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Agricultural.
Frim the S. C. Temperance AJrorate.
Manures.
Mu. Ei>:t ik,—As I think every one should
Into his mite towards advancing tlie im-
prnv«fne&t of Agriculture, I am induced to
send you a few remarks, which you may pub
lish, 't y«r.j I’link th an worthy of insertion.
Il is aim »ti ueedfesa fer me to say any ibing worthy being made matter of record. It is j
)|cr:, oftWa aecotsiiy of greater attention beingstated tV, at the spring of 1843, was late and mi
. -given to manuring onr lands, as all who. (like j propitious for.planting, but it was not till Au-
wiy-ef) mro in posses ri m of exhausted lauds, (-e, l!rt ‘ thrxt the subject of the crop attracted ot-
>vp!I k totv. Hat if I can suggest any ntjaijs! tontion. The month of September was the
1>V which the production of this truly ItlvAua- j time when prices first advanced, on the opinion
, life .so tree of improvement may bo increased j that the crop would be short, and the business
l shall have done something towards the pros- I transacted on this assumption caused an im-
- peritv of iu.livi bin's, and of the Slate. ( provemout of three quarters of a cent per lb.—
?Sf. It is ttscriom fict, Mr,
the whole from the weather, where they may l Music—The Organ.
remain a long time without injury. All will do The organ, among the various “instruments
well to give it a trial. COBBETT. j »,f sound,’ 7 standi alone in magnitude and pow-
1 ! er. r The sublimity of its effects is known and
From the I«r.iJon Times. j felt bv evexy bodv. Few that have I’s’eaed to
The Cotton Crop. J tho religious service of oVr venerable cath edrals
A brief history of the American cottou trade ‘ have m'-t ejpsr;enrcJ tliafcdings so beauti-
for the yen*,, furnishes facts which ate well fully expr.^-od by Milton :
•• Bui Irt my due feet never fail
To walk the cloister’* studious pale,
Amt love the high embower’d roof,
With antique pillar*, massy proof,
And storied windows rieldy afght,
Nhedlnga d'm religions light.
There let the pealing organ blow
To the full-voiced choir below.
In service liij/h and anthem clear,
As may with sweetness, through mine ear,
Dissolve me into ecataeies.
And bring all heaven before mine eye9.
The organ is not merely o musical instru
ment—it is a gigantic combination of instru
ments; and a ureal organist—4 Wesley or n
Mendelssohn—is entitled to the epithet bestoiv-
provemont of three quarters ot a cent per
Editor, that many j 1 A check, however, was subsequently given to
valoaolo means i»y which our m-mirc heap speculation by the success attending the gath-
might lie much enlarged, nre negl> eled, and ; ering. and the liitlo impression produced on
the materials wasted. But few persons are a- our side of tho Atlantic by the movement.— - . , .
warn of the quantity of vegetable mailer that j Prices having receded to their former level, no j ed by Pope on Handel, bnareus, with us
.might l»o <cr«niMto J. and mado available ns . material change look place till November, when ; hundred hands. O.her instruments are ware,
fe'ni of plants, by the addition of a Htrle animal the advice of continuous and heavy rains in tho j but the organ is huUt; ^aiid.oi those w 10 oo
principal southern and western Slates having
acted upon tho New Orleans and neighboring
markets, created much speculation, and the re
sult wa«, that quotations rapidly advancing, ex
ports were restricted, mid stocks accumulated
matter, and hence so few make more than o e
* diail the q iantuy they might obtain, bv greater
'•arc in supplying liner to their stock and leav
ing tr» nuirnai tiff'd, tint can possibly be oh-
•te>tii: ct ; unapplied. Mv'objoctis to save every
ihingof the k ioSl, mul to this end I adopt me a s
which I think nre nut very general among our
Fanners and Planners. In the fust place, 1
would say with the lata. Mr. Heubemont, ‘’af
ter you have thoroughly littered your stable
and rattle yard, with leaves and straw, ivhiph
we can all easily obtain, then go and litter
them all over again. 5 ’
My cow pen is annulled io tho stable, and is
made co”c ve in the centre, In tire Springs
these are denned ovr, and theinamiru hauled,
when the concave partis tided up with corn
stalk* and I uvea, and a few loads of mud or
earth taken fioin low ground, thrown thereon.
-The margins .are k A hare, fir the comfort of
the eut:l<’, which are penned at night through
2 tlic iUmvitr, and gutted, which is n great iir-
sluc- niviit for them to come up, (they nre kept
•op altogether in winter.) These margins are
scraped every week nr ten days, and the drop
pings thrown up (Mi the litter in the centre, on
which also the stable manure is spread. It is
my practice throughout "the year, t > throw
leaves and a-lics into the privy, and under the
roosts of the poultry house. I now have these
thoroughly cleaned out, a : d the contents ad-
de I to die manure heap, with the sweepings of
the yard, wood pile, and such ashes as may be
on hand, from the lye hopper, &c.
