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FETSttlOH TIIWEATT,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
AT THREE DOLLARS I’F.ll ANNUM. IN ADVANCEi
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•• it iloos* 100 tonl».
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situated. Nalien of tlicie sales mint lm giicn in a public g’lzotto 8IX-
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li.vi or G iAi- liamhip, may have been granted, (list giving SlXTi
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do»r of the Court-house, where Mich sales nre to be held.
Notice for the sale of I'nrsoiul Pionerty, must In-given ill like
i»sr. FORTY da vs previous to the dajr of sale.
Notice tt iha Debtors anil Creditors of an Estnto must lie published
forKORTY days. . , „ „
Notion that ipplicntion will he mnilc to the Court of Ordinnry foi
leave to sell I,AND, mint be published for FOl.’lt MONTHS.
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III >N rilS,before any order absolute shall bo made thereon by the
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REMITTANCES IIY MA1I.—“ A postmaster tuny enrlose money
in a letter to the publisher of u newspaper, to pay the subscription ofn
third parson,and frunktho letter, ifwrittciiby himself.”— Amot Ktn-
M p. nr a
POETICAL.
TIIIC LITTLE RED POX.
Tune—“ Old Dan Tucker."
Thetnoon wn* up, nml bright ns day,
The slurs they winked in their quiet wnv—
When the Kindorliook Fox was ehnsed h> n Coon,
As the west wind whistled this brim-new tunc—
Get out of the way, you're quite too late.—
You little Kcd Fox of tlio Empire State.
Tlio Fox lmd boned tlmt the Buckeye boys
Would bent oflhhe Coon with n thunder ins noise,
But his licnrt grew sad, nml his for Hew off,
Am he heard, while he hiccupped u churchyard cough,
Get out of the way,&c.
Over the line to old Pennsyltuck,
The Fox thought he'd go in search of luck;
But theory went up “Wo don’t want \ou here,”
And they snug, as there dropt from his eye u tear,
Get out of the way , dec.
Soon he went to the old IVotth Stn’e,
With the hope that “Old Kip” would avert his fate;
But when lie got there lie lost his tail,
Ami the Conn boys sung, as Uu “cut with a wail,
Got out ol the'way, &c.
The tailless Fox wont to Tennessee,
To beg a little help from Old Hiok o-rre;
But bo hoard, as be went, a loud shout for Jones,
And the song, as lie ecnmpcrcd to suve his bones,
Get out ol the way, &c.
Breathless with fear, and without a tail,
The sight of a Coon-skin made him quail;
lie jumped like a thief to a'cut-dirt’ tune,
Ami be beard, while lie yelled like n frightened loon,
Get out of the way, dec.
On he leaped, with a limping gait,
And took bis wuv through Murylnnd State;
But it f« Mowed lucre, liken hue and cry,
That terrible sound which lie could not fly,
Get out of the wav,&c.
Wearied and worn, and chased by the ‘Coon’
His head became bald us u shaved baboon;
Wlion he reached l.indenwold lie sighed,‘I’m unlucky,’
For the people ull sing, as they shout ‘Kentucky,’
Get out of the way, Ac.
So the Fox lay down, nml his voice got wheezy,
llis luce grew pule, nml his stomach unousy;
lie heaved, he kicked, urn! cried 1 mil lost,
Aud the night wind moaned as he gave up the ghost.
The little Red Fox is quite unlucky,
For the people are going lor Old Kentucky!
MISCELLANEOUS.
VO I,. XXXV-
MILLKDGEV1LLK, TUESDAY. MARCH 5, IS44.
NO 23*
nmsquiiiics wero upon mo; tlirou>>li shccl, mid
doilies, uikI night cup, they pounced mvny ut mo.
»s if they were shooting at tlio murk, Mmlneas !
I started to my feet in tho dark. I whisked tlio
shoot round mid round nt tlio invisible foo. Hut
lliu inslni l my liroil arm foil by my side, whizz ! —
there ibry came again, on nose, eyes, ears, mouth,
every where. Ami, worst of all, my tliuni snored
on without cessation, “Yuu dirty, dusty-, tanned,
tough-hided son of sleep,” grow led 1 ‘-wish you
were a sired, thin skinned, piul: little halt/; llien
would iliese most delicato lusted fellows nibble you
a hit,” W bisk went llio sheet, again, and over
a chair ; whisk on the other side—and crack went
tho pitcher, wash-bowl, tumbler, ull. lint the inus.
quitoes cared not ; they only flew faster, buzzed
louder, hit harder. Another whisk, and the sheet
boxed my' friends cars, purposely, I confess, who
awoke, und startled, asked, w hat’s that 7” What’s
Ill'll, you eighth sleeper, it's a musquiloc," roared
I. "Oil, is that till? They never bite me.” And
with a faint '‘good night, ’ he turned over, nod puli’
ed on. “Good night, indeed ! you leather-cheeked
parcliincilt.fuce dog. if you hud a clean skin, you
would sliaro this sport with me.” Ton o’clock,
eleven o'clock struck ; tho watchman cried '-all's
well and a pleasant night," nt which 1 repeated the
text “All men are liars.”
At last n thought struck me. It enmo like a
plank to a swimmer in his agony. It was executed
at once. I felt in the duik for the table, lifted it up
and arranged it on the bed above the pillow, threw
tho sheet over the table, tucked it carefully down
behind and on two sides, put on my pantaloons and
bools, got upon the bed, pul my head under the ta
ble, tucked down the sheet under my nrms, and
fairly triumphed at my triumph. “Ay ! sing away
beauties ! oh, beautful little pets, how 1 would like
to oblige you !” I even tantalized them, ns an old
lady of my acquaintance used to do. put my hand a
little way, heard llieir faint, twittering noise, ns
they settled and pulled it away. Oh ! it was fine
to out wit the leeches.
