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VOL. 1. NEW SERIES. WEST BATON ROUGE, SATRI)DAY, APRIL 26, 1856. NO. 17.
PUBLISHED EVEEY SATUIDAY MORfNING
HEN RY J. IITAMS,
Editor & Proprietor,
omee near the Court House,
WEST BAT O 1 T(0;GE.
TEIiRMS of the SUGAR PLANTERIM
gtbcloIption.---i a year, due il:variably at the
titm o subrcrib:ug: if nOo t .an :,ba, or witlnn three
onths tbh ereafter. te doar, wi!ll be hamraed no
nboeription will '. taken for a I,-- term than ix
monthi; no paper .aowntaile unt.i arrearages are
paid.
ýdvertllng.--AdertisŽemernt not exceseinr ten
lines. $1 for :Oi t and 3 coors for every sub-.
qen: iOCer::i, t" .1 r i 'ir leagth in pro; or: ,on.
A iberal div t ac :t thus w nIa w adre bie the
year
Terms to Clubs --' I r.:i of n.Ot !o-s than
arnsl, I a s : 3. : --, " -.cr ' no: an addit.on
ati copy to the pernoo far.:s';;ng .- e :es,
Where sC ov f n,. !i.s than tr'. v ta furnilh.t,
with , :i -h . t .t - '- i fr'a'Irdo ; : S- 25.
each suhscriber, and ta-, .l:tiotal Copea for the
Job Printing
ueh as P.r,.r- .- vts, c(agog, Ei tlmri . Ft'rr t
and tf'r t , u*e . nertPei .s hrand do
spatch- a -_ S. 1 n di '., ry
AVER'S
- PILL S.
(OR ALL TIE PURFPOSES OF A
FA MI LY PI!JYSIC.
Twnet !ias long ,-xisted a p-r1i,, d-: man-I fir an
cfeetive pur ci.i' iil wia ch cn, a ;e rel:, ,,:. as
sure and nerfect" ,.e rn - oprawn. 'his h.
been prepared to nsi-.: tnt dmandi, and " e'-n
give tna! of is tirt::es oos co.it.iu-:;:'"- sih". n ,. i"h
what su:cess it iclr -iih- .es ,:' It some A'ocsl''.
It ia e-w u n.ae o ihys.tctn - s p',, Ftnot ,
makethe. icst of ar p,' --one wi :. , :id -x-a
none of the oa'.<- o.t, out ,; !e ads .tsi:es. of
every other. 'hr:s hai 0y 'tt, n'pte0d hs r- ,d
with what erecevs wse v-. i re-,e.-.t'r.1;v ';1 :t to .
the public decision. , i-. i i..-, u.infrtunste fir
the patient hitherto th. at .',0 ri t r e: v ; r;: ,t.ht -
medaicine'is a ;rinrr ' ' o 1rr::a:.7 tl ,,'
els. This is not. Ma' r, of tL -i i lirca.ce io much
griping pain as r, r",t , icn nite i ettwl ais t.: iore
t'lan cos'nlerlan- s : a. co- t'- :e o msnd fsr sls
thera. Thl'e ilh nvs. c irrit;.. no n , r pain,
unless it ariie fr.m ll n'i. tn.!i-t:g o..:rnc
tion or deraig,'r'- t i:n - ,.' . * I .. -r
seqetebie, ac hsne r. i. ri tah .-rh ie n
quaxity; but t: is t'ter '. a :nedi, :' e h. d
.e. 0tk11 i;lyi,:,,.,0.0. ni t "i ri , tio, ns ( ' , r :o . ir
t:se. ii lh;s sci=on'.a, -- c. ,t, 5;.:, - he ..re :,p
ainvts '-irb h'ty di k < :, we
and Lo:e n r. ,:'..: . . r . .r . ct e :
,Speiea t T ~.r ; h " . r .: a . - i 4r , it : t: w
tofiantd c.es, C - . 1. `, i. , .:- 11,i I v i. A
anrd oms o.ur , , , ,- f' ;S.r '' ut ,to
and ivmpur:ty of 'h e b ,. , I. ':.;; : "_^ r! a' ; :t u(,rt,
cesof- o eta-m e l !s e i cn.-:r . :,.s' it': - -. -.
Er" sipedas, Pa ii t;, s: : , " rt. i ,:, . the
Pack, mavh : d Si . "' ,, _., : }id '''i h .i-I,
taken in the t :ir e fd14, ,, purifv the 1od
and prepare the n,.- r '- .ca~,e of rSn
An occa.s;onas .-,e ii --eC.' .~i t n sto:acih e1v
boweis into. h ealth " ,,-n": :. !r_ re:..tre the ap
tite and tiz-r. 3h,. lnt- the , .od, and, ,y t.,.u
stimulant o ,ption ot ie rubt"1lrv a yste,.. reno
sate the strength of the o'' -n ad rest re the
Sni-ted or ?sen:ed .., rioes ,f - Cet ie l orlgamsm.
