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we shall array the evils visited upon the hu-
man family by rum we will call up hosts of
mourning widows and weeping children;
throw open doors of drunkard's homes and
bid christian men look in upon the misery
gathered there bic humanity to behold the
victims of drunken murders as they stihen in
their gore around the shrine of the damning
bowl and uncover their ghostly wounds and
suicidal thrusts, that they, like the wounds
on Caesars corpse, may ope their bloody lips
and plead for those who yet live, and bring
an accusation of death against the inquitous
traffic. These are a few of the weapons to
be employed in our crusade against the most
terrible scourge that everbefel the earth, and
with renewed zeal to WELD them to the stir
ring up of the christian, the humane, the
thinking portion of the community, we pray
Heaven to aid US and defend the justic of the
cause.
The War still progresses. Help us fight !
Spirit Of the Age.
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farm&r's 9epartment.
From the Gennesee Farmer.

AGRICULTURAL PAPERS, N THE DUTY
OF FARMERS TO WRITE FOR THEM.-Agrl-
cultural science is still in itsinfancy. "Dark-
ness as darkness ITSELF" hangs over the
pathway of him who attemps to explore Its
fields. In its present stage of Development
some of its most important truths are incapa-
BILE of demonstration. What one approves
both in theory and practice another condemns.
Philosophical experience are arrayed against
each other. And yet its principles are as
fixed in their operation as are the principles
of any science; and when they shall have
received the careful and philosophical at
~teution which the coming years are destined
to bring them, they will be found as demon
strable as are the truths of mathematics.
In attaining so desirable and important a
result, we must relyi in no small degree upon
agricultural papers. 1t is their peculiar pro-
vince to awaken inquiry, direct it in proper
channels, and stimulate the energies OF the
laboring masses. That they have accomp-
lished very much in this respect during the
last decade, cannot be denied. We are in
debted to them to a great extent for the In
creased attention with las of late been given
to agricultural science. But broader and
richer fields, sparkling with rarest gems, are
opening before them all the sciences are
coming to their aid in clearing away the
mists that have so long enveloped the great
truths of agriculture; educated intellect is
anxious to pay its deroirs to those truths i;
the best disciplined minds of the age are
reckoned in the lists of practical agricultur-
lists. But whatever offerings science may
bring, whatever discoveries she may make,
actual experience must attend her par
paSSu.
Upon farmers, therefore, d~evolves a sort
of moral obligation to give to the world,
through the medium of agricultural papers,
the results of their experience. And, dear
farmer, when you experiment let me persuade
you to do it with the almost care and exact
ness-thus the rcRer influence of your expe-
riments will be no small part of the benefits
resulting therefrom. When W can bring to
bear upon the disputed points of agricultu-
raj science the careful experience of thou
sands of practical men, we shall have done
much towards their settlement, and there
fore much for the benefit of the world. No
subject offers a richer reward to patient in
vestigation. SENIOR.
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From the Spirit of the Age.

DsINKING.-The first step a young man
often takes in life, is in the road to intemper-
ance. He is frequently carried to the drink
ing saloon by his companions, and there he is
tempted and led astray. Should he not flee
from such associates? He should not be so
easily Influenced by them. What is the aim
ofa ~drunkard's life in this world? For What
purpose is he living? To what will it lead?
Doeshe wish to fill adrunkard's grave? Does
he wish to send a parents gray hairs in sor-
row to the tomb? Does he wish to cause a
sisters heart to grieve? Or injure his repu-
tation in life? Is not the female sex often
the greater sufferers?
A few years ago the Temperance cause
seemed to be in a prosperous condition in
this place. There were three or four Socie.
ties, but now thereis but one and that is not
in quite as fourishing condition as it should
be. Once the Division and Cadet rooms
were crowded. Where are they now? Some
have paid theirlast debt on earth. Some have
withdrawn their pledge and I apprehend are
in the downward road to ruin. Some young
men think it a dishonor to belong to the
Temperance Society. I guess that is one
reason why there is such little interest mani
tested. There is not a lady, especially, who
does not appreciate a young man more, of
temperate habits, than one who is otherwise ;
as nightly praiseworthy in him to resist such
an evil and try to sustain the cause Of tenn
perance. How disgusting it is to a lady to
to see a man staggering along the streets in
toxicated! How degrading it must be'to
have a drunken husband What a misera-
BILE life must a ~drunkard's wife lead She
is not only abused byhim, butt must surely
pain her to see him so debase himself, and
cause her to esteem him less. 1t it strange
if she can ever respect him as much as be-
fore. n woman cannot promise herself any
happiness to marry a drinking man
Does it not often cause premature death
Does it not often impair the mind? However
intelligent a man may be, drinking will f.
nally disqualify him to fill any Office or station
in life. MARCUS.
