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THE STORMS A.D STAKS OF .MAHCII.
BY THB REV, JA.MKS (ilLBOR N B LYONS, D. D.
Harsh is ths voicp, nnit lotul ihe wnr
Ol storms in that unreiiiul limp,
Whi-ii, leaving; !StU hern lainls Ht'ar,
Tin- sun wakes up tmr Northern clime:
The lonji while Aureus of the dei p
. Then bruuk on every wailniir fliote,
Ami. n:i m itivr ilown isifh rocky sleep
. Tho moiiKlit in luirvii'i- laireaiul tour.
I-ike rapiers ilriven vi:h V cti urcf:i 1 fhilil,
On breatit and brow t!n. .-old wiiuls b.-ul,
And the lietee hail, or tumbled dust.
Sweeps the riutfih road and eehoim lrei'IJ
The urimiiiiij; wnndit are blrak and bare,
1 he vinlet slninlieis yet unseen,
And the wide fields and pastures wear
Js'o weleoirio lint of eat l green.
But Got) with nil u Father's love,
When e.uth thus rell ol beuutj lies,
Reveals iii blazina pomp above
The wonders ol His radiant skies:
Look thou on Nij;h't refulgent ureli,
When that rude hour thy gladness mars,
And thou shall find in raying March,
The month at once of storms and stars.
For lo! tho great Orion bums,
Descending in the clmulless west,
And red A returns now returns,
Beaming at eve, n sacred gtiest !
Far up in the circles broad and bright,
The Bear and Lyon move mid shine,
While Siiitis lifts his orb of light,
And fills our hearts with iIioul'Iu's divine.
jLA-Wf Thus, ever thus, when storms arise,
9 And all is dark and invless here.
POTTS1 ILlii', , He sets before our liiiitiiiis eyes
Sf-liuyllllll County, Pa., The glories of that lolly sphere :
rTll 1 rolled monies, aW-ml to litigHtrd A When sorely tried we grieve alone,
and act us ogrtifs in the mmisgrnioil Or sink benealh oppiessi
Persons drsmrtr UH'ir services, i
essions rod,
lie w histieis, fioui Hi start v throne,
'Look vp, O man ! And trust in God "
Delect dale.
THE GERMAN THERMOPYLAE,
SKETCH OF TI1K AMERICAS ' ItKVUU'.
TIO.S.
-ntes. &o.
;r to the following gentlemen
P1III.AUEI.P11IA. m
idS. Brown, Ume R. Ituvis. ''""jH
rv While Fnmeis V Hack, in . "'
To?bbliE,, Jeel 00.4, Ksq, B. II. Hrower,
rhompsou Jones, Ew.
NEW YOUK.
Mnse. II. Grinnell, ll'm.Os.V'i tl-f.nan,
,:T.,.M... II.MilUlwHr.lCnilij..
.Abbott lwreu..-e, 13ostx. John AiKe., l-.q, Low
ins 2. isl'.i. '
'- - '"77 havsi.atkd from Tin: German for the
:rge j. wF.Avr.n i f.owin h. rrn.1 i,.rrTSiI.I.tt ,,0STj nY Ci r, SAXOI.:ns.
George J. Wt avt r & C
rE lWANTJPACTUn.nn3 & SJH fi,rp aVi,f v.(, ,-ir.sum,.f hut few of our
CHANDLERS. ads who hav,. Hoi henrd ot the heauti-
fo. 19 .V.HVrrSf., ' 1 1 A. harve, (, i,nmhh. Valley, that rich ami fertile
Viin.Ain-.t.t'iiiA. lU t hu.d, sitiiiite'd in the Slate of lYiin-
Ttm-llt I I...., .,,!.!.!, I,,,,. ... I....... .,lK.i.
' ts ami writers. This valley was
1 1 " . '...-i.... 1 .1, it'll mil . . ... ... ' ,
lord... Hemp mm -""""", .: ',,,. .. ,ist ( cue V hell led IV U' I'lliailS. Jt
ito-i, ' Linen unit ( en. hi. 'fie. Viteh. ,: it ,a i i e h (iirtiiS, fields and meiidows,
llneyC-of' vahmUe timber laml, a.ul
mm r uw-iiii -as vi j u-ki, in-,, ami sworn, ny a party
A.ri -an Tories. IJiitish, ami Indians,
1 lit r I'i'VJ :i a tirim vlli-n it
;-f)TnTA &C001 'Piilat, of the settlement, wliich num.
MM1SSI0N MERCHANTS
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the lowest Wflr'mdstones. &c, for sule at
Philadclifl
, 1819 ly
r aniited to about 350 souls, bad jom-
the ny cif (lie preyt and immortal
asiuox at a distance of several days
U'liey here they expected to encounter
mairmy of the enemy.