Httene or. oceasiora' dose ,i ai.antatggons, evei n
though . =eri- s ,r : .:.. t ex';' bht u,
neeesiary doti::o S <, 'tid, :,e.-Cr ti ,.,.11 id too fnr,
as every purantiv0 :i, ,.ihli.e rture.Cs the str.eth.
when taken to xcesse. The thil:s:,r.d i ia-es in whii;
a physic is ronuir-d cannot be enmnc-:er:,t-,d lcre, bit
they bsggest the'p i ,i-I to, tl: reasin ".f ,tTrv
body; and i t is e ¾idtlv L,-e 11d t 1his pi-'. "l
answer a better nIo;rpuoe thin any'i thing wLich hioee
hitherto been a\ i,-bLe to t::,.kina. shcn thneir
virtues are once .;., ti-. i,- .i will uo !nuer
doubt what reicdv :i ri,ns,:<v "e'i; n in ipeed of a
cathartic meedir: . Be:- tr-:, :; n pptd, t0ey are
Pleasant to take, atwl > einure' ,g(ta,,, iso
or1 can aro fri :. t - no ri, v-l " qSri:'ty.''
For minute diretion, b- ws r,,,.; er ,,,: the Box.
DR, J.AMEs C. AYER,
PraWctical saI c Anmelytical CCleiL's1s,
LOWEILL. 'MAc..S
~Priee 25 Cents per Box. Five Boxes for $L
AYER
CHERRY PECTORAL,
For the rapttt Lure or
A NS. COLDS. 110, IIO RSEESS,
SROtNt11H1'K, Ii l1001IN1G-C1'01E1,
CROU'P. A'ST1f13 , aM)
tOs1 M~1'TrIO\.
Turn remedy has won tor it't o uckh rtitrrijete
hom its eurs of every vari:-.tv (t t Ultna v N uiscase.
that it is entiiely ut;:.-ril-Y t0 rcYe)ntnt ii -
deuces of tto tirtues ill iin thc it
has been enipi evd. . i, the iitlj2 of it- use
faineje and &i s inroti "h n t v,!it, cure.
1tht almost every tiO ; ;I! ii {t
in persons pui,iieiy knuow;tim hav 1)s it It d
from igerite auarniixg i.!'Lf i(t
fange by its use. Whl conc tried to superiority
ove eviry other roedit inne if itsi knd i, too apt'a
rent to escadpe t or itsi Ti .
Lf)04fi tte put ncwhntidt ( ! i
toenmploy fir the d'-1res d l ai a clt r1 r row r;"c
tni08 of the tiii,15r? Cat s.h 'ie ini ry
Our Elim:,te. N,,t only ii: f£ mridbllin ch
epos the lu g;, hIIIt for tine' ouiidu arrthies ofi
CoLDC rIriti EnE'o. &c.; and fir (tit,
lia s it )' the leastantest a n!d suiafet medicin e that
Sea be Olgai~y~11·
At it bas tong heen in ennitant use throughoul
', we need not dt more than assure the
qua its 9 lity it kept tip to the beA" that it ever
sod that the genuine articte i. sold sv
H T. WA IODIL, 1
WlhLIAM bý,i');:..
1t B. A..g.Fe $ J L. VIALET.
Platform of the National American
Party.
st. An humble acknowledzement to the
Supretme being forHis protectin" car, vouch
s~red to o::r fathers in their 'c ressfif revo
utuonar struggle. and hit he.rto manifested to
~s. trter d"sceni.danlts, in the perservatlon of
the !iberries. the independence and the iuion
of these States.
2d The rerpetuatior.of the Feaeral Union.
an.i Consitutron, as the palladurnrPot our civil
and religious liberties, and the only sure bul
wark of American independence
3d Americans must rule America: and
to this end native born citizens should be se
lected for all State, federal and municipal
offices or government employment, in pre
ference tn all others.
4th. Persons born of A nerican parents re
siding temporaily abroad .should be entitled
t'o all t e rightsoif a native burn citizen.
Wi:!. No person should .t ine'cted nfr po
litical Stat i jon twheN tier of riatiie or i',reinii
bLr:h who recognrizr any al:e ane or oli
gatli,[ of any des,.ription to any lort_'ign prttlu e.
potentate or power. or wh.o rel't.- to leeo'
inze the Federal and State Cto:stltutions}
leach within its phe:e) as paranmount tuai
other !aws, as ruies ,f polit: _i action.
6th. The unqualified receouition a'nd mai I
tau.ance o the reerved riiih tsor the s.veral
S.tates and the cuiti vationlo, harmony and fra
ternal good wit! betw.vce., the ci'e z 1. of the
'e vera i t. tes.ad ti, his end, non-interference
by Concei s with ,luestiorssappertailnng solely
to the ,,ai'vid. al l Sat e, and nolin-lntervel nl'il
by each S!ate with the affairs of any other
iState
7th. The recognitionof the right of the !:a
tive-born and .naturaiized cit-lensui:' l, ' t c . i '! '
S r.. s. perilall.ntl i rte.ldi, in acy Territory
tie- in t t!Pi- C'iii'-liiitt''1 art{ ass"
:-,,d :o regulate the) domr -ii.t: ad, scai af- ,
l, r Int their own 'norde subject ou y to lthe
p.. ',, ":'s ,f the 'edcral Co:,''; t ' n. vwith
. '.r .e.Le 1l ui admsni in ltoa the VItn, wh:ei;
ever tiiey" .ave the requisite ppulatin for one
Represe.tatie ia, Cuiearess. prv:ined alwa is
thait Inue out t!oe whIoare critilerrs of the LCn
ted States. under the coirt:tailun and aaw's
therer,, anid wiio ha:v a fixed resideICe inl an
suc.i t rritory. ougi.t to pal ticrpate in the t1r
n.at,or, : the eunsttl t:on, or in lte enact
ne,: ,; jaws fir said Territory mr State.
