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0. N.WOKDEN, Printer.
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1851.
Volume YHI, Niimtor 16.
Whole Number 379.
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O. N. WOKKKN, rroprietor.
Fourth of July Songs.
We come with hearts of gladness.
To breathe our songs ol praise,
Let not a note of sadness
e blended in the lays ;
For 'tis a hallowed story,
The theme of freedom's birth,
Our father' deeds ol glory
Are echoed 'round the earth.
The sound U waxing stronger,
And thrones and nations hear,
Kings may oppress no longer.
For freedom's reign is near ;
Her reign will crush oppression,
And raise the humble mind,
And give the earth's possession
Among the good and kind.
And then shall sink the mountains
Where pride and power were crowned,
And peace, like gentle fountains,
Shall shed its pweness 'round;
And then the world will hear us,
And join our glorious lay,
And songs of millions cheer us,
On this our nation's day.
Soon freedom's loud hosannas
Shall burst (row every voice,
Till mountains anil sawinnas
Koll back the sound rejoice1.
Then raise the song of freedom.
The loudest ,'sweetest strain,
The captive's chaius are riven,
And Liberty shall reign.
Hail, Columbia! happy landl
Hail, ye heroes! heaven-bora band1.
Who (ought and bled ic Freedom'scausc,
Wtiofoughland bled in Freedom's cause,
And when the storm of war was gone,
iinjoy'd the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,
Kver mindful what it cost ;
Ever grateful for the priee.
Let its altar reach the skies.
Firm united let us be,
Rallying round our Liberty;
As a band ol brothers join'd,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Immortal patriots! rise once more.
Defend your rights, defend your shore:
Let no rude foe, with impious hand.
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies
Of toil and blood'the well earn'd prite.
Whileoflering peace sincere and just,
In heaven we place a manly trust,
That truth and justice will prevail
And every scheme of bondage lad.
Firm united let us be.
Rallying round our Liberty ;
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
For th Lewlibnrg Chronicle.
Though flakes of mow foil thick nd bat
Against the wfedow pane.
And spresd a sheet of ghostly white
Across the dreary main
Though all without Is bleak and chill
In th fierce tempest's blast.
And wild the wind moan 'round our horns
As swift it rushes past
Yet, lads, our hearth within Is bright.
The fire leaps up on high.
The crackling logs send loads of sparks
That cheer both you and L
Though clouds above are ebon black,
And frown on all below.
Yet do we know they must re long
Front Summer's sunshine go.
Though sorrows may our bosoms pierce.
And stubborn griefs reveal.
Though how we must our hearts shall be
As firm as solid steel.
Earth's chastened sons are often blessed,
EVn though life's dreary road
May seem beset with trials hard
"Which nought but gloom forbode
Yet, in the furnace of the heart,
Where the fire slowly burns.
The metal and the dross is tried,
And purest gold returns.
Each kindly word each friendly hand
That here to us is given
Each blest advice, in season told,
May help us all to llvaven.
Philad. Feb. 151. CARL.
Fenn's Conference and Treaty with
tne Indians.
PROM DIXON S LIFE OF PENN.
Tins conference Las become one of the
most striking scenes of history. Artists
have painted.poets have sung, philosophers
have applauded it; but it is nevertheless
-clear, that in words and colors it has been
equally and generally misrepresented, be
cause painters, poets, historians have cho
sen to draw on their imaginations for the
of "nothing and who' knew every secret threw it to the ground. It measured 24 'soda and water, and it tasted strongly of
thought that was in the heart of white and feet in girth, and was found to be Z3j
ired men, knew that he and his children ' years old. A piece of it was sent home to
had a strong desire to live in peace, to be : tne renn raraiiy, ny wnom u was mouuuu
their friends, to do no wrong, but to serve on a pedestal with appropriate inscriptions;
them in every way to the extent of their and the remainder was manufactured into
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power. As tne ureal opiru was iuu com
mon Father of all, he wished them to live
together not merely as brothers, as the
children of a common parent, but as if
they were joined with one hand, one heart,
one body, together : that if ill was done
to one, all would suffer; and if good was done
to one all would gain. Ho aud his chil
dren, he went on to say, never used the
rifle or trusted to the sword ; they met
the red man on the broad path of good
faith and good will. They intended to do
no harm and had no fear in their hearts.
