issspii iiisi ii . " "-.' ! -y. - -.. V-1 ' TERMS OFxTJIli A.'HtmrA'V." H. B. MAH8ER, .," ri eu.ssaa .JOSEfH gtSEtVJ . 5 Pnorstatons.. " iy :T. B. JtlASMIttt, Kdit0t, Yk,-.-Office MknttUikUkemf Jf-Jior ' Stgre. . THE AMERlTj A IsVublished every Hetur dsy at : TWO D0LLAR8 per annum to be paid hii If yearly In advance. No paper discontin ued till AU arrearage are paid. t.' r No subscriptions received for a les period than ic mostsjs. All communication! or lettsrs on business relating to the office, to Insure attention, nit be PQ3T PAID. - - ' v ' : HeB I'LASSER. ATTORNEY AT LAW, : IU2Y8 TOY. PA DualnrM attended to in the Counties of Nor Ihuml erland, Union. Lveoming and Columbia. Refer to i P. A. Rotocbt, -Lows & Bisae. . Soxsas & Shodgsass. yi'Mlatl. " RirwoiPi, McTiatAsn A Co. '' 8mi,Gooi Ac Co., CITT ATJCTIOIT STORE, No. 31 North Third street, ( ma citt moth.) VBIIiAOBLrBXA. C..C. MACKEY, Auctioneer. TO COUNTRY fiTORE KEEPEKH. 7flVENINO 8 ALES of Hardware, Cutlery, ITJ SadJIery, Whip. BooU, Shoe. Hats, Caps, Guna, Pistols, Clothing, Watcbea and Fancy Goods, At Mackey'a Auction Store, 31 North Third ttrrft, near the City HotrL The attention of Country Mrrrhanta ie invited. The Gnode will be e Ai in Iota to euit purchasers, end allOooda offered will be warranted equal to the repreeenlstions that may be Made of them. N. B. A latfe sewortsnent of Gnode at Private 6sJe. Jn. 1. 1847. Iy CHEAP WATCHES. The Cheapest Gold and Silver Watches IN PH1LADEUMHA. jfi OLD Levers, full Jewelled, 45 OA XJT Silver do. do. 33 00 J..IJ Lepinea, Jewelled, 1 30 00 Silver do. do. 16 00 Silver Qusniers, fine qusliiv, .10 00 Hold Watebea. plain, 15 00 8ilver Spectacle. 1 75 Gold Pencila, 00 Gold Braceleti, 0 A Inn, on hand, a large assortment of G.dd and H sir Bracelets, finger rings, bresst pine, hoop ear ring, gold pena, ailver spoons, anger tonga, thim bles, gold neck, curb and fob chains, guard keys and jewellery of every docripnon, et equally low prices. All I want ia a call to convince custo mer. ' ' All kinda of Walehea end Clorka repaired and warranted to keep good time for one year; old gold or ailver bought or taken in eichauge. . Por aale, eight day and thirty hour braaa clorka, at LEWIS LADOMUS' Watch, Clork and Jewelleiy Store, No. 413 Market street, above Eleventh, north aide, Fhila fihia. . I have aome Gold and Silver Levers, still much cheaper than the above prior. Philadelphia, Dec. S6. 1846. Iy " , To The iTf . of 6. F. J. W. &, E. D. STOKES, Manufacturers of Premium Odd Fel . lows' Regalia. . ' ... So. 194 Marled Street, PHILADELPHIA, , - Pirat Clothing Store below 6th Street. . b , s THE eubacribere having taken the premium at Franklin Institute, et lite Uat i-ihibition, for the heat Regalia, thev invite the attention of the order to their establishment, where tltey will find s splendid essortment of P.O. and Eu'tnimnt Re galia. They alo make to order fur Lodges and Knrampmente. Krga'ia, Hasht-a, Coilumei and Unties, and furnish every thing requisite for the ciiviiieiiro of new Lodges or Em ampmi-nts. - ' - I. W. 8TOKE3, - E- D.8T"KKS. Pbils.lelphis.Dfc. 19, 1S46. Iy AUCTION S yORB, Na 0 North 3d sL, third door above Market Street, i IVHILASBLPHXA. SALE EVERY EVENING, of general as. aortment nt Foreign and Domestic Hardware, " "Table and Potket Cutlery, Trunks, Locke, Latcheta, Bolta. 8aw, Baildlory, Wbipa, Boots, Bhoea, Hate, Capa, Guns, Pistols, Trimmings, Clothing . : and Fancy Goods, . The attention of eitv and country dealer ia in. vited. The Good are fresh, and will be warranted equal to the repreaentalkma that msy be made of tliem. DUU'Jln, iiucrionerrt, No. e North Third st. N. B. Purchase! can have their Goods packed. Several invoicee of Goods have been received to be old at private aale. Philadelphia, Dec. 1 9th, 1846. Iy Counterfeiter' DEATH BLOW. The pu.Uk will pleaae observe that no Brandreth Pi I la are genuine, unless tha hoi haa three Is bele upon it, (the top, the ai.le and the bottom) each containing a fc-aitnile signature of my hand wriUng. thus B. BesnpaiTa. M. D Theee la. hel.aie engraved on steel, beautifully designed, and done at an eipeue of over $3,04)0. Therefore it will be eeen that (he only thing neceeaary to pro. cure the medicine in it purity, m to observe these labela. Remember tha top, the aide, and tha bottom. The following respecuvo pereone '" uulv autnon aed, and hold oBmTzrzojtTM or aobicot For tha aale of rfioVVg VtgeUbU lhuwer$a. VUb. Northumberland countv t Milton Mackey Chamberlin. Hunburv H. B. Meeeer. M'Ewens- ville Irelend &. Meizell. Northumhetland Wm. ranvth. Georgetown J. ot J. Watte. Union County i New Berlin Bogar V Win. ter. Belinsgrove Georga uu odium. Mkiuie burg Iaaae Smith. Beeveriowo David Hubler. Adamaburg Wm. J. May. Mifflinaboig Menecb cV Kay. Hartieton Daniel Long. Freebarg . 