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From the Albany Cultivator.
ML Uivation ot Sprint? Grain at the South.
jjjjy'' appears that in South Carolina, oats
igSki barley may be sown in the fall, and
fm i ost of winter is not hard enough to
|wt ’m. Our friend, Mr. Wm. Suin
’Pomaria, as chairman of a cem
ftiitt*’- ppointed for the purpose, recently
aAinhi 'I a report to the Newberry Ag
u- Society, on the cultivation of
jflkjt. rt-t: bailey, and buckwheat, from
'ather the following facts :
fall sowing is preferable, as
rhy «wts at* not liable to be injured by
; the yield is greater, and
tb£W u ‘ much better than if sown in the
sprint if not sown in the fall, they
snj&pp *t nil events be sown during the
mouth i f February. Cotton seed, if ap
plied 11 ;bt*«, v *f more importance to
this. her crop. The seed
should b Rivs ’ K ploughed in, or ifthe
groun ; i j bc-afc-broken up, a heavy
iron tooth# 4 harrow would perhaps an
swer a go it-: purpose in putting the seed
to apr • a 4 pit; The selection of
proper sc* 4 ‘ ab«» a *Abject of much im
portance. To**re are, however, some ex
cellent varii ti nfoa*• cultivated among
us. The B» r> ■* or IV* toe Oats, is pre
ferred by some, while ethers prefer the
Rutiled. The buck*;*<» hit®Tartarian,
although not yet d among us,
are said to be the <*--< desr k»tion for the
poorest exhaust* * * > , producing more
on those sorts tt.»<* »nv ot.> variety. *
“Ryf. has been csltivai- i perhaps as
long as any of the varieties o:\»all grain,
and its cuitivation is been; ■. •». u matter
of increased import found
particularly adapted irnisli
ing the best early spring a e: we can
have recourse to for lsmb«, •. oung calves,
and pigs. Care should i; -* > not to
graze horses, cattle ami < it
while voung, and partic i f while the
ground is wet. It is not > > p .lied
up by the roots, and is iheivtu •• ta4|.ir
adapted to grazing hogs, than wiry i.umr
variety of small grain. 11 the intent iob
is to pasture, it should invariably he
in during the month of St; *t .«• •!
will then be fit to graze in l i at
which time it wili be particularly valua
ble, especially for ewes, with early lambs.
“ Barley, has been cultivated from
the earliest antiquity, and was much in
use among the Romans, both as food for
soldiers and horses. It is, upon the
whole, one of the most valuable and im
portant grain crops, which we can <*ilti
vate. It is almost invariably a certain
crop, as from its early maturity it makes
itself from the winter seasons. For soil
ing cattle and hdrses, it is superior to any
other grain we can have recourse to.—
When soiling is the principal object, it is
advisable jto sow at different times, from
the first of October until the last of No
vember ; thus furnishing it in succession
from the first of March until May.—
When young, it should he cut off careful
ly with a keen grass scythe, and raked
carefully, and if the soil has been made
rich, a second cutting can be obtained.
It requires a rich loamy soil, and where
this cannot readily be obtained, the ground
must be made rich by supplying the ne
cessary quantity of stable manure.—
Ashes is important to this, as it is to ev
ery other grain crop. Unless the ground
is made rich, you can never expect to
succeed with the crop; and as. only a
few acres are required for the purpose of
soiling, even on the largest farm, the
ground is readily manured. Cotton seed
applied liberally, is also an excellent ma
nure. As soiling is the principal object,
the spot selected for the barley should be
near, and convenient to the stables and
cattle yard. The ground should be deep
ly broken up, and the seed neatly plough
ed in; the whole should then be well
harrowed, so that the ground is thorough
ly and finely pulverized.”
Hollow Horn.
It is familiar to farmers that when any
animal has been subject to this complaint,
that upon the return of winter the com-
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plaint may often be kept off in such ca
ses, simply by wrapping the horn with
woollen cloth or sheep-skin, with the
wool turned inwardly, and keeping it
well bound on during the winter. As
soon as the horn becomes carious, it be
comes internally sore, and it sometimes
happens that all efforts to save an animal
afflicted with this complaint are ineffec
| tual, merely for want of wrapping the
horns, and thereby imparting that warmth
! to the parts intended to be healed, which
all know is necessary for any wound or
sore in winter, in order to heal it.
There is a beautiful circumstance con
nected with agricultural emulation. In
many of the pursuits of life one man gets
rich by making another man poor—climbs
| the ladder by putting his feet on another
man’s shoulder; or he builds his own
building out of the fragments of his neigh
bor’s which he has undermined. This is
often a crying injustice, and inflicts
many hitter mortifications, or arouses t
vindictive and tiger passions. Emilia- 1
tion in agricultural improvements en
kindles no such baleful fires. A man
can make no improvements in husbandry,
without at once extending the knowl
j edge and advantage of them to others,
j The enlargement of the capacities of the
I soil, and every increase of its productions,
confer an immediate benefit upon the
whole community.
