Camden Journal, 1852-08-13

ami continued so during the rest of the evening. Jesse Ballard, however, became unusually lively and spirited. The Monday morning following, Jesse inquired of a negro boy whether his gun was loaded properly. Having discharged and reloaded it he set it against the side of the house. Soon after lie had another conference with Mrs. B.. when tiie latter returned to the house and told her sister that Jesse was going to kill the negro boy and then kill her, (Mrs. 13.) About this lime Jesse called up to Clara, (Mrs. 13.) to come to him, but she refused. He again, in a manner wild with frenzy, called to her, and commanded her to eoine, saying he had something to ti ll her. Mrs. B. obeyed, approached him and threw her arms about his neck. Some words pa.-vs, d hurriedly between them, but what those wools were will only be known at that day when all things will be brought to light. Ashe tore himself abruptly from her, she wav heard to exclaim, "Oh, Jes-o, don't do it." Seizing his gnu. he approached the kitchen, where the boy Nelson was. and asked him how he felt. The boy replied, "bettor, and would be able to work in the morning." Jesse told him that lie did not wish him to work any more, that he was going to kill him? and. suiting the action to the word, and telling the negro woman to stand out of the way if she did not wi.-h to g.-t hurt, he raised his gun and shot the negro dead. At the tire of the gun, Mis. II. caught up her child and ran out the opposite side of the house and hid in the top of a fallen tree. Mrs. Ballard also started to run,but again returned to the house. After shooting the negro man, Jesse, with one hand on his head ; and the other holding his gnu, turned rapidly on his heel four or live times, when, coining to

? * ' ' I f Hi Of ( ijtfiiv'"? " Well, lii<- land of Africa is in tin; Eastorn continent : l'tit tin- people, sir, arc all of 'cm l]o\V!l Solllh." " What arc its products ?" " Africa, sir, or down South i'" " Africa, _v-.it blockhead!" " Well, sir, it hasn't tjol any: it never had any." llu\v do the African ]>eo]>lelivc?*' " I ?v drawing." " 1 >ra\\iiiif what?water?" " No sir; by drawing their hrcatli ?" " Sit down Joseph !" " ihotnas, what is th jtiat<>r.'" " Why. sir. it's a horizontal pole running perpendicularly through the imaginations of as- I troiiomers, and old ^. o^raj?her>." " Go to your scat, Thomas. William Slig^s. j what <1* vott mean !>v an eclipse ?" "An o'l.l race horse, sir." "Silence. Next, .lack what is an eclipse ?" j " An eclii-sc is a tiling as appears when the moon o-h-. ia a httst. and ninsajjin the sun; consei|iiently th.* sttn Macks the moon's face!,' " (,'la-s is di :iiii>s,.d." Well I >iu.ah, said a would l>c Indie, to a Mack trill they xiy tli.at heautvsoon fades, hut do you see any of my Iv! >0111 fadim;.'?n<>w I want yon ; to say plainly without any compliments. < ?h! no. missus, but me kinder link? Think what, hinali ? voii'r bashful, Oh! no. me tin bashful; but d?-ii. tne kinder links a> how. yoim-y nii-.-es don't retain ali el. her j color so well as do Cltllef. d ladies. "Who made voititi<|uire.l a lady teacher of I

J ime, nfter tune, we have pointed out the means ; l?v which they could be rendered available, and , wo have frequently had the gratification to know, | that by following our advice, agriculturists had 1 improved their lands, increased their productive ! capacities, and, as a natural consequence, better-j ed their own conditions. The knowledge of; such results, while it has been flattering to our I pride, and grateful to our feelings, has served to ' increase our energies, and render our toils the { less irksome, lint while <uch evidences have > come to our knowledge to eheor us on in our course, we have soinvtiines had to encounter the prejudices of those who, wedded to those old customs, handed down from father to son. f >rj ages, fooked upon every improvement as an in-novation, and therefore rojected it. liotwithstan ding they had the unerring evidences before their j eyes, in the form of worn-out old fields, that the | customs of their forefathers must have been found- j ed upon erroneous principles, or such results I could not have occurred. We have sometimes asked the owners of such ' farms, w hy they did not make an eflbrt to restore ! fertility to th-ir lands, wliv th.-y Jul !.? ? <* '! and coiupo-t the various refuse sulistance- which j ahoumh'd on every hand? To this question, the i sten-otvped aiiswx-r, was,?" tlev had not time i ?as if time thus spent, was not. as it is in reality. the most lucrative part of farm economy? i as if the detaching a part of a force, to collect j i!'.' r..n<eli in:iteri:ils to b.* wr.iiirdit m> into ma- i

lu'iiuu oi j\ow-iorK nave oruerca tnc sleeping rooms at the emigrants1 offices in Canal and Centre-streets, closed,and forbid the Commissionel's of emigration from lodging any more destitute emigrants there; the consequence is, that the poor creatures are actually sleeping in the streets. The police stations have no room for them, and so the poor creatures have nowhere to lay their heads. Horrible Tragedy ix Texas.?Murders and Suicide of the Murderer.?The lted Land Herald published at San Augustine, Texas, of the 1 Ttli ult., gives the details of one of the most heart rending tragedies we have ever been called upon to record. It occurred a few days since in the Southern part of Shelby county. Aipiille and Jesse ballard, (brothers,) were cultivating a plantation in partnership, and their feelings towards each other had always been of the most fraternal description. The whole family consisted of Aijuilla Ballard, wife and child; Mrs Haynes (sister to Mrs. IT) and child, and Jesse W. Ballard. On the lltli, (Sunday,) Aquilla Ballard rode , over to his mother's, a distance of live miles, to ill. Shortly alter he left home his brother Jesse invited Mrs. Ballard to take a walk with him, >aving lie had a secret to tell her. A short disi / V? ... lance down the road they stopped some time in deep and earnest conversation; Jesse exhibited considerable excitement. When they returned to the house Mrs. 1?. was pale and melancholy,