th. _Ain ·.nloicnment of tae prn''!lie thae:
no tat'eor ierlitturyVoughtut ad:toti ,r- toastr
native I.orn citizens to the r;ght of istirag,. iai
`t.-,. .. :, in t- .,. t-e la'.. ot r~ateral ,.,ttiu't
naki -g a contt!!lU di resl! erc'- r, li e:-,t\-oi ei
'ears.of all not heret.tlor, io ies i , Sr.0 . ,
imispens'ilie Ieouni e for eit:o ' -l:: / rera:
ter, •u i exclud g ail pupe - a: t ", r,,i
cre. vncted of c'ime t'ro!n ,;' .r:I: ^',, '.:,
-hvr.-. lor no interfire-: ce vt'h tie %es,ted
i r.gh's io i oreigllels.
(.4,. t)(pp"'I on to any tnion bitween
Chur;h anid Mate; no intellrcltene w th rei
:i L' !ib. or wi risip. a1nd o tri ni:ii hs fur
I tit Fr,:*. ,id thoroii h inve) t at,,.n into
:i: alit. ". J . ,, - "d aba 1,1 f . i t ':"". i.
:iis. and a strict ecohomli in puft!e ex r+::-
ititrei.r u
.th T} e Ti'mainte-nance anrd enr;rcement ,,f
it la','-s i' '-.titutii a'i eia, t C d, unt: -. 1
.awsý sI:,:! l be repea .ed, or s ail Le de1r
.:a : ..:! '. ,i bib " ciu , P tent ud in ' i;a a ri,,r t
i - .- . ,_ ou f ti,,b ur l ite A d i t s t i.a- , ,a i n c ,c
,: an l nal.:i c vtr. .t of oi i ti",ai a tar-e i
,, ,ore e:-| , ily ' bus w a3. i I FII loV'llm
A. wu e c a r. . ( ,y d ,. - lv s t -r.) a l, ! cC r( , . I ,+ / , t .
i ill ilt'e. u tlvce., a l.a d . l s sa i
atd ( trai-tlt.- If their pi a les; a. 1 tw:n
Scj.. hn . su3 .-r, ier.nry to the -trot:e r. g . i
nti U., ..t :lt l co vard v braado towardds
the w aker pv' ers: as vuown 'a re-oe-unir';
?e,'ti;,," ag;at nor. by t e relea :f the 31, .
ur .! C'orsi, rmnii"- a- 'bsh ii i1 ganlthitil 1 to
Ili at 'u'ral hzi-d .de itners the righit of siiuffrage
in an: as and Nebriska: as shown )if Its
vaslatig couirse in thei Kansas and Neblura
k qluestion ; as shown in the corruption
i. 'ict ,or'evlae some ol thedepadrtmeint-of the
i(-t:r :aji:t; as shown iindisgracing meri, -c
r1 ..s Ia'ual officers through ipreju'd ice or ,:a
ice; avd as shown i-, the blindering mis
ma1:agen'i'it of ouar oreign relation;
S14t. Therefare. to remedy existing erisi
and pievent the disastrous coatsequen.:es oth
erA i-e iesulting therefrom we vsoum d blu il
up the "American firty" upon the jlrine-i
pies h ereiibefoie stated.
L sth. That each State Council shail have
a'ithority P-t amr E::d their ser, eral . onstlit i ti ..
so) as to abmsh the several degr"ee.. a'n. al
rstute a pledge of honor insteal rof otier
obligations for tellowship aid admisson i.to0
ithe party.
16th. A free and open discussion of all po
litcal prnielpies embraced in oar pltorm. Ir.
American State CounciL
At a :Meeting of the State Council of the
American party, held in the City of New Or
leans. on the first Monday of the present
month and year, April, 185G. the following
resolutions adopted by the members of the
Legislature belonging to the American party,
were approved :
3td. Resolved. That the friends of Millard
Filmore and Andrew J. Donelsoro. in each of
the six Electoral Districts inl this St,re, be re
quested to hold District Cos entons on the
first 'iMonday of June next, at the foilowing
places, to wit:
For the First Electoral District, compos- I
ed oi the parishes oi Plaquemine and St.
Bernad, the Third District. of the City of
New Or(eiens.od Fautourg T'reme in the city
of New (Orlesis.
For the Second Electoral District. compos
ed of the Second District of the city New
()rleans. w:th the exce.tion of F;unbourg
'l'Tem, and the First Dist dt of the city of
New Or:eans. in the city of New Orleans.
For the Th'rd Electoral District, compos
ed of the Fourth District of tl city of New
Orleans, that part of the parish of Orleans
lying on the right bank of the Mississippi,
the parish of Jefferason, St. Charles. St. John
the Ba. ist, St. Jame, Ascension. Assumption
Lafourche and Tereboune, at the town of
Thibodeauxville.