There is always a p In of leaves, weeds from
the garden, cc •. in-a corner of the yard, upon
which nil the slops, soap-suds, and wash of
th* house, m e emptied, end the application of
ashes to tins pjlc, and to tho poultry house and
privy, go far towards rendering their contents
inodorous, and add much to the value of the
• ’manure. These last may appear to many, a
stuull matter; but sir, the ocean is made up of
drops and from the pile in tho yard alone, i. c.
leaves and sweep ngs, I have the past year
luiido nine two horse loads of well rotted ma
nure, the smji^rads, urine, ashes, &c. being
very effiacious i > rotting tho leaves and
weeds; thus converting loan excellent pur-
pore so!>.lances, which me otherwise Just, if
■ they me rot even allowed to become nuisances
about us. Thr>uighnul the whole year, as of
ten as opportunity offers, the stable is cleaned
out, and fresh le aves continually given to the
'horsus, giving them guod bads, adJi g la their
comferf, and to the manure l eap.
If the above remarks may induce any far
mer to adopt means helms heretofore neglect
ed, they will have answrre I their purpose—
but if you th nk they are all now universally
attended to, you can destroy this paper, and
not at all offend.
A YOUNG FARMER.
Greenville Ds’rret, S. C. Aug. 1814.
upon its gorgeous front, which lorms so beauti
ful an ornament to our temples of religion, few
have any conception of the wondersof the edi
fice within. We shall never forget the sur
prise with which we travelled, for the first time,
in the south. It was now that estimates of the {through the interior of one of the greatest Eng-
crop were first ventured on, 1,600,000 bales j >'sh organs ; the stairs, thi> ladders, which we
were said to bo about the quant ay, while even I ascended and descended; the thousands of
were saia to ue auom me quant.iv, wnne even | *• “* ,u ~ ■ nrMKaae h„« been nAona
,l,o moftftnngujuo admitted the, 1.650.000 tale, : pipes, err.,,,J » eedles. reeks, mnny of .Inch > .'Z * tail, „™ is.
principles of acoustics, and the examibarion of -VCTT OrlcfJRS fitUBilf loililult.
the great continental organs. They cannot be mnemotechny eclipsed—new knglajjd ahead
made intelligible in an article of this kind ; but j —tue’'I’Kofessors” nowhere.
one, as being very remarkable, may be iioriccd.; ^ seedy sou of New England found himself
It has been (bund useless, and even prejudicial, I ^ cen jjy > all alone, unknown uti l “hard up,”
even in the largest organ, to attempt K> increase Orlans. Of course he soon set about
the power oi a onto by a inuhiplicity of pisjes , gassing some way to keep nut of tho scrape;
of the same kind all sounding that same note, before Jm |, ;i j whittled* his stick away, he
It is well known that every separate musical became absorbed in the inception of a grand
sound contains a harmony within itself—the . thought. It seems, sitting down to guess, his
primary sounds being accompanjed by certain ;ls t U ( e brain made a plunge, at once, .among
harmonic sounds, tho octave, twelfth, seven- {| )e metaphysical and scientific ramifications
tcenth, <5*c. This ojieration of nature ha» been 0 p guessing ; and, not long after, he might
long imitated in. organ-building-—a single no!c : have beea observed, with a sober sort of twin-
being produced by pipes sounding not only the
note itself, but also some of its harmonics ; but
the principle has been carried by Mr. Hill to a
much greater length than heretofore. Form
erly these harmonies were added only to the
bass notes of the instrument; these notes bting
produced by large pipes, it is easy to introduce
the smallcrnipps which produce the harmonies.
But, the treble notes being produced by small
pipes, it was not attempted to produce their
harmonies by pipes still smaller. Hence the
the treble part of tho scale the notes of which
were formed by pipes merely in unison, had
not the richness and briliiancy of the bass.—
Mr. Hill, however, has found means to add the
harmonic sounds to the treble notes as well as
tlift bass, and has thus obtained notes of equal
quality throughout the whole compass of the
IMMttKzamerr, sar— n ■
~ From the Hew York Journal of Commerce.
The ,\cw U. States Senate.
T'ne Sennf, as most of our readers know, is divided in-
to lltroe classes,—so trranjed as ibat one or tlie oilier of
them sliallcnrnt'leie their term, and go out ofotScc, simul.
tancoualv with the ex|>irationof e,eh successive Ho- se of
ftvpre»entM»ve»; which occurs on Uie 4th of March in each
alternate (s*dd) year. The Qdtn Congress clnses its exist-
cure on the 4th of March next. The Senators whose terms
will then expire, n r as follows t
was a fair average, and hence it was calculaicd looked like wells, into the depths of which tlie
Practical Rruinrlis on Stork Prorendfr.
