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__ MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Boston Times of April 1.
WHEN WILL WONDERS CEASE?
Robert Lincoln, Esqr. Agent of the New York Western
Lumber Company, has just returned from 'he St. Peters river,
near the head of steamboat navigation, on the upper Missis
sippi, bringing with him a living American Ourang Outang, |
or if ild Alan of the II oods, w ith two small cubs, supposed to ;
be about three months old.
Mr. Lincoln informs us that he went out to the northwest as |
Agent ot the New York Lumber Company, in July last, with j
a view to establish extensive saw mills, on the pine lands near
the Falls of Saint Anthony; and he has given us a detail of
the operations of the company, and the circumstances which
lead to the capture of the extraordinary creatures mentioned
above.
Those who are acquainted with tiie leading features of the
Valley of the Mississippi, are aware that there is little or no
pine timber throughout the States of Illinois and Missouri, or
in the extensive territories of Wisconsin and lowa. The in-j
habitants of that region are obliged to use oak and walnut for |
common building purposes, and the labor of working such ma
terials is very great. The greatest portion of the pine limber '
that finds its way into the upper part of the Valley, is floated {
down the Ohio, and from thence carried up the Mississippi and
Illinois rivers by steamboats. The most ordinary kind of pine
timber is worth SGO per thousand, in any part of Illinois or !
the territories ; in New England the same quality sells for about
half that sum. There are some very extensive and immensely
valuable pine lands near the Falls of Saint Anthony, on the
Upper Mississippi; but until recently they have been in the
possession of the Sac and Fox Indians. In the summer of 1838,
a treaty was ratified with these Indians, by which they ceded
the whole of th-ir pine lands to the United States. The cere
monies of this treaty were performed at Fort Snelling, about
the first of July last. Capt. M irryatt, the famous Fnglish no
velist, was then on the Upper Mississippi, and was present to
witness the war dances on this occasion, which, it is said, were
conducted with unusual splendor. He also spent several days!
among the Indians, and by the assistance of the American of
ficers at Fort Snelling, obtained a large collection of orna
ments and curiosities.
Some shrewd men at Albany and New York who knew that
the treaty referred to, was about to be ratified, and who were
aware, also, of the value of the timber, formed a company, i
with a substantial capital. and enga.red a large number of en
terprising mechanics and labor, is tn go out and establish saw
mills for cutting timber on the St. Peters. They rightly sup
posed th it the ii d would not “come into market,” as the '
phrase i>. lor -> v- r I v ars. as it i> wo. th but little except for
timber. Th .. , .<> w i.q t,, <>t, ( i' l;l land In- cultivation, go into
the more fertile pn sos the territories. Companies may there
fore “ claim” laud, < stabli-h mill-, and cut off the timber
wherever they can find it, without fee or license. The timber
may then be floated down the Mississippi in rafts, for a mere j
trifle, and sold at the highest prices any where on the river. ;
The New York Company sent out their expedition in July i
last. The workmen and laborers with the principal part of i
the machinery, went byway of New Orleans, and at that city
they chartered a steamboat and proceeded up the Mississippi.
The whole business was under the direction of Mr. Lincoln. 1
They had on board all the necessary tools and saws, together
with the apparatus fir a grist-mill, oxen, horses, cows, a good
stock of provisions, arms, ammunition, &tc. &c. They passed
directly up the river, only stopping to take in wood and water
until they reached Prairie Du Chien, at the mouth of' the Wis
consin. Here they put their animals on shore, and rem.lined
two days. On the third day they re-embarked and finally ri a- I
died the St. P tent in safetv.
Their enterprise proved highly successful. They f mud the j
timber of' the fii«t qti oily, and the facilities for building mill- ;
much greater than they anticipated. The work went on v< rv
prosperously, and ill a few months M -. Lincoln had tin- -ati>-
faction of launching his rafts on th.- bead waters of the Missis
sippi! Tiiey continued to prosecute their labors vigorously,
until winter set in, when a part of th>’ workman started for St.
Louis, and a part of them remained > , . rmtend the cuttir"
of timber.
During the winter, Mr. Lincoln and vi ral f the workmen
irequent excursions in pursuit <n gaue , wl icb was very
abundant, and their camp was one conim.i-.i pc <f li stivitv.
The Indians brought in large <piantiti s oi In -, wui' li Mr. Lin
coln purchased for a mere trifle, -and lined Ins cabins with them
■throughout, which rendered his rude huts very warm and com
fortable. The whole party were as hearty as bucks, am! ap
peared to enjoy themselves exceedingly.
