The mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1839-1840, May 14, 1839, Image 2
Tllkfl'V.tN PRODUCIN'.* iHEORY.
/ <k« I'tUWn :i e. uzttte.
Mrs*'*. EOi« t»: h. owing the difficulty
if not ihe of making the sob- |
jprt * w*»uii »rlicu , ;
It 15 with that T sin now it.eiu'e L
aft*r much *oiic*ta.<oi, true;. my fri< •> .:otn
neat’ and remote, to g ve a very br.ei sum-
inovofthe reasons and facts wine,, i.ave |
> •d'rrre *o do«ire th«t «re' perinn ot should j
‘.»e in.ide to see *1 ether ;u.n maybe p roductJ I
artificiality in lime o' di ug't.
Tiic docntm r/5 which l haw ecdlected I
pnthis su*»j>!ct, ts they do rot r.-*. that |
the experiment wiil succeed, oo t I"’*** j
pyove that it ought to he tried; 'i; i t n>; j
will most satisfactorily app*ar ". en ?ht v ,
si ,M be published entire, i , tan’ -<
it has become necessary to . res- ot i*> il.
pul.lie somethin:: on the ■’ -'•j-’i't, l* st itr
per silence might b<* eonstr . e. in’o >n - 1 :
do::;:.cut of the project.
is known by ex '.eriment that if
air should be expanded into double the vnl
ii ue by diminished press ire. it wr.nld 1
cooled about ninety degree- of Fahrenheit.
Second I have sh<> <,i by experiment
‘ th;,’ if air at the common (’.• >v point tn the
Summer season i.i time ot th’cttgfcf, seventy
one degress, should go up in a column to a
‘height suffichmt to expand it bv diminished
pressure into do'tide tire volume, ir wcmld
con-lenss into w ater or v: ,ih!c cloud, hy the
cold of expansion, more Jtl.nt nna-h.fll of its
vapor—a quantity sufficient to produce
nearly t ’uee inches ol rain.
Third-- It is known by chemical princi
ples, tiiat the caloric of elasticity given out
during the condensation of this vapour,
would be equal to about 30.000 tong of an
thracite roil burnt cm each square mile o
v. r which the cloud extenucd.
F'lurlh— l have shown by experiment
(see Saturday Courier, March 18. 183?)
that this caloric of elasticity would prevent
the air from cooling only about halt as much
hs it would if it ha I no vapor in it, nr ab mt
4> degrees at the it ipht assumed which
would cause the air in the clouds to be. at
that height, about 45 dvgte.es warmer than
the air on the outside of the cloud a f *!:<■
same height. 1 have shown from tbe.se
principles [see Journal of the FrantJin In
stitute for 1836,1 that the barometer would
fall under the cloud thus formed, in favor
able circumstances a quantity as great as
it is known to fall sometimes under the mid
dle of a dense and lofty cloud, an I that con
sequently the air would rash in on all sides
toward the centre oftlie eland and upwards
in the middle, and thusconti me the cim
de-.is ttion of the \qor it and .f« tin of
cloud and tlie generation of rain. [See. a '-
so Journal of the Franklin Institute lor Sep
tember and October, 1833, and for January
February ami March, subsequent, 1830.]
Fifth,— l have sbawn aim in the volumes
quoted above, that the air moves inwards on
all sides towards the centre of the space m
region where a great rain is fading, and of
course upwards, after it comes in under the
cloud, which is so much lighter titan the
surrounding air ; at least, that i? does so in
all storms winch have been investigated,
which now amount to sixteen, besides sev
eral tornadoes, mall of wlvch the trees were
thrown w ith their tops inwards.
From the principles here established by
experiment, and afterwards confirmed by
observation, it follows, that it a large body
of air is made to ascend in a column, a large
cloud will be generated, and that the cloud
will contain in itself a «elf sustaining power,
which may move troni the place over which
it was formed, and cause the air over which
U pastes to rise u | itoo >t.and thus form in ore
cloud and rain until »h*> rain may become
general; for inanvtstnrtns which commence in
.1.. w«.., t.„i; u 0,..0.y "irmiv. are known to
move from the place of beginning several
thousand miles widening out ar.d increas
ing in size, until they become many bun
dred miles wide. [See Kedlield and Retd,
and the Reports of Joint Committee ]
If these principles are just, it w II follow,
when the air is in a favorable state that the
bursting out of a volcano ought to produce
rain and such is known to be the fact; and I
have abundant documents iu my possession
to prove it.
.So under very favorable circumstances
the bursting out of great fires ought to pro
duce rain; and l have many tacts in my
possession rendering it highly probable, if
net certain, tint great rains have sometime:,
bci r, produced by great tires.
It is i gen«“ra! opinion in par's ot' the
country where great fires frequently take
place those fires produce ram. Now this
opinion could hardly have otiginated with
out some circumstances besides mere coin
cidence attending them, such as related in
the following account. Mr. Dnbrezhoftet
a missionary to Paraguay, speaking <rt ~.e
tall t r ass and bulrushes on ft re, says --“l
»ry 3 i,: nave seen (floods and lightning pro
duced from the smoke, as it is dying otl like
a whirlwind ; so that the ludinns are not tr.
blame for s tire to the plains in order
to prod .ee nnn, they having h »t,.t that
the thicker smoke turns into clouds which
: Tr forth water.”-—(Account of the Abib
’ : r.rs, vohtu ' 3d. page 150.)
fir. Lap rtf Lousianna, informed Dr.
S Calhoun of this city, “that conflagra
tion of the long grass in the prairies ot that
State covers every tiling with its cinders lor
miles around, and that rain follows itshort
ly, according to immemorial observation in
that co intry.”