Mff. Editor,—It is a good indication of the
cmiiui neewent "fan approve i system ofman-
egeoietfrin the State, when ive notice the de
sire on th" par! of our Planters, to contribute
vjn-d stock of eytuy description, to the various
Sli’-w* ;md M otiiigsofour Agricultural Socic-
lica. The late State Convention «t Grccaville,
for a first ineclii g in the up|H;r disiricts, was
highly sittVfnctory, and will no doubt tend ve
ry much to increase llicard nr, among the up
per country laimera, fertile improvement i.ow
evidently commenced there. The great diffi
culty t<> contend against, is the scanty proven-
dor‘'thal we ore obliged to give our »:<ick in
winter, trad unless better provision can be
made for ilicrn, than ha* h*reiofem been the
case, tho improvement so desirable, cannot
lie effected. That our Fariheia are well a-
wnre of thi*fact, is apparent from the circum
stance, that many of them tho present year
have adopted, (though but in a small way as
yet,) tho practice of planting the enwpen in
drills, after thgir small grain crops are harvest-
cd, with a view of siving tilts pea-virus, as
winter food lor their cattle.
U’lien this method is causedi into effect, to
the extent to which it is yet destined to attain,
we shall hear n't complaints about the want of
good markets in the State, for Beet, butter,
ftini even Mutton, and we shall be no longer
dependent upon the N>>rth for these articles,
and obliged tn supply our tables in Columbia
mnl Charleston, with Goshen Butter, and Nor
th! rn Beef dud Tongues.
Evory thing in regard Jo this article as fod
der, depends upon the manner iu which it is
cured, and this will bo found very s.niple in
deed, when properly understood.
I am certain no articluof provender can ex
ceed the pea-vine, if well saved, and the leaves
preserved, which tmv bo done perfectly, in
certainly, that the English and other transnt
laniic markets, would be forced up, and a large
profit made out of the foreign consumer. Froin
the middle of November to tho middle of Jan
uary, this condition of affairs continued, and in
New York on th" 12ih of tho latter month, tho
highest point was attained, fair uplands being
quoted at 10J a 10| cents, and fair Orleans at
11 cents to I1.J cents per pound. The first
renctinn produced in the American markets
was by tho news received on the 16th of Janu
ary from Liverpool, of a slight decline in tiiat
town, the advices stating that tho Manchester
spinners, instead of being willing to pay a spe
culative price for tho staple, or even the ad
vance already cstnbli-hed, were combining to
gether, not only to prevent the market going
higher, but to effect u reduction. The decline
in price was, however, but temporary, and at
the beginning of February, the feeling in favor
of advance was again predominant. On the
20 li of February, Liverpool accounts were re
ceived in New York, stating that fair uplands
had reached 6d. and fair Orleans 6.J per ll>„
with the report of the extensive sales which had
taken place in that town during the week end
ing theSd of February, amounting to 103 500
hales, exceeding by 8.CG0 hales the memorable
week ending the 23d of April, 1825, and the
greatest amount ever sold’in the same time. It
appears, however, that this intelligence did not
crcat- the wished ferstimuhis, and prices droop,
ed under the disappointment prevailing. The
steamer that left for England on the 1st of
March took out increased estimates of the
crops, and the amount was roundly stated ns
being 2,000,000 bales, which, with positive or
ders, to sell at the market prico, under the pe
culiar feeling in America and England, soon
brought the fall that for some time previously,
had threatened to occur. In America it was
evident that prices could not be much longer
supported, since the total receipts of the article
amounted to 1,181,694 bales, while the total
exports were only 419.SS2 bales, of which but
282,47-4 bales had been shipped in Great Bri
tain, the stocks hi all the ports in the mean
while having run up to 620.094 bales, of which
New York alone held 152,000 bales. The
consequence of this position of affairs was,
that n general dcsiro to sell became apparent,
and the decline in New York market in the
month of March was fully lAd. per lb. In the
[ month of April, prices further declined, the
Liverpool accounts showing the effects of the
increased estimates, a ml the largo shipments
making for export from America. During the
months of May, June, and July, prices remain
ed without materiul alteration, the fluctuation
not exceeding $r. per lb. Since August a
further fall has taken pfecc of lie. per lb-, the
result of tho unusually heavy stocks, and tlie
flattering prospects of the next crop. It is said,
and most truly, that the fluctuations here exhi
bited satisfactorily demonstrate the filly of
transacting business on the faith of the early es
timates whieh are Irom lime to time made of
the crop, and those probably the production of
intoroatod ptrtien, who am ic-aily io seize every
opportunity they can, ut whatever risk or cost,
to make au advantageous market for them-
selves. The total receipts for cotton for the
years ]843-4, have amounted to 2,030,409
bales. The manufacturers of America have
evo coiilJ not penetrate ; tlie complicated ma
chinery which supplied them with breath, and
made every one of them answer to the slightest
touch of the musician who hade them speak.
No one Who has seen these things can fail to
be convince d that the mechanism of a reat or
gan is one of the highest triumphs of human
art.
To give our readers some idea of the im
mensity (wiir.my well call it) of a great organ,
we may mention some circumstances respect
ing a leiv of the most remarkable among them ;
and, for this purpose, it is unnecessary to trav
el into foreign countries, for the British organs
now rival ^if they do not surpass) those in any
other part of the globe. The Haarlem organs,
so long ta'ked of as one of tho wonders f the
world, is so no longer; it is equalled in mag
nitude and quality by some of our own. The
largest organ in England, we believe, is that of
Christ Church, in Newgate street. It has above
four thousand pipes, and above a hund'xd of
these can be sounded by touching a single key.
or, in other words, form a single note. The
organ of St. Paul’s has 1,797 pipes; U’est-
m nistor Abbey, 1,524; St. Sepulchre, in Skin
ners street, 2,500 : Exeter Hull, 2.187 ; Bir
mingham, nearly 3,000; Y*ork, above 4,000.
