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VOLUME VI.
aeKTinr.
THE FOREST^HYMnT
The following majestic lines are from the
“Foftst Hymn” of W. C. Bryant..
“ The groves were God’s first temples. Ere man
learned
To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave,
And spread the roof above them—ere he framed
The lofty vault,-to gather and roll back
The sounding anthems ; in the darkling wood,
Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down,
And offered to the Mightiest, solemn thanks
And supplication. For his simple heart
Might not resist the sacred influences,
Which, from the stilly twilight of the place,
And from the gray old trunks, that high in Hea
ven
Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound
Os the invisible breath, that sway’d at once
All their green-tops, stole over him, and bow’d
His spirit with the thought of boundless power,
And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why
Should we, in the world’s riper years, neglect
God’s ancient sanctuaries, and adore
Only among the crowd, and under roofs
That our frail hands have raised ! Let us at least
Here in the shadow of this ancient wood,
Offer one hymn—thrice happy if it find
Acceptance in His ear.
Father, thy hand
Hath reared these venerable roof —thou didst look
down
Upon the naked earth, and forthwith rose
All these fair ranks of trees’”
*******
MAN..
i.
The human mind —that lofty thing !
The palace and the throne,
Where reason sits, a sceptercd king,
And breathes his judgment tone.
Oh ! who with silent steps shall trace
The borders of that haunted place,
Nor in his weakness own,
That mystery and marvel bind
That lofty thing—the human mind !
ii:
The human heart—that restless thing !
The tempter and the tried ;
The joyous, yet the suffering—
The source of pain and pride ;
The gorgeous thronged—the desolate,
The seat of love, the lair of hate —
Self stung, self defied !
Yet do we bless thee as thou art,
Thou restless.tiling—the human heart!
iii.
The human soul —that startling thing !.
Mysterious and sublime 1
The angel sleeping on the wing
Worn by the scolfs of time—
The beautiful, the veiled, the bound,
The earth enslaved, the glory-crowned,
The stricken in its prime !
From heaven to tears to earth it stole,
That startling thing—the human soul !
IV.
, And this is man—Oh !’ ask ofhim,
The gifted and forgiven—
When o’er his vision, drear and dim,
The wrecks, of time are driven;
If pride or passion in their power,
Can chain the tide, or charm the hour,
Or stand in place of heaven ?
He bends the*brow, he bows the knee—
“ Creator, Father ! none but thee !”
MISCELLANY.
From the Macon Telegraph.
[Col. Lclimanowsky, the hero of the follow
ing details, it will be recollected by many citi
zens of Macon, was in this city, and delivered
several addresses, a few years since, He is a
remarkable man, of giant frame, and although
upwards of 70 years of age, he still retains al
most the vigor of youth.]
DESTRUCTION OP THE INQUISI
TION OP SPAIN-
In 1809, Col. Lehmanowsky was attached to
the part of Napoleon’s army, which was sta
rioned in Madrid. And while in that city, said
Col. L., I used to speak freely among the people
what I thought of the Priests and Jesuits and ol
the Inquisition. It had been decreed by the Em
peror Napoleon that the Inquisition and Monas
teries should be suppressed, but the decree, he
said—liKe some of the laws enacted in this
country, was not executed. Months had pass
ed away, and the prisons of the Inquisition had
not been opened. One night about 10 or 11
o’clock, as he was walking one of the streets of
Madrid, two armed men sprang upon him from
an alley and made a furious attack. He instant
ly drew his sword and put himself in a posture
of defence, and while struggling with them, he
saw at a distance the lights of the patroles,
French soldiers mounted, who carried lanterns,
& who rode through the streets at all hours of
the night to preserve order.. He called to them
in French; and as they hastened to his assis
tance, the assailants took to their heels and es
caped, not, however, before he saw by their
dress that they belonged to the guards of the
Inquisition.
He went immediately to Marshal Soult, then
Governor of Madrid, told him what had taken
place, reminded him of the decree to suppress
the institution. Marshal Soult replied that he
might go and destroy it. Col. L, told him that
his regiment (the 9th Polis]i Lancers) was not
sufficient for such a service, but if he w’ould
give him two additional regiments, the 117th
and another, which he named, he would under
take the work. The 117th Regiment was under
the command of Col. L., a minister of the gos
pel, and pastor of an evangelical Church in Mar
seilles, France. The troops required were grant
ed, and I proceeded (said Col. L.) to the Inqui
sition, which was situated about live miles from
the city. It w r as surrounderod with a wall of
great strength, and defended by a company of
soldiers. When we arrived at the walls. I ad
dressed one of the sentinels, and summoned the
holy fathers to surrender to the imperial army;
and open the gates of the Inquisition. The sen
tinel standing on the wall, appeared to enter in
to conversation for a moment with someone
within, at the close of which he presented his
musket and shot one of my men. This was
a sigual of attack, and I ordered my troops to
lire upon those who appeared on the walls.
