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VOL. XXXVI.
MILLEDUEVILLK, TUESDAY. MARCH 18, 1M45.
NO 26-
our falih cannot to much na bo questioned, until lha Chrlai two hundred and five years) so that nei-
aaiL^U L-J.. > it. . _ a ...J lliap/*liAWAAaU nna anu nf kla rafta kail I lid lllil*
whole body of claeaical literature lias boon proved
to be spurious.
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taalaal faraooal Praparl).nmai lie flvaala
ttllTY data iireriaue to lha .lay ofaala.
a Dabtaiaaa* Uredlloraol'aa Kaiala aiual ha
will ha mada to Ilia Court nfOrilins-
KslfluBlU, mail h. p.hlUhfd lor FOUR
rala nail NEGROES, meat ha published tor
)S bafara say ordar abaolula shall ba mads
, lailara of Adailaialralina, mail ba published
r from «dnini*lretion, mtnthlg sue
m i M ion Irma Ou«rdl»«*hip,/»r<f
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the
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Artlor®, wh®r® • Bond hot b«en fif*n by ill®
according to these,
wamanta, oalaaaolharwiaa ordered.
• ofihia tried cosllnoaa lo racaiae prompt alien-
Am of lha GEORtll A JOURNAL.
SNOBS by M Atl..—“ A nnalnia.ter may en-
, . tmiar 10 Ihepubliaher of a newspaper, to pay
.. „ third parson, and frank lha teller if writ-
a*’.lass KandaW, P. Af. O-
POETICAL.
BETTER DAYS.
L halplaM infancy lo hoary ago,
tidal life's e*ar changing devious waya,
■ of things locoine our minds engage,
oy brightly pictures stTTin DATS.
Itovo of childhood, when they’rn once posset'd,
L..I1 the charms which Aral obisined ou
■ .a. !■■■. - I our praise;
ahal'we'lhougiit would make us truly lileel,
naioalobs enjoyed in—bsttsr cave.
I youthful lover, glowing with delight,
Lsome fair maid hie ardenl homage pa
if some fair maid hie ardenl homagn pays ;
I ihia bright vision fades before his night,
I leaves him neughl lo bless hut—1KTTSU DATs*
;toils parent, lolling fur lha bread
Ihich, in hiaernriug infanta, hunger Bleys—
* •' Ha IT"”-'
lha wear* day.lhen reels hin head,
dreams of sweet repose in-BETres davs.
k loitering grnndsire, hnaiemng to tlie grave,
hriews biiTif
siawa bis life; and as he ihiuks.he prove—
-l God, be pleased my lamily u> save,
Fo moot in happiuesi and butter days .
u (row the first to lost, each pleasure flies—
■Jdes our grasp—in sight a moment slays ;
k lives an instant— in an instant dies !
^ ili dyiugiprays and hopes for ‘better days .
1
CUPID’S ARROW.
Ir Cupid went storming toVnlcon one day,
/besought him to look ut his arrow. .
leseless,” hf* cried) “you must mend tt, 1 say;
V** l,o,el •* a ... ,. rt
/•something that’® wrong in the shaft or the dart,
(it flutters quite false to mv aim;
Hi age since it fairly went home to the heart,
[the world really jests ut my name.
istraightened, l’ve bent. I’ve Died all, I declare,
Hunted it with sweetest of sighs;
ed with ringlets my mother might wear,
i barb gleams with light from young eves;
hing—I'll break it, I vow,
pis without touching-
ore’s Hymen beginning to pout:
■plaining his torch burns so dull and so low
Sephyr might puff it right out.”
ICupid went on with his pitiful tale,
IVuncso the weapon restored
i, take it, young sir; try it now—ifit fail,
iiei ' J ”
ill ask neither fee nor reward.”
•thin shot out, and rare havoc he made;
I wounded and Head were untold ;
vondr the rogue bad such slaughtering trade,
liar*
r iftsssarrow was laden with gold.
[ISCELL AN EOUS-
I necessity of Educating the Poor,
Gud help il! And with such easy adju-
i we leave thousands and lens of thous
(souls to want and ignorance ; doom them,
; sleeping the sleep of guiltlessness, to fu
L.ils—their own unguided psssions. We
am oulcasta, wretches ; and then punish
|wickedness, our own selfishness—our own
We cry “God help the babes,” and hang
Yet a moment. The child is before
Sy we not see about il—contending for it—
ciplea of good and evil ? A contest be
angels and the fiends f Come hither,
; you, who live wilhiu a party circle
nightly fight some miseruble fight; con
tlrivein some selfish struggle for power
I, considering men only as tools, iho liter
bur aggrandizement; come here, in the
street, and look upon God’s imago in its
1! Consider this little man. Are not
I such ns these the noblest, grandest thingi
11 Have lliey not solemn natures—are
Isublly touched for the highest purposes of
lfe 1 Come they not into this world to
I dignify it 1 There is no spot, no coars,
In Hie pauper flesh before you ibut indi
>wer nature. There is no felon mark up
i natural formation indicating the thief in
fingers—no inevitable blasphemy upon ils
as before you u fair, unsullied thing, fresh
i hand of Gud. Will you, without an ef-
i great fiend stamp bis fiery brand upon
II it, even in it* sleeping innocence, be
■trading thing by misery and vice?
