The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-16

II Peach TREEs.-As we are extremely font
| Of fine peaches and feel deeply interested i
/ the successfalcultisation Of peach orchards, y
II cheerfully give place TO the following ezsrac
from the ettsol Of the South. a very able pa
\. per devoted to agriculture, gardening, fruits
d5c.. at the same time we will observe that v,
believe our soil and climate, peculiarly favo.
able 10 peach orchards. We have eaten il
Shreveport as delicious peaches as were eve
4 gatheredin New Jersey, Virginia, or elsewhere
I Have you some young seeding peach tree
i about your yard or garden? If SO, select
4 pen from some choice peach, two or three bud
long; trim it to a wedge form, then cutoff on,
Hof these young seedlings little below the sur
face of the ground: split the stump down /:
inches; then with the point of your knife, ope1
the split, and carefully insert your wedge
shaped pen with the barks fitting on one side
t with your fingers press the earth firmly agains
the sides OF the stump, and then cover the
joint and halfway up the pen, with loose earth
and you are done. No bandage, no tying, nc
/ cutting off tap-root, or any such thing; tol
they are all stuff and humbug. Just try a few
/ in this way, and tell US next fall if you have
not thrifty, well formed trees, from four tc
seven feet high; with limbs from the ground,
and filed with bloom buds.
A Paris correspondent Of the London Times,
says, March 10Th. that there is no change in
| the state of commercial affairs in Paris. The
decline in corn has been great Spectators,
who had bought large quantities of flour insthe
| hope of disposing of it TO advantage in June or
July next, are now extremely anxious to part
with it even at a loss. Flour and wheat con-
continue to arrive in abundance at Havre and
Marseilles, where prices were going down.
In Paris -four has declined from ST. to If. per
sack. II peace is concluded in Europe flour
will go down ttwith rush" in this country
The HUFrY CASE SErTLED.-The supreme
court on the 18th inst, finally settled the CON
tested election controversary case between Bell
and Hufty, by declaring the former the legally
elected sheriff Of the parish of Orleans.
Hon. Erastus Brooks has contributed to the
Albany n. Y Statesman a letter addressed
to him by Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, in which
the latter states that Mr.. Clay, in 1914, de-
clared Ito Davis and others at Ashland, J his
adhesion to the native American prineiple-but
concurred with Mr.. Davis and others, that,
considering the short period before the cleo
ton, Mr.. Clay being a candidate, he had
better not authorize bis support Of the native
American principle to be made public.
The Philadelphia News says, when general
Scott was nominated in 1852 for the presiden-
cy,. what oceans Of tears the locof9co leaders
Shed over Mr.. Fillmore! No language was
strong enough to convey an adequate idea Of
the admiration and love they entertained for
him! He was pure and incorruptble patriot,
and worthy Of the confidence Of all. He was
indeed "a model president, whose admins
tration had been ssas conservative as Wash
lngton ST. Yet the very men who thus extol-
ed Nh Fillmore will now, foryarious purposes,
swallow their own words, belle their own en-
dorsealents, and traduce him as ardently as
they praised himl
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times gives tie following declaration of
president Pierce in relation to the democratic
presidential nomination. The president TO-
day, in conversation with a gentleman as 10
bis prospects for denomination, said that If he
was not nominated, no other northern man
should be-
Miss Peggy Land, q young woman Of Pick
ems district, South Carolina, about tWenty-four
years Of age, after trying weaving, carding,
spinning, and sewing, last year went to farm
ing, and made cotton which Melted her 500
Her corn crop wastwo hundred and fifty bush
els, worth sixty cents per bushel, and she made
thiyty-fve bushels of wheat, worth one dollar
and fifty cents per bushel! She accomplished
this herself without any assistance OF hiring.
She ploughed, drove the cart, cut her wheat
and cribbed her corn, dc. Miss Peggy is a
real MODEL WOMAN.
: Governor Floyd, Of Virginia, we learn from
the Richmond Wing, told the. State conyen-
ton, in a speech before that body, that s'they
would have to work like beavers. if they ex-
pected to carry Virginia against Mr.. Fillmore
We think this very likely.
CasADA- They are becoming democratic
in the Canadian provinces. They are no long
cr willing to have England furnish them with
governors Hear the Hamilton Banner. Tt
speaks out emphatcally and justly:
We will have an elective legislative council
bill passed in few days. We must shave also
an elective governor. The people in Canada
are in a position to choose from among them
selves man competent to fill the highest post
in the country. Its time that an end was put
to the abominable system of sending out TO
Canada broken-down, eharacterless baronets
and lords to n1onopolze our most respectable
and to ride rough-shod over the sons
If tba lnstJ- yeop,anrv by whose hra why arms