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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST,
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GARDNER, JR
■ South- Oxroliaa Osavantioa of Southern
Wjk Rights Associations.
The following Address, reported from the
'Bommittee of Twenty-One, was adopted by
the Southern Kighta Convention, in Charles
ton, previous to its adjournment, on Thurs
day evening.
Address,
From t h e Delegates of th* Southern Rights As
tocicuions of South Carolina, assembled in
Cnarlesto i, to the southern lights Associations
of the other Southern States.
Having met to take counsel together, and
agreed upon that course which we
thin* it right and necessary to pursue, we
i wisn to lay b dore you the considerations by
wnich we h*ve been governed, w.ththe frank
ness whicn our respect for you and out desire
ta«aierit your _ood opinions require.
TWe regard the position of the Southern
States iu this Coutedrrasy as degraded and
rui'ioua. The manifest tendency or those sys
tematic aggressious which tney have suffered
for many years p st, is to subvert the insti
# tution of slavery. If those acs of hostile
domination, which have been rendered more
insulting by mockery of language, under the
term of a compromise, were final in their na
ture aud -vert not to be followed by any far
ther aggression*, we should still regard them
i as outrages, to which Sovereign mates pos
| of freedom ought never to
But these measures only form part
ggfMT system gradually commenced, steadily
lorwaru, gathen g strength torn de-
ana proceeding witn latai tnomen-
BBußui to i b end. Tnat end is the abolition of
Bbm islavery, m tne Southern States, and the
of the tree white population of the
K : -»e same level with that agrarian rab-
asready strong and dangerous,
HHHqpPHEstined before veiy long to be the cou
|p trmiir^gpo wer of the Northern States. We
see no remedy and no safety for the South in
the present (Juion. But we know that in this
we differ from very many citizens oi the other
Southern States, spirited and n'elligent, hav
ing the same interests, and suffering under
the same wrongs with ourselves, and who
cherish the hope that the rights of the Sou oh
may be vindicated and secured, without dis
solving the existing Confederacy. In tnis dis-
it does no 1 become us to assume to
Bfetc, ahd we hope to stand free from that
iji ** Up to this time, the citizma of So.
■ aware that peculiarity oi political
arising from past events, rendered a
B certain reserve on their part, prudent and pio-
B per, have studiously avoided every thing
ft which might ook like assuming the lead, in
■ the defence of Southern rights. They de
ll sired t» act, because they beueved that safety
If and honor requir* d action ; but they hoped
■ they “’S* 10 ieaders in other States
■ / v»whoa they might follow in defence of the
B common cause. When the ancient common*
| wealth of Virginia, the proper ieaders of the
B South, declare her determination to resist at
I all hazards, and to the last extremity, hostile
V measure then threatened, South Carolina,
I with ali alacrity, stood rea ly to support Vir
ginia, in c irrying out her high resolution.—
When Georgia, whose former resistance to Fe-
Bwieral usurpation, under her heroic statesman,
gave promise of unflinching firmness
■BHB any contest in which she might engage,
Reclaimed her dete>mmation to make a *unp
the rights of the South, South. Carolina
Bieed at tne prospect of rallying under the
Bier of Georgia.
Bd when ner young and gallant sister.
B^ijKpi,proposed the wise measure of a
Bthern Convention, for the purpose of n-
to unite tne Southern States in main
fflTaining their (Jon titutional rights, and at the
BiHßame tune preserving if possible, the existing
HHBUnion, South Carolina heartiy entered into
■■this measure, and she has carried out the re
Bgormnendation oi the convention so a-sembled
the ins ante of Mississippi, oy providing for
the election or Delegates to a Southern Con
gress. to w.oose meeting she still looks with
interest
In all these proceedings, we think that the
citizens of South Carolina have evinced all
proper anxie y to avoid the appearance of ar
ragance or dictation, to act in concert with
the citizens of the other Southorn States, and
do nothin r separately or precipitately. And,
now, strongly as we have expressed our be
lief that there is no hope for the South in the
.existing Union, we are prepared to give a trial,
fairly ai.d iu good faith, to any effectual plan
* which may be prepared by any sister State of
the South, tor obtaining redress for the past
and security for the future, without a disso
lution of the existing Union, if there be a pos
sibility of suen a consummation.
But we find ourse'ves forced to consider the
Tilt rior question, what we are to do, if we
w find tat tnt-re ia no reasonable hope of the
ao-operat on of any other Southern States in
any effectual plan of relief, and the alternative
is presented to us of submitting or acting by
ourselves. And reluctant as we are to sepa
- rate mrselves, we have made up our minds. —
> We cannot submit. We know that South
entered this confederacy as a sov.
