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T
HE ALBANY PATRIi
OT.
“WISDOM—JUSTICE—MODERATION.”
VOL. II.
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1846.
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cd Lucicn, and he hastened .to bis im-
E trial brother with the disastrous news.
e went into a storm of passion and re
fused to listen a moment to the request.
Lafayette then declared if he did not, he
should move bis dethronement. Bona
parte saw that his hour had come, and
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POETRY.
OUR COUNTRY.
BY J. W. PEABODY.
Our country! *ti» a glorious land—
With broad arms stretched from shore to shore;
The proud l*acitic chafes her strand,
Sl»e heart the dark Atlantic's roar;
An<l nurtured in her ample breast.
How many a goodly prospect lies
In Nature's wildest grandeur drest.
Rich prairies decked with (lowers of gold,
Isikc snn-lit ocean roM afar;
Broad lakes her azure heavens behold, •
Reflecting clear each trembling star;
And mighty rivers, mountain bom,
(to sweeping onward, dark and deep,
Through forests, where the bounding fawn
Beneath their sheltering branches leap.
Ami cradled 'mid her clustering hills.
Sweet lakes in dreamlike beauty hide
Where love, the air with music fills
Ami calm content and Peace abide;
For Plenty here her fullness pours.
In rich profusion o’er the land:
And sent to seize her generous stores,
There prowls no tyrant’s hireling band.
tireat Clod! *wc thank Thee for this home,
This hoiintf'ons hirth-land of the Free,
Where wanderers from afar may coinc,
And breathe the air of Liberty;
Still may her flowers untrainelled spring,
Her harvests wave, her cities rise;
And yet, till time shall fold his wing,
Itnmin Earth’s loveliest Paradise!
MISCELLANY.
It AMULES ABOUT PARIS.
BY BEV. J. T. HEADLEY.
But lot us re-enter tlie city, ami as we
slowly loiter back towards the Champs
Ely sees, let us turn into the Alle dee Lie*
ro, or widow’s alley. It was once the
custom in Paris lor widows in deep
mourning to shun all public promenades.
But there was a solitary and sombre
avenue leading away from the farther ex
tremity of the Champs Elysccs to the
Seine, where the rich and elegant widows
of the capital could drive in their splendid
earriagea, without violating the code of
l ishinnabl- hie. This street soon became
the general resort of wealthy widows,
which drew su< h a quantity of admirers,
not to say s|icclulors, niter them, that it
soon became one of the most thronged
promenades of the cily. It took the name
of the Widow’s Alley, which it has re
tained ever since.
Following the Seine upward through
the city, along tlie Quai, we pass the
garden nnd palace of the Tuillcrics, the
palace of the Louvre, the Place dc Hotel
dc Ville, and come to the bridge of Louis
I’hillippc, which crosses to the Isle of St.
Louis. The Rue Si. Louis cuts this is
land in two length-wise, and as we stroll
along stop a moment at No. 2d—that is
the Hotel Lambert, in which Voltaire
planned his Henriade, and where Bona
parte had a long and fearful conversation
with his minister, Montalivct, after the
star of his glory had set amid the smoke
and carnage of Waterloo and the night—
long, dark night—of his reward had come.
Fleeing front the disastrous plain on which
his trampled ctown lay, followed by the
roar of cannon that thundered after his
fugitive army, he bad hurried with head
long speed to Paris, the bearer of his own
overthrow. The Chamber of Deputies
was thrown into tlie utmost agitation.—
The alied army was marching on the city,
while there were no troops with which to
defend iL “ Bonaparte must abdicate,”
was tho general feeling, strengthened by
the lirm support given it by Lafayette.
