The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-04-11
AccUMttLATIoN,o OF MANURE.

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ACCUMULATION OF MANURE.
Fdr this duty Il tthay be said thai April IL
not the month, inasnieR an Ire Misoie force
o! the farm or plaptali6f wili Do tailed to
the performanEe Of laBaf Of iRafe Immediate
and present interest. True, this may be
the case, but we doubt very mtch whether
On farm of20o acres and upwards, hand
and team might not be more proiifably eneag.
ed m the collection of materials, and in the
formation of compost heaps from this till
i,ext wlIleF. than in any ether way. Tho
woods the bitches branches. the beads, and
shores of rivers and creeks the mari l-ptis, the
MARSHES, the road sides, the lanes and wards.
and headlatds Of almost every homestead
unfold SO many resources. and contain 50
many substances, that may he converted
Into tt,anureabeing the liie-bi6od Of every
soIl-that one cannot but be surprised that
so few landhoiders avail Themselves of dem.
BY proper attention IN this particular, there
is scarcely any owner Of a farm that might
not tpllett and Manufacture 4 sufficient
quantity ofmandre every season % give his
corn and truck ground heavy dressing of
the very hest fertilizers, and thereby increase
the productive capacity OF his lands from
one 10 three hundred per cent, and cense-
aucn,ly. ENHANCE bis annual income ia the
same ratio. We have often been panied
to hear agficuhAfists Of intelligence say, That
they could not gel ritanare % put ia tbs,r
corn with, whose forest landa and those
bthef places ~e have named above. 6llsd
with the very best materials ID compost
into manure, and which required nothing
but the exercise Of energy, fprecass, and IN
dustrys 10 render them asaiiabie: We Fccur
to This subject now, III order tl.ak q may ex:
wy We 81 afe conlident that reflection Is al that
is necessary 10 induce them to att. The
expense Of team and hand. thus employed,
conld not excited, for sik months IA the yeas,
500 or 9la5 at the farthest, whereas, in
that time HiatefIa:s could be collected and
made Into ttianure, which wodld be iniiusi-
caily worth from S756 TO $i0O0, III d mod
crately estimated value. 49,
RARE MoDEsfY.-=The ladies' If Coluna-
bia, Pa. must be very modest. "A yaea
tine has beeh lsins in the poaafiee sos shat
interesting village since the i4ih, directed
to the "Handso,iest Lady, in Columbia,
| aud Il still uncaIled for.
ABBUcri6S.-A singular cass df sbducfiou
has recently occurred in fairfield District.
All individual Bas been aindisisd tiadsr sths
statute law of Philip and Mary. tnsaaa ef force
in this Stals.) for abducting and marrying o
'.wortiah child" {so styled by Tho Asi,l ui,der
the age Of l6 years. Il Is stated that ihe girl
stolen and ttiaffiea IN this sa.s; b Only IL
years old. The Ceremony Of marriage was
actually performed by a Magistrate ut Fair fieid
District. The bride ekpreases her dsterm ina.
ton 10 slick 10 her lirse lsrd and al she wei CHS
az we leara, ohs hundred Md sistesh pauads,
and seems 10 understand what shs h ahoufs 90
would not he much astonlshed Il she carried
her pbiht, III spite OF The statute. If she doss
not, il will be the frst Instance Oh fesBrd, when
#6thah's will was banked by the law. We
commend heF spirit, and wish hef success
Palmetto State Bunnef. -
GENERAL scorT AND GEsskAt fAfLo r.
Col. Webb, Of the New York Courier, gives
the Following eutioas statement respsc,io., an
interview between GET. Scott and Gen. Fay.
loF, which has given rise to rePdt ths I The
President had treated General Scott with in.
dignity:
ION Sunday, the 18th ult. Preaidsh, Tayior
saw Gen. Scott i'll ths Rev. Nj. Pine church,
and not haviha met the General aimee tbo
! Mexican war, determined h esihSa by his 70.
, eepiion of him that fs bore no diaiiEs Tor what
had occurfed-=,hat however riidch he may have
felt at The irite The mode and utandef Of to king
from him all his regular tr1oPs, be was Wiling
to forget it. .a- "'E @f5
"Accordinsly. lie met Gen. SGott, after The
consresatloh had been disnissRd, III the moss
friendly manner, shook him cordially by the
hand, and evinced degree of pleasure At the
meeting which could only have beer, demon.
strated in stronger uiandet, by publicly em.
braciug! That he did not think was cailed
for. The interview, in pfeseiEs af the coa.
grcga,ion, terminated by the Presl1ent inviting
Gen. Scott to call upnii him. -. R'.s
"On the fSllsWias day Gen. Seatt called d
the Presidents, add ssnt iip hia raul. i Ts<
gentlemen were with ihe President when q
was received, and, Instead Of Inviting Gen.
Scott to come to him in bis afics. which IL ~
stairs, he PROMPTLY sstt u rhsssaas 10 The Gen.
eral, Inviting hin 10 10 into. hls privs,a pasio'
below, whsa he would join hlm with Tho lsss
possible delay. sT p
"Wuhia foe minutes hs dlsmissrd .he Gen
,leuien with him, and 3sil d1wn ssaiss TO -.
ce: Gen. Sce,t. He ,dId hot lind hin ia che
par or, aud inquired df The porter sshsre he wss.
- this inquiry be received fer anssss shs'
Immediately upon tecsiviuR the n,essage no"
the President, Gen. Seat got iato bis caTsiage
and drove awayi On Wednesday, he 'eff the
city uithom seeing, or making anothcr aacmp'
TO sec the President"