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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-23
WHOLE NO. 507.

to carry her home to her father, and that she
would conceal the violence he had inflicted lie
then left but soon returned. and after again
beating her, he concealed her body in the very
hole where the stake was planted at which nc suf
lercd.
After this confession was made the match was
flames were deyoving the doomed negro, his
fearful cries resounded throu gh the Lir while the
surrounding negroes who witnessed his dreadful
agony and horrible contortiOns, sent up an invol-
untary howl Of orror. His sufferings, though
excruciating, were short; in few minutes the
flames had euyelOped him entirely, revealing now
and then Us they htfuly swayed hither and thither
his black and burning carcass, like demon of
the fire. grinning as if in hellish triumph at bis
tormenturs. Soon all over, nothing was left
but the burning flesh and charred skeleton of this
human devil who could thus deliberately perpe-
trutc 80 foul crime. The hOrrid outrage was
fearrully avenged, and though the heavens were
rceking with the stencil of burning aesh yet JUST
ice satisfied the law Of retaliation was in
hcted as nearly as it could be, while the example
made of this wretch had, no doubt, a salutary Of.
feet upon tie two thousand slaves who witnessed
his execution.
We are far from approving Of the inaiction Of
mob law, yet, in aggravated cases like this, popu-
lar ebution will manifest itself, and in view of
the enormity Of the wretch's offence, we, pub
lie Journalist cannot approve, yet we have neither
time inclination to censurc the conduct Of tho
people Of South Sumpter. Justice inflicted
by them, and thousand deaths of tho kind weie
too good for devil like negro Dave.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-23
From the Marion (Silss.) Republican, May 20.
BURNING A NEGRO AT THE STAKE IN
ALABAMA.
THE SCENE WITNESSED By THREE THOUSAND cITIzENs
AND TWO THOUSAND SLAVES,

Some time since we published an account of the
murder of Miss Thornton, an interesting young
girl, residing near Castor, Alabama. Immediately
after the murder and detection Of the negro his
immediate punishment was seriously contemplated
by the people of Sumpter county, but after mature
deliberation the aw abiding citizens delivered him
into the custody of the proper othcers and he was
committed to prison.
AT the late term of Circuit Court OF Sumpter
county, the attorney appointed by the Court in the
discharge of his duty moved for change Of venue
to Green county. The Judge, as the motion was
sustained by the proper affidavit, sustained the ap-
plcation.
On Wednesday last the citizens of South Sump-
ter assembled en- masSe at Mr.. William McElroy 5,
and unanimously passed series OF resolutions re-
fecting seriously upon the conduct of the Judge,
and after having pledged themselves to sustain
each other, portion of them proceeded 10 Livings-
ton and took the miserable criminal by force from
the Jail where he was confined.
! On Friday last, after duo preparation, they car
ried him to the spot where he so cruelty murdered
his innocent victim, and burnt him alive at the
stake.
About three thousand persons were present,
who witnessed, with various emotions, the dread
| full spectacle. We were present, but hope that we
will never again witness a scene like it. The pyre
was composed Of several cords of light wood,
in the centre Of which is a green willow stake,
selected in consequence of its indestruetbility by
fire.
On the top of the pile of light wood the Grim
inal was placed, and securely chained to the stake.
While in this situation he confessed his guilt stat
| ing that he had no acoomplce-that he was actu-
ated by lust alone--that he had attempted to yio-
! late her person, but had failed, and to conceal
the attempt he had cruelty murdered her by
beating the poor innocent creature with stump
that while he was doing this she imploTed him
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-23

