U. States. Moral Instructor GEOGRAPHICAL. Pilgrim’s Progress Smileys Geography and!Sengs of Zion Atlas, Saints Rest Merse3 do do Rise and Progrers Pocket Maps, Magee on Atonement POLITICAL. 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Paul and Virginia V variety of Prints and , Cooper's Novels Albums, elegantly and i Heiress of Bruges beautifully executed. 1 Separation Paper Hangings of vari- Oeonians ous patterns. Thu Barm) ry Sugar Boxes. Cc. Heir* MzCi-n, May 13, 183!, 6-tM - mwMNXbsr* * j ■■ >. ——— - —“A poet’s hand and prophet’s fire, “Struck the wild warblings of his lyre.” From the Boston Patriot. PRINTING OFFICE MELODIES. THE PRESSMAN. Pull my boys, turn quick the rounce, And let the work begin— The world is pressing on without, And we must press within— And we who guide the public mind, Have influence far and wide, And all our deeds are good, although The Devil's at our side. Let fly the frighet now my boys ! Who are more proud than we — While wait the anxious crowd without, The force of power to see— So pull away—none are 30 great, As they who run the car — Ami who have dignity like those That practice at the bur. And you who twirl the roller there, Be quick you inky man— Old time is rolling on himself, So beat him if you Can Be careful of the tight and shade, Nor let the sheet grow pale— Be careful of the tnonk-o y looks Of every head and tale. Though high in office is our eland, And pi-ow is our case, W e would not east a slur on those, Who fill our lower place. The gaping world ig fed by us, Who retail knowledge here— By feeding that we feed ourselves, Nor deem our fare too dear. Pull up, my boys, turn quick the rounce , And thus the chase we’ll join— * We have deposits in the bank, Our drawers are full of coin — And who should uiore genteely cut A figure or a dash ? Y'et sometimes we who/*res? so much, Ourselves are pressed for cash. TrPfi. THE MAIDEN'S EXPLANATIONS. From meeting one she blushed to name, With ruddy hand, the maiden came. “Daughter,” her widowed mother said, “Daughter, why, why is thy hand so red?” “I pluck’d a rose, unheeding, and The angry thorns did w'ouud my hand.” Again, with glow ing lips she came, From meeting him slut feared to name. “What gave thy lips so deep a red, Daughter?” theanxious mother said. “My lips with berries's juice are dyed,” The maiden bashfully replied. Once morb, with pallid cheek, she came From him her heart refused to name. “O, why so lily pale thy cheek ? Speak, darling of my bosom speak 1 “O, mother, get my winding sheet, And lay me at tny father’s feet; A cross beside my head-stone place, And on that cross these dark word trace : With ruddy hand she once returned By fingers pressed that fondly burned ; Again, with glowing lips she came Crimsotxxl by passion’s kiss of flame--* Her death pala cheek revealed, at last, Hope and false love's illusion past. From the Kcw Monthly Magazine. FLOWERS IN A ROOM OF SICKNESS. “I desire *s I look on these, the ornaments and children of earth, to know whether, indeed, such things 1 shall see no more ?—whether they have no likeness, no archetype in the world in which my future hope is to be cast I—or whether they have their images above, only wrought in a more wondrous ami delightful mould”— Conversed iwui with on Ambitious Student in 111 Health , Bear them not from grassy dells, Where the wild bees have honey-cells ; Not from where sweet water-sounds Thrills the greenwood to its bounds ; Notto waste their scented breath On the silent room of death ! Kindred to the breeze they are, And the glow-worm’s emerald star, And the bird whose song is free, And the many whispering tree, Oh ! too deep a love, and vain They would win to Earth again ? Spread them not before the eyes Closing fasten summer skies ! Woo thou not the spirit back, From its lone and viewless track, \\ ith the bright things which have birth Wi Jot'or ail the coloured Earth 1 With the violet’s breath would rise Thoughts too sad for her who dies ; From the lily’s pearl cup shed, Dreams too sweet would haunt her bed: Dreams of youth—of spring-time eves— Music—beauty—all she leaves : Hush! ’tis thou that dreaming art, Calmer is her gentle heart* Yes! o’er fountain, vale, and grove, Leaf and flower, hath gush’d her love ; But that passion, deep and true, Knows not of a last adieu. Types of lovelier forms than these, In their fragile mould she sees ; Shadows of yet richer things, Born beside immortal springs. Into fuller glory wrought, Kindled by surpassing thought! , Therefore in the lily’s leaf, She can read no word of grief; O’er the woodbine she can dwell, Murmuring not—Farewell! farewell ? And her dim, yet speaking eye, Greets the violet