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“WISDOM—JUSTICE—MODERATION,”
YOlf. II.
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846.
NO. 22.
THE ALBANY PATRIOT, !* ATTEMPT .TO SHOOT A WIFE.
ET • I- On Friday Iasi Mr. Bcnjaa.ii> F. Mark-
NEj-SON TIFT & SETH N. 6QU8HT0N, .iley, who-hnd passed nearly a year in ihe
Lihlort md Prvprirton. Halls of East Cambridge, under Capt.
. 7KUUS. I Watson’s charge, made n desperate nt-
TWO Dollars per annum, if paid in iilvaoce, or tempt io shoot his wife. Hd enteled the
Hire© Dollar*, at thi» *»*»<*-t- • •
Arfvsitisemnbta not
Th^.Dolhrs atthe^ord;.^ h ^ was ay work. went up
,'Pittv cents for each continuance. Advertisements
not haring the number of insertions specified, will
he published until forbid.
Sales of Land and Negroes hr Executors. Adminis
trators ami Guardian,, are required hv law to he
advertised in a public eaxette, sixty days previous to
thaday of rale.
The sales of Personal Property must be advertised
DEATH OF COL. FANNING. I LETTERS OF MARQUE.
The Cincinnati Atlar, ofrlie I9th inst-, • The New Orleans Commercial Times
says :-r-“ Wc are under the paintul neces-.jqf 22J inst., says:—Wo agree with our
sity of recording the' sudden death or Coir 1 contemporary of the Della, who states, in
o'nel Funning, of ibe U. S.Artpv.who ex- < yesterday’s nufttber, that “ when \vc hear
jPjred yesterday' afternoon at ilie Henrte j of the crtpiurc of any of the most unpro-
Htiilse, after, an illness of about a'p hour. ! teejed merchant vessels in llte Gulf, we
*• Pill, is* tvos linnutanl la, nn _r nn ,t„ miaTI ! cavlll t.. ... 1 11 — . I ' ? . _ .
» /vitcrwi'iiiaitn ma tswiTiuiy “*«c, »»•*». , , • . . . •• . . • » ^ n . -- •* . : ------- —* »*•>
tiein-tcrtctlatOne Dollar for the fn-it insertion, and trentiKI uer, and snapped a pistol at her. Lou r. was apparently perfectly well j wifi begin to believe jhere are privateers
' -* ! * J “ bend, which providentially du1 not go ofTyesterday morning, and in good Spirits, afloat, and not before.” The sul jcci was
*“ * * "* * sit ft fSVVIlffiQ tlfllSn. 6>plinft*in,liaiu,e<i>l Im rn. niulor rliei.tiennn Ah am • — * - - - . - ?
—lie Iried another but with the like result. Toward* noon, (feeling indisposed, lie re-
There were eighteen girls at 'wltrk in the j liietl to bis room where he was soon after
room at (he time, and nn alarm was soon! seized; as tve are informed by his aiten'd-
snutidcd, He llien seized her, qpd hold- mg physician, with a (it of ajtoplexy and
mg a pistol close to her side, wus eudeav-; survived but a short lime.
under discussion at an inlormat meeting
of some of the underwriters'n day or two
since, vrlidn letters were exhibited from
some of the most respectable bouses in
Havana, informing their correspondents
‘la like manner forty d*y». ‘ loriitg to make it go of); when ho wus; “ Col. Fanning was a veteran officer in that no privateers would he fitted out, ns
m ami taken into custody.—| the »ci vice of his country, uiid was en-i the Spanish Government was determined
In? pul
Notice to Debtors anti Creditors of an estate mut j pounced upon a
mfoash.fi fortytlSv«. • He hnd the ni
Notice that application .will lie made to the Court
»>( Odinary for leuyetoseU Land and -Noarocs, murt
ho publirhetl weekly for four tuontlut.
. Monthly Advortisciacntu, One Dollar per square
for each in ter:inn.
IT/* AH Letters on business roust be ybut yuirf.
POETRY.
THE Wofeilip Of mtttL'.
HV j. c. vriurmt.
