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Yearly ad vertisements are held payable, one half at the end of three, and the balance at the end of six months. Communications recommending prrsons for oftiee, must he paid in advance at the rate of 25 cents per square. i3ortri>. Cheerily the Song lie sou ads. FIRST VOICE. Cheerily my song resounds, O'er hill, and vale, and tranquil lake ; Merrily my bosom hounds, As each clear swell bids echo wake. SECOND VOICE. Cheerfully I join the lay, And swell each note so LOML and clear ; Joyously 1 speed my wav. Toward the spot to me so dear. boTH VOICES. Dearest to me are ever, These mountain songs SO wild and free; These crags and vallies, never Re-echoed hack such joy and glee. Sound. sound, sound, sound. The merry, merry mountain lay, At morning's dawn and evening's twilight ray. FIRST VOICE. Fearlessly my footsteps roam, Through bu.-h and brake and forest deep; Wand'riDg from my quiet home, O'er craggy rock and dangerous steep. SECOND VOICE. Merrily the wild deer hounds O'er mossy banks and verdant plains: Gaily here the wild-bird sounds Slis sweetest notes in purest strains. BOTH VOICES. Dearest to nie ARE ever, AC. (As in preceding stanza.) teeeilfttteo ua. THE BASKET OF GRAPES. Showing how Mrs. Jones was Cured of Pre tensions and Petty Slander. Mrs. Jones stood in the midst of cambrics, notions, linens, and calicoes. She was sort ing this, cutting out that, and folding the other on a long table at her side, when in came a little woman with green spectacles, satin bonnet, and an extremely nice white muslin dress, and sat down looking fatigued and dusty. ' Glad to see you, Mrs. Giily, take off your bonnet,' said little Mrs. Jones, bustling to wards her, ' full of work you see as usual.' ' Thank you, 1 can't stop a minute—or least ways more than that,' returned Mrs. Giily, fanning herself with her reticule. * I declare what an industrious creature you are, Mrs. Jones; seems to me you are forever busy/ ' Well, so I am, especially at this season. You see there's Tommy Jefferson and Henry flay, and George Washington, they've all got to have a fit out —trousers and jackets, jack ets and trousers—what pests bovs are ; and there's Mary Antoinette and JuliaCtesar, and Cleopartry, and little Victoria America—she's asleep now—most blessed child ever lived— she'll wake up by and by; you'd die a laugh ing to see some of her tricks—they've all got to be calicoed, and what not—oh, dear, how much one does have to do that brings up a family; what trials children are !' ' Don't say one word—don't say one word,' echoed Mrs. Giily, putting up her hands and making a most ludicrous face, expressive of resignation amid di3paix, 4 I often think of that, especially when they're troublesome.' ' And they're seldom anything else,' sighed Mrs. Jones, mentally admiring a beautiful piece of French gingham, and thinking how much it would become \ ictoria America. 'But dear Mrs. Giily,' she suddenly exclaimed, starting from her reverie, 4 do you know where I can hire a sewing girl for love or money ?' 4 Why your neighbor Las had one for two or three days, so my Angeline says,' replied Mrs, Giily. 4 My neighbor! oh! you mean Mrs. Eklen ; .she's a proud piece; her husband is or was -aptain of a military company somewhere ; only to think ! not one grape has she sent us yet, and her vine bore bushels.' 'Do say! the might leastways have sent you a taste.' 4 Not she ; now, Mrs. Lane, that lived there last year, the used to geud us a considerable sized plateful; but the vines never yielded as they have this year ; they have had so much attention that they were literally loaded down ; and they picked, for I saw Mr, Eld en gathering them myself,' ' Well, there are some mean folks in the , world, that's a fact; how flighted 1 should be to send such luxuries ovor the village; but there it is, them folks that's got the heart sel dom have the wherewith,' 4 Would you call on Mrs, F,lden? no; on second thought 1 wont; sin-' ll think maybe I want some grapes; and indeed 1 don't want jKßasymsiß AST-B srs <MS®3I®I2 vmraBTOHBiB, aiws®wsj 5 smraaasj' B>A#' ! them. I'll write to her, and maybe her girl • ' is disengaged.' Mrs. Gilly's single minute had lengthened i to an hour when she arose to depart. As ; i soon as she