Corns. —As every one seems to be fa
; miliar with these painful excresences, we
•extract the following mode of cure, and
*1 without in any way endorsing the re-J
' ceipt. It is worth trying, und we hope I
j that some afflicted friend of ours will j
wrap his corns as recommended, and if
successful, give us information, for we
| are sorely troubled :
Take a small piece of flannel which j
i has not been washed, wrap or sew it,
around the corn and toe : one thickness
will be sufficient. Wet the flannel where
* ihe corn is, night amt morning, with fine
sweet oil. Renew the flannel weekly,
and at the same time pare the corn, which
will soon disappear.
The Duty of au American Citizen.
BY THE KEV. DR. WAYLAND.
The paramount duty of an American
citizen, is, to putin requisition every pos
sible means for elevating universally the
intellectual and inoral character of the
people.
When we speak of intellectual eleva
| tion, we would not suggest that all our
citizens are to become able linguists or
profound mathematicians. This, at least
for the present, is not practicable; itcer
tainly is not necessary. The object at
which we aim will be attained, when
every man is familiarly acquainted with j
what are now considered the ordinary
branches of an English education. The
intellectual stores of one language are
then open before him; a language in
which he may find all the knowledge that
he shall ever need to form his opinions
upon any subjects on which it shall be
his duty to decide. A man who can
not read, let us always remember, is a
BEING NOT CONTEMPLATED BY THE GE
nil’s of the constitution. Where the
right of suffrage is extended to all, he is
certainly a dangerous member of the
community who has not qualified himself
to exercise it. But on this part of the
subject I need not enlarge. The pro
ceedings of our general and state legis
latures already furnish ample proof that
our people are tremblingly alive to its im
portance. We do firmly believe the time
to be not far distant, when there will not
be found a single citizen of these United
States, who is not entitled to the appella
of a well informed man.
But supposing all this to be done, still
only a part and by far the least important
part of our work w ill have been accom
plished. We have increased the power
of the people, but we have left it doubtful
in what direction that power will be ex
erted- We have made it certain that a
public opinion will be formed, but wheth
er that opinion will be healthful or des
tructive, is yet to be decided. We have
cut our channels by which knowledge
may be conveyed to every individual of
our mighty population; it remains for
us, by means of those mighty channels,
to instil into every bosom an unshaken
reverence for the principles of right.
Having gone thus far, then, we must go
farther; for you must be aware that the
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tenure by which our liberties is held can
never be secure, unless moral keep pace
with intellectual cultivation. This leads
us to remark, in the second place, that
our other and still more imperious duty is,
to cultivate the moral character of our
people. »
On the means bv which this may be
effected, I need not detain you. W r e
have in our hands a book bf tried efficacy;
a work w hich contains the only success
ful appeal that was ever made to the
moral sense of man ; a book which un
folds the only remedy that has ever been
applied with any effect to the direful mal
adies of the human heart. You need not
be informed that I refer to the Holy
Scriptures of the Old and New Testa
ment. *****
If we would see the foundations laid
broadly and deeply, on which the fabric
of this country’s liberties shall rest to the
remotest generations; if we would see
! her carry forward the work of political
i reformation, and ri.e the bright morning
j star of freedom o’er the benighted world;
| let ns elevnte the intellectual and moral
character of every class of our citizens,
and specially let usembue them thorough
ly with the principles of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. * * * *
When I reflect that some of you who
now hear mo will see fifty millions of
souls enrolled in the census of these Unit
ed States; when l think how small a pro
portion our present efforts bear to the,
' pressing wants of this mighty population,
and how soon the period in which those
I wants can be supplied will have, forever
i elapsed; when, moreover, I reflect how
| the happiness of man is interwoven with
! the destinies of this country ; I want lan
guage to express my conceptions of the
| importance of the subject; and yet lam
! aware that those conceptions fall far short
jof the plain, unvarnished truth. When I
| look forward over the long tract of com
j ing ages, the dim shadows of unborn na
| tions pass in solemn review before me,
; and each, by every sympathy which hinds
together the whole brotherhood of man,
implores this country to fulfil that destiny
to which she has been summoued by an
all-wise Providence, and save a sinking
world from temporal misery and eternal
death.
Skate Runners.
At Drontheiin, in Norway, they have a
regiment of soldiers, called Skate-run
ners. They wear long gaiters, for travel
ling in deep snow, and a green uniform.