The In gest pipe of the organ (producing the
lowest C of the scale) is thirtv-two feet long,
and of proportionate diameter ; and a current
ofair, to produce tlie sound, must rush through
such a space with the force of a tempest.
The organ is an instrument of great antiquity.
The first on record is said to have been sent
by the Emperor Charlemagne to the Caliph
liaroun Alraschid—an incident of which Ma-
dime de Genlis lias made a very effective use
in her once celebrated romance, Lcs Chevalier*
du Cygnc. No doubt that instrument must
have been merely the embryo of the organ ;
and it lias risen, by slow and gradual degrees,
to its present magnitude mid perfection. And
even at present it has by no means reached a
stationary pnint; fur somo of the greatest im
provements are also tho most recent.
Those organ-builders who have distinguish
ed themselves by their inventive faculty in en
larging the powers of the instrument have en
titled themselves to honor and celebrity qs
artists; and some of their names hold an emi.
neut place in musical history. Of great En
glish organ-builders, the oldest were the cele
brated contemporaries and rivals, Harris and
Smith, whoso contention, at the time of the
erection of the fine organ still standing in the
Temple Church, will long be memorable a
mong musicians. About the end of the reign
of C iarles the Second (we forget thcycai) they
were both engaged, each to erect an organ in
different pants of the church ; the preferable in
strument to be retained, and the other remov
cd. They spent about twelve months in the
work, and tlie instruments were then submit
ted to trial. For a long lime they were play
ed upon by the greatest musicians in England
—Blow, Purcell, and others—before crowds of
lisfeoers ; and the matter gave rise to a feud
between die partisans of t e rivals, in which
all the great world of London was involved.—
The Hon. Roger North says, in Ins musical
memoirs, that the competition between Smith
and Harris was carried on with such violence
hy the friends on both sides, that they “were
ted in a number of the more recent built organs,
particularly that in the New Music Hall at
Edinburg, where its effect is exquisite. It is
also used in the immense Christ Church organ,
now in course of completion ; and the Bir
mingham organ has lately been remodelled by
its builder, and the new system of harmonics,
besides other improvemets, introduced.
The organ has been cultivated chiefly in
Protestant countries, where, being the only
instrument employed in the service of the
church, it perfoims the functions of a whole
orchestra. The importance of its duties has
thus led to a development of its powers, which
has not taken place in Roman Catholic coun-
triqs. For three centuries the Protestant States
of Germany have been the nursery of organists.
It is there that the only great school of com
position and performance has been formed;
and England is the only other country that has
profited by it. Southern Germany—tho land
oforclu-stral music—has never been distingu
ished for its organs or organists. In Italy the
use of the organ is utterly frivolous and con
temptible ; and in France, though large organs
have been built, li’tle is known of their true
and legitimate use. The present English or
ganists— VVeslev, Adams, Novello, Goss,
Turle, Ganutlett, and others who might be
named—form the most leirned and accom
plished class of our musicians ; and their pe
culiar qualities may justly be ascribed to the
noble instrument which they employ, and
to the grand and profound style of composi’ioa
with which their education aud habits have
renderel them conveisant.
klo in his eye ; marching off-along the “Levee’
apparently looking for a house to let, hum
ming—
Yankee Doodle come along !
When fortune tails distressing.
There’s nothing like a Yankee song,
And scientific guessing.
Early next day, our hero and another odd
looking genius were seen on a ladder, nailing
up a broad strip of canvass all across the from
of a house on tho levee; and the job being
completed, there was displayed in flaring,
sprawling, broken-backed, decapitated, knock
kneed, round shouldered, bow-legged. limping
letters, Roman, German, Hebrew, caligraphic,
chirographic, Arabian, American, and pot-
hook-ian letters:
Democrats 4.
John Fairueld. Mcine;
Daniel Sturgeon, Pa.
Beniamin Tappan. Ohio,
T. H. lismon, Missouri,
Whigs 13.
Samuel S. Plielplis, Vi.
Hutus Choate, Mass.
John 15. Francis, R. I.
J. W Huntington, Conn.
N. P. Tallmage. N. Y.
W. T.- Dayton, N. J.
R. H. Bavard. Del.
W. D. Merrick, itd.
Wm. C. Rives, Va.
J. Henderson, Miss.
E. H. Foster, Tenn.
Albert S. White. la.