1 borne from street to street—a piece of
chsndise for mingled beggary and crimu?
villi its awakening soul, shall it learn ~
oni, whereby to pass through life, ma
Item in the social suml Why, cunning
wisdom ; hypocrisy it* truth ; theft its
of self preservation. To this child, so
| so taught, your whole code of morals, nay,
If right and wrong, are writ in stranger fig
l Egyptian hieroglyphics, and—limo pass
YOU scourge the creature never taught, for
bs guilt of knowing nought but ill!
[been a seulod book to him,and the
ad with iho jail, Duubtless, there are
sraen ; wizards in bullion and bunk-pa
srs profound in cotton, nrio every turn
lion of the maikets, ubroad and at home
Ire statesmen yet lo coino ; statesmen
of moro heroic action ; teachers
[l vindicators of the universal dignity
llesuf the great social truth, lltut know
|h is the spiriluul light of Gud—like hi
ht, was insda to bless und comfort
| wlion these men arise—and it is worse
I il is sinful, to despair of them—lliu
vill not lie bound iipnu Iho very
(human Ilfs, und made by want nod ig
V. slianin and curse. There is uol ■
I llw poblio street on ils mother lu|i
us ninndicaiil lo ripen into the arid
I IMl a reproach to ihu Hinie ; a scull
[rSON THE WASHINGTON, (WILKKS 00.) COUBAHT.l
J.elter frsaa Mr. Jelersoa to Was. H. Crawford.
Wo are again indebted to the Kev. Mr. Craw,
ford fur another letter (which follows) from Mr.
Jefferson, to hi* father. The one published a few
»e -ka since, wua written in Feb. 1816. That
manuscript it full,smooth, and even—showing that
uge had a* yet affected his writing hut little. This
of 1821, exhibits iu a considerable degree, the Ire.
■nulousuess of increasing years, and the reasons
hleness of the desiro to placa upon the shuulders ol
his younger friend the performance of tho duties
referred to in the letter. Il can but be gratifying
to Georgian* in particular, to see exhibited the ft
fectionate confidence and regard which was repos
ed by Mr. Jefferson in the favorite son of Georgia.
Tito interest taken in the Polish General and palri
ol Kosciusko, was amply merited by the services
rendered lo his unforlunute country, and to our
owu in ils struggles for independence! lie re
ceived the highest manifestations of regard from
our Congress tor his services, and an elegant man.
umeiil to his memory hits been erected by tho Ca.
dels at West Point, within Iho works, which were
there raised by his skill, and under his superinten
dence.
‘•Monticeu.o, Aug. 13, 1821.
Dhar Sir ;—You liuve seen announced in sever-
ol of our papers, an intention uf the Puionesse na
lion to erect a monument near Cracow, tu the me
inory uf General Kosciusko, and their wish that
Euglund and the United States, by joining in con
tributions, might give a proof of the interest they
take in his character—that for this purpose, they
had addressed a letter to Lord Holland, in England,
and lo myself in the U. S. I received in fuel, such
a letter sumo weeks ago, from the President of the
Senate at Cracow, with an indication that it should
he communicated to you also. Much at a loss to
devise in what way I could set about the execution
of this proposition, I have held the subject for some
lime under consideration. Retired as I am among
the mountains of our interior country ; I see no-
body but the farmers of my neighborhood, who
would consider contributions to public monuments
in other countries as very foreign lo the condition
und business of their lives. 1 have been so long
withdrawn ton from intercourse with the world that
no longer know who of Kosciusko’s fellow sol
ai>rs aru now living, as from them we might expect
the most zealous co operation in rendering this last
testimony uf respect to him ; and above nil other
considerations, the heavy hnnd of age, paralizing
the faculties both of body and mind, has rendered
me quite unequal to the correspondence it might
require, und unfit to become the centre of such an
operation, independent of tho express intimation tu
communicate the papers to you. 1 should of my
self liuve turned my views first to you, as the friend
of his fame, and aid of my ago; and because
should any communications witit Lord Holland hi
expedient, your acquaintance with him would open
the door to litem. Notwithstanding therefore the
burthen of business which your oflico imposes on
you, I have hoped that in your position, you could
put the thing into an organized course with little
trouble. You know who remain of his former
companions in arms, and where to be found ; you
could probably think too, of some person in each
state and great city, who would undertake with
zeal the necessary solicitations, and you could
command nttentions which would not be yielded lo
me. The trouble of drawing a circular, which the
scribes by whom you are surrounded would multi,
ply, would, i hope, be the principal labor imposed
on you, for I presume the contributions should be
deposited in convenient Banks from which tiiey
could be easily brought together for remittance, or
(witich is veiy possible under present distresses)
should their amount fall short of what might be
deemod worthy of acceptance, tiiey could be readi
ly restored to the contributors, and an ajiology lo
the Senate of Cracow given on reasonable grounds.
1 suggest this course by way of example only, for
you may probably devise some other more practi
cable and promising. I inclose you the papers sent
to ine, and knowing the labors of reading to which
you are subjected, 1 would point out to you the let
ter of the President, and the Proclamation of the
Senate, No. 1, as the material papers for explain
ing to you their wishes and expectations. I hope
you will excuse this trespass of age leaning on
younger shoulders, to reliovo itself from a burthen
to which it is unequul—from such an one I never
shrunk while I had force lo encounter it. In all
events lie assured of my constant and affectionate
friendship and respect.
TH. JEFFERSON.”
titer Chewangle no r any of hia race had the satis
faction of seeing this great undertaking accom
plished.—Thornton's Iltilory of China.