4. F. C. Moyer. Lewiehurg Walle eV Green. Columbia county t Danville . B. KeyaoUla ek Co. Berwick Shuman k Ritienhouee. Cat. tawissa C. G. BrobU. Bloonaburg John R. Moyer. Jeieey To wn Levi BieeL Waebiogton Robt. McCay. Limoatoae BaMiet fe MsNIeh. . Obearve that each Agent haa an Engraved Cer tifkau of Agency, conleioing a repreeesiUlion of ir BKANDKET1I'8 Manufactory at Sing Hiag, and epon which will ateo be aeon aiad eopiea of the racae label ateto deed mjo the Brandrtik JHM Bore. . '. 1 Philadelphia, oAca No. , North tlh street. " ' B 1 BRANDRXTH. M. D, i Juas Sitb. 1143. ' I f i- r 11 j . ' .v Absolute acquiescence in the deciaione of the By 9iatier Jb Elnelr. FB.iL.t--U The Wldew'a A ft to to Iter Son, Resulting from declaration of hia intention to 'list in the army, and break thinga in the Halts of the Montecumaa A spider, Boh, commenced his tie! One day in our kitchin, And 'twasaant long 'for it was set For careltsa (lie to pitch in. 'Twae in a gallus corner wot No broom could get a lick at, And soon the cove more fliea had got Than you could shake a ttiek at. But atill the aueker waa'nt content With aich a bang np ataahun, And almost every day he went To take a observation Of fliea a traveltin' around Upon the wall and reilin'. Till by aum children he was found And murdered without feel in'. So, Bob, take warnin' by hia fate Stkk to yoor horse and waggin; Don't gas away at aich a rate Stop budyin' and braggin' Stay where you an, and aave your tin, And don't you 'blieve the roomers About the gold and ailver in The Halls of Montecumera. I'm down on wars of nashuna, Bob ; It's or ful bad, I'm thinking For fokea to kill, and burn, and rob, Vitbout to much a vinkin'. And Bobby, dear, I can't endure The idt-ar of your goin', For you'll receive a pill, I'm sure, That p'raps Ml atop your growin'. . Wot ia the use of warrin'.so? I've got a plan, I reckon, Would save a pretbua deal of wo , : . , , ; By saving people's bacon. It ia tbie air : jiat make a ring, And let two well-match'd fellere i End the plug muee by barsraeriog i , Each otber'a eyea and amellera... , , But you atay here, Bob don't yon go, ' J ' Stay home and aell your oysters ' I've heard that that 'ere Mexico c ' Is full of monkt and cloister, n And wen tha onaket a 'Merikin, t 1 - Tka in a dungin above him. And takeaway hia things and tin, , . And make a frier of him. , , ., That apider wot I apoke about, , , At home could plenty git. Boh; And ef he had'nt venler'd on, i He might bin iivin' yet, Bob. So doo't yer to the battle go, - My darlin son, Iprayyer; , Or yoo will slip yer wind, 1 know . Some Mexikin 'II slay yer. Yer gallua father oysters cried, ' And felt proud of hia callin'. And now fur you to leave my aide, 'Taint north in elae but gallin'. . However, if you will go 'way . From me and aiater Betsy, Then all wot I have got to say It, give them Jngin$ jtny !' Sunday Mercury. Later freest Msslee. Ramored Repulae of Americans Protest of Lord Palmeretou Mexican Ports captured by American naval Forces. Prrtaascmo, Dec. 25. The express just arrived brings dates to the 19th inst., having accomplished the distance from New Orleans in six daye. By the arrival of the Maria Burt, letters and papers to the 5th Inst, from Vera Cruz, hive been received. The dates from the capital art to the 37tb ult The Mexican papers claim to have obtained an advantage over a party of A mericans, who having landed at Muleje, were resisted by the force there all day and embarked. By the courier I root Queretaro, arrived at the capital the day previous, a communication had been received from the Secretary of Legation, Mr. Thornton, covering t protest from Lord Palmereton, th British Minister of foreign af fairs, sgainat the forcible levying of taxeaagiinat the English resident in Mexico