They believed that their brothers of the
vases, worJcstanus, and other relies now
held sacred by their possessors. A plain
monument has since been erected on the
spot, inscribed on each face with four
short and simple sentences commemorative
of the Great Treaty.
Intellect vs. Caste.
Intellectual power has forced its own
acknowledgment, and the world at last is
fain to do it homage. It holds, ia fact,
the imperial sceptre, and mates every
other social element its vassal. Genius
prescribes its terms, and mates its own
laws. A srifted and cultivated intellect.
red race were just, and they were prepared auen ag GoJ often g;vea to the poor maIJ.a
to trust in their friendship. He then J cLU j anJ Jenie3 tLe ricll) y wortL in tLe
unfolded the writing of the treaty of j markct cowmercial or political, a round
friendship and explained itsclauses onejsum -vhen willing to sell itself, it can
after the other. It recited that from that rL.alize at a stroke wLat S0Iue woulJ count
day the children of Onas and the na- j a , fortune. jt can command wealth
tions of the Lenni Lenape should be. anJ honor almost at will. When pursuing
brothers to each other that all paths tie straightforward path of rough and rug
should be free and open that the doors of j illtrit it ,uaice30f its own life a
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me wnne men suouiu oe t.pen 10 me reu . braid's office, blazoned over with memo
men, and the doors of the red man should j fhh of all is reat anj sut,ijme and clori-
bc open to the white men that the chil- ous in fcumau action. It wants no stars
dren of Onas should not believe any false d ribbons, and anticiue rust, to immor-
reports of the Lenni Lenape, nor the Len-, taHze or enuoi,je ;t. jt sculptures its fame
niLenapc of the children of Onas, but ; and power on the L!story of the woru.
should come and see for themselves as , Mcn gee that it Las m;g!lt of it3 own that
brothers to brothers, and bury such false" j, ean &a wLat noth;ng cise can tllat jt3
reports in the bottomless pit that if the; mag5c wanJ ;s a sovereign's sceptre com-1
Christians should hear of anything likely j J; n!? a tribute of admiration and res-
features of a scene, every marking line of; to be of hurt to the Indians, or the Indi- . Tuerc are tUQSe spr;ntr;nlr llp from
.... ... i t t-i i i ii 1 c r
wnicu tiiev inifrbt liave recovered Irom au- ans near anvimmr hkciv 10 nurm wie
theutic sources. The trrcat outlines of Christains, they should
nature are easily obtained. There the
Jense masses of cedar, pine, and chesnut,
stretching far away in the interior of the
land; here the Eoble river rolling its wa
ters down to the Atlantic ocean; along its
nami Hie .nT.:ul At.irili-tvtinnnf fmm flip dnwl nf in(v.
VI. i ! v.r.j
run, nue true; f . fr0m homes of wretchedness even.
f i i i . i ..I i ii .i :r '
irienas, anu jci me omer kuow inui n
soap. Uut " ue a nearn reu 01 soay anu
water, and was bound to give it a fair
trial. Duke or no puke." Some town fcl-
low came in and called for lemonade with
a "fly in it," whereupon our " soaped"
friend turned his back and quietly wiped
several flies into his drink.
We approached the old gentleman and
tried to get him to " subscribe," but he
would not listen to it He was opposed
to "internal improvements," and he tho't
"larniu' was a wicked invention, and cul
terwaten nothin' but wanityand wexation."
None of his family ever learned to read,
but one boy,and he"teached school awhile,
and then went to studying diwinity."
Arrest of Capital Punishment.
Passing up Orange street the other day,
our attention was attracted to a boy who
was climbing up a lamp post, endeavoring
to pass the end of the rope, which was at-
The Farmci?.
tie fellow what Le was going to do
the dog.
"Hang the sucker, he's bin
derin," said the excited boy.