About the 151 b of January, two <,f the carpenters who had
been out in the pursuit of ;t gang of wolves, that had proved
very troublesome, came into the camp, nod reported that they
•had seen a huge monster in the for' >t, on a branch of the Mis
sissippi, having the form of a man, but much taller and stouter,
covered with long hair, and of a frightful aspect. They stated
that when first seen, he was standing on a large log, looking
directly at them, and the moment they raised their muskets, he
darted into the thicket and disappeared. They saw him again
in about half an hour, apparently watching them, and when
they turned towards him he again disappeared. Mr. Lincoln
was at first disposed to think lightly of this matter, he believ
ing that the men might have been mistaken about the size ami
height of the object, or supposing it might have been a trick of
the Indians to frighten them. He was informed, however, by
some of the natives, that such a being Lad often been seen on
the St. Peters, and near the Falls of the Mississippi, and they
proposed to guide a party of the workmen to a bluff where it
was thought he might be found. The men were all ready for an
adventure, and arming themselves with riflesand hunting knives,
they started for the bluff under the dire clion of Mr. Lincoln
and the Indian guides. On the way they were joined by sev
eral of the n itives, and the whole party numbered twenty-three
They arrived at the bluff lite on the afternoon of’ the 21st
of January, and encamped in a cave or grotto, at the foot of
of
. die hill. Early the next morning, two of the Indians were sent
; out to reconnoitre, and in about an hour returned, and said
they had seen the wild man, on the other side of the hill. The
whole party immediately prepared for the pursuit. Mr. Lin
i coin gave positive orders to the men, not to fire upon him un
less it should be necessary in self defence, as he wished, if pos
sible, to take him alive. The Indians stated that although a
1 very powerful creature, he was believed to be perfectly harm
less, as he always lied at die approach of men. While .Mr. L.
was giving his men their instructions, the wild man appeared
.; in sight. He ordered them to remain perfectly quiet, and ta
king out his pocket-glass surveyed him minutely. He appear
' ed to be about eight or nine feet high, very athletic, and more
, like a beast standing erect than a man. After satisfying him
| sell widi regard to the character of the creature, Mr. Lincoln
ordered his men to advance. The Indians had provided them
selves with ropes, prepared to catch wild horses, with which
they hoped to ensnare and bind the creature, without maiming
• him.
The instant the company moved towards the wild man, he
sprung-forward with a loud and (rightful yell, which made the
forest ring: the Indians followed close upon him, and Mr. Lin
i coin and his men brought up the rem. The pursuit was con
tinued lor nearly an hour—now gaining upon the object of
their chase, and now almost losing sight of him. The trees,
however, were quite open, and free from undei brush, which en
i abled them to make their way very rapidly. Whenever they
! came very near him, he started forward again with a yell, and
appeared to increase his speed. He finally darted into a thick
' el, and although they followed close and made much search,
they were unable to find him.
They then began to retrace their steps towards the place of
encampment, and when within about a mile of the cavern, the
wild man crossed their path, within about twenty rods of the
main body of the party. They immediately gave chase again,
and accidentally drove the creature from the forest into an open
field or prairie. The monster appeared to be much frightened
at his situation, and leaped forward, howling hideously. At
length he suddenly stopped and turned upon his pursuers. Mr.
Lincoln was then in the advance. Fearing that he might at
tack them, or return to the woods and escape, he fired upon
him and lodged a charge of buck-shot in the calf of his leg.
He fell immediately, and the Indians sprang forward and threw I
their ropes over his head, arms and legs, and with much effort !
succeeded in binding him fast.
He struggled, however, most desperately, gnashed bis teeth,
: and howled in a frightful manner. They then formed a sort of
litter of branches and limbs of trees, and placing him upon
■ it, carried him to the encampment. A watch was then placed
over him; and every effort made that could be devised to keep
him quiet, but he continued to howl most piteously all night.
Towards morning two cubs, about three feet high, and very
similar to the large monster came into the camp, and were ta
ken without resistance. As soon as the monster saw them lie
became very furious—gnashed his teeth, and howled, and
thrashed about, until he burst several of the cords, and came
very near effecting his escape. But he was bound anew, and
I after that was kept most carefully watched and guarded. The
next day he was placed on the litter and carried down to the
mills on the St. Peters.
I or two or three days, Mr. Lincoln says, he refused to eat
or diink, or take any kind of food, but continued to howl at
intervals for an hour at a time. At length however, he began
to eat, but from that time his howls ceased, and lie has remain- '
ed stupid and sullen ever since. The cubs took food very rea- '
dilv. and became quite active and playful.
