NOTE' AND SUGGESTIONS FOR .THE
a BASON.
In the language of the sacred volume we
mav y tu the farmer, " the summer U past
nd(ttte im: vet is emled." How many ol
you have saved your crnns. cut votir hav.
reapH and gathered into your barns your
airi, uimi uhhc juur wpn u well mat you
are satisfied lo let old w inter throw' her
mantle over vegetation, and burrow up'till
spring. it there nothing else tu be done
doritie the delie htful fait aionths of Oeto.
brr and JVnvewber ! Yes, your corn it t
nust, jour potatoes t oi, your gram tu
thresh, jour apples tu pick and cider to
mate, mil III m tno amies wnica tne sea
rou compeU to be done. 5 -i v
Hut there , are other duties and other
wrk for the farmer after all that U done.
and which be should not forget. The fall
i conceded to be the bet season of the
veer lor selling out fruit and ornamental
Irees. How much of that could every far.
mer do to advantage? The fall i also the
best eaon to clean your meadows of stones,
tluinpsand logs. l)tt this in the full while
oa he time, and you are ready early in
lor spring, before the uu ha baked the
mhI, to pass your jtdler over it, and make
it perfectly arnnuth. The fall of the vrar
r klm a goml time to draw out jour 'nun-re.
if any is ieftarmnd sour bam-v aid,
and put it in heap n yur ia-ado'w or
i.J.u-td laud, icnJy to reread in the
ttw. Wet and hilly land can be mot
inatriuent'y manured at thitrao of the
.' ' fU of the year in the states id
'ew Vt-ik, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
in t: i tit ular, U the bet M-a-ori tu rdcnrk
yt vt wet stubble Lr.J, and ewi wet
;i.d can be Wtlcr ploughed in the fall than
rprtr.g. FJJ ploughing in wauy rcpertsi
j rt ferric I.. prir-g ploughing, the nur-lac-
get the LctirU tl "the full i f snow,
hith i!isohr thcesrt'iat'd minerals, and
thus pifparra the suUtanr to be taken up
by if e cm p.
A ml aVn all thirgs the Wl of the year
i the tiir,e to piepaie your house, cellar,
tarn arid r-ufbuildmg fr winter, Se
that "u roof are tight, that yu'ir well,
-re aouid, that ur cellar i banked, ami
that you have po cr t,d .,T;cient stabling
fur y our cattle. Ctt)c with uim and m ll
"iiliiahd stables ' wilt eat one-third le
ly, arid c .:.r ot in t e spring in betler
order at that tl an !.ne jllowril to run out.
tihliii ctttlc of late year hat lecne
loutnionand is ei undtritotd, thai
!.rt ts I at little u of faying a word up-
U thc u!yvc. Arul yet there are thou-
nd In I'; tlay tlin uhni t the cmtttr
h ai!a fht ire tsle t" run out, or prn-
!: theiii it jojr lud iu tucirnt U-
tie. l-lle '.sj!.I notonfyb" provided
uith k i.d di,r. tnd ronj t f,f..!, J,4I,.
i, d I ;;'.t waU, and ei tdafi J at thr
u p and tide. A w t.f cold aif and :um
in vpyn CfcttSe in Mab!f a-ffc
"J tsH a the ai;e run it t r th.it it dor hum,
l , f, ' it
. c'itt or U.M..,n
ub reolt in art irtfUinmatW. of Vu
i I !e.itli.
groe in Madison County, the focus of the
, v , ",r"ii "' 0 pruuence ana uis
cipline, and the universal confidence' re
posed in bim, it was almost the only plan
tation in the cnuntrr that e!caned auoi-
cion. , There was no overseer on the nlace :
for six weeks he permitted no one lo leave or
enter me premise ; and lie stood guard
every nijht around thedwellinsr ofhis mis
tress. On hi master's return from Con-
Rreis, he .offered him his freedom and.a
farm, but he refused to accent them. The
(aoternor of M'usissipni, (the late Hiram
G. Runnels,) who had been an eye' witness
of his conduct, presented him a certificate,
on parchment, of hi fidelitv; and Col. ll.
M. Williamson, Col. John M.' Elder. Col.
Fulton, Gen. C. M. I'rice, Col. C. U. Fall,
and other distinguished citizens, made up
a phrse f fSOO lor him.