"Murdering what?" asked the
man.
rith'
a mur-
traa thm PautylmaJa farm Ti mil
Lime.
The use of Lime aa a ferlllicinv anL.
tached to the neck of a terrier do?, OVer ? utftnA fr.r 1un1 Kma Inns Vmmwm wJt
the horns on which the lamplighter rests' in many pu of the country Las Uea
his ladder, when lightingthe lamp. There j brought to great perfection. Then is,
were some half doen ragged urchins J however, great difficulty ia the practical
around cheering him. An old gentlemen ' 0f this valuable manure, as so nnifer-
PrcM:m, .uppoung I0U, piay, asKea Uie lit- Mi ruje can U for itj .pplfc,,.
For instance, the quantity must be gradu
ated according to the character of the soil,
and the neglect of this fact alone has caused
I this difficulty. Deep soil, filled with yeg
j etable matter, will take three times mors
I lime than should Le ihhIm! tn thin anil
"Vhy, Jakey Babcock's pet rat, what colltaini ngamuch more limited quantity.
,us ""yiben again, wet land will bear much.
, larzer proportion than dry. Theonlv tmfm
"Oh, don't hang him for that," pleaded rule to adopt is, for every man to expert
the old man; "it is his nature to kill rats; j n,,. for himself, and after understanding
. . g 6 6 -"-uiiy me nature oi lime muH lav Cfiancicr
plowing, p anting, mowmg, reaping, ia, get rid of rn Um J
and the education of farmers sons, I ask a w:t n ' I t
I cijr luiuuiuu vj ucor larmcny who AST
"O! it can't be, daddy; he's a infernal, teen iuduced to ime) MJ jjj,
scouudril, and the jury brought him in ; iand j, received no benefit from it Ths
guilty, and he's got Lis sentence, and you! proLiem easiiT solved they did not
know Low to use it.
I have tried upon my land, for several
years, various experiment, and Lave con-
T-i .1 y : - T T 1
,n v. ne cotcuetl vea tney tore Uown
ThfiEducatlon of Farmers' Danehtera. 1 -
, builviin.
Mr. Editor : As I can not think the
Farm Journal designed to lay before its
readers such matters only as relate to
1 who become the peers of the land. The
place in your columns for a few remarks on
a subject interesting alike to all the ed
ucation of farmers' daughters. j
Much has been said and written on the Can bet your life I'll hang him.'
subject of education. The merits of colle- Jury t wj,at jarv ?
ges, academies and agricultural schools : i Why, our jury ; them fellers there '
nave Keen uiorouguiy uihscusseu. uui siUm? on that eel ar door. Thev tr ed , -i j.
these all refer to the boys, while the girls him this raornin', and Bob Liukets sen-! it I'have never failed to find that m
are wholly uncared for, as though the cul-; tenced him to be hung. That's nght,aiu't lanJ wa3 wost materiany benefitted by it,
tivation of their intellects was a matter of . itf daddy ? It was all on the square. I and 1 feel reat confidence in recommead
tnfling importance. The general impress-1 was the lawyer against the dog, and Joe ing it t0 others. i shall
ion appears to be, that they would make . BeechiT was fur him, but his arsnments' vr;..av ;v m , i,' .
just as good wives and daughters with no Vus knocked all to thunder when I brought ! all(i .fl-.., ,.f i;10 . r -:u
more educaUon than enabled them to read (he murdered body inter court It took ! state 5n tLe pi that the w of
their Bible and almanac as if their mtel- , m all down. They all guv in that I waa: manure is so imperfectly understood, ss
lectual training were such as every farmer s . rite. He ain't worth a rusty nail now,but weU M the offioe LkL lt ptrformBt it
daughter should be. Does not the mother : as soon as he's dead he's worth fifty cents, is prorier to vine it in a .radical form,
exert a controlling influence overherchild; 'tordin to law, at the city hall, and we! T A. .
grains, such aa wheat and rye, as is
any son of Onas were to do any harm to ; nation iigteng t0 tneir voite . Commerce j and do not Ler t,?achiut's anJ example, in ; want the money fur 4th July."
