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| ] Dr. JOS. A. EVE, President.
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THE IFArtIES.
Culture ot the Potato.
We have read hundreds of essays on
thecculture of the Potato, and yet among
thetn all, we do not find any general fixed
rules in regard to the best method of pro
ducing a crop. When carrying on our
own farm, we made various experiments
during a series of years in this matter,
and the following is the result:
1. If the seasou proved a dry one, the
plantings from whole tubers of the lar
gest sizes, produced the greatest yield:
The reason of this, we inferred, was, that
large tubers gave tjie growing crop a
greater amount nourishment than
smaller ones or cuttings qould.
2. If the season proved wet," then little
or no difference was found between cut
tings, or small or large tubers.
3. We never obtained a greater quan
tity, nor so good a quality of potatoes, as
when planted on sdd (grned up alter the
grass got well started, the first week iu
June ; and we do believe, where a pleas
ant flavored mealy root is desired, that a
grass ley fresh turned over, is the very
best preparation for a crop that can be |
made. By allowing the grass to get a
good start before ploughing, it assists
greatly in the rapid decomposition of the
sod; and this, with its roots, have proveij
with us the sweetest and best elements !
out of which to form potatoes.
4. By manuring highly with fresh!
barn-yard manures, poudrelte, guano,
fish, sca-weed, or, indeed, any strong,
rank, highly fertilizing substance, a large
crop is generally obtained ; but wo have
invariably found that it was at the expense
of its quality —the potatoes proving more
or less watery, and frequently possessing
a strong, tangy taste; and as nutriment
for either man or beast, we fully believe
that the same kind, raised upon fresh
turned-up sod, is worth 50 per cent, more
than that produced from ground where
rank unrotted manures are applied. If
the land could be subsoil-ploughed as the
sod is turned up, we have not a doubt,
especially in rather a dry season, but it
would add considerably to the productive
ness of the crop.
5. A top-dressing of lime and char
coal is the best preventive we know of
against insects and disease.
G. The after-culture is so well under
stood in this country, that we need not
dwell upon it. Twice hoeing is as good
as more; and the hills or rows never
should be disturbed after the blossoms j
I have appeared, as this injures the growth
of the tubers already set, and causes the
roots to throw out new ones. We have
heard a great deal said by
menters, about the non-necessity of hill
ing potatoes abundantly.- We can assure
our readers from repeated experiments
we have made, that the potato delights in
an accumulated, wide-spread, mellow
bed ; and that, unless this is provided,
they cannot generally expect, except in
1 the richest and most friable soils to obtain
I a large crop. Our emphatic advice,
. therefore, in the after-culture of the pota-
s to is, to turn with a wide plough all the
1 good top-soil between the rows to the
j plants; first, soon after their appearance its
above the ground, a»nd second, just
I fore the vine blossoms ; but in doing to
be careful not to bury the tubers too dee’ r
I This should then be followed with t
hoe, gathering the fine soil nicely aK
the vines, and leaving their beds w
1 flat top, rather than a steep roof s’"*-
in this way they preserve the o’i into bloom,
better, and present a broader 8U/ B P r ' n g>
the growing and invigorating in^ us t 0 assume
of the light and sun. VVe usu jars on * ts w*ng
-1 in dr ‘fls thrde feet apart, the se^ irv d
W es apart in the drills. ’
I dressing of lime is not conjuring of the stream
1 are excellent, at the rate o.without alloy.
M round each stalk, or plaste
a table-spoonful. Either *oundsto the most dear,
I ly stimulate the heart they lw,ne >
We wish the grow^P enn S mthy ew >
could be induced to pajf 1 never can decline
the quality of this impoXer, I would not chUI thy
, * usually been done.—Aß
FaUe^gC^Jf iMip ‘ *T “ d I,>ve;
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AUGUSTA WASHINGTONIAN.
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tinent, to fat their cattle hv souring the
grain fed to them. They must be star
ved to it at first, but in a day or two they
eat it freely, and afterwards, prefer it to
the utifermented. They, are fattened
quicker and more economically by this
process.— Am. Agriculturist.