It was soon obvious that it was an unequal
warfare. The walls of the Inquisition were
covered with the soldiers of the lialy office;
there was also a breastwork upon the wall, be
hind which they kept continually, only as they
partially exposed themselves as they discharged
their muskets. Our troops were in the open
plain and exposed to a destructive fire. We
had no cannon, nor could we scale the walls,
and the gates successively resisted all attempts
at forcing them. I could not retire and send
for cannon to break through the walls, without
giving them time to lay a train for blowing us
up. I saw that it was necessary to change the
mode of attack, and directed some trees to be
cut down and trimmed, to be used as battering
rams. Two of these were taken up by de
tachments of men, as numerous as could work
to advantage, and brought to bear upon the waHs
with all the power they could exert, while the
troops kept a fire to protect them from the fire
whick’poured upon them from the walls. Presently
the walls began to tremble, a breach was made,
and the imperial troops rushed into the Inquua
tion. Here we met with an incident, which
nothing but effrontery is equal to—
The Inquisitor General, fohowed by the latner
confessors in their priestly robes, all came out of
,their rooms, as we were making our way into
the interior of the Inquisition, and with long
faces and their anus crossed over brea3ts }
their fingers resting on their shoulders, as though
they had been deaf to aU the noise of the attack
and defence, and had just learned what was go
ing on, they addressed themselves in the lan
guage of rebuke to their own soldiers, saying,
“ Way do you fight your friends,the French?”
Their intention, no doubt, was to make us
think that this defence was wholly unauthorized
by them, hoping, if they could make us believe
they were friendly, they would have a better
opportunity in the confusion of the moment to
escape. Their artifice was too shallow, and did
not succeed. I caused them to be placed under
‘ guard, and all the soldiers of the Inquisition to
lie secured as prisoners. We then, proceeded to
examine all the rooms of the stately edifice.—
We passed through room after room, found all
perfectly in order, richly furnished with altars
and crucifixes, and wax candles in abundance,
but could discover no evidences of iniquity being
practiced there, nothing of those peculiar fea
tures which we expected to find in a Inquisition.
We found splendid painting, and a rich and
expensive library. Here was beauty .and splen
dor and the most perfect order on which my eyes
ever rested. The architecture—the proportions
were perfect. The ceiling and floors of wood
, were scoured and highly polished. The marble
floors were arranged with a strict regard to order.
There was every thing to please the eye and
gratify a highly cultivated taste; but where were
those horrid instruments of torture, of which I
had been told, and where those dungeons in
which human beings wero said to be buried
alive 1 We searched in vaiq. The Holy
Fathers assured us that they had been belied—
that we had seen all, and I was prepared to give
up the search, convinced that the Inquisition was
dilferent from others of which I had heard.
But Col. De Lille was not so ready as myself
to giye up the search, and said to me, “Colonel,
you are commander to-day, and as you say, so
it must be, but if you will be advised by me, let
this marble floor be examined. Let water be
brought and poured upon it, and we will watch
and sec if there is any place through which it
passes more freely than .others.” I replied to
him, “Do as you please, Colonel,” and ordered
water to be brought accordingly. The slabs of
marble were large and beautifully polished.—
When water had been poured over the floor,
much to the dissatisfaction of the Inquisitors, a
careful examination was made of every seam in
the floor, to see if the water passed through.—
Presently Col. De Lille exclaimed that he had
found it. By the side of one of these marble
slabs the water passed through fast, as though
there was an opening beneath. All hands were
now at work for further discovery. The officers
witli their swords and the soldiers with their
bayonets seeking to clear out the seam and pry
up the slab. Others with the butts of their
muskets striking the slab with all their might to
break it; while tlie priests remonstrated against
our desecrating their holy and beautiful house.
While thus engaged, a soldier who was striking
with the but of his musket, struck a spring, and
the marble slab flew up. Then the faces of the
Inquisitors grew pale as Belshazzar when the
hand-writing appeared on the wall; they trem
bled all over. Beneath the marble now partly
up, there was a stair-ease. I stepped to the
altar and took from the candlestick one of the
handles, four feet in length; which was burning,
that I might explore the room below. As I was
doing this, I was arrested by one of the Inquis
itors who laid his hand gently on my arm, and
with a very demure and holy look said, “My
son, you must not take those lights with your
bloody hands, they are holy.” “Well,” said I,
“I will take a holy tiling to shed light on iniqui
ty; I will bear the responsibility.”
I took the candle and proceeded down th?
stair-case. As we reached the foot of the stairs,
we entered a large square room, which was call
ed the Hall of Judgment. In the centre was a
large block, and a chain fastened to it. On this
they had been accustomed to place the accused,
chained to his seat. On one side of the room
was an elevated seat, called the Throne of Judg
ment. This the Inquisitor General occupied;
and on the other side were seats, less elevated,
for the holy fathers, when engaged in the sol
emn business of tlie Holy Inquisition.
From this room we proceeded to the right,
and obtained access to small cells, extending
;the-entire length of the edifice, and here such
sights were presented as he hoped never to sec
again] ’
These cells were places of solitary confine
ment, where the wretched objects of inquisitori
al hate were confined year after year, till death
released them from their sufferings, and there
their bodies were suffered to remain until they
were entirely decayed, and the rooms had be
come fit for others to occupy. To prevent this
being offensive to those Who occupied the Inqui
sition, there were flues or tubes extending to
the open air, sufficiently capricious to carry off
the odor.
