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iclress and that of hef sisters. All three
had magnificent black ball - , escaping
in countless tresses from^ii'fcz of silver
^dilagrcel set lilce a diaderri over their
® ivory foreheads; they wore gold em
broidered slippers and white trousers,
drawn close at the ankle. I had nev
er beheld skins so dazzlingly fair, eye-/
lashes so long, or so delicate a blocim
of youth. The calm repose that sat on
{the countenances of these lovely crea
tures had never been disturbed by
any prying glance. No look hut their
mother’s had ever told them they were
beautiful ; and this thought gave them
an. inexpressible charm in my eyes,—
It is not in j&nrope, where women, ex
posed to the gaze of crowds, so soon
addict themselves to die Coquetry, that
the imagination could conceive such a
type of beauty. The features of our
young girls are too soon altered by the
Vivacity of their expresssions, to allow
ithe eye of the artist to discover in
jn them that divine charm of inno
cence arid purity with which I was so
struck in beholding my' Tarter prin
cesses. After embracing me they re^
tired to the end of the room, where
they remained standing in those grace
ful Oriental attitudes which no women
in Europe could imitate. A dozen at-
ing with respectful curiosty. Their
profiles, shown in relief on a dark
ground, added'to the picturesque char
acter of the scene. This delightful
vision lasted an hour. When the
princes saw that I was decided on go
ing away, she signified to me by signs
that I should go and see the garden ;
but., though grateful to her for this
further mark of attention,. I preferred
immediately rejoining my husband,
being impatient to relate to him all
the details of this interview, with
which I was completely dazzled.
flow Murat met his Fate. -
The sentence of the military com
mission was read to him with due
solemnity. He listened to it as. lie
would have listened to the cannon of
another battle during his military life,
equally Without emotion or bravado,
tie neither asked for pardon, for delay,
nor for appeal. He had advanced .of
his own accord towards the door, as if-
to accelerate the catastrophe. , The
door opened on a narrow esplanade, ty
ing between the tower sof the castle and
the. outer wails. Twelye soldiers, with
loaded muskets, awaited him there.—
The narrow space did not permit them
to stand at a sufficient distance to de-
S rive death of a part of its horror.—
fnrat, in stepping over the threshold
„of his chamber, found himself face to
face with them. He refused to let his
eyes be bandaged ; and, looking at the
soldiers with a firm and benevolent
smile :
,‘My friends,” said he, “do not make
,rae suffer by taking bad aim. The
.narrow space naturally compels you
; almost to rest the muzzles of your
Udomo't m
the heart—here it is.”
As. he spoke thus, lie placed his
wight hand upon his coat _lo indicate
the position of his heart. In his left
hand he held a small medallion,
•which contained, in one fecus of love,
.the image of his wife and of his four
children, as he wished thus to. make
.them witnesses of his last hour, or to
have their images in liis last look,—
He.fixed his eyes on this portrait,, and
^received the death-blow without feel
ing it, absorbed in contemplation of
.all he loved upon earth ! Ilis body,
brave hearts blight tb vyeicoine 1 ’the
conflicts and boffetings of life. Every
victory they gain will make them
stronger* as the tempest which rocks
arid tears the mountain oak causes it to
strike its roots down deeper-' ia , the
earth, and to lift higher its majestic
arms towards heavem—North Carolina
Messenger. . V •; '% ■
5?
Insanity Among Free Colored Peo
ple.
The ‘correspondent’s coTtimn editor
of the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
says:’ By the censesof 1850, it ap-
setts, Maine, New Hampshire and Ver
mont, the colored insane were one in
thirty four. In Maine alone* one in
every fourteen of the collored popula
tion were insane 1 If in the four
States mentioned above, the propor
tion of insane were as great among the
whites, there would be nearly sixty
thousand lunatics. We do not know
why insane colored people should be
more numerous in these States than
in other localities, and it is not unrea
sonable to assume from these data that
insanity prevails'more among the col
ored folks than among. whites. With
respect to the second question, ‘wbeth
1 it ^ L’*3 111.11 i ii wivit wf « vi.t
same causes may afford us some en
lightenment. In the free States of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, -the propor
tion of the insane among the colored
population was one in eighty eight.
In the slave States of Virginia and
Maryland, it was only- one in one
thousand two hundred and ‘ninety
nine. In the old Northern States,
where the negro has been longer free
you will observe that the number of
insane colored people is still more ex
traordinary. 1 f these facts and figures
signify anything, we must be compell
ed to admit that insanity is far - - more
prevalent -among free colored people
than among slaves. We have no la
ter census at hand, and are therefore
unable to make any'" comparisons of
more reeent facts and circumstances.
