Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-27
PLANTING Paosprcrs m soufH cAaeit1A.

We have been gratiied with most favorable
accounts ftoth oil parts of the State, bothof
the ripening grain and the growing provision
and staple crops. An unusually large breadth
of wheat has; been sown, and We have heard Of
no section Of The wheatgro*mg portions OF the
State which has not made more than the wants
of usual consumption will demand. Oats which
gave poor promise month since, has beeu i'm
proved vastly by the late general rains, and
wherever sown, good crop will be harvested.
Several gentlemen Of our acquaintance have
helped out their scnnty corn cribs by fields Of
barley, and speak highly of it as the most prof.
table crop for soiling early in the season, and NJ
solid cereal food after II is ripe. If boiled or
steeped in water twenty.four hours. it furnishes
better food than corn for all kinds of stock.
It yields argely-6fty bushels per acre on we'll
prepared land being fair crop-and ripening
early in May, would be invaluable forthe plant
ing States, if generally cultivated. The corn
crop Of South Carolinia WIS never moro prou1-
ising-and larger number OF acres have been
planted this season than heretofore. The home
consumption of Our cities and towns havin9
rapidly Increased with the introduction ct elafgs
mechanical populations on the lines Of our raass
roads, and laborers engaged in their construe.
ton and repair, will render the provision crop
hereafter always good one, and all our surplus
cereals will find ready market at home and
elsewhere.
The rice crop is steadily being increased in
the Suite, with the increased consumption both
at home and abroad, and the late rises in onf
rivers, will have most favorable effect on the
growing fields A full river, instead of being
an injury to the rice planter, (uniess it breaks
over his banks) is his salvation, for it expes the
salt tides from the mouths Of the rivers, and no
is enabled to irrigate with fresh water, which
alone can be u.ed for this vital purpose.
. The cotton crop is also promising, and whilst
there has been decrease OF, the number OF
acres put in, we feel confident that the number
of bales grown will not fall far short of; on ordl-
nary crop. The best land being planted, which,
with more thorough cultivation and attention to
picking out and preparing for market, the 6an-
| cial returns for the crop will doubtless equal
those of other years. All this betokens q heal.
thy tone, and when it once fully invests our
planters, they will commence that systetn OF
improvement which will be beneficial, because
it will be easy and economical. There never
has been time when agricultural labor has been
better paid than it is now; and, too, we may
say, that the lot of our people is happy in the
extreme when compared with those who are
land.locked, and who suffer because tho superb
bundance of other regions cannot be,taken to
them. Verify railroads prove their true mission
10 times like these, and they are blessings as
we'll as conveniences to the people who enjoy
them. South Carolinian.
SETTLEMENT OF OUR TROUBLES WITH SrAN
We have already noted the fact that the siege
of Cuba had been raised. Gen. CoEcha is re-
presented to have remarked to our naval officers
that the President, by his large feet, effeetually
put down fllibustering. and relieved him of aii
anxiety, and obviated all danger and difficulty
of collision. He therefore relaxed the severity
of his orders, and now everything moves on in
that Quarter peaceably and tremendously. Tho
National IntelIigencer Of Wednesday thus re-
cords the settlement of the two remaining ques-
tons Of difficulty between Spain and the United
States:
"The last steamer brought Us private letters
from Paris, communicating the agreeable infor'
nation that our Charge d'Affaires at Madrid,
Mr.. Perry, had obtained from the old Spanish
government an entirely satisfactory adjustment
Of the Edorado case, and that of The Vice Consul
at Saguu Ia Grande, Mr.. Thompson. 1t is said,
indeed, that Mr.. Perry has succeeded so far in
the latter case MS to obtain an order for the dis
missal of the Lieut.. Governor of Sagua Ia Grande
who caused the arrest of Mr.. Thompson. -.
GAS further security for ponce, We are hap
Nv to learn from the same letters, that the Span
ish government has, in the spirit of conciiiol!on,
issued instructions for their cruisers in the West
Indies, which will prevent the recurrence OF any
difficulty in that quarter, or any just cause OF
complaint on onr part. So successful indeed
has been our Charge d'Affaires in carrying out
the instructions and wishes of his government,
that we appreheud Mr. Dodge will, happily for
his own comfort, find little left unsettled to give
him any trouble"
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times is perfectly shocked. it seems, at
the low-nrrked dresses CT the bellies OF that
city, when they are supposed to be in Jul cos
tune. As the countryman said when asked, al
ter leaving one of the Presidential levees, IT he
, had ever seen such sight before? sNo," was
the emphatic reply, mol since 'cas 'ceaned =
THE Lexington Telegraph learns frcm pri.
yate letter, received from Attata county, Miss
that Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Berry, formerly re-
sients of that district, were caught ia thunder
storm on the afternoon of the 3OLh ult, while
, on their way from their wheat field. They
sheltered themselves under tree in their or.
chard, where, it is supposed, they were killed 6y
lightning, as Immediately after the rain their ~
, tie son went in search OF them, and found their
bodies lying on the ground, considerably bfn's'
ed, and somewhat fractured, and their faces bu'
red in the earth.
ARKANSAS. The Traveller tells good story
of citizen of this State, who, while on board
of steamer on the Mississippi, was asked by 8
;; gentleman whether the raising of stock was At
Tended by much difficulty or expense.
"oh, yes, stranger! they suffer much fFo"
insects"
"Insects. What kind of insects, pray?" :.
; "Why, bars, ratamounts, wolves, and such
. like insects"
The stranger stopped nor for further inquiry
nor did he deem it necessary to explain to the
Arkansian some passages in Goldsmith's Natural
History.
A FEW mornings since we were relating to
our family the fact that a friend having found
upon his door step 6nc little male infant
) whom he had adopted when one of the olive
branches" remarked
"Pa, dear, it'll be his step son, won't 1t :"
We thought it would, decidedly.
GONG acknowledgements Town. Kansas
Territory, named from the fort standing there,
now contains, it is said, 800 inhabitants, steam
saw.mill, two brick yards, one large three-story
hotel, four boarding houses, FIVE dry goods
stores. FIVE groceries, two boot and shoe stores,
two saddIery Shops one tin shop and two
blacksmiths' shops.
RECEIPTS OF PRoDucE.-The receipts Of pro-
L. a. q.