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EDITED BY TIIAffIAS HAYNES. VOL. VI. AO. 12. _ I) i'.■■>lan bav S of n t on, BY I’. 1.. RO’SIASON, State Priutur. Ami Publisher (by authority ) of the Laws of the United States. isst r.n every Tuesday- morning, (CT* TERMS.—Three I Inllars per annum. No subscription taken for loss than n »..r, ami no paper ilim-ontiilHi'il, but at the option of the publisher, until all arrvnr ♦ge. are paid. 'CHANGE OF DIREC CION—XV e desire such of our subscribers as may nt unv time wish the direction o' '.sir papers chanced from one I’oat Ollico to another, to inform us, tn all eases, of the place to which they had been previously sent; ns the mar* order to forwaid them to n dilicrent oilice. places it almost out of our power to aomply, because we have no means of ascertaining tha otlieo from which thev are •rdercA tB be changed, but bt a search through our whole subscription book, con taining several thousand names. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND, by Admi- BiMrators, Executors, er Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forunoou and three in the after ■■K>n. at the Court House in the county in which the property is situate. Notice of th.se aa'ea must be given in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of Sales of NEGROES must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month between the usual hours of sale, at the place of publie sales in the county w here the tellers testimonial v, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS notice thereof, in one of the puldie gazettes of this State, and at th" door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. Notice lor the sale of Personal Property must be given in like manner, FORTY DAYS pievious to the davof sale. Notice Io the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to soil LAND, must bo published for FOUR MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, mast be published for FOUR MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made by the Court thereon. Notice ot Application for Letters of Administration must be oublishcd THIRTY DAYS. Notice of Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administration of an Es tate, an required to be published monthly for SIX MON THS. __ 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.