St . TERMS OF THE "AMERICAN." SUNBUJUY AMERICAN. AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL; I'RICrS OF ADTCRT1SIXO. 1 square 1 insertion, f 0 4V) I da S do 0 7 I drt S d . I 00 Ery subsequent Inserth n, 4 0 tl Yearly Adveitlaemeniai one column, f 85 I brjf eolumn, $18, three aqua a, f 1 3 two squares, 1 9 1 nnesqnare, fV Half-yearly 1 ene column, f 18 J half column, 11 J t thr.e squares, M j two square, (S one square, 3 AO. Advertisement h it without directions a to tbe length of time they ae la be pub ished, wiiPe continued until ordered out, end charged accord, inglv. Jis'iiteen Mnn make a square. H. B. MA88ER, JOSEPH E IS ELY. Pcausatas as Pnorm trans. It. B. JTMSSER. Editor. OJics in Centre Alley, in the rear of 11. B. Mat ter's Store. THE' AM RltlUl V published e very Satur day at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No paper discoliiln .ued til) Alt arrearages ate paid. No subscriptions received fir a loss period than mx mouths. All communication or letters on business relating to the office, to insure attention, must he POST PAID. Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which there l no app. al but to force, the viul principle and immediate parent of despotism. .Umkos. Ily Masscr & r.lscly. Sunbury, Xortliuniberland Co. Pa. Saturday, April 5, IS45. Vol. 5---o. as Whole Xo, '230. f i T.EST FE1T1TE?. & CO. Manufacturers of .OTELL1S, PARASOLS, and SIX SHADES, Mo. 143 Market Street, Pliilndclpliln, tNVlTB lue aller'ioli of Merchant, Msnuf.ic lurers, A.C.. &C, to th?" very extensive, dr. R;inl, new slock, prepared with g'pa' ' nJ ol fcred at the lowest possible prices f r rah. The principle on which this concern i establish ed, is to consult the mutual interest of their eu-to-mere and themselves, ly manufacturing; a good sr. tic e, selling it at the lowrst price for cash, and resliring their own remuneration, in the amount of sales and quick returns. Piississing inexhaustible facilities for manufac ture, they aro prepaied to supply orders to any ex tent, and r spec fully solicit the patronage of Mil chants, Manufacturers ami Deaets. (jj- A large assortment of the New Style Cur tain Paiasnls. riiiladi -India. June t. 1844. 1y HEUR'S HOTEL, rOIUiritlV TRKJIOXT IIOL'SC, A'u. IIO t IiOMiut Street., PHILADELPHIA. jl. rpnR .NlJIJSiCKlDEIt. recently of ,rWfc J- Heading, I' -., would inform the pub- !&& lie that he has fitte.l up the l,..ve capo J"iiaS-i , b'mI convenient ist idlislimcnt. mid will always be r. ady to entert in vi-ilors. Ills es lahhshed 'reputation in the line, it is hoped, will afford full assurance, that his guest will be sup plied wi h every comfort and uccnmnmdatinii ; whits' his house will de conduced under such at-rangerm-i ts as will si-cii'e a ch.rn ter for the first responsibility, ami saiislaclory enleilaimni'ut for ill dividual- and bund es. Charge for hoaiding; $1 perdiy. DAMEL herr. Philadelphia. May 25,1841 ly To Country Mt'rclianl. Coots, Shoos, Bonnets, Leghorn and Piilm Lt'itf lints. O. W. & Ii. II. TAYLOK, at the S. E. cortur of Market and Fifth Sis., PHILADELPHIA, OFFER f r nr an iXlen-ne .t-omnrnt of tlie nhme ar'icl s, all of which liny sell at unusual lv low piice, mid paiticul.itly invite li e attention of dui rs viniting the cin, to an xainination of their sto.k. U. W. & L. U. TAYLOR. Philadelphia, May 16-14. ly BTVfftVI toil tfsj .;.-The small f.rm. 1 Containing about 100 acres, about 2 liil'es uti.-ve Noitlium eil unl. hiljoinuiR lands of Jesse C. Horton. Joliti Leghnu ami otheis, will de sold ihiap, if apidicaiioi, i- made s.mn to die subscriber, fuiihuiyi Aug 31. 11. U. MASTER. 