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Ph Ud V ia, Julv It'i. iet?. ly. Removal. DR. JOHX W. I'M AL. l'F.i"F.CTFl'LLV inform the ci ttPiis ol fcnl-try pud i" t-tti y . iht dp ha rr moved to the U.tt k House, to Ma kct street, f. r.'ieily t copied ly Bt nj i llpiidrii la. c ist of ihe pi. ne f..rmery tic- ciipi d by Miilt-r V Martz, nnd now by La T. Cle ment, where lie will be happy to rtveive cdl in the line of hi proles-ion. Sunhuiy. Match .Hill ISIS. 1TEV- CA2PETI1TG3. riTHE suh-eriber hive received, end pre oo X opening a splendid assmtmrut of the following C ode Saxony. Wilton and Vc1et rarpelitiBi Brussels ami Inprrid H ply do ("AT!. Etlrs siipeifine and fuiP I' Brain tlo PE I' Lngii di shrub d & Dimask Venetian do ING. American twilled and liir'd 'o J English lrui!CP'l! P"'l W nub ii Floor Ch'tbs Stair and I'.in-nce Hocking Embossed Pimm and Table Coven London Chenille nnd Tufted Ruga Dior Matlsof ee y d. s notion. ALSO A laige and exit n-ive i -o'trrent of Flonr Oil Cloths Irom one to ffch' yaid wide, cut to fit eve n i'ppcriition of innin or pi-ai:i. . A No, low piiced Ii.pruin Caipebngs ftnm fllj to C2J cents per yard, tnaeiher wi h luge ami eiti n aive atirtnipnt of p.iods uualy kept by caippi merchant. The bovp poo'n will be unld wVolrte or rptui' rt the bitten! ninrtirt price, llmiinry mrrch-nw r.od mheii. are parnculailv invited to c.ill and exa mine our atiH-U lu-foie makii ff then eelrriiona. CLAKKsSHN. RICH .V MUI.LNIVN, Succea'tH tn Jn:.eili Itlnekwnod, No. 1 1 1 Chenut, c irnpr nf Fr inldin I'I'ire. Philadelphia. Fen. 22 I. I ft. - UMI5IIC.M.AS & l'ARASOLS, cheap ron cash. J. V. SV'AIIT'S Umbrella and l'nrasul Manufactory. o. 37 iS'o th T'ni'l ttrtrt. two d.iprt Le'uw tht CITY IIOTV.L, V li i I a tl e 1 p It I a . A LVAY- on land, n Lirco a'ofK of T M JjJ IJUELI.As i,nd I'AIUMJI.S, inrlu i'i.. the IhIi n.'W p ol Piiil.cd lM.;cd Pari-o'e of tfie bept woiknuiisl'.ip and tn.it. r'nh, i price t'lat 'd: nmke i an ol-ject loCnui.lry Meichmi i'd nlhi-r-to call ai d examine hia tmk h. lore po.ciii-iiip elsewhere. Fo 22, lSlf..- lv VASKIITG- IrCACH'IlTS. rilltlS M nhtne h' nuv b.ente-i'ed by more i than ihiny fj'iidu p in thi netplihorh-iod. and i-i Riven entire i-nlNf iclion. h is Minple in it Ci I alriiction, liiBt it caniiot pel out of ordi r. It ' centum no iron to iu-t, and no kpiiiiRnor roller to t-et out of repiir. It will do twice a much wash inp, with le than halt the w, ar and tear of an) ol the lite inventions ni! wlnt i of preaier in.pcr. taiice.lt cot t in ill-le over ran lis inuin am u ni washinR incline. The mbm-rilier h the exclu-iTp rirht for Nor. tliUniheihiid, Union, L f.iiliinr. Colurnhi i, I.n feme ami Ciiiilon c, in, net. Trice of pinch' m t Cbneffi. Il.lt. MS.vElt. The f.illowioR ceitificate ' fiuin a few of ihose who hate ihei-e machines in ue. Sunl niy, Aua. 24, IS44. We, the fid aeriber. certify Itial we have invv In u-e, in our fimiliea, "Shiipeit". I'.itetil Vh Ipr Machine "and do not htMtate aixinc thai it i most i H i lh lit inveii'i in. Th.il, in Wa-hing. it will .eveiuiir ih ui one half the u-ul labor. That it d.iea n t requiie more than one thirj the nanal qniiii y of .o.pand w iter ; ind that there is no rubbing, an l emi-i qui uly. I H'e or no wej' iiiR i r li aiinu. i'h it it knock otT no buttons and that the finest clo h s si c i collar., Uce, ti.ck, fril s, Ac, n.v be w u' e.l in a vp.y abort lime without the h si injijiv, ai d in fuct wiih. nt Biiy apparent wear ami t. as whatpv-r. We iheref.r rhi eilully reeoinmend it t our fiienda and M the i.uhlic. ata uioat usful and Uh..r r-avinjf m u bi-.e. CHAKLKS W.HEGI.VS, A. JOHIIAN. CHS WEAVER. CHS PLEANTS, filUEON MARK 1. 