Wheo the emancipation proclamation
appeared, hia master rad it to him, and
offered ta send him to Nev Orleans with
ample provision for his future comfort. He
declined the boon, and to the last steadily
exnttrteti nis iei!ow-ervant to remain at
their homes, as the best way to enjoy their
friend niy children. Children, master
won't forf 1 yon."
lie was buried with' the ceremonies ol
the church ; and a a o!dier of the war of
1315. would have been interred with mili
tary honor had th weather permitted.
f'iaV Bf'.J ht HrifllP hit, Iwon r t'. I
Clainnrne tamilv anil in tirct lim. Inrnn('
Unr:JreJ an! fsf m l fr,.n. tiie time o t.i
ti.sa t generation h.ue held comiiiential
pi.ions. Hi farther, Jck Su'ith, coach
U'. an tu Colonel Thomas ClitiWne. ttiirfv
vests ir.rmVer of Ccnrrrs fpn Virjini.i,
capturtil by llie fiinous Uritish patti
san. Trl!on, while drim bis ma'cr'ii
rhat iif. The four p!erdid b.s upr turn
ed over tu the dr tn, iriil Jjck w.t
a!e groom to the oloi pf. few nights
after 'vards.'ie in ul-'u sraptMiriTjirleton
charter tjcipi", whuh v.s purchased from
his niastrr am! presided tu Ihf Marrju sde
laFjyctte. Jack Smith nl his lieften
de its. in memory of this achievement, have
a! a y lud a hore named Sdpiti. On eve
ry finttin where ne of th htniir is
(3fil the name has been brvi.tted UtSm
. . . .
wnTc i:.e ammai tuppenetl to Ik? a scrub.
.iur lie utreouer ol i ornwallis,' he
emancipstfd, but confiiPirtl i-( th- r
it if the family, nml cin widi t! ? !;i'e
Governor Clai'.mrne to N.-i-he. in 1S')j.
the new found joy of meeting a gister Ion
lost, the cloud that-time did not darken
nt heart. A few moments after she also
received the grant of her application. '
It seems that the young man went out
early in the war as Major of a Confederate
regiment. lie was taken prisoner in a
skirmish just after Bull Runi ' and spent
two years in a Northern prisons Return
in? to service, the cause of the ''Confede.
racy" needed all the men for. support it
could obtain and he was forced to stav in
the ranks. Letters he had sent home fail-'
ed toreaCh and he, desparing of findin"
his f-mily after the march f Sherman over
the Stste. came North tn
1 his good work done he returned to Wash:
ington to look' after his -pardon. All this
time his familv tve bun un a dead, nml .
savior his sister, who met him so strange,
ly, think so yet. PhUuhhhiu Prm.
' . ... -
RCUIMSCCNCB OF HW-A.V AMEH1CA.V
EIlbK.
iVot long since an elderly man. ben al
most double w ith a:e and w ork, und in tr.
meats Uttered and torn, while phi'
throu-h Home. New York, stonned t tZ
of li e stores jntl a?ktd for fomt or c,ij,,er. 1
He volunteered thr remark thn I,..
ash'amed to beg, but stated as an explara-
ivq Hnu in extenairio.i. ttie loiiovvinj ai
t'e chus' of U.tf nece-sitv. His h,..o wav
Srat ga, auJ it j tn-r..-ot lube in Canada
!.:.'?. ,';.in irr that counrrt
in 1S37. lie w.i hur.'tl witii bein" cn
;tifi in that ;'. ias tripd antl r...
, wxl S,H-
were g.ven, but a tnerabrandumVas made
at the time of the valQe'nd number'of bar
re Is and hugsheads, and in some cases, u e
believe, copies of such were furnished the
owners. r.Park now brings suit.against
Mr. flamtl(6n to recover the 4!ue of the
property so seized. - 0 .....
On the 23th ultimo the jury came into
court and announced that they were unable
tFa;ree upoo a verdict and. the case goes
to the neit term of the courf,
'"Another case of imnirtanro m. i.
fore the court on the 28th ultimo. It was
that oft Thomas JR. Chester U'r;
tus;dt; C. Briakley,,and: others,: memlers
of the Tigilanceicomtnittee,.ofi18Gli- Air.
Chester sues the,"vi!riLirre
such of its members as are now. living, to
recover tne value of a steamboat seized jv
that body and afterwards tnrned.ovef to
the rebel government and destroyed; and
rttng been a resident ol St. Loois during
th war. being all the while recognized as
a loyal man. If he. establishes the fact of
seizure and destruction according to the
rge of Jalg, Twigg ia'the case of Park
Um.lton, he will i is thought, recover
lbs ul value of his craft from the parties
v tcted f.ir be:
lutri.t. an.
AN" !.Vr;lU2NT ,T Til?. WHITS HOttfE.