any red skin, or any red skin were to do ' tneir counsci. Thev stand in the nine cases 0ut f ten' U10uld ita future i Tlie olJ gent surprised at the logic
" 1 . 1 . 1 . . , . t . ns . 1 . r , 1 1 1, 1 . .1
i-umuuiiT ; -iuuy vi me i;11'' auu , onue bov. uui w&s Mtout entering anoiiier
t mon 11-Itra hnvo ovaf Iivoil aftrirniin ..Inn 4. sl.n A . .T .. 1. A
1 i. 1 . , 1 slcIy aud imperfect.
iff vii-Tiira nri rrrootnAaa rrk f ho torn ..t.H.i.ArI I... I . . C 1.. .
any norm to a sen or wnas, me suncrer nigh paee3 of powcr aB(1 way pubIic 1
should not offer to riirlit himself, but 1 .1 1 r j best
! opinion by the eloquence of learning and
I tamed by chemical analysis ; and where
no lime exist in the soil, the crop becomes
But ia most vege-
1 1.1 1..:.. lr, i inn . . . . . . . . 1 f hpip virtnoa nnrl enAfitnrqa trk t n A tpnil.r m-na i..ot.m' a-1 1... ..r i J
BUUUMlural""" l.,c.u.eia..wvur,;tajent -vvbowill dispute their right or I" ;----"- - - ul '"c""u" tables it is a mere Jerowuo,-of the Tew-
i taljlt Tl)Htf r in Srttl fiiraiJn'n.1 k im
rl t ' S
surface rose the purple smoke of the set
tiers' homestead; on the opposite shore ! that justice might be declared by twelve ue9tion tueir title ? Men do them homage ' C0U 3 mothers. Who among of the dog, (a stout Irishman,) who soon tMij mMl.r
aj, lueleruieauu eeiueu couuirj 01 cjst. uvuv uieu, auv. w.c ...B u.. ... uow tbat would have scorned them Once, i" '7 . . j, J c-i J"J means a constant nutriment tntt.nW
New Jersey. pit with no bottom-that the Lenni Le-; . that dcrided them on tle pla j We in our characters to tne same source I j rescued the trembling eulpnt-.V O. .... at . .
nane should assist the white men. and the , j i i -:l j ow Irequcntly do we near tne tolly and i rtcvmtne.
white men should aSi8t the Lenni Lenape, ; WM hafi bec0In) h a wickedness of individuals attributed to Downfall of Roltir.
!
ITf-rft Mtond tho pitrnntifi pirn u-liii'li wns
to become immortal from that day forward f
anujtnere lay the verdant council room I against all sucn as wouia aisturD tnem or j ab(md w witn njjnhood's years has sunk
jtormea ny nature on the surface of the soil. I do them hurt and lastly, that
T. Uw.i i ir:ii: t : I ni ul,n,ll l,.;r
au iuc teuue diuuu i iiiiuiu a euu, ill i vuiisiaius anu i uiuno Cuuu.v . . . jjq more
If, then, so much depends upon the
The Olive Branch tells the following
soil, containing but little vegetable matter,
requires less lime than that which ia more
strongly impregnated. I have tested this
in various ways, and on s variety of soils,
tume undistinguished from the surround-1 children of this league and chain of friend- j lnoutn9 of men t0 wnm their genius has ! lmPlnS ; Ler children, how important ' vommouore was ,y ng ,n - - " ,
i , uuva iuu euueaLiuu ui in e luriuura uaugu- J 1 1 .
1 1 i i t. i- -. i i visit frnm thp Kinir .ml pm.nl fomiln mr'.tU I lime UIon an acre of nnnr snll T am mp.
