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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12

An EXPLOITATION TO FARMERS pAUcHT EEs.
Our fear arc, not that there are not ma
ny excellent diary women in the land, but
that the benefits of their knowledge and
practice will be lost in the new generation
thu, is springing up. Hundreds and thou
sands Of farmers daughters leave the homes
of their mothers and seek other employ
ments, as il with disrelish of that which
may be practically more and more scarce.
The occupation is stripped by The demand
for young women as operatives in fncto-
ries. asmilliners or sewers, shoe-binders or
straw-braidcrs, or in some other mccbani.
cal occupation. How short doisuch rs are
thus employed come of the qualifications
Of the virtuous maid who obtains the best
part Of her education under The roof Of her
own father, from the instruction OF The
mother that knows how To do every thing
coming within her province as the wife Of
n thriving larmer-who is entirely al home
in all ,ha, pertains 10 the dairy, The econ
omical use and due preparation of articles
Of food and clothing, and who suffers none
Iofher household 10 "cal The bread Of iGle-
ncss.'
II no, to the rising fair generation. to
whom shall we look for The hands that are
TO supply SO important portion Of subsis-
tcnce as the products Of the dairyl The
farmer may keep his forty, fifty, or hun
dred cows: if there be no help-meet TO
oversee and lead in the preparation Of The
milk after il goes TO the diary room-if
there be no female 10 prepare the vessels.
none TO direct in the s,raininS and sctling
of the milk. the exlricalion and disposition
OF the cream, the churninS into butter, the
separation of The buuermilk, the clean and
perfect sailing down-.if all this is expected
of men, and not Of wumen, how miserably
shall we hereafter drop away in the pro-
ducc Of most profitable and most useful
article in the production OF The farm al that
precise time when there is rh. most sure
encouragement for the farmer 10 enter upon
and persevere in the business ofthe dairy.-
DiSitor.
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COnSreSSi0U0i.
Correspondence Of The Charleston Mercury.
WAsuISGToS, Juiv %.

WAsHINGroH, July %.
IN the Senate to-day, the Bank bill was
taken up on its third reading. NJ Benton
offered motion 10 postpone 80; whole
subject indefinitely. He CAV, Il reason,
that this Congress was the last under the
old census. and did not represent the pco
pic of The United States. That under The
new census, many the STATES, who were
TO he most seriously affected by the opera
lions olrhc Bank, would have Two or three
Zines The number o! representatives they
now possess. In addition. two of the
States (Nlissssippi and llIInois) were un-
represented in the other House, and Que
(Tcnncssc) with mu'ila'cd representa-
ton in ihc Senate. Were the subject post
poncd until The meeting Of Congress I'M.
der The new census and the question made
before The people, and decided in favor of
the Bank, he would then. whatever might
he his feelings, on The passage Of n Bank
charter, be quicscenl; but passed rs the
present bill was, which he considered Il
war measure, for The prostraiion Of the
Democracy, he would pursue il from the
Jump. aud would never cease his efforts
until he or it was prosIrarcd. He then
called attention To tho amendment incor-
poratcd into the bill yesterday, which he
conlcnicd, yielded the whole point of con-
stirutionuliry. The only ground on which
the constitutionaity Of the measure could
be defended. was that it was necessary
and proper" TO carry into effect the ex-
prcssly granted powers of The Government.
The amendment comedies the righ, in GER
tain cases, 10 The States, to decide wheth-
cr tits necessary and proper, and then in n
certain contingency, Congress may esab-
lish branches in certain States IF they deem
it necessary aud proper. This lcgislnliug
with reference 10 a supposIiou that i, might
hereafter become necessary and proper,
was an acknowledgement that it was not
''neccssary and proper" al present, and tho
whole ground was abandoned. Mr..
Woodbury. was in favor Of tho motion 10
postpone. He said this Bank was inten-
ded as fiscal agent for she whole Uniou.
and yet i, might not be able TO enter sim
gle State without future legislation By
Congress. The Bank cannot be cons,iru.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12
CULTURE OF puCKwnEAr.