"V r rv extensive fires in Noval Scotia, in
the woods are so generally followed by he.t
w floods of rain, that there is some reason
i, believe that the enormous pillars ofsmol.e
nave some share in producing them.
('dag. Ni', II st. for Dee. 18.>5.)
The bad philosophy of supposing that
smoke was turned into cloud and pro luced
mi does no! weaken the evidence ot the
; lain fact.
If the principle is correct, that cl”lids are
or-md by up moving columns of air, we
-h ! xnect to find, in favorable states of
die air, that clouds would form over large
nines a.id manufacturing towns where much
■ •! is burnt; and so we find it to be.
t,\tr mt oi'a lettm to me from Benjamin
•’ it ,;ias of Philadeiphta—‘-In the course of
r winter while in England, I visited Man
■ ..ter four or five times, and on each d<y
rained. Several of the inhabitants assur
ed me that it rains in Manchester inoie or
!. as every Jay in the year.”
Ex.net from Ed. Mammatt’s Collection
'acts concerning Aslioy Coal Field, 4to
, London, 18*6.
“Wae i file air is apparently stagnant in
the vu.lt • of the Tnamea and surrounding
country, a strong current is found to set in
cm everv, side ot i,onoen, along the streets
loading from tiie country, in the morning
This current is uo noubt occasioned by tlie
rarefaction in the mgii chimneys, over so
many thousand fires just kindled, and must
be the cause of the introduction of tresh
air to an im oense extent, which would not
otherwise flow. This rarefaction produces
claer pmuoinena, among which,when the
atmosphere is m aiigiit state and clouds an
passing at a height which does not allow
them to condense and fall in ram, these ac
cumulate in passing over London, and erth-
reraainaa a deitse fog, or drop in small
ra to lay long, xraiceiy free: tie coon )
ry at a li”ie mi' ::< • aving very littir i
ram ’ I
, t,p bad philosophy of supfos ng the air
so light on trie these cccasii ns ;-s to let the J
chi cr. passirj sink do*u in it <wr Lmi- .
and n. dee-- » miaiiti. It the oideece o. the
- r’neiwat art.
F it. t' c rr< mrrkable f.. t- ak ne 4t! .nk
It wi.l 'ehi l now '* Iped that ti er ,s st tile
eornection het*vf en "real li.ts and i.us
oti;,-r ti an mere • rini ul -nee. even a that
connection rent line,l a mys*< ry. Ili.inboldt
a knowli ftre i this in 1 1. 1 « use o: volfotio s
v Pen lie speaks ol'tii ■ tny- N-i: '. .s conn x
>« -i between Vulcan--es r. ,: ism ■i o says
ji when a volcano huvs's t-nt in So-i'h
* r- <■ ,a in a drv se.,soi , it somethin*
-h.U'ge- it to atai'iv on*-. But now wiicn
it is demonstrated by t':e most and» eisive »v
--i .•nee tis experiment that a.r n ascendins
• to ti;s’ titmnsj here m a cidutt.R. as it most
do over a great fit”, will tool by riinnshed
pressure. so much that if will bejin ton n
dei-,<re its r into i lot.ti assqnn as ii siial
rise about -»s tuanv bundrttl yards as the
temperature oftlie air is aiiove the dewpoint
isiiieurrfs nfFahrenh it, it atmmr.ts to a
- verv high probability that great fires have
sometimes pro-lured rain. That . real ftr< s
and ever volcanoes should n”t always pro
<*'j! ” rain is •nan'dest from the circtunsiance
tint as thev break out jccidentally. they
m,av ■ oinetio es occur w'.en the state ot the
atmosphere :S unfavorable, and even adverse
t o rab’. Fi. - ** if they should break out when
there s a current of air, either nearthesur
fae.- of the earth or at a considerable dis
tance above, of some strength, the u > mov
ing column would be sweet uv it, out of the
perpendicular, before aelnnd of great den
sity co’dd ;e fortned. and thus rain would
b” preventi and.
c’econtl, thev iriight break out wren the
dewpoint was ten'ow to pr< dree ram at all.
and third, thete may somet.mes be an up
per stratum of air, c ontaining so much cal
oric fl at its specific levity would prevent
the npmoving column from rising into it far
enou n h to cause rain.
These three things t conceive ar- the only
circumstances which prevent gitat fires
from t roducing rain -t all tirr.es v. I e
they occur. TANARUS! e firs! two ran be asrei ain
ed without much tl fificulty by means f>l
small balloon'- and flu- •- w point the last
in tlie present stab 1 ‘ ' i’ < • ra* re ‘ always
be known, and a failure on t .at ccm: >t
must fie r.s’.i■ 1 -v ’ ■ > > rerinier.t- r i his
risk I am w-i'tni.* *’ r-tr, if * c'i--rsss or
tii” Slat" Lego!, tor wi’.l pr msc asu ;,ci
er.t reward in rim ot su c «>•.
It ha iihjecied to inv nrc.jeet that
I propose too mud. and that it is utterly
absurd to expect to make rain in tme >1
drought when there is such t ra, city of va
por in the air.
*Sv'W lh- rejection is founded on an en
ti:. i.'-.i.te-.i r ot tin fact kes-g trftm a
want of do*- consideration For here is
pen(~ttll>i mor” vnr-Mir in the time of sum ■
nier drourht ttian at any other time, ass
know hy experiments ( on-t 'iitly made al
most evrrv <!av for these H=t ten years; and
tiiis ;« r ( a... • .Me in ttn It. lor the v.ioonr is
rising into the airandiro reasir.j every day
of drv weather, preparing for a ther rain.
