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THE TEMPERANCE BANNER,
ii m ihh. every >mi khav i voter t r u in nir \t: wt,
BY JOHN H SEALS.
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flip front u contemporary a wa p morsel •
ot domestic waggery; which every harliojor would j
•i-o well to paste inside of his bat:
I
I’aliv crowing on your knee, ,
While you sing some iiUle ditty,
Pulls your hair or thumb*. your “ee,'“
Would you think it wasn't pretty ?
Tell me, could yon
If yon owned •the baby,” would you?
i
W ife, with arm about vour neck.
Says you look just like the baby;
Wants some rash to make a ••sjiee,”
Arid you would refuse her mav he
Oouhl you f should you?
It you owned “the woman.' 1 would you ?
Little labor, little strife.
Little care, nnd little cot;
Would you sigh for single life?
Would you murmur at your loi ;
Tel) me, should you ?
if you owned “the cottage,’ would you?
Health and comforts, children fair.
Wife to meet you at the door;
Knud hearts throbbing for von (here ;
Tell me, would von ask for more?
Should you? could you r
If you owned ‘The ready,” would you •
HOME.
BY .1A ISON SMITH.
There is a simple little word—
Oh ! ne'er its charms destroy!
Throughout the universe ‘ti- heard,
And nowhere but with joy ;
There’s music in its magic How.
Wherever we may roam,
The dearest, sweetest sound below—
That little word is Hour.
The aoldicr in the battle's hum
May all things else forget;
.Mid bay’nels clash and bent of drum
[fis Home remember yet
‘The exile, doomed on foreign land
Through hopeless years of toil,
May do the despot’s stern commands,
A el sigh for llo.Mifthe while.
I care not where may he its site,
Or roofed with straw or tile,
S*i that the health fire hunts moie bright
‘Meath woman's indium smile,
A flection on her fondest wing
Will to its portals fly,
And hope will tar more sweetly sing,
When the hlest place is nigh.
It may be fancy—it may be,
Something far Nobler - tier;
Out Love L> my divinity'.
And Home my point star.
Oh ! sever not Home's sacred ii. s;
They are not tiling® of nir,
I he great, the learned, and the wise,
. All had their teachings there.
&tuis trait cs<
Irani th‘- Tenne.*<vr
I B): DEVIL l\ll THE (WIllIMI)..
* lK ’ A I)iaum;i i: on I. km oh Lkuisl.ition.
‘"'Oil evening, Llsq. 1 undeiMartd that you
” l la,.n nominated by your party as it candidate
the Legislature, and I have called in to have a i
) ,tl e conversation with you on n subject in which 1
“ ■ fell r. very gr.-at interest.”
( . 1 ’ ruy friends have done me tiie honor to
, n ''° ,n y ‘l’wnebefore my follow-citizen.-. Your (ace
x ‘ fewhiar to me but I cannot remember where
1 **o’ that we last met.’
‘ 1 not; | ,io not reside in thi- county,
, 1 ’ * t*o vote, but I give you my word that 1
u 1 ‘ * r ' ! ‘J‘cat Influence in any election; arid will
happy to employ it in your heball. provided you
JV'’ right on one question.”
’ \n<i pray, what may that vuestion be; I -had I*-
iApjiy to accommodate yon, il I can do so without
atiy violation of my obligation-, to others,’
It s- the l.iquor question, iny dear dr. I lee!
rnot intense interest in trust subject.”
t)h. sir, excuse me; perhaps l ought to have
known you; you are Col. White. 1 presume, or the I
ifbotri) to Ccinprnuiff, litmttiivf, (tenu'ral |ntcili(icucf,’ ant) ibr latest llttos.
Mohawk l*ut hman 1 hive ncvei had the pleasure
’ of hearing cither n| \ on ”
“No, sir, I am neilhei While nei a Imtchman, ami ]
never make tcmpcranc,- sp.-is In- My interest i-on
the other side ”
j **Oli! I begin to nnd island you are a wbobsalej
j dealer in Iho a articles ofluxun .”
“Well, yes Yon may say I hat I have doth pr.-tiv
largely in th • way, foi many years.”
“1 hope you have found it profitable.”
“Why, yes. 1 have Hindi 1 a riif/ni good business:
ol it Some ;>o,(iou yearly injhis oountrv, besides |
t ItiHlgSiO on the way, and as good as secured lo me; j
; besides all in other countries of the world.”
‘"I hat is a fine speculation, indeed. Three hun
dred thousand dollars!”
