I J\ mfri c a n HI tUiluntm. SHOP B, BRITTON. VOL. Bfi. TEE .AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, Is published every Thursday, at Carlisle, Pa., by Ba.Vf.POX, upon.the following conditions, which Will be r lgl(liy adhered to: ' TERMS Of siIBBCRIfTIOK. . , Fornnc year,in advance, . .. . For six months, in advance, • ’ ; • •* 1 Xo subscription taken for a less terra than six montns.aun no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages ar^am.-. Twenty-five per chut, additional on the price ofsubecripllod will bo required ofall those who do not pay in advance. RA.TB9 Of XDVBRTHfIMO One square, ono Insertion, . * One square, two Insertions, . * One square, tliree insertions, > Every subsequent Insertion, per square, A liberal discount will be'made to those who advertise by the year, or far throe or six months. Orrics.—The office of- the American VoHnltcr ia In the sec ond story of James H. Graham's new stone building, in South Hanover street, a feWrtoors from Burkholder's hotel, and di rectly opposite the Post-office, whore those .having business irlM pleasecalt.' THE VOLUNTEER John B. Editor and Proprietor. CARLISLE, THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1849. JOHN M. BOTTS. The name of this gentleman is familiar to most of our readers. Ho is the great Whig war-horse in Virginia. Hois one of the most .uncompromising Whigs in (ho Union, and has been a member of Con. gross fur several sessions, fiat, John M. Botts is op. posed to Taylor, Ho is lob good a Whig to be a Taylor man. Read, his letter, given below, in which he declares that “sen. Taylor’s ' whole con. duct has been insutling’io tho Whig party, ami if they hud any .Whig spirit loft in them they,would resent it,*’ Air. Bom is. the regularly nominated candidate for Congress in tho Richmond district,— 'But, it' appears that a few friends of the milk-and. walcr-no-parly-cundiddlo for President, Gen.' Taylor, have . declared that they would not vote fur Botts unless he (Bolts) would make. a “ Taylor speech.* 1 In a loiter, published in tho Richmond IV/itg.lic thus anrvvors these miserable devils who.huvenot “stifii. ciunt Whig spirit loft in them** to resent the insult offered them by Gen. Taylor. “ 1 am threatened by many that they will not vote for mo unless I will make a Taylor' speech. I look upon it os un exaction never buforb made, as an in. fringcmcnl on my personal rights, my personal honor, and my personal independence, and 1 will not yield to it, ifl lose every vote in tho district. Ifspouchcs were as plenty ns blackberries I* would not make one for Gcp. Taylor.” LBTTCII FUOAI JOHN M. BOTTS. . The following is (he letter 'written by the Hon. John M v Butts to) UfiDCommiUou of the New T£wk Clay meeting* Richmond, Sept. 6,1648., -My DeAr.9ir—l received your letter yesterday, by which i was delighted loTieor oTilusJixedpurpose— not talk .Albany fi aslwin-lhc-pan—of -the . determined friends of the AVhig cause, and of Whig principles, to nominate Henry Clay , lor, us, matters now stand, admitting General Taylor to bo a TVAfg candidate, (which I utterly deny,) the parly is doomed to cer lain, inevitable, and disgraceful defeat, und every man nut wilfully blind must see if. It was an inex* cuaablo blunder to suppose that from a million und a quarter to u million and a hulfofrroe, hide, pendent Whig voters could bo wheeled into lino at j the word of command from sumo fifty or sixty Washington politicians (most of whom had scarcely shed liiuir piu-Ceulhcrs in politics) fur a candidate who had never filled a civil station, and who hod not fur'furly years and perhaps in his life, given a vote for man or hieasuro; without experience or knowl edge .of, Ihopruclical operations of any one of the domestic questions about which wo hud differed; of no acquaintance with our foreign relations; who had said to the people “ you must lake me on your own responsibility”.—.“l will not be the candidate of a party," nor " Will I bo the exponent of your parly principles," nor “look luTlTb doctrines of your party! us the rule of my.action:" and while he professes to ' yhrink from no responsibility, steadily refuses to give 1 .hid opinions on any one question, except the practical fuse of the veto power; and declares his determination not to be governed by the action of the'Convention, but wuuld bo a candidate, no nutter who might be nominated; and in my judgment his name never should hive been considered in that convention after he in ide that declaration. ; lint tills last objection, if was said, had been rb ■ movrd by the pledges made fur him by Judge Sunn ■dors, in behalf of the Louisiana delegation, which he ■subsequently adopted by a card written by his author* Bty and published by Bulla Peyton, Buljutt, dec., and phis declaration tvui held up by the Tuylor men und ■Whig presses of the country us sufficient to reconcile Sail Whigs to his cluutiuit. Tho Puylun cuid nnd-his ncc-pUnco of tho nomination had placed him lupon thb Whig platformund just ul tho moment Vvlion muh'y or us hud brought our minds to tho con* to vote (or him, however reluctantly, ho Iwrllus another letter, In which ho says ho would have Accepted tho nomination from the Baltimore conven |W»n on tho sumo terms on which ho accepted tho frhlludelphiu nomination! What becomes thon of 3ho Saunders pledge? VVhul becomes ortho Peyton Uuid 7 And if It be tiue (hat there were no lor/m ■expressed or implied in thu Philadelphia domination (that would bo inconsistent with an acceptance ortho Democratic nomination at Batllihore, in what an at. titudo docs It place the Whig party, selecting as their Candidate tho ono who could with equal propriety have become tho candidate of tholr opponents 7 And ir not true, in what a portion docs it place General Taylor? But what I desire to loarh is this i IfGon. Taylor ■ not bound by tho