I'he Cik'1 of these Wyominp; Germans,
lluhHcht a justice of the peace. He
an iliale Iriend of Washington, who
lw lio1, appreciate his distinguished
lilies, ye as his rare intelligence :
alinoh o matters regarding religion,
t! vied opinions diflered greatly
lr eaclier, as it is well known that
Wiingttias a strit.t believer in the J5i.
bkwhcrllidleuhafh did adhere to the
doilnesoiomas I'aine, who was a phi
iosiier aireethillker.
1' heat ndiiii; call in distress, of their
PN 'i und iliililren, which they
bad I aii He, soon reached lite ears of
lb'' voiiii Volunteers, and in an instant
I iadii,, himself' surrounded by
bis Hi, whved liij.i to meet theeiieinv,
whoa irte-iMat'.-if ir.ore than 2,00!)
men. '
Iii iiu .re .the ipi'.' 'iital'tons of
V aslKlulliho, heiiv aware ot (lie Ml-
perii.i,ii,i S(r,.i.rtl-i i.i the.. :ir' a
rous ! pin fl.jIi;r ,or((,...( tia.t pi-ouosti.
catedail a,,, death.
IW' aiu.oiiy moved the heart m
'v"')e ut t th-nuht of the dear oil s
.....wey uoj.-it la hiiiil and tmprotec.
ted, j)rh' iie"jr )jsls in eagerness lor
coiiihud nii,.., ,1,,, i,,,
" Bill r 111 in, iv-.iii,
l"'cts'ieir med happiness ; and it was
now USl.r pi ,or ttu,m to rema;
i prieti
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STRAW B21T1
5- HAT MAX U FACTOR
JorA Second street
Madison House!
v. --"""iii aim Alii inrn, tu ,i,.l
SHOrtnuinl ..r r .... . ' I
alurge ad , I' '" " " '"" M
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Palm I 'V . V "r u? c
M. & J. E. MA I'M,,
"onne.1 and Hat Wanutaclurcr
' Company v . , "nton ""J W
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wilh
irmy.
'C;Olllwl lV,u li.nmti.,1 niiil llnndnd
I .1 lll-- lllllllllll, " .,
y ll")loiie,'i,.y began to return home
ward m-at hvle. niiirch'mrr day and
"'pn,' Ihey ,rrived ut their settlement
wlur(a( n,eetinoj again their
peiimbodes.tliey hehehi the smoking
r'""scioyedilwellings, near to which
the en laj coinforlably erected their
tents, t1ornjng fjre hla.ingtriumphant-
ly I" t intermingled with their huz.
zas.
"ley recognised tlie red hordes of
Brant, ti1)rj()llg spoilers of the "Ger
nla" , '0 had joined the rapacious
and bloo),ty T)rieg an() jiritjHti, which
but a shte- a,,0 j enprry Valley had
given sut;h)(, pro,,! 0f tH.ir cruelties.
y'h looks, Hollenbach regarded
his gallai hand, wlio gnashing their
teeth frrl(j veng.vice, stood near tlie
place ol d(i,m. am thp, 00ks of his
men aiin.(0 tht; Inmost-thoughts
ot their lu
1 here Ale w10 wo,j .have trem
b.ed at an 0I tnestf hordes of mur
derers.
"Brother,!, .' ...I II,xtlnlarh !.
. '"fge and gcnerul J7
-n nik. w .,-ii- . ' " . .
.i v-i wuiiiiiicru. iii.b u irniiici t,ii.'ii . . i
"ley oner at uric,-. .1 iZ' . ac-XT 'Is. who WatCll lor our
J Palm i u . . .. ' -u,"ijciuioii. vwnce, ant ..:,.: ; . ;,.irvi
"children only. Every
o, ol us enn th ollml 8SIains eight
f,nh",.n- nd these hrute. U h-l
in such a ,a,,liat pven Ut, d; j ;,,,.
. If must hay, tij th Geiinan, of
Hyomiug Vu
-iiu ruisipgrtlf f,0,n his saddle he
"aiveums.w,.,,,,. sir and spul;red
hlhor onwul.. Ihlinrt.rin- hurras
nP"y- For sal. 1
1- w. Tmuxa.
Is
followed his words, and his men ruslied
forward, eager for the ensuing comhnti At
the first volley, more than one hundred of
these red skins (wliich formed Ihe advance
guard of the enemy ) were weltering in their
bloodi The enemy Were quietly reposing
in their camp, but in an instant the whole
army of the enemy was apprised of the as
sault, and floin all sides they rushed upon
the gallant little corps. The sun rose,
spreading its animating beams upon the ex
hausted Germans, w bo ill a moment made
arrangements to. take the stand behind a
row of ruins, and to wait lor the approach
of their enemies. The first assault of the
enemy was repulsed, and many kfcted Ihe
earth in death, caused by the dense drift of
bullets sent forth from behind the entrenchments.
