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NEW SERIES, VOL. NO. 33.
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Mjiket .Strict, riiildulihia,
Arn pri-iiared, with c.rei!y iuoreawd frilitics,
tn G!l o..!.-r for HARUWAKK f every tarto.y
,.n lt Icrina, from a lu'i sorlmrnt, including
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Mn.iur evcinii in tlicir New Hall. 0KMtte B.
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country produce. We are also prepared to aup
ply the cilirens with fresh bread, twist, lolla.pie.
pretels-Biid cakea of every kind.
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butter and esira, corn, out, rye and wheat.
tHun!iury, May 31, 1850.
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inir Stuve, also several Cyliuder Coal
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O Enlioh Silver Walchea, for aale at vry low
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LADIES' HOOPS.
"It cannot b?, it cannot be t"
The lady said so mockingly,
"Fnin would I jjrant a tlorlini? kisB,
But how enn it be done iu this I"
She pointed to her hooped dress ;
And he sighed out in dire distress.
"Full Dflcen paces round about
Ah inu it makes one look so stout I
And lull five steps it measures through j
Oil goodness 1 my I vvlint shall 1 do t
AVe cau't e'en take a last einbrnco,
Much less approach with face to face."
Ifo walLcd the lady round ami round,
She seemed iutrenclicd upon a mouud j
Securely spunued and fortiiied,
As it' all lovers she dolied.
You'd say if you that hoop should seo,
A wur-hunp it wus meant to be.
He walked the lady round and round,
And sank nil weary on t ho ground.
"I'm sold," quoth he "tis all no go
Oh love, how could you serve mo so?
Furewell in foreign lands I'll range,
At least uutil the fashions chuuge."
lie went to Cal-i-for-ui-n,
And iu her hoop slid walked away :
The world puce called her quite the lun,
And she was hooped in fact like uno.
Such hollow hearts once wore a musk,
They dress note a (a brandy cask.
THE PEIVATE CORRESPONDENCE
OF DANIEL WE35TEP
'' Thk Private Couhkkponpencr of Pakiki,
Wkbktxr," which will be published by Litti.k,
Hi'wn Ac Co., at Boston, about the middle
of Bvwinber, fills two ocluvo voluiiieg of
550 pages each. The earliest letter in thu
collection is dated in December, 17U8. when
Mr. Webster was only sixteen yews old, aud
the latest iu October, lij52, a few days before
If, death. Large gaps intervene iu tlie
correspondence of this extended period, there
being, in fact, whole years in which not a
letter of Mr. Webster appears, his corres
pondents having neglected to preserve theni.
The letters of the last und most important
years of his lifo ore by far tbo most numerous
and interesting.
The work begins with on auttbiography
written iu 1329, when Mr. Webster was 47
years of ago. The following extracts will
ive an idea of its style and character : j
The year following uiy birth my father re
moved from bis first residenco, which wbh a
log hou;e on the hill, to the river side, iu tbsj
same town ; a dietitiico of three miles. Here,
in the meadow laud, by the river, with rough,
hifti bills haaging over, was tie scene of my
earliest recollections; or, us wus said in
another cuse, "Here 1 found myself." 1 cuu
recollect when it was 1790 ; but cannot say
thut 1 can remember further back. 1 have a
very vivid impression, iudeed, of soniathin
which took place some years earlier, especi
ally of an "extraordinary rise in the river.
1 remember how the deluge of rain tu'at, for
two davs, on the house; how all looked
auxiously to see tho river overflow its banks,
how the waters spread over the meadows,
how the boat coming from ufar, ou the other
side of the river, was rowed up till it utmost
touched the door stone. How U r. U.'s great
barn, bl'ty feet by twenty, full of Lay and
grain, sheep, turkeys and chickeus, sailed
dowu the current majestically befuie our eyes,
und how we were all busy preparing to fly lo
the mountaius as soon us our Louso manifest
ed, a lii-poait'ou to follow Mr. U.'s barn. 1
remember, or seem to renumber all these
things; 1 did, indeed, see at much of them
as a chile? of five years could, for 1 thiuk it
was io 17B7, but still I am of opinion that
my impression is from narrative, uud not
from remembrance of the vision. Plain,
intelliifiblo and striking things of this kind,
1 have learued, muKo an iiupreeein j"i'is
ni!.n(is iu recital, which it is dirtieult ul'ter-wa,.-d
to distiujj'aUh from actual personal
recollection.
1 do not remember wWu or by whom I
was taught to read ; because I eaiiuut and
never could recollect it time when 1 could uot
read tho Bible. 1 suppose 1 was taught by
my tuolhor, or by uiy elder sisters. My
fathnr seemed to have no higher object in the
world than to educate his children, to the
full exteut of his very limited ability. No
means wero within his reach, generally speak
ing. but the small town schools. These were
kept by teachers, 6uthciently indifi'oreiit, in
the several neighborhoods of the township,
each a small part of the year To these 1
was sent, with the other children.