with this quantity it will take 2oO to 350 Ihs. per acre according to tlie ?listancotlioliills are planted apart. If the soil be Either j?oor. a second dose administered in the same manner, at the time, j the corn tirst shows its silk, will add considerably to the yield in grain it'followed by rains but little or nothing to the growth of stalk, (inano iticrcases the size and growth of the grain more than it Joes that of the stalk; hence one must be content to wait till the grain is fully matured j before giving an opinion of the virtue of guano. 1 Mi>re applving the guano it is better to mix ; it well with an equal quantity of planter of Paris or chareoal dust. Either of those substances help to retain the ammonia and prevent its ovap- ! orating. 'l ire genuine, unadulterated Peruvian guano. ; is so much -m ?i-t.. anv other kind, tliat it is | really t'i <7, " V collider- : ably 11iu! r than . . li. As era i- v. ry i. t!;is y ar, farm-rs will : > well apply giiat;.. to it This will accelerate ( its growth, giv.- a !a:g-r crop, and caii*e it to j mature at !< at on- w-.-k earlier.?C-illn' i/oi'. TlIK SfiiOOI.M\ST!U: AMI HIS Ps i ii.s.?" llob- i ert. which is the longest day in the year!" ' Sunday, sir."' ' Joseph, where is Africa?" "On the map,sir.". "1 mean. Josenh. in what continent?the Eas -

; carry on their cultivation, because loss, instead to of |>rulit will be the result of all such attempts. There is no mystery about this matter. The resison must be obvious to every one who rollects. At least a moiety of all that com prises the loud j of every plant grown, is derived directly from j the soil. Hence, then, as the continuing to i grow annual crops, creates an iiicessait dram; upon the natural resources of tlie earth, and the supply is from year to year decreased, it follows as a natural consequence, that unless artificial supplies of manure be periodically applied, an I exhaustion of the food-yielding powers of the I earth must take place. Viewing the subject in this light, we have lbr many years been endeavoring to impress upon ' tlie agricultural mind, (he propriety of acting upon the principle, thut manure mak'tuy, was the first duty of the farmer: that it was his business not only to carefully husband, but to up j pro) >riatc, every thing on his land towards it.> fertility, that contained the elements of nutri-1 tion, or which, by its affinities, and powers of! assimilation, could be made to subserve the pur-! poses of vegetation. Time after time, we have j named the various substances to be found on most farms, which could be tints appropriated.!

utire, would nut prove to thorn the- t;inii< [ mint?as if the eti'ect ?>f ;ij'pn?j>riatinir such time to such purpose, would n-.t o?i;il?!?- them t" produce liiori* oil oiK* acre than they now -t fn?m litre.?:iinl. :iv if they \voui?l not thereby j actual iv s:tv?* both labor and tinn;: Ibr it takV- ' no more force to cultivate ati acre of rich, than ! it d<>cs one of jioor hm<l: wliilc there is tiiisdil'-. fcrcncc in the results, the first i< sure to etui in profit. the latter in disappointment and loss. If 1 lie necessity uf :tj"j vitlO llialiure. t.? rest.CV the aletiactions uf cultivation, was a new tiling. ; there mi^lit be some exett-v fur tlie indifference , litanifcste.l by those who are otherwise int -lli-! oeiit wen. I tut it is no new thin^: for d/mr/.'* Cit'o, the earliest Roman agricultural author.! who flourished a hundred ami fifty years In-fur.the christian era?who was distinguished alike j for his eloijueticc in the Ibntin, f.>r his enli^tem-d statesmanship as Conanl and ('< uxor, in the administration of government. as lie was f. r his skill and ''.-niiis in leading arniics, or as a tiller ! I - .. , , .... . , (

01 I ii?* son, ineoi j?or:iu u iins \n.v ;uiu suuuin advice in lii> work on aorieulttuv:? " Study to It'ti'ia buy wniitrc hcup; hup i/oui' coin/tost canli't///.'' This not the advice of a mere theorist, hut the counsel of an enlightened. practical. Inisl\ man, who though wielding th?* civil affairs of: Rome in her days of greatness?of one who we; find at one time,electrifying her senate (Volatile , forum, hy iiis elofjuence?an eloquence that i caused him to be called the Roman Ikiiiosthe- j ncs?ail eloquence that enabled him to tind the ! way to t lie hearts of the pen],|e, through their ' jiul'/nii nthough hellattejvd them let?though I he relinked their passions?and who, at another, j | we find leading her legions to battle, to victory. j I and to triumph. Mil! /act tunc, and derived pleasure, from cultivating the earth with his own j hands,?and who, in giving the above advice,] spoke from the results of his own rich experience ?an oxpeii.-nce which had enabled him to lake a broad, comprehensive, philosoj hie view of the constitution and nature of soils?which had enabled him to study and fathom their nlivsical