In these cells we found the remains of some
who had paid the debt of nature; some of them
had been dead apparently but a short time,
while of others nothing remained but their bones,
still chained to the floor of their dungeon;
In other cells we found living sufferers, of
both sexes, and of every age, from three score
years and ten, down to fourteen or fifteen years
—all naked as when brought into tiro world, and
all in chains. Here were old men and aged
women, who had been shut up for many years.
Here too were the middle aged and the young
man, and the maiden of 14 yeaig ! The sol
diers immediately went to work to release the
captives from the chains, and took from their
knapsacks their overcoats and other clothing,
which they gave them to cover their nakedness.
They were exceedingly anxious to bring .them
to the light of day—but Col. L., aware of the
danger, had food given to them, and brought
them to the light as they were able to bear it.
We then proceeded, said Col. L., to explore
another room on the left. Here we found instru
ments of torture of every kind which the inge
nuity of man or devils could invent. Col. L.
here described four of these horrid instruments.
The first was a machine by which the victim was
confined, and then beginning with the fingers,
every joint in the hands, arnis and body, was
broken, one after another, until the victim died.
The second was a box, in which the neck of the
victim was so closely confined by a screw, that
he could not move in any way. Over the box
was a vessel, from which a drop of water a se
cond fell upon the head of the victim—every
successive drop falling precisely on the same
place on the Jiead suspended the circulation in a
few moments, and put the sufferer in the most
excruciating agony. The third was an infernal
machine laid horizontally, to which the victim
was bound, the machine being placed between
two beams, in, which were scores of knives so
fixed, that by turning the machine with a crank
the flesh of the sufferer was tfirn from him in
small pieces. The fourth surpassed the others
in fiendish ingenuity. Its exterior was a beau
tiful woman, or large doll, richly dressed, A ith
arms extended, ready to embrace its victim—
around her feet a semi-circle was drawn. The
victim who passed over this fatal mark, touched
a spring which caused, the diabolical engine to
open its arms, clasp him, and a thousand knives
cut him into as many pieces in the deadly em
brace.
Col. L. said that the sight of those infernal
machines of cruelty, kindled the rage of the sol
diers to fury. They declared that the Inquisi
tor and every soldier of the Inquisition should
be put to the torture. Their rage was ungov
ernable. Col. L. did not oppose them; they
might have turned their arms aga>n#t him, if he
had attempted to arrest thqjr wan**- Tney b®-,
gan with the Holy The first they put
To death in the mssWne for breaking joints—
The torture of the Inquisitor put to death by
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1846.
the dropping of water was excruciating. The
poor man cried out in agony to be taken from
the fetal machine. The Inquisitor General was
brought before the infernal machine called the
“Virgin!” He begs.to be excused. “No,” said
they, “you have caused others to kiss her,
and now you must do it.” They interlock their
bayonets, so as to form large forks, and with
these pushed him over the deadly circle. The
beautiful doll instantly prepared for the deadly
embrace, clasped him in its arms, and he was
cut into innumerable pieces. CoL L, said he
witnessed the torture of four” of them—his
heart sickened at the sight, and he left the sol
diers to wreak vengcncc upon the last guilty
inmate of this prison house of hell.
Iu the mean time, it was reported through
Madrid, that the prisons of the Inquisition were
broken open; and multitudes hastened to the
fetal spot. And O! what a meeting was there!
It was like a resurrection ! About a hundred
who had been buried for many years, were now
restored to life. There were fathers who found
their long lost daughters, wives Were restored to
their husbands, sisters to their brothers, and par
ents to their children; and there were some who
could recognize no friend among the multitude.
The scene was such as no tongue can describe.
When the multitude had retired, Col. L- cau
sed the library, paintings, furniture, &c. to be
removed, ami having sent to the city for a wagon
load of powder, he deposited a large quantity in
the vault beneath the building, and placed a
slow match in connection with it. All had with
drawn at a distance—and in a few moments
there was a most joyful sight to thousands. The
walls and turrents of the massive structure rose
majestically towards the heavens, impelled by
the tremendous explosion, and fell back to the
earth an immense heap of ruins. The Inqui
sition was no more.
THE DYING MOTHER;
“There is a sweetness in woman’s decay,
When the light of beauty is fading away,
When the bright enchantment of youth is gone,
And the tint that glowed, and the eye that shone,
And darted around its glance of power,
And the lip, that vied with the sweetest flower
That ever in Paestum’s garden blew,
Or ever was steeped in the garden dew—
When all that was bright and fair is fled,
But the loveliness lingering around the dead.”
Pehciyal.