Raleigh, March 16, 1858.
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That said Fred, lis Lord B., himself?
After that 1 kept still, but l thought to
myself, What a land is this where the foot
men wear all the good Clothes"

MEsMER1sM.-A few years ago, before
the rail road companies between Albany and
Buffalo had provided the long and comfort
able cars now used by the mail agents, and
L%iviugton & Wells Express, the latter rode
in the passenger cars :ust like anybody,
and of course, encountered all sorts of char
acters. One of the firm, whose love of wag-
gerry is we'll known, happened to be going to
Buffalo, and was quietly seated in the car,
when his attention was directed to the con-
versatiou of two individuals opposite. One
of these vas, it appeared, a travelling mes,
interchangeable professor of the science.
He was dilating upon its rapid development
the wonderful phenomena it exhibited
its astonishing curative powers for diseases
the extraordinary discoveries developed
through its agency. Finally, he got upon
his own superiority as a professor a congo
NAL theme, and he was at home. After mar
rating a variety of experiments some OF
course, he spoke of the following with a
gusto that was irresistible. Said he:
Last week, 1 was going through one OF
the streets of this very city, Rochester,
saw a man just ahead, to whom l was anx-
ious to speak. He walked too fast for me to
overtake him without running, so l just
Strengthened out my right arm, concentrated
my will, made a pass at him-thus-and he
stopped quicker than lightning
sWh-wh-why, mister, y-y-you don't call
that very m-m-much of a trick, do you?
Eyes, sir, I rather latter myself that it
was a pretty strong demonstration
sW.w-well it don't begin with what once
did
Then you arc familiar with the science,
sir, I presume
'S-S-somc.'
Might I inquire what was the case you
spoke of, sir?
oh, c-cer-certainly. Y-y-you see h-h-
happened to be up here in B-B-Batavla once
in the winter. G-g-going down to the &C.
cars I saw q m-m-man on the t-t-top OF a
building, sh-'oveling off snow ; pretty soon
his foot slipped, and d-d-down he came W.
w-when he got about half way down, | just
made a p,p-pass at him, and stopped him
quicker than powder. I c-c-came off with
out thinking anything more about it. If y.
y-you are going to Batavia l wish you would
just l-l-let him down, for I pre-presume he
is h-h-hanging there yet!
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A SOUTHERN EDITOR TREATS IN SEN
ATE.-The correspondent of the Mobile Tii-
June, writing under date of Montgomery,
January 9th, relates the following auecdote
of the manner in which members of the
Senate of that State manage to get their
brandy but, in this instance, "Massa Hoop
er's brandy turns out souri,
81 must tell you a good joke which occur
red in the Senate on Saturday. Several of
the members of that body are in the habit of
wetting their whistle in session. There be-
ing no supply Of the ardent kept on the hill,
they were obliged to send for it to the val
ley below. On this occasion, the inimitable
Jonce Hooper, (Simon Suggs,) editor of the
Mail, was reporting proceedings. Knowing
that he was cup to snuff IN old political
war horse arrested his attent on with a wink,
and then signifed the desire of his collea-
CUES that he (Hooper) would send for a bot
tie of brandy. Jonce readily complied, and
despatched his servant, who was waiting for
copy, on the important errand.
sInstead of going to the drug store as d.
rected, blackey went to the printing office,
and said to the foreman-'Massa Hooper
done tell me to fetch him a bottle of brandy
dat he got in the Office The foreman went
to the editorial sanctum, where he found a
bottle rolled up in paper, which he supposed
to be the one indicated. This he sent by
the darkey, who faithfully delivered it to
Mr.. Hooper. 1t was circulated among the
Senators Each one, after taking a swig.
made a horrible Erimmace, which faded into
a mischievous smirk as he handed it to anoth-
or. In this way the bottle passed silently
around till it came back to Jonce, who took
one mouthful, and then spirited it forth, ex-
claiming-'What the devils this? Yes,
what the devil is it " q~uerried the victimized
Senators, 'that's what we should like to
know
"Suddenly the remembrance of a bottle of
fever and ague medicine, prepared for a ne.
