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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24
9nrn,cr5 Deportmen
From the Southern Cu,lvatnr.
THOUGHTS ON THE VOCATION OF THE FARMER

MEsSRs EDITORS: Your known friend.
ness to the agrcu!turist, and your andable
s"icitude to promote his interest, have en-
boldened me to send you few remarks,
written in such brief intervals of leisure us
al active lifo on Il plantation afforded.
wish they possessed some charms Of stycto
paliate the want of method and clcarucss,
but indulge the hope that the reader will
overlook faults, which arc frankly confessed.
1t is not my purpose at present to discaut
upon the different modes OF cultivation in
vogue, nor to enumerate the implements dai.
ly invented to simplify and diminish labor,
but to cndeavor to the best of my ability to
inspire respect for agricultural pursuits, and
to remove the silly prcjudiccs cherished
against them. 1t is a prevalent notion in
some quarters, that the farmer leads druid
ging, undignifed, and dull life; that the ma
fure of his avocatons utterly disqualifes him
for participation in the refined pleasures Of
social life; and that it he enters life as
man Of any scientific or literary attalnments,
he unavoidably loses them, and siuks down
Into country pumpkin. These notions
have infected the women, and in some cases
lead to the banshment of the domestic em.
ployments, which once SO honorably distin
guished our ladies. The young ladies are
only ambitious of forming connexon with
resident of the neighborlng city or town !;
and in pursuance of this unwiso resolution
refuse advantageous connections on account
of their being farmers. The son before he
has fairly escaped from clouts, begins to re-
gard his farmer father as an antedeluvian
relic, and by the time he is eighteen, has
resolved to enter upon the study of a profes.
sion. What are these consequences of his
faulty! He has attempted to move the
world without having a power commensur.
ate to the enterprise, and makes shameful
and jguaminous failure He becomes a drone
in society, consuming substance he does
not help to create, a tax to his friends, and
frequently is so maddened by chagrin, that
he reckIessly p!unges into the most brutal
dissipation in search of a Lethe for his own
reproaches. Such is 4 condensed history of
hundreds and thousands of young men who,
squandering the patrinoniaL pttance left to
theu,rin acquiring profession, and in vain
ly waiting forbusincss, TALL victims to dissi-
patton in5thc prime of manhood, from j res
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From the Lancaster Ledger.
ILL THINK OF THEE.

I'll think Of thee. when norn's bright hour,
Spreads golden radiance DER the lea;
And far or near. stl own the power,
That binds my constant heart TO thee.
And should roam mid other scenes,
In foreign lands fir-flr from thee,
III nurse thine image in my dreams,
And think Of tllcc-of ponc bul thee.
III think Of thee when dcwy eve,
out tho robes of sable n: :ght;--
: And when the ewes sweet silver queen,
Sheds forth her pale and lovely light.
And when the stars come one by one,
To light up Heavens fair wave!ess sea,
Aud spread their holy radiance round,
I'll think of thcc-I'll think of thee
I'll think Of tlcc-thoush fortune frown,
And shroui the star of hope in gloom,
Though sorrows storn-clouds gather round,
To mar and rob me Of Youths hlooni.
Or should the Gatcs more lcnicnt prove,
And bid ms longing heart beat free,
To thcp Ill sing my songs Of love.
And think Of thcc-cf none but thee.
I'll think Of thee. when youth has fled,
And all lfc's dreams have passed away;
When Youths fair carlands all are dead,
And Fancy's f,,rcst wrca,lcs decay.
When on thy far and you,hfu! brow,
Stern time has set his fIdc!css seal.
Ill love thee ever then US now,
And think Of tlce-f,revcr thee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24
EDGEFIELD, S. NOVEMBER "A, 1852.

frutloss attempts to put down traffic in ardent
spirits, TO show that we may expect similar re-
suit here, will use the same evidence TO show
that the friends of the traffic in such csses were
in that respect latcless set. So can see it in
no other light than laac!essncss, for men to sell
contrary to law, and nothing else for others to
buy of such rendcrs. The temperance reform
has, from the beginning, encountered opposiIon
and its advocates expect nothing else. So we
are not at all surprised when we hear the cry
"Grcat is Diana of the Ephesians'
TEMPERANCE, NO LICENSE.
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A SECOND ULYSSES.

