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.fotfrn. MATRIMONY. To advocate the ladies’ cause you will read the Ist and 3rd lines together:— 1. The man must lead a happy life, •2. Who’s free fVom matrimonial chains, 3. Who is directed by a wife, % A. Is sure to suffer for his pains. 1. Adam could find no solid peace, •„>. When F.vo was given for a mate, H. Until ho saw a woman’s face, 4, Adam was iu a happy state. I. In all the female face appears, Hypocrisy, deceit and pride ; ;s. Truth, darling of a heart sincere, 4. Ne’er known in woman to reside. 1. What tongue is able to unfold, 2. The falsehoods that in woman dwell; 3. The worth in woman we behold, 4 4. Is almost imperceptible. 1. Cursed he the foolish man I say, , 2. Who changes from his singleness, 3. Who will not yield to woman’s sway, 4. Is sure of perfect blessedness. IJisdlanmi FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS *liere Sketches. 13V AN ERRATIC. NUMBER I V. 1 got off the cars at the juvenile city of 0 , and took passage in a coach drawn up close to a platform, with rath er a grum looking driver sitting proud ly and silently on the box, seeming to think himself “monarch of all he sur veyed.” After the usual amount of shouting and hallooing, seats were all paid for, baggage all got on board, and we start ed. Besides myself, there were six in side passengers whom I will introduce to the reader, not by naming them, but by a short description of the personnel of each one. Directly in front of me sits a member of a corps of Civil Engi neers, engaged in surveying a route for a Railroad somewhere below. He is a fair-skinned, light-haired man, quiet, gentlemanly and unobtrusive in his manners, conversing however, with marked intelligence. Next on the left of the engineer, sits a short, fat, super cilious-looking lawyer. He has a pert, pug nose, thick lips, large double-chin, and a countenance, which, taken alto gether, as Bill N says, “looks like a fat baby’s.” He is evidently of the “bull-frog” genus, and seems seri ously afflicted with an enlargement of the cranium, vulgarly termed “swelled bead. Still he is, on the whole, rather an interesting companion, being a man of information, capable of conversing well, and even his extraordinary dis play of vanity serving rather to amuse than to disgust. <)n the same seat sits a New York merchant, —not a drum mer—a good-looking, gentlemanly and intelligent man, who contributes not a little towards keeping up the conver sation. He is apparently one of those men who travel with their eyes wide open, always ready to pick up infor mation. He seems, just now, desirous of learning all about matters and things in general at the South; and without any of the vulgar inquisitiveness of the jou -bred Y ankee, he addresses himself to the task of extracting information from his fellow-passengers. On the middle seat with me, sits a member of the Florida Legislature.— fie is rather a young-looking politician ith a black moustache. He is return ing home directly from a Northern • our, and the effects of night travel are apparent in his efforts at sleep. Be tween naps he talks a good deal, and very enthusiastical]}-, about Cuba, &c. Being a Key Wester, and very near to this “jewel iu the crown of Spain,” of course he is in favor of annexation. On the seat behind sit one of theyeo rnanry of the land, and a shrewd, plain spoken old Lawyer. The latter sits mostly silent, but occasionally puts in a word, and always to the point. And now reader, I have introduced all these people to you, merely for the purpose of telling you what a man said to us on the road-side, just opposite a house we were passing. We were near the dinner house, when we saw on the road-side before us a plain log-house, and heard a shout to the driver to stop. Looking more closely we saw a short, ‘hick, duck-legged little man emerge from the house and make tracks for the road, calling at every step to the dri ver to “stop.” The latter stopped, and the little man came up, blowing like a porpoise , rubbing and wringing his hands, and seeming to labor under some deep excitement, His apparent distress excited our,sympathy, but that sympathy was all dispelled by his cal ling out in the most hurried, excited manner imaginable, and in his loudest tones: “Driver, when you pass broth er Tommy’s, tell him I rode hard and killed my horse to git here; but never mind, thank Qod Jack's dead, and now they arc all getting better'' Os course we could nob help respect ing the man’s feelings, and also, of. course, we could not repress our mirth the ludicrous expression of it, and a perfect shout of laughter went. up. aI most rending in twain the old coach top. It is impossible to describe flic mirth-provoking change which came over the man’s countenance at sound of our irrepressible laughter, Aston ished indignation and rage tqpk entire possession of hint —he stamped and danced about in the sand in a perfect ecstacy of rage, shaking liis fist at us as wc rolled on, and calling out, “laugh, d—n yoqr souls laugh. The devil” — The remainder pf his