13, lion. (JEit. C. WEI.KER, HEN. I. HE.M1UM KS. (ilUEt)N LEISENKLNO. flraa'a IIoTft, (formerly Tremonl II. .use. No. 116 Chianul at. tet.) Philadelphia, September 111,114. I have UKed ShuRprt'a Ptpnt Wahin Machine in my Imu e upward of eight mnnih-, nd do not hesitate to lay that I deem il one of the mo t uae lot and valuaide labor-aaving machniea ever invpn ted. I formerly kept two women em tinually oc. tupied in waahiug, who now do a much in two daya as "hey then did in one week- Thera i no wer or tear in waahina. and ji require not more than one-third the mual quantity ol oap. I hxve had a numlier f other m chine in my lam ly, bu'. thii i au decidedlv auiieriur lo every thing el. nd .i little hahl to get out of lepnr, that I woulJ nut do without one iflheyahould coat l. n t mea the price ihey me a dd for. uiit.i. nunn. OUPEItl'Mt Port wine, Matleria and I, lmii winea. Alao aunerinr Brandy and Gin, Lemon 8vrup. AUo a few barreU of Bira Fi. for ule S.nbory,Jh; JW, IMft. mm From the Watpr Cure Journal. HISTORY OP V1NCBT PltlKSSMlZ. DT CAPT. Ct.aRIOOB. Pricssnilz'a lather wea the proprietor of a small farm upon which the ralahlishment we have been treating of ia placed. lie gatre Ins eon an education in aecordance with thu timea nnd place in which he lived but Una was per hap limited, in consequence of the llindne? with which he (die tiithor) was striken in liia advanced yrar., and of PriefPniU'a uncle hninjr a pries', en tint in roily lifn the cares of the liimily and fur in devolved upon him. It is said thntaunld man who used tn prnctise the water cure upon animnls and occasinnally upon the ppasititry, was much eiiciuiraprd by the elder P.ieHnitz; that the latter invited him to in struct hia ton, and that it was from this source that Vincent. Priessnilz obtained hi firat ideas of the cold water cure. It would appear that S hsia was destined by Providence tube the Fpnt whence this great Inxin tohttmnnity fsiiotiltl ex'eiid itself to all nations ; for m tor buck as the year 1730, the preat Pr llhn, who resid ed at Schi'tilni z, nlxuit 30 m.les from Graelen hcry, wrote a hi ok on the virtues ol rold water IniiIi lor drinkinp and curing dint asp ; but as the ho ik w a completely out ol print, until found on a book-Mall by Professor Oertcl in D.ivaria, it is iloiibtful if Priemnitz ever obtained any information from that source. Larly in lift, whilst enpaeril in hny-iiiakino, an accident which heft 1 him was the principal cause of the erentpft blessings to suffering humanity : lie was kicked in the fare hy a horse, which knock ed him down, and the cart pssainrj over his body broke two nf his ribs. A r-ureon from Frei wahlau beinj; called in, t'rclared that he rou'd never be so run d as tn he fit for wotk again. Flavintr always possessed preat presence of mind, and an unusual deprre of firmness, the yonnp Priessnttz tint beinp pleased with this prognostication dftiie doctor, nnd lieinp some what acquainted nlrendy with the treatment of trifltnp wounds by the means of cold water, he determined to rrdenvor to euro himself. To f feci Ibis, his f.ret core was to replace his ribs, and this ho did by leaninp with his abdomen with all his tnipht npainst a table or a chair, and holding his breath so ng til swell oil', his chfFt. This painful operation was attended with the sneers he expected ; the ribs boitip thus rrplncrd, he applied wet cloths to the part effected, drank plentifully of water, ate sparing ly, and remained in perfect repose. In ten daya he was able to po out, nnd at the end of a yeiir, he w.is ap;iin at Lis occupi'ions in the fields. 'I he lame of this extraordinary cure soon spread abroad nninnpst his neighbors who cime tncsiistilt him when nny accident occurred. Hy means of treating their disease, nnd occa sionally those of cattle, lie acquired a better knowledge of the virtues of w airr, nnd ventur ed upon more serious cases. This soon pave In in renown, so that his house was beset with persons rich and poor, bepoing his advice. From I111VJHU watched so inuny diseases with his ob serfinp ye nnd itiipiiriivi mind, he soon hcqui red the knowledge requisite to tlttect them by their symptoms. Having nn remeoy but plain spring woter, no theories to puzzle hi bruin, and iu ptiidebut nilure, w hich i-poke to him the more clearly because there was no nrt to stifle its voice, he soon perceived the de 'ect of the present system of did nnd moil e of treating disease, nnd found out by various ap plications of water, meaiisnf remedying most of those bodilyevils which mar our happines in life. Priessnitz'H ret, own soon brought down upon him the envy of his neighbor ami of the people of Frt-iwald 111, who were very ready to become his persecutors. Many imagined that an access of strangers would enhance the pr ce of comes tibles, some were jealous of his fitne, others imagined him possessed of an evil spirit, but