It was on a summer day, so bright and beauti
ful, that an angel wandering from his heavenly
sphere might almost have fancied himself still in
paradise, and have forgotten that man had ever
sinned. Streams of water danced and sparkled
in the sunbeams, sweet flowers sent forth their
fragrance upon the air, and the birds Warbled
their widest songs in the shady grove. All
seemed joy and gladness; but at that very hour,
in the stillness of her chamber, and
by her sorrowing friends, one of the loveliest of
of God’s creatures was biddiug adieu to earth
with all its joys. In the spring of youth, and
hope and feeling, when life secerned sweetest,
and the ties that bound her to earth were strong
est, her spirit was slowly passing away. Tiiey
had moved her couch to the open window, and
now the golden rays of the setting sun streamed
richly into the chamber of the dying. The
warm breeze kissed the pallid eheek, and played
among her bright tresses that clustered around
her brow, for the last time. She knew that she
should never look upon the bright and beautiful
world, again. She felt that life was ebbing fast
away, and few were the moments left to her on
earth, and as she looked that last long look, her
eyes beamed with “unwonted fires;” and a bright
L smile lighted up her countenance. Her lips
1 parted, and a low sweet voice, broke the solemn
stillness —“Bring hither my child ; let him re
ceive his mother’s dying blessing,”
They brought to her bedside a young and hap
py boy, who had never before known sorrow;
but now, liis joyous laugh was hushed, the smile
had vanished from his lip, and his bright eyes
were sad and wondering. They had told him
that his mother was dying, and although he
knew not what death meant, he felt that death
was something terrible. He placed his little
hand in hers, and looked fearfully into her face;
but that smile re-assured him, and he lisped that
name so dear to every woman’s heart, —mother !
What a host of agonizing feelings were stirsed
up in the heart of the invalid as he uttered that
word. She closed her eyes, and for’ a moment
her countenance was convulsed with the intense
struggle. It was only for a moment; she was
calm, and the same bright smile was there again.
All were hushed in breathless silence until she
spoke. ’ *
“My son, you will soon be deprived of a mo
ther’s love and care. You now hear me speak
for the last time on earth; but when my voice is
hushed in death, and my body laid low in the
tomb, remember my dying words. Resist tempta
tion, & if sinners entice thee consent thou not. Pray
to thy God 1 , morning and evening; and whefi you
kneel alone, remember how often I have knelt
with you and told you that you had a parent in
heaven who would always take care of you.—
May your mother’s dying blessing rest upon
your head through all the trials of this life, and
wfien you are tempted to sin, remember that her
last breath was spent in prayer for you.” She
paused for a moment, and when she spoke again
her voice was faint and husky.
“My husband, come hither; place your hand
beneath my head, and let me rest upon your bo
som. I would feel your breath upon my cheek,
and hear your voice once more.”
He did as he was desired, but a convulsive
sob shook the strong man’s frame as he pressed
her to liis heart, and the tears that he struggled
not to restain, flowed down his cheeks. She
raised her eyes, beaming with all intensity of
woman’s love, and exclaimed with sudden ener
gy: “Oh ! ’tis very hard to part from you, but
we shall meet again—in heaven!”
Her head sunk back, a slight convulsion pass
ed over the pale face, and was succeeded by a
smile, and all was still. The mourners were a
lone with the dead. The eyes that beamed with
life and gladness were closed, the tongue that
never spoke but to bless was silent, and the heart
that beat with all a woman’s generous feelings
and warm affections was still forever”
The wife and mother was dead, but she still
lived in the hearts of those who had loved her.—
The son never forgot her dying words; and in
after ycafs, when upon the verge .of crime the
same sweet voice seemed to whisper in his ear,
“My son! resist temptation.” That husband
Etfvcr suffered another to beguile his heart
from its homage to the dead, but ever treasured
her memory, and looked forward to the time
when he should meet her in a happier world,
never again to part. ■ M. E. E.
Sweet young Ladies, married and to be mar
ried, please read the following:
A Woman may be of great assistance to her
husband in business, by wearing a cheerful smile
continually upon her countenance. A mans
perplexities and gloominess are increased a hun
dred fold when his belter half moves about with
a continual scowl upon her brow.
A pleasant, cheerful wife is a rainbow set in
the skv, when her husband's mind is tossed with
storms and tempest, but a dissatisfied and fretful
wife,- in the hour of trouble, is like one ®f those
fiends, who are appointed to torture our lost spir
its-
Napoleon was not famed for satire; yet he
made the most satirical remark about the French
people we recollect ever to have read. W hen
stopping at Warsaw on his retreat rrom Russia,
the Abbe de Pradt said to him: ‘‘France has
met with a terrible loss, Sire.” “Yes,'’ was the •
i reply, “Madam, , the singer is dead.”
Repentance is the reflection of value in the
water of tears.
THE NOTORIOUS JOHN U. WARING.
The last number of the Lexington, Ky. Ga
zette contains the following account of the last
moments of this notorious and remarkable man-
He was a lawyer, and most of his difficulties
originated from the mode in which he practised
his profession. By buying up old and doubtful
claims he involved himself in endless litigation ;
and the bitterness generally attendant upon such
‘cases, was deepened and widened by the'manner
in which he conducted his suits. No apprehen
sion of personal danger ever deterred him from
purchasing those claims, or prosecuting them to
the uttermost afterwards: On the contrary, the
prospect of danger seemed rather an additional
inducement; and he was at all times ready to
defend them by tongue, pen or pistol.
Had his mode of warfare been more bold and
open, he would have avoided much of the oblo
quy which his course drew down upon him.—
But so exceedingly circumspect had he been in
always placing himself in an apparently justifia
ble position, legally, that many doubted his per
sonal courage. It is but fair, however, to say
that his life had been secretly aimed at by his
enemies, and that lie displayed unyielding firm
ness from the time of receiving his death-wound
up to the hour of his death.