When tbo school was in our neighborhood
it was easy to attend j when it removed to a
more distant district 1 followed it, still living
at home. While yet quite young, aud iu
winter, 1 was sent daily 2$ or 3 miles to the
school. When it removed slill further, my
father 80tufctiiu.es boarded me out iu a neigh
boring family, so that 1 could still be in the
school. A good deal of this was an extra
care, more than was bestowed ou my elder
brothers, and originating iu a conviction o(
the sleuderness and frailty of uiy com-litutiou,
which was thought not likely ever to allow
me to pursue robust occupation.
In these schools nothing was taught but
reading aud v. tiling ; aud, us to tlie,e, me
first 1 generally could petfurm belter than
the teacher, and the last a good muster could
hardly instruct me in; writing was so labor
ious, iiloome and repulsive an occupation lo
me ulwuys. My masters used to tell me that
they feared, ulter all, my lingers were des
tined for the plough-tail.
1 muet do myself tho justice to say that,
iu those boyish days, there were two things 1
did dearly love, viz: reaumg mm pujioe ,
Tiassion which diJ uot cease to struggle
u ioi hnvlioud was over, u" ji
altogether V) and iu legard to which neither
1 Iia t'iin nmru nor the vietuiia lata could be
suid of either.
At a verw turl day. owinir 1 believe main
ly to the exertions of Mr. Thompson, the
lawyer, the clergyman, uud uiy father, a very
ainiill circulating library hud been bought.
These iustitutious, 1 believe, about that time
r.t.ivil an iuitjuUe. amoiii! other causes.
rrmn th efforts of Dr. Belknap. ur Nw
llnmnshire historiau. I obtained some of
these books, otid read them. 1 remember
the Spectator among them ; and I remember
too, that 1 turned over the leaves of Addi
son's criticism on Chevy Chose, for the sake
,f .,,li,.,T rnnnMCtedlv the soug. the verses
r.f ufl.lnt. Iia mintea from time to time
pnt.iueiQ nf rfimark. It was. as Doctor Johu
sou said iu another case, that the poet was
ro,t u,l tbo entie was neulecled. 1 could
not understand why it was oecctssry that the
author of the Spectator should take such
great pains to prove that Chevy Chase was
a good story ; mat was Vlie last, ining
doubled.
I was fond of poetry. By far the greater
part of Dr. Watt's realms und Jlyms I could
repeat memnriter, at ten or twelve years of
age. 1 am sure that no other sacred poetry
will ever appear to me so ufJ'ecting and
devout.
I remembor that my father brought home
I torn some or the lower towns 1 ope s r,ssa,
on Man, published in a sort of pamphlet.
took it, und very soon could repeat it, from
beginning to end. We had s4 few books
thut to road them once or twice was nothing.
We thought they wcro all to be got by heart.
I havo thought of this frequently 6ince, when
that sagacious admonition of one of the
ancients f was it Tliny ?) has been quoted,
legere multum non mulla.
1 remember one occurrence that shows the
value then attached to books. The close of
the year had brought along tho next year's
almanac. 1 bis wus an acquisition. A page
was devoted to each month, and on the top
of each page were four lines of poetry ; some
moral, souio sentimental, some ludicrous.
Tho almanac came in the morning, and before
night my brother and myself were matters of
us contents, at, least oi 113 poetry tinu us
anecdotes. Wo went to bed upon it; but
awakening long before the morning light,
we bad a dillerenee ot recollect. ou about one
word, in the third line of April' poetry. We
could not settle it bv argument, and there
was no umpire. But the jact could be ascer
tained bv inspection iff tlio book. I arose,
grouped my way to the kitchen, lighted a
candle, proceeded to a distaut room, iu search
of the. almanac, found it, und brought it
nwav. The disputed passage wa3 examined,
I believe 1 was found to be in the wrong,
and blew out uiy candle and went to bed.
But the consequence of my error had well
nigh been serious. It was about 2 o'clock iu
the uiornintr. and iust as I was utruin troinir to
sleep, 1 thought I saw signs of light iu tlie
room 1 hud visited. 1 sprang out ot the bed,
ran to the door, opened the room, and it was
all cn tire. 1 had let fall a spark, or toadied
the Ik'ht to something which had communi
cated lire to a parcel of cotton clothes, they
had communicated it to the lurmture, and to
tho sides of the room, and the flumes had
ulreudy begun to show themselves through
the ceiliug, iu tlie chamber above. A pretty
earnest cry soon brought the household
together. By great good luck we escaped.
I wo or three minutes more and we should all
have been in danger of burning together.