‘Three hundred thousand ilnlhr*,” replied the
other contemptuously. “I don’t deal in dollais, but
in And his little black eyes flashed and
glared as he said it, in such a way that the eanili
{date began to suspect that he was an inmate of an
! insane, hospital who hail paid him a tbif
i “I am not certain that I understand you,” -aid he, I
! looking as steadily as lie. could Into the others eyes.
! “<'h. well: it is of no consoipicnce. I forget for a
J moment, l.et us to our business. lam opposed to
|u Prohibitory Law, \’ herover one has been pn-seii
; ami executed, it has greatly diminished mv influence,
j and lessened my income. In Maine and Vermont
{and a part oi Massachusetts the jails are tennntleas
—the prisons empty —the alms house useless the
’ people industrious, and their families happy, fiaiub
j ling and dissipation have mostly ceased, and crime
land wretchedness so much diminished that it is dis
: tressing to me and my friends to witness it; not that
i we care so much for these little States, hut from
i their example the tiling isspreading. I haven strong ’
hold in New > ork, a* jtet, hut in a lew year-, if these !
fanatics succeed. 1 -hall loose much of mv influence !
in that Empire State. And now, Tennessee ('which ■
1 had felt quite certain of) is bilking about it in right .
: good earnest; though f hardly believe ,-iic will do i
: anything,” I
The candidate was confirmed by this speech, in ;
his suspicion that his visitor was insane, ).ui he was I
at the same time greatly interested, nnd felt disposed j
to continue tho conversation merely lor sport.
The other looked at him for a moment, and then, !
as though he had read his thoughts, resumed Ids ad-!
: dress:
“You are wondering who I am, and limey that 1
am some crazy fellow , and feel disposed to have some j
little amusement at my expense f have no objec- j
tion; I shall have mm Ii at yours. Ihn von mistake ;
me altogether, I am not only sane, tint sober; and it j
you knew who 1 was, though you might not like so j
> much to In -s en talking with me, you would be sal- 1
•died that I can control more votes than any one man :
,or any dozen men in the comity. Now what I sav j
; i- this, you need nut a-k my name, or my residence; I
they will prnbably lie well known to you hetore long, i
S Most politii ian- become very familiar with them.
; Hui I have men and money at mv disposal; promise j
tneto vote right and talk right on this question, and ]
i will secure your election.”
•‘hoi understand that you are opposed toair/fur
i ther legislation on this subject?”
“Not at all. f don’t care how much von legislate. *
, It is necessary to do sotnething to ninitse. the Temper- j
ance people and divert their minds J J a-- a., many ;
tojvlatinif laws as you choose, so that yon don’t!
p:;-S a prohibitory law. \mlf do not object much!
to a prohibitory law, if you will only leave off the j
i needful penalties and securities for its enforcement. 1
I have been vciy well pleased with most of the law
j that have been in operation in this State. They
! have answered my purpose most admirably. If it
had nor fieen for the Tempernitre Societies, Sons of
i Temperance, and other organizations of that ,-ors, I
: should have had full sway. Tho hunt have never
i hern in my way. Indeed they have at times greatly
I advanced inj inteie-ts ”
“T have never,” said the other, “studied the uh-,
jjeet much, and have not informed myself in regard
|to what ha- been done, hut I have been under the’
• impression that il was til to legislate fur
ther. Would tliiil be satisfactory to you and your
friends
“(.'ciTainly. The present law is atom as fas ora- ,
; hie to onr cause as any vve could desire. Il legal- 1
i/.es tlui Irafiic, which i- a gn at, thing for us; ashy I
making it tnn'Jid it dm -much to make it ir*peetufilc,
and it dot- nothing to hinder the spread of drunk
ennesN. It might he a liUl.i better for us if license
j could he had for five dollars, as it tan in Georgia, \
instead of twenty-five, hut that is a matter od but
littit consequence. *jo that you retain tin; lin-ot>
system, and do not permit the temperance men to
tj’ lude ilfruu “">/ portion of the State by that dis
j trict arrangement which some men talk about, f am
i not at all concerned about the rest. I would like .
very ‘veil if you could add one or two more outli- to
, it, as that would lend yeiy strongly to add pnjmti
: to the drunkenness and other crimes so constantly
i committed under the influence of the present law; 1
but take il altogether, f am hettei satisfied with il
than 1 have been with any statute which fia- ever
t>een enaeti rl in your State.”
‘You seem, sir, to have studied this subject.