■ — ?
From Hood s Magazine.
The Dead Alivf.
It was four o’clock—and I had not yet
prepared piybelf to give my future. The
heat wasloppressive, the air heavy, the
sky tempestuous; and I fel a sensation
of restlessness and iritability
quite unuSual to me. *L)ii|ng the last
w6hfc I had not enjoyed'ontlhour’s tran
quility; several persons daigerotisly ill
and requiring my attention lmd called for
me. One in particular (thehnly support
of a large family) gave me g«at anxiety,
and excited in my mind extrwne sympa
thy. In this state I got into Lie carriage
to go to the University. At flat moment
an unsealed note was put intfc my hand.
I opened it immediately, and noand it to
announce the death of poor I , for
whom I was so much intereste I; and this
news affected me deeply.
The stroke was the more everc as I
had not foreseen the event, r nd, eonsc
-quently, had not the consolat an of hav
ing been able to prepare the family of
my patient for so great a misfortune.—
Hitherto the chair of dcclanlation had
always been to me rather a pleasure than
i a labor ; the abstract theories of the
| science had amused my mintn; but this
evening I felt a degree of uneasiness on
my spirits for which I could not account.
The events of the day had so deeply as
; fected me that I felt an almost insur-
I mountable inclination to repose When
1 I reached the entry of the hall, I cast a
look around at the unusually till audi
ence, and as I passed through tl r crowd
I heard the name of a celebrated doctor
spoken of as being amongst the hearers.
At another time these were ciri umstan
ces that would have given plea urc, but
now they increased my conliisio i, which
was indeed complete when I discovered
that I had left my notts in the carriage,
which I had dismissed at the dooj, intend
ing to walk home. It was teto lute to
send for them ; and as I was noi inigreat
perplexity, I opened my port-t >li<l, and
hastily ran through a number of rein arks
that I had thrown in there ivi inJit ar
ranging them ; happily, 1 fell u wlsome
novel observations upon insußlmnd I
then determined to make thatW Tpbject
of my off hand lecture.
I have but a confused 1 what
then followed ; but I rcnrnnlw* ‘ r |! ap
plaise which saluted mvl em-JLT ifand
whi:h became still louder whets lUJ con
fusion was observed. Asj sonj
was silence. I summond m irige
i and began. The first woils es Jp in
fiaifp pain ; I hesitated anil stop
tiaunlly, but by degrees I iecos t
self, and the great attention pi jjme
gain! me confidence. I s<i)ii ) /c Ahe
child that overspread my squse- & Zng
dfil my ideas became less dunf’i .r J
wolds came readily, and coripai ptl al j'
expressions crowded upon\ny j Mltd'*
onll to choose them. hig he j, .J ,
obsivaMons refined t) i
mylemonstrat.o^ in and ff cvm .
pre 4nsi\ e. eit jj er p n t jj e g rea test Ihe fly'
fomiT : ‘‘ ln gs. This may be <£clf./ I
i o !ivul)sence of mind, with ignoralsevcral
and frequent blunders. Bui' time I
good. The spring of gentleynpt- —
true regards is untainted. Ale, and
this stamp blushes at an imji
was guilty of twenty years baWlp find
he is, perhaps, liable to repe Wietrto
row. ddetfyv
■ rough*
N unification Angcdo , ceg of V
The Richmond Compiler ss|>r, and
Leigh, in the amusing reminis might
which he a short time since in my
pretty large audience, told z to elu
ofMr. Rhett, illustrating his tions;
the Union. Mr. L. stated itness
the nullification era, when he t was
as Pacificator to South Caro back
present during the session of\ened.
rable Convention of the State lease,
that time. Governor Hayne.l fol
sage to this Convention, spoken ty ;
Carolina as professing an “afbn. ,
tachment to the Union.” Aftertbe
sage was read, this Mr. Rhett (he' ,
named ‘‘Smith” when I knew him, l
Mr. L.) got up and objected to that a
sage, and declared that he could notl
’ lieve any man in that assembly coutff
AUGUSTA, GA. JULY 27, 1844.
thoughts became confused ; strange faces
and fantastic images flitted before my
eyes. The objects of whicji I had been
speaking came to life, and I seemed like
a magician who, by a word rendered visi
ble the living and the dead. 1 stopped !