For the Fourth Electoral District, compos
ed of the parishes of Tammany, Washington.
Li iusito, St. Hlt-iena, East and We'st Feii
cialia, IPoint Coupe, East al.d West Baton
Roie,. and Itervtlle. at Batoi Rouge.
For the Fifth Electorai Distict. compiosed
of the parishes of St. Landry. Calcasieu, St.
Martin, St. Mary. Lafayette. Vermillion, Ra
pides and Avoye!les, in the town of Ope
lo;: as.
For the Sixth Elecroral District, composed
of the parishes of Natchitoches. Sabine. Winn,
De Soto, Caddo 13oesier, iienville, Claibort:e,
(ftachita. Caldwetl, Jackson, Union. More
house, Concorlia, ''enxas, Franklin, Catahou
la, .Madison andl Carrot. at the town of Min
den in the pari-h of Claiorne.
To select, each, one electoral candidate and
one alternate. pledged to the support of the
above d.tlir.'uished names for the offies of
President and Vtce-Preaident of the 'r,ited
Stats.
Ith. Resolved. That ve recommred to the
rAmerican party of the State Louiilia'a thet
'h!dilo,' ta state ConventlOi II1 the towit oi
ia'im Ru. onil the third 1Muinday i .in i e
Cext. a. 1 tiiat every pari-h elect x',cegates to
S(a: C..ni ention.
PaIers throughout the State, favorasie to
the Amrr;erican party will please copy..aiid in
sert :ii:l th e :- r pectil e Conl'eil".niu, are
SeYi.
hed. -- ----~
Mr. Fillmore and Donelson.
T'he tolowin i. n inslift is re'ated t, is by a
tertL-mai nil tia ppetiedt to te pr'-et whoa
Mr. Fdimtre isme, tlhe Hernwaige as ;?
tpass ed tlroinh tnis section of cot rL:rI, after
the l -c of his I'resiuentv. He caledt a!:er
SinC a 1g the Her nia, and -peiit sevutal
.l.urs ;;th 1,apr DPrelsci .o , ,h had pre
aried a coilat:-,n of i ' th nliar':v f the nr i l
bior, par'rk. It! ,', u rse of the eveir. tI
Mayor Donelson. after advCerti:g to the rec
't',a he had o.iie hitter'ys oppoied .Mr. F!l
mrinre' lba\ig hl,,kted upon him as the head
Io a arty' 'Mhi', stedt 'on a pliatlrm runsafe
for th.." .n-'i'utions ,f the Su....state! to ht
friends arl! neightorh that he was hap1y to
hav'.e ,tch ari loppor:, isty as th s of express
ing hi..isn icti,, Ihat he had dne h lls.
ti';:,"-" -,ed _uest, whou had jr.-t !et!, great in
'l!tl,'e.
It was no0 m0.rni*sted that tlr. Filrmore
wa i a tar Irole re b,t'e f, itid of the cwl-ti
Itu l alrai , , of ai' . (t ,. of t€ iliE n
tt: a "Mr Pierce. trr wim hr. Mr. Donelson.
had votd. l -,t C .aii ,. I,, ,wn that li r. Pi ire
'a Le p.'roI of ''the a traists who had o
:rtierly ,l,!,sed the eornpromn :e nodtr'tP.
I a fial as t e .ii nt of thii'!e s!a.er i:i, :un
I was a loiow e idert tnt Mr. linwr,..
.l star ri b,- that set ene! +. !;.il l !
up !, i ., e f li e at ri tti i of i e 'ig[ _r ',.w
rm.' of the North. l'trlse r c.,,h cire,=.rttai,
, - ii r. ' ' ..l a n 5. l 'as rea.d to 'iaket
ai the airs::. it t.i, |I ' t.5 and that as h."'
h a d h e : p , .d , - I .or n o ! a ,e t r i er i s t , , pr ,a ,
t, - ie " i ,. wath I.iad. x i be !i
I ip ,.p o : al,. is all ai rr:e:a t ,1! of , ;t '',
fin:,. he - c w proio- abs tadst, at hisi
OW!' 'o e a' ' at h i, t.i. .rle r
\31 L;...m:: y'lu:,t,,.u--- t".e p,,oplP wi)!
ma', I ,!:n i 'rsi'nt ;' .ii, as th\ d:' Gen.'
J .i i'. ,n i , l "?1 . aiii t n i H l . i e is t ,r e. to
,te L,; -:iti..'i, a ,l the [nii,.n w hile h -
. a ,, r.tl.- . e or "has shan.ef r ,!r y i t'
:e,.,, d , h to ' e ktel:g lfI the hiiner
I lu o i tlhi e 1 ,rth a. , i the io uthi. tlhe
i:.a t- allt (.i c ei .. ' I ti .e latter e t .
S'e .ara ,i i0 ls _ e the _ o___ er."
)'slit too ' :, ap diat !k 1'hb a'rc!uiat oau
at ,.! a;do r, ',- 'orn c ui s ye e : a ie n 'e o f M a l,,r lio n -
c '.o- 's h _i h a p p re c ia t m n i , ,t . F l: ,olo r e . :it
a t ,; w h e n ' i . , o p ' in a .!d m a nly e x p :,"s lo ll
. . h a p p l e c k ai l l, ,: c o o l! L 'y " ' r:ou ,e b d it )
be aje. t to :l0e ieoi,, .' an NOe a. lls.g pro
cetedt t-r.It ahv other ttan tie 1Ood i on -
a1b1e meotisca.- u..shkii. 1> B.&.r.