gro servant, flashed upon the mind of Jonce,
and he gave vent to a regular haw, haw.-
He surveyed the bottle with a sort of conf
cal, quizzical look. 1t was the identical one,
and off he went again with ar explosive
laugh. The joke was impaired to the Sena.
tors, and they laughed too. The members
of the Room heard of it, and they roared.-
The news spread, and before the expiration
of twenty four hours the whole town laugh
ed"
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FORCING A SALE.-Two of 'our' boys,
writes a western, friend, Hi Angel and Dick
Walker, emigrated to the wildsof Minnesota.
During the long winter evenings, they went to
work and made up a lot of axe-helves. Being
'raw' hands at the business, the helves were
anything but saleable. Going to the nearest
town, they tried in vain to dispose of them
at the different groceries and stores. There
was but one shop left, and Hi, giving Dick
instructions, went in alone. Inquiring of the
shopman if he had any helves, he was in
formed that he had not. clustering up, he
inquired why he did not keep such things,
and told him to buy the next dozen he came
across and put them to one side for him
After he had been gone some time, Dick
went in and sold the helves. The shopman
is undoubtedly keeping them.
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To MAKE BIscUITs.-Take one quart of
-four; half tea-spoonful of salt; the size of a
turkeys egg of fresh butter, and work up
with new milk to a proper consistency then
work and beat with the side of an eight
pound fiat iron until blisters arise in the
dough; then make and shape your buiscuit
with the hand and bake with slow fire un-
till done through. They will be white, light
and spongy; but if rolled out with a rolling
pin and cut with a knife, they will be crisp,
but not spongy. If sweet lard, the size of a
hens egg, and cold water is used, instead of
the butter and new milk, they will be found
excellent, perhaps better and willkeep sound
a month, hot or cold weather.
I consider biscuit made in either of the
above ways the only biscuit fit to be brought
on white mans table. Soda and grease,
or salaratus and grease, will make a soap,
and should never be used, unless the inten-
ton is to make a soap bottle of the human
stomach.
Get a dressed poplar plank four inches
thick and twenty-four inches square to beat
your dough on. MEcKLENBuRd.
Como, Miss, 1858.
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THE ORIGIN FTHE EXPRESSION "SoME
PUNK1Ns An old lady was engaged in
making punkin pies; she had got the pun.
kin all prepared, when by an untoward acct,
dent the table was overturned, and the pun.
kin went on the floor. The table in over
turning overset the slop pail, and the Stops
too VEN on the floor. The old lady, being
ola saving disposition, concluded to save
the punkiu and clean up also; so she takes
up one handful, looks at it-'That's punkin'
puts it in the punkin dish takes up an.
other-'That's slops-put it into the slop
pail. So she goes on picking up alternately
punkin and Stops till finally she gets a hand,
full mixed. She looks at it and says: That
is some punkin but mostly Stops" and hence
the phrase.
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HEADING BACK, OR FoREsHoRTEN1NG.-
In our warm, sunny South, all fruit trees
and plants, form more luxuriant or rampant
heads, than they do in a cold cline
In fact, in some trees, such as the Peach,
Plum, Apricot and Nectarine, there ap-
pears to be an uncommon proneness tc Ion
gate at the extremities of the vertical
branches, while the ~latterals and inner limbs
perish, to a great extent, for the want of a
sufficient supply of sap. There are two
prominent reasons why trees should not be
permitted to grow thus. The first is, that
all fruit trees should be trained low, in the
Southern country, so that the branches may
shade the trunk of the tree from the scorch-
ing rays of the summers sun. And the Sec
ond reason forlow training is, that if q tree
is permitted to grow tall, it is not strong
enough to bear up a heavy crop of fruit at
the extremity of its branches, which must
inevitably break, or split off from the main
stem and if the limbs of the tree are not
mutilated by the weight of the fruit, then
the roots must give way, because the whole
weight of the tree, and fruit, is acting up
on them with lever power. Now, while these
are two prominent reasons, at least, why fruit
trees should not be permitted to grow tall,
there arc several advantages secured in low
training and the forcshortening system =
The first is, that the fruit grown upon such
trees is much larger and more delicious and
juicy than that grown upon trees that are not
cut back. The second advantage secured in
low training is, that the fruit can be gathered
much easier and without bruising. Andin the
third place, ifthe system of foreshortening
is properly carried out, a greater number of
trees by one-third, can stand on an acre of
land; and the product will be much greater,
and the trees will lastlonger than if they were
permitted to grow without training or form
ing.
