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SIOXUAV, OCT. 31, 1 .!.
OCTOHEH.
Tlia wood, of Octotwr: how brinhtly th.y fleam
When .anltcht u .tniaiuioif tbeir brani-be. b.tw4a.
Th. cn.Ma and oranite. tti. green and the gold,
All lorniinK a picture monttair to bvbuldl
1 Iot. there to wander, at twthKbt, alone.
And II.C totba wild wind1, low, tnunical moan,
A. It .ineelb a dirire for the .ulnuier departed,
A rwoulcaa low for the deaotaLe-bearted.
The tkiea of Ortober! how aoft i. their hue
Wbea .anlbibt and roMlizht ara blended with blua,
And fair fleecy cioud. float in ifUtet away.
Like ialand. of peace in Mime tietiutifui bay!
And when niphtdraweth 'round tier dark mantle of gloom
The fair .famine star, the deep d.rknemi illume.
And glimmer like luthui in tbiwe man.ion. of love
Which Chrut hath prepared lor llu cbililrea above.
O, dear, native month! bent beloved of the year!
The children of aumuier may call thee eevere.
And weep that thy rude wind, nliould aratter the flower,
Which bloamtned o briirbt in Hutuuier'a gay bower. ;
Hnt. to me, with inalruction thou ver rt rife,
For tboo bringeat to mind tbe iktober of lift.,
Aod youth', .uuiaier. I kuuw, i. not wlw.y. to stay .
h'ot alwaya we back in the sunlight of May.
rnTbe falling of the Autamnlearea, and the brief but
(lorvoua reign of Indian Summer, ar. occaoioON for much
eatimentaliiing, and many rhymes e.peclally among
Aeeated Editrra,after October election!. We copy, above.
abort but pretty poetioal tribute to October aud add (
AitalMuentvreceutlymrtwith.thatinaooiiuntry dothe j
fill. oC loves nak k rich m ihotuin iairHn. Tim !
rity, brihiiirT,iiadii
Mitt to be oom-ttrhrd. Skillful rom Liutttiima of tb f i
u.vs prepaid .. to retain their coLr. .d forms !
h..e been nt k, the on WorM, and auit. . demand
ZrJXZ: !
color. ofth. raiubow, aud turning the fleeting, fading j
avl:.. j
lands tho. formed, in a thousand way., wiii noon becom. !
faahionabla, and gratify a laudable taste at a trifliug ex
pene. Kb. St.b A Chuo.xicix.
MrawsrUls af kls Pcaih....sppru Loss of all his
torn puny.
In the Stab & Cubomcle of week be
or last, we briefly announced the return, siclt hei of bu J0aDg wile wbo jicj ,,e . mountaiu, G285 fect high, aud eleven oth
to Englaud, of Capt. M'Clintock, with I day aftcr be werit ,0 scl He returned by ; ers, ucarly as elevated, lyinr contiguous.
Bore definite facts respecting the fate of: tbe way of New York, aud landed iu Liv- ! I took the direct route, the Norwich and
ta last Sir John Franklin Arctic Expe
dition. Neither of the ships of Franklin
was found, but a multitude of books, im
plements, spoons, &c .ie , known or sup
posed to have belonged to bis party, were ob
tained from the native Indians of the vi
cinity of bis last known position, Dear
King Williams Island.
Tbe story of Franklin's Expedition can
now be told, from beginning to end, some'
bat as follows :
May 26, 1845 The Ertbut and Terror
tailed from Sbeerness, officers and men
numbering 138 persons.
J nly 26, 1845 The expedition was seen
in Baffin's Bay.
Jane 1 1, 1847 Sir John Franklin died.
April 22, 1818 The Erebus and Ter
ror were abandoned in tbe ice in Victoria
Strait. Up to this time, tbirty-thrce of
the officers and men bad perished,
These facta are ascertained by a record,
signed by Captains Crosier and Fitzjamcs,
found, enclosed ia a cairn, by Capt. M'
Clintock.
Dr. Bae, in 1854, was told that in the
Ppriog of 1850 About forty of the ex
pedition were seen by tbe Esquimaux on
King Williams Island.
Summer of 1850 Tbe bodies of the
remnant of tbe crews were found near
Great Fish River, as was stated by tbe
same authority.
An Esquimaux woman told Capt. M'
Clintock that the men had dropped down
and died as they walked along, and that
11 bad perished. Tbis report he circum
stantially verified, and there do longer re-
aVBWDsa rtajonabU doubt that the whole
ef the remaining one hundred and live
souls perished on or near this island,
about sixty-five miles from tbeir ships.