A quiet state of the atmov ! t” « aso
more likely to f-erttr, to erea- 1 e l?s. iri
time of drongh'.s tlian at a; ■ other time,
for iirnri' dtatelv after rains !,( >e a> e sure to
L« cross currents ol air, pro bice I by the
inward moti .ti of the ;,ii at t e lu-.v r part
of the cl find, and an outward motion in the
; pper part winch require some titrie ;ilt• r
fli” tan to come to rest.
If i have succeeded in showing that there
s the least prmind tn hope that m attempt
in s-rodnc' rain, miulit sometimes succeed
it Milt r favorable circun.stances, and tiiat
those fi vorah’e circun statirrs aie nvre like
ly to occur in time of drought than at any
thf-r time, then it follows tint tlie cxperi
tnent is a highly iat' resting one, ami ought
to he i mediately tried. If it should fie
successful, oho rin tell the mighty results
which may follow in its train.
I have many masons and so- s which
in 1. cr me to believe that if a very large
c loud is once generated, the r-i.iw.il become
generd, or at least *•-pre-id ov». adeevtei t
of territory : and who can tell, t pri >ri. that
■ his will not be the ease, when it i< now
known that an in n>se «te,im : oner is let
loose in ihe- IV • . .tion of such a cloud, a
power whieh mo bo ealculat- I wi'h as
much arcuraev .>•< that of the steam . r.g.n
itself, arid in v ot on the same | rineiplcs.
(icutli in-:. lime made th.-.r puts on this
project,and had their laugh and I am snr
ry to sen by letters whicli I have received
tiiat ntv trien Is and relations at a d-s anre
are much t'oubli'd at the se innocent laughs;
but let hem h” consoled , I l ave laughed
too. well k.lowing that those who laughed
the most h artiiv would be the mo-:? willing
to enrnura < tiie e- eriinrrt as soon as they
discovered ti.ey had nothin" to laugh at.
, As > pr a.if -it ! vts ri-?ht in 'hi - ai-t.e pa
j ti« . I mabe ; ermit'e i to si. that I have
I la'e'y r v- * y letter from a liiglily (liitin
i rg- bt and meir.ber if tir A.tier-can I gisla
| t -vlr I;." :!i‘ 1 - s [;• artfv as cn'j <ne
i ’. It -n mv petiti. a •».. t pr: sent, cl there, con
tairbig n-.any kind expressions a:nl pro mis
: ing me by v of am* tdsfi r his levity, ‘-to
j avail himr-cli of tlie earliest opportunity of
being better informed on tlie subject of my
new philosophy.” Sueli conduct as this is
all I want; I fear not the strictest scruti
ny.
If T s’ ould be encouraged to go on with
tlie experiment, I mean to have a large mass
! of combustibles prepared ready for use, and
I when i hav” found all ti e circumstances
J ra rg. , ed before, t ,vocable in a time of
1 and: etgi t I would set fire to the circtimfer-
J rnre in vnri- 'is places at 0.-ice. Soon at
t> r the fire •i ■ m nei-s I will expect to
Sic rlr.r.ds begin to form, about as many
hun.'lrei! yards high as the temperature of
j the air is above the dew point in degrees of
Fahrenheit. I will expect to see this iloiu!
I rapidly increase n size—if its top is not
! swep? off by a current of air at a consider
1 aide distance above the earth— until it be
; comes so lofty as to rain. I shall expect
! the cloud to mike eastwardly, increasing
j in wr!*b as i' advances, and the next day
' I shall expect the i. cion to the south of
' where the ram fell, to be visited by rain, for
; ar- .ison explained in toy writings,
j Bn* it js m vain to anticipate all the re
sult.-, which w-!i follow, for nothing but the
expstime, t itself rati dr; ron- trate them.
Ifthe expeiimentsts when repeatedly tried
should fail it would be in vain for i-” to
say l would rot be mortified, but will no?
incur any <?ii grace—-unless it is disgracetnl
to desire to sec a great experiment made
1 wl-ieii aii tlie knowledge we have on the
'subject, in *he present state of reur.ee,;
: leads us to hope will be crowned with sue- j
' ee^s.
T l ave made this very briefihough n- ees.
sardv irn; rieet statement of mv reus ns
foi v. ,ii!.-.g to see the experiment tr-ed.
winch cal alone decide the q i-stion, to
comply with the earnest and repeated sol
icitationft of my friends ; I will now in 1
(conclusion say a word for myself.
The present state of th-science of Met eo
rolojy renders ntughly Importaatfo know j
in what direction s»rd with what vtlocitj
Mil: me, rains travel oveV ibe suiface of
tne earth. \V,,ai is their shape—round
or oblong —and it otilong, in what direction
their transverse dram -t- r lies and whether
tlmy move me t>*rt most or obliquely.—
Now I leqiisi pr, !< n< o tliiurpl ml
It.e L'l ite.l >ta’e-.. whu feel interested in
lb s subject, to l.etp a iourn and ol all raius.
tr :n ti,*- iiegioning ol dune till the end *d
.8. |?. inl.cr; noting tireir ► "ginmngs aud
endings, iL-c- tr.u*- end ilueeiion ol tiie
wi.ids a»d..lso of tlie clouds, and send the
a'a'niiiils. j jiuhlisiii-d in some t aper] as ear
ly t;» Ocmiier :.s coiiveiiu tit, to VVdh.un
i! itmlton hsq Actuals ot the J rankiin
Institute. Philadelphia.
