SSH" TEllMS OF TIIK " AME1UCAX." II. B. MA88ER, f rcaitsnmts a JOSEPH EISELY. PnorntiTSRs. H. B. JHASSKH, Editor. Office in Centre Alley, in'the rear of . B. Mat ter' t Sure. THE" AMEIUU A V is published e very Satur day nt TWO DOLLAKS per annum lo be paid half yearly in idvance. No paper disenntin lied till all a iron races are paid. No subscription received for a less period than tx mo!th. All communication or letters on business relating to the office, to insure altc nlion, must be POST PAID. . i . . - FEITITEF &, CO. Manufacturers of UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, and SIX SHADES, Ar. 113 Market Street, V li 1 1 a 1 c I p li I ti, NVITE the attention of Merchants, Manufiir lurers, Ac Ac., to, their very extensive, e!o- Runt, new slock, prepared with great csre, and of- itreil at the lowest poasiMe price fur cash. The principle on which this concern is establish ed, is to consult llie mutual interest of their cutn mors and the mselvcs, by nvmufHcturiiig a good ar t'e'e, selling it at the lowest price for ciish, and realizing ihcir own remuneration, in the amount of sales and quick returns. Pusim ssing inexhaustible facilities fir manufac ture, ihey aro prepared to supply orders lo any cx tenl, and rcspecifully solicit the patronage of Mil chants, Mnriuf.icttirers and Dealers. dj- A large assortment of the IVcw Style Cur tain I'mnsoK Philadelphia. June 1. 1844 ly E3CER?JSHOTEL, rostsiitnfl.Y trkmoxt uorsn, Xo. HO Iwsimt Street, PHILADELPHIA. sls rTMIE M;HSL'ianEH. r.vcmly of JifSf - Itcadieg, Ph., would infurm the pub- ti. lic ihut hn has fitted up the abuve cupi-'B---t and convenient istnlilislimeiit, and will always be r ady to rntert on vi-ilors. His es. t-.ililishe.l reputation i i the line, it is hnpeil, will nlliird full Atsurnnee, that his guests will lo sup plied wi'll every comfort mill iicconiinodaiion ; whilst his houi-e will be conduced under such sr iHiiljrmei.t us will secure a ch ir uter fur the first responsibility, and sali.-lactury t'litertaiuiiieiit for in dividual and lu'iithcs. Charge fur (minding f I perdiv. DAMEL IIERR. Philadelphia. May 2.r. 18-14 ly To Country Merchants. Uoots, SIkics, Iionnets, Leghorn and Palm Leaf Hats. ti. w & l. n. taylou, tit the S. E.rornrr of Market nntl Fifth Sts., THILADILPHIA, FFEU for sale an i xteo.nc Moonrncnt of the -'ahoxe ai'udi s, all of which they fell at unusual ly low piicc", ami piilieul.iily invite the attention if lniM'is vinitiiig Ibe citv, to nil rlnmiiinti.ni of Hi. ir 'stink. O. W. .V L. U. TAYLOK. J'hila.lelphia, May "., 1844. ly T7K.It.U J-'OK S.I I. K.-The small firm, Jjj containing ubout 1(10 at res, about 2 mi!es uliovc Nnillium eil.iiid, iiiljoiiimi! lallilg i f Jesse C. Jl. rton, Jo'ili l.i;liou and ollieis, will be sold li np, if npiil.i aiioi, i- made soon to she subseiiber, iSunlurv. Atp 31. 11. 11. MASSE IL "PTSIl' SI.i:S The highest price will be ' K.veii for Klax Seed, by Auk. 31, 1S44. (1. H. MASSER. C'OI TACE PIIH.ES. Five copies of t' e (;.t ; Inne lllble, hf cheapest book f ver published, roiila'ning the eonmirniarv on the Old anil New Ti (taiiiiiit. ju-1 Ti ct ivid and for sale, for six doll irs, by June IS. II. 15. MASSER. H E EI O V A L . " I) OCT Oil J. H. MASSKR, RESPEOTFl.'I.LY informs ihe cit izens of Sunbiiry and its vicinity, that he h is removed bis office to the while buildirii" in Maiket Sqiroe, enst of Ira T. ( l nicnt's ftoio. and immediately opposite! the po-il otlice, where he will be happy to receive calls in the line of his pTo'i'sfion Siinl'inv, May 4 1 h. 1844. I) A V I I) K V AXS' Patent Fire and Thief Proof Iron Chests, Slale lined llefrigerators, with Filters attached when lequired. H VATSOIT, .Vo. 7(5 South third St., opposite the Kxrhangf, PHXLASBLFHIA, II,.' ' Ss. MA.M.f AUI bll i' ami JtI1Sl' 7"'Tl;eeii for sale Davik Ev I .i.il Wider mill I'rovi. . -I - i slnn j , olers and Putent Pre. , ' VtmHim Pir nntl Thief lMnf I. tt'ftrun OheK for ine-ervinR Utm mtr , l. 1 . I I.. i 4.IWI,. ' l apers. ua us, juwnr, !--Oi)ld. Silver, ie., 6lc., made i r tt: of Hod- r Iron, ( and not over P lai.k as ionetyGve , . . ... , . , . 