Prince Lucicn accused him of ingratitude
to the distressed emperor. “You accuse
tnc of wanting gratitude to Napoleon,
replied Lafayette, “have you forgotten
what we have done for him; have you
forgotten that the bones of our children,
of our brothers, everywhere attest our fi
delity; in the sands of Africa, on tho
shores of the Guadalquivir and the Tagus,
on the banks of the Vistula, and the fro
zen deaerta of Muscovy ? Daring more
than ten year*, three millions of French
men have perished for a man who wishes
still to struggle against all Europe. We
have done enough for him. Now our du
ty is to save the country." “Let him
abdicate,—let him abdicate,” was the
response that met the ear of the dismay-
throne. _ He was lost, and there was no
redemption. It was in this state of an
guish, and mortification, and fear, that he
came to this hotel, and in the large galle
ry had a long and earnest interview with
Montalivct. He talked of the past—of
Waterloo—of the Deputies of France—of
Europe—ofthe world. He had lost none
of hisfiate of manner by his misfortunes,
none of his stern and independent feelings.
He railed on each in turn and then spoke
of America as his final asylumn. Eu
rope could not hold him in peace, besides
he hated his enemies too deeply to sur
render his person into their power.—
Even this escape was denied him and he
was compelled to fling himself into the
arms of England.
But one cannot look upon this gallery,
lined with pictures, where the terror of
the world strode backwards and forwards
in agony, without the profoundcstemolion.
From a charity boy at the military school
of Bricnnc, he had risen by the force of
his genius to the throne of Fiance. His
nod had been the law to an empire, nnd
crowns, the gifts he bestowed on his fam
ily. Mighty armies had followed him as
lie walked the trembling soil of Europe,
hut now there were none to do him rever
ence. He paced to and fro, the tread of
his heavy heel echoing through the silent
apartment, filled, not as heretofore, with
vast designs of conquest and absorbed
with the mighty future that beckoned him
on, but engrossed with anxiety about his
personal safely. His throne, enipitc, and
armies had all crumbled away before him,
and lie knew not which way to turn for
escape. The Emperor hnd become the
fugitive—the conqucrcr of oilier battle
fields left alone,
“The arbiter of others’ fate,
A suppliant for bis own.**
Backwards & forwards the mighty soulcd
warrior strode, addressing in his earnest
energetic manner his desponding minis
ter—now proposing this and now llinl
mensure, yet turning froth each ns a for
lorn hope. Untamed, nnd unsubdued ns
ever, he chafed like n linn in the toils, hut
the net that enclosed him was not to be
rent.
There is another event connected with
this street which is more known. It was
here in the time of Charles V., that the
famous battle took place between Cheva
lier dc Macnirc and the dog of Mnnlargis,
so often cited ns nn illustrialion of the sa
gacity nnd faithfulness of dogs. Aubry
tic Montdiilrcr had licen murdered in a
forest near Paris, and buried at the foot of
a tree. His dog immediately lay down
on the grave and remained there for days,
until driven away by hunger. He then
went to the house ofoneofAubry’s friends
nnd liegan to howl mo3l piteously. The
jioor famished creature would cease his
howling only long enough to swallow the
food that was set before him, and then
le-commencc. At length he seized his
master’s friend by the cloak, and endeav
ored to pull him along in the direction
from whence he had come. The friend’s
suspicion became excited by the actions
of the dog, as he remembered Aubry hnd
been missing for several days, and so he
followed him. On coming to the tree
where the body was buried the dog began
to howl most furiously, and paw the
ground. Digging down, they found the
body of the master with marks of violence
upon him. Not long after this, the dog
meeting the Chevalier de Macnire in the
streets flew at his throat, and could hard
ly be forced from his grasp. Every time
afterwards that he met him, he rushed
on him with tlie same ferocity. This hap
pened once in the presence of the king,
and suspicions at length became excited
that he was the murderer of the dog’s
master. In accordance with the spirit of
those times the king ordered that there
should he a trial by battle between the
Chevalier and the dog, or as it*was called,
"Jugement de Dieu,"—judgement of God.
Lists were accordingly prepared on this
spot, then uninhabited, and Macairc, arm
ed with a bludgeon, was to defend himself
against the dog, which had a kennel in
which to retreat. As soon as the faithful
creature was at liberty, he mado at the
murderer of his master, and avoiding his
blows, ran ronnd and round him till an
opportunity offered, and then made a
sudden spring at his throat ; Fetching
him to the ground, ho held hitn there till
he confessed bis guilt before the king.—
He was afterwards executed, and the dog
nourished with the greatest care and affec
tion.