Thei New-York Journal of Com
merce, of Friday, speakiilg,of “Beau
mont’s Type Distributing Machine,”
says■ .
r -"“We Veateidafy .witnessed the ope
ration o^ this machine, and* after a
pretty thorough r examination’ of its
' -working, are convinced of its practi
cal utility in large printing establish
ments. Each machine will distribute
but one size of type; but the -inventor
informs us that they may be so con
structed as to be easily adapted -to the
different sizes of small type* If
worked by hand, one man or boy can
distribute 12,000 ems per hour, gnd
with scarcely a possibility of - an. error
of a single type ; whereas by .the usu
al process of hand- distribution,’ 8000
ems are about the average. The ma
chine can be worked by steam*.and
one man oarr .then attend to three of
them making the total distribution. In
.one hour 36,000. ems.” .
Origin of Fires.
“ The origin of fires in London,”
says the Fireman's Gazette, “lias now
been recorded for about twenty
years, -And. it lias been observed that
not only .the most frequent causes from
year to year- have kept the same ratio,
but even those which are so peculiar
that.one would never.expect to hear
from them again. From the long list
given, we copy a few.
Curtains . . ^ .
Candles
Flues. ... .
Gas
Stoves . . . .
Incendiarism
Carelessness .
Intoxication .
Lucilbrs . .
2,511
1,178.
1,000
. 932
. 491
.... 89
. 100
. 80
80
, Children playing with
lucifers 45
. Smoking; p?b^cco . . ...166
Sewing in ditto ..... 4
Smoking in ditto .... 2
. Spontaneous combustion 43
. Cat 19
, Fog . 6
Clothes-horse upset by
tylty monkey . . 1
: ^.Lighting'. . ....... 8
,’High tide 1
An inspection of the above list will
disclose a deal of curious informatipn.
Who would have supposed curtains to
be so . dangerous ? And since they
can lie so- easily dispensed with, with-
fleroism of a Dog in the Crimea.
The following account of the ex
ploits of a dog in the Crimea, which
we translate from the Gazette of
Trieste, surpasses everything hereto
fore recorded of the devotion and bra
very Of this noble animal:
roic deeds of a dog belonging to -Col.
Matmann, of the 73d regiment of the
Line. On the 16th of August, during
the battle of the Tchernaya, the quad
ruped broke his chain, fought in the
ranks of the army, saved the life of a
sergeant and a soldier, and took three
Russian prisoners. A ball struck liis
foot, but the wound only embittered
theanimal the more. He threw him
self upon a Russian officer, flung him
to the ground, and dragged him prison
er by. Ills coat collar to the French. A
Physician has bound up the wound,
and the four footed hero is convales
cing. He will probably-receive some
mark of honor, as another dog in the
English army had been rewarded with
a medal for liis devotion to his mas
ter.” . - -
'fishness is the soul, t eitehd the re-’
mark as muph to One party as to- $he„
other; they are both jwfrfoftc-tybeth
tin5c? - up'tdcms, < :as’ - the-Jate contest has
fully demonstrated. T gave my vote.to
you, with dll due respect for .your
competitors. . One of them’ is exalted,
and the other is too wise/ to lie. cast
down. Yon are on a rock far Above
the storms of faction: I sit at the base,’
and drink refreshing nectar frpm your
example.', - V *
And now, onreviewing the struggle,
J have this consolation in yoUr behalf:
The fountain of iniquity lias- been
pierced by your-valiant sword, and its
bitter tide will flow lessand less, until fi
nally exhausted by legislative wisdom!
In your happy retreat, or in whatever
sitdatioft die God;you woi^iip mayeall
you to labor; you wilt ever bp remem
bered by grateful multitudes*, especial
ly by the women and children of Geor-
- gia, .for whose benefit you girded on
the armor of “ Prohibition.” The in
cense of their prayers for ’your wel-
fare-.wrll not be dispised by Him who
has oommended the widow and orphan
to our sympathies. Servant of God,
friend of man, jejoiee at the good you.
have accomplished, which, like bread
cast on the waters, will be gathered
many days hence, when the grave
* "i liave ciiosun cysuomit -ims iuuci
to the public, before it reaches your
eye, nor shall I apologise, for the liber
ty. I am, dear sir, gratefully, your
FELLOW-CITIZEN.
October, 1855.
Affecting Scene.
Col. John Darrington, an officer of
distinction in the war of 1SI2 died at
liis residence, in Clarke county, Ala
bama, on the 12th inst. At his burial
his slaves collected in large numbers
near the grave, and ont> of them, an
old man, requested permission “ to
pray over liis old master.” His fel
low slaves and fellow mourners joined
in a hymn, which lie gave but from
memory - , when .lie offered to the
Throne of Mercy, a praymr, which, for
deep pathos and profound humility
and adoration could net be excelled.