The were carrying with them a boat,
which they undoubtedly designed to launch
on th first water tbey should meet. From
th headiog of tbo boat, aod other cir
cantances, it appears that tbey bad gone
so far ts to ascertain that tbe Great Fish
Hirer was closed with ice, and that they
Were on their way back to tbe ships when
tbey were at last overtaken by death.
Th acsMlits thus far, leave us in doubt
rhetbwr tbey died of cold, or starvation, or
Iaiase. Two human skeletons were found
in tbe boat, and with tbcm a large quan
tity of clothing, a number of watches,
spoons and forks, a few religions books,
several pounds of chocolate and tea, and
t doable-barreled guns were standing
gainst tbe boat's side, loaded and cocked,
as they bad been placed by tbe unfortu
nate adventurers eleven years before. One .
other skeleton was discovered at a little
diltanos, bot there are at least a hundred
Mrs of tbs members of tbe expedition, of
Wkoss bones no trace bas jet been found.
Ikere was evidently no want of smmii. j
R. CORNELIUS.
in Advance.
U'io, and fuel, it appears, was eutire-
I I v within their reach, so that wilb the
: J
! provisions, of which traces still remain, it
1 is duublful whether thev Derished wholly
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; either from cold cr from starvation, or ' here, let us hope, will end the vain efforts
! f i . - , I. e . v 1 t .1 I J
: ,lom 1 combination of diseases and wauts ' to conijuer a perfect knowledge of the uid-
w ,llcn y"3 of absence from home and
l..t- f f. t. .... , 11 e i. i
' fr" "gables, &.C., might induce.
I The record of Sir John Franklin is now
COtnoIete. He died flprhnne. a nntliral
...
death, before England bad be run to be
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' anXlOUS BDOUt LIS condition, and Several
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! UlODtUS DCIOrO the UfSt Ship Sailed lor Uls
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The following year probably wit
nessed the death of the last of his survi
ving companions. All else of their histo
ry may remain for ever unknown locked
up in the impenetrable obaalira of Arc
tic ice. Possibly, some other memorials
may yet be found. Possibly, some man
or men may have survived in a lonely
place, or mingled with tbo scant aud
cbauging population. ISut, if all have
perished, what must have been their ag
ouiziog thoughts as the fourth and fifth
years stole dipon their weakened, hopeless,
horror-struck frames ! !
PraKklla! lirr..UI I wo WItcs.
John Fkanklin, whose name will for
ever be remembered by reason of his un
happy fate, was born at Spilsby, Lincoln
shire, April 1G, 17SG, being the youngest
son of a respectable yeoman. He was put
to school at St. Ives, and afterwards at
Louth. He bad an early longing for tho
sea, and ectcred as a midshipman on the
Polyphemus iu 1800, being at the battle
of Copenhagen, April 2J, 1S01. He saw
much and varied service, and was signal
miu.,nipman on uoara 01 me neneropuon
at Trafalgar. He commanded the boats
of the Bedford in the fight with the Amer-
ican gun boats at New Orleans ? rcceiv-
ing a WOUUd IU ttie action. IU ioi&, no
,!. .I mn1 r .1 .
f V"U"UI,"U Vl
iu the expedition ordered to at-
. ,i A . T i- t
tempt the passage to India by the Plr
sea, North of Spitzbergen. The expedi-
tioa ,urneJ out
lin gained much reputation. In 1S19, he
8ent iD cou"uaDd 01 an "Hiti0 .t0
explore the coast of America, east of lue
aqa nrtnriiiitail , ff ti A jin tin m ami nr tlia
Coppermine Kiver. The result of this
was a great addition to our knowledgo of
Arctic geography. Franklin returned to
Englaud in l!22. In 1325 he was or-
j dercd to another overland expedition to
I tb Arotiw .oa, aJ b kaJ to Icwto ttiu
orpool, Sept. 24, 1827. On the 8th
March, 1828, he was married to Jask
Griffin', tbe present respected LaJy
Franklin. In the following year, be was
knighted. In 1830, be was sent to tbe
Mediterranean, rendering good service to
the Greek cause. In 183G, be was made
Governor of Tasmania, or Van Dieman's
Land, which office be administered ably
till 1843, wben be returned to England.
In 1845, be was appointed to command a
new expedition to search for the North
west Passage, and he sailed in the Erebus
and Terror on the 2Gth May, 1845. The
record ends with bis death on the 11th
June, 1847, at the age of 61 years and
nearly three months.