Fiuallv, if any geutb-ia.iu intends to clear
fruiu tw-ity of liftv acres ot woodland
this sji.riC, or *.u!y n the summer,
in if • w» stei ti ir Dorth-w* stern parts ot
f’etiiisy’v;i" a, will lw please to in
fo: hi me of the fact as soon as couveni
i ent.
Journals of the weather also for the 16th
17t!i and 1 i~sh of March, 18. in va
rious [>.,its of Virginir arid North Carolina
ar in ii lies-r- and; and it gentlemen ran e
ven n-il m how the trees are thrown down
indicating the direction oi tiie wind, the
ii to. m ition will he highly valuable, and
sliout t n u ! e -v‘tliheld if nothing is known
or recollected.
I am gentlemen, yours tes>'e<-tfullv,
JAMES P ESPV.
Philadelphia, Apnl 2d. 1939.
A rOUPLE OF STRAV LEAVFS.
Leaf the first. Sir months after maniane.
••Well tnv dear, will vou go to the partv
to-night } you know wc have a very pohte
invitation.’
“Why, tnv love, just ns you please ; vou
know I ala ays wish to consult your ph-a
sut • ’
••Well then Harriet, suppose we go;
that is if vou are petfeetlv w illing ; now don’t
sav yes, because 1 do. for you know that
where you are, there I s:n perfectly hap
py ’
“Whv, my love, you would enjoy your
s* l tli*-, e | .am sure, nod whenever you are
happy. I shall he. of course. What dress
shall Iw* ar, W iliam—my white satin with
blonde, or my levantine or my white lace,
von »ln iv, linow belt r than 1 about »uch
tilings.’
• Harriet, dearest, vou look beautiful in
rn thing, now take your own choice to
nig'u—but I ll.iui. you l.iok very well inthe
white satin.’
“There, William, dear, I knew you would
think tust as I did—oh! how happy
we shall bn thoi e to-night; at d• ou must
I r nn*se not to leave me for it Cit’fflvat.fvrl
a.,..i so s:tu i. you uo.
f.e re thee rfeatest, leave thee ?
\o : hty von if.' star l swear !
‘ Oh William, dearest, liow beautiful that
is, you are always learning poeity to make
me happy.”
‘• And Harriet, would 1 not do anything ir
ti e world to civ vou one moment’s hap
iness ? ()h, vou are so very, very dear to
m”, it seems at times almost too much
happiness to last.’
“Oil, do not say so, dearest, it will last
—and we shall see many years even ttaopt
er tii in tiiis, for will not Inv • be stronger,
ami deeper, everv ypar; and now dearest, i
wi t he back in one moment, and then we
will go.’
•There, she has gone bright and beau
tiful creature she. is- Uh ’ how ii serable I
shall he without her ; s:i • has indeed east
a strong spell around mv heart, and one
:li it never, no never can be broken ; she is
the on’y star of my cxi ten e, guided on to
virtue art! happiness, and tan I ever hive
her less than now can ( ever desert ?
ran I speak ol her iu less tii n terms ol praise
Oh. no, it is imposilde- she is :oo good,
too pure -ha tpy, hippy min tu.il I am.’
LEAF THE SECOND. - SIX YEARS
M’TKR MARRIAGE
‘.Mvdeuf, 1 will thank you to pas3 the
sugar, v ,u didn’t give tne hut one lump.’
•Well, Mr. Snooks. I declare you use
sugar enough in your t a to sweeten a hogs
iie’.nl ol vinegar. James keep your fingers
cut ot these, eel meats ; Susan keep still bawl
ing r 1 dci hire i? is enough to set one dis
tracted- -there, take iliat you lilt!” wretch ’
‘Whv, Harriet, what has tlr • child !o:ie ’
I declare you are too hasty.
*J w h, Mr. Snooks, you’d mind your
own business, you’re a! ways meddling with
whet don’t concern you.’
•Well, Mrs. Snooks, I wan? to know who
has n better right, it I have not -you’re al
ii ays fretting a id fumi’ig about nothing, ’
• Fa, 1 uoinas is te tring your newspapers
all u-i ’
‘Thomas come here --bow dare you a
, buse inv papers?-- 11l teach yt U :-a tear it
! again- -th' ie, how does that feel—-now
I go ’<> Led !’
•Mr Snoeks. you horrid wretch, how
1 can vonstri! c a child ot mine iu tiiat way ?
Come here. Thor as, poor fallow— did he
get hurt---ncvrr mind- -here's a lump of
sugar —th'TC. thati a good hoy.
•Mrs. Snot,: .. let me tell yon.you will spoil
the children: yo t Kr.aw I never interfere
when j nil see fit to punish a chiid—it’s
strange that a woman can never do anythin g
rig fit.’
Never do any thing right? faith, Mr.
Snooks, it nobody did any thing right in
tiiis house but yourself, I wonder what
would heroine of us.’
•Let metellyou, ma’am, and I’ll bear it
' no longer, vou are as snappish and surly as
, -- she dog---and if there is a div' ree to
; be had in tiie land. I’ll have it ; you would
i wear out the patience ot a Job.’
| "O dear, how mat’ tlie poor man is ; well,
| good night my dear—pleasant dreams.’
j ‘There, she's gone Thank heaven, I’m
i alone once more. Oh unhappy man that
1 am. to be chained down to such a crea
tore---she is the vety e-sence ot ugliness
cross anti peevish. Os: ! that I could once
| more he a bachelor ; curse the dty that 1
i ever saw the likeness of her.---Yes, I wiil
! get i divorce, 1 can’t live with her any lon
t'er, it is utterly impossible.’
F'om thi reterslvrp ( Ft. ) Constellation.
THE OLD BATCHELOR’S REGIS
TER.