The tears of a large concourse of white
persons present showed hour deeply
they were moved by the fervor and
earnestness of liis good old slave.
Making himself Useful.
During the. session of 1796-’7,
pierced at so short a distance by twel ve j put injury tocQmfort or taste, would
halls, fell with liis arms open and bus | JiQt coimrjoh prudence scein to require
face to the earth,.as if still embracing
the kingdom which he once possessed,,
and which lie had come to re-conquer
for his tomb. . . - :
They threw. his cloak upon the,body
which was buried in the Cathedral of
•pizzo. Thus died the most chivalrous
.soldier of the imperial epoch; not the
greatest, but the most heroic figure
among the champions of the New Aj>‘
.exander.
Business a Discipline.
The life ofa man of business gives his
character a pretty hard trial. Not
.only does it exercise liis sagaci ty and
prudence, but it puts his integrity to
•the severest test. He is surrounded
by the selfishness of trade ;-fie. secs
imen profit by cunning and fraud, and
he is tempted to try his skill in artifice
and deception. Every day-his hones
ty is tried in some way. He is thrown
back upon his in ward’principle, and if
.his heart is hollow and deceitful; lie
■wjll-be sure to show it. And that
man has reason, thauk_God. who lias i
gone through a long course of bus
iness, through times of wild speculation
.and general bankruptcy, and goes
.down .to the grave with the never sha
ken coneiousness of being an honest
man. He who can see others making
money by false representations, and
nPver stoop to these tricks of trade, is
fitting his owmpure mind for a world
[that is worthy of him. -
And yet a man cannot wholly escape
ithese temptation. To do-that he must
needs go out of the world or .retire in
to solitude. He might indeed avoid
gll danger by shutting himself up
within the walls of a convent to pass
& life of outward sanctity and lazy
contemplation. But the piety that is
nursed in cloisters is of a sickly growth
.compared with that which maintains
its integrity and strong inducements to
.evil. It is not the will of God that we
should retire apart to keep- from- con
tamination. Not in deserts, but in
.cities; notin the hermit’s cell, but
.amopg men, sharing the common lot,-
meeting temptation as it conies, are
we to form our character for eternity.
Men ought to rejoice in a rigid dis
cipline. Whenever assailed by tern-,
ptation, an opportunity is given to
conquer themsel ves, and so to become
nobler beings. The most.heroic vir
tues of the human character are
brought out in this struggle with in
born selfishness, and with the coward
ly examples of the world. Men of
' it? Reading in bed appears to be sev-.
eh times as dangerous as smoking—
and a cat is more ;than three times
hazardous as a dog.”
American Invention and Discovery.
The American is unequalled in gen
ius and-aptitude for invention and dis
covery. From his' five hundredth
patent wash tub (each a marvel for its
day) up to the electric telegraph* there
is no field in which nis.bram and hand
do not distance eonipeti tion. lie has
invented and discovered more things
to advance general comfort, labor sav
ing, and well being than ajl other
representatives of the human race
Combined. He has notscorned the sim
ple nor'been staggered by-the intri
cate and profound. No hint escapes
him, no subject is too comprehensive
for him. We might cite a volume of
bare names, of his useful inventions
and discoveries.. Every household
teems with them-; every trade and .oc
cupation is indebted to them. And
yet there is no cessation of his inven
tion, Obq. wlHlkl- t-liib]s—ill,. rnn[)(] q£
invention must have an end some
where and finalty run out. It does
not appear thus. The Patent Office
annually increases its record. ■ •
We have seen lately, as a specimen
of rare American mechanical genius, a
machine* costing not over five hundred
dollars, invented by a workingman,
which takes hold of a sheet of brass,-
copper, or iron, .and turns off complete
hinges at the rate of a gross ill' ten
minutes—Hinges, too, neater than are
made by any' other -process. Also a
machine that takes lioldof aniron rod
and whips it into perfect bit-pointed
screws with wonderful rapidity and by
a single process. This is also the in
vention of a working man. And both
these machines are superior to any
thing of the kind in the would. No
other process of manufacture can com
pete with them. Yet these are but a
fraction of the marvellous inventive
triumphs constantly going forward in
tliis country. /
A late notable discovery is that of a
process for transforming piaster of 1
Paris to marble, pure white, or -of
whatever grain, and scarcely varying
from real marble in weight, while it is
impervious to wet and cold and suscep
tible of the highest polish.—A. Y. Mir
ror.
From the Recorder.