Dry light land is most suitable for buck
wheat, but when that has been swardcG
for number Of years and then ploushed
hut once, a great crop cannot he expected.
Something may he obtained this year and
4 greater harvest will follow The second
year. Any ground that bore beans, poia-
toes, or corn last year, aud for which you
have no manure 10 spare this season will
yield good harvest. We SOW The seed
from the twcnty-f;th of June 10 the fourtl,
fJuly-somclines the carics, sowu pro-
duccs best md sometimes the latest sown-
il depends on the season, which no one
can lorctcl a neighbour of ours. Mr.: T.
Freeman, keeps one of his lishrcst fields
on purpose for huckwhcat. In The spring
he sows rye on the field, and in the last
part Of June he plouehs in his rye with his
horse plough aud sows his buckwhcat Oh
the lurrow. BY this practice he is bring
ing thin soil gradually 10 fertility al a
'rillius expense. lie took of fine crop
Of buckwhcat last season. aud he uses the
straw for fodder for his cattlc.-Boston
Cuitiraior.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12
eHEsseelesyaaeOags,
From Afc Ohio Statesmen
THE GUlLL0TINE STILL AT-ITS
BLOODY WORK.

BLODDG WORK.
"Oh say. does tl.c Stnrspangled Banner ye,
wave,
"o'crihc land cfihc free and the home Of
the brayef2
FaAscls S.KEYs, ESQ.,, we under
stand, has beenFemoyed from The Office OF
District Attorney Of the United States, for
tho District Of Columbia, and Philip r.
FendaIl. a fcderalist appointed in his place.
This removal Was no doubt made for cause
and that Gauss can be thus briefly given.
A friend Of Mr.. Keys was taken prisoner
during the late war by the British, and
thlt gentleman, with generosity peculiar
10 himself, wenton board the British feet,
then in Chesapeake Bay, protected by q
flag of1ruce, 10 endeayor 10 edecl his lib
Grafton. The british commander had de-
termined secretly thar night TO attack Bal
iimorc, and Mr.Keys was detained pris-
oner on board one Of the English vessels,
lest the intended attack onBallimore should
be frustrated. in passing Fort McHenry,
the British feet was discovered aud FIRE
opened upon ,ssein, which.was returned.
Daring the nigsa, Mr.. Keys could only tell
by the flash Of che cannon, that the flag
the "star-spansssd bGnrer"-of his coun.
try still waved 10 triumph over the Fort.
During that nighthe gave ven, TO his feel
ingsin that just admired national song
which we copy below. Who, after read
ing il, will daresa lha, in itsefit does not
contain sufficieul cause TO justify his re-
moval from oiiiEe, by Daniel Webster, a
man who, upoiilhe fioor of Congress, taun-
ted the democracy with the reverscs our
gallant little army met with IL The COM
mencement ffse latc war, and who sys-
lematically opSssed the furnishing of arms
or provisions To- eur half naked aud hall
starved soldiers pho were defending their
native land from The 'foul footsteps po-
lurion" of a foreign foe.
We need not say Mr.. KeysIs democrat,
for none oiherseould possess the feelings
which dicla,edahis song.
"sTAR sIAgGLED BANNER"
"o' say can yous lee, by the dnwn's early light.
What 50 prorFv we haiPd at The twiilish.'r
esr<<--<--- -
pt through
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12

What will the DickieS do if TYLER reiu-
treated like big baby. and vii
&c himself because Clay has com
promised so much in his assault on The Con
stitulion. as 10 put mask on his bnt'erIns
ram! lfTyler shews that he is not OF the
stuff to be inundated by such Charnla'
tan device. will they pronounce him vile
stuff! Nous rerrOnS.
IfTy!cr signs that Bill, he signs his 20.
Ii,ical dcatIl- warrant. Ii will cut him of
from The support oievery man who values
the constitution nj n pins lce-whi!c all
the Bank wings will. rally around Clay as
the Bank champion and run him for the
succession. Turn il as he will Tyler will
find honesty the best policy.-Charlestcn
Mercury.
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-.''" IN air. -
Gave proof through the night lhs, our flag was
still H.
I'd Bann,


