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Volnme VUL, Wmnter 13.
Whole Nnmbcr 377. '
H. 0. BICKOK, Editor.
LEWISBURG, UXION COUiNTYrPEM; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1851,
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Among tli customs of our ancestors, honored 'more In
the breach than hi the observance, if that of Cmwnln.;
to May Quan. It wma my plraaur aom time sine, to
witnaa a miniature representation of thia ancient
fssUval. Tha caremetiT of the Comnatlon waa beau
tifully incorporated into the exercises of a Sunday School
celebration, while on an xrureion into the country. The
Candida ta for royal hottore waa one of tha loveliest crea
tnra oat of an antral band. She waa stationed on an em
inence where every eye could see Tuer, and the entire com
pany war spread out before her is the form of an obknur
guar. On either aide of her were the Garlandcr and
Sceptre Bearer, while her maldi of honor staeid aV.ut her
a if to guard the aacred person of their Quean. Al the
note of sweet music were dying away in Die wnedn, the
tiarlander stepped forth, and hung around the neck of
the lovely fairy a richly prepared Garland, with these
srorjl:
GAnLANfiKR'S AII)RE5S.
Now around live, Quran an lovely.
Sea as place thia Garland fair,
While the sky smiles awaet a bore thee.
And the flowers perfume the air.
Iet its aimpl beauty more tho
To accept the gift w bring;
let it tell how much we lore thee.
While th woods and Tallies ring.
Her we hail thee here approve thee
lake the Garland, lovely Queen.
After this exhibition of loyalty, the Sceptre Bearer pice
entrd hereelf before the Quen, and placed in her hands
itha voibtem of regal authority, tints :
SCEPTRE BEIKER-S AIlPUKSg,
Tlere where all is bright and preen,
Sway thy sceptre, lovely Queen;
Happy hearta that Keel uday,
Hail ther as the Queen or la&
Jt thy reign he one of love,
- Let thy throne be Flora's grore;
Joys that deck this sunny hour,
find a smile in every flower.
O'er thy empire 'bright and green.
Sway thy Sceptre, lovely Queen.
When the little twenty had been thai inverted with the
insignia of royal pewer, she smiled sweetly on her hajipy
nuajertJ, and responded, aa follows:
JlEKX'S ADDRESS.
This diadem fair with pleasure I wear,
Rejoicing- in subject so dear;
The sceptre I sway as Queen of th May,
Win never engender a fear.
My Jove will o'erwhelm the whole of my realm,
And smiles will attend on my laws;
And all on the green will flock to theirQueen,
With flowers supporting rter cause.
And when as the sun has left us and gono,
I give np my crown ef a dayt
IM all of ns own the King on the Throne,
Who reigns in a land far away.
The wh-'lc cercanony ended with an ode of recognition,
when the entire company fireaaed forward to pay their
personal respects to their newly crowned sovereign.
There is a beautiful simplicity in a arena like tlila, that
recommend it to thoaewhoministerroyoathrul pleasure.
Who does nat feel his soul moving wit hin him, when
XVmpetcr sings the lay of the plaintive maiden ;
"I'm to be Queen of the May, mother
I'm to be Qneen of the May !
If our principle are not too radically republican, we
may yet ae a Qwecn crowned in Buflalo Valley.
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Who is the Greatest ?
Charles West and William Jarvis bad
just begun to stady history, and they were
much pleased with the stories of kings.
whose nencs anu power were the wonder
of the work, and whose armies conquered
all opposing nations.
They are delighted with the account of
the splendid cities, with their huge walls,
their vast temples filled with gold and sil
ver vessels, and their stately palaces.
''0, what great men there were in those
days !" said Charles. "There were Cyrus
and .Xerxes, and Alexander tho Great,nn1
I can not tell how many more. Wc do
not have such kings now, do we ?"
"No, Charles," answered William. "Do
you remember the funny story about the
Persian king, Xerxes, who wrote a letter
to Mount Atbo, commanding it to re
move out of the way of his army, and who
ordered the sea to be beaten because it des
troyed his'boats.
'He was a mighty ling, bnt I do not
think that the mountain obeyed him, or
that the fea became more quiet for bis
orders. He might command armies, but
to rule the sea Was another thing."
"Then, William, there were the queens,
too ; the kings of this time were nothing
to them. There was Cleopatra, who sailed
in a vessel with silken sails, and who "was
rowed by beautiful girls with silver oars."
"My children," said. their teacher, who
had overheard the conversation, "I see
you arc talking about great kings and
queens, and wish to see them."
"Yen, Miss Orne, and I wonder who
was the greatest person in the world V
said William.
"Charles thinks Cleopatra was a great
queen, because she lived in such splendor.
Let me tell you something more about
her.
"She was one of the most wicked and
cruel persons that ever lived; and it is
paid that she poisoned her little brother,
Lnjuiead been appointed king; but it isnot
i kcf'ping,hat Efcc did. She was wicked
ursc his children in their father's memory-
Sir Edward Bulwer's much talked of
y'.ay, "ot So Bad as Wc Seem," is Not
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of
a foolish bet that be would drink a large
bowl of wine,' be brought on a fever, from
the effects of which he Micd. He was a
tyrant of the most cruel kind.
"At one time Le became enraged at one
of bis faithful old soldiers, for having told
him that his father, Philip, had done grea
ter things than he, and, seizing a spear,
he killed him on the spot. And jet, this
same old soldier had once saved the life of
the cruel kino- in battle.
"But there is one woman who will be
remembered with love and respect when
kings and queens, with all their splendor,
arc forgotten. They may build monuments
of marble, and brass, and iron; but they
will decay, while her's will last forever,
and its touching inscription time can never
efface.
" '.She had done what she could,' says
the Saviour; and if you will read the
twelfth chapter of Mark, I think you will
agree with nic, that this woman is more
worthy of our remembrance than Cleopatra,
with her silken sails and silver oars.
"And no doubt you will remember one
who said to the wave's, 'Peace be still ; and
even tha wind and the waves obeyed him."
"Oh yes, Miss Orne, I see what you
mean," said Charles ; "and it was foolish
for me to. be so charmed with splendor that
is minclcd with so much wickeduess. To
be gol is to be great ; and wc should
have thought of that, William, when we
were studying our history."
Miss Orne siuilsd, and continued; " I
will tell you of John Howard, who traveled
over nearly the whole of Europe, visiting
prisons, and trying to relieve the wretched
inmates, many of whom were entirely in
nocent, or standing by the bed of the sick,
to give them the healing up, and speak
words of kindness to the poor sufferers.
But I am sorry to add, that tLis truly
rcrpai in.m flic, nf tlw J:imia e f,rr!l.!c
disease, while he was attending upon the
sick.
"At this time, there is a lady by the
name of Miss Dix traveling through our
country, visiting jails, prison, and asylums
for the insane; and it is said, that when
she talks and prays with the poor lunatics
tliojr ore perfectly calm aad ruict, &.nd
seem almost rational.
"Such is the power of love and kindness
over those eTen from whom reason has
fled. Xow, can you tell who is the great
est person ?"
"I think I oan tell you," B.i William.
"The person who docs all the good ho can
is the greatest, no njatter how humble he
is: for Christ said the poor widow had put
more into the treasury than all tho rich,
because she had given all she had."
"You are right, and learn from this to
be great by being cnod, the only true
greatness, and the only lasting happiness.
The Contribution Box.
Old Parson Pine, of Ncwburyport, was
a very eccentric personage, ana seiaom
did a Sabbath pass but what he set the
whole congregation into a broad grin by
his queer remarks. The boys of tho day,
like those of the present generation, were
sometimes a little mischievous, and occa
sionally when the contribution box was
passed around, buttons were nearly as
plenty as dimes. The good old parson had
noticed this and determined to put a stop
to it. Accordingly on Sunday, he an
nounced that a collection would be taken
up for the poor, and, said he, "If any man,
woman, boy or girl, finds it necessary to
drop a button into the plate, let it be one
with a good eye, for when the eyes are
bent down the button ain't worth a wisp of
straw.
Is a Dog Property.
A case recently came before Judge Sill
of Buffalo, involving this question. One
of defendants was a justice of the peace,
the other made complaint against plaintiff i
for stealing his dog. The Justice issued a
warrant, &c., and suit was brought to test
the question, whether a dog can be. a sub
ject of larceny.
Judge Sill said, " I am inclined to
change the rule which has long prevailed
on this subject, for I can not see any good
reason for such a doctrine. Bogs have be
come valuable and almost necessary do
mestic animals. They are raised and kept
for purpose of sale and barter, and Certain
ly have an intrinsic value. The Supreme
Court of this district have held that a dog
can be the subject of a civil action and I
will set the ball in motion by deciding for
the defendant, and bold a dog can be the
subject of larceny.
Fire in toe Coal. In Wales a fire
has been raging in a coal mine for twenty
six years, and has consumed, it is compu
ted, $500,000 worth of coal. Within five
years after its commencement it was great
ly restrained by the construction of an
enormous wall which cost 80,000. At
tliau we Den u ' .
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an auspicious day.
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Incident to be Remembered.
"There's something good in human nature, after all."
Bi'Lwta.
A few years ago, while passing over the
Pennsylvania State improvements, the
writer was a witness of one of those scenes
of genuine kindheartedness which makes
the heart thrill with an unutterable bless
ing, and fills the miiid with involuntary
consciousness that there is "something of
the angel still'' in our common nature.
At a point this side of the mountains,
where occurred the transhipment of pass
engers from the west, was moored a canal
boat, waiting the arrival of the train ere
starting on its way "through" to the cast.
The captain of the boat, a tall rough, sft
cmbrowncd man, stood by his craft, super
intending the labors of his uic when the
cars rolled up, and a few moments after, a
party of about half a dozen gentlemen came
out, and deliberately walking up to the
captain, addressed him something after this
wise "Sir, wc wish to go on east but
our further progress to-day will depend on
you. In the car we have just left is a
sick man, whose presence is disagreeable.
We have been appointed a committee by
the passengers, to ask that you will deny
this man a passage in your boat. If he
goes, ire remain what say you?" Gen
tlemen'replied the captain, "I have heard
the passengers through their committee,
lias the sick man a representative here ?"
To this unexpected interrogatory there was
no answer, when without a moment's
niiiisn- trii r.iTitnin rrnseil river fn flip mr.
and entering beheld iu one corner, a poor,
enunciated, worn-out creature, whose life
was nearly eaten up by that canker-worm,
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consumption. 1 be man s head was Irowed
in his hands, and he was weeping. The
eaptaiu advanced and spoke to b.ru,kinJli.
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looking up, his face now lit With trembling
uui sir; sam tuc Fuiverini; invuiui,
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are you the captain and
will you take me ? God help me ! Tho
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pestilence and are so unkind, lou sea
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sir, I am dying but oh ! if I am spared to
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reach my mother I shall die happy. She
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lived in JSurlinirton, sir, aod my journey u
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more than half performed. I am a poor
printer, and the only child of her in whose
rms I wish to die!" i
' I 'mi thall go ! replied the captain, "if
I lose every passenger for the trip!"
By this time the whole crowd of passen
gers were grouped about the boat, with
tliel borage piled up on tbe patb, and
they them selves awaiting the decision of
the captain before engaging their passage.
A moment more and that decision was
made, as they beheld him coming from
the cars, with the sick man cradled in his
stout arms. Pushing directly through the
throng with his dying burden, he ordered
a mattrass to be spread, in tho choicest
spot of the boat, where he laid the invalid
with the care of a parent. This dune, the
captain directed the boat to be prepared for
starting.
But a new feeling seemed to possess the
astonished passengers that of shame and
contrition at their inhumanity. With one
common impulse they walked aboard the
boat, and, in a few hours after, another
committee was sent to the captain, entreat
ing his presence among the passengers in
the cabin. lie went; and from their midst
arose an aged, white-haired man, who,with
tear-drops starting in his eyes, told that
rough, sun-embrowned roan, that he had
taught them, all'sson that they felt
humbled before hitn and that they asked
his forgiveness. It was a touching scene.
The fountain of true sympathy was broken
up in the heart of nature, and its waters
welled up choking the utterance and fill
ing the eyes of all present. On the in
stant a purse was made up for the si -k man,
with a generous contribution from the cap
tain, and the poor invalid was started with
a "God speed I" on his way home to die
in the arms of hit tnotlter !"
The true-hearted captain of that boat
was Gen. Samuel D. Earns, and the
above incident is worth remembering.
Correspondence of the Blair County Whig
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Mr. Riddle, the American Agent at the
World's Fair,says he honestly believes that
the Americans havcwithin the Chrystal Tal
ace the best pjano fortes, the bcst.carriages,
wagons, and coaches, the best ploughs and
winnowing machines, the best cotton, and
the best dentist's tools, dentist work, and
labor-saving machinery, and that, injustice
be accorded, we shall receive upoWthem
all the highest premiums. In the depart
ment of tools and labor-saving contrivances,
which abound in every workshop in the
United States, the representation at the
Fair is lacking.
Floods. The recent rain floods in the
region of the upper Mississppi river have
raised the waters to a point six feet higher
than was ever before known. Hundreds
of thousands of acres of land have been
submerged, destroying the results of years
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A Perilous Position.
Joseph Scifried, who has contracted
f o paint the spire of the Presby U rian Church
on Main street, ascended on Thursday af
ternoon, to within some six feet of the top,
by ingeniously attaching block-and-tack-lc
to a hook, and fastening the lower end to
a large basket. He took passage for the
upper regions ire -that frail barque, and
reached an elevation of 1 52 feet from the
ground. Having been drawn up as high
as the apparatus would admit, and wish
ing to fasten a wire tp tht topmost spire,
he climbed up tho rope and stood upon the
tackle blnpk, "holding with one hand to
some projecting pieces of tin," while he
arranged the wire with the other. While
iu this perilous position, he felt himself
growing faint, and his grasp relaxing. He
immediately slipped down into his basket,
where he lay, nearly exhausted, some 10
minutes, with his head projecting over one !
fide of the receptacle, and his feet over the
opposite. It was almost enough to sicken
a landsman to view thrTtVat. Had Mr. S.
fallen from the peak of tho steeple he
never would have known what hurt him !
Chilicothc Gazette.
Mormon Outrages at Beaver Island.
The miscreants, who have gathered
themselves together upon Beaver Island,
under the title cf Mormons, arc making
rapid and sure progress in the degress of
criuiavwhich lead from adultery, theft, ar
son, and robbery, tc deliberate murder.
It Will 'be recollect by Our readers,
!that w,e P""" duruj? tlic Pst t(.
8everal communications, from the Island,
! ,uonf hh was onf 'PV,B8 ,,,c
, Ifira nr thai liitrnino nr f lip rlTrf.llinrr nnnana
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of two men by the name of Bennett These
I TlpnnMfs rp not Mrtrmnno. nor li:.r tlipv
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iot tue I.Iantl, airi to be owners of property
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! troit jail, and IS under Various indictments,
has long soueJit the nSla of these men, as
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i well as that of other "Gentiles, aa he
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' styles them : and his threats "todrive them
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frnnr the Islarrnl, dcava am akro, ar been
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'bo often repeated as to excite no apnrcBcn-
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nilis, u uiii iuw vuiuiui: vi 1,1111 a. uutuci
during tbe past winter by Lira ; since
which event the inhabitants of the Island,
not Mormons, hare kept a close and con-
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Slant waicn upon iiicir nouses anu Drorjertv. ,
The conditions p6n which Strang of-
foeo.1 imroaaity to these persons,
that thev should become Mormons, and
yield themselves up to be governed by
Jlormon laws. Not seeing fit to oomply
with this revolting alternative, these "Gen
tiles" have been constantly and particular-
ly pursued in various ways; at times by
mock litigation, and at other times by in
roadsnponthcirrightsandproperty,without
color of law, until the last week, when they
assembled at tbe dwelling houses of Thomas
Bennett, armed with rifles, pistols, knives,
.cc, and bearing, as they said, a Mormon
precept, authorizing them to sciie his per'
son, and take his property. Upon their
approach, Bennett closed his doors against
them, telling them Brt to enter; upon
which they fired some forty shots into the
house, the effect cf which was to drive T.
Ijennott forth to seek safety in flight; but
when he had gained a few rods, he fell
dead, pierced by five riflo balls, and forty
buck shot
They next pursued the other Bennett,
who k fled instinctively; but after going a
few rods, remembered tiie condition ot nis
poor wife, (who was alone in the house,)
and returned to receive their shot just as
ho crossed the threshold.- His hand -was
cut in two by the shot,, and the wound
may not be mortal. The fiends then took
the dead body of Thomas Bennett, and
dragging it by the hair of the head to the
boat, threw it in, and compelled Samuel
Bennett, the wounded man, to folloV and
sit down by it; they then drove the dis
tracted woman after them into the boat,
and took them a distance of five miles to
the Harbor, where they held a port mortem
examination on the body of Thomas Ben
nett, with a jury composed of Mormons,
with the exception of three persons, who
were "Gentiles;" at which, it was proposed
by the Mormon jurors, to bring in a ver
dict that Benutt came to his death while
resisting the law; while the persons who
were not Mormons decided, that Bennett
was deliberately murdered.
A fearful excitement prevailed towards
the miscreant Morraonsamong the Indians
on the island, who hate and fear them, as
well as among the white population who
are not Mormons, and they were restrained
from executing summary vengeance upon
the murderers only through the'nrgent ad
vice of Messrs. M'Kinley, Bowers, Moore,
and Einsmore, who had persuaded them to
await thejexecution of the laws of Michi
gan upone wretches. ,
P. M: McKinlcy, from whom we gain
er the foregoing revolting particulars, is a
businessman of character and integrity,
and Deputy United States Marhal,far
above the reach of afpertion fiom Strang
and his minions. lie- has been himself
persecuted by that man, and has never
complained , but rather sought by kindness
to overcome their hostilty. He was a res
ident of tho Island long before the Mor
mons went there, and has invested a large
amount of money there, in building, fbliing
apparatus, &c.
We hope to see efficient measures taken
by the ministers of the laws of Michigan,
to vindicate its authority, by the arrest of
the actual murderers of Thomas Bennett,
and by the indictment of the miscreant
Strang as an accessory before the wet.
Detroit Adeertiaer, June 12.
DEDICATED TO ITER FRIENDS OF TIIE PAST,
fl'.UK.NT. AND rCTLKK.
HI aURll aofaac.
1 m thinking of lite dear odm. wbo lorerj aw wbon child,
Of ttitwurdj of watchful Wndcrum thsvl checked each
Impulw wild.
Of tb bok of Iot unapoktB,tha thrilled my heart with joy,
Wlitn eartVt hope were brightly glowing, mill unmixed
by bane alky.
There golden boars of childhood that pawed 00 cwift.y e'er,
Tbe heart felt, pore aflectioa that may be mAom no more,
1 Uimk I srarcaly prized eaMigh in tbeer glad dayaof youth,
for time enhance-1 greatly the worth of tun and truth.
Ai I think of eyes that ererloTe'f tenderneM mealed.
And Upe that only bleeaed me, in death now clotely eealed.
And know Uiett taring looka and tenet can Le er be mine
A iene of utter londincr comet ttealing o'er my brain.
There were others toowhe lored me tn long depart yeara
Who Celt a kindly eympathy in all my joya and feara,
Who tho th-y yet are living, no more on earth 1 aee.
And I of lea loudly wonder if ihry tli 1 remember me.
Vet e'en if I'm forgotten, the past from me a till claima.
A blciwinir on thir hrta. a AmAum on tltrlr nfttnv
I And fi r th- love that once waa mine, litv't fuodeft. trueat
charm.
God iihielU them wherceot'r they are from trerj woeor baza;
There are those perchance who lore ae yet lins'ring near
me now, front my brow,
Who would gladly eha"t each ahadow from my heart and
Who tho all beilde fbrrake me, 1 know will ever be.
In all tbe untried future, true, faithful friends to me.
Tetlimctinmfearthey'RthiakingtAattheirloTe in all in
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y''a" worosor ywaru act t now t glv unm
But ifthey knew the yewviing of mj heart towanls them
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, OhJ mj heart, very grauful, and .arm lean bedim mj
eyes, irize.
And their par, and triad affection I well know bow to
Ttou- my Hpe a7 an to alter the gratttoJe I tel.
And a look of stoic calmness ever; tender
If It were not for the lor, Oar I've, and kindle arnrjntlr ,
The earth woald be drear, spot, harrsn vast to mi
Tij thia Imparts new impnlars to lead me on thro' life.
That helpsme bear its burdens, anjapboldm raite strife.
I am wond'rrnic, too, m years to come what friends mr lift
nay bless, press:
IVhat eye wiU look hi love on toe, what hand my own will
1'nto what heart in sorrow's hour for comfort I will turn
For this la all of future love Td ever care to learn.
j ' " rrataful for what lor was mine and all tbat now la
j Q earnestness of spirit I lift my eyes to heaven,
! And pray, whate'er of darkness or sorrow may be mine.
TV- hw .ma .ftMtun .till nnllmtaul mi M.a mav
abine.
Llghtnlng.
So long as lightning is occasioned tncrcly
ikr SI.a .Ahnn nf two elntlifQ nnt tlw. Kllfrhr.
, ' ;a .hl.l. fhnler
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being only a report, is perfectly harmless
at all times. But when tho electricity
comes within the attraction ef the earth,
either by a cloud crossing over a lofty
mountain, or sinking near the earths sur
face, it passes down from the cloud to the
earth, sometimes rolling along like a larg?
ball, clearing out of its way everything that
offers resistance to it ; thus it will often
tear up trees, set houses on fire, and even
destroy animal life, should it impede its
progress. This ball is a liquid in a state
of fusion, and not (as has been supposed
by some persons unacquainted with the
science) a metallic substance called thun
der bolt. There are metallic substances
sometimes precipitated from the air; these
arc termed aerolites and have nothing to
do with the electricity of storms. As soon
as the clouds disperse, which is usually
a vivid flash of lightning, and a very loud
clap of thunder, the rain descends, the elec
tric power is destroyed, and the storm
ceases. Although storms arise from what
may be called the accidents of nature, and
are of great importance as an effort of an
ture, by which the atmosphere is cleared
of all those impurities it imbibes from their
dangerous tendencies, and the terrors to
which they give rise, they are productive
of much advantage. SJiarp's London Mag
azine.
Will Said; Ths Providence (R. I.)
Journal remarks :
"There arc many thousands of people
amidst the magnificence and splendor of
the British capital to whom the labor of a
sugar plantation would be ease, and the
fare of the negroes in the slave states a
luxury that they never dreamed of. The
numbers and condition of the poor in Eng
land should leave Englishmen no sympa
thies to waste upon distresses beyond the
range of their own vision.'
"If I had 30,000 children," said a ven
erable doctor "I would rear them all in
Virginia, that they might learn the value
of themselves, for I never knew a Virgin
ian that did not have a very high opinion
of himself."
The Boston Post accounts for the re
cent cold weather by supposing that Sir
John Franklin, going through the north
west passage, forgot to ehut the door after
him.
Novel Reading.
Tt can not but be injurious that the hu
man mind sbonld never be called into ef
fort. The habit of receiving pleasure
without any exertion of thought by the
mere excitement of curiosity and sensibili
ty, may be justly ranked among the worst
effects of habitual novel reading. Those
who confine their reading to such books,
dwarf their own faculties, and finally re
duce their understandings to a deplorable
imbecility. Like idle morning visitors,
the brisk and breathless periods hurry in
and hurry off in quick and profitless success
ion, each indeed, for the moments of its
stay prevents the pain of vacancy, while
it indulges the love of sloth ; but, alto
gether, they leave the mistress of the house
(the soul I mean) flat and exhausted, in
capable of attending to their own con
cerns, and unfitted for the conversation of
more rational guests. S. T. Coleridge.
Grkat Tcskf.R 3Ieetixo. Tho gene
ral conference of the Tuukers (or Dun
Lards) is now in session near New Hope,
Augusta county, a. 1 he bUunton Spec
tator says:
It is composed of preachers from every
part of the United .States, where the sect
prevails. We were at the meeting on
Sunday, and are satisfied from personaloh
servation, that it was the largest assem-j when passing from its milky state to that
blage of people ever drawn together in this t of complete harJness,and when the kernels',
part of the country. Various estimates of ! without being "sticky," are yet not suflki
the number present were made by some 1 ently hard to resist the pressure" of the
persons familiar witlr large crowds, rang -
ing from five to ten thousand. Besides
the people, there were from ten to fifteen
acres of horses, m the woods. There , 01 lne mass; anu tins, it is abundantly es
seemed to be one or more horses tied to; tablished, may be as well perfected after
every tree, as far as the eye could pene- j e raw has been cut, as before. Beside,
trate the dark forest, contiguous to the ! tiit is allowed to stand till it is fully
church.
''This General Conference is the highest
Judicatory known to the Tunker church,
and is held orrce a year. We believe this
is the first time it has been held in Vir-'
ginia for many yean.
The Tunkers, as a class, constitute a
n;n rS mi- -orvr twaf j TJipv
are industrious, thrifty, honest, irvnd and
kind-hearted in the extreme.''
Artful Dodging..
The Pastoral Convention of Orthodox
Congregational Ministers of New Hamp-
sairev at tJI iit racetrair. having- hwn
requested to take action on the subject of
the Fugitive Slave Law, voted to lay the
question on the table, "for thonyht ami
deliberation for tnte year then to be made
the order of the day immediately after the
public exercises in the afternoon." This
reminds us says the Tribune, of the boy J
who, being commanded to drive the pigs j
out of the corn-field, replied, "Mother, ;
please reduce your request to writing, and
when harvest is over I will take it uuder
consideration."
Havre de Grace Bank.
Ezra Collier, Cashier of the above
named Bank, whose trial on a charge of
embcnling the funds of the institution
took place a day or two since at Elkton,
Md., has been acquitted. It was alleged
in defence, that all the operations of the
bank were fictitious thai soon after the
funds were paid in by the stockholders,
they were returned to the parties in New
York, where all the money belonging to
the concern was kept, and that, therefore,
there was nothing which the cashier could
embezzle. llarrithurg American.
In a late letter frcm the World's Fair,
the following anecdote is related :
"Dear, sir, lisped a great lady in a wa
tered silk,"have the goodness to inform me
if there are any noblemen in the United
States." "Yes. mann," answered a full
fed Jonathan, who was showing off the
beauties of a cream freezer, "and I'm on-
ofthem."
The Anticipation of Secession. We
learn from tho Greenville (S. C.) Patriot,
of the 22d nit., that the bills of South Car
olina banks are already beginning to re
turn from Georgia and Alabama, uuder
the suspicion that their credit will be affec
ted by the civil commotions of the State.
The same paper says : a merchant of this
place has already ordered his shipments to
Savannah, instead of Charleston. Another,
who has spent, perhaps a hundred thousand
dollars in Greenville, drawn from his es
tate in Georgia, is about to leave the
"sinking ship," and east his habitation
where he may bo quiet and live in peace.
Thus it is the anticipation of secession arc
proving disastrous the State.
Every human being is intended to have
a character of his own, to be what no other
s, to do what no other can do.
A rational, moral being can not, with
out infinite wrong, be converted into a
mere instrument of others' gratification.
Many a bard blow is loit for the want
of a few more.
The Farmer.
From to OVrmanJown TeleaTaph.
Harvesting Grain.
Mr. Freas : It would seem to be al
most superfluous at this late day, to urge '
upon our farmers the importance of cut
ting grain before it becomes fully ripe ;
yet notwithstanding the numerous article
which have been written and published
upon tli is subject, and the very decided
convictions expressed by the most judicious
millers and grain dealers in favor of early
harvesting especially where the grain is
intended for hread making or flouring
there are many who still adhere to the old
practice, and will by no means allow tbeir
crops to be harvested till the grain is fully
ripe. Prejudice is a tyrannical master,
and no class of the community appear to
be more fully under its control than our
own agricultural class. In New York,and,
indeed, in all the great wheat growing
States, the practice of cutting this grain
befure it is dead ripe, prevails universally.
The exact tiuie when it should be harvest
ed, is now, with the grain producing part
of the cuuuuunity, lo longer a matter of
doubt or speculation ; all being fully con-
vmeed that the right period is indicated
I by that change which the grain experiencea
; thumb and finger. The farina of the grain
kein? perfected, all that is neeessarv to
' render it fit for flouring, is the hardening
j or dead ripe, makes darker flour, and is
' nut s'i heavy; it scatters in harvesting,and
d(,9 Dot command, in our markets, so
r,ady a sale, or so high a price. The straw
f Bra'l, when it is cut Wore the period
j of perfect maturity, is also much more TaJ-
. "able; it possesses a degree of succulence
I and saccharine sweetness wrilnK .',
g"9 eea for stock; a use to wnicn me
straw that has stood in the fields till it has
become dead or perfectly matured, can
never be applied.
I have cut oats when the straw was just
turning from its green to its golden hue.
; and have fiuitul snin aa- plumD
and
; full, and far brighter in color, than that
which had stood in the field till ;i . Tho
straw of oats, when harvested early, and
properly cured? is nearly as valuable for
cattle feeding as the best clovr-r hay ; and
when, chaffed ard mixed with rhnrmal
roots or meal, it makes a feed eairerlv Pr-
rr
taken of by stock of everv description,
A MOTGOMERY COUNTY FARMER,
GirynedJ, June T, 1851.
I Destruction of Birds and Increase) ef
Noxious Insects.
Mu. Editor : It is a well known fact
that thirty years ago, our apples were, aa
a general thing, more sound and perfect
than now our peach trees suffered less
front destructive insects the ravages of
the curculio were scarcely worth mention
ing, while many of the injuries now inflic
ted upon our fruit and forest trees wer
almost unknown to the farmer. It is aa
equally well established fact that thirty
years ago, thousands of insectivorous birds)
were to be found on our farms, where
scarcely a single ono is now to seen. Ev
ery tree and bush was alive with their
presence and the whole country made to
cal with their delightful warbling. Now.
compare these two facts, and what is tho
legitimate inference to be drawn from them.
Why, that the increase of noxious insects
has been in an exact ratio with the decrease
xf the birds. Is not this subject worthy
the attention of the farmers, and should
they not comlina their efforts for the pur.
pose of preventing the destruction of these,
useful and harmless little birds, by laxy
gunners ? -
In a former number of the Farm Jour.
nal, I observed an article in which ths in
of chickens was highly commended as pre
ventive of the increase of the curculio. -Believing
the suggestion an excellent one,
I have arranged my yard so as to enable
me to keep a number of chickens in th
vicinity of my plum trees. If chiskeas)
are the enemies of the curcuIlo,nd can
be made useful in preventing their increasei
why should tho farmers permit the lit la '
birds to be destroyed, when it is well
known that they are the most effectual
means of preserving his fruits and trees)
from the hosts of noxious insects which
now infest them, and the yearly increase)
of which is truly formidable and alarm
ing.
If I remember rightly, by aa Act ef
General Assembly, the destruction of zf
scctivorous birds in Lancaster Couty, ai
any time between the first of April ashi
the first of October, is made a penal ef
fence. And ough to be in Union una,
ty, Ed. Chbo. Why is not tha tsar
enforced against lazy men and bejs)