1 slept, Horror! I seemed to be, in my dream,
a lobster, just put into a pot to hail; the water
A Torino Hero.
The Cincinnti Mercury tells tho following amus
ing story of which a facetious comedian named Jim
Wilis, who played in that city some years ago, was
ho hero. I lc w as, says tile Mercury, n queer com
pound of human nature—a man who could with
ease make others laugh, hut seldom ever laughed
himself; a melancholy man through life it caused
him to “shufllo of this mortal coil,” cro half ids race
was run.
About tlio time the Texas excitement ran so
high in tlie United States,.Jim Wills was in Pills,
burg, in that situation so common to piny actors,
viz: “fl it broke.” Standing one day on tlio Wharf
with liis seiious visage expanded, planning how lie
should gel down the river without money, when
lie lien I'd n drum and fife. On looking uround ho
saw a company of reckless looking, half uninform
ed soldiers, about embarking for New Orleans,
bearing a Texian banner. A thought struck him.
Next day lie sent his trunks on board the first boat
to start, and just as the Captain was tapping tho
boll for the last time, Wills slopped on board, and
dragged his trunks into an unoccupied stale room;
and from his theatrical wardrobe a soldier’s coat,
with a hull'breast and (hreo rows of buttons, u chap
eau w ith an immense plume, a red sash, a pair of
military trowsers, a grizzly black wig, and a pair
of false wiskers. By the time the boat had got
(airly under way, Jim was fully equipped, with his
stage sword gracefully hanging by his side. Draw,
mg his white gloves, lie hesitated a moment, hut re
lying tin liis peculiar powers, lie opened the door,
gnvo tlio usual military stoop, and walked inlo the
cabin, which was filled with passengers. In a mo.
mrnt all eyes were directed towards him, but he
walked up to the bar and drank a glass of brandy
and water. In the mean time nil was hustle and
confusion to find out who the officer was. A gen
eral rush was made for the register, hut he bad not
yet put down bis name—the Captain was consulted
but lie knew nothing. At length, however, the Cap
tain, feeling n little curiosity himself, walked up to
Jim, and bowing politely to him said, “Sir.”
“Sir. to you,” said Wills, touching his chapeau a
[FROM THB CINCINNATI ATLAS.J
A SIIOItTS 1'OKY OF A LONG MGIIT.
“How lie blows and pulls liko a consumptive
steamboat,” groaned I, as I flung myself frenzied,
devoured, utterly spent and tired out, into a chair,
by the window, und listened to tlio deep hreuthing
of my room-mate.
It was an August niglit, but ns the black bole
ol Calcutta, and not u star gleamed through
tho heavy gloom. It was a night to gasp and gulp
fora mouthful of air, so oppressive was the sultii-
tioss; above all it was a night of Musquitof.s. Do
those impudent and ollicious thieves, see i wondet
by their eyes or their noses ; the darkest niglit
they Seem to like tho best, to do their deeds of
darkness in ; certainly on this night, which was ut
terly black, they had all turned out, from tlio old
slow, deliberate buzzer—who chooses long a good
place to settle on—to tho rash, shrill trembler, who
darts at the first hare spot. Did you ever notice
the various shades of sound in a full concert o(
musquitocs 7 If you feel curious on this point and
are an nn amateur in unwritten music, your besi
mode of experimenting is to go lo a meadow just af
ter mowing and keep quiet. The tflucl is beautiful
when these beautilul sweet creatures are not dis
turbed. The exultant rapture witli which a liuii-
gry, largo.bodied, long-tongued follow come whiz
zing on—the delicious luxurious, die-awuy lone, in
which ho just dips his little feet and inserts his pro-
-boscis—the satisfactory last quaver, with which il
ho finds the spot to his taste, he settles fairly down
to his work ; and fiunl/y the pompous bass drone,
witli which plump, full-pored and bloated, he bids
farewell, like it tipsy alderman, arc unequalled in
natural melody ; and then there are degrees of re
finement in their modes of approach. A vulgai
brute of a musquitoe takes hold anywhere biting
tile loe through u boot or the head through a hat, if
necessary ; while a well.bred one buzzes softly,
wheclsall uround and around you, skims over the
cheek makes a little flourish towards the eye, co
quets with the tip of the nose, und just as you think
he is gone, drives Ids dart homo in your upptir lip.
Ah ! how sharp: Slap, and lie is oil'; (liko a pick
pocket, with your watch in liis fob) and you hear
him chuckling politely in the distance.
Most inusquiloes are gentlemen in dress :—ns
you will see any lime ; if yuu are benevolent and
give them a dinner from the blood you can so well
spare. By tho way, l set down among piousfrauds
that saying of compnssinnnto ministers, and maid
en* aunts, that if you will let a musquitoe have a
full meal, lie will draw uway all Ids poison, (which
they say lie puurs into tile wound, only because lie
is an epicure, mid like to dilute the rich draught.)
I always found the bites the largest, reddest, whit
est, and most irrilulile, where these pretty visitors
staid longest, doubtless this is bccauss they are so
badly treated by men, tliut they grow suspicious,
and expecting u knock, fly off nt tlio earliest
opportunity. Certainly it is an interesting inquiry
whether musquitocs, in a natural state, are thus
treacherous. Alas! that a non-resistant's faith
cannot conquer tiieir selfish dispositions. Wliul
would a pntionco-kecping society do for their ton)
pers 7
But tilis is a digression into the metaphysics and
elides of musquitocs, while I should speak of llieir
dress. The coat is a changeable velvet of greon
and red, without bullous. Tlio hose aro striped
and spotted grey, turning up at the toes; those
soft little downy leathers on the head—hut 1 forget.