1 , , , . .... ..u there seems to be a ho low under the bark. out of evi iy one bundled now m use and lor sale 1 are made.) wl-h firxt rate L.ks and David Knn.' : When the worms, if any, be extracted, wash Patent Keyhole Covers, similar to ihe one exhibit- ! the whole slein of the tree w ith strong soap rd at Ihe Philadelphia Exchange lor thiee months I w;ipn (, . C(M,in 0r whitewash in Ihe mmmer of 1S44. when all the Keys weie at i ' ' ' libeiiy to be used, and the Chest not oned. al- ("i which salt has been dissolved) arouixd the tliouth the experirm nt was tried ly at least 1500 stem near the roots. Then makes pyramid a persont. One of the same Links was tiie.l by j ron(j ,i,B ,r,.e f powJ,.re,l charcon or fine Coal Hobbers. at the Delaware Coal OlHce, in aluut . streel. above Thi.J. Ikii d.J not succeed. ) or. 'n default of these, of sand or dirt. (pj- Hoisting Machines, Iron Doors, superior : Two or tbree times during the year, remove I.otk.. and all kindsof Iron Itadmas, Se.,1 and O... j ,ie pyraimis examine, for worms, rub thu living Piesses, and Smilhwork generally, on hand ; . or manufactured at the shortoM notice " "c" ' f" P' cloth j lo t'estroy any eggs that may have been depo- Cj- CAUTION I do hereby cr.ution all per. j siu,,1( .nj finay rP5llirp ,ltJ pyramid. An oc sons aaiiiist nukn n usinK, selling, or rauiog lo 1 sold, any Keyhole Cove., for Fire Proof Chests, , fi"nal a pj)l icat ion of salt and saltpetre, or wood or Doors, of any kind similar in principle lo my , ashes, may be made, and some rely altogether Patent, of 10th July, 1841. ami also auaiimi Lining , Utfriaeralors wiih Slate, for which my Patent is dated 2fith March. 1844, as any infringement will U) ealt i:h according to law. DAVID EVANS. Philadelphia, April 13. 1844. ly FORESTVILLB lttiiss i:iGii r DAY tLOlKS. rflHE suhscrirwr has just received, for sale, a few JL of Ihe atove celebrated Eight Day Clocks, which will be soi l at very reduced prices, for cash. Also, sofiior 30 hour Clocks, of the best make and quality, which will I aold for cash, at f 4 60. Al". superior Brass 30 hour dorks, at $8 00. Dee. 2.J3. H. U. M ASSEH. OTONE WAKE for sale. O 225 Stone Jugs, from I quart lo 3 gallons, 60 Siune Jars, from 3 lo 6 gallon. For sale, cheap, by Oct. 14 H. B. MASsEB. SUNBUMY AMEBICAN. AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL; . Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of ihe Ily fllasscr & Ulsiely. For the American. 1 LOVKDi I loved to see the gentle fawn Sporting upon the grassy-lawn, Or bounding on the mountain height. I loved to see the eagle, strong, Winging his rapid course along The sky, till he was lost to sight. I loved to watch the rising cloud, And hear the wild winds, howling loud, With the rolling thunder peeling ; To seethe lightning fiercely flash, While o'er our ship the waters dash, Till beneath their shock it's reeling. I loved to mark the ev'ning sVy, And hear the gentle zephyrs sigh, As whispering accents sweet of love; The dewy Mowers, the waving grain, And, warbling in a merry strain, The rich drest songsters of the grove. 1 loved to see, with laughing eye, And silken curls of golden dye, And step as light as a gazelle, A fairy graceful gii 1 appear, Whose silvery voice fell on the ear, As witching as the syren's sjiell. Rut now I look on all with hate, A bitter and a with'ring fate lias torn and scath'd my breast ; For I have felt the burning pain, To love Oh, Heaven '. yet love in vain, And I long for the damp grave'a rest. Sunbury, 1815. Ronk Minor. Moral Influrnea of 8tiad Trees. Nothing presents to the rye more deliplilftil evidences of good niornl sentiment, as well as refinement, in city or country, than streets nnd dwellings tdtndrd by ornamental tree. It is in deed questionable, whether a few dollars can he expended in any other way, to contribute so much lor the improvement of tatte, oa well as for the comfort oriJ, nticfaction of the whole community, as in planting sucli trees. How grateful to the eye and soothing to the spirit, in a brie lit sunny day, if instecd of the glare of brick walls, the side-walks of our city streets were all lined by a rich variety of lu-outiltil fo liage. And what an amount ot innocent and healthful pleasure, ns well as elevation of moral leeling, mut-l the exhibitions of such foliage af ford to the tenant of every peaceful home in the country, and to the thousand paseinr tra vellers. Iluw much of the iinpleiiKautncss of summer travelling