Philadelphia convention, who is? iVnd irhe may disregard its roooiiimondullous, whp P*y not? And if l*o is bound by their action, what tight has lie to (endlho iofluonoo or his name to the dofbat ot Mr. Fillmore, who was associated with hire by llnr Jhuno body of mon, by accepting a nomination pl|h Gen. Butler, a locofoco, whoso election he (here* by assists in promoting 7 In short, his whole conduct [* insulting to tho Whig party, and especially to all [hoso who participated m the proceedings at Phlla* dolphin, and if they haciany Whig spirit loft in thorn, limy would resent it. If it is ascertained that the purpose of lliul conven linn was perverted from. Us original legitimate objects of ascertaining mid giving expression to public son* tirnonl, by smullioring it on the one ham), and man* ufuclurlng it on llio other—or, in other words, If it hus been asoorlainod (of which there is no doubt) (hut tho nomination was made through tho instru mentality of politicians, without tho slightest refer* dnoo to the public will, and that tho interests of tho party are likely to bo sacrificed by It; thon I hold that tho error ought to be corrected promptly by the people themselves, and I trust In Gad (ho meeting you notify me of may put the bull In motion, that it may roll and gather ua it rolls, until tho Whig parly bhall have Us eyes opened to Us true condition, and Uniting as one man who lives embalmed in the hoar is of Ida countrymen; we may command a triumph, that bur real strength entitles us to achieve. .1 shall be m Now York very shortly. , Youn truly, In great haste, JOHN M* JJOTTS, Wittv Tar.— A jolly tar was accidentally knocked iverbaard from his vessel 1 af one of our wharft not ong since, and swimming fa'thd rudder was*; though' !°‘°i for a tiino out of sight of the orow. Tho oap* fiin fooling alarmed, called out over the stern, “Hal* D ' Jack, are you there?" “Yus," was tho ready cpiy. “How arc you getting on hdlnw}" wos the °*t interrogatory, “ObiStoimming/y/** shouted (lie oundorhig. sailor.- Wo ettcal. For the American Volunteer. - THE BIRD OF FAITH* BT SDWi.RO BTILBB SOB. “ Faith says they are with'Jesus- Then ask them not again." VTtvas midnight) in a chamber dim Slow came the throbbing breath: A painful scene wos passing there— Birth yielding unto Death. Bright morning came: *lwas stillness all- Two hearts nod gone to rest; The faded flow'r was nestling on Its mother's pulseless breast. - t • $ SO 75 1 00 Pen cannot limn the father's wo, No tear shono In hia eye; But grief upon his brow nad act . Theseal of agony: For she-had been bis early love, The solace of youth's tears; The goal of deep and trusting faith— Fond wife of manhood's years. Garth claimed its dust at evening mild . To rest beneath the sod; Fair mother, and pure, sinless child Gone home, in love, to God^ A little bird lit near the grave, And quickly sooth'd all pain : An nirgel-guest IVnm “spirit land”— It sang this cheering strain: “ Weep net thoftoic'r to soim to fade, JV*er mourn the parent item; Both eulid by angel-hands to weave Christ'spreciout diadem'.” u Mourn not that mother ; nor the babe' Which sweetly closed its eyes p One/ound a father—both kind friends In Ood's bright Paradise,” Tims'pave the bird its song of love, Then sptead each golden wing To soar nvvuy to that blest Inmf • Where blooms eternal spring. ' -* . *■' * . .•* ♦; ' ♦ The sceptic bnltl nmy scorn my song— - Thu acuflur doubt my word: Out Christian' hearts—in promise strong— Will trust Faith's Holn Bird. Carlisle, October 1848. WHEN I AM OLD. When I am old—and ohl how soon Will Ufa's sweet morning yield to noon : And noon s broad, fervid, earnest light— lie shrouded hi the solemn nlglit; TUI like a story well nigh told, Will seom my llfo-whon I am old. Whom I am old—tills breezy Earth Will loose for me its voice of mirth- The streams will have an undertone Of sadness, not by rigla their own ; And Spring's sweet pow'er In vain unfold Us rosy charms-when 1 am old. When I am old—l shall not care To deck with flower’s my faded hair; 'Twill he no vain i'esire of mine, In rich and costly dross to shine; . Hrnlil Jewels and the brightest gold Will charm me naught—when 1 am old. When T am old— my friemfashall luT* "" Ohl and In Arm and bowed like me. Or else-* their bodies nenth the Sod, Their spirits Awaiting safe with God,— Th« old church boll will long have tolled Above their rust—when 1 am old. When lam old—Pd rather bend Thus sadly oVr each buried friend, Than see them loose the earnest (mill. That marks the; friendship of our youth; 'Twill bo so sod to see them cold Or strange" to me—wheu l am old. When I am old—oh! howit seems Like thn wild lunacy of dreams, To picture in prophetic rhyme, That dim. far distant shadowy lime i Pu distant that It soom. oVr bold Even to say— *• When lam old I" When I qiu old— perhaps ere then, I shall ho missed from the haunts of men: Perhaps my dwelling will he found lleneoth the green and quiet mound; My nome hy stranger hands unrolled Among tho dcad—sra t am old. Ere I am old7—thnt time Is how, f' ,r ynnlh ails lightly on my brow; Mv limbs arc firm and slrong'and free, •Idfe has a thousand charms forme— rharms that will fang their influence hold Within my hcart-...0ru I am old. jfHCaceUaneott#. TIIK MAX WHO UODO THE GOAT, flou^bJl' 01 V ( i , llue ° t i '? U,O^ cr Slate Of Connecticut. “ m ll “ ,,r ,‘“ l ‘T e Divi,lon of “>» Son. Ten.