At sixteen venrs, incipient palpitat ons
are manifested towards young ladies.
17. Blushing and confusion occur in
conversing w ; th them.
19. Confidence in conversing with them
is much increased.
Id. Is angry if treated by *'-em as a boy
CO. Betraxs great consciousness of his
o n ; harms and manliness.
21 A looking glass heromes.indispensa
ble in t.r* room
22 tnsufiVr ible pnpyism exhibited.
2’t. Trunks no woman got and enough for
him
24 Is canght unawares by the snares of
Cupid.
25. Tiie conne -tiotr broken off, from self
conceit on his part.
2t. Conducts himself w ith airs of supe
riority toward her.
27. Fays hty axKreaaes to another trfy
not without hope of mortifying the first. i
28- L mortified and frantic at being re- I
fused.
29. Rails against the fair srx in general.
GO. Seeuis ti.nrose mid out of humor in
all conversations on matrimony.
31. Contemplates matrimony more under
the influence ul intere't than formerly.
32. Begins to consider personal beauty
in a wisp not so indispensable as formerly.
33 Still retains a high opinion of his at
tractions as a husband.
34. Consequently has no idea hut he
may still marry a chicken.
35. Falls deeply and violently in love
with one of seventeen.
36- Au dernier desespoir another refusal.
37. Indulges now io every kind of dis
sipation.
33 Shuns the best part of the !>ma’;e
sex.
39. Suffers much remorse and mortifi
cation in so doing
-40 A fresh budding of matrimonial ideas,
but no spiin? shoot*.
41. A nice voting widow perplexes him.
42. Ventures to address her with mixed
sens litons of love and interest.
43. Interest prevails, which causes much
cautious reflections.
44 The widow jilts him, being as cau
tions ns himself.
45. Becomes every day more averse to
th” fair sex.
46. Gouty an I nervous symptoms begin
?o ap; ear.
47 b ears what may become of him,
when old and lfsium.
Thinks living alone iiksome.
49. Resolves to have a prudent young
woman a ousekeeper and companion
59. A nervous affection about him, and
frequent attacks of the jour.
5?. Much pleased with his new house
keeper as nurse
52. Begins to feel soma attachment to
her.
£3. His pride revolts at the idea of mar
rying her.
54. Is in great distress hew to art.
55. Is completely under her influence,
an I verv miserable.
56. Many painful thoughts about parting
with her.
57. She refuses to live any longer with
him sono.
s a . Gouty, nervous and billions to
excess.
59. Feels very ill. Rends for h-r ?o his
bed side and intends espousing her.
60. Grows rapidly warse, has bis will
made in her favor, and makes exist.
A friend has handed ns the Sandwich Is
brnl Gazette, published yl Uouolula, Oa
hu, from which we r,tr;tci the following.
If we mUtake not, the Editor offers better
food for the appetite than For the mind,
and perhaps this is the reason he gets so
well paid for his services. The Sand
wich Islanders must be good paying sub
scribers to enable the editor to regale his
patrons on such substantial viands. We
should like to follow his example, and
would do so, if our patrons would imitate
the excellent one of the Sandwichem.
Southern Post.
THE EDITOR AT HOME.
On Tuesday next at eleven o’clock A. M.
the editor wiil be happy to meet the pat
rons of the Gazette, one and all, at a socia
ble deji uner a lafnrchette at the new prin
ting office, Oahuetia Cottage.
The table will be frugally hut solidly
spread, not with types and blank paper as
usual, but with wholesome sandwirhrs,
turkev, salad, and other equally digestible
viands. It will not be expected that the
ontv fluids to be absorbed, will bs the ink
and lve of the printer, but aucontraire, elar
ret, coffee, and cold water,—[for those who
prefer it.] The printer has kindly agreed to
put on his Sunday's best on this must in
teresting occasion, and tne grim devils are
to dance attendance to our guests.
It will afford us grpat pleasure to see all
our sub cribing corresponding, and adver
tising patrons; and to those oftlie communi
ty who have only good wishes for tis, shall
nieft. if they will come with a hearty wel
come. The masters and officers of vessels
in port, to whom we are continually in debt
for useful and interesting maritime news,
will we trust honor us by nibbling a crum of
our biscuit and cheese.
Having searched all 'he historical narra
tions in our small library, we have come to
the conviction, that,-—since the days of Cad
mus,—never was a breakfast before offered
by an editor in his celland we shall per
haps have the credit of originality in this
cave, yet we beg to say that we are more
prompted by feelings of gratitude than of
oddity ; for gratitude prompts us to feed
those who have fed us!—-It is our patrons
who spread our f’rug; I board daily, it is we
who invite them to participate in our fare.
Anecdote cf Mr. Madison. — When the
debates upon the adoption of the federal
constitution were occupying the attention of
our patriot fathers, and when wisdom like a
daily visitant hovered over the hall where
genius and virtue breathed fire into the heart
of the sages who were there assembled,
Air. Madison wished to speak but was al
most afraid from hi* physical debility to
make the attempt. However he begged a
gentleman who was setting near him to pull
him by the coat when he perceived that he
was becoming exhausted.
Mr. Madison arose and opened his speech
—his voice was feeh'e at first—it hecarne
stronger as he progressed-—passage „fter
passage of brilliant illuminating thought
came from his almost inspired lips; every
point of the t reat subject he touched, he
left for nv’ii of *ll future times to look upon
as if he had thrown the clouds from the
s rnmit of the hills -he went on, and ran
rinded • "Why. said he as he sunk back
exhausted in his. chair, ‘whv did you not
tutll me when you saw me going on as I
did?"