. ‘Ye-.” said the other, with a curious -mile, ”1
may .say perhaps that I understood it le-ttet than
any living man. I could tell something aboin the
very first invention of the mean- of drutikeimciw,
that wouldastonish you, but this j- not to our point.
1 have Inert much atnu-ed with the abortive efforts
of my adversaries to legislate away my influence In
tilts Stale.
The first law they had on this subject, was passed
by the Legislature of North Carolina, in the time of
PMiFIRLD, GEORGIA, 8 VRiRDW, AltlST 1,1X55.
tile revolutionary war. ITa i-known to vour law -
yers a-tin'act ot 177!t, and forbade any man to
I sell, w ithout license, less than a quart, under a pen
ally ot on. h'ln.irrd .uni tirenfit-fii< iloUrir* for cverv j
offence, and that not iolm “intcnAni” to fie drank at j
j tin place w here it was .-*v|tl. And it requires ot
those w ho received license to give botul and urnu ity
in the sum ot ft/v/, Murnfml itpllnrh, for their
•ailhl’ul adherence to the piovisions of the law. I
had no objection to this law ;l- it was very casv to
| evade its penalty by taking advantage of that w ord
; “nitriiilsil “ There was as much liquor drank as
though it had not been in force
In 1811 your own legislature took the matter in
hand, and amended the act of 177D. The people
had discovered that liquor .sellers wuv generally
what the world call- had people, ami they thought
to rectify this matter < poor innocent*) h\ law. They
enacted, therefore, that any person applying for li
cense,, should “satisfy the court that he or she is of
sufficient probity and not addicted to any yrom im
oiornhty. W:t not that rich? This act also made
jit an intfulitblf offence to sell without license, and
proposed to punish the offenders by a fin,.; Ul „|
made it the r -peeiiil duty of the constable to inform
against and prosecute the violntois of the law l
laughed at them all More liquor was sold, and
more drunkards were made than before. Thefts and
murders, and all varieties of crime, were rife all
over the country. T he. drinking hou.-es became (he
gambling houses, and the focus of all the vice nnd
immorality in their vicinity. And the legislature
thought they could rectify this by making the rum
seller take mi oath. I In, bn, ha’ a nuuseller’s oath!
But then was not he a man of “probity V” uml wn.s
be not free from any “gross immorality . ” Well, in
: 1817 they amended the law so as to nuiki him foL
; on oath in open court that he w ould not permit “any
I gaming of any kind Intake place in hi- house.”-
1 That was rich. I had him before, but now his per
jured soul was doubly damned; lor, though gaming
was made more private, it was a- common as he
t fore.
The Legislature discovered t.hi- offer a time, and
! thought it must be owing to th. character of the
; men who sold the liquor. \itd o it was. They
were men after my own heart, sir, Those who en
gage in this business are not apt to he eery pntlicu
bir about o.’iths. The work ol death went on—vice
i and profligacy increased, and the w ise men of Ten
| ticsse.e, alter six years trial of this irnpioveuient. dr-;
ter mined to make sure of goad men to sell liquor for
them; and so in 182:’. they enacted that “hereafter
no t’minty court shall grant license to any person j
hatsoever, unless -iich person -hall prin t in oprii j
l oori , by creditable witnessc.-, that such person so;
applying has a good morn/ rlntntrUr. “And in no j
case shall license be granted, il the Court be of the |
opinion that the retailing of spirititou- liquorsi- the;
principal object of obtaining license; and il -hull U>;
the duly ol the Clerk, whenever application is made
| for license, and before the testimony is heard, to j
read this net in the prenencc ol the court,”
Now, from this law, I did fear a flightdioiirmtionl
of mv business and influence; for, if in any case the}
court happened to be ternpcraiire men, (and by this j
time they had begun to form temperance Societies) I
j there might have been some little difficulty in gef- j
I ting license for the men w fioni I preferred. Though, j
ias to that, it would he only a little while before the
} loisintnn itrelj’ would have made them ju-t w hat I
1 would hate them Hut I thought it best, on the
’ whole, to counteract the force of this law, and I
| therefore intimated to some of my friends that it
was a burning ,-hame that they should not have the
privilege of making their constituent- drunk on
election day - 11 f haul, ami that they probably lost
many a vole by having no liquor about the pollx.
Anti they, in 1827, secured the passage of a law
p( i milling “Iho i persons at who’' 1 hoii-t elections
i arc held, should have the privilege oi -riling oit/i-
out license on election and inn-u r day-.’ Then, j
you see, I Men elected lltider Sltcli ail
pice-would not Ik* <vr// decided temperance men.