Mr. Lincoln is a native of Boston, and some of the workmen ‘
engaged at his mills, are from this city. He arrived here on
Saturday afternoon in the brig St. Charles, Stewart, master, j
from New Orleans, witth the wild man and the cubs, and they
were ail removed from the vessel that evening. By imitation
of Mr. Lincoln, who is an old acquaintance, we w ent dow n
to his rooms to examine this monster. He is a horrid looking
creature, and reminds us very strongly of the fabled satyrs, as
we have pictured them to our own mind. He is about eight
feet three inches high, when standing erect, and his frame is of
giant proportions in every part. His legs are not straight, but
like those of the dog and other four-footed animals, and his
whole body is covered w ith a hide very much like that of a cow.
His arms are very large and long, and ill-proportioned. It
does not appear from his manner that he has ever walked upon
“all fours.” The fingers and toes are mere bunches, armed
with stout claws. His head is covered with thick, coarse, black
hair, like the main of a horse.
The appearance of his countenance, if such it may be called,
is very disgusting—nay, almost horrible. It is covered with a
thinner and lighter coat of hair than the rest of the body ; there
is no appearance of eye-brows or nose ; the mouth is very large
and wide, and similar to that of a baboon. His eyes are quite
dull and heavy, and there is no indication of cunning or activi
ty about them. Mr. Lincoln says he is beyond dispute carni
vorous, as he uuiversally rejects bread and vegetables, and eats
flesh w ith great avidity. He thinks he is of the ourang outang
species; but from wh..t little we have seen, we are inclined to
| consider him a wild animal, somewhat resembling a man. He
is, to say the least, one of the most extraordinary creatures
that has ever been brought before the public, from any part of
the earth, or the waters under the earth, and we believe will
prove a difficult puzzle to the scientific. He lies down like a
brute, and does not appear to possess more instinct than cotn
, mon domestic animals. He is now quite tame and quiet, and
is only confined by a stout chain attached to his legs.
This is the first creature of the kind, we believe, ever found
on this continent. It was to be expected, however, that in pe
netrating the remote recesses of the new world, monsters would
be found, and great natural <•■»• i .-,t i. > brought to light; and
it has been a matter of surpri-e t<> many that so little of the
marvellous has been discov. re I. But we cannot tell wliat the
wilds of the far Northwest, the .shores of Lake Superior, the
I regions of the Rocky Mountains, and the vast territory of the
Oregon, may yet bring forth.
It is Mr. Lincoln’s intention to submit these animals to the
inspei tion of the scientific for a few days, in order to ascertain
w hat they are, and after that to dispose of them to some person
for exhibition. Mr. Lincoln himself will return to the St. Pc
ters in the course of two or three wci-ks.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
A SAGACIOUS DOG.
A coi respondent gives us the following instance of the faith
fulness and sagacity of this noble animal ;
“Some few nights since I was wakened by a scratchitm- at
, the back door ofmy bed room. Knowing at once it was a fa
: vorile dog whom I kept in the yard, and who, as I thought
. i was anxious to take a privilege J seldom granted, gaining ad
mittance, I hade him begone. The moment he heard mv voice
i i he commenced scratching louder and stronger, and when 1
i spoke to him again, began howling. This being so unusual, I
, got up to see if any thing was really the matter, but before my
intention was executed the dog had gnawed a hole sufficiently
large where the doors (summer doors) come together, to admit
I I his paw, when he opened the door, which hail not as usual
, b bolted on the inside. Upon his gaining admittance, he
. instantly with his teeth pulled out the musquito bar which was
i tucked in, and jumped upon the bed. I pushed him off, but he
, immediately came back, caught me by the skirt of mv night
( gown and pulled me towards the door. 1 pushed it open, and
. there I perceived a small blaze. Upon examination and’ eti-
I quiry, I found that in making up the coal fire for the night, the
f ashes and lighted cinders had been thrown upon the edge of
! the plank which had been laid from the back part of the house
, to the kitchen. The blaze was very small and in all proba
z bility would have gone out of itself; still there was enough to
t occasion uneasiness in the mind of the dog, and he could not
! rest until he had warned me of the danger.”
, ('urn for Dyspepsia.— lt is said that the students of Virginia
i College have found a large quantity of anti-dyspeptic pills in
-a field attached to the seminary, in the shape of various large
stumps, w hich they are engaged in digging up in their leisure
hours. Those vegetable preparations are found to produce a
I highly salutary effect in cases of the most confirmed dyspepsia.
jIIILLEI>CrEVIL,E.E, GEORGIA, TUESIIAY IIORMMr, APRIL I®,
Ow foMsrifMce—■-Ow*’ Country—-Our I*arty.
I'rom the Democratic Review,
OLD IRON-SIDES ON A LEE SHORE.