Thb Aggressive Power or Russia.—The
Russian army, without comprising the corps dis
seminated in Finland and in tlm Government of
Orenburg, is composed of ahnut 600.000 men. in
cluding the reserve, estimated al 160,000. Il is
sufficient to carefully observe the distribution of
thisnrmy in the different governments to be con*
vinced tlmt the Emperor hus not an obsolute con.
fidence in the dispositions uf a part of bis nobility
and subjects. Imposing military forces liuve been
concentrated on severui points, and we believe that
it would be imprudent lo weaken these places in
case of war. Therefore, unless the Russian or.
my were doubled, wo do not well see how the Em.
peror of Russia could direct an invasion on France,
particularly if he refusod to leave defenceless the
great number uf vulnerable points which disquiet
him in lime of pence. But to increase tho urmy
appears to us a thing impossible for two reasons ;
the first we have just staled ; it takes its origin in
the sentiments uf the nobility; the second lies to the
situation of the (innneos of the empire. Sioco the
Russian debt was consolidated in 1817, the Gov
ernment has successively contracted 12 new loans.
Recently, also, an ukase was published in the St.
Petersburg Gazelle, throwing open to foreigners a
loan of 41.000 OOOf. It hns never been possible
to efTect a single loan in Russia. That of 1820
was contracted for by Messrs. Baring dc Go., of
London ; that of 1822, by Messrs, de Ilolhschid ; '
those of 1828, 20. 31, 32, and 1840. by the firm of
Hope, of Amsterdam ; those of 1642 and 1843,
were negotiated in foreign countries by the Russian
houso of Stieglitz and Co. The writers on statis-
tics most in favor of Russia allowathat the receipts
of the empire are constantly below the expenses,
and the annual deficit' is estimated at 50 or 00,.
000.000.
By adding up the amount of loans, and b) joining
to that sum the assignats and hills und notes of va
rious sorts thrown into circulation under a variety
of names, tho figures of the annual deficiency is ar
rived at with tolerable precision. A continental
war would singularly injure Russian credit in for
eign counrties ; and tlie London and Amsterdam
firms would think of tho matter twice before they
again undertook similar negotiations. The war
like monarch would therefore bu reduced to the in
ternal resources of his empire. There loans are
utterly impossible, and tlie experiments mada in
1817 and 1818 under the name of voluntary lonns
clearly prove what would be the fute ol such at
tempts if made again. Since that period, in fact
foreigners have always been applied to, because it
Ims been impossible to realizo in the empire itself
the smallest loan, and it has been necessury to cre
ate in several urgent circumstances bills of credit,
of which tlie value became rapidly depreciated.—
The public revenue of Russia does not reach be
yond 550,000,000f. A war would inevitably re
duce it, and the numerous monopolies and regal du
ties which furnish a part of tho receipts would not
undoubtedly work any longer with the same regu.
Inrity. The customs, which at present bring in
about 100,000,OOOf, would no longer offer the same
revenue, once that n war would have troubled mar
itime commerce. Russia herself would bo little
able to protect this commerce, for her fleet, al
though numerous enough, is in sufficiently fitted but
and the incapacity of her crews Ims become pro
verbial. In tho present state uf things her land
forces cost her nearly 200,OOO.OOOf, although they
are very badly paid, and tho fleet absorbs about
60,000,OOOf. Thus, nearly half of tho revenue is
employed in keeping up the land and naval forces
of the empire, und these forces oppeur absolutely
necessary to restrain the population within bounds,
and to watch over the old Muscovite nobility, who,
alter 20 years of secret struggles, have not yet been
able to become reconciled lo the Emperor Nicho
las.—Constitutionnel.
For What Is a Mother Responsible t
A mother is usuuliy also a wife, and hae the
management of a family and a direct influence over
lltoao within Iter appropriate sphere. Site is in
subordination of courao to her head, which is the
■eat of authority and weilds tlie seeptre of guvern.
men!.—From a position of entire dep
penduuce site
has risen to power and rank ; and ihuttgh her throne
may be in a cottage, and her domain the little wurld
ol household attuirs, yet site is not less really res.
puusible, than that youthful queen who sways a
sceptre uvor the four quarters uf the earth. But
fur what is she responsible 7
She is responsible fur tlie nursing and rearing of
her progeny fur their physical constitution and
growth ; their exercise and proper sustenance in
eurly life. A child left lo grow up deformed,
bloated und meagre, is an object of maternal tteg.
bet.
She is responsible for the child’s habits, including
cleanliness, order, conversation, eutittg, sleeping,
inunners, und general propriety of behavior. A
child deficient nr untuughi in these particulars, will
prove a living monument of parental disregard ; bn
cutise, goneiully speaking a mother cun, if she wil
greatly cuntrol children in these mutlors.
She is responsible for their deportment. She
can make them fearful und cringing ; she cun
mnlcc them modest or impertinent; ingenious or
deceitful; mean or manly ; clownish or polite.—
The germ of all llieso things is in childhood, and a
mother can repress or bring them forth.
She is responsible for tlie principles which her
children eiilerluin in early life. For Iter it is lo say
whether lltuse who go forth from Iter fireside shall
no imbued with sentiments of virtue, truth, honor,
honesty, temperance, industry, benevolence and
morality, or those of a contrary character—vice
fraud, drunkenness, idleness,covetousness. These
last will be found to be of the most natural growth
but on Iter is devolved the duily, the hourly task
if weeding her little garden—of eradicating these
idious productions, und planting the human heart
with the lily, the rose and the umarauth, that fade
less flotvur, emblem of truth.