To B. H. Overby, Esq.
tiers and music, and guns at midnight,
proclaim another favorite with the
people of Georgia. The Executive
term has been renewed with a potent
expression of the popular will, to the
fortunate incumbent for two years
iger. Faithful or not, whether a
wise selection or the contrary, he. is
chosen, and no one more cheerfully
submits than yourself. In fact, the
sigus have never been encouraging to
wealthy merchant—in conformity with
the custom of the times—gave a dinner
party to a few gentlemen, among whom
was a member of Congress of that pe
riod On the appointed day, however,
the lady of the house was somewhat
annoyed at an early hour by the intru-
r sion o’f an old man at the door. Hav
ing been met by a servant, he inquired
if the proprietor of the house—whom
we call Mr. Topman—was at home.
Upon receiving a negative reply, and
being furthermore informed that he
would not be at home for three or foui-
hours, the old man said, “Well, then,
being as I am here, I may as well re
main until lie comes.” “Please wait a
moment,” said the servant, “I will call
Mrs. Topham to tlie door, and see what
she will say.” The servant then ran
and called. the merchant’s wife, wlio
made her appearance. The old man
then-repeated what he had said to the
servant—that being as he was there,
he might as well remain until her hus
band came. “Well,” replied Mrs. T.,
“if you will stay, just walk through the
alley, and go back to the kitchen and
take a scat.” Nothing daunted, the
A Good Im
U A very good widow lady, who was.
fl _ tKa /lAiuvnftirqftAf)
piety, cdQtrivcd to bringherconscience
to terms for a little indulgence. She
loved. pOrter, and one day; just as she
had received-a half dozen,bottles fr° m
the mail yho usually brought her the
comforting beverage, she, O hotror,
saw two graven elders of the church
approaching her door. She ran the
man out of tlie back way, and put the
bottles under the lied. The weather
was hot, and white conversing with
heir; sage friends,, pop went one of - the
QOfjfg, - ^ . y
‘Hear me,* exelaimcd the good la
dy, “there goes, that bed cord; it snap-
ped yestcrdayy.iust the same way, I
must have a new ropo provided.’ty
In a few moments* pop went anoth
er,- followed hy the. qiecaliar.. luss of
escapitig liquor. The t ope Wbuld’t cfo
again, butthe good lady was not at a
loss.
“Dear me, says she, “that black eat
of mine must ho at some mischief there.
’Scat!” . ’ ... « - - '
Another bottle popped off, and the
portcT came stealing out from under
the bed-curtains. r ,.:-
“O, dear me,” said she, “I had forgot,
talco'uway th'ese^Botxiel? Or^en&t/ -=±=rr.
0. Picayune.
A Funnily Uiiiqne Sermon.
Who can read tlie following without
laughing? Who can" say that in his
own experience, he has not heard eqqal
absurdities from enthused, hut ignorant
exhorters? We have. “Laugh and
grow fat” is an old and sage maxim,
and
“A, little nonesense now and then
Is -relished by our wisest men.'!.
So we have concluded to publish it.
The scene is laid in the town of Water
proof-:. - r r , . . -
1 may say to you my bretlieren, that
I am not an educ ited man, an’ I ani not
one of them as believes that education
is necessary for a Gospel minister,.for I
believe the Lord educates his' preach
ers just as he wants’em to be educa
ted; an’ although I say it that.oughtn’t
to say it, yet, in the State of Indianuy,
whar I liye, thars no man as gits a big
ger congregation nor what I gits.
Thar may be some here to-day, my
brethring, as don’t know what persua
sion Iain uv. “Well, I must'say to
you, my brethring, that I’m a hard
shell Baptist. _ Thar’s some folks that
don’t.like hard shell Baptists, but I’d
rather have a hard shell than no 'shell
at all. You see me here-fo-day, jny
brethring, dressed up in fine clothes ;
you jnou’t think I was proud, butT
am not proud, iny brethring, and al
though I’ve been a preacher of the
gospel for twenty years, an’ although
ed uuto a possum on a ‘sinunon* tree*
and thunders may roll - and - the.earth
maf quake, but; that' possum Clings,
dim- still ah ! and JO* may-'shake one
foot 16ose, and the other’s thar, and
you may shake all feet looOe, and he
laps his tail around the limb* and
elmgs furever, for “He playqd. on a
harp uv a thousand strings, sperits uv
^ist men made ”
Remarkable Oeeurreaee.
A circumstance of somewhat extra
ordinary character occurred a short
time since in'.one of the nourishing
towus»t)f the intdland counties. A.
clergyman died,' and liis wife and
daughters on the third day after his
.ky-t^Lse, recollected that no likeness
rernairied, j t wasr agr'eectyere^the grave
closed o’er him, that the body should
be unshrouded and a portrait taken.