sentence was entirely last in the renewed shouts of laughter called forth by his last remark, and we left him shouting and dancing about iu the sand, “like mad.” folttical FOR THE INDEPENDENT PFESS. TJic War in Europe. Voltaire, in speaking of the Russians when they were struggling against their internal barbarism, as well as their external enemies, said, “there is light breaking from the North.” This saying of the satirist, whether it was uttered in seriousness or in jest, is about to be fulfilled to a certain extent by the great events now transpiring, and pending upon the continent of Europe. The present war, which is likely to involve all civilized nations in its mighty vortex, is one of aggression and expansion on the part of R ussia and of jealousy and pretended preservation of the balance of power on the part of the Allies. It is a contest, however, not as it is alleged by ministerial presses of civilization against the encroachments of barbarism; neither one of consti tutional monarchy against legitimacy— nor one of liberty against despotism — but a war of crowned-heads and aris tocracies at the expense of the dearest rights and the blood of the people.— But in the melee of the rogues, we hope that the masses may yet obtain their dues. By the last steamer we receive the news that Austria has joined the wes tern powers. So we shall have a Chris tian trio upon this check-board—a Protestant England in alliance with Catholic France and Austria, fighting against the Czar for pretended civili zation, and their friend Abdul Medjid. But supposing that Nicholas in this contest is forced to evacuate the princi palities or even to sue for peace, which is questionable, what do the nations gain by it ? AY hat does liberty or even civilization gain by such a re sult ? AA r e answer nothing. The “Status ante bellum” will form the basis of the treaty of peace, with some unimportant geographical alterations, perhaps, upon the map of Europe, which will effect neither party at interest ma terially. This result is the most favorable, externally, to the Allies, but England, internally, will bleed to the very core. Let the Statesmen of Eng land ask themselves will Ireland be any further from oppression and star vation ? AA r ill the thousand millions of dollars or more added to the im mense national debt of England be of any alleviation or relief to the taxation upon the masses ? Commerce, civili zation, progress, law, and even liberty itself, will become the sufferers by this war of the crowned heads. The par ty mostly concerned in this contest, will be the greatest sufferer. That is the peo ple. Peace will brins the iron rule of the “Status ante bellum.” At least this is the object of the war, if we should give any credence to the declarations of the Allies. Then peace will leave Poland still divided and despoiled—Hungary, wronged and crushed under the iron heel of a boy-despot—Greece, ah fair Greece! still ruled by an imbecile king, imposed upon her by the Allies, anu Italy, the fairest and the loveliest daughter of Europe, will be left di vided, priest-ridden and oppressod on the one side, by a most pitiful and con temptible jackal of a tyrant, in '.he person of the King of Naples, and on the other by Francis Joseph, of Aus tria, and the Pope of Rome, or rather his counsellers. By this war, Christendom is offering an immense sacrifice upon the altur of the Crescent, and for a people too, which is antagonistic to progress, civilization and christiapity. The Turkish Em pire commenced in superstition, and was carried out and established by war, rapine and blood. The Turks are on ly sojourners and squatters upon the soil which they occupy. They are ig norant, cruel and fanatical —polite to their equals, but oppressive and bar barous to their inferiors, They deal honestly with their fellows but never scruple, when in their power, to bow string and murder them for their mon ey, All their liberality towards Chrisr tian dogs, is tip) result of fear extorted at the mouth of tfie cannon. TJieir re forms on personal liberty, that is their Hatti-sheriffs and Tanzarnauts, or bill of rights, were extorted from the throne, not by the subjects of the Sultan, but by foreign Ambassadors, Sultan Se lim 111, the most enlightened and best of his race, was deposed and murdered by the Jannizaries, for introducing the European tactics into his dominions,— Mahmoud, in 1820, established the Ne zam-Decbjed, or present order of things in the army, by the murder of twenty thousand Janizaries in one day at the capital, and the extermination of the order from the Empire. Their nation al vices are horrible. Polygamy, which is a universal custom among them, of ten leads to corruption, jealousy, and revenge. which is the na tional sin of the Turks, degrades the whole race to the level of brutes, From the conquest of Constantinople by Ma homet 11, when the Moslem power was established in Europe, to the war of independence by the Greeks in 1821, we hear of no improvements, no liter ature, no progress or inventions in mechanical arts or in