Of the two Wives of Franklin, tbe first,
Eleanor Ann Poboen, was a lady of
unusual accomplishments and scholarship,
who taught herself Greek and Latin when
eleven or twelve years old, and became a
proficient in other languages, besides
studying varions branches of natural sci
ence. She wrote and published several
poems, one of which, "The Arctio Expe
dition," which appeared in ISIS, led
Franklin to seek ber acquaintance, and
tbey were married in 1823. She died
within less than two years, of consump
tion. His second wife, who survives him,
was a daughter of John Griffin, and was
born about 1800. Her devotion to bim
is well-known to tbe whole world, aod it
is to ber persistence that the final discov
ery of bis fate is due. She exhausted ber
fortune in tbis last effort, and is said now
to be in France, in extreme ill health.
Her hopes are now Masted, but she has
the satisfaction of having been successful
in ber loving, beroio efforts, aod if she
survives should be amply rewarded, as
well as duly honored in ber life and at
her demise.
Emails or Airtlc Eipiontloa.
In bis Life of Dr. Kane, Dr. Elder
says that, siuce 1848, there have been
tvtnty-fivt expeditions, embracing thirty
one vessels, at a cost of Fuur 'Millions of
Dollar, set on foot to resolve the fate of
Franklin. Tbeir beroio acts and tbeir
sufferings, illumine tbe history of twelve
years past. Capt. M'Clure made a voyage
through Bchriog's Straits, and reached
tbe Atlantic from the Pacific proving
tbe fact of tbeir being joined at the North
a fact that, once attained, may never
be repeated, as it is of do utility, and in
volves dangers and distress demanded by
no proper consideration whatever. Tbe
supposed site of tbe northern magnetic
pole, is also ascertained. Capt. Kane's
last party discovered Cape Independence,
in about 81 i north long., and 65 west
let., with an unbroken northern and wes
tern sea before them, from which white
capped waves rolled ia during storms, ind ,
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY,
I where migratory birds were seen : but of
i what benefit can it ever beT Lives aud
treasures Lave beeo sufficiently rquander-
ed in luero speculative imiuiries... And
deo recesses of the northern eold.
aw.A. time roll, on, and the older Student, of the
ruivemty at Le.tabure. take ponitionn In life, our pco
' pie. a. well a. tlo-ir comrade., ofen de.ire to keep autoe
track of them. One of tbene "Hilly ll.rnca," of Fayette
' couuty, in lhi!tata thongh not a graduate, will In fu
I ture day. be noted for eouie ccteutriciticis a. well asen
i ertiy aud iujrpcu-leuco. We had lot .itiht of him fur
- a time, but the following Utter, in the .vutrrican Ntiptid
of New Vork city, reveal. Kiuieof hi. "prospecting" .ince
be cUwed bi academic carver. KlesSlaaA t'aaoit.
MOIST WASUIXC.TOX.
Statcn Inland, Sept., 1359.
Mr. Editor: I have just returned
from au interesting visit to (he White
Mountains, in New Hampshire. I once
traveled through the Holy Land, and
Egypt. I have stood upon tho spurs of
the Appeuiues iu Italy and Sicily, and
from their tops Laveseeu a cluster of burn
ing mountains -Etua, from its snow
capped tup sending furth a cloud of dust and
smoke Stromboli, a uiouutain in the sea,
vomiting dimes from its top like a burn
ing furnace the far off Islands of Lipari
seemingly on fire and the blue waters of
the sea, heaving in constaut agitation from
the subterranean fires which belch forth
streams of buruiug lava. I have stood
upon the great battle-fields of the old
world upon the Pyramid of Cheops, from
which I saw on one side, as far as the eye
could reach, desert sands, at times blaxiug
as though it were a vast body of fire, and
on the other side the cities and towns of
Egypt, the land of Goshen, its rich ver-
, durC auJ tLe of Sile .wceping by.
j j haT, atooJ upon ,he Mount of 0i,Mf
that mQauX from wuit.u the Son of Oo(1
j as(.cndl.j UD t0 LelveDi anJ t0 wbjch boBO
I
- ofU'Q resorted, uu J from there I have seen
I . .
( tllC JOTUtiD tlUti Dcau CCS the IH0UDtaiD8
0f oaj Xebo and risah. I have
' o
, crossed the great range of mountains which
! eparflt0 tI)e Atlantic cities from the Pa-
; ciOc Ocean : brought up among them, was
taUgUt to look at and regard them as bay-
j iog been thrown from the plastic hand of
1 (ueir Creator to teach us. whether in win-
; ter or gummeP) tue sterner attributes of
j lUi DllllC. jjutf nowhere, have I seen
j aI)ything more beautiful aud grand, than
,be scencry visible from the top of Mount
j Washington.