- E'S M T h lm " bus, ‘ ■ ald abuul il" my.loriou. lyalcnoa, and many a quizioal .lory hue been told in relation to tliu anting of a oorloin gout, said to be connected therewith* . It ie .aid that in thie quiet Village ro.idoe, among olliors, . <culo Yankee,’ of a, remarkably ingenious end ounou. turn of mind, whom for bi. re.ornblenoe to the Pry lumlly, wo shell nemo Peui. Now Paul took it into bis busy , noddle to enter the gates of our Order, without riding tho goat, lie therefore ‘look* od around, among mankind* for a greon Son of Tom* porancc—and having fixed his ratnd upon a victim, he started in pursuit and found his man. After ex ercising his pumping ingenuity in a manner • too tedious to mention,’ ho found himself on the road homo tickled to pieces with the idea of being in full possession of that mysterious word which would un lock tho Division door and pul him In possession of the * open sesame.' In the meantime, Paul's design was communicated In a fow woggleh spirit. of the Divl.lun, and appro priate arrangements were made for Ilia reception. Meeting night name, and after the brother, had pretty generally ae.embled, the O. 8. hoard a .trance none at the door, like unto the bleatluga of a certain animal familiarly nailed Billy. The O. S. true la his instructions, opened tho door ajar, , ” Bah 1" .aid Paul. “Bah! Bah I Bab!" tolurnod tho O. S. and opon flow the door. ■ Paul walked in, looking very knowingly tho while, ond took a oenl among the Initialed. The eham bn hupp* ** or a 88 Iflbbffh nothing hud “Worthy Patriarch,P at length said a member in a solemn and impressive,manner, “tho person who “V.fUnTr ’ '“’“'ff neglected to turn llio usual gain, mind illW i Upon bia bi B 1« evident tu my ranl.'.i n ° l bco " Initiated.’ I therefore ",o« lhal ’»» proooutl in /JU( Urn through." Second the melion!” .I.oulod a doion. ' “I gueg. X it bailor rollro," .aid Paulrl.ing, „„d ovidont l ;; unoa.y-n I gue.. there mu.l bo gome inigtuko. And ho • wont lor to go.' But they wouldn't lot him. m ■ J “ Any one who once gets In hero, must go through" said a blacksmith who stood six fool without his bools. “So just bo quiet till we got the goat ready." The door was fusioned and all hopb of escape was autos'. Paul trembled. The blacksmith aforesaid opened a closet, and pulled out a sock. Paul turned white. “Prepare (be victim!" said the W.P. Payl sptang to his foot, and bogged for mercy— -4 but no mercy (here was .known. 1 He was bustled jnto & sack In spile of all the kicking resistance he could make* Tho goat happened to bo out of sorts that night, so an old* whoel-borrow was substituted. Paul was trundled around the room—first backwards and then forwards—over slicks of wood, down stairs and m> stairs. ' “ Bah 1" sald'tho blacksmith, slopping to blow. “'Please lot mo out," plontTdd Paul.' “Can't ydt," returned the blacksmith. “Ain't reached tho falls of Niagara—must put you through the shower bath!" Paul wiped away the perspira tion, ‘ . Creak, creak, oroul(,wflnt the old wheelbarrow round (hq room sgain. At Paul’s earnest solicitation r, o»ft cdiiitTßV—maV iriMrit&lc nidllr —httkiqiit or wron'o,our oountrv.” CARLISLE, PA-, THUESDAV| OCTOBER 12, 1848. the shower bath was omitted. Ho declared it would give him-a cold. Having been otherwise/put through/ Paul was liberated—a lerified man. He started for a lawyer for vengeance, fiut the lawyer told him ho had bet* ter toy-nothing about It—and be finally concluded not to. - li no happened that where Paul worked a number of girls were employed. One day Paul entered the ' ladles department.' That morning an Irish girl liod been admitted to lho establishment, and the mis* ohievous Imps had wrapped her up In a piece of can* vass, and were wheeling her abouttho floor. “ What are you doing t” asked Paul, , • "Biddy’s riding tho goal,” archly said tho ring* leader. Paul bolted. " Tho man who rode the goat it well known in the village—and it often pointed out by the boys. We rather, think-, the next , time Paul wants to enter a 'seorot'Bociety/ ho will go in the front way. . " j N. Y. Organ, PRACTICAL. JOKERS, Tlie following story of Neil McKinnon, a N. York wag, told by a correspondent of the Philadelphia Sat urday Post, surpasses in coolness and impudence any thing .within our,recollection*- Read it and speak for yourself,good, reader: ... “ When the celebrated ‘Copenhagen Jackson* was British Minister in this country, he resided in this city,-and occupied a house on Broadway; Neil, ono night, at a Idle hour, in campany'with a bevy of his rough riders, while passing the house noticed it was brilliantly illuminated, and (hat several carriages were waiting at the door. “Hallo!” said our wag, “what’s going on at Jackson’s?” One of tho company remarked that Jackson had a party that evening. ..“What!” exclaimed Nell, “Jackson have a party, and I not invited! I must see, to that.” So stepping up to tho hall, he gavo such a ring as soon brought a servant to tho door.- “I wont to see the British Minister,” said Neil. »• You-will have to conic somo olherjime,” said servant, “for ho Is now engaged at a game ol whist and mus’nl bo disturbed.”• ,* “Don’t‘talk tovmo that way,” said MoKinnon, “butgo directly and tell the British Minister I must see him immediately, on especial business.”.- *. The servant obeyed, and delivered tho message in s 6 impressive a stylo as to bring Mr. Jacksoii to the door forthwith. ' ‘‘Well, sir,” said Mr. Johnson, “ what can be your business with me this lime of night which is so verv urgent?” ' , - “ Are you Mr. Jacksoii 7” Inquired,Neil.' “ Yes, air* I am Mr. Jackson.” “ Tho British Minister.” . . “Yes, irir, the British Minister.” J , *k^° U 7« 1 > aVO a P ar *J hero knight, I perceive, Mr. 44 Yes, sir, I have a party,” ■ „ , 44 A large parly I presume ?” ” Yes, sir, a large.parly.” “ Playing cards I understand ?” ,w “Yes, sir, playing-cards.” ; 44 O, well,” said Neif,“as I was passing, I merely called to enquire what’s trumps ? 