agriculture among the Turks. Yet they have possessed and occupied the fairest portion of Asia, which formerly included some of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient world, and the best part of Eu rope with the finest climate with which a nation could be blessed. The reported victories of the Turks which generally come to us through interested channels, have produced no results as yet, and we may reason ably infer, that they are not all true. — Every battle that Omar Pasha has fought, is reported to be a victory— but with a victory an army is suppos ed also to make an advance, yet the Russians have crossed the Danube in six places, with hardly any opposition. And the redoubtable Omar was com pelled also to recross that stream and take shelter under the last barrier of the Turks, the Balkan Mountains. It may be asked, have not the Turks able native officers to lea t them to battle ? AA r e answer no —nearly all their drill under officers are renegade Christians, as well as the most distinguished of their superior officers. Omar Pasha, the commander in chief, is a renegade Croat. Ismael Pasha, the Murat of the Turkish army, is a renegade Pole ; Iskander Bey was formerly known as Count Ilinski. Kurshu Pasha is an Irishman by the name of Guyon, ai. and Kaismand Muchaver Pasha, one of the Admirals in the fleet, is an Englishman by the name of Slade.— Their religion and institutions estop any progress or improvement save through violence and blood. It is an invariable custom that when ever the heir apparent assumes the reins of government on the demise of the Sultan, a day which is usually no ted among other nations for congratula tions and rejoicings, in Turkey is mark ed by blood, wailings and lementations. For the day the new Ruler is girded with the sword of Osman and proclaim ed Sultan from the Mosques, an order is issued for all the male children of the departed Sultan to be put to death. — Skamyl the Prophet-Warrior of Cir cassia, has whipped his aged mother to death for presenting a petition from a famished and beseiged town, asking whether they should surrender to the Giaour, as they could hold out no long er. And yet this is the nation which Christian England and France are shed ding the blood of their subjects to up hold and protect. The insurrection of the Greeks is is not owing so much to their sympa thy for Russia, as their hatred for the Turks. The memory of four centuries of oppression and wrong, cannot be forgotten in a day. The massacre of forty thousand women, children and unarmed peasantry in 1823, in the is land. of Scio, rankles yet in the bosom of every Greek. The sack of Ipsara, the barbarous mutilations of Tripolitza and Missolonghi are still monuments of grief and hatred and within the memo ry of two-thirds of the living. So the conduct of Greece has some palliation. The English and French presses lately have been pouring out their holy wrath upon Greece and the Greeks for their hatred to the Turks. It seems that the Moslem has become of late tie most loving idol to the perjured Ruler of France, and to the most Christian and protestant Queen of England. The rivals of a thousand years, the combat ants of Agincourt, of Cressy and AYa terloo, have kissed hands to bolster up a rotten government and a fanatical peo ple which progress, civilization, and the finger of Providence intend shall be numbered with the things that were. But let us ask, if the Western powers are so charitable as always to assist the weak against the strong as they did once by the destruction of the Turko Egyptian fleet in the Bay of Navarino ? Have they no poor, igno rant, tax-oppressed subjects at home ? But if they wish to be charitable only abroad, let us enquire where were England and France at the close of the last century, when Poland was par titioned, and erased from the map of European nations? AVherc were France and England in 1849, when Hungary was struggling for liberty and constitu tional rights, and upon tho eve of victory was suffered to be crushed by the le gions qftfioCzar? And lastly, where was merry and free England, when the Italian patriots established a free gov ernment in the capital of tho Caesars upon the ruins of the worst of all gov ernments—a religions hirarch v? These are questions which the people of Eng land and the Ruler of France cannot now answer, because it is neither ex pedient or desirable-—but posterity and and the future historian who shall re cord these events of the past, will en ter a just judgment upon the conduct of their fathers. consul. Agricultural. Preparing Seed Corn, Many farmers who pride themselves excessively on their practical wisdom, denounce the idea, now very prevalent among the more intelligent part of the community, that the corn plant can in any waybebenefitted by preparing the seed, before planting it. They cite na ture to substantiate their scepticism, forgetting that nature proceeds exclu sively upon her own original system. She Very rarely has to contend with obstacles which operate so fatally against the artistic operations of her laws