She is to a very considerable extonl respousibl
for the temper and disposition of her children.—
Cousliluttonaiy, th ;y ntny bo violent, irritable or re
vengeful; Inn for the regulation or correction
these passions it mother is responsible.
She is responsible for the intellectual acquire
moots of her children, that is, she is hound to do
what she can for this object —Schools, academies,
and colleges open their portal throughout our land
tnd every mother is under heavy responsibilities to
tee that her sous and daughters have uil tlie bene
fits which those afford, and which their circumstan.
ces will permit them to enjoy.
She is responsible for their religious education,
i The beginning of all wisdom, is the fear of God ;
1 and this every mother must leach. Rnverenco for
God, acquaintance with His word, respect for the
| duties and ordinances of religious, are within the
ability of every parent to implant, and if the child
ren grow up ignorant or regardless uf the Bible and
' the Savior, what mother when she considers the
! wickedness of the human heurt, can expect them
j to rise up and call her blessed ?—Mother's Jour
nal.
AaaXOVZtCVAAK.
Experiment or Halt on Potatoes'—1 will rnco
ion utiu experiment witit salt, by which it will b«
seen that Is very essential to the growth of the pu.
aloe. Three years ago 1 had a field in excellent
heart, planted with potatoes, which guve an excel,
lent crop, averaging three hundred bushels per a-
ere. 'The next year it happened that il becait •
necessary to plant the same field main with poia-
nes , bull fen red lust tlie worms should destroy
the crop, us they uppenred quite numerous at first
firi|! i,| gi but 1 ptoposed to ren ady this by
sowing suit, which I did about u fortnight before
(iluuiing. al tlie rate of a barrel per ncic. Tho
suit it Wits supposed would kill tlw worms, nor did I
calculate upon uuy other elfecl from it ; hut it did
not kill the vermin, for the ground was us thickly
inlested by them us in the previous yeur ; and upon
digging il»e potatoes, crop exceeded my expecta
tions, and to my surprise gavo an nveruge of 420
bushels per acre over tlie field. Tito pntuto being
u very exhausting crop. I did not then know why
the second crop should he the largest of the two;
hut since I have seen an analysis uf the potato and
ol salt, the wonder is easily explained,und I am
constrained to believe that Imd I pul on, beside the
suit, 20 bushels of uuleuched ashes per acre, the
crop would have been increased to 600 bushels per
if Mewn
llf lag at BruMfla with bl*
hair. The Frinxaaa having agale
nunt,he threatened to repudiate hi..
should not be e hey. Mo wax delivered of idll|
but the wife of a Jaw tradesman, M. H. —>W
ing brought tobodM the same lime of n bogs the
midwife made nn exchange ef the chHdree, and
the Prince imagined he bad e son. The beg -died
at the ago of six ysara, and the girl wae MwdH
to Munich, where the real mother secretly gem MY
a brilliant education. The Princes* dyfc
ever, and there being no more aopyllss fa
cation and support of tlie daughter ex ‘ ‘
purents, the latter fell into poverty,
married a Jew dealer, M. 8cb——, w
obtained a divorce. She then entered ax axortof
r aodbnr rxpntx#
ty, and the girt
-, who soon nlixr
housekeeper in the family of M. de Seeegal, and
ft! " — ‘
subsequently the house ofthe teilor, Hilpere where
she embraced the Christian religion, in order lean-
cept an offer of murriage from him, which waned-
emmzed. and has produced two *0110. The mid
wife, being on her death- bed, confessed to tho priest
who uttcmled her the fraud of wbithabe hod-has*
guilty, and placed document# ht hi* hand* an prove
earn the te
ller statement. After a suit of three ye
dy has succeeded in establishing har claim, and hat
been rocognised by tlie father, who bee milled
his fortune on Iter ions. Whet adds to the xiaga-
inrity of this affair is, that Hilperncannot make ay
his mind 10 solicit letters of nobility, in ardor le
accommodate himself to this change of fortune.’’
Halt is not so destructive of vegetation as most
peoplo imagine. From some Rtimll experiments
tlmt i have tnude I should judge that it would lake
60 bushels per acre, of our common fine snll, be
fore vegetation would be materially injured. In
conclusion allow me lo recommend Prof. Johnson's
Agricultural Lectures to every furmer, as a book
particularly interesting to him, and worthy of a
place in his library.—Corr. of Alb. Cull.
Vinegar.—A writer in the New Gcnessee Far
mer, gives the following receipt for making vinegar
a barrel of which, according to this mode, will cost
but a trifle. Taking eight gallons of cleur rain
water, add three quarts of molasses, put into a
good cask, sltuke well a few times, then add two
or three spoonfuls of good yeast, or two yeast
cukes: If in the summer place the cask in the
son ; if in the winter, near the chimney where il
may keep warm. In ten or fifteen duys, add to
the liquor u sheet of brown paper, torn in strips,
dipped in molasses, nod good vinegar will bo pro.
ducetl. The paper will in this way form whut is
called the “mother,” or life of vinegar.
