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J 4 USSiTI Of &E08GIA UBBMS. irOumnte,,'..'.^,^... •j Sales of Lands or Negroes, by do.. 4 iplication for Letter* of Diouiissi— * psWfflSlD ITS ffllM&PSWlKeS,, BjaMASttBift £153® BI&THSJftaiU agP3m2afl®g®§l§. . NEW SERIES—YOL. IY., NO. 1. ATHENS, THURSDAY; SEPT. 12, 1850. VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 23 ) Application for Letter* of Dismission, 4 50 I ldF*Other advertisements jaill bo charged $1.00 ’ for every twelve lines, or less, first iusertiou, and 5t> enu for each, weekly continunuce. t?' Announcements of Candidates will be charged 'ivc Dollars; ns also the advertising of separation if husband and wife. # * All obituary notices, exceeding six lines in length, will be charged for ns other advorli*- i the editor* Sdectch IJoctrg. MCHOLAS, rs«. Loro and Death agreed cord overtook them sleeping, and mixed their arrows; brace Love, when he intends to strike the young with the tender passion, often kills; and Death, when aiming at the old, by the discharge of the wrong ar row, inspires with e sod attachment,—FaUe. by dreams of,gqld; in vain did the I mutderer’s head. .Strange to tell, he beautiful and^uneotnplainiog wife en-j lived unsuspected. No one cared for . deavor to frighten the fifrnd from bis bo-1 the emigrant m the country frpm which • : sora. It was like one solitary star try-1 he catne. • ing to dissipate the darkness of the; Years rolled away. Villages arose .travel together. Dia- rums nf ihautiMdue Tl “ storm-tossed ocean. j on the ruins of themighty forest. The Wilder yet rolled the storm through! steamer "was"**beared with perpetual - l: i. --.I /wt i ‘ i » i - ■ i- r the cracking woods, and Charles was] thunder and lightning, ascending, the Iiow oft instead of marriage bells, 1 The knell of death for cove is tolling, Tis said that Cnpid's wayward dart, . When mrrat to airike the youag with fire, By some mistake, oft stings the heart With death instead of fote’t desire. Voting Cupid in the eve of day. With Death in consort, took the rood. ■ O’er them v Saw Love and Death together sleeping. Discord, the foe to Joy of life, Blew o’er the pair with simoom breath, And in that hnrticane of strife, Ho mixed the shafts of love and Death. So. when the l>oy would yonth inspire With passion gentle as the dove. He kills; and Death’s mistaken fire M»k< * fsket aged mortal* fall ii THE THREE HOMES. is thy homer* I asked a child n the morning air, flower* tnosV sweet and wild Was twining I. ... In garland* for her hail. ” My home,” the happy heart replied, And amUed wiUi childish glee. Where soft winds wander free,” Oh! blessings fall on artless yonth. And all its may hours, Where every won! is joy and truth. And treasures live in flowers! ** Whore is thy home t" J asked of oi Who bent with flashing face, To hear a warrior's tender tono vikl wood’s secret place: . hot her varying cheek The tale might well imftnrt; The home of her young spirit mock „ — a kindred heart. Ah! souls that well might soar above To earth will fondly cling. Ami build their hopes on tinman lot That light and fragile thing. " Where is tby home thou lonely n I asked a pilgrim gray. imaginary wrongs, when j Ohio; lovely residences, like gems, is heard omatde the little summoned up by ibe -enchanter’s wand^ from the earth’s bosom, studded the banks of the silver river. The suspi- enclosure which surrounded* the cabin. Maqr sprang to the door and after scrutinizing the traveler, for - such the intruder was, by tbc£ light of a'bark torch whicli she Held over her bead, in vited him into her rustic home. In a moment a gentleman of rather slight stature, bearing a portmanteau in bis hand, entered and gave this usual sal utation. Maty calk'd'^ to attend ihc iraveleiybur neither by Word or gestu.re did he exhibit signs of hav ing heard her, until the stranger’s port manteau louchng the floor, spoke to bis sordid sou! of gold. The demon was aroused, bill he wore a smiling face. “ Welcome, stranger welcome,” ex claimed Gray in so hurried and’strange a manner, that the-travelcr started back a few paces in surprise; but, quickly recovering himself, Exchanged saluta tions 'and seated himself on a rude chair, already placed for him at the cious mind of Gray, (for the wicked arc fi furrowed brow, and wan. " The land 1 acek thou ne’er hast ace: My liumt* i* in the skies!” . O! blent—thrice bleat! the heart nut nought* are given, „ —.. urldy fettcra free; lt’a only liome ia heaven ! itttsccllctnii. . The Forest Murder! * A TALE OF INDIANA. the* incidents I am about to relate