Ho hod jhe pistols overloaded, which j £0£*d in more hard fought ha ales,'than j to prohibit the arming of vesseb for the
pmhahly was the. cause of their not go-. poiliaps ariy oilier officer in the rinnj’.j purpose,
ing off* at fir*!. During the utrugglr, n! Ho rieled a enttspieu
Tlio looketh np to In-avon,
All ’twprc a -living thing ;* * .. .
The honlape of its .waves i« giveYi
la ceaseless worshiping.
' Tliey kneel upon Uiftnkiping *amf,'
As bends tla* human khec,
A beautiful and tireless bsrid, .
The priesthood of tiic tea.
Thoy pnnr their pUltcriuir treasure* out.
Which in .the deep litre Birth,
And chaunt their awful Iivimim about
. The wutrbHfg filihf of earth. -
The grecc earth aeo<U its iacriue up
Froiii creQ*’riOQQtai.tr '
J'rom every. Ilowcfaud dowy cup
That grceloti) the sunshine.
The mists are lifted from the rills,
•I.ike the white wingnf prayer.
They lean above the ancient hills
As doing ho:n:i"v there.
Tl»e forest tops an? lowly cast,
. • O’er breezy bills ami glen.
As if n prayerful spirit-p-isscd
On nature as on ii)’.*n.
The clouds wopep ri*r the fallen world
FJ’cii ns repentant love,
Kn'to the hlcssi'd breeze unfurled,
The-fade in light s'oove,
The sky is a? a temple’s nrcli—
'The blue and .wavy nir •
Is glorious with the spirit t.j irclj
()l messungur^ ntpruyer^
The gentle moon, tlio kindling sun,
The many slurs are givdn,
And shrines to burn c.trtYs inucriss o-jj
The altar fire* of Heaven!
conspicuous part iu the battle \ The Fatria must lie mistaken in assort-
wet-son took tlie pistol dint Marklv had j«l Bridgewiijer—and nlliet: balllcs-nflhc ing that the acting Consul of this city has
laid aside, mul snapping it at tins wind-, laid war with Great Britain,—and in the j received orders-to issue letters of marqur
ow, it exploded, bursting—showing, there j lateSeininoJe War. • He was several times; here. To.our knowledge there lias been
wag evidently, a heavy charge in ii. It I wounded, and lost one of his arms, which; no such individual as a Mexican Consul
was a miracle, truly, that she escaped "‘as amputated. He was brave as Cm- jiu New Orleans for the lust thrcc.'months.
from death. On account i*C hiq .bad con- j.'snr, nn l highly, respected bv all who j His functions expired by their-hwn tier-
■ duct she had separated from him,' (orra, ‘ knew* him, both in the army and out of it.” I mination, and the Mexican Cmisulato is
lln*r, he had left the-bed nod Ixiard site!. Cul,’Fanning was iu the 09th year of. merely a thing defunct,
j hall provided, - ) anif supported herself by iLis age. He entered the nrniy in ISIS.' - ' ■ ^ .
working in a segar liiclnry, where thi' i He .was with Gen. Jni.-ksoii through the Li, v Churchal. Col.
(scene above drsctilicdbiok place. Seinimile war, I besides I icing in the Flori- j'Uhurthlll, Inspector General ol the Ar-
i He was comjjrilted *o jail until tint OiL j da war nf lSflo and 1S30, where be.par- jP a ?* n 8 e t on ' ^ uesdny, ,n *Le
' loiter term of the court, when he will lie ' ticipafed in two of (he most .sanguinary ■ -'Jeamlioat James L. Day, lor Lnyuccn
ve\l.—Ctjinlrridtit- 0Jan.) • battles. -He was Lieut. Colonel of the! B<l 5* Texas. This mdelqtieable and
tried
] C/tntMtcle.
Sil ltegiinent of Artillery, ajid Colonel bv | 'eteran ofljeer has, within .the last sis
'brevet, of date Drr.. 31,' lS3v. * month?.' traveled over, twelve thousand
AGRICULTURAL.
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR—OPIN
ION OF THE PRESS.