A. S. Torter, Michigan.
The following Senators hold over, and will constitute
pSrt of tlie new Senate, viz :
Eighteen Senators whose terms expire in 1847.
taken for their own consumption during flic j j us t n °t ruinod. ’ And Dr. Burney relates, that
year, 316,744 halos, which is an increase of: >n the night preceding toe last Inal of the reed-
21,615 bales compared with tho last year.— stop* the fnends ofHarrn cut the bellows of
Many new mills are said to have been built, and \ 8 •"S™ ,n s ." c, ‘. a ^nner that when the
more arc in course of erection, which is made t,mc ri,n L° ,or ' O’ ,l coni I not be played
the founo'ation of an opinion that the domestic
consumption of the U. States is destined in fu
ture to exercise a much greater influence upon
the price of the raw material than has hitherto
been the case.
upon. The merits of the instruments were so
equal, that it was difficult to come to a decision;
hut ut length the Chief Justice Jeffries, to whom
it was referred, dccidee in favor of Smith,—
Harris’ organ was removed, and parts of it
were put up in different churches, where, per
haps, they still remain.
The most remarkable organ-builder in this
country during the last century was Snelzler,
who besides supplying many churches, is said
Louis Philippe hns returned safe to France
from his visit to the Queen of England-much
pleased with his trip, and was received, on his
arrival in France, in n distinguished manner. ,- -I I I P , ....
It wm a very bold undertaking, and very irn- to, *- a » e i hundred organs ft,r the nob.h-
portnnt results may grow out of it. It has beer • ^ and gentry of England. He constructed the
rcpeale.ilv said ihat the position of Louis Phil- »" the fine old church of Halifax, and
ip}*! in France was always hazardous; this instrument had for^its first organist, the .1-
personaly he was compelled to take every pro- j Dr. Hcrschcll, who was then a young
caution to insure his safely, mid the moment musician of more genius than manual sk.ll.-
l,e left the French territory a revolution would J The candidates played before Snetzh-t himself,
break out which would effectually prevent his | HandePs competitor exhibited u-rapid finger,
the following manner: As soon as the dew is ' r<! |„ r „. His visit to England lias proved the | ,o l * ,e dissatisfaction of the old organ-
dried in the morning, let the vims he pulled j f.ll.cy of all these predictions, lie left France: i b, t , ; , ' lf>r ’ l wI ‘“
Advice io Maidens.
That classical song which commences with
‘‘O. takn your feme iMiss Lucy,’’ has proved
very disastrous to young ladies who have been
controlled bj it. Every thing is done in a
hurry in this world; therefore, get married as
quickly as possible; Hosbandsare like birds,
if you don’t bring them down a', once, they are
off.
Love is an idea; beef is a reality. The idea
vou can get along without; tho be^f you must
have. Do not then allow any refined senti
mentalism to interfere with wnat judicious and
calculating parents call ail advantageous settle
ment.
Young gir’s will have twinges of the heart
strings, ivr know, but these are like other com
plaints incid uital to youth, th y go away sud
denly without any had effect*. Dyspepsia often
produces melancholy, which is attributed' to
disappointed affections; but bran bread and
Hpplf) sauce will speedily remove this com
plaint.
Some girls have imaginations so tender, that
they believe themselves in love with every
man who says a civil word to them. These tin-
fortuuate creatures should use the shower hath
every morning, and take frequent exercise on
horseback.
Romance should ho confined to circulating
libraries and boarding schools, it is Well enough
in these places, but out of them it is sadly in
the way. It is very apt to take bread and but
ter out of one’s mouth, and it is a curious feet
in ‘ physics,’* that though love causes the heart
to swell, it never fills an empty stomach.
If a man falls in love with you, instead of as
certaining the' color of his eyes, find out the
length of his purse; instead of asking his age,
get a list of his effects. If these make a good
ly appearance, never mind his looks, but con
clude the bargain at once. You will learn to
love him when you feel tho necessity for such
a passion. In the moan time endure him.
There used to be many Alonzos and Melis-
sas in the world, .and there was much misery
in consequence. Now a-days, people are more
sensible. They have an eye to the real; they
are matter of fact, and see more substantial
comfort in a well furnished home, than a dozen
sonnets; more beauty in a bountifully supplied
table, than a score oflovc letters. All this bc-
travs a awn! deal of sound sense. wWlch maid
ens would do well to profit hy.—.Voall's illess.
NU OllI.EENS GESSIN& IN3TITOOT.
GESSING TAUT IS ONE LESSES.
Only iojive cents.
The thing produced a sensation, at once,
among sailors, pedlars, levee-laborers, and all
sorts of stragglers. Our professor borrowed
an old rotten awning, hung it up, and dividing
his room into two, put his assistant at the door
to take iu quarters, turned a tin cup inside
down in the middle of an old rickety table,
got a vial of vinegar, pot of tar, a bitile of
whiskey, and various other well known odo
riferous affairs arranged around him; a >d.
with a black skull-cap on his head, and a red
stick in his hand, he made no bad “splurge’’
at the representation of a modern Faust.—Ma
dame Lud might have taken a lesson frem him
(‘•you understand m • now V’) and Herr Alex
ander should have seen hint. He drew a mys
tic ring on tlie ceiling, with charcoal, filling it
up with most indescribable “curlicues,” right
over the tabic, and business soon commenced.
In straggled an open mouthed inquirer after
the mysteries of guessing.' .
