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.