are not drawn from imagination, but fact. They form an act of the never ending drama or human villainy. ’♦•JTliis is indeed a wild night,” said **■ Charles Gray to iiis wife, ns they sat be fore the hhizing heurih of an Indian log ■ cabin, .whilst the winds wailed about • ibe rool, and went sounding through the forest. ‘• Wilder than lever knew,’! observed his wife. •• Charles, how thankful we should be to our Maker (hat he has giv en this warm fire and close cabin to pro tect us from the rode elements.” •‘Thankful,” and Charles Gray as sumed a sorrow which of itself spoke the demon in his heart. •• Thankful, wife, you mock me. What is this call- in to tho luxurious comfort of the town folks whom we used to see in New York, rolling through the streets in their cushioned carriages, or reclining' on silk sofas, and laughing at the ragged beggars that claimed their charily.— Thankful!” x - ' Mary did not reply. She feared him when in (hose moods, and was too ju dicious to irritate him even by words though breathed from a seraph's luie, or syllabled by angels* lips, to one whose soul has become absorbed in the unsatisfied love of wealth. Charles Gray was a native of New York, and had been left a handsome fortune; but prompted by avarice, and too impatient to continue in the same business wjticb he began, he joined otii- ers.pl an bqpailjr rapacious disposition in speculation, which at first proved promising, but entirely failed, and left many an ardeat’dreamer a ruined man. Charles hud embarked his all in this I affair. He was left without house or frieuds, for friends are often bound with golden chains alone. He deter mined with his wife to emigrate to In diana, for whose fertile soil, broad streams, and genial climate so much was said; With a bitter spirit be bade farewell to borne, and with» small amount of money raised by the sale of his wife’s Conversation soon commenced, nor was interrupted until the night had far advanced towards the dawn. George Somers was also, be said a native of New York, and from that neighborhood in which Charles Gray had lived. He informed Gray that he sold his property at the east, and emigrated to El Dorado to speculate in lands, having with him a large amount for that purpose. At last they retired to rest. The traveler to sleep,—-Gray to brood over the wealth of his guest. What fearful thought passed through the brain of the wreich that night. How often did his eye wander to the hunting knife. Once he was about to leave the bed, when a light motion of his wife In her slumber deterred him from his murderous intent. Who but the pencil of a demon could paint the fears,—the hopes,—the dark resolves of the wretched Gray, while the wearied gnest slept but a few paces from him, in that pence ‘ which virtue and weariness alone can give. ^ The morning came, and glowfngfnmi bi^ ocean couch, arose therisuiv, gilding ifie tliltatil Wolfs anti surfVrtmdfftg forest with colors drawn alone from the pallet On the first day, (Friday,) Mr. L. kiodly- took me to visit several of the fajrms, or as they are here called, “es tates,” in the neighborhood, explaining to me their particularities of soil, with the course of tillage employed, and the results which ensued. Then to a large Hour mill which he is getting into work ing order. Then he proposed to visit theA ndersonian Public School, of which is the greatest, and in many cases, the only objection urged by my country men against this State. Slavery is a monstrous evil ; all here admit and re gard-it as such. All Here arc anxious for its extinction, but are divided opinion Qlt)c Jfatmet*. Anecdote of Gon. Jackiou. In the year 1S11, jGep. Jackson had occasion to visit Natchez* in the territory of Mississippi, for the parnose of bring- ing up a number of blacks, a j»art of] 0 j’ turning green crops has been extra* , . . whom bad his property in con- j lively adopted, and so far as my infer- to the best mean, to, be | sequence ofl.av.ng beep a seemly lor | mali< 1„ exiends it h»s been mlended Turning in Greca Crop*. During the last ten years the practice always suspicious.) rendered him fear-'j he is a director* Approachng a largt ful of discovery, as emigrants were building, we heard some delightful sing- rovrding into the' Stale, and entered the lands -in the most frequeut spots.— The bones of Somers were still decom posed; if.they were found bv anyone u was a touacco.mktiaiajfipry, noujiiat rambling throogbii reforest, dark aT^f the negroes were singing while they r.;. «ui.