The Publishers ofler no apology .to the
reader for submitting to his consideration*
the following notice tiom the “Sbvthcrh
Ptonler," published at Richmond,.Virgin
ia, and deservedly ranking among the lirst
Agricultural periodicals of the day. It
was ended forth, as the reader Will per
ceive, by. the announcement in the Cul-
publications. It is farther said, that from
an effect ual trial of-the practice he finds
it to be his interest to persevrr in it. A
shrewd fellow i3 that same millet;. -' •*
From Lie Southern Cultivator. .
ROADSIDE TREES.
In no part of the U. Slates, except in
New Jersey, have we seen anything like
the state of things described in the follow-.
ing extraclfrom Mi. Loudon's Arboretum.
In that State, on Long Hill, there was,
twenty vears ago, an avenue of cherry
livatnr, that it would lie discontinued af-, trees ni'some miles in length. The trees
ter the present volume, unless a more lib-: grew bv the road side, and every one pas-
cral support was extended to it. The; s i ng ,J 0 k what bo wanted, and no one
opinion of such a mnn as the accomplish- questioned his right to do so. The trees
ed editor nftho Planter, is indeed to lie I WP re very old-when we saw. them first,
prized highly, and we sincerely hope that L„d we are under the impression that they
no friend of, ilie sSoi’THsax Cui-TivATon | W ere plan - - - -
nted' before the revolutionary
Will fail to profit by ns wholesome truths. W ar. They were, however, heginnin'g
to shovy the signs of "having suffered from
the spirit that, since the change of bur in-
Here it is. ' Read it!
“Every community in this country has
a right to do as they please, and are ac-
countqhlc to no iiidividun! for any course
slitmions from colonial to National, lias
become so rile over- the- whole country,
they my see fit to pursue; but. then ; mlJ ,| more especially over the Snutlicm
every individual has the right of express^ Slates'—we mean' lhaVspirit that prompts
mg hi# opinion of such course, provided people to destroy ceeryihiug like irecs,
he does it m a polite and respcefiil manner., shrublierv nod flowers, that does not lie-
in the exercise ./this right,, we will ven- J | on „ to ' themselves, Especially ir the
ture.to express the opinion that no com-; p M blic'shnuld happen to own anything of
munity has ever shown a greater want offrhc jjorj, in town or country, does 'it bc-
wisdotji thnn will the. farmers of Georgia, i coin( . „„ J|,ject of either plunder or .k--
if they suffer the. SopTor.ux Cci.tivator st r U ction. We have soen n person - in a
to expire, for wain of suppor. It is no our | p^fijtc garden, the keeper being absent.
UNITED STATES.
<>f the arrival of the Brutish during the { Clayton, Italian coimty,
■ last war, ulid from which they so-vigor- Voiinli mountains,
onsly ran as soon'nslliey saw the foe. Ip ‘The Rock,’ Itnliun co.
a secluded'spot, near the edge a thick ; Tr;rv iiioutitniii,
wood, rude, wild, uncultivated,.with no ! By. adding to each the height . _ . .
foot path leading to it,you stand on a soil: above the si n. (about 1000 Ifeei) you will commerce o| the principal nutioiii ol the
drenccd l>y the life-blood of inimy a mail. Iiave llieir diflerent elevations. .earth. \} r e find prepared loour lijind, in
■ - 1 New Orleans Times, the following
’Here Decatur, Mason uud CUley lell.j By the alKivetnble it will lie seen ihat| ,lie: New Orleans Times, ifie ^ liillowitig
, One of the iikisi lena-ious duels on feu- i Claikesvillc is S leet higher
ihaii the lop synopsis of that part of lire nrlielo relating
hitter being i lo ’-l ,e «). ilv “l force of the United States: •
! lenge was accepted. Behold, the weap-
'oils,—together they must leap from the
sou aiiil McC.ii ty. Mason challenged nis 1330 li-et iihovr the plain at its base Yoii-! . 1 ho-naval establishment of the United
j opjMiiietit; lull McCarty, ini the ground all is 000 li-et higlu-r llian ClarkCsville C.: Slates is now composed ol the lollpwing
. tliiit. Ills sight was defective, declined 11. The valley of Nareooehee, at the j * orL ‘ e: fjhips .of llielimr 12, vij: Peiuisyj-
i flgl/ling. Jlo-was, jKisied .as u coward, fbnt.of Yminli, is 1< wer than Cl.irkcsvill.; v ’anei, LoIuiiiIhis, 0()io nnil Nordi Cnroli-
I Being a Uiilitarv man, bl<io<i only could ' ' " ' ‘ ' 1 ' ■'
'I'vipu out the r djsgrae<.. Mason’s clml*
llm k'is 1020 Ifect higher "thiiit Cbvto’n. Vork, mid New Orleans, on'the stocks.
