The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-10-18
The basest kind Of swindling vet prac:tised5

The basest kind of swinding yet practiseds
is noticed in the New York Courier. Some,
mean -souled scamps advertise 800 girls want.
ed to work on shirts, and when application is
made, the girls are told that deposit of one
dollar is required as a guarantee for the safe
return of the garment. This deposit is made,
and the cloth is taken, to be made into shirts
at Sirpencc each. In due time they are re-
turned, and the girls are told to come next day,
after their work has been examined. They
90 next day for pay, and are then told that
their work was not well done-that the cloth
was spoiled that they cannot have their pay,
and that the dollar which they deposited will
be kept to pay for the cloth they spoiled Thus
these men get the work for nothing, and make
a dollar besides; the next day they advertise,
as before, 800 girls wanted"-snd 60 through
the same operation" And this swindling is
Systematically pursued, the Courier says, from
week to week, throughout the year, by many
establishments which transact an immense a.
mount of business with the trading public; and
what is still worse, these villanous frauds are
not dealt with legally, because magistrates are
unwilling to offend the wealthy and influential
parties against whom the complaint are made,
at the instances of the friendess and money
less females from whom they come, A fine
set of public magistrates, and nice sense OF
justice!
Two young women prosecuted one OF these
swinders, named John Davis, on Wednesday,
who quickly refunded the money and paid ex.
penses, but the magistrate still held the case
under adviselnent.
CUTTINGS FOR OcroBER-Thereis no plant,
tree, or shrub, but what may be made to throw
out roots from cuttings, and propagate them
selves with proper care and culture, October
is the best month in the year for Southern ex-
pertinent There are plants which strike much
easier than others, but there are many which
are generally looked upon as hard to propagate
from, which throw out roots freely, if the cut.
tings are placed in the ground in October. The
great advantage ofOctober planting overSPring
is, the exuding sap heals the wound, and the
young rootlets start before cold weather; and
when the Spring does come they grow with
rush; whereas those cuttings put out in the
spring, although they may start and grow on
finely for season, are apt to die when the hot
summer comes on, from the fact that the roots
have not got sufficient hold to stand up under
the summers drought In planting out cut
ting, the limb should be cut with sharp knife,
from ten to fourteen inches long, place the cut
ting horizontally in the ground, leaving two
buds above the ground; press the ground quite
solid on the cutting, and as the buds begin to
swell in the spring, keep the ground clear Of
weeds and grass, and mellow and light There
are but few of the deciduous trees but what
strike freely this way, and most of the ever.
greens. We have raised apples, pears, pluns.
peaches, grapes, and most of the ornamental
trees this way, and all the roses. Many of the
choice expensive plants Of the nursery may be
propagated this way as easily as the multicau'
| lis. Each bud contains all the elements of the
tree its roots, stem, bark, fruit, flowers and TO-
liage-and why shall not several buds; some
above and some below the ground be able to
do what one will do when inserted in the bark
of tree or shrubs Plants grown from cut
tngs are certain to produce their like. Those
of our readers that have choice plant, and
would have more of them, try cuttings i'll Octo-
ber--Colnmbus Enquirer.