braye1
"Ou the shore dimly seen through the mis,s Of
the deep,
Where the foes naughty hos, in dread silence
rcpOsc,
What Is tha, which The breeze o'cr the towering
steep,
As i, iilfully blows. half conccals, half dis
closes!
Now II catches the glcam of the mornings first
beam,
In iull glory reflected now shines on The stream:
Tis the Star-spnglcd Banucr-O long may
wave
Der The land of,hc free and the home of the
bra-c.
and where is that band who so vann,inrly
That the havoc Of war and the battles con.
fusion,
home and 4 country should leave us no more.
Their blood has wasli'd out their foul foot.
steps pollution.
No refuge could save the hircling and slave.
From the terror Of ligh, or the gloom Of the
grave,
And the Stnr.spanglcd Banner in triumph
doth wave,
Der the land of The free and the home of the
brave.
go thus he i, ever. wien irccmcn shall stand
Between their loy'd home and The war; dcs
olation.
Blcs, with vici'ry and peace, may the Heaven
rescu'd land
Praise thu power that hath made and pre-.
scrv'd nsa mution,
Then conquer 40 must, when our cause it is
Just.
And tins be our moifo--"fa Cod is our trust.
And The Stnr-spansled Banner in triumph
shall wave.
Der the land Of the free and the home OF the
brave"
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pRopsn tt mE FOR CUTTING r''lEER.

pRoPrn tt NE FOR CUTTING TiiEER.
4 writer in Shiman's Journal oi Science
recommends the summer season, when The
trees are in full foliage, as The most suila-
bic time in the year, for telling timber trees.
He thinks experiment, reason and expert
euce all sanction his opinion. Accident
led him TO tho discovery. Having nearly
finished the skeleton Of II vessel for tho sea
ou, OF timber, culin winter, he discovered
That several pieces were wanting. and was
under the necessity Of obtaining from the
woods while the trees were covered with
foliage. Having procured the pieces, they
were introduced the vessel was finished
and sent on her voyage. When she be-
came unseaworlhy, lie tmbcrs were ex-
amined. The dry.ro was found 10 be con.
fined wholly TO tho winter-cu. timber;
the summer. cut pieces being perfectly
sound. He believes that wherever the sap
is. the 70, begins. He docs uor admit,
that in winter this fluid is "dcep deirudcd
10 the root" for says he, The roofs canno,
possibly hold all the sap. Experiment
appears 10 have satisfied him, that in WIN
ter The sap re,ircs into the hcar,-wood. and
in summer, that trcturns 10 The alburnum
or white wood. lf,hereiorc, he reasons,
we wish TO obtain durable heart wood, we
should cut the timber when the sap has
left this central poriion Of The tree. To
prove that the saP retreats TO the centre
during the winter, hc1cut n stick in this
season, and exposing ono end 10 tho fire
he found the principal moisture issuing
from tho hear, wood n, the other end a
similar stick cut in Summer, and treated
in the same manner, exuded moisture most
~ from the alburnum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12
PAINTING.

Spirits of,urpen'ine is in most cases used
in mixture with paints, because il facilitates
the drying rapidly. 1, decomposes and de-
slroys tho vitality Of the oil it should
never be used when durability and lusire is
required. | have been in the practice OF
palnIlng my out buildings with pure oil,
mixed without boiling, aud am satisfied
that it is more durable; The dryicg pro.
cress is not SO rapid, hut the coat is harder
and more adhesive, ard less expensive.
S. w. JEwETr.
w.,b,;1r, II,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12
MonN OUT YIELDS.

The farmers who are on worn on, farms
have within the last two years been pur-
suing a very judicious business in resusci-
taiing them with mari, lime and ashes.
The course pursued is 10 SOW buckwhea,
first, which will grow on worn out field.
When the buckwheat is in BLOSSOM, they
roll /, in and pu, on the lime, mari or ashes,
which ever they may have. Is not this
worth the notice Of those who have worn
out fields ?-Ttnntsscc Agriculturist
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12
From The Aerieul,nris,.
nEMspr ron A urr =

Messrs. Editors.-A few drops
lis or ammoufa, (tfartshorDJ relieves Tire
pain Of u Bee sting instantly, though il
does not preven, the part from swcllinG.-
The same remedy is excellent for
of i Spider, and Of the Snake, as
for the sting Of all insects. Some persons
are suhjcc, 10 cholic after eating honey,
and lor this affection also few drops o!
lIartshoru are an eGectual cure. BY the
way, none of The productions of The farm
OF SO much value and so delicious, cost so
liulc rs honey. The bees ask only hive,
and shelter from the sun and rain, and
all the res, they will provide. Every far
mer ought TO keep bees.
Yours, respectfully, y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12