The fellows who wear fuulhors never bile. They
probably uro the Captains, and lot common soldiers
do the fighting, and gel the knocks. Well: it is
the oasier to observe them. But lo inv tale.
Wc had been riding all day, nnd were very lired
aad very sore, and very hot,mid particularly cross,
and every way uncomfortable; and so. slier taking
a warm bath, 1 went eurly to bed. My compan
ion was wiser ; ho took no bath, and left on Ids
ling of dust. I heard the clock strike nine—aid.
breathed I out, in that long continued aspiration
so indicative of perfect comfort, as I stretched
myself from corner to corner;of the fresh lied, and
ina moment u ns asleep. I suppose I liu-l slept
just enough to allow tho nuisquitoe, tliut stood guard
on the bed post, to see 1 hat I was quiet, and woke up
bis gang, when a noise, liko tlio voice of many ua-
tort and a sensation, liko that of reposing on a nest
of aunts, awoke mo. I am not a coward, but thi-
time I was frightened. lie name was Legion. Tin
grew warm, warmer, very warm—hot, holer, abso- ! |a tniliiarie.
lutely insufferable—and i awoke to a sense of suf- j “Will you do mo the favor to register your name
fucalion, drenched in perspiration, actually stewed s0 that I limy provide a stnte room for you7’
in my close little tent, under the table. 1 dashed . “Oh, witli pleasure,” said Jim, and walking up
up the sheet (or a mouthful of free air far my pant- j t 0 tlio register lie flourished in round text,
ting lungs. I lifted the shed; yea, I lifted tlie i “C. P. Edwards, Major, Texas Army.”
sheet, yea ? veri/y. 1 opened the gate and throw Tlie Crutvd pressed around llio table—they read
down the portcullis for the enemy. They entered ; tho name—universal enthusiasm prevailed, und
tho breach by scorees, by hundreds, Miin-rn.m-m j three tremendous cheers were given for Texas and
m-me-ctn-ch-eh-eh ; shrill luiss.uHo, treble, tenor, j Liberty.
they settled victoriously upon me. j Jim took of his chapeau, acknowledged the com-
It was hopeless, despairing, to keep up the une. j pliment with a graceful bow, and a few patriotic re-
qual fight, i cried not quarter not half, not any marks.
tiling. I gave myself up, skin, flesh and hones, to j It is almost needless lo say dial from flint mo-
tho tormentors—J dashed awny the table, and threw | men t the sot ilisant Major was a lion.—Every
my face, nrms, chest, wholly open to llieir kind i one sought to make liis acquaintance—tho ladies
applications. Why nut 7 why not 7 Surely they opened tlie cabin door to get a peep nt him—
are nature's surgeons. Ever kind nature ! How { |,o was placed at tlie head of the table—and at
necessary in hot weather to let blood; again, how j night lie was made ns drunk ns Bacchus on chain
lieulthy is friction—how it circulates tlie fluids of: pnign.
life. Again ! oh tile bounty of this benevolent lia- j Next day he was promenading the hurricane
what pleasure amid pain. I ask, is it not
worth being hit 7 Is il not worth—fu'iy worth any
number of bites, merely to have the delight of-of-
of-(whatis the polite word for it 7) of scratching.
One o’clock—nvo o’clock—three o’clock und 1 re
member no more. Probably 1 fainted from loss of
blood ; and the Cassocks left mo only when they
hud robbed the slain.
At last I came to a dim, indistinct consciousness
of life, it seemed to me, that I was in the presence
of the Big Manliou of tlio Musquitocs, the huge, first
typo, and gigantic primeval ancestor of the race.
Bless us ! what tin eye 1 n kind of bright, horny
deck, linked urm and arm w itli the Captain, and
a warm hearted Southerner who resided nt Vicks
burg.
“Major,”said the southerner, “1 know very well
that you liuvu been on n mission to collect arms,
ammunition and recruits—but on die subject you
must, of course lie mum, in consequence of the
treaty between Mexico and tlie United Stales.—
For my part, I could see every d d copper col
ored rascal hung, liko dogs on trees!"
“Whatever my business may have been I find
that I have exhausted all my means in tlio cause; in
horny . faci, ] fear 1 shall not he eblo to pay my passage
eye, that winked at one awfully, wit a sort of “1 unt j| | j, el t0 n uw O, leans.”
“Dont mention it,” said the Captain, “I could
not think of taking any tiling of you.”
itnow what I’m abuul” look ; what a most pecu
liarly long, hard, sharp, polished nose, how very
like a 6mall sword—rather a rougli plush juekei
that; and those twitching, hairy, spindle legs—
why, decidedly limy look better in a miniature copy.
He whizz- d Ills long, gleamy wings like a gong,
deatcningly. He pul a great paw on tny shoulder;
and 1 awoke to catch tlie last clang of tlio break
fast peal, and to hear tny friend say, who was sliu.
king me by tlie arm, “why, what in flic world, Bob,
bus bunged up your eyes so ; and your nose, and
cheeks; why, whin’s the matter, you are swelled
all out of shape; have you been fighting in the
night 7 I remember hearing a noise." “Alii my
dear John ! is tliut you," 1 answered. “I thought
it was a musquito." Ila! ha! ha! laughed he in
reply. “You lobe sure, Boh, are a regular Pick
wick : but 1 am not quite such a Hum bug."
