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IfiTrniLTO^H To tto PlanUra of My friends .'?I know it is to stay tho tide of public sentiment, yet as ' one who has dsred to do this in times post, ' again will I do it I have been oft times 1 your monthly visitor, and to very many not 1 fcn unwelcome guest And I have visited you when you knew me not, of coureo I ' speak in a parable as it were, and that 1 j mean to say, my writings have visited you. I leant from others that articles of inino are copied in many papers; these as well as ' original articles, with or without signature, have found a place on your tables. I could \ not expect that nil would appreciate, nor j that all of my readers could divest them- I selves of preconceived views to l>c able to embrace. Yet for one who has written so much, with nothing to recommend, save zeal for tho welfare of our own land, and for your success in planting, and the pursuit of happiness, 1 doubt if 1 have not as much to he proud of, as any other ordinary coistryman. I now claim of you an impartial hearing, and I invoke you by all tho love you have for our own "Sunny South," and by all the kindness you have shown mo as a laborer for the common weal, that you will examine, pause, reflect, then, " be sure you are right and go ahead." I enter the lists against no man,nor against any opinion nor opinions. 1 take the plain, broad, well-trodden path of truth, and truth demonstrated by all time. I then approach the subject. Can you expect to be helped by catling upon tho law-making power ? By invoking party, conventions, public sentiment, drc., &c. 1 Our great staple has declined ; we are now laboring for almost a mere subsistence?taking the cotton growing States together. Do you suppose chartering banks will sustain you ? Do you not know by all the past, that an increase of the ?J:",n " nnrri, 'a mnv enhance circuiauutr inuuiuui, j the price of cotton, yet it will do so to every thing else, nnd thus you will not bo benefitted, but a taste for improvidence, &c.,&o., will be engendered? Have you not seen through nil time, that when there is nn abundance, prices can be influenced by capitalists, nnd where n scarcity or bordering ' upon it, there is increase of price ? Without , going into figures,?which I admit never ] lie. yet claim they are often nsed fallaciously*?let us look nt the past thirty years. We have had low, very low prices; and we. have had high, very high prices?we would , now think,?and I ask us a plain furuler. I having no ulterior object in view, save our common and united good, do we not see twenty-nine thirtieths of that time, that a moderate crop pays more than a large one, and that even tho report of a full average crop lias caused prices to retrograde ? Then how on earth can you follow any "will o' the wisp" idea, foreign from this true one. I have seen it stated that there was not too much Cotton made. I grant it, nnd own if ! there were 3,500,000 ltnlcs made, there would not be too much, yet try it and you will sec prices go down to 3 and 1 cents. I *av three and a half millions would not he ?J too much for tlic poor, who could then proeuro warm, comfortable, abundant clothing ] ?t such prices as they could pay. It is true though, they might dance and cotton planters would pay the fiddlers. Remember the waggoner who called upon Hercules, and remember Hercules' advice? and this 1 give thee?help thyself. I object not to meeting in Convention, and to learn from all, all we can learn ; it is thus striking the flint against the steel, that sparks are produced. I object not to direct trade with the European powers, with Asiatic pott ers. I objeot not to spinning thread to the extent of one third, one half, two-thirds, or even all I of our crop. But I do object to meeting? and doing the talking part only?making resolutions, chartering banks on paper, creating a principle that demand and supply govem not each other, nnd that low prices and high prices are no criterion. We must holp ourselves; we must endeavor to have a more reading people; we must strive to inculcate a principle other thaa what is qftw practiced on, viz.: to feed land and stock, provide for operatives, both as to housing, food, clothing, &c., &c., vary products, and rely less upon killing off land, negroes, mules, and buying. We should endeavor to have laws passed in every State prohibiting the introduction of slaves; we should encourage the introduction of No. 1 Jacks and work-horse breed of Stallions, instead of taxing them. By growing more supplies, by providing good pastures for stock, And thus endeavoring to supply our own fnarkets with beef and mutton, exporting or