They carry a short sword, a rifle fasten
ed by a broad strap passing over the
shoulder, and a climbing-staff seven feet
long, with an iron spike at the end.—
They move so fast in the sno v, that no
cavalry or infantry can overtake them ;
nnd it does little good to fire cannon balls
at them, as they go two or three hundred
• paces apart. They are very useful sol
! diers in following an enemy on a march.
They go over mountains and marshes,
rivers and lakes, at a great rate.
When King Charles XII. was shot at
Fredericks-hall, a Skate-runner carried
the news four hundred miles, twelve hours
sooner than a mail messenger, who went
at the same time. There were then sev
en thousand Swedes laying siege to Dron
theim. When the news came, they broke
up their quarters, and retreated as fast
as possible. They were obliged to go
over the mountains, and the snow was
deep, and the weather exceedingly cold.
Two hundred Skate-runners followed
hard after them, and came up with them
one very cold morning. But all the
troops were dead, having been frozen in
their tents, among the mountain snow
drifts. They had burnt every morsel of
wood, even the stocks of their muskets,
to warm themselves.
Cruelty killed by Kindness.
A young woman in Vermont married
a poor, but worthy man against her fa
ther’s wish. He drove them from his
house, and closed his door and heart
against them. They came down near
Boston, went to work, and prospered.
After many years, the father had occa
sion to come to Boston. He concluded
to go and see his daughter, expecting a
cold reception. His daughter and her
husband received him most kindly and
lovingly. After staying with them a
while, he went back to Vermont.
One of his neighbors hearing where he
had been, asked him how his daughter
and her husband had treated him.
“I never was so treated before in my
life,” said the weeping and broken-heart
ed father. They bare broken iny heart;
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they have killed me; I don’t feel as
though I could live under it.”
“ What did they do to you ?” asked
the neighbor. “Did they abuse you?”
'•'■They loved me to death, and killed me
with kindness,” said he. “I can never
forgive myself for treating so cruelly my
own darling daughter, who loved me so
affectionately. I feel as if I should die
to think how I grieved the precious child
when I spurned her from my door.—
Heaven bless them, and forgive me my
cruelty and injustice to them.
Who does not see in this an infallible
euro for difficulties between man and
man ? There is not a child nor man on
earth, who would not feel, nnd say that
that daughter, though so deeply wronged
and outraged by her angry father, did
right in treating him as she did. That
father was her enemy, hut she was not
his. He hated her, while she loved him.
Robert Emmet and his I.ove.
’Twas the evening of a lovely day—
the last day for lhe noble and ill-fated
Emmet. A young lady stood at the cas
tle gate and desired admittance into the
dungeon. She was closely veiled and
the keeper could not imagine who she
was, nor why one of such proud bearing
should be a supplicant at the prison door.
However, he granted the boon—led her
to the dungeon, opened the massive iron
door, then closed it again, and the lovers
were alone. He leaned against the pris
on wall, with a downcast head and his
arms were folded upon his breast. Gen
tly she raised the veil from her face, and
Emmet turned to gaze upon all that earth
contained for him—the girl whose sunny
brow in the days of boyhood had been
his polar star —the maiden who had some
times made him think “the world was
all sunshine.” The clanking of the
heavy chains sounded like n death knell
to her ears, nnd she wept like a child.—
Emmet said but little, yet he pressed her
warmly to his bosom and their feelings
held a silent meeting—such a meeting
perchance, as is held in heaven, only tha
we part no more. In a low voice he be
sought her not to forget him when the
cold grave received his inanimate body—
she spoke of by gone days—the happy
hours of childhood when his hopes were
bright and glorious, and he concluded by
requesting her sometimes to visit the pla
ces and scenes that were hallowed to his
memory from the days of his infancy;
and should the world pronounce his name
with scorn and contempt, he prayed she
would still cling to him with affection,
and remember him when all others should
forget. Hark ! the church bell sounded,
and he remembered the hour of execu
tion. The turn-key entered, and after
dashing the tears from his eyes, he sep
a rated them from their long embrace, and
led the lady from the dungeon. At the
entrance she turned and their eyes met
—thev could not say farewell—the door
swung on its heavy hinges, and they
parted forever. No! not forever! Is
there no heaven ?
At sunrise m xt morning he suffered
gloriously —a martyr to his country and
to liberty.
*******
“As one—o’et the myrtle showers,
Its haves by soft winds fanned;
She faded ’midst Italian flowers—
The last of that fair band.”
