Newspaper Page Text
care, to avoid breaking ofF tiie young plants,
as they are verv easily destroyed in tins way.
If a revere drought occurs Is .ore tiie cuttings
have fairly taken root, they should be well wa
tered every evening; and at any time in tiie
summer, free watering during very dry wea
ther, will repay the labor ten-fold. Slight
sprinklings of water do no good —and indeed
do harm, by forming a crust and causing the
ground to bake. A large field may be wa.
tered by the use of a horse and cart, w ith a
hogsliead, with a small canvass or leather hose
to iead the water upon the plants as the (art
passes along between the rows.
Hot bed Culture. — It will be nearly too Into
to start cuttings in hot beils by the time this
reaches the reader; but it is as well to de
scribe the process. A hot bed is formed in
the usual way, any time the letter end of
March. Single cuttings are stark into the
surfice one inch apart one way, and two inch
es the otiier, (some plant them an inch apart
each way.) the top letning to the north, the
bud on the south side. Light sandy mould
should be then sifted over them so as to cover
the buds half an inch. Sprinkle the bud wit
water, and cover it with the glass or matting.
Water them every day gently, merely suffi
cient to keep the soil moist. As soon as the
plants shew themselves, give them air during
the warm part ol thedav. hut shade them from
the extren e heat of the sun. As soon as all
danger of frost disappears, leave offtlie glass
or other covering entirely, remove the frames
and let the bed cool down ; thqp beg n to
transplant the young plants by taking out the
largest, with all the soil that will adhere to the
roots, and plant them w here they art- to grow
with a trowel Plant deep, in the ground so
ns in -rely to leave the leaves abave ground.
Water them well as you plant them, and re
peat the watering every evening for a week,
unless there shall happen to Ire rain. Thus
every few days take out the largest, until the
whole are transplanted. This thinning out
gives the small and tardy ones a chance to
grow. The reason many persons do*not
succeed with hot bed culture, is. they do not
let the bed cool dotrn before they begin to
transplant; thus exposing the young plants to
catch cold by the sudden transition from a verv
warm to a cold piace ; and also in not plan
ting them deep enough in the ground. We
all know that a mere cutting of young wood
will readily strike root and grow when merely
stuck in the ground; then, sorely, one with
roots already formed would stand a much
better chance if no injurious treatment were*
applied to it. I have never found any diflicul
ty in growing cuttings in hot beds, and ,*.ttri
bate my success to tlie plan here laid down.
The after culture with these is the same as
with the others.
Leaves may be gathoicn from the young
trees at any time without injury to the plants.
I would not, however, recommend taking
more than two-thirds of the leaves, and then
only from the lower part of tiie trees, leaving
the tops and ends of tire branches untouched.
Where the trees are planted close together,
even the trees will be benefitted by this part al
defoliation, (but under noothorcircumstaiices.)
by the more free admission oftlie sun’s rays,
and of air, amongst them. It is very bad
philosophy to suppose that depriving the trees
of leaves can have the effect of ripening the
wood when they stand at a proper distance,
ns the leaves are just as necessary to the proucr
growth and maturity oftlie wood as the roots
arc.
The above are tho writer’s views on the
subject of cultivating the multicaulis. He is
aware that they differ widely fiom the opinions
and practice of many others, and therefore
he submits them with great deference. The
practice he lays down has always been emi
nently successful with himself, and he sees no
reason why it should not be with others.
Other points connected with the subject will
be discussed in their proper seasons.
MISCELLANY.
From the Knickerbocker.
RANDOM SKETCHES BY A KENTUCKIAN.
NUMBER ONE.
Surely nature intended that I should have
been born among the Camonchccs or Paw
nees! From my earliest years, I have pre
ferred the company and habits of our stern
and hardy huntsmen, to all the advantages
which polished society could offer. The wild
notes of the horn never failed to send the
warm blood tingling through my veins, and
the bayii gs of a gallant hound are to me more
musical than the sweetest note which ever
came from woman’s lips. Never do 1 (eel more
vividly the pride ot existence, than when,
mounted on my swift.footed Cherokee, l fly
through the wild forest, ever accompanied by
nty faithful hound Bravo. At suc.i times, 1
have often been tempted to use the Kentucky
hunter’s boast, “the swiftest horse, the surest
rifle, the best dog,” omitting “the prettiest
wife,” as an article finding no place in my
inventory of chattels.