had gone, Mrs. Jones hastily in- j ; dited a note to her next door neighbor, and j j despatched it by Mary Antoinette, her oldest | ! daughter. Mrs. Elden read it, looked curiously at the ' child, read it again, and then a most mirthful expression came over her countenance ; she raised her eyebrows slightly, laughed to herself, and mentally saving, * I'll carry out ! the joke,' she answered Mrs. Jones bv direct- i ing her to the squire's great house, where : Miss Lizzie Holmes was at present engaged, j Now the squire's house was a fine old j fashioned but aristocratic affair, verv lofty, 1 and located upon an imposing elevation, sur- ■ rounded by gigantic trees, smooth walls, beau- j ; tiful gardens and conservatories, that held | within their grand space, the rarest, the ! brightest, the tenderest flowers, filling the i air with their perfume. That afternoon. Miss Lizzie Holmes, while ; sitting in the richly carpeted dressing room, ; | received two little billets. When she read ' the first, she blushed, looked indignant, and ; | laid it on the fable; when Hie read the sec- ; ond, she laughed, threw back her curls, j pushed by her work, and springing up, she j I indulged in one or two very graceful jumps, i Then gathering up her sewing, with the notes, \ ; she bounded like a gazelle tlircuvh the d I The next day Mrs. Jones was u;• eailv in the morning, sweeping and dusting, throwing I the windows open wide, now in the parlor, now in the kitchen, alternately scolding her children and her maid, and with a great deal j of noise and bustle setting things to rights. | She had just put the finishing touch on the par lor, when she heard a timid knock at the door, and shaking her dress a little, she hurried out, and came ba< k immediately, followed by a neat looking girl, attired in a close lifting dress of black silk, with a white linen apif.n and collar, and a most timid air. j Let's see, what's your name, Miss?' asked the good lady, as the young girl smoothed ; down her curling hair. Lizzie Holmes, ma'am.' she answered with • a sweet simplicity. Lizzie-—Lizzie Holmes—v> s : come from the country, 1 suppose ; well. 1 heard of vou through my J / u.-ml Mrs. K!r'r/i; as I've got anv : quantity of sewing, 1 thought I would patro i nize you.' Thank you,' said Lizzie, humblv. . ' Now t hope you sew as fast as well as nice. lam willing to pay you a good price—l suppose you don't charge more than a quarter a day—and it s my way to invite company when I want a go.nl batch of work don", for my friends think s<> much of me that they al ways will take hold and help, whether 1 want ; them to or no; so I humor them. \ou will please commence on these plain pants, anil i the table yonder with the red cloth on it, vou can have undisturbed ; I suppose vou would 1 prefer to sit alone.' # Lizzie seemed satisfied, took her seat, and plied her needle so rapidly that even Mrs. , Jones, as she came and examined her work I once in a while, (because she looked so voting and experienced) was perfectly delighted. Friends dropped in one by one till there was quite a room full, and such a clattering ot tongues as might have been heard that , day in tlv eo>v parlor of the would be lead ing lady of the village, Mrs. Septimus Jones. Most of the good company preferred to keep the seamstress at a proper distance: but two or three of those rare people, who bv some mistake sometimes find their way into gossipping villages, arid almost redecin'tliem, i took more notice of our lonely Lizzie on that very account. They afterwards said they found a wonderful beauty in that quiet blue eye, and her tones and words were as sweet and well chosen as those of any ladv to whom they ever listened. We should do wrong if we v . re to deny that there was scandal afloat that afternoon*: because Mrs. Jones narrated her opinion of Mrs. Elden's—her new n-ighl ..r'a ; arsiin-mv at long detail, aim ad tin* ladies wi< I "'mean 1 and scandalous!" and th n, after tic v had ; thought of everything thev could say about her appearance, manm r." conversation turned on young Mr. Hazwell. the son of i their old pastor, who had lately returned fiom abroad, such a gentleman, and was at I ; present stopping at his lath. r's. They expa tiated on his extraordinary manly beauty, his . prmcclv form, his