In performing the work, onc-third or one
half of the new wood of the outer branches
should be cut back smoothly to a leaf-bud ;
and the upright thrifty shoots should be
pruned off to the first fork, and even lower,
if necessary, to form the tree into an obtuse
cone. All superAuous branches or limbs
should be trimmed offfrom the inner portions
of the large limbs; but let that portion of the
work be done with care; for if the large
limbs of a tree are made bare by clean pru.
ming, they are as liable to be blighted by the
rays of the sun, as the trunk ofthe tree when
it is exposed. The Peach, Plum, Apricot
and Nectrine, may be foreshortened any
time between the time of defoliation and the
time of blooming, but it would be better to
defer any inside pruning until April, at
which time the wounds, will heal more ex-
peditiously Carolina Planter.
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SEWING MACHINES.
To Manufacturers, Planters and Private
Families.

To Manufacturers, Planters and Private
Families.
In purchasing such an article as o SEWING
4 MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best.
|. NJ. SINGER & Co.'S GAZETTE, n beautiful
pictorial paper. contains full and reliable inform
alton about SEWING MACHINES, and answers
all questions that can be asked on the subject
All who read this paper will learn how to pur.
chase a Sewing Machine with which ST 1000 a year,
clear profit, can be made, and will be protected
from being imposed on by some Of the humbug
Machines now before the public. Singer & Co.'s
Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work of
every description. The Gazette may be obtained
gratis on application at any of Singer g. Co.'S Off.
ces. A machine can be seen in operation at the
Tailor Shop of Mr.. W. C. OWEN, of Yorkville,
S. C. L. NJ GRIST, at the ENQUIRER Office, is
an authorized agent.
Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King-st.
Principal Office, 1923 Broadway, New York.
July 2, 1857. 26 If
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9musing 8eaoing.
FASHION AND L

This is an age of wonders rare,
Of vice and follytoo.;
Of notions that to me seem queer,
Of sights strange to the view.
And yet of all the silly things,
Of this most silly age,
Are those strange robes that FASHION fling:
Der flop and fool and sage.
There's one who sports Shanghai coat,
That hangs below his knees;
With whiskers like a Billy goat,
A fine resort for ieas.
He struts and swelis in bloated pride,
And thinks, NOW, WHO BUT ME-"
And acts as though the world beside,
Contained no Ape but he:
And here's another meets the view,
Of rather doubtful gender;
He wears q shawl, as ladies do,
Around his waist so slender.
What species of the races is he?
Pray tell me if you can!
Sure, such a looking thing can't be
One hundredth part a man.
And there's the Parson, richly dressed
In latest "cat ana tedtheT,
With colored silk and satin vest,
And boots of patent leather.
His dickey is 50 stiff and high,
Without one mote or speck,)
He fears to TURF his venal eye,
Lest he should break lis neck.
On Sunday morn he struts the aisle
Of Gods pure house of prayer,
But thinks more of some fair ones smile
Than yon poor mouruer's tear.
He reads q lengthy sermon Ger,
In cold and measured tone,
Preached by some saint of yore,
Which now he calls his own.
And there's the maid so blithe and gay,
With nicely padded breast,
Who thinks the men who gaze will say,
"See what a glorious chest!"
From her small waist a hoop hangs down,
En- to her little feet;
And thus equipped, she gads the town,
A most egregious cheat.
Others again, whose snowy breasts
In native fullness swell,
So fearful that no eye may rest
Where those sweet hillocks dwell,
Must wear their dresses hanging low
Adown their shoulders bare,
That every man who looks may know
There is no cotton there.
And there's the little artless girl,
So innocent withal,
She, too, must enter Fashions whirl,
And dance ut rout and ball.
With arms around her mother prest,
She cries and pleads and begs,
That, as big sister shows her breast,
She ought to show her legs.
And thus it is; foul Fashions reign
Has cursed this broad green earth;
Nor modesty be deemed again
The gem of female worth.
Where can the Christians hope now rest,
While fashion pleading bcgs,
For maidens to expose their breasts,
And little girls their legs: