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The colnnnn iuraip, usually called the
English Or lat sprnip, 10 distinguish it from
sl;e Stfs.lisl Of rnia baga, IS valuable
riseI adapted TO The table than
;ssas sgssss setsslp, aud is consequently de.
serving place on every farm. There
are many varieties. o: which the Norfolk
and Gl"be are as productive as any, while
some Of The smaller kinds, among which
The long lurnip holds prominent place.
are best for cooking. The soil best calcu-
lated lnrIhe turnip is rich mold abound
ing III vegetable matter and newly cleared
lauds are found admirably adapted to their
growth, The soil being usually free from
weeds, and the ashes made by burning be-
ing one Of the best dressings that can be
applied 10 'urnips. Where such lands are
not To be had, old grass land carefully
turned over and rolled. and then The sur.
face made fine by repeated narrowing, Cor
The reception Of the seed. are found to pro-
ducc good ,uruips. lfIhr soil IS MOI rich.
good compost manure should Lc spread on
the surlace aud narrowed in, but as old
grass lands in richness partake somewhat
0i'ihc qunlny Of new soils, manuring is
rarely necessary, md in the decayins
swari the vigorous tap root Of the ,urnip
fluids ample nourishmen,.
Turnips may bc suwn broadcast or drill
led, the latter being The preferable way ;
aud If little bone dus, or poudreile is drill.
led in with the seed, the plauls star, more
vigorously, aud are sooner out Of the way
Of their most formidable enemy, the ay.-
There is usually far more seed sown than
is necessary, If equally distributed, and TO
facilitate this mixing The seed with ashes or
sand is praclised by many farmers. Eng
lish writer's state the quantity Of seed re-
quired per acre al two pounds, but we
know by experience that one-half this
quantity Of good seed ou proper soi!is bet
ter than The whole, and were The dislribu-
lion perfect, one. fourth this quantity or
half pound would fully seed an acre.
1t is better. however, TO err on ;hc safe
side. and SOW too much, rather thar TOO
little seed, as il too thick The young plants
may be hoed or pulled out. The proper
time OF sowing will Of course, vary with
the latitude. In New. York, the best time
has been found TO bc from the 10th to the
9th Of July; in tho middle and southern
parts Of Pennsylvania, from tho last o.
July to The middle Of August; and in Yer
cinin. from The middle to the last Of August
is preferred, The turnip, when grown on
land long cultivated, is ap, TO have the
bulb attacked by tho worm, but in virgin
soils, or those rarely subjected to cultiva'
ton. this evil does NOT attend them
Dressings of SCOT and ashes have beer
found useful when they are attacked by The
hy, and in any event such dressings oPe
rate favorably on the plant and may there
fore be beneicially employed when ther'
is the least reason 10 apprehend danger.
There are bu, few varieties ofthe turnip
that can, in our country, be preserved 70
the winter food for animals. The yellow
Aberdeen is an exec p,;on. as like the rul
bsga, it keeps wel! in pits or cellars thrc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-09-09
JOHN BELTON O'NEALL.
Springfield, July 6, isil.
From tlie Ne,o Genesee Farmer.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FEELING
WELL EXPREssEp.
Messrs. Editors Much has been said and
written on the subiec, Of The education of the
Young Of our country and am happy in the
belief That a change has been wrought upon
the public mind. OH this important subject. So
much has been said by persons capable Of do
ing the subjcc, justice. tha, i, seems almost
useless for me TO say any thing: Blu; consi.
der j, Of so mnch importance. that am anxious
,hat il should be kept before the public mind.
A few years since, large portion of our ci,-
izens seemed TO think il servie and mean 10
labor in any capacity-and especially as far
rner or mechanic. Our young men seemed 10
be ben, upon getting living without work" "
And our young women. when any thing hap
renpd TO be said atcu, work secmed very
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NO. 32.

the winter. The common turnip, though
sweet aud nutritiyc, contains so much wa.
ter, tha, when taken from the ground they
soon become pithy, and are Of liule value,
comparatively, for cooking. They should
stand in The ground as long as they can be
permitted 10 do so in safety. as fros,s i'm
prove them, and when gathered, should be
kept in cool cellars or pits. merely above
The danger of freezing, which, after they
are taken from the earth, spoil them at
once.
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From The same.