7Wa 4X The highest price will be ' U'Veii for r'lat feed, dy Aug at. 1841. II. . M ASpE . CMHTAfiE lillil.r.S. Five copies of t e Cot J l(!e Bil le, the rhespi si book ever published, rnnU'iin f Ihp cointiieiuar on llie Old and .Nert T. Mdinrnt. jti-l leci ind and for sule. for six doll irs. ly June l.V II. It. MASSER. REMOVAL. DOCTOR jT"lJ. MASSE!!, RESPECTFULLY informs ihe cit izens of Suiibury ami its vicinity, tliBi he his removed hi-. olTice to the white building in Ma-ket Sipiie, enst of In, T. b tiieot's st. ne. and immediately opposite the po-t olfiee, where he will be happy to itveive Cdil. iu the line of his pro'ession. riunbuiy, May 4 ih. 141. iT.rv T 7fK v a x s Tatcnt Fire ami Thief Proof Iron Chests, Slate lined llefriger.xtors, with Filters attached when lequired. STA1TS ft. WATSOIT, A'o. 76 South third St., opposite the Exchange, PHILADELPHIA, MA.NI r'ACTLiHE ami "W!r 'i'?"-af-celelisied Water and Provi. f&f'Pil'Z Mtil sion ol r. ami I'alent Pp- "I Pi ami I blet I'root I- roo Ube-ls, for p e-erving .Hooks, Paper D f d-. Jewclv, &IIM. Rilver. &c, &.:, made of Bod r Iron, (and not over Plank aa n tieiy-five. ool of every one bundled now in use and for sale are maid-.) wfh first rale Locks slid Divid Evan. Patent Keyhole (Jovers simibir lo the one cidi'-it-edat the Philadelphia Eithanee. for ihice months io lh- summer of 1842. when all the Keys w ere at liberty t i be used, and the Chest nol opened, al liiotiuh the eip-rim' nl was Hied ly ai least 1500 persons, tine of the same Lock wa Hied by ltoblrs. at lie Delaware Coal Office, in Walnut street. a've Thud, but di.1 not succei d. (Xj lloisiinu Ms.bii.es, Iron Doors, superior I,(Hk. and all kinds of lion Rad-nea. Seal and (Jo pying Piesses, and Biniibwi.rk gen. rally, on band or manufactured al tbf shortest notice fjCj-CAUTION I do hereby caution all per. on ag dost niaking. usina, selling, or causing lo be sold, any Keyhole Covets for Fire Proof Croats, or Doors, of any kind similar in principle to my Patent, of 10th Ju'y. 1841, and also against Lining Rrfrieeratois with Male, for which my Patent I dated 26ih March. 1844, aa any infniigetueut will be dealt wi h according to law. DAVID EVANS. Philadelphia, April 13. 1844. ly fouestviliiE urass i:iuiit day cxoi-ks. rfH E subscriher has just Heeived, for sale, a few X or the abose celebrated Eight Day Clocks, which will be sold al eiy reduced price, for ca-b. Also, superior 30 hour Clocks, of i,a best make and quality, which will I Bold for ra-h. at M 60. A Is. i, su lienor Brass U0 hour Clorks, at $A 00. DeeJI.JM 3. H. U. MABBER. STONE WARE for sale. 925 Stone Jucs. from I Quart ' gallons. 60 Stone Jais, from t to gallon. For sals, r5ESa) 11 ekeep, by Oct. 1 H. AC, Professor Espy'a First Tlcport on Melaorn logy, Consists chiefly of charts, rxhibiting, by vari ous symbols, the winds and baromctic flit'- -tinntt, and chanpps of temperature, which ac company storms astlipy psss from the wpslern to the eastern part of the United States, for it appears that all storms in the United Slates travel towaids the en?t. We extract from the report the following OENCKAUZATIOMS. 11. The rain and snow storms, and even the moderate rains and snows, trp.vol from the west towntds the east, in the United States, during the months of January, Frbruary and March, wliir.li are the only months yet investigated. 2d. The storms arc accompanied with a de pression ot the barometer near the centrul line of the storm. 31. This central line of minimum pressure is t'encrally of (rent length Irom north to south, and moves side foremost towards the east. 4th. This line is sometime) nenily Htnitht, but generally curved, and most Ireq-iently with its convex side towards the rapt. 5th. The velocity of this line is such, that it travels from the Mississippi to the Connecticut river in about twenty-four hours; and from the Connecticut to St. John, Newfoundland, in near ly the fnme time, or about SG mi'es an hour. Cth. When the bnrometer fulls suddenly in the western part of New Englund, it rises at the same time in the valley of the Mississippi, and alto at St. John, Newfoundland. 