Florida Sugar.—The Talluhassee Sentinel of
the 25ili ult. says . We have observed many lots of
excellent quality exposed for sule in the simps a-
bout tho city. They are generally nut inferior to
the New Orleans sugar, which lias usually supplied
uur market. The best sample, however, which
we have seen, is from the plantation of Mr. Wil.
liam Sealy, of Gadsden county. It is of light straw
color, finely crystalized, and very clean and dry.—
We do not see how any improvement could lie
made upon it, except it may bo 111 weight. Mr.
Sealy produced from one acre of pine land, eight
barrels of this sugar, and several burrels of sy
rup.
A H it at the Quacks.—Tho following good hit
at medical quuckery is taken from s paper callod
the *Fuol,’ [the writer however, was no fool.] pub-
fshed iu Sulem occasional, about the year 1800. It
is worth re publishing,
Ur. Bo.nerum Smokum, having quitted hi* for
mer profession of chimney-sweeping, now carrieo
on the business of inventing and preparing bio
much uppruved, universal vegetable unimal go-to-
lied icnl, get-up ical, go lo ses leal, and slay at-
liome-icnl medicines. His patent cut and thrust*
plile boiomiaing emetic, cathartic, and diuralio
double-barrelled fire and brimstone cordials; aw
amiable, interesting, pleasing and agreeably inno
cent, uninedical, sudorific, tonic, stimulant, alter
nate, astringent, stomachic, bellyacheic, diaphoret
ic ; aperient, emollient, carminative, sedative, ru
befacient, aniispasmodic, pectoral,crural,and femo.
rul einmeiiatiogue. It is a soverign specific and
instantaneous remedy for distemper; acute, nerv
ous, general, local, real and imaginary, and ppido-
mic disorders ; for gon shot wounds, simple and
c .m|xHiiid fractures, cusualities of all kinds, and
sudden death.
Applied to the eyes it remove* the three humors
& eradicates the optic nerve, and in disorders of tho
ears it is useful in perforating the tympanum. In
extreme wntclifulness and nervous irritability, it
induces u permanent and uninterrupted sleep, in
sudden attacks from the enemy’s cavalry, it brings
on an instantaneous course, which may save the
p iticuts life. From its drying qualities it is use
ful in cases uf drowning uud banging yields to its
elevating stimulus.
Price, ten dollars per Bottle.
P. S.—To prevent counterfeits, every bottle is
»tapped in a twenty dollar bill of the United State*
Bank. By this means a great saving is made by
liiuse wliu purchase by the dozen.
of
of
ui.
king shame upon men who study
1 u| (lie human heart.
[ihu (willies
Douglas JrrrulU's Mag,
1 or the GMttiariAN Mcsiptunks.—
1 North Amerir.no Review, ovidant
live learning, in an antiilu uu tlm
•iom writings, says —”W# should
ally 111 mil cunviitliuna, priunlples,
I dlstinmly to aisle that, tn puml of
1 mid integrity »t the (jitttsilan
I tin lbs broad piinripls* ber*
ittatad by evidence tu s tunfold
The Great Wall of China B. C. 214.—It was
with the view of securing his empire against fu
ture attacks from these formidable tribes lltalCheh-
wangle undertook the completion of the Great
Wall, a stupendous work, surpassing the most won
derful efforts of human labor in other countries,
and upon which twenty centuries have exerted but
little eflect. The largest of the pyramids of Egypt
contains but a small portion of our matter in this
wall, the solid contents of witich—not including
the projecting mass of stone and brick, which alone
contains as much masonry as all Loudon—are sup.
posed to exceed in bulk the materials of all the
dwelling house* in England and Scotland. The
vus'.ness of the mass may be better appreciated by
considering that it is more than sufficient lo sur
round the circumference of the earth, on two of its
great circles, with two walls, each six feet high
and two feet thick. Walls had beon already erec-
tad by some of the petty princus uf the north, to
cxcludo the barbarians from their stutes. About
a century hack, the provinces of Chih-le, Siten.se
nndShah.se, formed tho throe kingdoms of Tain,
Cltaou, and Yon, which adjoined modern Mongolia,
lo protect hia turrilurius from the Tourk and other
tribes on tlie herders, the king of Tsin built u wall
from the north uf Liu toun loo, ut tho western ex
tremity of Shan so, lo the llwung-hn, north of Vcn-
gunlbo' Tho king of Yen continued tlm wall from
tho north of Seuud hwo foo to Loon lung.
The emperor directed his general, Miing-tuon,
who had completed lliu campaign uguin-t the
Aeung nnus, to survoy the wails built by these
princes to complete tlm union, uud in continue Ills
great barrier from Keayulikwan tu, the pluce
whuru.u! 11 subsequent period, Wung ban low wits
built, oil Ihu shore uf lliu Eastnrn Sea, a space uf a-
buul 16 hundred milos, uvur deep vulluys amt iiiuun.
tains of great eluvatiun. Thu fuuuduliuns uf this
prodigious work waru laid in lliu early part ill tills
yusr. Enormous numbers of mini, sumo say mil
huits, buiiiga third of ihu inhshiiunls of a curtain
ngu, wuru culluulifd from all parts of lliu umpire,
und set lo work uu lliu -nucluru, Ils ■upitriulrii
dunuu was tuiini-lfd Iu Muug sltieu, who had under
him uu unity of three hundred thousand mini, Ves
sets iuduH will* iron were sunk at the sea-horn,
Sense of Responsibility in Camels.—The ca.
mels with which 1 traversed this part of the de
sert were very diiierent in their ways and habits
from those which you get on a frequented route.