Work for the Month-- (April.)
TOE PI.AN TA'ION.
Con'.-The hackwardness of the season.
this far. has retarced all opera.icols on the
l'laaiii!, i. anrd f;ew prsoni ill this sectioU
hare even cofmmenced planting corn. up to
the presen.t date tlMarcih li.) It is absolutel'
ueers-arv therefore. that the utmost energt
he caled into requnl'tion. and that not a mo
Snent be Jist, whenever the ground is nl
propereon,.htin. .Mailre heavilyand p o,'gh
deep--se the best and heasiest seed you can'
,btaln. and Jet your after culture be of the
I no.t thorough character. wot king often and
slhallow. so as to break no roots. More here
a!fer. (Do :ot run wild after the l\'yandot,
Sie "Canada Pioltihc." and other fancy vari
eties. They should receive at lcast another
season's trial Ietbre being planted extensive
COTTON.-Having properly "pitched" your
corn eoip, push lo ward the plan:ting of Cot
ton without delay. It is very important to
get an early stand, and much mlay be affected
in this way by throwuig up the beds light
and dry. See the article of Mr. Vick. in pres
ent number, and recur to the va, ionus hiits and
suggnestions of our experienced correspon
dents.
Sw~ViET PoTarror:s.-Plant your main crop
of -sets' and draws thirs rmnthi. Try the
level syster~ advocated in our last. Reason
and experience both teach its superiority.
But, if you wil plant i h!ills or idges. f lough
toe ground very deep and tlhow them up
broad and flat on the sturumit. so that they
may cach ait ietaiit .s much inoistllre as
possible Potato -'draws: or aily similar
plants may be safely set out even in dry
w, ather. iby dipping the roots in thick batter
of black woods-moul or surface soil aid wa
ter, as hereto;ore described.
Isisu PorsA ros, if not already planted must
be put in itrmmedilttely, or it will be too late
:or a sututer crop. They shoiuld be dropped
0 iinches apart int 3 feet drills, and covered
u ith a thick layer of partially decomnoosed
pine-straws or leaves.
.MILLET, coninon corn and Doura corn for
cutting green and for winter forage, should
also be siiown plentifully during the present
and next month. Early crops of Cow Peas
and Oregon Peas may also be sown. For
`odder, we prefer the drill; but if intended
to turn under for manure, sow the peas broad.
cast.-.dla. Planter.
The seive througtwiiich the man "strained
every nerve," is for sale at half the first cost.
A New Sugar.
A short time since we puiblished, savs the
Washington Union, an extract of a letter from
a gentleman residing in Provo City Utah
Territory, to Hon. J. 1M. Bprnhisel, giving an
account of the manner in which a new khid
of sugar had been made in that "'lerritors from
a white substance ioti:d on ccttiil, ,ood trees.
and somew'lhat ree mb!in-, honey lerv Since
then, -A cake of this sugar, wllchl had been
placed in Mr. B 's hands for the purpose, was
submitted to a chemist to be annalzed. We
give below the res:lit of tiis test:
"'The physical characters at the substance
resemble much the maple sugar of our country
It has hi-wer er, a dark layer on one side
which is ie-s .weet that the iighter-cohired
one, .r ini probaliy to the extractive matter
evaporatr'ld A ithi the leaves ifthe cot:on-woo.d
tree that iare been boiled down wii the
1vuor. The sugar is not cht!stalaized, lut
Igraiular aid porous. and appears to coutain a
consolerable ].iti'in of rlilassee . It is of a
clanmy touch. inl ke the cae ior maple sugar.
and i!, taste is secoiid to that of the last two
nieit:oedl kinids. 1 he chiemical characters
of tias s..;r are as follows:
"I hate ascert.,ined. to my fill satisfaction,
t::at it is a grape sugar. or snimiar to that
trade from starch. Trominer's copper test
L..+ proved beyond doubt that it is not a cane
iugur. A .olution of this sugar, with the ud
dition of ',otash lye and sulphate of copper,
will, after a few minutes boiiing, chage the
green hydrate of copper thus produtced into
an o.aniige -u -oxide copper, even in the cold
at an exirermely great di'iition, (toe grain to
i o c,re of watre.) wh:!e for the sake oi
comparnlistn, a sinlltiua of ca'se sugar treated
in the salls i'av with copper, no change e1
cour c.,ud be detected,i either iy boiling or
a;er .t iiKu'g sorne days. L'.gardi'g the
oric in Of t',- eu ai, u hich, fr i th,' details
g -iv r: y yuvir lriew.- aipea: :l. l ; ,it:'a-s
ed e .ver a laLge distilr t in Ie ta' hTl'e;: r.. ot
at:he t .- a \ere aile to p ."..'e
sevrial tua-a,:d pounds iof sugar ci a lry
hor:t per ai..i !)Y the m,,, :rimi c proes.