might bo relieved, and what an impress ot beauty and moral grandeur might be given to American scenery and American character, by leaving or planting such rows of useful and ornamental trees, along all the ten thousand avenues of the nation. Tliis then in j thu season, swiftly passing way, for securing j from the forest abundant supplies of theso orna ! menu, and comforts ; which, like the flowers i of the field, Wilberforcc would very properly i reckon among the benignant "smiles of ilea j en ; and which cannot be Flighted or under i valued by any, without evidence of stupidity, indolence, covetouciiees, or ingratitude to the Giver of all good. Prach Trees. The Iiiuiisville Journal gives, the following seasonable hints : "This is now the season to ..lend to peach trees. Remove the earth from the trees at its roots, make a close examination ... Ar.nu m,. tht .,1 n Li.,rn ..r..ll. "wimw w in, ,,itj mi, ui v .Mill., L.O.IUIIJ .m. ,.n ;n u.l,pro ,hp mim ia f.mnil. anH fnr 0I, these application, with the addition of search- ing fur worms in spring and autumn, and on these occasions carefully rubbing or scrrvping the tree. If trees are attended for two or three years, they are not likely to be attacked by the worm. The tree becomes sound and healthy, snd the worm does not seem able to penetrate the bark." v A correspondent of the New York Commer cial suggests that fires, of whoso origin there is no clue, are often kindled by mice nibbling at lucifer mitches, improperly kept in desks and among papers. Therefore, keep your match. es in tin box, as made for the purpose by tlio tinners. majority, ihe vital principle of Republics, from which Sunbury, Aortliumbcrlaiul to. From the Jlarrisburg Argus. The Tariff. In tho commencement of our editorial eareer we deem it our duty ro declare ourselves in fa vor of the great cardinal measure of the Penn sylvania Democracy, a tanfTfor revenue, laid with sound discrimination upon foreign impor tations coming inlo competition with srttclesof American growth and manufacture. The pre sent tariff is based on this principle : it was de rpned to supply the wants of the Treasury, in a just and economical administration of the Go vernment, by raising the revenue mainly upon such articles as are produced at home, and od milting duty free, those which are not. It is not pretended that I ho present tariff is perfect. It will be found, no doubt, upon experience, o require modifications in some of its parts, with out disturbing its protective principle of home labor, or impairing the revenue principle upon which it is based. Wo shall oppose the con tinual agitation of this question in Congress. Nothing injures the great industrial interests of the country as much as a constant alteration in the laws of trade. Less protection is better than uncertainly and doubt ; and, therefore, no material change of the present tarifTshould be attempted, until (he public debt is extinguished, nnd a redundant treasury should require a Icfs amount of revenue. Then the list of free arti cles mtiy be increased, by taking the duty from those which are stiil taxed, only for revenue. Pennsylvania csn never depart from the ta riff olicy, and any pet of men who shall under take to overthrow it, wiH meet with signal do. fent. Look ot her great interests. She mined and sent to mnrketin 18-14, more than 1,000, 000 tons of anthracite coal, in addition to the bituminous coal. This year it w ill be increas ed to 2,000,000 tons. She now manufactur.s about one-half of all tho iron made in the V. States, and this manufacture is increasing with aftoriii-hing rapidity. According to ihe report of the Canal Commissioners, the quantity of i ron of every deecription shipped on the public works, in 143, was 85,170,119 pounds in 1841, it was 157 018,180 pounds, being an in crease of nearly ninety per cent in one year. The toll upon coal in 1S11, was Ijkl.V.lM, and upon iron 61,478. In ltt4."), the toll on thete articles will be greatly increased. Pennsylvania also raises about one eighth of all the wheat grown in tho Union, and has a soil capable of producing as much as is now raised in all the States. She has a system of public works reaching from the Atlantic to tlw Ohio and the Lakes, and connecting her Coa! fiolils iron mountains, and rich agricultural vallies with the seaboard. The success of this system of public works costing $10,000,01X1, depends upon the permanency of the lutiff. Il on r con I trade is arrested by Ihe loss of the eastern market, if rur furnaces and nd'ing mills are stopped by an influx of foreign iron if the trade of the west is dried up, in poverty, by the want of encouragement to home labor, u million of dollars now received in tolls, mu.