Elloant Extract.—The following is ail extract
from an oration delivered by Dr. George IP. lSc-
tliune before tlie Literary Societies of Dickenson’s
Cullege. The oration opens with tlie following
fine passage :
“There is a story told somewhere, of one who
came hack, after a long absence, to the scenes of
Ins youth, lie lmd gone forth in early adventure
to distant lands, and tlie hope uf return lmd cheered
his many years of foreign toil until the noon ol
life found him drawing near once more lo the only
spot dial ho ever could call home. His heart heat
mure and more quickly as the mountains around
the village arose in thu blue distance ; then, ns lie I , . . , . ,
saw the spire of the village church, or the well re- ! ""“T 1 on - ! llu fwl snu B lv ”” '•«> l ,llll, '’’ T
niembercd trees grown old hut still green ; und ! , 1,1U . 4 ,lm, S s "»• ,“" d " ll1 '; r< t '. n< ; l ' ed New Or.
then lie entered die cheerful street. Munvadwel lun !’ 8 m ,r, . un, P^ . f l,oro 10 do 1 f,ud llls umlorm
ling was familiar, though loucl.ed bv time ; but j ,lm returned to \ leltshurg. where he got an engage-
among the groups about flair ll.rcshl.olds, nnd ! " ,e 1 " 1 «>'« tiiealre. Jo became a great favorite,
those who met him on the wall, there was not n i n ' ,d when he wn. at the zenith ol his glory, the
face that ho knew, or that knew him. Ho pnssed ,,ld w ' ,oln 1,u ,n ' :l °. n ll,e boal, went
on through the abodes of the living to the resting ! "> ''•« "'futfB. Between the pieces Wills sung
place of the dead ; and there he found graven on ^rlow-llm old follow was bnwildored-thu
stones, many names dial were written on his soul. , !’ "'T'™ cam . e 0,, ’,' md ' ,ds “I'penrod in the same
All whom he had hoped lo mcot again, were gone,! ldell ' icul 8UU "• which he hud enacted the Texas
or were buried, or had forgotten him. Hu was! ‘ ‘'J” 1,
alone, a stranger in his early home. IIo paused to | Alter the theatre let out, tho o.d fellow sought
look uround Imn; There stood die venerable edi- 1 wuh Jim. ,
lice within which his young mind hud been trained I ul ) “ r.iscul, I oug.it to shoot you, but
to learning. Thera was the green where lie lmd 1 ll,e lrlck wns clu . v, ;‘' ll "»‘ * you. so lot us
leaped and shouted with Ids fellows. There (low- | "'T nu ™’ rc «•
cd the little stream from the shaded spring which J "" l '" ,k , rd " l '"I" , a m ""wnt with a serious ex
had so often slacked ins summer thirst. He foi- ! ircasl ”"> :e P l,cd » " Maa "> •“* ‘"me plays nm.
lowed i: to the path deep beaten in tho sod. IIo. 11 - (>•*• 1 -•
stopped nnd took one long cool draught; his tears , Social I.ntf.rcoorsb.—We should make it a
fell on the culm water’s face ; lie lifted Ins Imt from : priuci|>lo to extend the hand of fellowship to every
liis head, breathed a prayer, und departed to return , IIIlln (V |, 0 discharges faithfully ids duties, and main,
no more. ’ | tains good order—who manifests a deep interest in
“Witli some such emotions does your orator t hc welfare of general society, whose deportment
“ 1 have it,” said the Southerner,
me.”
Tlio trio adjourned to tlie clerk’s office, whore a
stirring appeal for aid to Texas, was w ritten. The
Southern gentleman carried it among the passen
gers, and collected 81S0 which was handed tu
Wills. At night a grand supper was given, nt
which speeches were made and toasts wore drank.
The cabin was decorated with star spangled ban-
ner, entwined with die (lag of tho lono stnrs, manu
factured by the ladies out of some of their red and
white “oh, ho, wo never mentions ’erns” for tlie oc
casion.
About 11 o’clock die company commenced sing
ing songs, nnd al length the Major wns called on to
favor the company with n song. lie complied by
favoring tlie company witli ids famous song of-Bil.
ly Barlow.’
“Bravo!” said one.
“Excellent!” said another.
“Capital!” said a third.
“1 could do il a d J sight better,” said Jim,
who w as fast verging into tlie fourth stage of intox
ication, "if 1 lmd tlie proper togs on.’
After giving three faint huzzas for Texas llio
company broke up.
Next morning the Clerk went into Jim Wills’
stale room lo call him to breakfast.—Imagine liis
surprise when lie discovered dial dm Major had
actually turned in standing—with boots chapeau and
address you now. A score uf years lias passed
since iio left, for the urgencies of mature life, Iliese
ucademic shades, dear from a thousand memories
of happy youth. They were then populous witli
liis friends, and llieir classic excitations were direc
ted by die kind and parental solicitude uf teachers
to whoso skill, fidelity and gratitude can never make
sufficient payment. He lias trodden the college
is upright nnd whoso mind is intelligent, without
stopping to inquire whether he swings u hammer
or draws a thread. There is nothing so distant
from all natural claim us die reluctant, the back,
ward sympathy—the forced smile—the cliccked
conversation—tho hesitating compliance, which
the well-ofl'aro too upl lo manifest to thoso a little
down; with whom, comparison of intellect and
Discovery ofilic Spy-Gluss.
The first discovery of tlie spy-glass, in IfiO!)
was tlie result of childish sport and accident, Jas.
Mctins, of Aletnajer,in Holland, saw some hoys on
tlio iruxen canal adjust fragments of ice lo the op
posilo ends of their ink horns and look through
them nt enlarged objects; lie look llio hint and
formed a simple spy.glass. Galileo Gailei, im
proved this into the telescope, nml opened n new
flood of astronomical light in tlie beginning of die
17tli century. In die later part of die lust centu
ry, Hcrschcll enlarged the field of telescope vision
by increasing llio size of the glasses, nnd the length
of tlio tube. In 1824 the third enlargement of the
visual orb, by object glasses fourteen inches diam
eter and tubes twenty feet focal distance,unlocked
again die secret chambers of die firmament, found
a parallax in the star of Lyra, and exhibited solar
systems ofslars, revolving round each oilier, within
a limited space, by tlie hundred and thousand.