eiuh s C.- c iecti,, the ,eav,,s 0t the cottlun
wood. ''va -lilg oi thie sedi;el;t a id coicen
r:.tui^ aiid e'.vaiporating te tq0orr, I was
ncici ai t,.isiied at trit when redo,,g the
aceinnt. a:d after osnme reler!win as to the
cain·s tiiat hlad produced tiis sugar lain,
v :chii 'suome of your re endsi appear to attribute
to a iannn -Wimi:ar to that upon which G0od
niale 'tie Jews u,. ls's hiis ini the deseit of
A ra!ia. land wihh iby spec;ai favor the saime
i;l:., ,as grarteds to it e icirmulns. I f iuind
trl.t ttie i oitrt t:oan of ::,t-, sugar ,, idd be ex
i:ai.el . .lv , ,'oi'ai . upon a ural priuci
,ie. and Ia T ar o.' :O , .:.tel :
"It is a w, i-kown il iact t.at the rap o;
tree will cntr,( ce tco crci:a'e throuil t the
ceil.uar :l'e-_. -. Ju' . ., t ale ,: la:; lie is
-is.' - 'ic en is i
- bsta :e y b, Leat and lhiat. o.vai, a sudde
chai e ir toe 1' m, ratire .: i.l (,iiOsce an
ititer!u tilon iin ithe cu i ation, a!:° thereby
a csi ca l mietamorphose. 1: 5as 1 een
obsr!e ed., a-o., tiat t:e leave, of mrta trees c
and shrib- i'.\il cl'iseqlU.i'e o; such sud
dncc chcanges as from a very hot dry to a cold
ift, scripte m'id cover thect wsiti a sweet.
s 'ustat 'e ,xa. Iv in tie mannlier described
i the ciiecio',n .'tih 1 have la observed
tile samie phenremenun in the soth of; Ger
ianr in! man'v butternut, walnut and che-t
nut irees. 'I berefore. it is a disease in the
iree-' or anl irgiIl. e i;, oidedrc called forth by
* "" . ,liee. v-pt o I'o i or se letlol of those ilat
tets repiie-d .'_r tie inoulSiiuneL.t and su:
-rt oi thie Seg tab !, life.
irAs in ii iitration of the ,'hlemical change.
I wil! leti'.io In ts itsatulal state any stugar.
vet ce comes sweet when atta, ted by frost;
tb,i ii'ce therv1y' becomin, !'ecolmpol..'d aind
coiin:erte into s-ugar'. Properly speaks g, it
is tie r,eu 'n w.Lich IS so oitcin olserved on I
many tires, siuch as the black aid, r. linden.
and rose bush. occasio.nalhy oil the beach and
nak.) and which I'orresp.unls w ith the secre
tion of sugar on many leaves. which are less
protecteid, lthough very tenderly construct
ed by nature, and are theref',ie ati'etceteasily
.. a sulltden clhan;e. and are also exposed to
this derangemrrent. as regards the great quanti
ty of the sugar gathered. which may be sur
F risin_,ly iarge at first, nevertheless may' be
iexpiaiiedI The segetalie juice contains iu
the :all no the year the greatest quantity of
stareh. which is so easily converted by the
tnatural as well as artificial process into
sligar.
'It may not be out of place here to remark
that. in conlsequelce of the tormation of sugar
mould. lice and other iisects ale created on
: hose trees. If a steady rain does not soonr
after the secretion repJve all the sugar from
them. the mi;dvw is tnerefore not the cause,
but the result, from the creating of those tar
asites."
t-- -
Why is an Ohio railway contra tor like a
German emigrant Because lie nrs.kes tracks
for the West. o
An adveitiser in the New Yoik Sun,adver
tises fir set eral temaies to work A. ven-ts, and
saysagood stitcher will be paid one dollar
per week--iur dollars perenSrith !
Pity tie poot (1 tte) sla e'
"I say, Bill, Jin's caged for. stealing a
horse.
.Served him right. Why didnt lie buy one
and not pay lor it, like any other gentleman.::
A husband complains sadly at the price of
"ducks). His wite recently bought three
for $276-viz: a 'dtick" of a dress. a "duck"
of a parasol, and a "d ck': of a bonnet.
The lassie that '-dropped her eyes to the
ground'" last week, by the assistance of a der
rick has had them raised to their proper po
sition.
"This is really the smallest horse I ever
saw" said a countryman on viewing a Shet
land pony.
" Indade now," replied his Irish com
pauion, "but I've seg one as small as two
of him."
LET LoosE THE CATS Op WJa--An ob
vious improvement on Shakspeare-for they
are much more likely to come to the scratch.
The Food of Plants
AND TlEIR MODE OF REC.IVING I'i.
Messrs. Editors: It seems that the first
step towards successful agricultutre would be
to ascertain what ptants feed on, and how,
and in what proportion it shou'd be supplied
to them. Plants w:li not ':e in an exhaust
ed receiver, nor in perfectly dried earth, nor
ii. pure water so far as regards the large
c:aws with which we are particuiarlv con
corned. It may be ass:umed swith some pro
bability of being correct. that pla-its, like
animals, live on solis. liquids ant air. The
stomtach is 'he place wsseire the lool, is pre
pared for the fuirther ,se of the p'art. The
one receives it in its -nide undigested state.
for the stomach to act on, the other in a li
quid or easelus stema after it, preparation ;n
the earth. No plant can receive any thing
in substance. as the pores or " minute a bsrbents
of the roots ca: orly t;,ke it up in such ver:y
small portions as is contained i liquiis. It
would seem that nothing could be made the
tood of plants that tol. it ot be dissolved.