&#^P ereiga and independent State, and that hav.ng
.K|* een wronged, she has the perfect right to
Hfefc thdraw irom it. Her sons must . xercisu
rignt and meet the consequences. If no
other S ate will join us in relieving ourselves
from the wrongs indicted, we see no hope in
y waiting for new outrages to arouse a higher
I sprit ot resistance. The new outrages, we
r are well convinced, will come in due time;
but we feel no assurance tha the spirit of the
vassal will rise in pr .portion to the indigni
ties heaped upon his ? ead. On the contrary,
Kwe see that tne South has already borne what
t would not lor a moment have submitted to
en years ago, and wnat the North would not
hen have ventured to perpetrate. We are
ot willing to try the experiment how long
; will be before our spirit is complete
ly broken by gradually and continually yield
ing to slow and gradual, but unceasing en
oroachments. And if the exercise of the right ot
secession is to be followod by the attempt on
the part of the G- v rnment of the Confede
racy to subjugate South Carolina, it is better
that we should meet that attempt while we
still have Svime spirit and some power of re
sistance left. If we are to submit to the
condition of a conquered people, we think it
less dishonorable not to do so until we have
first been conquered. And if a iy thing could
adi to the necessity which w-* believe exists
for a withdrawal from the existing Union it
136 ttie denial of the r|ght of secession.
For the denial of that right indicates, ol it
self, extreme danger. The right of secession
has heretolore and in better days, been regard
ed as unquestionable, by alt Si uthern politi
cians with the exception of an inconsiderable
number of consolidationiats. And if ever that
?ight can be denied, without arousing the
* bouth to sustain it, the South will be
npe for the most miserable fate which has
n!rmo etallen any P e °P le * Is * ill then, as a
L 860 ‘° nai mino,it >' no defence
I xi in & an* 16 ! tyrann y ot a Government combi
k crafjfj Voieea of the amplest demo
| tisuu msst oppressive foreign despo
tha consequnees which will fol
our effort to inainta n our lib
- Ui “ ; * triumphant exet
tion of the power of the Federal Government,
in subjugating a State, will vastly infcffc&se
than power, and greatly accelerate the change
already tar advanced, of our Federative sy<-
tem into a consolidatd central despotism. We
see, also, that South Carolina will not suffer
the consequences ot'thii change alone, hut
that the rest of the Southern S*ates must suf
fer an equal degree. They will have no safe
guard against the Central Government,
stengthened by crushing opposition, and
rendered by triumphant force what our Nor
them enemies have long been endeavoring to
make it by fraudulent usurpation, the supreme
Government of a consolidated nation. Tne
sovereignty of one Southern State cannot be
des royed, without the loss of their sovereign
ty by all the others. We are aware of the re
spon Ability of doing an act which may hasten
these consequences. We feel the respect
wnich we owe to States having a common in
terest, threatened by a common danger. ' m
not equa ly perusaded with ourseives of i..e
necessity of acsion. And nothing could induce
us to take, without their concurrence,a co .rse
which is to involve them in its consequence,
but a tl orougk c nviction of the necessity
wnich urges u-, and our r'ght to do so.
Addressi g citizens of Southern States as
sociated to maintain the rights of the South,
we cannot imagine it t > be necessary to argue
about tne right of secession. We hold it to
be the great Sta'e rigtxt, without which ail
others are nugatcry and incapable of being en
forced; and your position assures us that your
faith cannot e different from ours. Nor can
we regard it as necesary, any further, to dis
cuss the wrongs which have been inflicted on
the Sou hern State,. They may be deni d by
those who shut their eyes 10 them; but you do
not belong to that class. Southern and State
Rights men, may d ffer as to the necessity of
exeicising the right of secession at a particular
time, on account of those wrongs; but as cer
inly as the right exists, each State must pos
sess the r'ght oi judging for herself, as to the
occasion and time for its exercise. If oouth
Carolina decides tna, honor and safety require
her to secede, she has tne right to leave the
Confede acy, peaceably and without molesta
tion. If the act of secession is not permitted
to be peaceable, it will be from usurpation of
pewer by the Federal Government, not from
the nature of the act performed by South
Carolina. Accustomed, as we have been, to
violations of the Constitution, and of the
rights of the Southern States by the Federal
Government, we have to look forwad to the
probability of another outrage by that Gov
ernment, in the attempt to force the State to
remain in the Union. We suppose the at
tempt will be made, if the other States permit
it. Those States must deciue for themselves
whether they will permit it. South Carolina
must decide for herself whether it is necessary
to secede. Her sister States of the South will
have ne right to compaln that she forces them
ntoa position, where they must either inter
pose to prevent her subjugation, or by con
senting to it, abandon their own sovereignty,
and lay themselves at the mercy of a despotic
power. In seceding, South Carolina will
Simply do an act which all Southern men who
believe in the existence of State Rights at ail,
must admit that she has a perfect right to do;
and i fetch she regards absolutely necessary.