7th. In great storms, the wind, for several hunched miles, en boih sides of the line of min imum prosMire, blowa towards that line, direct ly or obliquely. Sth. The force of the wind is in proportion to the suddenness and greatness of the barome tric depression. Dili. In nil trrent and sudden depressions nf the barometer, there is much rain or snow ; and ! in nil sudden great rains or snows, there is a great fluctuation of the barometer. 10th. Many storms are of great and unknown length from the north to the smtl reeching be yond our observers on iheGuif of Mexico and on the northern lakes, while their enst and west diameter is comparatively small. The storm", therefore, move side foremost. 11th. Most storms commence in the "far west," beyond our most w estern observers, but j some commence in the United States. Pith. When a ftorm commences in tho Uni ted States, the line ot minimum nressure does not come from the far west,' but commences with the storm, and travel with it towards the east. 13ih. There is generally a lull of wind at i the line of iiiinimtnn presbure, and aometime j a calm. 14ih. When the wind changes to the west, t the barometer generally begins to rise. 15th. There is generally but little wind near oll il0 Atlantic ocean ; there will bo no hail the lino of maximum pressure, and on each side i m,r tornadoes at the tune of the gett'-ral r.iin. ot that lino the winds are irregular, but tend , n,,r intermediate ; there will be no destructive outwards from that line. fl.l, in.r will the waters ever bed me v- ry 10th. The fluctuations of the bnrometer are ; . n.rp wdl be no more oppres ive heats generally greater in the northern than in the - nor injurious colds ; the tanners and the mari southern prts nf the United Slates. ners will alwayti know before the rains wlo-n 17ih. The fluctuations of the. barometer are : jiev commence nd when they will termi- genetally greater in the eastern t'oan in the western parts of the United Slates. lStli. In the northern parts of the United t' . . -t .. i n ..... .liirms .. ....... 1 1 1, .1.1. ! oiuies, inc i mi", iiiiri " , fL in from the north of met, and teiiiiiuates from north of west. 19 h. In the southern parts of the United States '.he wind genorally seta in from the south of east, and terminates! ffom the south of west. 20th. During the passage of storms, the wind generally changes from thn eastward to the westward by the south, especially in ;he south ern part of the United Slates. Accompanying this report is a circular tothe friends of science, on the subject of artificial rains, containing niai y certificates of irentlemen of high standing, in various p uts of our conn try, that tain of great extent were actually pro. duced before their eyes, precisely a predicted by Professor Kspy. The cloud were seen by them to form in a clear sky, right over the fire, and pour down a flood of ruin, which increased in magnitude at least tweniy-eight ini!ee Fast of the place of beginning, w hilst it rained none to the We6t. Several ot these rains took place in Pennsylvania, last summer, and someofiheui in Indiana, two summer ago. All occjrred in extremely dry, warm weather. We are al liberty to publi.h, also, written statement of JuJge Catron, of the Supreme Court of the U. S. After mentioning a number of storm which have occurred from time to time in Tennessee, exhibiting phenomena which be and Judge M. W. Brown think can only bo accounted tor by an up-moving current in the middle of them, and thus conform to Epy'a the ory, be says: "As to the producing of rain by an upward current from beat, it into difficult to illustrate the theory, that few will underV.and the philosophy of it but those who have been ac CQbtotned lo Urge fire in the forest. I have of ten eeen it produced before I was ecjutlntod wiib E-py'a theory, and once since, rnu-t dis