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PREE1UMs FOB THE PRODUCTION OF SILK.

Th. executive comm ttee Of the Ameri-
can Silk Society, in accordance with The
constitution Of said society, offer the follow.
ing premiums, viz:
lst. For the greatest quanty ofmerchan'
table new silk, produced by any individual
from cocoons of his or her OWL raising dur
ing the year 1889, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
or plate of that value at their option.
81. 10 the person or association who
shall make the greatest quantity Of merchan.
table raw silk from one fourth of an acre ol
ground, the trees of wuich shall have been
planted in the year 1889. Two HUNDRED
DOLLARS or plate Of that value, at their op-
ton.
Sd. To the person or association who
shall make the second greatest quantity OF
merchal.table raw silk from one-fourlh OF
an acre of ground, the trees of which shall
have been planted in the year 1889, ONs
HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, or plate at
their option.
4,h. For the best pound Of sewing silk.
made from cocoons oflhc competitors own
rasing, IN 1889, F1E7Y DOLLARS, or plate,
of that value, at their option.
5h. For the second best pound Of sew.
ING silk, made from cocoons Of the cnrpe.
titor's own raising in 1889, THIRTY Doll
LARS, or plate Of that value. at their option.
Five pounds ofthe silk offered for the first
premium, and the whole quantity produced
for the other four premiums, must be de.
posted with James O. Law, treasurer Of
the American Silk Society, in ,Bal'imore
previous to the next annual meeting OF the
Society, which takes place on the 1lth De.
cember, 1889.
GIDEON B. SMITH,
Cor. Sec'ry. american Six Society
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27

ed in appearance by adopting somewhat
more tasteful method of making the walks.
These are frequently, with great labor, dug
halt a foot or more deep, and made level
upon the surface--the soil being thrown up.
on tho adI Iacent beds or borders. An in
comparably ncater method is to make the
walk three or tour inches deep at the sides,
gently rounded, and highest IN the middle.
This looks better, is no; so much affected by
wet weather, and is much more casiy kept
in order. The leve! waik is Objectionable
on many accounts. 1t requires len times
more labor to make it than the o,her. 1t has
an awkward appearance when il is made,
especially if deep. If no: gravcl'ed, it be-
comes and remains muddy after shower {;
and if the garden is not on perfectly level
ground soon washes into ruts, and then Is
Ia. i tc.repair.
The walks in the garden are, generally,
great enhancement of, or foul blot upos
its beauty. Made convex, as we have re.
commended, and covered with gravel,
(whcre it is convenient or practicable) they
constitute one Of the pleasantest features in
that pleasant pic,ure-the neatly arranged
garden.
Doing up the sside; Of Beds and Borders
as intimately cou .:ected with the neatness of
the walks, may also deserve q passing no.
,ice. This may be we'll and handsomely
done with the spade and line alone bnt if
The sides have no other support, it will be
necessary to repeat this tedious job every
Swlng-,o avo d which, various means are
,esorled to.--It is said that limestone curb
ing, where it is light and uniform has an ex.
ceedng ly neat appearance and hard bricks
lad on The edges, we know answers admira-
bly,. But a cheaper, though less durable
material, may be had in cedar, locust, or
even good whitc-oak plank or lathes, an
:ncll thick, and about four inches broad.
These properly put down, neatly iointed at
the corn rs. and nailed 10 stakes driven in
side the beds. and little below their sur
face, SO as not to be- seen, will not only look
well, but last number of years, and are
easily repaired when they do fail. Plank
of the above dimensions and managed as
directed, will be found 10 be very different
affair from the broad, rough boards which
are sometimes seen in our gardens, propP'ng
up high bed or borde, at the side Of a
deep walk, themselves propped up by stakes
driven outside the beds, the whole OF mater.
ials and workmanship which are destined to
speedy dllap,datlon.--Ienncsee Farmer.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27
From the Southern Agricultural
CULTIVATION or IRISH eoTAToEs'