CURE FOR THE NANGE ANO SViSsi ~
HOGS.
Messrs. Ediiors;-Durins my peTegri-
nations through "Old Robertson few
davs since, in conversation with one Of ;ts
mos, respeclabs aud intelligent citizens.
(aud- one of your subscribers ,oo) was in
formed of two sovereign remedies Tor t;ro
common diseases 10 which swine arc Liable,
viz: Mango" and "Quinsy." If you
have no, already given TO your many rca-
ders the same or other better remedies for
The same diseases, you might do well 10
give them This. which am assured has
nevsr failed, in many trials, TO produce
perfect cure in asbort time. The remedy
for that most loa,hsome disease, mango, is
simply this: take heecommon poke root
stalk and sallad. and boil . quantity ot-it
until The liquor becomes quite strong, then
season with SALT meal, pot liquor, DC.
..:rsg thE beg. aiisl3
he wiii par:ake oil il and The salad most
bountirully. II has been observed, TOO,
,ba, If the hog has ticks on him, they oil
dron of after the first or second feed. but
whether from getting the liquor on him
willis, feeding, or taking II inwnrdly, IS
no, known. For the Qulnsy, give the
hoes one or two Tea. .pariieS--tea made
strong of Penny Royal, and seasoned as
the poke Juice, with sal,, meal and pot IL
quor.
your MIR. flaming, are hard to bca, and
growing very finely. l claim the na'nes
..Susan Bell" and ''lIandy Andy Tor
them. Very respectfully,
Que Of your subscribers, ;.
We have long known that poke root
was valuable medicine for many dIsca-
ses juciden, 10 domestic animals. We be-
lieve srong tea Of poke root, given i'c-
oucnrlv, will cure the malignam, disease
denomina,ed farey. ltacIs upon the skin.
all the absorbc nts, and '.clcanscs the blood.
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Easehela Court House, S. c., August 4a, As4A..

in business under the false system now in
vogue, fail; but Nature keeps steady al
work and never fails. The farmer has
Nature on his side, and is the producer
of most of the real wealth in the world
Who would moi be farmerl
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sgga.6cagIsss-0L.
From. the .asrieui,arisis

CURE FOR THE NANCE ASD QuiNsr IN
HOGS.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-19
FRAGMENTS OF THE ANTEDH.UVI
AN DAIRY.

Reflections OF Mcthuseah in his Youth-In
Middle Age-and in Old Age.-To day am an
hundred years old. How blissful are the feel
ings of boyhood MY senses are acute as the
tree with the shrinking leaf NY blood bounds
through my VEINS as the river pours through
the valley, rejoicing in its strength. Life lies
before me like another plain of Shinar-vast.
unoccupied, inviting-l will fill it with achieve
ments and pleasures In about sixty years it
will be time for me TO think Of my marrying :
my knswomen Zillah, will by that time, have
emerged from grIhood she already gives pro-
mise, hear, Of comeliness and discretion =
Twenty years hence ] will pay a visit TO her
father, that may see how she grows mean
while will build city to receive her when she
becomes NV wife.
Nearly three centuries have passed since my
marriage. Can IL be II seems but Yesterday
since ! spotted like a yonng antelope round my
fathers tent, or climbing the dark cedars nestled
like bird among the thick boughs-and now
ana man IN authority, as well a. in The prime
~ life. ] lead out my trained servants to the
light, aud al Of the head Of the council beneath
the yesy tree where as an infant my mother laid
ne 70 sleep. Jazcl, my youngest born, a lovely
babe Il thTly summers Is dead but have -four
goodly sons remaining. And my three daugh
tiers are tair A. their mother when first met her
"a the Acacia grove where now stands one Of
ms clty watch.towcrs. They are the pride Of
the plain no less for thelf requirements than
their beauty No dsmsel carries the pitcher
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WHOLE NO. 6S9.