Let us 'ee iow the general conditions of the
earth may justtly this apposition. The
ground may be divided it:to surface soil ot
five or six inches. and subsol all below that. I
and is. in general prarIan".' thus spoken of as
sandy soils where moie t.an three paits are
composed or sand; clay soil where a like
quantity of clay ; and. calcareous or prairie,
where of decomposed lime. The subsoilson
which it rests are either on. sands lihke it, or
more often a clay more cr less impervious to
water. or on limestone rock, as cur prairies.
I hlese subsoils, though in themselves they
may not possess fertility, may exercise,
through their mechanical agency. much influ
ence ii production. Deep ploughing, as a
large receiver and iegiilator of moisture in i
thie earth, carries out this idea of mechani
cal agency The chemists who have made it
their ;,articular study to know, ant have an
al ,sed it. S ei is tnat onil ab ut one-twenti
eth ;,art of the earth is composed of decayed
'lgreab:e a. d annmal matter from tie de
cormposi:on of ptInts tsat have died on the
,pu.. or asiled there t .he rains or dfoods,
-,d :l.ese alone are sluible in water, and
constittc the ,cod of the plant. when put by
water into the condition to be taken up by
the absorbents of the vegetiale. This. though
the geue..d codlition is dil,endhant on the
greater or lesser i ort:on of these soiuble
:natters, and is ranked as a rich or poor soil i
as either may be greatest. It is tothis espe
ci:lly that our attention shulid be directed
by ahtig miantire, either vegetable or ani- I
tral, ;tr.d by a change of the crop on such!
fields as too l,-: cult; aticn of particular1
cops 5 avy have used up an lndue ,ortion of
any o e ingredient in the soil. We shou:d
a.- s.:ip'}y water it rwe co:uld. We know
same p ants depend more on iwater than oth
or.n :: it is riferable 5,t .ut actual know
g !e t:at sooC derive more of their nour- i
srr.menrt from the air. anir, o'cers again Iromn
the an:ioriaa or fertile property iii t!e soil
itselt.
Eor s-uch reasons some plants extha: c a soil
pIore than other ; and soime few, as clover
and cow peas. live more on the air and ex
haust but little. Piesrter of Paris that acts
prmcipall- by attracting moisture from the
atmosphere to the piant, so incrases the quan
ti of c!.i er that it enriches the soil, and is
iumch used in tile wheat growing states; and
cow peas it is believed acts much in the
same way wit.i us. it would be of great
value to know what portion of the usual in
gr.dients of the soil particular plants consume
most. as it would direct us to the proper rota
tmnr of crops, and what manures to apply.
trl this subject we arein the dark, and must
be -outent to grope alone in search of lights to
iiide us. In r.ngland under their best sys
tems. the field was laid tallow one year in four
to iecover this exhaiistion of any undue por
:,an,, and in some of the states it has beer. at
tc:npited to reach the same object by the ti.ree
an.! four year shift rotation at crops. Many
facts show that change of the plant and soil are
necessary. The corn tertile lands on the Mis
sissippi riier lessen their production of the
sugar cane and to use their vernacular are
tired of making sugar,*and put down one year
to cow peas they return to their proper pro
ductiveness. The small grains, potatoes and
hay calnot be planted in the same field more
than tlwsyears without diminishing their pro
duct. Cotton and corn, though they will
'grow in the same field for many yea-a, are
mnuce benetitted by cbange. These facts are
enoui h to satisfy us that it should be a guide
not only in the selection and change of fields
but also in the manusing.
The thrifty syvteim of inclosing fields to be
ungrazed, aud listing in their growth beyond
the evaporating influence of the sun, come I
within the class of things to be done to reach
desirable hl!ect.
My desire has been to ascertain what is the
food of plants and how received by them,
but as it requires more to be said than will
probably be read at one time,it must be post
poned for your next paper.
A PLANTER.
A Ge; E:A Taur,.-Some men are like cat-.
You may stroke the fur the right way tbr years
and hear nothing but purring; but accident
ally tread on the tail, and all memory of for
mer kindness is obliterated.
A ragged individual was saluted a few days
since, by a little urchin. thus: "I say,you sir,
don't you belong to the army ?" "No,": was
the indignant reply. "Well," said the other,
"I thought you did, as you are out under
arms !
If you wish to cure a scolding wife, never
fail to iaugih at her with all your might until
the cra-es-then kiss her. Sure cure, and ,o
quac k med,.lue !
Woman's "'Empire State" is matrimony.
Here she is alway in the majority-always
reings and sometimes storms.
The medical fee of the Empress Eugenie's
accoucher, it is said, will be 500,000 frances.
His father received £10,000 for his attendance
upon the Empress Marie Louise, at the birth
of the King Rome.
It was a maxim of General JacksoM: 'take
time to deliberate, but when the time for
action arrives, stop thinkiag."