first impulses were always for freedom. WheI
! bound down and corrupted by the atmosphere u
slavery, if he was left free for moment TO for
get policy, the noble impulses of his nature cam,
up, and lie was man again. Did you ever hea
what his last words at Washington were. Ii is
conversation which Charles Summer told to me
and which should not dare repeat if Charles Sum
ner had ever told it in public himself; but be-
! lieye he has not. 1t was the last night Of Mr.
! Daviss Congressional career. The clock was ap
proaehing the hour of twelve, and the old man sat
quietly in his seat, waiting for the end Of his long
public life. Senators who had known him for, So
many years stood by watching him. to see if they
could mark any change in his quiet face. They
saw none. The clock struck twelve at last, and
the old man from his seat with the last stroke,
and took his place outside the railing, no more a
Senator, but a humble, private man. His success
sor had not been appointed; there was no reason
why he should resign his seat; his friends urged
him to retain it, simply from courtesy, if nothing
more but he said, mol my public life is ended,
and went home to his hotel. Mr.. Sumner followed
him. wishing to present his compliments and
respects on the conclusion of his long term
Of service. As lie entered the door of Mr., Daviss
parlor he found the old man sitting with
his elbows on the table, and his face buried
in his hands, absorbed in thought Said Mr.. Dn-
Wis Would you like to hear what are the thoughts
passing through my mind at the end of this, my
long experience? Yes certainly was the reply
the thoughts Of such man, at such :me, must
be deeply interesting We'll, sir said the yeter-
an, drawing himself up this is the consumation
Of the whole Here in our national government,
Slavery rules everything, Mr. Sumner Sl0rrry
rules er0yMingP CLEAR 'hcar,O Yes Charles
Sumner did hear, and made other people hear. Ito
some purpose. (Chcers) Mr.. Davis, of whom We
had all complained, whose course wehad all regard
ed as not being sufficiently true to freedom on
great emergencies, at last came to this simple con.
conclusion, that Mr.. Garrison had been outcast
for twenty years for uttering the important truth,
that Sjarcry rules crcryhmGP Cheers. Every
thing? No, there is one thing that Slavery does
not rule and never can rule and that is, the hearts
Of Abolitionists. !. Loud applause. That alone is
the preservation Of this Union from destruction.
! Do not confound Dsunion with destruction. Union
with Slavery is destruction hear hear; Dis
union from Slavery is safety Hear hear
and loud cheers. While Slavery is building up
its power upon one hand Freedom is marshalling
its forces on the other and the time is surely be-
fore us,potcians are beginning to see it already,
when these two mighty forces will come togcth-
er with shock like that when those great vessels
met in the Atlantic ocean, and you know what fol-
lowed. God grant that the name of that hapless
bark may not be prophetic, aud that in this case
it may not be the NoRTlI-the 'ARcTGC-that will
stagger and go down! Prolonged cheering
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-23
A SOUTH AMERICAN VIEW OF THE
YANKEES.

The National Intelligoncer translates from a
Valparaiso paper the following article on Yankees
and Yankee character. 1t places about the esti-
mate upon our people which Mexican and
South American land piracies, intended and con-
summated will warrant.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05
RUCEWHEAT.

Few crops can be turned 10 better account,
on poor, light, grayelly soil, thai buckwheat.
It possesses a chemical action on the soil, by
which the coarser PARTICLES arc disiniegraied,
or rendered finer, and the soil is thereby i'm
proved. Pure, inorganic earih-thai is, earth
unmixed with animal or vegetable maiter--is
produced by the disinteeraiiou. or pulverizing
Of rocks. Slick, or sand, IL the oxide, or rust
of siicium; or, to make it more familiar, it
is pulverized quartz. Clay is produced by the
decomposition OF feldspar. Now ali the quartz
and ieldspar in the world while existing in the
form Of rock, will not produce a blade of grass;
it is only when decomposed, or pulyerized /;
and the finer the particles, the better the soil.
II soil, then, is coarse, the object Of the
farmer should be 10 pulyerizo il, which can on
ly be done by some chemical application, or
the growing Of some crop which has that chem
ical power. Buckwheat, by process yet I'M
discovered, has that power, and the longer it
is cultivated on a given piece Of ground, the
finer will be the particles Of the soil 1t in
iures land for corn, but leaves it in fine order
for potatoes, and is the best crop to kill out
bushes, wild grass, and mellow greensward -
To fit the land for the next succeeding crop, in
rotation, plow in crop Of buckwheai in bios
som.
As food for man, except in small quanti-
ties we could not recommend il, as cakes made
from it, though light when hot, are heavy as
cold liver when cold. A constant use Of it,
has tendency, also, to produce culaneous dis
eases but, boiled with potatoes, apples, OF
numnLinu IL ia FIRST rate FIR houe Whom
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05