She will be acting on her sacred right. She
will be acting as she woul i have to act if non 6
of the other Sou.hern States were in existence,
and she were the only object of aggre siou by
the Northern States and tne Federal Govern
ment. She is not answerable for the usurpa
lions and injustice which may be committed
against her. And for the sister States of tne
Sou h to ask f< r her t > refrain irom an exer
cise of the right which she regards as indes
pengibie for self preservation, would be an
interference wflh her free action of a far differ
ent character from any with wnich sue can be
ch «rged towards tnem. Sovereigns a e equals.
In seceding alone, South Carolina would be
plating Her sister Sta es of the South under
no restamt. If they should And themseives
in a p isition of restraint, it would come from
the action of the Federal Government, not ot
Soutn Carolina. But if they should insist on
ner refraining f»om the exercise of her rignt,
and submitting to a condition wnich she re
grad, as in.oleranle, tuey would make them
•elves parties with the ■ Federal Government
in placing aq unjustifiable restraint upon a
sovereign and an equal.
We wish that the necessity for seperate ac
tinn by South Carolina which we have con
templated, may be averted. We confide in
the gailant spirits whom we address. There
may be some hope of the assembling ot a
Southern Congress, to device measures of re
dress and reflet, upon whicn sump of the injur
ed States may un.te. We have heretoiore
been willing t® sacrifice much for Southern
Union. We still are. We do not desire to
lead, but to follow. Propose any effectual
measure for vindicating our common rights
and providing for our common saiety, a d we
will heartily unite with you in carrying them
out. We should regret most deeply, to in
cur the censure of friends, with whom we
have the strongest desire to act in concert.
But, we feel a deep conviction, that we nave
not acted heretofore with any precipitation,
and that we are in the right in the determina
tion wrieh we have formed. The self-abase
ment of su imission appears to us unworthy
of man—still pretenuing to be free. Tne
gloomy prospects of inevitable ruin, to follow
submission, appears to us more formidable
than a y dangers to be encountered in con
tending alone aga nst whatever odds for our
rights. We have come to tne deliberate con
clusion,that if it be our fate to be left alone in
the struggle, alone we must vindicate our lib
erty by secession.
Music-
The late profound musical theorist, Baum
gsrten, remarking on tne incessant fluctuation
of musical taste, justly obstrved, that the
strongest possible test of genius in some ot the
old Compositions, is their surviving the age in
which they were produced, and becoming the
admiration of future masters. Handers music
has received this honor in a more eminent de
gree than that of Purcell. By Boyce and
Battishiil the memory of the g<eat German
was adored; Mozart was enthusiastic in his
praise; Haydn comd noc listen to “Mes
siah” without weeping; and Beethoven has
been heard to declare that, were he ever to
•on&e to England, he should uncoaver his head,
aid kneel down at his tomb. Phis seems to
prove that Handel, like Shakespeare, was born
for ali ages, aud in despite of the versatility of
taste, will never be modern.
It is commonly asserted, and we incline to
think correctly, says the North American Re
view, that ther*e is less of good music in Bos
ton than in the Southern cities. In its church
es and drawing rooms we hear less remarka
ble performances than in New York and Phila
delphia. The young ladies do not play and
sing so well as their sisters further South.
Few hereabouts can sing Italian airs in such
a manner as to be recognized, even could the
composer himself hear him; and drawing room
music consists pretty much of the defunct re
mains of operas, which have been murdeied to
make contre-dantes of, or the hum-drum En
glisn songs brought out by the last popular
concert-giver. But when we turn horn such
forlorn music as this to tne grand concerts ot
the Academy of Music or the Handel and
Haydn Society, end witness the crowds from
ail classes who flocked to hear them, we feel
assured that mubie is established on a Arm ba
•is in Boston.
The m tsical performances of amateurs in
general society is frequently nothing mors or
less than what Carlyle would call "an enor
mous snam,” a "monstrous piece of flunkey*
dom " But supposing, after a morecau de con
cert, with a few wrong notes added, has been
performed, a young lady begins a simple song;
let h'r have only a tolerable voice, under per
fect control, and the power of accompanying
herself with false harmonies, and I will en
gage she has plenty of silent, gratified listen
ers, immediately. If her vuee is very sweet,
her expression fine, and her song well-chosen,
she wili have even an enthusiastic audience.
N >w, what is the less in amateur pianoforte
players should learn from this? Wny, that
neither noise nor rapidity are music, and that
nothing short of the perfect execut on and
powerful expression of a great puniste, aided
by the rich tone of a first-ra e instrument,
will make any impression on the hearers of a
modern piano forte piece in gene-a 1 society.
Mus c requires the careful cultivation of a
young lady’s mind, fancy, taste, feeling, and
memory, as well as of her manual strength
and agility. If proper time be not allowed
for getting over the fundamental part of the
art in childhood, it will be found out too late
that the old proverb, "Most hasce, worst speed"
has been verified. Parents are often so im
patient to near their children play "pretty
pieces," and grown up youn_' la ! ies so anxiou
to sing in company, that masters have no
chance of getting time and labor bestowed on
wflat they well kno * to be indispensable to
attaining good execution and taste; and then
people Complain that a teacher does not bring
on their children, wnen they themselves put
most effectual obstacles in the way of the pu
pil's improvement.