working np wood cnongh for plantation use, and the general policy which such a plan of work will induce, wo would soon nee a change in price, and more pcrmeuancy In price. Why shall we as a body risk consequence* by trying experiments ? Do we not know that expedients are only intended for a time? But by putting your own shoulders to tho wheel, you will effect a remedy, a cure?a certain cure. We may, for a time, affect prices by holding np. We may even cause a change by sales during the entire year, and all this may be worked into a system?with the other. But I ain willing to hazard nil upon the issue ; no plan can affect prices unless ws keep the supply within proper bounds. This wiU bo effected after a time, for when Cotton gets even lower than it now is, much of our eouatry cannot grow it. This is a pretty sure way of caring the disease. I am willing to employ a Doctor, bat febid it, my father, that I should counsel employing Dr. Swayne, or any panacea man. I Have written more at length than is my wont, but tho subject is so absorbing that I am sure I will be pardoned. You will please War in mind, my friends, that planting is my trade, my my calling. That I i < otrn \^oak nin^nU m nsna irA? J >n/l ?"V??? H"1,1 K 11 erp?rl?iee to U?? public, nearly as long, all '' follow even an old leader. Man is fallacious, lain no exception. I take the plan which tveknow will suceed, and I believe equally is feasible as any of the present, offered bv younger heads-?though they bo more competent. I claim not too much credit for experience?but it should not be lightly passed by. I make one more appoa' in the form of a rpiery; about as good a way as any. Look I<ook around you, friends, axd select in your District, or County, ten of the wealthiest men, who have made their property; are mey men who have grown the largest crops of Cotton, relied upon nothing else, or have they bought but little, and had their crops more or less clear? lam willing to abide by your decision, only asking that the States spead out and let us know the facts. If I was able to bear expenses, I would right freely meet iu Conventions ; much is to bo gained in every way by agitation. Give us light, tree inquiry. I<et the masses be represented. Don't be guided by men who cannot direct their own "hands. I fear the desire of change. Men want olhee. Hanks givtf standing to a few; they are the beast to the farmer. Not one man out of one hundred can withstand the syren song of credit, credit, credit. I am done, and having set down nanght in malice, or for desire of eclat, I trust I may escape with a moderate correction. Light and truth is all I claim. With profound respect I am, yours, M. W. PuiLirs. Edwards, Miss., December, 1851. [Southern Cultivator. Irish Potatoes. As it will soon be "later" planting time, it may not be amiss in me to give you tnv mode of raising Irish potatoes. I have often heard it said that hog hair was an excellent thing to plant potatoes in. but was not gmn enough to try it until two years ago. \Tv i": : ? ' " " - ut<n.iuui 11 us n.hows : lied out your land close and deep, about the middle of February, (the past two seasons have been too cold to plant earlier) the rows three feet apart ; open the beds deep, by running twice n a row; cut the potatoes into from two to four pieces, reserv ing a round eye upon each piece, (1 do not approve of the old Georgia plan of eating the potatoe and planting the rind.) place, them in the furrow ten inches apart; put a handful of hog hair and a double handful of cotton seed upon each potatoe, then till the furrow with litter that has been collected from the yard, cabins and lots during the summer months, and penned. The bed is then drawn up with hoes, covering the potatoes deep. The hair produces a rich gas that is nutritious to the potatoe; the cotton seed warms it and gives an early growth ; the litter furnishes a furrow for the young potatoe, retains moisture, and protects the polatoc from the rays of a hot sun. The culture should be light, merely keeping the grass and weeds down. It is essential to keep a good Vied to the potatoe, as the deeper the litter | is covered the more moisture is retained. | I have tried tiie above plan two years, ol>serving the difference between those that were haired and those not, by means of a stake. The yield has been decidedly in favor of the hairy system.?Corrcspaiulrtice nj Southern Cultivator. Weioets and Mkasi/uks.?The follow, ing table of the number of pounds of vnrij oil9 articles to a bushel, may lie of interest to our readers: Of wheat, sixty pounds. Of shelled corn, fifty-six pounds. Of corn on the cob,seventy-fiv e pounds. CH" rye, fifty-six