tinctly, in the Cumberland mountains, when it rained on and over the fire, and on neither side. I travelled thiouch the fire during the rain, and was on both sides while it was raining. The rain was soft and light, and the morninrr fair North and South of the fire. Being on horse back and alone, 1 had, and took timo to exam ine the phenomena, in relerence to Fspy's the ory and I view this theory of storms as estab lished, and that ol producing rain as greatly ad vanced." Jiidpe Drown says: "that on the Northern border of a violent tornado, which passed through Tennessee, there was a violent storm ol'liail and rain, with a storm N. W, wind dri ving obliquely into the tornado. On the South side the wind blew strongly from the South, without rain or hail. A'onir with the hail fell a great quantity of tbp preen lea ves nf tieps, and in many intan pes brnncl'PS or limb which wpre covered w ith a thick layer or cnattnir of iee, much thicker than in the heaviest sleet The view of ItBil was about a mile from the path of the tornado, on the North side." Professor E-ipy concludes his circular with the following : IS7RrCTI0MI TO OPSmVFRSJ. In my Philosophy of Storms, from page 4Ih! to 519 are detailed many other fucts of a simi lar nature, all roinr; to show that rains may he prndnred in t'me ot drought. It remains now to try t'fp principle on a large scalp, to sep whether it may not be used economically to be nefit mankind. From the investigation which! have been a hie to make on this subject, and on the nature of rains generally, it follows certninly that all travel eastward from the p'ace of br'finr.inp ; and that rains and snows in the winter are of great length from north and sooth, and com paratively narrow from east to west, and ot course travel side forerro-t. St veral other con clusions are rendered highly probable by these investigations, but can only be made certain by future experiment". 1 et musses of limber to the smount of forty acres for very twenty miles be prcpired and fired simultaneously every seven days in the summer, on the west of the Untied States in a jjn (lf pr fPVrn hundred mib s long from north to south, th.-m the following result.' seem hiohly probable, but not certain until the exper iment is made : A rain if great length north and Fouth will commence near or on the line of the firs; tins rain will travel eastward; it will not break up till it reaches fur into the At- nl(ic (1CMn . jt w; rn;n pniy ,,,nrt time in Bnv nne ilP(, . jt w not rain again until the nexth seventh day ; it will not rain enough and n()t (oo ,,.1, jn ony one p8ce . jt n() 0(. M. tended with violent wind, neilher on land nor t " nate ; all epidemic diseases, originating from floods and subsequent droughts, will cease; the proceed of agriculture will he greatly increa sed, and tltp In alth and happtners of I he citizens will be much promoted. These, I sny.arp the proliablcnoi certain results nf the plan pro. posed ; a plan which could bp carried into ope. ration for a sum which would nol amount to half a cent a year to each individual in the United Slates ; a plan which, if successful, would be nefit in a high degree not merely the landsman, but every mariner that plies the Atlantic. If lh' scheme should appear tis gigantic to com mence with, let the trial be first made along the A'leghrry mountains ; and let lorly acres ol limr ten- icre iots be fiied every seven days through the summer in each of the count ies of McKean, Clearfield, Cambria and Somerset, ill Pennsyl vania ; Allegheny, in Maryland; and Hardy, IVndleton, CjIIi, Allegheny, and Montgomery, in Virginia. The ten acre lots should be, a convenient, troni one to four mil' apart in the form of e square ; ao that the up-moving column of air which !iH be formed over them may have a wide base, and thus may a.cend lo a con siderable height before it may be leaned