A Faithful Old Hoksb.—A lady-friend,
not a tnousand times from tiotham, relates the
following, wnich has struck us, rightly con
sidered, as possessing an element of the pa
thetic in no ordinary degree:
An old horse, that had served his master
faithfully for some twenty-five years, was sold
to a drover from one of the little Long Island
Sound villages near New Haven, and taken o
that plea'ant town lor shipment to the West
Indies. As the old fellow went away, in new
hands, he seemed to have a kind of instinctive
presen ment that he was to return no mote.
He cast “many a longing, lingering look be
hind,” and wainnied his apprehensions so ai
fectingly that his old owner almost relented,
and, but for seeming cnildish, he would have
followed and revoked the bargain—a course
which his chi dren, who were watching the
old horse depart, strenuously urged hun to
adopt. He disappeared, however, witn his
new master, and soon after, in company with
a large drove of other horses, he was placed
on board a vessel, which, oue afternoon in
March, set sail from New Haven for the West
Indies. The vessel had hardly reached the
open Sound, at night-fall, before a storm be
gan to “brew,” which by nmeoVlobk became
so violent that the safety of the ship, captain,
and crew was placed in imminent jeopar .y.
The craft labored so heavily that it was found
necessary to throw over much of the live
freight, which greatly incumbered the deck.
The oldest and least valuable horses were se
lected, and among them was our four-legged
“hero.” The stormy waters of the Sound re
ceived the poor old fellow; but his “destiny”
was not yet to be fulfilled. The shore, which
the vessel had “hugged” in the tempest, w»3
only three miles distant, and this, with more
than “superhuman effort,” he was enabled to
re eh. That very night his old master was
awakened by the familiar “whinnying” of his
faithlul beast, over the long accus ouied door
yard gate, saying, like the old “gaberlunze
mau” in the Scottish song,
“Get up, good mau, and let me in !”
The familiar sound came like the voice of
“Nat Lee’s spirit-horse,” as described by Dana
in th ■ “Buceaniers,” to that remorseful mas
ter. He did “get up,” and led the old a eed
into his wonted stall, which he thereafter oc
cupied undisturbed until his death. With
an unerring instinct, that amimal had travell
ed twen.y-two miles, after reaching the shore,
before he arrived at the. door of his old mas
ter. “I shall never sell another old horse,”
sai l the original narrator of this story to our
friend, “the longest day I live!” — Knicker
bocker.
A Serpent Charmer. Dr. J. V. Smith, of
Boston, writes Irom I’nebes (Egypt) under re
cent date, to the B iston Medical and Surgical
Journal, says: “A regular Egyptian serpent
charmer waited upon us, on mr return from
the tombs of Bruce and Belzom, and inquired
fur the hakeem, or doctor, whom he under
stood was in the company. On pres nting
myself, he said he was himself a “hakeem,”
shook hands, and muttered to himself awhile,
squatted down to a kind ot eelpot shaped bas
ket, an i, opening tne cove, thrust his hand
and drew out a snake resembling anadier,
about a yard in length, the head of which he
immedta ely thrust into his mouth, and kep
crowding in, fold after fold, till no more could
be received, when he drew it out. He had
live snakes, of d.ffereat sizes, which were ban
d ed with a freedom which made one’s hair
cruwi. the minut se of the exhibition it is
unnecessary to dtscuoe. Few, it Is said, pos
sess the secret of this influence over these rep
tiles, He assured me he could make any ser
pent in a field leave his hole and run d.reetly
to him, and would haulle them with perfect
impunity, no matter how poisinous they might
be. His son, a little boy who he said cou.d
do the same.
(From Mrs. E/Let’s VVo/ne t of the Revolution.)
Georgia Women-
Mrs. spaloino.
“ A tribute is due to the fortitude of those
who suffered when the war swept with vio
lence over Georgia. After Colonel Campbell
took possession of Savannah, in 1778, the
whole country was oveirun with regular ma
rauders, wilder and more ruthless than the
Cossacks of the Don. As many o: the inhab
itants as oouid retire from the storm did so,
awaiting a happier time to renew the struggle.
One of those who had sought refuge in Flori
da, was Mr. Spalding, whose establishment
..was on the River St. Johns. He had the
whole Indian trade, from the Altamaha to the
Apalachicola. His property, with his pur
suit?, wis destroyed by the war; yet his heart
was ever wtth his countrymen, and the home
he had prepared for his wife was the refuge of
every American prisoner in Florida, lhe first
Assembly that met in Savannah re-called him
and restord his lands, but could not give him
oack his busines , nor secure the debts due:
while his British creditors, with their demands
for their accumulated interest, pressed upon
the remnant of ms fortune. Undei these ad
verse circumstances, and distressed on account
ol the losses of her father and brothers, who
had taken arms in thi American cause, Mrs.