An old man, Of very acute physiognomy,
answering to the name Of Jacob Wilmot,
was brought before the Police Court Of PHI
ladrl phia. His clothes looked as il they
might have been bought second handed in
his youthful prime, for they had suffered more
from the :ubs of the world than the propric.
tor himself.
what business do you generally follow,
Wilmot?"
"Busincss! none I'm traveller"
"A vagabond, perImps!"
"You are not far wrong-travcllers and
vagabonds are much the s;ime thing. The
difference is that the latter travels without
money, and the tarmcr. without brains.
"Whcre have you travelled" "
All over the contncnt!'
"For what purpose!"
Observation"
"What have you observed :"
A little to commend, much to ccnsure,
and very much to laugh att
Umph! and what do you commend"
"a handsome women that will stay at
home, an eloquent preacher that will preach
a short sermon, good writer that does not
write too much, and fool who has sense
enough to hold his tongue"
rWhat do you censure ("
"a man who marries " girl for her fine
dancing, youth who studies law or mcdi-
cine while he has the use of his hands, and
people who elect druukard or blockhead
to office"
"And, pray, what do you laugh at"
"I lau gh at man who expects his posi-.
ton to command that respect which his
personal qualities and qualification do not
merit"
He was dismissed.
FELADELrY.-"I How do you spell Fela-
delfy Z" asked small city grocer OF his part'
ner one day, as he was sprinkng sand upon
a letter which he was about to despatch to
the City of Brotherly Love,
"Why, Fel-u, Feia, del, Feladel, ty-
Feladelfy."
"Thcn I've got it right" said the partner
lin ignorance as well as business l"l thought
might have made mistake"
MARRIAGE renders men more virtuous and
more wise. The father of a family is not
willing to blush before his children,
Coop qualities, like great abilities, are in
COMPREHENSIVE aud inconccivablc to such as
arc deprived Of them.
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PRorASIry.-ltis is unfortunately too true,
that profanity continues to be pracliscd, even
by those young men who would claim Il
standing in respectable society. There is
something exceedingly vulgar and ungen'le-
manly in it, which should be a sufficient con-
demnation of the practice. That tits thought
so is evident from the fact that no gentleman,
even though he is in the habit of it, ever
swears in the company of respectable fe.
males; and if such restraint can be sub
mittcd to so easily, we know Of no reason
why the practice cannot bo restrained altogc.
ther. There are associations of all kinds in
which men submit to selt-discpline and self
denial. Only at once determine to abstain
from vice, and it is easy to do SO. There can
be no good excuse offered for profane swear
ing, except that of inability to restain from it.
Let me suggest that nothing better or more
philanthropic can engage your attention, than
some plan of reform in this particular. But
apart from these considerations Of deccncy,
there are others still stronger. We all adj
NIT our relation to Supreme Being. How
reprehensibe, then, Is the constant violation
of the respect due to that Creator in whom
we live, move, and have our being.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24
LACONICs.