pounds. Of oats, thirty-two pounds. Of barley, forty-eight pounds. Of middling, forty-five pounds. Of bran, twelve pounds. Of rV ortst, eighteen pounds. Of clover-seed, sixty pounds. Of timnth Vfi/wtfl ruviM.ila - " J 1 ">v Of flax seed, fifty-six pounds. Of hemp seed, forty-four pounds. Of blue grass seed, fourteen pounds. Of eastor beans, forty-six p&uu'H Of dried apples, twenty-five pounds. Of dried peaches, thirty-three pounds. Of onions, fifty-seven pounds. Of salt, fifty ]>ounds. Of mineral-coal, seventy pounds. A Fortune t is on extent as in Cnljfl ago two men, wl^H mine# for nevernjfl g| some six or cighfl BB were on their wnviB passage them o f companions, every cent of hij^^^^^^^HH?H^wa* then compellK^^^^^^^^^H^^HHiollarn the ntttes, (hero reconstructing so foolishly and cases are by no mran^^^HBESsBw country to nae vi?4^^^^^^^^^Btervice, was, however, ov?>rr^^^^^^^mgrogation,who determined Mho. On th? following ftundny^^^^Psn commenced the aerviee, by excla^^^HTlong drawn adeenta: "You may riDn^^HTtwo Ihs 40th panim." The wife the U. S. Judgea in Utah, an inteil^^Vand pure, minded wonan of the Mormo^K},, hail written a letter to a letter to a fliMta Cahtott, Ohio, in which ?h? confirm?^he ataWMItoMe often made by others, that " pOtygawy in openly taught and praetiand" by Ac Mormon* in that territory. She saya- it ? at> " Interwoven with the Tory UueeOfSfr imriut), that it ia impoanibte to mix fat walal' Hh> at all without encountering it at eiery tmn." wo mout rite to wun anuther now and then. I rit yu not long ago bout the nu howscs in Munro, ami now I tend to rite bout the skule thay had thar. The skule Missus was named Mis Vobbcrs, and she yused to make skulo gals ov a May day hav a " Kurnashun Partythat is, thay maid a Kwcue of roses, and all wood dance and sing round her. Twus last May a yecr ago when they gin a kumashun party at Munro, and I wua thar and a good tncnny more from Grassy Creek, eaze we got the nusc from the " Linkurn Publikin" that thar war sumthin to be dim by th? skule gals. JJat tlio wetliei wus so bad tlmy poot it opli till tlio 22unt day of the numtli and the Missus sed el the wether didn't git bettur thay'd jioot it oj?h till the 4th of Joolie, and linv May day then, for she nocd the fross eoo<ln't bite the roses then. When the day cum wo all went to see the grate sa-liav, and sure cnufthar was a Banjor Musick frum Provenders, and purty gals, and rihhins, and roses, and chilldrin, and ole fokes, and yung fokes, till ycr coodn't git yer hretli in the slrete. Thar wus a feller named Kearson frum Landketeher Deestriet who went tu Munro tu tecch skule, but the plieniale wum man had got all the skolars, and he went back to Ournel llooies and was teaching at Tarty Chirch, but they sent ior him and when he cum tliay maid him eapting o\ the day. He put on a big muster hat and some rihhins, to lake fine I recking, for he was sort ov a idian?ho wusn't bom so but he red so much?he red all the Mer ryon Books, the Law Books and the Doe tur Books till Doetur Wyliesed it fotehoc nun hi no cracK-orumeti, 11 um. >^o 1111 frcns sent liim to the Salem house ir Clumhy, whar hestftde till lie got sum to his senses hack agin hut he tuck simj> shuns of the spepsy and the docturs, thai is Wylio and Strata, told him tu go tu tin mountings for his hcltli, so he went ti Vunion and that's how he cum thar. En j ny how. the skule missus maid him led* I lioss over her tender sponsihilitiz for tha ! day, she did. Hoofec wun day when tint} went a fishin she thot that he thot tha wun of her gals thot rite w ell ov him, ant she maid hur queue of the kumashun she did. When the time fur marcliii cum thny all went to the Maccademy, tin Banjul- Musick was foremost, then all tin gals. Thuy then went to a sealfle tha war maid fur thorn afore the Chireh dort and the queue and all hur maids ov oimc ' wont up t>n the scuffle, hut the missus am j small fry ov the skule squatted round in ring. Then the Pretender fellers blotted tha brass instroomentx awhile, and nrtor the war dun, the chilldern begun til marc and sing?' It is May, it is May the when tliay quit sitigin the gals what wu r 1 'M say, 44 Oh, mo," with a long scythe, like thny war sufl'erin.l looked round,and she wus standiu with her arms folded, lookin at me. When she seed me lookin at bur shescd, 44 Storrins, yer needn't think Imc gwine to marry yn, for I aint." 4 Well," ses I, jist as I chopt- oph a turnup top, 441 decent keer at all?(that wur a lie, flat.) I dont like the name ov Sue, no how." 4 Oh," ses she. 44 my name aint Susanna, it's Savanna."?