The bait cnicrca just above ins-ieftr ‘murn
was forced from its socket and rested on his
cheekj it passed through the root of his tongue,
down his throat, aud perforated his lungs. Im
mediately after recovering from a few moments
of insensibility, he made signs for writing mate
rials; finding he was misunderstood, with all the
force he could mnster, he feebly articulated the
word— “ink.” Supposing he wished his will
written, a lawyer was called in for that purpose,.
Waring refused his assistance, drew the materi
als towards him, and wrote a number of notes,
requesting the attendance of his son-in-law, pa
pers from the clerk’s offices and his own resi
dence, &c. &c. Having procured what he re
quired, although bleediug freely internally, with
the blood gushing rapidly at short intervals from
his nostrils and mouth, without displaying the
slightest symptoms of pain, he proceeded calmly
and sternly with his final task, at which he was
. engaged until late at night. He completed some
unfinished contracts, entered into anew one,
gave receipts, settled accounts, brought a suit,
drew up his will, and arranged all his worldly
affairs as far as it was possible.
The scene, whilst thus engaged, has been des
cribed to us as the most melancholy and appal
ing one, which was probably ever witnessed.—
The internal hemorrhage compelled him to re
main in a sitting posture from the time he was
wounded until he died, • His gray hairs dab
bled with his own. blood, with which his dress
and person were almost entirely covered—his
spectacles pressed firmly down his protruded eye,
which rested in ghastly prominence upon his
cheek, and he plied his pen with relentless deter
mination. Life’s last sands were ebbing fast-min
utes had become to him things of the last im
portance. Yet, precious as the fleeting moments
were, his labors were greatly lengthened by the
occasional rapid ejection of gore from his mouth,
bespattering and obliterating what he had writ
ten. Pushing the bloodstained sheets aside, his
task was again resumed with unshaken firmness.
It is said that one of his family begged, on ben
ded knees, that lie would forgive his enemies—
he shook his head and stamped his foot in stem
denial
So passed from this earth, after a life of tur
moil, strife, bitterness and bloodshed, John U.
Waring.
A ROMANTIC INCIDENT.
A French newspaper, published at Lyons, re
lates the following romantic anecdote:
A few nights ago, when the wind blew with
sgreat violence at Lyons, a gentleman who was
walking on one of the wharves, wrapped” in a
large cloak, and philosophically smoking a segar,
heard, at a little distance a piercing cry, and the
noise of a heavy body falling into the Rhone.—
It was in the dead of the night. The swollen
river roared with fury. The night was dark,
and the wharf desolate, Without a thought of
danger, antTonly following the impulse of a gen
erous heart, he threw himself into the waves.—
He struggled for a long time against fearful per
ils, and finally regained the shore, after he had
been carried sonic 2 or 300 feet by the strength
of the current. He deposited on the shore the
body of a woman. The brilliancy of the gas
lights, enabled him to observe the extreme pallor
of her countenance, the disorder of her cloth
ing, and her youth, elegance and beauty. As
we have already said, it was midnight—no as
sistance was at hand—and where should he
convey her at this hour 1 To whom should he
confide a burden, which had already become so
precious? But he must decide immediately—
and concluded to transport her to his own lod
gings, which were not far off. The fire, which
two hours before had glowed before a convival
party, burned brightly still. His scruples of
delicacy at such a moment were overcome—and
by proper assistance she was recovered from her
swoon. The next day the pale features of this
young lady, were slightly tinged with the rose.—
She related to her deliverer that she had stepped
from her carriage in search of a friend, who li
ved near one of the quays, and while passing
along tile river’s bank her foot had unfortunately
slipped, and she had fallen into the river. A
fortnight afterwards, the newspapers announced
the marriage of M. Edouard, one of the editors
of the “La Rhone,” with Madame Adcla Ber
igny, a young widow of Frankfort, whose for
tune was estimated at a million sterling!
The Belle axd the Stupett. —At a cer*
tain splendid evening party a haughty young
beauty turned to a student who stood near her,
and said—“ Cousin John, I understand your ec
ccntrc friend L is here, I have a great cu
riosity to see him. Bo bring him here and intro
duce him to me.”
The student went in search of his friend and
at length found him lounging on a sofa.
“ Come L —,l’ said he, “my beautiful
cousin Catharine wishes to be introduced to you.”
“Well, trot her out, John,” brawled L
within an affected yawn..
John returned to his cousin and advised her to
defer her introduction to a more favorable time,
repeating the answer he had received. The
beauty bit her lip, but the next moment said,
“Well, never fear! I shall insist on being intro
duced.”
After some delay, L was led up and
the ceremony of introduction duly performed. —
Agreeably surprised by the beauty and comman
ding appearance of Catharine, L -made a
profound bow; but instead of returning it, she
stepped backward, and raising her eye-glass,
Purveyed him deliberately from head to foot,
then, waving the back of her hand towards him,
drawled out, “Trot him off, John! trot him off!
that is enough!”
There is a very plausible reason to be found
in an old saying, tor not taking a fat woman unto
yourself for a wile—“of all evils choose the
smallest.”