in the care of human enterprise and effect. In the natural propagation of fruits and vegetables, an excess of seed is disseminated, so that if a large portion should perish, or be destroyed, enough, and more than enough would be left to realize the design originally intended. But man adopts a different system. He intends to sow and plant only enough “to grow,” consequently it is of the utmost consequence that it should grow. Hence he very often finds it advisable to assist the efforts of nature by the power of art. In regard to preparing seed corn, a very success ful experiment was made some years since, by Mr. Lansing TYetmore, of Pennsylvania, and which has been re peated by several cultivators of intelli gence and veracity, in other sections of the Union, with equally fortunate re sults. The modus operandi is reported by Mr. AYetmore, in his published ac count, to have been as follows: “ At noon of the day before planting, 18th of May, I put my seed corn to soak in a strong decoction of copperas water, say two pounds of copperas to warm, soft water sufficent to cover a bushel of corn. The next morning I took out a peck, added a pint or more of soft soap, stirred it thoroughly, then put on plaster enough to make it con venient for planting, say one quart. — The whole field was planted with the seed thus prepared, with the exception of four rows, which were planted with seed without preparation. The after culture of the whole was alike, —pas- sing through each way with the cultiva tor twice. The four rows last mention ed were cut up, harvested, and the corn weighed and measured by itself; also, four rows next adjoining, the seed of which had been prepared as above. The produce of the four rows from the unprepared seed, was eleven bushels and a half. The produce of the four rows from the prepared seed, was sev enteen bushels—a difference of five and a half bushels of ears in one hun dred and twenty hills!” It takes about six quarts of corn to plant an acre, at the usual distance, say three and a half feet each way: so that for six quarts of seed corn, six ounces of copperas would be required—an ounce to a quart is near enough, as a gene ral rule. AY heat growers and gardeners well know the value of liming wheat, and steeping garden seed where they desire an early vigorous growth. A little aid to the corn plant while the weather, perhaps, is too cool, or the plant does not find the sustenance it needs in its immediate vicinity, will give it such a start as to keep in ad vance of other plants not so treat ed throughout the season. AYe can see this in the fields of smaller grains, where a plant which started early and vigorously keeps the precedence over its fellows throughout the season, and in the autumn has perfected a crop pro portionate large. —New England Far mer. Turnips Injurious to Succeeding Crops. —AY. R. Fairbairn, of Steven son county Illinois, writes us that he has been very successful in growing turnips on wheat stubble turned un der after harvest; and that he has plant ed the land the following season to peas, beans, potatoes, corn, oats, melons and onions; but not one of these produced anything near an average crop. The corn produced one-third less measure than that grown on the same field where no turnips had grown. The onions after turnips, were worthless, but on land where no turnips had grown, sown the same day and from the same bag of seed, were as large as saucers. He tried this two years, and lost more than all his turnips were worth, by the deterioration of the suc ceeding crops.— Country Gentleman. Nux Vomica is a most poisonous drug. In 1840 there were 540 lbs. 03 it imported iffio England, Avhile last year there were 540 tons of it import ed. It is used in beer-making. Plow your ground deep and thor oughly, if you wish large yields, IfllEStit. Buckeye Bread.— Take a pint of new milk, warm from the cow, add a teaspoonful of salt, and stir in fine Indian meal until it becomes a thick batter ; add a gill of fresh yeast and put it m a warm place to rise. When it is very light, stir into the batter three beaten .eggs, adding wheat flour until it has become of dough ; knead it thoroughly, aijdset it by the fire un til it begins to rise ; then make it into loaves or cakes, cover them with a thick napkin, and let them stand until they rise again ; then bake in a quick oven. To Remove Marks from Tables. — Hot dishes sometimes leave whitish marks on varnished tables, when set, as they should not be, carelessly upon them. To remove them, pour some lamp oil on the spot, and rub it hard with a soft cloth. Then pour on a little spirits, and rub it dry with anoth er cloth, and the white mark will dis appear, leaving the table as bright as before. Cure for Scratches. —Mix one ounce of chloride of lime and one quart of water; wash the parts well, after which apply white lead ground in oil. This has never failed to cure. fjimoms. Quirk on Trigger. “You will please observe,” said old Mr. Lambwell, as he led us through his school the other day, “that the befys are required to display the ut most attention to quietness and discip line, and in a short time to become di vested of that most annoying disposi tion to tease each other; in short, they soon settle down in all the wholesome system I have introducted.” We at this moment arrived in front of several boys who were standing around a bucket of water, and one had just charged his mouth with the con tents of a tin cup, while the old gentle man was stooping to recover his pen from the floor, when another passing along behind, snapped his fingers quick ly beneath the drinker’s ear, and caus ed him by a sudden start to eject the contents of his mouth over the peda gogue’s bald pate. Starting upright with his hair and face dripping, the master shouted, ‘Who done that?’ The party unanimously cried out ‘Jim Gun, sir.’ ‘Jim Gun, you rascal, what did you do that for ?’ Jim, appalled at the mischief he had done, muttered out that it was not his fault, but that Tom Owen had snapt him. This changed the direction of old Lambwell’s wrath, and shaking his arm portentously over Owen’s head, he asked— ‘Did you snap Gun ?’ The culprit trembling with fear mur mured— ‘Yes sir, I snapt Gun, but I didn't know he was loaded .’ ” Shooting by Accident.— “Plaise your Lordship’s honor and glory,” re plied Tim, “I shot the hare by hacci dent.” “By accident!” said his Lordship. “By haccident,” repeated Tim, “I was firing at a bush, and the baste ran across my aim, all of his own accord.” The game keeper tells a different story,” said his Lordship. “Och! don’t put fathe in what that man says,” replied Tim, “as he never cares about speaking the truth anyhow, lie told me t’other day yer Lordship was not so fit to fill the chair of jus tice as a jackass! “Ay, indeed! and what did you say?” “Plaise your Lordship, I said your Lordship was!” ■♦»♦«*■ Badly Corned.—-A traveller, fati gued with the monotony of a long ride through a sparsely settled section of the country, rode up to a small lad who was engaged in trimming out a sickly looking field, and relieved the oppres sion of his spirits, thus: “My young friend, it seems tome your corn is rather small.” “Yes sir, daddy planted the small kind.” “Ah, but it appears to look rather yellow, too.” “Yes sir, daddy planted the yaller kind.” “From appearance, my lad, you won’t get more than half a crop.” “Just half, stranger, daddy planted it on halves.” The horseman proceeded on his way, and has not been known to speak to a boy since. He considers them bores. -—■— “ Honest industry has brought that man to the scaffold,” said a wag, as he saw a carpenter upon the staging ham ering away, draOTr^fenaemtnts. Departure of Cars on <M3nm&2i EBAaaaiDA©* Two Passenger Trains Daily. Evening Train —Leaves Savannah at, 8 P. M., and arrives in Macon at 5% A. M., connecting with the South-Western Railroad to Oglethorpe and Colum bus, and by stages thence to Tallahassee and other points South West. ... , Mousing Train—Leaves Savaroiah at» A. M-, ami arrives in Macon at 6}4 P- M., connecting with the Macon and Western night trains to Atlanta, Mont gomery and Chattanooga, and with the Augusta uikl Waynesboro’ Railroad (day train) to Augusta; and (going East) with Railroad to Milkdgevillc from Cordon. Central Railroad. S. Western Miles from nm. rnmvo Miles from STATIONS. STATIOiVS - Maco Savannah, Ga,, 0 Macon, ' Station No, 1, 9 Echoconee. 42 Bloomingdale, ,18 Mule Creek, 21 Eden, 20 Fort Valley, 28 Reform, 80 Marshallville, 85 Egypt, 40 Winchester, 88 Armenia. 40 Marthasviile, 42 Ilaleyondale, 50 Montezuma, 43 Scarborough, 70 Oglethorpe, ....50 *Millen, 79 Muscogee Railroad Cushingviile, 83 Fort Valley, 28. Birdsvillc, 90 Butler, 49 Cuvier, 94 Station No. 7, 59 Holcombe, 100 “ “ 6, 04 Spear’s Turnout,... .112 “ “ 5, 09 Davisboro’, 122 “ “ 4, 73 Tennille, 130 “ “ 3, 70 Oconee, 147 “ “ 2, 79 Emmett, 152 “ “ 1, 90 McDonald, 160 Columbus, .99 tGordon, ..170 Stage Line—Columb Griswolaville, 183 to Opelika, 28. Alacon, 191 3l.«fe W. P. Railroad. Opelika, 0 tMilledgeville & Eaton- Auburn, 4 ton Railroads. 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The Cultivator is u large octavo of 32 pages, form ing a volume of 384 pages in the year, it contains a much greater amount of reading matter than any sin ilar publication in the South—embracing, in ad dition to the current agricultural topics of the day, Valuable Original Contributions from many of tlm most intelligent and practical Planters, Farmers and Horticulturists in every section of tiie South and South-west TERMS. One copy, one year in advance, 41 00 Six copies, 0 n Twenty-live copies, 20 0() One hundred copies, 77, (j,j The Cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and in no instance will the paper be sent uulesstho mo - ney Accompanies the order. The Bills of all specie paying Banks received ut par. All money remitted by mail, postage paid, will bo at the risk of the Pub lisher. Address WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Geo. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. UNRIVALED array of talent. 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