and cannot be relied upon Seeds should always
10 selected from crop free from those diseases,
the germ Of which, lies in the grain-as is be-
lioved by many 10 be tho case with smut, mildew,
&c.
Grain which has been perfectly maturcd, may
DO preserved uninjured, for very long time.
Grain has been discovered in caves, aud other
places, where il has boon hid away for ages,
aud discovered by chance, the terminating
quality of which was perfectly preserved This
however, could only be, by a total exclusion of
light, air, and moisture, aud the preservation Of
an even, uniform temperature.
BY the usual modes of keeping, grain will
not bear great age, though in some cases,
wheat has been planted with success at an age
of five years, and rye at three years. Wheat
should not DO over two years old.
There is a difference of opinion, as regards
rye, but experience seems TO show concluslvoly,
that it oughtno, to be over one year old. Clo-
yer seed is believed to lose It's terminating pow
or in the fourth yeat, to be feeble in the third,
and only reliable at one and two years DID,
Seeds which yield oil, will keep perfectly for a
long period, if kept FROM worms. Flax seed is
improved by age.
Most kinds of seed used in farming, will keep
well until the second year, and in the case OF
having season particularly favorable TO the
development of seeds and grains, It might be
iccH 10 sdre secds from tho crops Of This year,
for The ncrf i,co seedlings, 10 proride for con-
Gngeacies. This ought especially to be done
with wheat, as the seeding can then be done
I -. n 4 A. al.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05
From the New England Farmer.1
POTATOES.

The crop of potatoes in Massachusetts, and
probably in New England generally, was IN
commonly fine last year, and altogether the most
profitable crop raised. or the Black Chenan-
goes, which have raised for more than ten years
past, without any rot in a single case, last
year obtained 800 bushels TO the acre. They
are now worth at my door 65 cts. per bushel-
800 x 65=S2Os,30 This on land just broken
up, and with moderate quantity of stable ma
nure, say 25 carloads TO an acre, plowed in,
gives nett profit greater by far than any know
Of in ordinary agriculture.
OF the Jenny Lind potatoes, of which kind
planted only 8 square rods, raised "a bushels,
or at the rate of $50 bushels to the acro-worth
now &c l-s cts. per bushel, equal 10 $500 to the
acre.
This last is huge, coarse potato, bu, well
worth raising owing to its wonderful product
iveness they are used for table purposes by
many, being generally little cheaper than
other kinds, and pretty good eating late in the
season. The Black Chenangoes seem TO i'm
prove every succeeding year, and are now in this
nelghborhood esteemed one Of the hest kinds for
cooking, and owing TO the fact thar they never
suffer from rot, are more cultivated think than
any other kind. AMAsA WALKER.
North Brookfold, March, 1858.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05
From the New Englond Farmerl
THE NORTHERN SPY APPLE.

MR. FAnMKR This new variety, which
has attracted so much attention in Western New
York, is little known in New England. No
apple brought into notice has elected so many
and different opinions Of its merits. What
said of il in a report 10 the American Pomolo-
gical Society, reprinted in your paper, was in
tended as a. caution to ihosc planting or grating
extensively, rather than to deter any one from
giving II fair trial.
One reason why il has been so poor bearer
is, il has been extensively propaga,cd from nnT-
sery scions In 1916, paid three dollars to a
Rochester nurseryman for four dozen scions,
which had been cut from small nursery trees
these were grated on old bearing trees. Scions
cut from them two years aiicr, and grated on
bearing trees, first produced fruit.
Another reason why it is not an early bearer,
is IFS upright growth. A person visiting an
orchard Of one thousand trees, containing one
hundred varieties, and told there is one tree
only Of the Northern Spy, may easily selec, it.
This may DO partially remedied. / bent some
of the most vigorous limbs on my trees and tied
them down, when three years grated, lin Octo-
bcr,) and the next season they were filled with
fruit buds-two years before blossom appear
cd on any other.
Il is a rapid grower, hardy, and requires high
culture, with plenty Of lime or ashes, and moro
thinning of It's branches and small limbs than
any other sort. In quality il is decidedly the
best, taking the same rank in March, April and
NAV, or perhaps June, that the GraunSiien docs
in October and November. One busid will, IL
any market when known 10 be in GOOD condi.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05
AGRICULTURAL.
THE CROPS OF THE COMING SEASON.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GOO ID SEED.