Tlio inventor of this instrument was Joseph
Fraunhofer, an ingenious mechanic of Munich, in
Bavaria—one of those productions of nature, says
Mr. Adams, which once in an ago she exhibits as
symbols and samples of creative power. He wns
born at Straubing, in Bavaria, of parents so indi
gent, that they could not give him the education of
i common school. His father was a glaxicr, ami
destined him for liis own trade ; hut in uis eleventh
year lie lost both Uispareutsnud was hound to a glass
maker in Munich, by his guardian. Towarls tlie
end of Ids apprenticeship llio house of liis master
fell in. ami Joseph, by a special interposition of Pro
vidence, nud extraordinary exertions, encouraged
by die personal presence nnd cheering of the King
“f Bavaria, was drawn out uninjured from thu ruin.
A pecuniary gilt from die compassionate King en
abled him to purchase hooks on optics, nml buy the
nst half year of Ids apprenticeship. Alter many
lisustors in Ids struggles, nt once for knowledge
»rid for hi end, he was admitted as a partner in the
establishment of Uty.sehncider & Ueichenbncli,
pticians, who soon acquired the highest reptitn-
mu iii all Europe. Fraunhofer not only succeed,
d in making larger object glasses than was ever
itternpled, hut made them more perfect. In 1821
tie furnished to Struve, for tlie University at Dar-
nut, the Achromatic Refractor, afterwards still
more enlarged lor tlie Observatory at Pulkowa.
l’liere, perhaps, is Struve ploying liis optic nerve
o tlio detection of tho lirninincut with an object
^lass of fourteen inches aperture, a tube of twenty,
one fuet focal distance, nud a magnifying power ol
two thousand fold duplication.
Fortunate Incidents.—Evelyn was walking
ono day in a field near Say’s Court; lie slopped for
a moment to look in at dm window of a poor solita
ry thatched house, and beheld a young man carv
ing a cartoon of Tiutoral,uf which lie had bought n
FROM THB AMERICAN FARMER.
Mr. Miriver’s large Crop of Corn.
Mtt. Editor.—The largo crop of Corn raised
last season by Augustus Sumer, Esq. lias given
rise in our neighborhood to no little inquiry ns to
the distance proper lo tie observed in planting, to
elfect tli devoutly to he wished for object of 100
bushels per tide. Tho usual distance observed
by us i» il 1 2 leet each way. There are many ex
perienced Farmers among us who object to iliat
distance as being too close for a full maturity of
tlio year. ’1 lie above dislanco will produce 2555
hills per acre, assuming tlie calculation of 120 ears
to the bushel, of 12 inches long and 7 indies in
circumference; which is considered correct by ma
ny, ami indeed hv taking the internal dimensions of
a bushel in inches, and making proper allowance
for heaping, by computation, seems to lie about cor.
reel. Agreeably to llio above calculation, allow
ing 2 stalks ill each hill, wc have 00 bushels of
ears, or 0 barrels of corn per acre. Mr. Shriver’s
produce was 20 barrels per acre, making 24,000
stalks,allowing end) stalk to have producuj one
ear 12 incites long and 7 indies in circumference,
Mr. S’s field must have been cuvo-ed at the rate of
ono stalk 10 inches apart cadi way. But as Mr.
8. worked liis corn with a horse a d cultivator, lie
must have planted not less tiinn 3 t. one way, and
if so, with 2 .stalks in tlie hill, th. ..li.must lie-o
boon 14 incites distant. If 3 stalks in the hill, the
hills must have been 22 inches nparl.
Now, as Mr. Shrivcr is a subscriber to your val
uable paper, an enterprising farmer, nnd a gentle
man, 1 am happy tube informed, of most excellent
feelings, nnd as tiiis will likely fall under liis eye,
I take t*io liberty ol asking him, to inform us
through the medium of your paper the exact dis
tance he observed in planting, ami the number of
stalks in die hill. My impression is, that Mr. -S.’s
corn will exhibit much closer pluming than the n-
hove calculation indicates. If so it muy enable us
to determine with some accuracy how much of Mr,
S.’s crop w as lost by two close planting, in tlie
want of the full maturity in die size of tho ear.—
And also satisfy our farmers, that to expect a great
yield of corn per note, we must greatly shorten the
distance wo h ive heretofore observed in planting.
A SUB-ClilHEIt.
Near Ellicott's Mills, Ba/limore Co. Mil.
Gardening.—The season being nt hand for
gardening, wc consider it our privilege as journal,
ists lo suggest u few tilings in reference to tlie im
portnuce of the science us well as instruction on
the first and most important operations.
The history ol gardening is most interesting in
all its details, and for information on this subject
wo commend to die reader’s attention Loudon’s
Encyclopedia, ns containing more valuable infor-
copy at Venice. Evelyn requested permission m 1 mutton than ull o;her works we have examined.—
enter, and soon recommended tlio youthful urtist
to tho pntronuge of Charles tlio Second. Such,
ays the Editor of Frazer’s (London) Magazine,
was the commencement of tlte fume of Gibbons.
Hut lor that walk, and that listening of Evelyn, lie
night still have pursued liis solitary toil unfriend
ed nnd unknown; it was a light circumstance, a
mere shadow upon die stream, but it was full of
promise for liis future fortunes. Ticked owed ull
his political prosperity to a little poem suggested by
the opera of‘Rosamond.’ The lute William Gif
ford was rescued from the penury and hardships of
a coasting trader by llio report and tlie sympathy ol
the fish-wutntiu wliosuw him playing rugged ami
neglected upon the bench at Brixtim. And went
is particularly deserving of notice is that the very
circumstances which seem to portend our injury, or
our ruin, often promote to an extraordinary extent,
our prosperity and happiness. This apparent con
tradiction may ho exemplified from die life of tin-
present amiable and learned Professor Lee, whose
early struggles to acquire knowledge, amid the po.
verty and depression of daily labor, must he well
known to many of our readers, lie was by trade
a Carpenter, nnd had no means of ex'emling ills
knowledge of languages except by exchanging the
grimmer of one for that of an otiicr. But no Gif.