foremost or tnot prominent of his adversaries were the medical men. About this tune ho had eiltcted cures on a preat number of people, w hen the doctor resolving to put an end to hi qn ickery, as they called it, denounced 'inn to the authorities at Vienna, alleging that the sponges used in ahliiiiona contained some medi cal property capable of producing these won ileitiil cure, which, iflrtie, would hive put him under the jurisdiction of the law. The sponges were decomposed, ana the tulmcy ol thealie- gntj in proed before tho tribunal, in a question us tn the cure of certain ttiilb r. Thia man hail been a martyr tor yeara tn the pout. The doc tor declared that the man waa indebted tn him for hi recovery, whilst in reality he had been restored by Prirssuitz. On being questioned bythejidge as to who had cured him, he re plied, "Both ; the doctor Ireed me of my money, and l'rieasnits of the pout :" this caued a Uugh against the doctor, and put an end to all cavil otthe faculty. The Austrian government, perhap the mrtst jo.iloiia in Europe in allowing the assembling of the people for any purpose whatewr, an l particularly violent against empiric, cr the sale of any mt dicit.e by any other than repu larly certificated persons, sent a commission of inquiry to liraefenberg. Thii vommiision found that the only a genu there employed in the cur- ing ofdiseaao were cold water, air, and exer cise, and they had such evidence of its bene ficial effects, and the total absence of all dan ger, even in the most advanced stage of dicase, that, on their report, the government allnwed Mr. I'riesanitt to continue his praiseworthy operations. Since that time, he has been hon ored with the friendship of some ol the R-yal Family, and by very many of the first people of the emp re. From the commencement of his mode of cure to the present time, there have been no less than 7000 persons at (Irapfenberp to aeek bis aid ; that is, from 1929 to 1842. Thtsdoes not include the numbers whom he treated before he regularly dec'ated his intention of devoting him self entirely ,to this science, nor the people of the neighborhood, to whom, whilst he yet con ducted his farm, he devoted himself with such assiduity, that what with his liibors in husban dry, and in the relief ol the sick, which latter occasioned him tn go long distance and return on foot, in all weather', by nieht and day, he very much endangered his health. For a long fine be complained of weaknes and pain in the chest. It is, however, gratifying t find, that since he has accustomed himself to ride on horseback, which he always docs when going anywhere, and has made use of his own rold fomentations, or tinischlags, for his chest, he has b?en quite restored. As his habit are so simple, (going to bed early, and rising in sum mer et four, in winter at five o'cWk, and iin mediately plung'rp into rold bath,) and as ho knows how to wa'd off rolds. or nnv other acute diseases, it msy fairly be Imped tint he will live to an advanced age. On the 4 1 h of Octo ber, 1641, he aitained Ilia lorty-spcond year; but, from the causes we have stated, he appears somewhat older. Notwithstanding his astuuni ing success, hia accumulation of wealth, (of which he is now said to possess upwards of JC'jOOCO) and the manner in which he is court rd and respected by the first nobles in Germany, Mr. Priessniiz retain all the humility of hia former humble station. Il is the custom in this country with the peasantry tn kiss the hands o their superiors, on entering nnd leaving a room lie is a man oltleep reflection, and of few words for he says but little, and rarely promise any thing ; consequently, his word when spoken are cons dered as sacred by high and low, as the respnnsesof the Delphic Oracle. Many peo pie complain that he does not talk enough, and doctors who come here to learn the treatment sny that he never explains nny thing to them With respect to the first allegation, it rnii-t he evident, tint a man who has all the year roun from TjllOto fiOO p-iti-Tits beside the peasantry of the neighborhood that may require his aid. riinnot have n preat deal of breath to throw awav. Let nny person speik to him on his own or his family's case, ami he will find his reply that ol a man of profound sense, a reply that