Though custom and duty have interfered
with my natural prnjicu.sitiea, and made me
a semi-civihzed man ; though years of my lile
have been spent in poring over the diy details
ot the law ; yet, metiiinks, some portion of
the dare-devil spirit which once actuated me
yet remained. Oftentimes, throwing aside the
records of legal lore, have I, with one or two
choice spirits, buried (myself in the depths of
our noble forests, whose echoes, for weeks,
rang to the report of our fatal rifles. Vo
lumes would not picture the scenes which
were then enacted. The gallant spirits who
shared these sports, are now scattered over
this wide Union, and many of them are bat
tii,ng their way to fortune ami renown. But
with us all, these “ campings out” will ever be
a briglitspol in the wide waste of tilings de.
parted. Who of us will ever forget tl.e part
ing feast; tl.;e last night’s revel ; when, gath
ered around the mossy knoll in from of our
camp-fire, we pledged em it oilier in the bright
juice of the grape ? Poets hove sung the part
ing cup, the stirring-cup, the cup which lieun
ty’s lip had first touclicd ; but give, (>! give
me the cup that was chained at midnight, in
the depllu of the old to r»<t: tree friends
around, and tiie mild stars looking down ii|>on
Our uHiocfMit reiri-Jry! Tis lK»t to bring
back scenes long flown, that l now write, but
to record an adventure w hich happened to me
a few days since.
Who ever saw Bravo, without loving him?
His sloe-black eyes, his glossy skin, flecked
■here and there with blue; Ins wide-spread
thighs, clean shoulders, bioad back, and low
druopiug client, bespoke him the true stag
hound; and none who ever saw his bounding
form, or heard bis deep-toned bay,as the swift
| footed stag flew before him, would dispute his
title. List, gentle reader! and I will tell you
an adventure, which will make you love biin
I all the more.
A bright frosty morning in November,
\ 1833, tempted me to visit the forest huntiug
(grounds. On this occasion, 1 was followed by
a flue-looking bound, which had been present
ed to me, a few days previous, by a fellow
sportsman. I was anxious to test his quali
ties, and, knowing that a mean dog will often
hunt well with a good one, I had tied up the ea
ger Bravo, and was attended by the stranger
dog alone. A brisk canter of half an hour
brought me to the wild forest hills. Slackening
the rein, I slowly wound my way up a brushy!
slope, some throe hundred yards iu length. 1
had ascended about Ifalf way, when the hound
began to exhibit evident signs of uneasiness ;;
and, ct the same instant, a stag sprang out
from some underbrush near by, and rushed
like a whirlwind up th : slope. A word, and
the ha iml was crouching at my feet, and my
trained Cherokee, with ear erect, and flashing
eye, watched the course of the affrighted ani
inul.
On the very summit of the ridge, full one
hundred and fifty yards distant, every limb
standing out in bold relief against the clear
blue sky, the stag paused, and looked proudly
down upon us. After a moment of indeci
sion, I raised my rifle, and sent the whizzing
lead upon its errand. A single bound, and
the antlered monarch was hidden from.my
view. Hastily running down ahull, I ascend
ed tiie slope, and my blood ran a little faster,
as I saw the “gouts of blood” whies stained
the withered leaves where lie bad stood. One
moment more, and the excited hound was leap
ing breast high oil his trail, and tiie gallant
Cherokee bore Ins rider like lightning after
them.
Away—away ! for hours, did we thus has
ten on, without once being at fault, or check
ing our headlong speed. The chase had led
us miles from the starting point, and now up.
i pea red to be bearing up a creek, on one side
of which arose a precipitous hill, some two
aiil.-s in length, which I knew the wounded
animal would never ascend. Haifa mile far
ther on, another lull reared its bleak and bar
ren head, on the opposite side of the rivulet.
Once fairly in the gorge, tlieie was no exit,
sa\e 31,1110 upper end of tiie ravine. Here,
then, I must intercept my game, which I was
able to do, by taking a near cut over the ridge,
that saved at least a mile.
(Jiving ope parting shout to direr my dog,
Cherokee hoie me heaulong to the pass. I
bad scaiceiy arrived, when, black with sweat,
the stag came laboring up the gorge, seeming
ly totally reckless of oar presence. Again I
poured forth the “leaden messenger of death,”
as, mcieor-hke, he flashed by us. One bound,
and the noble animal lay prostrate within fifty
feet of where I stood.' Leaping from my
horse, and placing one knee upon bis shoul
der, and a hand upon his antlers, I drew my
hunting-knife; but "scarcely had its keen
point touched his neck, when, with a sudden
bound, he threw me from his body, and my
knife was hurled from my hand, lri hunter’s
parlance, I had “only creased him.” I at
once saw my danger; but it was too late.
With one bound he was upon me, wounding
and almost disabling me, with his sharp feet
and horns. I seized him by his wide-spread
antlers, and sought to regain possession of
my knife; but in vain; each new struggle
drew us farther from it. C.icrokee, frighten;
ed at this unusual scene, had madly fled to the
top of the ridge, where he stood looking down
upon the combat, trembling and quivering in
every limb.