Potatoes delight most in a rich !oam' oo'
not too moist. Wet land produces; 100
much Top and watery fruit: which viii no'
keep through the winter, and IS avn. w.
st,ong and unpleasant to the taste. very
dry land produces smaIl crop and kno''y
ruiz. Land that is apt 10 bake (as we co''''
monty phrase it,) should ulso beovo ded' i,
For this crop, tho earth should oe wei .
plousheL so as 10 pulverize and clear II ol
weeds. |, should have nothing about It 70
shade it--a crea. error in the cultivation o.
potatoes IS, TOO much milling OF 'hem. !
have found, by many years experience t''s'
It potatoes arc planted IN mellow SOIL SOIL,
they need scarcely any h'l!'ns. I"ey Will
bed themselves al that distance from me
surface of the ground, which gives 'ne"
the greatest advantage 10 procure nour'sn'
ment. This depth, | have Observed Is
generally about four inches; and this dep'n
the plant finds by something when l win
venture 10 caIlinslnct. Ilthe earth IN winch
YOU plant potatoes should be hard, and not
Weld 10 the pressure Of the roots, II Will then
BE- necessary to hill them; but great care
must be taken not to hill them too much !:
never let them be covered above four inch.
es and tbs hlIIlng must be given with DIS
cre.on; for if they have bedded themselves
(as they will in mellow land) four inches,
and you add four inches more OF earlh' you
sutfocate the fruit, Take an example po.
tatoes, just as lhey begin 10 blossom, begin
10 form their bulbs. If you leave them
now, the fruit will grow rapidly; but ifyou
should add earth 10 the hill, the young bulbs,
lor want Of that air which can perEade four
inches of earth, will cease TO grow, and 9th.
ers will sprout above them and this will be
the progress OF na,ure SO long US you con-
tiuue 10 burden them with earth. There.
tore, to procure an early crop of potatoes
be sure 20 give them your last earth as soon
as the plant Is big enough 10 receive it,
When they know (excuse the expresslon)
that you have leti your earlhIng, they vii
begin 10 vegeta,e, and increase with greasl
rapiduv but will make no progress while
you keep burdening and sitting lhem.-
Thus much as to the culture.
A word relative TO The time Of gathering
this crop must conclude these remarks
Every production OF the earth has Its ma.
turity. If YOU harvest potatoes, before
they are ripe, the JUICE "nl be crude, they
will be unpleasant 10 the taste. and will not
keen 50 we'll as If suffered to grow longer.
The sign of rlpeness in this iruit is tho
fading OF the leaf and shrinking of The stock.
This is remarkable in almost all bu'bous
roofs, especially the onion and po'a;o, that
thew receive their first nourishmant from
,be root, and finish their growth by what
they rece We from the top. op.
'" EXPERIENCE.
Pendleton District.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27

lars {; forty cows worth twenty five dollars
each one thousand sheep worth three dol.
lars each eighty hogs worth len dollars
each and enough left to educate two sons
at college, giving them one thousand dollars
each !-Enough to make farmer some
what independent in these hard times.
No what Is the difference between vast.
ing one hour and twelve and half cents a
day for powder and fun, and wasting the
same time and money for intoxicating drink 7
Can't you cypher? The man who
spends his twelve and half cents worth of
grog, and his twelve and half cents worth
oftime, daily, looses in forty years, that fine
fam with oil lis valuables. He looses all
his comfort. For you m ~ just rs we'll at
temp: to comfort 4 man under a burning
fever with baked pork and beans, as admin.
lister comfor, with two jerry, hot punch. 81
any other abomnable broth. He looses he
character WHO respects the grog bru'ser
He looses his health OF! q, and usually bis
reason, and in the end is lost himself.
Now, if you can cypher, try and estimate
his loss.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27
uANURING WITH ROTTEN LOGS
AND BRUSH.
Correspondence ofthe Farmers Register
ClarksviIle, February ~.