-t bo laid in taxes upon the people, in addition to the burdens now borne. Nor is this all tho evil that w ill follow. The home market for our sur plus agricultural produce will be destroyed. According to the estimate of Mr. Ellsw. rth, the Commissioner of the Patent Office, the fol lowing grain was raised in Pennsylvania, in lSi:i: Wheat, Rarity, Oats, Rye. Ituckwliest, Indian corn, Bushels of grain 12.215.2:10 bushels. 150.3!)3 " lOWUKlS 9.420.039 2.108.503 " 15.857.431 59,,142 Now, of this vast amount, only 30,1 100 bar rels of flour were exported in 131 1, il being not a tenth of the amount consumed by our own people engaged in mechanical pursuits, Ihe mi ning of coal the manufacture of iron and o- ihers dependant upon their prosperity ; and not one-fiftieth partofall kinds of agricultural pro duce. In the whole t'nion, about lOO.WO.OOO of bushels of wheal are annually raised, and near Iy700.000.000 or bushels of other grain. It waa estimated by Mr. Ellsworth, in 113, to be: Wheat, Parley, Oits, Hve, Duchwheat, Indian corn, Total, 100,310,85(1 bushels. 3.220,721 " 145.929.9fi0 24,20,271 " 7,959,410 491,513300 u0,319,530 In order to show tho importance of tho home market we call the attention of our reader to the following statement taken from the Trea sury reports, showing the amount expotted, and the omouut retuined at home, of tho crop of 1342: Wheat Corn. rioduct ions bushels 102,317,310 4I1,6?0.210 Exported, , C,S04,176 1,332,503 Consumed at horns, 93.723,173 440,406,74? Ihore is no appeal but to force, the vital principle la. Saturday, April 1, IS15. Productions- -bushels, Exported, Consumed at home, 150,978,900 i It will be seen that the amount of wheat ex ported to all the world, is less than one-lwenti-eth and of other grain lesj lliun one three hundred and fiftieth part. (n addition to the value of the home market at or own doors, let us look into the cotton and woollen manufacturing States, which market alone depends upon the tariff. The State of Massachusetts alone, with a population of about 800,0004 lessthanone half of that of Pennsyl- vania, is a better market for our flour than all the world besides. She is also tho best trinket for our coal and iron. Barrels. Average annual import into Boston, for years 1342 and 1343, , 610,000 By Western Railroad, 105,000 Distributed by Western Railroad, on the route, 100,000 Imported into South parts of Massachu setts, 120,000 Total barrels imported into Mass, 015,000 This will be equal to 4,200,000 bushels of wheat. It is believed that tl.e present prosperous state of the manufactories, which :s (he result of the tariff, will increase the demand in Mas sachusetts for the present year to FIVE M LIONS OK BUSHELS ! The average ex port of American wheat, has for the last twenty five years, to oil the world, not amounted to 4,000,000 annually. The following statement, derived from the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury show Ihe exports from the United Slates to Great Britain, of wheat end wheat flour for nearly 10 years : Barrels flour. Bushels w heat. 134 19.07 none 135 5,370 none 1330 161 none 18U7 none 3 133 8,295 none 139 167,52 fl.OM 1340 020.582 CI 5 972 1S41 208 94 119 854 142 20.034 143,3:10 1313 9 months 19,430 none (real Britain is our best foreign customer; yet the average amount purchased of us, does not amount to one quart annually for each in habitant of her empire. It will also bo observ ed I lint the demand, as small ss it is, is uncer tain and fluctuating, holding out some years a tantiilizinu prospect to the American farmer, in j daughter of Gov. McDowell, then a promising order to blast his hopes. Brazil is the next j young girl of only fifteen yeats of age, Wissent best market for our flour, yet New Jersy pur- to Washington in order tube put to boarding chased tw ice as muoh from other S'nles ; and J school at Georgetown. The yovmg lady, in the whale fisheries of New England consume 5 l,,Rd of going to school, for which purpose she more flour than Cuba, which is our third be.