Spalding performed her arduous duties with a
true woman’s fideli.y and tenderness. She
followed her husbiud with her child wlun
High- became necessary, and twice during the
war traversed the two hundred miles between
Savannah and St. John’s River in an open
boat, with only black servants on board, when
the whole country was a desert, without a
house tc* shelter her and her infant son. The
first of these occasions was wnen she visited
her father and brothers while prisoners in Sa
vannah ;; the second, when, in 1782, she went
to congratulate her brothers and uncle on their
victory. This la ly was the daughter of Col.
William Mclntosh, and the neiee of General
Dachiaa Mclntosh. Major Spalding, of Geor- i
gia, is her son. <
“ Mr*. Spalding’s health was seriously im * 1
paired by the anxieties endured during the
struggle, and many years afterwards it wss
deemed necessary for her to try the climate of
Europe. In January, 1800, sh* 1 , with her son
and his wife, left Savannah in a British ship
of twenty guos, with fifty men, built in all to
resemble a sloop of war, without the appear
ance of a cargo. When they had been out ti
bout fifteen days the captain sent one mom
ing, at day ight, to request the presence of
two of his gentlemen p ssengers on deck. A
large ship, painted black and showing twelve
guns on a aid., v as seen to winward, running
across their course. She was obviously a
French privateer. The captain announced
that there was no hope of outsailing her should
their course be altered ; nor wou»d there be
hope in a <*onttict, as those ships usually car
ried one hu idred and fifty men. Yet he
judged that if no effort was made to shun the
privatee-the appearance of his ship might de
ter from an attaek. The gentlemen were of
the same opinion. Mr. Spa ding, heart sick at
the thought of the peri.oua situation of his
wife and mother, and unwilling to trust him
self with an interview till the crisis was over,
requested the captain to go below and make
what preparation he could for their secudty.
After a few minutes’ absence, the captain
returned to describe a most touching scene. —
Mrs. Spalding had placed her daughter in-law
and the other inmates of the cabin, for safety
in two state rooms, filling the berths with cots
and bedding from the outer cabin. She had
then taken her s ation beside the scuttle which
led from the outer cabin to the magazine with
two buckets of water. Having noticed that
the two cabin boys were heedless, she had de
termined herself to keep watch over the ma
gazine. She did so till the danger was past.
The captain took in his light sails, hoisted his
bo-rding nettings, opened his ports and stood
upon his course. The privateer waited until
the ship was within a mile, then fired a gun
to winward, and stood on her way. This ruse
preserved the ship. The incident may serve
to show the spirit of this matron, who also
bore her high part in the perils of the revolu
tion.”
(From the Valley Farmer )
Experiments ia Cultivation
I. FORTY ACHES COHN
This was old corn land, which had, the pre
vious year, under the anti book system of farm
ing, produced 25 to 30 bushels of corn and an
indefinite quantity of weeds to the acre. Soil,
a tight loam, deep, with clay sub-soil.
The ground was ploughed 14 inches deep,
and furrows nine inches wide; harrowed and
rolled; then drilled exactly north and south.
Drills four feet apart, and planted 5 kernels
in a place, two feet Bix inches apart. On th«
first hoeing all but three plants were removed
from each hill.
On the Bth of May 10 acres were planted
with seed which had been soaked for 12 hours
in a solution of three pounds of saltpetre and
rwo of copperas. These ten acres yielded 85
bushels to the acre.
On the 10th of May, five acres were planted
with seed which had been soaked 18 hours in
the same solution. This yielded 92 bushels to
the acre.
On the 15th and 16th of May 10 acre? more
were planted with soaked 24 hours in the
same or a similar solution. The yield of this
was 105 bushels to the acre.
The remaining 15 acres was not planted un
til the lith of June, when it was planted with
seed which had been steeped for 32 hours in
a solution s milar to that before men ioned.
Many knowing ones predicted that this would
be a failure— it would come to nothing. The
result was that from these 15 acres was har
vested 1,680 bushels of corn—or one hundred
and twelve bushels to the acre /
Now about the after-culture. As soon as
the plants were convently above ground the
ploughs were set to woik, followed by the
hoes. This time a light plough was run as
close to the plants as practicable (and being
properly drilled, the rows were perfectly
straight) and the earth turned from the plant.
Then the men with hoes removed every re
maining weed, and loosened and leveled the
earth about the plants. This done a cultiva
tor was run in the centre between the rows to
level the ground, and give a finish to the
weeds, which were showing themselves in le
gions.
As soon as the field was thus gone through,
a second course was commenced. This
ploughing was the reverse of the first: a slight
furrow was thrown to the plants, and again
the men with hoes followed the ploughs, de
molishing the weeds and drawing a small
quantity of fresh earth to the plants. Again
the eu tivator was run between the rows as
before.