Acuities or privations could chill the fire of liis on.
thiisiasm; his only time of study was after the con
clusion of Ids work in the evening; still ho
persevered. At length he married; and tlie expen
ses of his new manner of life not only obliged him
to undertake severer toil, but seemed also to call
for tlio abandonment of Ills literary pursuits; Ida
evening ns well as his morning hours were to he de
voted tu tlie hummer nnd the saw. At litis criti
cal juncture, the chest of tools upon which Iio de
pended for subsistence, «as consumed by lira, and
destitution und ruin stared him in die face. His
calamity proved liis greatest blessing; liis loss be
came known, attracted attention to liis character,
and friends were not long wanting to assist die pa
dent ami struggling scholar. But for the btirniu*
of that cheat of tools, tlio Cambridge Professor of
Hebrew might at this instant have been mending
a window Ira me at Bristol, instead of occupying u
stall in its cathedral.
The Duke of Wellington," NArriNG."—At
tlie conclusion of tlie banquet al Windsor Castle,
on Tuesday evening iast, her Majesty ami Prince
Albert, with llieir distinguished guests, retired as
usuilto the green drawing room; tlio Queen’s
private hand being stationed in tlie adjoining apart,
ment (the crimson draw lug-room) tlio folding doors
of which were tin-own open, in the course of the
evening her Majesty left tho private apartment,
irrn inarm with the Duke of Wellington, and scat,
ed herself with tlie Duke on h-r right hand, nml
surrounded by die court, near the hand. After lis
tening to tlie performance of two or three composi
tions, die Queen rose from Iter seal to retire, a
movement which was of course, followed by tlie
whoio of die royal parly with the exception of the
Juke, who lmd fallen into a profound nap.—Her
Majesty, smiling, nnd evidently enjoying tiie in
voluntary forgetfulness of liis grace, playfully tap
pod tlie duke on liis shotilJer with her bouquet,
w hicli speedily brought him from a state of momen
tary oblivion to perfect consciousness, w hen the
Queen, with a gracious sinilo (amidst tho suppress,
ed titterings of die illustrious guests,) made liis
grace a low curtsey, nml, taking llio noble war
rior’s anil in tlie most kind and affectionate man
ner, and laughing tho while, proceeded from die
crimson lo the great drawing r om, where coffee
was served.
wails ngain lo day, and lias seen within them many ; principles of virtue, they frequently sink inlo in.
happy faces i i the bloom of youth ; bill lliosn whom 1 significance.—Daniel llVis/cr.
he loved to greet with frank regard, are all gone. I
Some are in tho grave, the rest widely scattered t Courtship.— Den. Murvin, of Connecticut, a
through a cold world, never to know again the ! large landholder,an exemplary man, was exceed,
bunyanl happiness and careless wealth of afloctiou | iugly eccentric in some of his notions. His courts,
tlml'hero blessed them nml him. But thanks lie to | ship is said to have been as follows ; Having, ono
Gud ! the fountain of truth nt which they drank. I day, mounted liis horse, with only a sheepskin for
still pours forth its living waters; the path to it is . a saddle, lie rode in front of the iiouso wliero Bet.
still deep beaten by youthful feel, and I have come j ty Lee lived, and, without dismounting, requested
lo take one draught with you ; to send up n prnyei l Betty lo come lo him ; on her coming, lie told her
to the fn’lior of lights, who cause it to flow—and to 1 that llio Lord lmd sent him there to marry her.—
gomy way.” Betty replied, “die Lord's will bo done.”
How to sat “Yes."—Brevity lias been said to
be the “soul of wit," nnd tiiis has been repealed
so often, that whether it he true or not, in till
cases, it has certainly come to bo established as a
fact.
A genllemnn whose attachment to a lady com.
meiiced in liis youth, nud who thought the fulfil
ment of liis “love’s young dream,” was “a consum
mation devoutly to he wished," informed the fair
one by letter of his wishes, praying for nn early
answer. Tlie lady had known the worthy snppii
cant ull her life, and reciprocating liis ceiitiinuiits,
she had no reason (or delaying her uoswur. She
sent him the following reply:
My dear A. As Miranda said to Ferdinand, “1
am your wife if von will marry me.” Ever yuurs
&e.'”
VVImt words could he more to tho purpose?—
They were nil tlie lover wanted, who, when lie (len
to givo her "his hand with liis heart in it,” confes
sed liar candor and brevi'y were dm very soul of
her love.
in point of profit, no labor gives a belter reward
than dial performed in tlie garden. Near lurge
cities, extensive und industrious communities make
handsome supports from die sale of vegetables and
fruits.
No family, scarcely, suflicicutiy appreciates the
ft very day com forts, to say nothing oi’ the l.ixurius,
of tho garden. Vegetables and fruits may givo a!
least half a support to u family, and -.vlion it is con
sidered they constitute tlio must healthful and a-
grcoahle diet, they becoino much more valuable,
it should not he forgotten that the, seiuncci of garden
ing is an intellectual cm Pl'tf iniMit of llio liiyliur or*
dor. Hotany, ynoloyy, chemistry* vegetable phy-
viuluyv anil (Mitiniolugy arc intimau ly connected
u ill) its practice
Again, none hut those who cultivate the garden
can estimate the p ensure accruing to those who
spend u portion of their time in iu operations.—
There i-> not a seed, sprout, leaf, hud, flower o
particle uf fruit that does not ntVord pb’.vsure in at
eminent degree. No marvel, indeed, our Heaven
ly Father should have selected a garden for tin
first happy pair, and no wonder the most scientific
ofbotli sexes, throughout the civiliz'd world, are
charmed ami delighted with the garden. — We will,
however, not enlarge on this pmt of tiie subject.