. ,i leis ueeume, anu wiiu woai SOHCllUUO . 0 , i ,
are lue ... . . i,; .A , : -mi v i 1 i:.m 1 Jn,l,l ..,;...,. r .
should parents endeavor to prepare them : """ " -J,"c uu jjnueu uarges anu ""-'l'l' wu or lurea
IlOf t , y. ...rt t 1 1
" . r - ruinnnnnir inairnin''in nni l c 11 rvo r t t - r I 1 . . i
..fc - ,1 - , .,. vi. .e cood storv : One day when the flair sLm
aiuu ui ieaeuiuiig a iuuiuer is capauie ui c o r
a - n i .
But their names are iu the 1
inggroupe, save by the silken sash. His j ship, that it should grow stronger and made them known, and who felt proud to
costume was simple, but not pedantic or j stronger, and be Kept bright and clean, acknowledge their merit. They
ungainly. An outer coat, reaching to the ' without rust or spot, while the waters ran 1 nolility of the laud. They head our
knees, and covered with buttons ; a vest ' down the creeks and rivers, and while the 1 arm;c.g. They frame our laws.
of other materials, bat equally ample ; j sun and moon and stars endured. j s;do m our court8 cf justice. They fill
trousers extremely full, slashed at the He then laid the scroll on the ground. ! onr rmpitg. They edit our newspapers.
sides, and tied with strings or ribbons ; a What King Taminent replied is not known, 1 Ti, kec0ine 0ur wealthy merchants.
i r. ii. :t.i. p -r the full narade of rovltp. Tln aKin
q.i ; iur me inguijf renpuuMuic hiauuus 01 wile , r J J
lULyprc-j i i. i . .' dressed from deck tn tmpk in ln.li.lif t.
aim uiuiuer, nuie-u iuey may ie caiieu 10 . j
fin ; ! tire; side-boys were mustered at the ropes,
Although my remarks will apply with j tLc m!it'mes presented arms, the guns
thundered forth a royal salute, and the
guests to the
politeness befitting
and accepted it for themselves and for their - j fur the;r i,,, (uev i.ave Drovcd ; has been less seriously considered by them """
cbildron Nft naths.no seals, no official ' . , . . ' , ' Z I. , than it deserves to be. Now-aavs.almost One of the su.te, . spindle-shanked and
j , . iilMUSl'l VL'S HlfrillV. 1 lit: UlMiIIU'LUUlX III 1 " '
mummenes were used; the treaty was M nnd ral,ij f;li 1. tjleir
Tarnrncinn m tnirr cinvi-- inn n nrirn fivrorr rnnr in snrwr nnp hp w r invnrnr i fr . i: a . i r uw iuivc iu oi. iiov;3 u duhju, ui v uir i
7 , r iuey mah.e our uiscuvunua. vusiacius . . . - - , rnrpnirtdnr" irrWmnJ IiJq
ft lint nf tli rnrnllpr ultAnA ( urnntinff nn v tn hf T-ipnru nf Ppnn Thn aachnma re-1 : t. v r ,t .1 1 i lect IS, to draw the Special attention of the i L u uis
r v e v . vanir-u neiure luem, lor luejr uuve ueeu - - - nnirtir il -i I- irifli li
the feather.") from beneath the brim of ceived his nronosal with decent eravirv. ' ..t,.,i.i : i...i..i,: v i. i farmers to this subject, because I think jt ' lua"tr-ul-A wiui im.
which escaped the curls of a new peruke
were its chief and not ungraceful ingredi
ents. At his rijrht hand was Col. Mark-
hm - !..,) ai.. t-.i;.. :i . lil ,:.i ;i. i, . ...
t.uiu, nuu uau uiuk iiiu inujaua ill luuiiiu i laiiueu uu win diuuo .ili mu vuij jQ UnnOtlCOU tlShCr
Sacred ground where we are meeting,
Here the martyred patriots stood;
Friends and kindred give their greeting
Where their lathers gave iheir blood,
When the foemen
Came like spring-time's rushing flood.
Fathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters,
Suffered in that furious fray.
And the Susquehanna's waters
Keddened with their blood that day,
Well remembered
By our sires with thin locks gray.
Now the vale is sweetly shining;
Summer in her verdant green
'Hound us every grace is twining,
Making glad the solemn scene:
Happy voices
Blend beneath fuir Flora's screen.
