SSH"
TEllMS OF TIIK " AME1UCAX."
II. B. MA88ER, f rcaitsnmts a
JOSEPH EISELY.
PnorntiTSRs.
H. B. JHASSKH,
Editor.
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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
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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 '