There is noUian so contemptible, but who, in
distress, requires pity. It is inhuman to be alto
gether insensible of another’s misery.
A lady being about to to marry a man who wa3
small in stature, was told that he was n. very bad
fellow. “Well,” said she, “if he is bad, there’s
one comfort—there’s very little of him.
On the 25th April an eclipse of the Sun will
take place. The degree of obsaration here will
be about twelve digits. About the centre of the
island of Cuba it will be total. This will be the
;!ast great eclipse until May 26th, 1854.
NUMBER 15.
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Southern Cultivator.
NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRY.
We have been exceedingly interested in a pa*
per, which we find in the National Intelligencer,
of 7th March. It is a synopsis of the “Statistics
of the condition and products of certain branches
of industry in Massachusetts for the year ending
April 1, 1845.” And what think you is the ag
gregate of the products of the labor of the peo
ple of that State in the items enumerated ] No
less than $114,478,448 —nearly twice as great as
the value of the whole Cotton crop of the South!
Look, for a moment, at the items in the table
that exceed a million of dollars. They are,
Bleaching or coloring cotton goods.. .$2,166,000
Boots and Shoes .. ..,. 14,709,140
Butter 1,116,709
Calico 4,779,817
Candles 3,673,796
Cars, carriages, &c 1,343,576
Chairs and Cabinet-ware 1,476,670
Cotton goods of all kinds. .12,193,449
Fishery, cod and mackerel 1,484,137
do Whale 10,371,167
Grain .2,228,229
Hay 5,214,357
Hollow-were and castings;....
Leather 3,836,656
Paper • 1,750,273
Potatoes 1,309,010
Rolled and slit iron, and nails 2,738,300
Stone squared for building purposes... .1,065,599
Straw bonnets and hats, palm leaf hats
braids. 1,649,496
Vessels 1,172,146
Wood, (fire,) bark and charcoal 4,088,656
Woolen goods all kinds 8,877,478
Oother enumerated goads and pr0duce.5,204,111
Non enumerated do do- • • -4,758,584
Then, in the grand list, are other items, each
amounting to less than a million of (iollars, viz:
Anchors, chain cables, &c. beef, bricks, tallow
and soap; carpeting, cheese, chemical prepara
tions, copper, cordage, cutlery, engines and boil
ers, fire-arms, fruit, glass, glue, hats and caps,
pig iron, iron railing, &c., jeweliy and watches,
white lead and paints, lumber and shingles, milk,
musical instruments, oil, lard, saddles, harness
and trunks, shovels, spades, forks and hoes, sew
ing silk, snuff, tobacco and segars, refined sugar,
tacks and brads, tin-ware, upholstery, vegetables,
other than .potatoes, wooden-ware, wool, worsted
goods, amounting, together with the items over a
million, to the sum of $114,478,443. And all
this immense sum is the result of the labor, for
one year, of 153,766 persons, employing a capi
tal of $59,145,767.
We are surprised that, in the table we find
no mention of ice. This is certainly a very im
portant item in any good account of the produc
tive industry of Massachusetts. For we were
informed last summer, in a conversation with a
1 gentleman who had the statement, as he said,
from Mr. Webster, that the ice exported by
Massachusetts, paid foi % all the cotton consum
ed in the manufactor ies of that State.
Besides the grand list, we have a large num
ber of tables, exhibiting very interesting statistics
in detail, of various departments of industry'—
such as the number of mills, manufactories and
male and female operatives employed therein;
consumption of value of different articles used in
manufacturing ; statistics of the whale, mackerel
and cod fisheries; statistics of sheep and wool;
number and value of cattle, stock, &c.; statistics
of grain produced; statistics of other agricultural
and domestics products; In this last table, we
find potatoes to amount to nearly five millions
bushels; fruit, to nearly three millions do.; butter,
to nearly eight millions pounds; cheese, over se
ven millions; milk, nearly three millions of gal
lons; broom corn and seed, to the value of $ 16,111;
and shoe pegs, to the amount of 13,808 bushels,
valued at $18,206.
When the citizens of a State have such an cx
, hibit to show to strangers, they have something
to be proud of; and when those who are elected
to make laws have such minute and accurate
statistical information before them, they can go
on in the discharge of their duties boldly and
fearlessly—and not groping in the dark as with
us magnificent Southrods.
To a citizen of the Southern States it is exces
sively mortifying, when in New England, to be
asked how many acres of land are in cultivation
in cotton, rice, sugar; corn, &c., and to be com
pelled to answer—don’t know. What is the
number of sheep, houses, cows, &c., in Georgia]
for example—don’t know. What is the amount
of the cotton crop] —about so many bales. And
so everything else. What, no statistics !! No;
none except an account of the population. llow
in the world do your members of the Legislature
get along in arranging taxes equitably, and do
ing the many other things that can’t be done
right, without such statistical information as we
in New England are so careful to collect] Why,
they have just to do as well as they can.
There is no aggregate in this. And, from pre
sent appearances, we fear such mortification will
have to be endured for a loqg time yet by our
Southern people. *
MONTHLY CALENDAR.
Altered from the American AgriculiurisL's Al
manac fur 1844, and arranged to suit the South
ern States .,
CALENDAR FOR APRIL.