The ridge road I had .taken, had placed us
far in advance of the hound, whose bay 1
could not now hear. Tiie struggles of the
furious animal had become dreadful, and every
moment I couM feel bis sharp hoofs cutting
deep into my i esh ; my grasp upon Ins antlers
"as growing less and less firm; and vet I
relinquished not my hold. The struggle had
hi ought us near a deep ditch, washed by the
heavy lull rains, and into this 1 endeavored to
force my adversary; but my strength was
unequ and to the effort; when wo approached
to tiie very brink, lie leaped over the drain ;
1 relinquished my hold, and rolled in, hoping
thus to escape him. But lie returned to the
attack, and throwing himself upon me, inflict
ed numerous severe cuts upon my fuc« and
breast, before 1 could again seize him. Lock
ing niv arms around his antlers, I drew his
head close to my breast, and was thus, by a
great effort, enabled to prevent bis doing mo
any serious injury. But I felt that this could
not last long; every muscle and fibre of inv
frame was called into action, and human na
ture could not long bear up under such exer
tion. Faltering a silent prayer to heaven, 1
preferred to meet my fate.
At this moment of despair, 1 heard the faint
hayings o! the hound. Tne stag, too, beard
the sound, and, springing from the ditch, drew
n e with him. IJis efforts were now redou
bled, and I could scarcely cling to him. Yet
that blessed sound came nearer and nearer!
O how wildly beat my heart, as I saw the
hound emerge from the ravine, and spring for
ward, with shoit <|uiek bark, as his eye lusted
on bis game. I re.eased my bold of the stag,
who turned upon this new enemy. Exhaust
ed and tumble to rise, 1 still elu’ered the dog,
that, dastard-like, fled before the infuriated ani
mal, who, seemingly despising such an ene
my, again tluew himself upon me. Again did
l succeed in throwing my arms around his an
tiers, but not until he had inflicted several
deep ad dangerous wounds upon my head
and far e, rutting to the very bone.
Blinded by tiro flowing blood, exl ousted
and despairing, I cursed tlie coward dog, who
stood near, I raying furiously, yet refusing to
seize Ins game. .) how I prayed for Bravo!
Tlie thoughts of death were bitter. To die
thus, in the wild finest, a lone, with none to
Irelp 1 1 nought* of homo and friends cour«erl
THE SOUTHERN POST.
: like lightning through my brain. At that
moment of desperation, when Hoiie herself
| had fled, deep and clear, over the neighboring
hill, came the bay of my gallant Bravo! 1
should have known his voice among a thou
sand ! 1 jicaled forth, in one taint shout, “ On,
Bravo! on!” Tiie next moment, witii tiger
like bounds, the noble dog came leaping down
the declivity, scattering the dried autumnal
leaves like •• whirlwind in bis path. "No
pause he knew,” but fixing his fangs in the
stag’s throat, at once commenced tiie strug
gle.
1 fell back, completely exhausted. Blinded
with blood, i only knew that a terriffic strug
gl i was going on. In a few moments all was
still, and 1 felt the warm breath of my faithful
dog, as he licked my wounds. Clearing my
eyes from gore, I saw my late adversary dead
at my feet; and Bravo, “my own Bravo,” as
the heroine of a modern novel would say,
standing 'over me. He yet bore around his
neck a fragment of the rope with which I had
tied him. He had gnawed it in two, and, fol
lowing his master through all his windings,
arrived m time to rescue him from a horrid
death.
I have recovered from my wounds. Bravo
is lying at my feet. Who does not love Bravo?
I am sure I do and the rascal knows it!