for the purpose of supporting the war. These levies were made six inonthi since, when the residents protested a gainst them. A number of letters have been received con taining the particulars concerning the arrest of Generate Worth and Pillow, but moat of the newa broukt baa been anticipated. The ports of Magadan and Guayamaa were in possession of the American naval force. Mr. Ward, a bearer of despatches from Go. vernor Mason, of Colifbrois, 1 pissed through New Orleans on his way to Washington. . -w-r-ej' tv A Msxicas officer who wss engaged in the recently fought battle of Puebla, writes to hia father that when the Americans made the at tack be thought fA day ojudgpunt Atai corns, ' "TT-T n-TN -TTT JB IL' Hi mi i.nn i e.i-- ! ' ' . . . ( v ..:- AND SUA MOKINJOUllN A L. majority, the VlUl principle of Republic, ftora which Bunburr Nortbnmbcrland Co. fifteen Dare Later fVoaa Bnrope. mroRTirrr commiKciaL irmLMoiMcg. lnterestinjr Financial Intelligence Another List of Failures Decline in the Cotton and Grain Markets Suppression of. the Civil War in Switzerland Opening of the Coun cil of State in Rome, &c, &c. . The steamship Hibernta, Captain Ryrie, ar rived at Boston at 3 o'clock on Saturday morn- in?. She sailed from Liverpool on the 4th inst. Annexed ia the Telegraphic view of the newa. It ia important to toe commercial com munity. The Britieh Parliament, for aome days, had been engaged with the subject of trade and the financial condition nf the country. It ie expec ted that measure of a salutary character would be introduced. We give the debate. The atate of Ireland ie truly frightful. The land reeks with aesassinjtioo from one end to the other. Government has proposed a coercion bill, of a very mild nd moderate character, In Switzerland the civil war has been virtu ally terminated, by the surrender of Lucerne to the troops of the Federalists. The Sonderband is deserted, and thus the hopes of the Jesuits sre fully proet rated. The affaire of Italy are in a fair way for ad jiihtment. The Pope haa npened the new Council of State of the Vatican, and his speech elicited unmixed approbation. The Royal Dank of Liverpool, the stoppage of which canard to much excitement at the time, has resumed holiness coder favorable cir cumstance. The Asiatic cholera ia stated to have advan ced to the Prussian frontier. The Prttte, of Paris states that the United States government has purchased the islands nf Lyra from Greece, and will at oncfl pay r.ff the mortgage due. (This is Greek to us. He- raid. The Washington arrived st Southampton on the 2d iust. She left New York on the 16th ult. The steamer Caledonia arrived out on the 19th ult., and tire packet ships Montezuma and Gsrric, on tlu-21th ult. The packet ships Fidelia, CapL Yeaton, and John R. Kiddy, Luce, hence, each mtdo the passage to Liverpool in fifteen days. Tbia ia equal to steam. , , ; t Th House of Itolbsehlld. The Guvernuif nte of Europe make a great parade and a wonderful display of pomposity in relation to reigning houses, j France has its house of Bourbon, Prussia that of Brandonburg, Austria that of tlapfburg and England, after trying a number of dynasties, has for 200 years been ruled by the liooneol Hanover, represented in a race of G jelplis. All theee houses, and many more, are now united under the em pire of Finai.ce, whereof the sovereign is of the house of Rothschild. The strides of that house to empire has been long and rapid, and its found ations are probably more stable than those of any other reigning family. . Buonaparte rose rapidly from the lieutenancy of the regiment La Fere to the command of Europe. A mili tary organization is not permanent however. Most ot the present families have come from as low an origin as the house of Rothschild, but they have been longer on the journey, and the frame work of their greatness wss built slowly in the Ispse of generstions, eech one of which found the platform raised somewhat. These Guelphe, whereof Mrs. Victoria Coborg ia the mort fortunate representative, have been a long time on the way. They msy be traeed back to the time of Charlemagne j and the story runs, as relsted to us by a mysterious vieux mous tache, in a gloomy tavern at Oenebrick, thus : n the year 600, Iron'orsnd, Count of Altorf, saw an old woman wlio had three