The operations of tlio garden shall next have our
attention.
1. Tiie matter first to be studied is the location
and chnrnclor of tiie soil. For early vegetables it
is preferable to have a southern exposure. The
m li ning sun brings forward plants much faster than
the evening rays, and therefore; when prnctienhl
the land should incline to the southeast. For late
roots, gonsebet vir$ and currants, a not hero protec
tion from the scorching rays ofn mid-summer sun
becomes necessary. The soil is of much moment.
— Fn fpjentiy there is a superabundance of day—
When this is tho case, no application is better that,
sand. Pulverized t citnrcoul is excdlhnl on clay,
(1 have hied it.) When sand superahounds. day
tuny bo pm (.nudvnnt.igcousiy. But for an unproduc
tive soil, well rotted stable manure may ho iinii'pcn-
sable. Fresh mold from tho woods bus advantages
over all other upplicutims. It is freer from in.
sects, and injuiiou.s set ds of weeds and grass, than
s’ablc manure, and lias iio tendency to fire the
plants.
Tiie most important point in a country garden,
is to obtain a sutUoieui quantity cd' manure. In
towns it is not so,and not uiifrcrpionlly llwro is so
much put npmi gardens neither vegetables or fl »w. i
ers arc good. There is little b ur though to be
anticipated on this.score in our country gardens. 1
—Tu get enough vegetable mold 1st be irnpor- j
tant matter* This w iii correct most evils ol u
soil.
No time should be lost in >pading llio ground j
nnd having it made ready for sowing. In our |
judgment, the moio the soil is exposed 'o tlie frosts !
tho easier it will he of cultivation, nnd tlie more j
abundant the crops. We think it no economy to
plough u garden. Potatoes, beets, carrots, «Scc.,
may be cultivated as field crops, and then plough
ing is preferable ; but in the garden the spade,
hoe, fork and rake* should bo the chief implements.
Land can he put in hotter state by one spading,
ilian four plougliings, and when the plough is the
reliance, wo generally find it inconvenient to use
it after tho seed are sown, and the consequence is,
too often, tlio weeds tukc entire possession, But I
whatever instruments are used, the soil should he
thoroughly pulverized ton considerable depth, ami '
always kept friable and free from weeds, which |
drink up the soul of the earth.
3. Tlie first preparations should bo for rnrly
peas, radishes, lettuce and potatoes. The soil tor
p as should not he very rich in stable manure.—
One-third of sand nnd two. thirds of vegetable mold
answer admirably. Wo call attention also to
another item in the cultivation of peas, which is
not generally regnidcil. Commonly* llio drill is
too deep and narrow for early peas. Raise the
soil about four inchos, and open a trench nt h ast
six inches brood, and scalier the seeds plentifully
over the whole. By this mode, tlie sun will have
tlie greater cfleet; the rows will bu broader* the
Mod;* will mnUui.iy assist each utiicr; fewer sticks
wiii be noj iir. <1 lor support, niH tho crop ui.l be
three or four times ns great ns hi the ordinary plan.
L'/ulv pens may bu pre’ected by planks or broad
rails during fiecz^s, and the sun should exert ail
liis influence in the heat of the day,
bor rudi'ltcH and lettin’e, when not protected bv
glass, open bedi shoo'd bo mado. Their con*
struct! m is simpiu and cheap. M ak oiVa bed tb»
size wanted, take om from six to ten incl rs of tin
burfuci*, and fill it two-thiids full of unrolled #tnb'«
manure, old tail, or froth leaves. Some eight or
ten duys nfierwards, put on about six inches of
good garden mold, rake it to a level, and the sow.
ing may commence the first open day* If cheap
frames were put around such beds, and they could
bo covered with plank in bad wealber, the plants
would come forward a little sooner*
Cabbage seed might be sown in tho tame man-
ner for early crops. But in ull these operations,
judgment, and many circumstrnces dependent upon
the season, must of necessity have a contrary in
fluence. —Naihville Agriculturist.
Transferring Bees.—Sometimes many moths
infest bee hives and are continually encroaching
unuu ti e bees so that they will finally destroy them,
under such circumstances tho bees will frequently
become discouraged and neglect to work. Other
causes induce old bees to be sluggish, so that they
will be no profit.—The best remedy against moths
when they have become very numerous in a hive,
or for idleness in bees, is to transfer them into a
new hive, they will then go to work in the most ac
tive manner, us though they intended to redeem
lost time. If this be done before the 20th of Juno,
they will generally get honey enough to winter on.
Sometimes they will when transferred at late as
tlie first of July.
We have tried to drive bees out of a hive by
striking upon tho hive and other methods recom
mended for tins purpose, but without success.—Wo
Imve succeeded by smoking the bees with leather—
such as old boots or shoes and putting them inlo a
new hive while in a dormant state ; they will soon
revolve. The smoko may be taken up in a bellows
and blown into tlie hive, or dig a hole in the earth,
and put in some coals of fire, they lay on tho lea.
tlicr, and if it blaze, smother it by throwing on ash
es, dust or dirt; then conduct the smoke into tho
hive having open a very little at tho top, so that tho
smoke muy ascend through every port. The hive
should not be placed directly over tho fire, in that
Cu.*o those bees that fall would perish. When
well smoked, which will be done in five orten min-
utos, they may he put into a new hive.—Tho
com!) may ail be taken out nnd all tho bees careful
ly saved and put in llieir house. When smoked so
that they appear motionless and dead, they will re
vive alter sornu hours. Sometimes by transfering
bees you m.iy have a valuable stock hive in tho
fill; now, clean, bright nnd active, when without
this process the b«es would be few, and not likely
to winter and of no use should they they live till
another warm season,
Since writing the above, a friend informs U3
that he had transferred a swarm enough for them
to support themselves, nnd they have worked well,
and now have a good quantity of comb, and con
siderable honey.—He transferred to get rid of llio
on.'t«is. He smoked them with leather as we advised
Ilia), it being preferable to tobacco, brimstone nnd
other powerful subsistances, and more covcnicnt
than p ill ball which is recommended for this pur-
pose.—Boston Cultivator.