And if ever, in our valley.
Foes should dare the Foeman's fight,
Here shall be the Soldier's ral!y.
Sunny morn, or stormy night :
God of battles,
Ever guard and shield the right !
In glorious days of bravery,
A long time ago.
Our sire came out with stalwart arm,
To meet th invading foe;
Then flashed the sword, the cannon roar'd,
The storm was loud and high,
All through the fight of Fortune's night
Till morning lit the sky ;
And so they fought the noble fight
For fire and altar so.
In the glorious days of bravery
A long time ago
In the glorious days of bravery
A long time ago.
No darker night e'er shadowed o'er
The troubled heart than then.
No brighter morn e'er rose to cheer
The sinking sons of men ;
The effort sure, the purpose pure,
The good old cause at length
Swept down, like flowers before the wind.
The Britons' boasted strength ;
And so, Ate.
Thou God of all ! who lifted up
The weaker in that hour,
Whose smile poured down upon our flag
Salvation like a shower.
If e'er again the storm arise,
And Freedom trembling stand,
Be thou the shield of all that strike
For ihee our native land.
And so; ic.
more than once on that identical spot, and
was regarded by them as a firm and faith
ful friend ; on his left Pearson, the intrepid
companion of his voyage ; and near his
person, but a little backward, a band of
his most attached adherents.
When the Indians approached in their
old forest costume, their bright feathers
sparkling in the sun, and their bodies
painted in the most gorgeous manner, the
governor received them with the easy dig
nity accustomed to mix with European
courts. As soon as the reception was
otcr, the sachems retired to a short dis
tance, and after a brief consultation among
themselves, Taminent, the chief sachem or
king, a man whose virtues are still remem
bered by the sons of the forest, advanced
again a few paces, and put upon his own
head a chaplet, into which was twisted a
small horn. This chaplet was his symbol
of power; and in the costume of the Lenni
Lenape, whenever the chief placed it upon
his brow, the spot became at once 6acred,
and the person of every one present in
violable. The venerable Indian king then seated
himself on the ground, with the older
sachems on his right and left, the middle
aged warriors ranged themselves in the
form of a cresent or half moon,round them;
and the younger mcn formed a third and
semi-circle. All being seated in this pic
turesque and striking order, the old mon
arch announced to the governor that the
natives were prepared to hear and consider
his words. Penn then rose to address them,
his countenance beaming with all the pride
of manhood. He was at this time thirty-
eight years old ; light and graceful in
form ; "the handsomest, best-looking,
most nveiy gentleman sne naa ever
seen, wrote a lady who was an eye-witness
of the ceremony. He addressed them in
their own language ; the topics were few
and simple ; and the beauty of his ideas
would compensate with such an audience
for the minor errors of diction.
The Great Spirit, he said, who ruled in
the leaven to which good men go after
death, who made them and him outj
i i-i.
sway
Patrick
every farmer possessed of the means, ap- 8 a"' Neapolitan, stayed away
pears desirous of giving his sons a liberal lrom lu3 party, ana cruising about mid-
known, never sworn to and never broken
This scene remained to the two races
who wero witnesses and actors iu it, an in
heritance of good will and honorable pride
and carries Senates by his eloquence. The
shoemaker, like Roger Sherman, rises from
the bench that was covered by awls aud a cIaim uPon h5s "6"- is
" 1 a 1. !. a 1 I. .1. . 4
hnt. nf tlio snnio tlmo it l,ni,l,l nt 1. fr never sccn oeIore. A9 ,t was tuliy ex-
cotten that his daughters have an equal raEdeJ b? the air hc took k for a PiIlar
Latiu grammar, and leaves a name behind
for an entire century, irom year to; i,im ainon! the brightest on the roll of
year, says the venerable historian of the
Six Nations, Heckcwelder, the sachems
assembled their children in the woods, in
a shady spot as like as they could find to
that in which the great Omas had conferred
with them, when they would spread out
his words or speeches on a blanket or
clean piece of bark and repeat the whole
again and again to their great satisfaction.