[The following brief hints to the farmer, plan
ter and gardener, will be found to apply not only
to the month under which they are arranged,but,
owing to diversity of seasons* climates and soils,
they may frequently answer for other months. —
This precaution the considerate agriculturist will
not fail to notice “and apply in all cases where his
judgment and experience may dictate.]
Plowing may be done on all light sandy or
gravelly soil, as soon ns the frost is but of the
ground. But on all clay soils.thcir exact condition
should be observed, and if not previously plowed
in tlfe fall, as they always should be, they must
be turned over only when they are comparative
ly dry. Plowing, when wet mixes the soil into
a mortar, which subsequently bakes into large
lumps, in which condition it remains through the
summer, unless beaten in pieces at great trouble
and expense.. Deep plowing is too much over
looked. It should be the-object of the farmer
constantly to deepen his sail by cultivation, and
in proportion as he enriches it, a small quantity
of the subsoil should be brought up for improve
ment. By this means the roots of the plants
will have greater resources for food, and before
he is aware of it, his crops will be doubled by this
system. The mowing fields should be put in
order, by carrying off any surface water there
may be upon them; and all the stones should be
carcfuily collected, and put into fences or used
for making under-drains to convey the water
from springs, or such as cannot be otherwise car
ried away from stiff clay or boggy lands. Corn
for soiling may be sown broadcast or closely in
drills. All early potatoes and most of the early
vegetables in gardens may be planted. The gar
den should be particularly attended to. As much
frequently may be raised on an acre of ground for
the support of a family in a garden,as from the best
five acres of the farm. Plaster, with which any
farmer who can use it to advantage, ought to be
well supplied, may be sown in this and the follow
ing month. It is the cheapeast manure he can
apply, in connection with other measures, and
it ought to be used liberally wherever it is found
beneficial. Field peas may now be sown. The
fences should be thoroughly staked up on every
part of the farm so as to prevent waste of time
and crops from the inroads of unruly cattle:
should not be suffered to get into ths
fields before a good bite is afforded them, and
they should at all times, but especially when first
allowed to run on grass, be well supplied with
r.alt, to correct the frequently too purgative effects
of the fresh feed. Look particularly after,
young things, and don’t allow them to follqtr
‘their dams into’ the fields till the ground becomes
dry, warm and firm.
Sow hemp seed the early part of this month,
where the climate will answer. [For full, par
■ticulars of itseultnration, see voI.III of the South* -
cm Cultivator. Sow tobacco seed also, and the
last part of the month plant castor beans.
Kitchen Garden. —During this month, early
cucumbers, melons, cabbages, cauliflowers, let
tuce, radishes, &c., which have been brought for
ward, in the hot-bed, should be transplanted into
.the open ground. Attend to the asparagus both
if not prepared before, according to the directions
of last month. All the kinds of table vegetables
and early root crops sow in the open ground.—*
Tomatoes, egg plants and peppers that have been
forwarded in pots, plant out the latter part of the
month. Draw out out the sweet jxrtatoe sprouts
and plant theon
Fruit Garden and Orchard. —All kinds of
fruit and forest trees and shrubs, should be trans
planted before the leaf-buds shall have come outv.
All grafting and springinosculating perfbrfncdi
Strawberry beds dressed and cleaned. Currants,
raspberry and gooseberries that have not before
received attention, can now be pruned; the latter
should be pruned to open heads for the admission
of sun and air, be well manured about the roots,,
and the soil made loose and mellow with th 4
‘spade; the roots of peach trees be examined, and
the worm cut out with a knife. Scions may be
set this month, and all the exposed wood should
be carefully protected by wax. Several compo
sitions may be used for this purpose, but perftap*
as good a one as can be made consists of three
parts of beeswax, three parts rosin, and one part
tallow, which is best secured by putting on ban*
dages of new, strong cotton cloth.
Flower Garden and Pleasure Grounds ,r—•
Bulbs that have not yet started ought now to
‘have the earth about them stirred to the depth of
three or four inches. The borders of the flower
garden be made up, and perenial herbaceous
plants transplanted; Seeds of annuals should not
be sown until next month. Hedges and shrubs
mav be trimmed, and box-edging set out. Put in
order the gravel walks and pfeasurft .gWfadit
and, if necessary, give tile lawn a top-dreft4h* of
ashes. Deciduous trees should be transplanted
this month if not done before, and shrubbery for,
the door-yards and gardens.. Too little attention
is paid to these last in our country. Many a
farmer will spend SSO a year to procure ribbons,
gauzes, and artificial flowers, for his wife and
daughters, when one-fifth of the money would
furnish him ornamental grounds- throughout the
year. Fruit trees are ornamental as well as use
ful, and are perhaps the most profitable use to
which he can put ai few acres. The choicest
( kinds of every species should be selected, for It
costs but little more to raise the best kinds than
the poorest, and they frequently produce-htm.fiva
times as much in value.. A large hole should ta
ring for the reception of the roots, which should!
jbe filled with loose mould, and when the tree - hag
a large top, some branches should be lopped, and”
the extremities of the twigs cut oft’.