All eyes arc turned to the farming districts
with intense anxiety Never, in the history of
American husbandry, has SO much depended
upon the success of farming; and never has so
much been crowded into the operations of
single season, as are destined to be crowded in
to the one now about to commence. Many
men, who have heretofore seemed to infer that
the farmers were merely advantageous to the
country, by supplying link in the chain of hu-
man pursuits, and securing to themselves plain
living Their eby, have suddenly learned to lisp the
word crops, and oroak about drought, insects,
wheat, corn, cabbage, and beef-steak as Justify
as though they had always realized that the mo-
tion of the loom, the hammer, and the jack
plane, depended mainly upon the yield and
prices of agricultural products. Men hereto
fore, could ride through the country without
seeming to see that there waved upon the one
hand, fields of wheat, already tinted with the
golden hue which invites to the busy harvest,
and upon the other, the fatiening bullock, or
the we'll titled corn, already developing tho ru-
diments of the promised ear. But this state OF
things exists no longer. All classes are anx-
iously scanning the face Of the country, and
wondering what will be the issue. Many, who
are involved in commercial embarrassments, rest
their sole hope of escape from bankruptcy, in
The crops of the coming season, and many far
mers who have over-traded, and farmed badly,
are in the same predcament.
All these things warn us of the necessity Of
extreme care in the selection of the seeds fol-
planting the present season, and Of the impor-
lance of careful culture
The ground is frequently impreg mated with
noxious weeds, by want of care in the selection
of seed. This evil, added to those named in q
former number of the Farmer is material
importance. Weeds, like cultivated plants
show Partially for particular soils Hence
benefit will sometimes accrue by selecting see(
for sowing upon lowlands, that has been cult
waited upon uplands, that in case of containing
the seed Of noxious weeds, they will thereby BE-
placed in soil uncongenal, and their subjuga
ton be rendered easy. Some kinds of seeds re
tain their terminating power for long period
if carefully protected from contracting disease
from moisture, or heating. Other kinds hole
the terminating power by feeble tenure, anC
can hardly retain il for year. The most per
feet seeds retain the germ'nating power for thu
longest period, and those that are imperfect
quickly part with their vitality.
The advantage Of old seed over new, in sew
eral kinds of plants is well known, and this ma,
be attributed to their having preserved ihei
integrity unframed by age, and are therefore
reliable. Vegetables and plants can only b,
procreated by healthy and perfect germs.
The selection of seed from a field of grain
9 4. II 4. 4
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05
tFrom the Vermont Waterman. ]
ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

A-'"S . VIZ .AhehhhS.
If you would preserve your crops from de-
struction by drouih, pillow deep, cultivate thor
oughly. During the severe drouih of the last
season, where the subsoil plow had ''gone 10
the bottom OF things" the droulh was not ma
ieraly felt, aud crops were good. A fact
worth remembering. -Irneate your lands
Turn all the little brooks and running streams,
that are sufficiently elevated for the purpose,
upon your cultivated fields 1t will add mois-
iure and fertility to the soil and vastly increase
the crops Of hay and grain Try it, and see if
/. wont.-About cutting timber Do it while
the tree is in its most rapid season of growth,
and near the close of the growing season. Saw
logs, cut in winter, decay on the outside
Those cut in summer keep sound for years.
Bark for tanning purposes peals easy in the
summer months and sells high in winter Look
out for four or five dollars per cord for he,nlock
next season. The quantity for sale grows less
every year, and the demand greater and the
price hgher.-Posts should be set top end down,
II you would have them last well.-Salt is
necessary for cattle as well as luxury. -Four
quarts to a ton of hay, as moved away, is about
the right proportion. 1t makes the hay more
palatable and more nutritious for stock.-king
birds are beautiful and useful. Don't kill them.
lis fact that they cat bees, the drones, but
never touch ioorking bee, They pick out the
drones, as all drones should be, and destroy
them.-Wheat sown ia drills is said to yield
ten per cent more than broadcast sowing, and
requires one-fourih less seed. Please try the
experiment. on small scale, and leave the re-
suit to future experience - Wooden Posts. As
much OF the length as is to be inserted in the
soil, should be charred. Gather your posts to-
gether IN The woods, and having heaPed them
together over pile OF combustible matter with
top ends resting upon each other over the cen
ire of the mass, heap on few armsfull Of the
same dry material and apply fire. The fuel
may be renewed from time to time till the posts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05