As it was, I think the house was saved by
my father's presence of mind. While others
went for water, he seined everything movable
which was on fire, and wrapped it up in
woolen blankets. My maternal grandmother,
then of the age of eighty, was sleeping iu the
room.
At Fryebarg I fonnd another circulating
library, mid made some use of it. I remember
to have read, while at Fryoburg, Adam's
Defence of the American Constitution,
Mosheim's Ecctesiaftical History, Gold
smith's History of England, and some other
small ihiugs. I borrowed Blackstone's Com
mentaries, also, and read, 1 think, two or
three volumes of them. Here, also, I fonnd
Mr. Ames's celebrated speech on the British
Treaty, uud committed it to memory. From
September, lHOi1, to February or March,
le04, I remained iu Mr. Thompson's office
aud studied the law. He was au admirable
man, uud a good lawyer himself: but I wus
put to study in the old way that is, the
hardest book tirst, and lost much time. 1
reud Coke Littleton through without under
standing a quarter part of it. Happening to
take up Esiinase s Law of Nisi 1'rins, I
found that I Could Ullilrrntaiul it, uud, arguing
that the object of reading was to understand
what was written, I laid dowu the venerable
Coke tt alios in.ile reotreiulv, and kept
Company for a lime with Mr. Espiuasse uud
ethers, the most plain, easy and intelligible
writers. A boy .if twenty, with no previous
knowledge on such subjects, canuot under
stand Coke. It is folly to set him on such
au author.
There are propositions in Coke so abstract.
aud diftiuclioiis so nice aud doctrines eui
biacing so muny conditions aud qualifications,
that it requires un etlurt. not oniy ol a maliire
mind, but of a mind both strong and nature
to understand him. Why disgust and dis
courage a boy by telling him that ho must
break into but prolcsxiou liiiougn such a wan
as this? I n-ally often despaired. 1 thought
1 uever could make myself a lawyir, anil was
almost going back to tLe business of school-
keepiug. A Irieuil aa reeeimy returned to
me a letter, written by me to him at that
me, showing uiy feelings of despondence
and despair. -M r. Kspmasse, however, helped
me out of thij ia the way 1 have mentioned,
aud 1 have always felt greatly obliged to
liiui.
1 do not know whether I read much, during
this year and a half, beside law books, with
two exceptions. 1 read Hume, though not
for the first time ; but my principal occupa
tion when not law books, was with tho Latin
Classics. 1 brought from college a very
scauty inheritance of Latin. 1 now tried to
add to it. 1 made myself familiar with most
of Tully's orations, committed to memory
large passages ol some oi inein, reau ounuai,
and Cassur und Horace. .Some of Horace's
odes 1 translated into poor English rhymes ;
they were printed; 1 have uever-seen mem
Since. My uroiner was a iar ueiier a.uuu
holar thau mysell, and in one of his vaca
tions we read Juveual lugeiner. Jim i never
mastered his style so as to reud him with
ease and pleasure. At this period of my
life 1 passed a great deal of time alone. My
auiusetuer.ts were tisbing, and shooling, and
riding : and ull these were without a coinpun
iuu. 1 loved this occasional solitude then,
and have loved it ever since, and love it still.
I HLh tn cniilciiitilute nature, aud to hold
roiiiniiinioii. unbroken ny lue presence ui
human beings, wilh "this universal frame,
thus wondrous fair ;" I like solitude also us
favorable to thoughts less lofty. I like to
let the thoughts go free, and indulge in their
excursions. Aud w uen think in; i io oe mint,
,,im innt of eourse be alone. o man Knows
himstlf who does not thus, sometimes, keep
his own company. uu..-iiueui,
my lite, 1 have iouuu vuav wy iuhc.j
iourueys, wuen louowing mr wou.v v.. ...
. ... I. . . . . i ..,i;r..;.Mv m-
circuits, have anorueu uiunj u rui.j...6
HH. WKUSTEM'S SKTILEMEKT IK BOSTON. .
Arrived ut Boston, I looked out for an
office wherein to study. But theu, as i knew
none of the legal geutlemen, and bad no
letter, this was an ottair of some difficulty.
Some attempts to be received invo injei
office failed, properly enough, lor these
reasous; although the reminiscence has
since sometimes caused me to smile.