A young lady of some professional ce
lebrity was engaged for tlie task- She,
With the assistant of the attendant,
took off the shroud and placed the
body jna requisite posture ; but, other
duties requiring the artist’s attention,
the'sketch was deferred till noon. At
12 o-’clock, at the foot of the bed, the
lady commenced and went through an
hours work on this image of death.—
At this stage of tlie proceedings, by
tner 'ucmn'-TrAtHfgdre'iisi'; 4k p Jafeajfyof
Nothing -daunted, the artist carefully
took the head to replace it, whenlo!
the eyes opened, and staring her full in
the face,, “the dead” inquired, “Who
are you V’ The young “professional, - ”
without, terpidation, look the bandage
from the head and rubbed the neck.
He immediately saw the shroud, and
laughed immoderately. The artist qui
etly called the.family ; their joy may
be imagined, but cannot be des'eribed.
That evening, he who had lain three
days in the shroud, bemoaned by
mother and sisters with agonizing tears,
gladdened their hearts by takmg his
accustomed.piace at the tea-table, and
at this moment is making an excursion
in'North Wales.—Bedford {Eng.) Times.
is 6 years old and weighs 2 7fintyTT
Thia buge animal measured 9
girth*' and is Valued at $500 tv
heaviest pair of oxen are about 5 vtZ
of agp, weigh2,550pounds eachS
are valued at $500. ’ an< ^
Labor Noble.—“There i 8 » an
Carlyle,” “a perennial nobleness a 2
sacredness even in work.” But work
though like fire, a servant of servant
is not at all to be chosen as a mast S ’
It must be entered upon, not narro J*
mindedly and with a selfish aimaionT
but with the memory that we are of’
creatures of time, that we are bony
by-a thousand links to all our fell 0w l
arid that it is due both to them and t'
ourselves that we contribute so m e
what to lesson the pains and increaw
the pleasures of the wmrld around ty”
By no means will tliis properly be
complished, though large our charife
and little our sins of waste, if we skat
up the heart forever in the ugly case .
ment of unsympathizing labor.' p ara ,
ily, friends, acquaintances, our }| 0rne '
our country—all demand a share of
our exertions. Then, and only then,
wheif the spirit of generosity 'widens
and the angel of affection sanctifies is
true the language of our author':-!
“Blessed is he who has found his work-
let him aslc no other blessedness *
I’m captiug of the fiat boat that lies at
your landing, I’m not proud my breth-
I am not gwine to tell edzactlv what
old nian ^oboved orders,- and passed | ^ ma y be found; suffice to say
be found Mrs. T!, and the serv aiits soinewai - between thtTSretchap-
very bus) engaged in prepan in", dm- . ter t | ie p 0u ] c 0 f Generations, and the
ner. Supposing mm some old man | j. ust c } lfC pter of the book of Revolu-
seeking employment, Mrs. T., was free - - •-- - -
in calling into requisition his services
in her work of preparing dinner, and
he was equally willing and ready to
render al 1 assistance possible.
“Old man,” said she, “suppose yon
ffike the bucket," go- to the hydrant,
and draw us some wateri” He at onee
the cause of “Prohibition” either be-} and readily complied'with the request
for.e or since you became its nominee , “Old man,'" again said she, “suppose-,
for Governor. Nor did you take the you assist nic a little ii. pepariiig din- -
The amount in the United .States
Treasury, subject to draft on the 22d
ult., was $22,113,000.
field with the hope of success. Your
aim was higher; and you have gone
through the campaign, not with the
■ Rural oftriumph, it is true, but with
conspicuous honor-and credit, such as
upright men. of all parties will ever re
spect - - ■ . ..
I will not wound yourseusibilitiesby.
any pretended condolence on your de
feat ; for really .your tyork, your. late
mission of labor and love, is spreading
its influence to the breaking up of the
old mass of-granite, the tippling shops,
which liad crushed so many .tefider
hearts. - You have proved a public
benefactor. The hundred - and score
addresses you made during theoanvoss,
in all quarters of the Stat£, still echo
.in the breastsepf thousands who listen
ed to your manly arguments and soul-
touching appeals. You painted hu
manity as it suffers,-—as it drags
through the mire of intoxication.—
Even now, your eloquent voice,. its
deep pathos and imploring sweetness,
tremulous witlrcmotion, lingers in my
delighted memory. Blessings have
been invoked, on your hea<l by many
a-parent, by heart-broken wives, and
neglected children. Tears of gratitude
have "flowed atthc mention of - your
name, and bright hopes are elnyished
that the cause of whieh.you were the
champion, will ultimately prevail. Be
of good courage, soldier of moral .prog
ress; the daw - u always succeeds the
darkest period of the night.