(hi Ti'Wi s;iv !?, an umiHijd nt d quite
r :"'".tc jf c;feif occurred at t!e Whift
llt.iic -i MjUtl i:f p ir.lori-.f (
t!n r. i t.- u;-; !ints rere vjifh,anun !
a voar cm 1 ,ietst I). !." i.-.-r;vd
a t? " d.iy and as.iin others were
two perron, 1 ci--ly.veile I vnung lad
atidaen'Sein:! - u - sh .t bron.i-d, (a r !;:
-oMier nee, tiuit likele.'i wit!i a bp.ivv
l e ir I and a careful dre.. Tnev lud i.u
i: I'. iiirj.icitV - with the
- n::i.-ed to Vn I)Imna
i.ar.u tor ut?. tic -, in was not guilty,
but that the feti.1.5 wts ( strong against
tre Yankees at tht t?.,t nf his trial, "it re
uird'bnt ;ht evt.Jt-i.ce lo convict.
He vvas I'.r'i i -;i twr:.ty-in or twenty-two
year- uf li v.as taken to that
penal (o!nt. .t!,.t t !-(. i.;jecled to ti e
M-veresi tliuii; ry U uiv mt inhuwan
treatment; l.v, v IU r csr,victs, was
compelled to J.-h ;!.e ji't.v ar.d cart like
oxer., and t i r : a id Ijte.and treat
ed not mt th better, ir any, than the dumb
beasts. Thu ie tw rnty-eijjht years of
ife pjsed, never heuiin from fnends or
iMtnii, i -ir al'otd to communicate there-
witn. He, witri others, were finally par
lo:ud, nl allow e l to roath houe us best
he mi;ht. .
He leh t!.e c-JMiy a h!r ?nd lieatty
eiifct itr;-l lull !;t a;ui vigor; he
leitins lo t ..iur -uajly th.i :y years nb
tKtcti a decrt ;;iu old run, Lent over with
au and work, and with iutteied health
n4 a broken CiHtliiition. The narration
! iie of IiU life there and d. tail of
hi tieatment fully impiei,! hi hearers
mCt the 'truth .l his ..tate-.iei.!?, nn.t that
t s no impost? r. ile i'n n hi- way
;'0!ij.', t;,,t Ski.o.viiig tliut lie would fiml a
hi-.i.i knew I. no w'.t-n 1 ! '.v.
n.Vj;.V. Y)Ihra!j.
a k'AMiin;i. loim.
tl.l, nr. tho lt fcf heptember. i' a
ami I'ltntation. Mi,., Chv i . iuo, 4rt:
Ihmvfi fr many year ti the'reuiM
Itieruh nl .,e laiudy ie f ,: r tuoiher,
friend lid malinger .1 Co!.;. F. II. flai'
1 rn-. Ue had teni the bode xmnt
t ilte lUn. Frrdinaod t,e- Claiiiune of
..ifclur,a?ia took .utin tin battle of thr
?ioy ti(iut I. Hiire he errelt
Li sindeJ. If e wrs in V-tl Mim nml l
scaped that dleadijl i,Mtcre bv leavint
im 4 (t.spau'ti lor urn. ironi jt.c jjj.
Lted ciMuitMuifer Major lleidy, mo hours
i.eioie the iiMii4n uipneil Uie r?tt. For
Clay a giod rurduct during the Indian
War, Gen, Cs gave him Ids freedom, but he
'refuted to sccent it.
During the ..Juircl excitement !n 1S5G,
when the central counties of Mississippi
were umlcr tnartail law from an ipprehend-
I insurrection ol the negroes, and rainy
I r-rsons, while and colored, were summa
'Iy tiecuted, Clay lu'l charge jof int) nc-
j paid aov attention tnrach othsr during thr I ........,...
pour r tun thi-v lud been o ne.ir, tui i 'dAniMTV ft 'yNr TLEKATE AGE.N
j wi'uld r.ot hive'don; mi lor all romin;j I'lilVATE i'UOi'ERTV l.,.IJ,IJIsiE
. li.j
! ui:e IuhI it tint been for the uhrr
came itli a document, an I in a slium tor e
called not te name n'lucribed 011 its eo
s elope. It w a prominent one once in
Gorjii, a!il was familiar to rao$t d the
r:r.sp'n widfh i;, t oies fell. The sen
itpinan, wild :-n air of r!e4ere. strnned
f-m-rd to lake it, when th lady, wiih a
lit?le sCieam, prrsed forward anil cl,it,ed
bim tigttly iaherarms. lie at first seem
ed surprised athuti au unwonted proceed
i", but when ha eteral limes excitedly
aked, " Don't on know Jesse V " Don't
you know Jee?" Vou can't have for
gfttten me in tuth a short time," and re
moved her veil to show a'fresh, piquant,
pretty fate. Recognition was instant, and
with the one word sister." he was nuite
demonstrative as he had been before.