Improvement of Old Fields.—As there rro
doubtless many worn-out old fields that have, for
years, produced nothing hut poverty grass, wo
should like lor somo entci prising proprietors of
s uch to make nn effort to bring them back to o
statu of fertility ; and would suggest that by sow-
i:ig a bushel of plaster per aero, on them during thu
present month, ploughing them tip ns soon ns tho
spring crops are in, nnd then sowing a bushel of
buckwheat to an acre, and ploughing that crop in in
soon us il gets into blossom, we have no doubt tliut
tiie soil would hear a crop of rye without any thing
else; and that, witli‘.lie addition of fivo bushels cd’
lime per acre, spread evenly, u very fair crop < I
wheat might ho grown thereon, without any addi
tion of other manure ; and wo huvo us little doubt,
that clover seed might ho sown the ensuing spring,
with a good prospect of a fair crop of grass pro
vided tlio plants were plastered as soon as llio
wheat crop wns cut* Wii have seen a very good
pasture of while clover produced by the application
«d plaster on such fields as we have described, will.,
out the aid of any other manure, by simply harrow,
ing the. ground idler tlie plaster had been sown a
fiov days, the j rccuution having been taken, in
sowing the plaster, to select u moist day lo do il in;
ami wo can sro no reason to doubt that, with tlio
ad iitiuii ul a green crop ploughed in, a very fair
one of grain might he grown. Tho cost of such
an experiment ns wc have suggested, is rompnra-
lively so small, that we hope sonic one will lest
it.—j. I mcrican Fanner.
(j ween and Dry Wood.—A cord of wood whilst
grreii, is said to contain 1443 pounds of water,
"lii' h would make one hogshead and two barrels.
Let every farmer who hauls wood to market, re
member that when l o transports it green, Iio is
carrying that weight and quantity of water on his
load, which if ho had suffered his wood to remain
al er it was cut till it was suitably seasoned ho
might 8a vo from the burden of his oxen or horset*,
or pile upon tho top of it three*fourths of a cord of
seasoned pine nnd yet huvo no heavier load than
the green cord alone weighed.—Maine Cultiva
tor.
Turnip Fly.—Lime slightly strewed over lur*
nips (just up) before the dew is ofTtho ground in
in the morning, most eiTcctualiy and invariably pro-
serves the crop from the fly, Sic.
[from TIIE works of MISS F. BREMER.]
Literal y Gems.
Love and Reconciliation.——It is a glorious
thing,—and those who truly love know how glori
ous it is—niter moments of misunderstanding, even
of reciprocal transgression, to rest ngain, heart lo
heart, audio feel, deeply feel, that there is a ccr-
lainty in the world, in spite of all the powers of
hell, a certuinty. which is heaven upon earth,—that
they love each other, that they belong to each
other, that nothing, nothing in tho world shall aep*
urate them who have found each other again in
I oi feci love. (J ! this is n certainty the most beau-
tdi d them is on earth—a certuinty, which is tho
foundation und security for every other. He felt it
truly, tlio man, who, when about to leave the stage
of life, laid his hands upon Ids heart and said ; l
love, therefore J am iinmortul !
ADMIRATION.
A miration,—ricli source ol enjoyment—Why
art thou not more sought ? Thy pure streams will
never scorch the thirsting: now up n this littlo
earth he can bo refreshed by thco ; after thousands
and thousands of years, in a higher unfolding ol
Hod’s intN.ito creation, shall he drink of thy ever
voung, thy ever fresh waters. The pleasure which
tiiuu givest is pure, nnd followed by no pain. Hap
py iltoso who early learn to admire wlmt is wor
thy of admiration F*
Tnn Goon Man.—Wliut can produce happier reflec
tions than a well-spent life 1 If we have passed the
morning and the noon of our days and arrived far into
the evening of existence, how blinsful is the contcin*
pint i**i» of a virtuous nnd active life ! No vicious pro.
penalties have been gratified ; no unhallowed deeds
have been perpetrated ; but all behind is beautiful to
(’(•nteinplato as a glowing landscape in the distance.
Now beautifully has Blair expressed tho last days of
the good man;
Sure the lant end
Of (he pood man i* Pence, llow calm liis exit!
Niphl dews full not more rsntiy to llio ground,
Nor weary, worn-out winds expire so soft,
ltoliold liiiii in ilm eventide of life !
A !il« wi ii spent! w hose early csre it was
liis riper years should not upbraid his green ;
Hy unpcrceivrd degrees ho wesry swty ;
Vet like tlio sun seems larger at his setting.
It you wish that such an end may bo yours, live an
upright ami virtuous life, and you may depend upon joy
nnd tnuinpliat Iasi. The good man dies in peace. Him
thoughts aro not filled with dread, when he contcin-
plati s his end, but liis heart is foi) of poacc. He looks
beyond the bounds of existence, and feels there is in
reservation for him joys which the heart ol man canuot
conceive.
A polilo young ludy recently asccrted that she
bid lived nr ar u burn yard, nnd that it was impose-
h'o for her lo sleep in the morning—on account of
the outcry mode hy * gentleman hen.