fall, and plowcd in the spring, tho deeper tho
better. Potatoes should be planted as early as
possible in the spring.
We should prefer planting in drills three
feet one way, aud eighteen inches the other;
using from eight TO twelve bushels Of seed per
acre, and no potatoes of less size than hons
cgg 70 be planted. X.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-05-05
POETRY.
From the Home Journal, I
MY TWILIGHT HOUR.

| love the quiet twilight hour,
its dim and fading light;
! love to watch the closing day
Embrace the silent night
Her golden beam has disappeared,
Her reign has not begun,
When, like a holy nuptial ring,
Tho twilight makes them one.
To me Il ever seems TO be
A resting place in life
A quiet, happy, household hour,
With pure affection rife;
When mem'ry from the shadowy past,
Her priceless treasure brings,
Or DER the future, sunny hope
Her soft'ning radiance filings.
love to draw the curtains close.
And by tho fitful blaze,
To sit and think of absent friends,
Or muse on by-gone days,
Yet, as muse, listen too,
TO catch the opening gate,
That may meet him ut the door,
For whose dear step wait.
AS, at the fall of cycntide,
The worn and weary dove,
Bore to the ark on Ararat,
The olve-branch of love:
30 he, who all day long hath toiled
For wife and children dear,
Turns to the sacred ark Of home,
When twilight draweth near.
And while he braves the many cares
That crest each wave Of life,
OH let me make his own iire-silc
A haven from their strife
Full well he knows that peace and love
Are nesting in our home
That here he II find his olive-brauch-
For that he does not roam.
lie seeks to gather from the world
The bay and laurel now,
That with the laurel he may Irvine
A garland for my brow.s
But what, compared with love like his,
Are houors, wealth and fame
Oh, If with hat my brow is crowned,
The rest Is but name.
And from my proud, yet thankful heart
There comes an earnest prayer,
That may ever worthy prove
This priceless wreath to wear.
1t risoth from lifes flood of cares
The first green thing on earth
And none but those who'ye felt its want
Can ever know its worth.
But mem'ry gently waves her wing,
And, from the distant past,
She sweeps the shadowy clouds away
That time would DER 1t cast.
Friends who are scattered far and wide
Are gathering round me now;
feel them geutly press my hand,
Or lightly kiss my brow.
As summer winds draw music wild
From soft Holian strings,
So all unbiddcn are the thoughts
Which to my heart she brings.
Drawn gently from its quivering chords
Upon the breeze there floats
The sweetest music Of my life,
And then--its widest notes
Again, am little child,
Light-heartcj and content,
Whose happy spirit runneth DER
With joyous ncrriment.
Anon maiden young | stand,
'Wherc brook and river meet"
And now the notes grow stern and wild,
Then soft, and low and sweet.
Such are the thoughts that ever haunt
My quiet twilight hour,
When hope and mem'rys hand in hand,
Exert their magic power.
Then do yoTwonder that love
10 sit and dream away
This little link which joins the night
To busy, busting day.
But now the evening lamp is lit,
And can muse no more;
For childish voices speak to me,
And Gather s at the door"
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PAINTS AND OILS.

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