, Plantation. —At the beginning of this month*
attend to the planting of cotton as directed, in
March. Continue its culture as recommended
by Dr. Philips in the American Agriculturist,
Tol. 2.
Plant upland rice in drills about 18 inches
apart, or sow broadcast, and harrow in tho seed
■as is directed for lowland.rice. Cover the ground
two inches thick with old rice straw, in order to
keep down grass and weeds, and nourish the crop.
, Irrigation is necessary in the culture of this va
riety of rice. It wtll grow on poor sandy rklgss,
and also on wet lands. Continue sowing low
land rice.
Attend to the enne fields, keep the earth looso
and- clear of weeds.
Occasionally stir the earth around the tobacco-,
plants both with the hand the hoc. At first,
shave the surface, and after the plants increase in
size, gradually draw a slight bed toward them.—
Closely examine the plants every, night and .morn
ing, and destroy the numerous worms which feed
upon them. First look for a small grub about
the roots under, ground,and afterwards a large ugly
iworm which feeds upon the leaf. There is also
a small worm which attacks the buds of the plant,,
and if not killed, will prove a sure destruction to*
its further growth. Another worm, of smaller
size may bp found within the two coats of the
leaves, which feeds on the juice alone. All of
this work can be done by boys and r girls from 10
to 15 years of age.
Prepare your ground for sweet potatoes by
: ridging up rows about four feet apart. Set out
your drawings similar to cabbages, eight or tea
inches asunder in the, ridges, as fast as they rise,.
,and the season will permit. Some prefer large
round hills four feet apart each way to rirflfy,—-
Hoe and plow your Irish potatoes and Indian,
corn. Sow cabbage, savory and cauliflower
‘seeds for next winter, but let them remain in the
nursery bed until August, Sow carrots and
parsnips. Plant young orange trees- and water
them until they root.
You may set out all kinds of. evergreens suc
cessfully
AJTVBHI6.
Anew work has just been published in Eng
land entitled “Rambles in the United States and
Canada during the year 1845, with a short ac
count of Oregon,” which is one of the richest
productions we have yet had. The lowbred
vulgarity of the writer, which this work exhibits,
disgustingly apparent as it is throughout its:
pages, may nevertheless, be overlooked for the
sake of the amusement which the book will not
fail to afford. Americans can afford to treat
this production as a joke of the most amusing
kind. A few specimens may excite a desire for
njgre. Os tlje American people he says:
“The men are sallow, and the'women tallow;-,
the women are wanting in.all thatmakes feminine
nature beautiful, and their efforts to supply such
deficiency by art, are totally wanting in the great
artistic qualification, fcclare artem,J in which the
French excel. The men are merely long, lanky
Yankees,, lathy, and uncouth, with narrow napes
to their nccka like women. They neverhaveany
boyhood and never live to grow old. They are
sour and gloomy, not from habit, they have no
faith in the power of street music to lull the senses
and open the pocket, their whole souls being
wrapped up in the pursuit of “another dollar
they have neither imagination, fancy nor taste.
“ The; are truly a vulgar, ignorant, bragging*
spitting, melancholy, sickly people. Passing their
lives in a state of mental excitement, some kill
themselves with drink, and some with tobacco ;
some are hurried to the ever yawning gates of
their cemetries by excesses in religion or excesses ■
in politics ; excesses in commerce or excesses in
speculation ; or tribulations of mind induced by a
complication of these causes. But calamity is not
of a long life in America, for the men are soon dead
and soon forgotten. Duels and assassinations al
so help to thin their ranks, for, strange as it may
appear, it can be proved that famous as Italy*
Sicily, and Spain are for the stiletto, there are
many more assassinations and stabbing- in the
slave States of America than in all these countries
put together. This is a melancholy truth; but an
the minds of the masters in the Southern States
insensibly become degraded by the mere con-,
tact not to say association, with things so degen
erated as their slaves, the moral sense becomes
blunted, they care little for assassination or mur
der, and nothing for stabbing or maiming,”
“Americans are vulgar; but why should they
be hypocrites in the Northern States, rogues in the
Middle States v and ruffians in thaSouthern States.’*
Governor Marcy, Secretary of War, says this’
writer, with a horror which. is exceedingly ludi
crous, “sports a gingham umbrella.” Edward
Everett, he calls “a Unitarian minister.” Presi
dent Polk is a “village lawyer,” but, to cap the
climax, President Tyler, or “ His Accidency,”
was seen “combing his hair with a filthy comb,
tied up by a piece of string in a steamboat, and
washing himself with a jack towel used in com
mon with fifty other dirty passengers,”
Newspaper Exterpbise.—lt is stated that
the London News-—Dickens’ paper—had Sir
Robert Peel’s great speech about the com laws,
&c., reported verbatim and had it printed—fill
ing as it did some ten columns of the smallest
type—within four hours after the Premier closed,
It was immediately sent by special express to
every principaNown in Great Britain and to Pa
ris ; and in every case it anticipated, every other
paper several hours, In this explfc i* ttjceived*
as it deserved, the highest commendation! of the
wliole English and French press.
Laziness.— Laziness grows on people; it be
gins in cobwebs and ends in Irorf chains. The
more bu-iness a man has, the mere w is able
iccemjluh; he kara*. to economic* his tun*..