! .... . . *Z ’ . in 1 1.M.I
Ibef higher than' Glurkesville, or 30 feet 1 Mn « l b'dependenee, Razee, in ordinary ;
n the summit ol Yonah. ‘The : <nd Alulmma, Vermont, Virginia, New
WOODEN SHOES.
Is not the suggestion contained in the
following article, which wc find in the S.
C. Temperance Advocate, a very imjior-
tant.onef Every one who has sceft ne
groes standing all day on damp ground,
in winter time, gathering cotton, must
have been impressed, with the necessity
of something more than leather between
the leet and the cold earth, Hu the health
and comliirt of the lahoior.—So. Cull.
' Wc all know llinl the diseases to
MISCELLANY.
| dome,if. the Capitol, or sit each-upon a I and Tiny inouiitaiii is •»KX leet higherilian i Those in commission carry^three hundred l .. . ® mimmI wl -1 * u * i •' ■ • ; V . n"’
■ • .... -in the licdi- and seVenty-lour guns} those m ordinary w . ,L " “ lir negroes are most exjaised on- , orchanged-so as to mislead the traveller
thing of value, either jbr use or ornamAit.
And ns for. planting avenues of fruit
trees by the road side, anyone who would
seriously propose such u thing would be
laughed ut as it fool.
iVor is this spirit of Vandalism confined
to the destruction of trees, shrubbery and
flowers. If the public authorities shall
set up mile posts on the nubile roads,
they nre destroyed oV -the figures theron
are altered or efiiiccd so ns to make them
useless. So too with linger boards at
cross-roads; no mutter how carefully put
up, they arc soon either knocked down.
Po'H the Saturday Courier.
HOME.
i keg of "powder, and insert, with his own 1 ‘The Rock.’ These last are .
— ;hand, a slow anlcti in lhe hung hole ; orjest point in Georgia, ami is - ihohgh'io be* lul| drcd and sixty-hiur;. those build
! fight »itli muskets at ten paces, i Mason the loftiest of the Blue Ridge. ln " four hundred and twenty,
nrotested that the . condition, were sav- 1 The elitism of the Tallulah Falls at its' 1 he frigates in commission are the Con
ginate from careless eip aurc to wet and jvbo shall depend on them,
cold ; besides thal, every larntcr, all the ! These things we have been assured
world over, is subject to rheumatic afllic- i were not so belbrc the revolution: and it
lions, owing, cliieny to the necessity o) is a curious problem yet to be tolved, W'hv
working on wet ground. Now, all thro’' they have become so under republican in
die North of the European continent, from I giitutions. One tiling is cerfhin, ngricul-
ngricul-
for*
corners of the sir, vis on a jilenslaiil.cveii- ] hoilv. • and the deep stains of Johnson s
ing, usiug language, to sav iIm, least, un- blood, are still up<in the earth. 1 *—
liccoming lo Ilieif age, when they oiiglu grouail is'hli
lie agcceahiy employed at home. Par- *afi- rank grass tells as <‘h>quemly
-CIllS l|o nnl fee! stidieienllv inleresteil 11»' leiItK), the licllllPSS ol hutliilU bill
make
sldine
high
lliost
liers
Tallulah, or Tanurah, (rlillt-rf'nt ilia- p ri 'P ;, ririg Inr sc-:i.