Don’t you, Bravo ? Come here, Sir 1
E. It. W.
ABDUCTION OF A YOUNG COUNTESS. 1
We have already spoken of an event which
has caused a great sensation in Paris, and are
now enabled to lay before our readers some
-further particulars. One of the richest and
most eminent persons of the court of John the
Sixth, last king of Portugal, some years ago
died, and left a young child, Donna Maria
Luisa Nuronharc Sampayo, sole heiress to bis
immense fortune of £2,000.009. A guard,
ian was appointed in the person of M Es
teves, an ancient Judge at Lisbon. At this
period the Duke of Palmelln was minister,
a 1 and was intimate with the family of the young
heiress, and contrived to get a marriage cele
brated between his son, the Marquis de Fayal,
aged 10 years, and the young Countess Po
vao, just entering her ninth year. The fami
ly were ignorant of this marriage; they knew
that a union was intended,, but it was with
surprise they learned that a marriage had been
celebrated hi defiance of canonical mstitutio is
and tiie civil laws. The duke and duchess
bad the young countess with them at Paris,
but, on this marriage becoming known, the
guardian applied to the ecclesiastical tribunal
at Lisbon, which decided that the mairiage
was not valid, and ordered a separation. Tne
judgment was sent to Paris, and at once sup
ported by tiie civil and ecclesiastical tribunals ;
but, ns soon as it was notified to tiie Duke
and Duchess of Palmelln, the latter quitted
Paris, taking with her the young countess,
and leaving no indication of their route. Tne
family then made a fresh demand on the au
thorit os, stating that a convention existed be
tween the relatives of the young lady and the
Parnclla family, by which it was agreed that no
obstacle should fie thrown in tne way of her
intercourse with tiie members of her family,
and that she should lie sent once a week to
pass the day with them, in addition,expressly
promising th .t the countess should not. be
taken from Paris before having attained the
age of fifteen years. T. e family represented
that, in violation of these sacred obligators,
the minor had been carried off by the Duchess
de Palmelln, and they prayed that tiie tribunal
would designate some convenient est tblish
rneiit for her Residence, as a measure of [ire
caution, &e. On this request the president,
M. Debellyine, issued the following ordon
nance:—At the request, &o. We order that,
at th.: request of the Sieur Esteves, or of tiie
Sieur Antonio Sampayo, acting for him at
Paris, that tiie minor, Donna Maria Luisa de
Nonhare Sampayo, shall be placed in the con
vent of the Augustine ladies at Paris, as a
provisionary and- protecting measure, until it
shall be otherwise decided. In consequence,
we authorise the Sieur Esteves, or his proxy,
to require, in case of need, any judge-de-pays
of the arondissernent or canton, when they
may find the said minor, accompanied or not
by the Duchess do Palniella, to effect, by pro
per and reasonable measures, the translation
oftlie said minor to the above name convent,
to assist the competent autlioritcs in the exe
cution of the law. We authorise the said
parties, in the execution of this ordonnance.
to search any place or residence of the Duke
and Duchess of Pulmcila. and of the Marquis
de Fayal, their son, &c. Provided with this
on onnance, the family of tiie young Maria
Louisa, with a diligence but too necessary, so
licited of the authorities all the means of in
j suring its prompt execution. An order by
telegraph, enjoined the frontier authorities to
prevent tne young countess quitting the king
dom. It was too late; the Duchess had taken
the road for England by Boulogne, and, at
the very moment when the arms of the tele
graph announced the order, was on board the
steamboat, of which the steam was forced to
its greatest power; a few seconds, and she
could not have escaped. In vain signals were
made to thestunmei. Whether the fog or the
duchess’s gold prevented their being seen, the
j boat continued its course, and was soon lost to
J view. The Duke of Palniella, and the Mar
| quis de Fayal, his son. have not quitted Paris.
LOVE.
Love is like a running river—it goes down
ward aijd downward, but does’nt come back
to the spring. The poor old granny in the
chimney corner is a withered tree up the
stream, and the youngest born is a prettv
flower on the bank below. Love leaves the
old tree and goes to the flowi r.
CONUNDRUM.
The following conundrum from an English
pa|»er, we have seldom seen surpassed in ah
surdity: Why is a man who drives fast up
hill, like a man who makes a young lady a
present of a young spaniel ? Because he
gives a gal-a.pup f
-Vodr-siy and decency should always ehancterrs
the [u«a» w well na die coiivcr nations of the social
<ur|«
THE JAPANESE WIDOW AND HER SONS.
A woman was left a widow with her three
sons, and with no other subsistence than their
labor. The young men not having been
brought up to this kind of life, could scarcely
earn the most comm <n necessaries, and bitten
iy lamented their inubiity to place their mo.
tlier in a morn coinforta de situation. It had
!«en lately decreed that any person Who
; should seize a robber, and cortve. him to a
j magistrate, should receive a considerable re
ward. The three brothers, who were a tliou
jsand times more affected by their mother’s
poverty than their own, took a resolution as
strange as heroic. They agreed that one of
the tliree should pass for a robber, and that
the oth :r two should denounce him ns such :
they threw lots to determine which was to be
j the victun of filial love, and it fell to the young
est, who was bound, and conducted before the
magistrate as a criminal. He was questioned,
j confessed the robbery of which he was ac
cused, was sent to prison, and tlse two brothers
received the reward ; but lieforethev returned
home, they found means to enter the prison,
wishing at least to bid an affectionate ndimt to
their unfortunate brother. There believing
tnemselves unobserved, they threw themselves
into the arms of the prisoner, and by their
tears, their sobs, and the most tender em.
braces, displayed the excess of their affection
and grief. The magistrate, who by chance
was in a place from whence he could perceive
them, was extremely surprised to see a crimi
nal receive such marks of affection from the
very men wi o had delivered him up to justice;
he gave orders to one of his people to follow’
the two young men and observe them narrow.