< i.. ii i t w. t i ... _• , fair might be investigated, and he meet with his just desert. Sallying forth one evening he sought the wild precipice, and descended, by the aid of ropes, to the spot where laid his victim. The moon burned in the midnight with the lustre she only wears on a winter night, when snow reflects it3 brightness, and earth seems to wear the pearly robes of angles. v One by one the stars had ap peared through the arch above, and around the hills that swept the river, for nature is still lovely*} though for a few moments her beautiful form bears the record of crime there placed by man. A young man named Wilson, who was returning from a visit to his •• lady-love,” passed by the precipice, and observing the ropes attached to the tree which stood by his path, endeavor ed to trace them to the spot where they ing, which I recognised as, “one of the songs of Zion,” and, supposing-it was the school, was surprise^ to bear that it was a tobfleco .mt^Bfa^lpryt an4-xbat worked. We, reached the school of about one hundred and seventy child ren, remarkably intelligent for their age; and after hearing a few of their class exercises, were requested by the teach er,—who, by the way seems eminently qualified for his office,—to give them press on the minds of the child sense of the advantages for the acquisi tion of knowledge which they enjoyed, superior even to those enjoyed by child ren in Old England ; and, giving them as a motto, Lord Bacon’s immortal maxim, “Knowledge it Power,” urged them by all means to embrace those op- port unities, that as they advanced the acquisition of knowledge they might rise to be influential auuhonorable mem bers of society. Bidding them fare- ended. After a narrow search, he well, we called at the tobacco factory, found them hanging against the rock, ] and though “ admission is under no pre- that formed abasia of a chasm, round j lence granted;” yet Virginian courte- of heaven. His beams shone down the cottage yet unstained with blood, ami aroused the sleepers. Did the evil spirit slumber in Gray’s bosom? The simple preakfast was soon over, and Somers asked Gray to get him on the nearest way to M . With the blandness worthy the days when he stood a respectable merchant behind a city desk, he informed Somers that he would accompany him part of the jour ney, and under pretence of killing which the waters swept their chrislal current. In a few" moments the young man perceived the form cf whom he immedi ately recognized as Gray by his tall muscular figure. He was gathering up some white substance in a bag. At last he seemed to have completed his task, and throwing the bag over his shoulder, attaching the strings to his neck and body he commenced the as cent. By grasping the rocks in his hand where they jutted out, and plant ing his feet firmly in the fissures, Gray Succeeded in climbing half way up the chasrn when, stopping to rest, the shelvy rock crumbled under his feet. The mur derer made a violent struggle? to iambi* position, but hisrrfg Dis balance, he plunged into the gulf. One wihl cry told that the wreich had gone tojudgement. “ Retribution,” had pealed from the throne of God, and the spirit of Gray stood before his Maker. invariably extended to an English- adopted for that effect; whether at once a friend, and the remainder were hands w ;,h the most flaiterinir results ni.l by k9.kt.ira enactment, or by prngres-1 which bad been employed by tt nephew j Za=„ ,„u fieUs .£*„ atve measure,. Allow■ me to compare j in the neighborhood of that place. The j lhor „ ug ,,|y emaseulaled as scarcely to the efforts of the Abolition.,la, as they ; road led through the country inhab.led : y ? h / COSI cultivation, have, by are colledI. with those of the Peace by the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indt- j lhi ' s proceo bccn thoroughly renovated. Society. Wart, an evil, acknowledged ans, and the station of the agent for the | u „ a ' al a les5 prnb th\y, than they by every man. So is slavery; aad all Choctaws was upon tt On reach, ng j couW baVB becn in ^ ny ,„ b J r way . £ good men wtsh the removal of both | the agency, be loot,d seven or eight p „ ssi „ g lbrnugh lh e country, our att.p- these curses. But. while many R good | famtltesi nf emigrant, and two members, h = 8 nf ,^ bcen dm 4 lo r a , m3 men consoler the plans of the Peace | of the Mtsstsstpp, legtslanve coenetl ( whicb Uva impoverished by_nD . Society as impracticable and unwise, so , detatned there undert^c: pretence that | cnor , nt)UJ onlt ..