• - - - - Ol the slnnjis of war, those in cmnmis-
the river Wiser to the Atlantic, the |>eo- tnrists suffer more from the prevalence of
pie wear tcoodcn thoet. Young mid old, such a spirit than any other, class :—for
men and women, in town or country, walk being in so large a majority they have it
and work in this shoe, which unites the. in their power to create, u sound public
acceptable qualities of cheapness, warmth opinion on this sutjeci;' and failing to do
amj dryness. It. is not because the pen-i go, they have to bear the consequences in
pie are |>Kir that they wear the wooden .character, and in pocket especially. For
till upon the earth The ; lees of the *»^'»"P.»ge) signifiesgrand J-ti&V *•*+ ' The m " s ‘ the I wiffiprudem mcn'lbe value of re'al priip-
rsteluLThmiotly ai , 'vVn:"or SfZm tvmififiil. AuireS! Scenes. Warren, Fahnoutb. Cyan-, L e, i induMtion^ burglier of the mvvn, llie man-' erty is alvvay, seriously -flbeted.. oy the
in llic world, wlio have spent a large |mr-1 water, aqd So were all his sto- k in | reseals'in riisciillv Mexico, are the olcaihw j j|t „ f„ rgeat ,- -- P
Sio'n of their minority Beneath thecarc and ,| )t . anc w nt party struggles. In 1S44, I j Alike destitute* of moral honesty, or hive j ^ f ' t y
inlluence of n devoted parent’s eve.— I nm „,g aware that fie voted at all. 1 have for the dcople, they are generally and The lirigs
They are preserved from a thousand had be been at home, that he universally despised. The. poor man! D(lJ p,Somers, Truxton
gcinplajions, to. which nitu-rs are pxposed rwcmld have* voted tor the Whf •>* 1 -• ■ • - - ■ - -
umil early learn to practice those virtues ; date.”— 111. Free Trader.
which in alter life uiakc-lliem rcspecu-fi We dun’t-know a word alKint
.'-mid beloved.. . - ter; but we are prrtty sore thro i- »muk-
• Make homo ' attractive-. Be clieerlul,' thing in it. Thft Whigs nre ever the' vie-
Liuil, ami agreeable -'yoiir-elves. Never |j, U sol bad luck, ami a good deal like the
*' : — 1 ’ '• ’* ’ 1 set their
wear a, frowning brow or uttir a crps# wjrqao- ha the pbiy, they never
imgry would bi llin' your.vhildrcn. A1 |„.a/ls upon nnylhing that is not swept a-
slull liice—a crabbed expression—a pee- way from them at last.—Fctcre’jurg Ut-
visit, fretful disposition, are entirely.out;publican. -
<hf place ainjid the sanctifies of-home—a- ’ • *
rotliul- the domestic fireside—fin llie prfs-
. , incnl, Wave,and Plirenix,encji ten guns,
dopt no better vyay of .concilialmgji.e ma- ^ in ^ mmlslull . aU( | , he Flin a nd On-
jortty than by ringing the; hells ol cvery
jilace he enters, 'collecting the people; and
then bringing the alcalde into the centre
of the " Plaza and giving him, a'sound
... ...» ... JF'ront.M. Sanufen Esq.—Vrnm Opri-
Cltfc of the-lia'ppy loliks and smilling v , !l . ,e -ly'ler, addressed l»a genth'iomi in
_ _ ® ® • ,, • . ilna it*,, mnen - as*iln .IIIonrilrn ill'll
•cheeks r.f innocent childbodd, or. more so
fter youth. •'Somemen htive a smile fi,r
•every place, btu home. .-They arc mild
tstad gciiile ct ery where-fiiit among their
this -city, wc learn with -pleasure, that
Uomulnns M. Sauntlerft, Esq. of North
Carolina, envoy extraordinary anti-minis
ter plenipotentiary of the United . States
kiwn household. . T^s is a grem ?rror- .« Spain arrive,. Safe an.l well at Madrid.
„„it* i,.; nnnns .in If there: 00 alst 'd'* Mr - S ' ila,, nn .
wc mus't call il ft heinenns sin. ...v.,-. ..- . r . - , .
