THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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comparative babes in knowledge, we draw the 

 pure milk of instruction from its pages and 

 gratefully acknowledge our indebtedness to its 

 distinguished author for introducing us into 

 "new fields" of thought and reflection— of in- 

 tellectual enjoyment and moral improvement, 

 to be derived from the contemplation of the 

 "unsearchable" "depth, both of the wisdom 

 and knowledge of God" — the Supreme Me- 

 chanist, as displayed in the wonderful adjust- 

 ment of the grand machinery of nature, — 

 the nice adaptation of all its parts, mutually to 

 subserve each other in the perfect order, har- 

 mony and beauty of their operation, in accor- 

 dance with the general laws which govern their 

 relations. 



Phelp's Bee-Keepers Chart: A Practical 

 Treatise on the instincts, liabits and manage- 

 ment of the Honey-Bee, d^c. New York : A. 

 0. Moore, Publisher, p. p. 96, 1858. 



This little manual, by E. W. Phelps the in- 

 ventor and patentee of the Ohio Combination 

 Bee-Hive, is designed as an accompanyment of 

 it, to give practical and full instruction on the 

 treatment of Bees. One of these hives is in 

 full operation in the window of the Agricultu- 

 ral Office adjoining ours, and afibrds an agreea- 

 ble subject of examination to numerous visi- 

 tors. The proprietors of this paper are agents 

 for the sale of the hives. 



New England Chattels : Or, Life in the 

 Northern Poorhouse. New York: H. Day- 

 ton, Publisher. 



Tlie above is the title of a fictitious narra- 

 tive which, leaning to one extreme, may very 

 well serve as a foil to Uncle Thorn's Cabin, 

 ■which represents the other. It is designed to 

 expose an evil said to exist in some of the 

 towns or parishes of New England in relation 

 to the manner of providing by contract for the 

 support of that class of indigent persons who, 

 by reason of old age or other infirmity, are un- 

 able to earn a livelihood, and are therefore de- 

 pendent on public beneficence for their mainte- 

 nance. The revolting idea of seeking to di- 

 minish the public charge, by contracting within 

 the narrowest limits the comforts and privi- 

 leges of this unfortunate class of fellow-beings 

 whose forlorn condition pathetically appeals to 

 public kindness and pity is represented as (in 

 efi'ect) an approved principle of public policy 

 in some of the New England townships. The 

 competition of cupidity is enlisted by inviting 



proposals, or by instituting an auction-scram- 

 ble for the privilege of maintaining the town 

 paupers. They are publicly cried out in either 

 event to the lowest bidder, and surrendered as 

 chattels to the tender mercy of the successful 

 competitor, who seeks remuneration for his 

 outlay in the largest amount of labor, which 

 can be wrung out of them by such expedients 

 of cruelty and oppression as the greed of 

 avarice may suggest, while grudgingly al- 

 lowing them the scant provision for their 

 physical Avants which fiills within the limits of 

 the small aggregate of money for which he has 

 bound himself to support them. 



"Go gladly, with true sympathy, 

 Where want's paje victims piae, 

 And bid life's sweetest smiles again 

 Along their pathway shine. 

 Oh, heavily doth poverty 

 Man's noble instincts bind ; 

 Yet sever not that chain, to cast 

 A sadder on the mind." 



The North Carolina Planter. 



The Editor of this paper, in an address to 

 the Agriculturists of the State of North Caro- 

 lina — which we copy below — distinctly informs 

 his patrons that if they desire the continuance 

 of his paper, "the number of subscribers 

 must be greatly increased." Will the intelli- 

 gent and patriotic Farmers and Planters of 

 the Old North State suffer this excellent paper 

 to languish or die, for the want of adequate 

 support? Do they not owe it to themselves 

 to sustain a home organ, (and where will they 

 find a better,) for the advocacy of their inter- 

 ests, and for the dissemination of knowledge 

 on those branches of husbandry in which, if 

 they are not in advance of the age, they must 

 all feel a conscious need? Who among them 

 possessed of a particle of State pride, or enter- 

 taining a kind sentiment towards his neighbour, 

 that would prompt him to a trifling sacrifice 

 to promote his good, can refuse the mere pit- 

 tance demanded of him for such purpose ? 

 Especially, when it is remembered, that, the 

 benefit conferred, will react in blessings upon 

 himself in "good measure, pressed down, and 

 running over," while he will instrumentally 

 contribute to the common weal in helping to 

 erect a fountain of knowledge, which will send 

 forth its healing streams to enrich and bless 

 the State ! 



For very shame, gentlemen, double the sal)- 