Iy. The servant obeyed, and reported to his
master that he had followed the two young
men to the door of their mother’s apartment;
that, on entering, their fFslcare was to give
their mother the sum of money, which they
had received ; but she, astonished at the sight
of so considerable a sum, had shown more
uneasiness than pleasure at it, and had eager-
Iv questioned them as to how they had obtain
ed it, and 'he cause of their brother’s absence;
but. for a time, the two youths could answer
only by their tears; hut at last, threatened
with the malediction of n mother so tenderly j
beloved, they, had confessed the truth At j
this dreadful recital, the unfortunate woman,!
penetrated with gratitude, terror, and admira-1
tion. and abandoning herself to the most vio- :
lent transports of despair, sprung towards the!
door to go out, with the intention of declaring j
every thing to the magistrate; hut that, ie
strained by cruelly gmeroiis ,-ons, overwhelm
ing them with reproaches and bathing them
with tears, overpowered at once by anger,
and by the most passionate grief and tender
ness she had fallen senseless in their arms.
After this recital, the judge repaired to the
prison, and quest oned the younger brother,
who still persisted in Ins account, and nothing
could induce him to retract. The magistrate,
at last, told him, that he had wished to know
to what excess of heroism filial piety could
! raise a virtuous heart, and declared to him
: that he was informed of the truth.
The judge went to report this adventure
to the sovereign, who, struck w ith an action
!so heroic, desired to see the three brothers,
[and the happy mother of such virtuous chil
dren: he leaded them with praises and marks
of distinction, assigned to the youngest 1500
crowns a year, and 500 each to tiie other tw’o.
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
\<’e dare say that the proposition wc arc
about to offer would come with a better grace
from one of the leading daily journals, but
we make it iu a spirit of due humilitv, and
trust that it will not lie wholly overlooked,
because it emanates from a quiet hebdoma
dal. Several of our brethre. have, in com.
versation, coincided witii us in the opinion
that it would be well to hold a convention in
this city, in the course of the next Autumn—
| tiie object of which should be a general assent
! bly of tiie conductors of the press from tiie
principal cities of the Union, for the purpose
jof mutual consultation and tiie recomtnenda
j tion of some universal plan of managing news
paper establishments. It is well known
that a newspaper in England is, with a circu
lation half as great as that of one in the United
States, twice as profitable. Why is this ? The
reason is glaringly obvious : proprietors here
are, in most cases, sn in-tied (that is, the verb
neuter) out of their just dues. It is surprising
that a man, who is rigidly honest in other mat
! lei’s, will not hesitate to receive a newspaper
•or months and even for years, witlioat enter
! tabling the remotest intention of paying for it!
The black list system of exposing to shame
delinquent subscribers, is almost unavailing;
for if a man is scoundrel enough to run the
risk of such exposure, he will care but little
for the exposure itself. The only effectual
plan that we know of is to adopt a resolution
to follow with undeviating exactnc-s that of
| the London journals. If subscribers’names
| are taken at all, payment should be required
in advance—and such names, without excep
tion, stricken from the lists, tiie moment the
period to which they have paid shall arrive.
We might write on this subject through many
columns. Our object, in setting down the
head of this paragraph, was to throw out a
general suggestion, not to enter into purlieu
lars. Whatever system is agreed upon must
be universal. New-Yorker.
HURRAH FOR THE MAINE BOYS.
If the Roman matron had children like the
little lellow spoken of below, she might well
have called them the jewels—but she should
have taken lietter care of them than this Maine
woman did:
The following fact is related to us bv a
friend, who had it from the mouth of a gentle
man from Machias. Mrs. ,of Machias,
left her five children in lied, the eldest a boy of
nine years, and went to a neighbors to spend
the evening, locking the loor alter her. The
eldest was awakened by tlie roaring of fire, and
the falling of cinders on the bed. He sprang
up, took the infant from the crndel, ran to the
door, and finding it fast, stove out a window,
jumped out and laid the infant in a place of
safety, then returned, and pulled tlie other
children out of bed by tlieir feet, and threw
them in succession out of the window, und tlien
got out himself, and begun to cry fire at tlie
top of hm voice. Tlie house was entirely
destroyed. Ban** Crwrwr I
From the Globe.
MADAME AIW-fERICA VESPUCCI.