Extract Of a letter from Hugh Cassiday, Esq,
a, Mount Hope. Etiingham county, Georgia,
dated June %. 1871
have succeeded in raising abou, ten BUSH
els OF coGoons, which am reeling. aud iiud to
produce pound Of silk 10 the bushel. These
worms were fed fourtimes day; Stacked lime
used on them three tiincy n week. and were
healthy, although the season wns unusually
cold receiyed small lot of Mirabei Jauns
eggs from G. o Smith, Esq. which haichct on
the l4,h Of April. these were fed on your Buy.
liDSion Framcs according TO directions. using
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branches, dry or wet. Us they came TO hand, and
sIackedlin,e freely; .lGcywere pu, OH The frames
immediately after the third mouting, and ,eere
net cleaned TIL they ,eers done spinning. They
commenced spinning in 33 days fron the time
of Matching, and were remarkably healthy
throughout lean now say from experience.
lha, ycur silk Worm Frame IS an Important
improvement, which should be in the posses.
sion Of every silk grower, as il lessons The labor
ofttedins more lhan one daLf, and possesses all
Tie adranirgeta It is so highly recommended for.
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| careful, if perchancc they had been guilty OF
such crime. not 10 le, il be known. This. l
admit, was more generally the case among u
certain class-a sort OF ''would-bc soInebo.
dies um in the belief that the public mind
has changed on this subject
Young ladies seem not so fearful that
ls!,all be known that they attend 10 household
duties: And young men, Instead oi oi,heesins
situation behind counter or III some niiisiy OIL
fee, seem willing 10 employ themselves IN that
more noble and useful avUca,!On-lhc c,IliIva-
ton Of the soil. say "m"rc noble" say
because what is more noble than for man to
cultivate those plants and animals that God has
gwen him 10 exist and lnxuriaic nDoiri aud in
! doing which he may more iorchy see the d.
vine goodness and mercy eAemphlled III lis be-
! sIowmcnts npon any
Besides. il is expressly declared that "man
shall earn his bread by the sweat Of his brow
Now il is perfectly plain that bread cannot be
obtained except by the sweat Of The brow"
Some Of US unS, work. or we all siarvc: And
who does not know that the powers aud facilities
OF both body ana mind are much more vigorous
when we subject ourselves TO manual labor
The idea that hard labor cannot lie endured by
Us. :S all imaginary. \ sound healthy person
can work, and he cannot ENJOY all the bless
imss al health without working 10 some extent
Let tie idea lla, all heslihy persons cannot
labor according 10 their strength. ,anish-und
let NIL ld.ers 'ccas. Ia do evil and learn TO do
well. understand that the decree. 'nian
shall earn his bread" &c. includes all men;
aud ,Iia, all men urc in duty bound 10 supply
themselves with the s;ati OF r u Ear as is pos.
si5.c. do no, say that Al! S!!nll be- farmers. or
mechanics. or ofany particular calling but that
sacil should earn his owi. livin. hunoIabiy
And nm quito sure that there can be no more
honorable or sure way OF getting competence,
than by culuva,ins the soil.
Bat. senllemen aS | am new.c omcr, will
not Ircsrpassupon your patience longer. l,has
been SAL oi some oi our most eminent men,
they werc always brief, aud spoke 10 the point
Womld i, not lie well for us ai. aud especially
nur Legislators ;n think Of this
Wlth n'y bestwishes for yonr success and The
o.! agriculture. am. yours.
a FARMER
Drf,u,S IN T.iu ISiI
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sncKERs IS CORN.

An anonymous writer in The American
Farmer asserts, that from careful expert.
men,s be is satisfied that suckers do not
lessen the quantity of grain whilst they
greatly increase the amount OF fodder
Southern Planter.
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noop uEp,cISE FOR HOGS.

The American Farmer furnishes the fol-
lowing when your hogs get sick, you
know not OF hat, give them ears OF corn.
frat dipped in tar. aud then rolled in sui
phur. 'Tis ten to one that il arrests the
disease. and restores tho pig 10 health.
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spEcIMry OF FEMALE INDUSTRY.