Taking a turn by the Hotel de Ville,
and passing towards the Pen la Chaise
we come to the Place de la Baslile. I
have refered to this before in passing, and
•peak of it now to deaerbe the mounpiem
erected on the site of the old prison, and
the grand design, framed by Napoleon,
respecting it. The old moat is convert
ed into a basin lor boots passing through
ibe canal that skirts its ancient founda
tions. But I never looked on the site of
this old prison, the first object of popnlar
vengeance in Paris, when the earthquake
throes ofthe revolution began to be felt in
the shuddering city, without recalling to
mind Cailyle’s description of the storm
ingopt. In the midst ofthe uproarofthe
multitude that surged like the sea round
tho rock-fast structure—the rattle of mus
ketry, interrupted by the heavy booming
of cannon and the groans of the dying;
one Louis Toumay a mechanic, was seen
to mount tho walls with a huge axe.—
Amid the bullets that rattled like hail
stones about him, he smote away on the
ponderous chain of the drawbridge, till it,
parted, and lha bridge fell, making a
PERSONALITY IN POLITICS.
Even Borke was a partisan, and such
have the ablest and honestesl politicians of
all ages been. There is unquestionably
truth, misgled with error in every party :
yet a man of decided character will find
more truth and less error on one side than
on the other. Many partisans have been
hypocrites; but by no manner of means all.
U is rallic. (nnles8 there exist natural sus
picions of interested motives or palpable
deficiency) an argument in a man’s favor
that he is a zealous parlizan ; for in its in-
•tegrity, each a character supposes vigor,
earnestness, and fidelity, the three manly
qualities of preeminence. Among the ma
ny reasons that incline a man to join this
party or that, may be enumerated,—hered
itary tendencies, peculiarities of mental or
causeway over which the maddened pop- 1 moral constitution, personal gratitude, the
ulace streamed. In describing this scene, ! influence of a superior mind, chnnee or
Carlyle says: “On, then, all Frenchmen,! prejudice. We consider that this last
that have hearts in their bodies! Roar!? 01 * 3 ® 13 much more defensible than
with all your throats or cartilage and me-:!!L£ e ?T, ly '“PIT! 1 - V L C . Wed a cer -
tal—ye sons liberty! stir snasmodicallv hght, some of the noblest virtues are
I ' .P . y no more thnn prejudices. Compared with
whatsoever of utmost faculty ts in you,: ,| ie universal spirit of
soul and body, or 6 P ir| l; for il is the hour, j otism shrinks into a narrow passion ; the
bmitc thou, Louis I ournay, Cartwright of, worthy farther makes by no means so ilis-
Mnrais, old soldier of the regiment of 1 anguished a figure, ns the humane citizen
Dauptiinc—smile at that outer drawbridge l * ie wor *d. Religion too, in its most im-
chain, though the fiery hail whistle amnnd P° rtant article, impresses refined selfihncss
thee ! Never, over nave or felloe, did tliv at l , he same , ‘. i,ne ,l,at U lcnchc * churily
axe strike such a stroke. Down with if, I aail S encr “! .benevolence. lor we must
mnn in On.,..i l... ...i i ’ be most solicitous focour own souls; no
2S5* t00 ™ 3 : let ‘If "hole accursed , man can stand in our place, nor can wc bc-
cdinco sink timber, nnd Tyranny he swat-' come the substitute for another. So in the
lowed up forever. Mounted, some say, on field of politics, a nobler contest than that
the tool ol the guard-room, some on bay- j of the “tented field,” n man must lake his
onets stuck into the joints of tlie wall, !«d«=«nd stand or t.lt wiili it. Middlemen
Louis Toumay smites—brave Aubiu Bon-' become indifferent, if originally honest and
ncmere (also no old soldier) seconding weil mcan ! , !S. °*'' ,cr ® '"millers, .if the re-
him ; the chain yields, breaks; the hugei - ¥e !? e; and ,‘i‘ 3 d " B f“ ll ‘"determine which
-,l„ ’ . . o , is the most despicable character. Impcr-
drawhndgc slams down, thundering.” Leptibly, loo> / inan ’s principles bccime
Inis memorable event in the Revolution identified with himself, ami by a natural
Bonaparte designed to immortalize by consequence, if we have faith in the one,
building a splendid monument on the site ‘
ol the overthrown prison. An arch over
the canal was to hear a huge bronze ele
phant, with u tower on his back, in all,
seventy-two feel high. The legs of this
cellossnl elephant were to be six Jeet in
diameter, in one of which was to lie a
stair-casts leading to the lower on his hack
—the whole to bo a fountain with water
pouring from the cnoimnus trunk. The
plaster model stands there now; a won
der in itself. If it hud been finished ac
cording to the design, it would have been
a beautiful though strange monument.