ih is lauy, it is well L,,, , nown, presented a petition to
Congress, asking two i t —vws; first, to !><■ admitted to
the lights of in the United Stales; and
secondly, tu he given a ■*. - aimer of land”] out ot the put»-
lic Jonnii) oflhe country which heais filename of her an
cestor. Ihe committees*. »n whom her petition was refer
red, reported against In »—applications, but on grounds
n» way personal to petitioner. Tire citizenship
could not he granted, V.TTvcause, under the Constitution
of the U. S. Congress, werr-an only make general and uni
form rules of ation, applicable to all persons
alike, anil not to any or e ju particular. The “ corner
of land could not granted, because there was no
personal service Irom jae petitioner, for which it could
l«e a compcnsatjpn,
In reportingagaiu-t J —xcr application, the Committee
on the Public Lands ili,. I ample justice to the personal
character of Madame V r.sncci, her intellectual ami
moral qualities, her ra | principles, and her descent
from the celebrate I Ax* unites Vusevcci vs ; and re
commended her to the People for that asy
lum and establishment —xvliich it was not in the power
of Congress to grant. fefli ’i,efollowing are extracts from
the report;
“ A descendant of A. tnericus is now here ; a young,
interesting, dignified, *id accomplished lady, with a
mind of the highest in -axellrrmal culture, and a heart
heating with all our iw —xvn enthusiam in tiff cause of
American jpid human I* “Garriy. iShe feels that she name
she hears is a prouder t* a c than any that earthly mon
archy can bestow, and tie emues here asking of us a
small corner ol Amerie- soil where she may pass the
remainder of her day »■_. in this the land of her adop
tion. She comes here as an exile, separated forever
from her family and friends, a stranger, without a
country and without a V expelled from her native
Italy for the avowal antij maintenance of opinions favor
able to free institutions and an ardent desite for the
establ,aliment of her freedom. That she is
indeed woithy of the name of America ; that her
heart is indeed imbued jth American principles and a
terveyt love of human liberty, is proved, in her case,
by toils, and perils, and sacrifices, worthy of the proud
est days of antiquity, \v i.en the Roman and the Spar
tan inalionwere ever r^— — al )y p, surrender life itself in
their country’s service. v
“ 1 he petitioner desi*—es the donation to her of a small
tract of land by Emigre- With every feeling of res
pect and kindness for tfa e memorialist, a majority of
the committal deem it * vnpossihle for this Government
to make the grant, ~*»y think such si grant without
a precedent, and that it -'would violate the spirit of those
compacts by which lh% c » public domain was ccrded to
this Government. It i —as *hc unanimous and anxious
desire of the committee t hat the petition should receive
all the benefits ol reeo ignition that this Government
can bestow. Whattl%ags Government cannot do is
w ithin the power of th —— j American People. They feel
least an equal pride glory with us iu the name
ol America. Jhmuglx * >ut our wide extended country „
among all classes, this »ding is universal ; and in the
humblest cottage the American feels that this
n line, the name of hi& Moved country, is a prouder
title than any that ador et is the monarch, brow, and that
it he has no other pr this name, with all its
great ami glorious as^ —-= .winlions with the past, and
hopes for the future, j* an all-sufficient heritage to
transmit to his chiklrea This generous, patriotic, and
enlightened People wil*_ take into their ow n hands the
case of America Vespia They will pro. ore for her
that home which she de »irw among us. They will do
alt that Congress is for 2 .idden to do and infinitely more
(ban she asks or and demonstrate to the world
that the name of Arne*- ricn—our country’s name—is
dear to us all, and shall lie honored, respected, and cher
ished in the person nl t. S.e interesting exile from whose
ancestor we derive the and glorious title."
Immediately after th ■ report was read in the Senate.
a national subscription as commenced for the benefit
<’f Madaatc Viseiieci, -w— he applied towards procuring
her a home and in the United States. Sena
tors from every quarter of the Union subscribed. The .
a mount was received by.— Mr. Hairht, the Sergeanl-at
Arms of the Senate aiK_S presented to her. Many oth
ers placed in the hands „f Mr. Haight other sums to
he presented to her; ai *= long whom we have heard the
names of the Judges the Supreme Court, several
members of the House of Representatives, and some
citizens. I his is the of he national
subscription by the report of the Com
mitteo on the Public mis, and which we presume, i- !
now open to all citizen .— m who, in the language of the
report, may wish to aid in procuring that home which
Madame Vespucci among us, and which Con
gress could nut grant.”
■*—
AMERICArw ANTIQUITIES.
