Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-12-18

VIII VI iast ysht y IaHJUIlbY " I"1 'ta'st"
to nv much weight and respect rs their
own1 suppose land 1t IL most b reasona.
bic supposition) that Wing and Locofoco
n,ajorlties alternate for nix J safs, or, III
other words, that each party il, liz turn
has the minority, and carry Q 1t the doc.
trine Of instruction in relation 10 some Ea-
tionaI question Or questions, ami you would
elect n now United States Ser a.or erery
year, instead Of once in sir years, thus TO-
ducing the Constitution 10 a nudity, OF,
what il worse, IN ubsurdity.'
WOMAN AND AaR1crtruaE.--Agricul.
ture is undoubtedly the first and most l'n-
portant Of industrious pursuits; anil it is an
occupation in which, from the ear lest his
tories Of the human race, " oman has de-
lighted to engage, and by her labms, and
more especially by her cohnseIs, assist In
bringing to u sttttn RI perfection. Yes, IL
this honorable tstHsGlt man has been assist-
ed by that partttf which the Eternal, 10
his goodness, has given to him, 10 share
his tolls, alleviate his cares, and embelIish
bis life. Indeed, by looking into the past,
by reverting 10 the most distant period 81
time, we shall perceive, through the glin1.
mering light which succeeds the darkness
Of unknown centuries, that wotnan, 10 well
Designated as the "flower Of tho human
species," has had, in all ages, q 1.irect
share in the progress Of Agriculture.
Let us look 10 Egypt. BY raising the
veil which fiction and heathenism have
thrown over truth, we shall find that in
remote ages, while Osiris, the wise King
Of that country, who was afterwards del.
fled, was debating laws to the Egyptians.
Isis, his Queen, was giving them those
precepts in agriculture Which rendered the
Egyptian dominions the richest in the uni
verse. They thus became familiar with
the III ysterics OF emi ankments, irrlgations,
and DRAWINGS, in order to derive all the
benefit which could be afforded by the de-
posite Of the benignant Nile. Isis chose
the OK as her type, on account OF its great
usefulness in agriculture; and the Igyp-
tians imagined that the soul Of the celebra.
ted Queen, after her death, animated the
OK in consequence Of which, they exalted
that useful animal to the rank Of a deity.
If we look to Sicily, we shall there find
n QueenHwho conferred the greatest bene-
fit on mankind by giving them lessons in
agricultme--by making them acquainted
with the use of wheat and the mode Of cul-
t~ivatipg it. THIS Queen Of Sicily was
Ceres, whom the a~ncients, by an allegory
equally Just and beautiful, have represent
cd as the mother Of Plutas, the God of
Notwithstanding unquestlonably, that
agriculture is the source Of all riches. The
Greeks, who p~ersonifed all received ~fayors,
as they delivered all virtues, with II view
to perpetuatc their gratitude to the Queen
Of Sicily, made her the Goddess Of Agri.
culture and Harvest.
In the first centuries of the Roman Re-
public, the care of the kitchen garden was
always entrusted to the mother of iami-
". Indeed, among the Greeks and ko-
mans, many persons, received divine hon.
ors on account of the services which they
rendered agriculture. In Sparta, while
the men were fighting for their country,
the women were cultivating the soil; aud
it is to the Empress of China that we are
indebted for the mulberry tree and the
rearing Of silk worlns.-Boston Mercantile
Journal.
Without being altogether 20 classic in our
illusions as our cousin Of the Mercantile, we
can produce evidences quite as powerful al
any above, in favor Of the writer's position
At the present day, in Europe, women regu'
larly study and practically pursue agriculture
both as a science and an oceapation and il
YOU discover the whole truth respecting the
history of some of the most delicate Of oul
American ladies, You will learn that their ex
emplary Virginia and New England mothers
and grandmothers, were not ashamed to sol
, their pretty hands and virgin knees, day afte
, day for years together, in the onion or potato'
fields of their fathers and husbands. No
, were they less beautiful, less lovely or les
beloved in consequence, than are their NOR
fastdioas daus.hers. Their cheeks and lip
). blaomed with the roses Of nature and heath
a and their Weii-aevefoped ior1is needed non
r of the modsiste's appliances to give them grac
r and symmetry. Of such mothers were tn
: s.res of the Revolution born.
8 Indigo, and, if our recollection serves u
e well, Rice, were introduced into this couHtr
e from the West Indies, by the mother of tn
Il celebrated Mr.. Pinckney of South Carolina
d thus, the lady who gave the south one it
u most brilliant orators, and the country one
e it's noblest statesmen, gave them, also, two {
l their most valuable staples the psraitiv
seeds of which, were cultivated with her CIV
is hands, in a G raden in the vicinity of Charleston
A GooD EAAMpLE.-In his Inaugural
address, Gov. Jones, of Tennessee has
+ with a spirit of patriotism worthy of a
> praise, recommended to the legislature O
that state to foster and encourage Agricul
ture. He %enfopces his Recommendation