The mockery about this powerful resis
tance mid bravery, which the appearance of
the little band so openly demonstrated to
wards the enemy, soon engaged its whole
army 'in a furious combat, but they were
not able to stand their ground against the
discharge of the pieces of the little band,
h rattling, cleared their ranks. H re
pulsed repeatedly, and again hurrying into
the fight, the enemy could not gain a font
of ground, although their guns began to
clear the ranks ol their powerful antago
nists. During twelve long hours, these
German Spaatans manfully resided the su
perior force of the ennswy.
1 inally, and with the last glowing of the
setting sun, the fate oi' the day was derided,
MO Germans had fallen in delenre ol their
adopted country ; and f0 more lay badly
Wounded, who would not seek for quarter,
and still striving to make a last effort a
gainst the enemy, who seeing their deter
mination, had almost been driven to mad
ness on account of bravery.
H hat a noble u nitary achievement:
What persevering heroism! Ilul i'lfsc
nfn been meriennn, they vutild vp to tJi
lay have been remembered hti the nation ?
tlie "Immortal Wyoming 7it," but they
were only Germans, ami their memory,
which is as worthy of immortality as thai of
the Helens of Thermopylae, remains silent
ly recorded in the hook ol History of two
Pennsylvania counties!
A DAY'S EXCURSION.
Om: day last summer I took my place in
a Giavi send .steamer, ami found considera
ble amusement in watching the various
characters. Two persons in particular ul
tra' ted my notice ; one was a middle-aged
gentleman, slout, rather surly, taciturn,
who paid no attention to n I ly livinsi being
on board, exc pi a huge Newfoundland dog j
that was panting or lolling out his tongue,
roaming among the passengers, shoving
them out of his way, or frightening children
by suddenly covering their faces with one
lick of his; great tongue, and convincing
nervous ladies that he was going mad, by
the vigor with wliich he stuck out bis legs
while rolling upon the deck. His master
eyed these prank.) with a sly smile, and
seemed quietly to enjoy the terrors occa
sioned by the antics of his burly friend.
The oilier person whom 1 specially noticed
was a very pretty and well-dressed lady.
Young lady she would no doubt have been
called, but that she had with her a little
girl, about seven years old, w ho called her
mamma. She was evidently possessed of
nerves; indeed, she seemed to lie posses- j
se.l by them, and their name was legion. 1
Kndless were the petty annoyances ill which j
they involved her. Hut her keenest suf
ferings in the small way were caused bv
the unwieldy gambols ot Lion, the New
foundland dog; Em! hi r inresaiit and pue
rile exclamations ol (error, indii'iiation, and
spite, against the ..'ooil-iialiii . i! hrute, k. pt
up the sly, malicious smile upon the lips of
his apparently unnoticiiig master. The
Itltle girl, on the conh.irv, had, to the in
ci eased alarm of tin weak mother, it ade
friends with the n.otist. r, and lor r. long
time amused herself by throwing bits of
biscuit for him to catch, which feat, not
wilhstan.ii'ig the incorrectness of her aim,
he iuani:.'eil to accomplish, bv making n
boisterous plunge to one side or the other;
and w hen ut last she timidly odercd him a
piece out of her hand, and he.ackuowledged
the compliment by licking her face and
rubbing his side . tteainsl her, until he al
most pushed lu r down, the little creature
fairly screamed wilh delight. Her mother
screamed too, hut in one of the small, hys
terica! screams in which she was fond of
indulging, and which was followed bv an
outburst of anger at Lion's audacity :
"Good gracious!' she exclaimed, "if
that horrid creature should be mad, he'll
have killed my child ! How dirty he is
loo! Look at your pelisse, Adeline; see
what a state it is in ! How dare you play
with that animal ?"
This transition from hydrophobia to a
soiled dress, was too much for Lion's mas
ter, and he burst into a loud and long laugh.
"1 wish, sir." said the lady, snappishly,
"that you would call away that nasty dog,
instead of selling him on to annoy .every
body who is not accustomed to have such
dirty animals about them."
The gentleman said nothing, but bowed
and walked forward ; and I soon after saw
him enjoying a cigar, while Lion played
the agreeable in his own rough fashion, to
people who knew how to read the expres
sion of hi honest and intelligent physiognomy.
Little Adeline, deprived of the attraction
which bad fixed her attention to the inside
of the boat, began to see amusement in
watching the foaming water, as it rushed
from the paddle wheels, and danced ii oug
lines behind them. She knelt on a shawl
which a fellow-passenger had lent, as a
cushion for her little knees, and leaned
quietly over the side, watching the roaring
water; so her mother v.'as for a time relie
ved from the thousand mosquito-winged
vexations which had hitherto beset her.