„ >0S cul»ted system ot tme, besatd-alsoefjfcoMof the Abo- owns necssttry for T^tm toha.e pass- | cropp i„g, the state of barren karro Itttontsts. There is the ctffcrence, how- j ports from the Governor of Mississippi.! be |j, t H No , bin? cil „ bo n)or e forbid- ever. Those who do not agree wtlh One of liter number had been sent for- i , ling , ban , he appearance of barrenness the Peace Society’s vtews, advance no , ward to procure them. In the mean- w htch they exhibit; yet even thoto are lime, the emigrants were buying corn j n „. hopelessly barren. By plowing rrorn the agent, at an extravagant price, unt | er (he slight vegetatioA they produce, and splitting rails for him at a very j am , following up the undertaking by a moderate one. Indignant at the wrong, liberal application of litne, unless the inflicted on the emigrants, ho reproach- 1 so jj itself is of a calcarious nature, and ed the members of the council for sub- , hen tow in g huck wheat, pettsor cluver, mm,agio the ,Cent,on, and asked the | lo bc lur „ e d in when in blossom, a de- agent how he dared to demand a pass „ ree G f energy will bc communicated front a free American, travelling on a ■ which will secure the continuance of public road. Yne agent replied by ask- increaS ed a „d increasing fertility, and ' ."yp, UKrere' C mf , ! un(,cr a judicious system of rotary crop- «»r. rp,» .pi t a <»«<'"< ) ping, eosure good crops for a period of [ many years. measure, however theoretical, as a sub stitute ; but here I feel that African col onization is doing much, has done much, and is destined lo do much for the ex- w ] Unction of slavery in the United States talk.” The school was summoned of America. This African Coloniza- order, while I endeavored to im-! lion Society has the warmest sympa thies of many slaveholders here, impression is prevalent among my countrymen that it is necessary for a farmer in Virginia to own slaves. This is a gross mistake. I know a gentle man, who for thirty years, has resided in Petersburg, but who never did, and never would own a slave, and this is by no means an isolated case. H. Benjamin Franklin. One hundred and forty-four years to-day, a Massachusetts tallow chan dlcr’s wife had a son. He grew up an awkward lad, clothed in regal linsey-wol- sey of his mother’s loom, whose hands ^ust from the old country, gained were redolent of the perfume ot soap entree. The proprietor, Mr. McC., showed me the process of preparing to bacco and his book of work done by the negroes, most of them slaves.— These are all. tasked, and paid in cash for extra work, so that by ibis arrange ment masters and servauts are gainers. One man, a quick work.ef, during last year received one hundred and fifty dol lars in cash t for over-work, abd might have bought himself ovef and over again, but bad rather not, being belter off', as he is clothed and lodged, bis fami ly kepi with him, all the necessaries of ^ife provide^, medicine and physicians’ attendance when sick, an^Me hundred atkf‘fifty U.*flarsiper*trmmmp|iHfuxuriate with. -This is not a solitary instance, though his earuings for overwork, and candles; a plodding soul, that toiled by day, and studied hard by night, stealing from the hours ’ allotted to repose, ho labored on. Companions shunned him, he was so dull; the wo man ofhis choicej-idiculetl him, he was so uwkurd, but he labored on. And what was the birth or the life of such a booby to the elite of Christendom? What was he to the great and learned of the earth ? He—a dipper of candles, a sticker of type, a maker of almanacs— what was he to statesmen and poten tates ? Ah ! he never changed his em* ployment. In youth, he made light for Boston’s lampless lantprns j in manhood, he enlightened the world. The poor printer’s boy to-day.—the honored of kings to-morrow—the “ poor Benny” _ A Curious Fact for the History of )‘ fe with none of its cares and anxieties. Newspaper Literature in the Reign of Queen Victoria.—The quantity of paper printed and published for the Illustrated London News of May fourth, was suf ficient to cover sixty-two acres, or a spade of one hundred and seventy-one sotne game, shoult’lcred Tti» rilK and j ">'!