Dr. Hawkes deliverer —I his lecture on Wednesday
! evening, on the icsof American to a crowded
room at the Stu yvesant Institute, ami illustrated his re
! marks hy trans[)arpnt and x —qwingg prepared tor the occa
soin. He first exhibited 1 drawings of mounds, walls
<Sc<\ &e. in several part oftlie Western States, inte r
eating only as exhibitir* a link in chain of testimony,
j an ‘l then proceeded to tj ■ xhihit drawings representing
j ruins in Mexico and Ce- Mitral America. The audience
listened with respectful ssKtention, some appeared to he
quite interested but was diuse of all extraord:-
i nar y surprise orcnlhusi ism. Not a man belonging to
the Institute of France have been able to have
| kept his seat,in having the evidences clearly placed
i before him, which at on ovethrows and tinscttb sail
| the theories respecting t ic discovery of America, and
proves incontestibly tin*, -mt we are in the old world, and
not in a country red but a few centuries ago—it
goes further and throws new light upon the Bible, and
prophesies, the only tru mar' historical record wc have to
guide u» in such nialter»-st. ft was impossible to look
at the pyramids and the thawings of ruins in Central
America, recently made by Mr. VValheck together with
the glyphs, the myriads of stone tortoises, the figures
of Isis and Crisis, the palm leaf, the serpents, the
heavy stone woik.and t nt various bassos relievos, with
out being satisfied that JSiese were the work and labors
of the very same archiie-—who originally, built The
bes and Memphis, and long we hope to have a
Champollion with us, anad the decyphering of the Hier
°gl.vphics and the true a m —icient history of this country
will he made known. r. Hawkcs deserves preat ci ed
it for his laborious resea ■■rch and hisluc and views on this
subject—he is a pioneer of a great work— anew era is
opening in the history r> sT our country —an ern in which
we shall have
and wonderful events so w —- the future,— »A r #. „V. Ev.Sfar m
“On the Wickedness of Woman. —The wickedness
of woman is a subject t_»a |mui which the stronger sex
| among iheArabs.wi'luw. n affected feeling ot superioi
j virtue, often dwell in corw imon conversation. That wo
| men arc deficient in or good sense is held as
ufact not Mhe disputed by themsslves, as Jt rests
on an ass Winn ot llic pa —ophet: hut that they possess
a superior degree of cu w—ininjt is pronounced equally
certain and notorious. Then general depravity is
.pronounced to be much aacrenter than that of men. “ I
stood, said the prophet - l at the gate of paradise ; and
j 10, most of its inmates w.- -ere the poor: and I stood at
the gate of hell; and most of its inmates were vvo
jmen.' In allusion to wwnimn. the Khaieefeh 'Omar
said. Consult them, am® do die contrary of what lliev
advise. But this is not to lie done merely for the sake
of opposing them; nor other advice can he hud.
‘lt is desirable for it man _’ says the learned I man, ‘I e
fore lie enters upon any a undertaking, to con
sult ten intelligent perwr ■■ aiming his particular friends,
or if lie luie not niorctlw. anlivcsuch frienus, let him
consult each of them tw » x-e; or if he liuvc not more
than one friend, lie shot* <1 consult him leu tunes at
leu diflerrnt vints : il b*— have not one to consult let
lulu return lo his wile arwasd consult her; and whatever
she advises him lo do, B el him do the contrary: so
snail lie proceed rightly mm» his affair, slid attain his ok.
jeet. A truly virtuous wdv is, of course, expected in
this rule; suck ■ |iersoix is si mark respected tiy Mu*.
linns it die is (si leiß.arr -.■rording lotkigr own account,) I
j "let with by them. When woman wascreatcl
I the devil, we are told, was delighted, and said *Th
art half of my host, and thou art the depository of U
secret, and thou art my arrow, with which I shoot
j miss not.’ V\ hat are termed by us affairs otV.llant
weie very common among the Pagan Arabs, an d ?
scarcely less so among their .Muslim posterity. T)* *
are, however, unfrequent among most tribes of R ‘P
wees, and among the descendants of those trilxrs^' 3 "
long settled as cultivators. I remendvet bein r ro
the quiet that I generally enjoyed in an
in which I resided at Thetis, by file cries of a ‘
woman iu the neighborhood, whom an Arab *° une
verelv beating for an impudent proposal that shT
made to him. la<i
THE BRITISH COLONIAL POSSESSION
A London paper, the Sunday Times, gives the fol
lowing statis ical account of th» British Colonial Pos"
sessions, which w ill be read with some interest at this
time.
In North America.—V pper and Lower Canada. N.
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island. Carve
Breton, and Newfoundland; containing an %rea of
455,000 square miles, or 279,400,000 acres, with a pon.
uhr lion of 1,500.000 of white colonists.
In South America.— Demerara, Essequibo, Baibice
Honduras, and the Falkland Island* ; containing an
area of 165,000 square miles, or 105,600,000 acres with
a population of 120,000.
In the West ladies.— Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago
Grenada, St. Vincent, Barhadoes, Montserrat -Nevis,
St. Kitts, Arguilia, Tortola, and the Virgin Isles, New
Providence, and the Bahama Islands, and St. (Jeorge’s
and the Bermuda Islands; containing an area of 13-
OOOsquarc miles, ot 7,720,000 acres, with a popuh
ion of 1,000,000
In Africa. —The Cape of Good Hope. Mauritius
Multe, and the Seycltelle Islands, St. Helena, Asrcnsion
Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Accra, Cape Coast, &c „
containing an ctea of 250,000 square miles, or 160 -
000,000 acres, with a population of 350,000.
In Australasia. —New South Wales, Van Dieman’s
Land, Swan River, King George’s Sound. South Aus
tralasia, Norfolk Island. &c.; containing an area of
500.000 square miles, or 320,000,000 acres, with a pop
ulation of 120,000.
In Asia. Ceylon; containing an area of 14,641
square utiles, pr 11,771,160 acres, with a population
of 1,000,000.