BY AN EYE-WITNESS.
It was at the close of a stormy day in the year 1335, when
the gallant frigate Constitution, under the command of Cap
tain Elliott—having on board the late Edward Living
ston, late Minister at the Court of France, and his family, and
manned by nearly five hundred souls—drew nearto “thechops”
of the English Channel. For four days she had been beating
down from Plymouth, and on the fifth, at evening, she made
her last tack for the French coast.
The watch was set at 8 P. M. ; the Captain came on deck
soon after, and having ascertained the bearing of Scilly, gave
orders to keep the ship “full and bye,” remarking at the same
time to the ofiicej of the deck, that he might make the lighten
the lee beam, but he stated, he thought it more than probable
that he would passil without seeing it. Hethen “turned- in,”
as did most of the idlers and the starboard watch.
At a quarter past 9, P. M., the ship headed westby the com
pass, when the call of “Light O !” was heard from the foretop
sail yard.
“Where away?”.asked the officer of the deck.
“Three points on the lee bow,” replied the lookout-man ;
which the unprofessional reader will readily understand to mean
very nearly straight ahead. At this moment the Captain ap
peared and took the trumpet.
“Call all hands,” w is his immediate order.
“All hands,” whistled the boatswain, with the long shrill
summons, familiar to all who have ever been on board a man
of-war.
“All hands,” screamed the boatswain’s mates, and ere the
last echo died away, all but sick were upon deck.
The ship was staggering through a heavy swell from the
Bay of Biscay ; the gale, which had been blowing several days,
had increased to a severity that was not to be made light of.—
The breakers, where Sir Cloudesley Shovel and his fleet were
destroyed, in the days of Queen Anne, sang their song of
death before, and the Dead Mau’s Ledge replied in hoarser
notes behind us. To go ahead seemed to be death, and to at
tempt to go about was sure destruction.
The first thing that caught the eye of the Captain was the
furled mainsail, which he had ordered to be carried throughout
the evening—the hauling up of which, contrary to the last or
der that In- had given on leaving the deck, had caused the ship
to fall off to leeward two points and had thus led her into a po
sition on a “lee shore” upon which a strong gale was blowing
her, in which the chance of safety appeared to the stoutest
nerves almost hopeless. That sole chance consisted in stand
ing on, to carry us through the breakers of Scilly, or bv a
close graze along their outer ledge. Was this destiny to be
the end of the gallant old ship, consecrated by so many a prayer
and blessing from the heart of a nation ?
“Why is the mainsail up, when I ordered it set?” cried the
Captain in a tremendous voice.
“Finding that she pitched her bows under, I took it in, un
der your general order, sir, that the officer of the decit should
carry sail according to bis discretion,” replied the Lieutenant
in command.
“Heave the log,” was the prompt command to the master’s
mate. The log was thrown. •
“How fast does she go ?”
“Five knots and a half, sir.”
“Board the main tack, sir.”
“She will not bear it,” said the officer of the deck.
“Board the main tack,”’ thundered the Captain. “Keep
her full and bye, Quartermaster.”
“Aye! aye, sir !” The tack was boarded.
“Haul aft the mainsbeet,” shouted the Captain, and aft it
went, like the spreading of a sea-bird’s wing, giving the huge
sail to the gale.
“Give her the lee helm when she goes into the sea,” cried
the Captain.
“Aye! aye, sir ! she has it,” growled out the old sea-dog at
the binnacle.
‘•Right your helm ; keep her full and bye.”
“Aye! aye, sir! full and bxe she is,” was the prompt an
swer from the helm.
“How fast does she go ?”
“Eight knots and a half, sir.”
“How bears the light ?”
“Nearly a-beam, sir.”
“Keep her away half point.”
“How fast docs she go ?”
“Nine knots,sir.”
“Steady so I” returned the Captain.
“Steady,” answered the helmsman and all was the silence of
the grave upon that crow ded deck— except the bowling of the
storm—f>r a space of time that seemed to my imagination al
most an age.
It was a trying hour with us—unless we could carry sail so
as to go at the rate of nine knots an hour, we must of necessity
dash upon St illy, and who ever touched those rocks and lived
during a storm ? The sea ran very high, the rain fell in sheets,
th- sky was one black curtain, illumined only by the faint light
w hich was to mark our deliverence, or stand a monument ofour
destruction. The wind had got above whistling, it came in
pulls, that flattened the waves, and made our old frigate settle
to our beat-jugs, while every thing on board seemed cracking
into pieces. At this moment the carpenter reported the left
bolt oflhe weather fore shroud had drawn.
“Get on the lulls, and set them all on the weather shrouds.