-t j was sent from home, spent the whole session of foreign market; and besides Great Britain, Bra- ! 1S15, which transpifml after her arrival, and .il, and Coin, there is no foreign nation that j nearly the whole of the session of 130-7, in consumes one-halt as much American flour as j 'be mess at tlic mine boarding house where we the single ci'y of Pittsburg. Thus one custom- were ; rt'id at a very early period of our ar er on our own side, is worth a hundred custom- j quain'anee, 1 quote h r own words, told me ers ocross the Atlantic. The foreign customer thM She had set her cap for me.' Being thn purchases only when ill iven to it by famine, and i t!nrty-s ven years of age, without having ever the demand is transient. The homo rus'nmrr serimis'v turned my attention towsrJs marriage. lb a perpetual one icu oy us irom wc K to week, and from year to year. Tho great and unanswerable argument of Secretary Walker, in his masterly letter in favor of the annexation of Texas, showing that a new market would he opened for the manufactures, wheat, and ba con of Ihe northern States, and thus showing the importance of extending (he home market, is directly to the point. lie finds by the cen sus that the aggregate production of all brunch es of industry in the United State is more than $1,000,000 (100, while our annual export is hut about one tenth of lhat amount. "Our exports," he says, "in 1 10, amounted to iJllKl .5:13, M Hi, deducting which from our whole products by the census of lu10, would leavo $959,000,343 of our own products, consumed thai year by our own population of 17,402 453; and the consump tion of our domestic products $103,533,89(1 by the population of tho world 900,(KK,000, il would make an average consumption of 50 in value of our products consumed by each one of our own people, and 11 cents in value of our products conruiued on an average by each per son beyond our liuiiW; and thus il appears, that one person w ithin our hunts consumes as much ot our own products as 509 persons beyond our limits." Gen. Jackson in his memorable letter to Pr. Coleman in 1321, uses the following language: "Take from agriculture 000,000 men, women and children, and you will at once give a mar ket for more bread stuffs than all Europe now furnishes." This proposition, (bus boldly made, and so slardingtothe uninformed and unreflect ing, is highly creditable to the pi netrution and sagacity of this strong minded patriot. We have goiio into some facts lo show that agriculture is most of nil benefitted by a suud iliscrimiiiiling tariff', based upon such princi ples as will be pcriiiarcut and stable. We shall continue to advocate such UritT. We 'JL Jill!1. ... and immediate parent of desputisrru JarrKBSOW. Vol. 5--o. SO iiole Wo, All other grain. J firmly believe it essential lo every class of ct 191,3!tO,:)G0 lizens, and to every branch of industry. We 4 11, ICS j deem it important not only to the prosperity, but to the independence ofnur country, here ate a market at home. It gives employment to spire labor. It opens our coal mines and finds a market for our coil. It brings the wa ter-fall and the steam engine into tho field to as sist labor. It cheapens the price of manufac tured articles to the customer. It affords stea dy employment snd pood pay to the laborer, in stead of precarious employment and low wages. It adds wealth, comfort and prosperity to the community. Such are the benefical effects of a steady, permanent and well digested system of imposts laid for revenue, but discriminating for the protection of homo labor.' An Ki-fJovrrnor Intllctsd. The Grand Jury of Washington, in the Dis trict ol Colombia, s.iys the New York Repub lican, have found two presentments for libel a gainst FnAMCiTiroMAS, Eq., the Ex-Governor of Maryland, w hose term of service expired in January last. The alleged libels are contain ed in a pamphlet lately published by Mr. Tho mas, in which he lays before the public the do mestic dilliculties which a 111 ic ted his married life. The Ex Governor, it seems, suspected his wife a young and very beautiful woman of infidelity (o his bed ; and urged on by "the