(that wur anulher, jist as flat.) That's the way T found she luved me. So kuzen Stukely, ef yu want to many, ' dont yu du like Kcamon, brag in the pa^ purs l>out yer gal, cf yu du yer a gone ' sucker. I wood bring my lettur tu n eend, but ' I seed Mashel not long sens. He's bin 1 nmide capting ov nil the (?rassy Crick g;ii 1 and when the men march to the feeld he 1 marches the phemtnynins tu tho Sydut 1 Harl and fires oph tu the tune ov ' Oh, ' Imo in n weevin way." 1 Kt* I kin, lie rite ogin as stine as KunvenyenU IlOSJlEIt STORltlNS. Correspondence of Ike Southern Standard. Washington, Feb 10,185'2. ? This being resolttion day in the House, [ no regular business was transacted. I Mr. Oit introduced a resolution, calling upon the President to inform the House I wecther Prosper M. Wetmoro, late Navy ! Agent, at New York, was a defaulter I? i what is the amount of the defalcation ? " and what steps have been taken tocnfom " the collection of the same 1 The gossip ' here is that Wetinore was a defaulter to * the amount of ?180,000, and that he was 1 liable to indictment under the sub-tr. ry law : that he compromised the matter witli the President, through Whiglawycis, and agreed to fRy whatever balance was 1 found due: that he has pnid 100,000 dol* 1 lars, which still leaves 80,000 due the Gomernmcnt. The case, however, should not bo pro-judged until the President furtiish* es the lIousoMvitli the information called f >r in tho?M?iution. The Committee on 1 Mileage ^^Wed a bill, allow ing the dcl' egato fromiRegon, Gen. Lane, the same ' mileage mHow.kI to all tho other members 1 and de'^PWs. It seems when the Terri1 torial Governmentwas organized, that a L section w^k introduced into the bill, yes1 trading the mileagfcto 2,500 dollars. The ' committee coi)?.Um^I it invidious to resr t riot hut one delegate or iv?mb?r m,.I tK.i l?.ll ru|Hjrt?Hl was in footing with every o" I titer member. It 1^1 to u long debute in which various modifications ami reforms r were suggested, but the 1 louse had coinr > to no definite conclusion on the subject h when it ndjouruod. II The debate was participated in by HenLS drix, ltobins>on, Stephens, of Cleorgiu, Mar" shall, Toondis, Wood wan 1, and others. *" Mr. Woodward made a capital speech, and gave some home thrusts to that clemt ngogucisin in the House which would re'V duce its own eomjiensation. lie said that eveiy department of the Government war ,, better paid than the Senate and House, i> and quoted figures to prove it. Ho furx titer stated that the only way to keep the House independent of the President, was i- iC pity its members well?liberally for s their senses. He spoke of the influence ,t which the PreMu?nt exercised in the ape pointment of mere auborciii?.iU* ai>l heads I of bureaus. Their salaries were hotter tliail - members of Congress ; and he had known i Senators and Representatives to leave their a respective House..?quit the acrvieo of their r constituents?to accept these subordinate ; positions, because the salaries were better, j Pay your members liberally, and you will 1 thereby keep them removed from tomptae tion. lie was in favor of allowing tlie dcr legate from Oregon the same mileage as - tho members from California, and the do* - legates from Mexico, Mincsota, and Utah. 0 Mr. Marshall, of Calitomin. made a rare t speech. IIo said from the time California applied to this Government for admission into the Union, down to the present pert ri<xl, she had Won neglected and Minted it by it. He said their feelings of rrsentt inent were already aroused, and they e would give vent to them in no inild terms, e When three ounces of gold were found in e Georgia and North Carolina, mints were - at once built; hut California, producing i- one hundred millions of gold, annually, ] could not even get a blacksmith shop? b they did not want any thing better. They 1, would take a cabin, or slmnty, and coin ( their cmld. if Cnncrress would irive tlwm n * ? 15 '? P? ? - authority. H#eaid his mileage, although - it amounted to 12,000, waa not too much r that it would not rvimburso him for his expenses in 44 winning his seat." lie had 1 to ride a mule over mountains and through valleys; that the feeding cost fifty ceuU a pound ; and that the expense of the mule was, therefore, not l?m than five dollars per day ; and, said he, " Mr. Hpeakog^ besides that, let me tell you that we have to pay twenty-five oral* a drink for ow liquor, and the boys use it in our parts, very freely dorfng election times r It was L a rare speech. He is a l?rother of Hon. Thomas P. Marshal, of Kentucky, who figured here some yean ago. 1 The weather is again bad?bad?bad 1 - It is snowing pretty briskly while I write. J on the souffle got up and sod suuithin, the i poot a crow