We were within a h-wf milei of Grave
send. Tht tid was just at the full, and
the broad expanse of the river lay nround nnd I can lake much belter care of her than
us in all its majesty ; and to those who have you cfin
never beheld the Hudson or the Mississip
pi, old Father Thames is majestic, ay, and
if we place in the balance the historic, poli
tical and commercial importance of the
transact ions of which his broad breast is
and has been the highway, our time-honored
river will not lose in dignity even when
compared with those giants floods of the
west.
Such thoughts as these, however, did
not. trouble Adeline's pretty head, which
began, I could see, to grow giddy with the
continual whirl beneath her. A large sea
weed, that was dashed from the paddle
wheel, caught hernttention. It sank, then
rose, turned around in a short eddy, and
in t tr
! v lor
then darted out in the long wake that was
left behind the steamer' She leaned for
ward to watch its progress further still
her neck was stretcliedshe lost her bal
ance, oud tumbled over into the roaring
flood. In a moment all was confusion a
board. Men were shouting (orlops and
boats, to stop the s'.enincr ; cries of "A child
overboard!5' "Win can swim!'' nirl a
thousand other cries and questioning ; hut,
above all, were the poor mother's heriii
rending shrieks, too painfully i:t eacne.,!
now; and fhe alone, in the fond, iiisl;t;c
five devotion of inaleina! love, hei-diess
that even should she roach her child :-he
could only sink with her. endeavor
leap info the water to save her.
Suddenly, Lion, followed cicely
master, came tearing along the deck, knock
ing the p-ople to the right and left like
nine-pins. They sprang into (he boat that
hung at the stern, fVcry body giving way
before the-(letermiu. il energy of bcth man
and dng. Lion lo kid anxiously in his
master's fare, and uttered a sharp, low Link.
"Wait," said the latler in reply ; "where
was she seen la.4 !''
"There, sir," replied n sailor promptly ;
there beside that piece of plank."
'How of on has she lisen ?"
"Twice."
The gentleman drew a long breath, and
said to his dog, in a low tone, "Look out!"
And Lion did look out, with wild flush
ing eyes, and limbs that trembled with an
xiety, What a moment that was ! Every
one else was passive ; every other attempt
was laid aside, anil all stood in invite expec
tation. Those who were near cnouoji
watched the third rising of the poor child,
nnd those who could riot see the water,
kepi (heir eyes fiX"d upon Lion.
In another instant a cry was raised, as a
golden-tressed head was seen to emerge
from the water. The noble dog had seen
her first. thotHi : and. i r- the warning
j cry had reach' d his ears, he had dashed
I from the boat wilh wonderful rapidity, und
j was swimming toward the li'tle siifT rer as
j though he knew that life und death depend-
ed on his efforts.
I His master marked progress .t:ii.ae,
ly. His face was pale as death, and it was
only by rigidly compressing tie m that be
could control the nervous quivering of his
'ife lias her," he exclaimed, a-; Lion nse
to Ihe surface, after along die, holding the
! little Adeline bv the hair of her head in
such a manner that her face was rut of wa
ter. "He has her, and she is saved:"
Down went the steps, and on them slood
a couple of ai liAe f.iilors, i nctmr; giug the
brave dog by shouts and gc stores, nnd rea
dy to receive his precious burden when he
should approach them.
Slow ly he came on, wUlfullv eyeing the
steps, and now and then looking up at Ids
master, who was leaning over the side en
co'inc ing him wilh his ve!.kno n voice.
"Ih re you are !" cried tl'.fi sailo.s, si iziug
the little gill. She was ham I' d from one
to another, aed at last ih positeii in the arms
"Perhaps so, sir," she replied, wilh the
gentle manner thai had come over her
since the accident "but still I could not
spare her she is my only child, and 1 am
a widow."
"I must go,;' muttered the gentleman to
himself; "whew! has not the immortal
Welter assured us that one widow is equal
to twenty-five ordinary women ? It's not
safe morally safe to he in the same boat
wilh her."
He walked away. Tint who can wrestle
against fate' When the boat returned to
London Bridge, 1 sav him carrying Ade
line ashore, and the widow leaning on his
arm. They had a long conversation all the
way home! And, when he had put them
into the cab, they hail another chut through
the window, terminating wilh a promise
to "romr. turtii."
What could all tlm; mean? No looked
afler the cah till it w:r; out of sight.
"I think she has got rid of her nerves,"
he observed to himself; "whet a charming
creature ihe is without them!"-
'i'.iE mill. oil oi ihe l'i'.i sv"
M '.CI11NC roi-.Tiiv.
Aiemul h. f W:ii"a I put -n;' tirai
1' I'. !t i . " fl i9 s e ike ;
Oh.har s.iy-4 .I.e. ''wlr.t liberty
"V ail t.-r-iii.Mi ile U.k- !"
"Why) lb. l!.,1 Si!, lay oIkii rai.'.r gi! j
(I n.ji-.z -a tar 'U e, I a. i,-.)