The vote you received is no indica
tion of public sentiment in relation to
•liquor shops, the festering jiuisance
which you strove to abate There
w as an i ssue .pendi ng which absorbed
many thousand minds in another di
rection, depriving you of a large sup
port, to be rallied on a more conspicu
ous occasion, in future.
Personally, you.Have nothing to re
gret in this matter. The ceremonies
of inauguration, the escort of commit
tees, the retinue of State officers and
high judicial functionaries, In presence
of tire two Houses of Assembly con
vened for the pageant, all set . off by
the splendors of a crowded gallery,
where angel women presides'over the
scene, could afford you no gratifica
tion, except for the welfare of others,
were you the centre of attraction. Be
lieve me, sir, you stand to-day on more
enviable ground. No forced smile,
or reluctant civility is . wrung from
you by sycophantic suitors for pat
ronage. You are free, the equal of
any man in heroic virtues, and far in
advance of a thusand politicians in
Georgia who assume to direct public
ncr, as we give a dinner party to-day, :
and we are much hurried,- indeed.—
Just-peel a few potatoes, if you ptease.”
No sooner was the request made, than
the “old man, 1 got to work ’peeling po
tatoes with a right good will. .
' After alt tilings were sufficiently ad-'
Vanped.to release Mrs. T. frpm further,
supervision, she iveiit into her ^cham
ber to arrange her toilet to receive her
husband’s guests. At tlie proper, time
her husband came in, and then, one by
one, came those who were to dine with
them on that day. “In due - time all
arri ved'but one——the M. C. My. Top-
ham then.began to express his surprise
at the absence of the Virginia represen
tative, as lie-thought lie would certain
ly hove been one of the first, If nottlie.
first to mal>e his appearance, knowing
that his dinner hour at home was an-
early Oiiq.
When about coming to the conclu
sion that the Virginia M. C.- would fail
to make liis tqipearance, Mrs. T.’s mem
ory, which so etnc d to have proved
ratlier treadierous, became effulgent,
and she acquainted her husband with
the fact that there was an old man in
the kitchen who had been waiting to
see him for the last tliree or four hours.
Mr. T. immediately repaired to the
kitchen to ascertain the “old man's R
wants, when- fo! and behold! who
should he find but our M. U. himself!
Astonished'beyond measure, and with
confused utterance, he . exclaimed,
“Why, how came you here?’-' He
simply replied, “I was invited to the
kitchen by your wife, and as I came
muclrbefbre your dinner hour, I have
beeii making myself useful.”
Mr. Tv at onee invited and accom
panied him into the parlor,'. and intro
duced him to his wife and guests as
the “lion. Robert Ratlierford, of Vir
ginia.” ’ ' ' ' : " j
The lady’s feelirtgs can be better im
agined hy the reader thah described
by the writer ; but the-balance of the
day passed off pleasantly, saving the
lady’s abashment resulting from not
recognizing - the' “Virginia member of
Congress.”' - ! -
opinion from a principle, of which sel-
Suspicitms taifor to suspected custo
mer: “Make you a coat, sir,! -Oh yes,
sir, with the greatest pleasure ! There,
inst stand in that position, please, and
look right upon that sign, while I take
yonrmeasure.”-
■ The sign read“Terms, C3sh.”
tions,-and ef you’ll go and sarch the
Scriptures, you’ll not only find my text
thar, but a great many other texes as
will do you good to .read, nnd my
tex, when you shall find it, you shall
find it to read thus:
“Ami he played on- a harp uv a
thousand strings-—.qiirits of just men
made perfeck.”
My text,, brethring, leads me to
speak: uv spirits. Now, tkar’s a great
many kinds of spirits in the world-
in the lust place, ’ tliars ' the spirits as
suni folks call ghosts; and tliar’s tT>e
spirits Uv turpentinfy and tharS the
Spirits as sum folks call liquor, an’ I’ve
got as good an article, of them kind of
spirits on my flatboat as ever was fotch
down-on the Mississippi ‘river; but
thar’s a gveat niany ptlier kinds of spir
its, for the tex say.%. “He pjayed on a
harp uv a tho us and strings, sperits
of just men made perfect. - .
But I’ll tell you the kind uv sperits
a3.is meant in- the tex, is FUJE. That’s
the kind of sperits as-is meant in the
tex, niy .hrethering. Now thar’s a
great many kinds of fire in the world. -
In the fuss place, there’s the e’omrnon
sort uv fire you light vour cigar or pipe
with, and tliar’s. fox firetyind campnire,
fire before youjre. ready and fire mid
.foil back, and many other kinds uv
fire, for the tex says, .‘He played-on a
harp U7 aJ?mwsand strings, sperits uv
j ust men made pmfeck.”