no ov blossuins on thnr bio: , j sum ov a queue. rl Kf yer rood se the Linkurn papur, ye wood so whar't wus spoak ov, and ho' | itbrouk opli a match. Well, howsumdover, arl?t thcchillder : war dun spekin wun ov the ri>ty lien I (Trustees) ov tin' akule tole Kearson to a " Squire Joon," a sparer hock looking law yur frutn Shallot to 8|>eko, fur he wus yilf ed to sieh wurk. He got up on the step ov the scuffle and commenced talkin bon lire, and stars, and litonin that wur in th ize ov the gals. I sxvar 1 felt streaked, lucked fur Mr. Sammy Wawlmb, the slic iter, hut he war sik ov the jandurs or sun uther feet in the bowils, and war ulied ii j his runic. When the lawyur frum Shal lott wns dan, they kuulcd far Kearson well, he woodn't till the missus kum ti him and tole him she spected he woo< speke frum the start, or she woodn't havi axed hint. So then lie got up, and I swa lie lucked like a Looficer match, and afcer ! ed them gnls ize wer lire sure euuf, as law I yur Joon scd. Jle had nothiu to say t the gals, l?ut talked of a Miss I'a it down, that he noed, who \vi? alien 111a l kin mistakes in her tawk. | Then thav hroak up till nite and it wu i tu fur for me tu go hum, so I stade ii i towne ; and when nito eum thay all go together ag.n, and hawked down tu th lJorvishun i loll and had a singin skul till 0 er clok. Arter it wiu all over, th missus, t'rnt is, Miss Vebbers, axed Keai son to Jitein the papurs !>out the Kurna shun doins. Well, he did. But he s?h aumthin bout " saft peeches," or luvin tin queue's hlack ize, and then sho got ma<! and sod she woodn't hav him, nor sh< didn't that's a faet, as tru as preechen.? Kase he praced hur in the papurs she lie ver spoak tu him agin, allthow, thay we gaged. Now, Kuzen Stukely, ef yu luv a ga don't yer praze hur whar she'll hears it hut kiuw hur frum the atarte. J\c jist t?l yer how it war with me and Sukc. Wur day we went tu Metier Bransh tu heart Jason sing, and when we went back, Su? axed me to walk down to the turnntif patch. Well I goea along tell we got tu the gait, and then I atopt, and Sue told me tu go in ; but I woodn't, fur I member we had a unkle that lost his ears about a horse, and I thof tumniips mout klip mine. country puper is expected always to havo one, two, or three columns of editorial matter. In a city daily, short paragraphs, giving the general reader hasty notices of j tires, murders, shipwrecks, and so forth, suffice. Mow, it is not always that an editor of a country sheet can find an appropriate subject to write on. Were we to attempt an editorial on Time or Eternity, our readers, even if we succeeded to admiration, would say we were a cracked-brained fool. We wore iu this dilcma this afternoon. We thought of Secession and Co-operation; then wo thought of the Union: but still vc were not out of the difficulty, for our desire is to lot those quostions rest. Onco more, thought we, we will tell them of the forthcoming convention, but then?what about the Convention ? Now, thought we, wo will give our readers an essay o". the general principles of moral, social and domestic economy. Fudge. They kuow what to do without any dictate from us. Finally, in despair, we took up Shaksponrc?now we have it?the lines that caught our eye were these: "Now York r.nd Kancaster are reconciled. Accursed he he that seeks to make them foes." These lines from Shakspearc suggest to our mind forcibly the unavailing, unnecessary and most caluiuinnting folly of our papers and people carrying on a war which we trust is ended. The fact is plain?as plain to one party as the other?that the St <te of South Carolina has most emphatically declared herself to bo opposed to separate State Action. Every citizen of the State knows this. It is no use to try and smother the truth, and such a plain, uninistakoablo truth as I.:- i? : - ! - ? no. > 11 IIVI uur UliVllllOII, I1C1WHT IS II our wish, to intimate what might Ik; the advantage of the preponderance of either party, but we say this wo nre glad the tumult ia over, and the people of the State become reconciled. 'i ho 1 . '<>:ics of past governments .