Crai v. u k iv 0 a. y c h nr iiiil
Jlin l'I.-Li.'i.l e flit: I'i.Ksi."
1 kif Lil her r;aii. -j Jul by k'ml
S'lr.-g i,.ri. I. lie a I.i; I ;
t .. n my :,. .-jl, Shi- I . V-d
V.. i t I'M I , e .t :
1 Ifiive un.-ther i-uss, tin:! th-'n,
is.i; mic, 1 g.- e ..lies,
I rjt.ar .s .ill-, k...Iwr lila-
'Tul 1 i.vi e.'M -if ;iie Prrvv"
THE 1I.I.UK1C 111. II r PVINL'k 1:11 O Mi
ll V.
Mr. Paine, whose di.noveiy ol producing
lggbl liotii waif i', excited so lunch inleiesl u
i few muiilln ao, hua at last fumirdicd the
J public: w ilh sumcthinu: in explanation of this
j aliened discavcry. He slates that he his
diseevered u new piincipli! i.i electricity,
I poudeiabiiir, , m..lei ialil V and obediecce lo
j t.i laus of giavil.iiiou that he is the first to
accumulate and ctiir. press ll.e i lcctiic fluid,
and ha ie.vcile.l a machine which enables
him to use the slectiie iinid for useful pur
! p.-.-' s. This con, muuicaiiou is lonig, the ma.
terial pari, however, is l hat in trying some
evp -: inieiits far the paecipitation of sili x by
the action of electricity be became satisfied
thai, so lunii as ihe w hide body of water a
I round the poles remained a conductive or dif
I fa.-ive medium, the action of the ps'-sing eur-
i rents w riii. i fe umtieii. an,! ine restim de
sired uu.ilUianh'e. Wi'.h this iev of the
Meet i'e s.a:igbt far .
mi t bod by i bich
the iilw res of water in contact with the p:i!e,
cnuld be cfleetaally bancd from coii.tiiuuica
tion with any cuiidtielive st bslanee, and yet
athnii of a Ci't.liiiiiui si.j ply cf :!.e water to
be decomposed.
Deliex iei; in ihe doctrine of imponderabili
ty and immalei ialily of ihe electric fluid, all
elforts to necnmpiisii the li siied result failed
and ;iie experiment was atu.nt lo be aban
doned, when a doiibl as to ihe truth of the
! bonks, on ihe i;ties'.ieii of the nat Me of clec
! tiieity, muse in my miii.1. an.! on the faint
! hope held forth, the c.xpeiiitu nts were re
j newed, and the results more I ban realized
i the most sringi. ine expwclrtl ions ; for not only
j was the j istilalioii of l hit water peilect, and
.Iciompesiliuti rapid, but I ii tr elccliio lltiid
trier himsolf ; but tho entire community, coutj
ly, or district, in which he lives, derive ad
vantage. Besides, a'r, farmers are social peo
ple, and ono of these books, sent into a neigh
borhood, instead of remaining in the house
of the person lo whom it is sent, travels round
tho entire community, and every man M ho
wishes, can see and read it, and derive ad
vantage from it.
Nor do 1 think tho argument, that it is not
tho luaitimato business of Congress to mak
books for the people to undertake publio
education has any more force. 1 do not
think that it would do any harm to any of our
constituents, to havo good, solid, practical in
formation, upon a subject intimately connec
ted with ihe best interests and prosperity of
the country, and that, too, at the expense of
the Government, which they maintain and
support. Your farming interests comprise
nearly eighty per cent, of your entire popu
lation ; and I ask you, what do you expend
for their benefit ! What do you do to sup
port and encourage these interests, besides
this yearly pittance for this report ! and cf
this you wish now to deprive them. Sir, W9
who represent honest, hard-working farmers,
would be recreant to our duty oli'JconstitU
etils, if we did not resist earnestly tho at
tempt that is now made to cut off from thorn,
ibis mite, w hich has always been given grud
(jingly. 'I'he gentleman from South Carolina Mr.
WoodwardJ objects, that it is a mere compi
lation, nn J contains extracts from agricultural
journals that he wants a learned and scien
tific repoit, Sir, that it embodies a vast a
mount of plain, solid, practical information, is
hue; and that, in my judgment, is its chief
merit. Scud out learned, scientific disquisi
tions on the subject of agricultural chemistry,
alkalies, and gasses to faimers, and they will
uul thank you for them. Ttiey would not
give a suns fur a bushel of them. They want
something which tells them in aplain, straigh
forward farmer-like way, how they may im
prove their farms, and their cattle, nnd bet
tur their condition, and those things these re
poitii contain, and those, I repeat, are their
best feature!.
Tlie gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.