11 . GOT NO FRIEND. . __Wb were traveling through Canada, says a colem pofdry, In the winter oT after a JottgUay’s rido stopped ut the. Lion Inn; and the content of the stage, numbering about nine persons soon gathered round the cheerful fire. Among the occupants of the room,' we observed an tlMuoking cur,' who had shown Jus wit by taking up his quarters in so comfortable an apartment. . After a fpw minutes, the landlord en lored, and observing tho specimen of tho canine spe cies, remarked; Fine dog-j Hint. I. ho yours «ir 7" appealing lo ono of the passengers. “No sir." “ Beautiful dog! Yodro air 7” addressing hlmsol to a second. .. “ No!” was the blunt reply. : , “Como here, pup! Perhaps lie is yours.'sir 7” No,” was tho reply. Very sagacious animal! Belongs to you. I sun* pose, air 7” , , • “ No he doesn't,** was the answer. “Then ho i. yours, and yon have a treasure,” (throwing the animal a cracker.) “Nothing of the kind.** 4 ‘, Oh I (with a’amllo,) ho belongs to you as a mat ter of course 7** addressing himself lo the last pas senger. , , “Wouldn’t own him as a gift.** . “Then you infernal, dirty, moan contemptible whelp gel out!” and with that the host gave the poor dog such a kick, as sent the animal yelling into the street, amid the roars of (ho .company. NOTHING FORGOTTEN. ls a terrible reflection—nothing is forgotten.— Tho oath you hovp Just uttered will be remembered forever. In the long ages of tho future it will echo through the caverns of despair, making more terrible m it?®* *korie, A good word you hsvo spoken will vibrate, on the ear, giving;melody throughout eternity. Bo careful ,iiovv you speak. Take care wlial you dcr. The archives of heaven will never be destroyed. Tho scroll you now pen with your acts and thoughts, will remain in living characters on the walls of nature, never lo be obliterated. What vol. umos of oaths and falsehood will bo opened to (hoov- i orlasting condemnation of thousands! Who will | not think right and act right, that the future may be ; written In golden words of love and kindness, mercy i and truth? Lot (he terrible thought, nothing is for- < gotten, bo so fixed in your mint), that you will never ( utter an oath—tell a falsehood—or speak a word, that you would not be willing for all the world to hear. Kickn Retort.— Atterbury, bishop of Rochester, alluding to a bill brought into the house of lords said, '* ho had prophesied that tho bill would be attempted in the present session, and ho was sorry to find that ho had proved a true prophet.** I*ord Conlngsby had desired the house lo remark that oge of the right rev erends had set himself up as a prophet; but for his part ho did know what prophelto like him to, unless to that furious prophet, Balaam, who was rebuked by his own ass. rile bishop replied—•* Since the noble lord has discovered In oqr manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords,-1 araf at a Jobs how to make out the other part of (ha parallel. I aip sure 1 ha4o been reproved by nobody but faisi|ordship. v> A burst of followed this casligatlda. ’ Attempt to Poison Mrs. Calhoun at Fort Hill.— Two slaves have been placed in ju|l for attempting to Prison Mrs. John C. Calhoun, at her residence in S. Carolina. The fuels uro these; Mrs. C. purchased a j bottle of acid to remove stains from cloth, and look , it homo. She curried it Into tho kitchen, told the servants what it was for, and that os it was a deadly poison, they must bo careful in handling it so as not to got any on their fingers. Nancy, a kitchen eer* vent, took charge of it, but before pulling It away rn 0 tt J ,lo^,or kitchen servant pour out a small vial Hi f, and ;ppt that aside also. Mrs. Calhoun usually takes a cup of coffee early in tho morning, and a few nays afterwards, when a little negro boy brought a °“E .“"t *«’twatl, ,110 tailing (ho A, h "? an unu, “«l flavOf. Thl. eh. fa. . . l , h# . boy ‘ who t>«oapio frightened amf Jirn in ,1° v? , U ‘ w 7’ which would not allow Who„ hi ’ b ? i^' d - ttl ' ,ly " on( ht “ nhyaloian.—' Whoo ha nrrlvdfT ho pronounced Ilia cofloepnlaonod. Jhf.ehl Nbnov llianoonf...od that 'aha had pal adme of tho article intepdad for oleanaing claiha. in tha ooffea. A moo servant, (Tom,) Nanoy and tho bov worn than .onloirtoj.il. Mr. Calhoun, who wa.ft 1 Washington, waa not inforiped of tha mal'tor, aa thay \ did_ nut wlali to worry linn | so that ha know nothing 1 of it until alter ho hod made lib »|ioooh at Charleston, 1 and prghab y did not hoar ofil until ho arrived ho,no | at rort Hill. I Loins Pmuhdt, the Niagara Chronicle loams; line porohaaod Stamford Park, Upper Canada, and will ahbttly eilabliah his roaidonSo there. ' . Prom the Public Ledger. ' ' Anurkßu Grape Culture. I i tiik First Year.— -The vines havingl been out/Jown to lliroe goqd buds each, and the two 1 ,■ best perffilttcd to grow, the shoots should bo trained ! to the Idtfer wire of the trellis horizontally Hi oppo* site directions. If the soil is naturally rich, or has been made so, tho vines will be so thrifty that one I side shoot may bo permitted 10-grow from each of the .firift shoots, and should be trained on the seconff wire of the trellis. All other side shoots, should bet rubbed o ff, The ground should be often stirred with a cultivator id keep down the grass and weeds. Two or three drills of potatoos,oae foot apart, may be cultivated between the rows of vines, and the crop will.pay the cost of cultivating tho vineyard for the first year.. Second-Year.— Early in tho Spring the ground should mellow with u cultivator. .What wo termed spools that grew tho first year we. how call main branches, as from these branches will start fruit bearing jbVanches producing a crop of fruit. Four hew shoots may be permitted togtow froni each vino which ab'buld be trained to the two upper wires of the trellis* When the vines arc in bloom they should j not be cultivated or disturbed in any manner what-1 ever for icar.bf injuring tlio pollen of tho blossom add thostfestroy u portion of the fruit. When the fruit is well set and qbout the size of small peas the ru l l Soaring branches should bo pinched throw more sop into the gropes and thufi ludrAse the size of thu fruit. . All superfluous shoots coming out from (ho main brunches or tiie four mala shoots intended for the two upper wires B *Vl. U^^*l* ubbed off once in fifteen or twenty days. Where the soil is good it often happens that 100 many branches bf grapes uro formed. It will then bo an to cut off one greater part of the bunches —alwayrlfiking the smallest ones. This should bo dond when is one quarter grown. Tho crop' will be fpbro In quantity and the quality finer than if all; haq been permitted to remain. During thu the ground should always bo kepi mellow, and free from weeds and grass, except- whei thovineOro in bloom. ;ThirdVYkar.