out of the pei pellicular by any wind which may ex ist at that time. The summer rains at present are local, and of very limited extent; and though they travel toward the east, like the winter storms, they are not extensive enough lo cover the whole country ; hence, portion of thn country are li able to be parched with drought and hot wea ther. May it not be possible Ihat thi irregularity ia in part produced by the irregular buru ng of 1. a i..u. nr.. rips thua nrnducinff nartial and ir- ,ov ..." , - r t- 1 regular rains ; interrupting the wide extended Se r Krr1 on Meteorology to th Snr peon General United 6tai Arooy, by tbe. Aw thor. and general rains which would otherwise tuke place, aa th y do in wit ter 1 'I here is at present, and will be for many years to onie, a vast amount ot timber cut down and burnt every summer, in the westorn parts ol'lhe United S ati s, etiough prrbeps, to produce the wide extended and uninterrupted rains so much desired without any expense. Until the government of the United S'ates can be- indu ced to carry into effect the above plan, I earn est ly recommend to all persons who have fal lows or other large masses of combustibles to burn, save them till the very first dry spell in tfee summer, and to ensure simultaneous action, let all west of west longitude b7 degrees set fire to their materials only on a Thursday, those west nfOOdejirep in the iiinmino nt ten o'clock, and those at 00 deg'ees ut six o'clock in lh" i veiling; and let all east of s7 ilegres set tirr tu their mati'iials on a Friday, tlmse west ot 77 decrees at ten in the morning, and those east of 77 degrees at six o'th ck in the aOerniM ii ; and in no case let any fallows be burnt unh Si there has at least a w eek elapsed without rain. I hope this request will be complied w ith, not only because all ere interested in the probable results, but because it will be attended with no expense, and the best time o! burning is in very dry weather. It is not at all probable that all will be ready to bum on I In; first dry spell, or even on the se cond or third, and thus on every Thursday and Friday during the season on which there may b" a ilraught. materials enough may be burnt to produce a general ruin. For some time after these general rains, par tial rains cannot t.ike place, both b-cause ot the scarcity of vapor left in the air, heraum-any np mount; column of air wlimb may be formed will not rise very hioh before they enter into the stratum containing much of the calotte of elas ticity i!iven out by tne condensed vapor of the pr vious rain, in w hich the iip-inovino columns cannot swim ; and it la only a tier the low air becomes charged with vapor, and the upper air becomts cis'led by radiutmn, that nno.her gene ral rain can be pnxlt.eed, and it is not prubab'e that not cither of these can be i flvcti d in less I lit n about seven i'iiy.-. I hope that all editors ofnewspaperfc through out the United Stales, who think there if tbe least plausibility in the plan here propositi, wil1 publish this letter, or tit len-t em. ugh of it to let all vl.u have ni'itttuU to bum kuoiv huwlouct in conceit. Finally, I desire all who burn thoir materials, to watch the phenomena, and send a description of the w hole to '.he Sar-'euti GuntTal's Otlioe, Washington. A mass of information will thus be accuinnla led. which lead lo inodificatiors in the plan lor future operations. James S. Usi y. M Dobrer.'o IT-r, in h:s account of the A In pln-ne ot 'Paraguay. Vol 3. page 150, says : 'I myself have seen clouds and lightum.' prislneeil from the smoke over the till grass anil bulrush 8 that lh..