« « >' ar<l "i‘ le i placed sheet'upon py countenance,, their busy Bngc... . i d :,. Juslrv an ,l j„doinita- IctMitc w.y : iWreate titne .key ^|"^= i * ^ ^ alone were Ins. walked together, whilst renewing boy hood remembrances——remembrances which call to mind many a spot hal lowed by childhitod sports and paren tal nflection. They had thus proceeded about three miles, and arriving among ibe beauti ful blufls on the Ohio, since rendered celebrated by a deed which has given jiamo to a small crystal stream which dashed over a precipice some hundred feel deep. A bird swept over their heads, and wheeling on its light wing, alighted on a bough of a majestic oak, which bears the name of many an ar dent lover of nature. Gray asked the traveler to move on while he ailemped to bring down bis game. . Somers com plied, and, unsuspecting, left Gray be hind. A sharp rifle crack ran through the woods, and a shriek mingled - with its echoes. The host was a murderer for money. Blood may be shed for re venge, and our sympathies may be ex cited for the assassin. JJfU who■'‘■can find a chord in his beart^from which pity may draw a note of feeling for him, who with blood stained fingers, bolds the glittering coin before his eyes? Gray soon disposed of the body by burling it over the precipice. As it lumbered through the scrubby and jag ged rocks that lined the chasm, he per haps fell remorse, but it was only for a moment. With eager bands he opened the portmanteau, and rolling out the shining coin upon the leaves, for some iniputes he gloated over bis wealth ; for iNintry was then almost uninhabit- ~jeWels, *oughl the almost untrodden ! ed, and his demon-spirit could rejoice wilds of the West. With a small over the gold undisturbed, amount of cash, he purchased a lew' acres of ground on the Ohio river where the beautiful towh «f is now standing. For a short period he labor- ad assiduously at his small farm, and cheered by the smiles of a lovely, devo ted wife, seemed to forget his misfor tune. A short time before our narra tive opened, Charles visited L- : as a hand on a flat boat, the only species of water.craft then used to convey good# »nd produce down the river,^- Whillt he was tbere. he met several of those who haul failed in the same specu lation which bad rained himself. Bat whilil lie remained poof, they by some means rev ved their fortunes, and set tled oo the Ohio, where they were-car rying on a brisk business. . Charles re lented home an altered, man. For whole dm he would sit idle and dis contented;'- His sleep was disturbed On returning home be disposed of his ill-gfttton gold ip.ibe chest. His wife beard the ringing of the coin and her quick mind told bier that Charles Gray, her husband, he to whom her heart had confided was a murderer. She fainted. The wretch heeded her not, but gloomi ly sealed himself before the fire. From the floor on which she had fallen Mary rose an altered woman.. The rose fled from her cheek, and a grave ia the for* est, marked by a single stone tells yoo where lies the broken-hearted wife;— Peace to bsr memory ? . She is gone where the blue streams are never crim soned with blood—where the dagger never flashes over the devoted wayfar- Cbarles Gfay became a rich.mao.— His landsJaroad 'and fertile, bore luxu riant barvesU. A tall mansion rose among those old woods to shelter the dred feel high ; cut into slips of a quar ter of an inch vide, it would extend twenty-five thousand miles, or once round the earth. The weight of paper printed was thirty tons; the columns of the letter-press would reach two housand one hundred and nincty-sev- :n miles, and would occupy three thou sand six hundred and fifty men during one year to make a fair copy of the whole. The duly received by the Gov ernment for the paper alone, was six hundred and ninety pounds, and the stamp duty one thousand and forty-one pounds, twelve shillings and eightpence, making together, for one weeks publi- tion, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-one pounds, twelve shillings and eightpence. The ink consumed in printing exceeded six hundred pounds in weight, fourteen grains being the average quantity used in printing a sin gle copy of the paper. The following may interest our advertisers :—In an ordinary publication of the Illustrated London News, the paper alone on which any advertisement is printed Is. worth considerably more than the sum charg ed for that advertisement; but on the above data, if the square inch of the paper occupied by an advertisemi and charged about five shillings, cut out of every printed copy, the whol would weigh fifteen pounds, wort! about twelve shillings. To this must be added *.he cost of composition, print ing, publication, advertisement duty, stamp duty, and delivery all oyer the world.—Illustrated Loudon News. . ••Elder Berry Wine!” said Mrs. Part ington, and she looked straight at the tea kettle as it simmered over the fire; ••has the dear old elder left preaching and gone to making wine? For the stomach’s sake, merely, I dare say*-— What a powerful preacher be was ! I never shall forget how be spoke about young Sbad that , desecrated his oeck while riding out one Lord’s day. Says he—* boW\ dreadful was that young man’s latter end. The horse run away with him and. leaped over a precipice, and be, instead of saying Lord save my soul, cried out—*D—n the horse.