Upon the testimony of some Of the most
respec able and v.ritable gentlemen OF Hall.
fax county, Virginia, | shall proceed to give
YOU an account Of the remarkable effects
of a new and rare manure. as exhibited oy
an experiment in hat country, lew years
since The manure above alluded to, is
on!y rare as to The manner ofits application,
for IN old Virginia it very much aboundeth.
The experiment was as follows A gen.
tIeman cut down the pine growth which nd
covered piece of land, exhausted and turn
ed out of cultivation by his father or grand.
father. As is usual, he suffered the logs
and brush to lie upon the land the first sum.
ner.-In the fall winter rsucceedlng, he
commenced MS preparations for crop OF
corn. by running two strokes with large
two horse plough in the same furrow, one
turning TO the right, and one 10 the left. This
trench thus made, was filled with the logs
and brush of the pine tees most co venIent
to it, which cleared place for the second
turrow and so on, until his log and brush
material was all consumed. With this pre-.
paration he passed over hafthe land The
balance was simply flushed with the same
two h, rse plough, and well manured from
the stable and farm.pen. The crop grown
on the beds, manurcd in the hill with pine
logs AMI brush, was not only the best corn
of the two, but was unusually rich in its
growth, and heavy in its production. The
owner of the corn was induced, from its re.
markably luxuriant app srlncc, 10 pull up
one of the logs, during the growing OF the
crop, to see how it was that such vigor was
impaired to it he found the countless num-
ber Of little thread-like roofs, which mainly
contribute to the supply of The vegetable to
have perforated the water-soaked and dpartIy
dscaved trunks and limbs of the pine trees,
buried below.
Here, Mr.. Editor, IS a fountain ofman-
ure, which, in its general diffusion through
our State, and in its practical good effects
as demonstrated above, bids fair to rival the
boasted marl-beds of lower Virg ina and
that which has been regarded as an Indfca.
ton of poverty and decay in our lands, may
be made the instrument Of their restoration
and recovery.
Your obedien! sereant.
T. CARRINGTON
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27
Examined by Mr.. Harlan.

Question. Are you acquainted with VIII
liam NJ. Price, late District Attorney Of the
United States? If yea, please to state
whether he was regarded. before and after
his appointment, as man worthy to oe
entrusted with the collection OF large sums
Of money.
Ans yer. am acquainted with William
NJ. Price, late District Attorney. and an
swer the question in the negative.
Question. Was the las. payn'en: OF Sio'
referred to by you in your answer 10 mo
third question, paid before or since the pre-, e,
Isen. Collector (Mr. Hoyt) came into oti'cc!
81 Answer. Since The last Collector came
into office. r
Question. Were you removed from Oh
sce by the present Collector If yca' stal'
when. and whether any reasons were as
,;pned therefor, and what they were.
Answer. was removed by Mr. hoy'
(the present Collector.) but have never
coudescended to ask the reasons ana mus''
therefore, be under the necessity OF re-
ferring to the Collector who 'sino" pres
ent.
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NJ MacLean, Editor and Proprietor.
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INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Ertrart from their Journal.
AREN'T S. De PEYsTER SWORN AS 4
WITNESS.
Examined By Mr.. Wise.