Mr. I" ore bad just then returned from
i.'..i..',l mid renewed the practice of the
law He, had rooms iu Scollay's building,
and as yet be had no clerk. A young man,
.. i;i'i,nn in Mr linrn as in v bull, under
took to introduce me to him I lo logio, this
would hae bten bad. Iijnonm per lynotitm
Nevertheless it succeeded berev Wo ven
tured into Mr. Gore's rooms, and my nnmo
was pronounced. I was shockingly embar
rassed, but M r. Gore's habitual courtesy of
manner gave me courage to speas. x had
the grace to begin wilh an unaffected apolo
gy ; told him my position was very awkward,
my appearance there very like an Intrusion,
and that, if I expected anything but a civil
dismission, it was only founded in his known
kindness and generosity of character. I was
from the country, 1 said ; bqd studied law
for two yenrs, had como toJBoston to study a
year moro ; had sonio respectable acquaint
ances in New Hampshire, not unknown to
him, but had no introduction ; that I had
heard he had no clerk, thought it possible
that ho would receive one ; that I came to
Boston to work and not to play ; was most
desirous, on all accounts, to be bis pupil ; and
all I ventured to ask at present whs, that he
would keep a pluco for me in his office, till I
could write to New Hampshire for proper
letters, showing me worthy of it. 1 delivered
this speech trippingly on the tongim, though
I suspect it was better composed "than
spoken.
Mr. Wore henrd mn with much encouraging
good nature. He evidently saw my embar
rassment, spoke kind words, and asked me to
sit down. My friend had already disap
peared I Mr. Gore snid, what I hod suggested
was very reasonable, and roqnired littl
apology; he did not mean to fill his oOicd
with clerks, but was willing to receive one or
two, and would consider what I hod said.
He inquired, and 1 told him, what, gentlemen
of his acquaintance know me and my father,
in iSew Hampshire. Among others, 1 re
member, 1 mentioned Mr. I'eaboriy, who wrs
Mr. U orb's class mate, lie t&JkiMC -to me
pleasantly, for -a quarter of an hour ; and
when 1 rose to depart, be said: "My yonng
friend, yon look os thongh yon might be
trusted. You soy you came to study, Snd
not lo waste time, 1 will take you at your
word. You may as well hang up your hat,
at once ; go into the other room ; take your
book and sit down to reading it, and write at
your convenience to New Hampshire for your
eliers."
I was conscious of making a gooJ stride
onward, when 1 hud obtained admission into
Mr. (lore's office. It wus a sitnation which
ottered to me the means of studying books,
and men, and things. It was on the 2()th of
July, 1.404, that 1 first made myselT known
to Mr. Gore; nnd although I rennined in
his office only till March following, and that
with considerable intervening ubsences, 1
made, as J think, some respectable progress..
n August the buprenie Court sat. 1 at
tended it constantly, and reported every ono
of its decisions. I did the same in the
Circuit Court of tho United States. I kept
a little journal ut that time, which still sur
vives. It contains little beside a list of
books read.
In addition to books on the common and
niuncipal law, J find I rend Vattcl, for the
third time in my life, as is slated in the
jnnrnal ; Ward's Law of Nations, Lord
Bacon's Elements, l'uffcndorf's Latin History
of England, Gifford's Juvenal. Boswell's
Tour to the Hebrides, Mocre's Travels, And
many other miscellaneous things. But my
main study wirs the common law, nnd especi
ally, the parts of it which relate to special
pleading. Whatever was in Viner, Bacon,
uud other books, then usually studied on that
part of the science, 1 paid my respects 'to.
Among other things 1 went through Saunders
Reports, the old folio edition, and abstracted
put into English, out of Latin aud Norman
French, the pleadings in all his reports. It
was on edifying work. From that day to
thif tke forms and language of special pleas
have been quite familiar to me. 1 believe I
have my littlo ubbtruet yet.
1 remember one day, as I was nlone in the
oBice, a man came in and asked for Mr.
Gore. M r. Gore was out, and ho sat down
to wait for him. He wi dressed in j.l ji n
gray clothes. I went on with my book, till
ne Jied me what 1 was reading, nnd coming
along np to the table, I held out my book,
and he took it and looked at it. "florcus,"
said he, "de iei7.,ti. et tinnto ;" "well I reud
that book too when 1 was a boy ;" and pro
ceeded to talk not only ubout "ships Biid
freights," but insurance, prize and other
matters ot maritime law, in a manner "to put
me up to all 1 knew," and u good deal more.
I lie gray-coaled stranger turned oat to be
Mr. Uufus King.
A String of Epitaphs.
Though some of them sfem ridiculous or
unique, they are nevertheless faithful trans
cripts from' thu tombstones.
I.
Affliction sore, long time I bore,
Physicians were in vain,
But God at last he heard tne moan
And Eased me of my pain,
II.
Weep not for me, thy tears disturb my rest,
Christ call'il me heuce, no doubt ho thought
it best.
III.
Verses on tombstoues are but idly spent ;
The living character's thu monument.
IV.
Her tempers mild. he manners such,"
Her language good, but uot too much.
V.
Here the remains of Thomas Prescott lay
Call'd by death's maudate, suddenly away ;
lie deem'd it passing strange thutyrunt grim
Should thiuk of one who uever thought of
him.
VI.
Hero lies I at length,
And my soul it at oisu is.
With the end of my nose,
And the tips of my toes
Turned up to the roots of the daisies.