he, Priessnitz, never wishes to retract, and for which he will give his reasons in the most unaffected manner possible. Rut with respect to the second complaint, it niii-l b a. v wed th'tt he has no very preat regard for med ical men, because no one hns suffered more Irom their vindictive feeling than himself ; be sides, he has ever found it a work ofsnperero ration tn rndenvnr to dispossess them of their prejudices; nor hna he time or inclination to enter into disputes upon a mode of treatment which he knows, as directly emanating from nature, to be always true to itself, ll-thasfrt! qoently w itnessed Ihe conduct of medical men who came to inquire into the mode of treat ment, who took a carriage at Freiwnld.ui. went up to Graefrnberg, linked at the baths, the douches, rooms, Sec., and proceeded home to decry a discovery of the merit of which they knew nothing. , That Mr. Priesn it z. has founded some snr o1" theory rn his mode of treatment, nOer so many years of successful practice, ami with the help n' that inquiring per.ins and that natural imp'T- tit'hah'e calmness which so particularly tlisttn- puishe him, there ran be liitle doubt ; nnd this theory has never failed him in bis treatment o' the must complicated diseases. Rot Iip has po time fur writine; and if he bad, he would find it extremely difficult tn explain himself ; since it is an extmrdinarr fuel, that no two ras-s are treated exietly alike. There l nodoubl that Mr. Prif ssnitz owesall hi experience to his ut ter ignm ce of medical science, which, indeed, is hi greatest advantage ; for what does the his tory of medicine offer, but the discouraging pic ture of the instability of principles, and a erie nf theories succeeding each nlher, without any one of them being able to content an upright spirit, or satisfy an inquiring mind! We can hardly expect, however, that Mr. Prieasnit will ever attempt lo give Ihe world any medical or systematic detail. This i on ly left to intelligent person and young medical practitioners, who should observe all that is nb serV'able, and communicate their ohserva'ions, so aa Inform a whole of that which ia moat important. Fortune and fame will he the re ward of any of our students who may go to i Graefeuber, and atudy the proceeding, ol this extraordinary man. To no thia effectually they 1 must be possessed of patience, aa it can only bo tudied on the spot; nothing but danger would result from acting on ihe dicta of book', as will be shown by the following rase whilst the in tho! was at Graefenberg. A person who had recently lost his wife and twn children, waa at tacked with brain fever. Mr. Priessnitz order ed him a tepid bath, in vliich he sat and wns rubbed by two men, who were occasionally changed. The man became an deranged, that t was with difficulty be Could be kept in the bath ; tn ordinary cases this disease succumbs to the treatment in two or three hours ; but the patient in this case became speechless at the end oflhis time. Mr. Priessnitz, with that Coni nes which ia so leading a feature of his charac ter, said, "keep on, until he either talks much or goes to sleep." The latter the man at last did, but not until he had been in the bath fir nine hours and a hnlf ; that i to say. they com menced at one o'clock in the clay, nnd the pa tient fell asleep from exhaustion at half past ten at night ; he was put to bed, and the next day the fever left him, and, though weak, he was a ble to walk abdiit. A similar case bad not oc curred at Graefenberg for nesrly tl.reo yeirs. This shows the difficulty of any one practising vim has not well studied the cure; ifthe practi tioner had become alarmed after the fiM twonr three hours, aed had taken the patient out of the bath to try rome other nvthod, the cense qnences might have proved fatal. Msny doe ton have been there'.snme on their own account, and otherson that of their respective govern men'e, who. after a residence rf three or four months, went away imagining that they were as great or greater professors of the science than Mr. Prir ssnitr., snd that they perfectly under stood the treatmen'. On arriving nt home they have opened institutions, end Grnrfenberg exhibit at this moment many melancholy proofs of their total ignorance p! even the first princi plea of '.ho science. The