Question. While you were connected
with the custom.house, do you know whelh.
er or not the officers of the customs were
called upon to pay any part OF their sala-
RES, or any assessment or tax thereon, for
party or political purposes! If yea, state
whether you ave ever, and when you have
made any such payment, and state the mo-
tue upon which such payments were
made.
Mr.. Wagener objected to the propound-
ing of this interrogatory, and called for the
yeas and nays.
The committee decided that the inierro.
ga,ory should be propounded. Yeus--
Messrs. Curtis, Dawson, Harlan, Smith,
Wise--5. Nay-Mr. Wagner.
The interrogalory was then propounded,
an the witness gave the following,
Answer. The Weighers were called on
10 pay SIS each for the support Of the
electlon, and when declined, Mr.. Vanr
derpoel. the Deputy Surveyor, observed
that ought to consider whether my 3 500
per annum was not worth paying $l5 for.
Under the impression that it vas the price
for my situation, | paid it. The above
occurred during the last spring election for
charter officers. During my holding Office,
tor abou five years, was occasionally call.
ed on, but always declined until within the
last two years.
Question. Is the Office Of Weigher,
which you held, regarded as one under the
United States, and the salary of which was
paid out Of the Treasury of the United
States
Answer. Latierly paid ou, Of the Trea.
sury; formerly commission was allowed
on the amount of goods weighed. The
Office is one held from the United Suites
Question. Do you know whether o,he'
subordinate officers besides yourself in the
cus,om.house were called on and required
| 10 pay such tax or assessment upon their
salaries, for the use Of parry and political
purposes
Answer. Only by hearsay, as it regards
the other officers, but saw many of the
Weighers pay the tax Of SIS.
Question. Was the money thus col.
lected from you and others to be used for
political purposes? If yea, for which
of the then and present political parties
Answer. Il was intended to be used 10
support the election O. persons attached to
the present Administration.
Question. Who collected the tax from
Weighers
Answer. Mr.. Vanderpoel.
Question. What Off does Mr.. Van'
derpoel hold in the custom.house, and what
his salary?
Answer. At that time he held the Office
Of Deputy Surveyor. / do not reeel'ec
the amount of his salary. believe he now
h,IGs the office of Appraiser.
Question. Had ne book Of the names
Of the officers from whom he collec;ed, or
had he lis, Of them?
Answer. A list.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27
MAKING WALKS IN GARDENS.

We have seen many gardens, well stock
ed with vegetables and blooming with t1ow'
ers, which might have been greatly 'nnprof'
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I've now been here nearly nine months and nv
health has been first rate nearly all the time. The
only sickness I've had worth mentionin has been
the bilious fever twic' and conjeslive fever onct,
the fever and ager occasionally, and the dumb ager
all the time.
Marin, wish you would give my luv to Eunice
Homes, and ask her if she recolecis that time we
went to Hepsey Stearns quillin ] wish Eunice
was out here now. II yon see lack Searns, Tell
him he may keep that knife cum away and forgot,
as one blade was broke out and aint Of no great
account.
feel as tho had shake comm on so must
stop writn Don't forgit the shirts and trousers.
Your luvin sun,
EBEN PETTiNGrLL.
N B. Apples is quite scarce out here. would
ask you 10 send on barrel by post only I'm afraid
they'll lumber the mail You can send peck any
how. ..#
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POETRY.
MUSIC.

MUSIC.
Wake music's voice and give me song!
For harmony shall DO
The charm that binds my heart TO all,
And every heart TO me.
Where music is. no III may come,
And sadness quickly aies--
Or Gains into pleasing dream,
When melodies arise.
And IL Of song the highes. bliss
Wonld erring mortals know,
Let beauty only wake the strain,
And bid the numbers flow.
The mountains breathe harmony,
The woods burst forth in song,
And ocean with its dresry voice,
Sings high its waves among.
But songs Of woods, or hills, or seas,
May never once compare
With music falling from the tongue
or lovely woman fair.
In lovelncss, she sings Of love
To her lis kindly given
To raise the groyellipg soul from earth,
And taste the joys Of heaven
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But grief and anxiety soon withered The roses
on her cheek, and she sleeps beside the urn
which commemorate the fate Of her lover.
His parents now slumber by the side Of their
children; while their spirits enjoy Tree COM
munion ia brighter world Of haPP'ness.-
Should our country again be invaded by a par
barous foe, may many American youths eI !.
hibii the patriotism, ardour, and courage wh'ch
proved so fatal to Plowden Halsey.
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another Murder in NeW York--A colored man,
named William Harrison, about forty. six years old,
a native Of Staten Island who resided at No 10
Thomas street, was on Saturday morning murdered
in Depeyster street, near Front by an Irishman
named Oliver Z. Carey who stabbed him through
the heart with sheath knife II appears without any
provocaiion. Carey when arrested admitted that
he had killed the deceased, and said that he had
"sent him to h., where he should CO."
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