VII.
The followine is said to bo inscribed upon
the tomb of an idiot boy at Colue, in Luncas-
-i i i .'... i..., i .
lursuue, .iigiauu. n is veij uii .
If innocence may claim a place in heaven,
And i' be required ror mil given,
M v irreat Creator has for me in store,
A world of bliss what cau the wise have
more t
Jcst as Ws Prf.du-tei. We soid thut
the eclat of Ben. l'erlev l'oore s ridiculous
bet would prove infectious, and it seems that
there is another mun in aiasaaeuusuiis wuo
lina InHt a bet of ouite as absurd a character,
A representative elect, uomed Bachellor, is
nnder an obligation to draw a barrel of beans
on a sled from Sutton to Worcester, in con
sequence of tho election of Mr. Buchanun.
But Mr. Buchcllor with bis barrel of beans
mnct not exnnct to create so Kreat a sensa-
i mi. as Maior l'oore did with bis barrel of
iminins: be will only bo cue of the las
btans. A'. T. Tim.
0 c t r u
, RTTEAL MEHIORIE3.
Sweet valloys, how plessing the view,
t The vottnge, in memory blest.
The walk, where the rose bushes grew,
The oak, where the dove built- her nest ;
ine wide-spreading mulberry trees,
Where tho heifer stood under the shade
Tlie orchard, that hummed with the bees,
The bank, where the butterfly struyed.
The brook, where the waterfalls chime
So soft with the wood-robin's song 1
The mountain the goat lo7ed to climb,
Wlif re the suesei was purple so long 1
The poplar, the hawthorn, iu blor.m.
The rock, in the ths depth of the grove,
When mild thought set musing of home,
And learned a long lesson ol love.
The plain, where the strawberries grew 1
Vhere the song of the harvest was loud
Where the rain fell as soft as the dew,
And the bow was so bright in the cloud ;
The mead, where the ewe loved to browse,
..The lamb loved to frolic and play,
The knoll, where the flock Would repose,
So still, at the close of the day.
The church, where the worshiper como
To unburden his bosom of care;
The matron, to kindle the flamo
Of piety silent, in prayer;
The youth, with reverent air,
His early oblation to bring;
The maiden, so modest, so fair.
So much like the angels losing.
Whore, instant on his mission Divine,
His blessing the minister gave,
Not seeking to dazzle or shine,
But to heal and to help and to save :
Where the lost of the valley are laid,
In hope in hope to repose.
Till ull shall arise from the dead,
Ju the name of the Lord thut arose.
Green Gelds are scattered over the dell,
'Hie smoke cnrling light to the skies,
The fur distant sound of the bell,
The cry of the crane as he Dies,
In the quiet the stilluess around ;
The hymn thut from Nature arose,
Was sweet, iike the notes that resouqd
From the stars wheu the firmament
glows.
ancmiSe
Beventrkx 'Bbars. Within about one
(.iviilU pas-, tn. Oluvlv Ueuitt liaw UL-trii Liuppt-u
ny the men employed at the Kattlitig Kun
Shw Mill, of the Dauphin aud Susquehanna
Company, and seven more have been shot in
the same neighborhood.
It seems rather extraordinary that such
numbers of these "black republicans" should
be found whitin 21 miles of Harrisburg, the
scat of Government of this Srate but as
the locality they frequent is in the upper end
of Dauphin County, perhaps the peculiar pol
ices of that Couuty may account for it.
An Illinois Editor.'sptaking of a rogue who
lives in his vicinity, says : "The rascal husbro
kev.eTery bunk, and jail and iiabhath, we have
hud iu this country for the lust'.Crc jears."
A Mon who avoids matrimony on occount
of the cures of wedded life, is compared to
one who would amputate a leg; to save his
toes from corns.
An Illinois Lawyer, defining nthief, wouud
phis speech to tho jury in behalf of his in
jured client with the following rousing appeal :
I rue ho was rude so air our bears. True
io was rough so air our nunalers. Hut he
was a child of freedom, and his answer to the
lusnot und tyrant was, that his boinu was ou
the bright setting of the sun."
A Bremen Journal contains the following
advertisement : "'A young gentleman on the
point of getting married is desiroHS of meet-
ting a man experience who will dissuade him
from such a step. Address, sc.
Livirv and LiHEr.Ab. Mr. Lind, of Chi
cago, Illinois, who recently donated iuu,tnu
toward the erection era Univrraity, i a ua
tive of Scotland, and arrived in Chicago in
1837, with his entire capital, about ten dol
lars, in his pocket.
A Great Hoxkv Cnor. Mr Quimby of
rt. Jhonsville, Montgomery count v, N. Y.,
bus sold this year upwards of 20,000 pounds
of hoaey. Himself and son make the produc
tion of honey a business, and undoubtedly a
very profitable one. The honey is deposited
by the bees in small cheap boxes, with glass
sides and ends, and sold in the same by
weight, including the weight of boxes.