- Indians are lint In hldine tur si Utno fire to the plains in order to pmditco rain, they having leained ihat tint thicker smoke turns in to clouds whirh nour forth water." January 1, 1?45. Tri'TH tka.oi;h tiia.v i .itiov A po r country girl travel'ed from (Ice Cms", near Maneln ster. to I London, during the trouble in the time of Charles the First, to seek a p'ace as servant. Failing in this object of her ambition. she engaged her.'elf as what was called tub-wo man to a brewer that is, she carried nut th beer from lhr brew-hoti". Pleased with her healthy, handsome lace, the brewer riised her to the position of his servant ilieil to lli.il of his wife -finally, to that of wi.loa , with a handsome dowry. Slit engaged Mr Hide, then celebrated us a clever l.ttvyer, to seitlo some pur.z ing money matter lor hor, and, as In o.vn money in i'ters InipMied to he not oniy puzzling, but ma hopeles stale ju-t then, ho proposed to llin rich wnlow and in.irrted In r. Mr. II. became Lord Chancellor, and Firl ot Clare udnil. Tlie only daughter of the inirri.igo b c.imo wile of Jjinci II, and mother to tbe Princes Alary and Ann; ind so the poor tub woman en ded her lifu a Countess of Clarendon, wife to the Ijoid Chancellor of England, and mother to one, and grandmother to two Queen of Eng land. Wives Cai'oht by Tram. It iaeaid that the Winnebago Indians catch their wive by setting trap for them in oilier words, when ever a young Indian lakes a lancy to a squaw be leave steel trap in front of lo r b de al night. If thi i taken in by the lather the squaw i not expected to "put her fisit" into the matter at all 'he contract i considered settled; if not, and the youij man diem the copper-colored fair one V.01U1 an extra trap, he ! have two, romelimp three. henever Hie Irapor trapaare taken in. the marriage ceremo ny at once cornea off. Tin ia atxf't the last we; of ctUa; wifu ye tbou'.d b-vo thought of TIIK HAT TOWKn. Tl e memory of I Litto, archbishop of Maine, is still execrated on the banks of the Rhine, eight or nine ci-nliiries alter hi death ; and, to this day, when a cloud or fog is seen resting on the Mimithrum. IhvS peasants point to it, in f'etr anil detestation, as containing the spirit of the savage priest. Ilitfo was a man without a heart, lie delighted in cruelty, ami was plea sed with nil sor's of horrors, except th ficti tious. lie would have made an excellent egre. only that he wanted the peculiarity of appetite. A famine V'e ted the land which was under the spiritual anil pastoral care of this gooj shep herd. TIip people dietl in thousand ; infants perinhed of htineer at the br'nt, and others of hunger and self det 'rfation 'hat thpir fountain orator" n fnpd to supply their i ff sprinrr wi;h thp menn or lirP. The aicl.bi-ln p feasted and faltmcd. Hp p sypd to C11 d, however, to re. rrovp Ms en'e troin tn" lann ; lie n-atlematizr-d the f. nl fiend with b. I", bMik, and candle ; nay. hp fasted an enlirp day on Stewart ea'pand smoked salmon, drinkinp nanjjl.t save j'.hnniiisherjTpr. and siulpshpi mpr and hockel- mer. Put Iip jjave nethinir to (he starving poor not a fracmpnt. not a crumb. Then the people waxed wroth. They look ed with their hungry eyes into one another's fares, and said, "LpI lis cn unto the man o' God ; let us go up in a body, and show him our skin nnd bones, and cry altogether with a bind voire. 'help ! help:' " and they went up: and their vr ires, althoooh thin anil weak and bro. ken, were sbl". because of the number, to reach the archbishop" ears, as Iip sat drinking the pa'p -vinp and th red at his dessert. 'W hat is this !' cr ed the archbishop; 'what rascally concert Iibvp wennw !' It is the people, hnswered bis men; 'they are hungry, and they cry for UxkI. I.el them work, vaileN. said the archbish op, growing red with indignation. They have no work, and are too feeble to work.' 