Keep her at small helm, quarter master,and ease her in the sea,”
were the orders of the Captain.
The luffs were soon put upon the weather shrouds, which of
course relieved the chains and channels, but many an anxious
eye was turned towards the remaining bolts, for upon them de
pended the masts, and upon the masts depended the safety of
the ship ; for with one foot of canvass less she could not live
fifteen minutes
Onwp. d plunged the overladened frigate, and at every surge
sl’.e seemed bent upon making the deep the sailor’s grave, and
her live-oak sides liis coffin of glory. She had been fitted out
at Boston, when the Thermometer was below zero. Her shrouds
of course therefore slackened at every strain, and her unwieldy
masts (for she had those designated for the frigate Cumberland,
a much larger ship,) seemed ready to jump out of her. And
now, while all was apprehension, another bolt drew !—and then
another!—until at last our whole stay was placed upon a single
bolt less than a man’s wrist in circumference. Still the good
iron clung to the solid wood, and bore us along the breakers,
though in a most fearfid proximity of them. This thrilling in
cident has never, 1 believe, been noticed in public, but it is the
literal fact—which I make not the slightest attempt to embel
lish. As we galloped on—for I can compare our vessel’s leap
ing to nothing else—the rocks seemed very near us. Dark
! was the night, the white foam scowled around their thick black
- head-, while spray fell over us, and the thunder of the dashing
surge sounded like the awful knell that the ocean was singing
1 for the victims it was eager to engulph.
At length the light bore upon our quarter, and the broad
Atlantic rolled its white caps before us. During this time all
■ were silent, each officer and man was at his post; and the bear
ing ami countenance of the Captain seemed to give encourage
ment to every person on board. With but a bare possibility
ol saving the ship ami those on board, he relied on his nautical
skill and courage, and of carrying the mainsail when in anoth
er situation it would have been considered a suicidal act, Zte
weathered the lee. shore and. saved the Const Hut ion.
The mainsail was now hauled up, by light hearts and strong
hands, the jib and spankers taken in, and from the light of Scil
ly the gallant vessel, tinder close reefed topsails and trysails,
took her departure and danced merrily over the deep towards
the
“Pipe down,” said the Captain to the First Lieutenant,
“and splice the main brace.” “Pipe down,” echoed the First
Lieutenant to the boatswain. “Pipe down,” whistled the boat
swain to the crew, and “pipe down” it was.
Soon the “Jack of the Dust” held his levee on the main gun
deck, and the weather beaten tars, as they gathered around the
j grog tub, amid luxuriated upon a full allowance of Ohl Rye,
; forgot all their perils and fatigue.
“How near the rocks did we go,” said I to one of the mas
ter’s mates, the next morning. He made no reply, but taking
down his chart, showed me a pencil line between the outside
shoal and the Light House Island, which must have been a
small strait for a fisherman to run his smack through in good
weather by daylight.
For what is the noble and dear old frigate reserved !
I went upon deck ; the sea was calm, a gentle breeze was
swelling our canvass from mainsail to royal, the Isles of Scilly
had sank in the eastern waters, and the clouds of the dying
storm were rolling off in broken masses to the northward and
westwrad, like the flying columnsofa beaten army.
I have been in many a gale of wind, and have past through
scenes of great danger; but never, before or since, have I ex
perienced an hour §o. terrific, as that when the •Constitution
was laboring, with the lives of five hitjidred gienJi'fingjng oil a
single small bolt, to weather Scilly, on the night of the •11th of
May, 1835. ' • •
Note. —During the gale, Mrs. Livingston, inquired of the
Captain, ifwe were not in great danger, to which he replied as
soon as we had passed Scilly, “You are as safe as you would
be in the aisle of a church.” It is singular that the frigate
Boston, Captain M’Neil, about lhe close of the Revolution,
escaped a similar danger while employed in carrying out to
F rance Chancellor Livingston, a relative to Edward, and also
Minister to the Court of St. Cloud. He likewise had his wife
on board, and while the vessel was weathering a lee shore,
Mrs. Livingston asked the Captain—a rough but gallant old
free eater —if they were not in great danger; to which he re
plied—“ You had better, madam, get down upon your knees,
and pray to God to forgive you your numerous sins, for if we
don’t carry by this point, we shall all be in h—ll in five min
utes.”
ROTATION OF CROPS.
It is a principle well understood among scientific farmers,
that ameliorating or enriching and exhausting crops should al
ternate or follow each other in succession. Green crops, such
as Beets, Turnips, Carrots, Cabbage, Potatoes, Bcc., which,
on account of their broad system of leaves, draw much of their
nourishment from the atmosphere, are called enriching or ame
liorating crops. White crops—Corn, Rye, Wheat, Oats, Bar
ley, &,c. whose leaves become dry, receive nothing from the
atmosphere, but draw all their support from the soil, while ri
pening their seed, are called exhausting crops.