children at a birth, and thinking this unnatural he called ber an adultresa. The old woman in her anger re taliated, praying that the Countess Intent ret might have aa many at birth as there are months in the year. Accordingly, while the Count waa gone to the chase, bia lady was de- ivered of twelve boy a; and leering the anger of her husbsnd she ordered the maid to take ele ven in a basket and drown them. On ber way she met the Count, who asked her what waa in her basket 8he replied, KJuelpbsl' (young dogs,) The Coun however, examined the baaket, and from the strength and likeness ot the boys knew them for hia own. He educated them secretly, end when they were grown re turned them to the mother. From that time Guelph haa been the family name, and Victoria in her faithfulness keeps up the honor ot the family. The 'Guelphe' are therefore a greit house but the Rothschild dynasty ia in the ascenden cy. The Baron Lionel de Rothschild is the first Jew member ot l'srlisment, and bis admis sion, for which special law ia required to be passed, is by the English tories considered t fa tal blow to the English constitution. If his pre sence in Parliament strikes one constitution th money of bis bouse upholds half a dozen.' At the moment when be becomes legislator for trr1 vtv .T"n n .tn ; i there ia no appeal but to force, the vital principle ra. Salurdar, Jan. I," W-is. England, his house loans the tottering dynasty of Bourbon 2o0, 000 000 franc to sustain it. We I are personally acquainted with rmtny member nf this house, and when in Germany picked up many facts in relation to them. , . . , -. . . . 1 : i 7 In the year 1740, in a little Jewish cettlc- ment in 'Frankfort-on the-Maine,' dwelt a family of poor but respectable Jew pedlars, and in that I yesr they were blessed with a son, whom they called Mayor Aneelm Rothschild. They gave him what education their small mesne would permit, but, dying when he waa at the age of eleven, left him to hia own resources. He then earned a scanty living by writing, which he soon abandoned for a trade. But his ambition was to be a priest of his religion. Fortunately for tottering dynavties of the present dsy this wish wss not sceomplished. His trado requi red him to travel; and after some years he re turned to his native place and established a small business. He soon, however, gained considers, ble notoriety as collector of old end curious coins, which brought him much in contact with persons of tank, among whom it waa a fashion to make such collections; snd finally he went to Hanover as clerk in a large banking house. Subsequently, with a few years savings, he returned to Frankfort, married, end commenced a little exchange business. His great sagacity, strict punctuality and rectitude of conduct, pu shed him rapidly forward, and toward the close nf the century the Frsnkfort hanking house had become famous, and its profit large: The bank er meantime brought tip ten children, of whom five sons were 'after his own heart;' and when he died he left them vast wealth end sn exten sive business, with the injunction to dwell in strict and unbroken unity. And the injunction then bestowed haa been faithfully carried out. The five sons conducted ss many bsnking house st the leading cspitslsof Europe. They were as follows the eldest, Aneelm, wis born in 1773, snd wss the most substantial citizen of Frankfort; and s representing the father was the hesd of the whole operations of the house. The second, Solomon, born 1774, became a citi zen of Vienna, where he ia held in high estima tion aa a man, a a well as a member in the most stupendous bsnking houso in the world. . The fourth son. Chart-, wss born in 178, and haa since 1621 conducted the house at Na pies, ' where hie popularity i equel to that nf any of his brothers; The yonnpest son, Jarnh, Wss bom in 1792, and is the bsnker for Paris, wher? he maintain a splendor that eclipses most of the nrincee or Europe. 