mere appl cation of cold water, in a variety of forms, appears so simple, that one constantly hears people, who do not f ven understand the composition of that element pretend that, when they arrive at home, they shall be able to doctor themselves and their friends; but thia will be found a dangerous cx pcrittiL'iit. From the Phila. Ledger. COVrtMOl'S lt.iil.UOAU. Mfssrs. Editui.r. n my last cominunica tion I have shown that the only natural channe through the Alleghany Mountains, that by tl West Branch of the Susquihanna Uicr, is yet w ithout atiy proper instrumental survey, mad w ith a view to a continuous lailroad. It is trut1 that levels have at tiillerent tunes, und by vnri on engineers, been carried along tint stream ufiording us one sort of inlorniation in respect to if, namely, the aiuoutil to ri.n and fall wine w ill be encountered. Tlie Mirvey of Messrs, Riwle, Mithell & Wilson, iu 1;25, with thote of Messrs. Millert & Ay nog, at a lt'er date luniish data tutliuient to thnw the easy grade 0! that route, lint nu accurate maps or prutil of the ground, no proof of the nec smuy distance winch a rutlrnid must traverse in reaching tli heads ot the stream, and no estimate ot Ihe co of the different sorts of work on thp several s'C lions have, to the best of rr.y know ledge and be lie, been afforded. Since writing that communication, I hav seen a lull reported lo theS na'et llarr shiir entitled "An act to inc irpor.ite the Pennsylvii nia Central Railroad Company," in w hich, lining other significant ficls, indicating that those who prepared the bill have not yet look ed ut nil sides of this question, 1 tins, that the name ot all the counties along t!m 'middle route" of Mr. Schlatter, from Ilarrisburg to Pittsburg, that is, 1) mphin. Perry, M ffin, Hun tingdon, Clearfield, Cambria, Westmoreland, Indiana and AHej. hf ny, are inserted, together with the nnuiesul cofirntssioinrs liir di-posing id the stock of thu Company, and to teiti:y when a kjlficiei.t Hiiiouiil has been subscribed lu no 1 hunzts the Governor to iustie the c'urw r. Hut no feuch coiniiiipsioiit'lti are n.iuii'il 111 l';io coun ties of Union, Northumberland, 1.) turning or C.itilon, through nhiclt lou Witt Hunch loule IllUat pats. In older to enab'e those cap talists arid others who 11 V deciie to become mtcre.-li J 111 a to the Weal to decide hov t.n they would be bale Irom future competition 111 Bin pi ing either ol Ihe route, and what other dtiiges, be tides reaching Pilt-burg, may be afforded by a ny one of litem. I will offer the lidluwinjr kittle incut, derived from the lUferenl survey ; 1. The "Southern" route contains, in a dis tance ot 20 miles, a total rise and fall of 11, 375 teet, fiom which, deducting the difference of level between llarrishuig anil Pittsburg, vu: 427 lerl. we have left 10,018 feet or rise and Ml, the half of which, 5,474 leet, is tho height of a single equivalent eminence, to be ascended ami descended by ihi route. 2. Dy the Raid Kagle and L'.nigh' pap route the distance is SCO mile, and the total rise and fall is 5,249 feel ; consequently, deducting 427 from thia, and liking ooe-halftberemtiDder, we have 2,111 f,et aa the equivalent height of a aingle mountain lo be ascended and descended. 3. The middle mute by Kishicoquilla and Coiiemaugh is 243 3(1 100 mile long; the to tal rise and fall 5 0-0 feet, and the equivalent height if a single elevation 22005 feet. 4 The middle route by Kishi-oqiiila and D ack Lick is 210 R 10 mil.- long; tn'! as cent and descent, 5 188 ' rt, and rquvalent sin gle mountain height. 2330) 'Vet 5. The middle route I y Stone Mountain und Conemaugh, has, in 237 utiles distance a total rise and fall of 5 521 3 10 fee', and art eqniva nt single elevation to be surmounted of 2517 17 100 left. 0 The middle route by Sionp Mountain and Clack Lick, which ia Mr Schlatter' "revi-ed"! and "preferred'' route, lias at a distance of 229 10 mile a total rise and fall of 5 690.5 feet, nd the equivalent single elevation to bt over come is consequently 2.031 J feet. 7. The route by the West Branch and Mit. chr-l's summit has, in a distance enlimatri at 351 miles, (but believed to be umewhat le,) total rise and fall ol 23:14 feet, and of course an equivalent elevation to overcome beyond what would be required by the absolute ascent be tween Harrieburg and Pittsburg of only 1203 ket. From these data it appears tl.nt the total rise and fall on the West Rranch route ia f-542 levt less than on the Southern. 