Punctuality is the life of trade.
Listen if you would learn be silent if you
would be SAFE
All things are artificial, for Nature is the
art of God.
People seldom learn economy till they
have little to exercise it on.
There is no such injury as revenge, and
no such revenge us the contempt Of an in-
jury.
1t is wonderful what moral bligation
things sometimes assume when we wish to
do them.
Men, armed with reason and hand, has
no match among other animals.
Franklin says, Il poor man must work to
find meat for his stomach; rich one, to
find stomach for his meat
The tyrant is dead carcass in the abodes
of the living, but the benefactor has a living
soul in the mansions of the dead.
CAT distanceY' \ thick book might he
written upon these three words. 1t is not Il
picture or an edificc alone that is beautiful
by distance, but sometimes nature aud often
IA woman. How poetloal-how divine
does y sceno sometimes appear in the dis
tancc. Look at the clouds that veil the far
off mountains-angels may be wrapped
within, or paradise lie behind them; 90 into
the midst of them and they are but fog and
vapor.
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PICTURE OF I.rFE.-ln youth, we seem
to be climbing a bill on whose top eternal
sunshine appears to rest. How eagerly we
pant to- attain its summit But when wo
have gained it, how different is the prospect
on the other side We sigh as we contem-
plate the dreary waste before US, and look
back with wishful eye upon the Aowory
path we have passed, but may never more
retraoe. Life is like a portcntous cloud,
fraught with thunder, storm and rain but
religion, like those streaming rays Of sun
shine, will clothe it with light as with gar
meut, aud fringe its shadowy skirts with
gold.
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THE POPULATION OF THE GLoBE-The
population of the globe is supposed to be
less than one thousand miions-937, ,000,.
COO. 4 French writer alluding to the
slbject, says
Ii all mankind were collected in one
place, every four individuals occupying n
square metre, the whole might be contained
in field ten miles square. Thus, generally
speaking, the population of Il country
might be packed, without much squeezing,
in its capital. But the mean idea this gives
us of the number Of the human race, is
countcrhalanced by its capability of exten-
sion. The new world is said to contain Of
productive land, 100000 square miles Of
middling quality, each capable of support
Ing two hundred inhabitants; and G,O00,-
coo Of a better quality, capable of support
ing five hundred persons. According to
this calculation, the population of the new
world, rs peace and civilization advance,
may attain to the extent Of 4,000,000,0O0.
If we suppose the surface Of the old world
that of America, land notwithstanding the
comparative poverty of the land, this calcu-
lation may be accepted, if we say nothing
of Australia and the various archipelagocs,)
it would support s,OOo,0oo,0O0; and thus
the aggregate population Of the entire globe
might amount to l2,oOo,OOO,OoO, or twelve
times the present number.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24

TAXING TIME BY THE FoRELocK.-Par..
son Brownlow, in his paper, the Knoxville
Wing Of Saturday, concludes IN article OIL
the course he intends to pursue Us follows!
Finally, in order to strike an etiectual
blow for true Republicanism, TO aid in tho
restoration of sound Wing principles, wo
fling the proud, the glorious banner of Mil
lard Fillmore to tho breeze, for President in
1856, and under this flag we shall fight,
sink or triumph, live or die"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24

LOUIS NAPOLEON AND CrBA-Among
the foreign news lately received was an
item stating that Louis Napoleon would
protect Cuba against American aggression.
1t appears upon receiving fuller accounts
that Napoleon has made no such declara-
ton as we had heen led to suppose, but that
the transatlantic "'rhundercr" has given it
as its opinion that it would be to his interest
to do SO.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24
w. F. DURIsOE,. Proprietor.
3clftt Qottr,),
THE HOME OF PEACE.
Bi ELIZA COOK

LIE hOmE OE ELhC6'
BY ELIZA COOK.
We arc apt to grow a-wcary
In this troubled world at times,
For even golden bells can ring
In melancholy chimes;
And let our human LIT in life
T.. what or where it may,
Dark shadows often rise, from which
Our hearts would turn away.
Full often do We 81 Oh TO taste
Some spirit draught Of joy,
And al;n"st envy ch,llhood's laugh
Above its painted toy,
When some great hope breaks over us,
Or loved ones prove unjust,
And, reused from starry dreams, we find
Our pillow in the dust
Say, wh;tler shall We tuin to seek,
The healing balm Of rest,
And whence shall come the cheerful ray
To rs-il.u:nc our breast 4!
Oh. let us go and breathe our WOO
In Natures kindly car,
For her soft hand vii! ever lcign
To wipe the nlournc=s tear;
She nocks not, tho VIC tell our grief
With voice ali sld and faint,
And seems the fonlcst when we pour
Our weak and lonely plant.
Oh! let us take our sorrows
To the bosom of the hil..
And blend our pcnsivc nurmurs
With the gurglc Of the rils;
Oh let us turn in wcarinrss
Toward the grassy way,
Where skylarks teach us how to praise,
The ringdoves how to pray:
And th,rs the mcludi $ Of Ptaoo,
That float around the sod,
Shall bring back hope and harmony
.y, With the voice of God.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24