* Ev ery body was efeclerised, there -wasn’t a dry eye in the ordinance.” “ Well, well,” continued she, “I hope he will do well in his new invocation, and be careful not to put bis new wine into old bottles.** . She here dropped off* sudden ly with a gentle murmur, as sbe nodded her head, of “ Elder Berry.”—Boston Pathfinder. rallter large. Butmlitse men live as ! bis motherte-tlay—the immortal Frank- well, and most ol tficai dress better on ]j n forever • Sundays, or holidays, that, their mas- j Crowna bave se(] lbc bro and ers^havmg all the comforts of t.l"s , aund „ realhtd The templei D r. meaner llh no,,e “ f ,ls carei ? nd man. He charged bayonet agatnst the negroes here earn tram three to lightning, of beaten, and they Tell hartn- per week for overwork, , «„ „ quive ., ng a , b f, fecl ‘ 'I’Cir pocket money, and the . wrealhcd , their fiery wing interest both ol master and servants is and fo unt i a 0 roi ,„,i u;. k J & consulted by the maintenance of this j . arrangement. To gaze on their hap-! J el ie and bound around his brow. lius; plain common sense, a fixedness of purpo. and England,) is lo give a flat contrad lion to the falsehoods propagated by in terested parlies as to the cruelties prac tised on slaves here. Would that our English factory workers experienced hundredth pari ol the'happiness these negroes enjoy! A, few Words about Mr. Bolling’s negroes. They are all well fed, well clothed, well treat ed ; both master and servant are mutu ally attached; they live in cottages such os English laborers would think palaces, and occupy their leisure hours in raising poultry and eggs, of which Mr. B. is the purchaser, and thus they are provided with as much pocket mo ney as they choose to work.lor. Their wives and children are with them, and frequently a master has to clothe and maiuiaiu a family of three or fdiy* chil dren, too young to work, and their mother,, perhaps, disable from ijocnes- tic causes hall her time, for the wprkof , the father! Englishmen think that Viaves here nr& treated Hire they w*fO by countrymen in-the WiMt Indies, work- chains, and their Back lacerated with a cat-o-nine-taits; that after work ing hours, they are chained and con fined like Cattle, least theyahbuld wan der; and talk about American slavery the American Slave trade in strange- _,norant manner. Slaves here arc_ [tected in life and limb by the law' uch as their: masters, lo say noth ing of the selt-im4fcftsied motives which pass. “ Yes sir,” replied the general. “ I carry mine with me: I am a free born American citizen, and that is a passport all over the world.” He then I directed the emigrants to gear up their ' wagons, and if any one attempted to obstruct them, lo shoot them down, as a highway robber. Setting them the ex ample, he continued his journey regard less of the threats of the agent. After concluding his business, he was informed that the Agent had collected about fifty white men and one hundred Indians to stop him on his return, untess he produced a passport. Though ad vised by his friends to pfocure one, he refused lo do so ; staling that no Amer ican citizen should ever be subject to the insult and indignity orprocuring a pass, to enable him to travel on a public highway in his own country. Like all travelers among the Indians, at that time, he was armed with a brace of pis tols : and having added a rifle and an other pistol, he commenced his return journey. When within a few miles of the agencj*, he was iuformed by a trend who had gone forward to reconnoitre, that the agent had his ferae in readiness Without the polish of the schools, thegracesof courts, the eloquence oftheorator.the inspiration of the bard, or the fame of the warrior, the old printer of Philadelphia is re membered to-day, and throughout the land the eulogy is‘pronounced for him and for,him the poet tunes his harp anew. Amidst all the memories ol men who have lived and died within the last half century, his shines cloudless and un blent with meaner rays, like some greater star that has outwatched the night, and glitters undimned on the. bright brow of the morning.