They were never led. There was not the slightest
sign of a truck in this part of the desert, but the
camels never failed to choose the right line. By
the direction taken when first starting they knew, l
suppose, the point, (some encampment) for which
they were to make. There is always a leading
camel (generally, I believe the eldest,) who march
es foremost, and determines the path for the whole
party. Ifit happens that no one of the camels ha*
been accustomed lo lead the others, there is very
great difficulty in making a start. If you force
your benst forward fur a moment, lie will contrive
to wheel and draw back, at tlie same time looking
at one of the other camels with an expression and
gesture exactly equivalent to “apres vous,” The
responsibility of finding the way is evidently as
sumed very unwillingly. After some time, how.
ever, it becomes understood that one of the beasts
Ims reluctantly consented to take the lead, and he
accordingly advunces for that purpose. For a
minute or two lie goes on with much indecision, ta
king first one line and llton another, but soon by
tlie aid of some mysterious sense, he discovers the
true direction, and follows it steadily front morning
tonight. When once the leadership is establish
ed, you cannot by any persuasion, and can scarce
ly by any force, induce a junior camel to walk one
single step in advance of the chosen guide.
Traces of Travel,
* tetxd»Xt*P»d tw SXpiiiH
wlwre Ihu wall bugati lontsks buttress fur It, L ugs
srulte* W' u built for the passage of liver*; along ills
wall at xanalu dtstaoues, wuru furl* for garrisons |
fo
galas wtia mada si aunvaiilaal nlauee for trade,
‘ " vwtb waa so graal
at troops, fo* } sod It* w
Fiat, fa auM# parte, reran i tor seme* could walk
abreast M iba fop of (be wall, Tbx work waa aara<
raw af tea
% spase1 af foa years, la tba
MtfrjNMIN 109 W wMJ
The Slave Market at Cairo.—In tho open
slavo-murket I saw about fifty girls exposed for
sale, hut all of them black, or ‘'invisible” brown.—
A slave-agent took me lo some roams in the upper
story of the building, and nlso into several obscure
houses iu the neighbourhood, with a view to show
me some white women. Thu owners raised vari-
us objections to the display uf their waro, and well
they might, for 1 Imd not 1 lie least notion of purchas
ing. Homo refused on account of the illegality of
the proceeding, as it is not strictly lawful to sell
white sluves to u Christian, and other* declared
lltut all transaction# of this sort wore completely
nut of tlm question a* lung as the plague was rag
ing. I only succeeded in seeing ono white slave
wlio was for sule, but on this one the owner aflect.
ed to sot an immense value, and rnisod my expec
tation lo a high pilch by saying that tlie girl was a
Circassian and ns “fair as tlie full moon.” After
n good deal uf delay, I wni at last led into a room,
at the farther und uf which was tint mesa of white
linen which indicates an eastern woman. Sho was
hid tu uncuvur Iter fecit, end 1 presently saw that
ihuugli very fur from baiifg good-looking accord,
mg tu my rioiiuii uf beauty, site had not been inapt,
described by lliu man who bumpered Iter Iu the
Too Good to be Lost.— We are indebted to the
correspondent of the Mobile Register and Journal,
for the following sketch of the remarks of Mr.
Morrisett of Monroe. A bill was uu ler considers-
lion to charter a Botanical Medical College at We-
-umpka ; and after severui friends of the hill had
spoken in its favor, Mr. Morrisett entertained the
House by the following etfeclive speech iu opposi
tion :—
Mr. Speaker, I cannot support litis bill, unless I
am assured that a distinguished acquaintance of
mine is one of the Professors. He is wlmt tlmt
1 College wishes to make for us—a root doctor, and
will suit the place exactly. He became a doctor in
; two hours and it only cost $20 to complete his ed
ucation. He bought a book, sir, and read the
: chapter on fevers, and that was enough. He was
| sent for losee asickwoman—a very sick woman.
VVitlt his book under his arm, off he went. Her
husband and llieir son John were in tlie room with
the sick woman. The Doctor felt of her wrist
looked in her mouth, and then look off his hat.—
■Has you got,’ addressing tlie husband, ‘a sorrel
sheep 1’ ‘No I never board of such a thing in all
my life.’ Well, there is such things,’ said the doc
tor very knowingly. ‘Has you got then, a sorrel
horse V ‘Yes,’ said John, quickly, ‘1 rode him lo
mill to day.’ 'Well, he must be killed immediately,’
said the doctor,’ ‘and some soup must be made and
given to your wife.' The poor woman turned over
in her bed. John began to object, and the husband
was brought to a stand: ‘Why, doctor, he is the
only horse we've got, and he is worth $100, and
will not some other soup do as well?’ ‘No, the
buok says so, and there is but two questions—will
you kill your horse or let your wife die ? Nothing
will save her but the soup of a sorrel sheep or a
horse, if you don’t believe me I will read it to you.’
The doctor took up the bonk, turned to the chap
ter on fevers and read as follows ;—‘Good for Ca
vers—sheep sorrel, or horse sorrel.’ ‘Why, doc-
tor,’exclaimed husband, wife and son, ‘you are
mistaken. That don’t mean a sorrel sheep, or a
sorrel horse , but,—‘Well I know what I arn about,’
interrupted the doclcr, ‘that’s tho way we doctor’s
reuds it, and we understands it.’ Now, said Mr.
