Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-11-12

a stone butter house. Ashland being cele
bra,ed for the quantity and qualify Of n
latter made thereat. His chicken house
dove.house. stables. barus, and sheads. an
all in perfect repair. spacious, neat aud
order. His fruit and vegetables garde
containe about four acres, and in iis ar
ransement, | saw Mr.. Clay giving pe:so
nal directions. There is also n large gree
house, filled with choice plants aud beau
tiful flowers.
! The negro c.h.agos aie exceedingl,,
comfortable all white washed, clean ant
we'll furnished, and plenty Of flowers in th'
windows and about the dwellings. Hi
slaves posses more of the comforts Of life
have better dwellings. are better clothed
and work less than "A majority Of The day
iaborers of The North. lhave never seer
an establishment in any country, ir all 1t:
departments furnish SO many proofs q
domestic comfort. permanent and useiu
arrangement. uniIed with such exceeding
good taste and unpretentind elegance.
Mr.. Clay's farm contains about 80C
acres; aud in all my wanderinss, included
even New ngland, have never seen the
same number of acres in body, as hand
some, as productive; as well fenced. and as
well cultivated. His wood land is cleared
OF all uuderhrushed and dead wood-his
fields are enclosed with good fences, with
the top rails all on, aud not weed or
briars in tho corners-his hemp.felds, DC.
are prepared with The skill and care Of a
thrifty farmer-and he has ten acre lot
of corn. upon which he has bestowed extra
labor and attention, with the view Of oh.
tanning premium.
Then there arc his fine blooded, cattle,
sheep and horses, apporIioned offinto lois,
according to age and the use and purposes
for which they are designed. Indeed.
there is no spo, in or about his residence
or farm that will uol furnish evidence Of
his being a thrifty, profitable and practi-
Cable farmer. True it is that had read
and heard mnch of Mr.. Clay. as The
Farmer of Ashland" but regarded him
as what is termed IA gentleman farmer"
as one who had farm, but knew little
and cared less how il was cultivated. But
lie. any one walk with MIR. Clay over his
hrnad acfes-no!ice his intimate knowl-
edge of every thing pertaining to farming
hear him relate how he prepares and
improves his stock, and yearly renders
more aud more productive aud profitable,
his extensive planlalion-and he will
then see with his own eyes that one "fthe
hest; practical and mos usefu! farmers. in
this Of any oher country. is Henry Clay,
the farmer of Ashland; and he will also
see and learn that the best huler and
cheese in Tho Lexington market are made
by Mrs. Clay, the wife Of the Farmer Of
Ashland"
1he late Hugh S. Legare. In alluding
to The biographical sketch of this distiu
guish ed statesman in the last number of
the American Review, the editor Of The
Portland (Alaine) Advertiser says:
We deem it scarcely less than duty
to call attention to The Biographical sketch
in the last number of he American Re
view of the late Mr.. Legare. 1t is well
enough that he was once member nf
Congress. and that he attained the dis.
tinc,irn o. being Attorney General Of The
United STATES, as we'll as that of tempo
rary appointment 10 Ihe office of Secrela
ry of State, but The specific traits OF his
character. ard the singular personal at
lainmenlents which distinguished HIM,
whether iu otIice, or as a private man,
from The great majority OF those who
have held similar stations, are not general.
ly known.
Others have beep distinguished as law
yers-olher public men have had a repu.
taion as general scholars; but MIR Legare
had enjoyed sinsularIy favorable npportu
mites for professional and literary acguisi.
lions, and apparently, we may say of hilr
there was nothing which he might have
learnt, for the great aims of his life
which he did not learn. Very few exam
pies might he cited. where so excelten
opportunities we're so cxcellenlly improved
1t does not appear that Mr.. Legarc eve
wanted any Thing, in The way of mean
and facilities for study, nor that he eve
failed 10 make the most of The means h
had. Of course hen, he was one of III
most learned and accomplished men u
his age, and if his place be sought amon'
American students, and especially among
American lawyers, few will he foun'
worthy TO stand by his side, in any com
parison of general attainment, or of en-
larsed and varied professional culture
We speak, of course. under The limitation
of his age, for he died long before he hat
developed The full vieor and capacity O
that period, which is called the meridian
Of life.
His genius appears TO have been un
commonly great. This was one point
a gift of nature. In the next place, h
loved study and sludious labor. This, il
great part, also, was result of lempera
ment, but 10 pan, without dodbt, a frui
OF. principle. aud manly ambition. In tn
way of opportunity he had every thing
This was The gifl Of fortune, aud his mer
it was, that he did no, throw his oppurlu
Miles away. He does not appear ever /
have felt any pressure Of necessity, in tn
ordinary sense, and hence we cannot ad
mire bis example with the same warmt
l<,E o,I o.