The New York canal tolls for the season to
the 15th inst.. foot up 52 o'JO.MS a deficien
cy as compared with the same period of 1P55
Novel Indian Theft. A gontlemnn from
San Antonio. Texas, informs a southern con-
temparary that on election day at that jdace
six horses and two camels were stolen from
Captain Wavne. of the United states army,
bv tho Indians. Pursuit wus made of the
theives but with what result was not known
when onr informanijleft.
Jesse Deckert, aged 38 years, captain of
the canal boat, Mary Dockert. of .Liverpool,
Pa, was itccideutly killed at Philadelphia on
Monday. '
Tho Governor of South Carolina advocates
the revival of the slave trade, and thinks
every department of labor should bo in the
bauds uf slaves.
The following notico is posted conspconsly
in a publication office Down East : "shut
this door, and ns soou as you havo done talk
ing on buisuess serve your mouth the some
way." A good idea.
The Messrs. Amos, shovel manufacturers
of North Easton, Mass., have given tho sum of
f 2300 to releave the Kansas suUerers.
Col. Summer is ou bis way to Kansas, to
take charge of his commaud, and supersede
Col. Cook.
The Toledo (Ohio) Blade or the 15th, states
that the quantity of wheat ami corn accumu
lated at that port is about half a million of
bushels.
Guizot has gone to book writing again. He
has just published his "Causes of the Success
of the English aud American Revolution.",
A sabmarine telegraph bctweon the United
States and Cuba is in contemplation.
There ,wero seven towns in Vermont where
tho vote was unanimous for Fremont.
mmdl
Sngar Culture in- jftliiioiala,.
--A, commnnjwtir2fn tfie Groyviirp;' Ills.,
IlefairiTgnod V. M. Grow, &t& dated Mc
C" 'rIiiff, VabaSii county, Ills., mokes
.wirig interesting statements respect
luglis success in the.culture of the jhiuoec
itigarcttnet y -'J
, "On tho "251k nf Mftjl planted noit hnlf
an ncre of ground, ono year old. - A bor!Ttn
of the soil was low-arid" wet. in the spryflr ;
in fact I covered the seed with mud; the
other port was high ond sandy; tho conso-'
qnence wan, when the dry sJason set in tho
wet part baked hard, nnd tho high burnt up
for want ofruifi. I ploughed it when about
ten inches high, and that was all the working
it got, with the exception of as light hoeing
previous to ploughing ; my object was to as-,
certain the amount of snccharine matter cqrri'
taiued in the italics, and supposed ,!iougS
would grow to make the experiment. Many
of the blocks grew from sixteen to twenty
fcet high, (in the low ground it only grew
twelve feet.) Having made n mill on which
to grind it, I commenced on tho 24th of Sep
tember. The cane then received two or three
frosts, which slightly injured the taste of the
water. 1 am convinced that tho amount of
stalks I used can be grown on lees tbuti a
quarter of an aero. The amount of water ob
tained from tho piece was 270 gallons, from
which I made forty-five gallons, which, in
flavor and beautiful bright red color, is far
superior to any molasses obtained from tho
South. 1 did not try to grain any of it, ns'it
will uot grain ufter being frosted; but I tint
convinced there will be no difficulty in
groining it, if tried previous to frost. If it is
planted by the middle of Msy, it will ripen
by the end of August, and remain in good
condition until frost ; and if cut up and put
in sheds (iu apprehension of froct) it will
keep well for a month or more.
"1 will give a statement of what jnny bo
mude per acre, judging from the amount of
wutor obtained from each stalk. One of my
neighbors, Mr. A. Degan, obtained from
seven choice stalks ono gallon of water, and
in auother trial made by IXt. McCleary, Sr.
and myself, we pressed from ten stalks one
gallon aud a quart. Tho number of stalks in
a hill 6hould be from four to six. In my cal
culations, 1 only estimate one quart of water
to the hill, ullowing sixteen hills per square
rod which will make 25C0 hills to the ucrr.
and this at one quart per hill, will make 640
gallons of water, which will make 110 gnllous
of moiusses. Valued at 75c per gullon.it
would uniount to rJ2 50 per acre, uud I do j
not hesitatu in saying that the amounts may
be doubted. I would urga upon the farmers
of the Western country to try it. You will
not only save, but make mouey by the opera
tion I will couviuced that in 1800 the south
ern planter will have no sale for his sugur in
me bia.ts ur iitmuia. a- rom present indica
tions there will be 100 acres raised in Wabash
county next year, which will savebe county
$10,1)00. The time to commenco working
the cano is when the seeds bavechanged from
greeu to durk red hue, although it will re
main good until (airly matured."
