Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-14

tbe :S100per acre and suppose tho yield Of cot
| ton,to be 1000 lbs per acre at % cts. %oltldbe
| $50 pera acre. Thenwe sec that the manufactpr-
er Of the syrup exceeds the cotton pluntcr 800
| per cent, And the great probability is that the
cane will not be SO exhausting TO soil as cot
/ ton. With due Difference, Isubniit that our so
ciety use allnecessary means 70 encourage the
4 growing of the cane, and the manufacture of the
syrup.
As l have said before, the great and leading
object of agricultural societies should be the ac-
lquiring ard difusing of agricultural Knowledge.
In offeling premiums il should be done with
/ view of gaining information both practical aud
lproftable. Perhaps there is nothing more del
tcteriOus.t to the acquiring and difusing of agri-
cultural knowledge through societies. than false
delicacy, Allmust admit, if societies when they
] meet the members would give an account of
! their experience and observation upon such sub
liects connected with agriculture as they may
1 have made, With diagrams OF their buildings,
such as barns, stables, cribs, COW sheds, &C.,
much information would be gained. But false
delicacy creeps in aud cuts off such fountains of
| knowledge. False reasoning may also do its
partof tho mischief, as many reason thus: tits
| so simple and plain that all understand it MS
we'll as do, and will sneer at me il should Mt
| tempt to instruct. Let me ask what could be
more simple than the discovery of soaking seed
wheat ina solution of bluc-stone; and yet the.
I knowledge that it q certain preventative for.
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preventative, VIC should years ago have ceased
to ERASED wheat. Icould go on with like
illustrations, but all know
/ 8 'tPhat from small streams large rivers flow,
\ And tall oaks from small dcorhS grow
i And that large stores of knowledge maybe ac-
| quircd from small contributions.
Tho time is fast approaching when our whole
system offarming and raising of stock wilIhaye
to undergo change. Much less land will be
cultivated and abundance more produce made.
fewer stock kept, and more beef and pork made.
lie who contributes most, in bringing about such
q change, will be the greatest benefactor TO his
4 country, When such change is effected, then
Twill be stayed the Wild rush of emigration.--
Then VIC will ascend the mound of prosperity
/ and bask in the sunshine of comfort and ease.
Then let me admonish you by all that is saored
I to the memory ofman, by the meinory of your
ancestors graves, by the memory of youthful
2econnectjons, by the memory of the old church.
l8where, at tender mothers knee youwere taught
4 tile way to worship true and living God !; and
4 by tho memory of the old mansion wherein YOU
/ were reared to rnanhood to aid in bringing
I about such change. g-
i Every falg er could improve some amount of
\ soil to its highest capacity Yet, do not sup
4 pose that there is.an acre in the district that
I has been so improved 1T is TO be hoped that
as soon, ms So have facility of importing for
| 'eign substances VIC will Mt once commence The
work of improvement, by the application of GU
1 ano, plaster, and other salts, 20 cur soil. The
4 most. .sanguine expectations may be realised !:
i but, aside from NIL foreign substances, if more
/ attention was paid q o the collection of vcgeta-
4 bic matter, and keeping the COW sheds and hog
! lots properly Uttered, large quantities of excel
Il leut manure could thus bo n0de, which would
not only pay us in the increase of our crops end
/ Improvement Of our soil, hut also in the inn
4 proyemcnt of our stock ondin keeping them p
4 Gentlemens III conclusion, allow me to sug-
4 gest thatour society commence the work of iIG-
4 proyement--solid and lasting improvement. -
/ Let our mother eartllbe allowcd'a full share of
\ our fostering care and consideration, and he
who is recrcant will be false toslfmsef, false to
i pOsterity, and false to hnmanityl r,s;
From Nicaragua.--col. Schlessinger.
Our readers viii remember the case of
! Col, Schlessinger, who was. said to have
! abandoned Nicaragua Walker at the bat
I tlelof Santa Rosa, under circumstances of
treachery and cowardiee. He has return
] ed from Nicaragua, and given information
| with respectto nfatters there. He pub.
fishes, also, a letter, in which he allades to
/ the charges that were brought against liim
and promises to refute thom fully ina book
Memoirs ofNiearagua uawhich he intends
| publishing. I.
+ He reports that at the election held in
Nicaragua on tlle 2Gthi September, Gen.
I Martinez a Eli Ii u liberal principles, and
of undoubted decision and bravery, aud
popular withal--was elected BY an, over
| twhelming vote. He gives the recent de-
Ecree of expulsion whereby all porsons friend
i ly to Walker are required to leave Nicara.
grss He makes out that ample propara-
Il tions have been made FOR the reception of
kWalker, and states that the present force
Of Nicaragua Is 1850 men and twenty-six
4 guns An army of 900 men can be put
linlmotion at any point of the country in
three days ltiseontended thai Walker
has synpathi2ers In the country
IS nth regard to this Col 4S., the New
York Ifioles. says 81. 6 s.
sGolS Schlesainger is a Hungarian, and
Twas IN the army under Kossuth After
i the capituIation Of Conlorn, at which he was
present, he came 10 the United States with
Coy Ujbasy, aud shortly Afterwards joiped
4 the expedition to- Cube, under1iopcz. He
was captured in the mountains of Cuba,
having lived aweek on roots aHd after the
4 'fgs,Toting of lopez, he was Condemned to
be sent To Centie ia Africa. lie escaped,
howeverI from his confinement there aud
i iretufned TO the United States, sud soon of.
tefgoth thinselfinto ditliepIty ia Nicaragua. :
i WosIaN.s .s 4. I.AUafE. "a woman has $40
4 J.nataal gsace mere bewitphing than 4 sweet
4aligli It leaps from her heart il clear
4 sparliiing flll and tho heart that bears II
I,feels bhSliod N the exhDaIgting a,fJls. 3 ~
1 tnrns the prose of osir illfD into Poetry Il