By this time the weeds were pretty Well mus
tered, and now a big plough was brought in
to use, to which were attached two powerful
horses, placed one before the other. With
this a deep furrow was thrown from the cen
tre to the rows. In going through first, the
land side of the plough was held a few inches
past the middle between the rows, and on
coming back the plough was run about two
inc 'es deeper, the land side against the mid
dle the other way. t’his time a man followed
the plough to relieve any plants which might
be borne down by the earth, and the work
was done till harvest.
2 — THREE ACRES POTATOES.
This was upiand, broken, and much the
same as the preceding. Had been in pasture
for eigtit or ten years. The ground Wu 3 bo
ken up in the early par of March, as deep as
the plough could be run; afterwards hanow
ed, rolled and ridged ; the ridgi-s were then
split with a deep running plough, and the po
tatoes dropped in the bottom of the furrow,
eight'inehea apart. The potatoes were cut, so
as to leave two good eyes to each set. Refuse
straw, wet or dry, was now thrown over the
potatoes, to the depth of several inches, and
the whole deeply covered with the plough.
The rows were 32 inches apart.
As soon as the sprouts beg->n to appear aT
the surface the field was cross harrowed, and
during the season cultivated much as the corn,
mentioned in the first experiment—ploughed
three times and hoed twice.
In November the potatoes were gathered,the
ridges being opened by the plough running
twice through each row, a boy toilowing the
first time to pick up such potatoes as might fall
back into the lurrow, and be trodden upon by
the horse as he returned. The potatoes were
very large, and there was no disease among
them. A large portion of them were brought
to this market this spring, and sold for $1 10
per bushel. The yield was 510 bushels to the
acre.
('HICKEN3 and Eoo Mr. sypniggins in «
Dilemma . -“My son,” sai i Mr. Sprigging to
his iittly boy, who was devouring an egg—it
was Mr. Spriggins’s desire to instruct his boy
“my son, do you know that chickens come
out of eggs?”
“Ah, do they, father?” said the young hope
ful, “I thought that eggs came out of chick
ens.”
ihe elder Sprigging drew back from the
table sadly, and gaaid on hia son, then put
on his hat and went to work.
Emancipation in, Kent wok r.— i’he Frank
fort (Ky.) Commonwealth says that the same
restless agitatiors who issued a call for an
Emancipation Convention at that place on the
27th of March, have now changed the time
to tne 22d of M .y, and are sending secret cir
culars over the State, endeavoiing to collect
an assembly at Frankfort upon the last named
day. The Commonwealth says the movement
will be a failure.
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SUsjHsta, ®t‘orgia.
SATU3DAY Wp£tNi * cL MAY 10-
Attempt to Ain an Editor*
Below is an account of a bioody and very cu
rious affair furnished by the Athens Banner of
Thursday last. We regret very much to hear
of this piece of ill-luck to Mr. Reynolds, a
very worthy man, who is an innocent sufferer
from the murderous vagaiies of a crazy wo
man. We are convinced from the statement
of the editor ofc the Banner himself, that this
woman must be crazy. Her whole conduct
is a contradiction to the idea of her sanity.—
Our friend, Coi. Hoisey, has evidently writ
ten under a panic, though the woman was in
custody, and therefore, the danger w r aa over
before he was aware how narrowly he had es
caped. The absurd idea he gives expression
to, that it was a scheme of his political ene
mies, and this woman the instrument to take
his life on account of his political opinions,
shows that his cool judgment had deserted
him in the flurry oi excitement, under which
he penned that postcript. What enemy, it
the gallant Colonel has any, knowing his
courteous bearing and pleasing address among
the fair, would have been so gteen, had he
wished him killed, as to have selected a sane
woman to do the job—even “forty-five years
old” and one with “gray eyes.” If in her sound
mind she certainly would have been dis
armed by his suavity, and would not have
found it in her heart to do the deed. Had
the editor been in his sanctum, instead of poor
Reynolds, we doubt if blood would have been
shed.
This hapless Jane Young is, perhaps, some
phrenzied fire-eater, from across the Savan
nah, who has read the story of Charlotte
Corday, and imagined the stern Editor of the
Southern Banner in the troublous times ahead,
which the State-coercing journals are so fond
of depicting, would be a second Marat over
the conquered seceders, and patriotically de
termined to take time by the forelock and in
continently despatch the embryo tyrant.
But who will suppose that the chivalrous
Carolinians would thus ignobly conspire to
lay low his stalwart arm, to avoid meeting in
battle array, one of the future leaders of the
coercing forces of Fillmore, Clay and Seward,
on the independent soil of the Palmetto
State!
What caitiff antagonist in the civic arena
in Georg 1 a, would basely use a woman’s hand
to palsy the puissant pen of the organ of the
new Fillmore dynasty of force and aonsolida
tion—and what sane woman would allow her
self to be so used ?