'Tih feeble to work ! Cm you now ! what is thai ! Merry on iw, Hipsp are feeble lungs, in ileid! Send them packing, I say! Oll with il.em troop, trundle.' But the people would not move, forthey were fir rce in their hunger, and valiant in their de spair; and they continued lurry with one voice Oh, man nffiod ! help I help!' Tin n the soul of iIip archbishop waa stirred wi'h w rath and fiery indignation, and he Cm n -nmled his arrhir to h.y hold of the rebels. nrdrluit tin in up in an empty barn near tbe pa lace. And when this was done, he sat quaff ing the pn'p w ine nnd the red, thinking of the inso'ei re of the bts populace, till the veins of b s head sw lb li with fury. 'Co,' ss id be lo l-is mee, starting S'lddeiilv up trr m the table, 'go nd set fire to the birti.' Ai d hi men did so. Ai d the a'ri.h simp s'nod at the window uHitini' imnitientiv: but when ho saw the fl on- h irst through the ns.t o the barn, and beard ib srreaiif of the wretches ithin, iip rlappi'd hi bunds and cried nut joyfully : ! horns ! it burns ! llurk lnw the ml tqurk !' That night the archbishop') men were awe kooed by their rna-ter, and ran to bis rhnmher My lord.' sb'iI they, 'what is the matter V It is the ra's,' an-wi red be; they will nt b t me alone.' And they saw thnt 10 conn terpane of precious fur was indeed nil gnjwed to pieces. Then the men wailed and set traps and dogs, nnd slew the rais in great numbers ; hut the faster they slew, tlie faster they grew A id the airhb-shop had no rest, neither night nor oay. At 11 is meals, in" O'liou vermin j-nn-pod in his porringer, or up-et Ins drinking cup; and It he sh-pt, (w inch fear allowi d him but r.in-ly in do,) he was sure lo be awakened by a rat tearing at his lluoal. Toe archbishop, at last, d termined n t only to have a palace nitesdd by such importunate guests, but to Chi"" a haloing in which ths-re coii'd be no ss b Iity of a repetition of lh nuisance He nccoulingly 1 aused a lower to he built amid the rushing waters of the U nger loeh, and when it was ready, set out With a j .y fill heart 10 shut himself up in bis new alode. He embarked at Iliogen, and on arriving at the tower, sprang eagerly lo land. Thnt day he feasted in safety, lie retired early, and com manding that no one should disturb r come near bun on pain nf death, be prepared to en joy, at b ast, the luxury of an untroubled sleep, lie had already undressed : bo', 'fi the luMnp of bis exultation, would scan with hi own eyp the a; ace nf wat rs between him and the land, which waa the tenantable inheritance ot bis loes. Ashe bvrked out of the window, he saw a motion on the dark and tronb'rd water beneath, which was unlike the motion of the waves. The whole Rir'iice seemed instinct with life i and on the opMis,te shore a plashing sound, a of hundreds and thnu-ninfs if s'ones or other small tlii s, dro) ped from the rock into the river, to.p above the din id lhe wall r. Struck with j sui'den terror yet not knowing bat to tear, the erehbuhop Waned uvt d tbe window, end lixiking down the bottom of the wall. There he saw niyriads of email black things rising nut of the waves and ascending the stones, and a a fa'al conviction flashed upon his mind, he litis tent d to abut the casement. lis v us but a mo. ment too late. The casernei t closed 11 p n the neck of a monstrous rat ; and a the brut gas ped ami goggled in hs face, tbe arc'ibisln p, 0 verpowcicd with horror, let en bis hold. That night the achhishnp's men heard a ery from th"ir master' room ; but they remember ed his command nnd did not stir. My lord, said they, 'iiasbep, and dreame thnt he i ttill among the rata at Ma it f ' N verthelese tl-ey were troubled ; for the:r lonl was a hard master, and waa accustomt d to pun ish, whether they did ill or well, if haim came of it. So, in the morning, they all tanarxtouj. ly lo hi chamber, but the arehbishnu was g- n. Some small fragment of his night-gown were on the floor, and some speck nfbltH among the rushes; but, skin and bone, lith and l.u.b, had tbe rata eaten him up. Hint for Ilia Brasnn. The following hints are condensed from t'.e) last