—ln February or March, in tile hit* titudo oiPhiladclphia r lhc fruit bearing.branches' that hove produced fruit the proceeding year,.should be ‘cut dowH to one good bunch to each branch This one hnd a fruit bearing branch for the third year. TliC main branches that grow and covered the two upper wires of the trellis the last season, will this yeai?Jhrovv out fruit bearing branches. Pinch off the eqdsol (hem, as directed, for tho second your. If two first years the wires of the trellis have notwsen cmirely fcovcred with main brandies, sjde T n y ho trained so as to completely carer Awi^pOLTuaE.; —Vines may be pruned in the full, but the fwing is for preferable,say in March or April for Netf Atone Slate; at Pliiladelphi#, Uirco weeks earUcri.md as wo proceed further south, earlieryqt. Tho yerfflost time is just before vegetation common cos; if*ift7incd after that lime tho. vinos ore apt to .blce&ind thus injure the next crop of grapes.-- Peraohe ftommenciug the grape culture shoujd recoolloci; that it is only new wood 'that produces fruil." ;. f j ' , • • > The dalllvalor is the best implcmcfipwilh which to work s Viqeyurd.'. Tho ground should not boworked jnorajbttfl lhrco ihches in.depth; as deeper Culliva. lion find thfeir way near the scrface of tho soil. When a vineyard has produced three or four crops of fmit it should bo enriched with stable manure,nr'any of the composts and enriching substances nqpcd In our cs* soy on manures. Wiien the vincsthuve produced four or five crops, some of the vigorous 'shoots may bo trained along the wires for new main branches— In the ensuing spring tho old main brunches or a portion of them may bo cut out. B. G. B, value of the potato. ProC C. U, SiiKrAitu, in his address before (ho ag ricultural societies ol‘ Hampden and Hampshire counties, Muss., made the following czcellcnlremarks in regard to the potato: “ Tho potato is a vegetable which the rich man knows not .how to forego; and one which places tho poor man above wont. Wrlhfa shelter from the weather, and one or two acfcs’bf ground to plant with this tuber, man may subsist at almost any dis* lance front the miller, (ho baker, tho .butcher, and 1 may almost add, tho doctor. It suits all tastes, Uou fishes in nearly oil clipialos, and Is eminently nulri tious and healthful, its cultivation demands but lit. lie labor, and when (ho earth has ripened the tabors, they are harvested without trouble, and cooked with* out expense. A few fugguls in aumioc-r will boil and in winter tlio necessary heat is supplied . without expense. There is no wusto of lime in the firocess of milling, sifting, kneading, buking, season* ng, jointing or carving. There is nothing deficient I or superfluous in a well boiled potato. As soon us the potato is cooked, it opens by chinks, lots fall its thin pelholo upon the plotter, and with a little salt, l butter* or milk, is ready fur tlio unfastidious appetite of the hungry man. Start not back with surprise at (he idea ol subsisting upon the potato alone, ye who think it necessary, tUduad your tables with ail the dainty viands of the market, with fish, flesh and fowl, seasoned with oils and spices, and eaten perhaps with wines,—start not back I say, with feigned disgust, until you are able to display in your own pampered persons, a finer muscle, a more beau Ideal outline, and a healthier, red than the potato fed peasantry of Ireland and Scotland once showed you, as you passed tholr cabin doore! No, tho chemical physiologist will tell you, that tho well ripened potato when prop erly cooked, contains every clement that man requites for nutrition; and in tlio bodt proportions in which I they are found in any plant whatever. There Ij the abounding supply of starch for enabling him to maintain the. process of breathing and for generating the necessary warmth of body, there is the nitrogen for contributing to the growth and renovation of or gans; the line and the phosphorous for the bones and all tbs salts which a healthy circulation demands In fine, llm potato may well bo called tlio universal plant; and the disease under which It now labors', is an universal calamity. If any agricultural institution should ever be so fortunate as to make us acquainted with the means of controlling it, Us name would quickly rank by,tho side of tho proudest universities, and If tho great discovery should proceed from a sin gle individual, his name would live when those of the’ greatest generals and conquerors hava become as uncouth aqd strango to humon ultorunco their ■deeds were unfriendly and opposed to human hoppi ness.” . Young Men, Take Heart* When Gen., Casa replied lo tho address of Mr, Bayard, at Wilmington, on the occasion of his |alo 1 visit, ho was profoundly affected. Tho tido of the memory loomed to have opened up before him all the vicissitudes and (oils through which ho had pass, ed, when a poor boy, seventeen*years of age, ho left 1 Washington, then h mure village, to see It his fortune I In the far west. Ho Imd a; few shillings in his pocket, I and crossed the Alloghunics on loot! Turning to I his youthful hearers, who stood near him, ho snid, in substance t 11 la this country, such examples; Heaven I be praised, are not rare. Thu youngest and