As the success of the farmer in a great measure depends up
on a judicious system of Rotation—and as this subject has not
engaged the attention of more able writers (in this section of
the country) whose deep researches and longer experience has
better qualified them for the important task, I will venture to
suggest a system of rotation for a farm of twenty-eight acres of
land suitable for convertible husbandry, divided into seven lots
of four acres each; we will suppose it all in sward. The first
year, after liberally dressing four acres with green, unfermented
manure, we will plough, roll, harrow, and plant with Indian
corn and potatoes. The second year we will take four acres
more, going through the same process; and on the first acres,
with additional manure, we will raise some of the green crops,
Rnta Baga, Mangold Wurtzel, and Carrots. The third year
we will take up another four acres and lay down the first with
glass and some of the white crops, as Wheat, Rye, Oats, or
Barley, and so on, until we have gone through the seven lots,
when we will commence again with the first, (in the same man
ner) which will then have four years in grass; and we venture
to predict that a farm managed in this manner, with a tolerable
dressing of manure, for the two first crops, will increase in fer
tility and yield an annual profit that will richly repay the labor
and expense. But the question may arise, where am 1 to get
manure to dress eight acres yearly? Make it. The man is not
worthy to be called a farmer who cannot, with five head of cat
tle and two hogs, make two hundred loads yearly. Cart into
your barn-yard and hog-sty, mud, loam, leaves, straw, &,c. Szc.
Judge Buel says, “the importance of every species of vegetable
and animal matter as manure for the soil may be made appar
ent to every farmer by a few plain considerations. Every kind
of animal matter is derived originally from vegetables, and is
convertible again into vegetables—and every part of a vegeta
ble is in like manner convertible into new plants. The elemen
tary matters ofa species of vegetable, are always the same;
that is, a stock of wheat or a stock of corn grown this year,"
contain the same materials, and in about the same proportions
as they did last year. These materials which constitute the
wheat or corn crop, are principally drawn from the soil, and
consequently the fertility of the soil is diminished in proportion
to the number and amount of the crops which are carried off.
However rich therefore a soil may be naturally, it must be evi
dent that every crop serves to diminish its fertility—that it be
comes poorer and poorer every year, until it is no longer worth
cultivating, unless fertility is kept up by restoring the vegetable
matter or a large proportion of them, which have been carried
ofl. We have all seen this proved in numerous instances un
der the old system of farming. To prevent decrease of fertility
is one of the improvements of modern husbandry; aud it is
prevented by manuring and alternating crops. Under the old
system the rich lands of the west v. ill deteriorate till they are
no better than these of the Atlantic border. Under the system of
manuring and alternating the ordinary lands of Flanders have
been made to maintain their natural fertility for hundreds of
years, and those c,i China for thousands of years, and many of
our worn out lands are now being in like manner renovated.”
—Plymouth Memorial.
CHARACTER of the GREAT ATHENIAN ORATOR.
By an Irish Barrister.
No man ever sufl’ered more severely for his greatness than
Demosthenes, which well justified Juvenal in commisseroting
the lot of genius. He was, says Heereu. the most sublime and
deeply tragic character with which history makes us acquainted;
his life was oflhe most austere and painful interest. Fate en
vied him one day’s repose from his seventeenth year till he
drank the poison, except, perhaps the day of his triumph, when
he went after Eschines to the Piraeus, and generously offered
him a purse of gold. * This act was even censured by his ene
mies. His countenance was severe and melancholy." Sorrow
had impressed upon it many a deep trace. Though firm as
the Acropolis, in feeling he was a child. When Eschines
taunted him with weeping more easily than others could laugh,
he unknowingly uttered a great truth. A continual fluctuation
of dying and reviving hopes softened his mind, and made it the
sport of emotions. When the news of Philip’s death reached
Athens, he could not refrain from wreathing bis forehead with
flowers, although his daughterly dead. Not that he was not,
more keenly alive to the feelings of humanity than most men
but he would not permit grief to interfere with his feelings as a
lover of his country ; he rejbiced at the death of the tyrant, and
he had not the hypocrisy to conceal it. At length, the country
for which he had so long struggled added another to the many
victims of her ingratitude, lie was fined £IO,OOO for his s/-
lence in the affair of Harpalus, which being unable to pay, he
was cast into a dungeon. By the assistance of some friends,
he escaped to Egina, from which, like Cirnon, he often looked
with mournful eyes towards Athens. Once more he was in
spired with new hope ; his heart once more beat high for liis
country. Alexander died in Babylon, and a passion for free
dom once again kindled through the States of Greece. Athens,
as usual, made the initiative; her envoys went forth, summon
ing all to a final struggle. The old patriot joined them, and
his eloquence prevailed. His exile was annulled, and by the
unanimous decree of the people he was restored to his country.