But I tell you tlie kind uv fire as
meant. in the tex, my brethring—its
iieLl fire ! an’ that’s tlie kind uv iirc
as a great many un you’ll come to, ef
you don’t do belter nor what you have
been doin’—-for “He played on a harp
uv a f/iowsand strings, sperits of just
men made perfeck.” .
Now, the different sorts of fire in the
world may be likened unto the differ
ent persuasions of Christians in the
world. In-the first place we have the
-Piscapalions, an’ they are high sailin’
and a high faintin’ set, and they may
be likened unto a turkey buzzard, that
flies' up iuto .the air, and bq goes up,
and up, and up,., till he looks no bigger
than your fingernail, and the first thing
you know he comes down, and down,
and down, and is a fillin’ himself on
the earkiss of a dead boss by the side
of the road, and “He played on a harp
The Farmcrs r Future,
a An English correspondent of the
New - York Tribune expatiates on the
prospective introduction of steam pow
er as an aid in agricultural operations,
as follows:^—“The Farmers’ Future
will be found in the application of steam
lo the cultivation of the soil! We are
rapidly corning to the conclusion here
that the good old plow is a humbug.
We begin to think that spade-husban
dry applied by steam is the right thing;
indeed* there, are some among us of
the opinion that a machine may be in-
vented which should, in effect, plow,
sow, harrow and roll -altogether—a
machine, in fact, which should make a
seed-bed and sow the seed all at one
operation. There has already been
— ^«>ra f #u}o-iiu> .exhibited in this
country which will waTlc anJWnere,
and do anything it is required to do.—
It has feet about the size of yours, sir,
and it puts them down upon tlie
ground, one after the Other; very
much in the fashion of a dandy going up
Broadway, only the feet of the ma
chine are fixed on wheels, and revolve
regularly, instead of moving up and
down awkwardly, like his. This ma
chine will go.through a plowed, field
very comfortably, ahd rather quicker
than a good hunter wilf get over it -;
and as it will drag a dozeii plows af
ter it, I do not sec, for my part, why
it should not be made to. carr) - , as
part and parcel of itself, a mechqnjsm
that Will readily'convert the untilled
ground into a seed-bed. Well, then
as to drainage. I saw a machine the
other day that would dig, drain*, and
lay down sixteen and' a half feet of
piping; per . minute, the pipek being
rather more regularly and satisfactori
ly laid than any-skilled workman-, can
lay them: Tlie' machine labored un
der - the;, disadvantage of being cum
brous,- and of being made to be worked
by- a stationary engine. But having
got thus far, it seems to be only one
step further to 'give us steam applica
tion to the soil, so asto enable twen
ty times the quantity of land to be put
under cultivation by the same amount
pf labor* and at no greater cost than
now.
Who Would xotbea Father -
If a 3 - oung man wants to engage in'!
business that will insure liirty in m id
die life, the greatest amount of leisure'
time, there is nothing more sure than
farming. If lie has an independent
turn of mind, let him be a former p
he wants to-engage in a healthy occn-
pation, let him till the soil. In s ], or .
if he would be independent, let hty
get a spot of earth, keep within his
means, shun tire lawyer, be temperate
to avoid the doctor, be honest that
may have a-clear conscience, improve
the soil, so as to leave the world 1
ter than he found it, and then if
cannot live happily and die content^
there is no!lope for him.
Large or Small seed Potatoes.
uv-a t&ottsand strings, sperits. uv just
men made, perfeck,
And thar’iUthe Methodis, atid they
may be likened unto the squirrel Tun-
bm’ up into a tree,' for the Methodis
beleeves in gwine on. from one. degree,
of grace, to another, and finally on to
perfection, and the. squirrel goes up
and up, and up, and up, apd he jumps
from Urhb to l ! rhb, and branch to
branch, aiid the fust thing you know
He falls and down be comes, kerflumk,
and that’s like the Methodis, for they
is alters fallen , frpm grape, ah tyand
“He played, on a harp uv a f/<6uaand
strings, sperits uv just men made per-
An Irishman writing from the west,
remarked : “Pork is so plenty here feck
that every third man you meet is a J And then my brethring thar’s 1 tlie
! 10 or” . ‘ Baptis, ah! and they have been liken-
■ ''V . •
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*By an experimentcarefullyconduc
ted at the North American Phalanx,
inMammonth County, New Jersey,
the following interesting results were
obtained :
1. Lar^e whole seed, 29 lbs. 14 oz.,
produced 174 lbs. t
2. Large potatoes cut in halves, 15
lbs. 12 oz. produced 124 lbs.