number of thc'American Farmer." Our ag. ricultural reader will find them worthy of con s iteration at thi ten son of thn year . Wheat Field: It should be the bni'net of every wheat grower to examine the water fur rows in hia wheat fields, and tn have every thing cleaned r ut of them that can in anyway impede the free pnssngp nf the watijr. Sowing Clover. All who may not already have sown clover seed on their when', should do so at an e irly p-rol ; so firmly convinced are we of ita fertilizing property, that, tirr.e and opportunities permitting, we wnuM sow clo ver seed upon all mir grain fie!.!--, whither we intend to permit them to remain in griss fir hay or pasture, or to plough them up at the end of the season But we would, sosoon os onrgnin was cut, sow a bushel ofplaater In -he ncrn tn encourage the more rapid growth of the trnd-T clover plants, in order that they might maka shade to protect thems'-lves frn 11 the bur.in suns of summer All clover fiehU should ba drc-sed with a bushel of plaster to the acre. Lucerne, We have often advised our read era to try a few acrea ol thia valuable gras. Whether cut green and fed to horses and rattlp, or cured into hay, it is one of the most profitable, artifioial gras;e.. It may bo cut three or four times a year. Oils. The earner tMserop is got in the) greater certainty will there he for it to make a good yield ; but it i use'essto txpe t largo pre. duction without the snl be gosd and uitahle to the nature of the oat and plant, and wherever there maybe any doubt of ita fertility, neare must be used toMipply the deficiency. If no thing else is at command, let a compo-l bp made or two bushels of ashe aivl imp of plaster to thtt aero sow it eP ;'y over the fi -ir. 'h. it' el , iU dissolve thpsmd, 'urm a -i i.'nteof pol ish, and time impart to lb- sir w Mi cap-ic;iy t.i st-iinf erect an I fare thn wi n, whilp lh- pltst- r will attract pah'i'otis gr ss from the at'"ij-p'iere, whereon the pla ts m iy fi-ed, give v- lutne a d siib-tance to the kernel, rnd insure itsptifttt frnitification I'rrpari'ig the Gruurd. Tbe rr u-i'1 a''nild be ploughed deep say 7 or 8 inches, tl oroug' ly puNf-risei', snd o'ter the oats an- plough- d in 1 wo or three inches deep, rot more, the gr u d should be bariowed finely and then rolled w itU a heavy to!It, a Ihit lh earth may be com pressed around the seed and llcilitute it germ nation. Quantity of eri to the acre From 2 'o 4 b :nt-U to tlie acre has been found the beat quail tiiv. On. It i time lobe putting the com gr und in order, and while the grower may be making hia arrangemrnls. let him not f.rgit that his success will mainly depend lira n the pain which be may bestow in the preparition of his ground that be shool I plough it deep, pu'v-rizi it finely, and manurn it wild every thing n V shape of terttitr which he can command, gi ving it broad cast, and with a liberal hand, not omitting tn give to each hil' a m'xture of ashet and 1 bushel of plaster to the acre. Alfhonm: Karr am hi Tilt. The ta. lented author of "Lea gnepp," and various f Uit-rjmx d'tfprit, relates tht be lately sent hia tnilor to make him a cat out of a p f ce of cloth be bad purchased. "Cn't du it, said the tailor; "there ia n't tutT enough. Karr then sent for another tailor, who, after carefully measuring the material undertook to make the coat. In due tune the garment wae delivered, and Kirr's first visit was to the tai lor. ".1a voila, mnlhrvrtvx !" said be ; beho'd me in tbe very coat fro 11 the very etutT you said was insufficient ! Y"U se there wa ptufl e. nough r al !" "V- ry bl ely ; said the man 1 f measures, w th itnp-M urlmbU- tavfi frvid.'Vftf ike' ; but the mi of tie tail ir who maJe it not so big as mine I" It is no 0110 great thug w iich make tSa ch iracicr if wan, bul a, re.it (uany iiult tbinj.
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