The Paralian galley was despatched to Egina to bring him
back. Priests, prytanes, archons, senators, public officers, the
citizens of every degree, rushed from the city w hen a messenger
announced bis progress from the Piraeus. Athens had a festi
val day. He was welcomed with acclamations; all did the
venerable patriot reverence ; at length, overcome by his emo
tions, he wept, and stretching out his hamis, declared himself
more happy (han Aleibiades. It was a tram-ilory glory for
him and his country. Cratgrns ami Antipaler prevailed, and
the son oflhe ferryman, the ignoble Detriades, ordered Demos
thenes to die! lie and his accused friends fled by night from
the city, and escaped to the island ofCaLntris, w here he sough;
P. 1.. KOUINSOY, PROPRIETOR.
refuge in the temple of Neptune. Tlii'her il> !»!<»<>.’lx.t i.
Antipater pursued him ; pardon was promi ed him if he m.it< o
dered. He scorned any compromise with the enemies of his
country, and swallowed poison. “O Neptune !” be exclaimed,
“they have defiled thy temple, but honoring thee, I will leave
it while yet living !” He then fell dead before the ah-r ! D -
mosthenes dead ! How must that announcement have tlni I d
t trough the heart of Greece ! The champion of their liberty
no more ! He who, with no other means than his genius and
vigor—with vast power and influence opposed to him, and hav
ing to struggle besides w ith the corruptions of his own citizens
- upheld the independence of his country against the most
tearful odds. For thirty years he never failed in his devotion,
and he at last found a grave beneath the ruins of her liberty.
Ihe world has never witnessed a character of more unsullied
grandeur than that of Demosthenes.
A HALF CENTURV REMINISCENCE:’
The following letter, directed to a gentleman in this city,
will be read with interest. It refers to Washington’s journey
from Mount Vernon to New-York which was then the seat of
Congress, and where he was to be inaugurated as the first Pre
sident of the U. States. It will be remembered that the inau
guration took place on the 30th of April, 1789.
Bristol, Jan. 25, 1839.
Sir—On the arrival of the Great Western from New-York in
December last, I received through the kindness ofa friend three
volumes of the much admired National Portrait Gallery, and
the part I had time to peruse, has given' much pleasure, by
bringing many of my happy and youthful days fresh in retro
spect, particularly, when the illustrious Washington, on his
passage to Philadelphia in his first presidency, crossed lhe river
Schuylkill at Gray’s Ferry, in April, 1789. The floating
bridge was completely hedged with laurels, a triumphal arch
thrown over the entrance, from the centre of which w as suspend
ed a crown of laurels, and the instant the President (on horse
back) was under the arch, one simultaneous cheer from thous
ands of spectators, induced him (as it were) to take off his hat
also to unite in the cheer, when a boy (who was placed on the
rising bank, on the left, as you cross the Schuy Ikill from Phila
delphia) clothed in white, lowered the crown of laurels within
two inches of the president’s head, by a string placed for that
purpose. This simple, but to me magnificent display, made a
lively impression on my memory, particularly as I was one of
the scene shifters in that beautiful and sublime drama, having
had the honor to bring the news from Chester (where I was
w aiting for the purpose) to the city light horse, of lhe presi
dent’s arrival there, they intending to pay him every honor,
by escorting him on the road to Philadelphia. I met the light
horse at Darby, and communicated the w elcome intelligence ;
then I proceeded to Gray’s Ferry, when 1 witnessed what is
described above.
In the account of the president’s route to New-York, the
author has given the beautiful lines sung at Trenton, but has
omitted the beautiful stanzas sung to the original French tune, .
God save the King, when Washington crossed the North river,
from Paulus’s Hook to New-York, rowed by twelve pilots, and
steered by a thirteenth, in a barge prepared for the occasion,
but I presume he had not been apprised of these circumstances,
otherwise he would have published them, giving a full descrip
tion of the scene.
These verses, which I presume may be found in some of.yotrf
bookseller’s shops, begin with—
Hail thou auspicious day!
Far let, America,
Thy praise resound;
Joy to our native laud,
Let every heart expand.
For Washington’s at hand,
With glory crown’d.
Your most obedient servant,
THOS. DENNISON.