graceful carriagi—and' one and all united in considering him but loss than a divinity, and wondered " who ho , j would have." At dinner and at supper there wasimforiu l natelv room for all but one; everybody looked significantly at Lizzie, who declared that she would rather wait than not: so on [ both occasions she ate with the children, who , were so much occupied in staring at her,' that f the Y noglected to .act in their usual boisterous manner. L i In the evening, after lamp light, those who j ntd good £\osight silt down to sowing and se\6ral other ladies took out their knitting j work. Our heroine, the seamstress, turned ) ner chair back towards the door, so that she - might devote her attention more easily to her - task - with swiftly flying fingers she had con -1 Dived Stealthily to embroider a tiny pink : ) rose, with two little green leaves, on the 1 waist of a white frock : but these she kept | hidden from the light. She looked pale and . ' tired, but no one asked her to rest lot- a while , ! —why should she ? ; | The party had grown quite merry, when ? i all at once the door opened, and Amy, the stout domestic, came trampling into the room, £ her arms spread wide apart, and between them i a large Basket heaped to the full, literally i i running over with glossy, lustrous grapes, in i j great clusters. s ! 4 Mrs. Elden's compliments, marm, and j would you accept a few grapes from her 1 j choice vine ? They were picked off" to-day.' 1 , Mrs. Jones rose, her face and neck scarlet; ! never was there a more self-accusing boin-' • : than she at this moment. Some of the pru° dent guests smiled, and many of them looked 1 as conscious almost as herself; but there was * a long silence, broken only by some neologiz ing remark ; so the feast of grapes was not 1 altogether a merry one. It was observed that * i when the seamstress took a few as thev were 1 j passed towards lier, she gave a peculiarly FRIDAY EVENING, JUNK 18, 1832. | arch smile. Mrs. Jones noticed it, and curled her lip. but prudently said nothing. J hero would have been a general and early breaking up, but for the appearance of anew comer—and that personage no other than the youth iul Mr. Mazwcll himself. The ladies were astonished; the three or four young j maidens grew less stately and more interest ! mg. Lizzie alone did not once turn her head, but a smile and blush spread over her deli cate face. 1 oung lfaz wi'll apologized for the intrusion ! (the ladies cried out that he had not intruded | a bit,) said that his father had not been able ; to accept their kind invitation, and so he had ■ availed himself of the opportunity to get j more acquainted. A dozen -I'm very glad's," i and '• We are delighted to see you's," &<\, &(*., followed this little speech, and they all grow quite chatty again. The young man was a delightful talker, and j atter a wluie, conversation turned upon the old squire, with whom none present were ex actly on intimacy, but then they professed u, jbe well acquainted with him, oh! ve- ! lie J spoke of the squire's family, and particularly 1 "-bout a Miss Ain.-dy, his gramldaughter, aii I heiress iroiu tlie South, who had recently ar ; j'iyod, and was visiting at present in the ril age. lie said he had met her in New ()r --j leans, and spoke so warinlv and admirin-lv j painting her virtues so vividly, that the vomer ; ladu s present felt a kind of coldness creepin" l around their hearts, lb- was still in the full ; ''' - ripliwi, when the seamstress, who | had eeinoo unaccountably nervous for lh<> h;-t i ;w lnoinoiits, gathered her work all in her hands, and, lior eyes bright as stars, her checks as softly ldushing as a ripe peach, arose, walked timidly towards Mrs. Jones, find murmured, • Do.-s the stitching of this band suit you V There was a roguish smile in the corners of her pretty lnomh. and still she tri 1 to look demure. \ oung I lazwell glanced up, starred, passed Ilis hands over his eyes, moved delib erately from his chair—then* wlii!" a l.i-w itch ing smile broke like sunshine all over his face, he exclaimed. 'Mis- Ainslv. have 1 in | deed the honor V and he held forth his hand. She bowed gracefully and extended hers. What a moment! sixty eye balls glariiv, thirty mouths wide open, a dozen knitting needles transfixed with amazement, am! shill ing su\agel\ : twice as nianv arms stopped in their career, and awkwardly spread.' us if their owners wercilciivoringpatriotio orations; twenty long rovks strained front the perpen dicular: all grace, circumspection, dignity, iorgotton, gone, buried in the .graves of won der and curiosity. Aon you—l—l—it—j'—perhaps you are mistaken, gashed Mrs. Jones, snatching at her self-posse-sioii as a drowning man will at a straw: 'this is Miss Lizzie Holmes—a— isn t it.' she cotiluied, looking round in a most ludicrous agony at her dear friend Mrs. Lilly. ' Lxcu.se me, madam, my name is Lizzie Holmes Ainsly ; and though an heiress, I do not know as 1 am entitled to anv more re- I spect and attention that Lizzie Holme-', the seanistres-—especially us the sewing girl ha been very industrious; don't vou think she has." she added, looking art lily up at her employer. Poor Mrs. Jones was in real distress: the color flitted from her checks and came airain, each time with intenser crimson ; the minis tor s son, just comprehending the affair, begged Miss Ainsly to be seated, (.'hatting on in a tone and with a manner as unaffected as before, Lizzie ret {nested the ladies to con sider her a seamstress till her sewing was fin ished. Some of them, with characteristic presence of mind, entered into the scent: with considerable pleasantry: and a nimble band ed matron caught up the grapes, the half of which had not been distributed, and oassed them round again. Hut Mrs. Jones could not get over her mor tification : and how was it enhanced when young 11 a/.well innocently said, "these grap: -. Mi.-- Ain-'y. taste very much like some 1 had at your sister's last night.' 1 presume they are the same." replied the young lady, demurely. 'I think sister Ll den's grapes the Itest 1 have ever eaten.' It .you should ever happen to be intimnti with Mrs. Jones, reader, which it is possible you may, she will, in some garrulous moment produce a pretty little frock, with a pink rose and two little green leaves worked upon its bosom : and then she will tell you that the Honorable Mrs. 1 lazwell, whose husband is a Senator, you know, worked that for her with h<-r own hands. Whether she will farth er commit herself is not known. ANECDOTE.— A friend tells us the following anecdote, which we pronounce decidedly \ good:— i One of the stoi'e keepers of this place, a few days since, purchased of an Irish woman a quantity of butter, the lumps of which, : intended for pounds, he ' weighed in the balance and found wanting.' 'Sure, it's ver i own fault, if they are light,' said Biddv, in reply to the compliment of t'ne buyer. ' it's yer own fault, sir—for wasn't it a pound o' soap 1 bought here mesilf, that 1 had in the other end of the scales when I weighed 'em ?' | The store keeper had nothing more to say on the subject. A Georgia negro was riding a mule along, j and came to a bridge, when the mule stopped. 'l'll bet you a quarter," said Jack, " I'll make you go ober dis bridge," and with that he struck the mule over the cars, which made him nod his head suddenly. " You take do bet den," said the negro, and he eon | triced to get the stubborn mule over the bridge. ' i won dat quarter, anyhow,' said Jack? ' But how will you get the money?' said a man who had been close by, unperoeived. 'To-morrow," said Jack, ' mossa gib me a dollar to get corn for de mule, and 1 takes de quarter out.' ' ' Bobby, what business did your father i follow?' ' It was something conne-'ted with bank— i but whether it was ban..or or bankrupt, j blow me if I can tell.' Bobby, we regret to say, is till in doubt. Doctor Books. The folly of dabbling in medicine is verv pleasantly hit off in the following humorous t piece: ' About four years ago I was very happily married to a very prudent lady, and being of 1 the same disposition as myself, we made a < very prudent couple. Some time after our 1 marriage, my wife tol.l me that doctor's bills 1 were very high, and, as we ooiihi not always ] expect to be tree from disease, she thought it i best to purchase some doctor's books.'- and i thus, said she with a smile, 4 we can steal < their trade at once.' This I agreed to, and made it my particular business to attend all i auctions of hooks, in ordor to buy medical works at the lowest rate. In fine, in! ess than < twelve months I had bought a couple of 'Dis pensatories.' • Buchanan's Family Physian,' i two or three treatises on the art of prc-'-rving i health, by different authors; seven treatises i oil the diseases of children, and divers others ' ; of the greatest note. My wife spent ail the i time she could spare from the economy of her household in studying them, and us soon as ' lay si* re was shut up in the evening. I edified myself with a few receipts from mv Dispen satory. ' As soon as spring arrived, my wife inhu med me that she found it positively enjoined j by some of our writers, that wc must swal low a large dose of cream of tartar and I brimstone, to be taken everv evening for three ' we. KS. in molasses; this the whole family complied with; 1 first, who, being the head of the family, I reckon first: my wife, my brother Dick, who lives with me. my son and my daughter, my negro bov and the servant maid. *1 his cure we all went through to the entire satisfaction of my wife, who had the pleasure to find her medicine had the desired effect. "Soon after this the contagion of reading ' medical books spread through all mv family, and scarce a day passed but some of them made use of gome medicine or other. My poor brother Dick, after he had permission to read my hooks, he acquired a dejected countenance, the cause of which 1 could not conceive. At last he brokesilenee: 'Brother,' said lie, (supposing that 1 had read more than himself.) ' feel my pulse; 1 think 1 have too much blood: had 1 not better get bled? ' you know that if too much blood gets into the head it produces apoplexy : the symp toms of its appearance, says Jiuo.han, are r.- murkahle redness in the face, and vou s"e that is exactly the case with me.' 1 could not but laugh at him : lie was indeed red in : the lace, but such redness as indicated the I very offspring of health. Our maid, from an education at a country school, had learned to i ad : she earnestly requested her mistress to lend her a doctor book to read <ui Sundav afternoon. I his reasonable request was granted : but poor creature, being not of the ; fairest complexion in the world, -he in a lit tle w iiile became low spirited, and finding mv wife and me alone one evening, she came in. and ventured to express herself thus: *La! mistii •<<, i am concerned arid afraid I shall get the yellow jaunders, as I begin to look yellow' in the face.' Decency prevented inv smiling for a while, but when she had left the room I could not but enjoy a laugh. Mv negro buy is always eating roasted onions for a cold, but as lie cannot read, he has luckily escaped ev.uv other disorder, (hie night as we were about going to bed, mv wife desired me in the most serious manner that if she should ever be taken with the Io-k --jw that 1 should, rub her jaw with musk, as she was convinced from comparing the ar guments of a variety of authors, that this was the best remedy, i told her there was no danger of such an event, as 1 had Dr. (AiH'Ui's word that it seldom attacked female-: indeed, 1 am cominced that a lock-jawed tody is n I'l/ /'it ii r/.s in ft-rrix. ' Hitherto our family medicines were used with confidence and satisfaction on all sides, tiil 1 considered one day that a family with out a doctor, had consumed more medicine iu one y ear than my father's family .used to do with the advi.-e of a physician in six j years. But one day when niy wife .told me she thought it would he well enough to weigh our food before we eat it, lest we should cat too much or too little, and that Sancnorious advised it for good reasons, I got such a disgust to our scheme that I re solved gradually to abandon it. lam now convinced of the truth of a saying of a rational medical writer. ' one or more things must happen to every human lody—to live temperately, to use exercise, to take physic, or he sick.' And lam pretty certain that if I and my family persevere in toe two former courses, we need not be in danger of the two last.' A VALUABLE BANK BILL.—AY hat would be the sensation of an individual accustomed to handling one dollar relief notes, to receive a hank bill for gne-million sterling? The Bank of England, it appears, issued lour note-: of that denomination, and after these j four were engraved, the plates were destroyed. Of these impressions the Rothschilds have one, the late Mr. Coutts had another, the Bank of England, the third, and Mr. Samuel Rogers, the poet and banker, now decorates his parlor with the fourth, suspended in a gold frame. An Indian chief once went to the office of the American Commissioner, at Chicago, t>> whom lie introduced himself as a very good : Indian, a great friend to the Americans, and concluded by asking for a glass of whiskey. The Commissioner gravely told him that they never gave whiskey to good Indians, who never wished for any such tilings—that it was only used by bad Indians—" Then," replied the Indian, quickly, " rne one d—n rascal!" ' Peter, my poy, does you understands de seventh commandments V ' Yaw.' ' What is him, den ?' 'You shall not play to teuyfel mit your neighbor's ducks.' ' Have you ever broken a horse ." inquired a horse jockey. ' No, not exactly,' replied Simon, ' but 1 have broken three or tour wagons.' I Science Made 12asy. Hie following, whii-h we copy from one of our rural exchanges, will pass without sugar coating : There was a lawsuit not long ago, and not far off, iu which the value of an ox (iatelv deceased) was iu question. A witness testi fied that the ox was very aged, and having no teeth, his hay was swallowed without being properly masticated ; and that the rough un ehewed hay, had iu his opinion, worn a hole in the stomach of the ox, and caused his death. M , the defendant's attorney,— who bv the way, wa-ui thorough scholar, differed wide ly with this philosophical witness, and ad dressed the court thus: ' The stomach of an animal,' said he. 4 is a membraneous substance, composed of a great number of coats or layers, and though small in its natural state, is very flexible and te nacious, and capable 01 distention to an al most unlimited extent. It is therefore im possible that any substance should wear a hole in it. besides, the gastric juice would in a, short time so soften the hay, that it could not possibly wear away the stomach.' Vol. , the opposite attorney, who hail introduced the witness, reidied : 11 the court please, said he, ' you have probably understood 1 itl l-- that the gentleman lias said, on account of th" technical language he has used. I shall explain the matter, so that you can understand it. and then you will see that the gentleman i* wrong. In order to do so. it is necessary to explain the mean ing of these technical terms. J ho membraneous coating of the stomach, which the gentleman speaks of. is nothing more than the hyferneution of the interrc* num. this having collapsed into magnus b<> nuni of the sternum perceptable, the ger ranium of th • rhodumptuni intersected the lower extremity of the popteeble, and pro lapicated the mucus of the convention. This having produced a eoncateration of moral d- ficiency, the propulsion of the hay obstru d"d into the outer convexity of the pomatum, and floored the bovine exh deration of the ox, and caused lfis death.' of course the Colonel won the case. Items of News. ROM B-snni.i. EXPLOSION. —The Boston Trav eler of Wednesday savs :—A most terrible explosion, resulting in a serious accident, took place at the SoatJi Boston Iron C'o's. foundry, yesterday afternoun. Orders were given to melt a loaded bomb-shell, which had beep lying in the yard for nearly two years. The powder was taken out of the bomb-shell, as it was supposed, and a wedge placed in the fuse hole for the purpose of splitting it. The head of tiie wedge was struck with a heavy sledge, when a terrific explosion took place, felling the striker, a German named 1 rank Keyser, to the ground, and throwing fragments of the shell in every direction, (hi" piece flew across the channel, a distance of an eighth of a mile. I ndoubtedlv the ex plosion was caused by a small quantity of powder which remained attached to the' in terior of the shell, and was ignited by the stroke ot the sledge. The concussion was tremendous. DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT.—A new counter feit recently made its appearance in Philadel phia, which is thus described by the editor of Bicknell's Reporter: Commercial Bank of Pennsylvania. Phila delphia, o's. letter P. pay J. AY. I)exan, April i, 1851. The appearance of the body of the note is bad, and that of the ends good. The vignette is very imperfect and much blurred, and looks anything but like an engraving, or i Veil a respectable lithograph. The nani"" of the engravers at the bottom of the note in the counterfeit are not distinguishable, while in the genuine they are quite distinct. In the good note the lower part of the "T" in "the," the upper corner of " I'" in "Pennsylvania." and "o" in "on," nearly touch the left mar gin. In the counterfeit they are more than I of an inch apart. The signatures are poor— they, as well as the filling up are in one hand writing. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GIRL. —The Spring field Republican relates a painful case of de liberate suicide. Miss Laura A. Lull, of X. 11.. was run over, and instantly killed, near the East Brooklield station, by a train on the Western Railroad, on Tuesday evening.— About seven o'clock she went from her uncle's house in company with a cousin, 12 years old,until they came in sight of the train, when the woman stepped south of both tracks, and gave the child a purse, and a ling from her linger, and told her to stand back from the cars. When the engine was within a short distance, she stepped between the rails, crouched down, and drew her shawl over her head, and in this position was struck by the engine. NEW LAW or DESCENT IN INDIANA. —A bill introduced by Mr. Robert Dale Owen, has passed the Legislature of Indiana, and takes cfi'ect on the first of August next. This is said to be the must important act ever passed by the Legislature of that State, and will af fect every property holder in it. The State Sentinel says:—lt makes changes radical and sweeping : it abolishes the principles of law that have prevailed tor the last six or eight centuries—since the days of W illiarn the Conqueror—and most of which still prevail over the Union, except in a few States, which lean to the Civii Law system. NORTH BRANCH CANAL LOAN. —The pro posals for the loan of $850,000, were opened at Harrisburg, on Saturday afternoon. $200,- 000 were awarded for 4$ per cent bends at par. §050,000 were awarded for 5 percent bonds at par. The bids were awarded to C. 11. Fisher, of Philadelphia ; Duncan, Shoe maker, &. Co., of New-York; and George Peabody, of London. The Fredericksburg (Va.) Herald, of the 27 th u 11., says: 44 The ravages of the Joint Worm on the wheat crop iu this and the ad joining counties of Caroline, Orange, Culpep er, &e., is greater than for years past." A fishing party recently captured three sharks Castle'Pinekney, Charleston, one of which measured nine feet six inches m length. \e Series—Vol. 6 —]\o JM. APPOINTMENTS BY TIIE PRESIDENT.—SAMUEL Stokeley, of Ohio, to bo Chief -lost ice of the Supreme Court of the United States, for the 1 erritsory of Utah, in the place of L. (j. Bran debury, resigned. James 11. Adams, of Massachusetts, to lie Consul of the United States for the Island of Singapore, in the place ot Joseph lialestier, resigned. 1 he t oast Survey Observatory, at W ashin°r ton. was lately struck hv lightning, by which the wires were destroyed. Ihe transit instm ment, the astronomical clock, and the build iug, were injured. The Capitol Mill Kicdne soon extinguished the fire. The shook was felt at the telegraph office, in Pennsylvania avenue, and communication interrupted. Six gentlemen, during a hunt of twelve day's duration, in Orange county, Florida, succeeded in killing 11-J deer, 8 wild turkeys' •) raccoons, 2 wild cats, 1 wolt. 3 opossums, ">1 quails, 33 ducks, and 20 alligators, tin' largest measuring 18 feet, and none under 12 feet. Mi" first 1' rench Methodist Church in the United States, it is said, is to be built in the city ot Detroit, the coming fall. flfttmtatab x-r. 1 tones as Manure. Many of our farmers do not yet compre hend the great value of bones as a fertilizer and therefore, still neglect the application of them to their fields. This should not. and never will he tolerated by those who are thoroughly intelligent on the subject of ami rieulture. The predominant ingredient in bones, (phosphate of lime,) is essential to every nutritive vegetable, for it is only frcm these that grazing animal, the ox, the horse, the sheep. &e., can draw the supplies of their massive frame work, the skeleton on which to hang their sinews, muscles, and other fleshy integuments of the body. Phosphate ol lime does not, like lime, poto-di, and some of the other inorganic parts of plants, abound in most soils, but the avail able supplies naturally existing in most soils, are speedily exhausted by large crops, and we must look then to furnishing the soil with materials for the formation of hone, or vege tation must dwindle. Lvor v other intrredi ent necessary for the perfection of the plants mat exist there, but it phosphate of lime be wanting, the crop cannot mature, and there fore tails. Jne addition of a few bushels of finely ground bone to the acre, would often secure an abundant crop, where otherwise there would be a total failure. The exten sive grazing fields of Cheshire England, had become exhausted of this ingredient, from its having been carried off for a centurv or more, in the niitk of the cows feeding upon them. Where there is a deficiency in the soil, the effect is sometimes shown by a less proportion in the forage grown upon it, and the animals are not therefore capable of ex tracting their full proportion of boue-eonsti tuting material, and the animal becomes diseased. This evil is said to be remedied by administering bone meal, (fine, freshly ground bones,) to the animals; and where the bones have been abundantly applied to the fields, the disease vanishes from herds feeding from them, where it had before ex isted. Whether this is true of animals or not, we know enough with entire certainty, of its eft'ectt on vegetation, to induce every considerate man to furnish an adequate sup ply of hones on earth whenever it is needed, j —The Plough. I he best Breed of Swine for the F'armer. I am perfectly satisfied from long experi ence, ami have publicly advocated it for up wards ot ten years, that the best and most profitable swine for the farmer, is that brood which will nearly mature at eight to twelve months old, and then weigh, well fatted and dressed, from 250 to 350 pounds. A pig that has to be wintered and kept till 16 to I'd months okl, before fully fatted, rarelv pays for itself at the ordinary price of pork : and the average weight of those, in tho I nited States, even a year and a half old, I do not believe exceeds 300 pounds. Now what the farmers want is a lar: r e breed with fine points and great growth.— Such a breed as can be made fat at any n?e, i invariably matures quick. But recollect : they must have Jine points ;bv this I mean ; fine or small heads, ears, legs, feet and tail, a wide deep chest, and a round full body, 1 like a barrel. These constitute what are ; technically called fine points. None of your big heads, lop-ears, coarse bristles and hair, j long leg, great feet, and flabby, thin, slab ! sided bodies, after the alligator or landpike | order. Of the large breeds, I prefer the Lincoln. In order to get pigs to weigh well, they J must come early. February in the Southern, | March in the Middle, and April in the Northern States, are the best months to drop pigs. Feed them from the start, all they will eat, and they will be ready to kill from i October to January, and thus you dispense with wiutering any, except those reserved for breeding. Tor hams, particularly, and sometimes for bacon, especially for the English market, i lean tender meat is most desirable. A par ' ticular breed like the Berkshire, is best adap ted to this purpose ; and these may be kept from a year to eighteen months old before : fully fattened. When it is desired to tine ; aa(l improve swine of coarse points, it is best to use the Suffolk for a cross upon tiiem ; but these ol themselves are too small and not ol sufficient growth to suit the general ! purposes of the fanner. They do very well lor those who wish fine and delicate pork 1 for their own family use.— The Plow. l.emou Batter. 5 eggs, 1 lb. pulverised sugar, J !b. butter, j 2 large lemons. Beat the eggs and mix the I sugar. Melt the butter and mix with the I beaten eggs and sugar. Grate the rind of the ) lemons and add the juice to the previous com i pound. Let it come to a boil—-afterwards ; pour into glass dishes for use. ; A strong decoction of llue is an infallible , remedy for tetter-worm, it is at- simple as it ' is efficacious.
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