After Bonnpartc.s full, the plan was a-
handoned, though the model elephant still
stands there, slowly wearing away un
der the storms that are constantly heating
upon it. At the restoration, it was de
signed to build a collossal representation
oftlm city of Paris in its place. But af
ter tho threo days’ revolution of 1830,
add the ncccssion of Louis I’hiJIippc to
the throne, the present structure was com
menced and finished. The arch thrown j AMERICAN AFFAIRS AMONG THE
over the canal by Napoleon was retained, FRENCH
and an immense bronze column rises from „„ r , * , ,
it a hundred nnd thirty feet into the nir. j „. T ,e . rc P?!J of *' ,c co f Iln ?" lc ? ° r lbc
A spiral stair case leads to the top, on 1 of Deputies on the law lor estab-
wliich is placed a figure representing the| l,3l ‘ ,ag communications between France
Genius of France standing the noStini. I?. nd America, has this morning been pub-
ofthc flying Mercury. On one halfof this; I,shed am, 1 t, r cu ^ 1 ,c<l - ' lhc < f mra,Uc ®
pillar nre written in vertical lines, and in ^-oramends the Chamber to adopt, with
gilt letters, the names of those who fell in! 3 ' 1 l£? 3 ! l,le d, fP atdl ’ lbe ,aw ““'“"“"g
the storming of Baslile, and on the olh- lhe M,n,3,er ° f 1 ,naa ?? 1 to lrcat " lth co ' n -
et half the names of those who fell in the I' an,es fi . ,r lhe establishment of regular
famous three days of July. JS30. At the communications, by sailing vessels, or by
ire learn to fovc the other. In the wisest
men, we sec every day the force of politi
cal attachments, which sometimes exhibit
a deration almost heroient. And this is
right. One who hnzzards nil foi a great
principle, a master doctrine, should be
strongly supported.
A politician needs his backers as well as
a pugilist to give him heart nnd constancy.
We never could understand the separation,
upon which many insist, between the char
acters of the statesman nnd the private in
dividual. We cannot distinguish tho two
different characters of the same person. A
single mind impresses an unity of design
upon all its performances, anti an upright
man should he governed by the samo law
of right nnd sensa of duty, in his official
position, (lint control his domestic and fa
miliar actions. If we admire ability nnd
trust to the unbiassed exercise of il, If wo
believe in lhc same creed and favor the
same principles, how enn wc refrain from
embracing the possessor of such talents,
nnd the advocate of such doctrines as a
personal friend t ,
base by each corner is a Gallic cock sup
porting laurel wreaths, ami between them
bas-reliefs, inscriptions, fire. The cost of
the whole is about $200,000.
Thus do the kings of France honor the
Revolution, and arc compelled to, which
shows how supreme the popular will still
is in F'ranee,—Chutian Parlor Magazine.
GENERAL HOUSTON.
The Columbia, (Tcnn.) Observer re
lates the following scene, connected with
(he remarkable history of this man :
When Gen. Houston abdicated the office
of Governor of this State, lie left his home,
eschewed civilized life, and sought a new
home nnd a new wife among the Indians
of tho For West, where lie lived for some
years. On his return to Nashville, (here
was none—perhaps only one person—who
treated him otherwise than with neglect
or contempt, so low had the wheel of for
tune, or rather dissolute life, turned him.—
He was now in ah Indian costume—at
least he wore the cap, hunting shirt and
mocasins. This was his second love.