Morrisett, with an earnestness and gravity that
were in striking contrast with the laughter uf the
House, unless tho Hon. Speaker and the friends of
this bill, well assure me that my sorrel doctor will
be one of the Professors, I must voto against the
bill.”
Sour Sauce.— An excellent sauce fur boiled pud.
dings is made ns follows . Take two cups of mo
lasses. one of water, half a cup of strong vinegar,
and u piece of butler as large ns nn egg—simmer
them together and ndd u little thickening or not as
it suits vour taste.
To Protect Hens From Vermin.—A gentle
man from Ilsnovor requests us lo state the fnct
that pennyroyal, woven into the nests, will perfect
ly and certainly protect liens from the annoyance
of vermin. He generally makes the nest entirely
of this strong-scented herb.—Southern Planter.
Jealodsv and Bdstlbs.—‘Pleaao, widow Witr»
pie, ma says please lend her the biggest pertater
you’ve got!’
•A sweet potatoe.'
•Yes’m.’
‘Wltv, ain’t your ma going to Mrs. Wallopop^
party 7'
•Yes’m.’
•Ain’t -be ready 1’
•Yes’m—nil but her bustle. She had to bila
her’n for dinner to.day, and site wants tb* pertater
quick, cos she expects Dr. Posum right atatay.’
‘Dr- Po-um 1 He going to call for tk* widow
Fizzle 1 Tell your ma 1 hav’ol a sweet potato* in
Timber.—At the discussions of the Farmer’s
Club, hi New York, interesting as well hs import,
nnt facts urn frequently evolved. At n late meet,
ing. n member sotted that timber should be cut
down in May or June, when the sap is active. He
instanced several facts from a paper by Hon. Tim.
o'.hv Pickeries;, laid before llto Mass. Agricul.
Society in 1821, which states thnl oaks fell in May,
lasted 22 years ; those cut in February, last hut 12
years, though exposed under the same circumstan
ces. A farmer in Massachusetts cut a birch for a
well sweep in May, and peeled the bark off. It
lasted 17 years ; whereas birch cut in llto winter,
with the bark left on docs not last moro llinn one
year. Many other sintilur cases were enumerated
from the paper.—He said that timber cut in June,
should be sawed immediately nftcr it is cut, as it
then works easier.
Timber will decay under three conditions : first
by being moist tinder a free circulation of uir : se
cond, when subjected to the notion of gn-rs, und
shut out ftom air ; third, in water, when in contact
with vegetable putrifying matter. Timber kept
dry in a free circulation of air, would never dc.
cuy.
lull moon, for bur large fane was perfectly round
amt perfectly while. Though very young, she waa
twvsnlteleaa sxiisinaly fat. Hho gave ms lira ids*
uf litving been gut up for aale 1 of having been fat
tened, and urhlianud by me Iclnse, ur by sum* pa.
•ullar dial. <Nt* waa, perhaps, disgusted with my
pstsenel appeatauee 1 perhaps the aaw my dietasie
and disappointment | wished fo gain fevor with
Iter owner by chawing bar aiieabmeut to ble Milt |
at ail eveeie, she boifoeed out very luotil/ and vary
ht bought by ihateA.
American Ladies in Paris.—A late letter from
Paris, published in the Boston Atlas, says :
“It has been estimated that the Americans, ulonn,
who uttended the court ball spent upwards of five
thousand dollars, that would otherwise have re.
maioed in their purses. Embroidered coats arc
expensive, and were I to mention tlie total uf some
of lha inilliaur’s bill, 1 fear it would frighten away
those who ure obliged tu pay them.”
The same letter mentions the appearance at one
of (lie Court bulls of “a Bostonian lady who imivus
in the highest circles nail has boon particularly ad
mired.” It nlso says tlmt the belle, par cxcellnece,
ut Paris, is Miss McTavisli, of Baltimore, under
the protection of her aunt, the Marchioness ol Wei-
luslcy.
“Tho number of Americans now annually pre
sented is greater than tlmt of any oilier cuuutry,
for our Ministers cannot refuse any une who will
conform tu llto usage t but were it aitei dud with
no extra expence, it would be quadrupled. Many
of them xotfin also lo thick tlt.it our legation is t-a.
lablishud fur llto special purpose of presenting litem
al court, and the Department of Stale would ineel
llieir wishes by ullsalting lo il a clerk, whose prov.
ino* it should be tu answer their multitudinous
notes and messages—order llieir clotbos, and act
as vaieton lit* occasion."
tho housxo.
‘Yes’m.’
'Tint artful woman,
of mine.
She don’t get no potato*
Let Iter use corncobs.—Ric~
tick. Star.
To preserve hams or other smoked meat through
the. summer. \Y rap up the meat in low, of either fl ix
or hemp, aftea shaking out tho louse shives, and
pnek il in n bnriel, taking care that there be next
the barrel and between the meat a thick luver of
low, packed in as close as possible j then set it away
in a dry cellar or upper room. It is enough that
the bariel be^sufficient to keep the mice out, os no
fly or insect will enter the tnw.
Tobacco around peach trees.—lit tho latter part of
spring or early pari of summer, scrape the eurtlt
from nround the body of the tree, to the depth of
one to three inches, being particularly careful nnt
lo injure the crown of the roots : fill thn cup thus
formed with trash tobacco iron) the shops, and eii-
vclope the hull of the true to the height of three or
lour inches, with the stems or leuves. I do not olF-
er this as a moans to retinvate a diseased tree, hut
us a preventative, the efficiency of which has been
tested lor nineteen years by Samuel Wood, uuo of
the most approved nurserymen and extensive fruit
growers in this section nf tlm country; and nlso,
by other practical farmers with unfuiling success.