TIE Queen of Portugal has just carried
out general cropping or: trimming OF boards
mustaches worn by the army, her own 'hus-
band not having been excepted from its ope-
ration. The decree which affects this
reform ordains that the forests Of beard
which ovcrspread the faces of most Portu-
puese officers shall fall under the sweep of
the razor, and that nothing shall henceforth
be worn but mustaches and imperials, the
shape and dimensions Of which are pre-.
scribed with the preSislon and taste at n
connoisscur in such embellishments, general
officers alone being allowed to indulge in
tho luxury of whiskers, which, however, are
to be of a certain pattern, and not to exceed
so many inches in length.
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To CURE Hams. AS have seen numer.
Gus receipts for curing hams, and as | have
tried the annexed for several years, and found
it to excel every other in my estimation, |
take the liberty of sending it to you, that
you may publish it for the benefit OF any
who may be disposed to try it. BY letting
my ham remain in pickle, it is less trouble to
keep it than by amy other method which |
have found. and it keeps sweet and tender all
the summer.
Take a barrel and turn over an old pan or
kettle, and burn cobs ( think best or hard
wood, for seven or eight days, keeping wa.
ter on the head to prevent drying. Make Il
pickle with eight pounds of salt, six ounces
of saltpctre, two quarts of molasscs, and
three gallons Of water in one hundred pounds.
Boil and skim in barrels, and when the pic
klcis cold, pourit on to the meat, and in four
weeks YOU have excellent ham, very tender
and well smokcd-Albmy Cultirator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24

HoRRIBIE DuEL.-By the Santa Clara
Register we are informed Of the following
particulars of duel which came off in San.
ia Clara county, last week, near Gilroy's
ranch, and which, in ferocity and despera-
ton, we find no parallel for in tho State. 1t
occurred, says the Register, between a Mex
lean and native of California, about game
of monte, and Colts navy revolvers were the
weapons used in combat. Nine shots were
fired, and four of the balls took effect in each
of the combatants Both parties expired
Immediately, and they were both ushered
into the presence of their Maker to answer
for the murder of the other After the Sec
ond or third shot the Californian erawlcd on
his hands and knees nearer his antagonist
and fired, in order to make sure of his VIC
TIM This shot took effect in the abdomen
of the Mexican.
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A CH1LD SHOT BY HIS F.,TJIER.-The
Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Advocate relates most
melancholy circumstance, which reccuty
took place in Covington township, Luzerne
county. A Mr.. John Williams, seeing his
own son, Isaac, about II years of age, in
the woods gathering ohcstnuts, and suppos,
ing him to be deer, fired his rifle and Shot
the little fellow through the back. On ap-
preaching each other, the boy exclaimed,
" Father, why did you shoot me ?" and
afterwards added, " Father, you will bury
me on the farm. wont you!" We are re.
joiced to learn that the poor little boy sur
wives, and is recovering.
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\ BR1ESD in California writes US that he
is hard run for vicIuals, and other edbles,
that nothing but Il miracle or highway rob-
berry can save him from starvation. For two
weeks, he says, he lived on u piece Of oil
cloth boiled with an Old boot 10 give it a
mcaty flavor. Here is u situation rs is sit.
uation. - se--4s'5 Es.-.
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IspBuvBSr1oS TO PREVENT INrERvE:

INTERVENTION TO PREVENT INTERVIEW
r1oS-" Look he, ole feller," said negro
to brother darkey, in a carabat in the Se-
cond District, last evening; 4" look he, ole
frIer. Now | hain't bin out mur an three
minute an some fellow has ta'en my liquo'.
Now who flung dat las brck!"
81 did!" said the nigger addressed, speak.
ing with an air of emphatic posilveness. 4" I
did dat didn't do muffin clse!"
"Den why did you does it! 'splain dat to
me-"
eyes, niggc', 'lllumernate. You lef' you
iquo' dar-sartn, shua. Well does you
know dat durin' your absence, if hadn't
taken it, Sam Jonsing would-he act'ly had
his hand on do tumbler. But says -'no
yer DON'T an so, to purwent him from drink.
ing it, | drinks it myself"
{" But dar amt no princerple involved in
dat"
eyes, dar am-Dc princcrblc oh intcrrcn-
ton 10 purmcnt intcrrcntiun,"
The logic seemed to satisfy his questioner,
and as that horn of the dilemma was adjust.
ed, they took another horn.
"MADAM, what age shall put you
down."
No direct answer.
"How old is your husband"
"Sixty- -one."
nAnd your eldest son?',
"Twenty. y.seven."
"And how old do YOU call yourself!"
al do not know my age exactly, but it is
about thirty"
"Did understand you, that your eldest
was twenty -seven!
"Yes."
"You must surely. then, be more than
thirty!"
"Well, sir, (quite snappishly,) | told you
about thirty. can't tell exactly. 1t may
be thirty.one or two, but am positive it is
not over that"
rJnRoME, JEROME! screamed Mrs. But.
terRcld the other day to her biggest boy,
"what is that you are thrwoing to those
pigeons 9'
"Gold beads, mother, aud tho darned
fools are eutin 'en,-L 'spect they think its
corn "
Mrs. B. ran out instantly, but her beads
were gyratins through the air in all dlrec'
tions, and the young sprouts yedal aPpen-
dagcs flew up and down at prodIg!ons
rate, till he was far out Of sight i'll ne'gh'
boring field.
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WIspoM OF TowN LADIEs.-"P Pa, why
don't you buy hen, so that wo can have
all the eggs we want"
my dear, one would not lay all the
eggs We want"
Why, yes it would Pa, we only use a
dozen eggs a day, and good hen would
certainly lay that many"
Trust not to outward show
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TIE BoTrrE Trick ExrLA1SEp-Tn
this well.kuown trick there are two puzzling
points: first how can fifty or a hundred wine
glasses be filled from one quart bottle? and,
secondly, how can six or eight different IL.
guilds be poured from the same bottle? Tho
first wonderis explained thus: the glasses
are so small aud have such thick bottoms,
that full quart bottle will hold enough to
fill eighty al them. The second marvel is
managed in the following manner: the glass
cs are arranged on tray in a particular
manner by the con njurcr, before the entertain
ment begins, The bottle is filed with !,
weak mixture of spirits OF wine, water and
sugar At tho bottom of each glass isa
drop or two of some tlavorug essence, as
noyaus essence OF brandy, port wine. sherry,
ETC., and the operator is thus enabledto con.,
coct tolcrablc resemblance of any.hlid
that is likely to be called for, and to supply a
hupdrcd persons or moro with half d sip Of
their favorite beverage, from the inexhans:
tiblc bottle" -, -,
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ELLEN CRArr.-We understand that the
celebrated Ellen Craft, the Fugitive Slave,
belonging to DR.. Collins of this city who
excited so much interest in Boston, two
years ago, and who had the honor to be
conducted through the Crystal Palace at
London, during the Great Fair, upon the
arm of the Chairman of the Executive
Committee, who slighted many fair repre-
scntativcs of the Caucasian race, to pay
his devoirs to this interesting chamber.maid,
has voluntarily gone Into the service Of an
American gentleman and lady, upon condi.
ton, that they will bring her back to her
owner here.
We would respectfully suggest TO Mrs.
Harriet Beechcr Stowe, that this incident in
the life of Ellen Craft furnishes abundant
material out of which, with her vivid imagi-
nation, she might elaborate romance as
interesting and more truthful than Uncle
Toms Cabin. Macon (Ga.( Messenger.
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PuScl1, speaking of thcinhnenco Of good
dinners, SAYS there is no diplomatic dispute
in. the world SO large that it cannot be COW
cred with .ust;,hle:clotii. .ps:@- ,ssss'ss,'ssss z
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SWAMP LASDs-Ihe Comet Of Baton
Rouge says: We have been informed by
the Register of the land office of Louisiana,
that the Department at Washington city,
bad decided all sales or locations made by
the officers of the United States Of swamp
lands since the passage of the Act Of Con.
gress I'd Of March, lS40, are illegal, and
even though patents have been issued,
parties holding them are directed to return
the same. The sale or location being illegal
no subsequent Act can make it good. Thus
instead of the United States paying over
the cash to the State, she cancels her sales
and gives the land. As there are many
persons largely interested, we make this lis
stutcment, hoping our contemporaries will
notice it, thus giving information witch will
save many an honest purchaser from specu.
! lators.