1 he third son we have yet to mention, Nathan, who was born in 1777, and became the head of the Imdon house in 1799, and was io evrry intellectual rrsppct a riant. ' It was obnerved nf him that ehiuild tin partake of the chase it cotiM only be to hunt ele phants. , ., , - - -- These five houses, combining sll the finsn ciai resources ot Europe in ineir -movements. which were always simultaneous, have exe-riv- ed for half a century a power unseen but over, whelming. Nearly sll the government debt of Europe are their contracting. Through the warsof Bonaparte their information waaslwiy correct, and always in advance nf the British government, which wss often dependent upon them for information as well ss means of action. Although their residences were always widely ecpsrated, each controlling all within the sphere of his influence, and commanding all means of information, no important transsction wss en- tered into without consultation sod strict har- otony of opinion among them all. All comraer - cial exchanges and all movements of business were known to snd often cnntroled by the old Jew in Frankford, who could in the exercise of bis great power look with contempt upon feeble despots crying to him for help ; and the aid ask- ed depended on the assent of the five brothers. Accordingly they were courted in every pos- sible way. In 1818, they were made private commercial counsellors to the King of Prussia ; in 1815, financial counsellors to the Hessian government ; also to the Austrian Emperor, who conferred on them the rank of Barons. In 18.-10 Nathan died, leaving 53 000 000 and ae ven children, of whom four were eons. The eldest, Lionel, who had been made Knight of Isabella, by the Cat bo! ice at Madrid, and who is a Usron of Austria in right ot bis lather, ap peared in August, 1830, on the London 'Change, in the place his father had occopied for 38 years. This gentleman it ia who has become a merrber of Parliament at the expense of a change in the English constitution. The House combined haa loaned the King of tho French the money necessary to keep him on the throne a tew yesrs longer. It is manifest that as this bouse baa grown up with govern- ment debts, that ths continuance of their power is in some degree dependant upon existing go-1 vernmenta. A branch of tha House) bss been established in New York, conducted by Mr. ASguaie peimonir, a icituiru, omomon ivoina- child of Vienne. . Republics fret trade doea not seewi, however, to be the soil ia which the stupendous business of ths greet loan contrac tors will bert flourish. Arv York 7Vtf .. 1 M.VAN . and immediate parent of despotiam. Jurraasoi.. Vol. S--!Wo. Whole Wo, 3?9 -k. L.' l j.. Ll" .. Tha Massacre at Pert Ummn. A correspondent of the St. Louis . Revil'e. writing from Fort Msnn.on the Arkanass Ri ver, gives some further particulars of the rwirwa- ere nf the Santa Fe battalion of the Pawnees: We bad quite a melee out here on the after nnnn of the lflth November, the particulars of hich sre ss follows! About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, some of our men descried a party of Indians coming down the heights opposite the fort, on the other side of the river. Not know- ine what their intention might be.Capt. Pelzer, then in command, ordered the troops to beat "to arms." By this time the Indians had crossed the river, and encamped about half a mile below the fort. They were over one hundred in num ber. Their chief and three others advanced to wards na with a white flag, when they were met by Capt. Pelzer, company C, and Lieut Tuttle, company E, and rmbraced in the warm est manner, when they all returned to the fort, alternately smoking the pipe of peace, CspL Pelzer took them around outside the quartets. showing them one thing or another, in the meantime firing off one of the brats pieces, which appeared not la disconcert them in the lesst. At the report, about sixty came up a coun cil of the officers had been held to decide upon some measures to be taken, the concluaion of which waa to take them all prisoners. After strolling about outside for some time, they in. duced them tn enter the fort, which they readi ly consented to, and seated themselves in a cir cle inside. The guard was then ordered to bring in a few that had remained outside; but they bees me alarmed at this movement, and one of them, who had been taken in by the guard, ss he approached the circle, harangued for a few moments, when they all rushed aim ulianenusly for the gate. We were now order ed to fire on them ; thoso who had their guns loaded did so, and the balance commenced load ing and firing. A number of our men were outside of the fort at the time, and without their guns and in their hurry to reach these, they ru shed into the fort, exposing- themselves to the fire of our own men, snd it seems almost miracu lous that not one of them was hurt. - The Indians were pursued some two miles from the fort, when wo returned. Three were shot down the firot volley we fired one killed, the other two wounded. Three were in Capt. Prlzer's quarter at the lime, one of them, how ever, endeavored to effect his escape by rush ing out of the room through tha gate, and had so tar succeeded as to gt about fifty yards from the fort, when he wns'shot down. 