•I would rather have laid my finger upon
the lightning,’ was the reply.
UP TO ANY THING
A good anecdote is told of the Rev. J. L.
V, earns tiiat eloquent biographer of Wash
ington. It is not only known that Mr.
Weems wrote hooks, but that he peddled
them a'so. In one of his excursions of this
nature, lie accidently fell in with a pair of
young people who were about to get married.
Mr Weems having made himself known
was immediately appliedto, to perform the
ceremony of uniting them in wedlock. After
this important matter had been settled, the
idea very naturally suggeste 1 itself to some
of the. company tha. a fiance would be
very prop, ron the, occasion. Mr. Weems
haii no objection; and tb*e only difficul’y
appeared to render the proposal imprai ti* i
ble, was, that they had no fiddler. It wis
whispered that the difficulty could be avoided.
Accordingly, a curtain was suspended from
the ceiling, extended from one side of the
room to the other, and presently behind it
was heard the thumbing and tuning of a
violin, an 1 soon after the merry dance
began All things went gaily and merrily
on or ’a while, Dot sudueuly the clrt in
> /
was torn loose, when !o! who should th
company behold but the Rev. J. L«Weems,
fiddling away a* if lor poor dear life itself,
but really for theamuseinenr of the darn ers.
It is certainly a happy faculty to be able to
turn one's head to any thing. Mr. M eems
was one of the uir st eloquent preachers of
his lime—one the chastest writcrs--an Lo«” t
pedlar—a first rate fiddler; and above alia
good man .-—JJa’timr re. Sun.
From the <l>nrotJ Freeman.
A SHORT SERMON FUR FARMERS.
BV A LV V MAX'.
"Hi* that tilh th his bud shall be satisfied
with bread.”
“lie al-n that is slothful in his work, is
brother to him that is a gr”.;: wist«r.”
[Proverbs.
Industry is required in every avocation
of life, but in none is it more absolutely
’necessary than iu fanning. The mechanic 1
can pmstie his business in a stormy day,
and tiie professional man his stuiii”s by
night, but farmers, to use common phrase,
must ‘make hay wiiile the sin shines;
that is, they are dependent upon th* stat
of the weather, and ether eficumstances
beyond human control inu h move than
any class, and therefore from the very nature
of tii*»ir employment arc required to be dili
gentlv active—early risers and workers. By
J such, the promise of the wise man has always
j been realized—thev have never failed to
‘be ‘satisfied with bread.’ The Ytstory of
the world shows that there has been at ah
times and in all lands less suffering from
want among them who till ti ;■ earth, than
among those who follow any other occupa
tion. And it is aFo equally true that far
mer' h ive not the opnorttuii y to glow, s id
rfenly or exceedingly rich, which are often
times a Horded to those enpaged in other
petsuits. The promise simply ol being satis
fied with bread, was not the extent of the
inducement hel I out by Solomon to industry
The result of industry is to accumulate o
cteate-- abundance. If any lazy, idle f. Tow
doubt this, let him make the expernmat.
There art such men even amort .’ farmeis --
men who are ‘slothful in their work,’ or
perhaps do not work at all : every body
knows that such an one is as tiie text truly
‘•ay*, ‘brother to him that is a great waiter.’
Idleness brings about the same results ns
improvidence; the slothful a.id tiie spew;
thrift come to the same end—walnt.
The pi. ture of a slothful firmer is th.
most melancholy picture in tlie world,
no doubt w.as oftentimes met wiih in Kc
Solomon’s time, as he pretty j 1 inly inti
mates. Did yon ever sec such a picture,
dear reader ? If not, lot me introduce you
to -Jo Dozy of Sleepy Hollow. Jo never
plants till every or.e else is ready to hoe,
and puts off hayi g till the fall rains render
a oart Os bis crop fit for BC!fci"g fiat
liner. His potatoes are left la : groin--:
till he has to use the crow bur cr pickax:
instead of the hoe to' dig them, and the
blue jay harvests his corn on halves. Nine
o’clock generally sees his cows ii the’
pasture ami his milking is done I y moon
light. In a word all his farm; operations
denotes the sluggard ; his catth ids tools,
ail testi’v to the same end So far as his
worldly circumstances are concerned, he is
emphatically ‘brotliei to him that is a great
waster.’ Such a man c umnt he '.id to till
the land, and mo t certainly will not be
satisfied with bread’-- at least, not in the
sense oftlie text. He may crawl along in
the world after a fashion, but depend upon
it he will live and die poor, for such is almost
universally the fate of the ‘afternoon farmer ’
•A NEW SUN!’
‘There is something new under the S' n.’
It seems that a French Chem s: is deter
mined to rival the Sun itself. What will uc
hear of next ; Anew moon to be sure; but
will it be made of green chef se -or oxyge. .
We -an't say indeed. .Can you ?
SonsTiTitTK for the St N- -The newly
invented light of M. Gaudin, on whicli
experiments were recently made at Paris,
is an improved modification of the well
known invention of Leitit. Drummond.
While Drummond pours a stream of oxygen
gas, through spirits of wine, upon unslacked
lime, G 'udin makes use of a more etheriid
kind of oxygen, which he conducts through
essence of turpentine. The Drummond light
is fifteen times stronger than that of burning
gas: the Gaudin light, as we are assured
by the inventor, is smng as the sun, er thir
ty thousand times stronger than gas, and.of
course ten times more than Drummond’s.