Stung, no doubt, with mortificution. for
this cold neglect of some nnd open contempt
of others, he bote himself with equal indif
ference towards the community in which
he had lived once high in office. And when
about to leave Nashville, with an object
that was then unthought of, or esteemed
visionary, but which was full of conse
quence, lie passed along the street to the
landing, bearing a rifle on his shoulder un
heeding as he was unhonored, except by
the curtoeity of the multitude. Taking his
position upon the deck of tho 'boat which
was about to convey him from the field of
fnme to one of glory, at least in the eyes of
the mass, he rested his'riflc upon the deck,
locked hie arme and leaned his tall end el
egant figure against the pilot house to
await the departure of the boat. At this
■trange proud being, the cariosity of the
crowd Inst had assembled at the landing,
changed to admiration, and as the boat
rounded off, three cheers for Houston were
given; but mute and motionless he turned
neither look nor nod. Another round fol
lowed, but his face waa turned to the Halle
of the^fontezumas^!’ and hie back to the
city in which he was yet to be hailed as
Ibe “hero of San Jacinto.”
vessels working partly by sails, partly by
steam, with Rio Janeiro, Martinique (or
Gamlaloupe,) the Havana nnd New York.
The same law directs that secondary
lines shall be established to La l’lata, Ln
Guayra, and on such of the ports of the
Gulf of Mexico, and of the Antilles, as
shall be designed by royal ordinance.—
The government is to have the power of
fixing the minimum size of the vessels,
and all details relative to the service.—
The committee has not fixed upon any
particular ports iu F’rance as the places
of departure, Lut requires that the vessels
tor Antilles shall leave one of the Medi
lerraneao ports. It recommends that
none of the vessels shall carry more than
200 tons of merchandise. As regards the
New York line, it strongly recommends
that steam vessels shall be exclusively
employed, and adds, “ wc hope, (hat
seeing the active preparations which the
government of the United States is mak
ing to establish lines of correspondence
on divers pants of Europe, and especially
with Havre, it will be fell neccMory to
hasten as much as possible the execution
ofthe enterprise.” Thu companies which
are competing for the concession of these
lines, offer favorable advantages to the
government; one proposing to take the
Brazil, Antilles and Havana lines, with
no other remuneration than the postage of
letters; and all offering to allow the min
ister to fix the rate of speed, fire., binding
themselves to pay 1,000 francs for every
day’s delay beyond the stipulated lime of
arrival. The law will probably be pas
sed in the course of the present month,
there being universal anxiety to see regu
lar communications established between
France and the transatlantic world, and
especially between France and the Unit
ed Slates.
tar wsscomplcteljr covered with prostrate
mourners. Perceiving there were many
others ready to cast themselves down
who refrained from so doing solely through
the lack of straw to lie upon, he cried out,
"Straw! Straw!—We want more straw here!
Brother Brown, for the Lord’s sake run
up to your lent nnd get more straw!
—Twenty souls lost/or the want of straw!'
COSMETICS.
The Philadelphia Ledger notices a new
cosmetic, advertised under the name of
Mten Fun, and concludes with the follow
ing sensible paragraph, which wc commend
to the nltenuonof Indies ;
“ Wc protest against all cosmetics for
improving the complexion, excepting plen
ty of food, air and exercise, judicious clo
thing, which includes no lacing, and plenty
of soap and water. All cosmetics “sold
in the shops,” that affect the skin at all,
arc mineral poisons, and affect it injurious
ly. Most or them arc oxides c.f lead. All
o'xides of that mineral produce paralysis,
and licncc must paralyze that most impor
tant organ, the skin, and thus produce dis
ease. They may remove eruptions of the
skin. But how 1 By driving back upon
some vital part, the morbid matter which
the system is striving to throw off, and thus
produce cancer, consumption, or some oth
er fiilnl mischief. One kind of cosmetic,
much used, called Pearl-powder colains
nrsnic. The white oxide of nrsnic or rat's
bane, absorbed into the system through the
skin, must be very salutary ! Wc repent
that all cosmetics, powders, lotions, washes,
and such things for improving the complex
ion. “ puffed in the newspapers, nnd sold
in the shops,” aro meen fun to ladies, and
arc therefore best when let alone.”