The most perfect silence reigned in the
ball, and every eye was turned toward
me- AH at once a horrible thought
seizewine, a convulsive laugh broke from
I exclaimed, “ I also am mad /”
All the tUsembly rose instantaneously like
one body. Every voice raided a cry of
surprise and terror; and of what after
wards happened I knew nothing.
When I recovered my Reuses I was in
bed. I looked around—-t knew every ob
ject in the room. The sun shone upon
the window curtains, which were half
closed. I was sensible that it was eve
ning; I saw nobody in the room; and
when I endeavored to comprehend who I
was, and why there, a ’faintness came
over me; I shut my *fcyes and tried to
sleep, when some,bno entering the room
awakened me; it was»my mend Doctor
G., who appronebod the beet, and atten
tively examined jp»o for tho space of a
few moments. Whilst he thus looked at
me I perceived thaj he changed color, his
hand trembled whilst leeling my pulse,
and in a low and melancholy whisper he
said “My God, how ho is changed!” I
then heard a voice at the door say, “ .May
I come in?” Tho Doctor did not an
swer, and my wife came gently into the
room. She looked pale and sorrowful;
her eyes wet, and, as she ber.t anxiously
over me, burning tears fell upon ntv face.
Sho took my hands both inkers, bent her
lips close to my ear, and said, “ William,
<jo you know me[? A long silence follow
ed this question. I tried to answer, but
was incapable of pronouncing one word.
! I wished to show by some sign that 1 was
sensible of her presence. I fixed my
eyes upon her; but I heard fyor say, amid
deep sobs and tears, “ Alas ! ho does not
know me!” And thus I.perceived that
my efforts had been in Vfiin. The Doc
tor now took my wife by the hand to
lead her from the room. “Notyet, not
yet,” she said, withdrawing her hand,
and I relapsed into delirium.
When again I became sensible,\l felt
as if I had awakened from a long and
deep sleep. I still suffered, but lesk se.
verely; ext'-eme weakness had succeeded
to a fever, my eyes were painful ami a
mist was over them; at first I was hot
sensible that any one was in the room, hut
gradually objects became more distinct,
and I saw tiie doctor seated by my bed.
He said, “Arc you better, Williarti?”-\
Hitherto my ineffectual attempts to make
myself understood had notgivea me pain,
hut now the impossibility of doing so
was a marlyidom. I soon became
that my strength of mind was leaving
me, and that death approached. The ef
forts that I made to rouse
this sort of death-like shmibejfHj US t h ave
been very violent, for a cold i, wea t came
all over me. I heard a ruelf as jf m y
ears were full of wafer, yftj 7ny limbs
were tho Doctor’s
JJiJfjcn I pressed with all my
I rose in my bed and looked
v ‘ldly at him. This did not last long; 1
j-seo't fell again into weakness; I dropped
yibjh hand which I had grasped, my eyes
‘ pfosed, and I fell back on my bed. All
fthai I remember at that moment, were
th t words of poor Dr. G , who think
ing me dead, exclaimed, “At last his
sufferings are over!”
Many hours passed before t recovered
my senses. The first sensaticn of which
I became sensible was the coldness of the
air, which felt like ice upon ray face; it
, seeded as if aa enormous weight was on
it j tny arms were stretched against my
biily, and though I wag lying in a most
iiionvenient position, yet it was impossi
to change it; I tried tospeik, but had
not the power, gome time afterwards I
heard the steps of many people walking
in the room, something heavy was set
down, and a hoarse voice pronounced
these words: “ William II , aged
thirty-eight: I thought him older!”—
These words recalled to my mind all the
circumstances of my illness; I under
stood that I had ceased to live, and that
preparations were making for my inter
ment. Was I then dead? The body
was indeed cold and inanimate; but
thought was not extinct. How could it j
be that all traces of life had disappeared
exteriorly, and that sentiment still exist- j
4ed in the chilly frame that vvas now going |
Bto be conveyed to the grave? What a
fiorrible idea! My God! is this a dream ?!