We hope when the gallant Colonel gets
over his panic, and reflects coolly on the facts
and probabilities, that he will admit his ima
gination has been possessed of “ chimeras dire ”
in inflating him with the idea that he is a vic
tim of a political conspiracy.
(From the Athens Banner , &th inst .)
Darino Attempt at Assassination. —The
Editor of this paper has just escaped a most
daring attempt to assassinate him by a woman,
who is called Jane Young, by some who pro
fess to know, and who is supposed to reside
on Tugalo river, in South-Carolina. Tre
vengeance of the misguided woman, we how
ever regret to say, fell with great severity
upon the publisher of this paper, Mr. Thomas
8. Reynolds. The circumstances, so far as we
have been enabled to gather them in the heat
and hurry of the moment, are as follows:
On Wednesday as eruoon, (yesterday,) a
bout 3 o’clock, P. M , theEiitor of this paper
b'ing absent Irom his office, a woman of slight
frame, with grey eyes, and black hair, about
45 years of age, entered th; office and en
quired for the proprietor, of a gentleman sit
ting at a table in the reading department.
Being told that he was absenr, she went into
the press room and repeated the same enqui
ry, when she was told tha he was absent, and
would be in the office in the course of an
hour and a half. Being still impauen r tor the
blood of the E iitor, she approached the de.-k
of the publisher, and taking up a type ana
asking him “are these type?” drew a pistol
and shot him. The ball took effect between
the elbow and shoulder of the right arm
passed through the arm and entered the body
and ranged nearly through it. It has been
found by the physicians, and extracted. Mr.
Reyr olds now lies dangerously wounded at
his lodgings. Tne woman was armed with
two large, rifle-bored pistols, and a large glit
ter rig bowie knife—all of which are now ly
ing before us.
Now, as to the pretext for the commission
of this outrage. Returning to our office, we
met the woman in the custody of the Town
Marshal, and surrounded by * number of our
citizens. In the presence of them the Editor
inquired her re-sons for the attempt. Her
answer was, “ that she had be-n published in
the Southern Banner as a man dressed in wo
man’s clothing, going about doing mischief.”
Upon being asked if she had ever read it in
the Banner, she said she had not—that she
had searcned them all, new and old, but comd
not find it. Sue said sh© was told by several
friends that the charge was published, and
she supposed it was done ia an extra, but Had
never seen even that.
Nov? we assure the country that we have no
recollection of ever making such a publica
tion or any thing like it, either in our paper
or in an extra irom the office. The whole
story is a sheer fabrication.
Now as to the motive which prompted this
attempted assassination. The woman is un
doubtedly of sane mind, and our opinion is
that she has been made an instrument, either
knowingly or unknowingly, we cannot yet
pretend to say which, for tne purpose of taking
the life of the Editor.
If his political enemies desire his life as an
atonement for the principles whicn he avows,
he is willing to lay it on the altar of his coun
try.
The woman has been committed to the
connty jail under a charge oi an assault wi h
intent to murder.
The sho? business, (says the Lowell Cou
rier,) so important a one to Massachusetts,
continues quite flourishing-but it is said the
Lynn dealers are somewhat alarmed at the
attempt now in progress to eemmence the
business in the Southern cities. Master
workman from this section, have, in several
instances, been hired lately, to go there to
engage in the business —receiving good wages
aud good encouragement from Southern gen
tlemen who have been here to engage them.
The Lynn Abolitionists continued at the last
advices, to wear cotton shirts and sleep be
tween cotton sheets—considering them none
the worse from the fact that the material is
the product of slave labor.
The gross receipts of the lire concerts given
at Cincinnati by Jenny Lind exceeded SBO,-
000. She and Barnum presented the Mayor
with $3,000 to be distributed among the cha
ritable institutions of the city, besides the
sum of $453 80, receipts for admission at the
sale of tickets. Jenny Lind's private chari
ties were also very large.
Southern Rights Mooting in Morgan^
According to previous notice, a portion of
the Southern Rights Party of Morgan county
met at the Court House, on Tuesday, 6th inat.,
for the purpose of appointing Delegates to
the Convention to be held at Milltdgeville, to
nominate a candidate for Governor. The
meeting was organized by calling Jesses C.
Paulette, Esq to the Chair, and G. W. Gil*
li and to act >s Secretary.
On motion of Col. J B. Walker, a Com
mittee of Seven was appo nted by the Chair,
consisting of Col. J. B. Walker, Col. William
Stallings, J. \V. Stark, Wm. Brooks, Benj.
Whitefield, L. B. Bostwick, and H. D. Snei
lings, to select three suitable persons to repre
sent Morgan county in said Convention, and
to prepare a Report, Preamble and Resolu
tions, Sc c.
The following Delegates were selected by
the Committee : Col. Thus. S. Bonner, Jessea
C. Paulette, and Gen. Geo, R. Jessop.
The Committee also reported the following
Preamble and Resolutions, which, after an
able and eloquent address from Col. J. B;
Walker, were unanimously adopted.