from the fountain with the grace of Adah, none
can dry the summer fruit like Azubah, and none
can fashion robe of skin with the skill of Mil
cab. When their cousin Mahaleel. have seen
another half century, he shall take the choice
of the three.
MY eight hundredth birthday And now
feel the approach of age and nfirmity NV
beard has become white as the blossoms of the
almondiree. | am constrained to use a staff
when journey the stars look less bright than
formerly the flowers smell less odorous | have
laid Zlah in the tomb of the rock; Micah has
gone 10 the dwelling Of Mahaleel: my sons take
my place at The council in the field all is
changed. The long future is become the short
past. The earth is full of violence; the an
cient and the honorable are sinking beneath the
young and vicious The giants stalk through
the length and breadth of the land, where once
dwelt quiet people; all is changed The
beasts OF the field and monsters OF the deep
grow and press US with unwonted fury tradi-
mons, visions, aud threatening are abroad
What fearful doom hangs over this fair world |
know not; il is enough that am leaving it vet
another hive or eight score years and the tale
VIII be complete. But have J. lin very deed,
trod tins earth nearly thousand years? Ii is
false, am yet boy, ! have had dream-a
long, long busy dream; of buying and selling
marrying and giving in marriage; of building
and planting Hastings and warnings, sorrow
ing and rejoicing; loving and hating; but il is
false to call II life. Goto--it has been a vision
OF the night and now, | am awake, will forget
IT, Lamech, my son, how long is il since we
planted the garden of oaks beside the river
Was ii not yesterday ?" My father dos thou
sport? Those oaks cast broad shadows when
my sister carried me beneath them in her arms
and wove me chaplets Of their leaves.n "Thou
art right, my son and am old. Lead me to
thy mothers tomb and there leave me 0 medi-
tate. What am the better for my past being {?
Where will be its records when am gone z
They are yonder-on all sides. Win those
massy towers fall? viii those golden plains
become desolatc ? viii the children that call
me father forget? The secrs that utter dark
sayings upon their harps, when they sing Of the
future, they say our defendants shall be men OF
dwlndng stature; that the years of their lives
shall be contracted 10 the span of our boy hood ?
But what is that future to me | have'stened
TO the rulers Of Paradise, nay, in the blue dis
lance have seen the dark tops Of its cedars |
have heard the solemn melodies Of Jubal when
he sat on the sea shore, and the sound Of the
waves mingled with harping. have seen an
gels the vlsltants Of men--i have seen an end to
all perfcction--what is the future to me p
Spnit ard manners ofMe Age,
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the infirmliy OF their nature, the dangers that
surround them, the necessity that they should
seek help from Code AT dawn, and at noon
day, and IN The hush Of night, was there lifting
up Of your heart that they might be temperate
IN all things Yet, should il be your lot 10 be-
hold one whom you had nuriured, blot the inner
lance Of has ancestors, and sink into the drunk
ards grave, God forbid that you stand before his
tribunal, and say, - am verify guilty concern
ing"-whom2 Not the brother, whose habits
you might mol have been able 10 nluence-not
the husband, whom il was not your province 10
control-but the child, whom you have brought
into HE, and loved more than life-the child, for
The iirst pencllled lines upon whose soul you are
accountable, because it was entrusted 10 you as
soft as unsullled wax, that you might stamp it
with the seal of Heaven.
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DECLIvITY OF RIVERS.

very slight decivity will suffice to give the
running motion to wafer. Three inches per
mile in smooth, strait channel gives velocity
OF about three miles an hour The Ganges,
which gathers the waters of the Himlay noun
tains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen
hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hun
dred feet above the level of the sea that is
about twice as high as ST. Paul's church in Lon
don, or the height of Arthur's seat, near Edin-
burg and to fall these 500 feet its long course,
the water requires more than month. The
great river called Magdalena, in South America,
running for thousand miles between two ridges
Of the Andes, falls only five hundred feet in all
that distance. Above the commencement of the
FIVE thousand miles, ii is seen descending in ra-
pids and cataracts from the mountains. The
gigantic Rio de la Plata has so gentle a descent
from the ocean, that in Paragua fifteen hundred
miles from It's mouth, large ships are seen which
have sailed against this current all the way, bv
the force of the wind alone; that is TO say,
which, on the beautifully inclined plain of the
stream, have been gradually lifted by the soft
wind, and even against the current, TO an eeva-
ton greater than that of our loftest spires
Arnoh's Physic