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TIIK AUATOH. ought immediately to resolve to' trans port it nearly freight free, and publish the fact for the. information of the pub lic L. S. CHEAP MILL FOR SUGAR CANE. ? .Those, of our readers who. may do - sire to raise the Chinese ' Sugar Cane with the view of making molasses and bugar, mav supply themselves with a cheap mill for crushing the cane, at A lanta. 'Geo. Wo learn from the South ern Cultivator, that iron works cost on ly forty-five dollars; and that the wood work can be made cheaply by , any ne gro carpenter. fruity taste. The wine of. 1855 was considered .the best, having improved by time. Mr, Axt, (says the Constitu tionalist,) lias achieved for himself and for the South a great result in the suc cessful introduction- of this important branch of industry into this State. His wine we would place in the first rank 'of American wines of the same clas equal to the best dry Catawba from Longworth's or Work's cellars. . SCARLET FEVER. This disease is rainir fatally in va- ribus parfefbf tho iJbuutry especially in . New" York. The Evening Post gives - . A 11 1 1 the lOUOWing as very ueneneiui, in re V licving if not curing the patient. The jwriter pronounces it very ellicacious for :.the terrible soreness and ulceration of the mouth and throat in aggravated ca ses. Take equal quantities of honey and sweet oil both should be pure aay one table spoonful of each, or one teaspoonful;heat it on a sheet of glazed letter paper over a spirit or iluid lamp, and give the patient, at frequent inter vals, small quantity, as cold as it can be taken. It can do no harm, and lias, in some ease:?, where the collection of mucus in the throat ami mouth almost produced suffocation, saved the patient's lite. AGRICULTURE AT THE SOUTH. For the Arator. Mr. Editor: It would bo good for us, in the manner of conducting our, busi ness, as well as impurihaniicrs and mo rals, if we could, at all times, "sec our selves as others see us." It would no THE WINE TEST OF MIL AXT. The Southern Cultivator, published in Augusta, Geo., savs: 'Mr. Chas. Axt, of Crawfordsville, Georgia, al ready favorably known in this State as a grape grower, recently exhibited some specimens of wine in this city, made by him from the Catawba grape, which were grown at Ins place during the years 18f5 and 1856. There were two samples of the vintage ofl85G,and one of 1855, known as dry Catawba. These wincp borc'tho test triumphantly and were pronounced of good body and doubt " fra' mony a faulty ;ree lis and foolish otioh." . The following from tho New England Farmer, if it does not lit erally " hold up the niirrori to nature," presents, in the main, too ttfue a picture of the lazy, improvident fluid unsuccess ful method of oiiductingi.theXJCTitof agriculture which prevails2vy m our own btatc. I ask its nv n i i that the laggards amonir us maxHV land prolit. Surelv. if they can ik roused to a sense of their coiuliticm,- they will put lorth their energies in improvement, and wipe away the rc- j proach which has settled, upon them. I Our advantages are certainly vastly su iperiorto those of the New England tanner, in ;oil, climate, and domestic help; and if we would use a moity of his industry, economy, and svstem, wo ! could not fail, always, to outstrip him in the accumulation or the " comforts fiile," and " advantages of education ! fo.r our children." But to the commu jnicationof our Verruonter, who thus j gives his views of "Agriculture" at. tho South, over the signature oi " Opera rius." He says: ; : " While residing recently in one ;of the Southern States, I could not, help j thinking of the superior independence ; of a limner on New England soil, evfui I with' u small farm and small means, i compared with many a planter, his ! O
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