YtNABLt opposes the printing of this report,
because, he says, ho is in favor of reducing
postage, and these reports will tend to en
cumber the mails, 1 will go as far as that
gentleman, or any other upon this floor, td
reduce postage. I believe, sir, tvhh that
gentleman, that it is a measure loudly called
lor by the people and the press. It is neces
sary, sir, in order that intelligence may be
circulated freely and fully throughout the
country. I would make it, if I could, as free
as the light of heaven. I am, too, sir, for
cheap postage on letters, and fo; the free cir
culation of newspapers, within thirty, forty;
or fifty miles of tho place where they are
published, or within the county, or Congres-
;i.u announced the unfinished ' siolKl1 district, where they are printed. Thie
IRIG HAM FOR PRIVATE USE.
A correspondent of the Bradford Reporter
furnishes tho following recipo for curing
hams: I turn my barrel over a pan or ket
tle, in w liich I bin n hard wood for seven or
eiijht days; keeping a little warm water on
the head of the barrel, and prepato a pickle
by putting six gallons of water in Vboiler,
wilh 12 lbs. of salt, 12 ounces of saltpetre,
and two quarts of molasses This I stir suffi
ciently to dissolve the salt, &c, and let it boil
and skim it. I then let it cool and pour it on
my hams, and in one week I have smoked
hams, very lender, of nn excellent flavor, and
well smoked. When the weather becomes
warm there will a scum arise on ihe pickle.
By keeping my hams under pickle, it will
keep ihe year round. It is better to have a
good oak barrel than any other. Try it, and
)ou will havo meat smoked earlier ufler
Liilhiir, and more palatable than by any olhcr
method.
Improvement In Cullivatien.
Russell Comstock, of Dutchess county, N.
Y., ckiiina to have discovered a system of
cultivulin": fruit trees and farm crops gener
ally, by means oT wliich ihe furiner can be
made to prj.'nve a more healt! y growth of
ft nit, to mature youiiyer, be .nuie uniformly
piodiiclive, and ripen earlier; and the hitter
to flourish similarly. He has applied lo the
New York Legislature, for a bonus in consid
eration of disclosing ihe detail, and hi.s claim
ii bucked by lotteis fiom many distinguished
statesmen liviii and dead.
A H'UtsL has a very sweet tooth ; when he
is unwell, and won't diink, mix molasses or
course Lrown sugar in the water; he will
then diink fieely.
ri;2LE. We find the following in an ex
change paper, wilh a request to know what
the deuce it means :
A lady asked a gentleman for his typher,
and he rent her the following icply :
You 0 a 0 but I 0 ihee
O 0 no 0 but O 0 me
Then let my 0 thy 0 be.
An 1 give 0' 0 1 O thce.'
We think we cau'traus'uto the s'.anza.
l'ar exumpie :
You si'a'i fur a cypher, but I s.ek for thee:
t ! si'su for no cupher, but O! sit'h for me.
Then let my a:tiher thy typhtr be,
And give siiihfcr sirh,Jur I iish for ilicc.
1 c uuiil ' ... i' a I 'Vely cat,
Add v-n.l'.y was 1 l.at-.ii ;
I j.'avr ; i iiera ,'iur oi -ves,
Aaii she gayu lac Ui. .Mil2k !
Never carry a sword in your tongue to in
jure the reputation of any man.
TlinTV-l'lIiST i OM.l; l:ss l.l Srt.lun.
nousf; oi' representatives.
Washington, March 12, 1850.
l Aii::.r oi kilc u:ivut.
The f
business of ll.e morning hour to be the mo
tion, heretofore made by Mr. McLank, of
Maryland, to reconsider the vote by which
the House had rejected the following resolu
tion :
Unsolved, Thai thirty thousand copies of
the mechanical poitiou, and that seventy
thousand copies of the nigriculttual portion,
of ihe l'alent-Plhce Report be printed.
tin
w as luiiial to be susceptible o! uccumuiuli;
of an active.lool.ing gentleman, whom eve. i m au unlimited detrec. The ease and rapid-
; rv one seemed instinctively to rec ini.e
j as surgeon, ami by turn carried below.
! "Now con. e up, (hat's a bravo J'-dlow,"
' said Hie siulor, retreuting to iniii(4 way for
! Lion to climb the steps. Jitit the po.ir civu
I lure whimd piteouslv, and, after one or
j two I'i'iiill.'ss attempts to raise himself m.l ol
the water, he remained quite passive.