And accordingly, in 1831, they Weight down the
license to twenty-live dollars; and tie- nest Legisla
ture, 183 b, finding that these men who had “ptoml
i ;,i typen court” that they loci a “ijuml mood rhnrac
\M” would ell liquor to the situ- and make them
I drunk, required them to take another oath; “I. A.
| J{. do .solemnly -wear tot affirm. :i ’ the. i a-e may Ik;;
that 1 will not. under the license I him about to ob
tain, retail any spirituous liquors to any laoc, or
pernril the -attic to he done, miles’ by permit of the
master or overseer of the slave in writing, so help
tile ” etc. \iid tin- next Legislature, 1835, enacted
* Ml , s •
that this man of “good moral character should he
required to take the following additional oath, to wit;
i“| do further sw ear, that J w ill 11,11 iwMingt y ptr
mil or allow any gaming for whisky, wine or any
thing to drink or to eat, or any other valuable thing,
in the house in which I may retail spirits, or on my >
premises; hut that if any should game or bet, to my
knowledge, I will give information to the grand jury
■~i to,* nex 1 term of the < iicuit court for my county.
Ha, ha, ha; wa-not that great - I< Vise men of
Tennessee’ The conoentraied wiklobi of the State, j
sitting in solemn conclave; acting -a dignified, |
,legislative tody. utter ino ./ ///->< a >•* for //erjur-y /
Expecting a nuu-nllrr to offend Id fat customers
and de-troy hi- own husine-s by informing against
them before the grand jury! U. ha, ha.
• You seem to enjoy it,-ir.’ j
“Ah.‘ if you knew what a arrest I have reaped I
Horn tlo— oath-bound rum-seller-, you would not;
wonder. Hut it proved** I expected, Old Lyman,
Beecher, and Dcllavan, arid Hunt, and others, had
got up quite an agitation on the liquor question
The American Temperance Society was formed, and
tile Itcfoi'li), tls tlie.N called it, b,-e ,n t>, ext,aid into
Tennessee, and the next Legislattue ounu to the -a
pietit conclusion that all tin u preileccsisor: hid been
ift et ot fools; or at any rale, they concluded to ,
, pt al all that they had ever dole- on this Kubjcca,
Ihe law ol 1.-jw repealed all i.rnisr lon'll , ;in,l .|r
elarod tin retailing ol -picitiiou- litptors an ofiiofr
auda oxix.lt iiminni\ puni-. liable bv line, at the dis
cretion of the court It it had gone a little farther
I should have had grunt objections to it; as if. was,
though, it did something; ii did but little to diminish
my influence or my income. If allowed liquor to
he sold by the quart mot to be drunk on the premi
ses where Hold) by any and fill who chose. The ap
petite for it was already formed, nml men would got
Y nrtx instead of drinks. And it was mv easy to
evade detection that much was sold by retail without
license.
I his law was fried for eight years. 1 did not ex
actly’ like it, for it made retailing a disreputable
business, by taking away from it the sanction of the
law. 1 consequently exerted myself in 1840, and
obtained its repeal. I knew it was not worth w hile
to try any longer to keep up the fiction that liquor
seller.- were men of good moral ehmaeler. I feared
that people might object to men coming with their
witness into open court to prove a good moral char
acter, when the vi ry objrrt sot which they came wus
such, that no dm at mini, as the temperance men
counted decency, would ho willing to engage in it.
This Legislature was therefore content to ordain
“that it should lie lawful fur any person” (scoundrel
,or villaini “to sell, etc ,by paying R State tax of
’ but that the county or incorporation town
might impose an additional tax of the same amount.
It farther ordained that the retailer, his clerk-and
agents should take the same oat.lm about selling to
negroes, Ac., that were required by the Acts of
1817~:i l and off and further prohibited Jim nr
, if roe* from getting license, and forbade all selling on
the .Sabbath day.
This law made it Injut to sell, but it did not try to
make it tnoialor respectable, f did not cure for that,
however. 1 merely suggested to in y friends and part
ners that they would put a m-rmi just inside their
door when ii opened on n public (reef, so that they
need uot Im i.ipomd to tire gaze of the w orld; and ia
large Hotels, I advised that the “liar” should lie re
moved to tin basement, and have a.separate entrance,
that it might do its work of death as effectually as
ever, without affecting the respectability ofthc house.