solemnly. Therefore, once, and yet again, Strew them o’er her bed of pain; From her chamber take the gloom; With a light and flush of bloorh : So should one depart who goes Where no death can touch the Rosa. Aniai/nRVL. THE AMERICAN FARMER. The following extract is from an address of Mr Biddle before the Philadelphia Society for promoting agriculture. His character of the American Farmer is such as it ought to be, but we regret to say, hot such as it is under our present system of Government. We cannot agree with the gentleman in many of his ■ remarks, particularly the one whero he says, “iJis frugal government neither desires nor dares to oppress the soil”; we would simply : -k him to look at the effects of the Tariff upon the Agriculture of*nir country. “If l have failed to prove that the pursuits of Agriculture may be as lucrative as other employments, it will be an easier task to vindicate their pleasures and their importance. Indeed not dw ell on that retirement,one of the present enjoyments of this life and the best preparation for the future,oil those healthful occupations, on the calmness of mind, on that high spirit of manliness and independence which naturally belong to that condition. Th< se are attractions which must have deep root in the human heart, since they have at all times fastened at once on the imagination and won the judgment of rnen. But I may be allowed to say, that in this nation agriculture is probably destined torcccive the highest i honors, and that the country life of America ! ought to possess peculiar attractions. The ‘ pure and splendid institutions of this people have embodied the brightest dreams of those high spirits who in other times & in other lands have lamented or stntgglcdagainst oppression; they have realized the fine conceptons which ] speculative men have imagined, which wise men have platmcd, or brave men vainly j perished in attempting to establish. Their 1 influence in rcclaimipgtha lost dignify of man, j inspiring the loftiest feelings of personal independence, may be traced to every condition of our citizens; but all objects are more distinct by insulation, their effects are peculiarly obvious in fhecountry* “The American Farmer is the exclusive, absolute, uncontrolled proprietor of the soil. His tenure is not from the govcrnment;thc government derives its power from him. — There is above him no being but God and the laws; no hereditary authority usurping the distinctions of personal genius; no established church spreading its dark shadows between him and heaven. His frugal government neither desires nor dare to nppress the soil; and tho altars of religion ore supported only by the voluntary offerings of sincere piety.— liis pursuits which no perversion ran render injurious to any, arc directed to the common benefit of all, in multiplying’ the bounties of providence, in the improvement and estab lishment ot the soil, in the care of inferior animals committed to‘ his charge he will find an ever-varying and interesting employment, dignified by the union of liberal studies, and enlivened by the exercise of a simple and generous hospitality. His character assumes a loftier interest by its influence over the pub lic liberty. It may not be . foretold to what danger this country isdestinod, when ifsswel ling population, its expanded territory, aud its daily complicating interests, shall awake tho ardent passions of men, and reveal the vul ; ncrable points of our institutions. But when ever these perils come, its most steadfast se ! curity and unfailing reliance, will be on the column of landed proprietors, the men of the soil and of the count, standing aloof from tho passions which agitato the denser part of communities, well educated, braye and inde pendent, the friends of the government with out soliciting its favors, the advocates of the people without descending to flatter thoirpas r sions ; these men; rooted like their own for ests, may, vet interpose between the factions of the countrv, to heal, to defend and to save. ON M ATCHING THE WEATHER. “J/e that obsc. -Mi the u ind shall not sow, and he that regc.dctk the clouds shall not reap." It always looks to me very suspicious, when I sec a farmer turning his eye frequent ly to the clouds, nod watching sedulously the action of the winds. It appears as ti.ough he wanted an excuse to get nd of labor, and is w illing to throw the blame of his own idle and do-nothing disposition upon the weather. “The wind is very high to day, and it wont do to sow* at all j all the grain will blow away, there wont a kernel of it light in the, furrows; it w ill be all whistled away to the moon, or Carried into yonder swamp, where I shall ne ver see it again. Heigho! it will never do to sow T in this weather. I’m persuaded, Jose, you may unyoke the oxen, we shall have no use for the harrow to-day.” Such were the observation of Mr. Lacka daisy, one fine morning, after wetting his finger in his mouth, and holding it up to see which way the wind was. He could not sow, poor man, because the wind was so high: it would blow all the grain away, and lie should lose his labor and grain into the bargain. But the truth of it was, he had no disposition to sow*, and was glad even for a bad excuse, of putting it off'.