"Help 1:1 tii help him! he is exhan-t-i
oil !"' cried hi? mn.d. r, fighti.ig his v. a
i iiy ii;h which ihe water was resolved into
its c.unp'incnt j.-.ni:s, I'almu'iy tugjn :.-tc.l the
i idea ft' apply itM the disci veiy iu some pr.ic-
l:ea! use,' and ih it ef !i. '.' was s,
'the most simple and inexpensive
plication. But on ihe very ihresl
lected, a;
in its np
add of the
j expeiimeut nn apparently iuMiiuionntabluob
i r-S.tcle v.ai mel in the inability lo :.e;;.:ale
j ihe liases. Alter a uunt'eer nf s 'tiiu.s ep!a-
crowd, to : !o
l!y the tim"
the r si ue
however,
through th
his lavoritc
had reached the top of the iad.b-r, tin
lors bad perceived the condition of I he dor,
and wilh some difficulty drugged him from
the water. With their ii-sistauce, lie crawl
ed feebly up,and languidly licked his n.tis
t. r's hand, and stretch' d bin s, if on the
deck.
It Would he liiflicilt to tell which recei
ved the mo.-t atl.'ii'ioij lie little 'girl iiinler
the hand oi the surgeon and nil the v.omt n
Who h.lil sqnee.7i d th.'ilis Iv. s i:i the cal'ii;,
umh r the firm conviction ihat th. y w a re
erceedin.Tlv useful, or the nobb' dog, from
(he rough but kind nltent io'is of the stea
mer's men. under the sup. rintemlcnee of'
his master.
j Both the Invalids were' ronvulosf mt.
und Lion was sitting up, receiving with
quiet dignity the car.-SM j of his friends,
when Adeline's mother came iiinniiig up
stairs and throwing lieivif upon tier knees
belorc htm, and clasping linn alh ctioiuitcly
in her arms, laid her cheeks upon his rcugji
head and wepl.
"lie's a dirty animal, madam,"' said the
gentleman, who had not forgot her former
slighting remarks: "he'll make your pelisse
in -uch a Mate. Besides, In1 may be mad !"
She cast up Imr eyes with an expression
of meek reproach. They were xery fine
eyes, and 1 think he felt, for his features
softened immeiliaetlv.
"t)h, pray, pray, give him lo me 1" the
earnestly entreated.
Give Lion to yon ."' he exclaimed, in
derision : "why, what would yon djxvith
him 1 I will tell yrm. You'd pet and pam
per the poor beast till he was eaten up by
disease, and as nervous as n fine lady No,
no ; you'd belter give Adeline to me. Lion
oi bions, (he ctidcalics of my i.imi',y compelled
: rmi.'iiii
xv e rf
of
me to de-i.-.t.
.Mth-'.ich ine poiclical
abandoned, the mei.l.il uc
w :.s nut an .1 dining seine
lsJ.tS, 1 cn'iehldi'd li ai 1
maniled ni injiieei'S cr-mf
the pch s. or that ihe '
.tele should l-Dth enter oc.e oo.'y ot xv
wa not coiit-ct a et.t.cbiieii whiilia veiy
simple cxpei illicit! decided lo lie cornet,
line pole was inserted into a glass of x' ater in
: toil on the si.:
that: ill the f:
.e 'aw hi. h de
'.lOiieVii'Ui between
live and n.-yaiuo
r
.xi r. i. am:. i untamed tne itoor and saw : ;
Mr. Si i vkfr: 1 desire to make a few re- i
j maiks i:i answer to Ihe oejectmns Hint l.avo
j been i.rged against the consideration of die
; vote upon '.his lesolutiom And f shall vole '
: for it, with an entirely different object iu
I view, lliau that entertained ami expressed 1
j by the gentleman from Maryland Mr. Mc-,
j l.aue.J He appear to think that there is
danger of increasing the patronage of mem-
j be.H upon ibis floor, and that it may be ex- '
j rrcNe.l for impu.per or uuwoithy purposes, j
I The gentleman's objection proceeds upon th"
ground, thai gentlemen will distribute Ibis
I diieiimeut exclusively lo members of their
I own pnlilical parly, and laat the o'.her p'-'O. ;
! pie i t ihe districts, will b debatred from
i any participation in the benefit of this pub"
j lio e.xpetHli'iCre. What ban been the coin"
1 u. i n or liCi.eral a;iciice among members
I .
! upon this subject 1 cannot say. but l can c peals
fur my own ili'.trict, which has been, fer the
la: I five yi-ar.', ri'prcrenied by an able gen-lle-T.ri.i
Hon. James Pollock who occupied
a fen! o:t tiiii si,L of the hall, arid you xv:l!
find in lhat ilisliict, rir, this l!a!ent-OlTice
is a measure of reform that 1 much desire to
see ; and 1 am glad to know that we shall
have the talents and inllueuce of the gentle
j llemun from Nojth Carolina with u on that
I suliject.
j But if w o adopt one wholesome messure,
it ciritaitdy alfords no satisfactory reason why
' xve should abandon auoiher. If tho Tost
Oince department cannot sustain itself, and
i bear tliis additional burden, und.!f the pro
: posed reduced rales, lei (ove;T.ment pay for
; tiieir tranrntission. It is the people's money,
nnd if expended for their benefit, whe has
, ihe rie'it to complain ? Inrn, therefore, for
pi'iniir.g Ibis report, and p.inting the very
latgcst iiiimber named I hope, sir, not less
: lli-Aii 100.00') of the agricultural report.