LkEurope. —Gibraltar, Malta, Gozo. Coifu, Cepha
lonia, Zaute, Santa Maria, Ithaca, Paxo, Cerigo, &r„
and Heligoland ; containing an area of 1,500 square
miles, or l ,000,000 acr s, with a population of 400,-
000.
Total: 1,750.000 square miles, or 1,120,000,000
actcs, with a population of 4,490 000 of «* British sub
jects.”
Independently of the foregoing, we have to add the
following territories, which are -‘under the manage
ment and influenced by the government of the East In
dia Company, and the Board of Control in cannon
row.”
British Territories in Hindustan. —Containing an
area of 432,483 miles, w ith a population of 80,636.371.
Tributary Territories in Hindustan. —Containing
an area of 103,610 square miles, with a population of
54,271,092.
British Territories beyond Hindustan —Containing
an area of 50,117 square miles, with population ol 297-
054.
Tributary Territories beyond Hindustan.—Con
taining an area of 50,000 square miles, with a popula
tion of 408,000.
Total: 1.096,210 square miles, with a population of
145,612,517.
In the event of our being again plunged into a war,
from the immense quantities of troops and shipping
which they will require to enable this country to retain
possession of them, and the vast distance which many
of these colonies are from the mother country, it is
more than probable that the loss of several of them
would be the result of those hostilities, with w hich, it
appears, according to the war like preparations of the
ministry, wc are now threatened. The next question
will lie, as many of our colonies “do not pay their
own expenses,” win titer the loss of the least profitable
among them would nut, iu reality be areal gain to the
country.
WASHINGTON.
The following analysis of the epochs in the life of
General Washington, is made out from “Spurk’s Life
of Washington,” which has just appeared.
George Washington attended school till he was six
teen years old. From sixteen to nineteen his time
vvasspent in surveying, part of the time in a private
and {>:>it of the time in a public capacity. From nine
teen to twenty he was absent several months in the
West Indies, with a sick brother, ami the remainder of
the time at home, selling his deceased brother’s estate.
From twenty to twenty-six he was in the French and
Indian war. At twenty six he was married, ami resi
ded as a private citizen on his estate at Mount Vernon,
till he was forty three. At this age lie was chosen
commander in chief of the American Army, which sta
tion he held eight years, and retired at the me of fifty
one, to Mount Vernon. From fifty one to fifty-seven
he passed at Mount Vernon, in agricultural pursuits.
At the ago of fifty-seven he was chosen President of
the United States, which office he held cigh years, and
retired again to his favorite pursuits at Mount Vernon,
at the ago of sixty five. Ilore he resided till his de
cease—three years. He died at the the age of sixty
eight.
BHAKI-*PE ARE.—The following letter was addres
sed by Win. Shakspearc, to Anna Hathaway, (after
wards his wife) enclosing a lock of his hair plaited. It
may serve as a model for love letters :
•‘Deareste Anna,—As thou hast always found rnee
to mye vvorde most trewc, soe thou shall see I have
strietley kept mye promyse. I prayeyou perfume thys
mye poor loeke with thye balmye kysses, torre thenne
indeed shall kynges themselves bowe and pay homage
too ilte. I doe assure thee noe rude hand hath knot
tedo itte, thy Willey’s alone hath done theworkc;
neytherre the gldedy bauble thatte envyronnes the
heede of Majesfye. noe, norre honourres most weyghtie
woulde give mee halfe, the joye as dydde thyse mye
lytte worke fore thee. The feelinge that dydde nearest
approaoh nntoe itte, was that which connnrth nygh
este unto God, mcekc and gentle charytye; forre that
virtue, 0 Anna, doe 1 love, doe I cherishe thee inoe
my heart, forre thou art as a tulle cedarre. stretchynge
forthe its branches, and succouringe the s/nallere
plantes from the nyppinge winneterre, orr the hoyster
ous wyndcs. Farewelle ! toe morrowe by tunes I will
see thee; till then, adewe sweete love. Thynne
everre. WM. SIIAKSPEARE.
Astu Hatha wat,
Sept, the Nynth, 1589.
A cross-grained answer to a eross-questinn. —A hu
morous fellow a car|ien!er, being summoned as a wit
ness on a trial for an assault, one ot the counsel, who
was very much given to brow-lieat the evidence, asked
him what distance he was from the parties when he
saw the defendant strike the plaintiff? The carpen
ter answered, “ just four feet five inches and a half.
*< Pray lliee, fellow,” says the counsel, “ how is it
possible you can he so very exact to the distance ?
“ I thought,” saye the carpenter, “ thgl some fool ot
other might ask me, and so I uieasured it,"-
A OOOD RESOLVE,
“ 1 resolve,” said a pious English bishop.
** never to spunk of a ntnn’s virtues before I* l *
face, nor of his faults behind Ins hack.” If
ovary one would not only adopt such u resolu
tion but carry it Into effect, live dawn of mil*
lottial glory would soon illuniiuo the “ whole
broad earth, M