T his is now always done,
in 18(0 | had thought best to bung to the notice
j of tin friends a provision of the common law, which
j occasionally might be used to the ityury of my cause.
My tin ■ I'Oimiiolt lav*, ill unit urn ith iml irtiUih
\r>j)'riut. and *v. had thi- repealed, and enacted in
j stead, that a “single ad of 1/l iiiilinn<n should not
; lit’ indictable, unit- . •nine other iilleiiri-wa. conitliil
; led; ’ and, a- tlii “nthtr ntlenei “** jallicra vague
iex pro-inn, *ve driini-d it, two years after, by lb, act
jot 184 1, to nieiili an othm initu'lulili otlfurr. So a
■ man is now authorized by law to get drunk us much,
| and- . fl.cn, and as publicly as lie will, no that lie
| does ne| commit, while he is drunk, any indictable of
! teller.
These are the laws undo which my cause is now
j progressing as well ui- I could reasonably expect- - j
I The Sous of Tempo mice, and other orders of the j
kind, are doing llioir best to counteract iheir inllu i
die* by wb.il they call iitmul\ mwnion,” but no long j
as they leave the U.jn / mminn in out hands, j am
perfectly :.ati ‘led You see, then-tore, thnt all I
want is to leave things n they arc lint if the ton-1
peranee men grow clamorous, you may, just to nut- j
i*fy thi-in, make such inodifii Hlions g you think wfll
pacify them, without resigning f ,ur principles. You
nnders'and, my dear -ir, w e wi b m rii/nluti, not to
prohibit. So loilg as you riQiilute , permit, and /i
t-rnut tin .riling by ipmrts, ( ,r by pints, ~r in ln ,y |
other way, I don’t rare. Now, ir, what iv you,
rati you coinridt with me in this!’ ’
“Really, sir, ’ replied (lie eaudidale, “I nm h<i much j
bewildered just now, that I hardly know how to an
swer you. Ido not know who you are nr what your’
influence may be, bill I have been all tin time op
liinito uny j'n ft hil Injuihitiiiii nil |bi Mihjecl. |
think it decidedly “inexpedient ” It ‘that vv ill a(|r. ,
fy you, I am your man.”
“That is enough, Kir,” mid the other, “I consider it ‘
in bargain. Yon may rely upon my help; and eon |
Hitler yourself i lec.ted.”
“I am very luneb obliged to you, sir, nod if you [
will do nr the favor to give me your name and ad
! dre.se, I iiu-t we may become better acquainted.'’
! “No doubt we -liall,” raid the stranger, “you will ,
, know me well enough albo a w hile. \l present it i
; letter that you should knpw me only as tho tit and
Master ot tbc great .•oinmunity of Mum-Sellers.”
“In that case, you mu i b.- no other than the (lev
il himself.’
lie had hardly uttered llte.se i:c.c two Words, than !
, the strangn was eia:d w ith a sort of spawn which
seemed to /ui birn through the door. Tilt-enndi ‘
date run to look after birn, but he could not be Keen, ‘
though theic remained in the oft ice n very percepti
ble smell ot brimstone. A. C. D.
ftfticecltaueiHic Selecfimte*
A ROMA.V’H EPITAPH.
Some workmen, in making an excavation at (Jon- j
.vtautia, in Algeria, a short time back, came to an nn
; cicnt tomb, which tinned out to be that of a J toman j
citizen. It offered no peculiarity in construction, but
.the inscription, which is in well-written hexameters
‘and pentameters, appeals so curious, that a transla-
tion of it is well worth giving. It runs thus rtu ” t l
Pr / -„ ard Wary haTgone to braid
|Enna’s roe.-wreath m the great meadow > and * of
*l’ “T7 ’ the iwrpent* voii —rM si.*.
voi, in-mmm si
truth in these verses. I have spent, a life, without
annoyance, exercising the calling us silversmith in
my house at (Trie. I have always been oftho strict
e-l probity, and of the most complete franknnw to
ward every man. I have nothing to complain of, for
1 was always gay and always happy, until the death
of my cliastu Valeria, i have celebrated with hon
or and in prosperity one hundred anniversaries ol
toy birth-day; and, at Inst, my final day arrived w ben
tuy enfeebled name rondeicd it welcome. The lines
which you are now leading I composed onyseli du
ring mv life time, being permitted so to do by the
kind goddess Fortune, who never forsook me. Fol
low the path which 1 have ta it on.; 1 await you hero
below • come I'*
—.