—Cincinnati Farmer Sy Gardener.
Nsw Mode or Leoislatino.—Last evening,
while the bill 10 amend lha obarter of the city of
Cincinnati wae under disouasinn. In lit* House, w*
understand that nnt. at lit* dignified member* from
tbei City, fort tf kit contend Uid it on Ut dttk,
xwxxrlng that he would Uck foeJrti Ik*
4lxJ nmdjtr Ut nywextel! Crtawtee
t(Ofoe)
Simple and effectual Remedy for Iiove in Cattle.
Try tlm remedy of nn egg shell full nf tar, ruthur
than attempt the barbarous practice uf sticking.—
If two men hold the animal's bend straight, a third
its tongue to llto right side, lie can easily put down
its throat nn egg-shell full uf tar, nnd in ten min*
dies relief will usuuliy luko place ; but n second
dosu lots never failed with my uallle, which are al
ways kept at n brisk walking puce through tlm
yurtl until relieved.—Dublin Farmer's Gax.
To slop the Scours in Sheep or Lamb.—Give
them n small quantity of salt pork ; if administer
ed soon alter they are attacked, two ur three do
se* will generally aflect a cure. I have given It to
nrnl catllo fur Ilia same complaint and with good
eflect.
To prrvtnl Colls from chewing their Hellers.—
Take th* eoab from the wart ur issue on (It* inside
nf the leg. rub th* halier throughly with that, and
Ifi ‘
they will not be caught chowing theli halter very
aouti. I have Hied pepper, tobacco, foe., but noil
ing to ro good purpose xx their own or kludixd
Look at Both Sides.—Two knights were trav
elling in opposite directions and met each other at
11 place where a shield was suspended over the road.
They slopped lo look at the shield, and exchange
salutations. One then remarked that the shield
was uf tjrass, hut the other eaid that it was of sti
ver. Tlie former repeated hie declaration, lit* 1st.
t.-r repealed his. The one maintained with in
creasing vehemence that it was of brass, tlie other
nf silver. The dispute waxed holler, till from
words they came to blows. Al this limo another
traveller rode up, and asked the cause of dispute,
and was referred to the shield. He looked at it
carefully and said—“Why, you are both right aud
both wrong. The shield is braee on one side, and
silver on the other. Gentlemen, the next time be*
fore you fight, you must “look at both sides !"
In March, 1623, it was enacted by the General
Assembly of Virginia, “that whosoever sliaff absent
himself from divine service any Sunduy without an
allowable excuse shall forfeit a pound of tobacco,
and ha that absenteth himself a month shall forfait
50lhs. of tobacco."
It was further enacted, “that no minister be ab
sent from his church above two month* in *11 th*
year, upon penally of forfeiting hulfo hi* mease,
und whosoever shall be absent above four mouths
in the year shall forfeit bis whole means and
cure.”
“Tlmt no man disposo of any of his tobacco be
fore the minister be suti&hed, upon pain of forfei
ture double his part of the minister’s means, and
one man of every plantation to collect Ilia meant
out of the first and best tobacco nnd corn.”
Singular and Voracious Fish in the Oeono-
ke.—Returning to the water’s edge, the captain
relnted to us an incident which guvo us warning
against bathing in those parts. He hud been seat
ed on a stone, watciiing at the river’s edge, when
a enribe fish sprung out of the water, faslened on
liiiu shurply, and was with difficulty shaken off.—
The enrihe fish is about six inches long and getter-
al'y remains ut the bottom ; but if blood be drapp.
mI into llto river, immediately thousands of iho**
fish will rise at it; and if mao or beast enter lit*
u nter bleeding, so numerous are they nnd so sharp
their triungulur mouths, that it is considered far
t-j-ier lo escape from the crocodile or boa ; in fact,
they ntnke short work of their victim. A bleeding
man attempting ‘.o swim a river where these lilll*
cannibals abound has very little chance of holding
inti.
together for moro than a few strokes . he is literal
ly lorn tu mince meat. It is, however, a consolato.
ty piece of retribution that tbj enribe is himself
esteemed a peculiar dolicacy.—Colburn's Maga
zine.
Effects or PssruME on Italian Ladies’—A
mask entered the box where I was, dreeeed nln
7'urfue.nud as u veudor of otto of rosea. On bis *n-
trance there was a general aor*am of alarm, for th*
Italian wom*n have th* greatest horror of acunMd
l eutix, and perfumes of any kind have th* most sin
gular effect on their olfectory nerves. I have wit
nessed several seen** of this kind. Many • flan
gentleman, who com** 10 a box lo play th* agreea
ble, having previously added, a* ha thought, 10 hi*
irresistibility by profusely perfoadog hinwelf, to hi*
dismay and aalartshoMoi, ha* k**tt ordarad by th*
indignant foir, wheat ha cam* ta honor, to quit bar
presence in doubt* quick tiara*—My Adveaturae,
by Colonel Msxw*U, K. H.
To driest A*malLq*a*tlly of gra** **f ■
placed in th* dural, will *mx* rad Mite t* disap
pear.—Am. Ag.
■wartl