The method by which Mr. Gaudin proposes
to turn the new invention to me is singtilarly
striking. He proposes to erect in the Island
of Neuf. in the middle ot the Seine nod
centre of Taris, a light house, five luim’icd
feet high, in which is to lie placed a light
from i hundred thousand to a million of g--v<
pipes strong, the, power to be varied ns she
nights are dark or light. Paris nil! thus
enjoy a sort of perpetual day, and as soon
ns the sun of the Heaven is set, the sun of
the Point Neuf will nse.—Mechanics Mag
azine.
H'ted Prairies of T>ras.— -We find
in the Houston Telegraph a brie) account
of some very singular prairies found in Tex
as, in the counties of Milan and Robertson.
These prairies, unlike most of those w* ith
are found tn other sections of the country,
are covered with a dense growth of weeds,
instead ofgrass. These w« eds are generally
ten or fifteen feet high, and so dense tiiat
they are almost impenetrable to man or
horse. They resemble in some respects,
the cane-brakes of the Mississippi. 'The
settlers of those countries consider those
■Weed Prairies’ tlie most valuable portions
of the country The soil is generally of a
light mulatto color, and remarkably tertile.
In order to prepare this soil for Cultivation,
the planters have only to beat down the
weeds, and then by applying fire and burning
them over, the soil is left in a condition to
receive the seed, being almost as loose and
fri - ble as a bed of ashes.
The mode of planting- these prairies is
truly primitiie. The plough is seldom used,
but instead of it, the setters use a large
spiked roller, generally formed of a log, wih
harrow teeth, set at intervals, so as to orm
rows of shallow holes, when dragged over
the ground , into these hob s tlie corn is
dropped, and then covered with a slight
layer of earth, which is generally kicked
upon it! The seed thus carelessly planted,
soon throws up stout, rank blades of coin,
which lequire no farther attention, until
harvest, except one trifling hoeing. The
crop of corn thus raised, generally yields
forty bushels to tho acre.
The Biter Jiit.--\ nobb lord a short
tune ago applied to a pawnbroker to lend
him one thousand guineas on his wife jew
els, for which he had paid four thousand.
‘Take the articles to pieces,’ said his lord
ship, ‘number the stones, and put false ones
in their place. My lady will not distinguish
them.’ ‘You are too late, my lord ’ said
the pawnbroker, ‘your lady has stolen a
march upon you. These stones are false
I bought the diamonds cf her ladyship a
twelve month ago.
FOR THR MIREOtt.
MOONSHINE.
A ia»VS TALK, rm.XDED I.N TECK FACTS-
Bcrttg an extract fro u th' rluloLtograjdty
‘1 ARC us Alruljus ({UIDIJ, X. L. “ J
ui the Moon.
•By th*? margin of fair Zurich’s w;;t erg •*
Thus singing, 1 put j atly to the tuts,
w ith a htaii as light as the la.r mcou-litaius
which g .ily, brightly, brilliantly ai.d giauiy
glanced over tlie diamond like aud spnikliu"
dew of Heaven! (’1 here, is not that a hrih
liant sentence to b.-gin with ! Almost < q t “j
to the learned geuilcniun lioui TANARUS,..,. \
G ally 1 went unity w„y, singing siiauhes
of my favorite scng— uiit only my lavorito
but Mary’s. Ever aud anon, I panged to
gaze upon the maiden moon ; or, to catch
the sound ot Chattahoochee's tailing waters
as borne upon the vernal breeze their luiihm
cadence fell upon the ear.
I bad shut up the stor , balanced n-.v cash
account, put the hooks in their proper pi
cts, made all right; and, n*w, tiee as th”
mountain air, and blithe as a good stout be -n
of “Mountain D< w” could make me. ] Kas
wending my way, “soli'ary and alone,” t o _
wards the summit of "Possum h’uig, /”
Gentle reader, mine is a sensitive Lent a
heart ot w ax, fur mi it, ali things, “or hr gl •
orbe.iutitul,” are sure ’o u al e impevsio. *
G’entie reader, l even !, Marcus Ai re iua
Qui !tl. am a l net .’ a .fi ■ was in !o> ,• 1
1' uat ail wondem! tit t ‘ w a mining
lone,' Mi the sully ii: i;:,’ *ly the light c f
th • moon,’ and c.u tl. 'tiinn.i: oi I'arn:
:-u . t 1 soy. i.s it at ah asiunh hn •
'b t L should gi’ c w to the seducing iufm.
caec-' ol moons. n», and that mv I r...i
short and yit- el to the ‘tniue i ot ad earthy
ihiugs, a poet’s vai . imagining* )’
1 c ord think so !
G. r:t!e reader. I, that is no, your hnrath;
servant, am aiLht h inclsorne \.ic.tii-- ;. , tl .
■tl Adonis—(June a lady’s man— ‘sich a
pretty fellow !’—Aud on this eventful night 1
tui Quidd ! And nv dress, c-1.
’tv, . ; 3 beautiful’ l wore my best cr,;t. a
be antil'ul black truck, the skitt-- cf which
alter ti e prevailing fashion, were nic t tie
pintiy short. The: ■ I had ; most delude t %
u ”»*h «• L■' I ‘ -f‘ t.t < pdvator : AS] lend; I
black cravat, shirt collar upside down, a h
A; a. , . Hi,; ; • ;n;.:r a-us c.f spotless "hit..
I hen my hair, curled ala Hiatus, was
highly pc’ turn*««, ?}•:■'. n.v no-c, nv 1
r s . ii.toUiut ■•••} c urltd up, as it unwilling
to !o-" me .snuff of th" dviicuu* to j e
de Mii’e FUu ».
G*. rule rt adcr, t’.e ladies wid *,ay t
<.-?i:id,c is a p r’.ce.t <’>c c. a man!