“Str inger, gaud morning; walk up and pro
scribe your-elf as a true enquirer ufier the ir-
rc volutions of Gesst-ology. Put your left hand
upon the converted tin cup. Very Well. Lift
right hand to the ceiling, and fix your eye
upon the magic circle. So. Now, if you
wink or remove your eye, you’ll ruin the hul
business, stranger; so, jest hold still. Now
I perci de to provoke the guessing spirit to de
scend upon you.
“What d>» you smell ?”
“Vinegar ”
“Crimini jingo ! you lam fast! What’s this V
“That’s tar.”
“Right again, my pupil; what’s this?”
“Brimstone.”
‘G)od; you envelope the faculty rualy a-
mazing! Can you guess what this is ?”
‘•Whiskey, hy thunder!’’
“Ail creation! how quick you take il! are
you sure its whiskey ?‘ T
“Sure ? well, 1 rccon !”
“You’d better taste it and sec. Is it whis
key ?”
“Well, it is.’ r
“Take a good swig, then ; you’ll do, stran
ger , you’re ready to graduate. Coine in next.
Hallo ! mister, don’t takeihat bottle away.”
One af er another, as fast as he could dis
pose of them, the professor found his custom
ers sideling half shyly in upon him all day long,
and when, now and then, one wouMextibit a
belligerent spirit, fietw o i good humor and
whiskey, the N - w England mtgician still
managed to scud him off sansffed. Every bo
dy coming out w ;s questioned by tins eager
crowd in waiting as to “what sort of a show it
was, any how I” and the answer was pretty
generally the same : ‘‘First rate, and no mis
take ; and the last experiment is worth half
the money!”
The professor counted his receipts that night,
and finding a round sum to help him-on West,
sold his “institoot’’ lor n premium to his en.
terprising assistant; anil the next morning he
was off, jingling the silver in his pocket, and
blessing devoutly the benefits of science !
Democrats
Levi Woodbury, K H.
D. E Huger, S. C.
Dixon H. Lewi*.* Ala.
R. J. Waliter, Miss.
James Semple,* Illinois.
[There is a vacancy in Ar-'
kansas, occasioned by the
death of \V. S. Fulton. Drm ]
Whigs 12.
Ijeorge Evans. Meine.
I. C. Bates, Mass.
J. F Simmons. It. I.
J. W. Mi ler. N. J.
T. Clayton, Delaware.
W. S. Archer, Virginia.
W. P. Mangum, N. C.
J. M. Berrien, Georgia.
A. Barrow, Louisiana.
S. Jarnagin, Tennessee.
J. T. Morehead. Ky.
W. Woodbridge. Mich.
Seventeen Senators whose Senators expire in 1819.
Whigs 4. ' Democrats 13.
Win. Uphamr, Vermont. C. G. Atliemn. N. H.
J. A. Pearce, Maryland. J. 11 Niles, Conn.
II. Johnson, Louisiana. Silas Wright. N. Y.
J.J. Crittenden, Ky. James Bnchanan, Pa.
XV. H. Haywood, N. C.
George McDuffie, S. C.
W. T. Colquitt, Georgia.
A. P. Bagby, Alabama.
Wm. Allen. Ohio.
E. A. Hannegtn. Indiana.
Sydney Breesc, Illinois.
D. R. Alctnnson. Missouri.
A. H. Sevier, Arkansas.
TueSenator* who hold over, are divided officially, as
follows f
Senators who go out in 1847 12 5
Senators who go out in 1649 4 1.3
10 16
Of the next claw whose terms will commence on ihe*
4lh of March next and expire 1851. two liav already been
e'ected, viz: .labez W. Huntington. Whig, in Connecti-
cut, and Jesse Speight. Democrat, io Mississippi. The po
lidcal complexion of the Legislatures ol the under-men
tioned States, makes it certain that they will elect Senators
as follows:
Maine, a Democrat.
Pennslvania, do.
Missouri, do.
Vermont, a Whig.
Massa-buselts do.
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maryland,
Tennessee.
Indiana,
Ohio
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
All these are certain. To the Whigrolumn n a v also, in
all pr-babili v. be added a jyenator from Virginia, to suc
ceed Mr. Hives , there being a Whig majority of iw> on
joint ballot in die Legislature. This would be enough, if
the politics of all the members were as decid-d as most of
them are. For instance, the Richmond Enquirer, in re
cording the results of the election, expressed “great doubts’’
about the propriety of clussing the member from Logan
county as a Whig, although be is counted as such when wo
say there is a Wt jg majority of two. On the other baud,-
the election of the two membera from Pendleton and Bath
comities will e contested by their Whig opponents We
say then it isi reliable Virginia will elect a Whig .Senator.
This is as far us we e»n go at present. In .melt a cose, the'
Whigs will bn”e preeisey half of the Senate, from the
members who hold over and those to be elected by Legis-
lmu.es already chosen. Legislatures yet to be chosen will
elect—
One Senator in nrkansn*. ft-i ffl! a vacancy )
One in New York, {and another if Silas V, ro
be elected Governor.)