2-120 ' Bald Eagle &.Emigh' Gin, 2167 1 Kishicoquillas and Co neinatigh, 2355 Kishicoquillas & Black Lick. 2C5S Smte Mountain and Cotencaugh, 2SC1 S'oi.e Mt. and Black Lick, this last bp'ing Mr. Schlatter's 'preferred route.' By the preceding statement it appears that the West Branch route is 121.5 miles longer lhan the preferred middle mute, and from t hi data just given that the middle route lias 2331 fi et more rise and fall thin the West Branch route, which is an average of 23 J feet per mile when distributed ovpr the difference ef length. for 2f?Gl divided by 121) 23). Now since a grade of about 19 feet per mile, will in general be equal in its retarding effect to that of friction on a level, it ia evident that the amount Bhove rhta ned of 23) feet of grnde per mile, cioiilci hy pursuing; the llrsf firnnch rovir, i, in so fur as the use of Ihe road is concerned, much more than n conn. ter-b.i'ance to the increase of distance. But as the increase is estimated from the windings of the stream, nnd not isertaineil by Areful sur veys, which alone could show how much might be saved on the West Branch route by a jud runts h cntion. the nrtital increase would very probably lull below the almve stated amount lining shown the probability of ihe West Brat.ch proving ot ea-t equal, if not superior to any of those surveyed, let u next consider what it iPer in Ihe way of collateral advantages. 1st II will at ihe Finks id' the Susquehanna be readi'y connected with the trade by railron from Pottsville, S'larnokiu, and other coal dis tricts. 21. With the Iren district tienr Northumber land, nt Danville, Riootnshurg, &c, by means of a railroad, which I 1 o.isiiler certain lo be ere It .tig constructed along the natural channel of the North branch. 3. At Wil.isiiispnrl, 92) mile above Harris. burg, which it reeche with the exceedingly ea-y average grade nt I wu feel pr mil , it find the WillinihTort and Cunra road already corn- completed 25 m.les, and de-lmed, when fiil'sh- ed, to carry 011 a fi mrishing trade with central and Northern New York. 4 At the mouth of tiie S.imetiiahoning, fG.l mile above Willtamsport, or I53.G miles above ll.irrisbiirg, and with an nverage grade for the w hole of the I itter distance of only 2 35 'eel per iiul-1, it comes to the proper point of divergence of a line lo meet Lake Rrie at the town of F-rie, in Pennsylvania, distnnce by Mr. Miller's sur vey, HI miles. 5. The West Branch line passes through a rich anil i amort ant mineral district, the trade nf which it would not be compelled to divide, (aa in rase r.fthe "middle" route,) with a line ot SiTuf U iirLti liwft fAm , as lur as (.1,11111 run ifiere is along me west Branch a hne of canal, but the surveys of 1925 prove rnnrhiiv'dy that it could never pa nvr Mite1 el's Summit for want of adequate supply of water. AH competition in this quarter isout of the question. fi. The central or middle line of the State in sn east snd west direction is twice cio-sed by the West Branch route, but the "pr-ferred" route of Mr. Schlatter, neither cros-es nor sp pro.iclies it. Sii fir. therefore, aa there i vir tue in s name, ihe West Bisnch, isst least s much entitled to be called the 'middle route" as any other. All tho rest, except that by Emtg". cap, lie wholly to Ihe south of the centre line of the Stute, and all partake more or It of the mniintaineou character of that which has been called ly wsy ol eminence the "Southern route." W.R.J, Antctlnl ofGcnctal Jackson. At the southwest the p"ople delight to spin yarn ol Gen. Jackson ; of his daring love of justice, and the prompt way of administering "that article," when he faimd it necessary. The following anecdote is related of him ; The General, Ihen Gen. J leksen, was hnlJ. ing Court lorig time ago in a shantee, at a little village in Tennessee, and rii-pees nr! ju tice in large and email do es, hp s em-d to lorn lo be required in the cases brought be ore h in. One day du'ing court t m a great bnlying ft 1. low, armed wth pistol and bowie knife, took it Upon him' If o nerTile brfi re th opnn dont of the Sian'ee C nn Hi"", ai-' dn 'he Judge, Jury, and all there "-h'pd, in pood ! t rm. Sher fi.' sung out the J. idee in nn awful tone, 'arret that man for contempt o! c u.