- - -- “ _• ,, ial sllou |j Vail-! "ngjourney through England, I rnnev and
as a spot under Heaven
•out tlic bcst afUrcfioqs. iiic- warmest love,
nnif iltn Lmilnsl anitlpf it is in tltat iio:ll
jiniT the Vmdesl smiles,, it is it) tiutl dcJr
ark. Du r home.
across the Pyrenees, and was at the date
of his letter, (22d. July.)-in daily expec
tation of having an audience fur the put 1 -.
if parents vycrc mmc particular, to do {»“«>» delivering l.is credential*.- U»-
their duty,-ilt this respgct, it would have ,0 **
* . • • • rt • .-II 1.1m si.-
• ii glorious influence,.and tell nobly .on the
future character of. she jasittg. generation.
Another
IYcr}*,-r-Kirkhiin,, thd dislitt-
amarian, "was found ia an old
distillery, rip tbe 2nd irisL. in Jhc liist ng :
onies ofitliu-Mtn tremnu. He died a bool
.- five minutes after he hod been discovered
by the |Nt'*sers' hy. How bave-ltic migh-
•' ty fallea 1—Spirit of Jeffertou.
John Smith has said ronpy good.things:
-among thf rest, -that a newspaper is like
WAGONERS FOR MEXICO/
The Columbus Times of.lhe 2<ith inst;,
say*:—•» \Vc"learn .that Capt. Ilouanl,
Quarter "Master in the A f my, has pure
chnscii for G«n.-Taylot’s Anny, about
400 mules and 50 wagons/ which -are. to
bo sent from this place to Mobile, to lie
thenoe-sliippcd-'far Brasos and llie Rio
Grande. ..They are to he divided ififo
three'.detachments, and will he started
next week lor Mobile. There will be re
quired some ISity'nr fifty wagoners, who
will beemmeed at fiftpenddjlsrs per mootb
thrashing. Not a blow would be lost, for
nine out of ten of them deserves .punish
ment miy day' in-the year; and then it.
would lie such rare fan fur the people.- I
do not exactly recommend'the commaad-
ing .Grneml lo adopt this novel plan of
coHi-ilitition—iI simply give oiv opluimi
as to tlte effects it would have.—Egu.
. ”. THE llALNS.. . • • '
The Jacksonville News of the 21st inst.
says:—At length the deluge has subsided.
The l-omiiiuetl rains for fifty days and
fifty nigblshayeceased.'- Steam! oats ea.n
no longer travel upon the roads, and it is
not necessary for .the'plaoter to visit his
com and-cotton crops in a canoe. The
Water Bearer seems ,to have exhausted
his stork, and to have permitted the citi
zen* of inundated Florida-to study some-
thing else than hydraulics, hydrometers,
ami hydropathy. •
But this excessive rain has'fbrtui
done little’or no injury to the crops. The
regions ailing the St Johns, which was
Ihe mXst severely visited, sends us highly
favorable accounts.. The emps of sugar
cane, cotton .and tobacco, will be greater
and finer than ever. So we -are not so
ka-liv-e, areht ordinary.
Gf the steamers, the Mississippi, arm
ed with tea Faixhnn guns,' (ho Princeton,
nine guns,-the Michigan, one,, dro jti com
mission; .the Fulton four, guns, the Union
four, arc in ‘ordinary; the Alleghany is
on fherstncksi ami the 'Gen! Taylor* Wri
ter.witch ami Engineer, arc used at ten
ders. .
The stareships are the Relief; six-guf.s,
Erie, eight, and Southhampton, six, iti
commission, and the Lexington, eight, in
ordinary.