I Being anxious to sco that far-famed
Worcester, through the beautiful towns of
. New England. The distance from New
, York to the town of Littleton, N. H., is
; 300 miles. Proceeding on, I stopped at
' the bouse of Mr. lira j brook, eighteen
miles from Littleton ; tbenoe, through a
i beautiful section of country, to the Cold
: Spring ; thence to tho top of the moun
tain, fivo miles. Going up, 1 passed
through a deep glen and dark forest of tall
pino trees, where not a sound disturbed
the monotony of the scene, save the moun
tain torrent rushing over the polished
rocks, the boot of tbe owl, the barking
squirrel, the chirp of the wild bird, and
now and then the clatter of horses' hoofs.
On either side of tyc path were tbe tall
pines, the vine-clad rocks, and moss-cov-
crcd trees, stripped of their branches and
foliage, and tremulous with age; and
there too the youthful tree lies on tbe bo
som of its mother earth, left tp rot in tbe
rains and winds of heaven. What beau
tiful moral lessons we may learn from the
book of nature! Ascending the rocky
cliffs of Mt. Washington, I noticed the
gradual decline of vegetable life. An as
cent of three miles, puts an end to the
tree kind; then commence tbe mosses,
and rock crass ; these continue till within
a short distance of the top. There I saw
no signs of vegetable life. The rocks
have been cracked by th frost of ages,
and it was cold cnongb, when I was there,
to freeze a man to death, if exposed for a
few hours. The 7th of September, snow,
ice and clouds enveloped us while on the
top, bringing to mind the words of the
Psalmist : "Yea, be did fly npon the
wings of the wind. He made darkness
his secret place ; bis pavilions 'round about
bim were dark waters and thick clouds of
the skies." The cloud lifted up its misty
wings and did fly; and. ob, what a sight
to the enraptured vision ! Did ever au
tumnal sun look down on a more gorgeous
landscape ? From tbe snow-capped rocks
and ice-bound " cliff j, we could see the
dark glens where sun-light is a stranger;
tbe mountain torrent, splitting its way
through the granite rocks and tbe "deep
tangled wild-wood" to tbe far off oeean ;
lakes and rivers, vine-clad bills and culti
vated fields, all teeming with life, and
groups of mountains on every side, show
ing a panorama of unsurpassed natural
scenery. As we descended tbe rocky
cliffs, the sun was gradually sinking behind
the western horixon, throwing back bis
golden rays and tinging the tops of the
mountains with rosy brightness, while tbe
sbadowa were extending from one moun.
tain peak to another, aod deepening over
the forests which lay oetween toem pre
senting, altogether, a more beautiful and
gorgeous display of God's works, than any
other I have yet seen on tbe earth.
Wm. A. Bamus. i
roa Taa .rut a caaoatcLg.
WASH IN O T O N .
Dy ItODUuo, of New Berlin.
It has been a standing reproach againjt
Republics, that they are ungrateful. "Ar
istides the Just," was without good cause
banished from bis country. Socrates was
condemned to death by those his life bad
blessed. Cieero,the watchful and cloqueut
defender of his own land, received for his
reward an almost public assassination.
Who was more deserving of election to the
Presidency of this Union, than Henry
Clay? Yet be was defeated, because the
people suffered themselves to be deluded
by the misrepresentations circulated agaiust
him by envious opponents. Wherever we
look, we see men holding positions of emol
ument and influence, from which better
men bare been debarred.
However true this maxim may be as a
eencral rule, the admirers of WabUINUTON
can not complain of indifference or bostil -
itTr.b;in.tn.Prit Honor, after honors
..j 1
were bestowed npon bim during bis life ;
a nation wept over bis lifeless form ; and
bis memory is immortal. Every State bas
its Washington county, villages, or town
ships; an immense Territory bears bis
name ; the City of Washington is our Na
tional Capital ; we have our Fort Wash
ington; Mount Washington towers up in
majesty; bodies of water are United with bis
fame ; and there are innumerable Wash
ington parks, boats, streets, buildings,
engines, patent rights, statues, and other
specimens of tbe fiue arts. The majestic
Monument to Washington, at Washington,
is in progress, yet to be matured iu plan
and finished. Tbe Mount Vernon Associ
ation is projected and carried bravely for
ward for the sole purpose of preserving
and beautifying tbe estate where rest the
mortal remains of Washington. A nd thus
swells the catalogue of memorials designed
to perpetuate his glory. If Washington
is not sufficiently appreciated by his coun
try and by the world, there can be no
greater incentive to an honorable and active
publie life.