—Chicago Journal. io stop liim. to<S*reeft® his friend advance again, and tell the agent that if he attempted to stop him, it would be at the peril of his life. He then put his blacks in order, and armed them with axes and clubs; nl the same time tel ling them not to stop unless directed by him, and if any one offered to oppose them, to cut him down. Riding by their side, he approached the station, when the agent appeared, and asked him whether he meant to stop and show his passport. Jackson replied, “ Thai de pends upon circumstances. I am told that you meant to stop mo by force; whoever attempts such a thing will not have long to liveand with a look that was not to be mistaken, he grasped his bridle with a firmer grip. His determ ined manner had such an effect, that the agent declared li”, had no intention of stopping him, and he and his party were suffered to pass on without further mo- Paddy, attending a “ Broad-brim” convention for ihc first time, was much astonished and puzzled withal at the manner of worship. Having been told that the “brethren even spake when they were moved by the Spirit,” he watched the proceedings with increas ing disgust lor their ** haythen way ov worship,” till one young. Quaker rose and commenced solemnly: “ Brethren, I have married ” “The tlivil ye hev*” interrupted Pat—Quaker sat down iu confusion, but the spirit moving Pat no farther, the young man mustered courage and broke ground again: “ Brethren, I have married a daugh ter of .the Lord”—- i - “ The tlivil ye hev that!” said Pat, “ but it’ll be a long, long while before iver ye’ll see yourfather-in-law.- ~ induce a master to take care of the health of his 'slavfes as be would of bis . . working horses, did no other or better “Never be a politician and want to motives influence him. Let a master I g el an office, said Mrs. Pan ing ton to her here but sacrifice the life of one of his ] nephew, as she abstractedly stirred her slaves by ill treatment, and ikj verdict j.tea without wgar of- “tempofary . inanity” ^ him from expiating his crime under the strong arm of the law. As lo slaves being confined after working hours, cept lor misconduct, I have seen abund ant evidence to' the contrary. And talk of the slave trade! wbyi the slave trade is ^as much a crime here as in England ; and while I write ibis, 1 have before me the newspaper of the day, giving an account of the capture of a vessel by an American cruiser, be cause sbe bad a slave deck, Which was considered sufficient evidence of her being engaged in the slave trade, not withstanding the assentation of her com mander to the country. But I- am no advocate for slavery. X simply give you a'slaiemeriL of slavery jsifcmnd it In Virginia; because I know^qat this it. for emotion made would save] ber absent minded. “ It is.a great kecr * on the tnind, dear, and ryou will make enemies,' that depend oh it wont be oo friends to people "lhat-will verify and abuse you. I know all about it, and I told Paul when he gov erected a _ hog reefep—says I Paul depend on it 410 good Won’t come of tt, and didn’t I be lieve—-though l can’t remember extincly anything about it—«aya .1 Paul remera- ber that Pride was the downfall of old Cole’s horse! Now I can't bear that you should be a politicianer, for you may act like them proporgandizerisis out North that are. making such geese, of themselves.” r , -^ „ *%.;■* Here-the old lady run down like an eight day^clocfe, and looked long and tenderly at the knob on the top of the waterpot without speaking. ExtensiveYiel.1, ami till them ill. Shrewd common sense sits laughing by, And sure your hopes abortive die. For more oue fertile ncrc yields. Than the huge breadth of. barren fields. ” Some have recommended millet as an excellent article for turning in; but of all cultivated crops, with the excep tion perhaps of red clover, I consider buckwheat the best. By commencing early, three crops of this grain may be turned in one season—a dressing which II be found sufficient, under ordinary circumstances, for the most exhausted soil, and which is by no means objec tionable on lhe score of expense of cost, —Ex. A PRACTICAL FARMER. I*nlling Fodder! Have you ever thought, planters, of the object ot the leaf? How much corn would a stalk perfect, think you, were the leaves all varnished, thereby en tirely closing the pores? The grain would be shriveled and worthless; for it is through the pores of the leal that the cob and kernel draw nutriment as well as from ihc roots. ; planter would thi»k of cutting off*a por tion of the corn roots just as the grain was filling out? And yet the principle is the same* Actual experiment has demonstrated that afield of corn left with the leaf unmolested, will gain more in weight than the value of the fodder pulled, to say nothing