: An i fi.r my vote on that, as xvell as for the
proper distribution of these I slirdl receive, I
i will answer lo my constituents,
i I am, aware sir, that tacie lepar'.a have.
perhap, not been as perfect as they might,
und would have been, if the interests which
they ecek lo promote, had been properly
cared for by Congress. While you vote mil
lions for the army and navy, and expend
thousands upon thousands every year for a
military academy at West Poirn-makc coast
surveys for the bur.etit of commerce miner-
la l;
ihe curlier cl a
pole in another gli
and an elecl;icu!
I weeri
com' c.
e I'
; in
au
lie ni
.1 the other
isito corner,
eumm'.uiica'io'i made
be-
A!l ihe water in one gfasH xvas de--I,
and ludioj'm only ollaiued. All
the water was decomposed iu the eli.er, and
oxx-;0!t on'y obtained. The remit was known,
ihe expetimenl was considered fully success
Iu!, and a email elecliie-atajnolio nppaialus,
having i'b lieliccs kept in motion by clock
wo: k put iu opeialiuu ::t my dwelling, and
xx as louad capable of taipp'.yi:;.-; 'hiee b .truer
wilh an abimd ince i ' t.'.e -usi s. It v. as at
ibis period of ihe experiments that I issu d
tho ciioul.ir announcing the discovery, and
xx ilh il an" invitation lo tho citizens of this
place to call and examine for themselves.
U, add,
The lestill of all expei iineuts up to this
dale are as follows: Tho decent of -xveigh
67 lbs. a distance of S) feet, w ill generate SOU
cubic feet of the pases, at no oilier expense
than the interest of Ihe cost of the uppuialiif,
say tiiOO. You may use tho gifes for b,dit,
jiower, or purposes' tif calorie.- (I 'havo as
yet experimented only with Ihe former,) and
make your own deduction.
al.'gieal surveys, and publish maps and de
scriptions of them P.: out nnd scud forth
exp'oiiug expedition (gentlemen don't feel
shocked at this) yet, when we corao to ask
Ihal the Government shall exhibit to thif
large and most dererving class of her people,
U -porl iu the puses:on of members of both j that they pre not entirely overlooked, gentle
parties Whigs ami Democrats alike have ; men clartie at the enormousexper.se. Why,
enjoyed there the advantage of it. Co- sir, it ;s but a few days since, that the gentle
pies have been sent, sir, lo (hose who, it was j man from Maryland introduced a resolution,
believed, x.ould malm good me of them, to ' providing for ihe printing ef thirty thousand
tho improvement cf their farms and stock, ' copies of the Report on Commerce, for tha
and the advancement of the great interests benefit of his constituents, and others, who
of agriculture in their vicinity and cc-minu- i represent largo commercial cities,
nity. 1 voted for it 1 did not object to it; yet 1.
Anchor objection urc;ed is, that it cannot ' w.j,,, i0 ireat all alike, and nil not only fiivly;
be distributed to nib an 1 therefore concludes but liberally; for none will go further
that none ought lo have it. Why, ntks the
gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. Vena-j
blc. should nno man lu'vo the repoit iu pre
feieuce lo another J I answer, there is none
in the world, except that it would bo utterly
impiaclioable to publish and distribute so
largo a number. But, because every voler
does not receive a copy of this repott, it does
not follow that they derive no advantage
fiom it. ISo far, sir, from this being the case
the very opposite is true. Of the information
obtained thrutigh this buok any improve
ment in farming, in raising stock, in select
ing or prepaiing seeds, bringing into use im
proved agricultural implements, preparing
and selecting manures, or of any of the end
less and importont imptovemeiiia suggested
iu the difi'eieiil lepoi l from tiiilV.enl Odioo
the benefit is not confined lo the ing'e fa.
than for the interests of th.O fanner.
I will gn w ith gentlemen for tho erec'tjpu
of au Agricultural Bureau, to take change of
this great interest, and believe it to bo de
manded at our hand:., by every ptiuoiple of
justice and fairuev, as those xTho contribute,
mcst to tho rapport gf Government,, aoi
xvhose occurition and pursuits foiru tfc.e basia
of her xve-Ah, her power, and he? greatness,
should ho.ve ut least one bureau among all her
departments, to look alter, to guard, to pro
mote, and to protect tiieir welfare. I hope,
theicfore, Mr. Speaker, thai the vote will be
ro.cunidcriJ Iho number greatly augment,
ed, and that we shall have thein speedily
pi mu d, tnJ fur Jistnbuliuu among our eon
aiiluects. Mr. C. concluded by moving the previom
question.