grcin eyed monster," cither drove her from his home, or rendered her existence so intolerable that she found it necessary to return to her friends. She was the daughter of the present Governor, McDowell, of Virginia, and a niece of the lady of the Hon, Thomas 11. Benton, the well-known Senator from Missouri. She was therefore certainly of a most respectable fami ly. Still, with so many things concurring to make the matrimonial union agreeable, the par ties were notable to live together in harmony, either on account ot the jealous disposition of Mr. Thomas, or the unchaste behaviour ot his consort. We have not read the Ex-Governor's pamphlet, nor seen ony counter statement, and ore of course not prepared to form a judgment on the merits of this case of domestic discord, so obtrusively presented before the public. The following extract which we have met in some of the papers, from the statement of the hus band, seems to us to be sufficiently ridiculous, a ml to place him in a very absurd position : "In the spring of the yeor 130, when I had been many years, and had attained tot respect ablestation in the House of Representatives of the United States, boarding in the same house with Col. Benton and his family, tho eldest I unwerel, pcrnips Willi too niucn plmnne-s. but with perfect sincerity, 'It will be time e noujh for you to think of such things two years hence, after you have completed your educa tion." The strong-hearted old bachelor member of Congress, who was "thirty-seven yearsofage and had never seriously turned his attention to wards marriage," seems to consider now that the light-hearted remark of a young school girl, th.it "he had set her cap fur him," is proof po tvtivt'ot a premi'ilttuti'd and malicious conep ra cy on her part to beguile him into the matri monial iiiiose, and make a Benedict of him in spite of his stubborn and long-continued opposi tion to (ho sovereignty of Hymen. Wis can fancy the paintul and unprotected predicament of this simple minded and unsophisticated ba chelor ol "thirty-seven years of age," exposed to all the wiles and stratagems of an artful and designing girl of fifteen. It is very clear that Ihe struggle was unequal, and the result was that the poor old bachelor had lo put on tho yoke of matrimony, nnd ho insists that he hid also to adorn his forehead with a pair of horns. When tho marriage was solemnized Mr. Tho mas was alitiut f'orty-ono and his lady nineteen yearsofage. They remained together but a very brief space of time many rumors ofthe cause of their disagreement spread abroad, but none were .uthenticu'cd she returned to her father's house, and the two Governor's having met somewhere in Virginia, about a year ago, had a short personal ccuffie. More than this we do not ki ow about the rase, and inspect that if w e did, it w ould be neither profitable nor decorous to treat about it in this manner. We submit what wc have written merely that the reader may, if he can, satisfactorily solve for himself the question whether it is ni't dan gerous for an old bachelor tob rntrspped be a young gii), or a young girl to fall into the hand PlllCrj Or ADVERTISING. I tqaars 1 insertion, 1 do S do . fO SO . 0 75 I (id 1 do 3 da Evry subsequent inserlii.n, 0 25 Yearly Advertisements; one column, $85 hslf column, $18, three squares, $lt two squares, $9 one square, $5. Half-yearly t one column, $18 ; half column, $13 s three squares, $8 two squares, $3 1 one square, $3 60, Advertisements left without directions at lo the length of time they are to be published, will I continued until ordered out, and chsrgtd acoo'd- insjy. (JHixteen lines make a square. of an old.bachelor. Wc think that a dozen de bating societies might hammer away upon it, and, after all '.heir discussions, leave it aa un settled, and as capable ofsustaining disputation as it was when they first took it up. Lancas ter Journal. A Combat between a Monkejr nnd a Cobra. The following curious account of a combat between s monkey and a cobra de carpella was related to me by an old friend in Bengal, who heard it from a gentleman who had witnessed tr. fact at Patua, some thirty years ago : The monkey inhabited n large burr (indict) or banyan tree, (ficus, indies,) and was preps ring to ascend it, when he perceived a largo cobra near the