The table service, lamps and were of tho
state rooms alone, of the new Collins steamer
Adriatic cost jL'5,000.
A pair of omnibus horses ran away in Phil
adelphia a lew days since. Marvelous l
Buchanan has a muioiitv in but a single
county of Micigan. i, e., Wayne, where ho bus
J.iO over t remout.
John Mitchell, the Irish exile, is about to
Lecture in St. Louis.
At Niagara, and also at Toronto, on Sun
day, snow fell to the depth of three inches.
It is estimated that there are 700,000 pia
nos in use in this coutry ut tho preseut time.
John B Gough is going on a Temperance
campaign out West ubout the 1st of Decem
ber.
In the Common Schools of North Carolina
there are 130,000 children.
In Wisconsin, Mr. Wuhsliburn.s Congios
sionaljmajority is over 10,000,
Lord Pulinerstoii recently visited Liver
pool for thu first time in bis long life.
A fire nt St. Louis, on Wednesday week,
destroyed .r00,tiOO worth of property.
Tho total steam and sail vpsspI tonnngo
built on the Western Lakes is 53,350.
Ilv tho 1st of January, tho Lebanon Vol-
lev itailrnad will be completed from Beading
to W omelsdorf.
Buchanan's official majority in Illinois is
01C4.
.farmer's gepatfmcnt.
How to IxciiKASE vor Manvre U you
have not hitherto done so, permit us now to
prevail on you to tako this our advice : havo
as many loads of rough materials hauled and
spread over your cow yard as will make twelve
inches in depth. In spreading, so fashion the
materiuls as to bo liasin-shaped, tho lowest
point being in the centre, to prevent the
escape of the urine. While the rough mute
rials are being placed in and spread on the
yard, dust each layer so spreud with platter,
or with pulverised charcoal, and wheu com
pleted, dust the surface with eitker or tlio
substunces named ; then rollthe yard to con
solidate its contents the heavier the roller
tho better. Occasionally throughout tho
yarding season, spread plaster over the yard,
and from time to lime add more rough mate
rials. American Fanner.
Live with Manxrk. In replvto an inqui
ry fn in a correspondent os to the propriety
of mixing liuie with manure, the "Country
Geutleinan says : Our own experience is,
that limes tends rather to preserve than to
dettrov vegetable fibre. Lime whitewash
invariably prevents wood from decaying.
Ashes, on the other baud, sortens it. e
do uot think the quantity applied to muuure
heaps would exert much influence in this way
in either direction Fennerifntion eats up
vegetable fibre best ; and several inches of
soil over the heap will keep enriching vapors
In applviiiB lime to manure, we would recom
mend it to be in connexion with copious ap
plications of turf, loam or nutcK.
G beat Yir.t.n. Sixteen acres on the F.Ik
Island estate ot Julien Harrison, of Oooch-
land, Vo., is said to have produced the pre
sent vear. the arsre amount ol six Hundred
and fiirtv bushels of wheat averaging fifty
three and three quarter bushels of wheat pur
acre.
' Cutir Ponx, rv'n WtxTKr. It p.-.u-.
from the reports in the Xrestern pnp.'r.. t'
tho prices, of pork will beVtiiiaiderahle
doped tlsj orisjiiug Sea-son below theml i :
olTtfo' SflnirT-purtpd hist year. Vihun ther v-.
a grcntrTrrrpTiiancIfrir Iyi article". The in
age figure then was" tritlolWir a hum'
ponnds. Now we see it quoted iit S' 25.
The tmnSR of this decline it, ascribed (nan i
pcCtedd!rninntitjn iti thel ejpfijt Eni-o"
and not to n4 deficiency Sfii'trop. W:.-!
there is a failing oil' iu ciiiu. 1 tfe'ri;:.-..-Kentucky,
it is mlo up by tln yi.e ' ,
supply in lowii.-Hlmois nnd Mission' : '
excess us the stock, ns cornered
ye
ear, eaqual to HllO'lOlingjf.
The St-, Lotii3 Deoiocrat, o
Diocrwt,. of in I'ifli
. . .
thntvtfie packers' lad ulroinlv e1 ,1 ,;
. . ... . r- ..
at
iliti
lujrnuoning WMC-t mips li r to
rheiiUiirs a siile of twoHhousutirl fv '
heud, toWeirh-moretliiui
.'Ill two Ini;ii'-, .1 ' e
each, ond to be deJivereiTibetwei n ; -. 1 ..
2(m Ofrecembeff at S5 2." pef . V .
Therojwere rolcg iilso of ih-h 1 v r. i,,' v ; ;
nt Urtiew mess pork of 17 per I, ;
three th'ousniid green hams from the Li
st 7 Jo per lb. Puckers wr ',' t-,i..f
5 to 550 for heavy hogs, prices ni v I
that journal, thinks, that pork grower
do well tri close, inasmuch ns tv .v
plenty in the West, and the old stoYl;:,:' ,
nnd bacon is fur from exhausted. Tl ,
buyer and pork-sellers of New Ym ; -
also derive a useful Lint from this itifoiiini
Post
The IfuilinctonTIowal Gazette . kuvs
learn from those who have taken the puii.-. .
inform themselves on the subjnet, the t-.--.;
crop of this State will be fully equal, if no
larger, than lust year. We ure inclined '
tho belief that the stock of hogs will be inn '
larger than any previous year, from the fee;
ihut a greater quantity of hind is now tiini. t
cultivation, ond for the past three wars tin:
corn crop has been good. We know Hoi;
there will bo a large increase i.i the eountie-.
west of us. As regards prices, we ciiuuotaa..
ut what figure tho season will open.
To Fatten Fowr," Fowls may be lattei:
cd in four or five days by the following pro
cess : Set some ric over the fire with son.-:
skimmed milk, as much only us will serve c.in
day. Let it boit till tho rice is swelled out ;
add a tee.spootiful of sugar. Feed 1 lie fouls,
four or five times a day, in pans, .and. give
them as much each time as will fill them. :
Giest care must be taken that thev have no.
thing sour given them as thut prevents their
fattening. Give them clean water or tui.i
from rice to drink. By this method the U. j.:
will have a clear whiteness.
PROPrrr or One PorATo.-Judo W Yi n .
of New-Yotk. says : Last spring 1 plant.-.' .
PptatO weiirbinu uaoetlj , pouujj nwl 1 ,.
vmg fifty eyes 1 cut it into hit v- ' '
put one piece iu a hi"- Tins fall 1 dug :-.
weighed iriem, and there was ciucilv ',
pounds or 3$ bushels. This was seediJig . .
the rule of only two bushels' to the ncre' a:
tke yield ws at the rut.) of 210 busjjef.-. '
the ucre. Query Iio not farmers ceiiera,'
uso more potato seed than is necessary r
,r.r '
A ClTIE KOR Fl,!l"Woi-KIS OSf JI(JHS-'.
which is among the best, Li human, urine.
Keep it in vessel, till it grows stale, un.i
apply it with a swab. It is cood also foi
galled shoulders and backs.
FoMsiiiNr!. Tlie ladies are very foiid oi
keeping the door knobs, spoons, plates, Ac,
in brilliant -roVr. Now, if instead of water
and chalk fine such preparations, ladies will
use camphene aud rotten stone, a far brighter
more durable, ar.d quicker polish can bo ob
tained than in any other way. Caniphone is
tho article u?ed for producing the cxquisiU;
polish of daguerreotype plates j oud nothiin:
Las been found to enual it.
To Clean Wai.i, PAfKit. Soiled wall pa
pers may bo made to look as well almost .
new in most eases, by the following expedi
ent : Take about two quarts of wheat brau,
tie it in a bundle in coarse flannel, and rub it
over the paper. It will cleanse the whole p.i
per of all description of dirt and spots, b.-i
ter than any other means that can be usc:i
Some uso bread, but dry bran is better.
iU'CKWiiKAT Cakes. We have printeo
this part of our paper several times the
that buckwheat meal makes very much bet ;
caks by being composed of one-four. li
irriod oatmeal. Tims: With every three !
sliels of buckwheat grind one bushel of brii:i
heavy outs, as if all were buckwheat. '1 1
meal gives a crust and lightness to the ca!;,
adding much to their quality and wkolcsu-.i
gjumonmSe
A TI-fcA FOR KISSISO.
Tho fountain mingled with the river,
The river with the oceun.
The w inds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet commotion.
Nothing ou the earth is single,
All things by a law divine.
In another being miugle,
Why uot 1 Y..th umio 1
See the mountain hiss high heaven,
AnJ the waves clasp one another;
No leaf or flower would be forgiven,
If it disdained to kiss its brother.
And the suulight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea,
But what are all these kissing worth
If thou kiss not uiu If
A miixer had o couple of sona who wcro
notorious for lying.
"John," said the old man one day, "have
you tolled that grist?"
"Yes."
"Sam, havo you tolled that grist 1"
"Yes."
"You will lis so like the evil one, that I
can't believe you ; 1 will toll the grist in sell
to make sure of it."
A Tau. Slaji-Sipf.u Yakier, who W;
making his appearance at Cape May, a .
summer, strolled down to the beach duru
bathing time. On seeing the bevy ol beam i
disporting in the waves, ke buret oat iu u ..
of enthusiasm. "Je-ru-su-lem I if that iloi:
jest remind me of something good we haw
to bom." "Whet is that?" remarked a.fHtfi.:
who beard him. "What is Itt" -! Johba
than, smacking his lips "why, it's iaa.i and
vuti r !''