'Amid this confusion and excitement, a shot was fired by one of the remaining Indians in the room, but without doing any dnmage.' The guard then commenced Print? in on tlient from the door and window of the roou where they were con craled; and the Indians, to prevent being too plainly seen, commenced throwing on the fire pitch materials aa came in their wsy, such aa officers' cloaks, coats and uniforms, &c., tasano- 1 ther it . .. . ' i . One of litem had encased himself in an artil- lery-insn s uniform, hoping by means to effect his eecspe, but to no effect ; they were perfect- iy riddled with balls, aa also waa the clothing I and effects of the t flicers who occupied the quar- ters. There were in all four killed, two taken prisoners, and some fifteen or twenty wounded. I They were a party of Pawnees, supposed to be the same that has troubled our trains so much It hia last summer. It might be well hereto 1 state that Capt Kosialowskl and Lieut Tuttle, I who were opposed to bringing them into the fort, did not participate in any of the proceed ings, otherwise than obeying positive orders of Captain Pelzer, who was than in command. Gen. Price. Mai. Beall. Lieut. Prince, ar.d eK.orti ,rrj,ed here on the 19th. and were re- Ccived with militsrv honors. Ther remained here but a few hours, beitig em tout for Ssnta Fe. Col. Gilpin, with the two mounted com panies, left here on the 9th, for the Big Timber, about one hundred miles from here. Jous Fitch. While Juhn Fitch, the man celebrated in his connection with the stestn boat, wss confined on Prison Uland, he mate himself a set of tools with scarcely any nieana at bis command. His tools were an sze, bsod- saw, chisel, iron wood-wedge, shoemaker's bam mer, fore-plane, auger, grindstone, jack knife stream dyed w&h blood, and gradually aasum blade, and aome old hoop iron. With these ing i:s former smooth surface !,i waa evident tools he constructed nii-e wooden tiuie-pieces, three hundred pairs of braes sleeve buttons, eighty paira ofsilver ones, repaired buttons and j engraved name. John Filch waa the most in. genious snd contriving msu that ever lived. . Scientific American. Fashion vs Fesxivu. a little girl, bearing her. mother say tUi kha was going into half rnour-iog, inquire Art sny of our folks ( tlfod I Ths friendship, of an artful man ia mere self. interest; you' will get nothing and lot much by it. trit-Srm I nil ii I,. , rinqEs or Aovcn-risisYC. ' " "I squats I insertion, T- 7" ' .' ' ' ft) S - I do ' le ' V . o T - 1 , d , 8 d : . -, . . . 1 fttf , Evriry tulisfoeul insertion, . . . . j.l Vearly Advertiserornlsi one column, f M ; tVj Column, f IP, three squares, f,lJJ two squares, 'J ; one square, f.". Half-yearly t onecolumn.fi; half column, (It t three sqeares, 9 ( tworqosres, $rt one square, $3 80. , j- Advertisement left without direction a to the length of time they are to be published, wilt he continued until ordered out, and charged accord ingly. 3Hiiteen line or Ire make a aquare. From the Germantown Telegraph. v Economy of Fnddar, . Too many farmers, I.far, are obnnxions to the charge ot being "penny wise and one pound foolish' in some of their aft iir. In the fend mff of stock, for instance, farmers who are scrnpu loiisly vigilant in applying the most rigid prin ciples of prudence in other matter, are shock ingly remiss. My object in the present com municstion is not so much, however, to censum ss to offer a word of advice to thoeo whom f ran b-jt regsrd as negligently inattentive to their own interests, and to whom consequently, a (r kindly and timely suggestions may be tx-ni fi- ciaL The subject to which I wish at present more particularly to solicit attention, is the economising of fodder a subject certsinly, in this climate, of transcendanl importance, and to which every one who has the care and manage ment of a stock of cattle, watchfully to attend. It haa been repeatedly demonstrated and by ex periment that the simple process of cutting fod der for horses and neat stock, will effects very considerable saving. This is a process easily effected. The machinery, or instrument, ra- ud for thii purpoiet j, extremely simple and of small cost. A single operative will cut a sufficiency of straw, hay, butts or topstslk. in an hour for fifteen head of cattle, and this fodi.r so cut, moistened with a little warm water, (if the weather be cold,) and fed out with a slight quantum of meal will be twice as effectual in promoting the growth of the animaW, as it fed to them in its uncut state. No "orti" are made in this wsy, and the !srg and coarse are devoured instead of being thrown, away. , By adopting thia economical system of (ceil ing his refuse, a farmer msy easily convert all his straw, stalks, &c, to a valuable uee. If be has plenty of these materials, he msy, if he thinks it judicious, mix hay with them in such proportions aa to him may appear tn be best cal culated to promote the animal's health ard growth ; or he may mix straw, stalks snd hay, and then add water, meal and salt. This 1 find makes a rich feed, and ia excellent for milch cows, snd by msny is considered superiour to hay and grain. In some instances I have added boiled potatoes to the above materials, which is doub'.lees a valuable addition, but objectiona ble where one has a Urge stock, on the score of its expense. . 1 now prefer feeding the potatoes eeperate and in their natural stale say once a week. Thia preventa coetivenesa and as the potatoes are laxative, conduces greatly to the animal's health. If thoeo who have tested the plan, will adopt it, tbey may rest assured of the best results. Let every fanner and stock-feeder, therefore, give it fair trial ; the expense will be emtll, and far more than refunded in the firrt week. In England especially in all the test farm ing" regions, the chopping ot fodder, even Eng lish hay for horsea and other stock, is prnctised as regularly as the grinding of corn. Hay and straw cutters of superior construction, arc thoro eeen on sale in all'the principal warehouses and agricultural depots, and are found in most of tha barna and stables throufjSmt the New England States. : A Practical Fabmui. Fish Fiohts. Every one ia aware of the fe rocious contests which often take plsce among the higher animals during the season of lovo snd gallantry ; but few, we believe, will be pre pared to find the ssma fueling raging at fierce ly among the cold-blooded denizens of the wa ters, though the poet haa given his word for it, "that even an oyster may be crossed in love." Such, however, is the case, if we may cred t the subjoined paragraph from the "Elgin Cou rier." "While several cutter-men (of the Pre ventive Service) were on their rouuds the other day, and bearing along the Findhorn, between Glenfeneaa and Dulcie Bridge, they oUcrvr.d an unusual commotion among the spawning; bed ef tbe ford. On approaching the spot, to large male salmon were aeen engaged ia mortal combat fur tbe possession of a female. ' Never did chivalr e knights contest for the band ef "ledy fair" more fiercely than those) , buirdsly - ! lords of the flood. Tranquil bosom of the sire rn was lashed into foam by the atrugrlcs of tha finny antagoniata ; in tb meantime tb abject of tbe fray was besting silently about, "specie- - tress of the fight" From thoerjpes sense of the that tbe contest was over. '. Ort of ike salmon at last floundered on tbe surfs dead ; and the victor it may be conjecturxL exbaustedly bote 1 off his prise. The men, who bad tho curiosity to watch tbt fight, as a proof of the story, con veyed the desd. salmoo to tbe nearest dwelling. Tho victor bad ton off ths fleoh along tbe back from brad to tail, to the very bone, lo tho movemer.t oC salmon-spawning, tbs miles have often Ijeen seen chaiing etch other; but such. fray, as this baa not been witnessed by 1 aa oldest fisher or poacher on tbs FWlhun.' The first veyage made direct to Cbiua by ao American Ten!, in 113 J.
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