humblest I man in this robn\ may occupy the proudest stations 1 upon earth, if only he is true to himself, (rue to 1 l»i-| and true lo his country. When I Ibft bare, (he continued,) and "tlltd down lit the far West, that region hud but twenty thousand people—now It con* taint' mere fh'afi five millions! The change, in this respect, however much it may fill yob' with s/nsio* mont, es a signal evidence of the progress pf this re> public, Is more remarkable than, that the humble in* dividual before yoifshuuld now bo the candidate of a commanding portion of tho American people fur. President. General Cuwpnexl appealed folho young', men in strains ui manly an;l touching eloquence, exhorting them to stand by their country and (heir l honor—to cultivate a worthy ambition—to improve their minds—and so to be worthy oflhuTuluro ! ! Take heart, yuuiijf then I. Here is an example that is worthy to you and the millions that uru lu follow you, mere than'the teachings of (lib schools; From the Hamilton (Canaild),Spectator, CANINE FIDELITY.; On Saturday night a man residing In East Market street found in that part of (ho city culled Moore’a Survey a child of six or eight years of.age, sittlngon tho road sido crying bitterly. The child was attend, ed by a Newfoundland dog, which attempted to pact* fy its companion by lying besides himand licking his face. The man took the child In his arms and brought liirn to the engine house, thinking that the parents would be more likely to hear of their child there than ony other place. The dog fallowed quiet* ly, and upon Mr. Rykman, whoso humanity and care ore well 'known, making a bed for the child, the dog testified its delight by jumping about the room and licking the host and child alternately. The boy bo* ing comfortably bedded for..Jbo. night, the dog*look his post beside him and could not be coaxed from tho spot,. | ' During the nigh!, Air. Rykman had occasion logo L Into the room, but the moment ho crossed (he thres hold, the dog, which was so docile when he left, be \ camq; enraged, and ocluolly drove him out of the room. Neither coaxing nor scolding had the slight * esl effect upon the faithful animat; he had taken the child under his protection, and appeared determined Ito perform his duty, - Early in the morning another I of the. family, who was not/aware (hat they had viai- I tors, w.cnt into (lie room, tint had hardly placed a I foot Inside when ho was furiously attacked by the dog,, and compelled .to decamp. 'Before' doing so, however, ho seized a chair to defend himself, and broke it to (ieccs over the dog, without producing any other effect than rendering it moro savage and determined than before. 1 ■ Flndihg It impossible cither to-get into tho room or coax the dog out of it, awaken the child, Mri Rykman procured assistance, and an -entry was ef fected simultaneously by the door and window. Still the dog remained resolute; lie would pennit no one to approach the child, and it was actually necessary to beat him. severely with clubs ere ho could bo dri ven out of (lie house. This being aflasi effected the dog started off ns rapidly as it could, and in . tho courso of a couple of hoars returned, accompanied by tho,child’s mother, jumped into the room and began licking and fondling its Ilttlo companion! Even then it was with dilftcully that tho woman could prevent the dog from flying at those who liad been compelled, in self-defence, to boot and drive liiui from tho house. The woman said she had been in search of the child all night without success, and that in crossing the common near Dunduro, she saw tho dog following her at tho top of its speeds Upon reaching its mistress tho faithful onlmaUm mediately caught her by her dress mid brgan ptilling her in the direction of the town. The womon, aware of the intelligence of (ho animal, and knowing that it hud, accompanied the boy when ho strayed from home, followed in the certainly that she would bo token, to'her child, whether dead or alive. Nor was sho disappointed. Tho woman lives mr a point be yond the marsh, at least two inlles from, the town, and sho thinks that the dog, on leaving the engine house, went straight home ami finding its mistress absent, got upon her irackund followed it until he found her. Not the least interesting fact that wo have to narrate, in this rambling sketch is, that (lie moment tho womoif and child left (he house, the booamo perfectly quiel, and even mvdo advances to ward a reconciliation with those ho had so savocclv asaailfccf dTbW hbOTtfftftfidtfT • .• ■*- Grub'Enters. In order to ocquiro that plumpness which is deem ed in the East a beauty, (he women of Arabia and Turkey swallow, every morning, three specimens of u grub dug out of tho filth of the garden and fried in butler; Turkish women cook ond oat a certain bee tle in butter to fatten themselves. When an English traveller expressed Ins surprise and disgust at some Arabs eating insects, the men justly retorted that it was pobr tillcct.iUon in a person who cnuld swallow raw oysters.. Tho first man that over made tho ex periment of swallowing a raw oyster must have been a ruro.bravc fellow; but while wo thank him for in troducing us to this delicious mollusk wo may regret (hat ho did not display Ms gastronomic courage upon cock-charters, and other small short horns.