-t and confine him ' Out pop the sheriff, but soon returned with word to the Judge that he had found it impossi ble to take the offender. Summon a poss-pe, then,' said the Judge- end brmg him before me '.' The shrriffHf out again, but the task was too difficult ; he could not, or dared not ley bands on the mar., nor did any of the possee like the job any better than he did, as the fellow threatened to shoot the first 'skunk' that came within fen feet of him. At this the Judge waxed wrsthv, to have his authority put at defiance befor. all the good peo pie of the vicinity, so be cried out from the Hevch, (it was literally a brnrk.) 'Mr. Sheriff, since yon can't obey my orders, summon me, air. yes, summon me !' Vnu, Judge!' exclaimed the sheriff arrmed. Ves, me, summon me! By the Eternal! I'll see what I can do V Well Judge, if ynvt say so, though t dpti'l like fodo it, but if you will try, why I suppose I mut try you.' Very well,' said Jackson, Tising and walking to the door, 'I adjourn this court ten minutes-' The ruffian was standing 1 short distance from the shantee, the centre of a crowd of peo ple, blaspheming at a terrible rate snd flourish ing his weanon, vowipg dea'h and detrttction to all and singular who ahould attempt to molest nun. Judfve Jackson walked very rn'mly into thrj centre of the group, with a pistol in hii I, ami, and confronted him Now,' said the Judge, looking him straight in the eye, 'surrender you infernal villain, thi. instant! surrender, or by the Eternal, I'll blow you through !' The man eyed the speaker for a mnmen', without speaking, and then let fall h s weapons with the words 'There, Judge, it's no ue, I give in,' and suffered himself to he led off by the Sheriff without opposition. lie was completely cowed. A few days after the occurrence, the man was asked by one ofhis comrades why he knock ed under to one man, when he had before refu setl to allow to be taken by a whole company ; his reply showed the estimation in which the daring and determined spirit of Jackson was held throughout the country. 'Why,' said he, 'when he comes up I 1 onkrd him in the eye, and I saw shoot, snd there wasn't s.oo in nary o'her eye in the crowd, nnd so I say to myself, says 1 ho-s, it's about tinio to ing small and so I did !' CuAsront, roa Tfacu Trr. A Fiiend of mine has jut infrrmad me of ti e snrce I e l.n met with, oy the appica':nr o' cl un eal to h x peach trees: a few vesi pro he had eo" fin trees In 1 is gard:n wh'eh n-u'VI'lv I ' 1 a 1 -. o-. my fruit; when th fruit vn rthnu' ! t 7 of rrarbb s he l.ad th ar!h removed f'nm a t- about 2 f-Pt aronr. ' s"-l .1 irrhes d-pp and' f i - 1 up with ebarem-.l ; th tesnlt wa '!at th" f'ii jrewtoafine si free from vrtrrr;anl evrrv yar since, the frint I a ben ennd. anil !'- tr became healthy and free from pion ; wlele !wi trees left without th rharcoal, continue tn h-ar wormy fruit, and the tree unhealthy ; a thi will be in time for the reader of the Cultivator to make a trial thi year, and should it pmv r good with ethers a in this rase, it would be of great berpfit to the fruit grower. If farmers will plant their rnmiVins, melon, ard other vines on land that brought corn last yearthey will rsvpr Vie troubled with th striped bug. This course bat been practised here for ma ny years, and has always proved successful, when vine plar.ted en land that has any ether crop, e en vines tbe year previous, are destroyed by tbe bug. Cl'T Foppss F.very Tanner should -foevide himself with a straw cutter. We are no r. as we ever havaVen. of the opinion that ft om ) to tha food usually consumed by our ( Bttle, during winter, might be economized sirrty J,y "chop pins " Corn but, itraw, and r , rse hay if cut, and moistened with warm wa' er, in which thera is mixed a handful ,f lt a' .,1 , i.m, rnral. p werthe purpo cf the fc hty tnJ i j, cheaper tNaft.. ToTah A,f)VANTA dgpfiny pern's ifrorarre to chargs -im tB i jPtM,opavi pric for any rem. ''y , it ihtf , ; ,nl tbe fact that the law n.soV M J'.cviaion fr the injured peron, only add ''easnesa te.ih dishonesty ef tb attion
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