One in Delaware, and
One in Michigan,
The sain of the alter is this;
Hold over
Class of 1845. already elected
Do do certain to be elected
ht should
Whig.
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up by the routs and suffered to remain through
out tiio day, ns late in the evening ns conve
nient-—before dark have them made up into
Mnal! cocks in the field, and suffer them to re
main in theso cocks for two or time days, when
they may he removed and stored away per-
j liberty. Kings arc becoming constitutional
ns to allow us free a circulation of air as possi- j chief magistrates, and fear the responsibility
bio, will bu. found the best way of putting them of t|,ejr position. This country has afforded
up fonjM winter, and are so easily construct- a sa |ntary lesson thus far, and wo hope will
cd aud roofed with a few refest? boards, that j continue to carrv out all the benefits and blcss-
thc vines need not interfere in any w ay with
the room required in our barns for fodder, &c
Another method of saving them, is to stack
them (on tho evening; of tho day they arc pull-
around three or four poles, bound to
“other at tiio top, with tho lower ends extend
ed about two font—having placed a few rails
ii,.on tiio "round, proceed to throw up iho
vitRyt, and when the stack is
the whole with long straw, so
The fair sex in America.
You seldom see an American lady accom
panied in her walks, rides, or drives, except
on Sundays, by ngentleman. It would be a
waste of lime, and, consequently, a useless ex
penditure of money, to indulge in the gentle
and refining societyXif the female sex. Young,
delicate, and pretty women are met unprotected
clad in the gayest colors. I believe they nre
not denied tiny of the innocent enjoyments pro
cured by dress and female society, and they
may bo seen pacing tho streets, from store to
store,aud fioin boarding house to boarding
house, shoping, and paying visits. This cus
tom of young married women not having a
home of their own, but inhabiting those nests
of gossip, Called boarding housed, seems to me
injudicious and represensiblc. The young
American wife—and they marry when almost
children—is thus IcftTill day without the socie
ty of her husband or tho protection of his pre
sence. Her conversation is limited to the vi
cious details of scandal, or the incipid twaddle
It is said that words hurt nobody, neverthc-' vgausin the kingdom have been built by him ; j ofdress, and in a place where all have a right
less, Sampson fiwed a thousand Pl/dliMious to »J particular those of A ork, Birmingham,Christ to enter, the good and well disposed woman
death.
visited England, and returned home in safety. '”.11 not give my pipes time for to shpeak!
There was also, in this friendly visit, and I H;rscbeirheard the remark, and clearly avail-
the absence of-stale ceremony, a proof of tho cd him,elf of it He placed two pieces oflead
advancement of social ami popular habits; a upon the lowest key and us octave; an J upon
kind of breaking dow n of stiff and antiquated thc d( *P Prolonged bass thus formed, lie played
..... 1., , notions, and a proof of the progress of human S harmony. Sne.zler exclaim-
fectly cured, and if bundled while a little damp, governments ; an nbandoimn nt, in n measure, dat ss good—-Im gives mV pipes time
every leaf may be preserved in a perfectly green ! ,\f re gal despotism, and a recognition of popular ^ to s P eak • Herschell was cimsen.
state*. A few rail-pes floored with rails, so Jiherfy. Kings arc becoming constitutional Wo never hear the lijht flood style of laying,
so prevalent in our churches, without thinking
of this anecdote, and wishing Snetzler were at
hand to teach the organist to give his pipes time
to speak.
tngs of a democratic republican form of gov-1 ., or «*» "'odern organ-builders, none lias con-
einment. —N. Y. Sun. ( d so '“'gely »*{• improvement of the
instrument as Mr. Hill, the principal new
From the Baltimore Sun.
Political Courtship.
The following little story, which belongs to
the New York Mercury, is decid dly one of
the best things produced during the late cam
paign ; and. inasmuch as alt the States
hereabouts have concluded their labors with
the presidential contest, we think we shall run
no risk of oversetting the constitution, or tread
ing upon the most fastidious toe in the universe,
by affording our readers a chance for the same
lieirty laugh into which we were betrayed,
spite of the inultitude of units, tens, and thou
sauds, which the election returns are constant
ly whirling through our inner man. Here’s
the anecdote.
Jonathan w .lks in, takes a scat, and looks
at Sukey. Sukey rakes up the fire, blows out
tho candle, and don’t look ut Jonathan. Jona
than hitches and wriggles about in bis chair,
and Sukey sits perfectly still. At length,
.ronathun musters courage and speaketh :
Sukey .’
Well, Jonathan 1
I live you like pizcu and sweetmeats.
Dew tell.
It’s a fact, and no mistake. Wi—will—.
now—will you have me, Sukey ?
Jonathan Higgins, what am your politics?
I’m for Polk, straight.
Wall, sir, yon can walk right straight hum,
cors I won’t have nobody that aiut for Clay— 1
that’s flat. ^ "
Three cheers for the “millboy of the slash
es,” sung out Jonathan.
That’s your sort, says Sukey. When shall
we be married, Jonathan ?
Soon’s Clay’s elected.
Ahern, a-a-hem.