We, the citizens of Morgan county, wh#
compose this meeting, feel that it is our privi
lege and “duty to express our opinions upon
the political questions that now agitate the
Resolved , Ist. We express our attachment
and devotion to this American Union, and so
long as the rights and principles it was design
ed to perpetuate, are sustained and vouch
safed to us, we will cherish a love for it, and
defend it.
Resolved . 2d. We believe the several States
that formed this Federal Union, were origin
ally sove eign and independent States, but in
order to form a bond of Union for protection
and happiness, they delegated certain and
specific piwers to a General Government, and
whatever powers were not delegated, now be
long to them as they originally existed, and
any infraction, innovation, or violation of
these reserved powers, they have a right to
resist, in any way they may think lit and
proper. The States do not belong to the Fed
eral Government, but the Federal Govern
ment belongs to the States.
Resolved, 3d. We believe that a State, by
her Convention, has tho power to judge of
any violation made upon her reserved rights,
and if the State thinks fit to secede from tho
Union of the States, rather than obey tho
Federal law, the Federal Government has no
right to coerce her mtoobedienee.
Resolved, 4th. We are willing to acquiesce
in and observe the late Compromise act, for
the sake ot Union, but we consider those
Compromise measures as unequal and unjust
to the Southern States, and nothing but its
faithful execution, in letter and spirit, oan
continue our acquiescence in it.
Resolied. oth. We love South-Carolina for
her defence of Southern Rights, but we ask
her to stay any action in her Oonven tion un
til we witness what faithfulness shill be ex
hibited in the execution of those Compromise
measures. .
Resolved, 6th. Believing, as we ao, that the
Southern Rights Democratic Party will most
effectually cirry nut our views, we do hereby
app me three delegates to meet in .vlilledge
viiie, on the 28th inst., to nominate a candi
date for Governor oi Georgia—these dele
gates to have power to fill any vacancy ii*
their own body.
On motion—
Resolved, That a copy of proceedings
be forwarded to the Augusta Georgia Consti
tutionalist and Republic, and FeMral Union, and
request a pub ica ion of hem .
J. C. PAULETTE, Chairman.
G. W. Gilliland. Secretary.
Arrival ol the Steamship v. eorgia.
Nbw-Yoiik, May 0.
The IT- S. mail steamship Georgia, Lieut„
D. D. Porter, commander. has arrived from
Oivigres. via Havvna, with tne Pucido mails
and $1,500,000 in go d dust. The (i. sailed
from Chagre9 at noon, on the 25th of Afrit,
with 500 passengers; transferred 200 at Ha-*
vana, and brings 300 to New York.
bhe lefc a 1 Chagrts, the steamers Crescent
City, North America, and Bioiher Jonathaa,
with only a few passengers, and the Pa ifio*
the lennesse, and Coiumbus had arrived, tho
former with 200. and the latter with 220*pas
sengers. The steamer MeKim, with a lag®
number, was daily expected.
The greatest excitement existed in Havana
in relation to the news of unexpected inva
'"ion* cnany had been put in prison on suspi
cion, and among them three priests, for preach
ing mutinous sermons. The day the Georgia
arrived, was celebra-ed by the (xecution of a
poor wretch who was sent over by Lapex to
• b ain pilots for the expedition. He was tried
in open couit, and the evidence was so strong
that he was immediately executed; previous
to which, he was subjected to great torture,
tor t ie purpose of extori ing a confession.
1 his is the first execution that haa taken
l>lace f “ T offences, and it has created
some llUfeeling against the new Governor-
Oeneral, and his conduct in executing a per
son who did not seem to know that he, w a i
committing a crime, has been severeiv criti
cised. -
Matters were becoming so serious and alarm
ing in Havana, that many were preparing to
leave, ihe Captain-General is taking every
precaution to guard against an invasion, look
outs are stationed all along the coast, within
wo miles of each other, and the vessels of war
are kept cruising between San Antonio and *
Havana. One of the steamers, the Cuba, w'
ashore on the Colorado when the Her "
passed, and the Pizzaro had gone to he*"
lance. * assis-
A row had occurred in Havap .
some American seamon and the \ between
The seamen were drunk and lnhabl^ ant8 *
ceived a beating. Thev w noißy * and
their heads put in the /we' *l® arre ? ted and
of which treatment two h s^A° m '*• e^ ct
is now in the hands of t ht a'- lh % affa,r
The rainy season b ad A “ erican Consul,
gres, and the RaiUft oad set . m a 5 Cha
linished to h! / , 1 ’ l i l 8 Ba s d * b ®
weather continued good Oh 38t uJ y tbe
The inhabitants ’T® healthy ‘
Herald.
M AGAZiN d FuK AIA If*
h*s been received uitiEO A (>A i km£
Uoo “ *“ J D«f« A B.bfc*
iters Will pl.a,e call for their c0p,,,. “fyj
MBRCHANTS rJ aOTii
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