We were'shown Yesterday, five beay,i-
iul silk shawls. made of doutiie and twisted
sewing silk, which in texture. weigh, and
color, wiIicomPare with any India Shawls
of The same material. Four Of them were
a yard square, md The o,lrcr, black, about
Il yard aud uhulf square. The twist was
even and FREQ from all knots, aud the W hole
skIlfuIly snd beautifully put together.
We take prid, in the fact they were made
by lady, and { native ofGrorsia. They
arc the baud work of Mrs. Oliver w. Cox,
Of Henry County, Georgia, who raised the
worms, fse:cd aud twisted The silk, and
kndsse de siiawis. She is pattern of
fcHIase aFd IaiIs,stryro her sex. which
e be Ike mems Of
Al useful as they
u ia very deed
n ss, -
Il 9tsustry. VIC
81 ieiss ,nslttn Of The
eaafsis tsEsessed in
8 scarcely
ekisl.--
Ilss. da:lsli-
issge ~
h; e ii, m "
is \
81 I'd IS
sion. iseos lisss
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@oet5e &eeess.
From The Georgia Argus.
THE EARTH is MY BRIDE.
IaY FRANK.

ay FRANK.
The Earth 10 my bride; aud oh! love
To pillow my head on her Iragrau, breast.
Mid the flowers that bloom, where the soli
winds come
And nestle themselves to rest:
Her song is the song OF the birds at even,
When the sunset star is smiling in Heaven,
when their music is heard by fountain and
grove,
And hers is the only song love.
Tho Earth is my bride, and oh! Hove
-s11so b gaze suneE Beaa,ties .iides; fbrE-- s
The mountains frown rs il looketh down
When il bat,leth with The storm;
When il laugheih 10 scorn the lightning 'ias'i'
And lis echos roll back The ,hunders crash
When ray of soft sunshine steals through from
above,
And pencils the scene with the beauty love.
The Earth is my bride; and oh! llovc
When the moouish, has shadowed the glen,
Aud to drink in her beauty then;
For there slil,ers spell III each silvery ray,
That meltc,h the clouds ofscrrow away;
And 4 low sweet tone from the mountain side
Breathing Of peace, is the voice OF my bride.
The Earth is my bride; and her love hath bcel
Since my childhood, the ,rues, aud best
The sweetest beam on the darkcnd stream,
That bears me upon its breast:
Her sood- night kiss is lingering now,
In the evening breeze. OIL my ievcred brow
And softer than mortal music may DC.
Are the tones Of her lu,e.likc lullaby
More dear to my heart than all besides,
Is the guardian love ofmy chosen Bride.
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sIgrlclgEflgr'GF.

The following Premiums nrc offered by tho
Stale Agricultural Society OF South Carolina,
for Io4l.
For the bcs; Sallion for Agricultural pur-
poses, S-u
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Lazy rich girls. make rich men poor. and
industrious poo, girls make poor men rich.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-09-09

The second annual Caule Show Of the Stntc
Agricultural Society Of South Carolina. will
take place in Columbia. in the State House
Yard, on "Wednesday of the first week of the
Session of the Legislature, in November next.
Gentlemen interested in the improvement, of
Stock, are respectfully requested to contribute
10 tho exhibition, 1t is expected To have Sale
Of fine Stock at the same time and place.
All who iatend 10 exhibi, Stock, are request.
ed 10 communicate 10 the Secretary. before the
18th November, the number and kind, in order
,ha, proper arrangements may be made.
By orde. ofthe President.
ROBERT w. GIBBES,
Ree'dc. Secretary.
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From Mc Sontiern CnLlirntn-

Orleans Co., Jay. ISL.
, 1841-01-09

calculate, with any degree of certainty, upon
any permanent employment, or any perma-
nent rate Of wages; this year his wages are
high, next year they are low; this year he
has plenty of work to do, the next he can
hardly get work enough to keep hin from
starving. Every thing is uncertain, leaving
nothing TO trust TO, but chance, for the
hopes Of future subsistence. These are the
effects produced by what is called making
money plenty. The prices Of the com
forts and necessaries of life are raised; trade
is over done; a reaction follows; every thing
falls IN value; the rich speculation gains: while
the industrious. labouring poor, are out OF
employment. Yet there are men found adj
vocaiinG banks. because .'thev make money
plenty Out upon such political econo
mistS.
, 1841-01-09

To PRoDucE VARIETIES IN VEGErATIoN.-
If any one wishes to satisfy himself as To
the change he may produce in many articles
Of vegetation by selecting the seed from his
plants. let him This spring plant two rows oi
bush beans of the same sort. On one row
preserve the earliest p"ds that appear. re-
moving all which appear afterwards. When
ripe lei them be gathered and put by them
selves. On the other row, preserve those
pods only which come forth from the stalk
ate--removing all the earlier ones. When
those are ripe, also keep them by themselves
Next spring plant a row of each side by side,
and YOU will he astonished nj the difference.
The first ripened beans will be as much ear
Iier IN bearing than the last. as was the differ,
ence Of time between gathering the seed
from the two rows planted this spring. Nor
is this all, tie first will be literally Il bush
bean. rowing stiff and low. whilst the other
will send out vines and reach quite high
The beans, too. within the pod. as to size,
fitness and even crlor, will dltier.- Haine
CulirdtOr.
, 1841-01-09
A GOOD JOKE.