*No; all was real; I recalled to my mind I
the last words of the doctor ; ho knew
too well the signs of death to allow him
self to be deceived by false appearances.
No hope? None! I felt myself being
placed in tho coffin. What languagecan
describe all the horrors of that moment.
I know not how long I remained in
this situation. The silence that reigned
in the room was again broken, and I was
sensible that many of my friends came
to look at me for the last time.
My mind was awake to all the horrors
of my situation ; in a moment my heart
became sensible to acute suffering. But
what thought I to myself, is everything
in me dead ? Is the soul, as well*as the
body inanimate ? My thought neverthe
less was a proof to the contrary. What
has then become of my will to speak, to
see, to live? Everything within me
sleeps, and is as inactive as if I had ne
ver existed! Arc the nerves disobedient
to the command of the brain ? Why do
these swift messengers refuse to obey the
soul. I recalled to mind the almost mi
raculous instances of tho power of tho
mind directed to one purpose and urged
by a strong impulse. I knew the history
of the Indian who, after the death of
his wife had offered his breast to her in
fant, and had nourished it with milk. —
Was not this miracle the effect of a
strong will! I myself had seen life and
motion restored to a palsied limb by a
mighty effort of the mind, which had
awakened the dormant nerves. I knew
a man whose heart beat slowly or quick
as he pleased. Yes, thought lin a trans
port of joy, the will to live remains. It
is only when this faculty has yielded that
Death can become master of us. I felt
a hope of reviving, as I may express it,
by the vigor of my will; hut alas! I
cannot think of it without fear! The
moments wero speeding fast away, and
by the noises around me, I comprehend
that preparations were making to close
my coffin. What was to be done? If
the will has really the power attributed to
it, how shall I exert ? During my illness
I often strongly desired to speak and
move, but could not do so. As the wrest
ler puts forth the utmost strength of eve
ry muscle to raise up his antagonist, so I
employed all that my will could command,
and endeavored to impart to my nerves
the impulse of that energetic volition.ji{jy
last hope ! It was in vain. In t j
I try to raise one breath within wfy breast
—to utter one sigh. And what hi.
the nails ap\
Despair was in the
t, E , my oldest,
une into my room,
long journey to see
an eternal farewell
is childhood. They
He rushed forward
i faithful, fond hand
the warmth of that
I the inmost
fibres of my heart, and it sprang ( to meet
him. That emotion acted upon my whole
system ; the blood was agitated; it began
to flow, my nerves trembled, and a con
vulsive sight bursted from my disenchant
ed lungs, every fibre moved with a sud
den bound, like the cordage of a Vessel
struggling against a mighty sea. I breath
ed again ! But so sudden and so unex
pected was the change in my frame, that
an idea came to my mind that it could not
bo real—that I was again deprived of
reason. Happily this doubt soon ceased.
A cry of terror, and these words, “he
lives!” uttered distinctly enough for me
to hear, put all beyond doubt. The noise
and bustle became general, and some
voice exclaimed, “E has fainted;
raise him up, carry him hence, that he
inay not, when he opens his eyes, first be
hold his friend.” Orders, exclamations,
cries of joy and surprise, increased every
instant; all that I now recall i 3, that I
was lifted- out of my coffin, and before a
good fife, was completely brought to life,
and found myself surrounded by friends.
After sbme weeks I was restored to
health ; \ had seen death as nearly as pos
sible, ant my lips had touched the bitter
portion which one day I must yet drink
to the lastdrop.
Hoarseness. —One dram of freshly
scraped horse-radish root, to be infused
with four osnCcs of water, in a close ves
j sel, for two hours, and made into a syrup,
j with doubleuts weight in vinegar, is an
j approved remedy for hoarseness—a tea
| spoonful has\ often provetj effecfual; a
; few tea-spocii fills, it is sad, have never
! been known to fail in removing hoarse
i ness. '
\
[No. 2.1
Fr>m tin' Southern Christian Advocate.