-ach us an :.diminishing lesson, lloiy Writ tells us: -A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand." The excitement, and the evils growing out of the excited passions of the people in the time of nullification, plainly admonish us of the great evil of those political contests. We are a strong advocate, for peace. The admonition, "in time of peace preparefoi war," is very good, but we are not to ac. ccllcruto war. The great success of tliis country may Iks attributed to our unity ol ' action??our pacific relations ono Stat* witii unother. The United States are now ahead of all governments in the extension and advancement of tho arts and sciences We are a go-ahead people, and when tin tide of political excitement ebbs, w o outstrij all nations in enthusiastic efforts to pro mote, our comfort. by n steady mat earn oh . exertion to improve the faculties given us b\ , God. For in the end the "ultima (hula* ol man's ambition, is his temporal and spiritun comfort. Kven the miser hoarding lib gold, does it for Ids coin ft rt. lly so doing in Ids conceit, lie is contributing to his com 1 fort and hanuincas. Hut t<> the mit.iiwi vv\ trust this political war in ended; nnd w< i have much to do besides trying to keep i up. Wo must exert ourselves to pronioti our comfort, by the exercise of those mean; ; given us. Several measures require, ou , consideration; the I'rce School system h one which wo should,not forget. Ou children juy to lie taught l?? read and write Some of us cannot utlbrd to nay for tuition Besides this, we have other measures t? j carry out. Our State is just about to ris< j to an exalted eminence. Inn year or two I we will b? intersected by Rail Roads.? Charleston, the prido of our beloved State > " the eradlo of our hopes," is ubout to Is worthy of the title alio bears as tie Queen City of the South. In a short tinn we will haven hue of Rail Road direct fron Charleston to M.unphis.rnd also one stretch ing from Charleston, !?y Columbia, New berry, /tbbcvillc, r.nd Anderson, to Ci.*?cn villo. Then we liave the Charlotte tw*' connecting with the South Carolina Uui Road at Columbia, running by way of Wins boro' Chester and Yorkvillo, (we should saj near Yorkville)to Charlotte. Wc will hav< also the Wilmington and Manchester Rni Road, running from Wilmington, N. C. t? ! Manchester, on the Camden Branch. Be ' sides this, the King's Mountain Rail Road | utiiii ine < uarioiie road to Yorkville, is pro I greasing; nnd then wo. have several eontem t plated Rail Road*,North Eastern Rail Road Spartanburg Rood, &.c. Reside* Rail Ronda, wo have a I'lwil Road from Hamburg to Edgefield, and one in progress from Chora w to Wadeaboro N. C. Thrre are natters which ahoult claim our attention. i<et us investigate ant try to lind out tho mouna to promote oui liuppincs* nnd prosperity, and set right abou to attain tho end. A South Carolinian elvima prerodcnci over North Carolina, and yet what hai North Carolina hcea doing while wc wen squabbling about Co-operation and Scccs aion ? The census report shows: 1! I'll Lm' Af. North Carolina.??Can its invested^, 18,000; pounds of Wool used 30, 000, dte. South Carolina,?None. Col/on Good*, North Carolina?Capita invested $1,058,800; hides Cotton 13,617. Smith Carolina?Capital invested 8f7,U00 bales, 94190. Pig /rod, North Carolina?Capital inTested 25,000; tons, 000. South Carolina.-?Son*. Wrought Iron, North ("irrolina.?CapHal Invented $1034X>0; hands employed, 173 males and 14 fcaiales. South Carolina.?N'sne. Wrought Irou 14 < I 65 , South Carolina: Cotton* 18 Woolen 0 Castings i.... 0 Pig Iron 0 Wrought Iron 0 24 Thus North Carolina has thirty-one more uisnufactering establishment# than wo have, and exceeds us in the number of each kind of factory, but castings, and we only outnumber her then by one. We hope our page is filled, and our feeble efforts will be productive of good. Hereafter we will resume the subject. Tableau. With other citizens of the town, we received a polite invitation to attend the taj bleau gotten up by the Iridic* at the Court i House on Thursday evening last. We wore late, nnd therefore had the pleasure of witnessing but two or three pieces. Our opinion is, the performance was highly creditable to the young ladies. We really don't know of anything more calculated to establish good uid harmonious feelings amongst our eiti.in , tlr.n to se innocent amusements, and hope this will be repeated by others. The manife st approbation of the spectators is inducement for a repetition. Advertisements. Our friend at Bolaif, Mr. C. I*. Evuns, has an advertisement in tois paper, to which we direct attention.. Mr. E. has our sincere thanks for lot* successful efforts in procuring us subscribers. We now send a large package to llelair?should like, to send a large package to Jacksonham, Cureton's Store, Dry Creek, &e. Will our friends at those | I'ost Offices extend to us a helping hand ! I We also would call attention to the nd- ; vcrtiseinents of Messrs. Cureton & Massoy. j I ncy nave ft large anil weil-sclcctod stock of Groceries, Ac. You will ulso find there bottled Soda Water?a moat delightful beverage thcfto Spring mornings. We must not fail to call your attention also to the advertisements of .Mr. D. A. Button