And tbis enthusiastic admiration
amounting at times almost to improper
adulation is productive of good. It
arises from respect aod love of tbe moral
greatness in an illustrious character. It
is true, Washington was a man, much like
other men, and had blemishes of character,
as every bero bas. Yet few if any men of
bis easy and happy condition in life his
Wealth and hnmn Afimfnrra montd bavw
been willing to undertake to lead an ill-fed,
unpaid, balf-diseiplined army of "rebels,"
against the well-marshalled hosts of Bri
tain endure for seven long years the
trials and dangers incident to his hazard
ous position and,when victory bad crown
ed bis efforts, resist tbe crown offered by
the army whieb bad conquered Indepen
dence. Caesar, it is true, thrice refused
the crown thriee offered to him by bis
crafty friends on tbe Supercal, but bis was
a sham refusal, while Washington's was
prompted by earnest and conscientious
motives.
These characteristics impart peculiar
glory to his history. These are tbe rea-
sons wby his natal morn tbe 22d of Feb
ruary brings with it rejoicings, orations,
bonfires, illuminations, tbe cannon's roar,
and popular shouts aod applause, instead
of silence and forgctfuloess. or effigies
and execrations. And though his ashes
moulder in bis own quiet tomb by the
Potomao, yet be speaks to bis native land,
and especially to the youthful throng who
must soon measurably control itsdestinies.
His is a noble example of consistency,
energy, and integrity of sincere, disin
terested, unflinching, steadfast, unspotted
patriotism and if that example shall be
better imitated by tbe rising generation,
tbe world will certainly have reason to
thank God for our Washington.
Tribute to Woman.
WBJThB reoeat triumph of General SaMcal norsroii.
In his .lection aa Governor of Texas, against the power
of tho National Adminlstratioa, was moat unexpected,
and, to many, aaaeeountable. The man is much of bb
enigma, at Bay rate ; but, but former erroneous habits of
life kaviog Been corrected by his present most aoble and
Influential wife, o have b key to bis success. Xraring
tbe campaign, he made a speech at Nacogdoches, where
(aa elsewhere) many ladies attended ; aad the following
were his remark, to them remarks, pemUng faitnioily,
doubUess, the character of ber to whom be owe. so much,
andahowint the soaod sense and pathos in tbe man. It
is b most eloqoeBl encomium apon tbo rentier sex, end
after reading it one obb Bot wonder that be carries tbe
people with him KM. Stib A Cauii.J
Ladies! I know that politics are some
what uninteresting to you, yet I believe
you have in the general result an abiding
interest. It is always a gratification to
me to behold my fair countrywomen in
assemblages like these. It is a guarantee
that tbeir husbands and fathers and broth,
era are men of intelligence and refinement,
who appreciate tbeir mental capacities,
and desire tbeir countenance in their un
dertakings. Your presence exercises a
calming influence upon those antsgonisms
that are too often engendered in tbe heat
of political contests. All parties desire
your approving smile, and therefore all are
eneouraged by your presence. I know,
that,! o the direct administration of political
affairs, you have no share; butyet.reigniog,
as you -do, supreme in tbs empire of love,
jonr influeoos often controls the destiny
of nations. Woman's love is tbe great
lever whioh rouses man to action. Tbs
gsneral. as ba ptm tbs stntegeti: combi- j
OCT. 28, 1859.
nations which are to insure victory, looks
forward to a recompense dearer than the
laurels upon bis brow ; the soldier, as be
trudges along on the weary march, or
mingles in the scenes of the battle field,
even with death around him, - forgets
awhile the carnage, and turns bis thoughts
to the "fond girl be left behind him;" the
mariner, tempest tossed, driven by the
rude waves, sings merrily aloft as be
thinks of the little cottage by the shore,
where his wife aiid dear ones await him:
the statesman, as he devises, amid deep
aod painful thoughts, plans of government,
which are to tell upon his own aod bis
country's fame, never loses sight of the
joys which await him when cabinet coun
cils are over, and be euters the portals of
home ; the sentinel, as he paces bis weary
watch, loves the moonlight tramp that be
may look beneath its rays at the dear me
mento of a mother's or a sister's love.
1 0 ron in n ti relationships, tbe in
! Ance of woman bangs like a charm
ieprive US 01 your intiueuca wuieu uigui-
fies and stimulates us to noble deeds, and
we become worse than barbarians. Let it
bo ours, and we can brave tbe cannon's
mouth, or faco danger in ten thousaud
forms. You stimulate us to all that is
good. You check us in ignoble purposes.