RAIL ROADS IN FRANCE.
There are now S49 miles of rail road
open in F'ranee, and 1703 more conced
ed and in progress, of which over 200
will be completed during the present year.
Adding to this the lines for which com
panies have petitioned the Chamber,
France will have in ISoO 0,310 kilome
tres, nr nliout 4,000 miles of rail road
completed—forming nn immense net
work, of which Paris is the centre. The
capital will be only six hours distant from
Havre, eight from Calais, seven from
Lille, nine from Melz, twelve from Stras
bourg nnd Lyons, twenty-four from Mar
seilles and Toulouse, twelve from Natites,
nnd fifteen from Bordeaux. The conces
sions of these roads were at first, as in
America, perpetual—they were soon re
duced to 99 years, and now speculators
arc willing to hear tho whole expense,
and surrender up the road to the Slate at
the end of forty or fifty years.
AIM HIGH.
Aim high. What you do, perform well
and labor to improve. Are you a law
yer? Rest not satisfied with lieing merely
n pettifogger, a collector of bills, a plea
der in lower courts. Study that you may
take high rank. Aim to be a Parsons, a
Hale, or a Grccnleaf.
Arc you a minister? Preach well and
study your subject. Dou’t be n lazy,
drawling Pastor of a meagre church:
elevate your people and put energy into
them by your discourses; there is no rea
son why you should not be a Baxter, or u
Bunyan, a Payson,or a Beecher.
Are you a mechanic? Let Arkwright
and a Watt stimulate you; do your work
well nnd charge accordingly; never suf
fer an article to go from your shop, that
will not bear examination—that you
would not lie willing to stamp the makers
name upon it.
Are you a merchant? Be ottentive to
your bnsiness, understand perfectly what
you are about—leave not your office too
much in the hands of clerics; let a Gray
or a Patker lie your pattern—a pana or a
Brown.
Are you a lumper, or a laborer ? a fish
erman or a clam-digger? Be faithful to
your business nnd do every thing well,—
it is the only way to succeed.
Aim high. Go beyond others if you
can; but study and labor that no one out
step you in your profession or business.
Never be idle; never lose a moment by
sloth and lazy spirit; onward should be
your motto, by day and night—year in
and nut.
With such a course you will never be
n drone—never sink in the gutter—itever
call upon Hercules to assist you. Facing
opposition, slaying lions in your paths,
•calling mountains, and leaping seas, you
will conquer mighlly—omnipotently wc
bad almost sard. Wbo will not aim high
and make as it were earth and heaven
subject to his control.—Olite Branch.
The Chicopee Telegraph gives the fol
lowing anecdote of an Arkansas Drench
er as genuine. A minister was holding
forth at a camp meeting, and had so work
ed upon the feelings ofbis auditors, that
the straw onfM ground inside of t^^-
From the Hew Yori Farmer and Mechanic.
New York Farmers’ Club, >
Tuesday, May 20, 1846. )
Chcovcr Newhall, esquire, vice presi
dent of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, in the chair.
’ PEACH TREES.
Mr. Wakman.—I present a paper
the peach tree, from my worthy friend
George F. Hopkins. The well known
havoc made, by its enemies upon that
delicious fruit tree renders every^ sugges
tion for its defence and preservation most
acceptable. The letter recommends to
bacco tied arobnd the bodies, and the
application of alkalies, of whale oil, nnd
of blacksmiths’ cinders, to the toots. I
noticed a case in Philadelphia of a tree
on the roots of which hot water had been
poured, and soot and liroo applied, and
the tree bore good fruit every year for
twenty years. I refer to Mr. DcPeysler’s
statement, at a former meeting, of his
success in consequence of placing anthra
cite coat ashes uround the roots of peach
trees.
Col. E. Chirk.—Lime recently burnt,
placed el the toot of n tree, bos I lie effect
of killing worms; many of them are dis
solved, when in contact with the lime;
lieing moist, they afford the means of
thoir dissolution. Common lanscy plan
ted next to the roots, is said to keep off
the worms. When lime is sprinkled at
the root, il must be wet either by rain or
by hand. I know of no better remedy.