Gruff reader, the me n will s,.v that Cr ,■ j
is a perfect specimen of the pi.m pvt; > % ;
I or ;hc opinions ot the liuiie . 1 er.t, "\ m
i 'l*l Clli?; re found r. tv* ct; bn :k, -,
r v* ;f,r.;• ’• -r«i -
ed, to meet the i.i: idol ot ay :.*!•< *•, >••,
vv..!i stately t.enc! ;. u h> *1 c.ert, (utl r. :
c I:: ed b:u Lw r ; tin licet <• ~ ! v t; r n
s y<, t! at is the fni yuert Ic.v d.:l I t:'. I
the I e ights of u ridge! J.y t*,ir ct.
t; kit' the ren’t.s c ts.* ! \ f;om r y •»: tm ’,
r :• rioting thvot ghtlv t y.-iun. t s!ds ts ;u
-- a ?;n . ion !
iQ'iere. Where rrc •! * v ')
Rome wise old fellow, I th;t!, it is AU r
cromhie, asseits. as.ti ; itves, ten, tl «t mi, g
ioatre n nft-timeH is so powerful tliit nr.r
dreams sc-cm realities, audit is difficult to
cot vinreus that they are otherwise
Siwh must have been the case with rr'i
til’s awful night. Mrfhc.ugl ttl t i ).• I
reached the riansion ot cry Mary; h*r
hat.d hid beer: grasped by mire : • 1 «• bad
returned the squeeze ; l was list* r a » to 'her
soft mistral vc,i e. nr and the e ad sdv ■ ty tor i a
wee urging in mymtsi Oh! Irv -wiftly
old t me flew by; hours spetc.tr- but u.n-
H!< rit' ; 1 corld liare Id* and in the !i;! 'o 1 !i r
sin;.* for an eternity, without knout: ; tha; .t
clay had passed !
(Aim that last sentence pretty A
\\ e were in the garden—Lord I r.' hew
we got there! Rich flowers ol eve ; > chft e
at ri hue shed their sofi fr-igr.-rc** 1 ' and o
j air. I,liveliest rfi''s hlitsheei aroiiii' ..' I
j tlteir beaiitv r.’as en’tar:ced hy the hi i'
• elrot s wti'rh. rli: pirg to everv fleiief.r*- :• ’,
j glittered in the melon ’.a s, the t y
• nme.'l Limps ■ ff; ■ v Irtui !
j (I'nttwe e v three !’s ' ■ re, Mr. T : ’ rr I
j y ' : ■ Jove !—could 1 itsixt, and I .. ; ■ ■ ?
j I; •••• ar. irr-'.-e fs'Me.
! CuTitlv I plucked a lovely rose, rr.'' "u''y
;I; re r’-nted it to Mf.ry -n tel.e nos n.v '■■!'■ c-
J lion, f? ho Idttshed, f!:” ii-ceivcel it. f •;:*•
I iye b'anied on tne full of five, the !‘r
| a'as, ti.at 0:5.”t Wes lit * ! Ne w t! 1 rgl.t
2. i mv lime, now. if 1 press tr:y suit s a
i: : e. I Lr.e befoie her, and as i kiidt. I
ti .ght a cold chill pierced n v l»fi*-<’s t
j a i:,..e y! f 'h! th -n. how serve mly 1j * tt?< I
j 1 1 - 1 1 !i 'nv kve before that guttle ti a.< •t .
Yct.n: ctij :i aided me with »•!••.,qnenre aft
IT if . .as:. ; fi. a;’* fr.d dai:s. 1 1 ufuh r;n I
r '.'"of, ia i v and de jail ! Lord, how i
?1: : ?;? ! into her face, 1 re i it there,---
i e>■ ti turned! Th«‘*‘, extacy and
tr.i ,v !oi:; I hi use f* c rr, he gronml and
f. i.i j; me j,. my arms, ievptintid on her
ro-y iq.g t e first, linger.ng, kiats of
Vi c Di!
* m * * •
• • »
j “The D 1!” st.iel I—“ The next th'm't
| I knew I dirl’nt know nothinc I”—i ted
' senseless—when I recovered and s'ood erfet,
a certain claret colored fluid was streaming
Iron, my nasal protuberanre ; it diffused it
| self over tare, coat and pantaloons, impart
ing to every thitig its own sanguinary hue.
J looked, for all the world, just like the pb'V
actor man w hen he's stuck in the tragedv.'
Iu fancy I had knelt; in earnest I arose, and
clasped in my arms n china tree! T.to
way my nose bled was a caution to steam
boats !
Surely it could be no “gale from Araby
the bless’d” which so saluted my y*’ l
guine smelb’r. I looked about to ediscove r
wheuce it pro'ceded—when, behold, upon
my knees
Reader, courteous, or not cr nrteotis; gen
tleor gruff; lair or ugly ; reader, ot what
ever kind or sex you are, provided you but
read, what think you I knelt upon l —Guess .
for by Jove I can’t tell you.
lIA, ha, ha! IIA, ha, ha! ! IIA, v\, ha! ■’
Think not, oh. most noble reader! that it
was I, Marcus Aurelius Qutdd, who thus
laughed. Oh. no, my laughing »as all 0,1
the other side. But then, ten' the first time,
I discover- and Joe Pruden, and Dave, and Ol
iver and Frank and all the other boys, grin
ning away as though it was all fine fuu.—
May be it was for them.
They had watched me ; they had witness
ed my antics ; they had heard my amatory
speeches ; mv compliments to a china tie*. ,
they were laughing at me !
•The author means Opossum ridge, but
his ideas got too high, and he wrote Farnas-
SU3-