You have also an important influence up
on posterity. The early impressions which
the child receives from you, outlive all tbe
wisdom of later days. Sages may rea
son, and philosophers may teach, but the
voice which we heard ia infancy will ever
come to our ears, bearing a mother's words
aud a mother's counsel. Contiuue to in
stil iutoyour children, virtue aud patriot
ism. Imbue them with proper veneration
for the fathers of liberty. Learn tbcm to
love tbeir country, and to labor for its
good, as tbe great aim of their ambition.
Bid them proudly maintaiu our institu
tions. Point them to tbe deeds of their
ancestors. Make these their escutcheon,
and bid them hand it down to their child
ren as free from stain as it came to them.
Do this, ladies, and your influence will not
be lust in tbe future. In the language of
the poet, it will be said :
Woman I. lively to the sight.
A. uentlea. the dews of even.
As bright as morning's earliest li?bt,
Aud spotless as tbo snows of heaven."
fcaTho following timely communication, which we
find ia Moort't Rural yew 1'itrktT, of Kocheter, i. from a
gentleman we personally knew e.a reliable and careful
man, and one whose reeommeniationa are worthy of
consideration- Ed. Mar 4 Chnmteit.
Curing, Smoking and Keeping Hams.
Formerly, I tried keeping hams and
shoulders in salt, and also iu grain, but
they would dissolvo the salt or mould in
the grain. I then tried keeping them in
pounded charcoal, with no better effect. I
next tried dry ashes, but, unless the hams j iupired of the Lord, in the glory of ber
were very dry when put up, they would j womanhood, leading the chorus of ber
taste of the ashes. I then tried sewiug I sisters to the praise of Jehovah. "And
them up in coarse cloth and white washing J Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aa
them several limes over, as I bad seen ron, took a timbrel iu ber band, and all
them in that condition iu market, but they the women went out aftcr her with titu
did not keen well would either mould, i brels and with dauccs. And Miriam au-
or the lime would crack and flics get in.
For a number of years, I have adopted
a new method, and never failed to keep
them sweet and free from mould or flies.
I prepare a sack for each ham. A yard im, looking around on tby preserved na
sauare of eood sbeetinc is sufficient for a ' tion, and the destruction of their foes,
good sized bam. After tbe bams aro
smoked, and before any flies have infected
them, I put them op, one in a sack. 1
take sweet bay and cut it (in a cutting
box) about one inch long, and fill in tbe
sack and around the ham, so that tbe ham
can not touch the bag. Tie a cord around
the open end and bang them up in tbe
smoke-bouse or boluo cool, dry place, and
tbey can be kept any length of time ; tbe
bag and tbe hay will keep away the flies
and allow the moisture to escape so they
will not mould.
Recife roa Ccbi.nq Hams. To one
gallon of water, take one aod a half pounds
of good salt, one half pound of sugar, and
half an ounce saltpetre to be increased
in this ratio to any quantity required to
cover the bams. As soon as your pork is
cold, eut out tbe hams, and pack tbem
closely in your cask. Sprinkle each layer
lightly with fine salt put on a weight,
ar.rl nnnr on the brine immediately, and
before tbe juice of the ham bas escaped.
It will require from four to six weeks for
the salt to strike through, according to Ihe
size of the bams. It will be necessary,
perhaps, to add a little salt on top of tbe
hams; sometimes, if they are very large,
they absorb so much of tbe salt as to leave
the brine so weak it may sour: It would
be well to take them up after they have
been in a week or two, and examine tbcm.
and if necessary add a little more salt.
Great care should be taken not to salt too
much, as by doing so you lose ihe flavor
of the bam ; add but just enough to keep
them. As the bam absorbs the salt from
the brine, it should be fed by adding a
little salt on tbe top, and the bams should
be well struck through. When tbe bams
are large, I take out tbe flat bone and cut
off the round socket bone with a chisel,
leaving always tbe large bone. With
care, I never have failed to keep bams
"Sow to Mak a SMOM-Hocsr No
farmer should be without a good smoke
bouse, and such a one as will be fire-proof
and tolerably seeurs from thieves. Fifty
bams can be smoked at one time is a
THE UNION Established, lSliWaou; No., 2,383.
CHRONICLE Established, 1S43 "Whole No.. 811.
srnoke-hou 7 by 8 feet square. Mine in
6 by 7, and is largo enough for most far
mers. I first dug all the ground out below
where the front would reach, aud tilled it
up to the surface with small stones. On
this I laid my brick fl r, in lime mortar
The walls are brick.eight inches thick and
seven feet high, with a door on one side
two feet wide. The door should be made
of wood and lined with sheet iron. For
the top I put on joice 2 by 4, set up edge.
wise and Bi incnea irom center m
covered with brick and put on a heavy coat
of mortar. I built a small chimney on
j the top in the center, arching it over and
covering it with a shingle roof in tbe usual
way. An arch should be built on the out
side, with a small iron door, with a hole
from tbe arch through the wall of the
smoke-house and au iron grate over it.