• a .wife, because everv roan ought Jo b&vo i.wifl beengnued at fift^
. >dwy ; . •
rain forjhtssake of the sun.
his. Ar-
continent,
, — Germany and',
train, a hand or two on every large plan-1 Switzerland, the cherry is much, uqerl a* .
ration to-make them. A' pair ol wooden \ a roadside tree $ parlicularly-in lire.north-
shoes, if-io constant use, will last on hard jern parts of Germany, where the apple
ground ami pavement, full three months, , and peb(t\rill not thrive, In some c<mo
il' made, of common European pine-wood, tries the road passes for- many miles lo-
wbiidi is softer than ours. But we have getlter through qn avenue of cherry frees,
heller wood for (he purpose .than pine, "u Moravia, llte wind front Brunn to Ol-
I allow that nL first the negroes would be! m'utz, passes thnrugh SHch an avenue, ex-
prejudkeif against ibein, as nil illiterate leading upwards of sixty mile* io length;
people object to every thing new; but by and in llte autumn of 182 s ?, 'wc travelled
the ofll-r of premiums, their reluctance! f nr several days through almost nr,c con- .
might he easily overr/ime. I make n<*: tinuous avenue of cherry trios, Irpm 5tras- '
doubt hiit that many pulmonary diseases ] burg hy a circuitous route, to. Munich. - *
cun be prevented by the* wooden shoe. These avenues in Germany arc’planted '
Tho‘trial ought to he tpnde.'for the matter j by the desire of the .respective govern-.
is of nn clcmejitnry' impiirtancc. Atlozen
or two of ivooilett shoes can lie easily im
ported from France, tii Jt’ave the necessa
ry patterns. CpnviiBiEXSis.”
ments, jiot only for shading the traveller,
but in order that tho poor pedestrian may -
obtain refreshment on his- journey. All
persons are allowed to partake of the cher-
^ ries, on condition of ifbl injuring flic trees;
;but the main crop ol the cherries when
Compared with Great Briltain, our na-'«"S*r, and clarify it as fur sweetmeats
TO MAKE TOMATO WINE.
To one quart of juice, put a pound of, ripe, is gathered bv the respective pro :
val fiirce js not large. We have 47 ves
sels in commission, carrying 1155 guns;
30 l-uihling and in ordinary nud pierced
for 1190—total 77 vessels, carrying 2345
guns, and manned by S725'tnen.
Great Brittain has *322 vessels in enm-
tnlsion, carrying 4583 guns; 30-4 building
nnibin ordinary pierced for 3098 guns—
total C26 vessels, carrying 7581 guns,
and manned by 40,000 men.
While our naval force ia so small nur
eemmerctal marine -is larger than that of
any other nation of the world. Great
Bri'tain alone excepted. The (Jotted
Slates possesses nineteen thousand seven
hundred and twenty veasela, with an ag
gregate manage' rtf tnillinns-.four hun
dred and. sixteen thousand nine hundred
badly off after *11..-. We skill -forgive, the and ninety-nine ions, employing one bon-
dreffgnd.ei^hteeti Ihptmnd seamen,
Tito above is very much improved hy ad-
dinga small pro|a>rti«n of the juice of the
comnton grape. This wii.e is believed
to lie far lietior ami much safer for q tonic
or other medical use* than' the wines
generally told ns port wines, Ac., lor such
purposes. It is peculiarly adapted to
some disease* and states of the system,
and is particularly recommemled for de
rangements of the livers—Prairie Farmer.
. BQOK FARMING.
In Indiana, as il.ia slated in'a western
ed paper,-there is a miller very extensive?
ly engaged in the manufactured of flour, -
who, in making his coni nets for wheal,
alwayrgives more per bushel for h to a
farmer who lakes and reads an Agiicul-
total paper, than to one who rejects tho
light mid knowW??- fpruii
prietors r.f the . land on which it grows ;
and when qhrse ate anxious to preserve
the fruit ofany.particular tree,- it is, atil
were, tattooed; thatis.o wisp of stniW is
tir*d in a conspicuous, part to ' one of the-
braneltes, a« vine* by tltc roadsides m
Franch, wken the grapes are ripe, terr
protected by sprinkling a plant here anil
there, with a mixture of lime anil water,
which marks (he leaves \viib* conspicuous
white blotches-' Every ope who has'nrati-
elled pn the crinthent, in the fruit season,
must have observed the respect that )*
paid ip these- appropriating marks; and
there is something highly gratifying in
this,' and ih the humane feeling displnyed
by the princes of the different countries,
in,-causing the trees to he planted, ft.
wquld indeed be lamentable if kind
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