root. On every attempt to ap proach the trunk, the snake reared his crest to attack him, nnd, as the monkey moved to tho other side, the snake in like manner shifted hi ground 60 as always to intercept his advance to the tree. The monkey on this quickened his movements, danced from side to side, and occa sionally rushed directly at the snake as if to seize it, kept jn a statu of continual action nnd alarm for nearly two hours. Al length the cor bn, apparently tired out, lay stretched upon tho ground. The monkey now walked le:surcly be fore it, watched its motions all the lime w itli the most vigilance, and gradually lessening tha distance between them, till he arrived within reach of a single bound, when, springing on his enemy, before be had time to rear hie head, graFped him firmly by the neck. The Ennku instantly enveloped him in his folds, Lut tho monkey retained his hold, seized a brickbat, (a part of the ruins ofan old pagoda at the foot of a. tree,) and cool y set himself to work to rub it against tho head of the snake. The operation was continued with tho most determined perse verance, till he had utterly destroyed all ves tige of the head, reducing it to a contused mass, when disengaging himself from (ho now inert folds, he threw it from him, anj sprang up to his wonted roosting place in the tree. After this, it can scarcely be questioned, that the nnnkey was perfectly aware of tlis danger ous character of the snake, and alsa knew well the seat of the formidable power which his en emy possessed, and could in nn instant put fortli his destruction. It also appears to prove that (he larger tnim ils, unlike the smaller onrs, and small birds, are incapable of being acte 1 upon by the power of fascination. Mcdkul Timet. A Thrii.mmj Ix tnrxT. The Reverend Dr. Beeeher, in an article which he recently fur nished fur the Voting Reader, tells the follow ing touching story. A few years since, as the Reverend Josrpli Davis, an excellent B.iptist Minister in London, was walking along one of the crowded street of that city, his attention was arrested by the e r eumi"'ance that a carriage with several horded was just alkiiit to pass over a little girl who slowly crossing (he road. He s'rongly felt Ihei dinger of the child, and, forgetting his own, ho ran, snatched her up in his arms, and hastened with her to Ihe side-path, when the thought him what would tho pi rents ofthe dear child have felt had she been killed ! At this moment ho looked in the face of the little girl, w hich hod been concealed from his view by her bonnet and imagine, if you can, his feelings when hs discovered that it was his own daughter ! I saw him about half an hour after the occur rence, and I shall never forget his agitation as he described to me her danger, or his expres sion of thankfulness to an infinite gracious I! ' ing who thus delivered his beloved child from death. K.nvris of Ashes. Mr. Peter Crispel, of Hurley, Ulster county, informs us that he raised last year, on one adva of land, threj tons twelve hundred and eigtvy lbs. of hay at ono crop. The hay was in Mer chantable condition and of a good quality, as w ill appear from tho fact that it was sold tor &3 per on, and was ail weighed in the scales. Tho soil where lhi crop grew, was a dry, loamy alluvion and bad been in grass many year. Lasr spring Mr. C. spread on a hundred bushels of leached ashes to the acre, which cost e'g'it cents per bushel. Tho oshes '.ucreased l!. quanli(y of hay nearly one half, and from for mer experiments in the use of them, it is known lhat their effects continue for several years. Mr.' Crispel has made ome trials with Uh leached and unleached ashes and the results, ri his case, would seem to chow that the unlcn I. ed are nut more valuable than the leached. He thinks that ashes which have laid some t irj after being Irachrd, aro much more valuaVe) then when they are applied immediately after leaching. He informs us this is also in accord ance with ihe experience of several of the Ion Island farmers with whom he has comeid. We are aware lhat results do not appear f. l ave been uniform in regard to the act i n of Kshes.but we have haard the ane views s-s.-o here held by Mr. frisnel frequently given I y other farmers. Culm '
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