—And this he continued to do from day to day, though the weather was as favorable for putting the seed into the ground as the most careful farmer could desire. At length, however, the grain was sown, though so late in the season as not to produce above half a crop. But when the time of har vest came, there was the same disinclination to put in the sickle, that there had formerly been in the seed. Poor Mr. Lackadaisy could never make up his mind to commenco reaping, because he was so intently watching the clouds. “O this weather! this weather!” he would exclaim—“l shall never be able to secure ray grain—it beats all—l never saw such weath er in my life-—constantly cloudy!—cloudy 1” And so, turning up his eyes to the heavens and shaking his head, though there was scarcely a cloud to be seen, he would hangup his sickle, shoulder his angling rod, and go to fishing. Even when the sky was perfect ly clear, he could not think of reaping. But alas ! casting a dubious eye over the whole blue canopy, he would say—“ This is the weather breeder—-wo shall soon have a storm I never knew it fail when the sky was with* out a doud! It will never do to think of reap ing with such a prospect; the grain will all he spoilt, it will sprout in the gravel; it will mould in the shief. No, I’d much rather have it standing than cut in such weather.” So saying, Mr. Lackadaisy would again shoulder his angling rod and post off two or three miles a fishing. He seldom caught any thing; but then he sometimes had some glorious nibbles, and even these he consider ed as better than reaping with the signs of a storm coming oil—Thus, frora day to day, he kept anxiously watching the weather, and wondered hew his neighbours could be so rash, sri blind to theirMwn interest, as to think of cutting their grain with such a prospect before their eyes. “But, thank heaven!” said he, 1 understand the signs of the weath- er better than that comes to.” In this manner, the harvest of Mr. Lacka daisy v.as put oll'Ontil his grain was mildew cd, broken down, and shelled out to such a degree, as to be hardly worth reaping. Ho did, however, cut it at last, but with the loss of a great part of his half crop. “Tis strange I” said he—“very strange ! how other people dash on, and sow without regarding the wind, and reap without paying ' any attention to the clouds. Anti yet the' get good crops—excellent crops; while J, who spend nearly all tho time in watching the winds and the clouds, scarcely rais ; enough to keep a hen from starving! ‘Tis very strange, as I said before, but this is just ray luck ! Some how or other, it seems as if 1 never was made to prosper, notwithstanding all the care J take in the management of my business. If I were to pay no more regard to the weather than farmer Active and others do, I should be wholy ruined; for as it is, 1 can scarcely keep my head above water— But, this, as T said before, is just my luck.” So reasoned and so acted Mr. Lackadaisy ; and so thousands of other idle, irresolute, do nothing persons reason and act. They are glad of an excuse to put off the discharge of their duties; to get rid of immediate labor; to postpone till to-morrow what should b.s done to-day. And when they fail of success in business; when they do not reap where they have neglected to sow; when they do not make money which they have not labour ed for, when they find themselves houseless, snpperlcss, and in rags; they throw dl the blame upon their ill luck, and wonder how it happens that other people are mere prosper ous than themselves.—[JV, F. Constdlaiio Newfood for Cattle—-Vie find in t!i American farmer , a communication fro..; Mr. Exi’H Lkwis, of Edgecomb Cos. in this State, detailing anew mode (new lo us) of fattening Cattle. The food Used by Air. S.. is Turnips and Cotton Seed, in equal, quantities, boiled together, with a. little aal: in it. lie says he has fully tried it aQd that this preparation is preferable to any food he ever made use of. Xhit:aTlTp& lu w ashed clean. Some will acquire property by dust, others will become poor by scDiug goLf dust. NO. 18.