of that which should decompose and go to make corn again. It iseven a doubtful policy to fee.d a horse on fodder; for there arc more coughs, bellows, and such diseases, caused by bad fodder, than most peo ple are aware of. Oats, hay, or shucks are better, because cleaner, and even more nutritious. And whilst upon this subject, we would recommend every man who keeps even one horse lo por- cure a straw cutter ; it w ill save its cost in one year. No owner of two or more horses should be without one. Bui where shall we get our hay from, says the planter ? Not from England lestation or interruption. He after- j ce fi a inly* but from any field lhai you wards reported the conduct of the agent 1 - • ■••• • — ■ lo the govern meni, and he was dismissed from his agency. choose to plow. Why, could the North- j era farmer raise bis timothy, clover, or j herd’s grass as easy, liia horses would - -never know the want of food, and Indian Story. j butcher’s bills would not be half so cx- Dr. Bigsbv, in his “Shoe and Ca-1travagant. Surely we are a strange e, or Pictures of Travel in ihc Cana-j people. Rob our corn cobs of/ their das,” relates the following story which grain, exhaust our lands, and ruthlcss- svas told him while engaged in the sur- ly hill and exterminate the very grass vey of the Lake of the Woods: j designed by nature for the sustenance While we were purchasing biliter- 1 ,,f our stock.-—Columbus (Ga.J Enquirer. rics, I noticed a sulky old Indian silting j •———■*♦-? apart on a somewhat high rock, with [ The Horse. his arms round his legs and his head on ! 1 w ill state a few things that I have his knees. j learned, end they may he of benefit to I asked “ the little Englishman” who your readers. A horse that is driven that wo-strickcn man w’as, when he I on hard roads is liable to get stiff*in the gave the following statement: j joints. In 1833,1 had an animal...ydliclu Some years ago 4ju£ Indian had strangled his lunatic son—the only son and favorite chihl. The youth, eighteen years old, for a year or more, had refused to hunt, be came abstracted, melancholy, and at times frenzied. When his paroxysms were coming , he would want his family to pro tect a particular sister from his unwti ling violence, as he had an irresistible propensity to kill and^levour her ; and, in fact, he made several attempts upon her life. After a time his lunacy, for such it was, changed its object, and # he declared that he fnusl mur.dcr auid eat the first Iodian he could master in the woods or elsewhare. He now daily begged his father to after driving three or four days, got quite. lame. An old Baltimore teamster told me to wash the mare's legs in a tolera bly salt,brine, which was done accord ingly ihrce times a day, for the balance of the journey. The stiffness disap peared in a few days, and I drove the mare 140 miles afterwards, and there was no more trouble on that account. > What-pleased me most was, the mare had a very poor foul to hold a shoe • when I started ; it wafcvery brittle and hard, it wouid break out when a nail was put in; but it grew together at every shoeing. A blacksmith in New England remarked to me that her foot hud a singular appearance; where he pared It it was soft and lough. I account i for it in this way; salt will extracl mois- ture from the atmosphere, which keeps put bitn to death, and so end.. bi» mis- lhe fool moist all the lime ; and salt has * *' ‘ * nearly the same effect that grease has on a foot or piece of timber. The drip pings from salt on a floor, it continued long, cannot be got off; ibe wood be comes moist ami tough, and so with a cries. The surrounding Indians took alarm at aft this. ‘ The father, as is usual*in grCat emer gencies, called a council. It sal seve ral times, and after much deliberation, ordered , the lunatic to be strangled by his. own father, the giver of life. The father obeyed. ..The yjnuth after listening to a long sp^eclh. and assent ing aloud to every separate observation, bared Bis 'neck to the cord, and soon ceased to breathe.' His body "was burnt, lest he should rise tfgain. * The parent never looked bp more. horse’s - fool. After washing the legs turn op. the horse’s foot, clean the bot tom,, pour the hollow full of brine, and hold fora few minutes to soak the tom.: The practice of rasping the sppt all over tajoughen it is. abominable.— Parmer and Gaz. .. . f- .r>*\ Idleness is the parent'of vice. ' _ - * *gT- . 'ij . . • .i-v : r The, crops** in. some portions of this country are, we learn, almost en tirely ruined for the want of, rainv— Dresden Democrat. *