3. Large potatoes cut in quarters, 7
lbs., produced'98 lbs.
4. Medium potatoes, whole, 9 lbs. 3
oz. produced 146 lbs.
5. Medium potatoes,'cut in halves,
9 lbs., 6 oz. produced 88 1-2 lbs.
6. Medium potatoes, cut in quar
ter, 4 lbs., produced 9.7 1bs.
7. Small potatoes, whole, 81-2 lbs:,
protluced 117 lbs.
8. - Small potatoes, cut in halves, 6
lbs., produced 84 lbs.
The per centage of smalLpotatoes to
the seed used was greatest on the
quartered 'large potatoes. 7 Thei follow-
ingfigures indicate the value of mar
ketable potatoes, at 50 eenst per
bushel; on an ocre -for each sort as
above :
l. -, .. 66 | 5. r.: . $56 33
: 2= : “ "
'* 3 :
4. -.
Hogs and Bacon.
The following extract is from lit
Quincy (Illinois) Whig:
“No doubt our farmers are anxiom
to know'what the prospect for porki-.
and what price it will command ft
coming season. We find great do
culfy in getting reliable informatk
but it is conceded that the hog crops
considerably less than last year. Wi
hear of but few sales as yet. Me no
tices sale at St. Louis of 1,000 head,
to average 200 lbs, Novemberdeiiverr,
at $5 20, and a sate of 33 head at$7 net,
the latter for butchering, and of course
no- test of regular prices. Wc notice
a sate in Cass county at $5; to be del
livered during the season, and oiler*
at $o in IVIcDonougn auenx
ties.
“ We learn that 2,00(1 head of slop
fed hogs have sold in this city recent
ly, to be delivered in December anil
January, at $5. Taking into conside
ration the time of deli very, and tliedif
ference between stop fed and corn ft
hogs this sale seems to indicate tk
figures for the latter description cat
not be less than $5 50 at tlie opcnic
of the,season, perhaps more.”
But what have the readers of t
Soil.of the South to do with tlie 111 in:
hog market ? Unfortunately, a gac - -
deaL It is bad enough, in all cot
science, to have to dress our negree
in free soil Osnaburgs, but it is past:
toleration that we should feed them
abolition Bacon. We do both, howl
er, and hence the Southern plan-
will find the foregoing paragraph »'
altogether out of place in a South'
Agricultural Journal. We may ■
pect another year of famine prices
the bacon trade. The stock gro f?
of the Northwest have not yet r#
ered from the fatal fail ure of lasty^'
grain crop, and notwithstanding **
present harvest is an abundant oc-
we may expect bacon to rule at a W
figure for another season. Wc ?a -
gest, therefore, to tlie planters,
themselves of tlieir own abnn®-'
corn crop, for the purpose of
as many hogs this winter, as p 0 -' 1
Put up, for porkers, as largcan' 11
as possible and make them nj-
considerable saving of Illinois n*'
may thus be effected.
SOUTHERN
Metcrolog).
agmcvWV
CENTRAL
SOCIETY.
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7 . 73 00
53 33
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Repetition^ of the experiment' have
all been in favor of the large uncut
potatoes for seed.
_
United' Spates Agricultural
Exhibition at .Boston.-t-TAc- fatest
caw bri- the' ground, (^ay9 the Tran
script,) weighs 2,500 pqunds, and is
only 7 years of age. The largest ox
Dr. Daniel, of Decatur, laid k
the society a eommunication from -
tenant Maury, United States
on the Subject of extending t0
land, a systemTof Meterologiea’ ®'
yations, similar to those which -
been instituted on the sea.
Thunication having been read, ll,e ,
lowing'resolutions, in response’!
adopted.
Resolved, That the Southern
tral Agricultural Society cordia ^
proves of die plan proposedtyy |
Maury, in the August J
American Farmer, for extendm?
land, for the benefit of -Ag rl ',^, r
the system of Meterological 0 -
tions, which has done soni u(
igation and commerce. . u,.
Resolved,\ Tliat we comment ^
to the favorable notice of our
Planles s in other States, aD „
the members of congres f
own state to procure that deg 1 ^, f
conragenient for agricultural ,
tary meterology which has ^ r
Wisely and beneficially eXte
the meterology of the sea- j
Resolved, That the secretary ^
society.be instructed t° r nV
copy of these resolutions
her of the House of R e P r ty,(c.
and "to each Senator
Atlanta, Sej)t. 13th, 1855-