In a few years Penn, going beyond the
seas and never returning, became to them
a sort of mythical personagc,the'y not only
held his memory in great veneration, but
treated the whole body of white men with
more kindness for his sake. To bo a fol
lower of Onas was at all times a passport to
their protection and hospitality.
Nor have his own countrymen been less
indebted or less grateful to the Great
Treaty. To it, and to the strictness with
which its provisiods were maintained by
Penn, is owing that striking fact recorded
by Bancroft : that while every colony in
the New World was visited by the horrors
of Indian warfare, no drop of Quaker blood
was ever shed by a red man in Pennsyl
vania. It is humiliating to the pride of the
white man to think that one ot bis race
should have been the first to break this
noble league of peace. Forty years after
the famous treaty, and five years after the
death of Onas, one of his unworthy chil
dren murdered the first red man who lost
his life in Pennsylvania. The deed was
attended with circumstances of unusual
attrocity ; but it shows in a striking light
the power of a noble sentiment, that the
Indians themselves prayed that the mur
derer's life might be spared. It was spared;
but he died in a very short time, and then
they said, the Great Spirit had avenged
their brother. The venerable elm under
which the meeting took place served to
mark the frot until the storm of 1?10 1
fame. The apprentice boy, like our own
President, works his way up from obscur
ity, teaching the world that talent and in
dustry are peculiar to no condition. .V.
. Sun.
The Family Opposed to Newspapers.
The man that don't take his county
paper was in town yesterday. He brought
his wholo family in a two horse wagon.
Hc still believed that General Taylor was
President, and wanted to know if the
"Kamschatkians" had taken Cuba, and if she not the moulding of the character of
so, where they had taken it. Hc had sold future generations? Should not the nioth-
his corn for twenty-five cents the priee er be competent to instruct her offspring
being thirty-one but upon going to de- in many of those branches of education in
posito the money, they told hini it Was which her gentle care and affection make
question, which of the two the education
of the son or the daughter is the most
important. But leaving this question for
the present, it is enough for us to know,
that the prosperity and happiness of the
individual, the family and the nation, de
mand that where it is practicable, the
blessings of education should be extended
to all.
Almost every farmer who has given his
sons a liberal education i3 convinced of its
utility. If education is beneficial to the
son, why not to the daughter? Arc her
duties any less important than his ? Has
years, fur the simple reason that there
would not be sufficient matter for the lime
to act upon, and to use a common express
ion it would burn the laud. Before it
could be available, it would be necessary
tor the lime to become neutralized in the
soil, and the additional aid of- successive
vegetation, such as might grow, to remedy
the difficulty. After this process h
have taken place, it will produce in abun
dance. Twenty or thirty bushels to the
acre, for the first dressing, is sufficient.
It plainly follows from what has been
said, that a different soil, deeply impreg
nated with vegetable mould, will bear a
much larger quantity of lime. For such
land, one hundred bushels to the acre is
not a large quantity. I would not exeeed
that quantity upon any land, but for the
first dressing would graduate it from twen
ty to one hundred, according to the nature
of the soil.
Now as to the mode of its application.
Generally, it is put upon a ploughed field
in heaps, and spread, and afterwards
ploughe d under. I regard this as a most
pernicious mode of liming. In the first
1 il- A .
piacc, lue spots wnere tne neaps are, re
am! folding his arms leaned against it,
when it yielded to his weight, aud he dis
appeared below, heels over head, with a
velocity that was actually marvellous, as
was his escape from any injury. The mis
hap chanced to have only one witness.
This was a veteran tar, who, approaching
the quarter deck, and touching his hat,
said, respectfully : 'I beg pardon Com
modore, but one of them are kings has fell
down the hatchway.''
Honesty.
A singular error has occurred in the ac-!