Mr. Wulrman.—I ought to mention that
the tree in Philadelphia was annually
whitewashed.
Ethan Cambell, esq.—I applied quick
lime to the roots of ten peach trees, anuu-
nlly, since 1839, and those trees are lica’.-
lliy. 1 planted lanscy at the roots of
twenty peach trees: they were not at
tached by worms. The worm bores a
hole through the bark at the edge of the
ground; its eggs arc hatched in June,
and I have taken thirty worms out of tho
bottom of a single tree. The trees pro
tected by lanscy give me full crops of
fruit (and fine, loo) annually. Ten peach
trees, to which I applied riolhing, all died
the third year.
Colond Tracers.—I planted on my farm*
in Jersey, 900 peach trees. I treated
them every way—ashes, lime; I cleared
the roots—and had 120 left. One near
my home I cultivated as 1 would a cab
bage, leaving no crass or weeds near it;
that one is a healthy and vigorous fruit
bearer—culticasion does that for it. Tho
tree, and all plants, must, like animals,
have good and proper food. Tbc grub
worm does not mind ashes, or lime, or
salt—he will crawl out of it; and 1 have
tried, by wrapping them in these sub- •
stances, to kill them, and they don’t mind
I tried it on bots taken alive from a
dead horse; the bots were not killed by
it, nor by any of the articles given to a
horse as remedies for hots. This animal
docs not die, cither in or out of a horse,
by being enveloped in the articles. As
to the peach tree, I wrapped a bandage
and mat over that, around the body of tho
tree, just under the forking of tho branch
es, yet tlie worm nte down to the ground.
All the remedies applied at the roots of
the trees were, 1 havcjno doubt, useful to
the soil; they invigorate the tree, but they
do not kill worms.
Mr. Wakeman,—Thoro may bo soma
ingredient in certain soils, which, mixed
with soot, ashes, or lime, may be disa
greeable ta the worm. At all events, wo
are looking for useful results in all our
inquiries. Contradiction is itself often
highly useful, in bringing out the truth
which we desire.
Chairman.—! have adopted tbc follow
ing plan for my peach trees, durirg tBe
last four or five years. I bore a piece of
sheet lead, about six or seven inches wide,
and place around the bottom^of the trees,
putting the lower edge ofthe lead about
an inch in the ground. I then fill the
space between the tree nnd the lead with
anthracite or wood ashes, or with sand.
My trees so treated are healthy and bear
well.
Colond Tracers.—Mr. Woolscy put
wooden boxes around the roots of hi*
pcnch trees, and filled the space between
the box and the tree with charcoal; these
trees, he says, lived twenty years.
Chairman.-—Mr. Vosc takes tarred pa
per, puts it around the tree, six, eight, or
ten inches above the ground ; takes it off
in the autumn: lie also gives hls trees
special attention; bis peaches arc excel
lent. I applied the lead plan to at least
forty of ray peach trees.
Mr. Townicnd, of Astoria.—Being on a
visit to a friend in Norfolk street, in this
city, last summer, I was struck with the
fine healthy look of a peach tree in the
yard. On inquiry, the lady of the bouse
told me that every spring she poured a
teakettle of hot water upon the trunk of
the_ tree, which ran down to the ground.
This had been done foi fifteen years, and
the fruit was always good.
Colonel Clark.—I have no doubt that
hmo in the boxes would have a good ef
fector) the land, and will destroy insects*
Ethan CambelL—Lime would certainly
prevent the approach of insects, I appre
hend, and prevent its depositing its eggs.
I recommend a sprinkling of lime once a
week around the roots of peach trees front
the beginning of April.
. Oliver Smith—Those inserts which in*
jure fruit dnposite their eggs in the fruit
itself. Lime does not reach or prevent
that. 'When the insect is batched, it then
descends the tree and enters the ground*
Colond Clark.—The curcolio preys pa
pear, plum, and some other trcos, but
does nqt touch the peach. Tho,
which-destroys enters at
the peach trees, and botes bolt
bark and the wood.
Muskets.—1
half oi muskets in JH
of the United States—already to Mid
and fire.