Anew York paper tells a good story OF
Governor Seward. of New York, which runs
in this wise:
Some time since the Gov. was lourneylng
in his wagon, which broke down sveral miles
from Albany. He was obliged to wait un'''
a stage coach cam by, soon after. when,
however, the coach arrived it was found TO
be full and none of the passengers would
r~elinouish their places, although he told them
who he wa, and the urgency Of his business.
Az length, however the driver succeeded IN
, 1841-01-09

ONE WAY TO BOTHER a PRINTER -FLSh Uhf.
A genuine. son of the sod came INTO our office
the other day and asked the rates of adver-
Using for a situation. The price We told
him would be one dollar for three Insertions,
and one dollar and seventy five cents for SIX
"A dollar said he scratching his pate, 'ior the
first thrae times and thrae quarters for the
las, thrae; well thin my darlm, faith and
we'll have it in the last thrae.-New York
Sun.
, 1841-01-09
S LEGISLATURES.
DECEMBER Is.

Mr.. Wells offered the following preamble
and joint resolutions;
WHEREAS, much confusion and uncertain
ty has arisen in consequence OF certain
politicians having assumed to themselves
names in no wise expressive OF their Pr'n'
ciples, and, in many instances, names
wholly at war with the political doctrines
, 1841-01-09

Now uPoN OUR CoRPoRATIoNs.-Mr. Par
sons of the House. at Jefferson City. has Of
fercd the following Resolution, which was
ad~npied-59 Ia "a.
Rcsolred. That the committee on the Bank
be instructed Ia send Tor persons and papers.
and take testimony on oath, touching the
abuse of their charters by the Insurance Com
panles, and Gas Light Company. at st. Lou
is. chartered by acts of General Assembly.
and especially inquire and report whether
said companies, or any of them, have failed
10 use their charters for the objects for which
they were ostcnsibIy granted, and whether
they have engaged in the business OF Bank
inp by receiving money u n depoint, or dis
counting notes, collecting notes, or dealing
in exchange; and whether any oil said Institu-
tons have been guilty of usury; and wheth-
er said institutions have done their business
in gold and silver or its equivalent, or IN
deprecated paper money or taken usurInus
interests; and whether they have entered into
any contracts of arrangements with Banks IN
other States, to SUPPLY them with paper mo-
new for circulation ;ald whether they have
received such paper money in sheets and
ouires or otherwise; and have been import.
ING deprecated paper, and exporting specie;
and whether said institutions have acted As
the agents of Banks in other states; ant
generally, how far the said institutions are
, answering the purposes of their creation, OF
NAV have committed abuses, either tI
,pUsER msUsEn or NoNusER oi their charters
or whether under The pretext Of loaning sur
plus capital they have loaned, that whIcl
was neither surplus nor capital, but deprecla
ted paper, receiver on deposit, or obtalne'
on contact from banking institutions.
, 1841-01-09

81 am the chief of Sinners" as the cap
tain of the forty thieves exclaimed.
81 won't hear Il word of it," as the deaf
man said to the slanderer.
"Beauty soon decays" as the lady SAID
when somebody applied a wet sponge to
her cheeks.
"Short calls are the best" rs the fly SAID
when he lit upon the hot stove.
, 1841-01-09

ARK,xsAs.-The State Bank resumed
specie payments on the first of November,
and The step. i, is said will be followed 10y
every other Bunk in the State before the first
Of January. Thu State is Democratic Ia
the core. What are the Wig States doing
in the way "f resumprion9 We put the
question To- those in favor of Harrison and a
better currency. To the people. we would
say, kerp your eyes uPoa them.
, 1841-01-09
Goblet AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES BANK.