and Mr. I). M. Poor. These gentlemen promise to furnish Harness, die., at Chnrles' ton re nil prices. Try them. Advertising. On Sale-Day in January, a large nuuds-r ' of Negroes wore sold here, by the Commissioner in Equity, and at very high prices. On Halo-day in February, several were sold 1 again, at equally high prices; a girl about * : thirteen years of age brought $9.10. We 1 were surprised at such prices at first, but afterwards we accounted for it; for, in con- j ^ ' vcJSJtiou w Withorspoon, he said it j ' was all owing To fx/ensire advertising. Mcr-; * chants here have already felt the advantage * derived from advertising in the Iaidger, and so expressed themselves to us. Hear what the Patriot, of Oreouvillo, says: 1 ' Itanium, when asked tho secret of his un- ; equalled success in his entorprizcM, answered, -Printer's ink," alluding to his extensive ays- j 4 tem of advertising. In this day of pushing, r jostling trade, whero every man is elbowing his neighbor, a business man inav as well tliink of living without breathing as of pros* ' r pering without advertising." *-*?" Wo have received No. I. Vol. X. of the Southern Cultivator, an agricultural publication issued r.t Augusts, (ii The ' very low price ($1 per year) at which tho ! Cultivator is published, places it witlrfn the means of every farmer to have it, and when 1 it is considered that it ccntatus thirty-two i pages of excellent rending luctter, one dollar could not Iki spent inoro judiciously. Dr. 1 Iam is the editor of tlio Cultivator, assisted by I). Redmond. Sou Prospectus in another column. i! * * i| far Funuor & Planter is the title of an j AgrienltuiJ monthly, published and edited . by Seaboru and trn^inn, nt Pendleton, in this 8 State. The Farmer &. Plaiitef deserve* the i I patrouage of our farmers. It is furnL'hed to j > subneribers at $1.00 j?er year, payable in . advance. Wo should like to see a large t package of each of these journals corning to . this Post f''Vtee. ft is strange that although . the rr?j< ri'y of our citizens are farmers, still' t by far the greater number of papers taken at tl.ia Post Otiico are of a |?olitical cast, and t much fe.'ver agricultural papers than any | oth,r1 To Correspondent*. ' R. M. K., Camoej*. We are extremely t obliged to you for your kindness. No efforts will bo left untried to make the ledger more worthy ot your approb tion, and deserving tlic commendation you bestow. Box ' came safely. Enclosed all right. W. T. C., Cjur?f.u. We will do so, according to vour oronnsitinn. Mm-li nkll??J I to you for your polite imitation, end will do so very nhnrtly. Our Foreman is not yet satisfied a* to the appearance of the Ledger; find *m noon *? our improvement* are perfooted, we will pay our Camden frionda a I viait W. W. K. Charleaton. Should be ploaaod to hear from you. Will Mrs. L. of Winaboro' favor us with a ' communication? It would bo very aecepta* Me i m ? ? rnt. UJT. _# .l? f?..li?l? ?-i I 7 rTf i iits rxiuora cu 1110 * uruimwn nnu r SUte* Right Republican will accept our thanks for famishing n* with their dailjr paper**. Tills U of much mh antag* to ns. I- - - ?* W7. ice of the Philadelphia Pen- 9 itentiary. ths since, while on a tour North, j ompanied by a friend in the c'tijL ilia to the State Pcnituatiarp [t was the first time wo ever visited one, and k ? , >f course our curiosity was much excited, \ f lot only to sco the inmates of the establish- \ mcnt, but also to know iu whaat manner they a ' ivcre employed, what the nature of tlicir ft punishment, &e. Our uuriosity was grati- H tiod. hv the nrtllio nitention of tlio nhi.?f an- H i pcrintondeiit. How unlike Uie cells of our juils, wore these eells of tho Penitentiary; { thoy were small secured rooms, it is true, I bnt esc It cell was provided with a bod, tv J ble, &.c., nnd kept perfectly clean. On tho V Sabbath the gospel is preached to the tinfor- ff tuuate ir.iaftten, end, no doubt, much good A results from these pious instructionsThis building is arranged so as to be used for^he confine,metit of several classes. lstr J|W the leaver story is occupied by men, who are ^ brought to punishment for for civil offences* 2nd, thoNupper story for females,; and third- C J ly one portion, n gloomy looking part enougli, 11 for those w lio are to be imprisoned for life, |f for Murder. \Tho lower story of tho building first cngagjH^mi?nttent>on, thorc in cschi facing A giinhlet helo bored through it. TncsccclH^^w arc each occupied by one prisoner, Wo did not know w hat to in.iko of these holes, and ' thus expressed ourselfto our companion, his f h was u peep through," and so wo did. In j?