— J, //. Fennell, “Shall I help you to some of tho Tomatus-sus?" inquired a young exquisite of a venerable physician, os he sat opposite him at one ofonr lintel tables. ” No, sir, 1 thunk you," replied the learned saven; “but I’ll trouble you fur some of the Polalus-aue, il you please.” It is said (he young man never men tioned “Tomatus-sus" Fine Thoughts In Briefs 1 Marriage may he said to bo strung with a thou I sand delicate lt is our business, therefore, to keep (horn completely in tune; Cor if Iho least bo broken (ho whole harmony Is destroyed. flo that yon mark for, your friend, lot him be a virtuous person; for an ill man can neither Jong love, or bo long beloved. The friendships of wicked men are rather to bo oullod conspiracies than friendships. ! Whenever wo drink too deeply of pleasure, wo find a sediment at tho bottom of (he cup, which embitters the draught wo have quaffed with so much avidity. A Word to the Ladles* [s not much of tho folly and dissipation of tho limes chargeable to tho ladies? Do they not give their sweat smiles and their pleasant vo’ces to those who dross the best and arc the most extravagant? Will a lady bo so particular (is to stop in the street and talk with a mechanic as she will to a well dress ed gentleman?— pouptr, wo were about to soy. Wo can point to many a .woman, who gave her heart and .hand to a mealy mouthed, delicate skinned, oily haired, fashionable young man, who has bitterly rued the day of her choice. A man who has hut little business, except to curl bis hair, consult the tailor, and talk insipidly, is not fit for a husband—wo earn not how much money ho may count. So long as young women are so unwise ns to smile on suoh, there will be fully and dissipation among our young men. Lidice should be wise and consult (heir duty end future happiness. Lady, will you not reflect upon (his subject 7. Will you not pursue a course, in regard to choosing your partner through life, that will bo (lie moans of your future happiness and blessedness, instead of choosing one who will be (he means of. ynur troubles, and who will, perhaps, be the .cause ofbringing you loan cnrlv grave with a troubled brpw and a broken heart? tVe say this for your own benefit—reflect, and be wise. . Weddings* A learned writer says,, in speaking of weddings, that "none but a parent fticl* upon occasions like IM*. j And then tho bride gazing with (ilia) and prulofifJ , spirit upon tho faces of those under whoso paternal I kindness alio has been festered, siill trembling at tho magnitude and irrevocability of (ho step site has taken, and which must aWo a color to the whale of her future existence. Then turning her eyes upon her i»ew*m.tdo husband, with a glance which scorned tu nay, 'and now I miiat look for husband, parent, all in you,* the reciprocal glances ro*ossnro her—sho drinks in confidence and reliance as her eyed bond beneath his—a thousand new feelings ogitatO h6r bo sain—the anticipation gets (he bettor of recollection# The future for a moment hanishee tho past, end she feels scoured on the new throno she*hat greeted for herselfin the heart of tho man to whom oho has con* fided her happiness—her all.’* . XBVII Speaking. 'riant you raay not apook ill of any, do not dalight to hear ill of them* 'Glvo no onuntonanco to busy bodies, who talk of, other men's faults, Tlioso who delight tn hour ill ofutherii will soon full in the habit Of speaking ill of them. When biu*y bodies run out of matter, of fact, they will soon resortto conjectures 1 and idle stories, to pleaso those u(h6 oro.lund of.hcar* others spoken against. . 6uclr churuolvra pro I common nuUmnoos, o(UmI destroying good neighbor* i hood mid thuTellowsiiip of old friends. If we undua* vor in good earnout to mind ourselves we shall have \ Work cnotl'gh, and bal little filnb to (ulk of others.' AT $2OO PER ANNUM. A word for tlioie who ooaaot help ttion* ... oelTco* We said a word not long since, for the factory I girls, who* pour things, were in danger of starving; We must now say another word for them, prompted by a grumbling |a.!|»o tfew York The foreman of a Urge, establishment, employing a large number of working girls, grumbled at one of them übool her work, in. a manner which threw her into a passion of grief for an hour.or more. The Olobo made some spry appropriate remarks upon the bru tality of such -behnviour, or any behaviour but the in op l kind and considerate civility,toa poor,girl pbll* ged to work hard for scanty pay, means oT buying honest bread. , This induced some complaint from the owner of the establishment; to which, tbo Globe replied that, it would always defcnd.the weak' against oppression, especially \hc qofter-sef,-who are often exposed to much mental suffering, whqn. obli ged to work hard, from tho arts of tho villain or the roughness of the coward. We cbm'mend [ the Globe; and ull Journals that do likewise, for its chivalry In defending a numerous class of who often suffer keenly, and who, they suffer in t si lence, do nut get quite so much sympathy,or protec tion as the more obstreperous stifierers of the harder pamphlet called “Asmodeus in Kcw Yorky” or some such name, to hawked übdtit the cities,“arid a few numbers have strayed to Philadelphia. Tiio au. Ihor has much to say about * model artists,*-and houses of had repute; and among his own statements, | he republishes a,report made some .years ago, by a I committee In Wow York;oboiil the deplorable extent of feminino frailty and mini We shall offer to our-' readers no details upon this subject, In our owa,oc any other city. But we wish to offer a few rcflec lions upon the connection between such misery and inadequate prices of labor. Some are green ehoilgli to suppose that, among tho hundreds of-young wo men who-aro annually sacrificed, almost every ono is a victim of seduction! We should bo nearer the truth in saying that, tho majority are victims .of ex cessive poverty. Wo therefore advise pious commit tees of moral reform societies to begin at (he right end, and instead of collecting details of- the fallen In houses of infamy, to reck for details thai-chdanscr rum in worashops and-munufSictorics. As prevention Is belter than cure, they might obtain more valuable information from the directors of any great factory, . than from the directresses of those dens io .which poverty io frequently drives (he feminine sufferer; not (hat she belters her condition by snqh a change, ' for worse, infinitely worse is the..coiidil(on of a wo. man lost to.virtue, than whep suffering all the mise ries of an honest poverty. We believe that, of any thousand working girls,.nine hundred and ninety-' nine entertain un instinctive horrnrof misconduct.