Tbis arch is much more couveuieut and
better to put tbe fire in than to build a
fire inside the smoke-house, and the cbini
uuy causes a draft through into the smoke
house. Good corn cobs or hickory wood
are the best material to make a smoke for
j hams. The cost of such a smoke-house as
; I have described is about t-9.
ALEX. B&OOK3.
S T ., Oct., H5.
Factory villa. Tioga Co
Irom tbe Amarioaa Baptist, New Tork City.
MIRIAM.
The character of Miriam bas ever pos
sessed for me a peculiar interest, deeper,
perhaps, for the veil of darkness that hangs
over her, only raised here and there at
some eventfil period of ber life. But how
brilliant are these occasional glimpses!
After reading all tbe history we have of
her, four distinct pictures remain before
the mind, of the life and character of
Miriam.
First, we see ber as an innocent child,
beautiful in ber sisterly love aod devotion,
anxiously watching the perilous cradle of
her holy brother. What were the feelings
of that young heart, so oarlj learning the
lesson of concealment, as ah noted tbe
wandericg steps of the daughter of the
cruel King! What fears and hopes must
have struggled iu ber breast! Sweet
young Miriam! early tried, early rewarded.
I can see thee now, meekly standing in the
distance, bravely hiding all Ihe terror of
tby loving heart. I can see tbee eagerly
hastening forward to secure, for the moth
er, her dcarand rightful privileges. Beau
tiful to us, as sister and as daughter, I
seems the child Miriam ! It was a strange
scene for the young girl to pass through,
but it is a fitting commencement to her
stirring after-life.
Whore do we find Miriam next? No
longer a simple child, but a jirophttes,
swercd tbem, Sing ye to the Lord, for he
bath triumphed gloriously ; tbe horse and I
his rider bath been thrown iuto tbe sea!" j
Gloriously beautiful art thou now, O Mir-
with the song of triumph trembling upon
tby lips ! A prophetess, and a leader of
tbe people, high was the mission of Miri
am. Who can tell what buruiug thoughts
filled her soul? what heavenly aspirations?
to what heights ber proud ambition soar
ed ? or what womanly longings sometimes
thrilled her heart to escape from all this
active life, to the quiet rest of a happy
home? Wbokoowa her joys, her griefs,
her secret prayers? Tbe inner life of
Miriam is a mystery. Looked up to by
her sister women, their comforter, their
guide, to whom could she herself go for
comfort aod guidance, but to the Lord, the
great God? O, blessed Miriam ! sent by
His band before tbe peop!e,Iet the air ring
with tby triumphant notes: "Sing veto
the Lord, for be bath triumphed '."
Again we see Miriam, despoiled of her
glory, fearfully chatteHtJ. Poor Miriam !
wert thou also led astray by human ambi
tion? What a lesson is here for those who
exult in the good gifts of the Lord ! who
in their proud strength would rise above
the whole world ! O, there is danger in
talent, peril in genius, and fearful risk in
ambition, if it be not all consecrated to
tbe glory of God. Poor Miriam ! tbis was
tbe hardest lesson of thy life ! But sure
ly this fierce fire consumed the dross of her
character, and Miriam tbe lowly, the sad,
was yet purer, higher than in her proudest
day.
Years went by. A single verse in the
Bible brings before ns our fourth picture:
"Then came the children of Israel, evo
the whole congregation, into tbe desert of
Zio, in the first month ; and tbe people
abode in Hadesh ; and Miriam dud fare
and was buried there." Num 20 : 1.
And so it ends. Tbe loving sister, the
holy prophetess, tbe chastened woman,
cold and still in death! What record is
written on high of that strange, eventful,
brilliant life ? The volume is closed to us,
but one day it shall be opened, and one
day, O Miriam ! we shall hear tby trium
chant voice, cbauting gin
"O. ling ye to Jehovah, for h. hath trUm ft4 jlortusly ; ,
lMtus. as iii n ltt twviixuB li.a Dumb. I
IHE S1II1U SCHOOL 1.1 WIAIie.
Come ! Couii; ! Come !
Don't ileUy, baM? away.
To the babbalh 8cboul lu-day t
Here lo m?el and to greet.
All in fnenrfsliip 5weel.
Come wtn'e yet ihe dew. of mors,
Mature all with. f(m adorn,
lie in mue, rain orsbtue
Onler is divine.