What’s the matter, Sukey ?
Sposin’ hcaint elected ?
Jonathan didn
Total. 47, '■ertniii.- Mote or lejj uncertain. 5. Wliote
number 52.
It will be seen from rite nbnee, »l,»r tbe Whig* its ve gotxl
reason to expert ar majority in the new t>e:iute, bn aro not
yet entirely atrre nf it. In ortler to have a majority, they
must elect twtr jteiirtors in the following State*, vii: Vir-
sinia, Del aware. New York. Michigan ami Arkansas A
goo-t VV big wnulj aay, -We can do I Ins easily ; and mere
rsnles.’’
In the above statement we j*o tip",, ,\,e presumption that
Delaware has not yet elect—il a Senator to succeed Mr,
Bayard ; for we ran iind no record of sik-Ij an event. Tim
gisbture of that ^late is chosen only biennially. A new
lection takes place next month. - Six Senators bold over,
of whom four are Wliigs and two Locos. Three are to be
lected this year, viz: mw by each county. The .Senate
onsisls of nina members, and the House of 21. Kwh
county elects seven UepreSentotiees. Whichever party
carries two counties secures tlie' U. S. Senator. Now we
shall qnarref with unhofty in regard to the probability ot'
Delaware's going Whig. But snrely. after the result of
the recent Inspectors election, it cannot be wondered dial
we decline entering Delaware in the list of Slates which
are certainly Whig.
* By appoinlmcn'of the Governor, until the ineetiu- of
the respective Legislatures.
Tea as a Xulrilivc Substance-
Chamber.*’ Edinburgh Journalgites tire lol
lowing in-reiulioft to the* principled of the Chi
nese herb:
At a recent meeting of ths Paris Academy
of Science, M. Pel got read a paper on the
cheiniu.tt combination of tea. M. Pehgot stated,
that fa contains essential principles of nutrition
fir exceeding iu importance its stimulating
properties ; and shows that as a stimuluul lea
is in every respect one of the m «st desirable
articles of habitual use. One of liis experi
ments on the nutritive qualities of tea, as com
pared with those of soup, was by no mtans ia
favor of the 1 :tter. The most remarkable pro
ducts of tea are : 1st. the tannin or astringent
property; 2d. an essen ial od, to which it owes
its aroma, and which has a great influence on
its price in commerce ; and 3J. a substance
rich in azole, and chrystalizahl \ called tkeine,
which is also met with in coffee, and is fre
quently called cafeinc. Independently of there
three substances, there are eleven others of less
importance, which enter more or less into the
composition of tea of all tlie kinds imported in
to Europe. What was more essential, as re
gards the chemical and hygienic character of
the plant, was to ascertain the exact propor
tion of the merited (nitr-'gc .ized) principle
which, it confa'ns. M- Peligot began by de
termining the total amount of az.oie in tea, and
finished by find ng that it was from 20 to 30
per cent greater than ia any other kind of veg
etable. M. Pehgot states, that by reason of
this quantity of azote, and the existence of
cafeine in the tea leaf, it is a true aliment.
Season of Back-Wheat Cakes.
This season is hailed with as much delight o»
the season of fruits and flowers, and there i»‘
no article of domestic use so much esteemed
and go generally used as hot buck wheat cakes,
and with good Goshen batter, pure honey, or
sugar house molasses syrup, they are worthy
all that is said in their behalf; but housekeep
ers are sorely troubled about yeast—!ho brew
er misses them—sometimes it-is sour and the
cakes wont rise.. We have it happily in our
powea to render house-wives under n deep ob-
a
pt which at one* does away with
j all the disabilities. Take about three pints
of your buckwheat flour, as Mrs. Glass would
“ The Native American,” of Philadelphia, ! say ; add half pint corn meal, mix the whole
which, as its iiamo indicates, is an ormn of the into a batter, add one tea spoonful of carbo
Jonathan didn’t go away till next morning,. . , t c ,• ‘ ,
i . , , . 6 , . . .* i ligation to a correspondent, m f-rrettmg out
but whether he answered the last question, this ^ luable receipt w / lich at onc . does away wi
deponent knoweth not.
j Church in Newgate street, (which is not yet must frequently come in contact with many “Native” party in that city, has placed at the unteofs da dissolved in water; and after stir-
; completed) the new organ at Liverpool, and who, had she possessed a* home of her own, head of its editorial co!..mn, in flaming capitals, ring it up weft, add to tho whole a tea spoonfed
A coquette is a rose from which ewrv lover that in the Now Music Hall at Edinburg.— would never have been admitted to her pre- 1 the Names <>f Gen. Winfield Scott for Presi- of tartaric acid dissolved in water, and your
finished, cover plucks a leaf—the thorns aie reserved for hei Tie sc erections have been attended by a con- ! sence.—J/rs. Houston's Texas and ih.e GuJfl don', and Hon. Jobu McLean for Vice Presi- j batter is as light as a feather and fit for imme*
) us to protect ’ future husband. ( .Rant scries of improvements, founded on the of Mexico. j dent* jdiateuse.
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