— They work for bread, sometimes for aji infirm moth er, sometimes for helpless children In brothers and sisters. And if scanty pay does hot allow' sufficient fond, decent clothing; and shelter for so many, with bills for sickness superadded, can we wonder st a poor mortal for beiog rendered desperate about her- - self, through her affection /hr such helpless depend* ents on her hardly earned and scanty wages? u ■ho fry thus to supply necessaries beyond'the reach of scanty wages, is she not more sinned.against thin : sinning 7 We think ohd therefore odvise all. I pioua reformers to bqgm at tho right end. There goes a mifftonalre's touch. Ho la very rich an d liberal-„ Ho gave a(h qua*nd cho rch, a thousand to that aayluin, irmthbusanalo a col lego for a professorship ofpis'lyy a Off ten tliouauhdtdan other college for a professorship of he is chronicled In the newspapers,’and praised; by • all the toadies. He employs three bundled girls and women. Ho calculates their wages by half cents,' screws them down to the last milo that 'will keep soul and body together, pays them In Voiit-bf town - money* 1 which he buys at a discount, nnd ha* grown rich, and is daily growing rich upon the labor.which < has sent and is sending many of thorn to'a premature grave. Perhaps he is president or director of a moral reform society for clearing (ho city of abandoned wo men. Why! Ho has manufactured more ruin, by tho hunger, and tho cold, and tho sickness, and tho sorrow, and tho desperation, produced by hard labor and scanty wages, than a thousand such men wilt over euro by moral reform societies. And his wife,' good soul, is very pious, and works hard to redeem the fallen. . She will give hundreds for luces and silks at a fashionable shop, never thinking how much toil and hunger and shivering and Buffering.hove produ ced them. They are very expensive. Oyes! |ii the profils of (ho merchant; nut tho wages of the ope* rullve. And if sho wants pl.iiu dope, she will got It cheap , and screw down the poor, dejected j widow with three or four helpless litllednes, to star- I vlng prices. And why not 1 Having paid so moth in profits to (he hinrelimit, she must retrench In the wages of the humble sufferer. Thus goes the worlds People create misery by,injustice, and then gain a reputation for piety., and benevolence. In a/- tempting to relieve it by ch arity. Dot they begin at the wrong end, and are too lute. The ittferiiig that might have been prevented, has been created.— Pub* He Ledger, AUTUJIrt; How like man ii llio seasons, Infancy, youth, matfi. jiood and old.ago—wilting, summer, Tall and winter. They each lullow one another In 'rapid auccoiiiun, and us our trembling band conveys (ho typo to.tho HtieU, wo aru fotcibly reminded of both. Man is but tho evanescent of un hour, ** an opening bud of yes terday, a.withered leaf 10-morrovr.” Sumo, no mat.* tor wlmt they touch, in business point of view, tiifii everything to gold,.while others toil fot years with, out being able to consummate ft purpose or effect anything fur tho good of themselves or others. Tho sour and yellow leaf admonish us that winter is fast stealing upon us, a few months more, ond In'sll hu man probability, tho earth will bo clothed in a dress of’while, and lliu Otter skin and. the Buffalo Robe will again bo called into active requisition. .We but tho other day uw a man gathering rugs.in the street —in his youth ho had been wealthy. Ho .spbkd of his emly prosperity, his present distress and his Al lure prospects, and willrun uir Of melancholy as wjy, passed him, oxelaimi'd, •* tho harvest (s passed,'the summer is ended and I uni not saved." Singular Suicide.—Tiio Saratoga Republican o)* ie 2!)(h ult., says-A woman named,Lois I*, Smith,' a mil.'inor by trade, who occupied a shop and tone* 'merit on Broadway, nearly oppoillo to (lie Prosbvtd. rian church, of ilifa village, hong l/orsell* in her ued. 3m (lio Sfilli mat. She was discovered tm Wcdj morning,suspended by as|je6l thrown over |i ol'the dour. An jnq'U’isitidiV was held over the body, by VV. A. ftfuridclf, Esq., and the Jury round (hat she killed lirrsejl in u fit of mental derangement* INo particular cause ie assigned fur this rash act— She was always regarded us a alngqlar, eccentric,’ wcukrmindcd woman,and hndmitlln. {I been pafllully Insuiio ioryourd. Fn 'Cho ronin .was found a dead kitten, and on a chair she IclUhe following ndtf" whidli shows that she was in n.fil of monUlderange., moot at the time Ql* committing the dvod—“O doarl bury my poor llitlo kiUcin .will* me, in it Iwlo ipe as an angel liom above, O, gr,.m| nio my wishes.—; Bury mo in my buck yard until the time empires that ,• , l iye P, ,ur ' ,lo hl * u#c * !*»» my little a‘nge| by my right sidu on my right arm. Don’t deny my wlaUcs. 11 . A* Voucij^R.—A maiionee wont to niirchasd a horse of a Quaker. ... *‘>Vlll hoduw wolh’* saVod’lheVuye/. ••Thee will be pleased to too him draw," Aid NtbomTil). . j 1 ’ , -a I The bargain wns cloud, and the farmer tried hitf horse,, but he, would qot s|ir. fie relurntd, **,Thai horse will hot draw, «p Inch." , , , , I "Idle) pot lelf thee ho would draw,'friend," Aid, the Quaker. “ f only remarked Ihaj l|iee would fro, pleased to soo him draw;'ynd.so should .I,but: hi , would riover gratify mo In that tespepl.’* ■. . To Farmers,—Th« ■imftuvvcr • U £ vuliilitlo crop; lit oil burnt (loot vqry Well to mix tf|lb IJnteod Ibr.som.o kind* of (minting. Nineteen buth* ol». of seed ibkket good guano when mixed >vjUi tabes. v KO. 18,
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