" Why, Jesie, what arc vou doing
here ?" ho asked. I am hero Le fathrr ;
he is very, very sick," she said, with a lit
tle elision of the 't" and a soh. MButlie
wants tu die. if he has to die. it cifii-ii uf I
the Union Dtin "
ru. .
1 oc vouD-r man seemeu a terteu. nut in
.NTS ro:t
ED.
An iui; nrlant case was tried before the
I'nired States District Court, at Mviuphis,
Vennr-ssee, al week. It tt) that of 'ar!t
a.;aiiit' Hamilton, and iN hitory was as
I !low. In , tnt ltd, while the reb
el forces tij; lu ld poseii 11 of Memphis.
tl? defendant, Tltmas A Hamilton, w
appointed bv the nl el govt riimtntan agent
to ei7 certain sugar and cotton, the pro
perty of mrrcl ants u hem it was believed
wer puicnasmg and houiicg tuch commod
ities uiioti sneculstion. in view of the nm. 1
fable sarrenler of Memphis to the Federal
forces, arid against the laws of the rebel
Congress, and the declared policy of that
government, whose officers were instruct
ed t prevent the urdue accumulation at
articles of prime commercial value at point
as teriously threatened as Memphis then
v ts. In obrdicce to instructions then
given him. Hamilton seized a numbnref
hr-irsheads of sutrar. the nronertv of fir. A
i. P.. rk valued at Sr5,O0O snd turned it
otei to the retel receiver or nuartermastrr.
m with other sugars st the tame time sciz-
en, n fti-utii bv railroad. ISo vouchers
Ca.vixb 25 aoacity. a short tittle ago.
wlidc a gentleman of our acquaintance was
giioBiug in the lower part of the city, in
company with a friend having a small span
lei wuh hun, the dog, while ecdeavorin"
to ju-np over a v eil, miscalculated the dis
tance and fell in. The surface of the wa
ter was kbout seven feet below the top ci
the well. The dog swam around until near
ly exhausted, and our friend thought that
he was about to lose a v'nAU
when the other gentleman t?UceLthat'he
was making frequent but vain attempts to
catch a twiz that h line elmrt .V,.r,r .
down the well. This su?-pstefl to him ti-
lueaof nnkinr the animal's sa.iritr th..
r o "v
means of savinr hu life. Th han.il-..
chiefs and neckties of both parties were in
stantly called into requisition and tied to
gether. A small knot was made at one end,
which was let down to the dog, when fa
immediately 'seized it in his mouth
holding on with jrrlm tenaeitr. wi ?pr.
out of tc water and landed safely on ter-
4 u.ma. iiii picture was extreme, aul
he testified it as onlv a do? can. Hp
ged his t;tlf until it was impossible to count
i.ie viurntmns, s0 rapid were the v, and
shook himself until the water fW nfi in
every direction. And so was a dog's life
saved by hi sagacity. rhlkdtJphh Press
Tin: Alabama Cask. Lord Russell, in
his despatch to Minister Adams, says that
her majesty's Government must decline to
mike reparation an J compensation for cap
tures made by the Alabama, or refer the
ij iestions to any foreign State. The Go
vernment, however, is ready to consent to
the appointment of a commission, to which
shall be referred all claimings arising dur-
ing the late civil war which the two pow
ers shall agiee to refer to the commission
ers. .Mr. Adams, in reply, considers there is
no dispute as to ihe fct that the recogni
tion of the .South as a belligerent wns an
act such a was never done bv one natioi
towards another in a state ef amitv. Ilir
charge the Hritih Government with hav
ing KCted without knowledge and upon
mere preuinptin in assuming that evi
deuce id the blockade was in consequent
not the cause of the Ilritish policv.
He intimates that if the doctrines acd
practices of the British Government arcal-
Inwed to become a rule, the United State
will not be the greatest looser thereby.
Mr. Adam docs not appear to think trie
proposal of Russell, to refer the question
in dispute to a commission, will be accept
ed I7 the Uuited State.
AcuiiTiL or Emehsox Kriintacr. F.in-
erson Kthridge has been acquitted ol the
-I e 1 t.:' k. r
vr.arge prcierrru againsi iiim ueore tne
Military Commission at Columtos, Kv.,
urn ia now at bit home in lirririen, lett
oesci'.
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