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pC : t ,;; ;;. Tr.: ceive to ity , and in the next
xiuu-ic isiauu. xuv i luvmtuiQ uuruai ni... i i . . .
mostly counterfeit. The only hard money
he had was some three cent pieces, and
those some sharper had "run on him" for
half dimes ! His old lady smoked a " cob
pipe," and would not believe that anything
else could be used. One of the boys went
to a blacksmith's shop to be measured for
a pair of shoes, and another mistook' the
market house for a church. After hang
ing his hat on a meat hook, he piously
took a seat on a butcher's stall,and listened
to an auctioneer, whom hc took to be the
preacher. He left before "meetin' was
out," and had no great opinion of the
"sarmint."
One of the girls took a lot of " seed
onions" to the post office to trade them for
a letter. She had a baby, which she car
ried in a sugar trough, stopping at times
to rock it on the sidewalk. When it cried,
she stuffed its mouth with an old stocking,
and sang "Barbara Allen." The oldest
boy had sold two "coon skins" and was
on a " bust" When last seen, he had
called for a glass of "sody and water, ''and
stood soaking gingerbread and making wry
faces. The shop keeper, mistakisg his
meaning, bad givs him a mixtni cf sal
her the most fitting instructor ? None but
those who have never known the inestima
ble value of a kind mother's teachings will
dissent from this.
But my remarks are growing too
lengthy ; I shall therefore conclude them
for the present, promising to renew the
subject in future numbers of your valuable
Journal, should you deem them of suffi
cient importance to present to your readers.
Yours, Plow Bot.
June 20, 1851.
A New Hampshire Boy.
A lad between II and 12 years old,
made his appearance in Newburyport
market one day last week, with a load of
sixty barrels, which he brought from
Chester, N. H., a distance of 25 miles.
Arriving late in the afternoon, and not
finding a purchaser readily, he unharnessed
his horses and put up at the hotel until
morning, when he disposed of his barrels, j
took the money and started for home. On
being asked if he had ever been in town
before, he replied that he had, when ha j
was a little Icy. It is easy to predict that
he will he a man when he grows up. J
says that he finds in his possession five thou
sand dollars, of which he has no account,
which he is sure does not belong to him,
and which must therefore belong to the
State, to wh:c!i he passes it over.
Ladies (and not gentlemen) iu this
country are the court by which female
reputation is tried and judged, and it rests
with themselves to defend and sustain each
other. Wrere women to combine in circles
or societies, churches or clubs to protect
innocence by at least testing accusation
before delivering over the accused to neg
lect and infamy, there would be much done
at which Truth and Justice would rejoice,
not to say Charity and Mercy...Ar.P. Willit.
Bey. Matthew Henry, in one of his cele
brated Essays, says : "We may certainly
have (and we should do well to consider it)
less inward disturbance, and more true ease
and satisfaction, in forgiving twenty injur
ies, than in avenging one."
Gentlemen of the jury.have you agreed?
What is your verdict ! We find the
prisoner not guilty if he'll leave town."
Two things ean never be successfully
counterfeited mcdssty and common sense.
CUsder may arsail reputation, but for-
uEately character is fcerond its reaoh.
the lime seta
too deep to act successively upon the vege
table matter in the soil consequently ite
beneficial effect is lost. Lime is heavy,
and its tendency is to sink. The great ob
ject is to keep it as near the surface as
possible. For several years I have adopt
ed the method of spreading it upon the
sod, and this furnishes the most successful
mode of renovating an old meadow. It is
spread from the wagon, and it requires but
little experience to graduate the quantity
according to your wish. In a short time
the lime sinks into the spungy sod, and
decompies all dead vegetable matter,whicb
at the same time nourishes the roots of the
grass and causes the blades to spring up
witn extraordinary vigor. I have had old
meadows double their usual quantity cf
hay the first year after this process.
Then again, when you desire to plough
the same meadow, the lime having sunk
into the sod is still upon the sarface, and
ready to act ss a decomposer of the sod,
and mas are in case the land shotdd re
quire it If the ground should bo left io
meadow, it will be found thai successive
crops of grass will he greatly increased.
I might extend this comauaieatioa to s
much greater length, but as you will ofiea
hear from me, I am desirous of eo molting
brevity. Irrsza Zmnt.
Wilkeilsrre, Pa,