DIALOGUE
Between a Minister and an Old Servant.
Mr. LuiTdp,—Shortly after the action
of the late General Conference, in the
case of Bishop a preacher of my
acquaintance, had been for years
collecting the portraits of distinguished
ministers of ou& Church, and who had
them arranged in his study
and parlor, concluded that ho would no
longer give those ministers a place in his
collection who had taken part against tho
bishop and the South. Upon examina
tion he ho had but two North
ern ministers, now living; and as much
as he had loved and respected those
brethren, ho determined to depose them;
not, however, without the benefit of a
constitutional trial. Thfey were both con
spicuous members of the Conference,
and each took part in the debate against
the Bishop. But the first!, thought was,
by what law of justice shalftthey be tried?
and what disposition shall be made of
them, if they are found worthy of a place
among Southern No law
appearing in the case, he determined that
*’ expediency” should govern him in hi 3
action ; for by the action of thfe General
Conference, he looked upon law and
"■expediency” as one and thesaftie thing.
So by the law of “ expediency ” they were
found guilty of aiding and abetting tho
abolition and anti-slavery feeling, which
has driven tho Southern portion of the
church to a separate organization. But
what to do with them became now a seri
ous question. To offer them to a South
ern man would be as unacceptable a gift
as to send Bishop Andrew to England. *
lo burn them would be a palpable viola-?
tion ot all those charitable feelings vvhicj
a minister should possess. So he final 2
concluded that he would send for a pjo 2
old colored man of his charge, an<yf
them to him.
The old brother was sens, -f? ! it if*
ho came thJWf/S*- . .
had the 111/' • tor that ho
■ • yAeuessesN wTflk. distinguished
nuni-i (which Jio wanted to give him
as 3- Present. Ihe old man thanked him
kindly, but wanted to know who
were. “ The first is Dr. ;
is considered by the church a great
and good man.” Well, master, who is/■
D>'.- ; and where does he livaf'
tell me all about him. "He wrote tho
history ofthckVl. E. Church; a very val
uable work, in which ho tells us all
N/* Lesley, and all those great and goi>d
mcq, who first raised up the church in dur
country: and lives in the city of New
\ork. ' Well, was he in the General
“Oh yes.” Did he vote
to put down Bishop Andrew? “Whv
do you wish to kfiow that ?” Becaust,
if he did, I can tell more about it. “ Yea,
he voted against the Bilhop.” Wei! now,
master, I don’t want him; and I have i>o
manner of use for him ; no way you can
fix it. He may be a mighty good man ;f
--trust he is; but then Bishop Andrew has
preached to us, and hundreds of mv color
have been converted to God, under his
soul-reviving preaching; and we would
rather belong to him, than to go and live
with them people, and be free; so I can’t
give him a place in my cabin. I know
all about them people; for when I was
a young man, and lived on the sea-board,
some of them folks tried to get me to run
away from my master, and go with them
and be free; but I was ajways afraid of
them ; for when they come out here, they
make the meanest and hardest masters in
the world. So I have got no use for
them in person, or on the paper. “ Well,
perhaps you will take* the other; he is
considered by many one of the greatest
men in the church: ’You have heard of
Dr. . He was the man who pass
ed through the South many years ago,
taking up collections for a college.”
H ell, that will all . do ns far as it goos,
but is he like the other? “ Yes, he voted
against our Bishop too.” Well, sir, I’vo
got no use for him neither, though he
looks mighty well on paper. Now tho
Bible tells me, (for bless God I can read
it,) “Let them which have believing
masters, count them worthy of all honor;”
and it does appear to me St. Paul knew
more about this matter, than some of
them yonder good people, who say they
feel lilightiljf; for we poor niggers in the
South; and yet never do any thing to
help them that they have got there. Now
God knows I would not go there, nor to
Africa, if I could. My master clothes
and feeds me well; and when lam sick
he nurses me, and sends for the Doctor
to sec me. Now if I belonged to myself
washingtoxian
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