Now U. S. Consul for Bristol, but formerly of Philadelphia*
Mr. B. the hero of the Old Clock story, has lost at least six
of his seven senses in consequence of that publication—m d
has been within a hair’s-breadth of giving the Coroner employ
rnent in a dozen cases of “dreadful manslaughter.” In thebe
ginning betook the matter calmly enough, but would not uK
low that he was the intended hero of the tale, no how it could
be fixed on him. At length, however he could not withstand
the evidence brought against him, that he was the genuine
Simon Pure ; but though the truth came upon him slowly. it
was none the less awful in its results, as it drove him ahrmst
frantic. Ihe first effects of his rage was the utter antiibil ition
ot a favorite old bedroom clock, and the transfer of every thing
in the likeness of a timepiece in the house down to the Cellar.
He next made a deposits of his well known little bull’s eve of a •
watch in the darkest nook of his secretary ; and then, hearing
that Mrs. B. had a pair of silk stockings with ‘■clocks" cii them,
be ferreted them out, and disposed of them among the angry
blazes ot the bar-room fire. In the mean time, wo to the mail,
woman, or child, that alluded to a clock, or anything that
sounded like a clock in his presence ; but double wo to them, if
they had the hardihood to repeat those especial words of bis
abhorrence, “Here she goes—there she goes,” or to allude to
the article in the Sunday News. “Come in to dinner, my dear,”
said Mrs. B. to him a few days since, “it’s past twelve o’clock.”
“I’d see you and the dinner to the devil first, and then Iwould
n t.’ responded her amiable help-mate. “Here she goes——and
there she goes,’’ remarked an intimate friend to him on anoth
er occasion. “Then take that, you blackguard, and follow
her,” yelled the frantic host, hurling a pewter measure at tbfe
speaker’s head. And, in short, for the first fortnight, his wrath
was so far above fever heat, that the men were only few and fat*
between, who were sufficiently hardy to venture into his presence
—and there was no person whatever so frantic as to bid him
the time of day. Before the end of a fortnight, however, all
his wrath had boiled away, and he now not only laughs at tiie
joke, and makes money by it, (for it brings him shoals of cus
tomers,) but is actually, according to rumor, endeavoring to
organise a society, to be called the “Old Clock, or here she
goes Club,” whereof he is determined, if possible; to havehim
self appointed perpetual chairman, llisalsosaid of him that
he intends to have himself appointed perpetual chairman. It
is also said of him that he intends forthwith to bind one of his
sons to a clock maker, (an old one, if possible) and to christen
the next child that the Lord favors him with, by the euphoneoUs
cognomen of “Here she go’s.”—JV. F. Sunday Packet.
Death of Hezekiah Niles.— We regret to learn that this event,
which his friends have for some time anticipated, took place at Wil
mington, Delaware, yesterday morning. He had been, for several
years in declining health, the result of a life of great labor; as the
publisher of the “ Register,” which has rendered his name immortal,
Mr. Niles was a Printer, by profession, a man of strong and ardent
feelings, oi considerable talent, and of an industry so untiring, that
he achieved results which mon ol superior intellect, but, less capable
of labor, would have failed to accomplish, lie was, besides, of a
hank, honorable, independent, and truly republican spirit, simple in
his *mannct;s and habits, affectionate to liis family, liberal to those
whom he employed in the prosecution of his business, disinterested
and public spirited. Ilis life was one of great usefulness, and few
men in our country have done more to connect their names, in an
honorable manner, with the public enterprises in which the welfare
of society is concerned.— Balt. Citron.
French Roguery.— An English gentleman, a few days back, was
walking under the arcades of the Rue de Rivoli, in Paris, holding in
his hand a gold-headed cane of splendid workmanship ; a man sup
ported by two crutches came up, and asked for alms in a mysterious
and pitiful tone. Our countryman, moved to pity, gave the beggar a
small silver coin. At the moment a person near hirti exclaimed,
“How can you, sir, allow this rogue to deceive you; please to band
mo your cane; I will soon show you that the man runs better than I
can.” The Englishman, taken unawares, without reflecting, lent hia
cane; the beggar, the moment he perceived it in his detractor’s hand,
threw away his crutches and took to his heels as if his Satanic Majefr*
ty in person was running after him, and was followed by the gentler
man with the cane, whilst the spectators, and the Enelislunan partic
ularly, remained in convulsions of laughter at the sight; and exclaim-,
ed alternately “Oh, he will be caught!” “No, he will not be caught!’'
But both the racing heroes disappeared pt the n<‘Xi turning in t|ia
street; and the good Englishman remained waiting for his splendid
Cane, which cost 500 francs.— English paper.
WHOLE AO.