Twas the land of Italy—what a gor
geous time of sunset in [tally—what a
magnificent scene! A pale, emaciated
girl lay upon her bed of death. Oh ! it
was hard for her to die, far from her
home in this beautiful land, where flow,
ers bloom perennial, and the balmy air
comes freshly to the pining soul. Oh !
no—her star had set! the brightness of
her dream had faded—her heart was bro
ken. When ties have been formed on
earth— burning ties, which is more
heart-rending and agonizing to the spir
it, than to find at last the beloved one is
snatched away, and all our love is given
to a ‘passing flower!’ Enough; she
died the betrothed of Robert Emmet, the
lovely Sarah Curran. Italy contains
her last remains—its flowers breathe their
fragrance over her grave, and the lulling
tones of the shepherd’s lute sound a re
quium to her memory.
Au Imperial Dinner.
The native Mexicans had upward of
thirty different ways of dressing meats,
and earthen vessels so contrived as to
keep them constantly hot. For the ta
ble of Montezuma himself above three
hundred dishes were dressed, and for his
guards, above three thousand. Before
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nexed, desirous of forming a Society for
jour mutual benefit, and to guard against
! a pernicious practice, whkti is injurious
ito our health, standing and families, do
f pledge ourselves as Gentlemen, not to
! drink any Spirituous or Malt Liquors,
j Win • or Cider.
dinner, Montezuma would sometimes go
out and inspect the preparations, and his
officers would point out to him which
were the best, and explain of what birds
and flesh they were composed; and of
those he would eat; but this was more
for amusement than any thing else. It
is said that at times the flesh of young
children were dressed for him; but the
ordinary meats were domestic fowls,
pheasants, geese, partridges, quails, In
dian hogs, pigeons, hares and mbits, with
many other animals and birds peculiar
to the country. This is certain—that
after Cortez had spoken to him relative
to the dressing of human flesh, it was
not practiced in his palace. At his meals
in cold weather, n number of torches of
the bark of a wood which make 9 no
smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were
lighted; and, that they should not throw
too much heat, screens ornamented with
gold, and painted with figures of Idols,
were placed before them. Montezuma
was seated on a low throne or chair, at a
table proportioned to the height of his
seat. The table was covered with white
cloths and napkins, and four beautiful
women presented him with water for his
hands, in vessels they called xicales, with
other vessels under them, like plates, to
catch the water. They also presented
him with towels. Then two other wo
men brought small cakes of bread, and
when the king began to eat, a large
screen of gilded wood was placed before
him, so that during that period people
should not behold him. The women
having retired to a little distance, four
ancient lords stood by the throne, to
whom Montezuma, from time to time,
spoke or addressed questions, and ns a
mark of particular favor, gave to each of
them a plate of that which ho was eat
ing. I was told that these old lords, who
were his near relations, were also coun
sellors and judges. Tho plates which
Montezuma presented to them they re
ceived with high respect, eating what
was on then? without taking their eyes
off the ground. He was served in ear
then ware of Cholula, red and black.—
While the king was at the table no one
of his guards in the vicinity of his apart
ment dared, for their lives, make any
noise. Fruit of all kinds produced in
the country, he ate very little; but from
time to time a liquor prepared from coco,
and of a stimulative quality, as we are
told, was presented to him in golden cups.
We could not at that time see whether
he drank it or not, but I observed a num
ber of jars, about fifty, brought in filled
with foaming chocolate , of which he took
some that the women presented him.—-
At different intervals during the time of
dinner, there entered certain Indians,
humpbacked, and deformed and ugly,
who played tricks of buffoonery; and
others who they said, were jesters.—
There was also a company of singers
and dancers, who afforded Montezuma
much entertainment. To those he or
dered the vases of chocolate to be dis
tributed. The four female attendants
then took away the cloths, and again with
much respect presented him with water
to wash his hands, during which time
Montezuma conferred with the four no
blemen formerly mentioned, after which
they took their leave with many ceremo
nies. One thing I forgot (and no won
der,) to mention in its place, and that is
that during the time that Montezuma
was at dinner, two very beautiful women
were busily employed in making small
cakes with eggs and other things mixed
therein. They were delicately white,
and when made, they presented them on
plates covered with napkins. Also an
other kind of bread was brought to him
on long leaves, and plates of cakes
resembling wafers. After he had dined,
they presented to .him three little canes
highly ornamented, containing liquid am
ber, mixed with an herb they call tobacco;
and when he had sufficiently viewed and
heard the singers, dancers, and buffoons,
he took a little smoke of one of these
canes, and fhen laid himself down so
sleep. The meal of the monarch ended,
all his guards and domestics sat down to
dinner; and as near as I could judge,
above a thousand plates of these eatables
that I have mentioned were laid before
them, with foaming chocolate and fruit
in immense quantify. For his women
and various inferior servants, his estab
lishment was of a prodigious expense ;
and we were astonished amid such a pro
fusion, at the vast regularity that pre
vailed.—Bernal Dies des Castillo.
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