“TOAIK THIS WAY, FATHER I”
During a short visit, to (ho seashore of our State,
a few years since, with a party of friends, it was
proposed, one brigtif afternoon, that we should
make up a fishing pat ty and go down to the hat Ikm
mi a fishing excursion. YVo accordingly started,
and, after sailing about 1 1 live miles, a young lady of
the company declined going further, and requested
tis to land her on otic of the small islands in tho hat
hn, where she proposed to remain until our return.
My little hoy, then about four years old, preferred
remaining with her. Accordingly, we left them,
and proceeded six miles further. W’c continued out
much longer than we intended, and, a.s night ap
preached, a thick fog sol in from the sea, entirely
enshrouding us. Without a compass, and not know
ing the right direction to steer, wo groped our war
along for several hours, until finally wo distinguish
ed the breaking of the surf on the rocks of one ol
the i-lnmN, hut were at, a loss to know which one ot
them. I stood upon the stern of tho boat which l
had been steering, nnd shouted with all my strength
1 listened a moment, and heard, through the thick
log, and above the tweaking of the surf, the sweet
voice of my hoy, calling.
“t’ome this way, father! steer for me; I’m fieri
waiting for you I”
We Steered by that sound, and soon my little boy
leaped into rny arms with joy, saying;
“1 knew you would hear me, father!” and nestled
to sleep on my bosom.
The child uinl maiden are both sleeping now.—-
They died two short weeks after the period I now
refer to, with hardly an interval of time between
their deaths. Now tossed on tho rough sen of life,
w ithout a comps:: or guide, enveloped in fog nd
sunomided by rocks, I soern to hear the sound ot
the cherub voice, calling from the bright shore,
“(’ome this way, father! steer straight for rnol”
U hen, oppressed with sadness, I take my wav to
ooi ipiict cctnctei v, Rtill, an I stand by one little
mound, the >amc miwictd voice echoes from thence
“f’otne (hi way, father’ I'm waiting for thee!”
| Mother'll Mitqiltim
OlllUl.t 01 VAHIOI'S TRk’JJIi, PLANTS AMR NHIUbS.
Wheat was brought from the central table land of
Thibet, where its representative yet exists asagra a.,
w ith small, mealy needs,
live exists wild in Siberia.
<bit• wlid in North Africa.
j Barley exists wild in the mountain* of Himalaya,
i Millet, one species in a native of India, another ol
j Egypt and Abyssinia.
Mai/e was brought from America.
Canary Seed from the Canary Islands.
Mice from South Africa, whence it was taken to
| India, and thence to Europe and America,
Peas arc of an unknown origin.
I.’ iitil grow wild on tho shores of the Meditcrr*
! nean.
Vetches arc native of Germany.
| t.'hii k Pea wa: brought from tho South of Europe
‘J he Garden Mean from the East Indies.
The Horse Moan from the Caspian Sea.
Rape-Seed and Cabbage grow wild in Sicily and
.Naples.
j The Poppy was brought from tin: East,
flic Sunflower from Peru.
T he Lupin from the Levant.
Kiax or Linseed is to Southern Europe a weed iiw
; the ordinary grain crop :.
The Nettle is a native of Europe
Woad is a native of Europe.
Madder < aim; from the East
• Dyer’- Weed grown in Southern Germany
Safflower came from Egypt.
Lillis an Eastern plant.
Hope, Mustard, and Caraway-Seed come to per-
I faction kb wild plants in Germany.
Anise wan brought from Egypt and the Eastern
; Archipelago.
Coriander grow s wild near the Mediterranean.
Saffron came from the Levant
j The Onion out of Egypt
j (’hickory grows wild in Germany.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia and Tobago, an
! other .pi cits has also been found wild in Asia.
Jlcuip is a native of Persia and the East Indies.
The Garden Cress is from Egypt and the East.
‘l iie Currant and Gooseberry came from Southern
Europe.
I The Pear and Apple from Europe.
The Cherry, Pluin, Olive, and Almond came from
! Asia Minor.
The Mulberry Tree from Persia,
i The Walnut and Peach from the same.
The Quince from the Island of Crete
The Citron from Media.
The Chestnut from Media. . ... ,*i uat-
T‘ • n • - great High Priest. Jf every stone
were a diamond, and every beam of cedar, every
j window a crystal, and every door a pearl; if the roof
WMTO -v * * . J* * .. Its “Oataaa
, -v.n')*™ r uw| y te ■nfafe 2 _aln C e the faculty.
JAMES T. BLAIN,
( rniATF.ii.