| i tho cell wo saw a man weaving, but before "f we had time to examine his features, wo f ; were told by tho keeper that it was against the rule of the prison to look at tho occupants through these holes. Wo apologized for N our rashness, stating at tho sauio time that | wc did so through ignorar.eo. Ho then ex- ! W plained to us their object for adopting such ? nla. it T* : * ? ' " - - * .. ........ ?v in ut>v our onjoci," Haul he u to bring offendora here merely to punish them, and to oxnet of tliem no much solitary contincnioas and hard labor, as the penalty for clime, this is in part the object, but while offenders are here \vc endeavor also to reform , them, and as a mode conducive to this pun* + pose, we allow no one to seo their face?, ,1 | VVerccvcy ono who visiter! the Pcnitentiiaflf to see the faces pf the prisoners, when thfpT time of imprisonment expired, and they were at liberty to go again into the world they f y would l>o at once recognized, and thus no confaience would be placed in them again. But k by adopting this plan, when a prisoner is again thrown into the bnsy scenes of life, ho enters it as a new man, and we hopo from W past experience he may be induced to Inula more useful and happy life." lie then went ; into the cell, closing, the door after him, and in a few minutes reopened the door uud invited us in. There was the prisoner apparently a young mun, but wc could not see his face, for it was covered. This wo believe i* t the only Penitentiary in the United States where this plan ieodopud, but li Is certainly a good one, this any ono will admit. Af- ? tcrwards we visited OtftPf colls; one of thoso ' particularly, we will speak of. At this time . it was unoccupied, hut for the space of five years tho occupant was a young man, a Gorman. We forget what was his offence, but iiis punishment was five years solitary confinement in n prison. In that tiuic bo had really made his cell a beautiful chamber. , By jt exractlng the colors from the fabrics he was employed to weave, he had painted in a masterly manner most beautiful landscapes on the walls, and also written poetry (some twelve or fourteen verses in German text) which would have done credit to tho genius of Byron orCowper. What a task ! These colors could only bo obtained little by little, but still he worked on?time wos no object to hiin, and probably it was four or five years before this was completed. Jf We s. w no females and the ce'.ls occupied by th<< murderers we wore uot permitted to ? ? enter. Dickens in hi* notes of America relates a curious circumstanco which occurred at this Ponltcntiary: A mnn who could uot restrain himself from tho too cxcossivo use _ vjT" of ardeut spirits, petitioned th.? commissioners of tho Penitentiary to taj^e hint, and confine him; he promised faithfully to dr any work which ho was ordered to do, and abide by tho rules of the prisou. Tlioy reasoned with liiin, mid told liiiu his folly, advised him to go homo and drink no more. But nil persuasions were of no avail, ho said he could not control his ap|?otito for ardent spirits, and if they would not permit him to stayin the Penitentiary, he would soon All a , ''A drunkard's grave. Finally they agreod to take hi;*1; but bo wiis not put into a cell, lie was allow M the free use of the yard, (and it would be a useless attempt to try to scale that'wall, for h.^ust bo st loss* tWertty-fivo or thirty feet high ami built of rack.) lie was a prisoner there if we recollect rightly, some two or three years. Ilia liberty was frequently offered hlm.hut no, ho always g said lie preferred to remain. It happened 1 f ? ono day tho gate was left opened. Tho '1'; temptation was too strong, there tho street was inviting liim to her pavement. Oar in- jsTV ebriate took to his hoefo and tlult was the last hoard ?4( him. t How know wo onr readers are plonasdf m ' with all thin jargon ? W> set ont for afllbth- V or motive. We wish to pat tho intcrogsto* B ry, w hy do we not have a Peneteatiary ha \ our State T Why place a man in jail, to he Id there idle for one, two, three or Are year* a? the ease may be, at an expense to the State when, if we had a Penetentiary this expen** 1 may be avoidod, and probably the State Beak- S ize a revenue f We never conld understand I why this baa not boen dona 1 We may pre- 1 bably resume this subject Hi Thk North Rasters Railroad*? vj sn.. t-i.- -? iiiu uuuh were upeiuxi tor suuecnpuona to tbU Katlrond on Monday by th? abmmiMtinneni appointed for this place, and u|> to a lata hoar yesterday no stock haa been jH subscribed for. We incline to th? opinion that there will be nomvtnd'that if the mad ia built it will be by C Charleston ,'apiutt^-. (COfwryWoww Obterrtr.