3Mssrrs. Editors.-I send you a dash of every
lay life. If you thi:;k it worthy of a place
in your excelent paper, publish it.
Respectfully, PANmaI Pta.
"WX here are you going, my darling V'
"J ust going over to see little Mary Brown,
"1 would'nt go there, my daughter, juas
' Why not go there just now ?"
S, Weii. Bettie, yvor pa will be here soon to
'inner, and he will wish to see his daughter
at home."
"I don't care for that, I want to go new."
"Don't talk that way, my dear."
"1a, do let me alone! I tell you I will
go.'
"Now Bettie. don't speak so to your moth
er; that's naughty-tu.t, tut !i' "
Yes, but I will though! You never will let
me do anything any way."
"Hush, iettle !"
'1 won:t ; I say you never will let me do
anything any way.a im you wvn t, neither !"
"VWa y, Bettie-"
"You needn't talk that way tome ma'am.
Ill do as I please !"
' Hush, you impudent huzzy !"
"Fil rot hush till I get ready; my mouth's
my own, and I'il talk when I want to,
madam."
"Betlie, mother's beauty, don't get into
such a rage; you'!I spoil your pretty face.
Uear mee! how flushed you look; your pa
would he shocked to see you looking so!"
"That s none of your business, ma'am, how
I look. I tell you. ma, I want to go over to
see M.arv Brown, and I am going too!"
"1 bad rather you wouldn't my love. Don't
you want tos'ay and try on your new dress"
I have just finished for you to wear at y ..r
birth-day part)y There, Bettie, hand me
tre cologne, my head aches badly totday."
'"I can't ma ! I am so busy-call Peggy!"
"Oh, dear, me. I must go to bed, I feel so
sick."
' Sa'o ma. can't I go ?"
"Bettie, my love-'
"Oh you needn't go to Bettying me. I say
I want to go !:"
'Your ra will be here direct
"I don't care. I say I want to go, and you
might as well say "yes," as not, for I am
gIing anyhow. Here I go-good by. Have
my new dress finished while I am gone. and
send up in town and get me a pink sash to
correspond-and mother my pink kid gloves
-are soiled-get me a new pair. and tell Peg
gy to get me a boquet and have my lace fall
fixed in my dress-and tell Peggy to give nmy
lo e to Jimmy Dash, as she goes by his office.
Good-by." [Exit PET.
Good -., my darling pet-mother's angel
child.:' FAN.NIE Psi.
WiH SATAN N avER TROUBLES A ,WOMAN.
-Mahommedans relate the following story
as an authentic and veritable piece oftradi
tion. illustrative of the tact that the Devil
himself has duties to perform in the world
and that all things would go wrong if he were
I idle, ard neglected them, viz:
I, the days of Mahommed, there was an
Arab who had a very pretty wife. Tile devil
formed himself in an exact and accurate like
ness of her husband, that she could notfor
the life of her tell which of the two was her
husband. Both claimed her, that is the real
husband and the devil in his likeness. The
case excited much interest ia the neighbor
hnod. but no solution of the difficulty could
be obtained. At length the ease was brought
before his Majesty, the Prophet. Mahom.
med, after a little reflection, held up a certain
eaithern pot in his hand,. with a spout like a
teapot, and said to them both, "Now, which.
ever is the real husbnnd will enter this ves
sel by the spout, ansl thus establish his claim
to the woman.," The devil, as having more
capacity in that way than the sturdy Arab of
real flesh and bones. entered at once into the
pot as suggested. The moment he entered,
Mahommed closed the top of the spout and
kept him shut in. But, by the time Mahom.
med had kept him shut up for a few days, it
was ascertained that the world was getting
wrong in all its machinery. Mahommed was
therefore constrained to let the devil out from
his conhnement, to take his necessary place
in the management of the world But be
fore restoring him to his liberty again, Ma.
hommod extorted the solemn promise from
him that he would never trouble the fair sex
any more, hut confine himself to what he
could do among the male sex.
An exchange says: "God intended all wo
men to be beautiful as much as He did the
roses and the morning glories; and what he
intended they should become, they would.
if they should obey his laws, and cut indo
lence and corset strirgs and indulge in free
dom and fresh air. For a girl to expect to be
handsome with the action of her lungs de
pendent on the expansive nature of a cents
worth at tape, is as absurd as to look for tu
lips in a snow-bank, or full grown oak in a
flower pot "
A naturalist, describing the rook. says;-
"He loves the blue empyrean, and he quits
his lofty height, when he is brought to this
dull earth by the mere force of caterpillary
attraction.
The following is said to be a remedy for
nails growing into the flesh :-Cut a notch
in the middle of the nail every time it is par
ed. The disposition to close the notch draws
the nail up from the sides.
Scolding never did anybody good. It hurts
the child ; hurts the parent; it is evil and on
ly evil, everywhere and always.
Ladies with turn-up noses should put them
aside with one finger, when a man attempts
to kiss them. A fire youth recently receiv
ed the and ofone of these noses in his eye,
on account of the lady's zemissness is that
important point.
GooD Naws roat az SuoSeons.L.-The rail
roads have resumed their regular trips.
SPoaisser-The editor of Young America
has a faelo~iw s poodle, which he backs so lii k
any plate in the neigborhood.