In his youth Mr.. Goblet went for the
monarchy. but for thirty years before his
death his eyes were open, and his republic
anism pure and sprtless. In his letter to
General Jackson, against the United States
Bank. he says:
You have undertaken to check the pro-
gress of this damnable scourge; and if YOU
destroy this monster. your glorious victory
of New Orleans will he forgotten. or will
pass for rery lille in the describing Of your
merits. But. Sir. YOU will mol do this by
merely changing The seat Of The corruption.-
You must destroy the thing itself. You
must look at the old English act "f Parlia-
ment, quoted in my work. called PAPER
AGAINST GOLD. and make yonr law accurL-
ingly. Then youl country will ice what it
formerly was. inhabited by virtuous people,
with the fair fruits of their labor;
until then, it will he a country becoming
more and more miserable. Because it would
not he his interest To impoverIsh all the peo-
pie, rs il is the interest of all the paper mon
makers; and because he could not intlict
such cruel injuries. without bringing downup-
his head that vengeance, which the paper
mongers escape. because the people do not
perceire from mhathdnd the injury proceeds.
Nay, the larger part of Them are unconclous
of doing any injury at all; but 1t is not less
injury to be prevented because they do
know that is IN injury"
, 1841-01-09

10 many oil the uOgtnas VI uttSHti anu
whereas. the names of"Demo rat" and
"Jefersonian Republican" have been ap-
propriated tn themselves by men whose
political opinions are utterly adverse to
the principles of Democracy. and to the
opinions held and promulgated by the
Great Apostle of Republicanism:-There-
fore, to avoid any misunderstanding. as 10
the true position occupied by the men,
bers of the present General Assembly. and
to the end that each one may wear the
political designation to which he is Justly
entitled:
ReSolCei, by the House of Representatives,
the Senate cnncurring therein, as follows:
/. That the Constitution of the United
States c~onfers upon the several departments
of the General Government limited powers,
and should be strictly construed.
9. That Congress has no constitutional
power to enact Il tariff law for the purpose
of protection. .
8. That a tariff law is ofnecessity unequal
and unjust. and tends to consolidation, or TO
sectional animnsities and disunion.
4. That Congress has no constitutional
power TO make internal Improvements OF Il
local character, and that the exercise OF such
power tends to extravaganza and consoIIda-
ton, or TO local jealousy and dIsuniOn.
5. That Congress has no constitutional
power to appropriate the public money, or
the public land for the purpose of emancipa-
ton or colonization, or 10 any other agents
than such as are proper subjects OF the IegIsla-
ton of Congress.
G. That Congress has no constitutional
power. to pay or. assume to pay, the State
debts, and that any such payment, or asSump-
ton, would destroy The harmony OF the I'm
ion.
I. That graduation and reduction of the
price of public lands. and the paramount pre-
emption To actual settlers. are measures de-
manded by Justice, and should be the settled
policy of the Government.
8. That Congress has no constitutional
power Ia charter Il National Bank.
0. That Il National Bank would tend -
Corruption, to consolidation, and 10 despo-
tisn. and that such IN institution is anti-re-
publican and dangerous 10 liberty.
10. That banking. either State or Ma
tionaI. is an evil of great magnitude. that it
encourages wild speculations, and reckless
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To destroy the standard
of value, and all uniformity of prices. and
ought To be discouraged and finally abandon
ed.
II. That the connexion Of Bank and
State is an unnatural come kim. beneficial 10
neither, aud dangerous 10 both, engenderlng
favoritisrn in the one, and corruption in the
other.
y. That the Independent Treasury Bill
is 4 measure founded in wisdom and patriot
ism, and will tend to the purity of the State
and the s1urdneSs of the currency. and will
deliver the Government from the influence
and dominion of the moneyed power.
IS. That corporation of wealth are dan
gerous to liberty. and that exclusive priv
lleres or immunities. should never be grant
ed. either to corporations or individuals.
IA. That the present Legislature ought
by law to prohibit and elfec,uaiIy prevent
the circulation OF notes under ten dollars.
and to discourage the circulation of all de-
preciated paper.
, 1841-01-09

DuHvrHc.-The New York Atlas, in speak
ing of dunning says: "ln collecting debts.
generally speaking. it is very nonsensical
business to represent yourself TO be a poor,
half starved devil. greatly in need Of your
money. Such appears TO have no weight
in these DAYS. Let rich man call on his
debtor, aud tine money soon comes; but Il
poor man my beg and plead his necessities
till doomsd.ty, and nobody cares for hun. II
he gets money he must borrow it. We
wish it understood by all who are indebted
10 US for advertising and subscription, that
we are rich and poweriul-ihat we are max
ing money. hand over frs,--salting it down
in bags every week-and that every debtor
of ours must fork up on d"mand