To Ihe happy, happy school ?
Jovous, joyou Sabbath School I
Be in time, rain or ehtne
Order t. divine.
Come! Come! Come!
Not a tear naught of fear
Nor of sorrow is louud here;
Paces bright, temper right,
(). ihe happy sig-ht !
Heollhand beauly all around.
And no harsh orjarrin; louud i
Light and free, full of glee.
All ia harmony.
O. the happy, bappr school I"
Juvuua, juyoQs babbaih School I
L glit an t free, lull of glee.
All is harmony.
Come! Come! Come!
Keep the way, do uot stray,
Tta the holy Sjbbaih day !
11 :e alon;, join the throng
In their eraietul sons
lluber come, who would decline
Dlis so rare, and joys divine I
!'Iea$ures pure, ihat endure.
All may here secure.
O. the happy, happy school !
Jovnus, jnyous Sabbath School !
J'lraMirrs pure, thai endure.
All may here secure.
Plant Fruit Trees.
Plant them as soon as tbe frost baa
nearly stripped tbem of their summer foli
age, and io three or four years golden re
wards may be reaped, in yellow, juicy ap
ples, and Iuacious mellow pears, to say
nothing of the stone fruits. The latter are
more safely planted io spring. Tbe pres
ent is a more leisure season, a better seler.
tion can usually be made, aod tbe tree is ia
its place and ready to start into growth at
the ordinary leafing time in Spring; it
can also better withstand the drouth of
midsummer. Perhaps the only exception
to successful fall planting are, first where)
the soil is wet and the contractions and
expansions of superabundant moisture de
stroy the root fibres ; and, second, in the
case of tender varieties, which are liable
to winter kill. A few of tbe late growing
and tender sorts of apple trees may also
be left nntil Spring in the northern
States.
No universal directions for setting out
trees can be given. As a general thing
it is better to give all trees and plants
abundant depth ; to prepare the soil under
them so that they can send down roots,
where moisture will always abound,no mat
ter how parched or dry the surface soil.
To secure this it is advised to dig a large,
Jeep hole, and fill it with rich surface soil.
With a single but very common exception,
tbis rule is a good one. We refer to those
localities where thesubsoil is clay or hard
pau of so compact a texture as to retain
Water. Eveu ou these, the large bole is
tho best, if proper draiuajje be provided ;
but iu tbe most cases the plautera will not
take this trouble or expense. If on such
reteutive soils the tree be planted in a
deep mass of rich earth, its roots will be
invited downwards, and they will literally
stand in basin of water. We advise,
therefore, that in planting trees, the soil in
which tbey stand be loosened and pr?pa
red ouly to tbe d. plh to which it may be
kept free from standing water. If a thin
surface soil rests upon a retentive subsoil,
break np tbe latter as deeply as possible
by subsoiiing, and loosen it where tbe tree
is to stand but little deeper than elsewhere.
A deep porous soil is always best for fruit
trees but such a soil can not always be
found in every locality, and where not
found, let it be imitated by preparing the
soil at band as deepl y as may be. If plow
ed nine or ten inches deep, and aubsoiled
six or seven, it will then be loosened fif
teen or sixteen inches deep, and the hole
for the tree may be made to that deptb,
filling it always with surface soil, natural
ly rich, or made so by the addition of rot
ten manure, or muck, decayed leaves, ete.
We have this week examined apple and
pear trees fifty to a hundred years and
more old, which stood over a clay and
subsoil, but the roots were spread out ia
the surfaee soil thirty to sixty feet in ev
ery direction. Usually, these old trees era
found ou limestone soils, loose and porona
deeply down, and they are most frequent
upon knolls, hillocks or slopes, having n
dry, deep, loamy or stony soil.
On wet soils, good success has been at
tained by preparing tbe ground, setting tb
tree directly upon the surfaee no bole
beine due and then placing soil around
and upun tbe roots, up to tbe collar o
point where the soil reached in tb origi
nal locality. Th tree then atands upon
or in an artificial hillock, aud sends its
roots out into the dry soil thus prepared.
A general rule may ba stated thus :
Plant the tree on as deep a soil as possible,
but avoid putting it where its roots will
be far down in a barren subsoil beyond tba
reach of air and warmth, surroundsd with
stagnant eold water.
In transplanting all trees, tbey should
usually be planted only as deep as they
grew in their original positions. Heaping
the earth around the trunk higher than
ibis, often proves fatal. In planting in
holes, let there be ample room for tbe
roots to be spread out naturally, aad drop
in tbe ICO soil aroanl t!ieio, lackleg it
down carefully.